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THE ORDER FORr 1
MOENING PRAYER.
i T The Minister shall begin by reading one or
more of the following Sentences of Scrip-
ture :
^rjpHE Lord is in his holy temple; let all
** J- the earth keep silence before him. Hab.
ii. 20.
When the wicked man turneth away from
his wickedness that he hath committed, and
doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall
save his soul alive. Ezck. xviii. 27.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
a broken and a contrite* heart, God, thou
wilt not despise. Psalm li. 17.
Rend your-, heart, ami not your varments,
and turn unto the Lord your God ; for he is
gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of
great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Joel ii. 19.
I will arise and go to my father, and will
say unto him, Father, 1 ha^^e sint>.(^d against
heaven, and before thee, and am no more
worthy to be called thy son. St. Luke xv.
18, 19. ■
i MORNING PRAYER.
Enter not into judgnnent with thj' servant,
O Lord; for in thy sight shall no man living
be justified. Psalm cxiii. 2.
If we saj' that we have no sin, we deceive
ourselves, and the truth is not in us; but if
we confess our sins, God is fiithful and just
to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from
all unrighteousness. 1 John i. 8, 9.
IT Tlien tJte Minister shall say,
DEARLY beloved brethren, the Scripture
moveth us in sundry places, to acknow
ledge and confess our manifuldsins and wick-
edness ; and that we should not dissemble nor
cloak tliem before the face of Almighty God
our heavenly Father ; but confess them with an
humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart ;
to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of
the same, by his infinite goodness and mercy.
And although we'ought, at all times, humbly
to acknowledge our si'ns before God; yet
ought we cliiefly so to do, when we assemble
and meet together to render thanks for the
great benefits that Ave have received at his
hands, to set forth his most worthy praise, to
hear his most holy Word, and to ask those
things which arc requisite and necessary, as
well for the body as the soul. Wherefore I
pray and beseech you, as many as are here
present, to accompany me with a pure heart,
and humble voice, unto the throne of the
heavenly grace, saying,
MORNING PRAYER.
A General Confession.
IT To be said by the whole Congregation, after
the Minister, all kneeling.
ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father;
we have erred, and strayed from thy
ways like lost sheep. We have followed too
much the devices and desires of our own
hearts. We have ofiendcd against thy holy
laws. We have left undone those things
which we ou2;ht to have done ; And we have
done those things which we ought not to have
done; And there is no health in us. But
thou, Lord, have mercy upon us, misera-
ble offenders. Spare thou those, God,
who confess their faults. Restore thou those
who are penitent; According to thy promises
declared unto mankind in Christ Jesus our
Lord. And grant, O most merciful Father,
for his sake: That we may hereafter live a
godly, righteous, and sober life, To the glory
of thy holy Name. Amen.
The Declaration of Absolution, or Re-
mission of Sins.
% The People shall answer here, and at the
end of every Prayer, Amen.
A LMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father,
Ix. who of his great mercy hath promised
forgiveness of sins to all those who, with
6 MORNING PRAYER.
heart}' repentance and true faith, turn unto
him ; Have mercy upon you ; pardon and de-
liver you from all your sins; confirm and
strengthen you in all goodness; and bring
you to everlasting life; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.
IT Then the Minister shall kneel, and say the
Lord's Prayer; the People still kneeling,
and repeating it with him.
OUR Father, who art in heaven. Hallowed
be thy name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy
will be done on earth, As it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread. And for-
give us our trespasses, As we forgive those
who trespass against us. And lead us not
into temptation; But deliver us from evil;
For thine is the kin-^dom/and the power, and
the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.
IT Then likewise he shall say,
Lord, open thou our lips.
Answer. And our mouth shall show forth
thy praise.
IT Here, all standing up, the Minister shall say.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and
to the Holy Ghost;
Answer. As it was in the beginning, is
now, and ever shall be, world without end.
Minister. Praise ye the Lord.
Answer. The Lord's Name be praised.
MORNING TRAYEil. 7
nr Then shall be said or sung the following
Anthem :
Venite, exultemus Domino.
OCOME, let us sins: unto the Lord; let
us heartily rejoice in the strength of our
salvation.
Let us come before his presence with
thanksgiving; and show ourselves glad in
him with psalms.
For the Lord is a great God ; and a great
king above all gods.
In his hand are all the corners of the earth ;
and the strength of the hills is his also.
The sea is his, and he made it; and his
hands prepared the dry land.
O come let us worship and fall down, and
kneel before the Lord our Maker.
For he is the Lord our God ; and we are
the people of his pasture, and the sheep of
his hand.
worship the Lord in the beauty of holi-
ness ; let the whole earth stand in awe of him.
For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the
earth ; and with righteousness to judge the
world, and the people with his truth.
O MORNING PRAYER.
SELECTIONS.
No. 1.
V Then shall be read one of the following Se-
lections — Minister and People reading al-
ternate verses :
Psalm li. From S. III.
HAVE mercy upon me, God, after thy
great goodness; according to the multi-
tude of thy mercies do away mine offences.
Wash me thoroughly from my wickedness,
and cleanse me from my sins.
For I acknowledge my faults, and my sin
is ever before me.
Against thee only have I sinned, and done
this evil in thy sight; that thou mightest be
justified in thy saying, and clear when thou
art judged.
Behold, I w^as shapen in wickedness, and
in sin hath my mother conceived me.
But lo thou requirest truth in the inward
parts, and shalt make me to understand wis-
dom secretly.
Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, and I
shall be clean ; thou shalt wash me, and I
sliall be whiter than snow.
Thou shalt make me hear of joy and glad-
ness, that the bones which thou hast brokea
may rejoice.
MORNING PRAYER. 9
Turn thy face from my sins, and put out all g
my misdeeds.
Make me a clean heart, God, and renew
a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from thy presence, and
take not thy Holy Spirit from me.
O give me the comfort of thy help again,
and slablish me with thy free Spirit.
Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wick-
ed, and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, God,
thou that art the God of my health ; and my
tongue shall sing of thy righteousness.
Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord, and my
mouth shall show thy praise.
For thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I
give it thee; but thou delightest not in burnt-
ofierings.
The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit :
a broken and contrite heart, God, shalt
thou not despise.
From Psalm xlii. Qucmadmodum.
IKE as the hart desireth the water brooks,
so longelh my soul after thee, God.
My soul is athirst for God, yea, even for
the living God ; when shall I come to appear
before the presence of God?
My tears have been my meat day and night,
while they daily say unto me, Where is now
thy God?
L
10 MORNING PRAYER.
^ Now when I think thereupon, I pour out
" my heart by myself; for I went with the mul-
titu4,e, and brought them forth into the house
of God ;
In the voice of praise and thanksgiving,
among such as keep holyday.
Why art thou so full of heaviness, my
soul, and why art thou so disquieted within
me?
Put thy trust in God ; for I will yet give
him thanks for the help of his countenance.
The Lord hath granted his loving kindness
in the daytime ; and in the night-season did I
sing of him, and made my prayer unto the
God of my life.
I will say unto the God of my strength,
Why hast thou forgotten me ? why go I thus
heavily, while the enemy oppresseth me?
Namely, while they say daily unto me,
Where is now thy God?
Why art thou so vexed, my soul? and
why art thou so disquieted within me?
O put thy trust in God; for I will yet thank
him, which is the help of my countenance
and my God.
No. 2.
Psalm xxxii. From S. VI.
BLESSED is he whose unrighteousness is
forijiven, and whose sin is covered.
Blessed is the man unto whom the Lokd
MORNING PRAYER. 11
imputeth no sin, and in whose spirit there is
no guile.
I will acknowledge my sin unto thee; and
mine unrighteousness have I not hid.
I said, I will confess my sins unto the Lord;
and so thou forgavest the wickedness of my
sin.
For this shall every one that is godly make
his prayer unto thee, in a time when thou
mayest be found ; but in the great water-
floods they shall not come nigh him.
Thou art a place to hide me m ; thou shalt
preserve me from trouble; thou shalt com-
pass me about with soni^s of deliveiance.
I will inform thee, and teach thee in the
way wherein thou shalt go ; and I will guide
thee with mine eye.
Great plagues remain for the ungodly; but
whoso putteth his trust in the Lord, mercy
erabraceth him on every side.
Be glad, O ye righteous, and rejoice in the
Lord; and be joyful, all ye that are true of
heart.
Psalm cxxx.
UT of the deep have I called unto thee,
O Lord ; Lord, hear my voice.
let thine ears consider well the voice of
my complaint.
jf thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark
what is done amiss, Lord, who may abide it?
o
12 3I0RNING PRAYER.
For there is mercj' with thee ; therefore
shalt thou be feared.
I look for the Lord ; my soul doth wait for
him; in his word is my trust.
My soul fleeth unto the Lord before the
morning watch ; I say, before the morning
watch.
O Israel, trust in the Lord; for -with the
Lord there is mercy, and with him is plen-
teous redemption.
And he shall redeem Israel from all his
sins.
Psalm cxxi.
IVvILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills,
from whence comet h my help.
My help cometh even from the Lord, who
'hath made heaven and earth.
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved;
and he that keepeth thee will not sleep.
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither
slumber nor sleep.
The Lord himself is thy keeper ; the Lord
is thy defence upon thy rii;ht hand ;
So that the sun shall not burn thee by day;
neither the moon by night.
The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil;
yea, it is even he that shall keep thy soul.
The Lord shall preserve thy going out and
thy coming in, from this time forth for ever-
more.
MORNING TRAYER. 13
No. 3. S. VII.
Psalm xxiii. Dominus regit me.
THE Lord is my shepherd; therefore can
I lack nothing. He shall feed me in a
green pasture, and lead me forth beside the
waters of comfort.
He shall convert my soul, and bring me
forth in the paths of righteousness for his
Name's sake.
Yea, though I Avalk through the valley of the
shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for- thou
art with me ; thy rod and thy staff comfort me.
Thou shall prepare a table before me against
them that trouble me ; thou hast anointed my
head with oil, and my cup shall be full.
But thy loving-kindness and mercy shall
follow me all the days of my life ; and I dwell
in the house of the Lord for ever.
Psalm xxxiv. Bencdicam Domino.
I WILL always give thanks unto the Lord;
his praise shall ever be in my mouth.
My soul shall make her boast in the Lord;
the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
praise the Lord with me, and let us
magnify his Name together.
1 sought the Lord and he heard me; yea,
he delivered me out of all my fear.
They had an eye unto him, and were light-
ened; and their faces were not ashamed.
14 MORNING PRAYER.
Lo, the poor crieth, and the Lord heareth
him; yea, and saveth himoutofall histroubles.
The angel of the Lord tarrielh round about
them that tear him, and delivereth them.
taste, and see, how ijvacious the Lord
is: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
fear the Lord, ye that are his saints; for
they that fear him lack nothins;.
The lions do lack, and suffer huneer; but
they who seek the Lord shall want no man-
ner of thing that is good.
Come, ye children, and hearken unto me:
I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
What man is he that lusteth to live, and
would fain see good days?
Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips,
that they speak no guile.
Eschew evil, and do good ; seek peace, and
ensue it.
The eyes of the Lord are over the right-
eous, and his ears are open unto their prayers.
The countenance of the Lord is against
them that do evil, to root out the remem-
brance of them from the earth.
The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth
them, and delivereth them out of all their
troubles.
Here may he said or sung the following Hymn ;
Gloria in excelsis.
GLORY be to God on high, and on earth
peace, good will towards men. We
MORNING PRAYER. 15
praise Ihee, we bless thee, \re worship theCj
we glorif}' thee, we give thanks to thee for
thy gj-eat glory, O Lord God, heavenly King,
God the Father Almighty.
Lord, the onlj'-begotten Son Jesus Christ;
Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Fa-
ther, that takest away the sins of the world,
have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away
the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.
Thou that takest away the sins of the world)
receive our prayer. Thou that sittest at the
right hand of God the Father, have mercy
Upon us.
For thou only iart holy; thou only art the
Lord ; thou only, O Christ, with the Holy
Ghost, art most high in the glory of God the
Father. Amen.
Then shall be read the First Lesson — afUr
which shall be said or sitng the foUovHr.g
Hymn :
Te Deum landamus.
WE praise thee, O God ; We acknowledge
thee to be the Lord.
All the earth doih worship thee, the Fathei:
everlasting.
To thee ail Angels cry alond ; the Kea-
Vens, and all the Powers therein.
. To thee Cherubim, and Seraphim continue
ally do cry,
Hoi}-, Hoty, Hoi?/, itonl God of Sabaolh }
16 MORNING PRAYER.
Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty
of thy Glory.
The glorious company of the Apostles
praise thee.
The godly fellowship of the Prophets
praise thee.
The noble army of Martyrs praise thee.
The holy Church throughout all the world
doth acknowledge thee;
The Father, of an infinite Majesty;
Thine adorable, true, and only Son ;
Also the Holy Ghost, the Comforter.
Thou art the Kin? of Glory, O Christ.
Thou art the everlastinij Son of the Father.
When thou tookest upon thee to deliver
man, thou didst humble thyself to be born of
a Virgin.
When thou hadst overcome the sharpness
of death, thou didst open the Kingdom of
Heaven to all believers.
Thou sittcst at the right hand of God, in
the Glory of the Father.^
We believe that thou shalt come to be our
Judge.
We therefore pray thee, help thy servants,
whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious
blood.
Make them to be numbered with thy Saints,
in glory everlasting.
Lord, save thy people, and bless thine
heritage.
MORNING PRAYER. 17
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.
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.
If Then shall be read the Second Lesson — after
which the following Psalm may be said pr
• Psalm c.
OBE ye joyful in the Lord, all ye lands :
serve the Lord with gladness, and come
before his presence with a song.
2 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 pas-
ture.
.S go your way into his gates with thanks-
giving, and into his courts with praise ; be
thankful unto him, and speak good of his
Name.
4 For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is
everlasting ; and his truth endurelh from gen-
eration to generation.
2
18 MORNING PRAYER.
f Then shall be said the jlpostles' Creed, by (he
Minister and the People^ standing.
I BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth :
And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord:
Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born
of the Vir2;in Mary; Suffered under Pontius
Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried; He
descended into Hell, The third day he rose
from the dead ; He ascended into heaven.
And sitleth on the right hand of God the Fa-
ther Almighty ; from thence he shall come to
judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost; The holy Ca-
tholic Church, The Comrauaion of Saints;
The forgiveness of sins; iThe Resurrectioa
of the body; And Hie Life everlasting. Amen.
IT ./Ind after that, these prayers foUoioing, all
devoutly kneeling ; the Minister first pro-
nouncing.
The Lord be with you.
Answer. And with thy spirit.
Minister. Let us pray.
Lord, show tliy mercy upon us.
Answer. And grant us thy salvation.
Minister. O God, malie clean our hearts
■within us.
Answer. Aiid take not thy Holy Spirit
from VrS.
MORNIxNG PRAYER. 19
A Collect for Peace.
; V GOD, who art the author of peace and
\^ lover of concord, in knowledge of whom
standeth our eternal life, whose service is
perfect freedom; Defend us, thy humble ser-
vants, in all assaults of our enemies; that
we, surely trusting in thy defence, may not
fear the power of any adversaries, throush
the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
A Collect for Grace.
OLORD. our heavenly Father, Almighty
and everlasting God, who bast safely
brought us to the bci^inning of this day;
Defend us in the same with thy mighty pow-
er : and grant that this day we fall into no sin,
neither run into any kind of danger : but that
all our doings, being ordered by thy govetn-
ance, may be righteous in thy sight ; through
Jesus Christ our Lord, jlmen.
A Prayer for the President of the Con-
federate S*"atcs, and all in civil Au-
thor if i/.
OLORD, our heavenly Father, the high
and mishty Ruler of the universe, who
dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers
upon earth ; Most heartily we beseech thee
with thy favour to behold and bless thy ser-
20 MORNING PRAYER.
vant, The Prf.sident of the Confederai i
States, and all others in authority; anJ so
replenish them with the grace of thy Holy
Spirit, that they may always incline to thy
v/ill, and walk in thy way. Endue them
plenteously with heavenly gifts; grant them
ia health and prosperity long to Jive; and
finally, after this life, to attain everlasting
joy and felicity; through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.
A Prayer for the Clercjy and People.
ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, from
whom Cometh every good and peifect J
gift ; Send down upon our Bishops, and
other Clergy, and upon the Congregation^
committed to their charge, the healthful spi-
rit of thy grace; and, that they may truly
please thee, pour upon them the continual
dew of thy blessing. Grant this, Lord, for
the honour of our Advocate and Mediator
Jesus Christ. Amen.
A Prayer for all Con d if ions of Mm.
OGOD, the Creator and Preserver of all
mankind, we humbly beseech thee for all
sorts and conditions of men ; that thou wouldst
be pleased to make thy ways known unto
them, tliy saving health unto all nations.
More especially we pray for thy holy Church
MORNING PRAYER. 21
\\niversal ; that it may be so guided and gov-
erned by thy good Spirit, that all who profess
and call themselves Christians may be led
ill to the way of truth, and hold the faith ia
unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in
ri^^hteousness of life. Finally, we commend
to thy fatherly goodness all those who are in
any way afflicted, or distressed, in mind, body,
01 estate ; that it may please thee to comfort
and relieve them according to their several
necessities ; giving them patience under their
sufferings, and a happy issue out of all their
afflictions. And this we beg for Jesus Christ's
sake. Jmen.
A General Thanhsgiving.
ALMIGHTY God, Father of all mercies,
we, thine unworthy servants, do give thee
most humble and hearty thanks for all thy
goodness and loving-kindness to us, and to
all men. We bless thee for our creation,
preservation, and all tjie blessings of this
life; but above all, for thine inestimable love
in the redemption of the world by our Lord
Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and
for the hope of glory. And we beseech thee,
give us that due sense 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 lives; by giving up
L'3 MORNING PRAYER.
ourselves to lliy service, and bj^ wallcini^: be-
fore thee in holiness and righteousness all our
daj's : through Jesus Christ our Lord, to
whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all
honour and glory, world without end. Amen.
A Prayer of St. Chrysostom.
ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us grace
at this time with one accord to make our
common supplications unto thee; and dost
promise that when two or three are cathercil
together in thy Name, thou wilt grant their
requests; Fulfill now, Lord, the desires
and petitions of thy servants, as may be most
expedient for them ; granting us in this world
knowleds^e of thy truth, and in the Vi'orld to
come life everlasting. Jlmen.
2 Cor. xiii. 14.
THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and
the love of God, and the fellowship of j
the Holy Ghost, b(^ with us all evermore. '
Amen. \
A SECOND SERVICE.
.' The Minister shall begin by reading the follow-
ing Sentences :
TET the words of mj-^ mouth, and the medi-
^ J falion of my he.art be always acceptable
ill thy sight, Lord, my strength and my Re-
deemer. Ps. xix. 14, 15.
When the wicked man turneth away from
his wickedness that he hath committed, and
doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall
save his soul alive. Ezek. xviii. 27.
IT Then the Minister shall sarji
DEARLY beloved brethren, I pray and be-
seech you, a? many as are here present,
to accompany me with a pure heart, and hum-
ble voice, unto the throne of the heavenly
grace.
THE LITANY,
OR GENERAL SUPPLICATION.
(To be said by the Minister and People alter-
nately, all kneeling.)
O God the Father of Heaven ; have mercy
upon us miserable sinners.
O God the Father of Heaven; have mercy
upon us miserable sinners.
24 SECOND SERVICE.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world ;
have mercy upon us miserable sinners.
God the Son, Redcaner of the world; have
mercy upon «.s miseruble sinmrs.
God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the
Father and the Son; have mercy upon us mis-
erable sinners.
God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the
Father and the Sou ; have mercy upon us 7nis-
erable sinners.
holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three
Persons and one God; have mercy upon us
mi.-^erable sinners.
holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three
Persons and one God; have mercy upon us
miserable simmers.
Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the
offences of our forefathers ; neither take thou
vengeance of our sins ; spare us, good Lord,
spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed
v.':th thy most precious blood, and be not an-
gry with us for ever.
Spare us, good Lord.
From all evil and mischief; from sin; from
the crafts and assaults of the devil; from thy
wrath, and from everlasting damnation,
Good, Lord, deliver us.
From all blindness of heart; from pride,
vain-glory, and hypocrisy ; from envy, ha-
tred, and malice, and all uncharitableness,
Good Lord, deliver us.
SECOND SERVICE. 25
From all inordinate and sinful affections ;
and from all the deceits of the world, the
flesh, and the devil.
Good Lord, deliver us.
From lightning and tempest; from plague,
pestilence, and famine; from battle and mur-
der, and from sudden death,
Good Lord, deliver us.
From all sedition, privy conspiracy', and re-
bellion; from all false doctrine, heresy, and
schism ; from hardness of heart, and contempt
of thy Word and Commandment,
Good. Lord, deliver ws.
By the mystery of thy holy Incarnation ; by
thy holy Nativity and Circumcision; by thy
Baptism, Fasting, and Temptation,
Good Lord, dehver us.
By thine Agony and Bloody Sweat; by thy
Cross and Passion ; by thy precious Death and
Burial ; by thy glorious Resurrection and As-
cension; and by the coming of the Holy Ghost,
Good Lord, deliver us.
In all time of our tribulation; in all time
of our prosperity; in the hour of death, and
in the day of judgment.
Good Lord, deliver us.
We sinners do beseech thee to hear us, O
Lord God; and that it may please thee to rule
and govern thy holy Church universal in the
right way ;
We beseech thee io hear us, good Lord.
26 SECOND SERVICE.
That it may please thee to bless and pre-
serve all Christian Rulers and Magistrates,
givina: them cjrace to execute justice, and to
maintain truth ;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to illuminate all
Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, with true
knowledge and understanding of thy Word;
and that both by their preaching and living
they may set it forth, and show it accord-
ingly;
H e beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to bless and keep
all thy people;
Wc beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to give to all na-
tions unity, peace, and concord;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to give us an heart
to love and fear thee, and diligently to live
after thy commandments ;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to give to all thy
people increase of grace to hear meekly thy
Word, and to receive it with pure affection,
and to bring forth the fruits of the Spirit;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord-
That it may please thee to bring into the
way of truth all such as have erred, and are
deceived ;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
SECOND SEIVICE. 'Li
That it may please thee to strengthen such
as do stand; and to comfort and help the
weak-hearted: and to raise up those who
tall ; and finally to beat down Saian under
our feet ;
TFe beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to succour, help,
and comfort all who are in danger, necessity,
and tribulation;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to preserve all who
travel by land or by water, all women in the
perils of child-birth, all sick persons and
young children; and to show thy pity upon
all prisoners and captives;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to defend, and pro-
vide for, the fatherless children, and widows,
and all who are desolate and oppressed ;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to have mercy upon
all men ;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to foririve our ene-
mies, persecutors, and slanderers, and to turn
theif hearts ;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
That it may please thee to give and pre-
serve to our use the kindly fruits'of the earth,
so that in due time we may enjoy them ;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
28 SECOND SERVICE.
That it may please thee to give us true re-
pentance; to forgive us all our sins, negli-
gences and isnorances; and to endue us with
the grace of thy Holy Spirit; to amend our
lives according to thy Holy Word;
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
Son of God, we beseech thee to hear us.
Son of Gj/, ive beseech thee to hear us.
O Lamb of God, who takest away the sins
of the world ;
Grant us thy peace.
O Lamb of God, who takest away the sins
of the world ;
Have mercy upon us.
IT The Minister may, at his discretion, omit all
that follows, to the Prayer, *'We humbly
Beseech thee, Father," &c.
O Christ, hear us.
Christ, hear ns.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy ujjon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
H Then shall the Minister, and the People with
him, say the Lord's Prayer.
OUR Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed
be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy
SECOND SERVICE. 29
will be done on earth, As it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread. And for-
give us our trespasses, As we forgive those
who trespass against us. And lead us not
into temptation ; But deliver us from evil.
Amen.
I Minister. Lord, deal not with us accord-
ing to our sins.
Ansicer. Neither reward us according to
our iniquities.
Let us pray.
OGOD, merciful Father, who despisest
not the sighing of a contrite lieart, nor
the desire of such as are sorrowful ; Merci-
fully assist our prayers which we make before
thee in all our troubles and adversities, when-
soever they oppress us; and graciously hear
us, that those evils which the craft and sub-
tilty of the devil or man worketh against us,
may, by thy good providence, be brou^rht to
nought; that we thy servants, being hurt by
no persecutions, may evermore give thanks
unto thee in thy holy Church; through Jesus
Christ our Lord.
O Lord, ari^ie, help us, and deliver us for
thy Name's sake.
OGOD, we have heard with our ears, and
our fathers have declared unto us, the
noble works that thou didst in their days, and
in the old time before them.
30 SECOND SERVICE.
O Lord, arise, heljj us, and deliver us for
ihine honour.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Ghost;
Answer. As it Avas in the beginning, is
now, and ever shall be, world without end.
Amen.
From our enemies defend us, Christ.
Graciously look upon our afflictions.
With pity behold the sorrows of our hearts.
Mercifully forgive the sins of thy people.
Favourably with mercy hear our prayers.
O'Son of David, have mercy upon us.
Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us,
Christ.
Graciously hear 7is, O Christ; graciously
hear us, O Lord Christ.
Minister. Lord, let thy mercy be showed
upon us ;
Answer. As we do put our trust in thee.
Let us pray.
WE humbly beseech thee, Father, mer-
cifully to loo|j^ upon our infirmities;
and, for the glory of thy Name, turn from us
all those evils that we most justly have de-
served ; and grant, that in all our troubles
we may put our whole trust and confidence
in thy mercy, and evermore serve thee in ho-
liness and pureness of living, to thy honour
and ?lory; through our only Mediator and
Advocate, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
SECOND SERYIJE. . Si
A General Thanhsgiving.
ALMIGHTY God, Father of all mercies,
we, lliine unworthy servants, do give
thee most humble and heartj' thanks for all
thy goodness and loving-kindness to lis, and
to all men. We bless thee for our creation,
preservation, and all the blessings of this life j
but above all, for thine inestimable love in
the redemption of the world by our Lord Je-
sus Christ; for the means of grace, and for
the hope of glory. And we beseech thee,
give us that due sense 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 lives; by giving up
ourselves to thy service, and by walking be-*
fore thee in holiness and rishteousness all our
da s; throush Jesus Christ our Lord, to
whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all
honour and glory, world without end. Amerii
A Prayer of St. Cbrjsostom.
ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us grace
at this time with one accord to make ouf
common supplication unto thee ; and dost
promise that when t\ro or three are gathered
together in thy Name thou wilt grant their
requests; Fulfill now, O Lord, the desire-J
and petitions of thy servants, as may be mosJ
expedient for them; granting us in this world
32 . THIRD SERVICE.
knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to
come life everlasting. Amen.
2 Cor. xiii. 14.
THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and
the love of God, and the fellowship of
the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore.
Jimen.
A THIRD SERVICE.
HIDE thy face from my sins ; and blot out
all mine iniquities. Psalm li. 19.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
a broken and a contrite heart, God, thou
wilt not despise. Psalm li. 17.
IT Then the Minister shall say,
DEARLY beloved brethren, I pray and
beseech you, as many as are here pre-
sent, to accompany me with a pure heart, and
humble voice, unto the throne of the hea-
venly grace.
A General Cori/ession.
"^ To be said by the whole Congregation, after
the Minister, all kneeling,
ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father;
we have erred, and strayed from thy
THIRD SERVICE. c3
ways like lost sheep. We have followed too
much the devices and desires of our own
hearts. We have oflended against thj' holy
laws. We have left undone those things
which we ouaht to have done ; And we have
done those things which we ought not to
have done; and there is no health in us.
But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, mis-
erable offenders. Spare thou those, God,
who confess their faults. Restore thou those
who are penitent : According to thy promises
declared unto mankind in Christ Jesus our
Lord. And grant, most merciful Father,
for his sake: That we may hereafter live a
godly, righteous, and sober life. To the
glory of thy holy Name. Amen.
Tlie Declaration ofmAbmlxUion^ or Rc'
mission of Sins.
ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father,
who of his great mercy hath promised
forgiveness of sins to all those who with
hearty repentance and true faith, turn unto
him; Have mercy upon you; pardon and de-
liver you from all your sins, confirm and
Btrengthf^n you in all goodness; and bring
you to everlasting life ; through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.
OUR Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed
be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy
will be done on earth, As it is in heaven.
3
34 THIRD SERVICE.
Give us Ihis day our daily bread. And for-
give us our trespasses, As we forgive those
who trespass against us. And lead us not
into temptation; But deliver us from evil;
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and
the glory, for ever and ever. Jlmen.
The Cijllcc.L
ALlMIGHTY God, unto whom all hearts
are 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 pei fcctly love thee, and
worthily magnify thy holy Name ; through
Christ our Lord. Amzn.
IT The,n shall the Minister turnivg to the Peo»
pie, rehearse distinctly the TEN COM-
JMANDMENTS; and the People, still
kneeling, shall, after every Comtnayidment,
ask God's mercy for their transgressions
for the time past, and grace to keep the law
for the time to comcy as followeth ;
Minister.
OD spake these words, and said: I am
T the Lord thy God : Thou shalt have none
other gods but me.
People. I^ord, liave mercy upon us, and in-
cline our hearts to keep this law.
Minister. Thou shalt nut make to thyself
any graven image, nor the likeness of any
G
THIRD SERVICE. dO
thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth
beneath, or in the water under the earth.
Thou slialt not bow down to them, nor wor-
ship them : for 1 the Lord thy God am a jeal-
ous God, and visit tlie sins of the fathers upon
the children, unto tlie third and fourth sene-
ration of them that hate me ; and show mer-
cy unto tliousands in them that love me, and
keep my commandments.
People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and in-
cline 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 in-
cline our hearts to keep this law.
Minisfer. Remember that thou keep holy
the Sabbath day. Six days shalt thou labour,
and do all that thou hast to do ; but the sev-
enth 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-ser-
vant, 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 in-
cline our hearts to keep this law
36 THIRD SERVICE.
Minister. Honour thy father and thy mo-
tlier; that thy days may be long in the land
■which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and in-
cline our hearts to keep tliis law.
3Tinis/e7\ Thou shalt do no murder.
People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and in-
cline our hearts to keep this law.
Minirler. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
People. Lord, have mt?rcy ui)on us, and in-
cline our hearts to keep this law.
Minister. Thou shalt not steal.
People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and in-
cline our hearts to keep this law.
Minister. Thou shalt not bear false witness
against thy neighbour.
People. Lord, have mercv upon us, and in-
cline our hearts to keep this law.
Minister. Thou shalt not covet thy neigh-
bour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neiijh-
bour's wife, nor his servant, nor his maid,
nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is
his.
People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and
write all these thy laws in our hearts, we
beseech thee.
1[ Then the Minister may say :
Hear also what our Lord Jesus Christ saith.
THOU shalt love the Lord thy God, with
all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and
OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. oi
with all thy mind. This is the first and great
commandment. And the second is like unto
it: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
On these two commandments hang all the
Law and the Prophets.
Let us pray.
OALMIGFIT^ Lord, and everlasting God,
vouchfafe, we beseech thee, to direct,
sanctify, and govern, both our hearts and
bodies, in the ways of thy laws, and in the
works of thy commandments; that, through
thy most mighty protection, both here and
ever, we may be preserved in body and soul;
through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Jlmen.
2 Cor. xiii. 14.
THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and
the love of God, and the fellowship of
the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore.
OCCASIONAL PRAYERS.
BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy
Scriptures to be written for our learning;
Grant that we may in such wise hear them,
read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them,
that by patience, and comfort of Thy Holy
Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast
38 OCCASIONAL PRAYERS.
the blessed hope of everlasting life, which
Thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus
Christ. Amen.
ALMIGHTY God, Father of our Lord Je-
sus Christ, Maker of all things, Judge
of all men ; We acknowledge and bewail our
manifold sins and wickedness, Which we,
from time to time, most grie^'-ouslf have com-
mitted, By thouy:ht, word, and deed, Against
Thy Divine INIajcsty, Provoking most justly
Thy wrath and indignation against us. We
do earnestly repent. And are heartily sorry
for these our misdoings ; The remembrance
of them is grievous unto us; The burden of
them is intolerable. Have mercy upon us,
Have mercy upon us, most merciful Father ;
For thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ's sake,
forgive us all that is past; And grant that
we may ever hereafter Serve and please Thee
in newness of life, To the honor and glory of
Thy name; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
OMOST mighty God and raercifuJ Father,
who hast compassion upon all men, and
hatest nothing that thoii hast made ; ivho
wouldest not the death of a sinner, but rather
that he should turn from his sin, and be
saved; Mercifully forgive us our trespasses;
receive and comfort us, who are grieved and
wearied with the burden of our sins. Thy
OCCASIONAL PRAYERS. 39
property is always to have mercy ; to Thee
only it appertaineth to fortrive sins. Spare
us, therefore, good Lord, spare thy people,
whom thou hast redeemed; enter not into
judgment with thy servants, who are vile
earth, and miserable sinners ; but so turn thy
ana;er from us, who meekly acknowledge our
vileness, and truly repent us of our faults,
and so make haste to help us in this world, that
we may ever live with thee in the world to
come; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
For Pi r^onsi un
, the Spirit, a:-ks you why:
He who all your lives hath strove,
Woo'd you to embrace his love.
Will ye not his grace receive?
Will ye still refuse to live?
0, ye dying sinners, why,
. Why will ye for ever die?
20 III. 1. (129 of P. B.)
HASTEN, sinner, to be wise;
Stay not for the morrow's sun;
Wisdom, if you still despise,
Harder is it to be won.
HYMNS. 0\f
2 Hasten, m^rcy to implore;
Stay not for the morro-w's sun;
Lest thy season should be o'er,
Ere this evening's stage be run.
3 Hasten, sinner, to return;
Stay not for the morrow's sun ;
Lest thy lamp should cease to burn,
Ere salvation's work is done.
4 Hasten, sinner, to be blest ;
Sta}'^ not for the morrow's sun;
Lest perdition thee arrest.
Ere the morrow is begun.
21 S. M. (ISlofP. B.)
Kcv. xxii. 17-20.
THE Spirit, in our hearts,
is whisp'ring, sinner, come!
The Bride, the Church of Christ pro-
claims
To all his children, cornel
2 Let him that heareth say
To all about him, come!
Let hiuvthat thirsts for righteousn^g.
To Christ, the fountain, come !
3 Yes, whosoever will,
let him freely come,
And freely drink the stream of life :
'Tis Jesus bids him come.
70 HYMNS.
4 Lo, Jesus, who invites,
Decbires, I quickly come.
Lord, even so ; I wait thy hour ;
Jesus, ray Saviour, come !
22 C. M. (133 of P. B.)
APPROACH, my soul, the mercy-seat,
Whore Jesus answers prayer;
There humbly fall before his feet,
For none can perish there.
2 Thy promise is my only plea,
With this I venture nigh:
Thou callest burdened souls to thee,
And such, Lord, am 1.
3 Bow'd down beneath a load of sin.
By Satan sorely press'd.
By war without, and fear within,
I come to thee for rest.
4 Be thou my shield and hiding-place ;
That, shelter'd near thy side,
I may my tierce accuser face.
And tell hiui, "Thou hast died."
6 Oh ! wondrous love ! to bleed and die,
To bear the cross atid shame,
That guilty sinners, such as I,
Might plead thy gracious name.
HYMNS. 71
23 CM. (134 of P. B.)
PRAYER is the soul's sincere desire,
Utter'd or unexpress'd;
The motion of a hidden fire,
That trembles in the breast.
2 Prayer is the burden of a sigh,
The falling of a tear,
The upward glancing of an eye,
When none but God is near.
3 Prayer is the simplest form of speech
That infant lips can try;
Prayer, the sublimest strains that reach
The majesty on high.
4 Prayer is the Christian's vital breath,
The Christian's native air.
The "watch- word at the gate of death;
He enters heaven with prayer.
5 Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice.
Returning from his ways;
While angels in their songs rejoice.
And cry, "Behold, he prays!"
6 In prayer, on earth, the saints are one,
They're one in word and mind,
"When with the Father and the Son
Sweet fellowship they find.
7 thou, by whom we come to God,
The life, the truth, the way,
72 HYMNS.
The path of prajer thyself hast trod:
Lord, teach us how to pray.
24 L. M. ( 137 of P. B.)
OTHaT my load of sin were gone,
that I could at last submit,
At Jesus' feet to lay it down,
To lay my soul at Jesus' feet !
2 Rest for my soul I long to find ;
Saviour of all, if mine thou art,
Give me thy meek and lowly mind,
And stamp thine image on my heart.
3 Break off the yoke of inbred sin,
And fully set my spirit free;
I cannot rest till pure within,
Till I am wholly lost in thee.
4 Fain would 1 learn of thee, my God;
Thy light and easy burden prove,
The cross all stain'd with hallow'd blood,
^ The labour of thy dying love.
5 I would, but thou must give the power,
My heart from every sin release:
Bring ne;'r, bring near the joyful hour,
And fill me with thy perfect peace,
25 III. 1. (143 of P. B.)
Clirist our Refuge.
JESUS, Savio-ur of my soul.
Let me to thy bosom fly,
HYMNS. 78
"While the waves of trouble roll.
While the tempest still is high ;
Hide rae, my Saviour, hide,
Till the storm of life is past;
Safe into the haven guide;
receive my soul at last.
2 0th or refuge have I none,
Hangs my helpless soul on thee;
Leave, ah ! leave me not alone,
Still support and comfort me:
All my trust on thee is stay'd.
All my hope from thee I bring;
Cover my defenceless head
With the shadow of thy wing.
26 IV. 4. (144 of P. B.)
HOW firm a foundation, ye saints of the
Lord,
Is laid for your faith in his excellent
word !
What more can he say than to you he hath
said,
You who unto Jesus for refuge have fled :
2 Fear not, I am with thee, be not di8-
may'd,
I, I am thy God, and will still give thee
aid ;
I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause
thee to stand.
Upheld by ray righteous, omnipotent hand.
?4 HYMNS.
8 When through the deep waters I call
thee to go,
The rivers of wo shall not thee overflow ;
For I will be with thee thy troubles to
bless.
And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.
4 When through fiery trials thy pathway
shall lie,
My grace, all-sufficient, shall be thy sup-
ply ;
The flame shall not hurt thee, I only de-
sign
Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to re-
fine.
5 The soul that to Jesus hath fled for re-
pose,
t will not, I will not desert to his foes:
That soul, though all hell shall endeavour
to shake,
JE'll never — no, never — no, never forsake.
^7 in. 1. (146 of p. B.)
CHILDREN of the heav'nly King,
As we journey let us sinu;
Sing the Saviour's worthy praise,
Glorious in his works and ways.
2 We are trav'ling home to God
In the way the fathers trod ;
HYMNS. 75
Tbey are happy now, and we
Soon their happiness shall see.
3 Banish'tl once, by sin betrayed,
Christ our advocate was made;
Pardou'd now, no more we roam,
Christ conducts us to our home.
4 Lord, obediently we'll go,
Gladly leaving all below;
Only thou our leader be,
And we still will follow thee.
18 CM. (147 of P. E.)
WHEN I can read my title clear
To mansions in the skies,
I'll bid farewell to every fear,
And wipe my weeping eyes.
2 Should earth against my soul engage,
And fiery darts be hurl'd,
Then I can smile at Satan's rage,
And face a frowning world.
3 Let cares like a wild deluge come,
Let storms of sorrow fall;
So I but safely reach my home,
My.GoD, my heaven, my all:
4 There, anchor'd safe, my weary soul
Shall find eternal rest;
Nor storms shall beat, nor billows roll
Across my peaceful breast.
76 HYMNS.
S^ C. M. (174 of P. B.)
Renouncing the World.
LET worldly minds the world pursue,
It has no charms for me;
Once I admired its follies too,
. But grace has set me free.
2 Those follies now no longer please,
No more delight afi'ord ;
Far from my heart be joys like these,
Now I have known the Lord.
3 As by the liglit of op'ning day
The stars are all conceal'd,
So earthly pleasures fade away
When Jesus is reveal'd.
4 Creatures no more divide my choice,
I bid them all depart;
His name, and love, and gracious voice
Shall fix my roving heart.
5 Now, Loud, I would be thine alone,
And wholly live to thee;
Yet worthless still myself I own,
Thy worth is all my plea.
3d L. M. (175 of PB.)
Not ashamed of Christ.
JESUS! and shall it ever be,
A mortal man ashamed of thee:
Ashamed of thee, whom angels praise.
Whose glories shine through endless days?
HYMNS. 77
2 Ashamed of Jesus! sooner far
Let' night disown each radiant star ;
'Tis midnight with my soul, till he,
Bright Morning Star, bid darkness flee.
3 Ashamed of Jesus! 0, as soon
Let morning blush to own the sun ;
He sheds the beams of light divino
O'er this benighted soul of mine.
4 Ashamed of Jesus! that dear friend
On whom my hopes of heaven depend:
No; when I blush, be this my sharae,
That I no more revere his name.
5 Aj-hamed of Jesus! empty pride;
I'll boast a Saviour crucified ;
And, 0, may this my portion be,
My Saviour not ashamed of me.
31 IIT. 3. (177 of P. B.)
Prayer for Qiddance.
GUIDE me, thou great Jehovah,
Pilgrim through this barren land;
I am weak, but thou art mighty;
Hold me with thy powerful hand.
2 Open now the crystal fountains
Whence the living waters flow;
Let the fiery, cloudy pillar,
Lead me all my j-^^iirney through.
Irs HYMNS.
S Feed me with the heav'niy manna .
In this barren wilderness;
Be my sword, and sliield, and banner;
Be the Lobb my righteousness.
4 When I tread the verge of Jordan,
Bid my anxious tears subside;
Death of death, and liell's destruction,
Land me safe on Canaan's side.
33 S. M. ( 179 of P. B.
Duties.
CHARGE to Iieep I have,
A God to glorify;
-A never dying soul to save,
And fit it for the sky:
A
2 From youth to hoary age,
My calling to fultill :
may it nil my powers engage
To do my Master's will.
8 Arm me with jealous care,
As in thy sight to live,
And, oil ! thy servant, Lord, prepare,
A strict account to give:
4 Help me to watch and pray,
And on thyself rely;
Assured if I my trust betray,
I shall for ever die.
HYMNS. 79
3S CM. ( 180 of P. B.)
Forgetting those tkinqs which are behind,^* rfc
fhil.iii.lS, 14.
AWAKE, my soul, stretch every nerve,
And press with vigour on;
A heav'nly race demands thy zeal,
And an immortal crown.
2 A cloud of witnesses around
Hold thee in full survey ;
Forget the steps already trod,
And onward urge thy way.
3 'Tis God's all animating voice
That calls thee from on high,
'Tis his own hand presents the prize
To thine uplifted eye.
4 Then wake, my soul, stretch every nervo,
And press with vigour on ;
A heav'nly race demands thy zeal.
And an immortal crown.
34 CM. ( 189 of P. B.)
HARK! from the tombs a mout-nfetl
sound,
Mine ears attend the cry;
**Ye living men, come view tbfe ground
"Where you must shortly lie.
2 Princes, this clay must be your bed,
In spite of all your towers ;
80 HYMNS.
The tall, the wise, the rev'rend head
Mu:3t lie as low as ours."
3 Great God ! is this our certain doom?
And are we still secure?
Still walking downward to the tomb,
And yet prepare no more ?
4 Grant us the power of quick'ning grace
To raise our souls to thee.
That we may view thy glorious face
To all eternity.
35 L. M. ( 168 of P. B.)
EvcniiKj Hymn.
GLORY to thee, my God, this night,
For all the blessings of the light:
Keep me, keep me, King of kings,
Under thine own almighty wings.
2 Forgive me. Lord, for thy dear Son,
The ills that I this day have done:
That with the world, myself, and th.ee,
I, ere I sleep, at peace may be.
3 Teach me to live, that I may dread
The grave as little as my bed;
Teaf.h me to die, tliat so I may
Triumphing rise at the last day.
4 O may my soul on thee repose,
And with sweet sleep mine eyeliJs close;
Sleep, that may me more vig'ruus make
To serve my Go», when I awake.
HYMNS. 81
5 Wben in the night I sleepless lie,
My soul with beav'nly thoughts supply:
Let no ill dreams disturb my rest,
No powers of darkness me molest^
6 when shall I, in endless day.
For ever chase dark sleep away.
And hymns divine with angels sing,
Glory to thee, eternal King.
7 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow,
Praise him, all creatures here below;
Praise him above, angelic host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
36 L. M. ( 103 of P. B.)
"J have set God alwmjs before me." — Psahn xvi. 9.
SAVIOUR, when night involves the skie?,
My soul, adoring, turns to thee ;
Thee, self abased in mortal guise,
And wrapt in shades of death for me.
2 On thee my waking raptures dwell.
When crimson gleams the east adorn;
Thee, victor of the grave and hell;
Thee, source of life's e-ternal morn.
3 When neon her throne in light arrays,
To thee my soul tiiumphant springs ;
Thee, throned in glory's endless blaze,
Thee, Lord of lords, and King of kings.
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82 HYMNS.
4 O'er earth, -when shades of evening; steal,
To death and thee my thoughts I give;
To death, whose power I soon must feel,
To ihee, with whom I trust to live.
ADDITIONAL.
s-y c. M.
'^IrviU sing praii'.e unto thy name forever.''^ — Ps.lxi.8.
JESUS, I love thy charming name ;
'Tis music to my ear;
Fain would I sound it out so loud
That earth and heaven might hear;
2 Yes, — thou art precious to my soul,
My transport and my trust ;
Jewels to thee are gaudy toys,
And gold is sordid dust.
3 Thy grace shall dwell upon my heart,
And shed its fragrance there ;
The noblest balm of all its wounds,
The cordial of its care.
4 I'll speak the honors of thy name
With my last lab'ring breath ;
Then, speechless, clasp thee in my arms,
The antidote of death.
HYMNS. 83
38 C. M.
*' Being justified by hU blnod, we shall be saved from
wrntli through him.'" — Pomans v. 9.
THEKE is a tountain, filled with blood,
Drawn from Inimanuel's veins.
And siniiers plunged beneath that flood
Lose all their guilty stains.
2 The dj'ing thief rejf^iced to see
That fountain in his day:
And there may I, tho' vile as ho,
Wash all ray sins away.
o Dear dying Lamb, thy precious blood
Shall never lose its power,
Till nil the ransomed church of God
Be savedj to sin no more.
4 E'er since, by faith, I saw the stream
Thy flowing wounds supply,
Redeeming love has been ray theme,
And shall be till I die.
7 Then, in a nobler, sweeter song,
I'll sing thy power to save ;
When this poor lisping, stammering Tongue
Lies silent in the grave.
30 L. M.
^^ And him that cometh unto me, I will in no wise cast
out." — John vi. 37.
JUST as I am, without one plea,
But that thy blood was shed for me,
8i HYMNS.
And that thou bid'st me come to thee,
Lamb of God, I come ! 1 come !
2 Just as I am, and waiting not
To rid my soul of one dark blot,
To thee, whose blood can cleanse each spot,
Lamb of God, I come ! I come 1
?> Just as I am, though tossed about
With many a conS^ct, many a doubt,
"With fears within and wars without,
Lamb of God, I come ! I come !
•1 Just as I am, poor, wretched, "blind,
Sight, riches, healing of the mind,
Yea, all I need, in thee to find,
Lamb of God, I come ! I como !
5 Just as I am — thou wilt receive.
Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve,
Because thy promise I believe,
Lamb of God, I come ! I come !
6 Just as I am — thy love unknown
Hast broken every barrier down ;
Now to be thine, yea, th.ine alone,
Lamb of God, I come ! I come !
410 C. M.
Christ died for our sins." — 1 Cor. xv. 3.
LAS ! and did my Saviour bleed
And did my sovereign die !
Would he devote that sacred head
For such a worm as I ?
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HYMNS. 85
2 Was it for crimes that I have done,
He gvofined upon the tree ?
Amazing pity ! grace unknown !
And love beyond degree !
3 Well might the sun in darkness hide
And shut his glories in ;
When Christ, the mighty Maker, died
For man the creature's sin.
4 Thus might I hide my blushing face
While his dear cross appears :
Dissolve my heart in thankfulness.
And melt my eyes to tears.
6 But drops of grief can ne'er repay
The debt of love I owe ;
Here, Lord, I give myself away,
'Tis all that I can do.
41 L. M.
" Jn lohorn toe have holdnes.^ and access loith confidence
by the faith of him.'" — Eph. iii. 12.
JESUS, my all, to heaven is gone ;
He whom I fix my hopes upon;
His track I see, and I'll pursue
The narrow way, till him I view.
2 This is the way I long have sought,
And mourned because I found it not ;
My grief a burden long has been,
Because I was not saved from sin.
86 HYMNS.
3 The more I strove against its power,
I felt its weight and guilt the more;
Till late I heard my Saviour say,
*' Come hither, soul, I am the way."
4 Lo ! glad Icome; and thou blest Lamb
Shall take me to thee as 1 am ;
Nothing but sin have I to give.
Nothing but love shall I receive.
5 Then will I tell to sinners round.
What a dear Saviour I have found;
I'll point to thy redeeming blood,.
And say, "Behold the way to God."
42 C. M.
"i/e shall, call upon me, and I will answer him."
Psalm xci. 15.
COME, humble sinner, in whose breast
A thouf^and thoughts revolve ;
Come, witli your guilt and fear oppressed,
And make this last resolve ;
2 I'll go to Jesus, though my sin
Hath like a mountain ruse;
I know his courts, I'll enter in,
Whatever may oppose.
3 Perhaps he will admit my plea.
Perhaps will hear my prayer;
But if I periish, I will pray.
And perifh only there.
HYMNS. 87
4 I can but perish if I go ;
I am resolved to try ;
For if I vstay away, I know
I must forever die.
H
d all
tliat is within me, praise iii-< holy Name.
2 Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget
not all his benefits :
3 Who forgiveth all thy sin, and healeth
all thine iufiiMnities ;
4 Who saveth thy life from destruction,
and crowneth thee with mercy and loving-
kindness ;
5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good
things, making thee young and lusty as au
eagle.
6 The Lord executeth righteousness and
judgment for all them that are oppressed
with wrong.
7 He showed his ways unto Moses, his
works unto the children of Israel.
8 The Lord is full of compassion and
mercy, long-suffering,^and of great goodn^^ss.
9 He will not alway be chiding; neither
keepeth he his anger for ever.
10 He hath not dealt with us after our
sins ; nor rewarded us accordiug to our
wickednesses.
APPENDIX. 95
11 For look how high the heaven is ia
comparison of the e.irth ; so great is his
mercy also tawanl them that fear hi on.
12 Look how wide also the east is from
the west; so far hath he set our sins from
us.
l.S Tea, like as a father pitieth his owq
-children ; even so is the Lord merciful unto
them that fear him.
14 For he knoweth whereof we are made ;
he remembereth that we are but dust.
15 The days of man are but as grass, for
he fionrisheth as a flower of the field.
16 For as soon as the wind goeth over it,
it is gone : and the platje thereof shall know
it n(\ more.
17 But the merciful goodness of the Lord
endureth for ever and ever upon them that
fear him; and his righteousness upon chil-
dren's children ;
18 Even upon such as keep his covenant,
and think upon his coratnandments to do
them.
19 The Lord hath prepared his seat in
heaven, and his kingdom ruleth over all.
20 praise the Lord, ye angels of his,
ye that excel in strength ; ye that fulfill hi«
commandment, and hearken unto the voice
of hiu» word,
21 praise the Lord, all ye his hosts : ye
servants of his that do Ms pleasure.
96 APPENDIX. .
22 speak good of the Lord, all ye works
of his in all places of his dominion : praise
thou the Lord, my soul.
A Collect for Peace.
OGOD, from whom all holy desires, all
good counsels, and all just works do^
proceed : Give unto thy servants that peace, ,
which the world cannot give ; that our hearts
may be set to obey thy commandments, and
also that by thee, we, being defended from
the fear of our enemies, may pass our time
in rest nnd quietness; through the merits of ^
Jesus Christ our iSaviour. Amen.
A Collect for Aid against Perils. •■
OLORD, our heavenly Father, by whose
Almighty power we have been pre-
served this day ; By thy great mercy defend
us from all perils and dangers of this night;,
for the love of thy only Son, our Saviour,
Jesus Christ. Amen.
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