Grant that I may ever keep my body and soul chaste and pure, that I may mourn the past, and by daily mortification restrain all irregular passions for the future.

Above all things, teach me to love Thee, to be ever recollected in Thee, and to walk always in Thy presence; teach me to love my friends in Thee, and my enemies for Thee; grant me grace to persevere to the end in this love, and so to come one day to that happy place where I may love and enjoy Thee for ever.

Grant this for Thy Mercy's sake. Amen.

An Act of Spiritual Communion.

To be used by those who, owing to some just cause, are not able to communicate Sacramentally.

T will be well for you, if you are unable to draw near to God's Altar, to join yourself spiritually with those who enjoy that greatest

of Christian privileges, by

Devoutly praying, or reading over, those parts of the Communion Service which can be used by those who do not partake there and then of the Consecrated Elements: such are, The Lord's Prayer, the Prayer for purity, the Commandments with the Response, "Lord, have mercy upon us," after each; the Collect, Epistle and Gospel for the Sunday or previous Sunday or Holy Day; the Prayer for the Church Militant (omitting the words "this congregation here present," but silently bearing in mind the congregation of your particular church); the Confession; the Comfortable Words, the Hymn, "It is meet, right, and our bounden duty. . . Glory be to Thee, O Lord Most High," using, of course,

the Proper Preface if on, or after, a Festival on which one is directed to be used.

You may also use the prayer of "Humble Access," altering the words, "We do not presume to come to this Thy table" into the words, "We do not presume to make this act of spiritual Communion, O merciful Lord, trusting," &c.

Instead of the Consecration Prayer, which, of course, can only be said by the Priest at the Altar, use the following prayer, composed by Bishop Wilson:

O good Saviour, I will, through Thy grace, do this in remembrance of Thee, and in obedience to Thy command, as well as I am able.

I do therefore this day join, in desire and spirit, with every Christian congregation in the world, which truly celebrates this holy Mystery.

With them I join in giving my devoutest thanks to Thy Almighty Father and our gracious God, Who did not overlook lost mankind, but sent Thee, His only Son, to redeem

us.

With them I call to remembrance what Thou hast done and suffered for us; Thine Incarnation, Thy laborious Life, Thy bitter

Passion, Thy Death and Resurrection, the great deliverance Thou hast thereby wrought for all mankind; and the obligations Thou hast laid upon us.

I acknowledge and receive Thee, O Jesus, as our heavenly Teacher, as our Example and Pattern, as our only Mediator and Advocate with God, and as the Sovereign Judge of all mankind.

With Thy Church I join in pleading the merits of Thy all-sufficient Sacrifice with Thy Eternal Father. I rely upon that sacrifice for the pardon of all my sins: for the assistance of the Divine Grace; for deliverance from the corruption of my own nature, and from the malice and snares of the devil; for the fellowship of the Holy Ghost; and for a blessed Resurrection; the Lord Almighty, for Thy sake, being reconciled unto me.

I devote my spirit, soul, and body, to Thee, and to Thy service, beseeching Thee to give me Grace never wilfully to depart from Thy laws.

I join with Thy Church, and plead the merits of Thy Sacrifice, for all estates and conditions of men; that none may deprive themselves of that happiness which Thou hast purchased by Thy Death: for all Christian. Kings and Governors; for all Bishops and

Pastors, that they may preserve the sacred rights committed to their trust; for all that strive to propagate Thy Gospel; for a primitive zeal in all that fear Thy Name; for all that sit in darkness and error, or are destitute of necessary means of instruction; for all that sincerely seek the truth; for all sinners, that they may have grace and strength to break their bonds; for all that are in adversity; for all that suffer wrongfully, or that are deprived of their just rights; for all that are in pain of 'body, or anguish of mind and spirit; for all that are tempted, or in danger of falling into despair; for all that are in slavery, under persecution, in prison or in poverty; for all persons and places in distress by the sword, pestilence, and famine; for all that are in their last sickness, that they may omit nothing that is necessary to make their peace with God; for all widows and fatherless children; for all that call upon God, and have none else to help them; for this land, and this Church, that the Lord may avert the judgments which we justly deserve; for our friends, our relations, our benefactors, and for our enemies; for all that have desired our prayers, and for the whole mystical Body of Christ; beseeching the Almighty God, the Creator and Redeemer of all, to have mercy