THE ORDER OF THE

ADMINISTRATION OF THE LORD'S SUPPER,

OR

HOLY COMMUNION.

The Lord's Prayer.

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. Amen.

The Collect for Purity.

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

ALMIGHTY God, unto Whom all hearts be open, all desires known, and from Whom no secrets are hid; Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of Thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love Thee, and worthily magnify Thy Holy Name; through Christ out Lord. Amen.

During the reading of each Commandment call to mind how you have broken it, in thought, and word, and deed, and ask for pardon in the response which follows.

The Ten Commandments.

Teach me, O Lord, the way of Thy statutes, and I shall keep it unto the end.

Give me understanding, and I shall keep Thy law; yea, I shall keep it with my whole heart.

Minister. God spake these Words, and said: I am the Lord thy God; thou shalt have none other Gods but Me.

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

Minister. Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, and visit the sins of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me, and show mercy unto thousands in them that love Me, and keep My Commandments.

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

Minister. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh His Name in vain.

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

Minister. Remember that thou keep holy the Sab

bath Day. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

Minister. Honour thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long in the land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

Minister. Thou shalt do no murder.

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

Minister. Thou shalt not commit adultery.

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

Minister. Thou shalt not steal.

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

Minister. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

Minister. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is his.

People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and write all these Thy laws in our hearts, we beseech Thee.

"How knowest thou that thou knowest thyself? One only way there is, as God bids you, Examine yourselves. Examine your own consciences, our Church repeats, and that not lightly, and after the manner of dissemblers with God: examine your lives and conversation by the rule of God's commandments. If thou hast not yet thoroughly examined thyself, be sure that thou dost not yet know thyself. Thou must examine thyself, that thou mayest know thyself. Thou must examine thyself, that thou mayest keep the knowledge of thyself, and not forget thyself. Thou must examine thyself again and again, as thou wouldest glean after harvest, that nothing be lost. Thou must examine thyself, not by the examples of those around thee, nor by the maxims of the world, nor heeding the praise (if so be) which men give thee, but by the light of God's commandments. Above all, thou must pray to thy Father who seeth in secret, that He would shed His light into thy soul, to teach thee, of what to repent, what to amend; to turn thee inside out to thyself; that thou mayest know all, sorrow for all, leave all, be forgiven all, which is against the will and goodness of the All-good God!"

Let us pray.

The Collect for the Queen.

ALMIGHTY God, whose Kingdom is everlasting and power infinite; Have mercy upon the whole Church; and so rule the heart of Thy chosen Servant Victoria, our Queen and Governor, that she, knowing Whose Minister she is, may above all things seek Thy Honour and Glory and that we, and all her subjects, duly considering Whose authority she hath, may faithfully serve, honour, and humbly obey her, in Thee and for Thee, according to Thy blessed word and ordinance: through Jesus Christ our Lord, Who with Thee, and the Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth, ever One God, world without end. Amen.

or,

ALMIGHTY and Everlasting God, we are taught

by Thy Holy Word, that the hearts of kings are in Thy rule and governance, and that Thou dost dispose and turn them, as it seemeth best to Thy godly Wisdom; we humbly beseech Thee so to dispose and govern the heart of Victoria, Thy servant, our Queen and Governor, that in all her thoughts, words, and works she may ever seek Thy honour and glory, and study to preserve Thy people committed to her charge in wealth, peace, and godliness Grant this, O Merciful Father, for Thy dear Son's sake, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.