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We believe that thou shalt come,| to be our Judge.

Oye Fire and Heat, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and mag

We therefore pray thee, help nify him for ever. thy servants, whom thou hast re

O ye Winter and Summer, bless

deemed with thy precious blood. ye the Lord; praise him, and Make them to be numbered magnify him for ever.

with thy saints, in glory everlasting.

O Lord, save thy people, and bless thine heritage.

Govern them, and lift them up for ever.

Day by day we magnify thee; And we worship thy name ever, world without end.

Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin.

O Lord, have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us.

O Lord, let thy mercy be upon us, as our trust is in thee.

O Lord, in thee have I trusted; let me never be confounded.

Or this Canticle.

Ö ye Dews and Frosts, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Frost and Cold, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and mag nify him for ever.

Oye Ice and Snow, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

Oye Nights and Days, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

Oye Light and Darkness, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever. magn

ye Lightnings and Clouds, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

Benedicite, omnia opera Domini. O O let the Earth bless the Lord; ALL ye Works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord; praise yea, let it praise him, and magnihim, and magnify him for ever. fy him for ever. O ye Angels of the Lord, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify magnify him for ever.

O ye Heavens, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Mountains and Hills, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

Ŏ all ye green Things upon Earth, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Waters that be above the O ye Wells, bless ye the Lord; Firmament, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for praise him, and magnify him for ever.

ever.

O ye Seas and Floods, bless ye O all ye Powers of the Lord, the Lord; praise him, and magbless ye the Lord; praise him, nify him for ever.

and magnify him for ever.

O ye Whales, and all that move O ye Sun and Moon, bless ye in the Waters, bless ye the Lord; the Lord; praise him, and mag-praise him, and magnify him for nify him for ever.

ever.

O ye Stars of Heaven, bless ye O all ye Fowls of the Air, bless the Lord; praise him, and mag-ye the Lord; praise him, and nify him for ever. magnify him for ever.

and

O ye Showers and Dew, bless ye the Lord; praise him, magnify him for ever. magnif Oye Winds of God, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O all ye Beasts and Cattle, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

Ŏ ye Children of Men, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O let Israel bless the Lord ; praise him, and magnify him for

ever.

went into the place of departed Spirits, which are considered as words of the same meaning in the Creed.

O ye Priests of the Lord, bless I BELIEVE in God the Father

Almighty, Maker of Heaven

ye the Lord; praise him, and and Earth: magnify him for ever.

And in Jesus Christ his only O ye Servants of the Lord, bless Son our Lord; Who was conye the Lord; praise him, and ceived by the Holy Ghost, Born magnify him for ever. of the Virgin Mary, Suffered un

Oye Spirits and Souls of the der Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, Righteous, bless ye the Lord; praise dead, and buried; He descended him, and magnify him for ever. into Hell; The third day he rose O ye holy and humble Men of from the dead; He ascended into. heart, bless ye the Lord; praise Heaven, And sitteth on the right him, and magnify him for ever. hand of God the Father Almigh¶ Then shall be read, in like manner, the second ty; From thence he shall come to ing to the Table or Calendar; and after that, the judge the quick and the dead. following Psalm. I believe in the Holy Ghost: Jubilate Deo. Psal. c. The Holy Catholic Church; The O BE joyful in the Lord, all ye communion of Saints; The forlands; serve the Lord with giveness of sins; The resurrecgladness, and come before his pre-tion of the body, and the life eversence with a song. lasting. Amen.

Lesson, taken out of the New Testament, accord

Or this.

Be ye sure that the Lord he is God, it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his BELIEVE in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of people and the sheep of his pasture. Heaven and Earth, and of all Ó go your way into his gates things visible and invisible: with thanksgiving, and into his And in one Lord Jesus Christ, courts with praise; be thankful the only begotten Son of God, beunto him, and speak good of his gotten of his Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of For the Lord is gracious, his Light, very God of very God, bemercy is everlasting; and his truth gotten, not made, being of one subendureth from generation to gene-stance with the Father, by whom ration.

name.

Or this Hymn.

all things were made; who for us Benedictus. St. Luke i. 68. men, and for our salvation, came LESSED be the Lord God down from Heaven, and was inof Israel; for he hath visited carnate by the Holy Ghost of the and redeemed his people; Virgin Mary, and was made man, And hath raised up a mighty and was crucified also for us unsalvation for us, in the house of der Pontius Pilate. He suffered his servant David; and was buried, and the third day As he spake by the mouth of his he rose again, according to the holy Prophets, which have been Scriptures, and ascended into Heasince the world began; ven, and sitteth on the right hand That we should be saved from of the Father; and he shall come our enemies, and from the hand again, with glory, to judge both of all that hate us. the quick and the dead; whose

Then shall be said the Apostles' Creed, by the kingdom shall have no end.
Minister and the People, standing: And any And I believe in the Holy Ghost,
Hell, or may, instead of them, use the words, He the Lord and giver of life, who

Churches may omit the words, He descended into

proceedeth from the Father and upon earth; most heartily we bethe Son; who with the Father and seech thee, with thy favour to bethe Son together is worshipped hold and bless thy servant, The and glorified, who spake by the President of the United States, and prophets. And I believe one all others in authority; and so reCatholic and Apostolic Church. I plenish them with the grace of thy acknowledge one Baptism for the holy Spirit, that they may always remission of sins; and I look for incline to thy will, and walk in thy the resurrection of the dead, and way: Endue them plenteously the life of the world to come. Amen. with heavenly gifts; grant them in ¶ And after that, these Prayers following, all de- health and prosperity long to live; voutly kneeling; the Minister first pronouncing, The Lord be with you; Ans. And with thy Spirit.

I Min. Let us pray.
O Lord, show thy mercy upon us;
Ans. And grant us thy salvation.
Min. O God, make clean our
hearts within us;

Ans. And take not thy Holy
Spirit from us.

Then shall follow the Collect for the day, except when the Communion Service is read; and then

the Collect for the day shall be omitted here. A Collect for Peace.

and finally, after this life, to attain everlasting joy and felicity, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The following Prayers are to be omitted here, when the Litany is read.

TA Prayer for the Clergy and People.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting

God, from whom cometh every good and perfect gift, send down upon our Bishops and other Clergy, and upon the Congregations committed to their charge, the healthful spirit of thy grace; GOD, who art the author of and, that they may truly please peace and lover of concord, thee, pour upon them the conin knowledge of whom standeth tinual dew of thy blessing: Grant our eternal life, whose service is this, O Lord, for the honour of perfect freedom; defend us, thy our Advocate and Mediator Jesus humble servants, in all assaults of Christ. Amen. our enemies; that we, surely trusting in thy defence, may not fear the power of any adversaries, through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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A Collect for Grace.

A Prayer for all Conditions of Men.

GOD, the Creator and Pre

server of all mankind, we humbly beseech thee for all sorts and conditions of men, that thou wouldest be pleased to make thy LORD, our heavenly Fa-ways known unto them, thy sather, Almighty and everlast-ving health unto all nations. More ing God, who hast safely brought us especially we pray for thy holy to the beginning of this day; de- Church universal; that it may be fend us in the same with thy mighty so guided and governed by thy power, and grant that this day we good Spirit, that all who profess fall into no sin, neither run into any and call themselves Christians, kind of danger; but that all our may be led into the way of truth, doings, being ordered by thy go-and hold the faith in unity of Spivernance, may be righteous in thy rit, in the bond of peace, and in sight, through Jesus Christ our righteousness of life. Finally, we Lord. Amen. commend to thy Fatherly goodness, all those who are any ways LORD, our heavenly Father, afflicted or distressed in mind, the high and mighty Ruler body, or estate; that it may please of the universe, who dost from thee to comfort and relieve them, thy throne behold all the dwellers according to their several neces

A Prayer for the President of the United States, and all in Civil Authority.

sities; giving them patience under service, and by walking before their sufferings, and a happy issue thee in holiness and righteousness out of all their afflictions: And all our days, through Jesus Christ this we beg for Jesus Christ's sake. our Lord; to whom, with thee and Amen. the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen.

¶ A General Thanksgiving.

TA Prayer of St. Chrysostom.

ALMIGHTY God, who hast

ALMIGHTY God, Father of all mercies, we, thine unworthy servants, do give thee most given us grace at this time, humble and hearty thanks for all with one accord to make our comthy goodness and loving kindness mon supplications unto thee; and to us, and to all men. We bless dost promise that when two or thee for our creation, preservation, three are gathered together in thy and all the blessings of this life; name, thou wilt grant their rebut, above all, for thine inestima-quests; fulfil now, O Lord, the ble love in the redemption of the desires and petitions of thy servants, world by our Lord Jesus Christ; as may be most expedient for them; for the means of grace, and for granting us in this world knowthe hope of glory. And, we be- ledge of thy truth, and in the world seech thee, give us that due sense to come life everlasting. Amen. of all thy mercies, that our hearts 2 Cor. xiii. 14.

may be unfeignedly thankful, and THE, grace of our Lord Jesus that we may show forth thy praise,

not only with our lips, but in our the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, lives; by giving up ourselves to thy be with us all evermore. Amen.

Here endeth the order of Morning Prayer.

THE ORDER FOR DAILY

EVENING PRAYER.

The Minister shall begin the EVENING PRAYER, by reading one or more of the following Sentences of Scripture.

HE Lord is in his holy temple; away from his wickedness that he let all the earth keep silence hath committed, and doeth that before him. Hab. ii. 20. which is lawful and right, he shall From the rising of the sun even save his soul alive. Ezek. xviii. 27. unto the going down of the same, I acknowledge my transgresmy name shall be great among the sions; and my sin is ever before Gentiles; and in every place in-me. Psal. li. 3.

cense shall be offered unto my Hide thy face from my sins; name, and a pure offering: for my and blot out all mine iniquities. name shall be great among the Psal. li. 9.

heathen, saith the Lord of hosts. The sacrifices of God are a broMal. i. 11. ken spirit; a broken and a contrite Let the words of my mouth, heart, O God, thou wilt not desand the meditation of my heart, be pise. Psal. li. 17. alway acceptable in thy sight, O Rend your heart and not your Lord, my strength and my Re-garments, and turn unto the Lord deemer. Psal. xix. 14. your God; for he is gracious and When the wicked man turneth merciful, slow to anger, and of

great kindness, and repenteth him to set forth his most worthy praise, of the evil. Joel ii. 13. to hear his most holy word, and to To the Lord our God belong ask those things which are requimercies and forgivenesses, though site and necessary, as well for the we have rebelled against him; nei-body as the soul. Wherefore, I ther have we obeyed the voice of pray and beseech you, as many as the Lord our God, to walk in his are here present, to accompany laws which he set before us. me, with a pure heart, and humble Dan. ix. 9, 10. voice, unto the throne of the heavenly grace, saying

O Lord, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. Jer. x. 24. Psal. vi. 1.

A general Confession, to be said by the whole

Congregation after the Minister, all kneeling. LMIGHTY and most merciRepent ye; for the kingdom of ful Father; We have erred heaven is at hand. St. Matt. iii. 2. and strayed from thy ways like I will arise, and go to my father, lost sheep. We have followed too and will say unto him; Father, I much the devices and desires of have sinned against heaven, and our own hearts. We have offended before thee, and am no more wor-against thy holy laws. We have thy to be called thy son. St. Luke left undone those things which we ought to have done; And we have

xv. 18, 19.

Enter not into judgment with done those things which we ought thy servant, O Lord; for in thy not to have done: And there is no sight shall no man living be justi-health in us. But thou, O Lord, fied. Psal. cxliii. 2. have mercy upon us, miserable of

If we say that we have no sin, fenders. Spare thou those, O God, we deceive ourselves, and the truth who confess their faults. Restore is not in us; but if we confess our thou those who are penitent; Acsins, God is faithful and just to cording to thy promises declared forgive us our sins, and to cleanse unto mankind, in Christ Jesus our us from all unrighteousness.

John i. 8, 9.

¶ Then the Minister shall say,

1 Lord, And grant, O most merciful
Father, for his sake; That we
may hereafter live a godly, righ-
teous, and sober life; To the glo-
ry of thy holy name. Amen.
The Declaration of Absolution, or Remission of
Sins; to be made by the Priest alone, standing;
the People still kneeling.

ALMIGHTY

ᎠᎬ DEARLY EARLY beloved brethren, the scripture moveth us in sundry places, to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness, and that we should LMIGHTY God, the Father not dissemble nor cloak them be- of our Lord Jesus Christ, fore the face of Almighty God, our who desireth not the death of a heavenly Father, but confess them sinner, but rather that he may turn with an humble, lowly, penitent, from his wickedness and live, hath and obedient heart; to the end given power and commandment to that we may obtain forgiveness of his ministers to declare and prothe same, by his infinite goodness nounce to his people, being peniand mercy. And although we tent, the Absolution and Remission ought, at all times, humbly to ac- of their sins. He pardoneth and knowledge our sins before God; absolveth all those who truly reyet ought we chiefly so to do, when pent, and unfeignedly believe his we assemble and meet together, to holy Gospel. Wherefore, let us render thanks for the great benefits beseech him to grant us true rethat we have received at his hands, pentance, and his Holy Spirit;

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