its continuance; but if we believe that we are building with gold, silver, and precious stones, we may pray, for the prayer is a most proper one, and the thought that suggests the prayer is a right one, “Establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.” At the same time, let me here remark that it is the work of God which is the ground of our confidence and peace; but our own work—even that which we dare ask God to establish,—can never be such a comfort