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We believe that thou shalt come,|

to be our Judge.

O ye Fire and Heat, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magni

We therefore pray thee, help fy him for ever.

thy servants, whom thou hast re- O ye Winter and Summer, bless
deemed with thy precious blood.
Make them to be numbered with
thy saints, in glory everlasting.
O Lord, save thy people, and
bless thine heritage.

ve the Lord; praise him, and
magnify him for ever.

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.

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Benedicite, omnia opera Domini. ALL ye Works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

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

Ö ye Heavens, bless ye the Lord; Oye praise him, and magnify him for

ever.

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

O ye Frost and Cold, bless ye the Lord, praise him, and magnify him for ever.

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

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

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

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

Ö let the Earth bless the Lord; yea, let it praise him, and magnify him for ever.

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

O 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.

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

magnify him for ever.

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Ö ye Whales, and all that move 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 magnify him for ever. nify him for ever. O all ye Beasts and Cattle, bless ve the Lord; praise him, and mag-ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Showers and Dew, bless

nify him for ever.

O ye Winds of God, bless ye

O ye Children of Men, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify the Lord; praise him, and mag

him for ever.

nify him for ever.

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

ever.

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

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and Earth:

And in Jesus Christ his only Ŏ Servants of the Lord, bless Son our Lord; Who was conye the Lord; praise him, and mag-ceived by the Holy Ghost, Born nify him for ever. of the Virgin Mary, Suffered unO ve 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 Oye 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 AlmighLesson, taken out of the New Testament, ac- ty; From thence he shall come to cording to the Table or Calendar; and after judge the quick and the dead. that, the following Psalm. I believe in the Holy Ghost; BE joyful in the Lord, all ye communion of Saints; The forThe Holy Catholic Church; The O lands; serve the Lord with gladness, and come before his pre-tion of the body, and the life evergiveness of sins; The resurreclasting. Amen.

¶ Then shall be read, in like manner, the second

Jubilate Deo. Psal. c.

sence 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 generation.

¶ Or this Hymn. Benedictus. St. Luke i. 68. LESSED be the Lord God

BLESSED

T Or this.

Father Almighty, Maker of BELIEVE in one God, the Heaven and Earth, and of all things visible and invisible:

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, begotten of his Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, bestance with the Father, by whom gotten, not made, being of one suball things were made; who for us men, and for our salvation, came down from Heaven, and was in

cavate 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 his der Pontius Pilate. He suffered 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 botk 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, to Hell, or may, instead of them, use the words, the Lord and giver of life, who

Churches may omit the words, He descended in

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 Ca- all others in authority; and so retholic 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. wth 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.

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;

when the Communion Service is read; and then the Collect for the day shall be omitted here.

TA Collect for Peace.

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

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

¶ A Prayer for the Clergy and People.

God, from whom cometh

Ans. And take not thy Holy every good and perfect gift, send Spirit from us. down upon our Bishops and other Then shall follow the Collect for the day, except 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.

TA Collect for Grace.

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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 Faways known unto them, thy sather, Almighty and everlast-ving health unto all nations. More ing God, who hast safely brought especially we pray for thy holy us to the beginning of this day; Church universal; that it may be defend us in the same with thy so guided and governed by thy mighty power, and grant that this good Spirit, that all who profess day we fall into no sin, neither run and call themselves Christians, into any kind of danger; but that all our doings, being ordered by thy and hold the faith in unity of Spimay be led into the way of truth, governance, may be righteous in rit, in the bond of peace, and in thy sight, through Jesus Christ our righteousness of life. Finally, we Lord. Amen. commend to thy Fatherly good. ness, 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 TA General Thanksgiving. glory, world without end. Amen. LMIGHTY God, Father of ¶ A Prayer of St. Chrysostom. A all mercies, we, thine unwor- LMIGHTY God, who hast thy 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 deble love in the redemption of the sires 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

may be unfeignedly thankful, and

that we may show forth thy praise,
not only with our lips, but in our the

2 Cor. xiii. 14. Christ, and the love of God, and HE grace of our Lord Jesus

fellowship of the Holy Ghost,

lives; by giving up ourselves to thy be with us all evermore.

Here endeth the order of Morning Prayer.

THE ORDER FOR DAILY

EVENING PRAYER.

Amen.

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

before him. Hab. ii. 20.

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 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 hea

O Lord, correct me, but with venly grace, saying--judgment; not in thine anger, lest T A general Confession, to be said by the whole Congregation after the Minister, all kneeling. thou bring me to nothing. Jer. x. 24. Psal. vi. 1.

ALMIGHTY and most merci

ful Father; We have erred

Repent ye; for the kingdom of 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 But thou, O Lord, sight shall no man living be justi-health in us. have mercy upon us, miserable ofIf 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 thou those who are penitent; Acbut if we confess our sins, 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. Lord. And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake; That we may John i. 8, 9. hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life; To the glory of

fied. Psal. cxliii. 2.

us;

¶ Then the Minister shall say,

EARLY beloved brethren,

DEARLY

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thy holy name.

T

Amen.

Sins; to be made by the Priest alone, standing;

sundry places, to acknowledge The Declaration of Absolution, or Remission of and confess our manifold sins and the People still kneeling. wickedness, and that we should

not dissemble nor cloak them bed

ALMIGHTY God, the Father

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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