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 Wrepared for Use in Public Worship 
 
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 The Macmillan Company 
 1924 
 
 All rights reserved 
 
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 Bry THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. 
 
 Set up and electrotyped. 
 Published March, 1924. 
 
 The Bible text used in this volume is taken from the American 
 Standard Edition of the Revised Bible, copyright, 1901, by 
 Thomas Nelson & Sons, and is used by permission. 
 
 Printed in the United States of America by 
 THE FERRIS PRINTING COMPANY, NEW YORK 
 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 
 
 The compiler and publishers desire to make 
 the following acknowledgments of permission 
 granted for the use of copyright material: 
 
 To the Trustees of the Presbyterian Board of 
 Publication, for permission to use material from 
 “The Book of Common Worship,” including the 
 Opening Prayer in the Communion Service, the 
 second of the Opening Prayers in the Burial 
 Service, and the prayers ‘For the Right Use of 
 Affliction,’ and “For Grace to Follow Christ,” 
 also in the Burial Service. 
 
 To the Publication and Sunday School Board 
 of the Reformed Church in the United States, 
 for permission to use prayers from “An Order 
 of Worship for the Reformed Church,” viz., the 
 fifth of the Eucharistic Prayers, and the prayers 
 entitled “Self-Control,” “Higher Aspirations,” 
 “Preaching of the Gospel,” and “Good Friday,” 
 in the section of General Prayers. 
 
 To the Board of Publication and Bible-school 
 Work of the Reformed Church in America, for 
 permission to use prayers from “The Liturgy of 
 the Reformed Church in America,” viz., the 
 prayers entitled “Confidence in God,” “Evening 
 of the Lord’s Day,’ “Christmas Day,” and 
 “Faster Day,” in the section of General Prayers. 
 
 The prayers “For the Kingdom of God,” and 
 “Ror Those Who Come After Us,” are from 
 “Prayers for the Social Awakening,” by Walter 
 Rauschenbusch. Copyrighted by the Pilgrim 
 Press. Used by permission. 
 
 The prayer entitled “Right Thoughts” is from 
 
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 bi Acknowledgment 
 
 
 
 “A Book of Prayers” by Samuel McComb. 
 Copyrighted by Dodd, Mead and Company. 
 Used by permission. | 
 
 It is needless to say that in common with all 
 similar publications, this book owes a large 
 indebtedness to the “Book of Common Prayer.” 
 
CONTENTS 
 
 EeIRO DUCTION Meets: wessis.c lh eiceh cal er LX 
 CHAPTER 
 I. AN OrnpER FoR Morninc WorsHip .. 1 
 II. A SpeciaL ORDER FOR EvENING WorR- 
 SHIP Oost. 6 
 
 III. OrpDERS OF Monninge AND ered 
 WorRSHIP FOR THIRTEEN SUNDAYS 
 OF EACH QUARTER YEAR, WITH 
 - OPENING SENTENCES, INVOCATIONS, 
 
 OFFERTORY PRAYERS, ETC. ... 13 
 
 IV. ORDERS OF WORSHIP FOR SPECIAL 
 OccASIONS ... . 66 
 
 V. AN ORDER FOR THE OMNTAT eS 
 oF BapTIsmM. .. . 84 
 
 VI. AN ORDER FOR THE Mraern vans 
 OF THE LornpD’sSupPpER ...... 91 
 VII. Eucnaristic PRAYERS... . TOL 
 
 VIII. AN OrpeR FOR THE DENYOMTGIS OF 
 CHILDREN. .. . 5 LAY: 
 
 IX. AN ORDER FOR THE SOMERENTA ATION, OF 
 NMIARRIAGE : . . . ao es: 
 
 X. AN ORDER FOR THE Bren OF » Meum 
 BERS OF THE CHURCH... . wlLlG 
 
 XI. AN ORDER FOR THE BURIAL OF THORE 
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INTRODUCTION 
 
 This book is put forth to be a guide, not a 
 chain. The value of our ancient Protestant 
 emphasis on free worship is so great that the 
 vitality of our Churches would suffer deplorably 
 if that freedom were, or could be, lost. But 
 freedom that is without discipline, direction, or 
 carefulness contributes nothing to vitality. In 
 the old days, the congregation used to take a 
 larger share in church services, by the partici- 
 pation of laymen in prayer. For good or evil, 
 that practice has almost completely disap- 
 peared. As a result, the whole service has be- 
 come dependent on the religious experience, and 
 the powers of expression, of one man. But no 
 minister, however gifted, can escape the limita- 
 tions of being only one man; and unless his gifts 
 are supplemented and enriched by adding to 
 them the product of the religious experience of 
 all Christendom, the congregation loses much of 
 value which it has a right to expect. There has 
 been for some time a growing feeling of this 
 kind in our Churches; that feeling is certain to 
 increase as the culture and outlook of our con- 
 gregations widen; it is in response to that feel- 
 ing that this Service Book is offered. 
 
 It will be observed that the major portion of 
 the book consists in the provision of Opening 
 Sentences, Invocations, Offertory Sentences and 
 Offertory Prayers for morning and evening of 
 the thirteen Sundays of each Quarter. These 
 will undoubtedly prove of value to any minister 
 who finds himself called upon to use these ele- 
 ments at every service, and yet is often hard put 
 
 ix 
 

 
 x Introduction 
 
 to it, to give them that variety and scriptural- 
 ness which will make them appropriate to the 
 occasion and profitable to the worshipper, Very 
 special attention has been given to the Sentences 
 and Prayers of the Offertory, because here, as 
 nowhere else, the Church has opportunity, week 
 after week, to teach the right use of money. 
 These sentences and prayers cover far more 
 than mere appeal to give liberally when the col- 
 lection plate is passed: they aim to enforce the’ 
 whole teaching of Scripture with regard to the 
 economic life: and to do it in that indirect way 
 which is far more effective than an occasional 
 driving sermon on the subject. 
 
 The great advantage of a partially liturgical 
 service is that it gives the congregation a larger 
 share in its own worship. Public worship ought 
 always to be a social expression. The use of a 
 Congregational Prayer, in addition to the cus- 
 tomary Pastoral Prayer of Intercession (which 
 ought never to be set or formal or preachy, but 
 the pastor’s ewn petition for the needs of his 
 people at that time), has been adopted in some 
 churches. The three prayers here provided for 
 that purpose—a General Thanksgiving, a Gen- 
 eral Confession, and a General Prayer for the 
 Kingdom—express in a simple, rhythmical and 
 scriptural way the feelings which a worshipping © 
 congregation ought to express. Their adoption 
 in the morning service will be found very help- 
 ful, so soon as the congregation has become 
 accustomed to their use. They may very suit- 
 ably be used also in the Worship Period of the 
 Sunday-school hour. 
 
Introduction xt 
 
 There is a growing feeling in our Churches 
 that we are in danger of losing our sense of 
 pure worship, as distinct from instruction. At 
 least occasionally there ought to be a service 
 in which the main emphasis is not on the sermon 
 or the music, but upon Prayer and the Word. 
 The Special Order for Evening Worship, or 
 Vesper Service, will be found to meet that need. , 
 Where there is a desire to reprint this or other 
 material for the use of a specific congregation, 
 permission to do so will be freely accorded by 
 the publishers. 
 
 Many Churches that do not follow the prac- 
 tice of infant baptism feel the need for some 
 kind of service for the dedication of children to 
 the Lord. Indeed, such a dedication is all that 
 infant baptism means to most members of 
 paedobaptist churches. The purpose of the 
 service here offered is to give expression to the 
 desire for the consecration of family life by 
 furnishing to parents the opportunity publicly 
 to take vows to bring their children up in the 
 nurture and admonition of the Lord. Wherever 
 possible, this Service should be held in the 
 Church and not in the home, as one of the 
 underlying objects is to cement the tie between 
 the Family and the Church. The compiler 
 feels also that it is a mistake to make a great 
 - public observance of this Dedication, as is 
 sometimes done, by gathering in a large num- 
 ber of children for the purpose at Children’s 
 Day, or some other festival time. The service 
 should be a small and quiet one, simply bringing 
 the solemnity of the Church to what is essen- 
 

 
 xti Introduction 
 
 tially an act of domestic religious faith. It need 
 not be added, perhaps, that at least one of the 
 parents of any child for whom such a service 
 is used, should be a member of some Christian 
 church: a person who has never given himself 
 to the Lord cannot sincerely give his child to 
 the Lord. 
 
 The Baptismal and Communion Services here 
 presented, simply reduce to writing much cur-. 
 rent practice. 
 
 It is hoped that the distinction between 
 burial services for those who are members of 
 the Church and those who are not will com- 
 mend itself to all. When a minister officiates 
 at a funeral, he does so as the representative of 
 Christ’s Church. The language he often feels 
 constrained to use when conducting the service 
 over the body of one who has in his lifetime 
 been no friend to Christ often sounds to the 
 observer like sarcasm, or blasphemy, or both. 
 We desire to spare the feelings of those who 
 have loved the deceased as much as possible; 
 we certainly wish to judge no man “before the 
 time, until the Lord come,” to whom judgment 
 belongeth; but the Christian Church cannot, in 
 all conscience, afford to stultify itself by abating 
 one jot or one tittle of its testimony to the neces- 
 sity of repentance and faith for any one who 
 would expect eternal salvation. The ‘Burial 
 Service for Those Who Have Lived Apart from 
 the Church” is entirely non-committal as to the 
 future of the deceased, but does offer to the 
 mourners the comfort of the Heavenly. Father's 
 providence and mercy. 
 

 
 Introduction xitt 
 
 In the selection of General Prayers, which are 
 collected from the devotional utterances of all 
 ages, there has been careful study to preserve 
 variety, and to represent ai! the great interests 
 of the Christian life, including the social gospel 
 of the Second Great Commandment. Even pas- 
 tors who do not choose to use these prayers 
 directly in the public worship of their churches 
 will find their own free prayer enriched by the 
 study of them. 
 
 We are trying to revive family worship, these 
 days. When, as is often the case, the head of 
 a family is unaccustomed to praying aloud in 
 the presence of others, he may be encouraged 
 to begin by the use of the General Prayers, and 
 other prayers from this book. If the minds of a 
 family be thus directed into the thought of God 
 for a few minutes every day, a different atmos- 
 phere may come to pervade the whole life of 
 the home. 
 
 There is no provision here for Responsive 
 Readings for church worship, as good selections 
 for the purpose are to be found in most modern 
 hymnals. Nor has there been any effort to 
 provide material for choral services, or responses 
 between Minister and Choir, such as are some- 
 times used. Excellent material for the purpose 
 can be obtained from musical publications. 
 
 That this Service Book may aid our Churches 
 and families to worship in spirit and in reality 
 is the prayer of the compiler. 
 

 
An Order for Morning Worship 
 
 CaLL TO WorRSHIP 
 
 | When the Minister rises in his place, let the Con- 
 gregation also stand, and join in the following 
 responses 
 Minister: The Lord be with you. 
 Congregation: And with thy spirit. 
 M. Praise ye the Lord. 
 C. The Lord’s name be praised. 
 M. Let us pray. 
 
 OPENING SENTENCE 
 
 In place of the Call to Worship, the Minster may 
 read one or more of the Scripture Sentences pro- 
 vided in the Orders of Worship for the Quarter, 
 adding at the close the words, “Let us pray’ 
 
 INVOCATION AND LoRpD’s PRAYER 
 
 | Let the Congregation be seated with bowed heads, 
 while the Minister offers a prayer of invocation, 
 followed by the Lord’s Prayer, in which all should 
 jon 
 Our Father who 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 debts, As we forgive our 
 debtors. And lead us not into temptation, 
 But deliver us from evil: For Thine is the 
 Kingdom, and the power and the glory, for 
 ever. Amen. 
 
 HyMN 
 
 | The Congregation standing 
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 2 @eneral Order—Morning Worship - 
 
 RESPONSIVE READING AND GLORIA 
 
 ] The Congregation being seated, may read responsively 
 an appropriate selection from the Psalms, or other 
 Scriptures, as the Minister shall announce, rising at 
 the close to sing the “Gloria Patri,’ or else to join 
 in the following responses 
 _ Minister: Glory be to the Father, and to 
 
 the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. 
 
 Congregation: As it was in the beginning, 
 is now, and ever shall be, world without 
 end. Amen. 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER 
 
 q Let the Congregation, reverently bowing their heads 
 or kneeling, join aloud in one of the three follow- 
 ing General Prayers: either the General Confession, 
 or the General Tranksgiving, or the General Prayer 
 for the Kingdom, as the Minister shall announce 
 
 General Confession: 
 
 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 offended against thy holy laws. We 
 have left undone those things which we 
 ought 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 miser- 
 able offenders. Spare thou those, O God, 
 who confess their faults. Restore thou them 
 that are penitent; According to thy prom- 
 ises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesus 
 our Lord. And grant, O most merciful 
 

 
 General Order—Morning Worship 3 
 
 
 
 Father, for his sake; That we may here- 
 after live a godly, righteous and sober life; 
 to the glory of thy holy Name. Amen. 
 
 General Thanksgiving: 
 
 Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we 
 thine unworthy servants do give thee most 
 humble and hearty thanks for all thy good- 
 ness to us and to all men. We bless thee 
 for our creation, preservation, and all the 
 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 our- 
 selves to thy service, and by walking before 
 thee in holiness and righteousness all our 
 days; Through Jesus Christ our Lord, to 
 whom, witn thee and the Holy Spirit, be 
 all honor and glory, world without end. 
 Amen. 
 
 General Prayer for the Coming of Christ’s 
 Kingdom: 
 
 Almighty God, who in the fulness of time 
 didst send thy Son to be the Savior of the 
 world; And didst promise that of the: in- 
 crease of his government and of peace there 
 should be no end: We, thy servants, look 
 for and earnestly desire the perfect coming 
 

 
 + General Order—Morning Worship 
 
 
 
 of his Kingdom. Turn the hearts of the 
 disobedient everywhere to the wisdom of 
 the just. May the peoples that walk in 
 darkness and the shadow of death, see at 
 last thy great light. Let justice roll down 
 as waters and righteousness as a mighty 
 stream. May greed and hate, poverty and 
 disease, ignorance and sin, and all else that 
 hinders and obstructs thy reign in the world, 
 be speedily cast out of the way. And grant 
 unto us, we beseech thee, to be thy servants 
 and soldiers in this warfare, manfully fight- 
 ing in the field for the glory of thy holy 
 name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 SCRIPTURE LESSON 
 ANTHEM 
 
 PASTORAL PRAYER 
 
 | In view of the petitions already offered by the Con- 
 gregation, the Pastoral Prayer may suitably be 
 shorter than has sometimes been customary, and 
 more strictly of an intercessory character. It should 
 never be read 
 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 
 | Where convenient, it is suitable that the announce- 
 ments should be made by a lay official of the 
 Church 
 
 OFFERTORY 
 
 It ws fitting, at the Offertory, for the Minister to 
 repeat an appropriate sentence of Scripture on 
 giving the plates to the collectors; and on receiving 
 the plates again to offer a brief prayer of dedication 
 of the offering 
 
@eneral Order—Morning Worship 5 
 
 HyMNn 
 { The Congregation standing 
 
 SERMON 
 
  [t is fitting that, after the sermon, the Preacher shall 
 offer a brief petition for the blessing of the Holy 
 Spirit on the spoken Word, or a prayer that will 
 express the feelings of the Congregation in response 
 to the truth that has been enunciated in the sermon, 
 or utter an Ascription of Praise such as the fol- 
 lowing 
 Now to God the Father, God the Son, and 
 God the Holy Spirit, be ascribed all honor 
 and glory, world without end. Amen. 
 
 HyMN 
 {| The Congregation standing 
 
 BENEDICTION 
 
 |] Let the Congregation remain standing for the Bene- 
 diction. The Benediction may often be combined 
 with an Ascription of Prarse, as will be found 
 occasionally in the following orders of service 
 
 SILENT PRAYER 
 
 | After the Benediction, let both Minister and Congre- 
 gation resume their seats for a brief season of silent 
 prayer, to be continued until the organ sounds 
 “Amen” 
 
A Special Order for Evening Worship 
 
 OPENING SENTENCE 
 
 | Let the Congregation rise with the Minister while he 
 
 reads one or more appropriate Scripture Sentences 
 
 ~ for the Opening of Worship, closing with the words, 
 “Let us pray” 
 
 INVOCATION AND Lorp’s PRAYER 
 
 | The Congregation seated with bowed heads, or kneel- 
 ing, while the Minister offers the Prayer of Invoca- 
 tion, and joining aloud in the Lord’s Prayer, as 
 follows 
 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 
 forgive us our debts, As we forgive our 
 debtors. And lead us not into temptation. 
 But deliver us from evil: For thine is the 
 Kingdom, and the power and the glory, for 
 ever. Amen. : 
 
 HyMNn 
 | The Congregation standing 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER 
 
 {| Let the Congregation, reverently bowing their heads 
 or kneeling, join aloud wn the following General 
 Thanksgiving 
 
 Almighty God, Father of all mercies, We 
 thine unworthy servants do give thee most 
 humble and hearty thanks for all thy good-* 
 ness to us and to all men. We bless thee 
 for our creation, preservation and all the 
 
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 Special Order—Evening Worship 
 
 
 
 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 
 ourselves to thy service. And by walking 
 before thee in holiness and righteousness all 
 our days; Through Jesus Christ our Lord, 
 To whom with thee and the Holy Spirit, be 
 all honor and glory, world without end. 
 Amen. 
 
 ANTHEM 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 
 OFFERTORY 
 
 {It ws fitting, at the Offertory, for the Minister to repeat 
 an appropriate sentence of Scripture on giving the 
 plates to the collectors; and on receiving the plates 
 again to offer a brief prayer of dedication 
 
 SCRIPTURE LESSON 
 
 { The Scripture passage chosen for this lesson may well 
 be longer than that read at ordinary seasons of 
 worship, of sufficient length, if possible, to convey 
 to the auditors the complete thought of a Book, or 
 of a section of a Book, of the Bible. It should be 
 read with preparation and care 
 
 HyMN 
 { The Congregation standing 
 

 
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 Special Order—E€vening Worship 
 
 
 
 ADDRESS 
 
 | If zt be desirable to have an address, it may suitably 
 be made at this point 
 
 LITANY 
 
 | Let the Congregation, with bowed heads or kneeling, 
 join with the Minister in the following responsive 
 prayers 
 
 Minster: O God, the Father in heaven, have 
 mercy upon us. 
 
 Congregation: Have mercy upon us. 
 
 M. O God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have 
 mercy upon us. | 
 
 C. Have mercy upon us. | 
 
 M. O God the Holy Spirit, proceeding from the 
 Father and the Son: have mércy upon us. 
 
 C. Have mercy upon us. 
 
 M. O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three 
 persons and one God, have mercy upon us. 
 
 C. Have mercy upon us. 
 
 M. Remember not, Lord, our sins. which are 
 many; nor the sins of our church and 
 nation, nor the sins of the society in 
 which we live. If thou, Lord, shouldest 
 mark iniquity, O Lord who should stand? 
 Smite us not for our sins. Spare us, good 
 Lord, spare thy people whom thou hast 
 redeemed with thy precious blood. 
 
 C. Spare us, good Lord. 
 
 M. From all blindness of heart and contempt of 
 thy Word; from vainglory and hypoc- 
 risy; from envy, hatred and malice, and 
 all uncharitableness: 
 
 C. Good Lord, deliver us. 
 
Special Order—Evening Worship 9 
 
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 . From all impure thoughts and desires; from 
 
 the lust of the flesh and the lust of the 
 eyes, and the pride of life: 
 
 . Good Lord, deliver us. 
 . From love of money, from dishonesty in 
 
 business, from forgetfulness of our duty, 
 from contempt of others, from offense 
 against thy little ones, from oppression of 
 the poor and the stranger, and from all 
 failure to love: 
 
 . Good Lord, deliver us. 
 . By thy holy incarnation, by thy humble 
 
 birth, by thy hard life, by thy bitter 
 death, by thy glorious resurrection and 
 ascension: 
 
 . Good Lord, deliver us. 
 . In all time of our tribulation, in all time of 
 
 our wealth, in the hour of death, and in 
 the day of judgment: 
 
 . Good Lord, deliver us. 
 
 . We sinners beseech thee to hear us, O Lord. 
 . Son of God, we beseech thee to hear us. 
 
 . That it may please thee to keep us in all 
 
 time of temptation and heaviness, to 
 comfort and help all the weakhearted, to 
 raise up them that fall, and finally to 
 beat down the powers of evil under our 
 feet: 
 
 . We beseech thee to hear us, O Lord. 
 . That it may please thee to succor, help, and 
 
 comfort all that are in danger, necessity, 
 and distress: 
 
 . We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
 

 
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 Special Order—Evening Worship 
 
 That it may please thee to bring all man- 
 
 kind to the saving knowledge of thy 
 truth: 
 
 . We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
 . That it may please thee to stir up the souls 
 
 of thy faithful people; to labor for the 
 coming of thy Kingdom throughout the 
 world, and the doing of thy will on earth 
 even as it is done in heaven: 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
 For those who mourn, for fatherless children 
 
 and widows, for those who are poor, 
 broken, and oppressed; for all whose 
 labor is without hope; for all whose labor 
 is without honor; for all whose labor is 
 without interest; for those whose labor 
 is without just “reward: for those who 
 have no labor; for those who desire no 
 labor; for those who have no home; for 
 prisoners and outcasts; for the victims of 
 lust; for those who are luxurious and in- 
 temperate; for those who are sick and 
 hungry; for those who have lost faith in 
 thee; for all who sit in darkness and the 
 shadow of death: 
 
 . We beseech thee, good Lord. 
 O Lamb of God, that takest away the sin of 
 
 the world, 
 
 . Have mercy upon us. 
 . O Lamb of God, that takest away the sin of 
 
 the world, 
 
 . Grant us thy peace. 
 - O God, from whom all holy desires, all good 
 
 counsels, and all just works do. proceed: 
 
Special Order—E€Evening Worship 11 
 
 give unto thy servants that peace which 
 the world cannot give; that our hearts 
 may be set to obey thy commandments, 
 and also that we, being defended from all 
 fear, may by thy protection pass our time 
 in peace and quietness, through Jesus 
 Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 EVENING PRAYER. 
 
 {| Here the Minister may without interruption proceed 
 to offer one or both of the following evening 
 prayers, or he may offer ex tempore prayer 
 
 O Lord, our heavenly Father, by whose 
 almighty power we have been preserved this 
 day, and to whom the darkness and the 
 light are both alike: by thy great mercy 
 lighten our darkness and defend us from all 
 perils and dangers of this night; and so re- 
 fresh our weary nature with the help our 
 weakness needs, that we may behold the 
 
 dawn and the day with joyfulness, and be 
 devoted to thee, both in body and soul, for 
 the love of thy son, our Savior Jesus Christ. 
 Amen. 
 
 O Lord, support us all day long of this 
 troublous life, until the shadows lengthen, 
 and the evening comes, and the busy world 
 is hushed, and the fever of life is over, and 
 our work is done. Then in thy mercy, grant 
 us a safe lodging, and a holy rest, and peace 
 at last; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
 Amen. 
 

 
 12 Special Order—€vening Worship 
 
 
 
 HyMN 
 ] The Congregation standing 
 
 BENEDICTION 
 
 SILENT PRAYER 
 
@rders of Morning and Evening Worship 
 for the Thirteen Sundays, with Invocations, 
 @Offertory, Prayers, Etc. 
 
First Sundap—Morning Worship 
 OPENING SENTENCES: | 
 
 Make a joyful noise unto Jehovah all ye 
 lands. Serve Jehovah with gladness: come be- 
 fore his presence with singing. Know ye that 
 Jehovah, he is God: it is he that hath made us, 
 and we are his; we are his people and the sheep 
 of his pasture. , 
 
 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and 
 into his courts with praise: give thanks unto 
 him and bless his name. For Jehovah is good: 
 his lovingkindness endureth for ever and his 
 faithfulness unto all generations. 
 
 INVOCATION: 
 
 O Thou whose faithfulness endureth to all 
 generations; in whose sight a thousand years 
 are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a 
 watch in the night; and who hast called us out 
 of the silence that we may live in thee; we 
 come to thee for the aid without which we are 
 sure to fail. Amid all the changes of the years 
 we would lay hold on thee in unfailing trust, 
 and in communion with thee would find hope 
 and comfort and direction for our lives. Be 
 pleased now to bless the worship of this hour, 
 through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
 
 Our Father who art in heaven, etc. 
 
 HYMN 
 RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
 CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER: General Confession: 
 ScRIPTURE LESSON 
 ANTHEM 
 PASTORAL PRAYER 
 
 14 
 
First Sundayp—Morning Worship 15 
 
 
 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 OFFERTORY: 
 The Sentence: 
 
 Bring ye the whole tithe into the storehouse, 
 . .. and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah 
 of Hosts, if I will not open you the windows of 
 heaven, and pour you out a blessing that there 
 shall not be room enough to receive it. 
 
 The Prayer: 
 
 O God, whose tender mercies are over all thy 
 works, how greatly have our lives been enriched 
 by the constant largess of thy providence! Day 
 and night, and year by year, we have been 
 watered by the River of God, which is full of 
 water. For this so abundant blessing, spiritual 
 and temporal, we tender thee the gratitude and 
 devotion of our hearts, and for a testimony 
 thereof we bring these offerings to thine altar. 
 Amen. 
 
 HymMNn 
 
 SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
 HymMn 
 
 BENEDICTION: 
 
 Now unto him that is able to guard you from 
 stumbling, and to set you before the presence of 
 his glory without blemish in exceeding Joy, to 
 the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ 
 our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and 
 power, before all time, and now, and for ever- 
 more. And may the blessing of this our God 
 be yours, and remain with you always. Amen. 
 SILENT PRAYER 
 
First Sundayp—€Ebvening Worship 
 OPENING SENTENCES: ) 
 
 Jehovah will command his lovingkindness in 
 the day-time; and in the night his song shall 
 be with me, even a prayer unto the God of. my 
 life. 
 
 Blessed be the Lord, for he hath visited and 
 wrought redemption for his people. | 
 
 Through Jesus, then, let us offer up a sacrifice 
 of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit 
 of lips which make confession to his name. 
 
 INVOCATION: 
 
 O Thou that hearest prayer, it is written that 
 ‘unto thee shall all flesh come. And hither are 
 we come at this time to inquire in thy holy 
 place, and to hear what Jehovah our God will 
 speak to us. Meet us here, as thou hast prom- 
 ised. Fulfil our needs and answer our longings. 
 May more light: break forth from thy Holy 
 Word to guide our feet in the way of peace. 
 And may this worship which now we begin, in 
 passing leave us with our sins forgiven, our de- 
 sires cleansed, and our lives consecreated to the 
 Kingdom of thy dear Son. 
 Our Father, etc. 
 
 HyMN or HYMNS 
 
 RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
 SCRIPTURE LESSON 
 
 ANTHEM 
 
 PASTORAL PRAYER 
 16 
 
First Sundap—Evening Worship 17 
 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 
 OFFERTORY: 
 The Sentence: 
 
 A faithful man shall abound with blessings; 
 but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not 
 be unpunished. 
 
 The Prayer: 
 
 As thou hast promised, dear Lord, to give 
 wisdom to all men liberally, without upbraiding 
 us for our want thereof, may thy Spirit illumine 
 for us this great problem of our daily life, the 
 right acquiring and expenditure of earthly sub- 
 stance. May we use the world as not abusing 
 it. In the needful business of life, may we ever 
 have at heart thy glory and the welfare of our 
 fellow-creatures, in the spirit of Jesus, our Mas- 
 ter. Amen. 
 
 HyMNn 
 SERMON——~SERMON PRAYER 
 HyMN 
 
 BENEDICTION: 
 
 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the 
 love of God, and the communion of the Holy 
 Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 
 
 SILENT PRAYER 
 
Second Sundayp—Morning Worship 
 
 OPENING SENTENCES: 
 
 Thus saith the high and lofty One that in- 
 habiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell 
 in the high and holy place, with him also that 
 is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the 
 spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of 
 the contrite. 
 
 The meek will he guide in justice; and the 
 meek will he teach his way. 
 
 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the 
 kingdom of heaven. } 
 
 INVOCATION: , 
 
 Almighty and Everlasting God, whom the 
 heaven of heavens cannot contain, much less the 
 temples which our hands have builded, but who 
 art ever nigh unto the humble and _ contrite: 
 shed down thy Holy Spirit, we beseech thee, on 
 all who are here assembled: that cleansed and 
 illumined by thy grace, we may worthily show 
 forth thy praise, meekly learn thy Word, render 
 due thanks for thy mercies, and obtain a gra- 
 cious answer to our prayers, through Jesus 
 Christ our Lord. 
 
 Our Father, etc. 
 
 HYMN 
 
 RESPONSIVE REeapDING—GLoRIA PaTRI 
 CONGREGATIONAL Prayer: General Thanksgiving 
 ScRIPTURE LESSON 
 
 ANTHEM 
 18 
 
Second Sundayp—Morning Worship 19 
 
 PASTORAL PRAYER 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 OFFERTORY: 
 
 The Sentence: 
 
 If therefore thou art offering thy gift at the 
 altar, and there rememberest that thy brother 
 hath aught against thee, leave there thy gift 
 before the altar, and go thy way, first be recon- 
 ciled to thy brother, and then come and offer 
 thy gift. 
 
 The Prayer: 
 
 O God, Father of all men, may these our offer- 
 ings he acceptable to thee as the honest expres- 
 sion of unselfish goodwill to all the brotherhood 
 of men, thy children. May all the goods of this 
 world which we call ours, be clean from any 
 stain of unfairness or deceit or cruelty. May 
 our consciences be so clear and void of offense, 
 that we can truly say no man hath aught against 
 us, and bring our gifts to the altar with gladness 
 and singleness of heart, in Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
 HyMNn 
 
 SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
 HyMn 
 
 BENEDICTION: 
 
 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
 love of God, and the communion of the Holy 
 Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 
 
 SILENT PRAYER 
 
Second Sundap—Ebening Worship 
 OPENING SENTENCES: 
 
 Where two or three are gathered together in 
 my name, saith the Lord, there am I in the midst 
 of them. 
 
 Behold the tabernacle of God is with men, 
 and he shall dwell with them, and they shall be 
 his peoples, and God himself shall be with them, 
 and be their God. 
 
 As for me, in the abundance of thy loving- 
 kindness will I come into thy house; in thy 
 fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. 
 
 INVOCATION: 
 
 O Lord our God, whose dwelling is ever among 
 the children of men, we who are thy guests in 
 the House of Life, turn to thee in the silence of 
 this evening hour of prayer, seeking strength for 
 the duties, comfort for the sorrows, and light for 
 the perplexities of our daily life. Graciously 
 meet us here and give us the desire of our hearts. 
 May thy Spirit brood over our souls, stilling 
 them with that peace which the world cannot 
 give nor take away, and infusing into our spirits 
 the joy of the Lord Jesus, 
 
 Our Father, etc. 
 
 Hymn or HYMNS 
 
 RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
 ScRIPTURE LESSON 
 
 ANTHEM 
 
 PASTORAL PRAYER 
 20 
 
Seconds Sundayp—Evening Worship 21 
 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 
 OFFERTORY: 
 The Sentence: 
 
 Upon the first day of the week, let each one 
 of you lay by him . . . as he may prosper. 
 
 The Prayer: 
 
 O God, whose blessing alone maketh rich and 
 addeth no sorrow therewith: we are thy pen- 
 sioners, dependent wholly on thy faithfulness 
 and bounty. All that we have is of thy gift. 
 Save us from spending our money for that which 
 is not bread, and giving our labor for that which 
 satisfieth not. May we desire earnestly the best 
 gifts, not laying up treasure for ourselves, but 
 being rich toward God, as thy Son Jesus Christ 
 hath taught us. Amen. 
 
 HyMN 
 SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
 HyMN 
 
 BENEDICTION: 
 
 Unto him that loveth us, and loosed us from 
 our sins by his blood and made us to be a king- 
 dom, to be priests unto his God and Father; to 
 him be the glory and the dominion for ever and 
 ever. And may His blessing abide with you 
 eternally. Amen. 
 
 SILENT PRAYER 
 
Third Sundayp—Morning Worship 
 OPENING SENTENCES: 
 
 Serve Jehovah with gladness; come before his 
 presence with singing. Enter into his gates 
 with thanksgiving and into his courts with 
 praise: give thanks unto him, and bless his 
 name. | 
 
 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; 
 in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one 
 another with psalms and hymns and spiritual 
 songs, Singing with grace in your hearts to God. 
 
 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and 
 righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse 
 us from all unrighteousness. 
 
 INVOCATION: 
 
 Lord our God, great, eternal, wonderful in 
 glory, who keepest covenant and promises for 
 those that love thee with their whole heart; who 
 art the Life of all, the Help of those that flee 
 unto thee, the Hope of those who ery unto thee: 
 cleanse us from our sins, secret and open, and 
 from every thought displeasing to thy goodness 
 —cleanse our bodies and souls, our hearts and 
 consciences, that with a pure heart and a clear 
 soul, with perfect love and calm hope, we may 
 venture confidently and fearlessly to pray unto 
 thee. 
 
 Our Father, ete. 
 
 HymMn 
 RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL Prayer: For the Kingdom 
 22 
 

 
 Third Sundayp—Morning Worship 23 
 
 
 
 SCRIPTURE LESSON 
 ANTHEM 
 PASTORAL PRAYER 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 
 OFFERTORY: 
 The Sentence: 
 
 I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends 
 by means of the mammon of unrighteousness; 
 that when it shall fail, they may receive you 
 into the eternal tabernacles. 
 
 The Prayer: 
 
 O God, who hast made us thy servants to be 
 stewards of the worldly goods which thou hast 
 put in our hands, and .stewards also of the 
 Gospel of Christ; help us in the administration 
 of both these trusts, that they may help one 
 the other to thy glory: our earthly substance 
 serving for the furtherance of the Gospel; and 
 the spirit of the Gospel governing our getting 
 and use of earthly substance. Amen. 
 
 HyMN 
 
 SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
 HyMN 
 BENEDICTION: 
 
 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
 love of God, and the communion of the Holy 
 Spirit, be with you all. 
 
 SILENT PRAYER 
 
Third Sundap—Evening Worship 
 OPENING SENTENCES: 
 
 And it shall come to pass, that at evening tirne 
 there shall be light. Seeing it is God, that said, 
 Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in 
 our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of 
 the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 
 
 If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, 
 we have fellowship one with another, and the 
 blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 
 
 INVOCATION: 
 
 O Thou who dwellest in light unapproachable; 
 by whom light is sown for the righteous, and 
 gladness for the upright in heart: illumine us, 
 we beseech thee, with the light of the knowledge 
 of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 
 In him may the eyes of our understanding be 
 enlightened, that we may behold the King in his 
 beauty. As we pray, may our very souls ery 
 out after Him. As we sing, may our voices utter 
 the joy of hearts made glad in Him. As we reflect 
 upon thy word, may His truth lay hold of our 
 wills. And to thee, Father, Son, and Spirit, will 
 we ascribe honor and glory, world without end. 
 
 Our Father, ete. 
 
 Hymn or Hymns 
 RESPONSIVE REeADING—GLORIA PATRI 
 SCRIPTURE LESSON 
 
 ANTHEM 
 24 
 
Third Sundayp—Evening Worship 25 
 
 PASTORAL PRAYER 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 
 OFFERTORY: 
 The Sentence: 
 
 God is not unrighteous to forget your work 
 and the love which ye showed toward his name, 
 in that ye ministered unto the saints, and still 
 do minister. 
 
 The Prayer: 
 
 O loving Father, who hast always been mind- 
 ful of us, never forgetting our needs, or over- 
 looking any generosity or mercy that we have 
 shown: help us .to overcome our heedlessness, 
 and our too common forgetfulness of the respon- 
 sibilities of our lives. Give us a portion with 
 thy faithful ones, who have sought in small 
 things as in great, in things temporal and things 
 eternal, to do thy will. Amen. 
 
 HyMN 
 SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
 HyMn 
 
 BENEDICTION: 
 
 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
 love of God, and the communion of the Holy 
 Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 
 
 SILENT PRAYER 
 
Fourth Sundayp—Morning Worship 
 OPENING SENTENCES: | 
 
 Jehovah, who shall sojourn in thy tabernacle? 
 Who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that 
 walketh uprightly and worketh righteousness 
 and speaketh truth in his heart. 
 
 Wherewith shall I come before Jehovah, and 
 bow myself before the high God? Shall I come 
 
 before him with burnt offerings? . . . Will 
 Jehovah be pleased with thousands of rams or 
 with ten thousands of rivers of oil? . . . He 
 
 hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and 
 what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do 
 justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly 
 with thy God? 
 
 Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at 
 hand. 
 
 INVOCATION: 
 
 Holiness becometh thine house, O Lord, and 
 we who draw near unto thee in worship and 
 adoration this morning ought to come with clean 
 lips and unsoiled hands. That we cannot do, 
 our Father, for the thoughts and intents of our 
 hearts have been evil; and out of the heart are 
 the issues of life. We can but come beseeching 
 thee for cleansing grace, and fervently repeating 
 the prayer which the Master taught us to offer, 
 saying, 
 
 Our Father, ete. 
 
 HYMN 
 RESPONSIVE READING—GLOoRIA Patri 
 CONGREGATIONAL PrayER: General Confession 
 SCRIPTURE Lesson 
 
 26 
 
Fourth Sundayp—Morning Worship df ¢ 
 
 ANTHEM 
 PASTORAL PRAYER 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 OFFERTORY: 
 
 The Sentence: 
 
 Let each man do according as he hath pur- 
 posed in his heart; not grudgingly, or of neces- 
 sity ; for God loveth a cheerful giver. And God 
 is able to make all grace abound unto you; that 
 ye, having always all sufficiency in everything, 
 may abound unto every good work. 
 
 The Prayer: 
 
 All things are thine, O Lord, and of thine own 
 have we given'thee. We thank thee for the 
 abundance of thy provision for our temporal 
 needs, as well as for the deeper needs of the 
 soul. And in gratitude we make these offerings, 
 for the greater glory of him who, though he was 
 rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that we 
 through his poverty might become rich. Amen. 
 HYMN 
 SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
 HyMN 
 
 BENEDICTION: 
 
 The peace of God, which passeth all under- 
 standing, keep your hearts and minds in the 
 knowledge and love of God, and of his Son 
 Jesus Christ our Lord; and the blessing of God 
 Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy 
 Spirit, be amongst you, and remain with you, 
 always. Amen. 
 
 SILENT PRAYER 
 
Fourth Sundap—Evening Worship 
 OPENING SENTENCES: 
 
 Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain 
 of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob; 
 and he will teach us of his ways, and we will 
 walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth 
 the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jeru- 
 salem. 
 
 And a highway shall be there, and a way, and 
 it shall be called, The way of holiness; the un- 
 clean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for 
 the redeemed; the way faring men, yea, fools, 
 shall not err therein. 
 
 Jesus said, If any man willeth to do the will 
 of God, he shall know of the teaching, whether 
 it is of God, or whether I speak from myself. 
 
 INVOCATION: 
 
 Most holy Father, may the hush of thy pres- 
 ence move us now to adoration, and may all 
 voices be still that thine may be heard; quiet 
 our minds of their frettings, hide from us the 
 false glamor of things, and may the truth dawn 
 upon all our souls. We bring to thee the un- 
 satisfied desire of our seeking hearts, for naught 
 save thyself can give us the rest vouchsafed to 
 us in the promises of Jesus Christ our Lord, who 
 taught us to pray unto thee, saying, 
 
 Our Father, etc. 
 
 Hymn or Hymns 
 RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
 
 SCRIPTURE LESSON 
 28 
 
Fourth Sundap— Evening Worship 29 
 
 ANTHEM 
 PASTORAL PRAYER 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 
 OFFERTORY: 
 The Sentence: 
 
 But this I say, He that soweth sparingly shall 
 reap also sparingly, and he that soweth bounti- 
 fully shall reap also bountifully. 
 
 The Prayer: 
 
 As the husbandman with unsparing hand casts 
 unto the ground the finest ears of his grain, 
 confident in thy promise that while the earth 
 remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and 
 heat, and summer and winter, shall not cease; 
 so O Lord, we make sacrifice of these material 
 things, beseeching thee to bring them to spiritual 
 and eternal issues. By reason of these our gifts, 
 may the souls of men be saved and sanctified, 
 the glory of thy Name enhanced, and thy King- 
 dom promoted throughout the world. Amen. 
 
 HyMN 
 
 SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
 HYMN 
 
 BENEDICTION: 
 
 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
 love of God, and the communion of the Holy 
 Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 
 
 SILENT PRAYER 
 
Fifth Sundayp—Morning Worship 
 OPENING SENTENCES: 
 
 O Jehovah, in the morning shalt thou hear my 
 voice; in the morning will I order my prayer 
 unto thee, and will keep watch. 
 
 Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye 
 lifted up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of 
 glory will come in. Who is the King of glory? 
 Jehovah strong and mighty, Jehovah mighty in 
 battle. 
 
 Lift up your heads, O ye gates, yea, lift them 
 up, ye everlasting doors: and the King of glory 
 will come in. Who is this King of glory? Je- 
 hovah of hosts, He is the King of glory. 
 
 INVOCATION: 
 
 O God of boundless might and incomprehen- 
 sible glory, infinite compassion and measureless 
 love to man; look down upon us and upon this 
 house of prayer, and show the riches of thy 
 mercy and tenderness; and so make us worthy, 
 with a pure heart and a contrite spirit, with 
 hallowed lips and with a countenance that 
 needeth not to be ashamed, to call upon thee, 
 our Father in heaven, as we were taught by thy 
 blessed Son, our Savior, saying, 
 
 Our Father, etc. 
 
 HyMn 
 RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
 CONGREGATIONAL PrayER: General Thanksgiving 
 
 SCRIPTURE LESSON 
 30 
 
Fifth Sundap—Morning Worship aL 
 
 ANTHEM 
 PASTORAL PRAYER 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 OFFERTORY: 
 The Sentence: 
 
 The Son of Man came not to be ministered 
 unto, but to minister, and to give his life a 
 ransom for many. 
 
 The Prayer: 
 
 O Lord, who hast with bounteous liberality 
 bestowed upon: us gifts too lavish for appraisal 
 and benefits too rich to be bought with any 
 price—sun and sky and flowers, home and kins- 
 folk and friends, thy Gospel and thy Church, 
 and above all the redemption of our souls in 
 Jesus Christ: receive this thank offering at our 
 hands, and bless it for his sake. Amen. 
 
 HyMN 
 SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
 HyMN 
 
 BENEDICTION: 
 
 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
 love of God, and the communion of the Holy 
 Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 
 
 SILENT PRAYER 
 
Fifth Sundap—Evening Worship 
 OPENING SENTENCES: 
 
 Sing praise unto Jehovah, O ye saints of his, 
 and give thanks unto his holy memorial name. 
 For his anger is but for a moment; his favor is — 
 for a life-time: weeping may tarry for the night, 
 but joy cometh in the morning. 
 
 When the Comforter, the Spirit of truth, is 
 come, he shall guide you into all the truth. 
 
 If ye, being evil, know how to give good gifts 
 unto your children, how much more shall your 
 heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them 
 that ask him? i‘ 
 
 INVOCATION: 
 
 O God, our Father, who hast led us apart 
 from the busy world into the quiet of thy 
 house: grant that this our worship may be ac- 
 ceptable unto thee, and comforting to our souls, 
 and may enable us better to serve thee in our 
 daily life. Strengthen us for the work to which 
 thou hast called us among men, and keep us 
 mindful of the coming night when the noise of 
 the world shall be heard by us no more. 
 
 Our Father, ete. 
 
 HyMn or Hymns 
 
 RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
 ScRIPTURE LESSON 
 
 ANTHEM 
 
 PASTORAL PRAYER 
 32 
 
Fifth Sundap—Ebvening Worship 33 
 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 
 OFFERTORY: 
 The Sentence: 
 
 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, 
 shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he 
 that doeth the will of my Father who is in 
 heaven. 
 
 The Prayer: 
 
 We would not make these offerings, Lord, a 
 substitute for the giving of ourselves. Rather 
 would we, like the saints of old, first give our 
 own selves to thee, and then our gifts. Our wills 
 and affections, our souls and bodies, our time 
 and talents, our inmost thoughts and our dearest 
 hopes—we consecrate them all to thy Kingdom, 
 for his sake who for us and for our redemption, 
 humbled himself, and became obedient unto 
 death, yea, the death of the cross. Amen. 
 
 HYMN 
 SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
 HyMn 
 
 BENEDICTION: 
 
 The peace of God which passeth all under- 
 standing, keep your hearts and minds in the 
 knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jesus 
 Christ our Lord; and the blessing of God Al- 
 mighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy 
 Spirit, be amongst you and remain with you 
 always. Amen. 
 
 SILENT PRAYER 
 
Sixth Sundayp—Morning Worship 
 OPENING SENTENCES: 
 
 Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call 
 ye upon him while he is near: let the wicked 
 man forsake his way, and the unrighteous man 
 his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, 
 and he will have mercy upon him; and to our 
 God, for he will abundantly pardon. 
 
 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest and 
 causest to approach unto thee, that he may 
 dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with 
 the goodness of thy house, thy holy temple. 
 
 Having then a great High Priest who hath 
 passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of 
 God, . . . let us therefore draw near with 
 boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may 
 receive mercy, and find grace to help us in time 
 of need. 
 
 INVOCATION: 
 
 O Lord our God, who hast bidden the light 
 to shine out of darkness, who hast again 
 wakened us to praise thy goodness and ask for 
 thy grace; accept now, in thy endless mercy, 
 the sacrifice of our worship and thanksgiving, 
 and grant unto us all such requests as may be 
 wholesome for us. Make us to be children of 
 the light and of the day, and heirs of thy ever- 
 lasting inheritance; so that we, redeemed in soul 
 and body, and steadfast in faith, may ever 
 praise thy wonderful and holy name, saying, 
 
 Our Father, ete. 
 
 HymMN 
 
 RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
 34 
 
Sixth Sundayp—Morning Worship 35 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL Prayer: For the Kingdom 
 SCRIPTURE LESSON 
 
 ANTHEM 
 
 PASTORAL PRAYER 
 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 
 OFFERTORY: 
 The Sentence: 
 
 Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
 that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he 
 became poor, that ye through his poverty might — 
 become rich. 
 
 ' The Prayer: 
 
 We give thee thanks, O Lord, for the organi- 
 zation of thy Church, that enables us to invest 
 the returns of our daily labor, in the redemption 
 of mankind. May this offering go where we 
 ourselves cannot go, and do that which we can- 
 not in our own persons do—raising the fallen, 
 cheering the faint, healing the sick, casting out 
 sin, and establishing thy holy Kingdom through- 
 out the world. Amen. 
 
 HyMN 
 
 SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
 HyMNn 
 
 BENEDICTION: 
 
 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
 love of God, and the communion of the Holy 
 Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 
 
 SILENT PRAYER 
 
Sixth Sundap—Ebening Worship 
 OPENING SENTENCES: 
 
 Incline your ear, saith the Lord, and come 
 unto me; hear and your soul shall live: and I 
 will make an everlasting covenant with you, 
 even the sure mercies of David. | 
 
 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. 
 
 Let my prayer be set forth as incense before 
 thee; the lifting up of my hands as the evening 
 sacrifice. 
 
 INVOCATION: 
 
 Grant us thy blessing, O God, as we enter into 
 thy courts. Help us to worship thee, who art 
 a Spirit, in spirit and in truth, as thou requirest. 
 Deliver us from all vain thoughts and desires. 
 Create in us clean hearts, and renew a right 
 spirit within us. Speak to our souls, we beseech 
 thee, and may we not leave this place of prayer 
 without new purposes of good, and a closer walk 
 with thee. So may this hour of worship make 
 for thy glory and our eternal welfare in Jesus 
 Christ our Lord. 
 
 Our Father, etc. 
 
 HymMN ork HYMNS 
 RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
 SCRIPTURE LESSON 
 
 ANTHEM 
 36 
 
Sixth Sundap—€Ebening Worship 37 
 
 PASTORAL PRAYER 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 
 OFFERTORY: 
 The Sentence: 
 
 There is that scattereth, and increaseth yet 
 more; and there is that withholdeth more than 
 is meet, but it tendeth only to want. The liberal 
 soul shall be made fat; and he that watereth 
 shall be watered also himself. 
 
 The Prayer: 
 
 We thank thee for giving us so much that we 
 can bring to thee. Though we often deal very 
 niggardly with thee, thou hast dealt very lib- 
 erally with us. Lead us now and henceforth to 
 share our best with thee; and as thou hast given 
 thyself without reserve for our eternal welfare, 
 so. may we give ourselves without reluctance to 
 the service of thy Kingdom. Amen. 
 
 HyMN 
 SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
 Hymn 
 
 BENEDICTION: 
 
 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the 
 love of God, and the communion of the Holy 
 Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 
 
 SILENT PRAYER 
 
Seventh Sundayp—Morning Worship 
 
 OPENING SENTENCES: 
 
 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face, my heart 
 said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek. 
 
 O God, thou art my God; earnestly will I 
 seek thee; my soul thirsteth for thee in a dry 
 and thirsty land where no water is. So have I 
 looked upon thee in the sanctuary, to seek thy 
 power and glory. | 
 
 Ask and it shall be given you; seek and ye 
 shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto 
 you. . 
 
 INVOCATION: 
 
 O God, Light of the hearts that know thee, 
 and Life of the souls that love thee, and 
 Strength of the thoughts that seek thee; from 
 whom to turn away is to fall, to whom to turn 
 is to rise, and in whom to abide is to stand 
 fast forever; grant us now thy grace and bless- 
 ing as we are assembled in this sanctuary to 
 offer up our common supplications; and though 
 we are unworthy to approach thee, or to ask 
 anything of thee at all, vouchsafe to hear and 
 to answer us for the sake of our great High 
 Priest and Advocate, Jesus Christ. 
 
 Our Father, etc. 
 
 HYMN 
 RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
 CoNGREGATIONAL PRAYER: General Confession 
 
 SCRIPTURE LESSON 
 38 
 
Seventh Sundayp—Morning Worship 39 
 
 ANTHEM 
 PASTORAL PRAYER 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 
 OFFERTORY: 
 The Sentence: 
 
 Better is a little with righteousness, than great ° 
 revenues with injustice. There is that maketh 
 himself rich, yet hath nothing; there is that 
 maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth. 
 
 The Prayer: 
 
 O Lord, Master of the House of Life in which 
 we dwell: teach us thy stewards the right 
 handling of the money thou dost entrust to our 
 care. May we acquire it without injustice or 
 injury to any; may we hold it in a light grasp, 
 rejoicing in it but not overvaluing it or suffer- 
 ing it to put any barrier between us and others; 
 may we expend it wisely for the building up of 
 life and character; may we use it freely for thy 
 glory and the vetterment of mankind. Amen. 
 
 HyMNn 
 SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
 HyMNn 
 
 BENEDICTION: 
 
 May grace, mercy, and peace, from God the 
 Father, and from Christ Jesus our Lord, and 
 from the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, abide with 
 you always. Amen. 
 
 SILENT PRAYER 
 
Seventh Sundap—Ebening Worship 
 OPENING SENTENCES: 
 
 Honor and majesty are before the Lord: 
 strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. 
 Ascribe unto Jehovah glory and _ strength. 
 Ascribe unto Jehovah the glory due unto his 
 name; bring an offering and come into his courts. 
 
 It is a good thing to give thanks unto Jehovah 
 and to sing praises unto thy name, O Most 
 High: to show forth thy lovingkindness in the 
 morning, and thy faithfulness every night. 
 
 For this God is our God for ever and ever: 
 he will be our guide even unto death. 
 
 INVOCATION: 
 
 O'God, who by thy word hast given unto us 
 exceeding great and precious promises, by tak- 
 ing hold on which we may escape the corruption 
 that is in the world and become partakers of the 
 divine nature: encourage us by thy Spirit to a 
 confident expectation of all good things from 
 thee: that we may abide and labor and worship 
 in the cheerfulness of a godly hope. And teach 
 us to utter with the longings of our hearts those 
 petitions for which our Blessed Master taught 
 us the outward form of words, when we say, 
 
 Our Father, ete. 
 
 Hymn or Hymns 
 RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
 ScRIPTURE LESSON 
 
 ANTHEM 
 40 
 

 
 Seventh Sundap—Ebvening Worship 41 
 
 
 
 PASTORAL PRAYER 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 
 OFFERTORY: 
 The Sentence: 
 
 To do good and to communicate, forget not: 
 for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. 
 
 The Prayer: 
 
 Be pleased, O Lord, to accept these offerings 
 which we bring with a willing and cheerful mind. 
 We thank thee that we are permitted to have a 
 part in thy great task of the world’s redemption. 
 May those who administer these gifts be blessed 
 with fidelity and wisdom, so that all may aid 
 effectively in the building up of thy glorious 
 kingdom. And grant that with our gifts we may 
 give our very selves to thy love and service. 
 Amen. 
 
 HymMn 
 SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
 HymMn 
 
 BENEDICTION: 
 
 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
 love of God, and the communion of the Holy 
 Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 
 
 SILENT PRAYER 
 
Cighth Sundayp—Morning Worship 
 OPENING SENTENCES: 
 
 God is a Spirit, and they that worship him 
 must worship in spirit and truth. 
 
 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a- 
 broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt 
 not despise. 
 
 If we say we have no sin, we deceive our- 
 selves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess 
 our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive 
 us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unright- 
 eousness. 
 
 INVOCATION: 
 
 It is in all humility that we come before thee 
 this morning, our Father. With shame and 
 confusion of face, we acknowledge the sin and 
 waywardness of our lives. We have been dis- 
 obedient children, unprofitable servants, faith- 
 less friends of thine. We are witnesses who 
 have forgotten their testimony, torch-bearers 
 whose light is flickering, debtors who cannot 
 pay, runners whose strength is spent, soldiers 
 who have turned back in the day of battle. 
 There is no health in us. We would draw 
 upon thy resources of strength and purity. Send 
 out thy light and thy truth that they may lead 
 us. Hear us as we cry in the name of Jesus thy 
 Son, who taught us to pray, 
 
 Our Father, ete. 
 
 HyYMn 
 
 RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
 42 
 

 
 Cighth Sundap—Morning Worship 43 
 
 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL Prayer: General Thanksgiving 
 SCRIPTURE LESSON 
 
 ANTHEM 
 
 PASTORAL PRAYER 
 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 
 OFFERTORY: 
 The Sentence: 
 Freely ye received, freely give. 
 
 ' The Prayer: 
 
 O Thou who hast redeemed us not with silver 
 or gold; but with thine own precious life-blood: 
 be pleased to receive these tokens of our grati- 
 tude at the realization of thy great sacrifice on 
 our behalf. Of thy fulness have we all received. 
 Take, we beseech thee, these offerings at our 
 hands, and use them for thy good purposes in 
 Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
 HyMNn 
 SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
 HyMNn 
 
 BENEDICTION: 
 
 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
 love of God, and the communion of the Holy 
 Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 
 
 SILENT PRAYER 
 
Cighth Sundap—Evening Worship 
 OPENING SENTENCES: 
 
 O bless our God, ye people, and make the 
 voice of his praise to be heard: who holdeth our 
 soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be 
 moved. . 
 
 Jehovah is nigh unto all them that call, to all 
 that call upon him in truth. 
 
 Behold I stand at the door and knock, saith 
 the Lord: If any man hear my voice, and open 
 the door, I will come in to him, and will sup 
 with him, and he with me. 
 
 INVOCATION: 
 
 Almighty God, from whom every good prayer 
 cometh, and who pourest out on all who desire 
 it the Spirit of grace and supplication; deliver 
 us when we draw nigh unto thee from all cold- 
 ness of heart and wandering of mind; fix our 
 affections on thy self and on thy service; fill us 
 with holy, peaceful, and: beautiful thoughts; 
 that with steadfast minds and kindled affections 
 we may worship thee in spirit and in truth, 
 through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
 
 Our Father, etc. 
 
 HyMn orn HYMNS 
 
 RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
 SCRIPTURE LESSON 
 
 ANTHEM 
 
 PASTORAL PRAYER 
 44 
 

 
 Eighth Sundap—€Evening Worship 45 
 
 
 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 
 OFFERTORY: 
 The Sentence: 
 
 As thy substance is, give alms of it according 
 to thine abundance. If thou have little, be not 
 afraid to give alms according to that little, for 
 thou layest up a good treasure for thyself 
 against the day of necessity (Tobit 4:8, 9). 
 
 The Prayer: 
 
 For skill of hand and eye, for brain and 
 thought, for the kindly products of the earth, 
 for the opportunities created by human society, 
 for all that makes possible our economic well- 
 being, we thank thee, O Lord. May we use 
 these thy gifts as not abusing them, and so pass 
 through things temporal as not to lose sight of 
 things eternal, but ever hold fast the Spirit of 
 our Master, Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
 HyMN 
 SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
 HYMN 
 
 BENEDICTION: 
 
 May grace, mercy, and peace, from God the 
 Father, and from Christ Jesus our Lord, and 
 from the Comforter the Holy Spirit, abide with 
 you always. Amen. 
 
 SILENT PRAYER 
 
Rinth Sundap—Morning Worship 
 OPENING SENTENCES: 
 
 I will lift mine eyes unto the mountains. 
 From whence shall my help come? My help 
 cometh from Jehovah, who made heaven and 
 earth. 
 
 I will hear what God Jehovah will speak; for 
 he will speak peace unto his people. 
 
 The same Lord is Lord of all, and is rich unto 
 all that call upon him. For whosoever shall cal! 
 upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. 
 
 INVOCATION: 
 
 We beseech thee, O Lord, to meet us and bless 
 us as we gather in this house of worship to-day. 
 May nothing come between us and thee to mar 
 or obstruct our communion with thee. For- 
 give our sins, and create in us by thy Spirit a 
 love for righteousness. Accept our songs of 
 praise, our offerings for the spread of thy King- 
 dom, our prayers unuttered or expressed; guide 
 the meditations of our hearts; and receive us all 
 into fellowship with thee, for Christ’s sake. 
 
 Our Father, etc. 
 
 HYMN 
 
 RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
 CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER: For the Kingdom 
 ANTHEM 
 
 ScRIPTURE LESSON 
 
 PASTORAL PRAYER 
 
Rinth Sundayp—Morning Worship 47 
 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 
 OFFERTORY: 
 The Sentence: 
 
 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the 
 earth, where moth and rust consume, and where 
 thieves break through and steal: but lay up for 
 yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither 
 moth nor rust doth consume, and where thieves 
 do not break through nor steal: for where thy 
 treasure is, there will thy heart be also. 
 
 ‘The Prayer: 
 
 O Thou who openest thine hand and satisfiest 
 the desire of every living thing: be pleased, we 
 beseech thee, to receive and to bless these our 
 offerings, and use them in thy New Creation, 
 even thy glorious Kingdom. Amen. 
 
 HyMNn 
 SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
 HyMN 
 
 BENEDICTION: 
 
 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
 love of God, and the communion of the Holy 
 Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 
 
 SILENT PRAYER 
 
Ninth Sundayp—Evening Worship 
 OPENING SENTENCES: 
 
 Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised. 
 O that men would praise Jehovah for his loving- 
 kindness, and for his wonderful works to the 
 children of men! And let them offer the sacri- 
 fices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with 
 singing. Let them exalt him also in the assem- 
 bly of the people, and praise him in the seat of 
 the elders. | 
 
 From the rising of the sun even unto the 
 going down of the same my name shall be great 
 among the Gentiles; and in every ‘place incense 
 shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offer- 
 ing: for my name shall be great among the 
 Gentiles, saith Jehovah of hosts. 
 
 As for me, I will call upon God: and Jehovah 
 will save me. Evening and morning, and at 
 noonday, will I complain, and moan; and he will 
 hear my voice. 
 
 INVOCATION: 
 
 O heavenly King, the Spirit of Truth, who art 
 everywhere prevent, and fillest all things, Treas- 
 ure of Blessings, and Giver of Life: come and 
 dwell in us and purify our hearts from every 
 stain, and vouchsafe us this night such blessing 
 through thy worship, that the days which follow 
 may most truly be spent in thy favor and 
 service, through Jesus Christ. 
 
 Our Father, etc. 
 
 Hymn or HYMNS 
 RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
 SCRIPTURE LESSON 
 
 48 
 
Rinth Sundayp—€Evening Worship 49 
 
 
 
 ANTHEM 
 PASTORAL PRAYER 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 
 OFFERTORY: 
 The Sentence: 
 
 As ye abound in everything, in faith and 
 utterance, and knowledge, and in all earnestness, 
 and in love, see that ye abound in this grace 
 also. 
 
 The Prayer: 
 
 O God, Almighty Giver of Life to all men, 
 and Fountain of Life Eternal to them that are 
 redeemed: endow us, we beseech thee, with 
 those spiritual gifts which alone can make our 
 lives fruitful of good. Make us to abound in 
 everything—in faith, and utterance, and knowl- 
 edge, and in all earnestness, and in sincere love, 
 and not less in this grace also, of giving. May 
 the offerings of our substance which we bring 
 to this place from time to time, redound to thy 
 praise and the betterment of mankind, by the 
 building up of thy Church. Amen. 
 
 HyMn 
 
 SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
 HymMn 
 
 BENEDICTION: 
 
 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
 love of God, and the communion of the Holy 
 Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 
 
 SILENT PRAYER 
 
Tenth Sundayp—Morning Worship 
 OPENING SENTENCES: 
 
 Come unto me, saith the Lord, all ye that 
 labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you 
 rest. 
 
 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the 
 waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, 
 buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk 
 without money and without price. Wherefore 
 do ye spend money for that which is not bread? 
 and your labor for that which satisfieth not? 
 
 The Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he 
 that heareth, let him say, Come. And he that 
 is athirst, let him come: he that will, let him 
 take the water of life freely. 
 
 INVOCATION: 
 
 Almighty and everlasting God, who art al- 
 ways more ready to hear than we to pray, and 
 art wont to give more than either we desire or 
 deserve; pour down upon us the abundance of 
 thy merey; forgiving us those things whereof 
 our conscience is afraid, and giving us those 
 good things which we are not worthy to ask, 
 but through the merits and mediation of Jesus 
 Christ, thy Son, our Lord. 
 
 Our Father, etc. 
 
 HyMN 
 RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
 CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER: General Confession 
 
 SCRIPTURE LESSON 
 50 
 
ey 
 
 Tenth Sunday—Morning Worship 51 
 
 LS 
 
 ANTHEM 
 PASTORAL PRAYER 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 
 OFFERTORY: 
 The Sentence: 
 
 As we have opportunity, let us work that 
 which is good toward all men, and especially 
 toward them that are of the household of faith. 
 
 The Prayer: 
 
 O Lord, forbid that we should have our hope 
 set on the uncertainty of riches, but on thee, 
 who givest us richly all things to enjoy. May 
 we do good, be rich in good works, ready to 
 distribute, as thou hast commanded; laying up 
 for ourselves a good foundation against the time 
 to come, laying hold on the life which is life 
 indeed, and furthering by our substance the vic- 
 tory of thy will on earth. Amen. 
 
 HyMN 
 SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
 HyMN 
 
 BENEDICTION: 
 
 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God 
 our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal 
 comfort and good hope by the Spirit of Grace, 
 comfort your hearts and establish them in every 
 good work and word. Amen. 
 
 SILENT PRAYER 
 
Tenth Sundayp—Evening Worship 
 OPENING SENTENCES: 
 
 To the Lord our God belong mercies and for- 
 giveness; for we have rebelled against him; 
 neither have we obeyed the voice of Jehovah 
 our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before 
 us by his servants the prophets. 
 
 I heard as it were a great voice of a great 
 multitude in heaven, saying, Hallelujah: Salva- 
 tion and glory and power belong to our God, 
 for true and righteous are his judgments. 
 
 I will arise and go to my Father, and will 
 say unto him, Father, I have sinned against 
 heaven and in thy sight; I am no more worthy 
 to be called thy son. 
 
 INVOCATION: 
 
 O Father Eternal, we thank thee for the new 
 and living way into thy presence made for us 
 in Christ. Beneath his Cross we would take our 
 stand; in communion with his Spirit would we 
 pray, in fellowship with the whole Church of 
 Christ each of us would seek to know thy mind 
 and will. Grant that this season of holy quiet 
 may be profitable to us in heavenly things, re- 
 freshing and strengthening us to finish the work 
 thou hast given us to do. So may this sanctuary 
 become unto us this night, the gate of heaven, 
 the house of God, where our spirits may meet 
 thee, and live. 
 
 Our Father, ete. 
 
 HyMn or Hymns 
 
 RESPONSIVE ReaApDING—GLORIA Patri 
 52 
 

 
 Tenth Sundayp—Ebdening Worship SS 
 
 
 
 SCRIPTURE LESSON 
 ANTHEM 
 PASTORAL PRAYER 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 OFFERTORY: 
 
 The Sentence: 
 
 Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord, Be- 
 hold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the 
 poor; and if I have wrongfully exacted aught of 
 any man, I restore fourfold. And Jesus said 
 unto him, To-day is salvation come to this 
 house. 
 
 The Prayer: 
 
 O Lord, we beseech thee, make clear to us the 
 full meaning of that salvation which thou hast 
 brought. May all our character be transformed 
 as thou leadest us out of the darkness into thy 
 marvellous light. May that treasure on which 
 our hearts are set, no longer be the treasure 
 of selfish acquisition, but the rich treasure of a 
 heart overflowing with love to all the sons of 
 men, and seeing in them the very presence of the 
 Son of Man, our Saviour. Amen. 
 
 HyMN 
 
 SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
 HYMN 
 
 BENEDICTION: 
 
 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
 love of God, and the communion of the Holy 
 Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 
 
 SILENT PRAYER 
 
Eleventh Sunday—Morning Worship — 
 
 OPENING SENTENCES: 
 
 God, having of old time spoken unto the 
 fathers in the prophets, by divers portions and 
 in divers manners, hath at the end of these days 
 spoken unto us in his Son. 
 
 The times of ignorance, God overlooked; but 
 now he commandeth men that they should all 
 everywhere repent; inasmuch as he hath ap- 
 pointed a day in which he will judge the world 
 in righteousness. 
 
 For we shall all stand before the judgment 
 seat of God. 
 
 INVOCATION: 
 
 O God, our most worthy Judge Eternal, who 
 hast taught us to come with boldness unto thy 
 throne, we are met together to claim thy prom- 
 ises of mercy. We come full of the stains of 
 sin to be cleansed; weak in faith we come to be 
 made strong and constant; faltering and timid 
 in our effort toward righteousness, we come to be 
 inspired to higher levels of character and con- 
 duct. Thou art he who givest repentance when 
 men have sinned. Search us, O God, and know 
 our hearts; try us, and know our thoughts; and 
 see if there be any wicked way in us; and lead 
 us in the way everlasting, pen Jesus Christ, 
 the Living Way. 
 
 Our Father, ete. 
 
 HymMn 
 RESPONSIVE REeapING—GLoRIA PATRI 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL Prayer: General Thanksgiving 
 54 
 

 
 Eleventh Sundap—Morning Worship 55 
 
 
 
 ScRIPTURE LESSON 
 ANTHEM 
 PASTORAL PRAYER 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 
 OFFERTORY: 
 The Sentence: 
 
 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good 
 measure, pressed down, shaken together, running 
 over, shall they give into your bosom, For with 
 what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to 
 you again. 
 
 7 The Prayer: 
 
 We thank thee, Lord, for the promises of good 
 thou hast made to those who devote their sub- 
 stance to thy glory and human welfare. We 
 thank thee that thy great law of compensation 
 works on their behalf. But may this oblation 
 of ours not be brought with any hope of re- 
 ward, for we deserve none, but only for love of 
 thee and thy Son, our Savior. Amen. 
 
 HyMN 
 SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
 HyMN 
 
 BENEDICTION: 
 
 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
 love of God, and the communion of the Holy 
 Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 
 
 SILENT PRAYER 
 
Eleventh Sundayp—Evening Worship 
 OPENING SENTENCES: 
 
 Behold, he that keepeth Israel will neither 
 slumber nor sleep. 
 
 I am the light of the world, saith the Lord; 
 he that followeth me shall not walk in the 
 darkness, but shall have the light of life. 
 
 And this is the judgment, that the light is 
 come into the world, and men loved the darkness 
 rather than the light. 
 
 INVOCATION: 
 
 O Lord our God, who hast called us out of 
 darkness into thy marvellous light, and now hast 
 once more assembled us to lift up our hands 
 unto thee, and to praise thy past judgments; 
 accept our prayers and supplications, and give 
 us the faith that maketh not ashamed, a con- 
 fident hope, and a love unfeigned; bless our 
 coming-in and going-out, our thoughts, words 
 and works; and let us end this day as it began, 
 with the praise of the unspeakable sweetness of 
 thy mercy. 
 
 Our Father, etc. 
 
 HyMN or Hymns 
 
 RESPONSIVE ReapING—Guoria Patri 
 SCRIPTURE LESSON 
 
 ANTHEM 
 
 PASTORAL PRAYER 
 
a EEE EIS nEI SIE enna 
 
 Eleventh Sundap—€Ebening Worship 57 
 
 
 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 
 OFFERTORY: 
 The Sentence: 
 
 He that is faithful in a very little is faithful 
 also in much: and he that is unrighteous in a 
 very little is unrighteous also in much. If there- 
 fore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous 
 mammon, who will commit to your trust the 
 true riches? And if ye have not been faithful 
 in that which is another’s, who will give you 
 that which is your own? 
 
 The Prayer: 
 
 O God, may thy divine Spirit within us, move 
 us to such fidelity in the small things where- 
 with we have been entrusted, that at last we 
 may be found worthy to inherit our own true 
 riches in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 HyMN 
 SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
 HYMN 
 
 BENEDICTION: 
 
 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with 
 your spirit, brethren. Amen. 
 
 SILENT PRAYER 
 
Twelfth Sundayp—Morning Worship 
 
 OPENING SENTENCES: 
 
 Every one that keepeth the sabbath from 
 profaning it, and holdeth fast my covenant; 
 even them will I bring to my holy mountain, 
 and make joyful in my house of prayer. 
 
 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us 
 go into the house of Jehovah. Jehovah is in 
 his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence 
 before him. 
 
 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O 
 Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer 
 unto thee, and will look up. 
 
 INVOCATION: 
 
 In confidence of thy goodness and great 
 mercy, O Lord, we draw near unto thee, at this 
 hour of prayer, as sick persons to the Healer, 
 as the hungry and thirsty to the Fountain of 
 Life, as creatures to the Creator, as desolate 
 souls to our own tender Comforter. Behold, in 
 thee is all we can or ought to desire. Thou art 
 our Salvation and our Redemption, our Hope 
 and our Strength. Rejoice therefore this day 
 the souls of thy servants; for unto thee do we 
 lift up our souls, saying, 
 
 Our Father, etc. 
 
 HyMNn 
 
 RESPONSIVE READING—GLOoRIA PATRI 
 CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER: For the Kingdom 
 ScrieTuRE LESSON 
 
 ANTHEM 
 58 
 

 
 Twelfth Sundayp—Morning Worship 59 
 
 PASTORAL PRAYER 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 
 OFFERTORY: 
 The Sentence: 
 
 The ministration of this service not only 
 filleth up the measure of the wants of the saints, 
 but aboundeth also through many thanksgivings 
 unto God. 
 
 The Prayer: 
 
 Remembering, O Lord, that so many of thy 
 gifts have come to us through the channels of 
 human society, we would make our return to 
 thee through the same channels, giving thanks 
 to thee through the thanks of humanity, which 
 thou hast made thine agent both in giving and 
 receiving. As others have toiled that we might 
 have what we need, we beseech thee that our 
 abundance may fill up the wants of others. 
 May our ministration of this service bring help 
 and inspiration and betterment and blessing to 
 men, and abound through many thanksgivings 
 unto God. Amen. 
 
 HYMN 
 
 SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
 HyMNn 
 
 BENEDICTION: 
 
 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the 
 love of God, and the communion of the Holy 
 Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 
 
 SILENT PRAYER 
 
Twelfth Sundayp—Evening Worship 
 
 OPENING SENTENCES: 
 
 O Jehovah, thou hast searched me and known 
 me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine 
 uprising; thou understandest my thought afar 
 off. | 
 
 If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm 
 me, and the light about me shall be night; even 
 the darkness hideth not from thee, but the night 
 shineth as the day: the darkness and the light 
 are both alike to thee. 
 
 Let the words of my mouth and the medi- 
 tations of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, 
 O Jehovah, my Rock and my Redeemer. 
 
 INVOCATION: 
 
 Almighty 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 per- 
 fectly love thee, and truly worship thee, and 
 worthily magnify thy holy name, through Jesus 
 Christ our Lord. 
 
 Our Father, etc. 
 
 HyMn or Hymns 
 
 RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PatRI 
 ScrRIPTURE LESSON 
 
 ANTHEM 
 
 PASTORAL PRAYER 
 

 
 Twelfth Sunday—Evening Worship 61 
 
 
 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 
 OFFERTORY: 
 The Sentence: 
 
 Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto 
 you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is 
 the law and the prophets. 
 
 The Prayer: 
 
 O God, who hast set thy servants in the world 
 to continue among the sons of men the blessed 
 ministry of our Savior Jesus Christ: be pleased 
 to hear our earnest prayers for the great causes 
 these offerings are designed to promote. May 
 the proclamation of the Gospel everywhere 
 prosper. May men turn from idols to serve the 
 living and true God. May thy Kingdom of 
 righteousness and brotherhood be more _per- 
 fectly established. May the whole earth be 
 filled with thy glory. Amen. 
 
 HyMN 
 SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
 HyMN 
 
 BENEDICTION: 
 
 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
 love of God, and the communion of the Holy 
 Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 
 
 SILENT PRAYER 
 
Thirteenth Sundap—Morning Worship 
 OPENING SENTENCES: 
 
 Praise ye Jehovah: for it is a good thing to 
 sing praises unto our God: for it is pleasant, and 
 praise is comely. Jehovah doth build up Jeru- 
 salem; he gathereth together the outcasts of 
 Israel. He healeth the broken in heart, and 
 bindeth up their wounds. 
 
 In everything by prayer and supplication, 
 with thanksgiving, let your requests be made 
 known unto God. ' 
 
 When ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have 
 aught against any one: that your Father also 
 who is in heaven, may forgive you your tres- 
 passes. 
 
 INVOCATION: 
 
 Almighty God, who hast given us grace at this 
 time with one accord to make our common sup- 
 plications unto thee; and dost promise that 
 where two or three are gathered together in thy 
 name, thou wilt grant their requests; fulfill now, 
 O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants 
 as may be most expedient for them; granting us 
 in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the 
 world to come, life everlasting. 
 
 Our Father, etc. 
 
 HyMNn 
 
 RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
 CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER: General Confession 
 SCRIPTURE LESSON 
 
 ANTHEM 
 62 
 
Thirteenth Sundayp—Morning Worship 63 
 
 
 
 
 
 PASTORAL PRAYER 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 
 OFFERTORY: 
 The Sentence: 
 
 Remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that 
 he himself said, It is more blessed to give than 
 to receive. 
 
 The Prayer: 
 
 We do not bring this oblation because thou, 
 O God, art to be persuaded with gifts, like an 
 earthly monarch; nor because thou dost stand 
 in need of our gifts. Every beast of the forest 
 is thine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. 
 The world is thine, and the fullness thereof. It 
 is we that need to give, in order that our lives 
 may not become enclosed within the narrow 
 bounds of selfishness. We would have our pov- 
 erty enriched by the blessedness of generosity. 
 May this part of our morning worship redound 
 to thy glory and to our spiritual health and en- 
 largement, through Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
 HyMN 
 
 SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
 HYMN 
 
 BENEDICTION: 
 
 The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord 
 make his face to shine upon you and be gracious 
 unto you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon 
 you and give you peace. Amen. 
 
 SILENT PRAYER 
 
Thirteenth Sunday—Evening Worship 
 
 OPENING SENTENCES: 
 
 I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life, 
 saith the Lord; no man cometh unto the Father 
 but by me. All that which the Father giveth 
 me shall come unto me; and him that cometh to 
 me I will in no wise cast out. 
 
 Let us search and try our ways, and turn 
 again to Jehovah. Let us lift up our hearts with 
 our hands unto God in the heavens. 
 
 Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto 
 the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, 
 and may find grace to help us in time of need. 
 
 INVOCATION: 
 
 O Lord, lift up thy face upon us and bless us as 
 we gather in thy house again at eventide, after 
 the anxieties, the distractions and the discords, 
 the hopes and the longings and the prayers of 
 another day and another week. Be pleased to 
 speak some word of comfort to us if we are 
 depressed; some word of cheer if we are afraid; 
 some word of rebuke if we have been living 
 below our possibilities; some word of forgive- 
 ness if we are penitent. And hear us as we unite 
 our petitions in the prayer of the ages saying, 
 
 Our Father, etc. 
 
 HymMn or HYMNS 
 RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
 SCRIPTURE LESSON 
 
 ANTHEM 
 
Thirteenth Sundayp—€Ebening Worship 65 
 
 PASTORAL PRAYER 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 OFFERTORY: 
 
 The Sentence: 
 
 Let your light so shine before men, that they 
 may see your good works, and glorify your 
 Father who is in heaven. 
 
 The Prayer: 
 
 Lord, who art thyself the Giver of every good 
 and perfect gift, teach us also how to give. May 
 these our offerings be prompted by cheerful grat- 
 itude and love, and may they be administered 
 with wisdom and fidelity. May thy Name be 
 praised in all the earth! May. thy Kingdom 
 come! Amen. 
 
 HYMN 
 SpRMON—SERMON PRAYER 
 HyMN 
 
 BENEDICTION: 
 
 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
 love of God, and the communion of the Holy 
 Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 
 
 SILENT PRAYER 
 
Orders of Worship for Special Occasions 
 
 Good Friday Herbice 
 
 OPENING SENTENCES: 
 
 God so loved the world, that he gave his only 
 begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him 
 should not perish, but have eternal life. 
 
 He was wounded for our transgression, he was 
 bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of 
 our peace was upon him; and with his stripes 
 we are healed. 
 
 You, being in time past alienated and enemies 
 in your mind in your evil works, yet now hath 
 he reconciled in the body of his flesh through 
 death, to present you holy and without blemish 
 and unreprovable, before him. 
 
 Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of Man, 
 and drink his blood, ye have not life in your- 
 selves. 
 
 INVOCATION: 
 
 We lift up our souls and all that is within us, 
 to laud thy holy name, O Jehovah; for thou 
 art he who forgivest all our iniquities, and 
 healest all our diseases, who redeemest our life 
 from destruction, who crownest us with loving- 
 kindness and tender mercies. Look favorably 
 upon thy people assembled in thy sanctuary this 
 day. May our restless and unquiet hearts be 
 stilled with a great humility and a great peace, 
 as we look upon the holy passion of the Lord 
 our Redeemer, who his own self bear our sins 
 
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 Good Friday Herbice 67 
 
 
 
 in his body upon the tree, that we, having died 
 unto sin, might live unto righteousness. 
 
 Our Father, ete. 
 HYMN 
 RESPONSIVE READING—GLOoRIA PATRI 
 CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER: General Confession 
 SCRIPTURE LESSON 
 ANTHEM 
 PASTORAL PRAYER 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 OFFERTORY: 
 
 The Sentence: 
 
 Ye are not your own; for ye were bought with 
 a price. 
 
 The Prayer: 
 
 O Lord, who didst give thy life for our ran- 
 som, grant that we, who can never repay thee 
 all that debt, may yet give thee thy due of love, 
 and hold ourselves and ours consecrate to thy 
 great cause, even the redemption of mankind. 
 Amen. 
 
 HyMN 
 SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
 
 {| For the Sermon Prayer, the second of the “Eucharistic 
 Prayers” provided in this book may appropriately 
 be used, omitting the words “as in this Memorial” 
 
 HYMN 
 BENEDICTION: 
 
 Now unto him that loveth us, and loosed us 
 from our sins by his blood, and made us to be 
 
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 a kingdom, to be priests unto his God and 
 Father; to him be the glory and the dominion 
 for ever and ever. 
 
 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with 
 your spirit, brethren. 
 
 SILENT PRAYER 
 
 Easter Service 
 
 OPENING SENTENCES: 
 
 Now hath Christ been raised from the dead, 
 the first-fruits of them that are asleep. 
 
 O Death, where is thy sting? O Grave, where 
 is thy victory? Thanks be to God, who giveth 
 us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 Our Savior Jesus Christ hath abolished death, 
 and brought life and immortality to light 
 through the gospel. 
 
 INVOCATION: 
 
 O victorious Lord, bless the worship of this 
 holy day. Grant that by it we may be brought 
 to stand with the first disciples beside the empty 
 tomb. At other times, we have heard thee 
 preaching the good tidings of the Kingdom; we 
 have watched thy healing hand as it touched 
 the sick and the sinful with redeeming power; 
 we have stood in the darkness trembling at the 
 foot of thy Cross. O may we know thee to-day 
 in the power of the Resurrection, the triumphant 
 Lord and Savior of all, and praise thee for thy 
 glorious majesty and thy boundless mercy. 
 
 Our Father, etc. 
 

 
 Easter Service 69 
 
 
 
 HyMN 
 
 RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
 CoNGREGATIONAL Prayer: General Thanksgiving 
 ScripTuRE LESSON 
 
 ANTHEM 
 
 PASTORAL PRAYER 
 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 
 OFFERTORY: 
 The Sentence: 
 
 Charge them that are rich in this present 
 world, that they do good, that they be rich in 
 good works, that they be ready to distribute, 
 laying up in store for themselves a good foun- 
 dation against the time to come, that they may 
 lay hold on the life which is life indeed. 
 
 The Prayer: 
 
 As Joseph of Arimathea, looking for the 
 Kingdom of God, offered his own tomb to re- 
 ceive the body of the Lord; as the holy women 
 came early in the morning with their gift of 
 spices and the loving ministry of their hands; 
 so would we, our Father, devote our best to the 
 honor of our Living Lord, remembering that he 
 died and rose again that we who live should 
 no longer live unto ourselves alone, but unto 
 him who for our sakes died and rose again. 
 Amen. 
 
 HyMN 
 SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
 

 
 70 Easter Serbice 
 
 
 
 HyMn 
 BENEDICTION: 
 
 Now the God of peace, who brought again 
 from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep, 
 with the blood of an eternal covenant, even our 
 Lord Jesus, make you perfect in every good 
 thing to do his will, working in you that which 
 is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus 
 Christ; to whom be the glory for ever and ever. 
 Amen. 
 
 SILENT PRAYER 
 
 Harbest Home Service 
 OPENING SENTENCES: 
 
 Let the peoples praise thee, O God; let all 
 the peoples praise thee. The earth hath yielded 
 its increase: God, even our own God, will bless 
 us. God will bless us; and all the ends of the 
 earth shall fear him. 
 
 INVOCATION: 
 
 Be pleased, O Lord, to meet us as we gather 
 together to praise thee for the ingathered har- 
 vest, and to return to thee, through thy little 
 ones, something of that which thou so bounti- 
 fully hast given unto us. May there be nothing 
 in our hearts or lives which would make our 
 praise insincere or our offerings unacceptable in 
 thy sight, as we call upon our souls and all that 
 is within us to laud and magnify thy Holy 
 Name. Hear us as we repeat in thy presence 
 

 
 Barvest Bome Serbice 71 
 
 
 
 the prayer which the Lord of the Harvest hath 
 taught us, saying, 
 
 Our Father, ete. 
 HYMN 
 Responsive Reaprnc—Gtoria Patri 
 ConGREGATIONAL Prayer: General Thanksgiving 
 Scrrpture Lesson 
 ANTHEM 
 PastoraL PRAYER 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 OFFERTORY: 
 
 The Sentence: 
 
 Blessed is he that considereth the poor: 
 
 Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil. He 
 
 that hath pity on the poor lendeth unto Je- 
 hovah, and his good deed will he pay him again. 
 The Prayer: 
 
 O Lord, who hast ever provided for our needs, 
 so that thou crownest the year with thy good- 
 ness and thy paths drop fatness: grant that we 
 who live on thy bounty may not, now or at 
 any time, be thoughtless of those who have re- 
 ceived less than we. May our abundance be a 
 supply for their want, that there may be equal- 
 ity ; as it is written, He that gathered much hath 
 nothing over; and he that eathered little had no 
 lack. Amen. 
 
aie. Harbhest Home Herbice 
 
 HyMN 
 SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
 HyMN 
 
 BENEDICTION: 
 
 The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord 
 make his face to shine upon you and be gracious 
 unto you: the Lord lift up his countenance upon 
 you and give you peace. Amen. 
 
 SILENT PRAYER 
 
 Christmas Hervice 
 OPENING SENTENCES: 
 
 Unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is 
 given; and the government shall be upon his 
 shoulder; and his name shall be called Wonder- 
 ful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, 
 Prince of Peace. 
 
 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; for 
 he hath visited and wrought redemption for his 
 people, and hath raised up a horn of salvation 
 for us in the house of his servant David. 
 
 There is born to you this day in the city of, 
 David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 
 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word 
 was with God, and the Word was God. 7: 
 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among 
 
 us... full of grace and truth. 
 
 INVOCATION: 
 
 O God on High, we gather this day in the 
 name of the little Christ of Bethlehem; to join 
 

 
 Christmas Herbice 73 
 
 with the angels in singing his praises; to come 
 with the Magi, offering our several gifts and 
 doing homage to the Infant Majesty; to medi- 
 tate with Mary, pondering in our hearts the 
 mystery of the Godhead Incarnate; and with 
 the shepherds of the field to welcome the glad 
 tidings of imperishable salvation. Fill our wor- 
 shipping hearts with peace. Open them out in 
 good-will to all men. And may heart and mind 
 and soul accord with voice and tongue, as we 
 ascribe glory to thee in the highest, before all 
 time and now, and for evermore; and utter the 
 petition which hath been taught us, saying, 
 Our Father, etc. 
 
 HYMN 
 
 RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
 CONGREGATIONAL Prayer: General Thanksgiving 
 SCRIPTURE LESSON 
 
 ANTHEM 
 
 PASTORAL PRAYER 
 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 
 OFFERTORY: 
 The Sentence: 
 
 Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift! 
 The Prayer: 
 
 As with gladness men of old came to the house 
 where the young child lay, and fell down and 
 worshipped him, opening their treasures and 
 
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 74 Christmas Serbice 
 
 
 
 offering unto him gifts; so also would we wor- 
 ship to-day, bringing to thy service the gold of 
 our earthly wealth, the frankincense of honest 
 praise, the myrrh of heartfelt love, adoring with 
 all our being the Incarnate Lord. Amen. 
 
 Hymn 
 
 SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
 HyMn 
 
 BENEDICTION: 
 
 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God 
 our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal 
 comfort and good hope by the Spirit of erace, 
 comfort your hearts and establish them in every 
 good work and word. Amen. 
 
 SILENT PRAYER 
 
 Missionary Service 
 OPENING SENTENCES: 
 
 There is a river, the streams whereof shall 
 make glad the city of God. And it shall come 
 to pass in that day that living waters shall 20 
 out from Jerusalem, half of them toward the 
 eastern sea, and half of them toward the western 
 sea. 
 
 All the ends of the earth shall remember and 
 turn unto Jehovah. 
 
 Other sheep I have, saith the Lord, which are 
 not of this fold: them also I must bring, and 
 they shall hear my voice; and they shall become 
 one flock, one shepherd. 
 
Missionary Service i> 
 
 After these things I saw, and behold a great 
 multitude, which no man could number, out of 
 every nation and of all tribes and peoples and 
 tongues, standing before the throne and before 
 the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms 
 in their hands; and they cry with a great voice, 
 saying, Salvation unto our God who sitteth on 
 the throne, and unto the Lamb. 
 
 INVOCATION: 
 
 O. Thou who didst make of one every nation 
 on all the face of the earth, with whom there 
 is no distinction between Greek and Jew, bar- 
 barian, Scythian, bondman or freeman: be 
 pleased, we beseech thee, to give ear to our 
 prayers, and to open the eyes of our under- 
 standing to all the wonders thou art doing 
 among the sons of men, making thy way known 
 upon earth, thy saving health among all people. 
 And may the grace of thy Spirit prevail upon 
 us to labor for the fulfilment of the holy prayer 
 which we offer when we say, 
 
 Our Father, etc. 
 
 HyMN 
 
 Responsive ReapDING—GLORIA PATRI 
 CONGREGATIONAL Prayer: For the Kingdom 
 ScripTURE LESSON 
 
 ANTHEM 
 
 PASTORAL PRAYER 
 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 

 
 76 HMlissionary Herbice 
 
 
 
 OFFERTORY: 
 The Sentence: 
 
 Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou 
 shalt find it after many days. 
 
 The Prayer: 
 
 We yield thee thanks for the faithful men and 
 women whose personal labor in carrying the 
 Gospel to dark places makes these gifts of ours 
 fruitful. May we and they and thy whole 
 Church verily serve thee, O Christ, as thy body, 
 the fullness of him who filleth all in all. Amen. 
 
 HyMNn 
 
 SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
 HyMN 
 
 BENEDICTION: * 
 
 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding 
 abundantly above all that we ask or think, 
 according to the power that worketh in us, 
 unto him be the glory in the church and in 
 Christ Jesus, unto all generations, for ever and 
 ever. 
 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with 
 your spirit, brethren. Amen. 
 
 SILENT PRAYER 
 
 Social Welfare Serbice 
 
 OPENING SENTENCES: 
 
 Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all 
 thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy 
 
Social Welfare Serbice 77 
 
 strength, and with all thy mind: and thy neigh- 
 bor as thyself. 
 
 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his 
 brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his 
 brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God 
 whom he hath not seen. And this command- 
 ment have we from him, that he who loveth 
 God, love his brother also. 
 
 I am debtor to:Greeks and to Barbarians, both 
 to the wise and to the foolish. 
 
 God standeth in the congregation of God; he 
 judgeth among the gods. How long will ye 
 judge unjustly, and respect the persons of the 
 wicked? Judge the poor and fatherless: do Jus- 
 tice to the afflicted and destitute. Rescue the 
 poor and needy: deliver them out of the hand 
 of the wicked. 
 
 And the King shall answer and say unto them, 
 Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it 
 unto one of these my brethren, even these least, 
 ye did it unto me. 
 
 INVOCATION: 
 
 O God on high, who art the common Father 
 of all men: so direct our thoughts in this hour 
 by thy Spirit, that we thy children may enter 
 into the mind of Christ and think his thoughts, 
 looking upon all mankind as our brethren and 
 his, loving his manifestation and manifesting 
 his love, and ever remembering that he hath sent 
 us into the world as thou didst send him, to seek 
 and to save that which is lost. 
 
 Our Father, ete. 
 
 HYMN 
 

 
 78 Social Welfare Service 
 
 
 
 RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA Patri 
 CONGREGATIONAL PrayErR: For the Kingdom 
 SCRIPTURE LESSON 
 
 ANTHEM 
 
 PASTORAL PRAYER 
 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 
 OFFERTORY: 
 The Sentence: 
 
 Whoso hath this world’s goods, and beholdeth 
 his brother in need, and shutteth up his com- 
 passion from him, how dwelleth the Bae of God 
 in him? 
 
 The Prayer: 
 
 Lord, who with thy liberal and bountiful hand 
 providest enough for all mankind, whose gifts 
 are by goodness and free favor made common 
 to all men, while we by our covetousness and 
 distrust have made them private and peculiar; 
 correct thou the thing which our iniquity hath 
 put out of order, and let thy goodness supply 
 that which our niggardliness hath plucked away. 
 O Fountain of all good things, wash thou away 
 these so sundry, so manifold, and so great 
 miseries, with one drop of the water of thy 
 mercy, for the sake of Jesus Christ, thine only 
 Son our Lord. Aznen. 
 
 HyMN 
 
 SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
 
Social Welfare Serbice 79 
 
 HYMN 
 
 BENEDICTION: 
 
 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
 love of God, and the communion of the Holy 
 Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 
 
 SILENT PRAYER 
 
 Patriotic Serbice 
 
 OPENING SENTENCES: 
 
 O clap your hands all ye peoples: shout unto 
 God with the voice of triumph. For Jehovah 
 Most High is terrible; he is a great King over 
 all the earth. 
 
 Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, 
 the people whom he hath chosen for his own 
 inheritance. | 
 
 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear 
 him, that glory may dwell in our land. 
 
 Righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin is a 
 reproach to any people. 
 
 Of a truth . . . God is no respecter of per- 
 sons; but in every nation he that feareth him 
 and worketh righteousness, is acceptable to him. 
 
 INVOCATION: 
 
 Almighty God, who art the Ruler of the whole 
 earth, King of kings and Lord of lords; in 
 whose sight the nations are as a drop of a 
 bucket, and are accounted as the small dust 
 of the balance; who takest up the isles as a very 
 little thing; before whom all nations are as 
 
80 Patriotic Service 
 
 nothing: be pleased, we beseech thee, to accept 
 the humble worship which now we offer, and 
 to receive with favor our supplications for the 
 Republic of which we are citizens, for ourselves, 
 and for all the dwellers upon earth, our brothers; 
 in the name of Jesus Christ thy Son. 
 
 Our Father, etc. 
 
 HyMN 
 
 RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
 CONGREGATIONAL Prayer: For the Kingdom 
 SCRIPTURE LESSON 
 
 ANTHEM 
 
 PASTORAL PRAYER 
 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 
 OFFERTORY: 
 The Sentence: 
 The earth is Jehovah’s and the fullness 
 thereof; the world and they that dwell therein. 
 The Prayer: 
 
 Reverently thanking thee for the temporal 
 prosperity which we and all the people of this 
 nation do enjoy, we bring this offering for thy 
 service, in the name of thy son, Jesus Christ, 
 our Lord. Amen. 
 
 HymMn 
 
 SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
 

 
 Patriotic Service 81 
 
 
 
 HymMn 
 
 BENEDICTION: 
 
 Now unto the blessed and only Potentate, the 
 King of kings and Lord of lords; who only hath 
 immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable; 
 whom no man hath seen nor can see; to him be 
 honor and power, eternal. And the blessing of 
 God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the 
 Holy Spirit, be amongst you, and remain with 
 you, always. Amen. 
 
 SILENT PRAYER 
 
 Denominational or Church Cccasion 
 
 OPENING SENTENCES: 
 
 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God 
 hath shined forth. 
 
 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us 
 go unto the house of Jehovah. Our feet are 
 standing within thy gates, O Jerusalem, Jeru- 
 salem that art builded as a city that is compact 
 together; whither the tribes go up, to give 
 thanks unto the name of Jehovah. 
 
 Thus saith Jehovah: I am returned unto Zion, 
 and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and 
 Jerusalem shall be called the City of Truth. 
 
 The God of our Lord Jesus Christ hath put 
 all things in subjection under his feet, and gave 
 him to be head over all things to the church, 
 which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth 
 all in all. 
 
 The Lord is gracious, unto whom coming ye 
 

 
 82 Benominational Service 
 
 
 
 also as living stones, are built up a spiritual 
 house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiri- 
 tual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus. 
 Behold how good and how pleasant it is for 
 brethren to dwell together in unity! 
 We who are many are one bread, one body: 
 for we all partake of the one bread. 
 
 INVOCATION: 
 
 O God, who hast constituted all believers to 
 be an holy priesthood unto thee: grant us the 
 aid of thy Spirit as we offer prayer this day for 
 thy Church in this place and throughout the 
 world: that thou wouldest be pleased to fill it 
 with all truth in all peace. Where it is corrupt, 
 purify it; where it is in error, direct 1t; where in 
 anything it is amiss, reform it; where it is right, 
 strengthen and confirm it; where it is divided, 
 heal and unite it; and make it truly the very 
 body of him who died and rose again and for- 
 ever maketh intercession for it, Jesus Christ, thy 
 Son our Lord. 
 
 Our Father, etc. 
 
 HYMN 
 
 RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PaTRI 
 CoNGREGATIONAL Prayer: For the Kingdom 
 ScrRIPTURE LESSON 
 
 ANTHEM 
 
 PASTORAL PRAYER 
 
 ANNOUNCEMENTS 
 
Denominational Serbice 83 
 
 OFFERTORY: 
 The Sentence: 
 
 Ascribe unto Jehovah the glory due unto his 
 name: bring an offering and come into his 
 courts. 
 
 The Prayer: 
 
 O God, who hast strengthened the gates of 
 Zion, and blessed her children within her; ac- 
 cept, we pray thee, these tributes of our love 
 and longing for the things which are dear to 
 thee. Help us always to see that giving doth 
 not impoverish nor withholding enrich us. While 
 we handle the things that perish, may we gladly 
 count all things to be loss for the excellency 
 of the knowledge of Jesus Christ, and delight 
 to publish thy name, and to build up and 
 strengthen thy Kingdom everywhere among 
 those for whom our Savior died. Amen. 
 
 HyMN 
 SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
 HyMN 
 
 BENEDICTION: 
 
 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding 
 abundantly above all that we ask or think, 
 according to the power that worketh in us, unto 
 him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus, 
 unto all generations, for ever and ever. 
 
 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with 
 your spirit, brethren. Amen. 
 
 SILENT PRAYER 
 
 ee ee = 
 
An Order for the Administration of 
 Baptism 
 
 ANNOUNCEMENT 
 
 {In making previous announcement that this service 
 is to be held, the Minister may conclude with the 
 following 
 
 Our Lord Jesus Christ saith, Go ye, and 
 make disciples of all nations, baptizing 
 them into the name of the Father and of 
 the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. 
 
 INVOCATION 
 { The Minister, having entered the water, and facing 
 the Congregation, may appropriately open the Bap- 
 tismal Service with this Invocation 
 In the name of the Father, and of the 
 Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. 
 
 ScrIPTURE LESSON 
 § One or more of the following passages should be read 
 Mark 1:2, 4, 5, 9-11 
 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, Be- 
 hold I send my messenger before thy face, 
 _ John came, who baptized in the wil- 
 derness and preached the baptism of repent- 
 ance unto remission of sins. And there went 
 out unto him all the country of Judea and 
 all they of Jerusalem; and they were bap- 
 tized of him in the river Jordan, confessing 
 their sins. And it came to pass in those 
 days that Jesus came from Nazareth of 
 Galilee, and was baptized of John in the 
 Jordan. And straightway coming up out 
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 oO 
 
 
 
 of the water, he saw the heavens rent asun- 
 der, and the Spirit as a dove descending 
 upon him: and a voice came out of the 
 heavens, Thou art my beloved Son, in thee 
 I am well pleased. 
 
 Matthew 3:13-17 
 
 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the 
 Jordan unto John to be baptized of him. 
 But John would have hindered him, saying, 
 I have need to be baptized of thee, and 
 comest thou to me? But Jesus answering 
 said unto him, Suffer it now: for thus it 
 becometh us to fulfil all mghteousness. 
 Then he suffered him. And Jesus, when 
 he was baptized, went up straightway from 
 the water: and lo, the heavens were opened 
 unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God 
 descending as a dove, and coming upon 
 him; and lo, a voice out of the heavens, 
 saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom 
 I am well pleased. 
 
 John 3:22, 23 
 
 After these things came Jesus and his 
 disciples unto the land of Judea; and there 
 he tarried with them and baptized. And 
 John also was baptizing in Enon, near to 
 Salim, because there was much water there: 
 and they came, and were baptized. 
 
 Acts 8:35-38 (inc. marg.) 
 
 _And Philip opened his mouth, and _be- 
 ginning from this Scripture, preached unto 
 
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 Baptismal Serbice 
 
 
 
 him Jesus. And as they went on the 
 way, they came unto a certain water; and 
 the eunuch saith, Behold, here is water; 
 what doth hinder me to be baptized? And 
 Philip said, If thou believest with all thy 
 heart, thou mayest. And he answered and 
 said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son 
 of God. And he commanded the chariot to 
 stand still: and they both went down into 
 the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and 
 he baptized him. 
 
 Romans 6:3-11 
 
 Or are ye ignorant that all we who were 
 baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into 
 his death? We were buried therefore with 
 him through baptism into death: that like 
 as Christ was raised from the dead through 
 the glory of the Father, so we also might 
 walk in newness of life. For if we have 
 become united with him in the likeness of 
 his death, we shall be also in the likeness of 
 his resurrection; knowing this, that our old 
 man was crucified with him, that the body of 
 sin might be done away, that so we should 
 no longer be in bondage to sin; for he that 
 hath died is justified from sin. But if we 
 died with Christ, we believe that we shall 
 also live with him; knowing that Christ 
 being raised from the dead dieth no more; 
 death no more hath dominion over him. 
 For the death that he died, he died unto 
 sin once: but the life that he liveth, he 
 liveth unto God. Even so, reckon ye also 
 

 
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 yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive 
 unto God in Christ Jesus. 
 
 Galatians 3:26-28 
 
 For ye are all sons of God, through faith, 
 in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as 
 were baptized into Christ, did put on Christ. 
 There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there 
 can be neither bond nor free, there can be 
 no male and female; for ye are all one in 
 Christ Jesus. 
 
 Acts 2:38, 39 
 
 Repent ye, and be baptized every one of 
 you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the 
 remission of your sins; and ye shall receive 
 the gift of the Holy Spirit. For to you is 
 the promise, and to your children, and to all 
 that are afar off, even as many as the Lord 
 our God shall call unto him. 
 
 I Peter 3:20-22 
 
 The longsuffering of God waited in the 
 days of Noah, while the ark was preparing, 
 wherein few, that is eight souls, were saved 
 through water: which also after a true like- 
 ness, doth now save you, even baptism, not 
 the putting away of the filth of the flesh, 
 but the interrogation of a good conscience 
 toward God, through the resurrection of 
 Jesus Christ; who is on the right hand of 
 God, having gone into heaven; angels and 
 authorities and powers being made subject 
 to him. 
 

 
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 Tuer BAPTISMAL PRAYER 
 
 | The Minister may then offer prayer for the person or 
 
 persons to be baptized, as follows 
 
 O God, who by thy Spirit hast moved the 
 heart of this our brother to renounce the 
 life of this world and cleave unto thy Son 
 Jesus Christ; grant, we beseech thee, that 
 henceforth his life may be full of the riches 
 of thy grace. Give him continual repent- 
 ance for his sin, and that forgiveness which 
 thou dost so gladly offer to mankind at 
 such cost to thyself. When he shall be 
 tempted, be thou near and endue him with 
 thy strength and righteousness. Lift the 
 glorious ideal of thy Kingdom before his 
 eyes, and lead him to consecrate himself 
 to its achievement. May he be a faith- 
 ful witness [or faithful witnesses] for thee 
 among the children of men. And may 
 he ever grow more and more in the knowl- — 
 edge and understanding of Jesus Christ his 
 Lord, so that he may know what is the 
 hope of his calling and the riches of the 
 glory of his inheritance in Christ Jesus. 
 Send out thy light and thy truth that they 
 may lead him through all the dark places 
 of this life, until he come in sight of the 
 shining lights of his eternal home. And 
 when the journey is over, the course is 
 finished, and the fight is fought, receive 
 thou him with the crown of-victory and the 
 welcome of eternal love. 
 
 And sanctify to all here present, we be- 
 
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 seech thee, the lesson of this holy symbol 
 of baptism, whereby we declare our un- 
 breakable union with Him who died for all, 
 that we who live should no longer live unto 
 ourselves, but unto Him who for our sakes 
 died and rose again, even Jesus Christ, our 
 Savior. Amen. 
 
 Tue Baptism 
 
 q At this point let the candidate enter the water. and be 
 received by the Minster. If there be a number of 
 candidates to be baptized, the customary order 1s, 
 that the younger shall precede the older, and 
 women shall precede men. When the candidate has 
 gone down into the water the Minister shall ask for 
 his profession of faith 
 
 Minister: My brother N., dost thou be- 
 lieve on the Lord Jesus Christ? 
 
 Candidate: I do. 
 
 Minister: On this confession of thy faith, 
 I baptize thee in the name of the Father, 
 and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. 
 Amen. 
 
 q Let the Minister then baptize the candidate. As he 
 raises the baptized out of the water, let him say 
 these words of blessing, in such a manner as to be 
 audible to the baptized person only 
 
 The Lord bless thee and keep thee; 
 
 The Lord make his face to shine upon 
 thee, and be gracious unto thee; 
 
 The Lord lift up his countenance upon 
 thee and give thee peace. 
 
 { When all the candidates have been baptized, and have 
 left the place of baptism, let the Minister lift his 
 right hand toward heaven, saying 
 
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 Lord, what thou didst command is done; 
 and yet there is room! 
 
 PRAYER 
 
 | Before leaving the baptistry, the Minister may suit- 
 
 ably offer the following prayer for st and those 
 present 
 
 Grant, O Lord, that as we are baptized 
 into the death of thy blessed Son our Savior 
 Jesus Christ, so by continual mortifying 
 our corrupt affections we may be buried 
 with him; and that through the grave, and 
 gate of death, we may pass to our joyful 
 resurrection; for his merits, who died, and 
 was buried, and rose again, for us, Thy Son 
 Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 BENEDICTION 
 
 (lf the service is to conclude at this point, this Bene- 
 
 diction may appropriately be used 
 
 Now the God of peace, who brought again 
 from the dead the great Shepherd of the 
 sheep, with the blood of an eternal cove- 
 nant, even our Lord Jesus, make you per- 
 fect in every good thing to do his will, 
 working in you that which is well pleasing 
 in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom 
 be the glory for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
 SILENT PRAYER 
 
An Order for the Administration of the 
 Lord’s Supper 
 
 ANNOUNCEMENT 
 
 {In making previous announcement that this service ts 
 to be held, the Minister may conclude with the 
 following 
 
 The Scripture saith, Let a man prove 
 himself, and so let him eat of the bread and 
 drink of the cup. 
 
 INVOCATION 
 
 1 To be said by the Minister 
 
 In the name of the Father, and of the 
 Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. 
 
 OPENING SENTENCES 
 
 {] Let several of these sentences of Scripture be read, to 
 bring those present into fit frame of mind to receive 
 the Communion 
 
 Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; 
 call ye upon him while he is near: let the 
 wicked forsake his way, and the unright- 
 eous man his thoughts; and let him return 
 unto Jehovah, for he will have mercy upon 
 him; and to our God, for he will abundantly 
 pardon. 
 
 He hath not dealt with us after our sins, 
 nor rewarded us after our iniquities. For 
 as the heavens are high above the earth, 
 so great is his lovingkindness toward them 
 
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 that fear him. As far as the east is from 
 the west, so far hath he removed our trans- 
 eressions from us. 
 
 For this God is our God for ever hag 
 ever: he will be our guide even unto death. 
 
 The Spirit and the bride say, Come. And 
 he that heareth, let him say, Come. And 
 he that is athirst, let him come: he that 
 will, let him take the water of life freely. 
 
 Work not for the food which perisheth, 
 but for the food which abideth unto eternal 
 life, which the Son of Man shall give unto 
 you: for him the Father, even God, hath 
 sealed. 
 
 The bread of God is that which cometh 
 down out of heaven, and giveth life unto 
 the world. 
 
 Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of 
 life: he that cometh to me shall not hunger, 
 and he that believeth on me shall never 
 thirst. 
 
 Verily, verily I say unto you, Except ye 
 eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and drink 
 his blood, ye have not life in yourselves. 
 
 The Spirit himself beareth witness with 
 our spirit, that we are children of God. 
 
 He that spared not his own Son, but de- 
 livered him up for us all, how shall he not 
 with him freely give us all things. 
 
 I am persuaded that neither death nor 
 life, nor angels nor principalities, nor things 
 present nor things to come, nor powers, nor 
 height, nor depth, nor any other creature, 
 

 
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 shall be able to separate us from the love 
 of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. 
 
 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: 
 a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou 
 wilt not despise. 
 
 Searcely for a righteous man will one die: 
 for peradventure for the good man, some 
 one would even dare to die. But God com- 
 -mendeth his own love toward us, in that 
 while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 
 
 Repent ye, for the Kingdom of heaven 
 is at hand. 
 
 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive 
 ourselves, and the truth is not in us: but 
 if we confess our sins, he is faithful and 
 righteous to forgive us our sins and to 
 cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 
 
 I know my transgressions; and my sin is 
 ever before me. Against thee, thee only, 
 have I sinned, and done that which is evil 
 in thy sight. 
 
 I will arise and go to my Father, and will 
 say unto him, Father, I have sinned against 
 heaven and in thy sight: I am no more 
 worthy to be called thy son. 
 
 Come unto me all ye that labor and are 
 heavy laden, saith the Lord, and I will give 
 you rest. 
 
 God so loved the world, that he gave his 
 only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth 
 on him should not perish, but have eternal 
 life. 
 
 If any man sin, we have an Advocate 
 

 
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 with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; 
 and he is the propitiation for our sins; and 
 not for ours only, but also for the whole 
 world. 
 
 O taste and see that Jehovah is good; 
 blessed is the man that taketh refuge in 
 him. ni 
 
 Our Passover hath been sacrificed for us, 
 even Christ. Wherefore let us keep the 
 feast, not with old leaven, neither with the 
 leaven of malice and wickedness, but with 
 the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 
 
 This is my commandment, that ye love 
 one another, even as I have loved you. 
 
 If therefore thou art offering thy gift at 
 the altar, and there rememberest that thy 
 brother hath aught against thee, leave there 
 thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; 
 first be reconciled to thy brother, and then 
 come and offer thy gift. 
 
 Beloved, let us love one another: for love 
 is of God, and every one that loveth is’ 
 begotten of God, and knoweth God. He 
 that loveth not, knoweth not God: for God 
 is love. 
 
 No longer do I call you servants; for the 
 servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: 
 but I have called you friends; for all things 
 that I have heard from the Father, I have 
 made known unto you. 
 
 Return unto thy rest, O my soul, for 
 Jehovah hath dealt bountifully with thee. 
 

 
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 He that dwelleth in the secret place of 
 the Most High, shall abide under the 
 shadow of the Almighty. 
 
 Blessed are they that are perfect in the 
 Way; who walk in the law of Jehovah. 
 
 Wherefore do ye spend money for that 
 which is not bread, and your labor for that 
 which satisfieth not? 
 
 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to 
 the waters, and he that hath no money; 
 come ye, buy and eat; ye, come, buy wine 
 and milk without money and without price. 
 
 And a highway shall be there, and a way, 
 and it shall be called The Way of Holiness; 
 the unclean shall not pass over it, but it 
 shall be for the redeemed: the wayfaring 
 men, yea, fools, shall not err therein. 
 
 Jehovah, who shall sojourn in thy Taber- 
 nacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill? 
 He that walketh uprightly and worketh 
 righteousness, and speaketh truth in his 
 heart. 
 
 For there is one God, one Mediator also 
 between God and man, himself man, Christ 
 Jesus, who gave himself a ransom for all. 
 
 I am the Way, and the Truth, and the 
 Life; no one cometh unto the Father, but 
 by me. 
 
 Wherewith shall I come before Jehovah, 
 and bow myself before the high God? . . . 
 He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; 
 and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but 
 

 
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 to do justly, and to love kindness, and to 
 walk humbly with thy God. 
 
 Whosoever would be first among you 
 shall be your servant: even as the Son of 
 Man came not to be ministered unto, but to 
 minister, and to give his life a ransom for 
 many. 
 
 Behold I stand at the door and knock, 
 saith the Lord: if any man hear my voice 
 and open the door, I will come in to 
 him, and will sup with him, and he with 
 me. 
 
 The love of Christ constraineth us; be- 
 cause we thus judge; that one died for all, 
 therefore all died; and he died for all, that 
 they that live should no longer live unto 
 themselves alone, but unto him who for 
 their sakes died and rose again. 
 
 He will feed his flock like a shepherd; he 
 will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry 
 them in his bosom. 
 
 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and car-' 
 ried our sorrows; yet we did esteem him 
 stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But 
 he was wounded for our transgressions, he 
 was bruised for our iniquities; the chastise- 
 ment of our peace was upon him; and with 
 his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep 
 have gone astray; we have turned every 
 one to his own way; and Jehovah hath laid 
 on him the iniquity of us all. 
 
 Abide in me, and I in you, saith the Lord. 
 As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, 
 
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 except it abide in the vine, no more can ye, 
 except ye abide in me. I am the vine; ye 
 are the branches. He that abideth in me 
 the same beareth much fruit: for without 
 me, ye can do nothing. 
 
 He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my 
 blood, hath eternal life and I will raise him 
 up at the last day. For my flesh is meat 
 indeed and my blood is drink indeed. He 
 that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood, 
 abideth in me and I in him. As the living 
 Father sent me, and I live because of the 
 Father: so he that eateth me, he also shall 
 live, because of me. 
 
 If we say that we have fellowship with 
 him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do 
 not the truth: but if we walk in the light, 
 as he is in the light, we have fellowship one 
 with another, and the blood of Jesus his 
 Son, cleanseth us from all sin. 
 
 Our fellowship is with the Father and 
 with his Son, Jesus Christ. 
 
 But let a man prove himself, and so let 
 him eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 
 
 PRAYER 
 
 { The Minister may then offer prayer, either extempore, 
 or by the use of this prayer, or by the use of one of 
 the Eucharistic Prayers of this book 
 
 O God, who by the blood of thy dear Son 
 hast consecrated for us a new and living 
 way into the holiest of all; cleanse our 
 minds, we beseech thee, by the inspiration 
 of thy Holy Spirit, that drawing near 
 
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 UE EEEEREE 
 
 unto thee with a pure heart and undefiled 
 conscience, we may receive these thy gifts 
 without sin, and worthily magnify thy 
 holy name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
 Amen. | 
 
 RECEPTION OF New MEMBERS 
 
 G Any who have become members of the Church since 
 the last Communion may be given the Right Hand 
 of Fellowship at this time, and announcement 
 should be made of any members who have died 
 
 HyMN 
 
 Tue BREAKING OF BREAD 
 
 { Here let the Minister break some of the bread before 
 him, saying at the same time these Words of Insti- 
 tution 
 
 The Lord Jesus, in the night in which he 
 was betrayed, took bread and blessed it. 
 And when he had given thanks, he brake 
 it, and said, This is my body, which is given 
 for you. This do in remembrance of me., 
 
 § Then let the Minister give of the bread to the Dea- 
 cons, or other assistants, who shall distribute to the 
 people. When they have returned to the table, let 
 the Minister, in similar manner, serve the Deacons; 
 after which let the Senior Deacon serve the Minis- 
 ter: the officers of the Church being thus served 
 last, in token that they are the servants of the 
 Church. But let none of those present eat of the 
 bread until all have been served, that all may par- 
 take of the Communion together. After the par- 
 taking of the bread, let there be a season of silence, 
 for prayer and meditation. Then let the Minister 
 pb chges the Breaking of the Bread with these 
 words 
 

 
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 The bread which we break, is it not a 
 communion of the body of Christ, seeing 
 that we who are many are one bread, one 
 body, for we all partake of the one bread? 
 
 Tue GIVING OF THE Cup 
 
 | After a pause, let the Minister distribute the wine to 
 the Deacons, while he repeats these Words of Instt- 
 tution 
 And in like manner after supper he took 
 a cup, and gave thanks and gave to them 
 saying, Drink ye all of it; for this is my 
 blood of the covenant, which is poured out 
 for many unto remission of sins. This do 
 in remembrance of me. 
 
 | Let the Wine be distributed in the same manner as 
 the Bread; and let the Minister conclude the 
 Giving of the Cup with these words 
 
 As often as ye eat this bread and drink 
 this cup, ye proclaim the Lord’s death—till 
 he come. 
 
 PRAYER 
 
 {| Here let prayer be offered, either extempore, or by the 
 use of one of the Eucharistic Prayers in this book 
 
 OFFERING 
 {| Let the Alms for the relief of the Poor be taken 
 DoxoLocy 
 
 {| The Congregation standing 
 
 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; 
 Praise Him all creatures here below; 
 

 
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 Praise Him above ye heavenly host: 
 Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen. 
 
 DISMISSAL 
 
 ] The Minister may then dismiss the assembly with the 
 words of the Gospel 
 And when they had sung an hymn, they 
 went out. 
 
Eucharistic Prayers 
 
 1 
 
 O God our Father, we give thee hearty thanks 
 for this most blessed Communion of which thou 
 dost make us partakers. We again dedicate 
 ourselves to thy service, in body and soul and 
 spirit. Make thy grace always sufficient for us. 
 Perfect thy strength in our weakness. Succor 
 us amid the manifold temptations and sorrows 
 of our lives. Give us power to endure unto the 
 end as good soldiers of Jesus Christ. Let the 
 light of thy countenance be upon us now and 
 evermore. 
 
 Regard in thy great mercy, O Lord, all those 
 with whom we are this day one in the body of 
 Christ, the multitudes of every name who are 
 joined with us in one household of faith and 
 love, our brethren and sisters in Christ through- 
 out the world. 
 
 And mindful this day of the communion of 
 saints, we bless thy Holy Name for all thy 
 servants who have departed in the faith [espe- 
 cially those now present in our remembrance] ; 
 the great cloud of witnesses by whom we are 
 compassed about; all thy saints in every age 
 who have loved thee in life and continued faith- 
 ful unto death. Enable us, we beseech thee, so 
 to follow their faith and good examples, that we 
 with them may finally be partakers of thy 
 heavenly Kingdom, and with them become like 
 unto our Lord Jesus Christ, when we shall see 
 him face to face. Amen. 
 
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102 Eucharistic Prapers 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 O Christ, who didst suffer for our advantage 
 on the bitter cross, whose body was broken and 
 whose blood poured out for us; arm us also with 
 the same mind that was in thee. May we also 
 be willing to suffer for others, be the suffering 
 in mind or body or estate. In this world, so full 
 of divisive selfishness, may we accept brother- 
 hood as the ruling principle of life. Help us to 
 abjure this day the selfish use of power or money 
 for the exploitation of our fellows. May we 
 dedicate our lives to the establishment of the 
 Kingdom of God, to the organization of all pri- 
 vate and public life by the Golden Rule of thy 
 Gospel. And if, in the service of this ideal, 
 there should come to us risk, or loss, or con- 
 tempt, or suffering; yea, even if death should 
 be our portion, may we not falter, but remember 
 again [as in this Memorial] thine own broken, 
 bleeding body; and take new courage from the 
 fellowship of thy sufferings; and enter into the 
 joy of more perfect realization of thy blessed 
 Presence. Amen. 
 
 (Note that if this Prayer be used on Good Friday, 
 the words “as in this Memorial” should be omitted.) 
 
 3 
 
 O Thou Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of 
 whom the whole family in heaven and earth is 
 named, we beseech thee, according to the riches 
 of thy glory, to strengthen us with might by thy 
 Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell 
 in our hearts by faith; so that, being rooted and 
 
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 erounded in love, we may be able to compre- 
 hend, with all saints, what is the breadth, and 
 length, and depth, and height, and to know the 
 love of Christ, which passeth knowledge. Amen. 
 
 4 
 
 O God, who of thy great love to this world, 
 didst reconcile earth to heaven through thine 
 only-begotten Son: grant that we who by the 
 darkness of our sins are turned aside from 
 brotherly love, may by thy light shed forth in 
 our souls, be filled with thine own sweetness, and 
 embrace our friends in thee, and our enemies for 
 thy sake, in a bond of mutual affection. Amen. 
 
 4) 
 
 Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who dost 
 admit thy people unto such wonderful com- 
 munion, that partaking of the Body and Blood 
 of thy dear Son, they should dwell in him and 
 he in them; we unworthy sinners, approaching 
 to thy presence and beholding thy glory, do 
 abhor ourselves and repent in dust and ashes. 
 We have sinned, we have sinned, we have griev- 
 ously sinned against thee in thought, in word, 
 and in deed, provoking most justly thy wrath 
 and indignation against us. The remembrance 
 of our shortcomings fills us with sorrow and 
 shame. Yet now, O most merciful Father, have 
 mercy upon us; for the sake of Jesus Christ, 
 forgive us all our sins; purify us, by the inspira- 
 tion of thy Holy Spirit, from all inward unclean- 
 ness; enable us heartily to forgive others as we 
 
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 beseech thee to forgive us; 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. 
 
 6 
 
 We thank thee, Holy Father, for thy Holy 
 Name, which thou hast caused to dwell in our 
 hearts, and for the knowledge and faith and 
 immortality which thou hast made known to 
 us through Jesus, thy Servant; to thee be the 
 glory for ever. 
 
 Thou, Almighty Master, didst create all 
 things for thy Name’s sake; both food and 
 drink thou didst give to men for enjoyment, 
 in order that they might give thanks to thee; 
 but to us thou hast graciously given spiritual 
 food and drink and eternal life, through thy 
 Servant. Before all things we thank thee that 
 thou art powerful; to thee be the glory for ever. 
 
 Remember, Lord, thy Church, to deliver it 
 from every evil, and to make it perfect in thy 
 love, and gather it from the four winds, it, the 
 sanctified, into thy Kingdom, which thou hast 
 prepared for it; for thine is the power and the 
 glory, for ever. 
 
 Let grace come, and let this world pass away. 
 Whoever is holy, let him come; whoever is not, 
 let him repent. Hosanna to the Son of David, 
 even Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.* 
 
 *This Prayer is probably the oldest Christian prayer 
 outside the New Testament. It is from the Didache, 
 A.D. 100-A. D. 120, slightly adapted. 
 
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 fi 
 
 Blessed Lord, who didst give thy Son to be 
 our Savior, fulfill in us day by day while we 
 live, the work of thy redeeming mercy. Give 
 us to know Christ in the perfection of his life, 
 that like him we may be in the world holy, 
 harmless, undefiled, and separate from sinners. 
 Give us to know Christ and the fellowship of 
 his suffering, that we may not be wearied and 
 faint in our minds, but may ever be resigned to 
 thy most blessed will. Give us to know Christ 
 and the virtue of his death, that the world may 
 be crucified unto us and we unto the world, 
 that we may die unto sin and live unto right- 
 eousness. Give us to know Christ and the power 
 of his resurrection, that as he was raised from 
 the dead in the glory of the Father, we may 
 rise unto newness of life. Give us to know 
 Christ and the hope of his appearing, that we 
 may be ready to give in our account with joy. 
 O may we live by faith in him; may we increase 
 in union with him; may we day by day become 
 more like him, till we see him as he is and are 
 changed into his perfect image. Amen. 
 
 8 
 
 O Lord and heavenly Father, we thy humble 
 servants earnestly desire thy fatherly goodness 
 mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of praise 
 and thanksgiving; most humbly beseeching thee 
 to grant that by the merits and death of thy 
 Son Jesus Christ, and through faith in him, we, 
 and all thy whole Church, may obtain remission 
 

 
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 of our sins and all other benefits of his suffering. 
 And here we offer and present unto thee, O Lord, 
 our souls and bodies, to be a reasonable, holy, 
 and living sacrific unto thee; humbly beseeching 
 thee that we and all partakers of the holy com- 
 munion may be filled with thy grace and heav- 
 enly benediction. And although we are un- 
 worthy, through our manifold sins, to offer unto 
 thee any sacrifice; yet we beseech thee to accept 
 this our bounden duty and service; not weighing 
 our merits but pardoning our offenses, through 
 Jesus Christ our Lord: by whom and with 
 whom, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honor 
 and glory be unto thee, O Father Almighty, 
 world without end. Amen. 
 
 9 
 
 O merciful Father, we thank thee for thy 
 goodness to thy people in this place in per- 
 mitting them to remember their Lord and 
 Savior in this holy ordinance, and in feeding 
 them with the spiritual food of his most precious 
 body and blood. Continue to us thy loving- 
 kindness, and grant that as we have received 
 the Lord Jesus, we may walk in him, dying 
 daily unto sin and living unto righteousness, 
 through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
An Order for the Dedication of Children 
 
 ANNOUNCEMENT 
 
 In making previous announcement that this service ts 
 to be held, the Minister may conclude with the 
 following 
 
 Jesus said, Suffer the little children to 
 come unto me, and forbid them not; for to 
 such belongeth the Kingdom of God. 
 
 INVOCATION 
 
 { To be said by the Minister 
 
 In the name of the Father, and of the 
 Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. 
 
 THE ScrRIPTURE LESSON 
 
 Luke 2:22, 24, 39-52 
 
 And when the days of their purification 
 according to the law of Moses were fulfilled, 
 his parents brought Jesus up to Jerusalem, 
 to present him to the Lord, and to offer a 
 sacrifice according to that which is said in 
 the law of the Lord. . . . And when they had 
 accomplished all things that were according 
 to the law of the Lord, they returned to 
 Galilee, to their own city Nazareth. And 
 the child grew, and waxed strong, filled with 
 wisdom: and the grace of God was upon 
 him. And his parents went every year to 
 Jerusalem at the feast of the passover. 
 And when he was twelve years old they 
 
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 Dedication of Children 
 
 went up after the custom of the feast; and 
 when they had fulfilled the days, as they 
 were returning, the boy Jesus tarried behind 
 in Jerusalem; and his parents knew it not, 
 but supposing him to be in the company, 
 they went a day’s journey; and they sought 
 for him among their kinsfolk and acquain- 
 tance; and when they found him not they 
 returned to Jerusalem, seeking for him. 
 And it came to pass, after three days, they 
 found him in the temple, sitting in the midst 
 of the teachers, both hearing them and ask- 
 ing them questions: and all that heard him 
 were amazed at his understanding and his 
 answers. And when they saw him, they 
 were astonished; and his mother said unto 
 him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? 
 Behold thy father and I sought thee sorrow- 
 ing. And he said unto them, How is it that 
 ye sought me? Knew ye not that I must 
 be in my Father’s house? And they under- 
 stood not the saying which he spake unto 
 them. And he went down with them and 
 came to Nazareth; and he was subject unto 
 them; and his mother kept all these sayings 
 in her heart. And Jesus advanced in wis- 
 dom and stature, and in favor with God 
 and men. 
 
 Luke 18:15-17 
 
 And they were bringing unto him also 
 their babes, that he should touch them; but 
 when the disciples saw it, they rebuked 
 them. But Jesus called unto him, saying, 
 

 
 Dedication of Children 109 
 
 
 
 Suffer the little children to come unto me, 
 and forbic them not: for to such belongeth 
 the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto 
 you, Whosoever shall not receive the king- 
 dom of God as a little child, he shall in no 
 wise enter therein. 
 
 VoWS OF THE PARENTS 
 
 | The parents, with the child, shall then stand before 
 the Minister, who shall ask these questions, to each 
 of which the parents shall make answer 
 
 Minister: Do you now present this your 
 child to Almighty God your heavenly 
 Fathe1, earnestly desiring that he shall 
 grow up into faith and love toward Jesus 
 Christ our Lord, and into the service of his 
 Kingdom? 
 
 Parents: I do. 
 
 Minister: Do you promise to instruct 
 your child in the principles of true religion 
 as contained in the Scriptures, to pray with 
 him and for him, and to bring him up in 
 the nurture and admonition of the Lord? 
 
 Parents: I do. 
 
 PRAYER FOR THE PARENTS 
 
 {| Let the Minister then offer prayer for the parents, as 
 follows 
 Grant, O Lord, to these thy servants, 
 grace to perform the things which they have 
 promised before thee. May they so yield 
 their own lives to the illumination and 
 guidance of thy Spirit, that they may be 
 

 
 110 Dedication of Children 
 
 able to lead this child, whom they now 
 dedicate to thee, into fulness of faith in 
 Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 PRAYER FOR THE CHILD 
 
 Then let the Minister ask the name of the child, and 
 on being told the same by one of the parents, offer 
 prayer on its behalf 
 
 Minister: What is the name of this 
 child? 
 
 Parent: M. N. 
 
 Minister: Let us pray. 
 
 Most holy and merciful Father, from 
 whom every family in heaven and in earth 
 is named, hear thou, we beseech thee, the 
 prayer which we offer on behalf of this 
 child M. N. We thank thee that thou lovest 
 the little children, and that thou hast taught 
 us that it is only by possessing the trustful 
 and humble hearts of little children, that 
 we can find entrance into thy heavenly 
 Kingdom. Bless this little child brought 
 into thy courts to-day. Preserve him from 
 every evil of body and mind and soul. 
 When the choices of life shall present them- 
 selves to Ais awakening mind, give him 
 grace to abhor the evil and cleave to that 
 which is good. Above all, may he come to 
 love our Lord Jesus Christ,°to believe in 
 Him, to follow Him into the waters of 
 baptism, to serve Him in the Church and 
 in the world, and by repentance and faith 
 ever to walk with Him in perpetual newness 
 
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 Dedication of Children 111 
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 of life, until he come into the full stature 
 of our perfect humanity in Christ Jesus. 
 Overtake him with thy goodness all the 
 days of this life. Be thou his help in temp- 
 tation, his comfort in sorrow, his physician 
 in sickness, his light in the darkness, and 
 his comrade in joy. And finally, when the 
 days of his pilgrimage are ended, receive 
 him to thyself and make him to be num- 
 bered with thy saints in glory everlasting, 
 through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 PRESENTATION OF GIFTS 
 
 | Here, if convenient, it is fitting that the Minister 
 should deliver to the parents a copy of the Holy 
 Scriptures, suitably inscribed, as a gift from the 
 Church, for the use of the child when he shall grow 
 old enough to read therein. The Minister may also, 
 if he will, place in the hand of the child a cluster 
 of three white flowers, as a symbol of the Holy 
 Trinity 
 
 Tue Lorp’s PRAYER 
 
 {| Let all present stand 
 
 Our Father who 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 debts, as we forgive our 
 debtors. And lead us not into temptation, 
 But deliver us from evil. For thine is the 
 Kingdom, and the power and the glory for 
 ever. Amen. 
 
112 Dedication of Children 
 
 BENEDICTION 
 
 q If the service is to conclude at this point, and be not 
 part of another service, a Benediction may be 
 pronounced 
 
 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and 
 the love of God, and the communion of the 
 Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 
 
 SILENT PRAYER 
 
An Order for the Solemniszation of 
 HMatrimonp 
 
 INVOCATION 
 
 | The persons to be married shall present themselves 
 before the Minister, the Woman standing at the left 
 hand of the Man. Then, all present reverently 
 standing, the Minister shall begin with this Invo- 
 cation 
 In the name of the Father, and of the 
 Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. 
 
 ADDRESS 
 
 7 The Minister shall address those present in this 
 manner* 
 
 Dearly beloved, we are assembled here in 
 the presence of God, to join this Man and 
 this Woman in holy Marriage; which is 
 instituted of God, regulated by his com- 
 mandments, blessed by our Lord Jesus 
 Christ, and to be held in honor among all 
 men. Let us therefore reverently remember 
 that God has established and_ sanctified 
 Marriage, for the welfare and happiness of 
 mankind. Our Savior has declared that 
 a man shall forsake his father and mother 
 and cleave unto his wife. By his apostles, 
 he has instructed those who enter into this 
 relation to cherish a mutual esteem and 
 
 *The service from this point quotes the text of the 
 Order for the Solemnization of Marriage in “The Book 
 of Common Worship,” copyrighted by the Trustees of 
 the Presbyterian Board of Publication, and is used by 
 their permission. 
 
 113 
 

 
 114 HMlarriage Berbice 
 
 love; to bear with each other’s infirmities 
 and weaknesses; to comfort each other in 
 sickness, trouble and sorrow;. in honesty 
 and industry to provide for each other, and 
 for their household in temporal things; to 
 pray for and encourage each other in the 
 things which pertain to God; and to live 
 together as the heirs of the grace of life. 
 Forasmuch as these two Persons have 
 come hither to be made one in this holy 
 estate, if there be any here present who 
 knows any just cause why they may not 
 lawfully be joined in Marriage, I require 
 him now to make it known, or ever after to 
 ~ hold his peace. 
 
 THE CHARGE 
 
 { The Minister shall then charge the persons who are to 
 be married, as follows 
 I charge you both, before the great God 
 the Searcher of all hearts, that if either of 
 you know any impediment, why ye may not 
 lawfully be joined together in Marriage, ye 
 do now confess it. For be ye well assured 
 that if any persons are joined together 
 otherwise than as God’s Word allows, their 
 union is not blessed by him. 
 
 PRAYER 
 
 { No impediment appearing, this prayer may be offered 
 
 Almighty and ever blessed God, whose 
 Presence is the happiness of every condi- 
 tion, and whose favor sweetens every rela- 
 
HMarriage Herbice 115 
 
 tion; We beseech thee to be present and 
 favorable unto these thy servants, that 
 they may be truly joined in the honorable 
 estate of Marriage, in the covenant of their 
 God. As Thou hast brought them together 
 by Thy providence, sanctify them by Thy 
 Spirit, giving them a new frame of heart fit 
 for their new estate; and enrich them with 
 all grace, whereby they may enjoy the com- 
 forts, undergo the cares, endure the trials, 
 and perform the duties of life together as 
 becometh Christians, under Thy heavenly 
 guidance and protection; through our Lord 
 Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
 THE Vows 
 q Let the Minister ask of the Man this Vow 
 
 M—, wilt thou have this Woman to be 
 thy wife, and wilt thou pledge thy troth to 
 her, in all love and honor, in all duty and 
 service, in all faith and tenderness, to live 
 with her, and cherish her, according to the 
 ordinance of God, in the holy bond of Mar- 
 riage? 
 
 § The Man shall answer 
 
 I will. 
 
 { Then let the Minister ask of the Woman this Vow 
 
 N—, wilt thou have this Man to be thy 
 husband, and wilt thou pledge thy troth to 
 him, in all love and honor, in all duty and 
 service, in all faith and tenderness, to live 
 
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 116 Marriage Serbice 
 
 
 
 
 
 with him, and cherish him, according to the 
 ordinance of God, in the holy bond of Mar- 
 riage? | 
 
 { The Woman shall answer 
 
 I will. 
 
 | Then the Minister may say 
 
 Who giveth this Woman to be married to 
 this Man? 
 
 { Then the father of the Woman, or some other sutt- 
 able person, shall put her right hand into the hand 
 of the Minister, who shall cause the Man with his 
 right hand to take the Woman by her right hand 
 and say after him 
 
 I, M. take thee N., To be my wedded wife; 
 And I do promise and covenant, Before God 
 and these witnesses, To be thy loving and 
 faithful huband, In plenty and in want, In 
 joy and in sorrow, In sickness and in health, 
 As long as we both shall live. 
 
 q{ Then shall they loose their hands; and the Woman 
 with her right hand taking the Man by his right 
 hand, shall likewise say after the Minister 
 
 I, N. take thee M., To be my wedded 
 husband; And I do promise and covenant, 
 Before God and these witnesses, To be thy 
 loving and faithful wife, In plenty and in 
 want, In joy and in sorrow, In sickness and 
 in health, As long as we both shall live. 
 
 I Then, if a Ring be provided, it shall be given to the 
 Minister, who shall return it to the Man, who shall 
 

 
 Slarriage Herbice 117 
 
 
 
 Nae put it upon the fourth finger of the Woman’s 
 left hand, saying after the Minister 
 
 This Ring I give thee, In token and 
 pledge, Of our constant faith, And abiding 
 love. 
 
 PRAYER 
 
 { This Prayer may then be offered, the Minister asking 
 those present to join in the Lord’s Prayer follawing 
 
 Most merciful and gracious God, of 
 whom the whole family in heaven and earth 
 is named; Bestow upon these thy servants 
 the seal of thine approval, and thy fatherly 
 benediction: granting unto them grace to 
 fulfill, with pure and steadfast devotion, the 
 vow and covenant between them made. 
 Guide them together, we beseech thee, in the 
 way of righteousness and peace, that loving 
 and serving thee, with one heart and mind, 
 all the days of their life, they may be 
 abundantly enriched with the tokens of 
 thine everlasting favor, in Jesus Christ our 
 Lord. Amen. 
 
 Our Father which 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 
 forgive us our debts, As we forgive our 
 debtors. And lead us not into temptation, 
 But deliver us from evil: For thine is the 
 kingdom, and the power and the glory, for 
 ever. Amen. 
 

 
 118 HMarriage Herbice 
 
 
 
 THE DECLARATION 
 
 {| Let the Minister then make this Declaration to those 
 present 
 By the authority committed unto me as 
 a Minister of the Church of Christ, I de- 
 clare that M. and N. are now Husband and 
 Wife, according to the ordinance of God, 
 and the law of the State: in the Name of 
 the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy 
 Ghost. Amen. 
 
 { Then, causing the Husband and Wife to join their 
 right hands, he may add this Warning 
 Whom therefore God hath joined together, 
 let no man put asunder. 
 
 BENEDICTION 
 
 {And the Minister shall pronounce this Blessing 
 
 The Lord bless you and keep you: The 
 Lord make his face to shine upon you and 
 be gracious unto you: 
 
 The Lord lift up his countenance upon 
 you and give you peace: 
 
 Both now and in the life everlasting. 
 Amen. 
 
An @rder for the Burial of Members of 
 the Church 
 
 INVOCATION 
 
 { When all are assembled in the Church or in the 
 home, let the Minister begin the Service with the 
 following Invocation 
 
 In the name of the Father, and of the 
 Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. 
 
 OPENING SENTENCES 
 
 | Let the Minster read such of the following sentences 
 from the Scripture, as he shall deem suitable 
 
 Our help is in the name of Jehovah, who 
 made heaven and earth. 
 
 All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness 
 thereof is as the flower of the field. The 
 grass withereth, the flower fadeth, but the 
 word of our God shall stand for ever. 
 
 We know that if the earthly house of our 
 tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building 
 from God, a house not made with hands, 
 eternal, in the heavens. 
 
 Our Savior Jesus Christ hath abolished 
 death, and brought life and immortality to 
 hight through the Gospel. 
 
 I am the Resurrection and the Life, saith 
 the Lord; he that believeth on me, though 
 he die, yet shall he live; and whosoever 
 liveth and believeth on me shall never die. 
 
 Jehovah gave and Jehovah hath taken 
 away; blessed be the name of Jehovah. 
 
 119 
 

 
 Burial Serbice 
 
 
 
 Ye know not what shall be on the mor- 
 row, What is your life? For ye are a 
 vapor that appeareth for a little time and 
 then vanisheth away. 
 
 We are strangers before thee and so- 
 journers, as all our fathers were; our days 
 on the earth are as a shadow, and there 
 is no abiding. 
 
 We brought nothing into this world, 
 SAA, neither can we carry anything out. 
 
 None of us liveth unto himself and none 
 of us dieth unto himself; for whether we 
 live, we live unto the Lord, or whether we 
 die, we die unto the Lord; whether we live 
 therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s, for to 
 this end, Christ died and rose and revived, 
 that he might be Lord, both of the dead 
 and of the living. 
 
 Let your loins be girded about, and your 
 lights burning; and be ye yourselves like 
 unto men that wait for their lord, when he 
 will return from the wedding; that when he 
 cometh and knocketh, they may open unto 
 him immediately. 
 
 I have fought the good fight, I have 
 finished my course, I have kept the faith. 
 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown 
 of righteousness, which the Lord, the Right- 
 eous Judge, shall give to me at that day— 
 and not to me only, but also to all them 
 that have loved his appearing. 
 
 Let me die the death of the righteous, 
 and let my last end be like his! 
 

 
 Burial Serbice 121 
 
 
 
 Precious in the sight of the Lord is the 
 death of his saints. 
 
 Blessed are the dead which die in the 
 Lord, from henceforth; yea, saith the 
 Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; 
 and their works do follow them. 
 
 I know him whom I have believed, and 
 I am persuaded that he is able to guard that 
 which I have committed unto him against 
 that day. 
 
 Weep not,. saith the Lord, the child is not 
 dead, but sleepeth. 
 
 I say unto you that in heaven their 
 angels do always behold the face of my 
 Father who is in heaven. 
 
 If we believe that Jesus died and rose 
 again, even so them also who sleep in Jesus, 
 will God bring with him. 
 
 Verily, verily I say unto you, The hour 
 cometh and now is, when the dead shall 
 hear the voice of the Son of God, and they 
 that hear shall live. 
 
 Who shall separate us from the love of 
 Christ? Shall tribulation or anguish, or 
 persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or 
 peril or sword? Nay, in all these things we 
 are more than conquerors through him that 
 loved us. For I am persuaded that neither 
 death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, 
 nor things present nor things to come, nor 
 powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any 
 other creature, shall be able to separate us 
 
122 
 
 Burial Serbice 
 
 from the love of God, which is in Christ 
 Jesus our Lord. | , 
 
 Now hath Christ been raised from the 
 dead, the first-fruits of them that are asleep. 
 
 O death, where is thy sting? O death, 
 where is thy victory? Thanks be to God, 
 who giveth us the victory through our Lord 
 Jesus Christ. 
 
 PRAYER 
 
 Let the Minister then offer one of. the following 
 
 prayers, and let tt be followed by the general saying 
 of the Lord’s Prayer, by those present 
 
 Almighty and most merciful God, the 
 consolation of the sorrowful and the sup- 
 port of the weary, who dost not willingly 
 grieve or afflict the children of men: look 
 down in tender love and pity, we beseech 
 thee, upon thy servants, this bereaved 
 household, whose joy is turned into mourn- 
 ing; so that while they mourn they may not 
 murmur, and in their perplexity they may 
 not despair. According to thy great mercy, 
 be pleased to uphold, strengthen, and com- 
 fort them; that they may not faint under 
 thy fatherly chastening but find in thee 
 their strength and refuge; through Jesus 
 Christ our Lord. 
 
 Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who 
 art our Refuge and Strength, and a very 
 present Help in time of trouble; enable us, 
 we pray thee, to put our trust in thee, and 
 

 
 Burial Serbice 123 
 
 
 
 seeing we have an High Priest who is 
 touched with the feeling of our infirmities, 
 may we come boldly unto the throne of 
 grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find 
 grace to help in this time of need: through 
 Jesus Christ our Lord. 
 
 Our Father who 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 debts as we forgive our 
 debtors. And lead us not into temptation, 
 but deliver us from evil. For thine is the 
 Kingdom and the power and the glory for 
 ever. Amen. 
 
 Outp TESTAMENT LESSON 
 
 qj Let the Minister then read a Lesson from the Old 
 Testament, using, if he will, one of the following 
 passages. And note that other suitable lessons from 
 the Old Testament may be found in Psalm 90; Job 
 14:1-15 and 19:25-27b ; Prov. 31:10-31 (for the death 
 of an aged mother) ; II Sam. 12:18-23 (for the death 
 of a child); Eccl. 12:1-7, 13, 14 (for the death of a 
 young person) 
 
 Psalm 23 
 
 Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. 
 
 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; 
 
 He leadeth me beside still waters. 
 
 He restoreth my soul: 
 
 He guideth me in the paths of righteousness 
 for his name’s sake. 
 
 Yea, though I walk through the valley of 
 the shadow of death, 
 

 
 124 
 
 Burial Serbice 
 
 
 
 I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; 
 
 Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. 
 
 Thou preparest a table before me in the 
 presence of mine enemies: 
 
 Thou hast anointed my head with oil; 
 
 My cup runneth over. 
 
 Surely goodness and lovingkindness shall 
 follow me all the days of my life; 
 
 And I shall dwell in the house of Jehovah 
 forever. ; 
 
 Psalm 91 
 
 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the 
 Most High 
 
 Shall abide under the shadow of the Al- 
 mighty. 
 
 I will say of Jehovah, He is my refuge and 
 my fortress; 
 
 My God, in whom I trust. 
 
 For he will deliver thee from the snare of 
 the fowler, 
 
 And from the deadly pestilence. 
 
 He will cover thee with his pinions, 
 
 And under his wings shalt thou take refuge: 
 
 His truth is a shield and a buckler. 
 
 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by 
 night, ' 
 
 Nor for the arrow that flieth by day; 
 
 For the pestilence that walketh in darkness, 
 
 Nor for the destruction that wasteth at 
 noonday. 
 
 A thousand shall fall at thy side, 
 
 And ten thousand at thy right hand; 
 
Burtal Serbice 125 
 
 But it shall not come nigh thee. 
 
 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold, 
 
 And see the reward of the wicked. 
 
 For thou, O Jehovah, art my refuge! 
 
 Thou hast made the Most High thy habi- 
 tation ; 
 
 There shall no evil befall thee, 
 
 Neither shall any plague come nigh thy 
 tent. 
 
 For he will give his angels charge over thee, 
 
 To keep thee in all thy ways. 
 
 They shall bear thee up in their hands, 
 
 Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. 
 
 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: 
 
 The young lion and the serpent shalt thou 
 trample under foot. 
 
 Because-he hath set his love upon me, there- 
 fore will I deliver him: 
 
 I will set him on high, because he hath 
 known my name. 
 
 He shall call upon me, and I will answer 
 him; 
 
 I will be with him in trouble: 
 
 I will deliver him, and honor him. 
 
 With long life will I satisfy him, 
 
 And show him my salvation. 
 
 Psalm 103:1-18 
 
 Bless Jehovah, O my soul; 
 
 And all that is within me, bless his holy 
 name. 
 
 Bless Jehovah, O my soul, 
 
 And forget not all his benefits: 
 
 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; 
 
126 
 
 Burial Serbice 
 
 Who healeth all thy diseases; 
 
 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; 
 
 Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and 
 tender mercies; 7 
 
 Who satisfieth thy desire with good things, 
 
 So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle. 
 
 Jehovah executeth righteous acts, 
 
 And judgments for all that are oppressed. 
 
 He made known his ways unto Moses, 
 
 His doings unto the children of Israel. 
 
 Jehovah is merciful and gracious, 
 
 Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkind- 
 ness. 
 
 He will not always chide; 
 
 Neither will he keep his anger for ever. 
 
 He hath not dealt with us after our sins, 
 
 Nor rewarded us after our iniquities. 
 
 For as the heavens are high above the earth 
 
 So great is his lovingkindness toward them 
 that fear him. 
 
 As far as the east is from the west, 
 
 So far hath he removed our transgressions 
 from us. 
 
 Like as a father pitieth his children, 
 
 So Jehovah pitieth them that fear him. 
 
 For he knoweth our frame; 
 
 He remembereth that we are dust. 
 
 As for man, his days are as grass; 
 
 As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. 
 
 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; 
 
 And the place thereof shall know it no more. 
 
 But the lovingkindness of Jehovah is from 
 everlasting :to everlasting upon them that 
 fear him, 
 
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 Burtal Herbice 127 
 a NS eee: 
 
 And his righteousness unto children’s chil- 
 dren; 
 To such as keep his covenant, 
 And to those that remember his precepts to 
 do them. 
 } GLORIA 
 After any reading from the Psalms, it is appropriate 
 that the Gloria Patri be said or sung 
 Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, 
 and to the Holy Ghost. 
 As it was in the beginning, is now, and 
 ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 
 
 HyMN 
 {If desired, a hymn or anthem may here be sung 
 
 New TESTAMENT LESSON 
 
 ] Let the Minister then read a lesson from the New 
 Testament, using, if he will, one of the following 
 passages, and before the reading let him say, Hear 
 the words of the New Testament, written for our 
 admonition and comfort. And note that other 
 suitable lessons may be found in Luke 7:11-16 and 
 John 11:32-44 (for the death of a young man) 
 
 John 14:1, 2, 15-20, 25-27; I Thess. 4:13, 14; 
 
 o:1, 2, 4-11 
 
 Let not your heart be troubled: believe 
 in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s 
 house are many mansions; if it were not 
 so, I would have told you; for I go to 
 prepare a place for you. If ye love me, ye 
 will keep my commandments. And I will 
 pray the Father and he shall give you 
 another Comforter, that he may be with 
 you for ever, even the Spirit of truth: 
 whom the world cannot receive; for it be- 
 

 
 128 
 
 Burial Serbice 
 
 
 
 holdeth him not, neither knoweth him: ye 
 know him; for he abideth with you, and 
 shall be in you. I will not leave you deso- 
 late: I come unto you. Yet a little while 
 and the world beholdeth me no more; but 
 ye behold me: because I live, ye shall live 
 also. In that day ye shall know that I am 
 in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. 
 These things have I spoken unto you, while 
 yet abiding with you. But the Comforter, 
 even the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will 
 send in my name, he shall teach you all 
 things, and bring to your remembrance all 
 that I said unto you. Peace I leave with 
 you; my peace I give unto you: not as the 
 world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your 
 heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful. 
 
 But we would not have you ignorant, 
 brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; 
 that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who 
 have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus 
 died and rose again, even so them also that 
 are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring 
 with him. But concerning the times and 
 the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that 
 aught be written unto you. For yourselves 
 know perfectly that the day of the Lord so 
 cometh as a thief in the night. But ye, 
 brethren, are not in darkness that that day 
 should overtake you as a thief: for ye are 
 all sons of light, and sons of the day: we 
 are not of the night, nor of darkness; so 
 then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let 
 

 
 Burial Serbice 129 
 
 us watch and be sober. For they that sleep, 
 sleep in the night; and they that are 
 drunken are drunken in the night. But let 
 us, since we are of the day, be sober, put- 
 ting on the breastplate of faith and love; 
 and for a helmet, the hope of salvation. 
 For God appointed us not unto wrath, but 
 unto the obtaining of salvation through our 
 Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that, 
 whether we wake or sleep, we should live 
 together with him. Wherefore exhort one 
 another, and build each other up, even as 
 also ye do. 
 
 I Cor. 15:12-28, 35-44a, 54-58 
 
 Now if Christ is preached that he hath 
 been raised from the dead, how say some 
 among you that there is no resurrection of 
 the dead? But if there is no resurrection 
 of the dead, neither hath Christ been raised: 
 and if Christ hath not been raised, then is 
 our preaching vain, your faith also is vain. 
 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of ~ 
 God; because we witnessed of God that he 
 raised up Christ; whom he raised not up, 
 if so be that the dead are not raised. For 
 if the dead are not raised, neither hath 
 Christ been raised: and if Christ hath not 
 been raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet 
 in your sins. Then they also that are fallen 
 asleep in Christ have perished. If we have 
 only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of 
 all men most pitiable. 
 
 But now hath Christ been raised from the 
 
130 
 
 Burial Serbice 
 
 
 
 dead, the first-fruits of them that are asleep. 
 For since by man came death, by man came 
 also the resurrection of the dead. For as 
 in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all 
 be made alive. But each in his own order: 
 Christ the first-fruits; then they that are 
 Christ’s, at his coming. Then cometh the 
 end, when he shall deliver up the kingdom 
 to God, even the Father; when he shall have 
 abolished all rule and all authority and 
 power. For he must reign, till he hath put 
 all his enemies under his feet. The last 
 enemy that shall be abolished is death. For, 
 He shall put all things in subjection under 
 his feet. But when he saith, All things are 
 put in subjection, it is evident that he is 
 excepted who did subject all things unto 
 him. And when all things have been sub- 
 jected unto him, then shail the Son also 
 himself be subjected unto him that did 
 subject all things unto him, that God may 
 be all in all. . 
 
 But some one will say, How are the dead 
 raised? and with what manner of body do 
 they come? Thou foolish one, that which 
 thou thyself sowest is not quickened except 
 it die: and that which thou sowest, thou 
 sowest not the body that shall be, but a 
 bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of 
 some other kind; but God giveth it a body 
 even as it pleased him, and to each seed a 
 body of its own. All flesh is not the same 
 flesh: but there is one flesh of men, and 
 another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of 
 

 
 Burial Herbice 131 
 
 birds, and another of fishes. There are also 
 celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but 
 the glory of the celestial is one, and the 
 glory of the terrestrial is another. There is 
 one glory of the sun, and another glory of 
 the moon, and another glory of the stars; 
 for one star differeth from another star in 
 glory. So also is the resurrection of the 
 dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised 
 in incorruption: it is sown in dishonor; it 
 is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; 
 it is raised in power: it is sown a natural 
 body; it is raised a spiritual body. 
 
 - But when this corruptible shall have put 
 on incorruption, and this mortal shall have 
 put on immortality, then shall come to pass. 
 the saying that is written, Death is swal- 
 lowed up in victory. O death, where is 
 thy sting? O death, where is thy victory? 
 The sting of death is sin; and the power 
 of sin is the law: but thanks be to God, 
 who giveth us the victory through our 
 Lord Jesus Christ. Wherefore, my beloved 
 brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, al- 
 ways abounding in the work of the Lord, 
 forasmuch as ye know that your labor is 
 not vain in the Lord. 
 
 Rev. 14:13; 21:1-8; 22:1-5 
 And I heard a voice from heaven saying, 
 Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the 
 Lord from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, 
 
 that they may rest from their labors; for 
 their works follow with them. 
 

 
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 And I saw a new heaven and a new 
 earth: for the first heaven and the first 
 earth are passed away; and the sea is no 
 more. And I saw the holy city, new Jeru- 
 salem, coming down out of heaven from 
 God, made ready as a bride adorned for 
 her husband. And I heard a great voice 
 out of the throne saying, Behold, the taber- 
 nacle of God is with men, and he shall 
 dwell with them, and they shall be his 
 peoples, and God himself shall be with 
 them, and be their God: and he shall wipe 
 away every tear from their eyes; and death 
 shall be no more; neither shall there be 
 mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: 
 the first things are passed away. And he 
 that sitteth on the throne said, Behold, I 
 make all things new. And he saith, Write: 
 for these words are faithful and true. And 
 he said unto me, They are come to pass. 
 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the begin- 
 ning and the end. I will give unto him that 
 is athirst, of the fountain of the water of 
 life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit 
 these things; and I will be his God, and he 
 shall be my son. But for the fearful, and 
 unbelieving, and abominable, and murder- 
 ers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and 
 idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be 
 in the lake that burneth with fire and 
 brimstone; which is the second death. 
 
 And he showed me a river of water of 
 life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the 
 throne of God and of the Lamb, in the 
 
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 midst of the street thereof. And on this 
 side of the river and on that was the 
 _ tree of life, bearing twelve manner of fruits, 
 yielding its fruit every month: and the 
 leaves of the tree were for the healing of 
 the nations. And there shall be no curse 
 any more: and the throne of God and of 
 the Lamb shall be therein: and his servants 
 shall serve him; and they shall see his face; 
 and his name shall be on their foreheads. 
 And there shall be night no more; and they 
 need no light of lamp, neither light of sun; 
 for the Lord God shall give them light: and 
 they shall reign for ever and ever. 
 
 Mk. 10:138-16; Rev. 22:4; 7:16-17 
 (For the death of a child) 
 
 And they were bringing unto him, little 
 children, that he should touch them: and 
 the disciples rebuked them. But when 
 Jesus saw it, he was moved with indigna- 
 tion, and said unto them, Suffer the little 
 children to come unto me; forbid them not: 
 for to such belongeth the kingdom of God. 
 Verily, I say unto you, whosoever shall not 
 receive the kingdom of God as a little child, 
 he shall in no wise enter therein. And he 
 took them in his arms, and blessed them, 
 laying his hands upon them. 
 
 And they shall see his face; and his name 
 shall be in their foreheads. 
 
 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst 
 any more; neither shall the sun strike upon 
 them, nor any heat: for the Lamb that is 
 
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 in the midst of the throne shall be their 
 shepherd, and shall guide them unto foun- 
 tains of waters of life: and God shall wipe 
 
 away every tear from their eyes. | 
 
 ADDRESS 
 q A brief address may here be made, if it be thought 
 desirable 
 PRAYER 
 
 q After the address, prayer should be offered, either 
 extemporaneously or by the use of one of the 
 following prayers 
 
 For Consolation of Faith 
 
 O God of all consolation, Father of our 
 dear Lord Jesus Christ, Friend closer than 
 any brother, whose Spirit mingles with our 
 spirits: Thou alone canst comfort us in our 
 affliction. Lighten our darkness, we beseech 
 Thee, and still our unquiet hearts with Thy 
 sweet words of peace. Teach us that all 
 the truth and grace which we have this day 
 lost in him from whom we are parted, we 
 shall find in him again, enriched and sanc- 
 tified, in Thy holy presence. Amid so much 
 of change and confusion and mortality, may 
 we in this hour lay hold on the immortal 
 and the enduring. May we know that faith 
 will never die; that hope shall never be put 
 to shame; that love never faileth. May we 
 know that nothing whatever of the beauty 
 or strength or affection or holiness which 
 we saw in him whom we have loved and 
 lost awhile, has ceased to be. Rather may 
 

 
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 our troubled and broken hearts be assured 
 and set to rest in Thee, certain that the 
 constant faith, unconquerable hope and 
 deathless love which were his, and which 
 we crave may be ours also, will come to 
 glorious consummation in fulness of joy 
 when he and we shall stand together at Thy 
 right hand through Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
 For Right Use of Affliction 
 
 O God, whose days are without end, and 
 whose mercies cannot be numbered; make 
 us, we beseech Thee, deeply sensible of the 
 shortness and uncertainty of human life; 
 and let Thy Holy Spirit lead us through 
 this present world in holiness and righteous- 
 ness all the days of our lives; that when we 
 shall have served Thee in our generation, 
 we. may be gathered unto our fathers, hav- 
 ing the testimony of a good conscience; in 
 the communion of thy holy Church; in the 
 confidence of a certain faith; in the comfort 
 of a reasonable, religious and holy hope; 
 in favor with Thee our God, and in perfect 
 charity with the world. All which we ask 
 through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 Presence of Christ 
 
 O Lord Jesus Christ, who Thyself didst 
 weep beside the grave, and art touched with 
 the feeling of our sorrows: fulfil now Thy 
 promise that Thou wilt not leave Thy peo- 
 ple comfortless, but wilt come to them. 
 
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 May we who cannot see Thee with the eye 
 of flesh, behold Thee steadfastly with the 
 eye of faith. Reveal Thyself unto Thine 
 afflicted servants, and cause us to hear Thee. 
 saying, “I am the Resurrection and the 
 Life.’ Help us, O Lord, to turn to Thee 
 with true discernment, and to abide in Thee 
 through living faith: that, finding now the 
 comfort of Thy presence, we have also a 
 sure confidence in Thee for all that is 
 to come: until the day break and these 
 shadows flee away. Hear us for Thy great 
 mercy’s sake, O Jesus Christ our Lord. 
 Amen. 
 
 For Grace to Follow Christ 
 
 O Lord Jesus Christ, who by Thy death 
 didst take away the sting of death; grant 
 unto us Thy servants so to follow in faith 
 where Thou hast led the way, that we 
 may at length fall asleep peacefully in 
 Thee, and awake after Thy likeness; 
 through Thy mercy, who livest with the 
 Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, world 
 without end. Amen. 
 
 For Us Who Still Live 
 
 Blessed are all Thy saints, our God and 
 King, who have traveled over the tempestu- 
 ous sea of mortality, and have at last made 
 the desired port of peace and felicity. Oh, 
 cast a gracious eye upon us who are still in 
 our dangerous voyage. Remember and suc- 
 
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 cor us in our distress, and think on them 
 that. be exposed to the rough storms of 
 troubles and temptations. Strengthen our 
 weakness, that we may do valiantly in this 
 spiritual war; help us against our own neg- 
 ligence and cowardice, and defend us from 
 the treachery of our unfaithful hearts. We 
 are exceeding frail and indisposed to every 
 gallant and virtuous undertaking. Grant, 
 O Lord, that we may bring our vessel 
 safe into our desired haven, through Jesus 
 Christ. Amen. 
 
 Thanksgiving for the Righteous Dead 
 
 We thank Thee for the dear and faithful 
 dead, for those who have made the distant 
 heavens a home for us, and whose truth 
 and beauty are even now in our hearts. One 
 by one Thou dost gather the scattered 
 families out of the earthly light into the 
 heavenly glory, from the distractions and 
 strife and weariness of time to the peace of 
 eternity. We thank Thee for the labors 
 and joys of these mortal years. We thank 
 Thee for our deep sense of the mysteries 
 that lie behind our dust, and for the eye 
 of faith which Thou hast opened for all 
 who believe in Thy Son, to behold through 
 the dark present the shining future. May 
 we live altogether in Thy faith and love, 
 and in that hope which is full of immor- 
 tality, until for us also the day shall break 
 in glory, through the grace of Jesus Christ 
 our Savior. Amen. 
 
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 For Support During Life 
 
 O Lord, support us all day long of this 
 troublous life, until the shadows lengthen, 
 and the evening comes, and the busy world 
 is hushed, and the fever of life is over, and 
 our work is done. Then in Thy great 
 mercy grant us a safe lodging and a holy 
 rest, and peace at last; through Jesus Christ, 
 our Lord. Amen. 
 
 BENEDICTION 
 
 The Minister shall then pronounce a Benediction 
 
 upon all those present, as follows 
 
 The peace of God which passeth all under- 
 standing, keep your hearts and minds in 
 the knowledge and love of God, and of His 
 Son Jesus Christ our Lord; and the blessing 
 of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and 
 the Holy Spirit, be amongst you and remain 
 with you always. Amen. 
 
 THE CoMMITTAL 
 
 ] When the company have come to the place of burial, 
 
 while the coffin ts being made ready to be lowered, 
 the Minister may read any of the Scripture Sen- 
 tences (p. 119) not heretofore read, or the words of 
 the following ancient hymn 
 
 In the midst of life we are in death: of 
 whom may we seek for succor, but of Thee, 
 O Lord, who for our sins most justly art 
 displeased? 
 
 Yet O Lord God most holy, O Lord most 
 mighty, O holy and most merciful Savior, 
 
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 deliver us not unto the bitter pains of eter- 
 nal death. 
 
 Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our 
 hearts; shut not Thy merciful ears to our 
 prayer; but spare us Lord most holy, O 
 God most mighty, O holy and merciful 
 Savior, Thou most werthy Judge Eternal, 
 suffer us not at our last hour, for any pains 
 of death, to fall from Thee! 
 
 { Then, while the coffin is lowered into the grave and 
 earth is cast upon it by some one standing by, the 
 Minister shall utter the following Words of Com- 
 mittal 
 
 Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty 
 God to take out of the world the soul of 
 our brother departed (or of this child), we 
 therefore commit his body to the ground; 
 earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; 
 remembering the good word of promise, 
 that if the earthly house of our tabernacle 
 be dissolved, we have a building from God, 
 a house not made with hands, eternal, in 
 the heavens; through our Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 § The Minister may then offer this Prayer, with the 
 Benediction following 
 
 O merciful God, the Father of our Lord 
 
 Jesus Christ, who is the Resurrection and 
 
 the Life; in whom whosoever believeth shall 
 
 live, though he die, and whosoever liveth 
 
 and believeth in Him shall not die eter- 
 
 nally: we humbly beseech Thee, O Father, 
 
 to raise us from the death of sin to the 
 
 life of righteousness; that when we shall 
 

 
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 depart this life, we may rest in Him; and 
 that at the Resurrection we may be found 
 acceptable in Thy sight, and receive that 
 blessing which Thy well-beloved Son shall 
 then pronounce to all that love and serve 
 Thee, saying, Come, ye blessed children of 
 my Father, receive the kingdom prepared 
 for you from the beginning of the world; 
 grant this, we beseech Thee, O merciful 
 Father, through Jesus Christ, our Mediator 
 and Redeemer. Amen. 
 
 Now the God of Peace, who brought 
 again from the dead the great Shepherd of 
 the Sheep, with the blood of an eternal 
 covenant, even our Lord Jesus, make you 
 perfect in every good thing to do His will, 
 working in you that which is well pleasing 
 in His sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom 
 be the glory for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
Gn Order for the Burial of Those Who 
 Have Lived Apart from the Church 
 
 INVOCATION 
 
 §] When all are assembled in the home, the Minister 
 may begin the service with the following invocation 
 In the name of the Father, and of the 
 
 Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. 
 
 OPENING SENTENCES 
 
 q{ Let the Minister read such of the following senterces 
 from the Scriptures as he shall deem suitable 
 
 Our help is in the name of Jehovah, who 
 made heaven and earth. 
 
 Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou 
 knowest not what a day may bring forth. 
 
 All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness 
 thereof is as the flower of the field. The 
 grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the 
 word of our God shall stand for ever. 
 
 Let your loins be girded about, and your 
 lights burning. And be ye yourselves like 
 unto men that wait for their lord, when he 
 will return from the wedding; that when he 
 cometh and knocketh, they may open unto 
 him immediately. 
 
 Verily, verily I say unto you, The hour 
 cometh and now is, when the dead shall 
 hear the voice of the Son of God: and they 
 that hear shall live. 
 
 Our Savior Jesus Christ hath abolished 
 death, and brought life and immortality to 
 light through the gospel. 
 
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 Jehovah gave, and Jehovah hath taken 
 away; blessed be the name of Jehovah. 
 
 PRAYER 
 
 Q Let the Minister then offer one of the following 
 prayers, and let it be followed by the general say- 
 ing of the Lord’s Prayer, by those present 
 
 - Almighty God, the Fountain of all wis- 
 dom, who knowest our necessities before we 
 ask, and our ignorance in asking; we be- 
 seech thee to have compassion upon our 
 infirmities; and those things which for our 
 unworthiness we dare not, and for our 
 blindness we cannot ask, vouchsafe to give 
 us for the worthiness of thy Son, Jesus 
 Christ our Lord. 
 
 Almighty and most merciful God, the 
 consolation of the sorrowful and the sup- 
 port of the weary, who dost not willingly 
 grieve or affiict the children of men; look 
 down in tender love and pity, we beseech 
 thee, upon thy servants, this bereaved 
 household, whose joy is turned into mourn- 
 ing; so that while they mourn they may not 
 murmur and in their perplexity they may 
 not despair. According to Thy great mercy 
 be pleased to uphold, strengthen, and com- 
 fort them; that they may not faint under 
 Thy fatherly chastening, but find in Thee 
 their strength and refuge; through Jesus 
 Christ our Lord. 
 
 Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed 
 be Thy Name; Thy kingdom come. Thy 
 

 
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 q A 
 
 will be done in earth as it is in heaven. 
 Give us this day our daily bread. And 
 forgive us our debts as we forgive our 
 debtors. And lead us not into temptation, 
 but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the 
 ‘kingdom and the power and the glory for 
 ever. Amen. 
 
 Oup TESTAMENT LESSON 
 
 lesson from the Old Testament may then be read, 
 either one of the two Psalms following or Eccl. 
 12:1-7, 13, 14 [for the death of a young person] 
 
 Psalm 130 
 
 Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, 
 O Jehovah. 
 
 Lord, hear my voice: 
 
 Let thine ears be attentive 
 
 To the voice of my supplications. 
 
 If thou, Jehovah, shouldest mark iniquities, 
 
 O Lord, who could stand? 
 
 But there is forgiveness with thee, 
 
 That thou mayest be feared. 
 
 I wait for Jehovah, my soul doth wait, 
 
 And in his word do I hope. 
 
 My soul waiteth for the Lord 
 
 More than watchmen wait for the morning; 
 
 Yea, more than watchmen for the morning. 
 
 O Israel, hope in Jehovah; 
 
 For with Jehovah there is lovingkindness, 
 
 And with him is plenteous redemption. 
 
 And he will redeem Israel 
 
 From all his iniquities. 
 
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 Seconds Burial Service 
 
 Psalm 103 
 
 Bless Jehovah, O my soul; 
 
 And all that is within me, bless his holy 
 name. 
 
 Bless Jehovah, O my soul, 
 
 And forget not all his benefits: 
 
 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; 
 
 Who healeth all thy diseases; 
 
 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; 
 
 Who crownest thee with lovingkindness and 
 tender mercies; ny 
 
 Who satisfieth thy desire with good things, 
 
 So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle. 
 
 Jehovah executeth righteous acts, 
 
 And judgments for all that are oppressed. 
 
 He made known his ways unto Moses, 
 
 His doings unto the children of Israel. 
 
 Jehovah is merciful and gracious, 
 
 Slow to anger, and abundant in loving- 
 kindness. 
 
 He will not always chide; 
 
 Neither will he keep his anger forever. 
 
 He hath not dealt with us after our sins, 
 
 Nor rewarded us after our iniquities. 
 
 For as the heavens are high above the earth, 
 
 So great is his lovingkindness toward them 
 that fear him. 
 
 As far as the east is from the west, 
 
 So far hath he removed our transgressions 
 from us. 
 
 Like as a father pitieth his children, 
 
 So Jehovah pitieth them that fear him. 
 
 For he knoweth our frame; 
 

 
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 He remembereth that we are dust. 
 As for man, his days are as grass; 
 As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. 
 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; 
 And the place thereof shall know it no more. 
 But the lovingkindness of Jehovah is from 
 everlasting to everlasting upon them that 
 fear him, 
 And his righteousness unto children’s chil- 
 dren; 
 To such as keep his covenant, 
 And to those that remember his precepts 
 to do them. 
 Jehovah hath established his throne in the 
 heavens; 
 And his kingdom ruleth over all. 
 Bless Jehovah, ye his angels, | 
 That are mighty in strength, that fulfil his | 
 word, | 
 Hearkening unto the voice of his word. 
 Bless Jehovah all ye his hosts, 
 Ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure. 
 Bless Jehovah, all ye his works, 
 In all places of his dominion: 
 Bless Jehovah, O my soul. 
 
 (GLORIA 
 
 ] After any reading from the Psalms, it is appropriate 
 that the Gloria Patri be said or sung 
 Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, 
 and to the Holy Ghost; 
 As it was in the beginning, is now, and 
 ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 
 

 
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 HymMn 
 
  [f desired, an appropriate hymn or anthem may here 
 be sung 
 
 New TESTAMENT Lesson 
 
 {i This lesson from the New Testament may then be 
 read, preceded by the words, Hear also the words 
 of the New Testament. But note that other suit- 
 able lessons from the New Testament may be found 
 in Luke 7:11-16 and John 11:32-44 (for the death 
 of a young man) pt 4 
 
 I Cor. 15:20-22, 45-49; I Thess. 5:1, 2, 4-11 
 
 But now hath Christ been raised from the 
 dead, the first-fruits of them that are asleep. 
 For since by man came death, by man came 
 also the resurrection of the dead. For as 
 in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all 
 be made alive. So also it is written, The 
 first man Adam became a living soul. The 
 last Adam became a_ life-giving spirit. 
 Howbeit that is not first which is spiritual, 
 but that which is natural; then that which 
 is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, 
 earthy: the second man is of heaven. As 
 is the earthy, such are they also that are 
 earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are 
 they also that are heavenly. And as we 
 have borne the image of the earthy, we shall 
 also bear the image of the heavenly. 
 
 But concerning the times and the seasons, 
 brethren, ye have no need that aught be 
 written unto you. For yourselves know per- 
 fectly that the day of the Lord so cometh 
 as a thief in the night. But ye, brethren, 
 
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 are not in darkness, that that day should 
 overtake you as a thief: for ye are all sons 
 of light, and sons of the day: we are not 
 of the night, nor of darkness; so then let us 
 not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch 
 and be sober. For they that sleep, sleep in 
 the night; and they that are drunken, are 
 drunken in the night. But let us, since we 
 are of the day, be sober, putting on the 
 breastplate of faith and love; and for a 
 helmet, the hope of salvation. For God 
 appointed us not unto wrath, but unto the 
 obtaining of salvation through our Lord 
 Jesus Christ, who died for us, that, whether 
 we wake or sleep, we should live together 
 with him. Wherefore exhort one another, 
 and build each other up, even as also ye do. 
 
 ADDRESS 
 | A brief address may here be made, tf it be thought 
 desirable 
 PRAYER 
 
 {| Prayer may then be offered, either extemporaneously 
 or by the use of the following 
 Almighty God, who seest not as man 
 seeth, neither judgest as man judgeth, we 
 give Thee thanks for all that was worthy 
 in the life of him who has now passed from 
 the world. We praise Thee for every deed 
 of kindness, every word of affection, and 
 every useful labor, of our departed brother. 
 Since it is through Thy mercy alone that 
 we are not cut off, and by Thy grace that 
 
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 we are saved, we beseech Thee so to impress 
 our hearts with a sense of Thy forgiveness, 
 that earnestly desiring the best gifts, we 
 may henceforth walk humbly before Thee, 
 serving Thee and our fellowmen in faith, 
 hope and love, until the day break and the 
 shadows flee away; through Jesus Christ 
 our Lord. Amen. 
 
 O Lord, support us all day long of this 
 troublous life, until the shadows lengthen 
 and the evening comes, and the busy world 
 is hushed, and the fever of life is over, and 
 our work is done. Then in Thy mercy 
 grant us a safe lodging, and a holy rest, and 
 peace at last; through Jesus Christ our 
 Lord. Amen. 
 
 BENEDICTION 
 
 The Minister shall then pronounce a Benediction on 
 all those present 
 The peace of God which passeth all un- 
 derstanding, keep your hearts and minds 
 in the knowledge and love of God, and of 
 His Son Jesus Christ our Lord; and the 
 blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the 
 Son, and the Holy Spirit, be amongst ‘you 
 always. Amen. 
 
 THE CoMMITTAL 
 
 ] When the company have come to the place of burial, 
 while the coffin is being made ready to be lowered, 
 the Minister may read any of the Scripture Sen- 
 tences (p. 119) which are appropriate, and have not 
 

 
 Second Burial Serbice 149 
 
 
 
 been heretofore read, or he may read the words of 
 the following ancient hymn 
 
 In the midst of life we are in death: of 
 whom may we seek for succor, but of Thee, 
 O Lord, who for our sins most justly art 
 displeased? 
 
 Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Lord most 
 mighty, O holy and most merciful Savior, 
 deliver us not into the bitter pains of eter- 
 nal death! 
 
 Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our 
 hearts; shut not Thy merciful ears to our 
 prayer; but spare us, Lord most holy, O 
 God most mighty, O holy and merciful 
 Savior; Thou most worthy Judge eternal, 
 suffer us not at our last hour, for any pains 
 of death, to fall from Thee! 
 
 | While the coffin 1s lowered into the grave and earth 1s 
 cast upon wt by some one standing by, the Minister 
 may utter the following Words of Committal 
 
 Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty 
 xyod to take out of the world the soul of 
 our brother departed [or of this child], we 
 therefore commit his body to the ground; 
 earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; 
 remembering the grace and mercy of our 
 Heavenly Father, vouchsafed to us in Jesus 
 Christ our Lord. 
 
 The Minister may then offer one of the following 
 prayers, with the Benediction following 
 
 We commend into thy hands of mercy, 
 most merciful Father, the soul of this our 
 

 
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 brother departed, remembering thine infi- 
 nite goodness, and beseeching thee, if it be 
 possible, to grant that he, coming now into 
 the fuller light of thy Presence, may there 
 find the dark cloud of sin rolled away, the 
 mists of doubt and error dissolved, and the 
 veil of ignorance rent asunder; and may 
 give himself to thy love and service for 
 eternity. And grant that we who are here 
 present may receive grace to live in thy 
 fear and love, and to die in thy favor; that 
 when the judgment shall come, which thou 
 hast committed to thy well-beloved Son, 
 both this our brother and we, may be found 
 acceptable in thy sight, and receive the 
 blessing which thy well-beleved Son shall 
 then pronounce upon all who love and fear 
 thee, saying, Come, ye blessed children of 
 my Father, receive the kingdom prepared 
 for you from the beginning of the world. 
 Grant this, we beseech thee, O merciful 
 Father, through Jesus Christ, our Mediator 
 and Redeemer. Amen. 
 
 O God, whose days are without end and 
 whose mercies cannot be numbered; make 
 us, we beseech thee, deeply sensible of the 
 shortness and uncertainty of human life; 
 and let thy Holy Spirit lead us in holiness 
 and righteousness all the days of our lives; 
 that when we shall have served thee in our 
 generation, we may be gathered unto our 
 fathers having the testimony of a good con- 
 science; in the communion of the Christian 
 
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 Church; in the confidence of a certain faith; 
 in the comfort of a reasonable, religious, 
 and holy hope; in favor with thee our God, 
 and in perfect charity with all the world; 
 all of which we ask through Jesus Christ 
 our Lord. Amen. 
 
 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and 
 the love of God, and the communion of the 
 Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 
 
General Prayers 
 
 CONFIDENCE IN Gop 
 
 O Lord, by all thy dealings with us, whether 
 of joy or pain, of light or darkness, let us be 
 brought to thee. Let us value no treatment of 
 thy grace simply because it makes us happy or 
 because it makes us sad, because it gives us, or 
 denies us, what we want; but may all that thou 
 sendest us bring us to thee, that knowing thy 
 perfectness, we may be sure in every disappoint- 
 ment that thou art still loving us, in every 
 darkness that thou art still enlightening us, and 
 in every enforced idleness that thou art still 
 using us; yea, in every death that thou art giv- 
 ing us life as in his death thou didst give life 
 to thy Son, our Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
 SELF CONTROL 
 
 We beseech thee, O Lord, by the mystery of 
 our Savior’s fasting and temptation, to arm us 
 with the same mind that was in him, toward all 
 evil and sin; and give us grace to keep our 
 bodies in such holy discipline, that our minds 
 may be always ready to resist evil, and obey the 
 motions of thy Holy Spirit; through Jesus Christ 
 our Lord. Amen. , 
 
 Hicurr ASPIRATIONS 
 O God, the Father of lights, from whom 
 cometh down every good and perfect gift, and 
 who art thyself the only satisfying portion of 
 the souls which thou hast made; grant us grace, 
 we beseech thee, to raise our thoughts and affec- 
 tions from earth to heaven, and to breathe con- 
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General Prapers 153 
 
 tinually after thy presence; that so, in the midst 
 of all worldly vanity and change, our hearts 
 may surely there be fixed where alone are to 
 be found true joys and everlasting peace; 
 through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 GRACE TO FoLttow Our IDEALS 
 
 O God, who hast in mercy taught us how 
 good it is to follow the holy desires which thou 
 manifoldly puttest into our hearts, and how 
 bitter is the grief. of falling short of whatever 
 beauty our minds behold, strengthen us, we be- 
 seech thee, to walk steadfastly through life in 
 the better path which our hearts once chose; 
 and give us wisdom to tread it prudently in thy 
 fear, as well as cheerfully in thy love; so that, 
 having been faithful to thee all the days of our 
 life here, we may be able hopefully to resign 
 ourselves into thy hands hereafter. Amen. 
 
 Ricut THouGHTSs 
 
 Most merciful Father, who orderest the wills 
 and affections of men; inspire in the hearts of 
 us thy servants, holy wishes and aspirations, 
 that all base imaginings and sinful broodings 
 may be cast out. Spirit of purity and grace, 
 cleanse the thoughts of our hearts and bring our 
 whole beings into captivity to the law of Christ. 
 So direct and control our minds that we may 
 ever think on whatsoever things are true and 
 pure and lovely. Let no corrupt thought get 
 dominion over us. Enter thou into the house 
 of our soul. Enlarge and renew it and conse- 
 crate it to thyself, that we may love thee with 
 

 
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 all our minds and serve thee with all our might. 
 Free us from the fascinations of false pleasures 
 and the allurement of debasing desires. Fill our 
 eyes with the eternal beauty of goodness, that 
 vice and sin may appear as they really are, the 
 last shame and despair of life. Keep us out- 
 wardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls, 
 and constrain us to reverential obedience to the 
 laws thou hast made. Sustain us in health of 
 body that we may the better control the motions 
 of thought, and repel the assaults of passion. 
 We ask it for thy Son our Savior’s sake. Amen. 
 
 UNWORLDLINESS 
 
 O God who hast given unto us in the midst 
 of our temptations and trials, the great hope of 
 eternal life through the mediation of thy Son 
 Jesus Christ, grant that while here in the flesh 
 we may have our conversation in heaven, and 
 may feel the power of the world to come. May 
 we labor not only for the meat that perisheth, 
 but for that which endureth unto life everlast- 
 ing. May we use the world as not abusing it. 
 Though in the world, may we not be of it. 
 Strength us to overcome sensuality by self- 
 denial, anger by meekness, indifference by devo- 
 tion, and always evil with good. Suffer us not 
 in our health and prosperity to forget thee, or 
 in our sickness and adversity to think ourselves 
 forgotten of thee. May we seek that holiness 
 without which no man shall see thee; and be 
 faithful to the trust committed to us, working 
 out our salvation with fear and trembling, that 
 in the end we may be found worthy to stand 
 
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 before the Son of Man, and may receive the 
 crown of righteousness which the Lord hath 
 promised to them that love him. Amen. 
 
 Rest 1n Gop 
 
 Grant.us, O most loving Lord, to rest in thee 
 above all created things, above all health and 
 beauty, above all glory and honor, above all 
 power and dignity, above all knowledge and 
 science, above all riches and art, above all fame 
 and praise, above all sweetness and comfort, 
 above all hope and promise, above all gifts and 
 favors that thou canst give and impart to us, 
 above all jubilee that the mind of man can 
 receive and feel; finally above all angels and 
 archangels, and above all the heavenly host, 
 above all things visible and invisible, and above 
 all that thou art not, O our God. It is too small 
 and unsatisfying, whatsoever thou bestowest on 
 us apart from thee, or revealest to us, or prom- 
 isest, whilst thou art not seen, and not fully 
 obtained. For surely our hearts cannot truly 
 rest, nor be entirely contented, until they rest in 
 thee, through Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
 Ricgut Decision 
 
 Almighty God, and most merciful Father, give 
 us, we beseech thee, that grace that we may 
 duly examine the inmost of our hearts, and our 
 most secret thoughts, how we stand before thee; 
 and that we may never henceforward be drawn 
 to do anything that may dishonor thy name: 
 but may preserve in all good purposes, and in 
 thy holy service, until our life’s end; and grant 
 that we may now this present day, seeing it is 
 

 
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 as good as nothing that we have done hitherto, 
 perfectly begin to walk before thee, as becometh 
 those that are called to an inheritance of light 
 in Christ. Amen. 
 
 RicgHt DEcIsIon 
 
 Eternal God, who committest to us the swift 
 and solemn trust of life; since we know not what 
 a day may bring forth, but only that the hour 
 for serving thee is always present, may we wake 
 to the instant claims of thy holy will; not wait- 
 ing for to-morrow, but yielding to-day. Lay to 
 rest, by the persuasion of thy Spirit, the resist- 
 ance of our passion, indolence, or fear. Conse- 
 crate with thy presence the way our feet may 
 go, and the humblest work will shine, and the 
 roughest places be made plain. Lift us above 
 unrighteous anger and mistrust in faith and 
 hope and charity, by a simple and steadfast 
 reliance on thy pure will. In all things draw us 
 to the mind of Christ, that thy lost image may 
 be traced again, and thou mayest own us as at 
 one with him and thee. Amen. 
 
 PARDON 
 
 O merciful God, we acknowledge and confess 
 before thee our many sins, especially those sins 
 which our consciences charge against us at this 
 time. Thou art our Father, but we have been 
 disobedient children. Thou art our King, but 
 we have been rebellious subjects. Thou art our 
 Master, but we have been unprofitable servants. 
 When we would have done good, evil has been 
 present with us. Our own hearts condemn us, 
 
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 and thou art greater than our hearts, and 
 knowest all things. Have mercy upon us. For 
 the sake of thy Son, Jesus Christ, pardon our 
 sins. Give unto us the assurance of reconcilia- 
 tion and forgiveness. Fill us with all Joy and 
 peace in believing, and grant unto us grace to 
 love thee more truly, and to serve thee better in 
 all time to come, through Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
 PARDON 
 
 Almighty and merciful God, the Fountain of 
 all goodness, who knowest the thoughts of our 
 hearts, we confess unto thee that we have sinned 
 against thee, and done that which is evil in thy 
 sight. Wash us, we beseech thee, from the 
 stains of our past sins, and give us grace to put 
 away all hurtful things: so that, being delivered 
 from the bondage of sin, we may bring forth 
 fruits worthy of repentance. O eternal Light, 
 shine into our hearts. O eternal Goodness, de- 
 liver us from evil. O eternal Power, be thou 
 our support. Eternal Wisdom, scatter the dark- 
 ness of our ignorance. Eternal Pity, have mercy 
 upon us. Grant unto us that with all our hearts, 
 and minds, and strength, we may evermore seek 
 thy face; and finally bring us, in thine infinite 
 mercy, to thy holy presence. So strengthen our 
 weakness that, following in the footsteps of thy 
 blessed Son, we may obtain mercy, and enter 
 intc thy promised joy. Amen. 
 
 FORGIVENESS FOR Our NEGLECT 
 
 O God, who sendest thy Son to come in his 
 glory, and all the angels with him; to sit upon 
 

 
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 the throne of his glory; before whom all the 
 nations shall be gathered for judgment: how 
 shall we stand before that tribunal? We have 
 taken thy Son’s name upon our lips, but we have 
 darkened his Calvary by our neglect of those 
 for whom he died. Our indifference has weak- 
 ened the influence of righteousness in the world. 
 Our thoughtlessness has left men to struggle 
 vainly by themselves, when a word from us 
 might have saved the day. Our cowardice has 
 kept us from speaking out what others needed 
 to brace them for the battle. Our sloth and 
 self-indulgence have crippled good causes, be- 
 cause we have been unwilling to support them. 
 Brothers have lain suffering in our path, while 
 we have passed by on the other side. Our eyes 
 have beheld thee—hungry, athirst, and a stran- 
 ger, naked, sick, and in prison—but we have not 
 ministered to thee. We have not delivered them 
 that are carried away unto death, nor held back 
 those that are ready to be slain. Our brothers’ 
 blood crieth unto thee from the ground. And 
 forasmuch as we cannot change our past, we 
 beseech thee to change our hearts, forgiving us, 
 and filling us with a holy love. Transform us 
 by the power of thy saving grace, from sources 
 of evil into forces for good, that with all our 
 might we may fight the wrongs we have aided, 
 and aid the right we have clogged. Grant us 
 this boon, that for every harm we have done, 
 we may do some brave act of salvation; and 
 that for every soul that has stumbled or fallen 
 through us, we may bring to thee some other 
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 renewed by our love; that so the face of thy 
 Christ may smile upon us, and the light within 
 us may shine undimmed. Amen. 
 
 LOWLINESS AND PEACE 
 
 Grant unto us, Almighty God, of thy good 
 Spirit, that quiet heart and that patient lowli- 
 ness to which thy comforting Spirit comes; 
 that we, being humble toward thee, and loving 
 toward one another, may have our hearts pre- 
 pared for that peace which passeth understand- 
 ing: which if we have, the storms of life can 
 hurt us but little, and the cares of life vex us 
 not at all, in the presence of which death shall 
 lose its sting, and the grave its terror: and we, 
 in calm joy, walk all the days of our appointed 
 time, until our great change shall come. Amen. 
 
 FREEDOM 
 
 O God, let the sighing of the prisoner come 
 before thee, and mercifully grant unto us that 
 we may be delivered by thine almighty power 
 from all bonds and chains of sin, whether in 
 our bodies or in our souls, through Jesus Christ 
 our Lord. Amen. 
 
 GOODWILL 
 
 O God of patience and consolation, give us 
 such goodwill, we beseech thee, that with free 
 hearts we may love and serve thee and our 
 brethren; and, having thus the mind of Christ, 
 may begin heaven on earth, and exercise our- 
 selves therein till that day when heaven, where 
 

 
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 love abideth, shall seem no strange habitation 
 to us. For Jesus Christ’s sake. Amen. 
 
 ILLUMINATION 
 Almighty and everlasting God, the source of 
 
 all life and joy, who by the glad sound of the 
 
 gospel hast called us to have part in thy king- 
 dom and glory; shine powerfully into our hearts, 
 we beseech thee, that we may heartily choose 
 that good part which shall not be taken away 
 from us, and give diligence to make our calling 
 and election sure, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
 Amen. 
 
 Tue Licut or Lire 
 
 O thou who art the true sun of the world, 
 evermore rising, and never going down; who, 
 by thy most wholesome appearing and sight, 
 dost nourish, and make joyful all things, as well 
 that are in heaven as also that are on earth: 
 we beseech thee mercifully and favorably to 
 shine into our hearts: that the night and dark- 
 ness of sin, and the mists of terror on every 
 side being driven away, thou brightly shining 
 within our hearts, we may all our life long go 
 without any stumbling or offense, walking as 
 in the daytime, being pure and clean from the 
 works of darkness, and abounding in all good 
 
 works which thou hast prepared for us to walk. 
 
 in. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
 Amen. 
 BEATITUDE 
 
 O God, from whom cometh down every good 
 and perfect gift, hear us when we humbly ask 
 
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 of thee those blessings which thy Son has prom- 
 ised to all who are his true disciples: 
 
 Make us poor in spirit, that ours may be the 
 kingdom of heaven. 
 
 Make us to mourn for sin, that we may be 
 comforted by thy grace. 
 
 Make us meek, that we may inherit the earth. 
 
 Make us to hunger and thirst after righteous- 
 ness, that we may be filled therewith. 
 
 Make us merciful, O Lord, that we may ob- 
 tain mercy. 
 
 Make us pure in heart, that we may see thee 
 our God. 
 
 Make us peacemakers, that we may be called 
 thy children. 
 
 Make us willing to be persecuted for right- 
 eousness’ sake, that our reward may be in 
 heaven. 
 
 O thou fountain of grace and of truth, who 
 hast called us out of darkness into the marvel- 
 lous light of the gospel of thy dear Son; grant 
 us grace to walk worthy of this our vocation, 
 in all lowliness and meekness of mind, endeavor- 
 ing to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond 
 of peace, that our fruit may be unto holiness 
 and the end everlasting life. Amen. 
 
 Divine Hep 
 
 Almighty and merciful God, who dost grant 
 unto thy faithful people the grace to make every 
 path of life temporal, the straight and narrow 
 way which leadeth unto life eternal, grant that 
 we, who know that we have no strength as of 
 ourselves, and therefore do put all our trust in 
 

 
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 thine almighty power, may, by the assistance 
 of thy heavenly grace, always prevail in all 
 things, against whatsoever shall arise to fight 
 against us; through Jesus Christ. Amen. _ 
 
 RIGHTEOUSNESS OF LIFE 
 
 O Lord, who knowest what is best for us, 
 give us what thou wilt and. deal with us in all 
 things as seemeth good unto thee. Give us a 
 clean and innocent heart, purity of speech, in- 
 tegrity of life. Give us humility, patience, self- 
 denial, prudence, justice, courage, temperance. 
 Give us the spirit of wisdom and understanding, 
 the spirit of counsel and strength, the spirit of 
 knowledge, of goodness and of thy fear. Make 
 us ever to love thee with all our heart, and 
 soul, and strength, and mind, and to love our 
 neighbor as ourselves; to do justly, to love 
 mercy, and to walk humbly with thee, waiting 
 in hope and patience for the coming of our 
 master, that we may give in our account with 
 joy. Amen. 
 
 DatLty GRACE 
 
 O God, from whom we have received life and 
 all earthly blessings, vouchsafe to give unto us 
 each day what we need: give unto all of us 
 strength to perform faithfully our appointed 
 tasks; bless the work of our hands and of our 
 minds. Grant that we may ever serve thee 
 in sickness and in health, in necessity and in 
 abundance; sanctify our joys and our trials; 
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 its righteousness, in the sure and certain faith 
 that all else shall be added unto us. Amen. 
 
 PROTECTION FROM EVIL 
 
 O God, thou who hast been mindful of us and 
 loaded us with benefits, continue thy mercy to 
 thy children. Give us grace peacefully to serve 
 thee day by day in our station and place in life. 
 Amid the snares and temptations of the world, 
 protect our weakness with thy never-failing 
 love. Keep us from harm within us and with- 
 out us; from the evil that is in ourselves; from 
 the evil in the world around us; from all selfish, 
 uncharitable, and impure thoughts; from all 
 hard and bitter words; from doing that which 
 should not be done, and from leaving undone 
 that which should be done. Keep us in the con- 
 stant sense of our membership in Christ, in the 
 thought that we are his soldiers and servants, 
 in the love of our Father’s house, and in the 
 blessed hope of our eternal home. Amen. 
 
 STRENGTH 
 
 Let thy gospel, O Lord, come unto us now, 
 not in word only, but in power and in the Holy 
 Spirit and in much assurance: by it may we be 
 guided into all truth, and strengthened unto all 
 cbedience and enduring of thy will with joyful- 
 ness; so that abounding in the work of faith, 
 the labor of love, and the patience of hope, we 
 may finally be made meet to be partakers of 
 the inheritance of the saints in light, through 
 Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 

 
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 Ricgut Use or. TIME 
 
 O Lord, in whose hands are life and death, 
 by whose power we are sustained, and by whose 
 mercy we are spared, look down upon us with 
 pity. Forgive us that we have until now so 
 much neglected the duties which thou hast as- 
 signed to us, and suffered the days and hours of 
 which we must give account to pass away with- 
 out any endeavor to accomplish thy will. Make 
 us to remember, O God, that every day is thy 
 gift, and ought to be used according to thy 
 command. Grant us, therefore, so to repent of 
 our negligence that we may obtain mercy from 
 thee, and pass the time which thou shalt yet 
 allow us in the diligent performance of thy 
 commands, through Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
 DILIGENCE 
 
 O God, who by the example of thy dear Son 
 hast warned us that we should work thy works 
 while it is day, before the night cometh, when 
 no man can work, keep us from all sloth and 
 idleness, and from the misuse of those talents 
 which thou hast committed to our trust. Enable 
 us to perform the several duties of our calling 
 with such care and diligence that our work thay 
 never be reproved in thy sight; and forasmuch 
 as the needful business of this life is apt to steal 
 away our hearts from thee, give us grace to 
 remember that we have a master in heaven, and 
 to do everything in singleness of heart as unto 
 thee and not unto men, that of thee we may 
 receive. the reward of the inheritance which thou 
 

 
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 hast promised in thy Son, our Savior Jesus 
 Christ. Amen. 
 
 MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL 
 
 Almighty God, who hast made thy Son to be 
 head over all things to the Church, and hast set 
 within the Church, some to be apostles and some 
 evangelists, and some pastors and teachers: en- 
 dow with thy Divine Spirit, we beseech thee, 
 those who have received this ministry. Grant 
 unto them, O most merciful Father, such full- 
 ness of thy grace, that they may be faithful 
 and wise stewards whom thou settest over thy 
 household, using the authority thou givest them 
 not to wield lordship over the faith of their 
 brethren, but to be helpers of their joy; that 
 they may be able ministers of the New Testa- 
 ment, knowing how they ought to behave them- 
 selves in the house of God, workmen that need 
 not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word 
 of truth; faithful leaders of the blind and of 
 them that are out of the way; lights unto those 
 who are in darkness; watchful guardians over 
 thy fold; followers of the true Shepherd who 
 giveth his life for the sheep. Make their feet 
 beautiful to publish the gospel of peace, and to 
 bring glad tidings of good things. Give them 
 power to preach not themselves, but Christ 
 Jesus the Lord, and themselves the servants of 
 all for Jesus’ sake. May they be examples to 
 the believers, in word, in conversation, in char- 
 ity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. So may they 
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 and unreprovably in thy sight, that they may be 
 prepared to stand without shame before the 
 judgment seat of Christ, and thus, finishing 
 their course with joy, be received into glory and 
 immortality in thine eternal kingdom, where 
 they that turn many to righteousness shall shine 
 as the stars for ever and ever. Hear us for the 
 sake of Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who 
 liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy 
 Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen. 
 
 MISSIONARIES 
 
 Hear our prayer, we beseech thee, O Lord, 
 as we cry unto thee for the salvation of all men 
 everywhere who know thee not. Open their 
 eyes, and turn them from darkness to light, and 
 from the power of Satan unto God, that they 
 may receive remission of sins and an inheritance 
 among them that are sanctified by faith in Jesus 
 Christ. Bless, we entreat thee, all missionaries 
 of the cross; defend them from all adversaries 
 and all mischance; from weariness and _ loneli- 
 ness; from discouragement and faintness of 
 heart. Sustain their bodies and minds and 
 spirits with thy sufficient grace, as of old; and 
 may they see a good reward of all their labor. 
 ‘Bless also, we pray, the congregations gathered 
 out of the heathen: make them fountains of 
 blessing and beacons of light. Bless all men 
 everywhere who name thy name and who carry 
 thy Gospel of Life to this hungry world. And 
 may thy word in their hands not return unto 
 thee void, but accomplish the purposes of thy 
 
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 a 
 
 Kingdom, for thy Son, Jesus Christ’s sake. 
 Amen. 
 
 MissIons 
 
 Almighty God, our heavenly Father, we thank 
 thee for the blessed gift of Jesus Christ thy Son. 
 We thank thee that in him all mankind shall 
 become one in faith and hope and love, and 
 through him find their way at last to thee. We 
 thank thee that thou hast called us who are 
 citizens of this Republic and members of thy 
 Church, to be fellow-workers with thee in the 
 establishment of thy Kingdom. 
 
 May this country, purged of its iniquities and 
 sanctified by thy righteous Spirit, be thy servant 
 among the nations of the world. Take from our 
 midst all selfish pride and cruel greed, all the 
 bitterness of class and race, all injustice, malice 
 and indifference, and whatever may hinder the 
 doing of thy holy will; that thou alone mayest 
 rule in the hearts of this people. 
 
 May thy Church be quickened by thy Holy 
 Spirit to labor for the victory of thy rule of holy 
 love, in all the earth. Inspire us thy people 
 with the boldness of thy vision for us; and at- 
 tend with thy blessing the good tidings of thy 
 constant love and thy redeeming grace which we 
 send around the world in thy name. Hasten the 
 time when multitudes of every nation, and of all 
 tribes and peoples and tongues, raised to new 
 life and liberty by the proclamation of the 
 Gospel, shall stand joyfully before thy throne, 
 and join with us in the glad acclaim of salvation 
 through Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
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 THE FountAIN oF LIFE 
 
 O Jesus, living Jesus, Fountain of love that 
 never faileth, help us thy servants to receive thy 
 love for ourselves, and in some way to realize 
 it, and to grow in the knowledge of it day by 
 day and year by year. O Jesus, living Jesus, 
 living Fountain of all beauty, the Fairest among 
 ten thousand, may we receive of thy fulness 
 grace for grace, and be satisfied when we awake 
 in thy likeness. O Jesus, living Jesus, living 
 Fountain of living waters, boundless Source of 
 abundant life, give us to lay hold on the life 
 which is life indeed, the eternal and abundant 
 life which is in thee, and may be ours in thee. 
 Amen. 
 
 VOCATION 
 
 O God, who art our Guide and Governor, who 
 hast promised to direct the ways of those who 
 acknowledge thee: we offer thee our thanks that 
 thou dost not leave us alone to struggle and 
 grope our way through the wilderness of life. 
 Thou callest each one of us to redemption and 
 safety in Jesus Christ: may there be none of us 
 here in thy presence this day who shall fail to 
 hear and heed that call. Thou callest us each 
 to some service in thy Kingdom among the chil- 
 dren of men: may there be none of us in this 
 house to-day who shall refuse to answer the 
 voice that says, Whom shall I send, and who 
 will go for us? And when thy last call for us 
 shall come, and thou dost summon us in death, 
 may we run joyfully, as those who hear a be- 
 
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 loved voice welcoming them, to enter the door 
 of a longed-for home. Amen. 
 
 Waukine WitH Gop 
 
 O God, who keepest covenant and lovingkind- 
 ness with thy servants that walk before thee 
 with all their heart: grant, we beseech thee, that 
 we may walk faithfully before thee all our days. 
 We thank thee that Jesus Christ came to walk 
 with us. May we find in him our companion 
 by the way, speaking burning words into our 
 hearts. And may we joyfully accompany him 
 through darkness and light, through sickness 
 and health, through prosperity and poverty, by 
 duty and pleasure, in evil report and good re- 
 port, beside the green pastures and still waters 
 and amid the valley of the shadow of death: 
 until he bring us home to our Father’s house in 
 peace. Amen. 
 
 Ricgut User oF SCRIPTURE 
 
 Blessed Lord, who hast caused all holy Scrip- 
 ture to be written for our learning: grant that 
 -we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, 
 learn, and inwardly digest them, that by pa- 
 tience and comfort for thy holy word, we may 
 embrace, and ever hold fast, the blessed hope 
 of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in 
 our Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
 AFTER PREACHING 
 
 Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that 
 the words which we have heard this day with 
 our outward ears, may through thy grace be so 
 

 
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 grafted inwardly in our hearts that they may 
 bring forth in us the fruit of good living, to the 
 honor and praise of thy name: through Jesus 
 Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 TuoseE WuHo Dovust 
 
 We entreat thee, O Lord, holy Father, Al- 
 mighty and everlasting God, grant that the way 
 of thy truth, and the knowledge of thee, may 
 be shown to thy servants who wander in doubt 
 and uncertainty amid the darkness of this 
 world; that their eyes may be opened, and that 
 they may acknowledge thee, the one God, 
 Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and may enjoy 
 the fruit of this confession both here and in 
 the world to come: through Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
 LOYALTY 
 
 We thank thee, Lord Jesus, that thou hast 
 permitted us to range ourselves on thy side, to 
 take thy name for our watchword, thy cross 
 for our banner, thy Kingdom for our objective. 
 May we so whole-heartedly identify ourselves 
 with thy cause that the world will never be able 
 to mistake our position. Thou hast called us 
 friends, and hast made known to us thy pur- 
 poses: may these purposes become our aims. 
 May thy enemies be ours, thy friends ours, thy 
 defeats and thy victories ours, and all that we 
 have, thine. Amen. 
 
 THE GOSPEL 
 
 Thou, O God, hast given us the rich heritage 
 of the Gospel. We thank thee that this gospel 
 

 
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 is at once so simple that by it a little child can 
 find thee and the way so clear that the way- 
 faring man, though a fool, need not err therein: 
 and yet withal so deep and so unsearchable that 
 the wisest of men can not exhaust it or get to 
 the bottom of it, but will ever be as scholars 
 learning to think thy thoughts after thee. Give 
 us more and more of the mind of Christ. Help 
 us more and more deeply to penetrate into the 
 truth of the gospel; and so illuminate our under- 
 standings, we beseech thee, that we may see 
 more and more clearly the applications of the 
 truth of the gospel to the complex life of the day 
 in which we are called to live. Enrich us with 
 the spiritual gifts of knowledge and utterance, 
 thus making us more and more fit to be the 
 ambassadors of thy reconciling grace. Send out 
 thy light and thy truth, that evermore they may 
 lead us. For Jesus Christ’s sake. Amen. 
 
 UNITY OF CHRISTENDOM 
 
 O God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
 our only Savior, the Prince of Peace; give us 
 grace seriously to lay to heart the great dangers 
 we are in by reason of our unhappy divisions. 
 Take away all hatred and prejudice, and what- 
 soever else may hinder us from godly union and 
 concord; that as there is but one body and one 
 Spirit, and one hope of our calling, one Lord, 
 one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of 
 us all, so we may all be of one heart and of 
 one soul, united in one holy bond of truth and 
 peace, of faith, and charity, and may with one 
 

 
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 mind and one mouth glorify thee, through Jesus 
 Christ our Lord. Amen. | 
 
 Our CouNTRY 
 
 Almighty God, who hast given us this good 
 land for our heritage, we humbly beseech thee 
 that we may always prove a people mindful of 
 thy favor, glad to do thy will. Bless our land 
 with honorable industry, sound learning, and 
 pure manners. Save us from violence, discord 
 and confusion; from pride and arrogancy, and 
 from every evil way. Defend our liberties; pre- 
 serve our unity; fashion into one happy people 
 the multitudes brought hither out of many kin- 
 dreds and tongues. Endue with the spirit of 
 wisdom those to whom in thy name we entrust: 
 the authority of government, to the end that 
 there be justice and peace at home, ‘and that 
 through obedience to thy law we show forth thy 
 praise among the nations of the earth. In the 
 time of prosperity fill our hearts with thankful- 
 ness, and in the day of trouble suffer not our 
 trust in thee to fail; through Jesus Christ our 
 Lord. Amen. 
 
 THE PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL 
 
 Cause thy Church to arise and shine, O Lord, 
 and let her ministers be clothed with righteous- . 
 ness and salvation; that thy word which is in 
 their hands may not return unto thee void, but 
 have free course and be glorified in the world: 
 prospering in the thing whereunto thou hast 
 sent it, and prevailing mightily to turn men 
 from darkness to light, and from the power of 
 
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 sin unto God, that they may receive forgiveness 
 of sins and inheritance among them who are 
 sanctified by faith that is in Christ: to whom, 
 with thee and the Holy Spirit, be honor and 
 glory, world without end. Amen. 
 
 Tue Kina’s HIGHWAY 
 
 O Lord our Lord, as men of old prepared in 
 the wilderness highways for their kings to pass 
 over: so we beseech thee, help us with greater 
 loving fervor than they, to prepare a highway 
 for the King of Kings, who ever enters the world 
 over the ways of human life and character. 
 May we make ready for him by filling up the 
 deficiencies that have characterized us, with in- 
 creased zeal and loving service; by levelling off 
 the hard swellings of pride and conceit and self- 
 righteousness; by straightening out the tortuous 
 curves of dishonesty and insincerity; by cover- 
 ing all with a gracious finishing of kindliness 
 and patience and light. Then come, O Lord, 
 over thine own highway; through these lives of 
 ours, enter the whole life of mankind; till all 
 flesh shall see the salvation of God. Amen. 
 
 STANDARDS OF SUCCESS 
 
 O Lord, Giver of all grace: give us, we entreat 
 thee, such patriotism and such unselfishness of 
 heart, that we may have the same standards of 
 success in life as did thy servant Nehemiah, 
 who could not be content with his own eminence 
 or wealth, while the city of his fathers’ sepul- 
 chres lay waste and his fellow-citizens suffered 
 affliction and reproach. May we not be content 
 
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 to have gained any blessings for ourselves if in 
 our gaining of them the lives of our fellows 
 have not also been made rich. May we use 
 every power, every talent, every advantage that 
 we have in the social service of thy Kingdom, 
 and ever be willing to save our lives by losing 
 them, in the spirit of Jesus Christ our crucified 
 Redeemer. Amen. 
 
 Gop Our ENVIRONMENT 
 
 Father in heaven, who art not far from any 
 one of us—nearer to us than breathing, closer 
 than hands or feet—help us not to look away 
 from thee for the best things of life. Thou art 
 our Rock and our Fortress, a very present help 
 in time of trouble. Thou hast beset us behind 
 and before, and layest thine hand upon us. 
 Rescue us from the misery of groundless fears 
 and restless apprehensions. Draw near to us 
 and make thy presence real within us. As thy 
 readiness to help precedes our sense of danger, 
 may the consciousness that thou art our environ- 
 ment prevail to drive anxiety from our minds 
 and evil from our hearts. Amen. 
 
 THosE WuHo Come Arter Us 
 
 O God, we pray thee for those who come after 
 us, for our children, and the children of our 
 friends, and for all the young lives that are 
 marching up from the gates of birth, pure and 
 eager, with the morning sunshine on their faces. 
 We remember with a pang that these will live 
 in the world we are making for them. We are 
 wasting the resources of the earth in our head- 
 
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 long greed, and they will suffer want. We are 
 building sunless houses and joyless cities for our 
 profit, and they must dwell therein. We are 
 making the burden heavy and the pace of work 
 pitiless, and they will fall wan and sobbing by 
 the wayside. We are poisoning the air of our 
 land by our lies and our uncleanness, and they 
 will breathe it. 
 
 O God, thou knowest how we have cried out 
 in agony when the sins of our fathers have been 
 visited upon us, and how we have struggled 
 vainly against the inexorable fate that coursed 
 in our blood or bound us in a prison-house of 
 life. ‘Save us from maiming the innocent ones 
 who come after us by the added cruelty of our 
 sins. Help us to break the ancient force of evil 
 by a holy and steadfast will and to endow our 
 children with purer blood and nobler thoughts. 
 Give us grace to leave the earth fairer than we 
 found it; to build upon it cities of God in which 
 the cry of needless pain shall cease; and to put 
 the yoke of Christ upon our business life that 
 it may serve and not destroy. Lift the veil of 
 the future and show us the generation to come 
 as it will be if blighted by our guilt, that our 
 lust may be cooled and we may walk in the 
 fear of the Eternal. Grant us a vision of the 
 far-off years as they may be if redeemed by the 
 sons of God, that we may take heart and do 
 battle for thy children and ours. Amen. 
 
 Tue Kinapom or Gop 
 
 O Christ, thou hast bidden us pray for the 
 coming of thy Father’s Kingdom, in which his 
 

 
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 righteous will shall be done on earth. We have 
 treasured thy words, but we have forgotten their 
 meaning, and thy great hope has grown dim in 
 thy Church. We bless thee for the inspired 
 souls of all ages who saw afar the shining city 
 of God, and by faith left the profit of the present 
 to follow their vision. We rejoice that to-day 
 the hope of these lonely hearts is becoming the 
 clear faith of millions. Help us, O Lord, in the 
 courage of faith to seize what has now come so 
 near, that the glad day of God may dawn at last. 
 As we have mastered nature that we might gain 
 wealth, help us now to master the social rela- 
 tions of mankind, that we may gain justice and 
 a world of brothers. For what shall it profit 
 our nation if it gain numbers and riches, and 
 lose the sense of the living God and the joy 
 of human brotherhood? 
 
 Make us determined to live by truth and not 
 by lies, to found our common life on the eternal 
 foundations of righteousness and love, and no 
 longer to prop the tottering house of wrong by 
 legalized cruelty and force. Help us to make 
 the welfare of all the supreme law of our land, 
 that so our commonwealth may be built strong 
 and secure in the love of all its citizens. Cast 
 down the throne of Mammon, who ever grinds 
 the life of men, and set up thy throne, O Christ, 
 for thou didst die that men might live. Show 
 thy erring children at last the way from the City 
 of Destruction to the City of Love, and fulfil 
 the longings of the prophets of humanity. Our 
 Master, once more we make thy faith our 
 
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 prayer: “Thy Kingdom come! Thy will be 
 done on earth.” Amen. 
 
 At EVENING OF THE Lorp’s Day 
 
 O Lord, we would draw near to thee, with the 
 closing of thy day. We praise thee for all its 
 blessings, both in our homes and in thy house. 
 We pray for all who have worshipped thee this 
 day, that they may receive with us from thy 
 bountiful hand those temporal and _ spiritual 
 blessings with which thou enrichest thy children. 
 Extend everywhere thy cause and kingdom, 
 until all shall know thee from the least unto 
 the greatest. If any have sought for thee this 
 day, we entreat thee to reveal thyself unto them. 
 Bless thy word, wherever it has been taught or 
 preached, and pardon all our sins. 
 
 And now, O our Father, we would put our- 
 selves under the shadow of thy wings for the 
 coming night. Defend us from all harm. Let 
 thine angels encamp about us. Keep thou us 
 in all our ways, and bring us at length unto 
 our Father’s house in peace; through Jesus 
 Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 Goop FRIDAY 
 
 Lord Jesus Christ! Thou holy and spotless 
 Lamb of God, who didst take upon thyself the 
 curse of sin which was due unto us, with all 
 the heavenly host of the redeemed, we unite 
 in ascribing unto thee power, and riches, and 
 wisdom, and strength, and honor and glory, and 
 blessing. We bless thee for all the burdens thou 
 hast borne, for all the tears thou hast wept, for 
 
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 all the pains thou hast suffered, for every drop 
 ‘of blood thou hast shed, for every word of 
 comfort thou hast spoken on the cross, for every 
 conflict with the powers of darkness, and for 
 thine eternal victory over the terrors of death 
 and the pains of hell. | 
 
 O most merciful Father, who of thy tender 
 compassion towards us, guilty sinners, didst give 
 thine only begotten Son to be an offering for 
 our sins, grant us grace, we humbly beseech 
 thee, that, being engrafted into him by thy 
 Spirit and made partakers of his sufferings and 
 death, we may crucify the corrupt inclinations 
 of the flesh, die daily unto the world, and lead 
 holy and unblameable lives. Cleaving unto his 
 cross in the temptations of life, may we hold 
 fast the profession of our faith without waver- 
 ing and finally attain unto the resurrection of 
 the dead, through the merits of this same, once 
 crucified, but now risen and exalted Savior. 
 Amen. 
 
 EASTER 
 
 Almighty and ever-blessed God, who didst 
 suffer thine only-begotten Son to die for our. 
 sins, we praise thy great and glorious name that 
 thou didst not leave his soul in death nor suffer 
 thy holy one to see corruption; but didst highly 
 exalt him, giving him a name which is above 
 every name, and didst declare him to be the 
 Son of God with power by the resurrection from 
 the dead. Mercifully grant that we, having 
 known the fellowship of his sufferings, may also 
 know the power of his resurrection; that like as 
 
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 he was raised up from the dead by the glory 
 of the Father, even so we also may walk in 
 newness of life. Lift up our hearts that we may 
 seek those things which are above, where Christ 
 sitteth on the right hand of God. And when at 
 last he who is our life shall appear, then may 
 we also appear with him in glory: through the 
 same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
 CHRISTMAS 
 
 Almighty and eternal God, whom no man 
 hath seen nor can.see, we bless thee that thou 
 hast been pleased to manifest thyself unto us 
 in Jesus Christ thy Son. We praise thee that 
 in the fulness of time he came into this world 
 and took upon him our human nature, that he 
 might reveal to us thy love and bring us into 
 fellowship with thee. Thanks be unto thee, O 
 God, for this, thine unspeakable gift. 
 
 Grant now, we beseech thee, that, rejoicing 
 in the remembrance of his holy birth, we may 
 welcome him in our hearts as our Savior and 
 Lord. May his Spirit dwell in our souls and 
 rule in our lives. May we give ourselves to 
 him in gladness and gratitude, and show our 
 desire to honor and serve him in the willing 
 service of our fellowmen. And may the glad 
 tidings of thy grace in Jesus Christ soon be 
 proclaimed throughout all the world, to the 
 praise of thy most holy name. Amen. 
 
 THE OPENING OF SCHOOL 
 
 O Lord God, our heavenly Father, lead us in 
 these habit-forming first days’ of the new year 
 
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 of activity, to desire earnestly thy help, without 
 which we can succeed in nothing good. We 
 remember that Jesus our Lord was once a 
 school-boy, and we know how he grew in wis- 
 dom and stature and in favor with God and 
 men. May all the boys and girls who start 
 anew this year, love him and grow as he did 
 in wisdom and stature and favor with God and 
 men, because like him they are opening their 
 lives to the leading of thy Spirit of grace. Help 
 them in the troublesome task, the lonesome 
 hour, the losing game. Give them strength to 
 form and to hold fast good habits of mind and 
 spirit and body. Teach them to respect the 
 wisdom, and love the beauty of righteousness. 
 Be thou the teacher of all their teachers. Make 
 them useful citizens of this Republic, and brave 
 and loyal subjects of the Kingdom of Heaven. 
 And may we who are older than they, thy chil- 
 dren of a larger growth, remember that we too 
 are scholars in thy school of life: may its lessons 
 not fall on deaf ears and unreceptive hearts; 
 may its discipline lead to a larger vision of thee 
 and thy purposes for mankind. For Jesus’ sake. 
 Amen. 
 
 CLOSE OF THE YEAR 
 
 Most gracious God, who hast been infinitely 
 merciful to us, not only in the year past, but 
 through all the years of our life, be pleased to 
 accept our most unfeigned thanks for thine in- 
 numerable blessings to us, graciously pardoning 
 the manifold sins and. infirmities of our life 
 past, and bountifully bestowing upon us all 
 
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 those graces and virtues which may render us 
 acceptable to thee. And every year which thou 
 shalt be pleased to add to our lives, add also, 
 we humbly implore thee, more strength to our 
 faith, more ardor to our love, and a greater 
 perfection to our obedience: and grant that, in 
 a humble sincerity and constant perseverance, 
 we may serve thee most faithfully the remain- 
 der of our lives, for Jesus Christ’s sake. Amen. 
 

 

 

 

 
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