Numbers 3:11-13

Let the Reader remark with me, on the perusal of those verses, that the highest honour of birthright is to be the LORD'S. The world's policy hath in many instances reversed this. The younger branches of some families are thought good enough for the LORD'S service. But what a blessed privilege are those begotten to, who are, as the apostle calls them, a royal priesthood, 1 Peter 2:9. Holy and Eternal SPIRIT! do thou anoint me, by thy qualifying influences, to this sacred office! Consecrate and set me apart, by the sprinkling of the blood of JESUS, to this service of my GOD and FATHER; that I may at all times draw near in that precious and appointed way, which he hath opened for all his people, in his alone merits and death; and offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to GOD by JESUS CHRIST. 1 Peter 2:5.