No. 51 
 
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 & Citant) for iMiseiona 
 
 O GOD the Father of Heaven, who hast 
 made of one blood all nations of the 
 earth ; 
 
 Have mercy upon us. 
 
 O God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, 
 who when thou art lifted up dost draw all men 
 unto thee; 
 
 Have mercy upon us. 
 
 O God, the Holy Ghost, by whom the 
 whole body of the Church is governed and 
 sandified; 
 
 Have mercy upon us. 
 
 O holy, blessed and glorious Trinity, the 
 Father, the Saviour and the Comforter of men; 
 Have mercy upon us. 
 
 Remember not, Lord, our past unfaithful¬ 
 ness, our negledt of opportunities, our deafness 
 to thy calls, our slothfulness and want of zeal; 
 Spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, whom 
 thou hast redeemed with thy most precious 
 blood; 
 
 Spare us> good Lord. 
 
 From all ungenerous, bitter and thankless 
 tempers, from coldness and hardness of heart, 
 from covetousness and love of this present 
 world; 
 
 Good Lord , deliver us. 
 
From clamour and impatience, from restless¬ 
 ness and unbelief, from doubt of thy power to 
 save by many or by few; 
 
 Good Lordy deliver us, 
 
 From ignorance concerning the spread of thy 
 Kingdom, from indifference to the needs of those 
 who sit in darkness, from neglect of the power 
 of prayer and from relu&ance to give as thou 
 hast prospered us; 
 
 Good Lord, deliver us. 
 
 We sinners do beseech thee to hear us, O 
 Lord God, and that it may please thee to rule 
 and govern thy holy Church universal in the 
 right way; 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us y good Lord, 
 
 By thy great pity for the souls of men, by 
 thy compassion on the multitude fainting and 
 scattered abroad; 
 
 IVe beseech thee to hear us y good Lord, 
 
 By thy revelation of thyself to chosen wit¬ 
 nesses, by thy commandment to baptize the 
 nations, by thy sure promise, “Lo, I am with 
 you always/* 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us y good Lord, 
 
 By thy perpetual intercession at the right 
 hand of the Father, by thy second coming 
 and the gathering of all nations before thy 
 throne; 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us y good Lord, 
 
 [F<?r those who minister ] 
 
 That it may please thee to illuminate all 
 Bishops, Priests and Deacons, with true knowl- 
 
edge and understanding of thy Word; and that 
 both by their preaching and living they may set 
 it forth and show it accordingly ; 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
 
 That it may please thee to send forth men 
 full of faith and of the Holy Ghost as laborers 
 into thy harvest; 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
 
 That it may please thee to fit and prepare 
 all missionaries for their ministry, bestowing 
 upon them thy manifold gifts of grace and 
 making them true workers of righteousness 
 and helpers of mankind; 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
 
 That it may please thee to prosper all schools 
 and colleges,all hospitals and dispensaries, and to 
 bless all those who through the ministry ot mercy 
 preach thy gospel among the sick and suffering; 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
 
 [For the heathen ] 
 
 That it may please thee to send out thy 
 light and thy truth into the dark places of the 
 earth, and by the breath of thy lips to destroy 
 the habitations of cruelty; 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
 
 That it may please thee to have mercy upon 
 the heathen everywhere throughout the world, 
 to give them the knowledge of salvation for 
 the remission of their sins, to turn them from 
 the power of Satan, and to guide their feet into 
 the way of peace; 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
 
That it may please thee to encourage and 
 sustain the converts to the faith in heathen 
 lands, making them strong to endure enmity 
 and patient under reproach; 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us , good Lord . 
 
 Tf One er more of the five following special petitions may 
 he used , or all may be omitted . 
 
 That it may please thee to shed the light of 
 thy truth upon India and China, and to raise 
 up hosts of loving disciples from among these 
 ancient nations. 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us , good Lord . 
 
 That it may please thee to guide and guard 
 the people of Japan, and make them to learn 
 through the gospel what are the real treasures 
 of wisdom and knowledge; 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us , good Lord . 
 
 That it may please thee to rule by the power 
 of thy spirit the hearts of the black race, both 
 here and abroad, so that Ethiopia may stretch 
 out her hands unto God; 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us> good Lord . 
 
 That it may please thee to make thyself 
 known to the Indian tribes scattered abroad in 
 this our land, as indeed the Great Father for 
 whom their souls have longed; 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us , good Lord . 
 
 That it may please thee, whose way is in the 
 sea and whose paths are in the great waters, to 
 take for thy possession the islands of the sea, 
 and to establish in them the rule of thy Christ; 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us , good Lord . 
 
[j For non-Christian people ] 
 
 That it may please thee to bring into the 
 way of truth all such as have erred and are 
 deceived ; 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
 
 That it may please thee to bring thine 
 ancient people Israel to a knowledge of thy Son 
 Jesus Christ, as their Saviour and their King; 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
 
 That it may please thee to touch the hearts 
 of those who in Christian lands, though hearing 
 the call of their Saviour answer Him not, and 
 having known the gospel of salvation yet 
 care for none of these things ; 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
 
 [For the Church ] 
 
 That it may please thee to give to all thy 
 people increase of grace to hear meekly thy 
 Word, and to receive it with pure affe&ion, and 
 to bring forth the fruits of the Spirit; 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
 
 That it may please thee so to dispose our 
 hearts that we may offer ourselves a living 
 sacrifice unto thee, to go where thou dost 
 send, and to do whatsoever thou wouldest 
 have us do; 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
 
 That it may please thee so to move all clergy 
 who are called to labor for thee at home that 
 they may be instant in prayer and effort for 
 the furtherance of thy world-wide Kingdom; 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
 
That it may please thee to pour upon all thy 
 people the spirit of prayer and supplication, 
 and incline them to a fuller consecration of 
 themselves and their substance to thy service; 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us , good Lord . 
 
 That it may please thee to hasten the day 
 when, thy will being done upon earth, thy 
 Kingdom shall indeed come through the power 
 of thy Christ; 
 
 We beseech thee to hear us y good Lord. 
 
 Son of God, we beseech thee to hear us. 
 
 Son of God y we beseech thee to hear us. 
 
 O Lamb of God, who takest away the sins 
 of the world; 
 
 Grant us thy peace. 
 
 O Lamb of God, who takest away the sins 
 of the world; 
 
 Have mercy upon us. 
 
 O Saviour of the world, who by thy cross 
 and precious blood hast redeemed us; 
 
 Save us and help us , we humbly beseech thee y 
 O Lord. 
 
 \The Lord's Prayer~\ 
 
 O UR Father, who art in heaven, Hal¬ 
 lowed 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 trespasses, As we forgive 
 those who trespass against us. And lead us not 
 into temptation ; But deliver us from evil: For 
 thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the 
 glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
If The following may be used in conclusion: 
 
 Vers. O God, we have heard with our ears, 
 and our fathers have declared unto us, 
 the noble works that thou didst in their 
 days, and in the old time before them. 
 
 Res . O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for 
 thine honour. 
 
 Vers . Set up thyself, O God, above the heavens; 
 
 Res. And thy glory above all the earth. 
 
 Vers . Give unto thy Son the heathen for his 
 inheritance; 
 
 Res. And the uttermost parts of the earth for 
 his possession. 
 
 Vers. God be merciful unto us and bless us; 
 
 Res. That thy way may be known upon earth , 
 thy saving health among all nations. 
 
 Vers. The Lord’s name be praised; 
 
 Res. From the rising up of the sun to the going 
 down of the same. 
 
 Vers. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, 
 and to the Holy Ghost; 
 
 Res. As it was in the beginning, is now, and 
 ever shall be: world without end. Amen. 
 
 T[ Here other prayers may be used at the discretion of the 
 
 minister. 
 
 Thanksgiving ] 
 
 A LMIGHTY GOD, whose compassions 
 fail not, and whose loving kindness 
 l. reacheth unto the world’s end; We 
 give thee humble thanks for all the great 
 things thou hast done and art doing for the 
 children of men, for the opening of heathen 
 
lands to the light of thy truth, for making 
 paths in the deep waters and highways in the 
 desert, for knitting nation to nation in the 
 bonds of fellowship, and for the planting of thy 
 Church in all the earth. O merciful Father, 
 in whom the whole family is named, fill full 
 our hearts with grateful love for this thy good¬ 
 ness, granting us grace henceforth to serve thee 
 better and more perfe&ly to know thee; through 
 Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen . 
 
 [A Prayer of St. Chrysostom ] 
 
 A lmighty god, who hast given us 
 
 grace at this time with one accord to 
 „ make our common supplications unto 
 thee; and dost promise that when two or three 
 are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt 
 grant their requests; Fulfil 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. Amen . 
 
 T HE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
 and the love of God, and the fellow¬ 
 ship of the Holy Ghost, be with us 
 all evermore. Amen . 
 
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