MORNING AND EVENING FAMILY PRAYERS. LET MORNING PRAYER. ET us bless God who has watched over us in the night past, and brought us in safety to the beginning of a new day. "It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed; because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning."-Lam. iii. 22, 23. PSALM. I WILL magnify Thee, O God, my King and I will praise Thy Name for ever and ever. Every day will I give thanks unto Thee and praise Thy Name for ever and ever. The day is Thine and the night is Thine : Thou hast prepared the light and the sun. I laid me down and slept, and rose up again : for the Lord sustained me. O hearken Thou unto the voice of my calling, my King, and my God: for unto Thee will I make my prayer. : O let me hear Thy loving-kindness betimes in the morning, for in Thee is my trust shew Thou me the way that I should walk in, for I lift up my soul unto Thee. Teach me to do the thing that pleaseth Thee, for Thou art my God let Thy loving Spirit lead me forth into the land of righteousness. : O let my mouth be filled with Thy praise, that I may sing of Thy glory and honour all the day long. : Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be world without end. Amen. : Let us pray. Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. OUR Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil : For Thine is the kingdom, The power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen. O Lord, deal not with us after our sins, E merciful unto us, O Lord, for in Thee do BE we put our trust: O be not greatly displeased at us, and remember not our transgressions: but graciously look down upon us at this time, and deliver us from all our enemies: for Thou art our God, and we are Thy people, the work of Thy hands, who call upon Thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ALMIGHTY Father, great God of all the world, who dwellest in the light to which no man can approach; in Thy presence there is no night, in the light of Thy countenance there is perpetual day; we Thy servants, whom Thou hast preserved this night, bless and glorify Thee for the protection of Thy good Providence, and we humbly pray Thee, that this day and all our days may be holy and peaceable. Send Thy Holy Spirit to be the Guide of our way, and Guard of our soul and body, and grant that all our life long we may live in Thy faith and fear, until we come to Thine everlasting kingdom, through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 0 MERCIFUL God, bless Thy Holy Church throughout all the world; bless this parti cular Church in which we live; make it and all the members of it sound in faith and holy in life, that they may serve Thee and Thou bless them, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ALMIGHTY God and most merciful Father, we commend to Thee this day and every day ourselves and all that belong to us, all who pray for us and all who have at any time asked our prayers for them; incline Thine ear unto us and hear us, O Lord, and remember all who at this time with us implore Thy Name, and save them by Thy mighty power, through Jesus Christ. Amen. GLORY be to Thee, O Lord, for all Thy gifts of providence and of grace, for our creation after Thy image, our redemption by the precious blood of Thy dear Son, and our sanctification by Thy Good Spirit. We bless thee for all Thy mercies to us here on earth, and the hope Thou hast given us of glory hereafter in Heaven, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with Thee and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth ever one God, world without end. 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. LET EVENING PRAYER. ET us beg Almighty God to grant unto us a quiet night, and such seasonable rest as may fit us for our daily task. "I will feed My flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord God."-Ezek. xxxiv. 15. "When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet."-Prov. iii. 24. : PSALM. I WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help. My help cometh even from the Lord who hath made Heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved and He that keepeth thee will not sleep. Behold He that keepeth Israel: shall neither slumber nor sleep. I will lay me down in peace and take my rest: for it is Thou, Lord, only that makest me dwell in safety. Let my prayer be set forth in Thy sight as the |