A CORRESPONDENT alludes to the wretched, monotonous dreariness of many prayer-meetings, the long-winded exercises, the prayers that cover the whole dictionary of subjects, the exhortations that become stereotyped sermons, and thus suggests, by way of prescription: When one prays in public, let it be a thoughtful, genuine prayer, and a short one; let the petitions be varied; omit telling God about the attributes that he possesses. Keep your long prayers for your closet. Be cautious about the number of times in which you proclaim publicly how vile you are. Keep that for your closet. And when you speak in meeting, have some fresh thoughts on Scripture; or some old thoughts re-dressed; or some new instance of God's love and mercy, and converting power; or some personal experience, tersely told, that may profit the hearers; or some joyous thing to awaken and make happy those who attend the meeting.