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Minister. Let us pray.

O Lord, show thy mercy upon us.

Answer. And grant us thy salvation.

Minister. O God, make clean our hearts within us. Answer. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.

Then shall follow the COLLECT FOR THE DAY, except when the Communion Service is read; and then the Collect for the day shall be omitted here.

A Collect for Peace.

GOD, who art the author of peace and lover of concord, in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life, whose service is perfect freedom; Defend us thy humble servants in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely trusting in thy defence, may not fear the power of any adversaries, through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Collect for Grace.

LORD, our heavenly Father, Almighty and everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day; Defend us in the same with thy mighty power; and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger; but that all our doings, being ordered by thy governance, may be righteous in thy sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer for The President of the United States, and all in Civil Authority.

O LORD, our heavenly Father, the high and

mighty Ruler of the universe, who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth; Most heartily we beseech thee, with thy favour to behold and bless thy servant THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, and all others in authority; and so replenish them with the grace of thy Holy Spirit,

that they may always incline to thy will, and walk in thy way. Endue them plenteously with heavenly gifts; grant them in health and prosperity long to live; and finally, after this life, to attain everlasting joy and felicity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The following Prayers shall be omitted here when the LITANY is said, and may be omitted when the Holy Communion is immediately to follow.

A Prayer for the Clergy and People.

LMIGHTY and everlasting God, from whom com

every good and perfect gift; Send down upon our Bishops, and other Clergy, and upon the Congregations committed to their charge, the healthful Spirit of thy grace; and, that they may truly please thee, pour upon them the continual dew of thy blessing. Grant this, O Lord, for the honour of our Advocate and Mediator, Jesus Christ. Amen.

A Prayer for all Conditions of Men.

GOD, the Creator and Preserver of all mankind,

we humbly beseech thee for all sorts and conditions of men; that thou wouldest be pleased to make thy ways known unto them, thy saving health unto all nations. More especially we pray for thy holy Church universal; that it may be so guided and governed by thy good Spirit, that all who profess and call themselves Christians may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness of life. Finally, we commend to thy fatherly goodness all those who are any ways afflicted, be said when or distressed, in mind, body, or estate; any [* especially those for whom our prayers the prayers are desired;] that it may please thee to com- of the Confort and relieve them, according to their gregation. several necessities; giving them patience under their

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sufferings, and a happy issue out of all their afflictions. And this we beg for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen.

A General Thanksgiving.

LMIGHTY God, Father of all mercies, we, thine unworthy servants, do give thee most humble

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and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving-kindness to us, and to all men; be said when [* particularly to those who desire now to offer any desire to up their praises and thanksgivings for thy return thanks late mercies vouchsafed unto them.] We for mercies bless thee for our creation, preservation, vouchsafed to 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 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, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen.

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A Prayer of St. Chrysostom.

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.

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2 Cor. xiii. 14.

grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.

Here endeth the Order of Morning Prayer.

THE ORDER FOR

DAILY EVENING PRAYER.

¶ The Minister shall begin the Evening Prayer by reading one or more of the following Sentences of Scripture; and then he shall say that which is written after them. But on days other than the Lord's Day, he may, at his discretion, pass at once from the Sentences to the Lord's Prayer.

HE LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him. Hab. ii. 20.

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LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. Psalm xxvi. 8.

Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the incense; and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice. Psalm cxli. 2.

O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness; let the whole earth stand in awe of him. Psalm xcvi. 9.

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be alway acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength and my redeemer. Psalm xix. 14, 15.

Watch ye, for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at mid- Advent. night, or at the cock-crowing, or in the

morning lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. St. Mark xiii. 35, 36.

Repent ye; for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand. St. Matt. iii. 2.

Christmas.

Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. Rev. xxi. 3. 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 offering for my Name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts. Mal. i. 11.

Epiphany.

Come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD. And he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. Isaiah ii. 5, 3.

He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew

no sin; that we might be made the right- Good Friday.

eousness of God in him. 2 Cor. v. 21.

In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace. Eph. i. 7.

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on

the right hand of God. Col. iii. 1.

Easter.

Christ is not entered into the holy places made

with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to ap

pear in the presence of God for us.

Ascension.

Heb. ix. 24.

The Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that

Whitsunday.

is athirst come. And whosoever will, let
him take the water of life freely. Rev. xxii. 17.

O send out thy light and thy truth, that they may lead me, and bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy dwelling. Psalm xliii. 3.

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