Temple it is which you are about to adorn, and to whom nothing that is second best can, without profaneness, be offered, when that which is better might be employed; and also for the sake of the worshippers who are henceforth to assemble in that His House. For although many particular persons may have been preserved from the snare, there can be no question that closed up pews have a decided tendency to produce that feeling of exclusiveness which they seem to express, and that they have a still more decided tendency towards, and have in fact been the means of, materially impairing amongst many of us, a just and pious appreciation of the common and collective nature of public worship.

On this higher and more solid ground of the principles involved in the question, as well as on the lower ground of sufficiency, convenience, economy, and beauty, I trust that you will decide. that your parish Church shall be re-arranged without doors to the seats.

Such an arrangement will be most worthy of its own beauty, most suitable to the worship for which it is designed, and most in accordance with the spirit of the sacred volume of Holy Writ.

JOHN HENRY PARKER, OXFORD AND LONDON.

A SCRIPTURE PARAPHRASE OF THE

LORD'S PRAYER.

(SPECIALLY INTENDED FOR PENITENT PERSONS.)

Our Father, which art in Heaven.

O GOD, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, Eph. iii. 15.

Who hast given power to all that believe in Him to become the sons of God, S. John i. 12. Whose children we are by faith in Christ Jesus; Gal. iii. 26.

Send forth we pray Thee the spirit of Thy Son into our hearts, crying Abba, Father. Gal. iv. 6. Father, I have sinned against heaven and before Thee, and am no more worthy to be called Thy son. S. Luke xv. 18.

But like as a Father pitieth his own children, so dost Thou pity them that fear Thee. Ps. ciii. 13.

Unto Thee lift I up mine eyes, O Thou that dwellest in the heavens. Ps. cxxiii. 1. Hear Thou in heaven Thy dwelling place, for

Thou only knowest the hearts of all.

viii. 39.

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And Thou, our heavenly Father, hast promised to give good things to them that ask Thee. S. Matt. vii. 11.

Make me as Thy child, S. Matt. v. 45.

And may Thy spirit bear witness with my spirit, that I am one of Thy children. Rom. viii. 16.

Hallowed be Thy Name.

How excellent is Thy Name, O Lord, in all the earth. Ps. viii. 1.

I have too often forgotten Thy Name; Ps. xliv. 20.

But now will I lift up my hands in Thy Name, Ps. lxiii. 4.

And bless Thy Name. Ps. lxix. 30.

I will praise Thy Name for all Thy lovingkindness, Ps. cxxxviii. 2.

And will bless Thy Name for ever and ever; Ps. cxlv. 1.

Even that blessed Name, which is above every Name, the Name of Jesus. Phil. ii. 9.

Help me to believe in the Name of that Thy dear Son; S. John i. 12.

For there is none other name under heaven whereby I may be saved. Acts iv. 12.

Help me to praise and glorify Thy Name. 1 Thess. ii. 12.

Give me strength that I may do all things in His Name, Col. iii. 17.

And that believing I may have life through His Name. S. John xx. 31.

From the rising up of the sun to the going down of the same, the Lord's Name be praised. Ps. cxiii. 3.

Thy kingdom come.

THY kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Thy dominion endureth throughout all

cxlv. 13.

ages. Ps. Thy kingdom O God is at hand, enable me to repent truly, and believe the Gospel. S. Mark i. 15.

Take not away Thy kingdom from me, though I have not brought forth the fruits thereof. S. Matt. xxi. 43.

Remember me, O Lord, in Thy kingdom, and give me a share in that kingdom which cannot be moved. Heb. xii. 28.

Blessed be Thou, O God, who hast delivered me from the power of darkness and translated me into the kingdom of Thy dear Son. Col. i. 13.

Bring others also, O Lord, into Thy kingdom, and hasten the time when the kingdoms of this world shall become the kingdoms of our God and of His Christ. Rev. xii. 10.

Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven.

NOT every one that saith unto Thee, Lord, Lord, shall enter into Thy kingdom, but they that do Thy will, O God. S. Matt. vii. 21.

I have done contrary to Thy will. Teach me to do Thy will, (for Thou art my God) Ps. cxliii. 10. Even as the holy Angels do in heaven; Ps. ciii. 20.

That so I may be like unto Him who came down from heaven, not to do His own will, but the will of Him that sent Him. S. John vi. 38.

And whatsoever Thou dost appoint for me, Thy will O Lord be done. Job i. 21; xi. 10. Not as i will, but as Thou wilt, O Lord. S. Matt. xxvi. 39.

Give us this day our daily bread.

GIVE me, O Lord, what I need, Prov. xxx. 8. And whatsoever I have, make me therewith to be content; Heb. xiii. 5.

For Thou givest us all things. Ps. ciii. 5; S. Matt. vi. 25.