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ORDER OF MORNING' SERViCE.

1. Introductory Sentences, Minister alone, page 2
2. Anthem, Choir and Congregation, page 3 to 4

3.

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Congregation,

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page 9 to 10

6. Lesson from Scripture, Minister.
7. Hymn, Choir and Congregation.
8. Extempore Prayer, Minister.
9. Doxology, Choir and Congregation, - -y page 7
10. Sermon, Minister.
11. Hymn, Choir and Congregation.
1 2. Closing Ascriptions, Minister and Congregation, page 1
13. Benediction, Minister. .... pa„e g

ORDER OF EVENING SERVICE.

1. Introductory Sentences, Minister alone, page 23
2. Anthem, Choir and Congregation, - page 24 to 25
3. Selection from Psalms or Prophets, Minister
and Congregation, - page 29 to 97-
4. Gloria in Excelsis, Choir and Congregation, page 26
5. Extempore Prayer, Minister.
6. Lesson from Scripture, Minister.
7. Hymn, Choir and Congregation.
8. Sermon, Minister.
9. Hymn, Choir and Congregation.
10. Closing Ascriptions, Minister and Cong. page 26
11. Dismission Hymn, Choir and Congregation, page 27
12. Benediction, Minister, .... pag 2f

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SERVICE BOOK

FOR WORSHIP IN

THE CONGREGATION AND THE HOME.

TAKEN PRINCIPALLY

FROM THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS.
ARRANGED FOR THE USE OF THE UNITARIAN CHURCH
IN CHARLESTON, S. C

CHARLESTON:
SAMUEL Q. COUBTENAY.
1854.

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CHARLESTON :
STEAM POWER PRESS OF WALKER AND JAMES,
No. 3 Broad-Btreel.

PREFACE.

The last edition of the "Book of Worship," prepared
for the " Church of the Disciples " in Boston, is made, by con
sent of the compiler and publishers of that work, the basis
of the present publication, now prepared for the Church of
Unitarian Christians, in Charleston — and to be used whenever,
and as long, as the Church may deem it expedient to use any
book, describing the order of its Services.
Whilst most of the Selections from the Psalms and the
Prophets, except some slight omissions of sentences, in order
to bring them to a more desirable and equal length, have
been retained, yet the whole order of that book has been re
arranged. For greater convenience, a distinct service, both for
Morning and Evening Worship, has been constructed anew.
The Litanies have been made to occupy the Morning, and the
Selections the Evening Service, thus extending the arrange
ments over the whole day, and preserving a due brevity
throughout. From the book above-mentioned, four out of
the eight Litanies, and most of the Selections, have been
adopted : whilst one Litany (that for the First Sunday of the

IV PREFACE.

Month), and one Selection (Summary and Enforcement of
the Ten Commandments), .prepared by the Pastors of this
Church, have been added. The Te Deum, with a slight
change, has been retained. The Anthems in the Morning and
Evening Service — the Gloria in Excelsis — and all the Direc
tions, or notes of explanation, are additions to the above-
named book.
The Extemporaneous Prayer by the Minister, will be recog
nised as a prominent feature in this Liturgical Service. It has
been retained, not only in accordance with the long cherished
habits and associations of the congregation, for whom the
Manual is designed, but under the conviction that it will main
tain a warmer tone of sympathetic piety than can result from
any prescribed form of words. Every pious and gifted minister
of religion is himself a living liturgy. The preservation of
the extemporaneous prayer will thus tend, it is thought, to
secure to successive generations of the Church, a fresh and
unfailing supply of contemporary devotional experiences, ideas,
and expressions. At the same time, the use of Litanies, Invo
cations, and selections from Scripture, in which the congrega
tion may orally join, would seem to sustain a more awakened
attention, and to diffuse a greater degree of animated and
personal interest, than could be produced by a mere listening
silence. Thus, it is hoped, these blended and opposite forms
may assist and beneficially modify each other, combining, as
they do, those varied advantages which have been experi
enced in different sections of the Christian Church.
In order to increase the permanent value of this book it

PREFACE.

has been thought advisable to add the Family Prayers for
each day of the week, which will be found in the latter part
of the volume. These prayers, as well as other very valuable
portions of the present compilation, are taken from the
"King's Chapel Liturgy," except one ("To be u?ed by a
Sick Person"), from Brooks's "Christian in his Closet."
Many persons and families, who prefer the present mode of
extempore prayer in our public service, may find it convenient
and satisfactory to employ these written forms, together with
the readings from the Psalms and Litanies, in their private
devotions. The forms for the occasional services of Burial and Matri
mony have been retained : an entirely new ritual for Bap
tism has been introduced, in which the Saviour's formula for
that ordinance has been attempted to be explained ; whilst a
briefer ritual of Communion Service has been substituted for
that in the book before mentioned. All these occasional
forms, to be used at the discretion of the Minister.
It will be observed that the language of the Selections from
the Psalms sometimes differs from that of the common ver
sion. In such cases, the original compiler followed the mod
ern and excellent versions of Noyes and De Wette, and thus
presented a far truer expression of the sentiments of the in
spired writers.
The Selections for Thanksgiving (p. 98), for Christmas
(p. 100), for Fast Days (p. 103), and for Good Friday (p.
106), may be substituted for the Morning Litanies, which are
only arranged for each Sunday in the month.

VI PREFACE.
To facilitate the manual use of the Liturgy as much as pos
sible, the printed Order of Morning Service, with a reference
to each page, is inserted on the inside of the left hand cover,
while the Order of Evening Service is placed in the same
manner on that of the right.
Since all worship, and forms of worship, imply some gene
ral principles common to those who engage in them, the order
of public service in this book, which varies but very slightly
from our present usage, is founded, together with the entire
contents, on certain general principles of religious belief.
While the two Pastors of this Church can claim no authority
to speak for others, yet they feel warranted in saying, that
an examination of the numerous writings of acknowledged
Unitarian authors, will show Unitarian Christians, generally,
to agree in believing : —
That the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments
contain a sufficient rule to man, both of faith and
practice. That God is a Spirit, infinite in all his attributes ;
is revealed as the Father of mankind, by whom he is
to be worshipped ; and is strictly One, both in being
and in person.
That Jesus of Nazareth is the Christ, the Son and
Messenger of God.
That the Holy Spirit of God is perpetually exerting
sacred influences over man.
That man is, by nature, capable of good, as he is of

PREFACE. Vll
evil, and however much depraved, is not totally de
praved. That man is immortal as well as mortal, and that
retribution is strict, just and certain, through all the
moral government of God — who renders to "every
man, according to his deeds " — his deeds including his
character, as a moral agent.
That the Christian Sabbath, the Church, Baptism,
and the Lord's Supper, are means of religious life and
edification, conformable to the authority of Scripture,
and the spirit of Christianity.
This brief statement is understood, by the present Pastors
who offer it, as expressing, in general terms, the most promi
nent points of religious belief among the persons composing
the Unitarian congregation in Charleston, S. C. It is to be
distinctly understood, however, that neither this, nor any other
human, and therefore fallible, formulary, is offered as a condi
tion of Communion or of any privilege of the Church — the
sincere worshippers of every Christian denomination being
recognised by us as Christian brethren.
S. G.
C. M. T.
Charleston, April, 1854.

MORNING SERVICE.

ORDER OF MORNING SERVICE.
Introductory Sentences, Minister alone.
Anthem, - - Choir and congregation.
Lord's Prayer, &c, and Litany, Minister and congregation.

Te Deum,

Choir and congregation.

Scripture,

- Minister.

Hymn,

Choir and congregation.

Extempore Prayer,

Minister.

Doxology,

- Choir and congregation.

Sermon,

- Minister.

Hymn, -

- Choir and congregation.

Closing Ascriptions,

Minister and congregation.

Benediction, 1

- Minister.

2 morning service.
INTRODUCTORY SENTENCES.
[One or more of these to be read by the Minister alone.]
The Lord is in his holy temple, let all the earth
keep silence before him.
God is a spirit, and they who worship him, must
worship him in spirit and in truth.
The hour cometh and now is, when the true wor
shippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in
truth : for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord, or who
shall stand in his holy place ? He that bath clean
hands and a pure heart — he shall receive the bless
ing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God
of his salvation.
Jesus said, come unto me, all ye that labor and
are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my
yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and
lowly of heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous
man his thoughts : and let him return unto the Lord,
and he will have mercy upon him — and to our God,
for he will abundantly pardon.
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord,
shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he that
doeth the will'of my Father who is in heaven.
The Lord is good unto them that wait for him—
to the soul that seeketh him.

morning service. 3
[ Dire6tion. — Here, immediately after the Introductory Sentences,
the following anthem shall be sung by the choir and congregation —
the congregation being seated.]
O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands ; serve the
Lord with gladness, and come before his presence
with a song.
Be ye sure that the Lord he is God, it is he that
hath made us, and not we ourselves ; we are his
people, and the sheep of his pasture.
O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving,
and into his courts with praise ; be thankful unto him,
and speak good of his name.
For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlasting,
and his truth endureth from generation to genera
tion. Now unto the King eternal, immortal and invisi
ble, the only wise God, be honor and glory, through
Jesus Christ, for ever and ever. Amen.
(Or this.)
God be merciful unto us and bless us, and show
us the light of his countenance, and be merciful unto
us. That thy way may be known upon the earth, thy
saving health among all nations.
Let the people praise thee, O God ; yea, let all the
people praise thee.
O let the nations rejoice and be glad, for thou
shalt judge the folk righteously, and govern the na
tions upon earth.

4 MORNING SERVICE.
Let the people praise thee, O God ; yea, let all the
people praise thee.
Then shall the earth bring forth her increase, and
God, even our God, shall give us his blessing.
Now unto the King eternal, &c.
(Or this, on the day of Monthly Communion.)
Christ our passover is sacrificed for us; therefore
let us keep the feast.
Not with the old leaven, neither with the leaven
of malice and wickedness, 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.
For in that he died, he died unto sin once : but in
that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
Likewise, reckon ye also yourselves to be dead in
deed unto sin : but alive unto God, through Jesus
Christ our Lord.
Christ is 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 alive.
Now unto the King eternal, &c.
(Or any other anthem, at the pleasure of the choir.)

[Direction. — Here shall beread the Lord's Prayer and Invocations,
by the Minister and congregation together — all standing.]

morning service. 5
LORD'S PRAYER AND INVOCATIONS.
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 temp
tation ; but deliver us from evil. For thine is the
kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and
ever. Amen.
M. 0 Lord, open thou our eyes.
C. That we may behold wondrous things out of thy
law.
M. O Lord, open thou our lips.
C. And our mouth shall show forth thy praise.
M. Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who wast,
and art, and art to come.
C Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and
honor and power, for thou hast created all
things, and for thy pleasure they are and were
created.
M. Praise ye the Lord.
C. The Lord's name be praised.

[Directioks. — Here, immediately following the Lord's Prayer and
Invocations, (the congregation still standing,) shall be read by the Mi
nister and congregation, in alternate sentences, the appointed Litany
for the Sunday of the month. See page 9, &c]

t) morning service.
[ Directions. — Here, immediately after the Litany for the day, shall
be sung the Te Deum, by the choir and congregation (the congregation
being seated). Should there be no choir to sing, the Te Deum may be
read by the Minister and congregation, alternately.]
TE DEUM.
We praise thee, O God : we acknowledge thee to
be the Lord.
All the earth doth worship thee, the Father ever
lasting. To thee all angels cry aloud, the heavens, and all
the powers therein.
To thee, Cherubim and Seraphim continually do
cry, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts.
Heaven and earth are full of the majesty of thy
glory. The glorious company of the apostles praise thee.
The goodly fellowship of the prophets praise thee.
The noble army of martyrs praise thee.
The holy church throughout all the world doth
acknowledge thee, O Father of infinite majesty.
Thou art the King of glory, O Lord :
And Jesus, the Christ, is thy beloved Son.
And thou givest thy holy spirit to comfort'us.
Day by day we magnify thee :
And we worship thy name, ever world without
end. Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us ever without sin.
O Lord, let thy mercy be upon us, as our trust is in
thee.

morning service.

O Lord, in thee have we trusted, let us never be
confounded. »

[Directions. — Here, after the Te Deum, a portion of Scripture
shall be read by the Minister alone. A hymn shall then be sung by the
choir and congregation— the congregation being seated. Next after
the hymn, the Minister, according to the established usage of this
church, shall offer an Extempore Prater — all standing.
Immediately after the prayer — the congregation being seated — the
choir shall sing the following Doxology :]
DOXOLOGY.
Now unto the King eternal, immortal and invisi
ble, the only wise God, be honor and glory, through
Jesus Christ, for ever and ever. Amen.

[ Directions. — Here, any general notices may be readprevious to the
Sermon. Then shall follow the Sermon.
After the Sermon, a hymn shall be sung by the choir and congrega
tion — the congregation being seated.]
[ Direction. — Here, after the hymn, the Minister and congregation
— all standing — shall read, alternately, the following :]
CLOSING ASCRIPTIONS.
M. Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that
fear him, both small and great.

8 MORNING SERVICE.
C. Praises to our God ! for the Lord God omnipo
tent reigneth.
Let us be glad, and rejoice, and give honor to
him. Praises to our God ! Amen.
M. Worthy is the Lamb that was slain, to receive
power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength,
and honor, and glory, and blessing.
C. Therefore, blessing, and honor, and glory, and
power, be unto him that sitteth upon the
throne, and unto the Lamb, forever and ever.
Amen.
M. Now unto him that is able to keep us from fall
ing, and to present us faultless before the pre
sence of his glory, with exceeding joy :
C. To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and
majesty, dominion and power, both now and
forever. Amen.
BENEDICTION.
M. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the
love of God, and the fellowship of his holy
spirit, be with you all, evermore. Amen.

Utamra fur Btottrag §>nmn,
ON EACH SUNDAY OF THE MONTH.

LITANY
FOR THE FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH.
THE BEATITUDES AND CHARITIES.
(From the Gospels and Epistles.)
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the
kingdom of Heaven.
Lord, evermore grant us this blessedness:
Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be
comforted. Lord, evermore grant us this blessedness.
Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the
earth. Lord, evermore grant us this blessedness.
Blessed are they who do hunger and thirst after
righteousness, for they shall be filled.
Lord, evermore grant us this blessedness.
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain
mercy. Lord, evermore grant us this blessedness.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see
God.' Lord, evermore grant us this blessedness.
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10 MORNING SERVICE.  LITANY FOR FIRST SUNDAY.
Blessed are the peace-makers, for they shall be
called the children of God.
Lord, evermore grant us this blessedness.
Blessed are they who are persecuted for right
eousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
O Lord, may our suffering never be for sin, but for
righteousness'' sake.
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and
say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my
sake : rejoice and be exceeding glad, for great is
your reward in heaven.
O Lord, may our suffering never be for sin, but for
righteousness'' sake.
Let your light so shine before men, that they may
see your good works, and glorify your Father who
is in heaven.
O Lord, may the light of our good works shine
before men.
Though I speak with the tongues of men, and of
angels, and have not charity, 1 am become as sound
ing brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
O Lord, may we ever speak with the tongue of cha
rity. Though I have the gift of prophecy, and under
stand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though
I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains,
and have not charity, I am nothing.
O Lord, may our faith be the faith of charity.
Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor,
and give my body to be burned, and have not char-,
ity, it profiteth me nothing.

MORNING SERVICE.  LITANY FOR SECOND SUNDAY. 11
O Lord, may we abound in the truest charity.
Charity suffereth long and is kind ; envieth not ;
vaunteth not itself; is not p*uffed up ; is not easily
provoked ; thinketh no ev?l ; rejoiceth not in ini
quity, but rejoiceth in the truth; believeth all things ;
hopeth all things ; endureth all things.
O Lord, may our hearts be enriched with this cha
rity. #
Whether there be prophecies, they shall fail ; or
tongues, they shall cease ; or knowledge, it shall
vanish away ; but charity never faileth.
O Lord, may ours be that charity which never
faileth. And now abideth faith, hope and charity — these
three ; but the greatest of these is charity.
O Lord, may we ever abide in faith, hope and cha
rity.

LITANY
FOR THE SECOND SUNDAY OF THE MONTH.
CHRISTIAN WISDOM AND PERFECTION.
(From Epistles of James and John.)
O God, the father of lights, with whom is no vari
ableness, nor any shadow of turning; from whom
cometh down every good and perfect gift ; we ask
of thee wisdom, thou who givest to all men liber
ally.

12 MORNING SERVICE.  LITANY FOR SECOND SUNDAY.

•

We would ask, O God, in faith, nothing wavering ;
believing that if we draw nigh to thee, thou wilt draw
nigh to us. *
O Almighty God, who«canst not be tempted with
evil, neither canst tempt any maij ; we confess that
we are drawn away by our own lusts and enticed ;
but we beseech thee, O our Father, who art very
pitiful, and of tender mercy, who dost resist the
proud, but givest grace to the humble, to near the
prayer of faith, and raise us up. #
If we have committed sins, may they be forgiven
us ; if we have known to do good, and done it not ; if
we have been hearers of the word, and not doers also,
deceiving our own selves ; forgive us, O God, and
save us.
May we not hold the faith of Jesus Christ with
respect of persons ; may we not despise the poor ;
may we not have faith without works ; but show
our faith by our works ; and, laying aside all that
is impure, receive with meekness the ingrafted
word, which is able to save our souls.
Help us to look into the perfect law of liberty, and
continue therein, and so to receive the crown of life
which the Lord has promised to them, that love him.
Give us, Lord, that wisdom from above, which is
first pure, then peaceable, gentle and easy to be en
treated, full of mercv and good fruits, without par
tiality, and without hypocrisy.
O Thou, who art light, and in whom is no darkness
at all, may we walk in the light and have fellowship
with thyself.

MORNING SERVICE. — LITANY FOR THIRD SUNDAY. 13
O Thou, who art love, may we dwell in love, and
so dwell in thee ; may our love be made perfect,
and be free from all fear ; may we be born of God,
and overcome the world ; may we keep thy com
mandments, and love thy children.
O God, grant that we love thee, not in word and
tongue, but in deed and truth, and hereby know that
we are of the truth, and assure our hearts before thee.
May we not love the world, nor the things which
are in the world ; may we remember that the world
passes away, with all that is in it ; and that if we
love the world, the love of the Father is not in us.
Grant these our prayers, Heavenly Father , for thine
infinite mercies' sake, in Christ fesus. Amen.

LITANY
FOR THE THIRD SUNDAY OF THE MONTH.
PRAYERS AND INTERCESSIONS.
O God, our Heavenly Father, who by thy Son
dost redeem the world, and by thy holy spirit dost
govern, direct and sanctify the hearts of thy faith
ful servants, have mercy upon us, thy children.
Have mercy upon us, O Lord.
From all evil and mischief; from sin ; from the
assaults of temptation ; from all blindness of heart ;
from all pride, vain glory and hypocrisy ; from
envy, hatred and malice, and all uncharitableness ;
deliver thy children, good Lord.

14 MORNING SERVICE.  LITANY FOR THIRD SUNDAY.
Good Lord, deliver us.
From lightning and tempest ; from plague, pesti
lence and famine; from battle and murder, and
from death unprepared for :
Good Lord, deliver us.
From all sedition and rebellion ; from all feilse
doctrine, contention and division ; from hardness of
heart, and contempt of thy word and command
ment: Good Lord, deliver us.
In all time of our tribulation ; in all time of our
prosperity ; in the hour of death, and in the time of
judgment :
Good Lord, deliver us.
We humbly entreat thee to hear us, O Lord God,
and that it may please thee to rule and govern the
whole Christian Church in the right way, and to
illuminate all ministers of the gospel with true
knowledge and understanding of the word, that,
both by their preaching and living, they may set it
forth and show it accordingly ; and that it may
please thee to endue all rulers and magistrates
with grace, wisdom and understanding, that they
may execute justice and maintain truth ; and that
it may please thee to bless all schools and semina
ries of learning, all instructors of youth, and all
means of true knowledge, virtue and piety.
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to bless and keep all thy
people, and give to all nations unity, peace and
concord :

MORNING SERVICE.  LITANY FOR THIRD SUNDAY. 1 5
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to give us a heart to love
and fear thee, to hear meekly thy word, to receive
it with pure affection, to bring forth the fruits of thy
spirit, and diligently to live after thy command
ments: We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to bring into the way of
truth all such as have erred and are deceived ; to
strengthen such as do stand ; to comfort and help
the weak-hearted ; to raise up those who fall ; and,
finally, to give us victory over all temptations :
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it mny please thee to succor, help and com
fort all who are in danger, necessity and tribula
tion ; to preserve all who travel by land or by wa
ter ; all sick persons and young children ; to show
thy pity upon all prisoners and captives ; to defend
and provide for all fatherless children and widows ;
and all who are desolate and oppressed :
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to have mercy upon all
men ; and to forgive our enemies, persecutors and
slanderers, and to turn their hearts :
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to give and preserve to
our use the kindly fruits of the earth, so that, in due
time, we may enjoy them :
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord-
That it may please thee to give us true repent
ance ; to forgive us all our sins, negligences and

16 MORNING SERVICE.  LITANY FOR FOURTH SUNDAY.
ignorances ; and to endue us with the grace of thy
holy spirit ; to amend our lives according to thy
word :
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
O Lord, grant us thy peace.
And to God, only wise, be glory, through Christ
Jesus, forever. Amen.

LITANY
FOR THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF THE MONTH.
THE CHRISTIAN COMMANDMENTS.
(From the Gospels.)
One asked him — which is the first commandment
of all ? And Jesus answered him : The first of all
the commandments is :
Hear, O Israel — the Lord our God is one Lord :
and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy
heart, and soul, and mind, and strength : This is the
first commandment.
O Lord, most graciously incline our hearts to keep
this law.
And the second commandment is like, namely,
this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
There is none other commandment greater than
these. O Lord, most graciously incline our hearts to keep
this law.

MORNING SERVICE. — LITANY FOR FOURTH SUNDAY. 17
A new commandment I give unto you : That ye
love one another, as I have loved you. By this shall
all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have
love one to another.
O Lord, most graciously incline our hearts to keep
this law.
If therebe any other commandment, it is briefly
comprehended in this saying, namely : Thou shalt
love thy neighbor as thyself.
O Lord, most graciously incline our hearts to keep
all thy commandments.

THE CHRISTIAN GRACES.
(From Epistles to Corinthians and Galatians.)
O Thou, who didst command the light to shine
out of darkness, and hast shined in our hearts, to
give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God
in the face of Jesus Christ, establish us in Christ
and anoint us.
Seal us as thine, O Lord, and give us the earnest
of thy Spirit in our hearts.
O God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the
Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort, who
comfortest us in all our tribulation, give us grace
and peace.
Confirm us unto the end, that we may be blameless
in the day of the Lord Jesus.
O Thou, who wilt bring to light the things of
darkness, and make manifest the counsels of all

18 MORNING SERVICE.  LITANY FOR FOURTH SUNDAY.
hearts, and whose spirit searcheth all things, help
us to renounce the hidden things of dishonesty, and
to speak as of sincerity, as of God, and as in the
sight of God.
Take away, Lord, the veil from our hearts, and let
the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ, the image
of God, shine upon us.
Help us to show the fruits of the spirit : love, joy,
peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
meekness and temperance.
If we live in the spirit, may we also walk in the
spirit. As we have opportunity, help us to do good to all
men, and especially to those who are of the house
hold of faith ; to bear one another's burdens, and so
fulfil the law of Christ ; to crucify the flesh, with
its affections and lusts ; to sow to the spirit, and of
the spirit to reap life everlasting ; and not to be
weary in well-doing, believing that we shall in due
season reap, if we faint not.

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LITANY
FOR THE FIFTH SUNDAY OF THE MONTH.
THE FULNESS OF CHRIST.
(From Epistle to the Ephesians.)
O Thou, who art the one God and Father of all ;
who art above all, and through all, and in us all;
who hast adopted us as children in Jesus Christ, thy
son, in whom we have redemption, even the for
giveness of our sins ; quicken us, we beseech thee,
who have been dead in trespasses and sin.
O Thou, who art rich in mercy, for the sake of thy
great love wherewith thou hast loved us, make us alive
in Christ.
O God, our Father, the Father of glory, we pray
thee to give us the spirit of wisdom and revelation
in the knowledge of thyself, that we may know the
hope of thy calling, and the riches of thine inheri
tance, and the greatness of thy power, which thou
hast wrought in Christ, when thou didst raise him
from the dead, and madest him sit at thine own
right hand in heavenly places.
We pray thee to raise us up also, and make us sit
in heavenly places with him.
O Thou, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
grant us to be strengthened with might by thy spirit
inwardly ; that Christ may dwell in our hearts by
faith ; that, being rooted and grounded in love, we
may be able to understand the breadth and length,

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and depth and height, of the love of Christ, and hi
filled with the fulness of God.
Help us, Heavenly Father, to come in the unity q,
the faith, and the knowledge of the Son of God, U
the stature of a perfect man, to the measure of th
fulness of Christ.
Help us to walk with all lowliness and meek
ness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another ii
love; endeavoring to keep the unity of the spiri
in the bond of peace ; to put away all bitterness
and wrath, and anger, and evil-speaking, with al
malice. May we be kind to one another, tender-hearted, for
giving one another, even as God, for Christ's sake
hath forgiven us.
May we be followers of thee, as dear children
and walk in love, as Christ hath loved us ; redeem
ing the time ; having the fruit of the spirit in al
goodness, and righteousness, and truth ; speaking t(
one another in psalms and hymns, and spiritual
songs, singing and making melody in our hearts
unto the Lord.
May ive give thanks, always, for all things, unit
God our Father, in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Help us to be strong in thee, and in the power o;
thy might ; to put on thy whole armor, that we
may be able to stand in the evil day ; girt aboui
with truth, having on the breastplate of righteous
ness, our feet shod with the gospel of peace, taking
the shield of faith, the helmet of salvation, and th<
sword of the spirit.

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Help us to pray always, with all prayer and sup
plication, in the spirit, and watch thereunto with all
'¦earnestness and perseverance.
May peace be to all the brethren, and love, with
faith, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus
Christ. Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus
' Christ in sincerity. Amen.

EVENING SERVICE.

ORDER OF EVENING SERVICE.
Introductory Sentences, Minister alone.
Anthem, Choir and congregation.
Selection — Psalms or Prophets, Minister and congregatioi
Gloria in Excelsis, Choir and congregation.

Extempore Prayer,
Scripture,
Hymn,
Sermon,
Hymn,Closing Ascriptions,
Dismission Hymn,
Benediction,

Minister. Minister.
Choir and congregation.
Minister.
Choir and congregation.
Minister and congregatioi
Choir and congregation.
Minister.

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INTRODUCTORY SENTENCES.
[One or more of these to be read by the Minister alone.]
From the rising of the sun unto the going down
of the same, the Lord's name is to be praised.
Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and
bow myself before the high God ? He hath shewed
thee, O man, what is good : and what doth the Lord
require of thee, but to do justly, and love mercy, and
walk humbly with thy God ?
Let our prayers be set forth in his sight as incense,
and the lifting up of our hands, as an evening sacri
fice. Ask, and it shall be given you ; seek, and ye shall
find ; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again
unto the Lord.
Rend your hearts, and not your garments, and
turn unto the Lord your God : for he is gracious, and
merciful, and of great kindness.
If thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there re
member that thy brother hath aught against thee,
leave there thy gift and go thy way ; first be recon
ciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy
gift- The kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but
righteousness and peace, and joy in the holy spirit.
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of
grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to
help in time of need.

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[ Direction —Here, immediately after the Introductory Sentences,
shall be sung, by the choir and congregation, the following anthem — the
congregation being sealed :]
Praisu the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within
me, praise his holy name.
Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his
benefits. Who forgiveth all thy sin, and healeth all thine
infirmities. Who saveth thy life from destruction, and crown-
eth thee with mercy and loving kindness.
O praise the Lord, ye angels of his, ye that excel
in strength, ye that fulfil his commandment, and
hearken unto the voice of his word.
O praise the Lord, all ye his hosts, ye servants of
his that do his pleasure.
O speak good of the Lord, all ye works of his, in
all places of his dominion, praise thou the Lord, 0
my soul.
Now unto the. King eternal, immortal, invisible,
the only wise God, be honor and glory, through Jesus
Christ, forever and ever. Amen.
(Or this.)
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he hath vi
sited and redeemed his people.
And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us,
in the house of his servant David.
As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, .
which have been since the world began.

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That we should be saved from our enemies, and
from the hand of all that hate us.
Now unto the King eternal, &c.
(Or this.)
It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord,
and to sing praises unto thy name, 0 most highest.
To tell of thy loving kindness early in the morn
ing, and of thy truth in the night season.
Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the
lute, upon a loud instrument, and upon the harp.
For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy
work, and I will rejoice in giving praise for the
operations of thy hands.
Now unto the King eternal, &c.
(Or other anthem, at the pleasure of the choir.)

[ Direction. — Here, immediately after the anthem, shall be read
one of the Selections (for the day of the month) from the Psalms
or from the Prophets, by the Minister and congregation, alternately
— all standing. See page 29, &c]
[ Direction. — Here, immediately after reading the selection, shall
be sung the Gloria in Excelsis, by the choir and congregation — the
congregation being seated.]
GLORIA IN EXCELSIS.
Glory be to God on high, and on earth peace, good
will among men. We praise thee, we bless thee,
we worship thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to
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thee, for thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly
King, God the Father Almighty.
O God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, that
„takest away by him the sins of the world, have
mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of
the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest
away the sins of the world, receive our prayer.
Through him that sitteth at the right hand of God
the Father, have mercy upon us.
Thou, Father, art holy ; thou only art God ; thou
givest us the Saviour and the Comforting Spirit ;
whom we honor, to the glory of God the Father.
Amen.

[ Directions. — Here, immediately after the Gloria, the Minister,
according to established usage of this church, shall offer an Extempore
Prayer — the congregation standing. After prayer, the congregation
being seated, the Minister shall read a portion of Scripture, after which
the choir and congregation shall sing a hymn. Then, after the Ser
mon and another hymn, the service shall be closed according to the or
der following :]
CLOSING ASCRIPTIONS.
BY THE MINISTER AND CONGREGATION  STANDING.
M. Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God
Almighty ; just and true are all thy ways, thou
King of Saints.
C. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord God, and glorify
thy name ? for thou only art holy : for all na
tions shall come and worship before thee.

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M. Salvation to our God, who sitteth upon the
throne, and unto the Lamb.
C. Amen. Blessing, and glory, and honor, be unto
our God for ever and ever. •
M. 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 :
C. Unto Him be glory in the church, by Christ
Jesus, throughout all ages, world without
end. Amen.

[ Direction. — After the Closing Ascriptions by the Minister and
congregation, then shall be sung, by all standing together, this
closing hymn.] Lord ! dismiss us with thy blessing;
Hope and comfort from above ;
Let us each, thy peace possessing,
Triumph in redeeming love.
' O refresh us ! 0 refresh us !
Travelling through this wilderness.
Thanks we give and adoration
For thy gospel's joyful sound ;
May the fruits of thy salvation
In our hearts and lives abound.
May thy presence — may thy presence
With us evermore be found.

^° EVENING SERVICE.

BENEDICTION.
M- The Lord God Almighty bless, preserve and
keep you. The Lord lift up the light of his
countenance upon you, and give you peace
now and forever. Amen.

A SELECTION

from the

PSALMS OF DAVID,
FOR EVENING SERVICE.

THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH.
(Psalms 65 and 96.)
PUBLIC WORSHIP.
Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion : and unto
thee shall the vow be performed.
O Thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all
flesh come.
My iniquities are heavy upon me ; but thou wilt
forgive our transgressions.
Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and caus-
est to approach unto thee, that ho may dwell in thy
courts. O, satisfy us with the goodness of thy house,
even of thy holy temple.
By wonderful things in righteousness wilt thou
answer us, O God of our salvation ; who art the
confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them
that are afar off upon the sea:

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Who in thy strength makest fast the mountains ;
being girded with power :
Who stillest the noise of the seas, the noise of
their waves, and the tumult of the people.
They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are
awed by thy wonders : thou makest the regions of
the morning and evening to rejoice.
Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; and
thy paths drop fatness.
They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness :
and the little hills rejoice on every side.
The pastures are clothed with flocks ; the valleys
also are covered with corn : they shout for joy ;
they also sing.

0, sing unto the Lord a new song : sing unto the
Lord, all the earth.
Sing unto the Lord, bless his name : show forth
his salvation from day to day.
Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders
among all people.
For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised :
he is to be feared above all gods.
For all the gods of the nations are idols : but the
Lord made the heavens.
Honor and majesty are before him ; strength and
beauty are in his sanctuary.
Give unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the people,
give unto the Lord glory and strength.
Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name:
bring an offering, and come into his courts.

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O, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness :
fear before him, all the earth.
Say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth :
the world shall stand firm, it shall not be moved :
he shall judge the people righteously.
Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad ;
let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.
Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein
then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice,
Before the Lord ; for he cometh, for he cometh to
judge the earth : he shall judge the world with right
eousness, and the people with his truth.
Now unto the King eternal, immortal and invisi
ble, the only wise God,
Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for
ever and ever. Amen.

THE SECOND DAY OF THE MONTH.
(Psalms 84 and 27.)
DELIGHTS OF PUBLIC WORSHIP.
How lovely are thy dwellings, O Lord of hosts !
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth, for the courts
of the Lord : my heart and my flesh crieth out for
the living God.

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Even the sparrow hath found an house, and the
swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her
young, by thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King,
and my God.
Blessed are they that dwell in thy house : they
are still praising thee.
Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee : in
whose heart are thy ways.
Passing through the valley of sorrow they make
it full of fountains, and the latter rain covers it with
blessings. They go from strength to strength, till all of them
in Zion appear before God.
O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer : give ear,
O God of Jacob.
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face
of thine anointed.
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand.
I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God,
than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord
will give grace and glory ; no good thing will he
withhold from them that walk uprightly.
O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth
in thee.

The Lord is my light and my salvation ; whom
shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life : of
whom shall I be afraid ?
One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I
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PSALMS FOR EVENING SERVICE. 33
Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of
the Lord, and to inquire in his temple.
For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his
pavilion : in the secret place of his tabernacle shall
he hide me ; he shall set me upon a rock.
Therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices
of joy ; I will sing;, yea, I will sing praises unto the
Lord. Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice : have
mercy also upon me, and answer me.
When thou saidst, seek ye my face ; my heart said
unto thee, thy face, Lord, will I seek.
Hide not thy face far from me, put not thy servant
away in anger: thou hast been my help ; leave me
not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
When my father and my mother forsake me, then
the Lord will take me up.
Teach me thy way, 0 Lord, and lead me in a plain
path. I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the
goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Wait on the Lord : be of good courage, and he
shall strengthen thine heart -% wait, I say, on the
Lord. Now unto the King eternal, immortal and invisi
ble, the only wise God,
Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for
ever and ever. Amen.

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THE THIRD DAY OF THE MONTH.
{Psalms 42, 92, 125 and 43.)
COMFORTS OF PUBLIC WORSHIP.
As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so
panteth my soul after thee, O God.
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God:
when shall I come and appear before God ?
When I remember these things, I pour out my
soul in me : for I have gone with the multitude, I
went with them to the house of God, with the voice
of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holy-
day. Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why
art thou disquieted within me ? hope thou in God : for
I shall yet praise him ; him, my deliverer and my
God. Deep calleth unto deep with the roar of thy cata
racts : all thy waves and thy billows have gone
over me.
Yet the Lord will command his loving kindness
in the day time, and in the night his song shall be
with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul ? and why
art thou disquieted within me ? hope thou in God:
for I shall yet praise him ;" him, my deliverer and
my God.

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It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord,
and to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High.
To show forth thy loving kindness in the morn
ing, and thy faithfulness every night.
For thou, Lord, has made me glad through thy
work : I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
O Lord, how great are thy works ! and thy
thoughts are very deep.
The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree ;
he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Those that be planted in the house of the Lord
shall flourish in the courts of our God ;
To show that the Lord is upright : he is my rock,
and there is no unrighteousness in him.

They that trust in the Lord shall be as Mount
Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for
ever. As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so
the Lord is round about his people from henceforth,
even forever.
Do good, O Lord, unto those that be good, and to
them that are upright in their hearts.

O, send out thy light and thy truth : let them lead
me ; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to
thy dwelling.
Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God
my exceeding joy : yea, I will praise thee, O God
my God.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why

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art thou disquieted within me ? hope in God, for I
shall yet praise him ; him, my deliverer and ray
God. Now unto the King eternal, immortal and invisi
ble, the only wise God,
Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for
ever and ever. Amen.

THE FOURTH DAY OF THE MONTH.
(Psalms 95, 122 and 67.)
EXHORTATION TO WORSHIP.
0, come, let us sing unto the Lord : let us make a
joyful noise to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiv
ing, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
For the Lord is a great God, and a great King
above all gods.
In his hand are the deep places of the earth ; "the
strength of the hills is his also.
The sea is his, and he made it : and his hands
formed the dry land.
O, come, let us worship and bow down : let us
kneel before the Lord our Maker.
For he is our God ; and we are the people of his
pasture, and the sheep of his hand.

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I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go
into the house of the Lord.
Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusa
lem. Jerusalem is builded anew ; a city that is at unity
in itself.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem ; they shall pros
per that love thee.
Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within
thy palaces.
For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will
now say, Peace be within thee.
Because of the house of the Lord our God, I will
seek thy good.

God be merciful unto us, and bless us ; and cause
his face to shine upon us ;
That thy way may be known upon earth, thy
saving health among all nations.
Let the people praise thee, O God ; let all the
people praise thee.
O, let the nations be glad, and sing for joy ; for
thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern
the nations upon earth.
Let the people praise thee, O God ; let all the
people praise thee.
For the earth gives her increase ; and God, even
our own God, blesses us.
God shall bless us, and all the ends of the earth
shall fear him.

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Now unto the King eternal, immortal and invisi
ble, the only wise God,
Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever
and ever. Amen.

THE FIFTH DAY OF THE MONTH.
(Psalms 100, 148 and 24.)
INVITATION TO WORSHIP.
Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.
Serve the Lord with gladness : come before his
presence with singing.
Know ye that the Lord he is God : it is he that
hath made us, and not we ourselves : we are his
people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Enter into his gates with thanksgivings, and into
his courts with praise : be thankful unto him, and
bless his name.
For the Lord is good ; his mercy is everlasting;
and his truth endureth to all generations.

Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the
heavens : praise him in the heights.
Praise ye him, all his angels : praise ye him, all
his hosts.
Praise ye him, sun and moon : praise him, all ye
stars of light.

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Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters
that be above the heavens.
Let them praise the name of the Lord : for he
commanded, and they were created.
He hath also established them for ever and ever :
he hath given them laws, and they transgress them
not. Kings of the earth, and all people ; princes, and
all judges of the earth :
Both young men, and maidens : old men, and
children :
Let them praise the name of the Lord : for his
name alone is excellent ; his glory is above the
earth and heaven.

The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof:
the world, and they that dwell therein.
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and estab
lished it upon the floods.
Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? and
who shall stand in his holy place?
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart ; who
hath not inclined his soul unto vanity, nor sworn
deceitfully. He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and
righteousness from the God of his salvation.
This is the generation of them that seek him, that
seek thy face, O Jacob.
Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; and be ye lifted
up, ye everlasting doors ; and the King of glory shall
come in.

40 PSALMS FOR EVENING SERVICE.
Who is this King of glory? the Lord strong and
mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.
Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; even lift them
up, ye everlasting doors ; and the King of glory
shall come in.
Who is this King of glory ? the Lord of hosts, he
is the King of glory.
Now unto the King eternal, immortal and invisi
ble, the only wise God,
Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever
and ever. Amen.

THE SIXTH DAY OF THE MONTH.
(Psalm 103.)
EXHORTATION TO BLESS GOD.
Bless the Lord, O my soul : and all that is within
me, bless his holy name.
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his
benefits :
Who forgiveth all thine iniquities ; who healeth
all thy diseases ;
Who redeemeth thy life from destruction ; who
crowneth thee with loving kindness and tender mer
cies; Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things ; so
that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.

PSALMS FOR EVENING SERVICE. 41
The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment
for all that are oppressed.
He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts
unto the children of Israel.
The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger,
and plenteous in mercy.
He will not always chide ; neither will he keep
his anger for ever.
He hath not dealt with us after our sins ; nor re
warded us according to our iniquities.
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so
great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he
removed our transgressions from us.
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord
pitieth them that fear him.
For he knoweth our frame ; he remembereth that
we are dust.
As for man, his days are as grass : as a flower of
the field, so he flourisheth.
For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and
the place thereof shall know it no more.
But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to
everlasting upon them that fear him, and his right
eousness unto children's children ;
To such as keep his covenant, and to those that
remember his commandments to do them.
The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens
and his kingdom ruleth over all.
Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in

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strength, that do his commandments, hearkening
unto the voice of his word.
Bless the Lord, all ye his hosts ; ye ministers of
his, that do his pleasure.
Bless the Lord, all his works in all places of his
dominion : bless the Lord, O my soul.
Now unto the King eternal, immortal and invisi
ble, the only wise God,
Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for
ever and ever. Amen.

THE SEVENTH DAY OF THE MONTH.
(Psalms 26, 50, and 138.)
THE SOUL AND ITS GOD.
Examine me, O Lord, and prove me : try my
thoughts and my heart.
For thy loving-kindness is before mine eyes : and
I walk in thy truth.
I will wash mine hands in innocency : so will I go
to thine altar, O Lord :
To utter the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all
thy wondrous works.
Lord, I love the house where thou dost abide, and
the place where thy honor dwelleth.
I will walk in mine integrity : redeem me, and be
merciful unto me.

psalms for evening service. 43
My feet tread in a straight path : in the congre
gation will I bless the Lord.

The mighty God, even the Lord, speaks, and calls
the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going
down thereof.
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines.
Our God comes, and does not keep silence : a fire
devours before him, and a tempest rages around him.
He calls to the heavens from above, and to the
earth, that he may judge his people.
Hear, O my people, and I will speak ; 0 Israel,
and I will admonish thee : I am God, even thy God.
I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he-
goats out of thy folds.
For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cat
tle upon a thousand hills.
I know all the fowls of the mountains : and the
wild beasts of the field are mine.
If I were hungry, I would not tell thee : for the
world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Offer unto God thanksgiving ; and pay thy vows
unto the Most High :
And call upon me in the day of trouble : I will
deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

I will praise thee with my whole heart : before
the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise
thy name for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth.

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In the day when I cried, thou answeredst me, and
strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
Though the Lord is high, yet hath he respect unto
the lowly : but the proud he knoweth afar off.
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt
revive me : thou shalt stretch forth thine hand
against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right
hand shall save me.
The Lord will be sufficient for me : thy mercy,
O Lord, endureth for ever : forsake not the work of
thine own hands.
Now unto the King eternal, immortal and invisi
ble, the only wise God,
Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever
and ever. Amen.

THE EIGHTH DAY OF THE MONTH.
(Psalms 5 and 19.)
AN EVENING MEDITATION.
Givtfear to my words, O Lord, consider my medi
tation. Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and
my God ; for unto thee will I pray.
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray,
and cry aloud ; and thou wilt hear my voice.

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For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in
wickedness : neither shall evil dwell with thee.
As for me, I will come into thy house in the mul
titude of thy mercy : and in thy fear will I worship
toward thy holy temple.
Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness, make thy
way straight before my face.
Let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice :
let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest
them : let them also that love thy name be joyful in
thee. For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous ; with fa
vor wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

The heavens declare the glory of God ; and the
firmament showeth the work of his hands.
Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto
night showeth knowledge.
There is no sound nor language, and their voice
is not heard.
Yet their speech is gone out through all the earth,
and their words to the end of the world. There hath
he set a tabernacle for the sun,
Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his cham
ber, and rejoiceth as a hero to run a race.
He goeth forth from one end of the heaven, and
his circuit is to the other end of it : and there is
nothing hid from the heat thereof.
The law of the Lord is perfect, giving life unto
the soul : the testimony of the Lord is sure, making
wise the simple.

46 PSALMS FOR EVENING SERVICE.
The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the
heart : the commandment of the Lord is pure, en
lightening the eyes.
The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever:
the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous
altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than
much fine gold : sweeter also than honey and the
honeycomb. Moreover by them is thy servant warned : and in
keeping of them there is great reward.
Who can understand his errors ? cleanse thou me
from secret faults.
Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous
sins ; let them not have dominion over me : then
shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from great
transgression. Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of
my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, 0 Lord, my
strength and my Redeemer.
Now unto the King eternal, immortal and invisi
ble, the only wise God,
Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever
and ever. Amen.

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THE NINTH DAY OF THE MONTH.
(Psalms 63, 16 and 17.)
AN EVENING PRAYER.
O God, thou art my God ; early will I seek thee :
ny soul thirsteth for thee, my heart .longeth for thee
n a dry and thirsty land, where no water is ;
To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen
;hee in the sanctuary.
Because thy loving-kindness is better than life, my
lips shall praise thee.
Thus will I bless thee while I live : I will lift up
ny hands in thy name.
My soul shall be satisfied ; and my mouth shall
praise thee with joyful lips :
When I remember thee upon my bed, and medi
ate on thee in the night-watches.
Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the
shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
My soul followeth after thee : thy right hand up-
tioldeth me.

Preserve me, 0 God : for in thee do I put my trust.
O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, thou art
my Lord : I have no happiness but in thee ;
The holy that are in the earth, and the excellent,
in them is all my delight.
The Lord is my portion and my cup : thou main-
tainest my lot.

48 PSALMS FOR EVENING SERVICE.
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places;
yea, I have a goodly heritage.
I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel:
my heart also admonishes me in the night seasons.
I have set the Lord always before me : because
he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Therefore my heart is glad, and my spirit rejoiceth:
my flesh also rests in safety.
For thou wilt not leave my soul in the grave ; nei
ther wilt thou suffer thy beloved one to see corrup
tion. *
Thou wilt show me the path of life : in thy pres
ence is fulness of joy ; at thy right hand there are
pleasures for evermore.

Show thy loving kindness, O Thou that savest by
thy right hand them which put their trust in thee.
Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under
the shadow of thy wings.
As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness :
I shall be satisfied when I awake, with thy likeness.
Now unto the King eternal, immortal and invisi
ble, the only wise God,
Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever
and ever. Amen.

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THE TENTH DAY OF THE MONTH.
(Psalms 134, 141, 3, 4, and 36.)
AN EVENING PRAYER. .
Behold, bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the
Lord, which by night stand in the house of the Lord.
Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the
Lord. The Lord that made heaven and earth bless thee
out of Zion.

Lord, I cry unto thee : make haste unto me ; give
ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense ;
and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacri
fice. Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth ; keep the
door of my lips.
Let not my heart incline to any evil thing ; let
me not practise wicked works with men that work
iniquity. Let the righteous smite me ; it shall be a kind
ness : and let him reprove me ; it shall be the oil for
my head.

Thou, O Lord, art my shield ; my deliverer, and
the lifter up of mine head.

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I cry unto the Lord with my voice, and he hear-
eth me out of his holy hill.
I lay me down and sleep : I awake ; for the Lord
sustaineth me.

Hear me when I call, O God, my defender: thouj
hast helped me when I was in distress ; have mercy
upon me, and hear my prayer.
Know that the Lord hath set apart him that is
godly for himself : the Lord will hear when I call
unto him.
Stand in awe, and sin not : commune with your
own heart upon your bed, and be still.
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your
trust in the Lord. 1
I will lay me down in peace, and sleep : for thou,l
Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.
 L1
Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens ; and thy)
faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.
Thy righteousness is like the great mountains;
thy judgments are a great deep.
How excellent is thy loving-kindness, O God!
therefore the children of men put their trust under
the shadow of thy wings.
They shall be satisfied with the abundance of thy
house ; and thou shalt make them drink of the river
of thy joys.
For with thee is the fountain of life : in thy light
shall we see light.
O, continue thy loving-kindness unto them that

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know thee ; and thy righteousness to the upright in
heart. Now unto the King eternal, immortal and invisi
ble, the only wise God,
Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever
and ever. Amen.

THE ELEVENTH DAY OF THE MONTH. "
(Psalms 145 and 66.)
ADORATION.
I will extol thee, my God, O King ; and I will
bless thy name for ever and ever.
Every day will I bless thee ; and I will praise thy
name for ever and ever.
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised ; and
his greatness is unsearchable.
One generation shall praise thy works to another,
and shall declare thy mighty acts.
I will speak of the glorious honor of thy majesty,
and of thy wondrous works.
And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible
acts : and I will declare thy greatness.
They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy
great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion ;
slow to anger, and of great mercy.

52 PSALMS FOR EVENING SERVICE.
The Lord is good to all, and his tender mercies
are over all his works.
All thy works shall praise thee, 0 Lord ; and %
saints shall bless thee.
They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom,
and talk of thy power ;
To make known to the sons of men thy mighty
acts, and the glorious majesty of thy kingdom.
Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy
dominion endureth throughout all generations.
The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up
all those that be 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 thing.
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; to all that call upon him in truth.
He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him :
he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord : and
let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.

Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands :
Sing forth the honor of his name : make his praise
glorious. All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing
unto thee ; it shall celebrate thy name.

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Come and see the works of God : he is wonderful
in his doing toward the children of men.
He ruleth by his power for ever ; his eyes behold
the nations : let not the rebellious exalt themselves.
0, bless our God, ye people, and make the voice
of his praise to be heard :
Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my
prayer, nor his mercy from me.
Now unto the King eternal, immortal and invisi
ble, the only wise God,
Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever
and ever. Amen.

THE TWELFTH DAY OF THE MONTH.
(Psalms 51 and 32.)
CONFESSION, PENITENCE AND PARDON.
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy
loving-kindness : according unto the multitude of
thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and
cleanse me from my sin.
For I acknowledge my transgressions : and my
sin is ever before me. ,
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done
this evil in thy sight : so that thou art justified when
thou speakest, and upright when thou judgest.

54 PSALMS FOR EVENING SERVICE.
B6hold, thou desirest truth in the inward heari:
teach me, therefore, wisdom in my inmost soul.
Purge me with hyssop, until I be clean : wash me,
until I be whiter than snow.
Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine
iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God ; and renew a
right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from thy presence ; and take
not thy holy spirit from me.
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation ; and
uphold me with thy free spirit.
Then will I teach transgressors thy ways ; and
sinners shall be converted unto thee.
O Lord, open thou my lips, and my mouth shall
show forth thy praise.
For thou desirest not sacrifice ; else would I give
it : thou delightest not in burnt-offering.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit : a bro
ken and a contrite heart, 0 God, thou wilt not des
pise.

Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.
Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth
not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine ini
quity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my trans
gressions unto the Lord ; and thou forgavest the
iniquity of my sin.
Therefore shall every one that is godly, pray unto

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thee in a time when thou mayest be found : surely
the floods of great waters shall not come nigh unto
him. Thou art my hiding-place ; thou shalt preserve
me from trouble : thou shalt compass me about with
songs of deliverance.
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked : but he that
trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him
about. Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous:
and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
Now unto the King eternal, immortal and invisi
ble, the only wise God,
Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever
and ever. Amen.

THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF THE MONTH.
(Fsalms25 and 130.)
CONFESSION AND SUPPLICATION.
Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
O my God, I trust in thee : let me not be ashamed.
Let none that wait on thee be ashamed : let them
be ashamed which transgress without cause.
Show me thy ways, 0 Lord ; teach me thy paths.
Lead me in thy truth, and teach me : for thou art

56 PSALMS FOR EVENING SERVICE.
the God of my salvation ; in thee do I trust all the
day. Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy,
loving-kindness : for they have been ever of old.
Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my
transgressions ; according to thy mercy remember
thou me, for thy goodness' sake, O Lord.
Good and upright is the Lord : therefore will he
teach sinners in the way.
The meek will he guide in judgment : and the
meek will he teach his way.
All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth
unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
For thy name's sake, O Lord, pardon mine ini
quity : for it is great.
What man is he thatfeareth the Lord? him shall
he teach in the way that he shall choose.
The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him :
and he will show them his covenant.
Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord ; for he shall
pluck my feet out of the net.
Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me ;
for I am desolate and afflicted.
Lighten the sorrows of my heart : O, bring thou
me out of my distresses.
Look upon mine affliction and my pain ; and for
give all my sins.
O, keep my soul, and deliver me : let me not be
ashamed ; for I put my trust in thee.
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me ; for I
wait on thee.

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I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his
word do I hope.
My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that
watch for morning.
Let Israel hope in the Lord : for with the Lord
there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemp
tion. Now unto the King eternal, immortal and invisi
ble, the only wise God,
Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever
and ever. Amen.

THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF THE MONTH.
(Psalms 97 and 33.)
THE MAJESTY OF GOD.
The Lord reigneth ; let the earth rejoice ; let the
multitude of isles be glad thereof.
Clouds and darkness are round about him : right
eousness and judgment are the foundation of his
throne. His lightnings illumine the world ; the earth sees,
and trembles.
The hills melt like wax at the presence of the
Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole
earth. 3*

58 PSALMS FOR EVENING SERVICE.
The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the
people see his glory.
Ye that love the Lord, hate evil : he preserved
the souls of his saints ; he delivereth them out of
the hand of the wicked.
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for
the upright in heart.
Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous; and give
thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous : for praise is
comely for the upright.
The word of the Lord is right ; and all his works
are done in truth.
He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth
is full of the goodness of the Lord.
By the word of the Lord were the heavens made;
and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
He gathereth the waters of the sea together as
an heap : he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
Let all the earth fear the Lord : let all the inhabi
tants of the world stand in awe of him.
For he spake and it was done ; he commanded,
and it stood fast.
The Lord bringeth the counsel of the nations to
naught : he maketh the devices of the kingdoms of
none effect.
The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the
thoughts of his heart to all generations.
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord ; and

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the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheri
tance. The Lord looketh from heaven ; he beholdeth all
the sons of men.
From the place of his habitation he looketh upon
all the inhabitants of the earth.
He fashioneth the hearts of all ; he observeth all
their works.
Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that
fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy ;
To deliver their soul from death, and to keep
them alive in famine.
Our soul waiteth on the Lord : he is our help and
our shield.
For our heart rejoices in him ; we trust in his
holy name.
Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as
we hope in thee.
Now unto the King eternal, immortal and invisi
ble, the only wise God,
Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever
and ever. Amen.

60 PSALMS FOR EVENING SERVICE.
THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF THE MONTH.
(Psalms 40 and 46.)
HUMBLE CONFIDENCE IN GOD.
I waited patiently for the Lord : and he inclined
unto me, and heard my cry.
And he hath put a new song into my mouth, even
praise unto our God : many shall see it, and fear,
and shall trust in the Lord.
Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his
trust, and resorteth not to men of pride and false
hood. Many, 0 Lord my God, are thy wonderful works
which thou hast done ; many are thy gracious
thoughts towards us : if I would declare and speak
of them, they are more than can be numbered.
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire ; so
hast thou taught me : burnt-offering and sin-offering
hast thou not required.
Therefore said I, Lo, I come to do what thy word
commands me.
I delight to do thy will, O my God : yea, thy law
is within my heart.
I have preached righteousness in the great con
gregation : lo, I have not refrained my lips, 0 Lord,
thou knowest.
I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart;
I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation :

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I have not concealed thy loving-kindness and thy
truth from the great congregation.
Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me,
0 Lord ; let thy loving-kindness and thy truth con
tinually preserve me.
For innumerable evils have compassed me about :
mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I
am not able to look up ; they are more than the
hairs of mine head : therefore my' heart faileth me.
Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me : O Lord, make
haste to help me.
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in
thee : let such as love thy salvation say continually,
The Lord be magnified.
But I am poor and needy ; yet the Lord thinketh
upon me : thou art my help and my deliverer ; make
no tarrying, O my God.

God is our refuge and strength, a very present
help in trouble.
Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be
removed, and though the mountains be carried into
the midst of the sea ;
Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled,
though the mountains shake with the swelling
thereof. The Lord of hosts is with us ; the God of Jacob
is our refuge.
Now unto the King eternal, immortal and invisi
ble, the only wise God,

62 PSALMS FOR EVENING SERVICE.
Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever
and ever. Amen.

THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF THE MONTH.
{Psalms 61, 62, 69, 70, 71 and 55.)
PRAYER IN DISTRESS.
Hear my cry, O God ; attend unto my prayer.
From the end of the earth I cry unto thee, for my
heart is overwhelmed : lead me to the rock that is
higher than I.
For thou art my shelter, and a strong tower from
the enemy.
I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever : I will
trust in the covert of thy wings.
For thou, O God, wilt hear my vows, and give
me the heritage of those that fear thy name.

Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him
cometh my salvation.
He only is my rock and my salvation ; he is my
defence ; I shall not be greatly moved.
My soul, wait thou only upon God ; for my ex
pectation is from him.
He only is my rock and my salvation ; he is my
defence ; I shall not be moved.

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In God is my salvation and my glory ; the rock
of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
Trust in him at all times ; ye people, pour out
your heart before him : God is a refuge for us.

Save me, O God ; for the waters are come in un
to my soul.
I will offer my prayer unto thee, O Lord ; O God,
in the greatness of thy mercy hear me, in the truth
of thy salvation.
Deliver me, and let me not sink : let me be de
livered from them that hate me, and out of the deep
waters. Let not the water-flood overflow me, neither let
the deep swallow me up, and let not the grave shut
her mouth upon me.
Hear me, O Lord ; for thy loving-kindness is
good : turn unto me according to the multitude of
thy tender mercies.

Make haste, O God, to deliver me ; make haste
to help me, O Lord.
Let them be ashamed that seek after my soul : let
them be turned backward that desire my hurt.
But let all those that seek thee rejoice and be
glad in thee : and let such as love thy salvation say
continually, Let God be magnified.
But I am poor and needy ; make haste unto me,
0 God : thou art my help and my deliverer ; O
Lord, make no delay.

64 PSALMS FOR EVENING SERVICE. 1 '
O God, thou hast taught me from my youth : and
hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works
Also when I am old and gray-headed, O God,
forsake me not ; until I have showed thy strength
unto this generation, and thy power to those that
are to come.
My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto
thee ; and my soul which thou hast redeemed.
My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all
the day long ; my praise shall be continually of thee.

Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sus
tain thee : he will never suffer those who seek him
to fall.
Now unto the King eternal, immortal and invisi
ble, the only wise God,
Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever
and ever. Amen.

THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF THE MONTH.
(Psalms 31 and 86.)

TRUST IN GOD.

In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust : deliver me in
thy righteousness.
Bow down thine ear to me ; deliver me speedily :

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be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to
save me.
For thou art my rock and my fortress ; therefore
for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me.
0, how great is thy goodness, which thou hast
laid up for them that fear thee ; which thou showest
to them that trust in thee-
Thou hidest them in the secret of thy presence
from the pride of man ; thou shelterest them in thy
pavilion from the strife of tongues.
Blessed be the Lord : for he hath showed me his
marvellous kindness in a strong city.
0, love the Lord, all ye his saints : for the Lord
preserveth the faithful, and plentifully* rewardeth
the proud doer.
Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your
heart, all ye that hope in the Lord.

Bow down thine ear, O Lord, hear me : for I am
poor and needy.
Preserve my soul ; O thou my God, save thy ser
vant that trusteth in thee.
Be merciful unto me, O Lord : for I cry unto thee
daily. Rejoice the soul of thy servant : for unto thee, O
Lord, do I lift up my soul.
For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive ;
and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon
thee. Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer ; and attend to
the voice of my supplication.

66 PSALMS FOR EVENING SERVICE.
In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee : for
thou wilt answer me.
Among the gods there is none like unto thee, 0
Lord ; neither are there any works like unto thy
works. Teach me thy way, O Lord, that I may walk in thy
truth : unite my heart to fear thy name.
I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my
heart : and I will glorify thy name for evermore.
But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion,
and gracious, long-suffering, and plenteous in mercy
and truth.
O, turn unto me, and have mercy upon me ; give
thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of
thine handmaid.
Now unto the King eternal, immortal and invisi
ble, the only wise God,
Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever
and ever. Amen.

THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF THE MONTH.
(Psalms 133, 48, 112 and 123.)
SOCIAL WORSHIP.
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for
brethren to dwell together in unity !
It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that

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ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard : that
went down to the skirts of his garments ;
As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that de-
'7 seended upon the mountains of Zion : for there the
Lord commanded the blessing, even life for ever-
1' more.

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in
the city of our God, in the mountain of his holi
ness. Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth,
is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.
God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of
the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God ; God will
establish it for ever.
We remember thy loving-kindness, O God, in the
midst of thy temple.
As thy name, O God, so extends thy praise unto
the ends of the earth : thy right hand is full of
righteousness.

Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that
feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his com
mandments. Unto the upright there ariseth light in the dark
ness : he is gracious and full of compassion, and
righteous. Happy is the man who showeth favor, and lend-
eth : he will guide his affairs with discretion.

68 PSALMS FOR EVENING SERVICE.
Surely he shall not be moved for ever ; the right
eous shall be in everlasting remembrance.
He shall not be afraid of evil tidings ; his heart
is fixed, trusting in the Lord.
His heart is established, he shall not be afraid.
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor ; his
righteousness endureth for ever ; he shall be exalted
with honor.

Unto thee lift I up- mine eyes, 0 thou that dwell-
est in the heavens.
Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand
of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto
the hand of her mistress ; so our eyes wait upon the
Lord our God, until he have mercy upon us.
Now unto the King eternal, immortal and invisi
ble, the only wise God,
Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever
and ever. Amen.

THE NINETEENTH DAY OF THE MONTH.
(Psalms 8, 144 and 115.) '
THE DIGNITY AND FRAILTY OF MAN.
O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in
all the earth ! whose glory reaches above. the hea
vens.

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Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast
thou ordained strength to silence thine enemies, that
thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy
' fingers ; the moon and the stars, which thou hast or
dained. What is man, that thou art mindful of him ? and
the son of man, that thou visitest him ?
Yet 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 works of
thy hands ; thou hast put all things under his feet :
All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the
field ;
The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and
whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all
the earth !

Lord, what is man, that thou art mindful of him !
or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
Man is like a vapor : his days are as a shadow
that passeth away.
Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down : touch
the mountains, and they shall smoke.

Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy
name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's
sake. Wherefore should the heathen say, where is now
their God ?

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But our God is in the heavens; he hath done
whatsoever he pleased.
The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord's: , ,,,
but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go
down into silence.
But we will bless the Lord from this time forth
and for evermore. Praise the Lord.
Now unto the King eternal, immortal and invisi
ble, the only wise God,
Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever
and ever. Amen.

THE TWENTIETH DAY OF THE MONTH.
(Psalms 136, 147 and 85.)
UNIVERSAL PRAISE.
O, give thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good : for
his mercy endureth for ever.
O, give thanks unto the God of gods : for his mer>
cy endureth for ever.
O, give thanks to the Lord of lords : for his mercy
endureth for ever.
To him who alone doeth great wonders : for his
mercy endureth for ever.
To him that by wisdom made the heavens : for
his mercy endureth for ever.

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To him that stretched out the earth above the
waters : for his mercy endureth for ever.
To him that made the great lights : for his mercy
endureth for ever :
The sun to rule by day : for his mercy endureth
for ever.
The moon and stars to rule by night : for his mer
cy endureth for ever.

Praise ye the Lord : for it is good to sing praises
unto our God ; for it is pleasant, and praise is
comely. He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up
their wounds.
Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem ; praise thy God,
0 Zion.
For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates ;
he hath blessed thy children within thee.
He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee
with the finest of the wheat.
He hath not dealt so with any nation : and as for
his judgments, they have not known them. Praise
ye the Lord.

Lord, thou hast been favorable unto thy land.
Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou
hast covered all their sin.
Wilt thou not revive us again, that thy people
may rejoice in thee ?
Show us thy mercy, 0 Lord, and grant us thy sal
vation.

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I will hear what God the Lord will speak: he
will speak peace unto his people, and to his ser
vants : but let them not turn again to evil.
Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him ;
that peace may dwell in our land.
Mercy and truth are met together ; righteousness
and peace have kissed each other.
Truth shall spring out of the earth ; and right
eousness shall look down from heaven.
Yea, the Lord shall give that which is good ; and
our land shall yield her increase.
Righteousness shall go before him, and shall keep
her steps in the way.
Now unto the King eternal, immortal and invisi
ble, the only wise God,
Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever
and ever. Amen.

THE TWENTY-FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH.
(Psalm 101.)
PUBLIC THANKSGIVING.
O, give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good : for
his mercy endureth for ever.
O that men would praise the Lord for his good
ness, and for his wonderful works to the children of
men !

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For he satisfieth the thirsty soul, and filleth the
hungry soul with good.
He hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the
bars of iron in sunder.
O that men would praise the Lord for his good
ness, and for his wonderful works to the children of
men !
And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiv
ing, and declare his works with rejoicing.
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do
business in great waters ;
These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders
in the deep.
For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind,
which lifteth up the waves thereof.
They mount up to the heaven, they go down
again to the depths ; their soul is melted because of
trouble. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and
he bringeth them out of their distresses.
He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves
thereof are still.
Then are they glad because they are quiet ; so he
bringeth them unto their desired haven.
O that men would praise the Lord for his good
ness, and for his wonderful works to the children of
men !
Let them exalt him also in the congregation of
the people, and praise him in the assembly of the
elders. 4

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He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the wa
ter-springs into dry ground ;
A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness
of them that dwell therein.
He turneth the wilderness into a standing water,
and dry ground into water-springs.
And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that
they may prepare a city for habitation ;
And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which
may yield fruits of increase.
The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all
iniquity shall stop her mouth.
Whoso is wise, and will observe these things,
even they shall understand the loving-kindness of
the Lord.
Now unto the King eternal, immortal and invisi
ble, the only wise God,
Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever
and ever. Amen.

THE TWENTY-SECOND DAY OF THE MONTH.
(Psalms 39 and 90.)
FRAILTY OF HUMAN LIFE.
Lord, make me to know mine end, and the mea
sure of my days, what it is ; that I may know how
frail I am.

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Behold, thou hast made my days as an hand-
breadth ; and mine age is as nothing before thee :
verily every man at his best state is altogether
vanity. Surely every man walketh like a shadow : surely
he disquieteth himself in vain : he heapeth up riches,
and knoweth not who shall gather them.
What then, O Lord, is my hope? my hope is in
thee. Deliver me from all my unrighteousness : make
me not the reproach of the impious.
0, spare me, that I may recover strength, before I
go hence, and be no more.

Lord, thou hast been our refuge in all genera
tions. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever
thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even
from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
Thou turnest man to destruction ; and sayest, re
turn, ye children of men.
For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yes
terday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
Thou carriest him away as with a flood ; he is as
a dream ; he is like grass which groweth up in the
morning. In the morning it flourisheth and groweth up ; in
the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our se
cret sins in the light of thy countenance.
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ten ; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore
years, yet is their pride weariness and sorrow ; for
it swiftly vanisheth, and we fly away.
So teach us to number our days, that we may ap
ply our hearts unto wisdom.
Return to us, O Lord, and let it repent thee con
cerning thy servants.
O, satisfy us early with thy mercy ; that we may
rejoice and be glad all our days.
Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy
glory unto their children.
And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon
us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon
us ; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
Now unto the King eternal, immortal and invisi
ble, the only wise God,
Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever
and ever. Amen.

THE TWENTY-THIRD DAY OF THE MONTH.
(Psalm 139.)
GOD'S OMNIPRESENCE AND OMNISCIENCE.
O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.
Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-ri
sing, thou understandest my thought afar off.

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Thou seest my path and my lying down, and art
acquainted with all my ways.
For before the word is on my tongue, lo, O Lord,
thou knowest it altogether.
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid
thine hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me ; it is
high, I cannot attain unto it.
Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? or whither
shall I flee from thy presence ?
If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I
make my bed in the grave, behold, thou art there.
If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in
the uttermost parts of the sea ;
Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right
hand shall hold me.
If I say, surely the darkness shall cover me ; even
the night shall be light about me.
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee ; but the
night shineth as the day : the darkness and the light
are both alike to thee.
I will praise thee ; for I am fearfully and wonder
fully made : marvellous are thy works ; and that
my soul knoweth right well.
Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being un
formed; and in thy book was every thing written :
my days were appointed when as yet there was
none of them.
How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O
God ! how great is the sum of them !

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If I should count them, they are more in number
than the sand : when I awake, I am still with thee.
Search me, O God, and know my heart : try me,
and know my thoughts :
And see if there be any wicked way in me, and
lead me in the way everlasting.
Now unto the King eternal, immortal and invisi
ble, the only wise God,
Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever
and ever. Amen.

THE TWENTY-FOURTH DAY OF THE MONTH.
(Psalms 23 and 34.)
GUARDIAN CARE OF GOD.
The Lord is my shepherd ; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures : he
leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul : he leadeth me in the paths
of righteousness for his name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the
shadow of death, I will fear no evil : for thou art
with me ; thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me : thou anointest
my head with oil ; my cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all
the days of my life : and I will dwell in the house
of the Lord for ever..

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I will bless the Lord at all times ; his praise shall
continually be in my "mouth.
0, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his
name together.
I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and deliv
ered me from all my fears.
Look unto him, and be lightened : and your faces
shall not be ashamed.
The poor man cries, and the Lord hears him, and
saves him out of all his troubles.
The angel of the Lord encampeth round about
them that fear him, and delivereth them.
0, taste and see that the Lord is good : blessed is
the man that trusteth in him.
0, fear the Lord, ye his servants ; for there is no
want to them that fear him.
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger : but
they that seek the Lord shall not want any good
thing. Come, ye children, hearken unto me : I will teach
you the fear of thr- Lord.
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from
speaking guile.
Depart from evil, and do good ; seek peace, and
pursue it. \"
The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and
his ears are open unto their cry.
The face of the Lord is against them that do evil,
to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and de
livereth them out of all their troubles.

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The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken
heart ; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous : but the
Lord delivereth him out of them all.
The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants : and
none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.
Now unto the King eternal, immortal and invisi
ble, the only wise God,
Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever
and ever. Amen.

THE TWENTY-FLFTH DAY OF THE MONTH.
(Psalms 91 and 121.)
PROTECTING CARE OF GOD.
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most
High shall abide under the shadow of the Al
mighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my
fortress : my God, in him I will trust.
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under
his wings shalt thou trust : his truth shall be thy
shield and buckler.
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror of the
night ; nor for the arrow that flieth by day ;
Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness;
nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

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A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand
at thy right hand ; but it shall not come nigh thee.
Because thou hast made the Lord thy refuge, and
the Most High thy habitation ;
There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any
plague come nigh thy dwelling.
For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to
keep thee in all thy ways.
They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou
dash thy foot against a stone.
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder ; the
young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under
thy feet.

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, whence
cometh my help.
My help cometh from the Lord, which made
heaven and earth.
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved : he that
keepeth thee will not slumber.
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slum
ber nor sleep.
The Lord is thy keeper : the Lord is thy shade
upon thy right hand.
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the
moon by night.
The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil : he
shall preserve thy soul.
The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy
coming in from this time forth, even for ever
more. 4*

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Now unto the King eternal, immortal and invisi
ble, the only wise God,
Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever
and ever. Amen.

THE TWENTY-SIXTH DAY OF THE MONTH.
(Psalms 98, 113 and 116.)
GRATITUDE FOR DIVINE PROTECTION.
O, sing unto the Lord a new song : for he hath
done marvellous things : his right hand and his holy
arm hath gotten him the victory.
The Lord hath made known his salvation : his
righteousness hath he openly showed in the sight of
the nations.
He hath remembered his mercy and his truth to
ward the house of Israel : all the ends of the earth
have seen the salvation of our God.
Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth :
make a loud noise, and rejoice and sing praise.
Sing unto the Lord with the voice of a psalm ;
make a joyful noise before the Lord, the King.
Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the
world, and they that dwell therein.
Let the floods clap their hands : let the hills be
joyful together before the Lord.

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For he cometh to judge the earth : with right
eousness shall he judge the world, and the people
with equity.

Praise ye the Lord. Praise, O ye servants of the
Lord, praise the name of the Lord.
Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time
forth and for evermore.
From the rising of the sun 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,
Who humbleth himself to behold the things that
are in heaven, and in the earth ?
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth
the needy out of the ground ;
That he may set him with princes, even with the
princes of his people.

I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice
and my supplications.
Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, there
fore will I call upon him as long as I live.
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the
pains of the grave seized upon me ; I found trouble
and sorrow.
Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O
Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

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Gracious is the Lord, and righteous ; yea, our God
is merciful.
Return unto thy rest, O my soul ; for the Lord
hath dealt bountifully with thee.
For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine
eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
I will walk before the Lord in the land of the
living. What shall I render unto the Lord for all his bene
fits toward me ?
I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the
name of the Lord.
I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the pre
sence of all his people.
I will offer to him the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
and will call upon the name of the Lord.
I will pay my vows unto the Lord, now in the
presence of all his people ;
In the courts of the Lord's house, in the midst of
thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord.
Now unto the King eternal, immortal and invisi
ble, the only wise God,
Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever
and ever. Amen.

SELECTIONS

FROM

MOSES AND THE PEOPHETS,
FOR EVENING SERVICE.

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY OF THE MONTH.
(From Exodus and Deuteronomy.)
SUMMARY AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
1. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
2. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to any gra
ven image, to serve it.
3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy
God in vain.
4. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
5. Honor thy father and thy mother.
6. Thou shalt not kill.
7. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
8. Thou shalt not steal.
9. Thou shalt not bear false witness.
10. Thou shalt not covet any thing that is thy
neighbor's.

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Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak ; and
hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech
shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the
tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass :
Because I will publish the name of the Lord: as
cribe ye greatness unto our God.
He is the Rock, his work is perfect : for all his
ways are judgment : a God of truth and without
iniquity, just and right is he.
Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify
among you this day, which ye shall command your
children to observe to do, all the words of this law.
For it is not a vain thing for you : because it is
your life.

For this commandment, which I command thee
this day, is not hidden from thee, neither is it far
off. It is not in heaven that thou shouldest say, Who
shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us,
that we may hear it, and do it ?
Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest
say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it
unto us, that we may hear it, and do it ?
But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth,
and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.

The secret things belong unto the Lord our God :
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and to our children for ever, that we may do all the
words of this law.

All these blessings shall come on thee, and over
take thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of
the Lord thy God.
Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt
thou be in the field.
Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the
fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the
increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.
Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and
blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
The Lord shall establish thee a holy people unto
himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt
keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and
walk in his ways.

This day the Lord thy God hath commanded thee
to do these statutes and judgments : thou shalt
therefore keep and do the# with all thy heart, and
with all thy soul.
Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy
God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his stat
utes, and his commandments, and his judgments,
and to hearken unto his voice :
And the Lord has avouched thee this day to be
his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and
that thou shouldest keep all his commandments ;
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he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honor ;
and that thou mayest be a holy people unto the
Lord thy God, as he hath spoken*
Now unto the King eternal, immortal and invisi
ble, the only wise God,
Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever
and ever. Amen.

THE TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY OF THE MONTH.
(From Isaiah.)
OBLATIONS VAIN WITHOUT RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, 0 earth ; for the
Lord hath spoken : I have nourished and brought up
children, and they have rebelled against me.
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacri
fices unto me ? saith tM9 Lord : I am full of the
burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts ;
and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of
lambs, or of he-goats.
When ye come to appear before me, who hath re
quired this at your hand, to tread my courts ?
Bring no more vain oblations ; incense is an abomi
nation unto me ; the new moons and sabbaths, the
calling of assemblies, I cannot away with ; it is ini
quity, even the solemn meeting.

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Your new moons and your appointed feasts my
soul hateth : they are a trouble unto me ; I am
weary to bear them.
Wash you, make you clean ; put away the evil of
your doings from before mine eyes ; cease to do evil :
Learn to do well ; seek judgment, relieve the op
pressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the
Lord : though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be
as white as snow ; though they be red like crimson,
they shall be as wool.
If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the
good of the land : but if ye refuse and rebel, ye
shall be devoured with the sword ; for the mouth of
the Lord hath spoken it.
Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for
fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty.
The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the
haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the
Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
For the day of the Lorfl of hosts shall be upon
every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every
one that is lifted up ; and he shall be brought low :
And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down,
and the haughtiness of men shall be made low : and
the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and
into the caves of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and
for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to
shake terribly the earth.

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In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver,
and his idols of gold, which he hath made for him
self to worship, to the moles and to the bats ;
To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the
tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the Lord, and
for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to
shake terribly the earth.
Now unto the King eternal, immortal and invisi
ble, the only wise God,
Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever
and ever. Amen.

THE TWENTY-NINTH DAY OF THE MONTH.
(From Isaiah and Daniel.)
DENUNCIATIONS AGAINST SIN.
The Lord standeth up to plead, and standeth to
judge the people.
The Lord will enter into judgment, with the elders
of his people, and the chief men thereof: for ye
have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor
is in your houses.
What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces,
and grind the faces of the poor ? saith the Lord God
of hosts.
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field to field, till there be no place, that they may be
placed alone in the midst of the earth !
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning
that they may follow strong drink ; that continue
until night, till wine inflame them !
And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe,
and wine, are in their feasts ; but they regard not
the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation
of his hands.
Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened
her mouth without measure : and their glory, and
their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoic-
eth, shall descend into it.
And the mean man shall be brought down, and
the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of
the lofty shall be humbled :
But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judg
ment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in
righteousness. Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords,
and sin as it were with a cart-rope :
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil :
that put darkness for light, and light for darkness ;
that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter !
Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes,
and prudent in their own sight ! which justify the
wicked for reward, and take away the righteous
ness of the righteous from him !.
Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and
the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be
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because they have cast away the law of the Lord
of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of
Israel. O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the
covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to
them that keep his commandments ;
We have sinned, and have committed iniquity,
and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even
by departing from thy precepts and from thy judg
ments :
Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants,
which spake in thy name to us.
O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but
unto us confusion of face as at this day ;
O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, because
we have sinned against thee.
Now therefore, 0 our God, hear the prayer of thy
servants and their supplications, and cause thy face
to shine upon thy sanctuary for the Lord's sake.
0 my God, incline thine ear, and hear ; open thine
eyes, and behold : for we do not present our suppli
cations before thee for our righteousness, but for thy
great mercies.
O Lord, hear ; O Lord, forgive ; O Lord, hearken
and do : defer not, for thine own sake, O our God.
Now unto the King eternal, immortal and invisi
ble, the only wise God,
Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever
and ever. Amen.

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THE THIRTIETH DAY OF THE MONTH.
(From Isaiah and Jeremiah?)
INVITATIONS TO SEEK THE LORD.
Let every one that thirsteth come to the waters,
and let him that hath no money come, buy and eat ;
yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and
without price.
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is
not bread, and your labor for that which satisfieth
not ? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that
which is good, and let your soul delight itself in
goodness. Incline your ear, and come unto me : hear, and
your soul shall live : and I will make an everlasting
covenant with you.
Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye
upon him while he is near :
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unright
eous man his thoughts : and let him return unto the
Lord, and he will have mercy upon him ; and to our
God, for he will abundantly pardon.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither
are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so
are my ways higher than your ways, and my
thoughts than your thoughts.
For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from
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earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may
give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater :
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my
mouth : it shall not return unto me void, but it shall
accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper
in the thing whereto I sent it.
Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a
God afar off?
Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall
not see him ? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and
earth ? saith the Lord.
Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause
darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the
dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn
it into the shadow of death.
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will
make a new covenant with you: and this shall be
the covenant that I will make with you :
I will put my law in your inward parts, and write
it in your hearts : and I will be your God, and ye
shall be my people.
And ye shall teach no more every man his neigh
bor, and every man his brother, saying, know the
Lord : for ye shall all know me, from the least of
you unto the greatest of you, saith the Lord : for I
will forgive your iniquity, and I will remember your
sin no more.
Now unto the King eternal, immortal and invisi
ble, the only wise God,
Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever
and ever. Amen.

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THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH.
(From Isaiah.)
GOD THE RESTORER.
Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion ; put
on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy
city. Awake, awake, put on strength, 0 arm of the
Lord ; awake, as in the ancient days, in the genera
tions of old.
0 Lord, be gracious unto us ; we have waited for
thee: be thou our arm every morning, our salvation
also in the time of trouble.
Look down from heaven, and behold from the
habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory.
Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it
cannot save ; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot
hear; But our iniquities have separated between us and
our God, and our sins have hid his face from us,
that he will not hear.
But now, O Lord, thou art our Father, we are the
clay, and thou our potter ; and we are all the work
of thy hand.
Be not wroth very sore, O Lord, neither remem
ber iniquity for ever : behold, see, we beseech thee,
we are all thy people.
I will mention the loving-kindness of the Lord,
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the Lord hath bestowed on us, according to his mer
cies, and according to the multitude of his loving-
kindnesses.

Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the
Lord ; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will
walk in his paths.
He shall judge among the nations, and govern
the people ; and they shall beat their swords into
plough-shares, and their spears into pruning-hooks.
Nation shall not lift up the sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war any more.
0 my people, come, and let us walk in the light of
the Lord ;
Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high,
and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruit
ful field be counted for a forest.
Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and
righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
And the work of righteousness shall be peace ;
and the effect of righteousness, quietness, and as
surance for ever.
And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habita
tion, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting-places.
They also that erred in spirit shall come to un
derstanding, and they that murmured shall learn
doctrine. Moreover, the light of the moon shall be as the
light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be
sevenfold, as the light of seven days.

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Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy
solemnity is kept ; and gladness of heart, as when
one goeth into the mountain of the Lord, to the
Mighty One of Israel.
And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be
gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted,
that he may have mercy upon you : for the Lord is
a God of judgment : blessed are all they that wait
for him.
For the people shall dwell in Zion : thou shalt
weep no more : he will be very gracious unto thee
at the voice of thy cry : when he shall hear it, he
will answer thee.
And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I
will answer ; and while they are yet speaking, I will
hear. They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the
heat nor sun smite them : for he that hath mercy on
them shall lead them, even by the springs of water
shall he guide them.
Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return,
and come with singing unto Zion ; and everlasting
joy shall be upon their head : they shall obtain glad
ness and joy ; and sorrow and mourning shall flee
away. Now unto the King eternal, immortal and invisi
ble, the only wise God,
Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever
and ever. Amen.
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SPECIAL OCCASIONS.

SELECTION FOR THANKSGIVING, OR A NATIONAL
ANNIVERSARY.
(Psalms 78, 105 and 80.)
Give ear, O my people, to my speech : incline
your ears to the words of my mouth.
I will open my mouth in a parable : I will utter
dark sayings of old :
What we have heard and known, and our fathers
have told us.
We will not hide them from their children, show
ing to the generation to come the praises of the
Lord, his strength, and his wonderful works that he
hath done.
For he established statutes, and appointed a law,
which he commanded our fathers to make known to
their children :
That the generation to come might know them,
even the children which should be born : who should
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0, give thanks unto the Lord ; call upon his name :
make known his deeds among the people.
Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him : talk ye of
all his wondrous works.
Glory ye in his holy name : let the heart of them
rejoice that seek the Lord.
Seek the Lord, and his strength : seek his face
evermore. Remember his marvellous works that he hath
done ; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth ;
When our fathers were but a few in number ;
yea, very few, and strangers in the land.
When they went from one nation to another, from
one kingdom to another people ;
He suffered no man to do them wrong : yea, he
reproved kings for their sakes ;
Saying, touch not mine anointed, and do my
prophets no harm.
And he increased his people greatly ; and made
them stronger than their enemies.
And he brought them forth with joy, and his cho
sen with gladness :
And gave them the lands of the nations, and they
inherited the labor of the people ;
That they might observe his statutes, and keep
his laws.
Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy
face to shine ; and we shall be saved.
Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt : thou hast
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Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause
it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and
the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
It sent out its boughs unto the sea, and its
branches unto the river.
Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts : look
down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine ;
And the vineyard which thy right hand hath
planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for
thyself. So will not we go back from thee : quicken us,
and we will call upon thy name.
Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts, cause thy
face to shine ; and we shall be saved.
Now unto the King eternal, immortal and invisi
ble, the only wise God,
Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever
and ever. Amen.

SELECTION FOR CHRISTMAS DAY.
(From Isaiah.)
The people that walked in darkness, have seen a
great light : they that dwell in the land of the sha
dow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given :
and the government shall be upon his shoulders :
and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor,

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The mighty, The divine, The Father of the ages,
The Prince of Peace.
Of the increase of his government and peace
there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and
upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with
judgment and with justice from henceforth even for
ever. And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the
spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit oi
counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and oi
the fear of the Lord ;
And shall make him of quick understanding in
the fear of the Lord : and he shall not judge after
the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hear
ing of his ears.
But with righteousness shall he judge the poor.
and- reprove with equity for the meek of the earth :
and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his
mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay
the wicked.
And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins
and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and tht
leopard shall lie down with the kid : and the calf
and the young lion, and the fading, together ; and s
little child shall lead them.
And the cow and the bear shall feed ; their youn§
ones shall lie down together ; and the lion shall eai
straw like the ox.
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the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on
the cockatrice's den.
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy
mountain : for the earth shall be full of the know
ledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
The wilderness and the solitary place shall be
glad for them: and the desert shall rejoice and blos
som as the rose.
It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice, even with
joy and singing : the glory of Lebanon shall be
given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon :
they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excel
lency of our God.
Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the
feeble knees.
Say to them that are of a fearful heart, be strong,
fear not : behold, your God will come with power,
even God with a recompense ; he will come and
save you.
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and
the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the
tongue of the dumb shall sing : for in the wilderness
shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
And the parched ground shall become a pool, and
the thirsty land springs of water :
And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it
shall be called, the way of holiness : the wayfaring
men, though fools, shall not err therein.
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shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there ; but
the redeemed shall walk there :
And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and
come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon
their heads : they shall obtain joy and gladness, and
sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Now unto the King eternal, immortal and invisi
ble, the only wise God,
Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever
and ever. Amen.

SELECTION FOR A DAY OF FASTING, HUM1LIA-
, TION AND PRAYER.
(From Isaiah.)
Cry aloud, and spare not, lift up thy voice like a
trumpet, and shew my people their transgression,
and the house of Jacob their sins.
Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my
ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and for
sook not the ordinance of their God :
They ask of me the ordinances of justice : they
take delight in approaching to God.
Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou
seest not ? wherefore have we afflicted our soul,
and thou takest no knowledge ?
Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure,
and exact all your labors.

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Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite
with the fist of wickedness :
Ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your
voice to be heard on high.
Is it such a fast that I have chosen ? a day for a
man to afflict his soul ?
Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to
spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou
call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord ?
Is not this the fast that I have chosen ? to loose
the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy bur
dens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye
break every yoke ?
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that
thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house?
When thou seest the naked, that thou cover him ;
and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh ?
Then shall thy light break forth as the morning,
and thine health shall spring forth speedily :
And thy righteousness shall go before thee ; the
glory of the Lord shall be thy rere-ward.
Then shalt thou call, and the lord shall answer;
thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am.
If thou take away from the midst of thee the
yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking
vanity ;
And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and
satisfy the afflicted soul ;
Then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy
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And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and
satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones :
And thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like
a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
And they that shall be of thee shall build the old
waste places : thou shalt raise up the foundations
of many generations ;
And thou shalt be called, The repairer of the
breach, The restorer of the paths to dwell in.
If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from
doing thy pleasure on my holy day ; and call the
Sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honorable ;
And shalt honor him, not doing thine own ways,
nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine
own words :
Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord ; and
I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the
earth, And feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy
father : for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Now unto the King eternal, immortal and invisi
ble, the only wise God,
Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever
and ever. Amen.

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SELECTION FOR GOOD FRIDAY.
(From the Epistle to the Hebrews.)
For the law having a shadow of good things to
come, and not the very image of the things, can
never, with those sacrifices which they offered year
by year continually, make the comers thereunto per
fect. For then would they not have ceased to be of
fered? because that the worshippers once purged
should have had no more conscience of sins.
But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance
again made of sins every year.
For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and
of goats should take away sins.
Wherefore, when he cometh into the world, he
saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but
a body hast thou prepared me :
In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast
had no pleasure.
Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the
book it is written of me) to do thy will, O God.
Above, when he said, Sacrifice and offering and
burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest
not, neither hadst pleasure therein ; which are of
fered by the law ;
Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God.
He taketh away the first, that he may establish the
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By the which will we are sanctified through the
offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
And every priest standeth daily ministering and
offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can
never take away sins :
But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice
for sins, for ever sat down on the right hand of
God; From henceforth expecting till his enemies be
made his footstool.
For by one offering he hath perfected for ever
them that are sanctified.
Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us :
for after that he had said before,
This is the covenant that I will make with them
after those days, saith the Lord ; I will put my laws
into their hearts, and in their minds will I write
them ;
And their sins and iniquities will I remember no
more. Now, where remission of these is, there is no
more offering for sin.
Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into
the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
By a new and living way, which he hath conse
crated for us, through the vail, that is to say, his
flesh ;
And having a high priest over the house of God ;
Let us draw near with a true heart, in full assu
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evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure
water. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith with
out wavering ; for he is faithful that promised :
And let us consider one another, to provoke unto
love, and to good works :
Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves to
gether, as the manner of some is ; but exhorting
one another ; and so much the more, as ye see the
day approaching.

For ye are not come unto the mount that might
be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto
blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of
words ; which voice they that heard, entreated that
the word should not be spoken to them any more :
But ye are come unto Mount Sion, 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, And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant,
and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better
things than that of Abel.
Now unto the King eternal, immortal and invisi
ble, the only wise God,
Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever
and ever. Amen.

SUBSTITUTE

MORNING EXTEMPORE PRAYER.

[If a clergyman or layman, while conducting the public morning
service, should decline for any reason to offer the extempore prayer, as
directed onpage 1, he will read in its stead, the following :]
O Almighty God, and most merciful Father, unto
whom all hearts are open, and from whom no se
crets are hid ; with simplicity and godly sincerity
would we seek thee, confessing our unthankfulness,
and our manifold offences. We deplore the sins
which we have at any time committed, in thought
or affection, in word or deed, against each other and
against thee. And we humbly beseech thee, through
thy mercy declared unto us by thy Son Jesus Christ,
to look graciously upon us, and forgive us, and as
sist us to lay aside every weight, and the sins which
so easily beset us ; to mortify our evil and corrupt
affections, and to subdue every thought and desire
to the obedience of the Gospel. May we be con
vinced, O God, that till we know thee, we know
nothing aright ; that without thee, we have nothing
of any worth ; and in wandering from thee, we leave
all that is truly good. Let us cast ourselves into

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the arms of thy mercy, and offer thee our whole be
ing, our bodies and our souls, that they may be thy
temple for ever. And wilt thou take us, O Lord, en
tirely into thy hands, with all that we have, and let
nothing henceforward, either in life or death, ever
separate us from thee any more.
O thou great Author of our being, who knowest
all our wants, and who alone art able to supply
them ; who perceivest all the dangers and evils to
which we are exposed, and who alone canst defend
us ; whither shall we go but unto thee ! We pray
thee to compassionate our weakness, to guard us in
peril, to direct us in doubt, and to save us from fall
ing into sin. In every exposure may thy shield be
over us. From the evil that is around and within us,
graciously deliver us. Make the path of duty plain
before us, and keep us in it even unto the end.
Heavenly Father, we beseech thee to watch over
us by night and by day, and preserve us from all
harm. In the night of affliction and trouble may we
look up unto thee, and be comforted with the assu
rance that thou wilt hereafter wipe away all tears
from our eyes. .And when we come to the dark
valley of the shadow of death, be thou our guide
and comforter, and bring us to the regions of endless
day. O God, we commit ourselves entirely to thy dis
posal; and whether we enjoy, or suffer, or live, or
die, may we be mercifully accepted as thy children,
and disciples of thy Son Jesus Christ.
We beseech thee to regard with thy favor all thy

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creatures, and to show thy mercy on all orders and
conditions of men. Bless, we pray thee, all our ru
lers ; all those whose duty it is to administer justice ;
all who are in places of authority and trust. May
our land be ever favored of the Most High God ; the
abode of freedom, religion, virtue, truth and peace.
Let thy mercy descend upon thy whole Church ; pu
rify it by thy spirit, and preserve it against all temp
tations and enemies ; that, offering to thee the nev
er-ceasing sacrifice of prayer and thanksgiving, it
may advance thy honor, and be filled with thy grace,
and partake of thy glory. Bless all its ministers,
and clothe them with righteousness. Bless the
means of education, and the instructors of youth.
Enlighten the ignorant ; convert the unbelieving ;
relieve and comfort all the persecuted and afflicted ;
speak peace to troubled consciences ; strengthen the
weak ; confirm the strong ; deliver the oppressed
from him who spoileth him, and succor the needy
who hath no helper. Redeem man, O God, from op
pression, superstition and crime ; send light, liberty
and peace over the whole earth ; and let the sun of
righteousness arise upon all nations, with healing in
his beams.
Hear our supplications, which we humbly address
to thee in the name of Jesus Christ our Saviour, who
ever liveth to make intercession for us, and through
whom we render unto thee all honor and glory for
ever. Amen.

SUBSTITUTE

EVENING EXTEMPORE PRAYER.

[// the conductor of the public evening service should decline to of
fer the extempore prayer as directed on page 26, he will read in its
stead, the following :]
0 God, the Author of nature, the Source of all
power, wisdom and happiness, whose energy sus
tains, whose presence animates, and whose gracious
influence blesses the universe ; assist us, we beseech
thee, to form worthy apprehensions of thy nature
and character, and, as far as our faculties will per
mit, to become acquainted with thy perfections and
providence. And let our conceptions of thee pro
duce in us the sentiments of veneration, gratitude
and submission, and lead us to a diligent'imitation
of thy moral perfections, and a constant obedience
to thy laws.
0 God, the Father of light and of wisdom ; may
our minds be enlightened with useful knowledge ;
and may the truths of religion sink deep into our
hearts, and influence all our actions. From a stead
fast faith in thy perfections, may we maintain a con
stant regard to thine administration ; submit with

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cheerfulness to thine appointments ; live in thy fear,
and order our whole conversation as in thy sight.
Under the influence of our holy religion, may we
purify our minds from all vicious affections, abstain
from every appearance of evil, and abound in all
the fruits of righteousness. May the expectation of
a happy immortality sustain our virtue in the midst
of the most powerful temptations, and establish our
souls in peace and joy.
Eternal and all-seeing God, we thy creatures sink
into nothing before thy supreme majesty ; we feel
our weakness ; we acknowledge our folly ; we re
peatedly bewail our sins ; thee only we adore with
awful veneration ; thee we thank with fervent zeal ;
to thy power we humbly submit ; of thy goodness
we devoutly implore protection ; on thy wisdom we
firmly and cheerfully rely. Whenever we address
thee, O Father, if our prayers are unwise, wilt thou
pity us ; if they are presumptuous, wilt thou pardon
us ; if acceptable to thee, grant them, all-powerful
God ; and as we now express our submission to thy
decrees, adore thy providence, and bless thy dispen
sations, so, in that future state to which we rever
ently hope thy goodness will raise us, may we con
tinue praising, venerating, worshipping thee, more
and more, through worlds without number, and ages
without end.
O Lord, merciful and gracious, we, thy dependent
offspring, would humbly and sincerely thank thee,
because thou hast given us life, and by thy bountiful
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verned us. For our reason, education and religion ;
for all the gifts of nature, and of grace ; for our Sa
viour, Christ ; for our redemption, and instruction in
the truth ; for thy repeated calls to us ; for all the
patience which has waited for us, and all the mercy
which has spared us ; for all the enjoyments of this
present life, and for all thy promises, and all our
hopes of a better life to come, we bless and magnify
thy holy name. And grant, 0 Lord, that thy mer
cies may be followed by our obedience ; and that we
may so walk in the light of thy favor, and in the
paths of thy commandments, that, living here to thy
praise, we may at last be received to thyself, to re
joice for ever in thy presence ; which we ask in the
name, and as disciples, of him who died that we
might live, through whom to thee be ascribed all
thanksgiving and praise, both now and for ever.
Amen.

ORDER OF SERVICES

THE COMMUNION.

[The Minister may begin the service by reading the following se
lection from Scripture.]
These things write we unto you, that your joy
may be full — that ye also may have fellowship with
us ; and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and
with his son Jesus Christ. Brethren, I write no new
commandment unto you, but an old commandment
which ye had from the beginning. He that saith
he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in dark
ness even until now. He that loveth his brother
abideth in light, and there is none occasion of stum
bling in him. But he that hateth his brother is in
darkness, and walketh in darkness ; and knoweth
not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath
blinded his eyes. Behold ! what manner of love the
Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be
called the sons of God ! Beloved, now are we the
sons of God : and it doth not yet appear what we
shall be ; but we know that when He shall appear,
we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
And every man that hath this hope in him, purifieth
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manifested to take away our sins ; and in him is no
sin. We know that we have passed from death unto
life, because we love the brethren. Let us not love
in word, neither in tongue ; but in deed, and in
truth. [Directions. — Having read this selection, the Minister may make
such address to the Communicants as he may deem appropriate.

Having finished his address, the Minister may read the following
passages from I Corinthians, xi: 23, 24, 25.]
Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed,
took 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 Testa
ment in my blood : this do ye, as oft as ye drink it,
in remembrance of me.
[Here the Minister may offer prater (or Thanksgiving), after
which he may offer the bread to the Communicants— and afterwards
the cup. Then, after oral or silent prayer, according to the discre
tion of the Minister, the Communicants together may sing an appro
priate hymn before the benediction.]
[Note. — The preceding outline of Communion Service is only of
fered as suggestive; any other form may be followed, at the discre
tion of the Minister.]

ORDER OF SERVICES

BAPTISM.

[The address to be read, omitted or modified, at the discretion of
the Minister; and Sprinkling or Immersion practised, according to
the wish of the responsible parties concerned.]
ADDRESS PRECEDING THE BAPTISM BOTH OF
INFANTS AND ADULTS.
Go ye, said Jesus to his disciples, and teach all
nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
The rites and ordinances of Christianity are few,
simple and expressive. They inculcate its leading
duties, and commemorate its fundamental doctrines.
The ordinance of baptism plainly signifies and
teaches the necessity of cleansing the spirit from
every stain of sin and error. This was the great
object for which the Saviour was sent into the
world. As his religion immediately superseded
that of Moses, its disciples were to be baptized into
the name of the universal Father, instead of the
God of a single nation. Instead of being " baptized
to Moses,"* the Jewish legislator, they were to be
consecrated to the Son, as the Mediator of a new
and everlasting covenant. And in place of being
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bound by the obligation to observe a complicated
system of minute external rites, ceremonies and
sacrifices, they were commanded to be baptized
into those moral and invisible relations through
which the Holy Spirit of God deals with the spirit
of man. With the understanding that all who pre
sent either themselves or their children to be bap
tized, recognize these three fundamental objects of
the Christian Faith, I now proceed to administer
this solemn ordinance.

[Scripture sentences preceding the baptism of infants.]
And Jesus took a child and set him in the midst;
and when he had taken him in his arms, he said
unto them, Whosoever shall receive one of such
children in my name, receiveth me ; and whosoever
shall receive me, receiveth not me, but Him that
sent me.
And they brought young children to him, that he
should touch them ; and his disciples rebuked those
that brought them ; but when Jesus saw it, he was
much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little
children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for
of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto
you, whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of
God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.
Whosoever, therefore, shall humble himself as a
little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of
heaven.

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Take heed that ye despise not one of these little
ones ; for I say unto you, that in heaven their an
gels do always behold the face of my Father which
is in heaven.

[The Minister shall then baptize the child, pronouncing its baptis
mal name, and saying .•]
I baptize thee into the name of the Father, and
of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Thou frail and feeble, yet precious and immortal
being ! We welcome thee into the world, and into
the protecting folds of the visible church of Christ.
We ask of God to bless thee. We ask of thy pa
rents to watch over thy dawning character — to
cherish every good, and to suppress every evil ten
dency which thy opening heart may exhibit. We
ask of them to train thee up to virtue and religion.
Long mayest thou live, a blessing to society and
the church. May it be thy lot to extract the pangs
from the afflicted bosoms of thy parents, but never
mayest thou plant one there. And when at length
thou art called away from this world of trial, mayest
thou be received into the arms of thy Father and
thy God.

[Prayer.]

O Thou, who art the giver of our life, and the
controller of our destiny ! Wilt thou command thy
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have now been engaged ? Wilt thou take this child
into thy holy keeping ? If consistent with thy will,
may its life be spared and blessed ? Enlighten and
assist these thy servants in all the duties and cares
that belong to the parental relation. May they be
enabled to imbue their child with the principles and
virtues enjoined by the gospel of thy Son, in whose
name we ascribe to Thee all honor and dominion,
forever. Amen. [A hymn may follow this service.]

[Scripture sentences preceding the baptism of adults.]
Then Peter said, Repent and be baptized every
one of you for the remission of sins, and ye shall
receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the pro
mise is unto you, and to your children, and to all
that are afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall
call. The baptism which saveth us is not the putting
away the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good
conscience toward God.

[The person shall then be baptized, the Minister pronouncing his
baptismal name, and saying :]
I Baptize thee into the name of the Father, and of
the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

[A suitable prayer shall follow this iervice.j

ORDER OF SERVICES

AT THE

CELEBRATION OF MATRIMONY.
[Any other service may be employed at the discretion of the Minis
ter or the parties.]

When the parties to be married and their friends are assernbled,
the Minister shall say —
My friends — We are met together, in the sight of
God and of these brethren, to join this man and this
woman in marriage — which is a union appointed
by God when he created man male and female, say
ing, It is not good for the man to be alone ; laying
its foundation deep in mutual adaptations of mind,
heart and character. It is a union hallowed by
Jesus, not only by his presence and first miracle at
Cana, but also by the constant influence of his re
ligion, which purifies, elevates and increases all the
joys of the wedded state.
And, therefore, since the gospel makes the earthly
union the means of a heavenly one, since it changes
the water of life into wine, and makes the temporal
tie the means of an eternal growth, progress and
joy, let us pray together for these our friends, asking
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that Christ may again be present as a guest at this
marriage, and that they may be made meet helpers
to each other in all things.
The Minister may then pray ; and afterwards he shall cause
the man to take the right hand of the woman in his own right
hand. Then shall the Minister say to the man —
Wilt thou have this woman to be thy wedded
wife, to live together after God's ordinance in the
estate of matrimony ? Wilt thou love her, comfort
her, honor and keep her, in sickness and in health,
in sorrow and in joy ; and, forsaking all others,
keep thee only unto hex, so long as ye both shall
live? The man shall answer —
I will.
Then shall the Minister say to the woman —
Wilt thou have this man to be thy wedded hus
band, to live together after God's ordinance in the
estate of matrimony ? Wilt thou love him, comfort
him, honor and keep him, in sickness and in health,
in sorrow and in joy ; and, forsaking all others,
keep thee only unto him, so long as ye both shall
live? The woman shall answer —
I will.
The Minister shall then offer a prayer, and afterwards say —
Forasmuch as  and  have consented
together in marriage, and have witnessed the same
before God and this company, declaring their pur
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man and wife ; and whom God hath joined together,
let no man put asunder.
He shall then add this blessing —
And now may the Lord God Almighty bless, pre
serve and keep you. The Lord mercifully with his
favor look upon you, and give you peace, now and
for ever. Amen.

ORDER OF SERVICES

AT THE

BURIAL OF THE DEAD.
The following order may be used for " Burial of the Dead," or
some other, at the option of the Minister.

[ The services may be introduced by singing a hymn.]
My son, despise not thou the chastening of the
Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him : for
whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth
every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chast
ening, God dealeth with you as with his sons ; for
he chastens us not for his pleasure, but for our profit,
that we may be partakers of his holiness. Now no
chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but
grievous ; nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the
peaceable fruits of righteousness to those who are
exercised thereby.
It is better to go to the house of mourning than
to the house of feasting ; for the heart of the wise is
in the house of mourning, and by the sadness of the
countenance the heart is made better.
Man, that is born of a woman, is of few days
and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower,
and is cut down ; he fleeth also as a shadow, and
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All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof
is as the flower of the field. For what is our life ?
It is even as a vapor, which appeareth for a little
time, and then vanisheth away.
We brought nothing into this world, and it is cer
tain that we can carry nothing out. The Lord gave,
and the Lord hath taken away ; blessed be the name
of the Lord. [Here may follow an address or remarks.]

(Passages from the 39t?i and 90th Psalms.)
PSALM XXXIX.
Lord, make me to know mine end, and the meas
ure of my days, that I may know how frail I am.
Behold, thou hast made my days as it were a span
long, and mine age is even as nothing in respect of
thee ; and verily every man living is altogether
vanity. For man walketh in a vain shadow, and disqui-
eteth himself in vain ; he heapeth up riches, and
cannot tell who shall gather them.
And now, Lord, what is my hope ? Truly, my
hope is even in thee.
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
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0, spare me a little, that I may recover my
strength, before I go hence, and be no more seen.
psalm xc.
Lord, thou hast been our refuge from one gene
ration to another.
Before the mountains were brought forih, or ever
thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even
from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
Thou turnest man to destruction ; and sayest, Re
turn, ye children of men.
For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yes
terday when it is past, or a watch in the night
As soon as thou scatterest them, they are even as
a dream, 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.
The days of our age are threescore years and ten ;
and though men be so strong that they come to four
score 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 ap-
pty our hearts unto wisdom.

(Passages from the New Testament.)
I am the Resurrection and the Life, saith the
Lord ; he that believeth in me, though he were dead,
yet shall he live, and whoso liveth and believeth in
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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 alive.
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and
this mortal must put on immortality. So when this
corruptible shall have put on incorruption, 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. O Death, where is thy
sting ? O Grave, where is thy victory ? Thanks be
to God, who hath given us the victory through our
Lord Jesus Christ.
I reckon that the sufferings of the present time are
not worthy to be compared with the glory which
shall be revealed to us. For eye hath not seen, nor
ear heard, nor the heart of man conceived, the
things which God hath prepared for them that love
him. We know in part, and we prophesy in part ; but
when that which is perfect shall come, then that
which is in part shall be done away. Now we see
through a glass, darkly ; but then, face to face : now
I know in part; but then shall I know even as also
I am known.
I 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, and their works do follow
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They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any
more ; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any
heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the
throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto
living fountains of waters ; and God shall wipe
away all tears from their eyes.
And there shall be no more death, neither sorrow,
nor crying, nor pain : for the former things are
passed away.

[Then shall be offered an extempore prayer, or the one which follows.]
0 merciful God, the Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, who is the resurrection and the life; in
whom whosoever believeth 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 Saint Paul, not to be sorry, as men
without hope, for those who sleep in him : we hum
bly beseech thee, O Father, to raise us from the
death of sin unto the life of righteousness ; that
when we shall depart this life, we may rest inhim ;
and that at the general resurrection in the last day,
we may be found acceptable in thy sight, and re
ceive that blessing which thy beloved Son shall
then pronounce to all that love and fear thee, say
ing, Come, ye blessed children of my Father, re
ceive the kingdom prepared for you from the be
ginning of the world.
We commend unto thee every suffering and af-

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flicted mourner. Lord, wilt thou comfort their
hearts, wilt thou sanctify their sorrows, and wilt
thou lead them, by the severe lessons of thy Pro
vidence, unto right views of life, death and immor
tality ? so that they may walk in the paths of right
eousness here, and be prepared for the heavenly
inheritance in thine own blissful presence for ever.
Grant this, we beseech thee, O merciful Father,
through Jesus Christ our Mediator and Redeemer.
Amen. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love
of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be
with us all evermore. Amen.

[The following may be read at the grave.]
I would not have you ignorant, brethren, concern
ing them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even
as others which have no hope ; for if we believe
that Jesus died, and rose again, even so them also
which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
For lie does not willingly afflict or aggrieve the
children of men.
We must work the work of him that sent us while
it is day ; the night cometh in which no man can
work. There the wicked cease from troubling, and there
the weary are at rest.
If our earthly house of this tabernacle be dis
solved, we have a building of God, a house not
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130 burial of the dead.
made with hands, eternal in the heavens. We are
willing, therefore, to be absent from the body, and
present with the Lord ; who shall change our vile
body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious
body, according to the mighty working whereby he
is able to subdue all things unto himself.
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 corrup
tion, it is raised in incorruption ; it is sown in dis
honor, it is raised in glory ; it is sown in weakness,
it is raised in power ; it is sown a natural body, it is
raised a spiritual body.
[A prayer and a hymn may be added here.]
The peace of God, and the comfort of the Holy
Ghost, be with your spirits. Amen.

FAMILY PRAYERS.

SUNDAY MORNING.

Almighty and everlasting God, source of all be
ing, and fountain of all good ; we, thy children, cre
ated by thee, continually preserved by thee, and in
debted to thee for all that we possess and all that
we enjoy, would come before thee this morning, to
express our sense of thy goodness to us, to acknow
ledge our dependence upon thee, to adore thy great
ness, and commend ourselves to thy care.
Glory be to thy name that thou hast made us ca
pable of holding communion with thee, the Father
of our spirits, and of receiving the revelations of thy
word and will. Glory be to thy name for the hea
venly doctrines, precepts, and promises of the gos
pel of thy Son. We make it our earnest prayer to
thee, that our hearts may be touched by its holy in
fluences, that our characters may be formed by its
spirit, that our lives may be governed by its laws.
0 guide us, we beseech thee, in the ways of its
truth to the everlasting home which it promises to
the righteous.

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Let our attendance this day on thy public wor
ship, and the services and instructions of thy house,
conduce to our spiritual improvement and our eter
nal good. Let us enter thy gates with thanksgiving,
and thy courts with praise, and take with us our
best affections and resolutions to the temple of the
Lord. Let our prayers and meditations exalt and
purify us, and assist us to discharge our duties in
this life, and contribute to prepare us for that eter
nal world to which we are rapidly hastening.
Bless all who call upon thy name this day. May
they approach thee in sincerity, humility and love.
May all denominations of Christians, however divi
ded in opinion, be joined together in the bond of
peace and an earnest regard for the interests of true
religion and virtue. We offer these our petitions
in the name of Jesus Christ, thy well-beloved Son ;
ascribing to thee, the King eternal, immortal, invi
sible, the only wise God, all glory and honor, might,
majesty and dominion, now and for evermore.
Amen. SUNDAY EVENING.
Our Father, who art in heaven ; accept, we be
seech thee, our grateful acknowledgments for thy
goodness to us this day ; for preserving our lives ;
for shielding us from danger ; for supplying our
daily bread ; for permitting our attendance on the
ordinances of thy house. Let it not be in vain that
those of us who have united with thy people in pub
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listened to the voice of instruction. We fervently
pray that whatever good impressions may have
been made upon us may be durable ; that whatever
good resolutions we may have formed may be stead
fastly kept ; that the errors which we have con
fessed may be reformed ; that every devout aspira
tion we may have breathed in the sanctuary, may
be remembered in the world, to guard us against
temptation, and preserve us holy and undefiled.
Help us all to set our affections on things above.
Keep ever in our minds, a lively sense of our respon
sibility to thee. May we constantly live as in thy
world, in thy sight, as thy subjects, thy creatures,
thy children. Let it be our study at home and
abroad, by day and by night, to love and fear thee
as we ought, and to do those things which are well
pleasing in thy sight.
Enable us to become true followers of thy Son
Jesus Christ in all things ; to clothe ourselves with
his humility, purity and benevolence. Let thy will,
as it was his, be ours also. Like him, may we go
about doing good. May the contemplation of his
character, and imitation of his example, bring us
constantly nearer to his own perfection, and to those
mansions of everlasting happiness which he has
promised to his disciples, and gone before to prepare
for them.
Watch over us during the darkness of this night,
and the defenceless hours of sleep ; preserve us
from all dangers ; and bring us to the light of
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solved to serve thee, than we ever have been. Ac
cept our evening sacrifice of prayer and .praise,
which we offer in the name of Jesus Christ our
most blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen.
MONDAY MORNING.
Great and glorious Lord our God ; we, thy ser
vants, whom thou hast brought to see the light of
another morning, prostrate ourselves before thee,
and humbly acknowledge thee as the God of our
lives, and* the giver of all good. It is thou who sus-
tainest us in the defenceless hours of sleep, and
when we awake we are still with thee. Encom
passed by the same care which guarded us by night,
we go forth to the occupations of the day. 0 God,
our trust is in thee. Give us grace to perform our
duty faithfully ; to use this world as not abusing it ;
to hold fast our integrity as long as we live ; to re
member that thou seest us always, and that we
must render a final account of all that we do to
thee, the witness and the judge of men.
We thank thee, O most merciful Father, for our
domestic ties and family blessings. May we, the
members of this household, mutually endeavor to
discharge our several duties to each other with ten
derness and fidelity. Let the gentle and pure spirit
of the blessed Jesus possess our hearts, and influ
ence our conduct. Let tranquillity, harmony and
love abide in our dwelling, and the voice of health
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thou extend thy loving kindness to all our friends.
Delight in their happiness here, and make them
heirs of the inheritance of the saints in the future
and eternal world.
O thou, whose blessing is on the habitation of the
just, let us be the joyful objects of that blessing,
now and for evermore. O God, hear us in thy great
mercy ; pity our infirmities ; pardon our sins ; and
from our united hearts accept this tribute of devo
tion, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
MONDAY EVENING.
0 thou who dwellest in the heavens, but whom
the heaven of heavens cannot contain, unto thee do
we lift up our souls. Thou art never far from any
one of us, and we cannot flee from thy presence. If
we say, the darkness shall hide us, even the night
shall be light about us ; for the darkness and the
light are both alike to thee. Thou seest us at this
moment, and discernest every thought and intention
of our hearts. Thou art acquainted with all our
ways, and there is not a word in our tongue, but lo,
0 Lord, thou knowest it altogether. Let this mo
mentous truth be deeply impressed upon our minds.
When discouraged by difficulties, let us look up to
thee from whom our help cometh ; and when dis
tressed by calamity, may we take refuge in thy
mercy, and find peace by staying our minds on the
eternal One. Through life* may we act always as
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our consolation in the presence of him, who, when
flesh and heart fail, will be the strength of our
heart and our portion for ever.
Accept our thanks, most merciful Father, for thy
great goodness in bringing us to the close of another
day, in the enjoyment of so many blessings. While
we gratefully receive the gifts of thy bounty, let us
not incur the guilt of loving the creature more than
the Creator, or of laying up treasure on earth to the
neglect of our treasure in heaven ; but help us so
to pass through things temporal, that we finally lose
not things eternal.
Graciously regard whatever of duty we have this
day performed. Forgive whatever has been sinful
in us. Let no evil come near us or our dwelling in
the night ; and bring us to the morning rejoicing
still in thy great goodness, and praising thee, the
Father of all mercies, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen. TUESDAY MORNING.
Almighty God, maker of all things, whose we are,
and on whom we entirely depend ; we bless thee
that thou hast kept us during the past night ; that
thou hast refreshed us with grateful slumbers ; that
thou hast preserved us from the dangers which
walk in darkness, and hast opened our eyes on the
light of another day. We acknowledge, O God,
that these are but a small part of thy mercies. Thou
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ing us good. All the blessings which we enjoy, or
have ever enjoyed, come down from thee, the Father
and Friend of all.
0 teach us how to thank thee as we ought ;
to 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 right
eousness all our days. Let us cherish that faith
which is imbibed from a pure doctrine, and is mani
fested by a holy life. Let us cultivate that piety
which deeply reverences and supremely loves a Be
ing of infinite perfections, and which produces, as
its natural fruit, a sincere love for all mankind.
May every day of our lives be marked by some
valuable improvement, some act of virtue, some
victory over temptation and passion. May we be
continually advancing nearer to perfection, to the
moral likeness of our Saviour, and to thy rest and
happiness above.
0 God, we look to thee for thy protection through
this day. Keep us from danger, from sickness, and
from falling into sin. Enable us to be useful to so
ciety, and to obtain the approbation of those whom
we love. Let us especially so conduct ourselves this
day, and through all our days, as to secure thy favor
which is life, and thy loving kindness which is bet
ter than life. We ask all things in the name, and
as disciples of thy blessed Son, our Saviour, Jesus
Christ. Amen.

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TUESDAY EVENING.

Ever gracious and indulgent God, who hast
brought us to the close of this day in safety and
peace ; we render thee our devout thanksgivings for
the mercies which we have experienced, and com
mend ourselves to thy continued protection.
We therefore pray thee, O Father, that above all
things thou wouldest assist us in loving and serving
thee. What our lot shall be, we leave to thy wise
providence ; but O teach us, under all circumstances,
to be grateful to thee in prosperity, and resigned to
thy will in affliction and distress. Inspire our
hearts with a purer love to thee ; enlighten our
minds with heavenly wisdom ; and make our de
sires conform themselves to thy purposes. Let grati
tude be the pervading disposition of our souls. May
we always feel that we are thy children ; that we
have received from thee infinitely more than we de
serve ; and that the least return which we can
make to thee, is, to be contented and cheerful under
thy paternal government.
May our reverence for thy will and command
ments be displayed in our conduct toward our breth
ren of the human family; so that we may con
stantly regard them with feelings of pure benevo
lence, and do unto them as we should wish them to
do unto us. Let us go to rest this night at peace
with all mankind, and with bosoms free from all
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grant that we may rise up in the morning with a
firm resolution to imitate thee, according to the
measure of our humble capacity, by doing good.
Hear, answer, forgive and accept us, O Father in
heaven, for thine infinite mercy's sake in Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
O thou infinite and eternal Spirit, by whose pow
er the world in which we live, and the countless
worlds by which we are surrounded, were created
from nothing ; by whose wisdom they and all that
they contain are constantly directed ; by whose
goodness they are preserved in order, and filled with
happiness and beauty ; and without whose support,
they would all return to the nothing from which
they came : we, thy dependent offspring, humbly
adore that power which displays itself so abun
dantly wherever we turn our eyes ; we adore that
wisdom which governs all things rightly, and we
bless that goodness by which all things are blessed.
We come to thee this morning with the grateful ac
knowledgment of our dependence on thy bounty and
protection. We thank thee for the gospel of thy
Son Jesus Christ ; for the heavenly radiance which
it has shed on the path of our duty, through the
gloom of affliction, and on the bed of death. We
thank thee that it has enabled us to look beyond the
bounds of mortality and time, and defy the power
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the faithful servants of God, and true disciples of
Christ, those glorious rewards of a future life, which
eye hath never seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of
man conceived.
All is from thee ; all joy, all support, all improve
ment, all hope. O may we become worthy of thy
mercies, by receiving them as from thee, and using
them according to thy will ; by renouncing and
avoiding all that is evil, and following after, and
cleaving to all that is good ; by living and dying in
thy fear and love. And when we come to die, may
we be able to look back on a life not uselessly spent,
and forward to a blessed immortality.
Hear us, O Father, in heaven where thou dwell-
est, and accept us in the name of Jesus Christ our
Redeemer ; as whose disciples we address thee, and
through whom we ascribe unto thee everlasting
honors. Amen. WEDNESDAY EVENING.
0 God, the unchangeable and everlasting foun
tain of life, perfection and happiness ; we lift up our
hearts unto thee, the greatest, wisest and best of be
ings. Grant that we may increase in the know
ledge of thee, day by day ; that we may constantly
attain more pure and worthy conceptions of thy
nature and providence ; that we may manifest a
more becoming reverence for thy perfections, and a
truer concern for thy honor and service.
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let us humbly imitate thy constant and universal
goodness. May we behave in our several stations
with integrity and benevolence, and discover the
real spirit of piety and goodness in all the relations
of life. May we walk within our houses with per
fect hearts ; be faithful and affectionate to our
friends, and just and kind to all men. May we put
on the ornament of a meek, compassionate, forgiv
ing spirit ; and may every good and generous dis
position be daily improving in our breasts, until we
become fit for that happy kingdom, where love, and
peace, and joy for ever reign.
We also pray thee, O God, to teach us the know
ledge and the government of ourselves : may we
keep our hearts with all diligence, amidst all the
trials and changes of the world ; in prosperity may
we be humble, temperate and charitable ; in adver
sity may we be patient, and wholly resigned to thy
will. 0 God, we implore thy blessing on all that is dear
and valuable to us. We pray thee to bless our
country, our rulers, our friends, the churches of
Christ, the ministers of religion, the instructors of
youth, the rising generation, and all the means of
establishing, preserving and diffusing the principles
of liberty and virtue. Keep us this night by thine
almighty power ; be always our defender, guide and
friend ; and to thee, the infinite and eternal God, we
will ascribe continually all glory, honor and praise,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen,

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THURSDAY MORNING.

O thou great Creator, governor, and supporter of
men ; thou dwellest in light, and art the Father of
lights, with whom is no variableness or shadow of
turning. Grateful for the care which thou hast ex
ercised over us during the night past, we would
cheerfully submit ourselves to thy guidance through
the day upon which we have entered.
Thou prolongest our lives, that we may attain
more and more to the true end of life. May this
day witness some improvement in knowledge, piety
and virtue. May it witness our diligence in that
occupation to which thou hast called us. We desire
and purpose to keep consciences void of offence,
and to abstain from every action offensive to the
eye of divine purity ; but the experience which we
have had of our frailty, makes us diffident of our
strength. Our confidence is in thy power to strength
en our faith, invigorate our obedience, and cause us
to run in the way of thy commandments. We im
plore thine aid, that we may walk before thee this
day, and all the days of our lives. Smile on our en
deavors after improvement and usefulness ; enable
us to make every day some progress in a holy life ;
teach us to feel the uncertainty and value of our
days on earth ; and when they shall be numbered
and finished, receive us into the light and bliss of
thy glorious presence, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

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THURSDAY EVENING.

O Gdb, the Father of mercies, the God of love,
and of all consolation ; we, thy servants, unite to
present unto tbee our unfeigned thanks, for all thy
goodness and loving kindness to the children of men.
We thank thee, that thou hast created us in thine
own image : endued us with social affections ; im
planted in our hearts a sense of good and evil ; and
called us to the fear and love of thee, the greatest
and best of beings. We praise thee for our con
tinual support, and for all the comforts of our lives.
Thou givest us health and fruitful seasons, and fill-
est our hearts with food and gladness. Blessed be
the Lord, even the God of our salvation, who daily
loadeth us with benefits.
Take us, merciful Father, under thine almighty
protection, through this night, and the remaining
part of our lives ; prepare us for all the events
which may hereafter befall us ; and enable us, under
all the changes of this world, to do that which is
right in thy sight. If, through thy kind providence,
we spend our days in prosperity, may we beware
lest we forget thee in our abundance. Under all the
troubles of life, may the consolations of religion
sustain our spirits ; and, in the hour of death, let thy
mighty power support us, and let thy mercy, O God,
be upon us. Command thy blessing upon thy ser
vants, even life for evermore.
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all our friends. Supply their wants out of the stores
of thy bounty ; let thy watchful providence ever
more defend them from evil ; and let thy goodness
and mercy follow them all the days of their lives.
We address our united devotions unto thee, the
giver of all good things, in the name and as the dis
ciples of Jesus Christ ; and now unto the blessed
and only potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of
lords, dwelling in the light to which no man can ap
proach, whom no man hath seen or can see, be honor
and power everlasting. Amen.

FRIDAY MORNING.
Almighty and everlasting God, in whom we live,
and move, and have our being; we, thy needy crea
tures, render thee our humble praises, for thy preser
vation of us from the beginning of our lives to this
day. We thank thee for refreshing us with the
slumbers, and guarding us from the dangers of the
past night. For all thy mercies we bless and mag
nify thy glorious name ; humbly beseeching thee to
accept this our morning sacrifice of praise and
thanksgiving. And since it is by thy mercy, O gracious Father,
that another day is added to our lives, we here dedi
cate both' our souls and our bodies to thee and thy
service in a sober, righteous and godly life ; in
which resolution do thou, O merciful God, confirm
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grow in grace, aiid in the knowledge of our Lord
and Saviour Jesus Christ.
In particular', we implore thy grace and protec
tion for the ensuing day. Keep us temperate in our
meats and drinks, and diligent in our several call
ings. Grant us patience under any afflictions thou
shalt see fit to lay on us, and minds always con
tented with our present condition. Give us grace to
be just and upright in all our dealings ; quiet and
peaceable ; full of compassion ; and ready to do
good unto all men, according to our abilities and op
portunities. Direct us in all our ways, and prosper
the works of our hands in the righteous business of
our several stations. Defend us from all dangers and
adversities ; and be graciously pleased to take us,
and all things belonging to us, under thy fatherly
care and protection. These things, and whatever
else thou shalt see necessary and convenient for us,
we humbly beg in the name and as the disciples of
Jesus Christ, our blessed Lord and Redeemer. Amen.
FRIDAY EVENING.
Most merciful God, who art of purer eyes than
to behold iniquity, and hast promised forgiveness to
all those who confess and forsake their sins ; we
come before thee this evening in an humble sense
of our unworthiness, acknowledging our transgress
ions of thy righteous laws.
Reward all who have done us good, and pardon
all those who have done or wish us evil, and give
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them repentance and better minds. Be merciful to
all who are in any trouble ; and of thine abundant
goodness minister unto them according to their seve
ral necessities.
To our prayers, 0 Lord, we join our unfeigned
thanks for all thy mercies ; for our being, our rea
son, and all other endowments and faculties of the
soul and body ; for our health, friends, food and rai
ment, and the other comforts and conveniences
of life. Above all, we adore thy mercy in sending
thy Son into the world to redeem us from sin and
death, and to show us the Father. We bless thee
for thy patience with us ; for the assistance of thy
Holy Spirit ; for thy continual care and watchful
providence over us through the whole course of our
lives. We pray thee to continue thy blessings to
us ; and to give us grace to show our thankfulness
in a sincere obedience to thy laws.
We beseech thee to protect us this night. De
fend us from all dangers, and give us such refresh
ing sleep as may fit us for the duties of the follow
ing day. Make us ever mindful of the time when
we shall lie down in the dust ; and grant us grace
always to live in such a state, that we may never
be afraid to die ; so that living and dying we
may be thine, and thine for evermore. We ask all
in the name of thy Son Jesus Christ. Amen.
SATURDAY MORNING.
O God, our Creator and heavenly Father, the giver

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of all good, upon whom we depend now and for
ever ; under an awful sense of thy constant pres
ence with us, we thy creatures and thy servants are
assembled together, to thank thee for thy unde
served goodness to us at all times, and particularly
to acknowledge the watchful care of thy provi
dence, by which we have been preserved during
the defenceless hours of the night, and brought, in
health and safety, to the light of another day.
Thy mercies, O God, are renewed to us every
morning. Let our gratitude and dutiful obedience
to thee bear some proportion to thy favors, that we
may be a family fearing thee, and glorifying thy
name among men. We desire to set thee our God
before us in all our ways, that thy blessing may
constantly go along with us, and that we may never
undertake any thing which we dare not beg of thee
to prosper ; but may always pursue what thou, the
righteous Judge, approvest, and wilt finally reward
and honor.
0 God, to the direction of thy wise and unerring
providence we do entirely commit ourselves. Safe
under thy protection, and happy in thy favor, we
would cheerfully follow where thou pleasest to con
duct us. We desire only that portion of the good
things of this life which thou seest to be fit for us,
and would decline no sufferings which thou shalt ap
point for the trial and improvement of our virtue.
Be with us this day, and all our days. In health
and in sickness, in life and in death, may we lift up
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confidence and joy ; and may we so pass through
the changing scenes of the present world, that we
may be prepared for the pure and unmixed happi
ness of thy glorious presence for evermore. Mer
cifully hear and accept us, 0 God, through thy Son
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
SATURDAY EVENING.
0 thou, who alone art from everlasting, 'without
beginning of days, or end of years ; we rejoice that
amid the continued changes of this our uncertain
life, we can look to thee, O God, who endurest for
ever. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but thou
remainest, and wilt never fail those who trust in
thee, nor hide thy face from those who love thee.
Preserver of men, at the close of another day and
week, we would render unto thee our sincere and
humble thanks for all the mercies of thy providence,
liy which our lives have been supported and blest.
We acknowledge with joy that i: is thou alone who
preservest us, and makest us to dwell in safety; for
in thy hands alone our life and breath are, and thine
are all our ways.
Forgive, we beseech thee, the transgressions of
the past day, the past week, and all past time.
Whatever has been amiss in our conduct, or irregu
lar in our dispositions, whatever we have done
which we ought not to have done, or omitted which
we ought to have performed, wilt thou, in thy great
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from the past, may we in future take more careful
heed to our steps, and walk more uprightly before
thee. Quicken our consciences, and sanctify our
hearts. Make us more pure, humble and devout,
more benevolent and useful ; and so teach us to
number our days, that we may apply our hearts
unto wisdom.
We commend to thee our relatives and friends.
We ask thy compassion for the distressed, thy mer
cy for the erring and guilty, thy blessing upon all
men. Promote the cause of knowledge and reli
gion in the earth ; let the pure doctrines and prac
tice of Christianity everywhere prevail, and the
whole earth be filled with thy glory and praise.
Holy Watchman of thy people, who dost never
slumber nor sleep ; the ever blessed God, who art
able to do for us more exceedingly than we can ask
or think ; the Father almighty ; the King eternal,
immortal and invisible ; unto thee be all honor and
glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

PRAYER FOR A BEREAVED FAMILY.
0 thou eternal Lord our God, the Lord of life
and death, who givest and who takest away, enable
us all to say, with sincere and humble resignation,
Thy name be blessed, and thy will be done. In all
our troubles and adversities, whensoever they op-

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press us, we would come to thee, O Father, and put
our whole trust and confidence in thee, and lay
down the burthen of our sorrows before thee, and
look to thee alone for consolation and help ; for we
know that thou art a God of mercy and compassion,
and that though clouds and darkness are round about
thee, righteousness and judgment are the founda
tions of thy throne.
We desire to submit with all humility and pa
tience to the recent afflictive dispensation of thy
righteous providence. Be pleased to sanctify it to
thy servants, the members of this family. Teach us
to turn this sorrow to our eternal good ; and let the
sense of our loss make us cleave more steadfastly
to thee.
Bind more closely together the surviving mem
bers of this family. Increase in us a tender and
faithful affection. May we learn how to promote
each other's happiness, and mitigate the sorrows
which yet await us. Teach us to feel the vanity of
earthly things, to delight in thy word, to study thy
will, to observe thy law, and to work out our own
salvation ; that when we go the way of all the
earth, we may be comforted by thy presence, and
admitted to that heavenly state where all tears
shall be. wiped from our eyes, and there shall be no
more decay, nor sickness, nor death ; which we
ask in the name of thy Son Jesus Christ, the resur
rection and the life, through whom to thee be ren
dered everlasting praises. Amen.

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PRAYER FOR A SICK PERSON.
0 Lord, look down from heaven, behold, visit and
relieve this thy servant. Look upon him [or her]
with the eyes of mercy ; give him comfort, and sure
confidence in thee ; support him under all the trials
of his present sickness, relieve his pains, if it seem
good unto thee, and keep him in perpetual peace
and safety.
Grant that he may take thy visitation patiently ;
and fit him, 0 Lord, for whatever in thy righteous
providence thou hast appointed for him ; that he
may have cause to glorify thy name for his present
sufferings, and find that thou, O God, of very faith
fulness, hast caused him to be troubled.
Interrupted as he is in the usual occupations of
life, may he rightly employ the present occasion as
a season of salutary restraint and discipline, utter
ing no word and cherishing no thought of mur
muring or complaint.
Sanctify, we beseech thee, this thy fatherly cor
rection to him, that the sense of his weakness may
add strength to his faith, and seriousness to his re
pentance ; that if it shall be thy good pleasure to
restore him to his former health, he may lead the
residue of his life in thy fear and to thy glory : Or
else give him grace so to take thy visitation, that
after this painful life is ended, he may dwell with
thee in life everlasting, through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.

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TO BE USED BY A SICK PERSON.
Lord of life, who orderest all things in heaven
and in earth, I would humbly own and rever
ence thy hand in my present condition. Knowing
that thou dost never willingly afflict or aggrieve thy
children, I would believe that this message of sick
ness is sent for my spiritual good. My first desire
is, that it may be so sanctified to me.
O my Father, let not this disease touch the vi
tal springs of being, or weaken the powers of
thought. With submission to thy will, I pray for
my restoration to health. Speak the word of heal
ing, and thy servant shall live. May I yet live to
perform my duties more acceptably ; and let not the
night of death come till the labors of my earthly
day are finished. But if thou hast ordered other
wise — not my will, but thine be done.
While I plead for the health of my body, I would
more earnestly pray for that of my soul. Whatever
else thou shalt deny me, O deny me not an interest
in thy grace. May sickness in the body bring
health to the mind ; and the fruit of affliction
be the removal of sin. In all my weakness be thou
my stay and support ; in all my sorrows and trials,
be thou my consolation and refuge. Endue me
with patience, fortitude and meekness under the
pains of disease and the irksomeness of confinement.
In his name, O Lord, who went up to his Father's
throne on the steps of suffering, hear my prayer,
and to thee I would render unceasing praise. Amen.

GENERAL INDEX.

Page.
Preface, • - . ;;;,
Order of Morning Service, - - . 1
Introductory Sentences, - - 2
Anthems, ... 3
Lord's Prayer and Invocations, - 5
TeDeum, - - 6
Doxology, - 7
Closing Ascriptions, - - 7
Benediction, - - 8.
Litany for First Sunday of the Month — The Beatitudes and
Charities, 9
Litany for Second Sunday of the Month — Christian Wisdom
and Perfection, - - - 1 1
Litany for Third Sunday of the Month — Prayers and Inter
cessions, - 13
Litany for Fourth Sunday of the Month — The Christian Com
mandments and Graces, - 1 6
Litany for Fifth Sunday of the Month — The Fullness of
Christ, - 19
Order of Evening Service, 22
Introductory Sentences, - 23
Anthems, - - - 24
Gloria in Excelsis, - - 25
Closing Ascriptions, - 26
Dismission Hymn, - 27
Benediction, - 28
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154 GENERAL INDEX. Page.
Selections from Psalms and Prophets, for Thirty-one days of the v
Month, 29 to 97
Selection for First Day — Public Worship, 29
Selection for Second Day — Delights of Public Worship, 31
Selection for Third Day — Public Worship, 34
Selection for Fourth Day — Exhortation to Worship, 36
Selection for Fifth Day — Invitation to Worship, ¦ 38
Selection for Sixth Day — Exhortation to bless God, 40
Selection for Seventh Day — The Soul and its God, 42
Selection for Eighth Day — An Evening Meditation, 44
Selection for Ninth Day — An Evening Prayer, 47
Selection for Tenth Day — An Evening Prayer, 49
Selection for Eleventh Day — Adoration, 51
Selection for Twelfth Day — Confession, Penitence, and Pardon, 53
Selection for Thirteenth Day — Confession and Supplication, 55
Selection for Fourteenth Day — The Majesty of God, 57
Selection for Fifteenth Day — Humble Confidence in God, 60
Selection for Sixteenth Day — Prayer in Distress, - 62
Selection for Seventeenth Day — Trust in God, - - 64
Selection for Eighteenth Day — Social Worship, - 66
Selection for Nineteenth Day — The Dignity and Frailty of Man, 68
Selection for Twentieth Day — Universal Praise, 70
Selection for Twenty-first Day — Public Thanksgiving, 72
Selection for Twenty-second Day — Frailty of Human Life, - 74
Selection for Twenty-third Day — God's Omnipresence and Om
niscience, - - 76
Selection for Twenty-fourth Day — Guardian Care of God, 78
Selection for Twenty-fifth Day — Protecting Care of God, 80
Selection for Twenty-sixth Day — Gratitude for Divine Pro
tection, ... - 82
Selection for Twenty-soventh Day — Summary and Enforcement
of the Ten Commandments, - 85
Selection for Twenty-eighth Day — Oblations Vain without
Righteousness, - 88
Selection for Twenty-ninth Day — Denunciations against Sin, 90
Selection for Thirtieth Day — Invitations to seek the Lord, 93
Selection for Thirty-first Day — God the Restorer, 98
Selection for Thanksgiving or National Anniversaiy, 98

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Page.
Selection for Christmas, - 100
Selection for Fast Day, - 103
Selection for Good Friday, 100
Substitute for Extempore Prayer in Morning Service, - 109
Substitute for Extempore Prayer in Evening Service, 112
Communion Service, - 115
Baptismal Service, - - 117
Celebration of Matrimony, 121
Burial of the Dead, - - 124
Family Prayers for Each Day of the Week, 131 to 148
Prayer for a Bereaved Family, 149
Prayer for a Sick Person, - 151
Prayer to be used by a Sick Person, 152