SERVICE 6. SELECTION 1 Blessed is the man.. ...... 7 The LORD is my Light............. 16 I will bless the LORD at all times....... 93 .Page 82 86 2885 SCRIPTURE LESSONS. Two of these Lessons may be read in connection, if desirable. 1 The crime of Absalom...............2 Samuel xv. 1-14 2 0 Absalom, my son!.....2 Sam. xviii. 24–33; xix. 1-4 3 Test of true greatness...... ..Matthew xx. 20-28 4 Saved so as by fire...............1 Corinthians iii. 7-15 5 Hagar in the wilderness.. .Genesis xxi. 14-20 6 Let your light shine before men....Matthew v. 13-20 7 Selfishness and liberality..... 8 Honesty of purpose........ ..Isaiah xxxii. 1-8 ....Luke xix. 1-10 9 Know them by their fruits........ ..Matthew vii. 1-20 10 Faith of the Centurion........ .Matthew viii. 1-13 ORDER OF THE SERVICE. 1 A Hymn. 2 Announce the chosen Selection. 3 Scripture Lesson. OUR [LET US PRAY.] FATHER who art in Heaven: Lead us not into temptation, —or if we be led or fall into divers trials, be Thou our Helper, O LORD. Leave us not in peril, but deliver us from evil. Let not the world overcome us, but do Thou mercifully enable us to overcome the world. Grant us Thy heavenly keeping, we beseech Thee, that we may enjoy the blessedness of the man who endureth temptation, and receive the crown of life which Thou hast promised unto all who love Thee. Thou, Lord, art our Father and our Refuge: Blessed is the man that trusteth in Thee. The SELECTION. SERVICE 7. SELECTION 30 My days are like a shadow....................Page 105 32 O LORD, Thou hast searched me....... 107 66 Two of these Lessons may be read in connection, if desirable. 1 Whole creation delivered............Romans viii. 14-23 2 We are saved by hope.......... .....Romans viii. 24–39 3 The mystery made known..............Ephesians i. 1–14 4 Exaltation of Christ.......... 5 Add to your faith virtue......... 6 Day-star in the heart.......... 7 The atonement received........ 8 Triumph of grace.......................... .Ephesians i. 15–23 ................2 Peter i. 1-11 .2 Peter i. 12-21 ..Romans v. 1-11 .Romans v. 12-21 9 Victory of the resurrection...1 Corinthians xv. 47-58 10 God shall be all in all.........1 Corinthians xv. 19-28 ORDER OF THE SERVICE. 1 A Hymn. 2 Announce the chosen Selection. 3 Scripture Lesson. [LET US PRAY.] UR FATHER who art in Heaven: Thine is the king OUR dom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Thou art the Father of All, the Judge of all, the Saviour of all. With Thee is the fountain of life: from Thee all blessings flow: in Thee we live, and move, and have our being. Thy kingdom is over all: Thy power governs all: Thy glory is above all. Of Thee, and through Thee, and to Thee, are all things. Be Thine the dominion, and the might, and the praise, As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. The SELECTION. MEETINGS OF TEACHERS. FIRST. 1 Announce the chosen Selection. 2 Scripture Lesson. 3 Let us pray, WE E give Thee hearty thanks, O LORD, that Thou hast called us to take even an humble part in the ministry of truth and love; that, like the blessed Saviour, we may gather little children about us, to talk to them of Our Father, and draw their affections toward heaven, and toward Thee. Who, O LORD, is sufficient for these things? Yet how large is the assurance, that the least we can do for the least of Thine offspring, will be remembered and accepted as though done to the Redeemer of the world. May we see, and feel, that while we are teaching the truth as it is in Jesus, we are learners in the School of Christ, sitting at his feet, and looking unto him as the author and finisher of our faith. May the joy that was set before him, be ever in our thoughts; and when old age shall come to the little ones committed to our trust, may they thankfully rejoice that from childhood they have known the Holy Scriptures, which made them wise unto salvation, through faith in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. NOW ¶ The Selection. After which, Ascription. OW unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory, for ever. Amen. UNTOL SECOND. 1 Announce the chosen Selection. 2 Scripture Lesson. 3 Let us pray. [NTO Thee, O LORD, every heart is open, and all desires are known. May it be seen of Thee, continually, that we have given our best affections to the work upon which we invoke Thy blessing, and that we humbly strive to perform our duties, trusting that the little we can do will be acceptable in Thy sight. May we ever enter the Sunday-School in the meekness and gentleness of Christ. With the same mind that was in him, may we heartily welcome little children, and lead them in his steps to a Father's mercyseat, and commend them there to a Father's love. offend by the force of evil example; and grant us Thy helpful keeping, that we may ever walk in the way which we would train the child. in Suffer us not to be weary in well-doing, but enable us to feel that in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. And while our pupils increase in wisdom, may we ourselves grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. The Selection. After which, Benediction. THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of GOD, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all, evermore. Amen. THOU THIRD. 1 Announce the chosen Selection. 2 Scripture Lesson. 3 Let us pray. HOU art, O LORD, the source of light and peace to every one who truly seeks Thee; and now that we approach Thee in the name of the Redeemer, may we know ourselves to be in the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. Bless us, we beseech Thee, as ministering spirits in the Sunday-School; and that we may rightly do Thy will, and make full proof of our calling, may we learn of him who was meek and lowly in heart. Enable us ever to hallow the Lord's Day, in its labors no less than in its rest; and may we come always to the scene of duty, free from the thoughts and cares of a vanishing world. Let there be within us the single purpose, the sincere desire, the earnest endeavor, which brings the assurance of Thy helpful presence; and may the light we shed upon the path of others, arise in the day-spring that shines upon our own. Evermore let Thy blessing rest upon us, that we may truly hallow Thy name, through Jesus Christ. Amen. ¶The Selection. After which, Ascription. Now TOW unto Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us-unto Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus, throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. Designed for the Council and Friends at Associations or Conventions. Also suitable for Church or Society meetings, and other occasions.Before reading the introductory Sentence of Scripture, the number of the Selection should be announced, if another be substituted. DEARL FIRST FORMULA. ye are EARLY BELOVED BRETHREN: I beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith called, with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace. FATH [LET US PRAY.] ATHER ALMIGHTY, who by Thine only-begotten Son hast called us out of darkness into marvellous light: We praise and bless Thee for the revelation of Thy truth, and for the grace which hath brought us to the general assembly and church of the first-born, whose names are enrolled in heaven. Increase and multiply Thy mercy upon us, that every heart may become a Bethel, consecrated to the memory of Thy holy name; and grant, blessed LORD, that the unity of the spirit may be kept in the bond of peace among ourselves, and overflow into all the world, in a life of good-will. EVER-LIVING GOD, with whom the righteous are in everlasting remembrance: We give Thee hearty thanks for the good examples of all those Thy servants, who, having pursued their course with diligence and finished it with joy, have laid down the burden of the flesh, and entered into Thy heavenly rest. May their mantle continue in the midst of us, O Lord; and grant, we beseech Thee, that our own labors may be kept in grateful recollection, when the places which now know us shall know us no more. |