TA Collect for Peace.

lic and Apostolic Church. I ac-them plenteously with heavenly knowledge one Baptism for the gifts ; grant them in health and remission of sins ; and I look for prosperity long to live; and finally, the resurrection of the dead, and after this life, to attain everlastthe life of the world to come. ing joy and felicity, through Jesus Amen.

Christ our Lord. Amen. 1 And after that, these Prayers following, all de

LA Prayer for the Clergy and People. voutly kneeling; the Minister first pronouncing, LMIGHTY and everlasting The Lord be with you;

God, from whom cometh Ans. And with thy Spirit. 1 Min. Let us pray.

every good and perfect gift, send

down upon our Bishops and other OLord, show thy mercy upon us; Clergy, and upon the CongregaAns. And grant us thy salvation. tions committed to their charge,

Min. O God, make clean our the healthful spirit of thy grace; hearts within us;

and, that they may truly please Ans. And take not thy Holy thee, pour upon them the continual Spirit from us.

dew of thy blessing: Grant this, O 1 Then shall be said the Collect for the day, and Lord, for the honour of our Advoafter that, the Collects and Prayers following.

cate and Mediator Jesus Christ. O

GOD, from whom all holy Amen.
desires, all good counsels,

Prayer for all Conditions of Men. and all just works do proceed; O GOD, the Creator and Pregive unto thy servants that peace,

server of all mankind, we which the world cannot give; that humbly beseech thee for all sorts our hearts may be set to obey thy and conditions of men, that thou commandinents, and also that by wouldest be pleased to make thy thee, we, being defended from the ways known unto them, thy sa fear of our enemies, may pass our ving health unto all nations. More time in rest and quietness, through especially we pray for thy holy the merits of Jesus Christ our Sa- Church universal; that it

may viour. Amen.

so guided and governed by thy good TA Collect for Aid against Perils.

Spirit

, that all who profess and call LORD, our heavenly Father, themselves Christians, may be led

by whose Almighty power we into the way of truth, and hold the have been preserved this day; by faith in unity of Spirit, in the bond thy great mercy defend us from ail of peace, and in righteousness of perils and dangers of this night, for life. Finally, we commend to thy the love of thy only Son our Sa-Fatherly goodness, all those who viour Jesus Christ. Amen. are any ways afflicted or distressed T A Prayer for the President of the United States, in mind, body, or estate ; that it And all in Civil Authority.

may please thee to comfort and LORD, our heavenly

Father, relieve them, according to their the high and mighty Ruler of several necessities; giving them the universe, who dost from thy patience under their sufferings, and throne behold all the dwellers upon a happy issue out of all their afflicearth ; most heartily we beseech tions: And this we beg for Jesus thee, with thy favour to behold and Christ's sake. Amen. bless thy servant, The President of 1 A General Thanksgiving. the United States, and all others in LMIGHTY God, Father of authority; and so replenish them all mercies, we,

thine unworwith the grace of thy Holy Spirit, thy servants, do give thee most that they may always incline to thy humble and hearty thanks for all will, and walk in thy way: Endue thy goodness and loving kindness

be

O

A

tion, and all the blessings of this ALMIGHTY God, who hast

to us, and to all men. We bless 1 A Prayer of St. Chrysostomr. thee for our creation, preserva

given us grace at this time, life; but, above all, for thine in- with one accord to make our estimable love in the redemption common supplications unto thee; of the world by our Lord Jesus and dost promise that when two Christ; for the means of grace, or three are gathered together in and for the hope of glory. And, thy name, thou wilt grant their we beseech thee, give us that due requests ; fulfil now, O Lord, the sense of all thy mercies, that our desires and petitions of thy serhearts may be unfeignedly thank- vants, as may be most expedient ful, and that we may show forth for them; granting us in this world thy praise, not only with our lips, knowledge of thy truth, and in the but in our lives; by giving up our- world to come life everlasting. selves to thy service, and by walk- Amen. ing before thee in holiness and right

2 Cor. xiii. 14. eousness all our days, through Je- THE

grace

of our Lord Jesus sus Christ our Lord; to whom, Christ, and the love of God, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be and the fellowship of the Holy all honour and glory, world with Ghost, be with us all evermore. out end. Amen.

| Amen.
Here endeth the order of Evening Prayer.

THE

O

ners.

THE LITANY, T'Or General Supplication, to be used after Morning Service, on Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

GOD, the Father of Heaven; Trinity, three persons and one'

have mercy upon us misera- God; have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

ble sinners. O God, the Father of Heaven ; Remember not, Lord, our ofhave mercy upon us miserable sin- fences, nor the offences of our

fore-fathers; neither take thou O God the Son, Redeemer of vengeance of our sins: spare us, the world ; have mercy upon us good Lord, spare thy people, miserable sinners.

whom thou hast redeemed with O God the Son, Redeemer of thy most precious blood, and be the world; have mercy upon us not angry with us for ever: miserable sinners.

Spare us, good Lord. O God the Holy Ghost, pro- From all evil and mischief; from ceeding from the Father and the sin; from the crafts and assaults Son; have mercy upon us misera- of the devil; from thy wrath, and ble sinners.

from everlasting damnation; O God the Holy Ghost, pro- Good Lord, deliver us. ceeding from the Father and the From all blindness of heart; Son; have mercy upon us misera- from pride, vain-glory, and hypoble sinners.

crisy, from envy, hatred, and maO holy, blessed, and glorious lice, and all uncharitableness ; Trinity, three persons and one Good Lord, deliver us. God; have mercy upon us mise- From all inordinate and sinful rable sinners.

affections, and from all the deceits O holy, blessed, and glorious of the world, the flesh and the devil;

Good Lord, deliver us.

That it may please thee to bless From lightning and tempest; and keep all thy people; from plague, pestilence, and fa- We beseech thee to hear us, good mine from battle and murder, Lord. and from sudden death;

That it may please thee to give Good Lord deliver us.

to all nations unity, peace, and From all sedition, privy conspi- concord; racy, and rebellion; from all false 1

We beseech thee to hear us, good doctrine, heresy, and schism ; from Lord. hardness of heart, and contempt That it may please thee to give of thy Word and Commandment; us an heart to love and fear thee, Good Lord deliver us.

and diligently to live after thy By the mystery of thy holy In- Commandments; carnation ; by thy holy Nativity We beseech thee to hear us, good and Circumcision ; by thy Bap- Lord. tism, Fasting, and Temptation; That it may please thee to give Good Lord deliver us.

to all thy people increase of grace, By thine Agony and bloody to hear meekly thy Word, and to Sweat; by thy Cross and Passion; receive it with pure affection, and by thy precious Death and Burial ; to bring forth the fruits of the by thy glorious Resurrection and Spirit ; Ascension; and by the coming of

We beseech thee to hear us, good the Holy Ghost;

Lord. Good Lord deliver us.

That it may please thee to bring In all time of our tribulation ; into the way of truth, all such as in all time of our prosperity ; in have erred, and are deceived ; the hour of death, and in the day We beseech thee to hear us, good of judgment;

Lord. Good Lord deliver us.

That it may please thee to We sinners do beseech thee to strengthen such as do stand, and hear us, O Lord God; and that to comfort and help the weakit may please thee to rule and hearted, and to raise up those who govern thy holy Church universal fall, and finally to beat down Sain the right way;

tan under our feet; We beseech thee to hear us, good. We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

Lord. That it may please thee to bless That it may please thee to sucand preserve all Christian Rulers cour, help, and comfort all who and Magistrates ;, giving them are in danger, necessity, and trigrace to execute justice, and to bulation; maintain truth;

We beseech thee to hear us, good. We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. Lord.

That it may please thee to preThat it may please thee to illu- serve all who travel by land or by minate all Bishops, Priests, and water, all women in the perils of Deacons, with true knowledge and child-birth, all sick persons, and understanding of thy Word; and young children, and to show thy pity that both by their preaching and upon all prisoners and captives; living they may set it forth, and We beseech thee to hear us, good show it accordingly;

Lord. We beseech thee to hear us, good That it may please thee to deLord.

fend, and provide for, the father

Let us pray

a

less children, and widows, and all Thy Kingdom come; Thy Will be who are desolate and oppressed ; done on Earth, as it is in Heaven;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Give us this day our daily bread; Lord.

And forgive us our trespasses, as That it may please thee to have we forgive those who trespass mercy upon all men ;

against us; And lead us not into We beseech thee to hear us, good temptation ; But deliver us from Lord.

Jevil. Amen. That it may please thee to for- Min. O Lord, deal not with us give our enemies, persecutors, and according to our sins. slanderers, and to turn their hearts; Ans. Neither reward us accord

We beseech thee to hear us, good ing to our iniquities. Lord. That it may please thee to give O despisest not the sighing of

GOD, merciful Father, who and preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the earth, so that in due a contrite heart, nor the desire of time we may enjoy them; such as are sorrowful; mercifully

We beseech thee to hear us, good assist our prayers which we make Lord.

before thee in all our troubles and That it may please thee to give adversities, whensoever they opus true repentance, to forgive us press us; and graciously hear us, all our sins, negligences, and igno- that those evils which the craft rances, and to endue us with the and subtilty of the devil or man grace of thy Holy Spirit, to amend worketh against us, may, by thy our lives according to thy Holy good providence, be brought to Word;

nought; that we, thy servants, beWe beseech thee to hear us, good ing hurt by no persecutions, may Lord.

evermore give thanks unto thee in Son of God, we beseech thee to thy holy Church, through Jesus hear us.

Christ our Lord. Son of God, we beseech thee to O Lord, arise, help us, and de

liver us, for thy name's sake. voy Lamb of God, who takest GOD, wen dhave heard with away the sins world;

our ears, our fathers have Grant us thy peace.

declared unto us, the noble works O Lamb of God, who takest that thou didst in their days, and away the sins of the world; in the old time before them. Have mercy upon us.

O Lord, arise, help us, and deThe Minister may, at his discretion, omit all liver us, for thine honour. that follows, to the Prayer, “We humbly beseech thee, O Father," &c.

Glory be to the Father, and to TO Christ, hear us.

the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; o Christ, hear us.

Ans. As it was in the beginLord, have mercy upon us.

ning, is now, and ever shall be, Lord, have mercy upon us.

world without end. Amen. Christ, have mercy upon us.

From our enemies defend us,

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

Graciously look upon our afflicLord, have mercy upon us.

tions.

With pity behold the sorrows ? Then shall the Minister, and the People with him, say the Lord's Prayer..

of our hearts. UR

, Hallowed be thy ; thy

hear us.

Oven. Father, ew he art in Hea: Mercifully forgive the sins of

upon us.

Favourably with mercy hear world by our Lord Jesus Christ; our prayers.

for the means of grace, and for O Son of David, have mercy the hope of glory. And, we be

seech thee, give us that due sense Both now and ever, vouchsafe of all thy mercies, that our hearts to hear us, O Christ.

may be unfeignedly thankful, and Graciously hear us, O Christ; that we may show forth thy praise, graciously hear us, O Lord Christ. not only with our lips, but in our

Min. O Lord, let thy mercy be lives; by giving up ourselves to showed upon us;

thy service, and by walking beAns. As we do put our trust in fore thee in holiness and righteousthee.]

ness all our days, through Jesus Let us pray:

Christ our Lord; to whom, with WE

TE humbly beseech thee, thee and the Holy Ghost, be all

Father, mercifully to look honour and glory, world without upon our infirmities; and, for the end. Amen. glory of thy name, turn from us

TA Prayer of St. Chrysostom. all those evils that we most justly have deserved; and grant that, in all our troubles, we may put our with one accord to make our com

given us grace at this time, whole trust and confidence in thy mercy; and evermore serve thee mon supplications unto thee; and in holiness and pureness of living, three are gathered together in thy

dost promise that when two or to thy honour and glory, through our only Mediator and Advocate, name, thou wilt grant their reJesus Christ our Lord. Amen.quests; fulfil now, O Lord, the de.

sires and petitions of thy servants, TA General Thanksgiving.

all mercies, we, thine unwor- granting us in this world knowledge thy servants, do give thee most of thy truth, and in the world to humble and hearty thanks for all come life everlasting. Amen. thy goodness and loving kindness

2 Cor. xiii. 14. to us, and to all men. We bless THE grace of our Lord Jesus thee for our creation, preservation, Christ, and the love of God, and all the blessings of this life; and the fellowship of the Holy

above all, for thine inestima- Ghost, be with us all evermore. ble love in the redemption of thel Amen.

Here endeth the Litany.

PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS

UPON SEVERAL OCCASIONS,
To be used before the two final Prayers of Morning and Evening Service.

Session.

PRAYERS. T A Prayer for Congress, to be used during their nate and Representatives in Con

gress assembled; that thou wouldTOST gracious God, we hum-est be pleased to direct and pros

bly beseech thee, as for the per all their consultations, to the People of these United States in advancement of thy Glory, the general, so especially for their Se-good of thy Church, the safety,