FROM THE LIBRARY OF REV. LOUIS FITZGERALD BENSON. D. D. BEQUEATHED BY HIM TO THE LIBRARY OF PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY [jM* OF PRfWj^ « »' APR 14 1937 ) & MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL GIRARD COLLEGE. I'll I LADELFHIA: PBBSS OF J. B. LIPPIXCOTT COMPANY 18 9 1. TABLE OF OONTKNTS. First Sunday, Morning, A '"^ " Afternoon, q 1 Sunday, Morning «« " Afternoon, ^ Third Sunday, Morning, " ID " Afternoon, .,., Fourth Sun. lay, Morning, " Afternoon, ^i Fifth Sunday, Morning, , ;( Afternoon, 37 Extra Service, An , New rear's Day, For 44 Twenty-second of February, ... ..- Good Friday, Easter Day, 4S Twenty-first of May, ...... 49 Fourth of July, ... - A rhanksgiving Day, 51 Christmas Day, ,.., Sunday after Christmas, 5 4 Last Day of the Year, 55 Foi a Pupil About to Leave the School, .... 57 For a Pupil Dismissed for Wrong-doing, .... 57 For Pupils Recently Admitted, ...... 5g For a Sick Pupil, 59 After Announcing the Death of a Pupil 60 For a Si.k Officer, . . C1 TA _ ol For Congress, 6 ., Burial Service ( .~ Ascriptions of Praise, rr . Occasional Prayers, 7o Evening Prayer, An *. Selections from the Psalms and other Scriptures, . 79 H * mm '.'.'.'.' 191 Sentences 365 *>****«. ! .'.'.'.'. 370 Appendix, Table of First Lines .'.'.' ' 409 3 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from Calvin College http://www.archive.org/details/manualforchapeloOOgira A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. FIRST SUNDAY. fHornt'ng %txhitt. Th.' congregation standing, the person who conducts the service may read any of the following sentences. THE Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens. Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high, who humbleth him- self to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth ? We will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercies, and in thy fear will we worship toward thy holy temple. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. Let us pray. (Sitting with bowed heads.) OLORD God, who didst command light to shine out of darkness, who hast given us rest in sleep, and hast raised us up to glorify thee, and to declare thy goodness ; we beseech thee of thy great mercy to 5 6 A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. accept us who now worship before thee, and grant our requests, through Jesus Christ our Lord. O God, who dost instruct us by the Holy Scriptures ; as we are now met together to read, hear, and to medi- tate upon them, enlighten our minds and purify our hearts, that we may be able to understand and receive th m as we ought. Make them effectual by thy Holy Spirit, that, as good seed, their truths may come into our hearts as into a soil well prepared, and may bring forth fruit abundantly ; through Jesus ( Jurist our Lord. Amen. SELECTION FROM THE PSALMS. (Read responsively. Congregation standing ) LESSON FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT. HYMN. (Standing.) LESSON FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT. HYMN. Let us pray. ALMIGHTY God our heavenly Father, we come before thee this morning to worship thee. We thank thee for appointing the Sabbath, the day of rest, and tor the place of instruction and prayer. Grant that, we may be able to worship this day in spirit and in truth. We beseech thee to put g I .1 MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. i thoughts into our hearts, and good words on our lips. May we be in thy fear and favor all day long. May we be able to leave all thoughts of our studies and plays behind us. Help us to sing to thy praise ; help us to unite heartily in these prayers ; help us to read and hear the Holy Scriptures with reverence. Help him who speaks to us, that the good words which we hear may sink down into our hearts. Bless our native land. We thank thee for civil and religious liberty. Bless the President of the United States ami his cabinet counsellors. Give them the purest patriotism, and help them to fear God aud keep his commandments. Bless all of us boys, aud help us to make the best use of all the advantages we enjoy for acquiring useful knowledge. Accept our thanks for thy care over us last night and for our health and strength to-day. Bless the sick in the infirmary, and make them well again. (SPECIAL OR EXTEMPORANEOUS PRAYER.) OUR Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation ; but deliver us from evil : For thine is the kingdom, and the power, aud the glory, for ever. Amen. HYMN. ADDRESS. 8 A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. Let us pray. OGOD, the Creator and Preserver of all mankind, we implore thy mercy in behalf of all classes aud conditions of men, that it may please thee to visit them with thy most compassionate help, according to their necessities and wants. Especially we beseech thee to show pity upon all widows and orphans, upon all prisoners and captives, upon all sick and dying persons, upon those who are desolate or sore afflicted in any way, aud upon all such as are persecuted for righteousness' sake. Enable them to look unto thee, O most merciful Father, and to call upon thy name, that they may find thee a present Saviour in their affliction and distress ; and let it please thee to de- liver them, and raise them up in due time, giving them patience under all their sufferings, the rich comfort of thy grace here below, and eternal rest with thee in heaven ; through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. HYMN AND DOXOLOGY. A MANUAL Full THE CHAPEL, 9 FIRST SUNDAY. gUttnwon Strbice. OUR help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved ; he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live to- gether with him. Let us pray. A LMIGHTY God, from whom all good cometh, and A who pourest out on all who desire it the spirit of grace and supplications ; deliver us, when we draw nigh to thee, from coldness of heart and wanderings of mind, that, with steadfast thoughts and kindled affections, we may worship thee in spirit and in truth ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. SELECTION FROM THE PSALMS. (Bead responsively.) LESSON FROM THE SCRIPTURES. HYMN. 10 A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. Let us pray, WE will bless the Lord at all times ; his praise shall continually be on our lips. Help us to worship thee now. O God, the giver of all good, the fountain of all mercies, in whom are the springs of our life ; all glory, thanks and praise be unto thee for thine overflowing goodness ; for thy faithfulness, which is from one generation to another ; for thy mer- cies, which are new every morning, fresh every mo- ment, and more than we can number ; for seed time and harvest, and summer and winter, and nights and days throughout the year ; for food and clothing and shelter ; for health and reason ; for childhood and age, and youth and manhood ; for thy fatherly hand ever upon us in health and in sickness, in joy and in sorrow, in life and in death ; for friends and kin- dred and kind benefactors; for home and country. O Lord, there is nothing for which we may not bless and thank thee ; therefore do we call upon thy name, humbly beseeching thee to accept these our services, for we offer them in the name and through the merits of thy Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. (SPECIAL PR A YERS.) HYMN. ADDRESS. A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. 11 Let us pray. f\ LORD, we commit to thy keeping and protection, \J now, henceforth and for ever, our souls and bodies, our minds and thoughts, our prayers and desires, our life aud death, our kindred and our friends, those who have asked us to pray for them, and all those for whom we ought ourselves specially to pray. God the Father, preserve and keep as ; God the Son, assist and strengthen us; God the Holy Spirit, defend and aid us. Let thy merciful kindness be upon us, even as we do put our trust in thee. Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord, and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dan- gers of this night ; for the love of thine only Sou our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen. HY.\I>i A SB DOXOLOGY, 12 A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. SECOND SUNDAY. £&orniit£ ^crbt'cc. OUR help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. How excellent is thy loving-kindness, O God ; therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. Let us pray. ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, being now assembled to present to thee our praises and our prayers, and to hear thy Word ; we beseech thee that, according to the promises which thou hast made to hear us when we call upon thee in the name of thy Son, it may please thee to regard us in thy mercy, and so to raise our thoughts and desires to thyself, that we may this day render to thee an acceptable service; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. SELECTION FROM THE PSALMS. (Read responsively.) LESSON FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT. HYMN. LESSON FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT. HYMN. .1 MANUAL FOR THE dl A PEL. Ld Let us pray. WE thank thee, O Lord, for the good providence which has led our feet again to this house of instruction and prayer. Help us to remember that the Holy Scriptures which we read and hear are thy truth. Help us to read and hear with close attention and deep reverence. Help us in all the services now before us. When we sing, may we make melody in our hearts. Now, while we pray, deliver us from wandering and distracting thoughts. Thou knowest what is in our hearts. Let the words of our mouths and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, our strength and our redeemer. We confess our sins before thee. Thou knowest how often we have done the things we ought not to have done — how often we have left undone the things we ought to have done. Thou knowest how easily we forget thee, and how often we turn our faces away from thee, though thou dost never forget us. For- give us, we beseech thee, for the sake of Jesus Christ. Thou art our Father. We are thy children. Un- grateful and disobedient though we are and have been, still we are thy children and thou art our Father. Oh, help us, pity us, love us. We commend our friends to thee ; bless them wher- ever they are. Be gracious to the sick, and restore them to health again. If any among us are appointed soon to die, prepare such for their Father's house in 14 A MANUAL FOE THE CHAPEL. heaven. Bless us in our studies in school. Help us to make the best use of these opportunities for acquir- ing useful knowledge and useful discipline. Quicken our minds, strengthen our memories, give us all that we need, that our school life may fit us for future life in this world and in the world to come. (SPECIAL PEA YEES.) ALL we ask is in the name of him who taught us when we pray to say, Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our tres- passes, as we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation ; but deliver us from evil : For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. HYMN. ADDRESS. Let us pray. ALMIGHTY God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in .1 MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. 15 which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility, that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the quick and dead, we may rise to the life immortal ; through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, now and ever. Amen. HYMN AND DOXOLOGY, 16 A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. SECOND SUNDAY. LOOK -unto me and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth ; for I am God, and there is none else. The Lord is nigh unto them that call upon him ; to all that call upon him in truth. He will fulfill the desire of them that fear him : he also will hear their cry, and will save them. The Lord reigneth ; let the people tremble : he sit- teth between the cherubim ; let the earth be moved. The Lord is great in Zion ; and he is high above all the people. Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at his footstool ; for he is holy. Let us pray. OLORD our heavenly Father, who hast com- manded us not to forsake the assembling of ourselves together, sanctify and bless our meeting at this time ; and grant that, by thy Word and Spirit, our minds may be enlightened, our hearts cleansed, and our wills directed to keep thy holy command- ments ; through Jesus Christ our Redeemer. Amen. SELECTION FROM THE PSALMS. I Read responsively.) LESSON FROM THE SCRIPTURES. HYMN. A MANUAL FOE THE CHAPEL. 17 Let us jyray. OLOKD, open thou our lip* ; and our mouth shall show forth thy praise. We give thanks unto thee, O God of our salvation, that thou hast crowned our lives with thy mercies ; we look unto thee as the Saviour and benefactor of our souls. Thou didst create heaven and earth, and all things that are therein. Thou gavest unto us life and being. By thy providence are the fruits of the earth preserved to us ; and by thy blessing we and all things living are nourished and sustained. Thou openest thine hand and fillest us with plenty. Thou hast preserved us all our days, and now again thou bringest us into thy presence, in the multitude of thy mercies, and replenished with thy goodness. O God, the Fountain of all truth and grace, who hast called us out of darkness into marvellous light, grant unto us power to walk worthy of our vocation, with all lowliness and meekness, endeavoring to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace ; that we may have our fruit unto holiness, and the end ever- lasting life ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. O God, who didst suffer thine own Son to be tempted of the wicked one, that he might be able to succor them that are tempted, we beseech thee to deliver us from those snares and temptations by which we are continually beset : save us from the spirit of guile and deceit; from the spirit of malice and un- 2 18 A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. charitableness ; from the spirit of falsehood and un- cleauness ; and so strengthen us mightily by thy good Spirit, that in all things we may be more than con- querors through him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood. {SPECIAL PRAYERS.) HYMN. ADDRESS. Let us pray. C\ GOD, who didst teach the hearts of thy people, V/ by sending to them the light of thy Holy Spirit, grant us, by the same Spirit, to have a right under- standing of thy truth. Visit us with thy love and favor; enlighten our minds more and more with the light of the everlasting gospel ; graft in our hearts a love of the truth ; increase in us true religion ; nourish us with all goodness ; and of thy great mercy keep us in the same ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord ; and of thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night, for the love of thy only Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. HYMN AND DOXOLOGY, A MAMA J. FOR THE CHAPEL. 19 THIRD SUNDAY. iHorninjj .Scrbiu. QEEK ye the Lord while he may be found ; call ye O upon him while he is near. Let the wicked for- sake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for he will abun- dantly pardon. Let all the earth fear the Lord ; let all the inhab- itants of the world stand in awe of him : for he spake, and it was done ; he commanded, and it stood fast. . Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord ; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inherit- ance. Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy. Let us pray. OGOD, whom heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain, but who dwellest with humble and contrite hearts, look in thy mercy upon us who are here assembled to offer up our sacrifices of prayer and praise. O Lord, grant unto us, we entreat thee, thy Holy Spirit to guide and sanctify us, that we may be ac- cepted in thy sight, and may obtain our petitions; for we come before thee not in our own name, but in the name of our great Advocate, Jesus Christ. Amen. 20 A 31 AN UAL FOR THE CHAPEL. SELECTION FROM THE PSALMS. (Read responsively.) LESSON FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT. HYMN. LESSON FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT. HYMN. Let us pray. ALMIGHTY and ever-living God, who by thy holy apostle hast taught us to make prayers and sup- plications, and to give thanks, for all men, we hum- bly beseech thee most mercifully to receive these our prayers. We pray for all who mourn, that they may be com- forted ; for all who suffer pain and anguish, that they may be relieved ; for all who are sick, that they may be healed ; and especially we commend to thee the dying, entreating thee to be with them in that last hour when heart and flesh do faint and fail, to cleanse their souls in the blood of Christ, and to receive them into thy rest. O thou who art the confidence of the ends of the earth, and of them that are far off upon the sea, we commend to thy almighty protection all travellers, A MANUAL FOE THE CHAPEL. 21 sojourners and strangers. Go with all who journey, and grant to those who are far from their homes that they may return to them, in thy good time, in peaee. Be pleased, O Lord, to remember our friends and benefactors ; do good to them ; rewarding them with blessings, sanctifying them with thy grace, and bring- ing them to thine eternal kingdom. (SPEC 'J A L PR A i 'EPS. > HYMN. ADDRESS. Let us pray. ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common sup- plications unto thee, and dost promise that when two or three are gathered together in thy name thou wilt grant their requests ; fulfill now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants, as may be most expedient for us ; granting us in this world knowledgeof thy truth, and in the world to come, life everlasting. Amen. HYMN' AND DOXOLOGY. 22 A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. THIRD SUNDAY. Afternoon .Sfrbict. THE hour cometh, and now is, when the true wor- shippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth ; for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a spirit, and they that worship him must wor- ship him in spirit and in truth. He that covereth his sins shall not prosper ; but he that confesseth and forsaketh his sins shall have mercy. Let us pray. OLORD our God, we lift up our eyes unto the hills from whence cometh our help. Thou only art the fountain of life and peace, and in thy presence is full- ness of joy. Father in heaven, from whom cometh down every good and perfect gift, incline thine ear unto us, and grant us thy blessing, as we come before thee at this time. Merciful Saviour, who sittest at the right hand of the Father, and makest intercession for us, fulfill now thy promise: where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. O Holy Ghost the Comforter, help our infirmities, and enable us to worship in the beauty of holiness; through Christ our Lord. Amen. .1 MANUAL FOR THE < II A PEL. 23 Then may be said or Bung this hymn. WE praise thee, O God; we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. AlltJie earth doth worship thee, the Father everlasting. To thee all angels cry aloud ; the heavens and all the powers therein. To thee cherubim and seraphim continually do cry, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Sabaoth ; Heaven and earth are full of the majesty of thy glory. The glorious company of the apostles praise thee. The goodly fellowship of the prophets praise thee. The noble army of martyrs praise thee. The holy Church throughout all the world doth ac- knowledge thee, The Father, of an infinite majesty ; Thine adorable, true and only Son, Also the Holy Ghost, the Comforter. Thou art the King of glory, O Christ. Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father. When thou looked upon thee to deliver man, thou didst humble thyself to be born of a virgin. When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death, thou didst open the kingdom of heaven to all believers. Thou sifted at the right hand of God, in the glory of ili> Father. We believe that thou shalt come to be our Judge. 11"'- therefore pray thee help thy servants whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood. 24 A MANUAL FOE THE CHAPEL. Make them to be numbered -with thy saints in glory everlasting. Lord, save thy people, and bless thine heritage. Govern them and lift them up for ever. Day by day we magnify thee ; And we worship thy name ever, world without end. Vouchsafe, Lord, to keep us this day without sin. O Lord, have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us. Lord, let thy mercy be upon us, as our trust is in thee. O Lord, in thee have I trusted ; let me never be confounded. LESSON FROM THE SCRIPTURES. HYMN. Let us pray. OLORD, who hast taught us to forget those things which are behind, and to reach forth unto those things that are before; give us grace that we may press toward the mark for the prize of our high call- ing in Christ Jesus. May we lay aside every weight, and the sins which easily beset us, and run with pa- tience the race set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith. As he for the joy set before him endured the cross, despising the shame ; even so may we ever have before us our heavenly reward, and in like manner not fear what men can do unto us, if we may only acceptably serve thee. A MANUAL FOE THE CHAPEL. 25 From all idleness and carelessness ; from all self- conceit, and love of praise ; from all confidence in our own powers, and neglect of seeking thy grace— Lord, pre& roe and keep us. From all want of love to one another ; from all lack of charity in thinking and speaking of others ; from all undue cleaving to our own likings and opinions — Lord, preserve and keep us. From all unsocial and selfish feelings; from taking advantage of the weakness or the ignorance of others ; from slighting any one, or inwardly despising any— Lord, preserve and keep us. In the hope that we may belong to Christ ; in the unfailing thought that we are his soldiers and serv- ants ; in the love for our Father's house, and the blessed hope of our eternal home — Lord, preserve and keep us. For the mercies of this • day; for the health and comfort which we enjoy; for the provision for our wants; for means of improvement and of usefulness, we humbly thank thee, the Giver of all good. (SPECIAL PRAYBB8.) HY.MX. ADDRESS. 26 A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. Let us }way. OUR Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation ; but deliver us from evil : For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord ; and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils of this night ; for the love of thy only Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ, to whom, with thee, O Father, and thee, O Holy Spirit, be all honor and glory. Amen. HYMN AND POXOLOGY. A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. 27 FOURTH SUNDAY. iHormntj Serbict. DRAW nigh unto God, and he will draw nigh unto you. Ca^t away from you all your transgressions, where- by ye have transgressed ; and make you a new heart and a right spirit : for why will ye die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saitb the Lord God : wherefore turn your- selves, and live ye. Let us jjray. ALMIGHTY God, the Maker of all things visible and invisible, our Creator and Preserver, grant, unto us thy grace and blessing, as we are here assem- bled to offer up our common supplications, to confess our sins, and to render thanks unto thy name for thy great goodness. May we put away all heedlessness and levity, all vain thoughts and distracting cares ; and may we draw near to thy presence with earnest, humble and faithful hearts. And may our worship and service, being offered in the name of thy Son, be acceptable to thee, and profitable to us ; through him who is our Mediator and Advocate, Jesus Christ. Amen. 28 A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. SELECTION FROM THE PSALMS. (Head responsively.) OLD TESTAMENT LESSON. HYMN. NEW TESTAMENT LESSON. HYMN. Let as pray. OGOD, Light of the hearts that see thee, and Life of the souls that love thee, and Strength of the thoughts that seek thee, from whom to be turned away is to fall, to whom to be turned is to rise, and in whom to abide is to stand fast forever, grant us now thy grace and blessing as we are here assembled to offer up our common supplications ; and though we are unworthy to approach thee or to ask anything of thee at all, have mercy upon us and answer us, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. We thank thee for guarding and preserving us through the past night, and for bringing us safely to the beginning of a new day. AVe thank thee for health and strength, to enable us to come to this place of instruction and prayer and praise. Let thy presence be with us now so that every thing we do may be done to thine honor and -lory. Let all these services be for our profit. Help us to understand the holy Scriptures; help us A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. 29 to sing these hymns with devout hearts; help us to pray in our hearts as we oiler these prayers. Thou art the searcher of hearts, and thou knowest whether we mean the things we say, or whether we are offer- ing thee the service of the Lips only. Keep us from formality and vanity, and help us to worship thee in spirit and in truth. We thank thee for all the good things that we enjoy. Thou hast sent us to this school to be educated ; help us to improve the oppor- tunity. Make us diligent in the use of all the means within our reach. Make us teachable and obedient to all who are set over us. Help us to be kind to our schoolmates ; not striving, not quarrelling with any, but doing what we can to promote good-fellowship among each other. If any of us have enemies, help us to forgive them as we pray that thou, Lord, wilt forgive us. Let us not indulge angry feelings against any one who has hurt or wronged us, or whom we may have hurt or wronged. Help us always to remember that we belong to thee, that thou hast a right to all we have and are. Help us to remember that thou art calling us all, in the morning of life to seek thee, to give our hearts to thee; and though we may shut our ears to the divine call, yet that thou canst speak to the heart. Thou dost call to us every day, every hour ; O help us to hear and obey thy blessed word, and believe in the Saviour. 30 A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. Remember all for whom we should pray. Bless all of us boys. Bless the sick among us, and make them all well again. Bless the President of the United States, the Governor of the Commonwealth and the Mayor of the city, and give them heavenly wisdom. Bless the President and all the authorities of the College, all our teachers and instructors, and all our friends and kindred. All these things and any others that we need we ask, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord, who taught us when we pray to say, Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will, etc. {SPECIAL PRAYERS.) HYMN. ADDRESS. Let us pray. UK Father, if the words which have been spoken are in accordance with thy truth, carry them, we beseech thee, into the hearts of all who have heard them, and let an increasing love of divine truth grow up in the minds and hearts of all this assembly. We ask this for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. HYMN AND DOXOLOCiY. A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. 31 FOURTH SUNDAY. Afternoon 5crbuc. THE Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep Bilence before him. O come, let us worship and bow down ; let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. For he is our God ; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his, hand. Let us pray. OUR Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation ; but deliver us from evil : For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. SELECTION FROM THE PSALMS. Read fesponsively.) LESSON FROM THE SCRIPTURES. HYMN. 32 A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL, Let us pray. OGOD our heavenly Father, we would worship thee with reverence and deep humility, for we are sinners. We have done the things that we ought not to have done, and we have left undone the things that we ought to have done. Pardon, we pray thee, all our sins, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. We would thank thee for all thy mercies. They are new every morning, fresh every evening. They are more numerous than our sins. Make us sincerely grateful. Thou hast spared our lives while many others have died. Thou hast continued us in health while many others are sick. Help us in our duties. Help us to offer acceptable worship to thee now while we are assembled here. Help us in our studies in school. Make us industrious with our lessons, re- spectful and obedient to our teachers, careful to obey the rules of this College. Help us to be kind to each other, the strong not oppressing the weak. May our fellowship with our schoolmates be kind and helpful. Bless all the teachers and those who have the care over us. Bless the sick among us, and raise them up to health again. Give wisdom and grace to the President of the United States, and to all rulers and governors, and to all people in places of trust and responsibility. Remember all whom we love, our friends and relations, and do them good according to their need and thy great mercy. A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. 33 {SPECIAL PRAYERS.) HYMN. ADDRESS. Let us pray. GRANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that the words which we have heard this day with our outward ears, may through thy grace be so grafted inwardly in our hearts, that they may bring forth in us the fruit of good liviug, to the honor and praise of thy name ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. HYMN AND DOXOLOGY. 34 A MAX UAL FDR THE CHAPEL. FIFTH SUNDAY. JEormitfl SStt&te. THERE be many that say, Who will show us any good ? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy coun- tenance upon us. Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer. Let us pray. ALMIGHTY God our Father and preserver, who of thy goodness hast watched over us during the past night, and brought us to this day, strengthen and guard us by thy Spirit, that we may spend it wholly in thy service. And as the sun now gives light upon the earth, so illuminate our souls by the brightness of thy Spirit, that we may be guided in the paths of holy obedience. We ask all for Christ's sake. Amen. SELECTION FROM THE PSALMS. (Read responsively.) LESSON FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT. HYMN. LESSON FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT. HYMN. .( MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. 35 Let us pray. ALMIGHTY God, give us thy heavenly grace. ( ruide as by thy love in our daily work, that all may rightly understand and profit by the instruction that we receive. Grant that we may be faithful and diligent in the tasks appointed us, and give unto us such success as may be best for us. Preserve us from all selfish and unjust conduct, from unruly and un- worthy ways, and make us generous and true, pure and honest in all things. May we strive continually to do what is pleasing in thy sight ; that we may re- joice in thy love, and so make glad the hearts of our teachers and friends. Blessed Saviour, who during thy life on earth didst magnify thyself chiefly in showing mercy and pity, and who didst go about doing good to the souls and bodies of the sinful and suffering ; grant us, we pray thee, such a measure of thy spirit, that we may find great pleasure in doing good to all around us. Give us tender hearts and willing hands, that we may do thy work in sustaining the weak, raising them that fall, and comforting the sorrowing. Teach us all that we are brethren, and heirs of the kingdom which thou hast promised to them that love thee. Keep us from all words and deeds which may offend or lead astray ; and grant to us the joy of hearing that in doing good to the least of thy little ones, we did it unto thee. {SPECI. l L PR. 1 YERS.) 36 A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. May the Lord Almighty order all our ways and doings in his peace ; may he direct and rule our hearts in all things, and bring us to life everlasting, for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. HYMN. ADDRESS. Let us pray. OGOD, who in times past didst speak to our fathers by the prophets, and in these last days to us by thy Son ; we thank thee for the volume of thy Holy Word; for the plain and ample directions it con- tains ; for the sublime instructions it affords ; for the consolations and hopes it presents to the penitent, the afflicted, aud the dying ; for the immortal life it re- veals to man ; for the eternal glory and happiness it promises to those who love and strive to obey thee. By the light and assistance which it gives to our igno- rance and frailty may we be enabled to order our steps aright ; to keep thy laws and ordinances ; and steadily to pursue that path of virtue and true holi- ness which leads to everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. HYMN AND DOXOLOGY. A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. 61 FIFTH SUNDAY. Efttrnoon .Srrbfrc. THE eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous ; and his cars are open to their cry. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart ; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Ask, and it shall be given you ; seek, and ye shall find ; knock, and it shall be opened unto you ; for every one that asketh receiveth ; and he that seeketh findeth ; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. Let its pray. ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hast prom- ised that in all places where thou dost record thy name, thou wilt meet with thy servants and bless them, fulfill to us at this time thy promise. Solemnize and purify our minds : raise our hearts to thee ; endow us with wisdom and understanding ; may we know, believe and love thy truth, so that we may offer to thee acceptable worship, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. SELECTION FROM THE PSALMS. (Read responsively.) LESSON FROM THE SCRIPTURES. HYMN. 38 A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. Let us pray. ALMIGHTY God our heavenly Father, this is thy day. Thou art our Creator, Preserver, Benefac- tor. We are thy children, and we come to thee our Father. We would thank thee heartily for thy mercies : for notwithstanding our ingratitude, they have not failed. Day after day during all our lives thy mercies have been continued to us. We would thank thee for our home with its comforts and enjoyments, while so many are suffering from poverty. We thank thee for the advantages of education in school, while many others have no teachers and no schools. We would thank thee most of all for the spiritual mercies we enjoy, for the house of instruction and prayer, for the Holy Scriptures, and for the helps which enable us to under- stand them. We have to confess our sins. We have done many things that are wrong, and we are convicted and ashamed in thy presence. Forgive us, we beseech thee, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord, and give us a better heart, show us a better way. We pray for a blessing on the Holy Scriptures which we read and hear; on the prayers which we offer, that they may be answered as thou seest best ; on the songs which we sing ; on the address which is to be made, that it may be suitable and good. We pray for the President of the United States, a MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. 39 and all others in authority, that tluy may govern the people in the love and fear of God; and that all the laws which they enact may be for the best interests of this country and for all people. {SPECIAL PRAYERS.) Hear us, we beseech thee, O Lord, for the sa"ke of Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen. HYMX. A DDK ESS. Let us pray. A LMIGHTY God, who hast given us grace at this A time with one accord to make our common sup- plications unto thee ; and dost promise that when two or three are gathered together in thy name thou wilt grant their requests ; fulfill now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants, as may be most expe- dient for us ; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlasting. Lighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord, and by thy great mercy defend us from all dangers and perils of this night; for the love of thine only Son our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen. HYMX AXD DOXOLOGY. 40 A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. AN EXTRA SERVICE. MAGNIFY the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. Offer unto God thanksgiving, and pay thy vows unto the Most High. Let us pray. FATHER of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, we bow unto thee humbly entreating that thou wouldst grant us, according to the riches of thy glory, to be strengthened with might by thy Spirit in the inner man, so that Christ may dwell in our hearts by faith ; that we, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth and length and depth and height, and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, and to be filled with all the fullness of God ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. SELECTION FROM THE PSALMS. (Read responsively.) HYMN. LESSON FROM THE SCRIPTURES. A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. 41 Let us j)ray. BOW down thine ear, O God, and hear thy chil- dren's prayer. We come to thee, O thou that hearest prayer, for unto thee shall all flesh come, Thou hast made us for thyself, and until we come to thee how can we find rest? God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. Thou hast given him to be the link of life and love between thee and us, to be the light of the world, so that whosoever believeth in him may not walk in darkness, but may have the light of life. In him thou hast given us all things, life and health and daily bread, and friends and helpers ; blessings that come with every morning and that return with every evening. In him thou hast given us eternal lite, forgiveness for all our sins, by his most blessed surrender and sacrifice of himself upon the cross. By him thou hast given us thy Holy Spirit, thy holy gospel, thy holy day. In him thou hast come to us, restoring our sinful, self-ruined na- ture, making manifest that thou art our Father and that we are thy children, none the less even though we be wayward children. Accept our adoration and love and praise; our hymns of worship; our In arts of faith ; the surrender of ourselves, body, soul and spirit, to be thine. We can bring to thee no offering that is worthy of thee, none that can fully or fairly 42 A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. testify our unutterable sense of thy mercy, none that can be worthy thine ineffable love. But like as to the ear of love on earth the broken utterance of its little children is sweet, and the rude writing of its little children is fair and full of meaning, so let our humble thanksgiving and worship be to thee ; so let our prayer come up before thee. Give us a ready ear to hear thy truth, a willing, docile heart where- with to receive it ; the mind that was in Christ Jesus. Lovingly subdue our wills to thine. Increase our faith in thee, and in thy dear Son our Saviour. Keep our lives sheltered in thine. Guide us by thy heavenly counsel. Defend us from all evil. Give us power to overcome temptation. Teach us how to pass through the things seen and temporal so as not to lose the things unseen and eternal. Give thy grace to our teachers, to our friends and kindred, to our compan- ions, and make us true helpers of each other, brothers and friends; in all that is good, manful followers of Christ our Lord ; and finally of thy grace bring us to the fellowship of the good and true in life ever- lasting, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. HYMN. ADDRIXS. A MAX CM. FOR THE CHAPEL. 43 Ia t US j i rmi. r\ THOU who art the true light that lighteneth V/ every man that cometh into the world, by thy holy truth to which we have been listening, enlighten us and grant us grace that we may be now and ever not only meek hearers, but faithful doers of thy holy will ; that so, keeping step with the faithful and true in every age and every place, we may come at length into the full fruition of life eternal, through thy Sun »ur Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. HYMN AND DOXOLOGY. 44 A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. NEW YEAR'S DAY. Let pray. WE thank thee, heavenly Father, for another New Year's day, for the life which thou art giving us upon the earth, and for all the mercies and bless- ings which crown these years. Give us grace that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom ; and as our time is passing away, help us to make the best use of it, so that whatsoever our hands find to do, we may do it with our might, and do all to the glory of God. We beseech thee to take care of us in all the coming year. We stand on the threshold to-day, but we know not whether we shall see the end. There may be sad- ness and sorrow and sickness and suffering in the future. We do not know, nor do Ave desire to know ; but if we have thee with us, all will be well. If our hand is held in thy hand, we shall not fall, we shall not be afraid. It may be that for some of us our last year has this day dawned. Some now here may pass through the dark valley before the year shall close. If it be so, do thou prepare us for our Father's house in heaven. {SPECIAL PRA VERS.) A MANUAL FOE THE CHAPEL. 45 WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY. Let us pro;/. THOU, Lord, rulest over all the kingdoms of the earth ; and in thy hand is the power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee. Thine eyes behold the nations : by thee princes rule, even all the judges of the earth ; and thine, O Lord, is the kingdom and the power and the glory for ever. O God, who by thy servant Moses didst lead forth thine Israel with a mighty hand and with an out- stretched arm, who by thy servant Joshua didst bring them into the promised land, and by thy servant David didst give them victory over their enemies and establish them in peace ; we bless thee that when the men of this land were few and feeble, and sore oppressed, thou didst remember thy covenant with our fathers, even the sure mercies of David, and didst raise up thy servant Washington for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people. We bless thee for the wisdom, the courage, the faith, the fortitude, the patience, wherewith thou didst en- dow him for the trials of war ; and for the prudence, the integrity, the unselfish love of country and of mankind, wherewith thou didst fit him for the estab- lishing of government and the administration of affairs. We bless thee for the independence, the freedom, the order of this nation, secured by his 46 A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. valor, his wisdom, his uprightness; mid we pray thee, O most righteous and most merciful God, that the example of his virtues may incite our rulers to the like patriotism and piety, and the memory of his counsels may preserve among the people the spirit of unity and peace. O Lord, forgive our sins, the sins of our rulers, the sins of the people. Bless thy servant the Pres- ident of the United States, and all his counsellors ; bless the assembled Congress of the nation ; bless all governors and legislatures, all judges and magis- trates ; bless the army and the navy, and all who are in any place of authority and power throughout the land ; and grant that all their doings may be guided by thy Spirit and ordered by thy holy will. Bless, we pray thee, the whole land and all the inhabitants thereof; and grant that thy kingdom may rule over us from sea to sea. We give thee thanks for our home in this land of freedom and plenty ; for the daily benefits which load our lives ; and pray for grace to serve thee, through Jesus Christ thy Son our Saviour. Amen. A MAX I'M. FOR THE CHAPEL. 47 GOOD FRIDAY. Let us pray. 0I.< > I v I > Jesus, who for our sake.- didst endure such contradiction of sinner- against thyself, grant us grace, that, like thee, we may be meek and lowly of heart. When offended and wronged by others, when persecuted by an evil and gainsaying world, may we remember him who, when he was reviled, reviled not again, and who from the cross prayed for the forgive- i' his enemies. Our Father in heaven, we beseech thee forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us. As thou dost forgive our manifold offences, may we ever show the spirit of forgiveness toward all who do us harm. £et a watch at the door of our lips, that we offend not in word. May we be holy, harmless, undefiled ; and, while we are bold and firm for thy truth and cause, in all that con- cerns ourselves may we study the things that make for peace. Help us this day to resist temptation, to walk uprightly, to do good as we have opportunity, to be kind toward all, and to overcome the world. Heavenlv Father, we bless thee for the mercy that has brought us to the beginning of this day ; we sup- plicate thy favor upon all our friends ; we pray thee to forgive our enemies ; and, O Lord, prepare us for the great day of thine appearing, and have mercy upon us, and upon all men, for Christ's sake. Amen. 48 A M AN UAL FOE Till-: CHAPEL. EASTER DAY. Let us pray. WITH grateful joy, Lord, we hail this blessed day. We thank thee that he who died for our sius has risen again. We bless thee that Jesus Christ our Lord has been declared to be the Son of God with power by the resurrection of the dead. We adore thee that Jesus, thy beloved Son, is not sleep- ing in the tomb, but is risen as he said, and that he has thus become the first-fruits of them that sleep in death. Strengthen our faith in the assurance that in Christ shall all be made alive. We pray thee, O heavenly Father, to bring all our hearts more and more under the power of the revelation that the hour is coining in which all that are in their graves shall hear the voice of the Son of God and come forth ; they that have done good unto the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil unto the resurrec- tion of damnation. Awaken in each one of us a living faith in Jesus Christ, that we may in that hour hear joyfully the voice that will break the sleep of death. Strengthen us, by the teaching of thy Holy Spirit, for every trial. Help us to resist all sin, and to purify ourselves, even as Christ is pure. Espec- ially do we ask to be delivered from the fear of death. When thou shalt be pleased to call us, may we be enabled by thy grace to say, " O death, where is thy A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. 49 sting? O grave, where is thy victory? Thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." These, our praises and prayers, we offer in the name of him who, though he was dead, still lives to make intercession for us. For his >ake hear us, O Lord God, and help and bless us. Amen. A PRAYER TO BE READ OX THE TWENTY- FIRST DAY OF MAY. OLORD, our merciful Father in heaven, we render thanks to thy name that thou hast provided means for our maintenance and instruction. We thank thee that thou didst move' the founder of this institution to bequeath his wealth to endow it. May we cherish the memory of his beneficence and the debt of gratitude we owe to him who was an instru- ment in thy hands for our good. On this anniver- sary of his birth may we form new and stronger res- olutions to live in a manner worthy of our privileges ; to, improve our time and opportunities, and prepare for useful and happy lives. May we imitate the example of our benefactor in his industry, his honesty, his temperance, his public spirit, and in all parts of his conduct and character which were in accordance with thy holy will. Bless the directors and officers of this school, and 4 50 A 31 AN UAL FOR THE CHAPEL. give them large measures of that wisdom which cometh from above, to guide them in their duties, that they may so instruct and train us that we may become a blessing to our friends and society, and through thy Holy Spirit may be renewed in right- eousness and made heirs of a happy immortality. Be thou the guide and guardian of those who have gone forth into the various walks of industry, many of whom revisit today this home of their childhood. Grant them the blessings which thou seest they need, and bring us all in thine own good time to our eternal rest and peace ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen FOURTH OF JULY. Let us pray. 0GOD, the Lord of heaven and earth, who hast made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hast determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their hab- itation ; we bless thee that in the fullness of time thou didst plant in this land a Christian people, and didst give them dominion over the wilderness unto the great river, and beyond even unto the great sea, to- ward the going down of the sun. And we do thank thee, Lord God of our fathers, that thou didst look I MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. 51 upon them in their affliction and oppression, and didst deliver them with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm, and hast made of them a nation great, mighty and populous, as at this day. We bless thee, O Lord, for our freedom and union ; for our arts and industries; for our fields and mines; for our trade and commerce; for our homes, our schools, and for all thy benefits unto this nation. Let the people praise thee, O God, let all the people praise thee. O Lord, preserve us from war and discord, from famine, pestilence, and every evil; and purify us from every sin. Ble>s thy servant the President of the United States, and all who are in authority ; fill this land with judgment and righteousness. May the fear of the Lord be our treasure, and wisdom and knowledge the stability of our times. So may we, as a people whom thou hast redeemed, help on the blessed day when the kingdoms of this world shall become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ ; to whom be glory and dominion for ever. Amen. THANKSGIVING DAY. OGOD our heavenly Father, thou hast brought us to see another Thanksgiving day. This day has been set apart by our rulers as a day of praise and 52 A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. prayer. Thy mercies have been so abounding and so unceasing to the people of this nation that our hearts should go up to thee in united fervent praise. We thank thee for the early and the latter rain ; for abundant harvests, rewarding the labor of the hus- bandman ; for the general health of the people ; for their well-being, and for their love of country. We thank thee that no wars have desolated this fair land, and that no internal strife has disturbed us. We thank thee for the advancement of religion ; for the open Bible, for free schools, and for wholesome literature. We heartily thank thee for all thy bountiful gifts to us and to all men. We thank thee for our life, and all its blessings of health and strength ; above all, for whatever measure thou hast taught us of thy grace and truth ; and for our hopes of things eternal. In- crease, O Lord, this knowledge, and multiply thy grace upon us, that no ignorance nor sin may turn our blessings into curses ; that we may ever devote ourselves to thy service in w r ord and deed ; and so praising thee both with our lips and lives, go on, through thy mercy, to the joy of everlasting life. We pray for a continuance of these and all needed mercies, with the forgiveness of our sins, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. {SPECIAL PRAYERS.) A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. 53 CHRISTMAS DAY. OHOLY and blessed God, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, we bow at thy footstool on the morning of this blessed day. We would join in the angels' song, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men." Thankfully would we listen to the wonderful tid- ings, " Unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord." Help us like the shepherds to go by faith to Beth- lehem, to find the babe lying in a manger ; and then may we return, when this day is over, to the pursuits of life, glorifying and praising God for all the won- derful things we have seen and heard. Help us like the wise men to approach Christ, the Incarnate Word, with reverence and joy, and pour out at his feet our richest and best, as they did their treasures of gold, frankincense and myrrh. AVe praise thee for the great mystery of his birth, in whom all the families of the earth are blessed — who is the Child born, the Son given, Wonderful, Counsellor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. May we, amidst all the social intercourse and enjoyments of this day, remember him devoutly, and consider how he has sanctified do- mestic life, and made the joys of father, mother, hus- band, wife and child holier than before. May he, 54 A MANUAL FOE THE CHAPEL. the bright and morning star, shine over all homes. May that peace which he gives, and which passeth all understanding, mingle with the innocent pleasures of our home this day. {SPECIAL PRA YERS.) SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS. Prayer. WE thank thee, O Lord our God, that when there was no eye to pity and no arm to save, thine eye had compassion on our fallen race, and thine arm brought salvation. We thank thee that thou didst give thine own beloved Son to take upon him- self our human nature ; to be touched with the feel- ing of our infirmities ; to be tempted as we are, yet without sin ; to live as our pure and perfect example ; and to draw us by cords of love that Ave might follow him and strive to be like him. Grant, we beseech thee, that through faith in his name we may be raised from sin to holiness, and be- come partakers of the great salvation which Christ has wrought out for us. As the star guided the wise men to the place where the infant Jesus was cradled in a manger, so may heaven's light shine into our hearts, and disperse our darkness, and lead us to the Lamb of God; who taketh away the sin of the world. .1 MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. 55 O blessed Jesus, O Christ, the anointed one, our Messiah sent to save, our Redeemer who died and yet liveth evermore, may we never cease to thank thee, to adore thee, to love thee, for thine infinite conde- scension in coming into the world to be born, to live, and to suffer unto death to save our immortal souls. Enable us by the help of the Holy Spirit to become strong in thy strength, and to grow up to the stature of perfect men in Christ our Lord. Amen. LAST DAY OF THE YEAR. MOST merciful and gracious Father, through thy good hand upon us we are brought in safety to the close of another year, and we bless thee because thy goodness and truth have followed us daily. From thee have come all our supplies. Thou hast caused us to lie down night by night, and thou hast protected us ; we have gone'in and out daily, because thou hast kept us. Thou hast made our bed in sickness, and hast raised us up again when we have been brought low. Thou hast refreshed us when weary, and hast comforted us with thy comforts. Thou hast endued our souls with much strength, and hast upheld us, saying to our souls, "Fear not, I am thy salvation." Thou hast blessed us with the means of grace. Thou 56 A MANUAL FOE THE CHAPEL. hast made known to us thy Son crucified for our sins, and raised again for our justification ; and thou hast given thy good Spirit to teach and to sanctify the hearts of thy people. O Lord, thou hast done all this for us, and delighted to do us good ; notwith- standing all our sins, our negligences, and our back- slidings. O God, we acknowledge that we have not rendered unto thee according to all that thou hast done for us. We cast ourselves anew on our divine Redeemer. We pray thee, for his sake, forgive us all that is past. Renew to us now the sense of thy free pardon, and so give us peace ; so fill us with thy grace and heavenly benediction, that we may rejoice and be glad in thee all the days of our life. And now, Lord, may we be all taught so to num- ber our days as to apply our hearts more simply, sin- cerely and wholly to heavenly wisdom. Thou, and thou only, knowest when we shall be cut off. Only give us grace that we may always stand ready and prepared for the coming of Jesus, and may be found of him in peace. Look in mercy on our country. Pardon our national sins. Let not our abuse of the privileges which thou hast bestowed bring down thy judgments on the land. Continue to us, we beseech thee, our national blessings. Hear us, O Lord, and stir up thy strength and come among us, and with great might succor us ; and hasten the time when all shall know thee, from the least to the greatest ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. 57 PRAYER FOR A PUPIL ABOUT TO LEAVE THE SCHOOL. OLORD, thou Counsellor and Guide of them who put their trust iu thee, we pray for thy blessing upon thy young servant who is about to enter upon the active duties of life. We beseech thee to guard him in his inexperienced years; protect him from the assaults of temptation ; keep him in the way of wis- dom, and let not his feet decline from her path. Assist him by thy Holy Spirit so to order his con- duct in life that he may rejoice the hearts of his friends, and bring honor to the school which has nurtured his childhood and instructed his youth. And do thou constrain him by the power of thy love to surrender to thee the best affections of his heart, and the earliest service of his life, and the praise shall be thine ; through Jesus Christ our Saviour. {SPECIAL PRAYERS.) FOR A PUPIL DISMISSED FOR WKONG-DOING. OGOD, who lovest the sinner while thou hatest his sin, we pray for the erring youth who is about to be separated from us. Be pleased to give him sincere repentance for his transgressions, and may he firmly 58 A 31 AN UAL FOR THE CHAPEL. resolve to yield no more to the suggestions of bad associates, nor to the impulses of a turbulent aud dis- obedient spirit. O Lord, forgive his sin, and let thy Holy Spirit renew his heart, and give him better purposes and higher aims. As he is now to enter upon new scenes, may he so conduct himself as to become a worthy member of society and a useful citizen. Hear us in mercy, pardon our shortcomings, and save us in Christ our Redeemer. {SPECIAL PRAYERS.) FOR RECENTLY-ADMITTED PUPILS. BLESSED Saviour, who didst take little children in thine arms, and didst say to thy disciples, " Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven," do thou look kindly and in gentle pity upon these little ones who have left their homes and friends and come to live in this place, to them so new and strange. May they meet with kind friends here, who will love them, and care for them, and train them up to be good men ; and teach them to love their fellow pupils, and to love the Saviour, and to fear God and keep his commandments. A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. 59 O Lord, give these children favor in the eyes of the older boys. Inspire with a spirit of kindness those to whom they will look as to elder brothers for pro- tection and example. {SPECIAL PRAYERS.) Keep us all in the path of duty, and save us in heaven, thy dwelling-place; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. FOE A SICK PUPIL. MERCIFUL God, who dost not willingly afflict thy children, we beseech thee to look with com- panion on our sick boy. Give efficacy to the rem- edies which are employed for his recovery. Grant him patience to bear his suffering without distrusting thy goodness. Enable him to look up to thee as his Father and his God, who doest all things well. \Xe know that it is in thy power to heal every disease, and we earnestly beseech thee to deal mercifully with our young friend ; and with returning health may he rejoice and give thanks for thy goodness and mercy. And especially we pray that thy Holy Spirit may lead him to give his heart to thee, and to walk in that new and living way that leads to everlasting life ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. SPECIAL I' I! A VERS.) 60 A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. Or this. ALMIGHTY God and merciful Father, to whom alone belong the issues of life and death, look down from heaven, we humbly beseech thee, with the eyes of mercy upon this boy, now lying upon the bed of sickness. Visit him with thy salvation ; deliver him in thy good appointed time from his bodily pain, and save his soul for thy mercy's sake ; that, if it shall be thy pleasure to prolong his days here on earth, he may live to thee, and be an instrument of thy glory by serving thee faithfully and doing good in his generation ; or else receive him unto those heavenly habitations, where the souls of those who sleep in the Lord Jesus enjoy perpetual rest and felicity. Grant this, O Lord, for thy mercy's sake, in the name of thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. A PKAYER TO BE READ AFTER ANNOUNCING THE DEATH OF A PUPIL. 0LORD God, we would bow in humble resigna- tion to thy holy will, and still trust in thy good- ness, though affliction has visited us and death has entered our dwelling. Teach us to draw lessons of instruction from every dispensation of thy providence, A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. 61 and when we see the young cut down as the flower of the morning, may we be impressed with the feebleness of our hold on life, and persuaded, through the help of thy Holy Spirit, to prepare for the Master's call whenever it shall please him to remove us hence. We beseech thee to sanctify this event to all of us. Let not its solemn admonition pass away from our minds and leave no trace ; but let it remain in our memories, speaking to our souls through years to come, exhorting us to be also ready ; for we know not the day nor the hour when God shall require the life which he has lent us. Bless the afflicted relatives of our deceased friend and fellow pupil. May they draw consolation from that unfailing source which Jesus has opened for sor- rowing hearts. May they look to him who wept with those who wept, and whose tender sympathies will be balm to their stricken souls. Grace, mercy and peace be with us all, through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. FOE A SICK OFFICER. OTHOU merciful Lord, our God, we earnestly beseech thee to comfort and relieve our friend whom thou hast visited with sickness. Give him patience and steadfast trust in thy goodness. Cheer 62 A MANUAL FOE THE CHAPEL. him with the assurance that these light afflictions, which are but for a moment, shall work out for him a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. May no cloud of doubt or darkness hide from him the light of thy reconciled countenance, and may his soul rest serene and tranquil in thy love. Be pleased, O Lord, soon to restore him to health, that he may again discharge the responsible duties to which he has been called, and live long to thy praise and glory ; and all we ask is in the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. FOR CONGRESS. GRACIOUS God, we pray thee, as for all nations, so for our own people, for the President, and for the Congress now assembled, that thou wouldst in- spire all our rulers and legislators with the spirit of right, justice and truth, and with 'thy most holy fear; and that thou wouldst prosper their counsels to the advancement of true religion, and the welfare and honor of our government and people; that things may be settled upon sure foundations, and that peace and happiness, fairness and right, with thy holy faith and fear, may continue among us for all generations. All which we pray for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. A MANUAL FOB THE CHAPEL. 63 BURIAL SERVICE. OUR help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. All flesh is grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away ; but the word of the Lord en- dureth for ever. Clouds and darkness are round about thee, but jus- tice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth go before thy face. Though thou slay us, yet will we trust in thee. Our flesh and our heart fail ; but thou art the strength of our heart, and our portion for ever. Psalm XC. LORD, thou hast been our dwelling place /// all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. Thou turnest man to destruction ; And say est, Return, ye children of men. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yes- terday when it is past, And as a watch in the night. Thou earnest them away as with a flood ; they are as a sleep ; 64 A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. In the morning they are like grass which groweth up; In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up ; In the evening it is cut doivn, and withereth. For we are consumed by thine anger, And by thy wrath are we troubled. Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. For all our days are passed away in thy wrath ; We spend our years as a tale that is told. The days of our years are threescore years and ten ; And if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, Yet is their strength labor and sorrow ; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away. Who knoweth the power of thine anger ? Even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath. So teach us to number our days, That we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Keturn, O Lord, how long? And let it repent thee concerning thy servants. O satisfy us early with thy mercy ; That we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, And the years wherein we have seen evil. Let thy work appear unto thy servants, And thy glory unto their children. And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us : and establish thou the work of our hands upon us ; Yra, the work of our hands establish thou it. A MANUAL FOR THE (HAVEL. 65 AND the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom Bafe? And Cushi answered, The ene- mies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is. And the king was much moved, and went up to the cham- ber <»ver the gate, and wept ; and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom ! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son ! — 2 Sam. 18 : 32, 33. And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers. And he said unto his father, My head, my head! And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother. And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and died. — 2 Kings 4 : 18-20. And it came to pass that he went into a city called Nain ; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people. Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow : and much people of the city was with her. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. And he came and touched the bier : and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother. — Luke 7 : 11-15. 66 A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. And Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live : and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. — John 11 : 23-26. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes ; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain. . . . And they shall see his face, . . . and there shall be no night there, ... for the Lord God giveth them light— Revelation 21 : 4 ; 22 : 4, 5. HYMN. Let us pray. FATHER of mercies and God of all comfort, who dost not afflict willingly the children of men, but lovest those whom thou chastenest, draw near, we earnestly beseech thee, with thine own abundant con- solations, to us who are sorrowing for the dead, so that while we mourn, we may not murmur, or faint under thy rod ; but, remembering thine unnumbered past and present mercies, thy promises, and all thy A MANUAL FOB Till: CHAPEL. 67 love in Christ, may resign ourselves meekly into thy hands, to be taught and disciplined by thee. Thou, Lord, knowest our condition, our sorrows, and the secrets of our hearts. Pour into our wounded spirits the balm of thy fatherly wisdom and compassion, and grant that, loosened from earthly ties, we may cleave the more closely to thee, who bringest life out of death, and who canst turn our grief into eternal joy. {SPECIAL PPAYERS.) AND now, O merciful God, grant unto us, who are still spared, grace to receive aright the warnings of thy providence, and the lessons taught us by the life and death of our fellows. May every instance of mortality remind us of the evil of sin and the vanity of earthly things, and lead us unto him in whom pardon, peace and life are to be found, so that we may be delivered from both the power of sin and the fear of death. And grant that, whensoever our call shall come, our souls may depart in peace, and our bodies rest in hope to rise in glory, through the might and merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour ; for whom, and through whom, we desire, in life and in death, to bless thy name ; and to whom, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, we would ascribe all glory and praise, world without end. Amen. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with us all. evermore. Amen. GS A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. At the Grave. FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God, in his wise providence, to take out of this world the soul of our deceased brother, we therefore commit his body to the ground ; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust ; looking for the general resurrection in the last day, and the life of the world to come, through our Lord Jesus Christ ; at whose second coming in glorious majesty, to judge the world, the earth and sea shall give up their dead ; and the corruptible bodies of those who sleep in him shall be changed, and made like unto his own glorious body, according to the mighty working whereby he is able to subdue all things unto himself. I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, From henceforth blessed are the dead which die in the Lord ; even so, saith the Spirit, for they rest from their labors. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope, by the resur- rection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inherit- ance incorruptible and undefiled, and that fadeth not away. Grace, mercy and peace, from God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be with you, hence- forth and for ever. Amen. A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. 09 ASCRIPTIONS OF PRAISE. With which any service may be ended BLESSING, and honor, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, for ever and ever. Amen. Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen. Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abun- dantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us ; unto him be glory in the Church by Christ Jesus, throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. Now unto him that is able to keep us from falling, and to present us faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy ; to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. Now unto the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. Now unto the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords ; who only hath immor- tality, dwelling in the light which no man can ap- 70 A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. proaeh unto ; whom no man hath seen or can see : to him be honor and power everlasting. Amen. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. OCCASIONAL PRAYEKS. 0GOD, who seest that w T e have no power of our- selves, that w T e are not wise enough for our own direction, nor strong enough for our own defence, let us acknowledge thee in all our ways, and not lean to our own understanding. Let thy light guide us, thy providence protect us, thy grace enable us faithfully to discharge all public and private duties thou shalt see fit to call us to ; that, being armed with thy de- fence, we may be preserved from all dangers, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. O Almighty God, Father of mercies, source of holiness, the fountain of strength, grant us power to resist and overcome all temptations and to guard against all dangers, that we may not he the slaves of pas.-ion, fear or desire. We are surrounded by A MANUAL FOB Tin: their cry. The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, 102 A MANUAL FOE THE CHAPEL. To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, And delivereth them out of all their troubles. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart ; And saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous: But the Lord delivereth him out of them all. He keepeth all his bones : Not one of them is broken. Evil shall slay the wicked ; And they that hate the righteous shall be desolate. The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants ; And none of them that trust in him shall be desolate. SEVENTH DAY OF THE MONTH. ^Hornimj. Psalm XXXVI. THY mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens, And thy faithfulness reacheth unto the cloud.-;. Thy righteousness is like the great mountains : thy judgments are a great deep : Lord, thou preserved man and beast. How excellent is thy loving-kindness, O God ! Tfirrefore the children of men }>ui their trust under the shadow of thy wings. A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. 103 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house ; And thou shaft make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life : In thy light shall we see light. O continue thy loving kindness unto them that know thee; And thy righteousness to the upright in heart. Let not the foot of pride come against me, .4//^/ let not the hand of the wicked remove me. Psalm XXXVII. "PRET not thyself because of evil doers, J- Neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb. Trust in the Lord, and do good : So shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the Lord ; And he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the Lord ; Trust abo in him, and he shall bring it to pass: And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, 104 A MANUAL FOE THE CHAPEL. And thy judgment as the noonday. Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him : Fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in Jiis way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. Cease from anger, and forsake wrath ; Fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. For evil doers shall be cut off: But those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth. For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be; Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. But the meek shall inherit the earth, And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord ; And he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down : For the Lord upholdeth, him with his hand. I have been young, and now am old ; Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. He is ever merciful, and lendeth ; And his teed is blessed. Depart from evil, and do good ; And dwell for evermore. For the Lord loveth judgment, And forsaketh not his sai)it*. A MANUAL Foil THE CHAPEL. 105 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, And his tongue talketh of judgm til The law of his God is in his heart : None of his steps shall slide. Mark the perfect man, aud behold the upright : For the end of that man is peace. The salvation of the righteous is of the Lord; He is their strength in the time of trouble. And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them ; 1L shall deliver them from the tricked, and save them, because they trust in him. SEVENTH DAY OF THE MONTH. Afternoon. Psalm XLII. AS the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God : When shall I come and appear before God f My tears have been my meat day and night, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me : for I had gone with the multitude ; I went with them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that l-ej)t Jiolyduy. 106 A MANUAL FOR THE (IT A PEL. Why art thou cast down, O my soul ? and why art thou disquieted in me ? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. my God, my soul is cast down within me : there- fore will I remember thee, From the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar. Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy water- spouts : All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. Yet the Lord will command his loving-kindness in the daytime, And in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. 1 will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou for- gotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy t As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies re- proach me ; While they say daily unto me, Where is thy God f Why art thou cast down, O my soul ? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for 1 shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. A MANUAL FOE THE CHAPEL. 107 EIGHTH DAY OF THE MONTH. ^Homing. Psalm XLIIL JUDGE me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation : deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. For thou art the God of my strength : why dost fchou east me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy t Oh send out thy light and thy truth : let them lead me; Let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tab- emacles. Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy : Yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, God, my God. Why art thou east down, O my soul ? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope in God; far I shall yet praise him, who id the health of my countenance, and my God. 108 a MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. Psalm XLV. MY heart is inditing a good matter : I speak of the things which I have made touching the king : My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Thou art fairer than the children of men ; grace is poured into thy lips : Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, With thy glory and thy majesty. And in thy majesty ride prosperously, because of truth and meekness and righteousness ; And thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies ; Whereby the people fall under thee. Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever : The scejjtre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness : Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. I will make thy name to be remembered in all gen- erations ; Therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever. A MAX I'M. FOR THE CHAPEL. 109 EIGHTH DAY OF THE MONTH. Afternoon. Psalm XLVI. GOD is our refuge aud strength, A very present help in trouble. Therefore will uot we fear, though the earth be re- moved, And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the St a : Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountain* shake with the swelling thereof. There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God ; The holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High. God is iu the midst of her ; she shall not be moved : God shall help her, and that rigid early. The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved : He uttered his voice, the earth melted. The Lord of hosts is with us ; The God of Jacob is our refuge. Come, behold the works of the Lord, What desolations he hath made in the earth. He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth : lb breah th the how, and cutteth the spear in sunder : he burnetii the chariot in the fire. HO A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. Be still, and know that I am God ; I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. The Lord of hosts is with us ; The God of Jacob is our refuge. Psalm /XLVIL OCLAP your hands, all ye people: Shout unto God with the voice of triumph. For the Lord most high is terrible; He is a great King over all the earth. He shajl choose our inheritance for us, The excellency of Jural, whom he loved. God is gone up with a shout, The Lord with the sound of a trumpet Sing praises to God, sing praises ; Sing praises unto oar King, sing praises. For God is the King of all the earth : Sing ye praises with understanding. God reigneth over the heathen : God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. A MANUAL FOR THE CHAPEL. Ill NINTH DAY OF THE MONTH.