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 LITURGY 
 
 FRENCH PROTESTANT CHURCH, 
 
 TRANSLATED 
 
 FROM THE EDITIONS OF 1737 AND 1772, PUBLISHED AT NEUCHATEL, 
 
 WITH ADDITIONAL PRAYERS CAREFULLY SELECTED, 
 
 AND SOME ALTERATIONS. 
 
 ARRANGED FOR THE USE OF THE CONGREGATION 
 
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 CITY OF CHARLESTON, S. C. 
 
 NEW YORK: 
 
 CHARLES M. CORNWELL, STEAM PRINTER, 
 No. 247 Pkarl Street. 
 
 1869. 
 
Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1838, by the 
 
 "French Protestant Church," 
 
 of the Cil y of Charleston, in the Cleric's Office of the District of Sonth Carolina. 
 
 REPRINT OF THE EDITION OF 1836. 
 
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 THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 
 
 
 TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 Preface to the First Edition, published 
 in 1713 V. 
 
 Table of Lessons for Special Occa- 
 sions xviii. 
 
 General Directions xxxiii. 
 
 TRAYEES. 
 
 PAUT I. 
 
 Morning Service for the Lord's Day. . . 1 
 The Commandments from Ex. Ch. 20 ; 
 
 and Summarj'- of the Law from St. 
 
 Matthew's Gospel 8 
 
 Afternoon Service lor the Lord's Day. 10 
 
 PART II. 
 
 Services for Week Days, viz : 
 
 For Morning with a Sermon 15 
 
 For Morning or Afternoon without 
 a Sermon 20 
 
 For Afternoon with or without a Ser- 
 mon 26 
 
 Service for Days of Public Humilia- 
 tion ' 32 
 
 PART III. 
 
 Section 1. — Prayers for Slated Occa- 
 sions, to he used as ]?art of the Morn- 
 iriff Service, viz : 
 
 For the Day of the Nativity 41 
 
 For the two Sundays during the Holy 
 
 Days of the Nativity 42 
 
 For the First Day of the Year 44 
 
 For Palm Sunday 45 
 
 For the Day of the Crueifixiou 45 
 
 For the Resurrection 47 
 
 For Ascension Daj' 48 
 
 For Pentecost 49 
 
 For the Holy Daj-s of September 50 
 
 For the Preparatory Service before 
 
 Communion Day 51 
 
 Prayer for Thanksgiving Daj- 52 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 Section 2.— Collects for Slated Occa- 
 sions—winch may be substituted for 
 the correspondivg prayers in Section 
 1, or may be used in the Afternoon 
 Service, viz : 
 
 For Communion Days 55 
 
 For the Nati vitj' 55 
 
 For the Day of the Nativity 55 
 
 For tlie Last Day of the Year and for 
 
 New Year's Day 56 
 
 For the Cruciiixion 56 
 
 For the Resurrection 57 
 
 For the Ascension 57 
 
 For Pentecost 57 
 
 For the Communion at Holy Days of 
 
 September 57 
 
 Section Z.— Occasional Prayers and 
 ThanJcsgivings, viz: 
 
 PRAYERS. 
 For a Person or Persons to be Or- 
 dained 59 
 
 For Missionaries 59 
 
 For the Spirit of Christian Love 60 
 
 For Profitable Meditation on the 
 Works of Creation and Redemp- 
 tion 60 
 
 For Rain 61 
 
 For Fair Weather 61 
 
 In Times of Dearth and Famine 62 
 
 In Time of War 62 
 
 In Times of Great Sickness and Mor- 
 tality 63 
 
 For Congress During its Session 63 
 
 For a Person Expecting or Under Sen- 
 tence of Death 64 
 
 For a Sick Person 65 
 
 For H Sick Child 66 
 
 For a Person or Persons under Afflic- 
 tion 66 
 
IV. 
 
 TABLE 0¥ CONTENTS. 
 
 For a Person or Persons going or gone 
 
 to Sea 66 
 
 THANKSGIVINGS. 
 
 For Rain 67 
 
 For Fair Weather 67 
 
 For Abundance 68 
 
 For Peace 68 
 
 For Delivei-ance from Great Siclvness 
 
 and Mortality 68 
 
 For Recovery from Sickness 69 
 
 For Recoveiy of a Child from Sick- 
 ness 69 
 
 For Safe Return from Sea 70 
 
 For Deliverance in Time of Anxiety 
 
 and Danger 70 
 
 Section 4:.— Concluding Prayers: 
 For Love to God and Sj^iritual Nour- 
 ishment 71 
 
 For Imitation of Christ 71 
 
 For Imitation of Christ 71 
 
 For Purity of Thought 71 
 
 For Divine Compassion and Blessing. 72 
 
 For Grace, Mercy and Direction 7'2 
 
 For Grace and Acceptance 72 
 
 For Grace and Heavenly Treasures. . . 72 
 
 For Help and Protection 73 
 
 For Truth and Life Everlasting 73 
 
 For Penitence and Pardon 73 
 
 For Pardon and Blessing 73 
 
 For the Church 74 
 
 For the Church 74 
 
 For a Blessing on the Services of the 
 
 Day Î 74 
 
 For a Blessing on the Services of the 
 
 Day 74 
 
 For a Blessing on the Instruction of 
 
 the Day 75 
 
 Section 5. — Family Prayers: 
 
 For Morning 76 
 
 For Evening 77 
 
 PART IV. 
 
 Section 1 : 
 
 Tlie Liturgy of Baptism 79 
 
 The Liturgy of Confirmation 81 
 
 Section 2: 
 
 The Liturgy of the Holy Supper 84 
 
 Section 3: 
 
 Service for Occasions of Catechetical 
 
 Instrviction 93 
 
 Section 4: 
 
 The Liturgy of Marriage 95 
 
 Section 5: 
 
 The Service tor the Burial of the 
 
 Dead 98 
 
 part v. 
 The Canticles, viz : 
 Nineteen Canticles for the Ordinary 
 
 Service from page 10.5-120 
 
 Twenty-eigJd Canticles for Holy Days 
 
 and Particular Occasions, viz : 
 
 •:0— For the Eve of the Nativity 121 
 
 21— For the Day of the Nativity 122 
 
 22— For the Day of the Nativity 122 
 
 23— For the Day of the Nativity 123 
 
 24— For the Day after the Nativity 124 
 
 25 — For the Crucifixion '125 
 
 26— For the Crucifixion 125 
 
 27 — For the Resurrection 126 
 
 28— For the Resurrection 127 
 
 29— For the Resurrection 128 
 
 30— For the Resurrection 129 
 
 31— For the Ascension 130 
 
 32 — For the Eve of the Ascension and 
 
 Day After 131 
 
 33— For Pentecost 131 
 
 34— For Pentecost 132 
 
 35— For Pentecost 133 
 
 36— For Pentecost , 134 
 
 37— For Pentecost 135 
 
 38-For the Holy Days of September. 136 
 
 39— For the Holy Days of September. 137 
 
 40— For the Holy Days of September. 138 
 
 41. .For the Holy Days of September. 138 
 
 42. .For the Holy Days of September. 139 
 
 43— For the Communion 140 
 
 44. .For the Communion 141 
 
 45 . . For the Communion 142 
 
 46. .For the Communion 142 
 
 47 . . For the Communion 143 
 
PREFACE 
 
 TO THE FIRST EDITION. 
 
 PUBLISHED IN 171.^ 
 
 The Churches in the Principality of Neuchatel and Yalengin, 
 began some years since to establish the Liturgy, which is now 
 presented to the pubhc. In order that it might appear in a 
 better state, it was deemed advisable that some time should 
 elapse before its publication. The resolution has at length 
 been taken to print it, in conformity with the wish of many, 
 who have desh^ed that it should be made public. 
 
 It is not necessary here to enlarge on the utility and antiquity 
 of Liturgies, or to explain how important it is, that the mode 
 of celebrating divine service should be well regulated. None 
 can doubt that St. Paul's maxim, "Let all things be done 
 decently and in order," («) is applicable to the worship of God 
 in the religious assemblies of Christians. This worship is of 
 the greatest consequence in religion, because it consists chiefly 
 in serving God, in adoring him, in giving him thanks, and in 
 calling upon him. Hence it is indispensable, that di\dne ser- 
 vice should be so performed, as to be most worthy of that 
 infinite Being, and best adapted to raise men to him, and to fill 
 them with reverence and love for his Supreme Majesty. 
 
 (a). 1 Epis. Cor, Ch. xvi., v.; 40. 
 
The attainment, however, of this end is difficult, unless there 
 be an established form of public worship. "When the order of 
 divine service is settled, it is celebrated as well by the Minister 
 as by the People, in a manner more edifying, grave and 
 decorous, than when it is entrusted to the discretion of the 
 Clergy. The preservation of uniformity in worship, is another 
 valuable consequence of Liturgies. And if they conform to 
 the spirit of the Gospel, they exert also a salutary influence in 
 excluding from the Church practices and opinions inconsistent 
 with the purity of E-eligion. 
 
 These and some other considerations have satisfied the Pas- 
 tors of the Churches of Neuchatel and of Valengin, that they 
 should contribute to the edification of their floclcs, by settling the 
 forms and order of their Liturgy, and by imitating, in this 
 particular, the example of most Protestant Churches, and 
 especially of the Churches of Switzerland, whose Liturgies are 
 all printed. 
 
 That which is here given to the pubhc, contains firsts the 
 form of divine service for Sundays, and for week days, when a 
 sermon is pi'eached ; afterwards the prayers for divers occasions, 
 whether before* or after the sermon ; in the third place, the 
 manner of celebrating divine service, morning and afternoon, 
 when there is no preaching ; in the last place, the formularies 
 for the celebration of the sacraments, for the solemnization of 
 matrimony, for the admission of catechumens, and for the 
 reconciliation of penitents, [a). 
 
 To set forth here all the reflections which might be made on 
 the difl'erent parts of this Liturgy, is unnecessary. It has been 
 judged advisable, however, to say something on the objects 
 
 (a). When this Liturgy was first piihlished, certain scandalous Sinners, who had been 
 exchided from the Church, Avere received again into its peace ; but this practice hath 
 been abolished for reasons, which it is useless to mention : and the formulary only serves 
 for individuals, at the meeting of the consistory, where it has been preserved. 
 
PEEFACE. 
 
 proposed, and on the method which has been followed in its 
 composition. 
 
 This Liturgy has been formed, as far as practicable, from 
 the Scriptures, and from ancient and modern Liturgies. The 
 Scriptures, especially, have been consulted ; for as they are the 
 sole rule of our faith, so are they the only perfect guide to the 
 true mode of serving God. This course has been chiefly pur- 
 sued in the Canticles for the ordinary Morning and Afternoon 
 Service. They have been drawn, almost word for word, from 
 the Sacred Volume, and especial care hath been taken, that they 
 should embrace those excellent passages of the New Testament, 
 which relate to Jesus Christ, and our redeuiption. This has 
 been thought the more necessary ; because hitherto, our 
 Churches have not had, like other Protestant Churches, any 
 Christian Canticles, and we have, therefore, sung only those of 
 the book of Psalms, {a). It is, moreover, undeniable, that if 
 the Jews praised God for the favors, which he had granted to 
 their nation, and if they shewed forth his benefits in their 
 songs, Christians are under still higher obligations to bless God, 
 through Jesus Christ, to celebrate the holy name of their 
 Eedeemer, to sing his praises, and to speak in their Hymns of 
 all that he hath done for them, of his coming into the world of 
 his sufferings, of his resurrection, of his ascension, of his last and 
 glorious advent, and of the salvation which he hath purchased 
 for them. {h). The Apostles do expressly command Christians to 
 praise God our Father, through Jesus Christ his Son : and their 
 writings abound with praises and thanksgivings, which ouo-ht 
 to be without ceasing in the mouths and hearts of the faithful. 
 Authors who wrote in the second century, and on whom we 
 
 (a). Since the first edition of this work, several canticles, written hy different authors 
 have hecome a part of public worship, and are sung on the principal solemnities, instead 
 of the Psalms of David, which are reserved for ordinary occasions. 
 
 (b). Ep. Eph. i., 3; and v., 19. Coloss. iii., 16. 1 Pet. i., 3. Apoc. i., 6, &c. 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 may rely, (a) inform us that tlie first Christians in their 
 assemblies sang hymns to Jesus Christ as to a God, and that in 
 the celebration of the Eucharist, God, the Father of all things 
 was praised and glorified, through the Son and Holy Spirit. 
 Much more might be said upon this subject, but the reader is 
 referred to the preface, which is at the head of the Christian 
 Canticles, lately introduced by the Church of Geneva into their 
 worship. In the Canticles of this Liturgy are collected the 
 principal passages of the New Testament, which can be 
 embodied in the worship of Christians ; and they have been 
 interspersed among those of the old. These passages being 
 very numerous, several Canticles have been composed, as well 
 for the ordinary service as for particular occasions. 
 
 After the Scriptures, the best Liturgies, both ancient and 
 modern, have been consulted. Several formularies, previously 
 adopted in the Churches of this country, have been retained, 
 and in many respects a conformity has been observed to the 
 order already established therein ; and from other Liturgies, 
 especially the ancient, whatever appeared the most edifying has 
 been selected. In matters of worship, the practice of the past 
 ages of the ChuTch is entitled to great consideration ; and it 
 must be confessed that in the prayers of the Primitive 
 Christians, their spirituality and simplicity are very remarkable. 
 Besides, who can doubt that whatever weis done in those days, 
 and had been established by the successors of the Apostles, did 
 conform to the spirit of the Gospel, and ought to command the 
 respect of all Christians. The customs of the Churches did 
 indeed afterwards vary exceedingly. Primitive simpHcity was 
 departed from, and Liturgies were burthened with many things, 
 not merely useless, but even contrary to the purity of evangelical 
 
 (.a). Pliny, the younger, in his Letter to the Emperor Trajan, (Epistle 97), Justin 
 Martyr in his first Apology. 
 
worship. This remark is applicable to such as have de- 
 scended to us. It is, however, certain that the foundation 
 and the essence of the ancient worship have been preserved in 
 almost all Liturgies. If, therefore, whatever is peculiar to each 
 Liturgy, and whatever was added from time to time, as ignor- 
 ance, error and superstition prevailed in the Church, be laid 
 aside, and only so much be retained, as ancient general usage 
 sanctioned and all Liturgies agree in, we shall undoubtedly 
 have the genuine form of primitive Christian worship. Such a 
 proceeding would be also one of the best methods for the 
 attainment of that uniformity, which is so desirable for the 
 peace and edification of the Church. 
 
 We have aimed, in this Liturgy, at the utmost simplicity and 
 perspicuity. So far from seeking, we have avoided the ornaments 
 of language, atiected emphasis in terms, preambles, periods over 
 long, reasonings too extended, and figurative expressions, such 
 excepted as being taken from the Scriptures, are clear to the 
 readers of the sacred writings. We have endeavored to express, 
 in the most simple and natural manner, the sentiments and 
 emotions with which we ought to be filled in the presence of 
 God. The language of devotion, is the language of the heart; 
 it is artless and affecting. The reverence due to the Divine 
 Majesty, and the edification of the people, require this sim- 
 plicity ; and the Holy Scriptures teach us thus to pray. The 
 prayers and the praises found in the Sacred Books, especially 
 in the Psalms, are only the emotions of the heart, which for 
 the most part, have little connection. In the Lord's Prayer, 
 that great model of Christian supplication, we also find extreme 
 simpUcity, with singular brevity. 
 
 This brevity als(j has been the subject of very particular 
 attention. When Liturgies are too long, and the service is 
 unreasonably extended, public worship is less frequented, and 
 
 its very length may diminish attention and devotion. We have 
 
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X. PEEFACE. 
 
 anxiously endeavored to avoid this, especially in the service for 
 the week days. It is certain that religious exercises ought not 
 to last long on such days ; because they are days of business. 
 Hence the ordinary service for these days have been so 
 regulated, as not to extend beyond twenty minutes, and at the 
 utmost, though rarely, not beyond half an hour. 
 
 We have also judged it right to vary the formularies of 
 prayer and praise : and to compose some for particular occa- 
 sions. This diversity serves to awaken attention, which is 
 more easily relaxed, when the same things are continually 
 heard. It is, moreover, peculiarly proper to direct and animate 
 the devotion of the people, on the most solemn occasions : 
 nothino- being more reasonable, than that our prayers should 
 be adapted to the seasons and circumstances, in which we are 
 actually placed. 
 
 In the last place, this Liturgy is not so fixed, nor are we so 
 restricted in it, that some changes may not be made either by 
 retrenching or adding, as circumstances may require : as when 
 we are called to return thanks to God for some particular 
 benefit, or to avert his Avrath in seasons of calamity. 
 
 After these^eneral reflections, it is deemed expedient to add 
 some respecting the third part of this Liturgy, which comprises 
 the ordinary service for the morning and afternoon. 
 
 It has been our object to embrace in this service all the acts 
 of divine worship. These are to confess our sins, to adore God, 
 to praise him, to render him thanks, to consecrate ourselves to 
 him, to call upon him, and to read his word. All these acts, to 
 wit: confession, adoration, praise, self-dedication, and invocation, 
 have not been comprehended in a single prayer ; but are set 
 forth separately and distinctly, that all, even the most simple, 
 may understand what they are doing, whilst engaged in public 
 worship : that they may comprehend in what this worship 
 consists, and that they may be able to distinguish its several 
 
parts. For the same reason there is an interval between each 
 prayer, and the word Amen closes each. These intervals serve 
 to direct and fix the devotion of the people. Each person may 
 during those moments, recollect himself, and lift up his heart to 
 God either to thank him for some favor, or to asli some particu- 
 lar grace. They serve also to recall the absent, and to awaken 
 attention, which would easily wander during a long prayer, in 
 which all the acts of religious worship should be expressed in 
 uninterrupted succession. But they would be more profitable 
 if the people would answer Amen, at the end of each part of 
 the service, a practice observed in the days of the Aposiles ; 
 and of which we have incontestable proofs in the fourteenth 
 chapter of First Epistle to the Corinthians, wherein St. Paul 
 speaking of praying in an unknown tongue, says, " wlien thou 
 shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room 
 of the unlearned say Amen, at thy giving of thanks?" This 
 custom of replying Amen is very ancient. God had commanded 
 the people of Israel to answer Amen, to the maledictions 
 which were to be pronounced at the top of Mount Ebal. {a). It 
 appears from the 16th Ch. of Chron. B. 1st, {h) and from the 
 end of the lOGth Psalm, that the people replied Amen, in the 
 intervals of prayer and praise ; for we there read these words, 
 " Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, from everlasting to ever- 
 lasting, and let all the people say Amen." The same thing is 
 seen in the eighth chapter of Nehemiah, 6. " And Ezra 
 blessed the Lord, the great God, and all the people ansAvered 
 Amen, Amen, lifting up their hands." This was wisely 
 ordered : this Amen signified that all the congregation assented 
 to what was said in the Prayers and Canticles. In truth the 
 people ought not to attend on divine service, merely as auditors 
 and spectators, nor ought they merely to follow in thought, that 
 which is uttered by the ministers of the Church ; but they also 
 
 (a). Dcut. Ch. xxvii. ; 11. lb). Chron. Ch. xvi. ; 3t5.— P^. Ch. cvi. ; 48. 
 
Xll. PEEFACE. 
 
 ought to speak on their part, and at least to answer Amen, to 
 all that is spoken in the name of the assembly. It is admitted 
 that the ancient mode of celebrating service, was by parts or 
 intervals : and l)y antiphones, that is to say, responses. We 
 find this by the words of the 147th Psalm : " Sing to the Lord, 
 answering one to the other." In this manner were recited sev- 
 eral Psalms of praise, as the 118, 134 and the 186th. The 
 primitive Christians retained this practice in their worship, and 
 especially in that excellent and admirable Liturgy, which they 
 employed for the communion service. The Ministers {a) and 
 the Deacons said to the People, " Lift up your hearts on high," 
 the Peox^le answered, " Our hearts are lifted up unto the Lord." 
 The Ministers added, " Let us return thanks to the Lord our 
 Grod," the People replied, "It is just and reasonable that we 
 should return him thanks." And all the communicants an- 
 swered Amen {h) to the prayers and thanksgivings of the Min- 
 isters. Moreover, the above expressions which are in the ancient 
 Liturgies of the Holy Supper, and of which they form a chief 
 part, are so beautiful and edifying and corres^^ond so well to 
 that sacred ceremony, that we have believed it right to adopt 
 them into the»Liturgy prepared for the Churches of this country. 
 The other parts of this Liturgy have been taken from those, 
 which are used in different Protestant Churches. 
 
 But one of the principal objects contemplated in the form of 
 worship, for the ordinary Morning and Evening Service, was to 
 re-establish the reading of the Scriptures, as a part of public 
 worship. To set forth all the forcible and urgent reasons, 
 which show that we are under an absolute necessity to have the 
 Bible read in the assemblies of the Church, would be super- 
 fluous. This has always formed an essential part of divine 
 service, (r) both among Jews and Christians. The Jews read 
 
 (a). St. Cyril, of Jerusalem, in his litth Mystological Catechism. (b). Justice Martyr 
 in his first Apology. (cV Deut. Ch. xxxi. ; 9, lU, 11.— Nehem. Ch. viii. ; 9. 
 
PREFACE. XUi. 
 
 the sacred books, at their solemn feasts, and in their syna- 
 gogues. They had even divided the books of Moses into as 
 many sections as there are Saturdays in the year, in order that 
 these books might be read entirely through, once in every year, 
 on the Sabbath days. [a). When the reading was finished, a 
 doctor, or some other person designated, delivered a discourse 
 on what had been read. We see in the eighth chapter of 
 Nehemiah, that this was practised after the return from the 
 captivity. The Lévites, says the sacred author, read in the 
 Book of the Law of God distinctly, and gave the sense and 
 caused them to understand the reading. St. Luke relates, {b) 
 that our Lord having entered the Synagogue of Nazareth, on 
 the Sabbath day, read the 61st chapter of Isaiah, and then 
 spoke to the persons present, showing that the words which he 
 had just read were fulfilled in his own person. 
 
 We again read in the 13th chapter of the Book of Acts, (c) 
 that St. Paul and St. Barnabas went into the Synagogue of 
 Antioch on the Sabbath day, and after the reading of the Law 
 and the Prophets, the Pulers of the Synagogue sent to them, 
 saying : " Men and Brethren, if ye have any word of exhorta- 
 tion for the people, say on." The Christian Church conformed 
 to this practice, and regulated its discipline and worship in this 
 as in various other particulars, by the usages in the assemblies 
 of the Jews. The first Christians read the Scriptures in their 
 assemblies ; and so regularly was this done, that in those times 
 one would have thought divine service had not been performed, 
 if the Scriptures had not been read. When the chapter was 
 finished, the head of the assembly gave a brief explanation of 
 it, and exhorted those present, according to the circumstances 
 and wants of the Church. A very ancient author, and one 
 worthy of credit, {d) who wrote in the second century, thus 
 
 (a), yee the Acts of the Apostles: Chap. xv. ; 27 (b). St. Luke : Chap, iv 
 (c). Acts : Chap. xiii. ; 14, 15. (d). The martyr, Justin, in his First Defence. 
 
XIV. PREFACE. 
 
 relates the usage in his time in Christian Assemblies. On the 
 Lord's day, we assembled together, the writings of the Apostles 
 and Prophets were read as long as the time would permit. 
 When the reading was finished, he who presided delivered a 
 discourse to instruct the people, and exhort them to the obser- 
 vance of the excellent things which they had heard. This 
 being done, we all rose up and presented our prayers to God. 
 Tertullian who lived a little after the Martyr {a) Justin, says, 
 that the first Christians assembled to read the sacred books and 
 to exhort the people. However, these exhortations were not 
 always made, and even at that time all the ministers of the 
 Church did not preach ; but they never failed to read some 
 portion of the Scriptures, and when the reading and the exhor- 
 tation were over, they resumed the worship, and concluded the 
 service with prayer. 
 
 Such was formerly the mode of worship, and such the origin 
 of sermons. The sermons were at first only an interruption of 
 worship and an addition to the reading, and were not regarded, 
 as by many at the present day, the most important part of 
 public service, and the principal object for which the people 
 assembled. Th^ preaching is, without doubt, very useful, pro- 
 vided it be done with clearness and simplicity ; but it is quite 
 necessary that the Scriptures should be read in the Church, and 
 in such a manner, that the people may understand that this 
 reading is an essential part of worship. 
 
 Nor does it suffice that they be read in the Churches before 
 the assembly is formed, or the worship commences. Such read- 
 ing does not constitute a part of divine service. It is distin- 
 guished from it by the time, by the persons who read, and by 
 other circîumstances, so that the people pay little attention and 
 respect to it, and the greater part of them are not present, 
 which circumstance proves that they regard the reading of the 
 
 (a). In his Apology ; 24, 39. 
 
PREFACE. XV. 
 
 Holy Scriptures as less important than the preaching. It is for 
 these reasons that the leaders of the Churches thought them- 
 selves indispensably obliged to re-establish the reading of the 
 word of God in tlieir worship. And as circumstances for a long 
 time had not permitted them to introduce this reading in all the 
 services, and particularly in that of Sunday, they have done it 
 at least in the ordinary morning and evening services. This 
 reading is performed in the following manner : 
 
 The Old and New Testaments are read alternately; and the 
 lessons have been so arranged, that the historical books of the 
 Old Testament from Genesis to Esther are read in the same 
 time with all the books of the New Testament. After which 
 the New Testament is recommenced with the Book of Job, and 
 finished with Malachi. 
 
 Tlius we read the New Testament twice whilst we read the 
 Old but once. Some chapters and passages are omitted, as the 
 first book of Chronicles, the first chapter of Numbers, and 
 some others. We do not read consecutively, the books of 
 Kings and those of Chronicles, because they contain the same 
 histories, but those chapters are selected in which the history 
 is related with the greatest clearness ; and for this purpose a 
 kind of harmony has been prepared. When the chapters are 
 very long or when they contain a great deal of matter, they are 
 divided so as not to overcharge the memories of the hearers, 
 nor extend the service to an inconvenient length. Durino- the 
 festivals, and also at seasons for celebrating the Holy Supper, 
 and in some other circumstances, the portions of Scripture most 
 appropriate to the occasion are read, forming two lessons, for- 
 merly called the Epistle and Gospel ; and in this they con- 
 formed as nearly as possible to the ancient usage of the Church, 
 which long since made a wise and judicious selection of the 
 passages of Scripture, proper to be read at the principal solem- 
 nities of Christians. At the end of this preface, will be found the 
 
tables of lessons for special occasions. In order that the lessons 
 might have more effect, the chapter is preceded by an argument 
 or summary of its contents, of its parts and its object, with the 
 mode of clearing up the general difficulties, if there be any. 
 After the chapter some reflections are added in the form of ex- 
 hortations, in order that the people may depart the more deeply 
 impressed with the things which they have heard. These re- 
 flections extend ordinarily to five or six sentences only. These 
 arguments and reflections have been prepared, and are read. It 
 has been found expedient to pursue this course, because if left 
 to the discretion of the ministers, many might*lose sight of the 
 brevity, simplicity and precision which are requisite in reflections 
 of this kind. Finally, there being in this Liturgy some passages 
 of which persons unacquainted with the customs of our Church 
 will not understand the reason, it is proper to say something in 
 explanation of them, especially as many persons abroad have re- 
 quested information on the subject. The following, then, are 
 the observances in our Churches, particularly in the town of 
 Neufchatel, where the public exercises of religion are more 
 frequent than in the country : 
 
 There is a sermon every Sunday morning, and at mid-day the 
 catechism ; at Neufchatel there is a sermon again in the evening. 
 In the week they preach on Wednesday and Friday morning. 
 On the other days they perform in the forenoon the ordinary 
 morning service, and every day at three o'clock the afternoon 
 service. These services are performed by the ministers of the 
 Church. Tlie people are seated during the reading of the Holy 
 Scriptures, and during the rest of the service they stand up. 
 On Saturday morning, after the close of the service, the pastors, 
 each in his turn, catechise the children of the age of ten years 
 and upwards until they have communed. They celebrate the 
 Holy Supper of the Lord at four periods in the year, and at each 
 of these three times, in order that they who may not have been 
 
PREFACE. XVll. 
 
 able to partake of the Holy Sacrament at the first celebration, 
 may partake on the following clay ; and that persons desiring to 
 commune more than once, should have the opportunity to do so. 
 The Holy Supper is celebrated first at Easter, to wit : On Palm 
 Sunday, Good Friday, and Easter day. Secondly : At Pentecost, 
 on Pentecost Sunday, the following Friday, and Trinity Sunday. 
 Thirdly : About the beginning of the month of September, to 
 wit, on the last Sunday of August, the Friday following, and 
 the first Sunday of September. Fourthly : At Christmas, to wit, 
 on the two last Sundays of the year, and on Christmas day, and 
 if Christmas fall &n Sunday, on the preceding Friday. The 
 reason is thus seen why our Liturgy contains prayers for two 
 communion Sundays at each of these four festivals : why there 
 are prayers to be introduced into the service during two weeks 
 at these seasons, and why in the table of proper lessons, lessons 
 are appointed for the first and second week. The first week is 
 that which precedes the first Sunday for the Communion at the 
 Holy Supper, and the second is that which follows it. During 
 these two weeks, general catechetical instruction is given on every 
 Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday after twelve o'clock, and on 
 these catechisms the catechumens who present themselves to be 
 received for the confirmation of the baptismal vow, and for the 
 participation of the Eucharist are publicly examined. On the 
 Saturday evening before the celebration of the Lord's Supper, 
 there is a sermon of preparation with prayers. The same 
 course is observed on the eve of public fast days. 
 
 Such are the principal matters which it seemed proper to 
 notice in explanation of this Liturgy. God grant that it may 
 contribute to the advancement of his glory, and of true piety ; 
 and that all who use it, may apply it to its true purpose, the 
 worship of God, in spirit and in truth. Amen. 
 
TABLE OF LESSONS 
 
 FOK DIFFEIŒNÏ OCCASIONS. 
 
 For The JVativity. 
 
 FIRST 
 
 WEEK- 
 
 - FIKST LESSON. 
 
 Monday Morning, 
 
 
 Isaiah xL; 1-11. 
 
 Monday Evening, 
 
 
 Isaiah xl. ; 1-10 and 12. 
 
 Tuesday Evening, 
 
 
 Isaiah xlix. ; 1-23. 
 
 Wednesday Evening, 
 
 
 Malachi iii. 
 
 Thursday Morning, 
 
 
 Malachi iv. 
 
 Thursday Evening, 
 
 
 Isaiah xlii.; 1-12. 
 
 Friday Evening, 
 
 
 Isaiah Iii. 
 
 Saturday Morning, 
 
 
 Hebrews ii. 
 
 
 SECONE 
 
 > LESSON. 
 
 St. Lulve i. ; 1-25. 
 
 
 St. Matthew iii. 
 
 St. Lul^e i. ; 26-56. 
 
 
 St. Luke iii. ; 1-18. 
 
 St. Luke i. ; 57-80. 
 
 
 St. John i. ; 1-18. 
 
 St. Matthew xi. 
 
 
 St. John i. ; 19-51 . 
 
 
 SECOND WEEK. 
 
 The Eve of the Nativi 
 
 ity, 
 
 Isaiali !xii. 
 
 Tlie Day of the Nativ 
 
 ity, 
 
 Hebrews i. 
 
 The Day After the Nativity, 
 
 Isaiah ix. ; 1-6. 
 
 St. Matthew i. 
 
 
 St. Luke ii. ; 1-20. 
 
 On the other days the following Lessons are read, and they are 
 arranged according to the day upon which the Nativity falls. The 
 
TABLE OF LESSONS. XIX. 
 
 prophecies of the Old Testament are read, which point out the princi- 
 pal circumstances of the advent of Jesus Christ : 
 
 Genesis iii.; 15— andxlix. ; 10. Daniel ix. ; 24-27, 
 Micah V. ; 2. Hai^gai ii. ; 9. 
 
 .Isaiah vii. ; 14 — and ix. ; 5. Malachi iv. ; 1, 5, 6. 
 
 They are all read at one time ; and they add : 
 
 1st Epistle St. Peter i. ; 10-13. St. Matthews ii. 
 Acts xiii. ; lG-41. St. Luke ii. ; 40-52. 
 
 1st Epistle St. John i. 1 Corinthians xi. ; 20-32. 
 
 Epistle to Titus ii. ; 11-15— and iii. ; 3-7. 
 
 Oil the Evening of the Last Day of the Year. 
 Psalm xxxix. ; 9-14. St. Matthew xxiv. ; 42-51. 
 
 On JYew Year's Evening. 
 1st Thessalonians v. ; 1-11. St. Matthew xxv. ; 1-30. 
 
 At The Passover. 
 
 FIRST WEEK — FIRST LESSON. 
 
 Monday Morning, Exodus xii. ; 1-28. 
 
 Monday Evening, Exodus xii. ; 29-51. 
 
 Tuesda}^ Evening, Exodus xiii. ; 1-16. 
 
 Wednesday Evening, Isaiah liii. 
 
 Thursday Morning, Isaiah liv. 
 
 Thursday Evening, Isaiah Iv. 
 
 Friday Evening, Genesis xxii. ; 1-19. 
 
 Saturday Morning, 1 Peter iii. ; 18-22. 
 
 SECOND LESSON. 
 
 St. John xi. ; 47-57 — and xii. ; St. John xv. 
 1-11. St. John xvi. 
 
 St. John xii. ; 12-50. St. John xvii, 
 
 St. John xiii. St. Matthew xxi. ; 1-17. 
 
 St. John xiv. — and iv. ; 1-8. 
 
 The Holy Week. 
 Monday Morning, Philippians ii. ; 5-13. 
 
 Monday Evening, Isaiah 1. ; 5-10. 
 
 Tuesday Evening, Isaiah Ixii. ; 11, 12 — andlxiii.; 1-9- 
 
 Wednesday Evening, Daniel ix. ; 20-27. 
 
XX. TABLE OF LESSONS. 
 
 Thursday Mornins:, Hebrews ix. 
 
 Thursday Eveuinii-, 1 Corinthians xi. ; 20-32. 
 
 Good Friday, Heljrevvs x. ; 1-25. 
 
 Saturday Morning-, Romans vi. ; 1-14. 
 
 During- tliis weelv the Second Lesson is taken from the Histor^y of 
 the Passion, from the four Evangelists, put in harmony. This history 
 is divided into eight readings, so that the particulars of the cruci- 
 fixion, and the death of our Lord, are read on Good Friday, and the 
 history of his burial on Saturday. 
 
 For Easter. 
 
 Monday Morning, Colossians iii. ; 1-17. 
 
 Monday Evening-, 1 Corinthians xv. ; 1-34. 
 
 Tuesday Evening, 1 Corinthians xv. ; 35-58. 
 
 They read in three lessons the History of tlie Resurrection, taken 
 from the four Evangelists, and put in harmony. 
 
 At The Ascension. 
 
 The Eve of the Ascension, 2 Kings ii. ; 1-14. 
 
 St. John xiv. ; 1-19. 
 
 Ascension Day, Epliesians iv. ; 7-16. 
 
 The History of the Ascension, from tlie Evangelists and from the 
 
 Acts. 
 
 The Day After tlie Ascension, Hebrews x. ; 11-31. 
 St. John xvi. ; 16-33. 
 
 At Pentecost. 
 
 FIRST WEEK. 
 
 Wednesday Evening, Ezekiel xxxvi. ; 22-28. 
 
 St. John iii. ; 1-21. 
 
 FIRST LESSON. 
 
 Thursday Morning, Hebrews viii. 
 
 Thursday Evening. Isaiah Ixi. 
 
 Friday Evening, Isaiah Iv. 
 
 Saturday Morning, Joel ii. ; 28-32. 
 
 SECOND LESSON. 
 
 St. John V. ; 19-36 • St. John vii. ; 37-43. 
 
 St. Luke i. ; 16-30 St. John xiv. ; 1-17. 
 
TABLE OF LESSONS. 
 
 SECOND WEEK. 
 
 Monday Moruiiiji:, 
 Monday Evening, 
 Tuesday Eveninir, 
 Wednesday Evenini;-, 
 Thursday Morning, 
 Thursday Evening, 
 Friday Evening, 
 Saturday Morning, 
 St. John xiv. ; 18-31. 
 St. John XV. 
 St. John xvi. ; 1-15. 
 St. John xvi. ; 16-33. 
 
 Acts ii. 
 
 Acts X. 
 
 Acts xi, ; 1-18. 
 
 1 Corinthians xii. 
 
 ] Corinthians xiii. 
 
 1 Corinthians xi. ; 20-33. 
 
 Romans viii. 
 
 Galatians v. ; 16-26. 
 
 St. John xvii. 
 
 St. John xviii. 
 
 St. John xix. 
 
 St. Matthew xii. : 22-45. 
 
 0^^ the First Monday after Trinity Sunday. 
 
 Morning, 
 Evening, 
 St. Matthew xxv. 
 
 14-30. 
 
 Hebrews ii. 
 
 Ephesians iv. ; 1-16. 
 
 St. Matthew xiii. ; 24-52. 
 
 For the Holy Days of September. 
 
 Friday Evening, 
 Saturday Morning, 
 St. John vi. : 26-40. 
 
 FIRST WEEK. 
 
 Isaiah Iv. 
 
 Proverbs ix. ; 1-11. 
 St. John vi. : 41-63. 
 
 SECOND WEEK. 
 
 Monday Morning, 
 Monday Evening, 
 Tuesday Evening, 
 Wednesday Evening, 
 Thursday Morning, 
 Thursday Evening, 
 Friday Evening, 
 Saturday Morning, 
 St. Matthew v. ; 1-20. 
 St. Matthew v. ; 21-48. 
 St. Matthew vi. 
 St. Matthew vii. 
 
 Romans v. 
 Colossiaus i. 
 1 Epis. St. Peter i. 
 1 Epis. St. Peter ii, ' 
 1 Corinthians v. ; 1-22. 
 1 Corinthians xi. ; 20-32. 
 1 Epis. St. John iii. 
 Galatians v. ; 13-26. 
 St. Luke xiv. ; 15-24. 
 St. Matthew xxv. ; 1-13. 
 St. John xix. 
 St. Matthew xxii. : 1-14. 
 
:U. TABLE OF LESSONS. 
 
 In the Week of Public Fasting. 
 Public Fasts are generally celebrated on Thursday. 
 
 Monday Morning, Isaiah i. 
 
 Monday Evening, Jeremiah vii. 
 
 Tuesday Evening, Zachariah vii. 
 
 St. Matthew iii. ; 1-12. 
 
 !St. Matthew xxi. ; 28-44. St. Luke xv. 
 
 Wed. Morning, before the fast, Isaiah Iviii. 
 
 Fri. Eve., the day after the fast, Heb. iii. ; -719 — and iv. ; 1-11. 
 
 St. Matthew vi. : 1-18. St. Luke xiii. ; 1-9. 
 
GENERAL DIRECTIONS. 
 
 Any of the services of this Book may begin with a Canticle, Psalm 
 or Hymn ; during which the Minister and people stand. 
 
 In any other part of the services, they stand during a Canticle, and 
 sit during a Psalm or Hymn. 
 
 The Canticles may be read or chanted. 
 
 Part of a Canticle, Psalm or Hymn, may be used instead of the 
 whole. 
 
 At the end of the several Prayers the people answer. Amen. 
 
 In the Morning Service, the first lesson shall consist of the Ten 
 Commandments, from Exodus, Chap. xx. ; 1-17, — with the Summary 
 of the Law from Matthew, Chap. xxii. ; 37-40. (See them at the end of 
 the Morning Service for the. Lord's Day.) The second lesson shall be taken 
 from any part of the Old Testament from Genesis to Esther inclusive, 
 being the Historical Books ; or from the Prophets of the Old Testa- 
 ment ; and the third lesson from the Gospels or Acts of the Apostles — 
 being the Historical Books of the New Testament. 
 
 In the Afternoon Service, the first lesson shall be taken out of the 
 Preceptive Books of the Old Testament from Job to Ecclesiastes, and 
 the second out of the Epistles or the Apocalypse in the New Testa- 
 ment. 
 
 On Holy Days, the lessons may be those in the Table. 
 
 During the reading of the Ten Commandments, and the Summary 
 of the Law, the Minister and people stand. During the reading of 
 other Lessons of Scripture, the Minister stands and the people sit. 
 
 On Holy Days, and other special occasions of Public Worship, 
 occurring on week days, the services for the Lord's Day may be used 
 instead of any of the other services, in the discretion of the Minister. 
 
PART I. 
 
 M 
 
 MORNING SERVICE FOR THE LORD'S DAY. 
 
 AY our trust be in the name of the Lord, who made 
 Heaven and Earth. Amen. 
 
 Introclivctoj^y Prayer. 
 Let us pray. 
 
 O ALMIGHTY God and Heavenly Father ! we have come 
 together for the public sanctification of this Lord's day, to 
 offer unto thee our praises and our prayers, and to hear thy 
 holy word. Thou hast promised to hearken favorably unto all 
 those, who call upon thee, in the name of thy Son. We there- 
 fore beseech thee, to look down upon us in mercy, and to purify 
 our thoughts and affections, that we may render unto thee an 
 acceptable service. 
 
 Great God ! we humble ourselves before thee. We adore 
 thy majesty : we extol thy wisdom, thy power and thy goodness, 
 which appear with such brightness in the marvellous works of 
 Creation and Eedemption. We acknowledge thy tender love in 
 the manifold favors, spiritual and temporal, which we continu- 
 ally receive at thy hand, but we praise thee more especially, 
 with all Christians, who are assembled this day, that thou didst 
 send thy son into the world to save us, and that he rose from 
 the dead for our justification. We bless thee, that thou hast 
 given us, by his glorious Resurrection, so lively a hope of ever- 
 lasting life. God ! thy glory is great in all thy Churches, 
 and the praise of thy name is heard in all the assemblies of thy 
 Saints ! May our thanksgivings ascend unto thy Throne ! 
 4 
 
2 MOHNiNG SERVICE [Part 
 
 Make us worthy to be partakers of the resurrection of the Just, 
 and of the glory of the Kingdom of Heaven, whither Jesus 
 Christ hath entered as our forerunner; where he liveth and 
 reigneth ; where he is adored and glorified, with thee and the 
 Holy Spirit, God blessed forever. Amen. 
 
 OGOD ! who has given thy Holy Scriptures for our instruc- 
 tion, we beseech thee to enlighten our minds and purify 
 our hearts, that we may worthily read, hear, and meditate upon 
 them, and may understand and receive, as we ought, the things 
 which are therein revealed. Enable thy ministers to declare 
 thy word with purity and clearness, with simplicity and zeal. 
 Render their preaching effectual through the influence of the 
 Holy Spirit ; so that the good seed may be received into our 
 hearts, as into ground well prepared, and bring forth fruit in 
 abundance. Grant that during the time of our sojourning here, 
 we may be not only hearers, but doers of thy word, conform- 
 ably to its divine instructions,* so that we may attain unto 
 eternal salvation ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 First Lesson. 
 
 The Confession. 
 
 Let us humbly confess our sins. 
 
 OLORD God ! Eternal and Almighty Father ! we confess 
 before thy Divine Majesty, that we are miserable sinners, 
 born in corruption and iniquity, prone to evil, and of ourselves 
 incapable of any good. We acknowledge that we transgress in 
 
 * Instead of the above conclusion, substitute this— on the Lord's Day, before and after 
 the Nativity— at the Nativity, should it fall on the Lord's Day— on the Lord's Day before 
 the Crucifixion— on the Day of the Kesurrection— and on the Day of Pentecost. During 
 seasons of Fasting and Humiliation substitute the Special Prayer in Part III. 
 
 AND since, God ! we commemorate at this time (to-day) 
 (the Nativity) (the Sufferings and Death) (the Resurrec- 
 tion) of thy Son — (the Descent of the Holy Spirit ;) we pray 
 thee to lift up our hearts unto thee, to enable us with faith and 
 with joy, to meditate on the manifestation of thy love, and so 
 to live in thy fear and to thy glory, during the time of our 
 sojourning here, that we may attain unto eternal salvation, 
 through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
First.] FOR THE lord's day. 3 
 
 various ways thy holy commandments, so that we draw down 
 on ourselves, through thy righteous judgment, condemnation 
 and death. We are, moreover, Lord ! under heartfelt sorrow 
 for having offended thee ; and sincerely rej^enting of our sins, 
 we fervently implore thy grace to relieve our wretchedness. 
 Vouchsafe then, most gracious God and merciful Father ! to 
 have compassion on us, in the name of thy Son, Jesus Christ 
 our Lord. Pardon our sins, give us the graces of the Holy 
 Spirit, and increase them day by day ; to the end, that heartily 
 acknowledging our unworthiness, we may be filled with sincere 
 repentance, and bring forth fruits of righteousness acceptable 
 to thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord. A?nen. 
 
 OUR Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name ; thy 
 kingdom come ; thy will be done on earth, as it is in 
 heaven ; give us this day our daily bread ; and forgive us our 
 trespasses, as we forgive those who 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 and ever. 
 Amen. 
 
 Second Lesson.— A Canticle, Psalm or Hymn— or part of either.— Third Lesson. 
 
 Let us pray. 
 
 OLOBD ! let thy mercy shine upon us : and grant us thy 
 salvation. 
 
 God ! make clean our hearts within us : and take not thy 
 Holy Spirit from us. 
 
 A Prayer for Faith. 
 ^~\ LORD God ! we render thanks unto thee, that thou hast 
 ^^ called us to the knowledge and profession of the Christian 
 Faith. We beseech thee to preserve and increase it in us, to 
 the end, that continuing steadfast in the same, we may sincerely 
 unite in the confession of the Church Universal — 
 
 1 believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven 
 and Earth. 
 
 I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son our Lord : who was 
 conceived of the Holy Spirit, and born of the Virgin Mary. 
 He suffered under Pontius Pilate : He was crucified : He died : 
 
4 MORNING SERVICE [Part 
 
 He was buried : He went into the place of departed Spirits : 
 the third day He rose from the dead : He ascended into 
 Heaven : He sitteth at the right hand of God, the Father 
 Almighty : and thence, he will come to judge the living and 
 the dead. 
 
 I believe in the Holy Spirit. 
 
 I believe the Holy Church Universal : the Communion of 
 Saints : the remission of sins : The resurrection of the body : 
 And the life everlasting. .A?nen. 
 
 Genej^al Thanhsgiving . 
 
 O ALMIGHTY God I Father of mercy! we, thine unworthy 
 servants, do give thee most humble and hearty thanks, for 
 all thy goodness and loving kindness to us and to all men. We 
 bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of 
 this life ; but above all for thine inestimable love in the redemp- 
 tion of the world, by our Lord Jesus Christ ; for the means of 
 grace, and for the hope of glory. And we beseech thee, give 
 us a due sense of all thy mercies, that we may show forth thy 
 praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives ; by giving up our- 
 selves to thy service, and by walking before thee, in holiness 
 and righteousness, all our days, through Jesus Christ our Lord, 
 to whom with thee, and the Holy Spirit, be all honor and glory, 
 world without- end. Amen. 
 
 Here introduce such of the Special, or Occasional Prayers or Thanksgivings from Part 
 III. ae are suitable, may be requested, or the Minister's discretion may suggest. 
 
 General Frayer. 
 
 OLOED, our God ! Creator and Father of the human race ! 
 who hast commanded, that prayer and supplication be 
 made for all mankind, we offer unto thee our intercessions, for 
 the peace of the world, and for the happiness and salvation of 
 all men. Deliver, we beseech thee, Lord ! from spiritual 
 bhndness, all the nations that still sit in darkness. Thou didst 
 so love the world, that thou gavest thine only Son, to die as a 
 propitiation, not only for our sins, but also for the sins of the 
 whole world. Thou hast taught us, that there is none other 
 name under heaven, given among men, whereby we may be 
 
First.] FOR THE lord's day. 5 
 
 saved ; and that he came to be a light unto the Gentiles, and to 
 bring salvation unto the ends of the earth. Grant, Almighty 
 God and Merciful Father ! that all our fellow men may be 
 gathered unto the name of our Lord ; to the end, that all 
 nations may know and adore thee, the only true God, and Jesus 
 Christ, whom thou hast sent. 
 
 Lord ! who art the source of all lawful power, and the 
 fountain of all true wisdom in the counsels of men ; we pray 
 to thee for all, who are in authority throughout the world. 
 Thou hast taught us in thy holy word, that thou dost govern 
 the nations upon earth ; and that rulers should serve and obey 
 thee. Vouchsafe, then, most Mighty God 1 a knowledge of 
 thyself, to such as know thee not ; and give thy grace unto all, 
 that ruling in thy fear, they may do justly, love mercy, and 
 walk humbly with thee. 
 
 We beseech thee to behold with thy favor, those who in the 
 order of thy Providence, are entrusted with authority, through- 
 out our land. Endue them with thy grace, that in the admin- 
 istration of justice, the preservation of order, the improvement 
 of our laws, and the execution of judgment, their good works 
 may glorify thee. 
 
 We offer unto thee, Lord ! our prayers for the necessities 
 of the Holy Church Universal. Protect, enlarge and sanctify 
 it, more and more. Deliver all Churches which suffer persecu- 
 tion. We beseech thee, to take away the errors and dissen- 
 sions, which disturb the Christian world ; and to unite all thy 
 people, in the bonds of truth, of godliness, and of peace. 
 Grant thy blessings to the Churches of these States, and to the 
 families and persons who compose them, that jpiety, concord, 
 and every Christian virtue may flourish therein. 
 
 We pray to thee, Lord ! for all the Pastors of thy Church. 
 May they preach thy word with fidehty, firmness, and humanity. 
 May they labor not in vain to establish the indispensable obhga- 
 tion of the duties enjoined by our holy religion : and to make 
 manifest their beauty and excellence. Enable them to set forth 
 the motives, which bind us to obey thee ; the helps which are 
 offered ; and the rewards which await us. May they, as well 
 by their preaching as by their example, prepare for thee a 
 
ê MORNING SERVICE [Part 
 
 peculiar people, zealous of good works. Defend them, Lord, 
 under the shadow of thy wings ; and may they escape the 
 temptations of the world, and the devices of their spiritual 
 enemies. Grant that they shun not to declare all the counsel 
 of God : and that having testified the Gospel of thy grace, they 
 may finish their course with joy, and the ministry, which they 
 have received of the Lord Jesus.* 
 
 God of mercy ! have pity on those, who are suffering by 
 war, pestilence, or any other scourge ; and on all who are in 
 affliction. We commend to thy care, the widow and the orphan, 
 the poor and the stranger, all who are in peril by land or by 
 water, all who endure persecution for the Gospel, all who are 
 distressed in mind, the infirm, the sick, and the dying. Comfort 
 and relieve them according to their several necessities, and give 
 them a happy issue out of all their trials and afflictions. 
 
 Lord ! we pray for all thy children ; for all who seek thee 
 in sincerity of heart, and who labor for the salvation of them- 
 selves, or of their fellow men ; for those who are engaged in 
 works of love, and in holy designs for the advancement of thy 
 kingdom. Strengthen all who are weak in faith, and in piety ; 
 and to those who are under condemnation, vouchsafe the grace 
 of repentance and sincere conversion. 
 
 Favorably regard, Lord ! our country and its inhabitants. 
 Grant, at all times, whatever may be necessarv for our subsist- 
 ence, and give us grace not to abuse thy blessings, but to use 
 them with soberness, charity, and thankfulness. Save us from 
 all the dangers and calamities to which we may be exposed. 
 Deliver us from our sins, preserve us from every evil thought, 
 from impiety, and hypocrisy, and from all that is contrary to thy 
 holy will. Direct us always by thy grace, merciful God ! and 
 further us continually by thy spirit. Give unto us at all times, 
 good and holy thoughts, pure, meek, and peaceable dispositions, 
 entire resignation to thy providence, fervent love to thee, and 
 sincere charity, inclining us to edify and do good to one another. 
 Wean our affections from this world of vanity; and through 
 thy grace, may our hearts be always lifted up towards heaven. 
 
 * When a Candidate is to be ordained add here the Prayer in Part III. 
 
First.] FOR THE lord's DAT. 7 
 
 There may our treasure be ; to the end, that watching and pray- 
 ing without ceasing, and leading humble, righteous and sober 
 lives, we may pass our days in peace ; looking for the glorious 
 advent of our Saviour : at whose coming to judge the world, 
 grant that we, who are here assembled in thy presence may 
 appear before thee, without confusion and without fear. 
 
 Favorably hear us, God ! Graciously hear all who have at 
 this time offered up their prayers unto thee. Eeject not the 
 supplications of thy servants ; but grant us the blessings which 
 we have asked of thee, and all others which are necessary for 
 us. We pray for all these things, in the name of Jesus Christ 
 our Lord. Amen. 
 
 A Hymn— the Sermon— a Doxology— a concluding Prayer from Part III.— a Benedic- 
 tion. 
 
 Benedictions. 
 
 THE Lord bless you, and keep you : The Lord make his face 
 to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you. The Lord 
 lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace. Amen. 
 
 THE peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep 
 your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, 
 and of his Son Jesus Christ, our Lord : And the blessing of 
 God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be 
 amongst you and remain with you always. Atnen. 
 
 THE Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and 
 the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with us all ever- 
 more. Amen. 
 
 MY Brethren ! The end of all things is at hand. Be ye 
 therefore sober minded, watch, and pray. 
 The Lord be with you. Almighty God, the Father, the Son, 
 and the Holy Spirit, bless and protect you. Amen. 
 
8 MOENING SERYICE [Part 
 
 MAY the Blessing of God our Father, the Grace and Peace 
 of our Lord Jesus Christ, be given and multiplied unto 
 you, through the communion of the Holy Spirit. Amen. 
 
 The Ten Cormnandments. 
 
 LISTEN with reverence and attention to the Ten Command- 
 ments of the Law of God, as they are written in the 
 twentieth chapter of the Book of Exodus. 
 
 God spake these words, saying, I am the Lord thy God, who 
 brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of 
 bondage. 
 
 I. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 
 
 II. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or 
 any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in 
 the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 
 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them ; for 
 I, the Lord thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of 
 the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth genera- 
 tion of them that hate me ; and shewing mercy unto thousands 
 of them that love me, and keep my commandments. 
 
 III. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in 
 vain. 
 
 ly. Bemember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days 
 shalt thou labor, and do all thy work ; but the seventh day is 
 the Sabbath of the Lord thy God ; in it thou shalt not do any 
 work ; thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, 
 nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is 
 within thy gates ; for, in six days the Lord made heaven and 
 earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh 
 day ; wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hal- 
 lowed it. 
 
 Y. Honor thy father and thy mother ; that thy days may be 
 long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 
 
 YI. Thou shalt not kill. 
 
 YII. Thou shalt not commit adultery. 
 
 YIII. Thou shalt not steal. 
 
rirst.] FOE THE loed's day. 9 
 
 IX. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. 
 
 X. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house ; thou shalt not 
 covet thy neighbor's wife ; nor his man-servant, nor his maid- 
 servant, nor his ox, nor his ass ; nor any thing that is thy 
 neighbor's. 
 
 Summary of the Law» 
 
 Hear also what our Lord Jesus Christ saith, in the twenty- 
 second chapter of the Gospel according to St. Matthew. 
 
 Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and 
 with all thy soul, and with all thy mind : This is the first and 
 great commandment. And the second is like unto it : Thou 
 shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two command- 
 ments hang all the law and the prophets. 
 
10 AFTEUXOOX SEE VICE [Part 
 
 M 
 
 AFTERNOON SERVICE FOR THE LORD'S DAY. 
 
 AY our trust be in the name of the Lord, who made 
 Heaven and Earth. Amen. 
 
 Introductoj'j/ Prayer. 
 Let us pray. 
 
 ALMIGHTY God ! we return thee our humble and hearty 
 thanks, for the privilege we enjoy of assembUng in thy 
 house, this day, to render the services due unto thee, and to 
 hear thy word. And since thou hast given us thy Holy Scrip- 
 tures, as a lamp to our feet, and a light to our paths, we beseech 
 thee for the love of Jesus Christ, the light of the world, that 
 thou wouldst illumine our minds, and endue us with the Holy 
 Spirit, to sanctify, and lead us into the knowledge of truth. 
 Give us grace to hear attentively thy word, rightly to understand 
 its meaning, and to conform our lives to its precepts ; that what- 
 ever we shall hear, may tend to the glory of thy name, to our 
 advancement in piety, and to the comfort and salvation of our 
 souls ;* through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 
 
 First Lesson. 
 
 The Confession. 
 
 Let us huiiibly confess our sins. 
 
 OLOED God ! Eternal and Almighty Father ! we confess 
 before thy Divine Majesty, that we are miserable sinners, 
 
 * Instead of the above conclusion, suhstitute this— on the Lord's Day, before and after 
 the Nativity— at the Nativity, should it fall on the Lord's Day— on the Lord's Day before 
 the Crucifixion— on the Day of the Resurrection— and on the Day of Pentecost. During 
 seasons of Fasting and Humiliation substitute the Special Prayer from Part III. 
 
 AND since, God ! we commemorate at this time (to-day) 
 (the Nativity) (the Sufferings and Death) (the Eesurrec- 
 tion) of thy Son — (the Descent of the Holy Spirit,) we pray 
 thee so to raise our hearts unto thee, as to enable us with faith 
 and with joy, to meditate on this manifestation of thy love, and 
 so to Hve in thy fear and to thy glory, during the time of our 
 sojourning here, that we may attain unto eternal salvation, 
 through Jesus Christ our Lord. Ainen. 
 
First] FOR THE lord's day. 11 
 
 born in corruption and iniquity, prone to evil, and of ourselves 
 incajDable of any good. We acknowledge that we transgress 
 in various ways thy holy commandments, so that we draw down 
 on ourselves, through thy righteous judgment, condemnation 
 and death. We are, moreover, Lord ! under heartfelt sorrow 
 for having offended thee ; and sincerely repenting of our sins, 
 we fervently implore thy grace to reheve our wretchedness. 
 Vouchsafe then, most gracious God and merciful Father ! to 
 have compassion on us, in the name of thy Son, Jesus Christ 
 our Lord. Pardon our sins, give us the graces of the Holy 
 Spirit, and increase them day by day ; to the end, that heartily 
 acknowledging our unworthiness, we may be filled with sincere 
 repentance, and bring forth fruits of righteousness acceptable 
 to thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 OL^E Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name ; thy 
 kingdom come ; thy will be done on earth, as it is in 
 heaven ; give us this day our daily bread ; and forgive us our 
 trespasses, as we forgive those who 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 over and ever. 
 Amen. 
 
 Second Lesson. -A Canticle, Psalm, or Hymn— or part of either. 
 
 Let US pray. 
 
 OLOED ! let thy mercy shine upon us : and grant us thy 
 salvation. 
 
 God ! make clean our hearts within us : and take not thy 
 Holy Spirit from us. 
 
 A Prayer for Faith. 
 
 OLOED God ! we render thanks unto thee, that thou hast 
 called us to the knowledge and profession of the Christian 
 Faith. We beseech thee to preserve and increase it in us, to 
 the end, that continuing steadfast in the same, we may sincerely 
 unite in the confession of the Church Universal — 
 
 1 believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven 
 and Earth. 
 
12 AFTERNOON SEEVTCE [Part 
 
 I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son our Lord : who was 
 conceived of the Holy Spirit, and born of the Virgin Mary. 
 He suffered under Pontius Pilate : He was crucified : He died : 
 He was buried : He went into the place of departed Spirits : 
 the third day He rose from the dead : He ascended into 
 Heaven: He sitteth at the right hand of God, the Father 
 Almighty : and thence, he will come to judge the living and 
 the dead. 
 
 I believe in the Holy Spirit. 
 
 I beheve the Holy Church Universal : The communion of 
 Saints : The remission of sins : The resurrection of the body : 
 And the Hfe everlasting. Amen. 
 
 General Tli aiihsgiving. 
 
 O ALMIGHTY God ! Father of mercy ! we, thine unworthy 
 servants, do give thee most humble and hearty thanks, for 
 all thy goodness and loving kindness to us and to all men. We 
 bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of 
 this life ; but above all, for thine inestimable love in the redemp- 
 tion of the world, by our Lord Jesus Christ ; for the means of 
 grace, and for the hope of glory. And we beseech thee, give 
 us a due sense of all thy mercies, that we may show forth thy 
 praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives ; by giving up 
 ourselves to thy service, and by walking before thee, in hoHness 
 and righteousness, all our days, through Jesus Christ our Lord, 
 to whom with thee, and the Holy Spirit, be all honor and glory, 
 world without end. Amen. 
 
 Here introduce such of the Special, or Occasional Praj^ersor Thanksgivings, from. Part 
 III., as are suitahle, may be requested, or the Minister's discretion may suggest. 
 
 General Pi^ayer. 
 
 ALMIGHTY God, our Heavenly Father ! it is of thy great 
 goodness, that we enjoy the precious advantages, of which 
 so many are destitute. We have offended thee by our ingrati- 
 tude, by our abuse of the privilege which thou hast vouchsafed 
 to us, of knowing and serving thee ; and thou mightest justly 
 have removed the light of thy word from among us. God ! 
 
First,] FOE THE lokd's day. 13 
 
 we adore thee for thy mercies ; and we beseech thee, in the 
 name of Jesus Christ, not to withdraw thy grace, but to sanctify 
 us more and more, that we may serve thee, with renewed zeal, 
 all the days of our lives. 
 
 We offer unto thee our prayers for the welfare of our 
 country. We pray to thee, King of Kings, and Lord of Lords ! 
 for all who are in authority throughout the world. Vouchsafe 
 a knowledge of thyself to such as know thee not, and grant 
 that they who already know thee, may continue to serve and 
 honor thee. 
 
 We pray for the President of the United States, and for all 
 in authority over us. Grant unto them the spirit of wisdom 
 and firmness ; and above all, piety and the fear of thy name ; 
 that they may preserve order, and that we, thy people, may lead 
 peaceable and happy lives, in all godliness and honesty. 
 
 We beseech thee, God ! favorably to hear our prayers for 
 the salvation of the whole world. Receive our supplications 
 for the peace and the necessities of thy Church. We pray to 
 thee, Lord ! for all the Ministers of thy Word. Sanctify them, 
 and increase in them the knowledge and gifts which are need- 
 ful for the advancement of thy kingdom, and the salvation of 
 the souls committed to them. Raise up everywhere, faithful, 
 zealous, and humble ministers, lovers of truth and of peace ; 
 and to this end give thy grace and thy fear to all who are 
 preparing to serve thee in the Holy Ministry.* We pray to 
 thee also, for the conversion of sinners ; for the perseverance 
 of the righteous ; for the deliverance of those who suffer per- 
 secution in the cause of truth or piety ; and for the relief of all 
 who are distressed in mind, body, or estate. 
 
 Accept, most merciful Father ! the worship we offer unto 
 thee. Hearken favorably to all, wheresoever they may be, who 
 call upon thee, with all their heart. We beseech thee to pre- 
 serve us from danger and temptation. Grant unto us all these 
 favors, and whatever else thou seest to be necessary and 
 expedient for us. God ! bless the instructions of thy Holy 
 Scriptures, which we have heard this day, and all the services 
 
 * When a Candidate is to be ordained add here the Prayer in Part III. 
 
14 AFTERNOON SERVICE. 
 
 of thy Sanctuary, that our hearts may be inclined to love and 
 to fear thee ; that we may serve thee faithfully whilst we live ; 
 and that having profited by the means and opportunities 
 afforded for our salvation during this life, we may be received 
 into the Temple of thy Glory ; to praise thee forever, in the 
 assembly of the Saints, through Jesus Christ our Lord, in whose 
 name we offer up our prayers. Amen. 
 
 A Hymn— the Sermon— a Doxology— a Concluding Prayer from Part III.— a Benedic- 
 tion. 
 
 Benedictions. 
 
 THE Lord bless you, and keep you : The Lord make his face 
 to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you. The Lord 
 lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace. Amen. 
 
 npHE peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep 
 -^- your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, 
 and of his Son Jesus Christ, our Lord: And the blessing of 
 God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be 
 amongst you, and remain with you always. Amen. 
 
 T^HE Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and 
 -^ the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with us all ever- 
 more. Amen. 
 
 ^^/TY Brethren ! The end of all things is at hand. Be ye 
 -^-^ therefore sober minded, watch, and pray. 
 
 The Lord be with you. Almighty God, the Father, the Son, 
 and the Holy Spirit, bless and protect you. Amen. 
 
 "ll/TAY the Blessing of God our Father, the Grace and Peace 
 ■^^ of our Lord Jesus Christ, be given and multiplied unto 
 you, through the communion of the Holy Spirit. Amen. 
 
PART II 
 
 MORNING SERVICE FOR WEEK DAYS WITH A SERMON. 
 
 M 
 
 AY our trust be in tlie name of the Lord, who made 
 Heaven and Earth. Amen. 
 
 Introditctory Prayer. 
 Let us pray. 
 
 O ALMIGHTY G-od ! we are here assembled to offer unto 
 thee our praises, our thanksgivings, and our prayers : to 
 humble ourselves before thee, and to hear thy holy word. It is 
 meet and proper that we should adore thee, Lord our God ! 
 Creator of Heaven and Earth, and all things therein, and that 
 we should ever give thanks unto thee for the favors, we are 
 continually receiving at thy bountiful hand. We bless thee 
 that thou hast preserved us to the present time ; that having 
 protected us during the past night, thou hast brought us in 
 safety to the beginning of this day, and that we are enabled to 
 assemble in this holy place, and in thy presence. 
 
 Lord ! wo praise thee, we desire to serve thee at this time, 
 and throughout our lives. We dedicate ourselves unto thee. 
 We submit ourselves entirely to thy holy will. May it please 
 thee to defend and direct us during this day, that we may pass 
 the same in peace and cheerfulness, in thy fear, and to thy glory. 
 And since thou hast given us the Holy Scriptures as a lamp to 
 our feet, and a hght to our paths ; we beseech thee, Lord ! for 
 the love of Jesus Christ, the light of the world, that thou 
 wouldst illumine our minds, and endue us with thy Holy Spirit, 
 
16 SERTTCES FOE WEEK DA.YS. [Part 
 
 to sanctify and lead us into the knowledge of truth. Give us 
 grace to hear attentively thy word, rightly to understand its 
 meaning, and to conform our lives to its precepts, so that what- 
 ever we shall hear may tend to the glory of thy name, to our 
 advancement in piety, and to the comfort and salvation of our 
 souls,* through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 A Prayer for Faith. 
 
 OLOBD God ! we render thanks unto thee, that thou hast 
 called us to the knowledge and profession of the Christian 
 Faith. We beseech thee to preserve and increase it in us, to 
 the end, that continuing steadfast in the same, we may sincerely 
 unite in the confession of the Church Universal — 
 
 I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven 
 and Earth. 
 
 I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son our Lord : who was 
 conceived of the Holy Spirit, and born of the Virgin Mary. 
 He suffered under Pontius Pilate : He was crucified : He died : 
 He was buried : He went into the place of departed Spirits : 
 the third day He rose from the dead : He ascended into 
 Heaven : He sitteth at the right hand of God, the Father 
 Almighty : and thence, he will come to judge the living and 
 the dead. 
 
 I believe in the Holy Spirit. 
 
 I believe the Holy Church Universal : the Communion of 
 Saints : the remission of sins : The resurrection of the body : 
 And the life everlasting. Amen. 
 
 Lesson from the Old Testament. 
 
 The Confession. 
 
 Let us humbly confess our sins. 
 
 OLOED ! Our God and our Father ! we are not worthy to 
 appear in thy presence, or to ask of thee any favor. We 
 have not obeyed thy Commandments, but have transgressed 
 them in various ways. Lord ! we deplore the magnitude and 
 number of our sins. Pardon us, most gracious Father ! 
 
 * During seasons of Humiliation substitute the Special Prayer from Part III. 
 
Second] sketices foe week t>\ys. 17 
 
 pardon for the love of Jesus Christ, those who are penitent 
 and ask thy forgiveness. Sanctify us, and make us- new 
 creatures, to the end, that the glory of thy mercy may ever be 
 manifested in us, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 OUR Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name ; thy 
 kingdom come ; thy will be done on earth, as it is in 
 heaven; give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our 
 trespasses, as we forgive those who 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 and ever. 
 Amen. 
 
 Lesson from the New Testament. 
 
 Here introduce such of the Special, or Occasional Prayers or Thanksgivings from Part 
 III. as are suitable, may be requested, or the Minister's discretion may suggest. 
 
 General Prayer. 
 Let us pray. 
 
 OETERXAL and Almighty God ! we offer to thy Divine 
 Majesty, our prayers for ourselves and for all mankind. 
 
 We beseech thee to illumine all the people of the earth, by 
 the light of the Gospel, that they may come to the knowledge 
 of the truth, and be saved. We pray to thee for all the wants 
 of the Church Universal. Look down with mercy upon all thy 
 people and all thy flocks. Preserve them, and cherish in them 
 the Hght of thy word. Put away from them dissensions and 
 hypocrisy ; and grant that piety, charity, and every Christian 
 virtue may reign among them. 
 
 Bless the Ministers of thy Church. Enable them at all times 
 to preach thy word in faithfulness and purity, and to labor with 
 humility and zeal, for the edification of their flocks. 
 
 We pray to thee for all rulers, and especially those who are 
 in authority over us. Guide them by thy spirit, and assist them 
 in the performance of their duties, so that Religion, Justice and 
 Peace, may flourish under their Government. 
 
 Almighty and most merciful God ! we commend to thy 
 favor all who are in aflliction. Grant to the sick the patience, 
 the succor, and the repentance, which they need. Convert 
 sinners, and strengthen those who walk in thy ways. God ! 
 
le SERTICES FOR WEEK DATS. [Part 
 
 bless the just and upright in heart ; protect the weak and the 
 innocent. Relieve the poor ; help and comfort all who are in 
 danger, necessity or tribulation. 
 
 Bless our Country, (this City) and all its inhabitants. Turn 
 away from us thy judgments, gracious God ! and we will 
 praise thy Holy Name. Vouchsafe, Lord ! to bless us in the 
 duties and business of our several callings. Guide and assist 
 us, that we may always incline to thy will, and walk in thy way ; 
 that whilst we labor for things temporal, we neglect not things 
 eternal ; but that we may first and chiefly seek thy Kingdom 
 and thy righteousness. Suffer not the temptations and cares of 
 this life to seduce our hearts, and to destroy the seed of thy 
 word, Avhich is sown therein. Teach us, God ! rightly to com- 
 prehend that this world passeth away, and all its sinful desires ; 
 that our life fleeth as a shadow, and that we bring our years to 
 an end, as it were, a tale that is told. May we duly consider 
 the vanity of this life, so that having lived in thy fear, we may 
 die in thy grace, and be partakers in the resurrection of the 
 just. 
 
 Lord, our gracious God ! Vouchsafe to us, we beseech thee, 
 all that we need to finish happily the race set before us. Take 
 us under thy protection, provide for all our wants, and guide 
 us even to our last hour, through Jesus Christ, thy Son. Amen. 
 
 A Hymn— the Sermon— a concluding Pi-ayer from Part III.— a Benediction. 
 
 Benedictions. 
 
 npHE Lord bless you, and keep you : The Lord make his face 
 
 ^ to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you. The Lord 
 
 lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace. Amen. 
 
 THE peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep 
 your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, 
 and of his Son Jesus Christ, our Lord : And the blessing of 
 God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be 
 amongst you and remain with you always. Amen. 
 
Second.] services for week days. 19 
 
 THE Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and 
 the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with us all ever- 
 more. Amen. 
 
 MY Brethren ! The end of all things is at hand. Be ye 
 therefore sober minded, watch, and pray. 
 The Lord be with you. Almighty God, the Father, the Son, 
 and the Holy Spirit, bless and protect you. Amen. 
 
 iy/FAY the Blessing of God our Father, the Grace and Peace 
 ^'-^ of our Lord Jesus Christ, be given and multiplied unto 
 you, through the communion of the Holy Spirit. Amen. 
 
20 i SERVICES FOR WEKK DAYS. [Part 
 
 SE1{\'1( ES FOR WEEK DAYS WITHOUT A SERMON. 
 
 A SERVICE FOR MORNING OR AFTERNOON. 
 
 M 
 
 AY our trust be in the name of the Lord, who made 
 Heaven and Earth. Amen. 
 
 DEAELY Beloved Brethren ! we have assembled, to worship 
 God, to praise him, to hear his holy word, and to offer 
 unto him our prayers. The Father of our Lord Jesus Christ 
 pardoneth all such as truly repent and turn unto him. Let us, 
 therefore, confess our sins, and implore his mercy, that the 
 services of this day may be acceptable unto him. 
 
 O ALMIGHTY God! Heavenly Father!, we have sinned 
 against thee, and are not worthy to be called thy children. 
 We have offended thee in various ways, by thought, word and 
 deed, Eternal God ! But we pray thee to turn away thine 
 anger from us, forgiving us all our sins, and leading us by a 
 sincere repentance to life everlasting, for the love of thy Son, 
 Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
 OUE Father, who art in Heaven ! hallowed be thy name ; 
 thy kingdom come ; thy will be done on earth, as it is in 
 heaven ; give us this day our daily bread ; and forgive us our 
 trespasses, as we forgive those who 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 and ever. 
 Amen. 
 
 OMEECIFIJL God and Heavenly Father ! since we are 
 about to hear thy holy word, we pray thee to give us grace 
 rightly to understand its sense, and to live according to the 
 same, for the love of Jesus Christ, our Saviour. Amen. 
 
 A Lesson from the Old Testament. 
 
 Let us adore and praise the Lord our God. 
 
Second.] services for week days. 21 
 
 Lord ! open thou our lips : and our mouths shall show forth 
 thy praise. 
 
 A Canticle, Psalm, or Hymn, with one of the short Doxologies, or instead of the 
 above, the following : 
 
 Dojcology. 
 
 GLORY be to God on high, and on earth peace, good will 
 toward men. We praise thee, we bless thee, we worship 
 thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee for thy great glory, 
 Lord God I Heavenly King ! God the Father Almighty ! 
 
 Lord ! the only begotten Son, Jesus Christ : Lord God ! 
 Lamb of God, Son of the Father, who takest away the sins of 
 the world, have mercy upon us. Thou, who takest away the 
 sins of the world, receive our prayer. Thou, who sittest at the 
 right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us. 
 
 For thou only art holy ; thou only art the Lord ; thou only, 
 Christ ! with the Holy Spirit, art most high in the glory of 
 God the Father. Amen. 
 
 Lesson from the New Testament. 
 
 Let us pray. 
 
 OLORD ! have mercy upon us ; hear our prayers, and let 
 our supplications come unto thee. 
 
 Lord ! let thy mercy shine upon us, and grant us thy sal- 
 vation. 
 
 Lord ! preserve thy Holy Church, and favorably hear, 
 through thy grace, all who call upon thee. 
 
 Clothe thy Ministers with righteousness, and cause thy chosen 
 people to rejoice. 
 
 Lord ! save thy people, and bless thine heritage. Grant 
 us peace in our day, for thou canst defend us. 
 
 God ! make clean our hearts within us, and take not thy 
 Holy Spirit from us. 
 
 For the Morning. 
 
 O ETERNAL and Almighty God ! we thank thee that thou 
 hast brought us safely to the beginning of this day. 
 Keep us through the same, by thy great power ; preserve us 
 from sin, guard us against danger, and so direct us by thy holy 
 
'22 SERVICES FOR WEEK DAYS. [Part 
 
 guidance that all our doings may be righteous in thy sight. 
 Lord I we would present ourselves unto thee a living sacrifice. 
 We desire to consecrate to thee our bodies, our souls, our lives, 
 all that is within us, and all that depends upon us, to employ 
 them to thy Glory. We resign ourselves unto thy will, God ! 
 confiding in thy Providence. We submit ourselves to all the 
 events which it shall please thee to ordain. Do with us what- 
 soever shall seem good unto thee ; and may thy holy mil be 
 done in us and by us, for the love of our Saviour, Jesus Christ. 
 Amen. 
 
 For the Afternoon. 
 
 OETEENAL and Almighty God ! we implore thy Divine 
 Majesty to receive the sacrifice of praise which we offer 
 and to hear the prayers which we address unto thee at the close 
 of this day. Protect us, we beseech thee, during the night. 
 Preserve us from sin and danger, that we may praise and serve 
 thee at all times. Lord ! we commit our souls to thy care. 
 Conduct us whilst awake ; guard us whilst we sleep ; so that, 
 by day or by night, we may be always with thee, through 
 Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 
 
 O ALMIGHTY God ! who hast commanded us to pray for 
 all mankind, and desirest that all may come to a knowl- 
 edge of the truth and be saved, favorably hear the supplications 
 which we offer unto thee, for the peace and happiness of all 
 nations, and for the conversion of the people who sit in dark- 
 ness. We implore thy grace for all Bulers and Magistrates, 
 and especially for the President of the United States, and all 
 others in authority over us. We beseech thee, God ! to pre- 
 serve and sanctify thy Church throughout the world, and 
 especially the Church in our own country. Strengthen thou 
 the Pastors and Ministers of thy word. Have mercy on all 
 nations and j^ersons in aflB.iction. Deliver all who are under 
 persecution, or in captivity, for the sake of the truth. Pelieve, 
 comfort, and assist the sick and the dying. Vouchsafe unto 
 sinners opportunity and means for repentance and amendment. 
 Strengthen all who are weak, in faith and in godliness. Give 
 unto those who love and fear thee, grace to persevere and 
 
Second.] services por week d.vys. 23 
 
 advance continually in holiness. Bless all who are engaged in 
 works of jiiety and charity. Grant peace, Lord ! to these 
 United States. Bless the fruits of the Earth. (Bless this City 
 and all its inhabitants.) Bless all who are here present and 
 who call upon thee in sincerity of heart. Favorably hear us, 
 God ! Give us grace to pass our days in thy fear, and to end 
 them in thy peace, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth 
 and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, blessed 
 forever. Amen. 
 
 Or the following Prayer : 
 
 A LMIGHTY God ! suffer not thy Holy Name to be re- 
 -^-^ proached on account of our offences. We have sinned 
 against thee in various waj's ; we have not obeyed thy word as 
 we ought ; but have daily provoked thine anger ; so that thou 
 mightest have justly punished us. But, Lord ! remember us 
 in mercy and have compassion on us. Give us grace to be 
 deeply sensible of our sins, to repent of them, and to amend 
 our lives. Bless thy people, God ! Strengthen thy Ministers, 
 that they may preach thy word, and exercise their ministry with 
 faithfulness and zeal. Strengthen, likewise, all Rulers and 
 Magistrates, that their good works may promote the advance- 
 ment of thy Glory and the good of thy people. Send down 
 thy blessing on the President of the United States, and on all 
 others in authority over us. Gracious God ! turn aside thy 
 Judgments from us and be always our Protector. Confound 
 all designs against thy Church and against thy Gospel. Lord ! 
 deprive us not of thy w^ord, and take not thy Holy Spirit from 
 us : but give us grace to persevere constantly in faith, and in 
 the fear of thy Name. Comfort and strengthen all such as are 
 feeble and afflicted in mind or body. Assist us, God ! in our 
 various necessities, and grant us thy peace, through Jesus 
 Christ, our Lord. Amen. 
 
 , A Canticle, Psalm, or Hymn. 
 
 Here introduce such of the Special, or Occasional Prayers or Thanksgivings from Part 
 III., as are suitable, may be requested, or the Minister's discretion may suggest. 
 
 If it be desirable to use the above service with a Sermon, the Minister can introduce 
 it here. 
 
24 SERVICES FOR WEEK DAYS. [Part 
 
 Conclitclijig Prayer. 
 Let us pray. 
 
 ALMIGHTY God I who hast graciously promised to hear 
 the suppHcations of those who ask in thy Son's name, we 
 beseech thee to accept the service and the prayers which we 
 have now offered unto thee. May those things which we have 
 faithfully asked, according to thy will, be effectually obtained, 
 for the relief of our necessities, and to the advancement of thy 
 Glory, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 
 
 Or this : 
 
 ALMIGHTY God ! who hast given us grace at this time, 
 with one accord, to make our common supplications unto 
 thee ; and hast promised that when two or three are gathered 
 together in thy Name, thoii wilt grant their requests ; Fulfill 
 now, Lord ! the desires and petitions of thy servants, as may 
 be most expedient for them, granting us in this world knowl- 
 edge of thy truth, and in the world to come, life everlasting. 
 Amen. 
 
 Benedictions. 
 
 T^HE Lord bless you, and keep you : The Lord make his face 
 
 ^- to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you. The Lord 
 
 lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace. Ajnen. 
 
 npHE peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep 
 ^ your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, 
 and of his Son Jesus Christ, our Lord : And the blessing of 
 God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be 
 am.ongst you, and remain with you always. Amen. 
 
 'T^HE Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and 
 ^- the com] 
 more. Amen. 
 
 ■^- the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with us all ever- 
 
Second.] services for week days. 25 
 
 MY Brethren ! The end of all things is at hand. Be ye 
 therefore sober minded, watch, and pray. 
 The Lord be with you. Almighty God, the Father, the Son, 
 and the Holy Spirit, bless and protect you. Amen. 
 
 11 /TAY the Blessing of God our Father, the Grace and Peace 
 -^-^ of our Lord Jesus Christ, be given and multiplied unto 
 you, through the communion of the Holy Spirit. Amen. 
 
26 SERVICES FOR \YEEK DAYS. [Part 
 
 M- 
 
 A SERVICE FOR THE AFTERIOON. 
 
 AY our trust be in tlie name of tlie Lord, who made 
 Heaven and Earth. Amen. 
 
 DEAELY Beloved Brethren ! we have assembled to worship 
 God, to praise him, to hear his holy word, and to offer 
 unto him our prayers. The Father of our Lord Jesus Christ 
 pardoneth all such as truly repent and turn unto him. Let us, 
 therefore, confess our sins, and implore his mercy, that our 
 services at this time may be acceptable unto him. 
 
 O ALMIGHTY God! Heavenly Father! we have sinned 
 against thee, and are not worthy to be called thy children. 
 We have offended thee in various ways, by thought, word and 
 deed, Eternal God ! But we pray thee to turn away thine 
 anger from us, forgiving us all our sins, and leading us by a 
 sincere repentance to life everlasting, for the love of thy Son, 
 Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
 OUR Father, who art in Heaven ! hallowed be thy name ; 
 thy kingdom come ; thy will be done on earth, as it is in 
 heaven ; give us this day our daily bread ; and forgive us our 
 trespasses, as we forgive those who 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 and ever. 
 Amen. 
 
 OMEECIFUL God and Heavenly Father ! since we are 
 about to hear thy holy word, we pray thee to give us grace 
 rightly to understand its sense, and to live according to the 
 same, for the love of Jesus Christ, our Saviour. Amen. 
 
 A Lesson from the Old Testament. 
 
 Let us adore and praise the Lord our God. 
 
Second.] services for week days. 27 
 
 Lord ! open thou our lips : and our mouths shall show forth 
 thy praise. 
 
 A Canticle, Psalm, or Hymn, with one of the short Doxologies, or instead of the 
 above, the following : 
 
 Boxology. 
 
 GLOEY be to God on high, and on earth peace, good will 
 toward men. We praise thee, we bless thee, we worship 
 thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee for thy great glory, 
 Lord God ! Heavenly King ! God the Father Almighty ! 
 
 Lord ! the only begotten Son, Jesus Christ : Lord God ! 
 Lamb of God, Son of the Father, who takest away the sins of 
 the world, have mercy upon us. Thou who takest away the 
 sins of the world, receive our prayer. Thou who sittest at the 
 right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us. 
 
 For thou only art holy ; thou only art the Lord ; thou only, 
 Christ ! with the Holy Spirit, art most high in the glory of 
 God the Father. Amen, 
 
 A Lesson from the New Testament. 
 
 Then the Minister says : 
 
 T^HESE are the articles of the Christian Faith, which we 
 ■^ profess, and in which we should persevere to our lives' end. 
 
 I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven 
 and Earth. 
 
 I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son our Lord ; who was 
 conceived of the Holy Spirit, and born of the Virgin Mary 
 He suffered under Pontius Pilate : He was crucified : He died 
 He was buried : He went into the place of departed Spirits 
 the third day He rose from the dead : He ascended into 
 Heaven : He sitteth at the right hand of God, the Father 
 Almighty : and thence, he will come to judge the living and 
 the dead. 
 
 I believe in the Holy Spirit. 
 
 I believe the Holy Church Universal : the Communion of 
 
28 SERVICES FOR WEEK DAYS. [Part 
 
 Saints : the remission of sins : The resurrection of the body : 
 And the life everlasting. Amen. 
 
 Let US pray. 
 
 OLOED ! have mercy upon us ; hear our prayers, and let 
 our supplications come unto thee. 
 
 Lord ! let thy mercy shine upon us, and grant us thy sal- 
 vation. 
 
 Lord ! preserve thy Holy Church, and favorably hear, 
 through thy grace, all who call upon thee. 
 
 Clothe thy Ministers with righteousness, and cause thy chosen 
 people to rejoice. 
 
 Lord ! save thy people, and bless thine heritage. Grant 
 us peace in our day, for thou only canst defend us. 
 
 God ! make clean our hearts within us, and take not thy 
 Holy Spirit from us. 
 
 Prayer of Thanhs giving. 
 
 Let us give thanks unto God for all his benefits. 
 
 O ALMIGHTY God ! Father of mercy I we, thine unworthy 
 servants, do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for 
 all thy goodness and loving kindness to us and to all men. "We 
 bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of 
 this life ; but above all, for thine inestimable love in the redemp- 
 tion of the world, by our Lord Jesus Christ ; for the means of 
 grace, and for the hope of glory. And we beseech thee, give 
 us a due sense of all thy mercies, that we may show forth thy 
 praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives ; by giving up 
 ourselves to thy service, and by walking before thee, in holiness 
 and righteousness, all our days, through Jesus Christ our Lord, 
 to whom with thee, and the Holy Spirit, be all honor and glory, 
 world without end. Amen. 
 
 OLOED ! who art the God of peace and the author of all 
 good, grant unto thy servants that peace which the world 
 cannot give, that our hearts may be inclined to obey thy com- 
 mandments, and that being delivered from the fear of our 
 
Second.] services for week days. 29 
 
 enemies, we may pass our lives in rest and quietness, through 
 the merits of Jesus Christ, our Saviour. Amen. 
 
 OLORD ! watch over us, and through thy great mercy, 
 defend our souls and bodies from all danger, during the 
 coming night, for the love of thine only Son, our Saviour, Jesus 
 Christ. Ameti. 
 
 Here introduce such of the Special, or Occasional Prayers or Thanksgivings, from Part 
 III., as are suitable, may he requested, or the Ministerls discretion may suggest. 
 
 OGOD ! who art King of Kings and Lord of Lords, we 
 beseech thee favorably to look upon all Eulers and 
 Magistrates, and to send down thy blessings on the President 
 of these United States, and on all others in authority over us. 
 Give them grace to live to the advancement of thy Glory, the 
 good of thy Church, and the welfare of our country, through 
 Jesus Christ, our Hedeemer. Amen. 
 
 A LMIGHTY and Everlasting God ! send down upon our 
 -^-^ Pastors, upon all thy Ministers, and upon the Congrega- 
 tions committed to their charge, the healthful Spirit of thy 
 grace. Pill thy servants so abundantly with the knowledge of 
 thy truth, and so clothe them with innocence of life, that they 
 may exercise their ministry to the Glory of thy Name, and to 
 the edification of thy Holy Church, through Jesus Christ, our 
 Lord. Amen. 
 
 OGod ! the Creator and Preserver of all mankind, we 
 humbly beseech thee for all sorts and conditions of men, 
 that thou wouldst be pleased to make thy ways known unto 
 them, thy saving health unto all nations. We pray to thee 
 especially for the prosperity of the Church Universal, that it 
 may be so governed by thy Spirit, that all who profess and call 
 themselves Christians, may be led into the way of truth, and 
 hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in 
 righteousness of life. Finally, we commend to thy fatherly 
 goodness, all who are distressed in mind, body or estate ; that it 
 may please thee to comfort and relieve them, according to their 
 
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 several necessities, giving them repentance and patience under 
 their sufferings, and a happy issue out of all their afflictions. 
 All these things we ask of thee, for the love of Jesus Christ. 
 Amen. 
 
 ALMIGHTY God ! who hast given us grace at this time, 
 with one accord, to make our common supplications unto 
 thee ; and hast promised that when two or three are gathered 
 together in thy Name, ,thou wilt grant their requests ; Fulfill 
 now, Lord ! the desires and petitions of thy servants, as may 
 be most expedient for them, granting us in this world knowl- 
 edge of thy truth, and in the world to come, life everlasting. 
 Amen. 
 
 A Canticle, Psalm, or Hymn. 
 
 If it be desirable to use the above service with a Sermon, the Minister can introduce 
 it here, after which he may add a Canticle, Psalm, or Hymn. 
 
 The Minister may at his discretion omit part of the "Week-Day Services. 
 
 Benedictions. 
 
 ^ I^HE Lord bless you, and keep you : The Lord make his face 
 
 -*" to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you. The Lord 
 
 lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace. Amen. 
 
 ^ I ^HE peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep 
 -^ your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, 
 and of his Son Jesus Christ, our Lord : And the blessing of 
 God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be 
 amongst you and remain with you always. Amen. 
 
 nPHE Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and 
 -*- the come 
 more. Amen. 
 
 -*- the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with us all ever- 
 
Second.] services for week days. 31 
 
 MY Brethren ! The end of all things is at hand. Be ye 
 therefore sober minded, watch, and pray. 
 The Lord be with you. Almighty God, the Father, the Son, 
 and the Holy Spirit, bless and protect you. Amen. 
 
 MAY the Blessing of God our Father, the Grace and Peace 
 of our Lord Jesus Christ, be given and multiplied unto 
 you, through the communion of the Holy Spirit. Amen. 
 
32 SERVICE FOR BAYS [Part 
 
 M 
 
 SERVICE FOR Dx\YS OF PUBLIC HUMILIATION. 
 
 AY our trust be in the name of the Lord, who made 
 Heaven and Earth. Amen. 
 
 Ijiti^ocluctoj^y Prayer. 
 Let us pray. 
 
 O ALMIGHTY God ! into whose presence we have come to 
 offer unto thee the sacrifice of repentance and prayer, in 
 the observance of this day of Public Humiliation, dispose our 
 hearts to sincere and deep self-abasement, that, acknowledging 
 the number and deploring the magnitude of our sins, we may 
 obtain remission of them. Lord ! enter not into judgment 
 with thy servants, who are miserable sinners. Pardon thy 
 people who turn unto thee, for thou art a merciful God, full of 
 compassion, slow to anger, and of great kindness. Favorably 
 hear our praj^ers, gracious God ! and those of our brethren, 
 who now call upon thee. Create in us new and contrite hearts, 
 that our humiliation may bring forth the fruits of sincere 
 amendment, through Jesus Christ thy Son. Amen. 
 
 AND since, Lord ! thou dost convert and sanctify us by 
 thy holy word, we beseech thee to give us grace, now and 
 at all times, to hear the same with attention, with reverence, 
 and with fear : and to receive willingly the instructions and 
 admonitions which may be addressed to us by the ministry of 
 thy servants. Vouchsafe to them thine especial help ; grant 
 that they labor not in vain ; and let not thy word return to thee 
 unfruitful. May it please thee to accompany it with the power 
 and efficacy of thy Holy Spirit; that it may produce in our 
 hearts, the wholesome influence for which it is designed. Grant 
 that we may be not only hearers, but doers of thy word, con- 
 formably to its divine instructions, during the time of our 
 sojourning here, so that we may attain unto eternal salvation ; 
 through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
Second.] of pfblic humiliation. 33 
 
 First Lesson. 
 
 X ISTEN with reverence and attention to the Ten Command- 
 -'-^ ments of the Law of God, as they are written in the 
 twentieth chapter of the Book of Exodus. 
 
 God spake these words, saying, I am the Lord thy God, who 
 brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of 
 bondage. 
 
 I. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 
 
 II. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or 
 any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in 
 the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 
 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them ; for 
 I, the Lord thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of 
 the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth genera- 
 tion of them that hate me ; and shewing mercy unto thousands 
 of them that love me, and keep my commandments. 
 
 III. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in 
 vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his 
 name in vain. 
 
 lY. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days 
 shalt thou labor, and do all thy work ; but the seventh day is 
 the Sabbath of the Lord thy God ; in it thou shalt not do any 
 work ; thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, 
 nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is 
 within thy gates ; for in six days the Lord made heaven and 
 earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh 
 day ; wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hal- 
 lowed it. 
 
 Y. Honor thy father and thy mother ; that thy days may be 
 long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 
 
 YI. Thou shalt not kill. 
 
 YII. Thou shalt not commit adultery. 
 
 YIII. Thou shalt not steal. 
 
 IX. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. 
 
 X. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house ; thou shalt not 
 covet thy neighbor's wife ; nor his man-servant, nor his maid- 
 servant, nor his ox, nor his ass ; nor any thing that is thy 
 neighbor's. 
 
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34 SERVICE FOE DATS [Part 
 
 Hear also wliat our Lord Jesus Christ saith, in the twenty- 
 second chapter of the Gospel according to St. Matthew. 
 
 Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and 
 with all thy soul, and with all thy mind : This is the first and 
 great commandment. And the second is like unto it : Thou 
 shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two command- 
 ments hang all the law and the prophets. 
 
 A Canticle, Psalm, or Hymn. 
 
 The CojifessioTi.- 
 Let us pray. 
 
 O ALMIGHTY and Merciful Father ! incline our hearts to 
 call upon thee, and to seek thy presence. Lord ! have 
 compassion on us ; favorably hear our prayers, and let our sup- 
 plications ascend unto thee. 
 
 God ! Lord of Heaven and Earth ! we humble ourselves 
 before thy Divine Majesty. Thou art the Great, the Supreme 
 God, the Eternal. Thou didst make the heavens and all the 
 hosts thereof, the earth and all that therein is. Thou givest 
 life to all things ; and the army of Heaven boweth down 
 before thee. Thou art worthy to be adored by angels, and that 
 men should fear thee and magnify thy glorious name. Thy 
 majesty is incomprehensible : Thy greatness infinitely above 
 our thoughts, and our praises. But thy goodness is over all 
 thy works, and we come now to ofi'er unto thee our thanks, for 
 all the manifold blessings thou hast vouchsafed to us, even 
 unto this day. 
 
 Lord ! we are crowned with thy favors, and the testimonies 
 of thy loving kindness are ever around us. Thou hast given 
 us life, and thy bountiful hand hath not ceased to provide all 
 that is necessary to enable us to pass our days in peace. But 
 we praise thee most especially that thou hast blessed us with 
 all spiritual blessings in Jesus Christ, and art willing to number 
 us with those who have been ransomed by the blood of thy 
 Son, and are called to inherit the glory of thy kingdom. 
 Through thy great mercy, thou hast offered to all of us the 
 means of salvation, furthering us by thy word, by the voice of 
 
Second.] or public humiliation. 35 
 
 thy servants, by the influence of thy Spirit, by thy bounties, by 
 thy chastisements, and by thy continued help. Thou hast not 
 rejected us in the midst of our iniquities ; we are this day 
 engaged in thy worship ; and thou art still disposed to bless us. 
 
 But we have abused thy mercies, our God ! and have even 
 made them the occasions of transgressing. We have not served 
 thee, even whilst receiving thy benefits ; we have corrupted 
 ourselves, we have forsaken thee, we have dishonored and 
 provoked thee, God ! who art the rock of our salvation. We 
 have not walked in the light of thy Gospel, nor have we lived 
 in a manner worthy of our vocation. Our misdeeds, Lord ! 
 are multiplied ; and our offences have ascended even unto 
 Heaven. 
 
 Lord ! we confess the multitude and the greatness of our 
 iniquities. Neither we, nor our rulers, nor our pastors, nor the 
 people have fulfilled thy law. We have not been mindful of 
 thy commandments, nor of the warnings vouchsafed unto us 
 through thy Spirit, and by thy servants during the years of thy 
 forbearance. Lord ! the sins committed among us have long 
 provoked thine anger. Impiety and indevotion, hypocrisy, 
 blasphemy, and the profanation of thy Holy Name, of thy holy 
 "worship, and of thy laws ; injustice, violence, and fraud ; 
 hatred, dissensions, envy, and evil speaking ; sensuality, intem- 
 perance, gluttony, and uncleanness ; pride, luxury, avarice, and 
 the love of the world ; open transgressions and secret sins ; the 
 trespasses of the high, and the trespasses of the low ; all these 
 sins, God ! most righteous Judge, all these sins pollute our 
 country, and its inhabitants, and justly kindle thine indignation 
 and thy wrath. 
 
 Lord 1 thou art just, and we are wicked. To thee belongeth 
 righteousness, to us confusion of face. Thou mayest justly 
 condemn us, and cast us away from thy presence. We confess 
 our guilt, and humbly trust to the greatness of thy mercy. 
 
 God ! who desirest not the death of a sinner, but rather 
 that he may turn from his wickedness and live ; who despisest 
 not the prayers and sighs of such as call upon thee, hearken 
 unto us, and to all miserable sinners, who confess their faults. 
 Give thy grace unto those who are penitent. Grant this for 
 
36 SERVICE FOR DAYS [Part 
 
 the love of thy dear Son ; and in consideration of his sacrifice 
 hear the prayers of thy servants. Be favorable, God ! be 
 favorable unto thy people, who turn unto thee with humihation 
 and prayer. Be gracious unto us and pardon us, for thou art 
 a God full of compassion, long suffering and of great mercy. 
 Turn us unto thee, that forsaking our sins, and living in new- 
 ness of life, we may be acceptable in thy sight. 
 
 Lord our God ! we ask these blessings through thine 
 infinite goodness, in the name of thy Son, our Redeemer, who 
 has commanded us to pray unto thee, saying : 
 
 OUE, Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name ; thy 
 kingdom come ; thy will be done on earth, as it is in 
 heaven ; give us this day our daily bread ; and forgive us our 
 trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us ; and 
 lead us not into temptation ; but deliver us from e\T.l ; for thine 
 is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. 
 Amen. 
 
 Second Lesson— A Canticle, Psalm, or Hymn.— Third Lesson— The Sermon -A Can- 
 ticle, Psalm, or Hymn. 
 
 Let us pray. 
 
 OLOUD ! let thy mercy shine upon us : and grant us thy 
 salvation. 
 God ! make clean our hearts within us : and take not thy 
 Holy Spirit from us. 
 
 A Prayer for Faith. 
 
 OLORD God ! we render thanks unto thee, that thou hast 
 called us to the knowledge and profession of the Christian 
 Faith. We beseech thee to preserve and increase it in us, to 
 the end, that continuing steadfast in the same, we may sincerely 
 unite in the confession of the Church Universal — 
 
 I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven 
 and Earth. 
 
Second.] or public humiliation. 37 
 
 I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son our Lord : who was 
 conceived of the Holy Spirit, and born of the Virgin Mary. 
 He suffered under Pontius Pilate : He was crucified : He died : 
 He was buried : He went into the place of departed Spirits : 
 the third day He rose from the dead : He ascended into 
 Heaven: He sitteth at the right hand of God, the Father 
 Almighty : and thence, he will come to judge the living and 
 the dead. 
 
 I believe in the Holy Spirit. 
 
 I beheve the Holy Church Universal : The communion of 
 Saints : The remission of sins : The resurrection of the body : 
 And the life everlasting. Amen. 
 
 Here introduce such of the Special, or Occasional Prayers or Thanksgivings from Part 
 III., as are suitable, may he requested, or the Minister's discretion may suggest. 
 
 Qeneral Frayer. 
 Let us pray. 
 
 OLORD our God ! we come before thee on this day of 
 Pasting, Humiliation and Prayer, to offer unto thee our 
 confessions and supplications, and to pray for all conditions of 
 men, and especially for all the necessities of thy Church. 
 
 God ! Creator and Father of the human race, we pray 
 unto thee that the light of thy holy gospel may shine upon all 
 nations and upon all men who still sit in darkness, to the end 
 that thy name, which is great and holy, may be known and 
 glorified in all places, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
 
 "We pray to thee for the prosperity of the Church Universal. 
 Guide it always by thy Word and Spirit : and suffer not the 
 gates of hell to prevail against it. Deliver all Churches which 
 suffer persecution. We beseech thee to take away the dissen- 
 sions and errors which disturb the Christian world ; and to 
 unite all thy people in the bonds of truth, godliness, and peace. 
 Vouchsafe thy blessing upon the Churches of our country, 
 preserve them from error and from vice, remove ignorance and 
 scandal from them, and grant that peace, order, and piety, may 
 prevail among them. Lord ! pardon and be gracious unto» 
 
3 s àERvicÊ FOR DAYS [Part 
 
 this Church, estabhsh therein more and more the knowledge 
 and the fear of thy name, bless the families and individuals 
 who compose it, of all ages and conditions. 
 
 We commend to thy favor all Pastors and Ministers who 
 have been ordained to lead thy flocks. Sanctify and endue 
 plenteously with thy gifts those who exercise the holy ministry, 
 and those who are preparing for it : and send forth always 
 zealous laborers into thy harvest. Grant success to the pious 
 designs and holy efforts of all thy faithful servants who seek 
 thy Glory, and the edification of thy Church. Bless the 
 Pastors of this country, to whom thou hast committed the 
 care of our salvation, and who watch for our souls. God ! 
 forgive the sins and negligence of thy Ministers and Servants. 
 Purify thy Sanctuary, and rekindle the zeal of Pastors and 
 People ; that thy holy name may be more and more glorified 
 among us. 
 
 We offer also unto thee our prayers for all Pulers and 
 Magistrates. Give them a knowledge of thyself, and inspire 
 them with true zeal for thy Glory, and the good of thy Church. 
 We pray for thy blessing on the President of these United 
 States, and on all in authority over us. Guide them in the 
 discharge of their respective duties, and grant that they may 
 have no other end in view than the advancement of the public 
 good. God ! continue to watch over our country, and to bless 
 us. Withdraw not thy grace from the people of these States. 
 Turn away from us thy judgments, and be favorable unto us, 
 for the sake of thy Holy Name. 
 
 We implore thy grace for all who are in affliction. We 
 commend especially to thy mercy all those who are under 
 the Cross, and who suffer persecution in any manner, for 
 righteousness' sake. Comfort and deliver them ; raise up those 
 who are fallen, and strengthen all, that they may glorify thee 
 in life and in death. Pity and relieve such as are afflicted in 
 mind, body, or estate : and especially those of our brethren, 
 members^ of this Church, who have been unable to meet us this 
 day in thy house. Grant unto them the repentance and 
 resignation which they need, and grace to make a right use of 
 their afflictions. 
 
Second.] or public humiliation. â9 
 
 our God ! before whom we have this day humbled our- 
 selves, vouchsafe to accept our prayers, and favorably hear all 
 who seek thee with sincerity of heart. Lord ! have mercy 
 upon us, and grant us thy peace. Lord ! receive our suppli- 
 cations, our vows, and our praises : and may our humihation 
 produce in us the fruits of true repentance, through thy Son 
 Jesus Christ, in whose name thou hast promised to hear us. 
 Amen. 
 
 Benedictions. 
 
 THE Lord bless you, and keep you : The Lord make his face 
 to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you. The Lord 
 hft up his countenance upon you, and give you peace. Amen. 
 
 ^ I^HE peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep 
 ^- your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, 
 and of his Son Jesus Christ, our Lord : And the blessing of 
 God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be 
 amongst you, and remain with you always. Amen. 
 
 THE Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and 
 the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with us all ever- 
 more. Amen. 
 
 M 
 
 Y Brethren ! The end of all things is at hand. Be ye 
 therefore sober minded, watch, and pray. 
 
40 SERVICE FOR DAYS OF PUBLIC HUMILIATION-. 
 
 The Lord be with you. Almighty God, the Father, the Son, 
 and the Holy Spirit, bless and protect you. Amen. 
 
 MAY the Blessing of Gfod our Father, the Grace and Peace 
 of our Lord Jesus Christ, be given and multiplied upon 
 you, through the communion of the Holy Spirit. Amen. 
 
PART III. 
 
 SECTION FIRST. 
 
 PRAYERS FOR STATED OrfASIOXS. 
 
 TO BE USED AS PART OF THE MORNING SERVICE. 
 
 For the Bay of tlie Nativity. 
 
 O ALMIGHTY God 1 Merciful Father ! it is <jiir duty to 
 bless thee and to give thee thanks at all times, but more - 
 especially on this day, when we commemorate the blessed 
 nativity of Jesus Christ our Redeemer. 
 
 Thou hadst promised to our first parents in Paradise to send 
 thy Son into the world. Thou hadst ordained his coming to be 
 announced by the Prophets ; and thou didst cause him to be 
 born in the fullness of time. Thine Eternal Son, who from the 
 beginning was with thee, vouchsafed to take upon him our 
 nature, and to become man ; so that he is very God, and very 
 Man, our Immanuel, God with us. He, who was in the form 
 of God, took upon him the form of a servant. He did partake, 
 as children do, of our nature, even of flesh and blood. He was 
 made like unto his brethren in all things, sin only excepted, to 
 the end that he might be a merciful High Priest, to make 
 reconciliation for our sins. 
 
 How great is this mystery of Godliness ! God manifest in 
 the Plesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of Angels, preached unto 
 the Gentiles, believed on in the World, and received up into 
 Glory. 
 
42 PRAYERS FOR STATED OCCASIONS. [Part 
 
 God ! we believe and confess, to the praise of thy mercy, 
 that it is through the coming of thy Son into the world that 
 we do not perish eternally. May our prayers and thanksgivings 
 on this solemn occasion, be acceptable unto thee ! Favorably 
 look upon thy people, who offer unto thee their supplications. 
 Preserve thy Church, which this day commemorates the Advent 
 of the Pedeemer, and celebrates thy praises. 
 
 God ! Heavenly Father ! who didst send the Angel Gabriel 
 to announce the birth of thy Son Jesus Christ, and didst cause 
 him to be born of the Holy Virgin, through the power of the 
 Holy Spirit ; sanctify us by the same Spirit, that Christ may be 
 formed in us, that he may live in us, and dwell in us by faith, 
 and that we may live only in him, and for him. 
 
 Lord ! who didst cause a miraculous splendor to shine 
 around the shepherds on the night in which thy Son came into 
 the world, illumine our minds, we beseech thee, Avith thy celes- 
 tial light. So assist us by thy grace, Heavenly Father ! 
 that Ave may live henceforth, eA^en unto the end, in holiness, 
 righteousness, and temperance, as becometh those Avho . believe 
 that thy Son came to save them. May we aAvait Avith joy and 
 in peace, the glorious appearing of Jesus Christ, to whom, with 
 thee, and the Holy Spirit, be rendered honor and glory, for 
 ever and ever. Amen. 
 
 For the two Sztndays During the Hohj Days of the 
 
 Jfativity. 
 
 OGOD ! Creator of the World, Father of our Lord Jesus 
 Christ, we lift up our hearts unto thee, we adore thy 
 Majesty, we offer the humble sacrifice of praise and thanks- 
 giving, more especially at this time, when so many of' thy 
 servants commemorate the Nativity of their Pedeemer. 
 
 Through thy great love toAvards mankind, thou didst send 
 thine only Son into the World. Thou didst ordain that he 
 should be born on earth ; that there he should be subject to 
 the infirmities of our nature ; and that he should offer up on 
 the Cross, for the salvation of men, that same body which he 
 had received from the blessed Virgin, his mother. 
 
Third.] prayers for stated occasioxs. 43 
 
 Lord ! we acknowledge ^itli joy and thanksgiving, that 
 by this birth, and by this sacrifice, all who serve thee faithfully 
 are raised from death unto life, and made heirs of thy Kingdom. 
 We therefore magnify thy name, and adore thy mercy. Let 
 the Angels extol thy Grlory and thy Goodness ! Let the Sons of 
 Men proclaim thy great praise, and say : Glory be to God in 
 the highest, on earth peace, good will towards men ! 
 
 Jesus ! Son of God ! we bless thee that thou madest thyself 
 man to redeem us ; and we beseech thee to make us truly 
 sensible of the saving efficacy of this Eedemption. Thou, who 
 art the Son of the blessed God. the joy and glory of mankind, 
 the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sins of the world, 
 have mercy upon us. Thou, who wast upon earth subject to 
 infirmity as we are ; who didst lay down thy life, and having 
 taken it up again, art returned into the bosom, and into the 
 o-lorv of thv Father in Heaven : where thou sittest at his right 
 hand, where the Angels are subject unto thee, and where thou 
 art preparing for us eternal habitations, favorably hear our 
 prayers, and receive our praises. Thou, who didst come to 
 destroy the works of Satan, turn us from our iniquities. Thou, 
 who wast born and didst live in lowliness, renouncing the 
 pleasures and glorj^ of the world, and submitting thyself even 
 to the death of the Cross ; grant that we may despise the 
 vanities and the deceitful riches of this mortal life, and may 
 aspire only to that heavenly glory, and those everlasting 
 treasures, which thou hast purchased for us. As thou hast so 
 loved us, may we in like manner love thee with all our hearts, 
 and may nothing ever separate us from thy love. 
 
 God ! we believe that thy dear Son was born to raise us 
 to life eternal. Teach us, then, rightly to understand, that 
 having this faith, and this hope, we ought to purify ourselves, 
 even as he is pure. May we thus be enabled worthily to 
 celebrate thy praise, and to rejoice in the expectation of the 
 glory to be revealed in us. And when this mighty Saviour, 
 shall again appear with power and glory, for the sake of those 
 who await his coming unto their salvation, may we be made 
 like unto him in thy Kingdom, where he liveth, adored and 
 glorified, through all Eternity. Amen. 
 
44 PRAYERS FOR STATED OCCASIONS. [Part 
 
 For the First Day of the Year. 
 
 O ETERNAL and Almighty God ! we humble ourselves in 
 thy presence, to dedicate unto thee the beginning of this 
 year by adoration, prayer, and praise. We bow down before 
 thy Supreme Majesty, and acknowledge with gratitude the 
 manifold blessings which thou hast freely bestowed upon us 
 during the Avhole course of our lives. We thank thee that 
 having preserved us to the present time, thou hast permitted us 
 to enter upon a new year. 
 
 Thou hast not ceased, O most gracious Grod ! to vouchsafe to 
 us the abundance of thy loving kindness. But thou hast 
 especially enriched us with thy spiritual blessings, by keeping 
 in the midst of us the light of thy Gospel. Thou hast in\dted 
 us to repentance through thy mighty help, through thy great 
 goodness, and through the warnings of thy AVorcl and of thy 
 S^jirit ; and hast mercifully granted unto all of us favorable 
 opportunities to grow in grace, and to attain unto Salvation. 
 Receive, God 1 our praises and our thanksgivings ; and 
 although we have offended thee in various ways, mercifully 
 pardon us for the love of Jesus Christ, and henceforth take not 
 away from us thy protection and thy favor. 
 
 Lord I we devote ourselves to thee at the beginning of this 
 year, desiring to employ it better than we have done those 
 which are past, and to this end we ask thy grace and thy 
 blessing. Withhold them not from us, God ! and let thy 
 mercy be with us during this year, and to the end of our days. 
 
 And since this day warns us, merciful God ! that our years 
 pass away, and that our end draweth nigh, give us grace 
 seriously to meditate on our condition, now and at all times. 
 Teach us so to discern the vanity of this life, that we may have an 
 understanding heart ; that we may aspire to that better 'life, 
 when days, and months, and years shall be counted no more 
 forever : and that whilst we continue in the flesh, we may live 
 no longer according to the desires thereof, but according to thy 
 will. God I give us grace to conduct ourselves with such 
 wisdom, soberness, and piety, that when our years shall come 
 to an end, and the day of our death shall arrive, v/e may be 
 able to leave this world with joy in thy peace, and in the hope 
 
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 of a hap2\y eternitv. Favorably hear us, Lord ! and receive 
 our thanksgivings and supplications, through Jesus Christ our 
 Lord. Amen. 
 
 For Paliih ISunday. 
 LESSED Lord! who, of thy tender mercy towards mankind, 
 didst offer thyself upon the Cross, a sacrifice for sin, grant 
 that through thy grace we may offer unto thee ourselves, our 
 souls, and bodies, and all that appertaineth to us, a living 
 sacrifice, desiring always to glorify thee, to serve thee, and to 
 live only unto thee. Praise the Lord, all ye servants of his ! 
 magnify him, for he is good, and his mercy endureth forever. 
 Rejoice, daughter of Zion I Behold thy King, who cometh 
 to save thee. Hosanna to the Son of David ! Blessed is he 
 who cometh in the name of the Lord. Blessed be the Kingdom 
 of our Eather David. Peace be on earth, and glory in the 
 highest. 
 
 Lord Jesus ! thou didst enter into the City of Jerusalem 
 amidst the acclamations and praises of the multitude, and of 
 thy Disciples, Avho spread their garments in the way, and 
 accompanied thee, bearing in their hands branches of palm 
 trees. Give us grace to prepare thy way by all manner of good 
 works ; to bear before thee the fruits of righteousness, and to 
 rejoice, without ceasing, in thy salvation. Lord ! who wast 
 well pleased to be praised by the Children in the Temple, crying 
 aloud, Hosanna to the Son of David ! grant, that by imitating 
 their innocence and simplicity, we may celebrate thy praises 
 acceptably. And when thou shalt descend from Heaven, at the 
 last day, may we enter with thee into the Heavenly Jerusalem, 
 into the Temple of thy Holiness, and into the Palace of thy 
 Glory, to praise thee, and to bless thee forever. Amen, 
 
 For the Day of the Criieifixioji. 
 
 To be used instead of the General Prayer— pages 4 and 12. 
 
 A LMIGHTY God ! we beseech thee to look favorably upon 
 ^^^ thy people, for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to 
 be betrayed, to be delivered into the hands of wicked men, and 
 
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 to suffer death upon the Cross. Grant, that as thy blessed Son 
 shed his blood, an atonement for our sins, we may thereby 
 obtain pardon, through thy mercy ; and that this precious blood 
 may purify our consciences, to enable us to serve thee, the living 
 God, through the same Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen. 
 
 gracious and merciful God ! who hast created all men, and 
 hatest nothing that thou hast made, we offer unto thee our 
 humble and fervent prayers for the ignorant and unbelieving. 
 May it please thee especially, in thy great mercy, to look upon 
 the Children of Israel, once thy chosen people, now rejected 
 because of unbelief, but not forever : and who still belong to 
 thine election, for the sake of their fathers. Graciously hear 
 the supplications of thy Church for their conversion, and 
 remove from their hearts the veil of spiritual blindness and 
 unbelief. Lord Jesus ! who didst come to save the lost sheep 
 of the House of Israel : compassionate Redeemer ! who didst 
 pray for those who crucified thee, have pity on thine ancient 
 nation, who still reject thee. Convert and bring back the 
 remnant of Jacob, to the end, that looking upon him whom 
 they pierced, all Israel, according to thy promises, may be 
 saved. Amen. 
 
 Almighty God ! we implore thy great mercy in favor of the 
 heathen. Give them the light of thy Gospel, that forsaking 
 their unbelief, they may know and serve thee, the living and 
 true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. Turn all 
 Mahometans and Infidels from the error of their ways. 
 Lord Jesus Christ ! the -Great Shepherd of the Flock, and 
 Redeemer of the World, who didst lay down thy life for the 
 salvation of all men, bring home thy sheep, which are not as 
 yet in thy fold, to the end that there may be but one flock, and 
 one shepherd, and that the fullness of the nations having come 
 into thy Church, every mouth may praise thee, and every tongue 
 acknowledge thee to be the Lord, to the glory of God, thy 
 Father. Amen. 
 
 Favorably hear us, Lord ! Lamb of God ! who takest 
 away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us, and receive 
 
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 our supplications and praises ; Thou, who reignest with the 
 Father and the Holj Spirit, one God, blessed forever. Amen. 
 
 For the Resurrection. 
 
 OGOD ! we thank thee for the privilege of commemorating, 
 this day, the fulfillment of the work of our redemption. 
 Thy mercy towards mankind led thee to yield to the death of the 
 Cross thy well beloved Son, in whom was no sin. He was deliv- 
 ered up for our transgressions, and suffered for our iniquities. 
 He gave his life an offering for sin, and thou didst raise him from 
 the dead on the third day as the Great Shepherd of the Flock. 
 Christ, our Passover, hath been sacrificed for us : Christ is 
 risen from the dead : he hath come forth from the Tomb : he 
 hath conquered death, and liveth for ever and ever. The stone 
 which the builders rejected, hath become the head of the corner. 
 This is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes. This 
 is the day which the Lord hath made. May we rejoice therein 
 and say, God hath raised us up with Christ, and hath made us 
 to sit with him in heavenly places. Blessed be the God and 
 Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his abundant 
 mercy, hath begotten us again unto a lively hope, by the 
 resurrection of Jesus Christ^ from the dead, to an inheritance 
 incorruptible and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved 
 in heaven for us. Accept, Almighty God ! the sacrifice of 
 praise and thanksgiving which thy servants offer unto thee on 
 this day of the resurrection of their Redeemer. 
 
 Lord ! who hast opened unto us the way to a better life, 
 by this resurrection of thy blessed Son, give us grace, that being 
 risen with Christ, we may seek those things which are above, 
 and not those which are on earth : May we live no more to 
 ourselves, but to him, who died and rose again for us, to the 
 end, that in the day of his last coming we may be partakers of 
 the Resurrection of the Just : that our mortal bodies may put 
 on immortality, and that we may be found worthy to obtain the 
 happiness of the world to come, and life eternal, through the 
 same Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee, God 
 blessed and glorified forever. Amen. 
 
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 For Ascension Day. 
 
 OL0E,D God Almighty ! we would now especially rejoice in 
 thy holy presence, and bless thee for the Ascension of 
 Jesus Christ, our Saviour, who was taken up from Earth into 
 Heaven. After thy Son had humbled himself even to the death 
 of the Cross, thou didst highly exalt him, and hast given him a 
 name which is above every name. Thou hast crowned him with 
 glory and honor. Thou hast put all things under his feet, and 
 hast made him to sit at the right hand of the Majesty on high. 
 Lord Jesus Christ ! thou hast entered into Heaven. Prince 
 of Peace ! the everlasting gates have opened unto thee. Thy 
 Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom. Thou art the King of 
 Glory. Thou art supreme in power, both in Heaven, and on 
 Earth. Thou art ascended to thy Eather, and our Father, to 
 thy God, and our God. Thou livest and reignest for ever and 
 ever ; and thou art able to save to the uttermost them who 
 come unto God by thee. Thou hast entered into Heaven as our 
 forerunner. It is thy pleasure, that Avhere thou art, there we 
 should also be : and we believe that thou wilt come again in 
 like manner as thy Apostles saw thee ascend into Heaven. We 
 therefore adore thee, we call upon thee, we bless thee, and we 
 rejoice in thy triumph, and thy glory. We beseech thee also to 
 make us partakers of the fruits of thine ascension, and to send 
 down upon u^from on high thy Holy Spirit. By thy death and 
 ascension thou hast opened Heaven unto us. Suffer not that 
 our ingratitude and our sins should close it against us. Grant 
 that we may seek the things which are above, where thou sittest 
 on the right hand of God : and that by holy meditations and 
 fervent desires, our aiïections may be raised towards Heaven, thy 
 dwelHng place. 
 
 Lord Jesus Christ ! who didst promise to thy Disciples 
 before thine ascension, that thou wouldst be with them even 
 unto the end of the world, dwell with us in Spirit, according to 
 thy promises, whilst we continue upon earth, deprived of thy 
 presence in the body, to the end that on the Day of Judgment, 
 the day of thy last coming, we may hear with joy the voice of 
 the Archangel, that when raised from the dead, we may be 
 taken up to meet thee in the air, and may come to the Heavenly 
 
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 Jerusalem, to the assembly of the first born and of the just 
 made perfect, to thee, the mediator of the new Covenant, and 
 to God, thy Father, and our Father, to whom behjng- glory and 
 blessiui^, for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
 For Pentecost. 
 A LMIGHTY God! Eternal Father! we praise thee and 
 -^-^ thank thee for all thy benefits, and especially for tliose 
 which we commemorate at this time. We bless thee that thou 
 ] last redeemed us by thy Son, and that after having exalted him 
 to thy right hand, thou didst send down thy Holy Spirit upon 
 the Apostles, and afterwards upon thy whole Church. May it 
 please thee, Lord ! graciously to receive our thanksgivings 
 and praises for a gift so precious. Make us more and more 
 sensible of the efficacy of the blood, which thy Son hatli shed 
 for us, and of the all-prevailing power of this Holy Spirit ; to 
 the end that we may persevere in the holy calling wherewith 
 thou hast honored us, and that we- may glorify thee, all the days 
 of our lives. 
 
 Spirit of Light and of Truth ! lead us into all truth, enlighten 
 our understandings, and dispel more and more the darkness 
 thereof. Spirit of Prayer and of Supplication ! teach us to pray 
 as we ought, and create in us such holy desires as we cannot 
 express. Spirit of Power ! sustain us always by thine influence, 
 be with us in temptations, direct us by thy^ grace without 
 ceasing, and lead us continually unto well doing. Spirit of 
 Holiness ! come thou and sanctify our understandings and our 
 hearts, purify our affections, and prepare us to do our duty, 
 each in the vocation to which he is called. Spirit of Consola- 
 tion ! dwell with us always, comfort us in affliction, fill us at all 
 times with joy unspeakable and full of glory. Spirit of Peace ! 
 give unto us gentle, and charitable dispositions towards one 
 another : give unto us that peace which the world can neither 
 give nor take away. 
 
 Holy and Divine Spirit ! thou who didst descend upon the 
 Apostles in cloven tongues, like as of fire, and didst bestow on 
 them the gift of clivers tongues, kindle in our hearts a heavenl}^ 
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 flaiue, inspire us with such fervent zeal, as may lead us to 
 glorify thee, and to edify our neighbor by all manner of holy 
 conversation and of pious works. 
 
 God ! cast us not away from thy presence, and take not thy 
 Holy Spirit from us. Suffer us not to grieve or to quench this 
 Holy Spirit. May he rather dwell continually in us, as in his 
 Temple ! May he guide us during our sojourn on earth, and 
 may we rejoice without ceasing in his divine consolations ! 
 May we thus finish our course with joy ! IMay our mortal 
 bodies be one day quickened by the Spirit ; and may we, at the 
 last, be accounted worthy to enter into thy glory, there to 
 render eternally, praise and honor to tlie Father, to the Son, 
 and to the Holy Spirit. Amen. 
 
 For the tivo Sion flays of tlie Holy Bays in ScpfrinheT 
 After tlie Coimnnin'oji. 
 
 ( ^ OITE God and our Father ! Sovereign Lord and Euler of 
 ^ ' all things, who art blessed in the Heavens, who art seated 
 between the Cherubim, thousands of thousands of Angels con- 
 tinually worship before thee, celebrating thy Glory and thy 
 Majesty, which fill the Heavens and the Earth. We praise 
 thee, we magnify thy great mercy, and glorify thy name ; for 
 thy name is l^ly and glorious, greatly to be feared, and worthy 
 to be exalted, now and forever, tlirough Jesus Christ, thy Son. 
 
 We offer unto tliee, O Lord ! our thanksgivings and our 
 praises, with humility and joy, for as much as thou hast vouch- 
 safed to receive us at thy tal)le, and to number us among thy 
 servants, and the heirs of thy Kingdom, although we are beset 
 by so many sins, and so much wretchedness. We beseech thee, 
 through the merits of thy Son, and faith in his blood, that we 
 may be partakers of the fruits of his sacrifice, which Vv^e have 
 this day commemorated. Grant that we may obtain through 
 thy mercy remission of our sins, a sense of thy love, that peace 
 which the world neither giveth nor taketh away, and an 
 entrance into thine everlasting Kingdom. 
 
 Send down upon us from Heaven thy Holy Spirit to enlighten, 
 to sanctify, to gladden our souls. May we, tlirough the same 
 
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 Spirit, quickening- us, more and more, serve thee with a pure 
 conscdence, love one another in sincerity of lieart, Avalk in 
 innocence, and keep ourselves unspotted from tlu^ world. 
 
 So assist us, that whilst we are here in the body, al)sent from 
 thee, wo may keep the Covenant, which we have this day 
 renewed, and may l)e faithful to thee even unto death. May 
 this heavenly food which hath been provided for us at thy 
 table, preserve, and increase in us spiritual life, and destroy sin 
 more and more in us. May we derive from this communion in 
 the death of thy^ (Son, victory over temptation, perseverance in 
 faith, a sure defence against our spiritual enemies, and a contin- 
 ual growth in charity, humility, and patience, that being enabled 
 to lead a holy life, we may die the death of the righteous. 
 
 Finally, Ave beseech thee, most gracious Grod ! that as thou 
 hast receiA'ed us at this heavenly feast, prepared for us in thy 
 Church, Ave may be admitted, after our departure from this 
 world, to the marriage feast of the Lamb, with all thy Saints, 
 and all thine elect, in thy Pleavenly Kingdom ; Avliere thou wilt 
 be all in all, \\-here Ave shall be conformed to thy glorious image, 
 and shall eternally praise the Father, the Son, and the Holy 
 Spirit. Amen. 
 
 Fur the Frcpavatory Service before Connnuuioii Day. 
 
 f\ OUE, God, and our Saviour ! Ave humble ourseh'-es before 
 ^^ thee, and thank thee for all thy mercies, (but especially — 
 At the Nativity — that we enjoy at this Holy Season, the sacred 
 priAdlege of commemorating the blessed natiA^ty of Jesus Christ 
 thy Son. At the Resurrection — that thou dost graciously permit 
 us at this Holy Season, to meditate on the Sufferings and 
 Eesurrection of Jesus Christ our Lord, Avhereby thou hast 
 redeemed us from death, to make us partakers of a life of 
 eternal blessedness. At Pentecost — that Ave have at this Holy 
 Season, the blessed privilege of meditating on the marvellous 
 and precious gift of thy Spirit, poured out on the Apostles. 
 At tlie IloJtj Daijs of Se2)temher — that avo have come together at 
 this time, to commemorate the great loA'e Avliich thou hast 
 manifested, in ransoming us by the death of thy Son.) We 
 
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 bless thee also, that thou clost graciously call us, though 
 miserable sinners, to thy holy table, and to a participation in 
 the benefits, which Jesus Christ hath purchased for us, by his 
 death and resurrection. 
 
 Lord ! we praise and thank thee, with heartfelt gratitude : 
 and we beseech thee that thou wouldst be pleased to sanctify us 
 by tliy Spirit ; for we are of ourselves unworthy to appear at this 
 holy communion. Give us grace so to comprehend this holy and 
 venerable Sacrament, and, above all, thine exceeding love, that 
 we may come to thy table with dispositions acceptable unto thee. 
 
 Produce in us, God ! a deep conviction and a sincere 
 repentance of our sins, a humble dependence on thy mercy, 
 fervent gratitude for thine infinite love, and perfect confidence 
 in the merits of thy Son, our only consolation in life and in 
 death. Grant unto us, God I a firm resolution to serve thee, 
 according to thy will, and so to order our lives as becometh 
 those, who renew their baptismal vow, and again bind them- 
 selves to thy service. Give us also grace to love one another, 
 even as thou hast loved us : and to forgive one another, in like 
 manner, as thou hast forgiven us. 
 
 Lord Jesus ! supply in our hearts whatever is wanting for our 
 preparation ; preserve us from the danger of eating this bread 
 and drinking this cup unworthily, and of thus rendering our- 
 selves guilty ©f thy body and blood. 
 
 Lord God ! vouchsafe so to assist us by thy grace, that 
 now, and at all times, we and thy whole Church may commem- 
 orate, as we ought, (the birth of thy Son.) (The sufferings and 
 death of thy Son.) (The descent of the Holy Spirit.) May 
 Jesus Christ henceforth live in us ; and may we live in him, 
 walking in newness of life, even to the end of our days, to the 
 glory of thy Holy Name, and to our eternal salvation, through 
 the same Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 
 
 Prayer for Thanhs giving Day. 
 GOD ! of infinite wisdom, power, and goodness, wc 
 acknowledge thee as the Creator of all things in the 
 heavens above, in the earth beneath, and in the paths of the 
 
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Third.] PRAYEIIS FOR STATED OCCASIONS. 58 
 
 soa. We adore thee for the grandeuï and beauty of all tliy 
 works. We adore tliy loving" kindness in having made them so 
 subservient to the wants and the happiness of thy children. 
 Lord our Governor ! how excellent is thy name in all the 
 earth ! What is man that thou art mindful of him, and the 
 son of man that thou visitest him ! Thou hast made him a 
 little lower than the Angels, and hast crowned him with glory 
 and honor ! Thou hast given him dominion over the lisli of 
 the sea, and over the fowls of the air, and over every living 
 thing that moveth upon the earth. Thou hast given to him for 
 meat, every moving thing that liveth, and every herb yielding- 
 seed, and every fruit tree yielding fruit after its kind. God ! 
 the earth is full of thy goodness. Thou hast crowned us with 
 mercy and loving kindness. Thou hast made us glad through 
 thy works ; and we will rejoice in giving praise for the opera- 
 tions of thy hands. 0, may the children of men worship thee 
 in the beauty of holiness from the rising of the sun, even unto 
 the going down of the same ; for thou hast remembered thy 
 mercy and truth towards all mankind, and God, even our own 
 God hath blessed them. We adore thee for thy gracious 
 promise of old, that while the earth remaineth, seed time and 
 harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day 
 and night shall not cease. God ! thou didst set thy bow in 
 the cloud for a token of a covenant that the waters should no 
 more become a flood to destroy the earth. Thou hast remem- 
 bered thy covenant : Thou visitest the earth and blessest it : 
 Thou sendest the springs into the valleys which run among the 
 hills : Thou hast caused the grass to grow for all cattle, and 
 herb for the service of man, that he may bring forth food out 
 of the earth. Thou makest the furrows of the field soft Avith 
 showers; thou blessest the springing thereof. The pastures 
 are clothed with flocks, the valleys also are covered over with 
 corn ; they shout for joy. Thou crownest the year with thy 
 goodness, thy clouds drop fatness ; they drop upon the pastures 
 of the wilderness, and the little hills rejoice on every side. 
 (!) Tiord ! how manifold are thy works ! in wisdom hast thou 
 made them all : Tlie earth is full of thy riches. 
 
 We adore thee, God ! not only in the dispensations of thy 
 
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 bounty, and compassion, but in the dark and mysterious ways 
 of tliine inscrutable wisdom and justice. It is of thine infinite 
 goodness that thou givest to all thy living creatures thoir meat 
 in due season. These all wait upon thee to gather what thou 
 givest them. Thou openest tliine hand, they are filled with 
 good : Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled : Thou takest 
 away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. Thou 
 sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created, and thou renewest 
 the face of the earth. God ! in thy wrath thou rememberest 
 mercy ; teach us to acknowledge thy long suiïering, and thy 
 loving kindness. Give us grace to believe and feel that whom 
 the Lord loveth he chasteneth. May we be ever ready to offer 
 unto thee in spirit and in truth the prayer of the holy Proj^diet : 
 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in 
 the vines, the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall 
 yield no meat, the flock shall be cut ofi:' from the fold, and there 
 shall be no herd in the stalls : yet we will rejoice in the Lord ; 
 we will joy in the God of our salvation. 
 
 For ourselves and our country, gracious God, we thank 
 thee, that notwithstanding our manifold transgressions of thy 
 holy laws, thou hast so constantly done good to us ; that thou 
 hast given us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons ; filling 
 our hearts with food and gladness. These have been among 
 the witnesses ^f thy great goodness, for they certify of thee, 
 that thou art the living God. IMay we confess and adore thy 
 dominion over all the earth, and especially these manifestations 
 of thy power and goodness. Teach us to believe with a strong 
 faith, that thou art Lord of the seasons ; that thou l)iddest the 
 earth to bring forth, and it obeyeth thee ; that thou hast 
 appointed lights in the firmament of heaven for signs and for 
 seasons ; and for days and years. Accept our thanksgivings 
 for all the blessings of the year now drawing to a close ; fill 
 our hearts with humility and love, with gratitude and trust ; 
 continue thy loving kindness to us, and assist us to show forth 
 the fruits of grace in a sincere obedience to his will, through 
 whom all blessings are vouchsafed, thy Son our Saviour, Jesus 
 Christ. Amen. 
 
'rilird-l COLLECTS FOR STATED ()CCASI()N,>S. 
 
 SECTION SECOND. 
 
 55 
 
 COLLECTS FCll STATED OCCASIONS. 
 
 THESE M \Y r.E STTBSTITUTED FOR THE CORRESPONDING PRAYERS IN 
 SECTION FIRST, OR MAY BE USED IN THE AFTERNOON SERVICE. 
 
 For Comvmonion Days. 
 
 O ALMIGHTY God! we iiraise and tliank tliee, that in 
 thine abundant mercy thou didst deliver up thy Son to the 
 death of the Cross, and that we have this day had the consola- 
 tion of commemorating that death in the Holy Sui^per. Lord ! 
 we thank thee for a gift so precious. We extol thy mercy, and 
 we pray to thee, that all of us who have partaken of these holy 
 mysteries, may profit by the sufferings of our Eedeemer, and 
 obtain, through thy goodness, the pardon of our offences, the 
 graces of thy Spirit, a sense of thy love, the light of thy peace, 
 and after this life, the glory of thy Kingdom. Hear us, we 
 beseech thee, in the name and for the sake of our merciful 
 Eedeemer, Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
 For the J^cttivity. 
 
 O ALMIGHTY God ! who didst give thine only Son to take 
 upon him our nature, and to be born of a Virgin, we 
 implore tliee to accept the praises which thy Church offers 
 unto thee for this blessed nativity. Give us grace that by a 
 true faith we may be partakers of the salvation which thy Son 
 Jesus Christ brought into the world ; and that being ourselves 
 regenerate, and made thy children by adoption, we may serve 
 thee in holiness and righteousness, all the days of our lives, 
 through the same Jesus Christ, thy beloved Son. Amen. 
 
 For the Bay of the KativUy. 
 ALMIGHTY God ! we thank thee that thou didst send 
 thy Son, to be born of the Virgin, to the end that becom- 
 ino- man, he mi<iht redeem us : and that thou wilt send him a 
 
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 second time from Heaven, to judge the world. Give us grace, 
 that as we joyfully celebrate this day, the remembrance of the 
 first coming of Jesus Christ our Saviour, we may also appear 
 before him, with gladness and a pure conscience, at the day of 
 his second and last Advent, when lie will come in his glory, to 
 jndge the living and the dead. This we ask throngh the same 
 Jesus Christ, thy Son, our Lord. Amen. 
 
 For tlie Last Day of tlie Year and for Meiv Y'ear's Day. 
 
 4 LMIGHTY and most gracious God ! since we are to close 
 ^^ the year with this day, (since we are this day beginning a 
 New Year) we thank thee for all the mercies vouchsafed to us, 
 dnring the whole course of our lives, and especially during the 
 year (now ending) (just closed.) We offer unto thee, Lord ! 
 the sacrifice of our praises, and we acknowledge that through 
 thy great goodness and help, we are enabled to pass our years 
 in peace ; although we have offended thee in various ways. 
 Pardon, merciful God ! all who sincerely repent of their sins, 
 and grant that while our years are passing away, we may 
 employ in the work of our salvation the time thou mayest 
 vouchsafe unto us, pressing always towards the end of onr 
 heavenly calling, even that blessed eternity, which Jesus Christ 
 thy Son, our Lord, hath prepared for us. Amen. 
 
 For the Day of tlie Crucifixion. 
 A LMIGHTY and everlasting God ! who of thy tender love 
 ^^-^ towards mankind, didst not spare thine only Son, but 
 didst deliver him iip to death, that he might ransom us from 
 our sins, give us grace so to keep in mind the sufferings and 
 death of our Saviour, that receiving this inestimable benefit, 
 with lively faith and sincere gratitude, we may obtain remission 
 of all our sins. We pray thee also, that through the efficacy of 
 his death, we may die unto sin, and live unto righteousness ; 
 that we may be led to love one another, and to follow the exam- 
 ple of patience, which our blessed Pedeemer hath set before us ; 
 to the end that we may be made partakers of his resurrection, 
 through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 
 
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 For the Day of the Resurrection. 
 
 OGOD ! who didst ordain that thine only Son should suffer 
 death, should be buried and remain in the tomb until the 
 third day, grant that we, who have been baptized into his death 
 may be likewise buried with him, by continually mortifying our 
 corrupt affections. And as he rose from the dead, may we also 
 rise in newness of life : so that by death and the grave, we 
 may pass to a joyful resurrection, through the merits of him, 
 who died, was buried, and rose from the dead for our redemp- 
 tion. Through him we beseech thee to hear us. Amen. 
 
 For the Day of the Ascension. 
 
 O ALMIGHTY God ! as we believe that Jesus Christ, thine 
 only Son, ascended into Heaven, we beseech thee to give 
 us grace to ascend thither in mind and in heart. We pray thee 
 likewise not to leave us comfortless, but that thou wouldst be 
 pleased to send us thy Holy Spirit to sanctify and to bless us, to 
 lead and exalt us unto the place whither our Saviour Christ is 
 gone before, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy 
 Spirit, one God, blessed forever. Amen. 
 
 For the Day of Pentecost. 
 
 OGOD ! who didst send thy Holy Spirit on the day of Pen- 
 tecost, to thy faithful people ; grant us the help of the same 
 Spirit, to lead us into the way of truth and godliness, and to in- 
 spire us with sentiments of peace and charity ; to the end that we 
 may evermore rejoice in thy holy consolations, through the merits 
 of Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in 
 the unity of the same Spirit, one God, blessed forever. Amen. 
 
 For the Season of Communion at the Holy Days of 
 September. 
 
 ETEENAL and Almighty God ! since we commemorate, at 
 this time, the death of thy Son, in the celebration of the 
 Holy Supper, which he himself ordained as a pledge of his 
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 love and a memorial of his sufferings, to ransom us from our 
 sins ; we pray thee favorably to look upon us miserable sinners, 
 who are unworthy to be partakers of these holy mysteries. 
 Sanctify us, Lord, that we may worthily celebrate thy praise, 
 that we may show forth, in faith and in joy, the death of our 
 Saviour, and glorify thee by holy and useful lives, through the 
 same Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
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 SECTION THIRD. 
 
 OCCASIONAL PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS. 
 
 TO BE USED EITHER IN THE MORNING OR AFTERNOON SEIIVICE. 
 
 PRAYERS. 
 
 For a Person or Persons to he Ordained. 
 
 OGOD ! who hast established a visible Church upon earth, 
 and hast ordained a holy ministry and sacraments therein, 
 we pray to thee at this time especially for light and help to our 
 Pastors. May they admit to the sacred charge of preaching 
 the Gospel, such persons only as are blameless in life, and pure, 
 meek, and fervent in spirit I May they be deeply sensible how 
 solemn the duty is, to choose wisely and discreetly, those whom 
 they shall receive into that Holy Ministry. More especially, do 
 we pray thee at this time, to endue with thy Holy Spirit, and 
 with heavenly gifts, our brother who is now to be ordained and 
 dedicated to thy service. Sanctify him, to the end that in 
 purity of doctrine, and holiness of life, he may serve thee faith- 
 fully, to the glory of thy holy name, and to the edification of 
 thy servants. Hear our prayer, merciful Father, in the 
 name and for the sake of our compassionate High Priest, and 
 adorable Pedeemer, Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
 For Missionaries. 
 
 O ALMIGHTY God ! thou art the father of all nations, and 
 from thee cometh down every good and perfect gift. Thou, 
 in thy divine providence, hast appointed a ministry for thy 
 Church, and hast commanded them to teach all nations, baptiz- 
 ing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of 
 the Holy Ghost. We ask then, a blessing on all missionaries 
 throughout the world. Fill them, we pray thee, with zeal for 
 
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 tliy house ; and enable them to gather many more lost sheep 
 into the fokl of the Eecleemer. Endue them with innocence of 
 life, and meekness of spirit. Give unto them a strong faith, 
 animating hopes, and above all, Christian love. Grant that in 
 this spirit, they may declare the whole counsel of God : to thy 
 glory ; to the salvation of many, ready to perish ; and to the 
 benefit of thy Holy Church Universal. Hear us, we beseech 
 thee, in the name and for the sake of the Lamb of God, who 
 taketh away the sins of the world. Amen. 
 
 For the Spirit of Christian Love. 
 
 OGOD ! who art the common Father of all mankind, thou 
 hast taught us that although we speak with the tongues of 
 Angels, and have all faith, yet without charity we are nothing. 
 We bless thee that thou hast vouchsafed unto us this precious 
 mystery of Christian love. Grant that we may understand and 
 believe, that charity suffereth long and is kind ; seeketh not 
 her own ; is not easily provoked ; rejoiceth not in iniquity, but 
 rejoiceth in the truth. May we so imitate the meekness and 
 humility of thy blessed Son, as to experience in our hearts, and 
 show forth in our lives, that the charity which thou requirest 
 in the inward man vaunteth not itself ; beareth all things ; 
 believeth all, things ; hopeth all things ; endureth all things. 
 We acknowledge our sinfulness and insufficiency, and how. often 
 we have failed in love to thee and to our fellow-men. But we 
 beseech thee, most compassionate Father ! lead us yet into 
 ways of pleasantness and paths of peace : and enable us, 
 whether we live or die, to glorify thee with thoughts and words, 
 and deeds of love. Hear us and accept our prayer, God of 
 Love ! in the name and for the sake of thy gracious Son, the 
 Prince of Peace. Amen. 
 
 For Profitahle Meditation on the WorJcs of Creation 
 and Redemption. 
 
 O ALMIGHTY God ! and gracious author of all things, thou 
 didst create in six days, the heavens and the earth, and all 
 that is therein, and hast created a new heaven and a new earth, 
 
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 by the ransom of the world, through Jesus Christ. Give us 
 grace so to meditate on the wonders of Creation and Redemp- 
 tion, that knowing and adoring thee, more and more unto per- 
 fection, we may rejoice continually in thy marvellous works, 
 and may enter one day into that eternal rest which thou hast 
 prepared for them that love thee, through the same Jesus 
 Christ. Ameti. 
 
 For Rain. 
 
 OGOD ! Heavenly Father ! who by thy Son Jesus Christ 
 hast promised to those who seek thy kingdom and its 
 righteousness all things necessary for their bodily subsistence, 
 we beseech thee to hear our supplications. Graciously send us 
 rains and favorable seasons, that our hearts may be filled with 
 joy, and that the earth may bring forth the fruits for which 
 thou hast created it. God ! who didst provide for thy people 
 during forty years in a barren and thirsty wilderness, command, 
 we pray thee, the clouds to drop fatness through all thy herit- 
 age, and banish the drought from our borders. Overwhelm us 
 not, merciful Father, with thy chastisements, but may we still 
 be spared to praise and adore thee, through Jesus Christ our 
 Lord. Amen. 
 
 Or this : 
 
 OGOD ! Heavenly Father ! who by thy Son Jesus Christ 
 hast promised to those who seek thy kingdom, all things 
 needful to their temporal comfort ; grant, we beseech thee, that 
 our land may be speedily refreshed with rain, to the relief of 
 our necessities, and to thy glory, through our Lord and Saviour 
 Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
 For Fair Weather. 
 
 OLORD God Almighty ! thou didst bring the deluge upon 
 the earth for the sins of mankind, and didst afterwards 
 promise in thy great compassion, that thou wouldst destroy it in 
 like manner no more. We acknowledge that through our 
 
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 transgressions we are justly exposed to thy displeasvire. But 
 we beseech thee to regard our sorrow and repentance, to 
 restrain thy righteous indignation, and to remember us in 
 mercy. AVithdraw from us the continual rains wherewith thou 
 art visiting us. Vouchsafe to us favorable times for the growth 
 and ingathering of the fruits of the year in their due season. 
 Give us grace so to profit by thy chastisements, as to love thee 
 better and fear thee more, through all the residue of our sojourn 
 upon earth. Hear us, most merciful Father ! for Christ's 
 sake. Amen. 
 
 In Times of Dearth and Famine. 
 
 OGOD ! Heavenly Father ! who givest the former and the 
 latter rain, through thee the earth is fertile, the beasts of 
 the field are nourished, and the fishes of the sea are multiplied. 
 Thou boldest in thy hand the season appointed for harvest. 
 Amidst the abundance of all things, which thy loving kindness 
 has provided, we have neglected to serve thee, and thou dost 
 now recall us to repentance and obedience by dearth and famine. 
 We acknowledge, God ! that our sins have drawn upon us 
 thine indignation. Lord ! we cry unto thee ; because the 
 fountains of water fail. May the heavens answer to the earth ; 
 may they give unto all things their due increase, that we, 
 receiving at thy bounteous hand, the blessings which thou hast 
 withheld, may devote them to the comfort of the destitute, to 
 our own benefit, and to thy glory. These things we humbly 
 ask, Gracious Father ! in the name of our compassionate 
 E-edeemer, Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
 In Time of War. 
 
 OGOD ! the Lord of Hosts ! [wars and rumors of wars are 
 around us. Nation risetli against nation, and kingdom 
 against kingdom, and peradventure these things are but the 
 beginning of sorrows. God !] vengeance belongeth unto 
 thee ; thy power no creature can resist ; but remember us in 
 
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 mercy, we humbly beseech thee, God of Peace Î Restrain 
 the efforts of our enemies ; turn their strength into weakness ; 
 overrule their malice, and confound their devices. Inspire all 
 who are high in authority over the nations with thoughts of 
 humanity and peace ; till the whole earth become as one family. 
 INfay glory to Grod and good will to men prevail upon earth, that 
 we may praise thee and bless thee in quietness all the days of 
 our life. Grant we beseech thee our prayer for the Redeemer's 
 sake. Amen. 
 
 In Time of Great Sichness and Mortality . 
 
 OLORD ! 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. 
 Our days are passed in thy displeasure, and we spend our years 
 as a tale that is told. Thou hast dealt justly with us, Lord ! 
 in all things ; for we have not obeyed thee. Thou hast seen 
 that our wickedness was great, that the thoughts of our hearts 
 were evil continually, and thou hast sent forth sickness and 
 tribulation among us. The King of Terrors is in the midst of 
 us. God! remember mercy, and withdraw from our land 
 this awful scourge. Thou ! at whose word in the time of 
 David, seventy thousand perished by the pestilence, and who in 
 thy compassion didst stay the destroyer, and spared the residue 
 of thy people, have pity on us. ! say to this angel of death, 
 it is enough ; and of thy mercy spare us. But whatever the 
 future may have in store for us, whether of good or of evil, 
 give us grace to praise thy compassion with humilit}' and fear, 
 and to bless thy name for ever and ever, through Jesus Christ 
 our Saviour. Amen. 
 
 During the Session of Congress. 
 ""l/TOST Gracious God ! we humbly beseech thee, in behalf of 
 -^^ the people of these United States, that thou wouldst be 
 pleased to direct and prosper all the consultations of their 
 Senators and Representatives in Congress assembled, to the 
 
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 advancement of thy glory, the good of thy Church, the safety, 
 honor and welfare of our country. Grant that all things under 
 their authority may be ordered and settled upon the best and 
 surest foundations ; and that peace and happiness, truth and 
 justice, faith and piety, may abound among us, through all 
 generations. These and all other blessings, for them, for us, 
 and for our country, and thy whole Church, we humbly beg in 
 the name, and through the mediation of Jesus Christ, our 
 blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen. 
 
 For a Person Expecting (or under) Sentence of Death. 
 
 GEEAT GOD ! Creator and Governor of the world, we 
 humble ourselves before thee, and acknowledge thy power. 
 We praise thy wisdom, thy justice, and thine infinite goodness, 
 which appear in all thy works ; but more especially in thy care 
 of the children of men. It is thy will that order and justice 
 should reign in the world, and that laws and magistrates should 
 be established for the good of Society, and the maintenance of 
 public tranquillity. Thy holy word teacheth us that the powers 
 that be are ordained of God, and bear not the sword in vain, 
 but are ministers for the punishment of evil doers. 
 
 We thank thee, God ! that magistrates have been provided 
 in our land to administer justice and to restrain the wicked, 
 that we may lead quiet and peaceful lives, in all godliness and 
 honesty. Preserve for us this precious institution. Bless thy 
 people, in whose name and on whose behalf its benefits are dis- 
 pensed, and all who are in authority. 
 
 We j)ray to thee especially, for our Judges and Juries. Bless 
 them in the discharge of their respective duties. Give them 
 thy spirit of light and of strength, to pronounce righteous 
 judgment, for the protection of the innocent and the punish- 
 ment of the guilty, without respect of persons. May they be 
 prepared to render unto thee an account of their administration 
 when they shall appear before thy tribunal, to be judged them- 
 selves. 
 
 We implore thy mercy, most gracious God ! for the unhappy 
 
Third.] AND THANKSGIVINGS. 65 
 
 man in whose behalf our prayers are offered. God ! who 
 desirest that the greatest of sinners should turn from his 
 wickedness and live, we 'prsij thee to seek this unfortunate 
 prisoner, who having forsaken thee, hath been surprised in his 
 iniquities, and is about to suffer the punishment of the law, and 
 to appear before thee. 
 
 Lord Jesus ! Saviour and Redeemer of men, who didst 
 graciously hear the prayers of a malefactor crucified with thee, 
 have pity on this convict, now cast down in thy holy and awful 
 presence, accept his repentance, and grant that the punishment 
 which awaits him may be sanctified to the salvation of his soul. 
 
 Hear, God ! hear from Heaven, thy dwelling place, the 
 prayers he may offer to thee in his distress. Favorably hear 
 those who may intercede for him. If his body must suffer, 
 may his spirit be saved in the day of the Lord. Although he 
 may not escape the judgment of men, grant that he fall not 
 under that awful condemnation, which destroyeth body and 
 soul. 
 
 Have mercy on all of us, God ! our Sovereign Judge ! 
 Give us repentance of our sins, and a dread of thy judgments, 
 that by amendment and obedience, we may escape the wrath to 
 come, and find pardon in that great day, when thou wilt render 
 unto all according to their works. These, and all other mercies, 
 Lord, we ask in the name and for the sake of thy compas- 
 sionate Son, Jesus Christ, our Redeemer. Amen. 
 
 For a Sich Person. 
 
 FAYOEABLY hear us, Father of Mercies ! while we im- 
 plore thy compassion, in behalf of the sick person for 
 whom our prayers are desired. Yisit him with thine infinite 
 goodness and sanctify unto him thy fatherly correction. May 
 the sense of his danger strengthen his faith, and make his 
 repentance the more sincere ! Restore him to the prayers of his 
 family, and of thy servants who ask thine assistance, for the 
 restoration of his health, and grant that the residue of his life 
 may be devoted to his salvation and to thy glory. But if it 
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 shall seem to thee good to order otherwise, give Mm grace to 
 end his days in faith and hope, that he may dwell with thee in 
 life everlasting, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 
 
 For a Sick Child. 
 
 A LMIGHTY and most merciful Father ! in thy hands are 
 --^^ the issues of life and death. Look down we beseech thee 
 in compassion upon the sick child, for whom our prayers are 
 desired. If it be thy good pleasure, deliver him from his bodily 
 sickness, prolong his days upon earth, enable him to Hve in thy 
 fear and to thy glory, and visit him with thy salvation. But if 
 it please thee, Gracious God ! in thy wise providence to take 
 his soul at this time out of the world, receive him, we entreat thee, 
 into those heavenly habitations, where the spirits of all who are 
 in the Lord Jesus, enjoy perpetual rest and felicity. Grant 
 this for the love of the same Jesus Christ, thy Son. Amen. 
 
 For a Person or Persons Under vijfliction. 
 
 OMEECIFUL God and Heavenly Father ! thou hast taught 
 us in thy Holy Word, that thou dost not wiUingly afflict 
 the children of men. Look with pity, we beseech thee, on the 
 sorrows of thy servant, for whom our prayers are desired. In 
 thy wisdom, thou hast visited him with trouble, and hast brought 
 distress upon hiyn. Remember him, Lord ! in mercy. Sanctify 
 thy fatherly correction to him. Endue his soul with patience 
 under his affliction, and with resignation to thy blessed will. 
 Comfort him with a sense of thy goodness and give him peace, 
 through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 
 
 For a Person or Persons Going or Gone to Sea. 
 
 OETEBNAL God ! who alone spreadest out the Heavens 
 and rulest the raging of the sea, we commend to thy 
 Almighty protection, thy servant, for whose preservation on the 
 
Third.] and thanksgivings, 67 
 
 great deep our prayers are desired. Guard him, we beseech 
 thee, from the dangers of the sea, from sickness, from the 
 violence of enemies, and from every evil to which he may be 
 exposed. Conduct him in safety to the haven where he would 
 be, and fill him with a grateful sense of thy mercies, through 
 Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 THANKSGIVINGS. 
 
 For Rain. 
 
 OGOD ! Our Heavenly Father ! who by thy providence dost 
 cause the former and the latter rain to descend upon the 
 earth, that it may bring forth fruit for the use of man, we give 
 thee humble thanks that it hath pleased thee favorably to hear 
 our prayers : and in our great necessity, to send us rain for the 
 dry and thirsty earth. For this thy mercy, we bless thee, 
 God ! beseeching thee to give us grace to receive all thy gifts 
 with thankfulness, and to use them according to thy command- 
 ments, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 
 
 For Fair Weather. 
 
 OLOED God ! we were justly humbled by thy displeasure, 
 and we'now return thee our thanks, that thou hast been 
 graciously pleased to hear our supplications and to withdraw 
 fi'om us the continual rains with which thou didst visit us. We 
 thank thee that thou hast comforted us in our calamity, by a 
 change so acceptable, in our necessities. We praise thee, and 
 we glorify thy name, for this further testimony of thy fatherly 
 love. May we so enjoy thy blessings, as to live in thy fear and 
 keep thy commandments, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. 
 Amen. 
 
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 For Ahivnclajvce. 
 
 OMOST Merciful Father ! who hast graciously heard our 
 prayers, and hast given us plenty instead of dearth, we 
 give thee our humble thanks for this thy bounty. We beseech 
 thee to continue thy loving kindness unto us, that the earth 
 may bring forth abundantly its fruits in their season. We bless 
 thee, Lord ! for these things, desiring to use them in thy fear 
 and in obedience to thy commandments, through the grace of 
 our Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
 For Peace. 
 
 ALMIGHTY God ! who art a tower of defence to all who 
 put their trust in thee, we bless thee, and give thee thanks 
 for our deliverance from the dangers which threatened us. 
 God ! through thee alone men live in peace and concord. Thou 
 only art able to calm the storms, which disturb the tranquillity 
 of our race. We return thee most humble thanks that thou 
 hast been pleased favorably to hear our supplications and to 
 give us peace. We praise thee, Lord ! for this thy mercy. 
 Grant that the blessing thus graciously vouchsafed to us, may 
 be permanent. Above all, we beseech thee to give us that 
 peace, which- the world cannot give, even thy peace which 
 passeth all understanding, and which keepeth our hearts and 
 minds in Jesus Christ, through the same, our Lord and Saviour. 
 Amen. 
 
 For Deliverance from Great Sickness and Mortality. 
 
 O FATHER of Mercies ! we acknowledge with deep humil- 
 ity, that through the multitude of our transgressions and 
 the hardness of our hearts, we might have been justly visited 
 with all the judgments, which thou hast denounced against 
 sinners. But thou hast been graciously pleased in thine infinite 
 compassion, favorably to hear our prayers and regard our im- 
 perfect humiliation. Thou hast withdrawn from us the grievous 
 sickness which afflicted us. For this thy mercy, Lord ! we 
 
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 bless thee, and desire to present unto thee our bodies and our 
 souls a living ' sacrifice. Beceive our adoration : accept the 
 testimony of our thanksgivings and enable us so to live, as to 
 love thee, to fear thee, and to keep thy commandments. Hear 
 us, compassionate Father ! in the name and for the sake of 
 thy Son, Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
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 For Recovery from Sickness. 
 
 GOD of all Compassion ! receive our humble thanks for 
 thy mercy vouchsafed to thy servant, who now desires to 
 praise and bless thee for the restoration of his health. Thou 
 hast redeemed his life from destruction, thou coverest him with 
 loving kindness and tender mercies. In him hath been mani- 
 fested the truth declared by thy Holy Prophets : " Even the 
 youth shall faint and be weary : and the young man shall 
 utterly fail ; but they that wait upon the Lord, shall renew their 
 strength." May he then adore thy goodness ! Grant that his 
 faith and his works may be a worthy example to thy Church : 
 and, after ser\dng thee acceptably here, may he be received into 
 the temple of thy glory, to praise thee in the assembly of thy 
 Saints. Hear us, we beseech thee, for Christ's sake. Amen. 
 
 For Recovery of a Sich Child. 
 
 OGOD I thou art the giver of life, and the author of health 
 unto all mankind, and to thy providence we owe our pres- 
 ervation from day to day. It is of thy merciful goodness, that 
 the sick child for whom our prayers are offered unto thee, hath 
 been graciously spared and restored unto those, whom thou hast 
 ordained as his guardians and friends! AVe desire to unite with 
 them, and on their behalf to return thee our humble and hearty 
 thanks, for this manifestation of thy loving kindness. May 
 they be deeply sensible how compassionate thou art : and may 
 the child thou hast given back to them, fill their hearts with 
 
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 pious gratitude, and be an example of every Christian virtue, 
 so long as he shall live. We ask these things for Christ's sake. 
 Amen. 
 
 For a Safe Retium from Sea. 
 
 MOST gracious God ! whose mercy is over all thy works, we 
 praise thy holy name, that thou hast been pleased to con- 
 duct in safety through the perils of the great deep, thy servant, 
 in whose behalf we desire to return our thanks unto thee. 
 Grant that lie may be duly sensible of thy merciful providence 
 towards him : and that he may also express his thankfulness by 
 a holy trust in thee, and by a willing obedience to thy laws, 
 through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 
 
 For Deliverance in Time of Anxiety and Danger. 
 
 O ALMIGHTY God ! thou hast been graciously pleased 
 to preserve amidst the anxiety and danger, to which he 
 hath been exposed, thy servant in whose behalf we now desire 
 to offer our praises unto thee. For this thy gracious deliver- 
 ance, most merciful Father ! we give thee humble thanks. 
 And we beseech thee to grant that through thy help he may 
 live according to thy holy will in this life, and may be partaker 
 of everlasting glory, in the life to come, through Jesus Christ, 
 our Lord. Amen. 
 
Third.] concluding peayers. 71 
 
 SECTION FOURTH. 
 
 CONCLUDING PRAYERS. 
 
 For Love to God and Spiritual J^oujdshineibt. 
 
 OLOED of all Power and Holiness ! the author of every 
 good and perfect gift, we beseech thee to engraft in our 
 hearts the love of thy name. Increase in us true religion, 
 nourish us with all goodness, and of thy great mercy keep us 
 in the same, through our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. 
 Amen. 
 
 For Imitation of Christ. 
 
 ALMIGHTY Father ! who hast given thine only Son to die 
 for our sins, and to rise again for our justification, grant 
 that we may always thankfully receive this inestimable benefit, 
 and daily endeavor to follow his blessed footsteps, in singleness 
 of heart and purity of life, through the same Jesus Christ, our 
 Lord. Amen. 
 
 For Imitation of Christ. 
 
 ALMIGrHTY and Everlasting God ! who of thy tender love 
 towards mankind, didst send thy Son, our Saviour Jesus 
 Christ, to take upon him our flesh, and to sufi'er death upon the 
 cross, mercifully grant that we may follow the example of his 
 patience and humility, and be made partakers of his resurrec- 
 tion, through the same Jesus Christ, our Redeemer. Amen. 
 
 For Purity of Tlwught. 
 A LMIGHTY God ! unto whom all hearts are open, all desires 
 -^-^ known, and from whom no secrets are hidden, purify our 
 thoughts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may 
 
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 perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy name, 
 through Christ, our Lord. Ame7i. 
 
 For Divine Compassion and Blessing. 
 
 ALMIGHTY God ! the fountain of all wisdom, who knowest 
 our necessities before we ask, and our ignorance in asking, 
 we beseech thee to have compassion on our infirmities, and 
 those things, w^hich for our unworthiness we dare not, and for 
 our blindness we cannot ask, vouchsafe to give us, through the 
 merits of thy Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 
 
 For Grace, Mercy and Direction. 
 
 OGOD ! the Protector of all who trust in thee, without 
 whom we have neither strength, nor faith, nor holiness of 
 life, we beseech thee to increase thy grace in our hearts, and to 
 multiply thy blessings upon us. Vouchsafe to be our ruler and 
 our guide, that we may so pass through things temporal, as 
 not to lose things eternal. Grant this, Heavenly Father ! for 
 the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
 For Grace and Acceptance. 
 
 OGOD ! the strength of all who put their trust in thee, 
 mercifully accept our prayers : and since, through the 
 weakness of our fallen nature, we can do nothing good without 
 thee, grant us the continual help of thy grace, that by keeping 
 thy commandments we may be found acceptable in thy sight, 
 through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 
 
 For Grace and Heavenly Treasures. 
 
 OGOD ! who desirest not the the death of a sinner, but art 
 pleased to manifest thine Almighty Power, chiefly in pity 
 and forgiveness, mercifully vouchsafe to us, such a measure of 
 
Third.] concltjding pkayers. 73 
 
 thy grace, that walking in the way of thy commandments we 
 may obtain thy gracious promises, and be made partakers of 
 thy heavenly treasures, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 
 
 For Help and Protection. 
 A SSIST us mercifully, Lord ! in all our prayers and thanks- 
 -^-^ givings, and dispose the hearts of thy servants towards 
 the attainment of everlasting salvation : that among all the 
 changes of this mortal life, we may ever be defended by 
 thy gracious and ready help, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. 
 Amen. 
 
 For Truth and Life. 
 K LMIGHTY God ! thou hast given us grace at this time 
 -^-^ with one accord to make our common supplications unto 
 thee ; and hast promised that when two or three are gathered 
 together in thy name, thou wilt grant their requests. Fulfill 
 now, Lord ! the desires and petitions of thy servants as may 
 be most expedient for them ; granting them in this world 
 knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come, life everlast- 
 ing, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 
 
 For Penitence and Pardon. 
 
 ALMIGHTY and Everlasting God ! who hatest nothing 
 which thou hast made, and forgivest the sins of all who 
 are penitent, create in us new and contrite hearts, that 
 lamenting our iniquities and acknowledging our wretchedness, 
 we may obtain of thee, the God of all mercy, forgiveness and 
 remission, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 
 
 For Pardon and Blessing. 
 
 O ALMIGHTY and Everlasting God ! who art always more 
 ready to hear, than we to i^ray, and art wont to give more 
 than we desire or deserve, vouchsafe unto us the abundance of 
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 thy mercies, pardoning the transgressions whereof our con- 
 sciences are afraid, and granting us those blessings, which we 
 are unworthy to ask, but through the merits and mediation of 
 Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
 For The Church. 
 
 OLORD ! who hast gathered unto thyself a Church upon 
 earth and dost guide and sanctify it by the Holy Spirit, 
 receive our supplications for all its wants, and for persons of 
 every condition therein, that it may be to thee a Church glorious 
 and without spot, and that every member of the same in his . 
 vocation and ministry, may serve thee faithfully. Hear us, in 
 the name and for the sake of the head of that Holy Church, 
 thy blessed Son, Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
 For the Church Universal. 
 
 OLORD ! we beseech thee to keep thy household, the Church 
 Universal, in continual godliness, that through thy pro- 
 tection, it may be free from all adversities, and serving thee 
 faithfully in good works, may glorify thy holy name. Hear, 
 we entreat thee, the devout supplications of thy Church : and 
 grant that those things which we ask faithfully we may obtain 
 effectually, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 
 
 For a Blessing on the Services of the Day. 
 
 GRANT we beseech thee, Almighty God ! that the words 
 which we have this day heard, may through thy grace be 
 so grafted in our hearts, that they may bring forth the fruit of 
 good living, to the honor and praise of thy name, through 
 Jesus Christ, our Lord. Ame?L 
 
 For a Blessing on the Services of the Day. 
 
 ALMIGHTY God ! who hast graciously promised to hear the 
 supplications of all who ask in thy Son's name, we beseech 
 thee to accept thp service and the prayers now offered unto thee. 
 
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 May those things which we have faithfully asked according to 
 thy will, be effectually obtained for the relief of our necessities 
 and to the advancement of thy glory, through Jesus Christ, our 
 Lord. Amen. 
 
 For the Divine Blessing on the Instructions of the Day. 
 
 O ALMIGHTY and Merciful God ! the source of all good, 
 and the author of every perfect gift, we bless thee that w^e 
 have been enabled at this time to meditate on the wholesome 
 truths, which thou hast revealed to us in thy word. Give us 
 grace, we beseech thee, to profit by the instructions we have 
 heard, and by the exhortations which have been addressed to 
 us. So graft them in our hearts, that being more and more 
 strengthened in faith, we may serve thee with a pure conscience 
 during the rest of our lives. Increase, Lord ! in our children, 
 in our young people, and in all the members of this Church, a 
 knowledge of thee, and the fear of thy name. Grant that being 
 steadfast in obedience, and faithful even unto death, we may 
 obtain through thy mercy, that blessed and eternal life to which 
 w^e are called, through Jesus Christ thy Son, our Saviour. 
 Ame7i. 
 
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 SECTION FIFTH. 
 
 FAMILY PRAYERS 
 
 Morning. 
 
 O ALMIGHTY God ! our Father and Preserver, we thank 
 thee for thy watchful providence over us during the past 
 night. Grant that with a due sense of thy mercy in bringing 
 us safely to the beginning of this day, we may employ it 
 acceptably to thee ; all our thoughts, and words, and deeds, 
 manifesting our willing obedience to thy commandment of love 
 to thee and to our neighbors. As thou sendest forth thy sun 
 to shine upon the earth, a light to our paths, grant that thy 
 Holy Spirit may enlighten our understandings, and lead us into 
 the ways of righteousness. Whatever may be our engagements, 
 may it be our chief concern to walk in thy fear and to thy 
 glory. May we ever look to thy blessing on our labors, as the 
 source of all our prosperity : and may all our pursuits be 
 acceptable unto thee. Grant also Merciful Father, that while 
 we labor for things temporal, we forget not things eternal. Be 
 thou, Almighty God ! the protector of our bodies and of our 
 souls. Strengthen us against all the temptations of our 
 spiritual enemies : and deliver us from every danger to which 
 we may be exposed. 
 
 And for as much as it availeth nothing to begin acceptably to 
 thee, if we persevere not unto the end, vouchsafe, gracious 
 God ! to receive us into thy holy keeping, not only this day but 
 through all the days of our lives. We I3ray thee to continue, 
 and to increase in us daily thy saving grace, until we shall enter 
 into thy kingdom of eternal bliss and glory, through our 
 Eedeemer, Jesus Christ, the only Sun of righteousness to our 
 Souls, to enlighten them by day and by night forever. And to 
 the end that we may obtain these favors at thy hand, vouchsafe 
 to pardon all our past transgressions, according as thou hast 
 
Third.] family prayers. 77 
 
 promised unto all who pray to thee, in spirit and in truth. 
 Hear us, our God ! our Father, and our Saviour, through our 
 Lord Jesus Christ, in whose name we pray to thee, as he has 
 taught us, saying : 
 
 Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name ; thy 
 kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven ; 
 give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses 
 as we forgive those, who trespass against us ; and lead us not 
 into temptation ; but deliver us from evil for thine is the king- 
 dom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
 Evening. 
 
 OLOED ! our God and our Father ! we humble ourselves 
 again before thee, to return thee our thanks for the 
 mercies and benefits of the past day. We bless thee also for 
 our reason and all other endowments and faculties of soul and 
 body ; for our health and friends, for food and raiment, and all 
 the other comforts and conveniences of life. But above all we 
 bless thee that thou hast vouchsafed to us a knowledge of thy- 
 self, and hast ordained us to be born in thy Church. Suffer us 
 not to be ungrateful for such precious favors. Grant that we 
 may meditate thereon by day and by night, and that our grati- 
 tude may be manifest throughout our lives. Pardon all our 
 sins, and more' especially those committed this day. May the 
 sacrifice of our blessed Eedeemer be an atonement for our 
 iniquities. Grant that for his sake, and by the aid of the Holy- 
 Spirit, thy fear may be deej)ly impressed on our hearts. Guard 
 us, we beseecli thee, this night ; for we confess, God ! that 
 without thine aid, we cannot subsist for a single moment. May- 
 nothing disturb the tranquilKty of our thoughts. May our 
 strength both of mind and of body, so far as the same may have 
 been impaired by the employments of the day, be renewed by 
 refreshing sleep ! Grant that as we lie down in our beds, we 
 may think of that day when we shall be laid in the ground, 
 and shall appear before thee. Give us time to prepare for 
 
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 death, that it come not unawares ; and may we always live, as 
 knowing we have to die. Grant that thy Church may never be 
 deprived of thy light. Bless the rulers of our country, and all 
 pastors and teachers. Watch over our families and relatives, 
 our friends and neighbors : and shed abroad in our hearts the 
 light of Christian love. May we rest this night in peace, with 
 the assurance of thy forgiveness. Grant that we may rise 
 again on the morrow, full of the hope of possessing the glory 
 which thou hast purchased for us, by the blood of thy dear Son, 
 in whose name we pray to thee, as we have been taught and 
 commanded by him, saying : 
 
 Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name ; thy 
 kingdom come ; thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven ; give 
 us this day our daily bread ; and forgive us our trespasses, as 
 we forgive those who 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 and ever. Amen. 
 
PART IV. 
 
 SECTION FIRST. 
 
 M 
 
 THE LITURGY OF BAPTISM AND CONFIRMATION. 
 
 AY our trust be in the name of the Lord, who made 
 Heaven and Earth. Ameti. 
 
 T^O you offer this child to God and to his Holy Church, 
 -^-^ requiring that he should be baptized ? 
 
 Answer — Yes. 
 
 The Apostle St. Paul teacheth us, that we should pray for all 
 mankind, as good and acceptable in the sight of God, who will 
 have all men to be saved and to come unto the knowledge of 
 the truth. He therefore sent his Son for our redemption. 
 Since then we should pray for each other, let us pray for this 
 child, humbly and with all our hearts. 
 
 ALMIGHTY God ! Eternal Father ! who hast promised us 
 through thy goodness, to be our God, and the God of our 
 children, as thou wert the God of Abraham and of his children, 
 we pray thee to receive this child into the covenant of thy mercy, 
 and to make him a partaker of thy grace, to the end that when 
 he shall have come to the age of discretion, he may know thee 
 as his God, that he may adore and serve thee only, and may 
 live and die in thee : so that the baptism, through which we 
 receive him into thy Holy Church, may not have been adminis- 
 
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 tered to him. in vain, but that he may be truly baptized into the 
 death of thy Son, and into newness of Hfe acceptable to thee, 
 through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 
 
 TTEAE ye the Gospel which teaches us how children should 
 ^^ be presented unto our Lord. Then were there brought 
 unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, 
 and pray for them, and his disciples rebuked them ; but Jesus 
 said. Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them 
 not, for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven ; and having laid 
 his hands on them he blessed them. 
 
 Since, then, our Lord received and blessed as you have just 
 heard, the children who were brought unto him, we receive into 
 his Church this child through Baptism, and pray unto God to 
 give him his blessing. 
 
 You, who offer this child to be baptized, should consider that 
 God must be served in spirit and in truth. You then promise 
 here, before God and this holy assembly, that you will be care- 
 ful, you the father and mother first and principally, and you also 
 the sponsors, as far as by your duty you are bound, and as 
 necessity may require, to instruct this child in the doctrine of 
 our Lord, and in the Christian faith, which we confess in the 
 Apostle's creed. You will teach him to worship the only true 
 God, to call upon him in all his necessities, to ascribe glory to 
 him for all good, and to acknowledge that all his righteousness 
 is in Christ Jesus, and all his strength in the sanctification of 
 the Holy Spirit. You will teach him to deny himself, to take up 
 his cross and to keep the commandments of God, the substance 
 of which is, that we should love God with all our hearts, and 
 our neighbor as ourselves. Finally, you will take care to 
 exhort this child, and to reprove him, when it shall be necessary, 
 so that he may be brought up in the fear of the Lord, and 
 according to his holy doctrine, and that his whole Hfe may be 
 employed to the glory of God, and to the edification of his 
 neighbor. 
 
 Is not this what you promise ? 
 
 Answer — Yes. 
 
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 May the Lord give you grace faithfully to perform this 
 promise. 
 
 Then sluill the Minister Baptize tlic Child, naming him, and saying: 
 
 N. N. I baptize thee in the name of the Father, and of the 
 Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. 
 
 Confirmation. 
 
 The Persons who art? to eonlinn their Baptismal Vows, make the following promise 
 in presence of the Clunrh : 
 
 WE ratify and confirm our Baptismal Vow. We renounce 
 Satan and his works, the world and its pomp, the flesh 
 and its sinful desires. We promise to live and to die in the 
 Cliristian faith, and to keep the commandments of God, all the 
 days of our lives. 
 
 After this has been recited hj- one of tliem, they are asked : 
 
 Is this what you all promise before God and his Church ? 
 Answer — Yes. 
 
 Tlie Minister says : 
 
 May God give you grace to perform this promise. 
 
 The Minister thus continues : 
 
 AFTEE, this promise, and in the hope that you may relig- 
 iously fulfill it, I receive you into the number of the faith- 
 ful, to be partakers of the Holy Sacrament of the Supper. And 
 I call upon you Christians, who are here present, to Avitness the 
 promise which these young people have made, and I exhort you 
 to look upon them hereafter, as your brethren, partakers with 
 you of the same grace, and to offer up your prayers unto God, 
 in their behalf. 
 
 An Exhortation, at the discretion of the Minister, is then addressed. to the Catechu- 
 mens, and when this is finished they kneel, and the Minister offers the following Prayer: 
 
 ALMIGHTY God ! we bless thee that thou hast been pleased 
 to call us to a knowledge of thyself, and especially that 
 having given grace unto these persons to be introduced into thy 
 Church through baptism, thou hast also graciously permitted 
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 them to arrive at years of discretion, and to ratify and confirm 
 tliis day, their Baptismal Vow. We i^ray, that as they have 
 now thus solemnly dedicated themselves to thee, and are to be 
 admitted to the communion of the Sacrament of the death of 
 thy Son, thou wouldst ratify in Heaven, what Ave do in thy 
 name, and in thy Church on Earth. Keceive them, Lord ! 
 bless them, and let thy grace be with them, now and forever. 
 Anmi. 
 
 OGEACIOUS God ! Father of Mercy ! grant that they may 
 persevere constantly in the holy profession, upon which 
 they have just entered, so that they may not only be Christians 
 by birth and baptism, but may henceforth be such by knowledge 
 and through choice. Since they have renounced Satan and his 
 works, the world and its pomp, the flesh and its sinful desires, 
 let the prince of darkness have no power over them, and grant 
 that from their youth, their faith may triumph over the world, 
 the flesh, and its wicked propensities. Holy Father ! keep them 
 in thy faith, and preserve them from evil. Sanctify them by 
 thy truth: thy word is truth. Guard them from the corruptions 
 of the world. Sufi'er not the instructions which they have 
 received and the promises which they have just made, to 
 be ever blotted from their memory. Sufi'er not these good 
 afi^ections, which thou hast given them, to be lost by their 
 intercourse with the world ; but may they rather be multiplied 
 in them, so that these young plants may grow and be abund- 
 antly fruitful in knowledge, in faith, in holiness and in comfort, 
 all the days of their lives. May they be better than their 
 fathers, and after having ministered in this world to the designs 
 of thy providence, may they obtain from thy goodness eternal 
 salvation. Anmi. 
 
 We pray unto thee, Lord ! for all the young people of this 
 Church. Bless the instructions which are given to them, pre- 
 serve them from corruption, and sanctify them, so that our 
 children may be one day ornaments in thy house, and heirs of 
 thy kingdom. 
 
 Give grace to us all, the young and the old, the high and the 
 low, to consider well what it is to be Christians, and to reflect 
 
Fourth.] BAl'TISM AND CONFIEMATION. H8 
 
 continually what a vow, what promises, what a solemn profes- 
 sion we have made at our baptism, as well as in the communion 
 of the Holy Sacrament. Amen. 
 
 Almig-hty God ! hear us favorably, hear the prayers of these 
 young- people, who are kneeling before thee, and of us who call 
 upon thee, who worship thee, who glorify thee, and who ask 
 thy grace, through Jesus Christ, who hath commanded us thus 
 to pray : 
 
 OUR Father ! who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name ; 
 thy kingdom come ; thy will be done on earth, as it is in 
 Heaven ; give us this day our daily bread ; and forgive us our 
 trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against ^us ; and 
 lead us not into temptation ; but deliver us from evil ; for thine 
 is the kingdom, and the powder, and the glory, for ever and 
 ever. Amen. 
 
 MAY the blessing of the Lord God Almighty, of the Father, 
 of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, be and remain forever 
 with you all. Amen. 
 
^4 THE LITUKGY OF [Part 
 
 SECTION SECOND. 
 
 THE LITURGY OF THE HOLY SULLEIL 
 
 IN the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy 
 Spirit. Amen. 
 
 OETEENAL and Almighty Grod! whom all creatures praise 
 and glorify as their Creator and Sovereign Lord, we 
 beseech thee, as we are now assembled to partake of the Holy 
 Supper which thy Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ, commanded 
 us to celebrate in remembrance of his death, that thou wouldst 
 give us grace to perform this sacred duty, in a manner accept- 
 able unto thee, through the same Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
 HEAR, my brethren, the institution of the Holy Supper, as 
 it is related by St. Paul, in the First Epistle to the Corin- 
 thians. I have received of the Lord, that which also I declared 
 unto you, that the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was 
 betrayed, tool: bread ; and when he had given thanks, he brake 
 it and said : Take, eat, this is my body, which is broken for you ; 
 this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also, 
 he took the cup ; when he had supped, saying : This cup is the 
 New Testament in my blood ; this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, 
 in rememberance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread and 
 drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death, till he come. 
 Wherefore, whosoever shall eat this bread and drink this cup 
 of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty- of the body and of the 
 blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let 
 him eat of that bread and drink of that cup. For he that 
 eateth and drinketh unworthily, eatetli and drinketh condemna- 
 tion to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. 
 
 You have just heard in what manner Jesus Christ instituted 
 the Holy Supper, and that it should be celebrated with faith 
 
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 and with reverence, even unto the end of the workl, by all the 
 faithful. Hence we learn, that none but true Christians should 
 be admitted thereto. Wherefore, according to the rule, wliich 
 Ave have in Scripture, and by the authority of our Lord Jesus 
 Christ, I declare that all such as are not of the number of the 
 ûiithful, are unworthy to be partakers thereof. To wit : the 
 impious, unbelievers, the profane, blasphemers, those who live 
 in strife and in hatred; impure, sensual and carnal men, 
 drunkards, the unjust, those who withhold the goods of others, 
 the covetous, the proud, evil speakers, and generally all those 
 in whom reigneth the love of the world and its evil desires, 
 declaring unto all of them, that whilst they amend not, the 
 auger of God resteth upon them, wherefore they ought not to 
 come to this holy table, lest they profane this Holy Sacrament, 
 which Jesus Christ offers only to his disciples, and to the truly 
 faithful. As for you. Christians, who intend to come to this 
 holy communion, you ought to consider well the importance of 
 what you are about to do, lest you eat of this bread and drink 
 of this cup unworthily. Judge ye, therefore, yourselves, and 
 ye shall not be judged of the Lord ; and in all things wherein 
 ye know that ye have offended him, whether in word or in deed, 
 in thought or in will ; confess the same unto him with a humble 
 reliance upon his mercy, and a true desire to live henceforth a 
 righteous and godly life. Be ye also filled with sincere love 
 towards your neighbor ; and forgive ye one another, even as ye 
 desire from God the forgiveness of your sins. If ye are thus 
 minded, and if your consciences thus bear witness for you, 
 before God who knoweth your hearts, ye may come to this holy 
 table, and ye ought not to doubt, that the Lord Jesus w411 there 
 make you partakers of all the fruits of his passion and death. 
 But above all things, ye must give at this time your humble 
 and hearty thanks to God, for the redemption of the world, 
 through Jesus Christ his Son, who did humble himself, even to 
 the death of the Cross, for us miserable sinners, that he might 
 make us children of God, and exalt us to everlasting life ; and 
 to the end that we should always remember the exceeding great 
 love of our dear Saviour, he instituted this Holy Sacrament, to 
 be unto us a pledge of his love, and a perpetual memorial of 
 
86 THE LITURGY OF [Part 
 
 his death, to our great and endless comfort. To this merciful 
 Redeemer, therefore, as well as to the Father and the Holy 
 Spirit, let us now and always offer (as we are most bounden) 
 our benedictions and our praises. 
 
 Therefore, let us all lift up our hearts, and give thanks unto 
 the Lord, our God. 
 
 It is meet and right, and our profitable duty, that we should 
 at all times, and in all places, give thanks unto thee, Lord, 
 Holy Father, Everlasting God ! 
 
 At the MaMvity. 
 
 '"T^HROUGH Jesus Christ, thine only Son, our Lord, wlio was 
 J-- born, as at this time, for us, and who by the operation of 
 the Holy Spirit, was made very man of the substance of the 
 blessed Virgin, his mother, and without any spot of sin, to make 
 us clean from all sin. Therefore, with angels and archangels, 
 and with all the company of Heaven, we magnify thy glorious 
 name, ever more praising thee and saying, Holy, holy, holy, 
 Lord God of Hosts, Heaven and Earth are full of thy glory, 
 God, most high ! 
 
 At the Resurrection. 
 
 ^r^HHOUGH Jesus Christ our Lord, who died for our sins, 
 -■-- and rose again for our justification : we praise thee for the 
 glorious resurrection of our Saviour ; for he is the true Lamb, 
 who was offered up, and who taketh away the sins of the world, 
 who by his death hath destroyed death, and who by his resur- 
 rection, hath given us eternal life. Therefore, with angels and 
 archangels, and with all the company of Heaven, we magnify 
 thy glorious name, evermore praising thee and saying. Holy, 
 holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts, Heaven and Earth are full of 
 thy glory, God, most high ! 
 
 At Pentecost. 
 
 HE-OUGH Jesus Christ our Lord, who according to his 
 promise, sent down from Heaven, as at this time, the Holy 
 Spirit upon the Apostles, to lead them into all truth, and to 
 bestow upon them the gift of divers tongues, to the end that 
 
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Fourth.] THE HOLY SUPPEE. 87 
 
 they might preach the gospel unto all nations, by which Spirit 
 we have been brought out of darkness into light, and from 
 error unto truth, and to a knowledge of thee, our God ! and 
 of Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. Therefore, with angels 
 and archangels, and Avith all the company of Heaven, we 
 magnify thy glorious name, evermore praising thee and saying, 
 Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts, Heaven and Earth are 
 full of thy glory, God, most high ! 
 
 Or this : 
 
 ^ I ^HKOUGH our Lord Jesus Christ, who after his resurrec- 
 ^ tion, ascended above all the Heavens, was raised upon the 
 throne of thy glory, and sat upon thy right hand, whence he 
 shed forth the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles, and upon the 
 children of thy adoption. For this all the earth rejoiceth, and 
 for this we offer unto thee our praises, saying with angels and 
 archangels, and with all the company of Heaven, we magnify 
 thy glorious name, evermore praising thee and saying. Holy, 
 holy, holy. Lord God of Hosts, Heaven and Earth are full of 
 thy glory, God, most high ! 
 
 For the Holy Days of Septemher. 
 npHROUGH Jesus Christ our Lord, because thou didst 
 -^- deliver him up to die, as a ransom for our sins, and 
 because of the blessed hope, that he will return from Heaven, 
 at the day of his glorious appearing : and we thank thee 
 because he instituted the Holy Supper, and commanded us to 
 eat of this bread and to drink of this cup, and thus to show 
 his death till he come. Therefore, with angels and archangels, 
 and with all the company of Heaven, we magnify thy glorious 
 name, evermore praising thee and saying. Holy, holy, holy. 
 Lord God of Hosts, Heaven and Earth are full of thy glory, 
 God, most high Î 
 
 A ND since, O Lord ! Jesus Christ thy Son did oifer up him- 
 -^-^ self as a sacrifice on the cross, to redeem mankind, we 
 beseech thee in consideration of this sacrifice, for the holy and 
 l)lessed commemoration of which, we are met together, that 
 thou wouldst receive the supplications which we offer unto thy 
 
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 Divine Majesty, for the peace of the whole world, and for the 
 salvation of all people. We pray thee, to bless the Church 
 Universal, and to inspire all Christians with the spirit of truth, 
 unity and peace, that they may follow with one consent the 
 truth of thy word, and live in harmony and innocency, becom- 
 ing the members of thy sacred body. 
 
 Vouchsafe, God ! who art the source of all power, to 
 bless and defend all Christian Rulers and Magistrates. Bless 
 especially the President of these United States, and all others 
 in authority over us. So replenish them with the grace of thy 
 Holy Spirit, that they may perform their duties with integrity, 
 that religion may flourish, and piety may be advanced among 
 us. Shed thy grace, Sovereign Shepherd of our souls ! upon 
 all the Ministers of thy Church, that they may set forth the 
 truth and power of thy Holy Word, both by their life and 
 doctrine : that they may faithfully administer thy Holy Sacra- 
 ments, and diligently Avatcli over the flocks which are committed 
 to their charge. We beseech thee of thy goodness, to succor 
 all those, who during this transitory life, are in trouble, sorrow, 
 need, sickness, or any other adversity. Finally, Lord ! we 
 pray thee for all this congregation here present, for all thy ser- 
 vants, whose faith and devotion are known unto thee, who 
 desire to be partakers at thy table ; who ofl^er up their vows to 
 thee, thou living and true God ! who show forth the death of 
 their Saviour and wait for his last and glorious coming, at 
 which he will judge the quick and the dead, and will render 
 unto every man according to his works. Vouchsafe graciously 
 to receive our humble petitions, to the end that through the 
 communion in the death of thy Son, and through the efficacy 
 of the precious blood, which he shed upon the Cross, we miy be 
 delivered in that day from the wrath to come, and may be found 
 worthy to be received with all thine elect, into the glory of thy 
 kingdom. Hear us, God, our Father ! in the name of Jesus 
 Christ, our Saviour and Intercessor, by whose command Ave 
 offer unto thee the holy prayer which he taught us : 
 
 OUP Father ! who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name ; thy 
 kingdom come; thy Avill be done on earth, as it is in Heaven; 
 give us this day our daily bread ; and forgive us our trespasses, as 
 
Fourth.] THE HOLY SUPPER. 89 
 
 we forgive those who trespass against us ; and lead us not into 
 temptation ; but deUver us from evil ; for thine is the kingdom, 
 and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
 A LMIGHTY God ! Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, before 
 -^^ whom we now come to partake of the Sacrament of the 
 death of thy Son, graciously hear the confession of our sins. 
 We acknowledge, Lord ! our unworthiness ; we deplore the 
 enormity and number of the sins which we have committed 
 against thee ; and we do not presume to come to thy Holy 
 Sacrament, trusting in our own righteousness, but in thy great 
 compassion. Have mercy upon us, merciful Father ! have 
 mercy u]wn us. Pardon us for the love of Jesus Christ ; and 
 give us grace this day so to receive these sacred mysteries of 
 bread and wine, that being united to thy holy Son, through 
 faith, we may live in him and he in us. Almighty God, the 
 Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, pardoneth all such as truly 
 repent and turn unto him. Amen. 
 
 YE who truly repent of your sins, and with a firm confidence 
 rely on the mercy of God, who also are in sincere charity 
 with all your neighbors, and are resolved to conform your lives 
 more and more to the commandments of God, draw near and 
 partake of the Holy Communion of the body and blood of our 
 Lord. Amen. 
 
 The Consecration at the Table. 
 
 O ALMIGHTY God and Heavenly Father ! who through 
 thy great mercy didst deliver up thy Son to suffer death 
 upon the Cross for our redemption, who offered up his own 
 body as a sacrifice for the sins of the whole world, and com- 
 manded that a perpetual memorial of his death should be kept 
 in his Church, until his coming at the last day. Accept our 
 prayers and our praises, merciful God ! which we offer unto 
 thee through Jesus Christ ; who, in the night, when he was 
 betrayed, took bread,* and when he had given thanks to thee, 
 
 * Here the Pastor takes the hread in his hands. 
 
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90 THE LITURGY OF [Part 
 
 O Eternal Father ! brake it and said : Take, eat, this is my 
 body, which is broken for you ; do this in remembrance of me.* 
 Likewise after supper he took the cup t and gave thanks, and 
 presented it to them, saying : Drink ye all of this, for this is 
 my blood, the blood of the New Testament, which is shed for 
 many, for the remission of sins ; do this as oft as ye shall drink 
 of it, in remembrance of me.]: 
 
 The People then come to the communion. In givhig the bread the Pastor says : 
 
 Remember that Jesus Christ, thy Saviour, died for thee, and 
 be thankful. 
 
 In giving the cup ; 
 
 E-emember that Jesus Christ, tliy Saviour, shed his blood for 
 thee, and be thankful. 
 
 Then Sing a Hymn or Canticle. 
 
 HEAVENLY Father! we bless thee that thou hast been 
 pleased so to favor us miserable sinners, as to receive us 
 at the communion of thy Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. We 
 bless thee, for having delivered him up to death for us, and for 
 having given him unto us as the bread of eternal life. Give us 
 grace never to forget these great benefits, but rather, having 
 them graven upon the table of our hearts, to grow and advance 
 constantly in faith, that this faith may be fruitful in every good 
 work, and that our lives may thus be devoted to the advance- 
 ment of thy glory, and to the edification of our neighbor ; 
 through the same Jesus Christ thy Son, who liveth and reigneth 
 with thee, God blessed for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
 GLORY be to God on high, on earth peace, good will towards 
 men. 
 We praise thee, we magnify thee, we give thanks unto thee 
 for all thy benefits, and for thy great glory, Lord God, 
 Heavenly King, Almighty Father ! 
 
 Lord Jesus Christ ! only Son of God, Jjamb of God, who 
 
 * Here the Pastor partakes of the bread and gives bread to the Ministers who are at 
 the table with him. 
 
 Î Here he takes the cup. 
 
 X Here he drinks of the cup, and gives it to the other Ministers. 
 
Fourth.] THE HOLY SUPPEK. 91 
 
 taketh away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou 
 who takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayers. 
 
 Thou, that sittest at the right hand of the Father, have mercy 
 upon us. 
 
 For thou only art holy, thou only art the Lord, thou only, 
 Jesus Christ ! with the Holy Spirit, art most high in the glory 
 of God the Father. Amen. 
 
 EochortatioTb to those who have Coimmmed. 
 X NOW exhort and beseech you, my beloved brethren, by the 
 J- mercies of God, and by the love of the Lord Jesus, to con- 
 sider well what we have just done, in the holy rite which we 
 have celebrated. We have solemnly acknowledged by this act 
 of thanksgiving, and by this public profession of our faith, 
 that we have been ransomed from our sins and from eternal 
 condemnation, by the death of Jesus Christ. We have testified 
 that we are all brethren and members of one body, and that we 
 have a brotherly and sincere love towards each other. We 
 have also promised to glorify God in our minds and bodies, by a 
 life of holiness worthy of our vocation. 
 
 May God give us grace to remember well these promises, to 
 perform them religiously, and to have the death of our beloved 
 Redeemer so deeply graven in our hearts, that we may die daily, 
 more and more unto sin, and that we may walk in the ways of 
 holiness all our lives, to the glory of God and to our mutual 
 edification. Amen. 
 
 Benedictions. 
 
 '^f ^HE Lord bless you and keep you : The Lord make his face 
 
 -*- to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you. The Lord 
 
 lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace. Amen. 
 
 li/TAY the blessing of God our Father, the grace and peace 
 -^-*- of our Lord Jesus Christ, be given and multiplied upon 
 you, through the communion of the Holy Spirit. Amen. 
 
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 THE grace of ovir Lord Jesus Christ, the Love of God, and 
 the conimiiiiion of the Holy Spirit, be with us all ever- 
 more, jimen. 
 
 MY Brethren ! The end of all things is at hand. Be ye 
 therefore sober-minded, watch, and pray. 
 The Lord be with you. Almighty God, the Father, the Son, 
 and the Holy Spirit, bless and protect you. Amen. 
 
 THE peace of God which passeth all understanding, keep 
 your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, 
 and of his Son Jesus Christ, our Lord. And the blessing of 
 God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be 
 amongst you, and remain with you always. Amen. 
 
 [END OF THE LITURGY OF THE HOLY SUPPER.] 
 
Fourth.] CATECHETICAL INSTRUCTION. 93 
 
 SECTION THIRD. 
 
 SEKVRl^ FOR OCCASIONS OF CATECHFTICAL INSTRUCTION. 
 
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 AY our trust be in the name of the Lord, who made 
 Heaven and Earth. Ame?i. 
 
 OLORD our God and our Father I since we are come 
 together in this holy place for the further sanctification of 
 this Lord's day, and especially for the instruction of the young 
 people of this Church in the chief doctrines of the Christian 
 religion : we give thanks to thee for having enlightened us by 
 the knowledge of thy Gospel, and for having made known unto 
 us, through Jesus Christ thy Son, the way that leadeth to 
 eternal life. 
 
 We pray thee also to bless these pious exercises, and to give 
 to these children such docility, as may enable them to profit by 
 our instructions. Thou hast caused them to be born into thy 
 Church ; they have been dedicated to thee in baptism ; thou art 
 their Father and their God. Lord ! for the love of thy Son, 
 who blessed the children that were brought unto him, and 
 prayed for them, vouchsafe to bestow thy blessing on those 
 whom we instruct, and to fill them betimes, with love and fear 
 of thee. May the precepts of thy word, not only enlighten 
 their minds, but sanctify their hearts, and become the rule of 
 their conduct, to the end, that now in the days of their youth, 
 they may walk in the paths of piety, and thus attain to the 
 glory of the Kingdom of Heaven. 
 
 Give thy grace to fathers and mothers, to bring up their 
 children under thy guidance. Bless all the families of this 
 Church. Sanctify the young people. Grant the knowledge 
 and the fear of thee to persons of every age and condition ; 
 so that all of us may increase in piety, as we advance in years. 
 Make us all to be as children in innocence and humility ; grant 
 
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 that the knowledge which thou hast given us, and the glory 
 which we look for may lead us to love thee, and to live in those 
 good works which thou hast ordained that we should walk in. 
 Favorably hear us, O Almighty God ! for the love of Jesus 
 Christ, who hath taught us thus to pray, saying : 
 
 OUR Father ! who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name ; 
 thy kingdom come ; thy will be done on earth, as it is in 
 Heaven ; give us this day our daily bread ; and forgive us our 
 trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us ; and 
 lead us not into temptation ; but deliver us from evil ; for thine 
 is the kindom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. 
 Amen. 
 
 Or this : 
 
 OLORD ! as we are now about to instruct tlie youth of this 
 Church, we implore thee to shed thy blessing on our labors, 
 and to give unto these children the docility requisite to profit 
 thereby. Since they have been consecrated to thee from their 
 infancy ; and thou art their Father and their God, vouchsafe to 
 take them under thy protection, to sanctify them by thy Spirit, 
 and to fill them with the love and the fear of thee, to the end 
 that they may hereafter be among the truly faithful in thy 
 Church, and among the ever blessed in thy kingdom, through 
 the mercy and love of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 OUR Father ! who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name ; 
 thy kingdom come ; thy will be done on earth, as it is in 
 Heaven ; give us this day our daily bread ; and forgive us our 
 trespasses, as we forgive those who 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 and ever. 
 Amen. 
 
 The Children then recite whatever is aj)pointed— after which the blessing is pro- 
 nounced : 
 
 THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and 
 the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with us all. Amen. 
 
Fourth.] THE LITURGY OF MARRIAGE. 95 
 
 SECTION FOURTH. 
 
 THE LITURGY OF MARRIAGE. 
 
 M 
 
 AY our trust be in the name of the Lord, who made 
 Heaven and Earth. Amen. 
 
 GOD our Father, having created Heaven and Earth, and all 
 that in them is, made man in his own image, and gave 
 him dominion over the beasts of the earth, over the fish of the 
 sea, over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that 
 moveth upon the earth. And after he had created man, God 
 said : It is not good that the man should be alone ; I will make 
 him a help, meet for him. And he made woman, bone of his 
 bone, and flesh of his flesh ; signifying thereby that they two 
 were one. Wherefore, this holy covenant of matrimony which 
 God hath ordained, is of such authority, that a man and his 
 wife cannot separate, being one body. For this cause shall a 
 man leave father and mother, and cleave unto his wife ; and a 
 wife is bound to obey her husband in all purity, being subject 
 unto him ; and since, as the Scriptures teach, our bodies are 
 temples of the Holy Spirit, they ought to be preserved pure 
 and spotless ; for God will punish all who profane the temple 
 of God. 
 
 M. and N., are you willing to enter into the holy state of 
 matrimony, which God has instituted, to live together therein, 
 according to his commandments ? And do you desire to make 
 known here, before God and this company, {or co7u/regation)^ this 
 your purpose ? 
 
 Answer — Yes. 
 
 May our Lord God confirm and bless your purpose. 
 
 Let us pray. 
 
 OETEENAL God ! the author of every good and perfect 
 gift, we thank thee that thou hast ordained the holy insti- 
 tution of marriage, and we beseech thee to send thy blessing 
 
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 upon these thy servants, who are now about to form the most 
 solemn and tender of earthly connections. Grive them a just 
 sense of thy presence, and of the obligation of the covenant 
 they are about to make : to the end that this holy service may 
 have a happy influence upon their affections and conduct 
 through life, to the glory of thy name, through Jesus Christ 
 our Lord. Amen. 
 
 The Minister then says to the Man : 
 
 M. Do you acknowledge here before God and this company, 
 [or congregation), that you have agreed to take, and that you now 
 take N. for your wife ? Do you promise to love, honor, and 
 comfort her, to protect, maintain and cherish her, in health and 
 in sickness, in joy and in sorrow, in prosperity and in adversity; 
 to lead a holy life with her, being faithful unto her in all things, 
 as is the duty of a good husband, according to the word of 
 God? 
 
 Answer — Yes. 
 
 The Minister then says to the Woman : 
 
 N. Do you also acknowledge here before God and this com- 
 pany, {or congregation), that you have agreed to take, and that you 
 now take M. for your husband? Do you promise to love, 
 honor, and comfort him, to obey and cherish him in sickness 
 and in health,«in joy and in sorrow, in prosperity and in adver- 
 sity ; to lead a holy life with him, being faithful unto him in 
 all things, as is the duty of a good wife, according to the word 
 of God ? 
 
 Atiswer — Yes. 
 
 To he used or not at the discretion of the pai-ties. 
 
 IN testimony that you, M. and N., do advisedly and solemnly 
 ratify all that hath been declared and promised by you, do 
 thou M. acknowledge and endow this woman as thy wife, by 
 delivering unto her a ring, in token of thy faith ; and do thou 
 N. in like manner receive the same, as a pledge of his faith, 
 and as a witness of thy vows. 
 
 Then the Man delivers to the Woman a rin^', placing it upon the fourth finger of her 
 left hand. 
 
 Then shall the Minister join their right hands together and say : 
 
Fourth.] THE LITURGY OF MARRIAGE. 97 
 
 You are now man and wife. Those whom God hath joined 
 together, let not man put asunder. 
 
 ^TAY the Father of all mercy, who hath called you to this 
 -^^^ holy estate, vouchsafe, through the love of his Son, to give 
 you his Holy Spirit, that you may serve him and honor him 
 with one accord ; and since Grod hath united you in the sacred 
 bond of marriage, may he give you grace to live faithfully 
 together, in purity, in love, and in concord. 
 
 Let us pray to God our Father, for his blessing upon these 
 his servants. 
 
 O ALMIGHTY, all-merciful, and all-wise God ! we pray 
 thee in behalf of these persons who have entered into the 
 holy estate of marriage, that thou wouldst vouchsafe to them 
 thy Holy Spirit. Send down thy blessing upon these thy ser- 
 vants, whom we bless in thy name. May they surely observe, 
 and faithfully perform the vows and covenant between them 
 made, and mutually edifying each other, live together in purity, 
 concord, and piety. Give them grace to reverence and serve 
 thee, and contribute to the advancement of thy glory, to the 
 honor of the gospel, and the welfare of thy Church. Favor- 
 ably hear us, Father of Mercy ! in the name and for the sake 
 of thy dear Son. Amen. 
 
 GOD the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, bless, preserve, and 
 guide you. May you be filled with all spiritual benedic- 
 tion, and so live together in this life, that in the world to come, 
 you may have life everlasting. Amen. 
 
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98 - KUKiAL sKRvirH. [Part 
 
 SECTION FIFTH. 
 
 SKKVICK FOR THE UUIIIAL OF THK DEAD. 
 
 IHE MINISTER MAY READ THE WHOLE OR 8UCTT PART OF TIIIB SER- 
 VICE AS HE MAY THINK Fri'. 
 
 I 
 
 AM the resurrection and tlie lite, saitli the Tjord ; he that 
 helievetli in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live : 
 
 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall never die. — 
 
 St. John, xl ; '25, 'JO. 
 
 1KNOW that niy Eedeemer hveth, and that he shall stand 
 at the latter day upon the eartli : And tlioug'li after my skin 
 worms destroy this hody, yet in my flesli shall I see God ; whom 
 I sliall see for myself, and mine eyes sliall behold and not 
 another. — Jol, xix. ; 'J5, 26, 27. 
 
 WE ])rought nothing into this world, and it is certain we 
 can carry nothing out. The I^ord gave, and the Lord 
 hath taken away ; blessed l)e the name of the Lord. — 1 Tim., 
 vi. ; 7. — Job, i. ; 2L 
 
 From Psiviin Thirty -Mine. 
 
 {< )ED! let me know mine end, and the number of my days ; 
 -^ that T may be certified how long I have to live. 
 Behold thou hast made my days, as it were, a span long ; and 
 mine age is even as nothing in respect to thee ; and verily every 
 man living is altogether vanity. 
 
Fourth.] BURIAL SERVICE. 99 
 
 For man walketh in a vain shadow, and disc^uieteth himself 
 in vain ; he heapeth up riches and cannot tell who shall gather 
 them. 
 
 And now, Lord I what is my hope 'r* Truly my hope is even 
 in thee. 
 
 DeHver me from all my offences ; and make me not a reVuike 
 unto the foolish. 
 
 When thou with rebukes dost chasten man for sin, thou 
 makest his beauty to consume away, like as it were a moth, 
 fretting a garment ; Every man therefore is but vanity. 
 
 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and with thine ears consider my 
 calling. Hold not thy peace at my tears. 
 
 For I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner ; as all my 
 fathers were. 
 
 spare me a little, that I nuiy recover my strength, before I 
 go hence, and be no more seen. 
 
 From Psdliih Minetij. 
 
 T OE.D I thou hast been our nd'uge from one generation to 
 ^^ anothei-. 
 
 Before the mountains were Vjrought forth, or ever the earth 
 and the world were luade, thou art God from everlasting, and 
 world without end. 
 
 Thou turnest man to destruction ; again thou sayest : Come 
 again, ye children of men. 
 
 For a thousand years, in thy sight, are but as yesterda}^ ; 
 seeing that is past, as a watch in the night. 
 
 As soon as thou scatterest them, they are even as asleep : and 
 fade away suddenly, like the grass. 
 
 In the morning, it is green, and groweth up ; but in the 
 evening, it is cut down, dried up, and withered. 
 
 For we consume away, in thy displeasure ; and are afraid at 
 thy Avrathful indignation. 
 
 Thou hast set our misdeeds before thee ; and our secret sins 
 in the hght of thy countenance. 
 
 For when thou art angry, all our days are gone : We bring 
 our years to an end, as it were a tale that is told. 
 
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 The days of our age are threescore years and ten; and 
 though men be so strong, that they come to fourscore years, yet 
 is their strength then but labor and sorrow : so soon passeth 
 it away, and we are gone. 
 
 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our 
 hearts unto wisdom. 
 
 GLOEY be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy , 
 Spirit ; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shaU 
 be, world without end. Amen. 
 
 First Corintliians. .vv. ; 20. 
 
 NOW is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first 
 fruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, 
 by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in 
 Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made ahve. But 
 every man in his own order : Christ the first fruits ; afterwards 
 they that are Christ's, at his coming. Then conieth the end, 
 when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the 
 Father ; when he shall have put down all rule, and all 
 authority, and power. For he must reign until he hath put 
 all enemies under his feet. The last enemy, that shall be 
 destroyed, is death : for he hath put all things under his feet. 
 But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest 
 that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. 
 And when all things shall be subdued unto him then shall 
 the Son also himself be subject unto him, that put all 
 things under him, that God may be all in all. Else what 
 shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead 
 rise not at all ? Why are they then baptized for the dead ? 
 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour ? I protest by your 
 rejoicing, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. 
 If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at 
 Ephesus, what advantage tli it me, if the dead rise not ? Let 
 us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die. Be not deceived : Evil 
 
Fourth.] BURIAL SERVICE. 101 
 
 communications corrupt good manners. Awake to righteous- 
 ness, and sin not ; for some have not the knowledge of God. I 
 speak this to your shame. But some men will say, how are the 
 dead raised up ? and with what body do they come ? ïliou 
 fool ! that which thou sowest, is not quickened, except it die. 
 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body, that 
 shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some 
 other grain. But God giveth it a body, as it hath pleased him, 
 and to every seed his own body. All flesh is not the same flesh; 
 but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, 
 another of fishes, and another of birds. There are also celes- 
 tial bodies, and bodies terrestrial : But the glory of the celes- 
 tial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. 
 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the 
 moon, and another glory of the stars ; For one star differeth 
 from another star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the 
 dead. It is sown in corruption ; it is raised in incorruption ; it 
 is sown in dishonor ; it is raised in glory ; it is sown in weak- 
 ness ; it is raised in power ; it is sown a natural body ; it is 
 raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is 
 a spiritual body. And so it is written : The first man Adam 
 was made a hving soul ; the last Adam was made a quickening 
 sx^irit. Howbeit, that was not first, which is spiritual, but that 
 which is natural ; and afterwards, that which is spiritual. 
 The first man is of the earth, earthy ; The second man is the 
 Lord from Heaven. As is the earthy, such are they that are 
 earthy ; and as is the heavenly, such are they also, that are 
 heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we 
 shall also bear the image of the heavenly. Now this I say, 
 brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of 
 God ; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I 
 show you a mystery. We shall not all sleep ; but we shall all 
 be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last 
 trump : For the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be 
 raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this cor- 
 ruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on 
 immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incor- 
 
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 ruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality ; then 
 shall be brought to pass the saying that is written : Death is 
 swallowed up in victory. death, where is thy sting ? grave, 
 where is thy victory ? The sting of death is sin ; and the 
 strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth 
 us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my 
 beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abound- 
 ing in the work of the Lord ; forasmuch as ye know that your 
 labor is not in vain in the Lord. 
 
 MAN, that is born of woman, hath but a short time to live, 
 and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down 
 like a flower ; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never con- 
 tinue th in one stay. 
 
 In the midst of Kfe we are in death : of whom may we seek 
 for succor, but of thee, O Lord ! who for our sins art justly 
 displeased ? 
 
 Yet, Lord God most holy ! Lord most mighty ! holy 
 and most merciful Saviour ! deliver us not into the bitter pains 
 of eternal death. 
 
 Thou knowest. Lord ! the secrets of our hearts ; shut not thy 
 merciful ears to our prayers ; but spare us, Lord most holy ! 
 God most mighty ! holy and merciful Saviour ! thou most 
 worthy judge eternal, suifer us not, at our last hour, for any 
 pains of death to fall from thee. 
 
 FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God, in his wise 
 Providence, to take out of this world the soul of our 
 deceased hrother, 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 
 the sea shall give up their dead ; and the corruptible bodies 
 of those who sleep in him, shall be changed, and made like 
 
Fourth.] BFRI.VL SERVICE. 103 
 
 unto his own glorious body ; according to the mighty work- 
 ing whereby he is able to subdue all things unto himself. 
 
 r HEARD a voice from Heaven, saying unto me : Write, 
 From henceforth, blessed are the dead who die in the Lord ; 
 even so, saith the Spirit, for they rest from their labors. Rev. 
 xiv. ; 18. 
 
 OUE, Father ! who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name ; 
 thy kingdom come ; thy will be done on earth, as it is in 
 Heaven ; give us this day our daily bread ; and forgive us our 
 trespasses, as we forgive those who 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 and ever. 
 Amen. 
 
 4 LMIGHTY God ! with whom do live the spirits of those 
 -^^ who depart hence in the Lord ; and with whom the souls 
 of the faithful, after they are delivered from the burden of the 
 flesh, are in felicity; we give thee hearty thanks for the good ex- 
 ample of all those thy servants, who having finished their course 
 in faith, do now rest from their labors. And we beseech thee, 
 that we, with all those who are departed in the true faith of thy 
 holy name, may have our perfect consummation and bliss, both 
 in body and soul, in thy eternal and everlasting glory, through 
 Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 O MERCIFUL God ! the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
 who is the resurrection and the life ; in whom whosoever 
 beUeveth, shall live, though he die ; and whosoever liveth and 
 believeth in him shall not die eternally ; who also hath taught 
 us by his holy Apostle St. Paul, not to be sorry, as men without 
 hope, for those who sleep in him : We humbly beseech thee, 
 Father ! to raise us from the death of sin unto the life of 
 righteousness ; that when we shall depart out of this world, 
 we may rest in him ; and that in the general resurrection at 
 the last day, we may be found acceptable in thy sight ; and 
 receive the blessing, which thy well-beloved Son shall then 
 
104 BURIAL SERVICE. 
 
 pronounce on all who love and fear thee, saying : Come ye 
 blessed children of my Father, receive the kingdom prepared 
 for you from the beginning of the world : Grant this, we 
 beseech thee, merciful Father! through Jesus Christ our 
 Mediator and Eedeemer. Amen. 
 
 THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Jjove of God, and 
 the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with us all ever- 
 
PART V. 
 
 CANTICLES FOR THE ORDmARY SERVICE. 
 
 FIRST CANTICLE. 
 
 OCOME, let us sing unto the Lord ; let us heartily rejoice 
 in the rock of our salvation. 
 
 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving ; and 
 show ourselves glad in him with psalms. 
 
 For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all 
 Gods. 
 
 ! 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. 
 
 Manifold, God ! are thy wondrous and bounteous works : 
 They are more than can be numbered. 
 
 In thee we live and move and have our being. The testi- 
 monies of thy loving kindness are ever about us. 
 
 Thou doest good unto us, and givest us rain from Heaven, 
 and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with strength and glad- 
 ness. 
 
 Thou hast sent thine only Son into the world to be a propitia- 
 tion for our sins. 
 
 Thou hast honored us with a holy calling ; thou hast adopted 
 us ; thou hast offered us the enjoyment of thy glory. 
 
 For all these things we bless thee, and we magnify continually 
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106 CANTICLES. [Part 
 
 thy glorious name ; saying with the angels and all the 
 heavenly host : 
 
 Holy, holy, holy ! Lord God of hosts ! Heaven and Earth are 
 full of thy glory, God ! most high. 
 
 Let our mouths show forth thy praise for ever. 
 
 Let all that hath breath, bless thee for ever and ever. 
 
 Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy 
 Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, 
 world without end. Amen. 
 
 SECOND CANTICLE. 
 
 OYE righteous ! sing unto the Lord with joy ; for it be- 
 cometh well the just to be thankful. 
 Praise the Lord, sing unto him a new song; for all his works 
 are done in truth. 
 
 All the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord : Let all the 
 inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. 
 
 Lord ! in the abundance of thy mercy, will I enter into thy 
 house, and bow down with reverence in thy holy temple. 
 
 1 will wash my hands in innocency ; so will I compass thine 
 altar, Lord ! 
 
 And with the voice of thanksgiving tell of thy wondrous 
 works. 
 
 My God ! I love the habitation of thy house, and the place 
 where thine honor dwelleth. 
 
 Make us to hear of thy goodness early in the morning, for 
 our hope is in thee. 
 
 Make us to know the paths wherein we should walk ; for we 
 have lifted up our hearts unto thee. 
 
 Teach us to do thy will, for thou art our God. 
 
 May thy good spirit lead us into the right way. 
 
 Fill us with thy goodness, that we may pass our days in 
 gladness. 
 
 May the work of thy grace be manifested in us ; and we 
 shall bless thy holy name. 
 
 Let us bless the Lord who crowneth us day by day with his 
 benefits. 
 
Fifth.] CANTICLES. 107 
 
 Let us render thanks to the Father, who hath prepared us to 
 partake of the inheritance of the saints in light ; 
 
 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath 
 brought us into the kingdom of his well beloved Son. 
 
 Glory be, &c. 
 
 THIRD CANTICLE. 
 
 T3RAISE ye the Lord, call upon his name ; make known his 
 -'- deeds among the people. 
 
 Sing unto him ; sing psalms unto him ; tell ye of all his 
 wondrous works. 
 
 Bejoice ye in his holy name ; let the hearts of those rejoice 
 who seek the Lord. 
 
 Seek the Lord and his strength ; seek his face evermore ; 
 remember his marvellous works. 
 
 Great is our Lord and great is his power : His wisdom is 
 infinite. 
 
 Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving, answering one unto 
 another ; sing psalms unto our God. 
 
 Praise the Lord, Jerusalem ! Praise thy God, Zion ! 
 
 He strengtheneth the bars of thy gates, and blesseth thy 
 children within thee. 
 
 It is he who maketh peace in thy borders. 
 
 It is he who showeth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and 
 ordinances unto Israel : 
 
 He hath not dealt so with any nation. 
 
 It is he, who so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, 
 that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish but have 
 everlasting life. 
 
 What shall we render unto the Lord for all his benefits 
 towards us. 
 
 We will receive the cup of salvation, and call upon the name 
 of the Lord. 
 
 We will pay our vows unto him now, in the presence of his 
 people ; in the courts of his house. Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 Glory be, &c. 
 
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 FOURTPI CANTICLE. 
 
 WE will extol tliee, God, our King ! and we will bless 
 thy name for ever and ever. 
 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised ; his greatness is 
 unsearchable. 
 
 One generation shall praise thy works unto another. 
 We will speak of the glory, of thy majesty. 
 We will show forth the memorial of thine abundant kind- 
 ness ; we will declare thy righteousness with songs of triumph. 
 The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger 
 and of great mercy. 
 
 The Lord is good to all ; his tender mercies are over all his 
 works. 
 
 All thy works shall praise thee, Lord ! and thy saints shall 
 bless thee ; 
 
 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of 
 thy power. 
 
 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion 
 endureth throughout all ages. 
 
 The Lord upholdeth all those who fall ; and raiseth up all 
 who are bowed down. 
 
 The eyes of *all wait upon thee, and thou givest them their 
 meat in due season. 
 
 Thou openest thine hand and satisfiest the desire of every 
 living tiling. 
 
 The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his 
 works. 
 
 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him ; unto all 
 that call upon him in truth. 
 
 He fulfilleth the desire of those who fear him ; he heareth 
 their cry and saveth them. 
 
 The Lord preserveth all those who love him ; but all the 
 wicked will he destroy. 
 
 Our mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord, and we will 
 bless his holy name for ever and ever. 
 Glory be, &c. 
 
Fifth.] CANTICLES. 109 
 
 FIFTH CANTICLE. 
 
 OLORD ! God of our Fathers, thou art blessed, thou art 
 worthy to be praised and exalted above all, for ever and 
 ever. 
 
 Blessed is the holy name of thy majesty. Thou art blessed 
 in thy holy temple. 
 
 Thou art blessed in the glorious throne of thy kingdom ; 
 thou art celebrated and glorified eternally. 
 
 ! all ye works of the Lord, praise him and exalt him above 
 all, for ever. 
 
 Ye Heavens praise him : Ye Angels of the Lord praise him : 
 
 ! all ye creatures of the Heavens, and of the Earth, and 
 of the Seas, praise him and exalt him above all, for ever. 
 
 Ye children of men praise him. Let Israel bless the Lord, 
 praise him and exalt him above all, for ever. 
 
 Ye Priests and Ministers of the Lord ; ye spirits and souls 
 of the righteous ; ye Saints, humble of heart, bless the Lord ; 
 praise him and exalt him above all power. 
 
 ! all ye servants of the Lord, bless the Lord, the God of 
 Gods ; for he is good and his mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 Thou art blessed, Lord God of our Fathers, and blessed is the 
 name of thy glory in all thy churches, through Jesus Christ 
 our Lord. 
 
 Thou art worthy to be praised for ever and ever. Let us all 
 bless the Lord our God, let us praise him and magnify him for 
 ever. 
 
 Glory be, &c. 
 
 SIXTH CANTICLE. 
 
 OGOD ! we praise thee with our whole heart ; we sing 
 psalms unto thee. 
 We humble ourselves before thee in thy holy temple. 
 We praise thy name for thy loving kindness and thy truth. 
 Lord ! we adore thine infinite majesty, we bless thee for thy 
 great mercy, and we rejoice in thy salvation. 
 
 Marvellous indeed is thy loving kindness unto men. 
 Thou hast sent thy Son, to manifest the truth of the promises 
 made unto the Fathers ; 
 
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 To the end that the Gentiles might praise thee for thy mercy. 
 
 Wherefore, we will praise thee among the nations, and sing 
 unto thy name. 
 
 Eejoice, yé Gentiles ! with his people. 
 
 ! praise the Lord, all ye nations, and celebrate him all ye 
 people ; 
 
 Ye who in time past, were not his people, but are now the 
 people of God ; 
 
 Ye, who in time past had not obtained mercy, but now have 
 obtained mercy. 
 
 ! the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of 
 God! 
 
 How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past 
 finding out ! 
 
 Who hath known the mind of the Lord, and who hath been 
 his counselor? 
 
 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things, 
 to whom be glory for ever. 
 
 Glory be, &c. 
 
 SEVENTH CANTICLE. 
 
 OLET us be joyful in the Lord our God ! Let us serve the 
 Lord with gladness, and come before his presence with a 
 song. 
 
 Know ye that the Lord is God ; it is he who hath made us, 
 and not we ourselves ; we are his people and the sheep of his 
 pasture. 
 
 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts 
 with praise. Be thankful imto him and bless his name. 
 
 For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlasting, and his 
 truth endureth from generation to generation. 
 
 God ! we adore thee as our God, as our Creator, and as the 
 Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 We humble ourselves in thy presence, and acknowledge thine 
 infinite majesty. 
 
 The angels adore thee in Heaven, and all the heavenly host 
 bow down before thee. 
 
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 Receive the homage which we offer to thee upon earth, 
 we who are poor mortals, miserable sinners, thy creatures 
 by nature, and thy children by grace. 
 
 Glory be, &c. 
 
 EIGHTH CANTICLE. 
 
 C^OME and let us present ourselves before the Lord : let us 
 -^ adore him in his temple ; let us humble ourselves in his 
 sanctuary. 
 
 The Lord is here ! How venerable, how sacred is this place ! 
 this is the house of God ; this is the gate of Heaven. 
 
 Lord ! God of our Fathers, thou art blessed for ever. To 
 thee belong greatness, power, glory, eternity, majesty. 
 
 All that is in Heaven and in Earth is thine : the kingdom is 
 thine. 
 
 Thou art a Prince above all things ; thou art Sovereign over 
 all. Riches and honor, power and might, are in thy hand. 
 
 Now, therefore, our God ! we magnify thee and praise thy 
 glorious name. 
 
 Who are we, and who are this people, that we are enabled 
 freely to offer unto thee this service, and this praise ? 
 
 We are strangers before thee, and our days pass away as a 
 shadow. 
 
 Although we are but dust and ashes, behold we take upon 
 ourselves to speak unto thee. 
 
 Let the words of our mouths, be acceptable unto thee, 
 Lord ! 
 
 Let thy mercy be upon us, God ! as our trust is in thee. 
 
 Glory be, &c. 
 
 NINTH CANTICLE. 
 
 TTOW amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of Hosts. 
 J--L My soul desireth, yea even longeth to enter into the 
 courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh rejoice in the living 
 God. 
 
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 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house : they will be 
 always praising thee. 
 
 One day in thy courts is better than a thousand elsewhere : 
 I would rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than 
 dwell in the tents of ungodliness. 
 
 For the Lord God is a sun and a shield : no good thing doth 
 he withhold from them that walk uprightly. 
 
 Lord of Hosts ! blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. 
 
 God ! I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever : I will trust 
 in the covert of thy wings. 
 
 For thou, God ! hast heard my vows ; thou hast given me 
 the heritage of those who fear thy name. 
 
 1 am continually with thee, thou hast holden me by my right 
 hand. 
 
 Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, and afterwards receive 
 me to glory. 
 
 Whom have I in heaven but thee ? and there is none upon 
 earth that I desire besides thee. 
 
 They that forsake thee shall perish : thou wilt destroy all 
 them that corrupt themselves before thee. 
 
 But it is good for me to draw near unto God ; and to 
 put my trust in the Lord God. 
 
 Glory be, &c. 
 
 TENTH CANTICLE. 
 
 OGOD ! thou art my God, early do I seek thee : my soul 
 thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth after thee in a dry and 
 barren land. 
 
 I desire to see thy power and thy glory in thy sanctuary. 
 
 For thy loving kindness is better than life : therefore will I 
 bless thee whilst I live, and lift up my hands in thy holy name. 
 
 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to 
 approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts. 
 
 We shall be satisfied with the pleasures of thy house, even 
 of thy holy temple. 
 
 We will enter into thy temple with the sacrifice of thanks- 
 giving : and will pay our vows unto the Lord. 
 
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 Blessed be the Lord who crownetli us every day with his 
 goodness. 
 
 Blessed be God, the Eather of our Lord Jesus Christ, who 
 according to his abundant mercy, hath begotten us again, unto 
 a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead ; 
 
 To an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, and that fadeth 
 not away, reserved in Heaven for us. 
 
 Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth 
 wondrous things. 
 
 And blessed be his glorious name for ever : and let the whole 
 earth be filled with his glory. 
 
 Blessed be the Lord, from one generation to another : and 
 let all the people say, Amen. 
 
 Glory be, &c. 
 
 ELEVENTH CANTICLE. 
 
 OYE servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord. 
 Blessed be the name of the Lord, from this time forth and 
 for ever more. 
 
 From the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the 
 same, the Lord's name is to be praised. 
 
 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 : 
 and yet humbleth himself to behold the things that are in 
 Heaven and Earth. 
 
 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and of 
 great goodness. 
 
 He hath not dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded us 
 according to our iniquities. 
 
 God who is rich in mercy, for his great love, wherewith he 
 loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us 
 together with Christ ; 
 
 And hath raised us up together, and made us to sit in 
 heavenly places, in Cliiist Jesus. 
 
 May God grant that the eyes of our understanding being 
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 enlightened, we may know what is the hope of his calling, 
 and what the riches of the glory of. his inheritance in the 
 saints. 
 
 Unto this great God and Father, who is able to do exceeding 
 abundantly 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, through- 
 out all ages, world without end. 
 
 Glory be, &c. 
 
 TWELFTH CANTICLE. 
 
 T WILL sing of the mercies of the Lord. With my mouth 
 -^ will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. 
 
 Lord God of Hosts ! who is like unto thee ? Thou hast 
 a naighty arm ; strong is thy hand, and high is thy right 
 hand. 
 
 Justice and judgment are the foundation of thy throne : 
 mercy and truth go before thy face. 
 
 Great and marvellous are thy works. Lord God Almighty ! 
 Just and true are thy ways thou King of Saints ! 
 
 Who would not fear thee, Lord, and glorify thy name ? 
 For thou only «.rt holy. 
 
 All nations shall come and worship before thee ; for thy 
 judgments are made manifest. 
 
 Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous, and give thanks at the 
 remembrance of his holiness. 
 
 Praise his name, which is great, and greatly to be feared, for 
 it is holy. 
 
 Praise the power of the King, who loveth righteousness. 
 
 Exalt the Lord our God : and worship at his footstool, for he 
 is holy. 
 
 Praise him in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing 
 and making melody in your heart unto the Lord. 
 
 Give thanks always for all things, unto our God and Father, 
 in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 Glory be, &c. 
 
Fifth.] CANTICLES. 115 
 
 THIRTEENTH CANTICLE. 
 
 I WILL bless the Lord at all times : his praise shall con- 
 tinually be in my mouth. 
 
 My soul shall glory in the Lord ; the humble shall hear 
 thereof and be glad. 
 
 ! magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name 
 together. 
 
 taste and see how gracious the Lord is ! Blessed is the 
 man that trusteth in him. 
 
 Thy mercy, Lord ! reacheth unto the Heavens, and thy 
 truth unto the clouds. 
 
 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains ; thy judgments 
 are like the great deep ! Lord ! thou preservest man and beast. 
 
 How excellent is thy loving kindness, God ! Therefore, the 
 children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. 
 
 They shall be satisfied with the plenteousness of thy house, 
 and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasure. 
 
 For with thee is the fountain of life : and in thy light shall 
 we see light. 
 
 ! continue thy loving kindness unto them that know thee ; 
 and thy righteousness unto the upright in heart. 
 
 We give thee thanks, Lord ! that thou hast from the 
 beginning chosen us to salvation, through sanctification of the 
 Spirit, and belief of the truth : 
 
 Whereunto thou hast called us by the gospel to the obtaining 
 of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 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 forever. 
 
 Glory be, &c. 
 
 FOURTEENTH CANTICLE. 
 
 OLORD ! let our prayer be set forth in thy sight, as 
 incense ; and the lifting up of our hands be as the even- 
 ing sacrifice. 
 
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 Bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord ; je who 
 worship ill the house of the Lord. 
 
 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord. 
 
 Praise ye the Lord, sing praises unto our God ; for it is a 
 pleasant thing to be thankiul. 
 
 Our Lord is above all : whatever he pleaseth, that doeth he 
 in Heaven and in Earth, in the sea, and in all deep places. 
 
 Bless the Lord, house of Israel ! Bless the Lord, house 
 of Aaron ! Bless the Lord, house of Levi 1 Ye that fear 
 the Lord, bless the Lord. 
 
 God having' raised up his Son Jesus sent liini to bless us, in 
 turning away every one of us from his iniquities. 
 
 Thanks be unto God, for his unspeakable gift. 
 
 We give thanks to thee, God ! who art the Father of our 
 Lord Jesus Christ, for the hope which is laid up for us in 
 Heaven. 
 
 Glory be, &c. 
 
 FIFTEENTH CANTICLE. 
 
 XT is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord and to sing 
 -^ praises unto thy name, most High ! 
 
 To show fottli thy loving kindness in the morning, and thy 
 faithfulness every night. 
 
 Lord ! thou hast made us glad through thy works, and we 
 will rejoice in the operations of thy hands. 
 
 Lord ! how glorious are thy works ! Thy thoughts are 
 very deep. 
 
 Lord our God ! thou art clothed with majesty and honor. 
 
 Manifold are thy works ; in wisdom hast thou made them all. 
 
 The earth is full of thy riches. 
 
 The heavens declare thy gloiy, and the firmament showeth 
 the work of thy hands. 
 
 The glory of the Lord will endure forever ! The Lord will 
 rejoice in his works ! 
 
 Let all those who fear him bless him, saying : Holy, holy, 
 holy, Lord God Almighty I who wast, and art, and art to come. 
 
Fifth.] CANTICLES. 117 
 
 Thou art worthy to receive glory, and honor, and power ; for 
 thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they were 
 created. 
 
 Thou hast created new Heavens and a new earth, in redeem- 
 ing us through Jesus Christ ; 
 
 And hast prepared for us a resting place, that being entered 
 therein, we may rest from our labors, even as thou didst rest, 
 in that day when thou hadst finished thy works. 
 
 Wherefore we bless thee, Eternal God ! Creator and 
 Redeemer of the world, we magnify thy power and extol thy 
 mercy. 
 
 Glory be, &c. 
 
 SIXTEENTH CANTICLE. 
 
 COME ye and bless the Lord your God, for ever and ever : 
 And blessed, God ! be thy Glorious Name : 
 
 May thy holy name be magnified in our benedictions and 
 praises. 
 
 Thou only art the Lord ; thou hast made the Heavens and all 
 their hosts ; the earth and all that in it is ; the sea and aU 
 things therein. 
 
 All these dost thou preserve, and the Hosts of Heaven bow 
 down before thee. 
 
 Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundation of the 
 earth, and the Heavens are the work of thy hands : 
 
 They shall perish, but thou remainest ; they all shall wax 
 old, and shall be changed ; but thou art forever the same, and 
 thy years shall not fail. 
 
 All thy works shall praise thee, Lord ! thy saints shall 
 bless thee. 
 
 The works of the Lord are great ; sought out of all them, 
 that have pleasure therein. 
 
 His works are full of majesty and glory ; his righteousness 
 endureth forever. 
 
 The Lord is full of compassion ; his tender mercies are over 
 all his works. 
 
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 He hath remembered his covenant ; he hath sent redemption 
 unto his people ; holy and reverend is his name. 
 
 Let all creatures praise the Lord, and let him be forever 
 blessed in the congregation of the saints. 
 
 Glory be, &c. 
 
 SEVENTEENTH CANTICLE. 
 
 OCOME let us worship the Lord ; let us praise him and 
 give him thanks for all his benefits. 
 
 Lord ! our God, how excellent is thy name in all the earth. 
 Thy glory is above the Heavens. 
 
 Lord ! what is man, that thou art mindful of him ; and the 
 son of man, that thou visitest him ? 
 
 Thou hast created us by thy power ; Thou rulest over all, 
 and dost preserve us by thy providence. 
 
 Thy goodness unto men hath been made manifest: Thou 
 hast saved us, not by the works of righteousness, which we 
 may have done ; but through thy mercy in Jesus Christ : 
 
 That being justified by thy grace, we may be heirs of eternal life. 
 
 Lord Jesus ! thou art the only Son of the Father : thou art 
 God over all biessed forever. 
 
 Thou art the image of the invisible God : the first born of 
 all creatures. 
 
 By thee were all things created, that are in Heaven and Earth : 
 Thou wast before all things, and by thee do all things sub- 
 sist. 
 
 Thou gavest thyself for our sins that thou mightest deliver 
 us from this present evil world, according to the will of God, 
 our Father. 
 
 Thou art seated at the right hand of thy Father. Thou hast 
 all power in Heaven and Earth : 
 
 And we know that thou shalt come in thy glory to judge the 
 quick and the dead. 
 
 We place our trust in thee, our Saviour ; and ofi'er unto 
 thee our thanks. 
 
Fifth.] CANTICLES. 119 
 
 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. 
 
 Glory be, &c. 
 
 EIGHTEENTH CANTICLE. 
 
 SING unto the Lord, bless his name : show forth his salvation 
 from day to day. 
 
 For the Lord is great and greatly to be praised ; he is to be 
 feared above all Gods. 
 
 The gods of the nations are idols ; but the Lord made the 
 Heavens. 
 
 Majesty and glory are before him : power and excellence are 
 in his sanctuary. 
 
 Ascribe unto the Lord, ye people ; ascribe unto the Lord 
 glory and honor. 
 
 Ascribe unto the Lord, the honor due unto his name : bring 
 your offerings and come into his courts. 
 
 ! worship the Lord in the beauty of hohness ; let the whole 
 earth stand in awe of him. 
 
 Declare through all the earth the Lord reigneth ; with 
 righteousness will he judge the world and the people with 
 equity. 
 
 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he hath visited and 
 redeemed his people. 
 
 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
 who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly 
 places in Christ. 
 
 Blessed be God, who hath chosen us, in Jesus Christ, before 
 the foundation of the world ; that we should be holy and with- 
 out blame before him in love ; 
 
 Having predestinated us unto adoption by Jesus Christ to 
 himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise 
 and glory of his grace. 
 
 Glory be, &c. 
 
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 NINETEENTH CANTICLE. 
 
 The Te Deinn. 
 TTTE praise tliee, God ! we acknowledge thee to be the 
 ' * Lord. All the earth doth worship thee, the Father, 
 everlasting. 
 
 The angels lift up their voices ; the Heavens and all the 
 powers therein. 
 
 Cherubim and Seraphim, continually adore thee, saying : 
 Holy, holy, holy. Lord God of hosts ; Heaven and Earth are 
 full of the majesty of thy glory. 
 
 The glorious company of prophets, and apostles, and martyrs, 
 celebrate thy praises. 
 
 The Holy Church Universal doth praise thee throughout all 
 the world, and doth acknowledge thee ; 
 
 The Father of an infinite majesty ; also thine adorable, only 
 Son, and the Holy Spirit our Comforter. 
 
 Thou art the King of Glory, Christ. 
 
 Thou art the eternal Son of the Father. 
 
 It pleased thee to redeem mankind ; and thou didst humble 
 thyself to be born of a Virgin. 
 
 When thou hadst triumphed over death, thou didst open the 
 Kingdom of Heaven to all believers. 
 
 Thou sittest at the right hand of God, in the glory of the 
 Father. 
 
 We believe that thou wilt come to be our Judge. 
 
 We, therefore, beseech thee help thy servants, whom thou 
 hast redeemed with thy precious blood. 
 
 May they be numbered with thy saints in glory everlasting. 
 
 Lord ! save thy people, and bless thine heritage. 
 
 Govern and sustain them for ever. 
 
 Day by day, we magnify thee. 
 
 And we praise thy name, ever world without end. 
 
 Vouchsafe, Lord ! to keep us this day without sin. 
 
 Lord ! have mercy upon us, have" mercy upon us. 
 
 Let thy mercy be upon us, Lord ! our trust is in thee. 
 
 Lord ! in thee have we trusted ; let us never be con- 
 founded. 
 
 Glory be, &c. 
 
Fifth.] CANTICLES. 121 
 
 CANTICLES FOR HOLY DAYS AND FOR PARTICULAR 
 OCCASIONS. 
 
 TWENTIETH CANTICLE. 
 
 For the Eve of the NaUvily. 
 
 O ING unto the Lord a new song : let his praise he declared 
 ^- throughout the earth and in the sea. 
 
 Let the wilderness and the cities lift up their voice ; let men 
 rejoice with songs of triumph. 
 
 Let them give glory unto the Lord : let them make known 
 his praises among the isles. 
 
 The Lord hath comforted his people : The Lord hath made 
 bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations : and all the 
 ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. 
 
 Say ye to the daughter of Zion : behold thy Saviour cometh : 
 behold, his reward is with him and his recompense before him. 
 
 Be strong, fear not, behold your God, who cometh to save 
 you. 
 
 Unto you that fear my name, shall the Sun of righteousness 
 arise, with healing in his rays. 
 
 The Glory of the Lord shall be revealed : and all flesh shall 
 see it together. 
 
 Death shall be swallowed up in victory : and the Lord God 
 will wipe away all tears from our eyes. 
 
 In that day shall it be said : Lo ! this is our God : we have 
 waited for him, and he will save us. 
 
 Lo ! this is the Lord ; we will rejoice in his salvation. 
 
 Sanctify yourselves, and be ye ready ; to-morrow shall ye 
 see the glory of God. 
 
 The Lord is at hand ; let us prepare the way of the Lord. 
 
 Let us make his paths straight. 
 
 Let us go before him with praise : and with thanksgiving. 
 
 Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. 
 
 Glory be, &c. 
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1'22 CANTICLES. [Part 
 
 TWENTY-FIRST CANTICLE. 
 
 Fo7' the Day of the Ndtwity. 
 T3EH0LD ! I bring you good tidings of great joy. 
 J-^ For unto you is born this day, in the city of David, a 
 Saviour, which is Christ the Lord ! 
 
 Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will towards 
 men. 
 
 Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given ; and the gov- 
 ernment shall be on his shoulders ; and his name shall be called 
 Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, 
 the Prince of Peace. 
 
 God hath remembered his covenant : he hath sent redemp- 
 tion unto his people. 
 
 When the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his 
 Son, born of a woman and made subject to the law, that we 
 might receive the adoption of children. 
 
 Israel hath been saved in the Lord with an everlasting sal- 
 vation. 
 
 This is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes. 
 
 This is the day which the Lord hath made : we will rejoice 
 and be glad in it. 
 
 Behold, now is the accepted time ; behold, now is the day of 
 salvation. 
 
 Let it be said throughout the earth, the Lord reigneth ; let 
 the Heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad. 
 
 For with righteousness will he judge the world, and the 
 people with his truth. 
 
 Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord ; and 
 blessed be the Kingdom of David, our Father ; Hosanna in the 
 highest. 
 
 Glory be, «S:c. 
 
 TWENTY-SECOND CANTICLE. 
 
 For the Day of the Nativity. 
 T>LESSED be the Lord God of Israel, for he hath visited 
 -^-^ and redeemed his people ; 
 
 And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us, in the house 
 of his servant David. 
 
Fifth.] CANTICLES. 123 
 
 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, that we 
 should be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all 
 that hate us ; 
 
 To perform the mercy promised to our Fathers, and to 
 remember his holy covenant ; 
 
 The oath which he sware unto our Father Abraham, 
 
 That he would grant unto us, that we, being delivered out of 
 the hand of our enemies, might serve him, without fear. 
 
 In holiness and righteousness, all the days of our life. 
 
 He hath given the knowledge of salvation unto his people, 
 by the remission of their sins, 
 
 Through the tender mercy of our God, whereby the day- 
 spring from on high hath visited us. 
 
 To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow 
 of death ; to guide our feet into the way of peace. 
 
 Glory be, &c. 
 
 TWENTY-THIRD CANTICLE. 
 
 For the Day of the JVatititi/. 
 
 T ET us bless the Lord, the God who hath created and 
 -*-^ redeemed the world ; let us praise his goodness and his 
 mercy. 
 
 What is man that thou art mindful of him, and the son of 
 man that thou visitest him. 
 
 Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels : Thou 
 hast crowned him with glory and honor : 
 
 And thou hast made him to have dominion over the works of 
 thy hands. 
 
 When we were dead in our trespasses and sins, thou didst 
 cause thy Son to be born of a woman ; thou didst make him a 
 partaker of flesh and blood, that he might be a merciful High 
 Priest. 
 
 There is no salvation in any other ; for there is none other 
 name under Heaven, given among men, whereby we may be 
 saved, but the name of Jesus. 
 
 He is the image of the invisible God ; the first-born of all 
 
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 creatures. For by him were all things created that are in 
 Heaven and Earth. 
 
 In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God. 
 
 The same was in the beginning with God. 
 
 Blessed be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who 
 hath predestinated us into the adoption of children, by Jesus 
 Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will. 
 
 Glory be, &c. 
 
 TWENTY-FOURTH CANTICLE. 
 
 For the Day after the Nativity. 
 
 SING unto the Lord a new song, for he hath done marvellous 
 things. 
 
 With his own right hand, and his holy arm, hath he gotten 
 himself the victory. 
 
 The Lord hath made known his salvation : his righteousness 
 hath he openly showed in the sight of the heathen. 
 
 He hath remembered his mercy and his truth. 
 
 Show yourselves joyful unto the Lord, all ye lands ; rejoice 
 and sing praises. 
 
 Let the sea make a noise, and all that therein is ; the world 
 and they that dwell therein. 
 
 Let the floods clap their hands, and let the hills be joyful to- 
 gether before the Lord, for he cometh to judge the earth ; with 
 righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with 
 equity. 
 
 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation: That 
 Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners. 
 
 The word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we 
 beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten Son of the 
 Father, full of grace and truth. 
 
 Lord ! now lettest thou thy servants depart in peace. 
 For our eyes have seen thy salvation, which thou hast pre- 
 pared before the face of all people : 
 
 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people 
 Israel. 
 
 Glory be, &c. 
 
Fifth.] CANTICLES. 125 
 
 TWENTY-FIFTH CANTICLE. 
 
 For the Day of the Crucifixion. 
 
 C^ HEIST our passover, was sacrificed for us, as of this clay. 
 -^ He was delivered for our offences ; he bare our sins in 
 his body on the tree : 
 
 And God hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. 
 
 His soul was exceedingly sorrowful, even unto death : 
 
 He was brought as a lamb to the slaughter : he humbled 
 himself even unto the death of the cross. 
 
 He was taken away through the force of agony and of con- 
 demnation ; and he was cut off out of the land of the hving. 
 
 Let us sing a new song to our God, and to the Lam»b, saying : 
 Thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood, 
 out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation : 
 
 And hast made us unto our God, kings and priests. 
 
 Worthy is the Lamb that was slain, to receive power and 
 riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and 
 blessing for ever and ever. 
 
 Let every creature that is in heaven, and on the earth, give 
 praise and honor to him that sitteth on the throne, and unto 
 the Lamb. 
 
 Now is come the Kingdom of' God and the power of his Christ. 
 
 If God be for us, who can be against us ? He that spared 
 not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he 
 not with him also, freely give us all things ? 
 
 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. 
 Glory be, &c. 
 
 TWENTY-SIXTH CANTICLE. 
 
 For the Day of the Crucifixion. 
 
 LET us bless God our Father, who hath chosen us in his 
 infinite wisdom, through the spirit of holiness, to be 
 obedient unto Jesus Christ, and to be partakers in the fruits of 
 his death. 
 
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 Through him we have redemption, even the remission of our 
 sins. 
 
 Lord Jesus ! thou gavest thyself for us, that thou mightest 
 dehver us from this present evil world, according to the will of 
 God, our Father. 
 
 Knowing that in burnt offerings and sacrifices, God had no 
 pleasure : 
 
 Thou saidst, Lo ! I come ; in the volume of the book it is 
 written of me, to do thy will, God ! 
 
 After thou hadst offered one sacrifice for sin, thou didst sit 
 down forever at the right hand of God. 
 
 For by this one offering thou hast perfected forever them 
 that are sanctified. 
 
 Thy throne, God I endureth for ever and ever ; a sceptre 
 of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. 
 
 Thou hast loved righteousness ; therefore God, even thy God, 
 hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. 
 
 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect ? It is 
 God that justifieth. 
 
 Who is he that condemneth ? It is Christ that died ; yea 
 rather that is risen again. 
 
 He died for our offences, and was raised again for our justi- 
 fication. 
 
 We have not a high priest, who cannot be touched with the 
 feeling of our infirmities ; but we have one who was in all 
 points tempted, yet without sin. 
 
 Glory be, &c. 
 
 TWENTY-SEVENTH CANTICLE. 
 
 For the Day of the Resurrection. 
 
 C HEIST our passover was sacrificed for us : 
 Therefore, let us keep the feast, not with the leaven of 
 wickedness and hypocrisy, but with the unleavened bread of 
 sincerity and truth. 
 
 Christ being raised from the dead, dieth no more ; death hath 
 no more dominion over him. 
 
 He died unto sin once, but now he hveth unto God. 
 
Fifth.] CANTICLES. 127 
 
 Being the Prince of Life, it was not possible that he should 
 be holden of the bonds of death. 
 
 God hath not left his soul in the place of departed spirits ; 
 neither hath he suffered his Holy One to see corruption. 
 
 He was dead, but he liveth for ever more ; and hath the keys 
 of hell and of death. 
 
 Christ is risen from the dead and become the first fruits of 
 them that sleep. 
 
 Since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection 
 of the dead : And as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall 
 all be made alive, at his coming. 
 
 Death is swallowed up in victory. death ! where is thy 
 sting ? grave ! where is thy victory ? 
 
 Thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory, through our 
 Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 Glory be, &c. 
 
 TWENTY-EIGHTH CANTICLE. 
 
 For the Bay of the Resurrection. 
 
 THIS is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation : 
 That Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners. 
 
 Therefore we will sing hymns in honor of our God ; and 
 praise him above all, for ever and ever. 
 
 Thou hast not spared thine own Son. 
 
 Thou hast ordained that he should be despised and rejected 
 of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief ; 
 
 That he should be wounded for our transgressions, and 
 bruised for our iniquities ; 
 
 That the chastisement of our peace should be upon him ; 
 and that by his stripes we should be healed. 
 
 Forasmuch as children are partakers of flesh and blood, 
 thou didst choose that thy Son should be partaker of the same ; 
 that through his death, he might destroy him, that had the 
 power of death : 
 
 And deliver them, who through fear of death, were all their 
 life-time subject to bondage. 
 
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 Now is come salvation and strengtli, the Kingdom of our Grod 
 and the power of his Christ. 
 
 We see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, 
 crowned with glory and honor ; that he by the grace of God, 
 should taste death for every man. 
 
 Let us sing the new song of those who were redeemed from 
 among men, being the first fruits unto God and to the Lamb. 
 
 Let us fear God and give glory to him : let us worship him 
 who made Heaven and Earth, and the sea, and the fountains of 
 waters. 
 
 Glory be, &c. 
 
 TWENTY-NINTH CANTICLE. 
 
 For the Day of the Besurrection. 
 
 O TASTE and see that the Lord is gracious. 
 Coming unto him as unto a living stone ; disallowed 
 indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious ; 
 
 Ye also as living stones are built up a spiritual house, a holy 
 priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God, 
 through Jesus Christ. 
 
 Ye, who in time past were not his people, but are now the 
 people of God^ ye, who had not obtained mercy, but now have 
 obtained mercy ; 
 
 Consider well, that ye were not redeemed with corruptible 
 things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation ; 
 
 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without 
 blemish, and without spot. 
 
 By him ye believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, 
 and gave him glory, that your faith and hope might be in God. 
 
 Let us bless him who cometh in the name of the Lord. 
 
 Though he were the Son of God, yet learned he obedience, 
 by the things which he suffered : 
 
 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal 
 salvation, unto all them that obey him. 
 
 Having therefore, brethren, liberty to enter into the holiest, 
 by the blood of Jesus ; 
 
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 Let us draw near with, a true heart, in full assurance of faith, 
 having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience. 
 
 Through him we have access by one spirit unto the Father. 
 
 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly, 
 above all that we ask or think, according to the power that 
 worketh in us ; unto him be glory in the Church throughout 
 all ages. 
 
 Glory be, &c. 
 
 THIRTIETH CANTICLE. 
 
 For the Day of the Resurrection. 
 
 LET us worship him who liveth for ever and ever. 
 Let all creatures which are in Heaven and on the earth, 
 and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that 
 are in them, say : 
 
 Blessing and honor, and glory and power, be unto him that 
 sitteth on the throne and to the Lamb, for ever and ever. 
 
 Grod so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, 
 that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have 
 everlasting life. 
 
 God commendeth his love towards us, in that while we were 
 yet sinners, Christ died for us. 
 
 If when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the 
 death of his Son, much more being reconciled, shall we be 
 saved by his life. 
 
 Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, 
 that he might bring us to God ; being put to death in the flesh, 
 but quickened by the Spirit. 
 
 He bare our sins in his own body, on the tree, that we being 
 dead to sin, should live unto righteousness ; by whose stripes 
 we are healed. 
 
 Wherefore, we bless thee, Lord God, Creator and Redeemer 
 of the world, we extol thy power and praise thy mercy, saying : 
 
 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
 who according to his abundant mercy, hath begotten us again 
 unto a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the 
 dead. 
 
 Glory be, «S:c. 
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 THIRTY-FIRST CANTICLE. 
 
 For the Day of the Ascension. 
 
 THE Lord said unto my Lord, sit thou at my rig-lit hand, 
 until I make thine enemies thy footstool. 
 
 The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion, 
 saying : Bule thou in the midst of thine enemies. 
 
 The Lord hath sworn and will not repent, thou art a Priest 
 for ever, after the order of Melchizedek. 
 
 ! clap your hands, all ye people : shout unto God with the 
 voice of triumph. 
 
 God is gone up with rejoicing ; the Lord hath gone up with 
 the song of victory. 
 
 Lift up your heads, ye gates, and be ye lift up ye ever- 
 lasting doors, and the King of Glory shall come in. 
 
 Who is the King of Glory ? It is the Lord strong and 
 mighty ; he is the King of Glory. 
 
 Sing praises unto God, sing praises unto our King ; for God 
 is the king of all the earth ; he reigneth over the nations ; he 
 sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. 
 
 Let all men bow down before him : and let all the angels of 
 God worship him. 
 
 Thy throne, God ! is for ever and ever : a sceptre of right- 
 eousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. 
 
 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest iniquity ; therefore 
 God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness 
 above thy fellows. 
 
 Thou didst ascend up on high ; thou didst lead captivity 
 captive ; thou hast received gifts for men. 
 
 Thou art gone to thy Father's house, to prepare mansions for 
 us. 
 
 Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect ? It is 
 God that justifieth. 
 
 Who is he that condemneth ? It is Christ that died ; yea, 
 rather that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, 
 who also maketh intercession for us. 
 
 Glory be, &c. 
 
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 THIRTY-SECOND CANTICLE. 
 
 Foi' the Eve of the Ascension and the Day After. 
 ^"P^HE Lord reigneth ; let the people tremble ; he sitteth be- 
 ^ tween the Cherubim ; let the earth be moved. 
 
 He is high above all the earth ; he is exalted far above all 
 the Heavens. 
 
 God, who is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, hath highly 
 exalted him, and given him a name, which is above everj^ name : 
 
 That, at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow, of things 
 in Heaven, and things on earth, and things under the earth : 
 
 And that every tongue should confess, that Jesus Christ is 
 Lord, to the glory of God, the Father. 
 
 All power hath been given unto him in Heaven and on Earth. 
 God hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the 
 head over all things to the Church. 
 
 We have hberty to enter into the holiest, by the blood of 
 Jesus, by a new and hving way, which he hath consecrated for 
 us through the vail, that is to say, his flesh. 
 
 Let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, 
 having our hearts purified from an evil conscience, and our 
 bodies washed with pure water. 
 
 Let us come with confidence unto the throne of grace, that 
 we may obtain mercy and help in time of need. 
 
 Glory be, &c. 
 
 THIRTY-TmRD CANTICLE. 
 
 For Pentecost. 
 X ET us bless the Lord, let us praise his goodness ; let us 
 -'-^ come before his presence, with psalms and thanksgivings. 
 
 God hath raised up his Son Jesus, and set him at his own 
 right hand ; 
 
 And shed upon his apostles, the promise of the Holy Spirit, 
 that they might speak divers tongues, and that wonders and 
 miracles might be done in his name. 
 
 He hath made effectual the word of his servants ; the king- 
 doms of this world, the people and the nations have heard them 
 and have become obedient unto our Lord and his Christ. 
 
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 We give thee thanks, Lord, God Almighty ! who art, and 
 wast, and art to come, because thou hast taken to thee thy 
 great power, and hast entered into thy kingdom. 
 
 We bless thee, because according to thy promises, thou 
 hast sent us the Comforter, even the Spirit of Truth to remain 
 with us always. 
 
 Because we are thy children, thou hast sent forth the Spirit 
 of thy Son into our hearts, crying Abba, Father. 
 
 This Spirit beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the 
 children of God. 
 
 This Spirit helpeth our infirmities ; maketh intercession for 
 us ; and causeth us to groan within ourselves, waiting for the 
 redemption of our body, and the glorious liberty of the 
 children of God. 
 
 This Spirit is the earnest of our inheritance, whereby we are 
 sealed unto the day of redemption. Thanks be unto God for 
 this unspeakable gift. 
 
 Glory be, «fee. 
 
 THIRTY- FOURTH CANTICLE. 
 
 For Pentecost. 
 
 I^OT unto us, Lord ! not unto us, but unto thy name give 
 -Ll glory. 
 
 Our God is in Heaven : He doth whatsoever pleaseth him. 
 
 The Lord hath been mindful of us : He Avill bless them that 
 fear him, both small and great. 
 
 Ye are blessed of the Lord who made Heaven and Earth. 
 
 He hath poured out his Spirit upon the posterity of his 
 people. 
 
 He hath put in them a new spirit, that they should walk in 
 his commandments, that they should keep his laws ; 
 
 To the end, that they might be his people, and that he might 
 be their God. 
 
 Who is so great a God, as our God ? Thou art the God that 
 doest wonders. 
 
 Thou hast poured out thy Spirit upon all flesh. 
 
Fifth.] CANTICLES. 133 
 
 For to one, thou hast given by the Spirit, the word of wisdom ; 
 to another, the word of knowledge by the same Spirit ; 
 
 To another, faith by the same Spirit ; to another, prophecy. 
 
 All these worketh that one and the self same Spirit, dividing 
 to every man severally as it hath pleased him. 
 
 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
 who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings, in heavenly 
 places, in Christ : 
 
 According- as he hath chosen us in him, before the foundation 
 of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before 
 him. 
 
 God ! enlighten thou the eyes of our understanding, that 
 we may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the 
 riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints. 
 
 Glory be, &c. 
 
 THIRTY-FIFTH CANTICLE. 
 
 For Pentecost. 
 
 BLESSED be the Lord our God, for he hath showed us 
 marvellous kindness. 
 
 Lord ! how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up 
 for them that fear thee ; and hast prepared for them that put 
 their trust in thee, before the sons of men. 
 
 The Lord hath remembered his mercy and truth. Having 
 exalted his Son to his right hand, he hath fulfilled this promise : 
 
 1 will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh ; your sons and your 
 daughters shall prophecy. 
 
 On my servants and on my hand maidens, I will pour out my 
 Spirit. 
 
 This promise was unto our fathers, and to their children, and 
 to all that were afar off, even as many as the Lord, our God, 
 shall call. 
 
 AVherefore, our God ! we bless thee as our benefactor, and 
 thou slialt ever be the subject of our songs. 
 
 We will speak of thy greatness ; we will make known every 
 where the remembrance of thy loving kindness. 
 
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 Thy mercy, Lord ! reaclieth unto the Heavens, and thy 
 faithfulness unto the clouds. 
 
 Ho ! all ye that thirst, come unto the waters. 
 
 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteous- 
 ness ; for they shall be filled. 
 
 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your 
 children ; how much more shall your Father, who is in Heaven, 
 give his Holy Spirit to them that ask him. 
 
 God ! turn thy face from our sins, and blot out all our 
 iniquities. 
 
 God ! create in us clean hearts, and renew a right spirit 
 within us. 
 
 Cast us not away from thy presence, and take not thy Holy 
 Spirit from us. 
 
 Let thy loving Spirit lead us forth into the land of righteous- 
 ness. 
 
 Glory be, &c, 
 
 THIRTY-SIXTH CANTICLE. 
 For Pentecost. 
 
 THERE is therefore now no condemnation to them that are 
 in Christ Jesus ; who walk not after the flesh but after the 
 Spirit. 
 
 The law of the Spirit of hfe in Christ Jesus, hath made them 
 free from the law of sin and death. 
 
 We have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit 
 which is of God ; that we might know the things that are freely 
 given to us of God. 
 
 The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of 
 God, for they are foolishness unto him ; neither can he know 
 them, because they are spiritually discerned. 
 
 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things. 
 
 Let us aim at spiritual gifts. For they that are after the 
 flesh do mind the things of the flesh ; but they that are after 
 the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. . 
 
 But we are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be, that 
 the Spirit of God dwelleth in us. 
 
Fifth.] CANTICLES. 135 
 
 This Spirit, which God sendeth into our hearts, convinceth us 
 that we are no longer in bondage, but that we are his children, 
 and if children, then heirs of God, through Jesus Christ. 
 
 If the Spirit of him, that raised up Jesus from the dead, 
 dwell in us, he that raised up Christ from the dead, shall also 
 quicken our mortal bodies, by his Spirit that dwelleth in us. 
 
 Glory be, &c. 
 
 THIRTY-SEVENTH CANTICLE. 
 For Pentecost. 
 
 X ET us proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord. 
 
 -'-^ Let us say unto Zion, ye shall be named the Priests of 
 
 the Lord : men shall call you the Ministers of our God ; 
 
 And all that see you, shall acknowledge that you are the seed 
 which the Lord hath blessed. 
 
 We will greatly rejoice in the Lord ; our souls shall be joyful 
 in our God ; 
 
 For he hath clothed us with the garments of salvation, as a 
 bridegroom decketh hii:aself with ornaments. 
 
 The Lord loveth the gates of Zion, more than all the dwell- 
 ings of Jacob. 
 
 Glorious things are spoken of thee, City of God. 
 
 Thither the tribes went up, the tribes of the Lord, to give 
 thanks unto the name of the Lord. 
 
 The glory of the latter house hath been greater than of the 
 former. 
 
 The Lord, whom men sought, even the Messenger of the 
 covenant, whom they delighted in, hath come to his temple. 
 
 After that he had humbled himself, God did highly exalt 
 him. 
 
 He hath stretched forth his hand ; he hath granted unto his 
 servants, that with all boldness they should speak his word : 
 
 And that signs and wonders should be done, by the name of 
 the holy child Jesus. 
 
 The apostles, filled with the Holy Spirit, gave witness with 
 great power of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. 
 
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 The multitude of them that beHeved at Jerusalem, were of 
 one heart and of one soul ; 
 
 Neither said any of them that aught of the things, which he 
 possessed, was his own ; and great grace was upon them all. 
 
 Blessed be the Lord, who hath thus inclined his Church ; 
 and who will never suffer that the gates of hell should prevail 
 against it. 
 
 Glory be, &c. 
 
 THIRTY-EIGHTH CANTICLE. 
 
 For the Holy Days of Septemhei'. 
 
 OGIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is good ; his mercy 
 endureth for ever. 
 
 Let them that fear the Lord, now say that his mercy endureth 
 for ever. 
 
 The Lord is our strength and the subject of our songs ; He 
 is our Redeemer. 
 
 The Lord hath done marvellous things. 
 
 He hath remembered his covenant : He hath visited and 
 redeemed his people. 
 
 God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son ; 
 that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have 
 everlasting life. 
 
 He hath given us the bread from Heaven, which giveth life 
 unto the world. 
 
 Let us praise him, let us glorify and bless his name. 
 
 Let us give thanks unto God our Father, who hath made us 
 meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light. 
 
 Salvation cometh from our God that sitteth upon the throne, 
 and from the Lamb, for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
 Blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and 
 strength, be unto our God, for ever and ever. 
 
 Praise our God, all ye his servants, both small and great. 
 
 The Lord our God Omnipotent, reigneth ; and we shall reign 
 with him for ever and ever. 
 
 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor unto him : for the 
 
Fifth.] CANTICLES. 137 
 
 marriage of the Lamb is come, and his bride hath m.ade herself 
 ready. 
 
 Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper 
 of the Lamb. 
 
 We shall be satisfied, God, with the plenteousness of thy 
 house ; and thou wilt make us drink of the river of thy 
 pleasures. 
 
 Glory be, &g. 
 
 THIRTY-NINTH CANTICLE. 
 
 For the Holy Days of September. 
 COME, let us be joyful at the festival; let us heartily 
 rejoice in the presence of the Lord our God : 
 
 We, our sons and our daughters, our men servants and our 
 maid servants, and the stranger who is within our borders. 
 
 Our God hath redeemed us from among all nations, and hath 
 become the author of eternal salvation, unto all them that obey 
 him. 
 
 He hath made with us, through his Son, a better covenant, 
 which was established upon better promises. 
 
 By virtue of tljis covenant, the Lord vdll be our God, and we 
 shall be his people : and he will be merciful to our unrighteous- 
 ness; and our sins and our iniquities, he will remember no 
 more. 
 
 We are not come unto the mount, upon which God gave the 
 law, in the midst of fire, of darkness and of tempest ; 
 
 But we are come unto Mount Zion, and unto the city of the 
 living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable 
 company of angels ; 
 
 To the General Assembly and Church of the first born, which 
 are written in Heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the 
 spirits of just men made perfect ; 
 
 To Jesus, the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood 
 of sprinkling. 
 
 Wherefore, receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved ; let 
 us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably, with 
 reverence and godly fear. 
 
 Glory be, &c. 
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138 CANTICLES. [Part 
 
 FORTIETH CANTICLE. 
 
 For ilie, Holy Days of SeiJiemher. 
 
 THE Lord is the mighty God, merciful and gracious, long 
 sutfering, and abundant in goodness and truth ; 
 
 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity, and trans- 
 gression and sin. 
 
 He sent his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for 
 sin, condemned sin in the flesh. 
 
 The Son himself bare our sins, in his own body on the tree, 
 that we being dead to sin, should live unto righteousness. 
 
 God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he 
 loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us 
 together with Christ, by whose grace we are saved. 
 
 What shall we render unto the Lord ? All his benefits are 
 upon us. 
 
 Let us ofl'er unto him, through Jesus Christ, the sacrifice of 
 praise continually, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to 
 his name. 
 
 He hath bought us with a price, let us therefore glorify God 
 in our bodies, and in our spirits, Avhich are God's. 
 
 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead, our 
 Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the 
 blood of the everlasting covenant. 
 
 Make us perfect in every good work to do his will, working 
 in us that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus 
 Christ ; to whom be glory for ever. 
 
 Glory be, &c. 
 
 FOKTY-FIRST CANTICLE. 
 
 For the Holy Days of September. 
 
 IN this was manifested the love of God towards us ; because 
 that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we 
 might live through him. 
 
 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, 
 and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 
 Let us love God, because he first loved us. 
 
Fifth.] CANTICLES. 139 
 
 The Lord hath remembered his mercy and truth, for they 
 endure for ever. 
 
 For thy name's sake, Lord, be merciful unto our sins, 
 although they are great. 
 
 Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon 
 us, that we should be called the children of God ; 
 
 And if children, then heirs ; heirs of God, and joint heirs 
 with Christ. 
 
 Since we call upon him as a Father, who without respect of 
 persons, judgeth according to every man's work ; let us pass 
 the time of our sojourning here in fear. 
 
 Let the name of our Lord Jesus Christ be glorified in us, 
 and let us be glorified in him, according to the grace of our 
 God, and the Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 Glory be, &c. . • 
 
 FORTY-SECOND CANTICLE. 
 
 For the Holy D.iys of SepLemher. 
 
 ^0 the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal 
 glory, by Christ Jesus ; and who, after that we have 
 suffered a while, is able to make us perfect, stablish, strengthen, 
 settle us ; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. 
 
 His divine power hath given unto us all things, that pertain 
 unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him, who 
 hath called us to glory and virtue. 
 
 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious 
 promises, that by these we might be partakers of the divine 
 nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world. 
 
 This is that salvation, whereof the prophets have inquired 
 and searched diligently, who prophecied of the grace that 
 should come unto us. 
 
 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but 
 unto us, they did minister the things, which are now reported 
 unto us, by the gospel. 
 
 Blessed be God, who according to his abundant mercy, hath 
 called us again unto a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus 
 Christ from the dead ; 
 
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 To an inlieritance, incorruptible and undefiled, and that 
 fadetli not away, reserved in Heaven for us ; 
 
 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salva- 
 tion, ready to be revealed in the last time. 
 
 Though we have not seen our Lord Jesus Christ, yet we love 
 him ; in whom, though now we see him not, yet believing, we 
 rejoice in him with joy unspeakable and full of glory. 
 
 Glory be, &c. 
 
 FORTY-THIRD CANTICLE. 
 
 For the Communion. 
 
 WE will pra,ise thee, God, we will exalt thy name for 
 ever ; 
 
 For all the earth is full of thy goodness, of thy glory and 
 of thy mercy. 
 
 Bless the Lord, my soul, and all that is within me, praise 
 his holy name. 
 
 Who forgiveth all thy sin and healeth all thine infirmities. 
 
 The Lord is full of compassion, and mercy, long suffering and 
 of great goodness. 
 
 He hath not dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded us 
 according to our iniquities. 
 
 For as the Heaven is high above the earth, so great is his 
 mercy towards them that fear him. 
 
 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed 
 our transgressions from us. 
 
 Yea, like as a father pitieth his own children, even so, is the 
 Lord merciful unto us. 
 
 For when we were his enemies, and while we were yet 
 sinners, he gave us his only begotten Son, that we might live 
 through him. 
 
 It is he who hath given us his flesh and his blood, for meat 
 and drink, and who by his death hath brought us unto life. 
 
 He is the Lamb of God ; the propitiation for our sins, the 
 sole and perfect pledge of his grace. 
 
 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up to die 
 
Fifth.] CANTICLES. 141 
 
 for us all, how shall he not with him also, freely give us all 
 things, yea, even grace and mercy. 
 
 Let my heart and my mouth show forth the praises of the 
 Lord, and magnify him ; and let all men praise his loving 
 kindness forever, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
 
 Glory be, &c. 
 
 FORTY-FOURTH CANTICLE. 
 
 For the Communion. 
 
 X ET us show forth the Lord's death till he come. 
 
 -^ Let our mouths declare every day the mercy of the Lord, 
 
 and the great things which God hath done unto us. 
 
 most gracious Father ! thou hast given us thine only 
 Son, and it pleased thee, that in him should all fullness 
 dwell. 
 
 It pleased thee to reconcile all things unto thyself by him, 
 who is our peace by the blood of his cross. 
 
 our God ! we were alienated from thee by reason of our 
 thoughts and evil deeds ; 
 
 And it hath pleased thee to reconcile us to thyself, by the 
 death of thy Son, that we might appear before thee holy, 
 without spot, and blameless. 
 
 Christ hath blotted out the handwriting of ordinances, that 
 was against us, and took it out of the way, naihng it to his 
 cross. 
 
 Having spoiled principalities and powers he made a show 
 of them openly, triumphing over them in it. 
 
 Let us then hold to him who is our head. 
 
 Let the word of Christ dwell in us richly in all wisdom. 
 
 Whatsoever we do, in word or deed, let all be done in the 
 name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God, the Father, 
 through him. 
 
 Let the peace of God, to the which we are called in one body, 
 rule in our hearts ; and let us be thankful. 
 
 Glory be, &c. 
 
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 FORTY-FIFTH CANTICLE. 
 
 For the Communion. 
 
 X ET us praise the Lord our God, and extol his mercy towards 
 -^-^ his people and towards his elect. 
 
 He showeth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and judgments 
 unto Israel. 
 
 He hath not dealt so with any nation. 
 
 Thou also, God ! art praised in Zion, and unto thee is the 
 vow of thy people performed. 
 
 Blessed are the people, Lord, who rejoice in thee ; they 
 shall walk in the light of thy countenance. 
 
 Their delight shall be daily in thy name ; and in thy right- 
 eousness shall they make their boast. 
 
 We, who in times past, were not his people, are now the 
 people of God. 
 
 He hath made us a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a 
 holy nation, a peculiar people ; 
 
 That we should show forth the praises of him who hath 
 called us out of darkness unto his marvellous light. 
 
 Let us therefore be as the elect of God, holy and beloved, 
 merciful, kind, humble, meek, long suffering ; forbearing one 
 another and forgiving one another, even as Christ forgiveth us. 
 
 Herein will our Father be glorified, if we bear much fruit : 
 so shall we be truly the disciples of his Son. 
 
 We shall abide in his love, until he shall come to be glorified 
 in his Saints, and to be admired in all them that believe. 
 
 Glory be, &c. 
 
 FORTY-SIXTH CANTICLE. 
 
 For the Communion. 
 
 OCOME and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare 
 what he hath done for my soul. 
 The Lord hath remembered his tender mercies and his loving 
 kindnesses, which have been ever of old. 
 
 Our misdeeds have prevailed against us : Thou hast taken 
 away our transgressions. 
 
Fifth.] CANTICLES. 143 
 
 God is not willing that any should perish, but that all should 
 come to repentance. 
 
 He sent his Son to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness 
 of sins. 
 
 In this was manifested the love of God towards us, because 
 that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we 
 might live through him. 
 
 It is in remembrance of so precious a gift, that we eat the 
 Lord's Supper. 
 
 The bread, which we break, is it not the communion of the 
 body of Christ ? The cup of blessing, which we bless, is it not 
 the communion of the blood of Christ ? 
 
 Let us show forth the Lord's death till he come : 
 
 That we may know him, and the power of his resurrection, 
 and the fellowship of his suiferings, being made conformable 
 unto his death. 
 
 If we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, 
 we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection. 
 
 To me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 
 
 Thanks be unto God, for this unspeakable gift. 
 
 Glory be, &c. 
 
 FORTY-SEVEISTTH CA:^TICLE. 
 
 For ili6 Communion. 
 
 OGIVE thanks unto the Lord for he is good, for his mercy 
 endureth forever. 
 
 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so ; such as sat in dark- 
 ness, and in the shadow of death ; 
 
 Who had rebelled against the word of God, and contemned 
 the counsel of the Most High. 
 
 He hath brought them out of darkness, and the shadow of 
 death ; he hath broken their bonds in sunder. 
 
 that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness, 
 and for his wonderful works to the children of men ! 
 
 This salvation hath been declared in the Gospel of Jesus 
 Christ, 
 
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 Who of God, is made unto us wisdom and righteousness, 
 and sanctification, and redemption. 
 
 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that 
 bringeth good tidings, that pubHsheth peace ; 
 
 That bringeth good tidings of good, that pubhsheth salva- 
 tion ; that saith unto Zion, thy God reigneth. 
 
 Let us thank God always for the grace which is given us 
 through Jesus Christ ; 
 
 That in every thing being enriched by him, we may be 
 wanting in no gift, waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus 
 Christ. 
 
 God is faithful by whom we are called unto the fellowship of 
 his Son Jesus Christ. 
 
 Blessed is the people whom the Lord hath chosen for his own 
 inheritance. 
 
 He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. 
 
 Glory be, &c. 
 
 END or CANTICLES. 
 
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