wouldest give them pardon and forgiveness, and preserve them in the ways of true repentance and peace; We beseech thee to hear us.

For all who are in error, heresy, and schism; for the feeble-minded and those who are gone out of the way; that thou wouldest convert and strengthen them, and bring them back, and unite them all to thy Holy Catholic Church; We beseech thee to hear us.

For all Jews, for Turks, and Infidels, and all the Heathen, that thy precious blood be not shed for them in vain, but that they may be brought to know and serve thee their Lord and Saviour;

We beseech thee to hear us.

For all who are absent; for our benefactors, and those who love us, for our enemies, and those who hate us; and those who have desired us unworthy to make mention of them in our prayers ; that thou wouldest remember, and have mercy, and bless them all; We beseech thee to hear us.

For ourselves and household; that we may have pardon and forgiveness of all our sins, and may lead the residue of our lives in repentance and peace; We beseech thee to hear us.

For (the little ones of this family and for) all Christian children, that they receiving the fulness of thy grace, may ever abide in the number of Christ's elect and faithful children;

We beseech thee to hear us.

That thou wouldest bless the fruits of the earth, and crown the year with thy goodness; that we may have all such things as are needful for our bodies, and all such things as are good and profitable for our souls; We beseech thee to hear us.

That we may be delivered and preserved from the Evil One, and all his works; and may daily be renewed by the Holy Spirit;

We beseech thee to hear us. That thou wouldest sanctify our souls and bodies and spirits; and keep us in the unity of the faith, and in the communion of the Holy Ghost. We beseech thee to hear us.

That Christian peace, and the light of thy countenance may accompany us in our last hours; and that we may find mercy and favour, with all thy saints, who from the beginning have pleased thee in their generations; even with our fathers and forefathers, and with the patriarchs and prophets, apostles, martyrs, and confessors, virgins, teachers and saints, and with every just spirit departed in the faith of thy Christ, with whom may we rest in peace; and attain to a joyful resurrection, and eternal happiness in thy kingdom.

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.
Lord, have mercy upon us.

Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.

Our Father, which art in heaven, &c.

¶ Here should be inserted any prayer proper for the day.

Then should be used either the Thanksgiving from the shorter Daily Service, p. 148, or that for the day of the week in the Daily Services.

Let us praise, &c.

Unto thee do we, &c.

And offer unto God, &c.
Yea, unto thee, &c.

Praised be the Lord daily, &c.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.

As it was in the beginning, &c.

Concluding Prayer.

GATHER us, we beseech thee, O Lord, to the

number of thine elect, at what time and in whatsoever manner thou pleasest, only let us be faultless and without reproach before thee, in the last great day, through thine only begotten Son, our Lord God and Saviour, Jesus Christ, to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost, be glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

Benedictory Prayer.

THE Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Love of God, and the Communion of the Holy Ghost, Amen.

be with us all evermore.

SUGGESTIONS RELATIVE TO THE

CALENDAR OF THE COMMON PRAYER BOOK

AND FAMILY SCRIPTURE READING.

The Calendar of the Church of England gives directions upon two subjects; (1.) The events and persons that she desires to be observed or remembered; (2.) The selections to be made from Holy Scripture at all special days, and the order of reading the Bible generally throughout the year.

With regard to the first of these subjects probably there is no difference of opinion among ordinary earnest Churchmen of her intention, or the propriety of that intention as it relates to those days for which, whether commemorating events or persons, special portions of Scripture are appointed to be read. Foremost among these is the Christian Sabbath, The Lord's Day, doubly sanctified to His Church as the day of Holy Rest and Devotion, by its original institution and the remembrance of His Resurrection. The Great Festivals in which other mysteries of our Redemption and those on which the companions of our Lord's earthly sojourn are remembered, follow in their order with appointed Lessons. But a great many other events and persons are merely recorded in the Calendar: there are times, when it may be useful to draw attention to some of these, with the simple object of shewing how in every age of the Christian Church the Spirit of God has exhibited his work in the hearts and lives of

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his people. It is with this feeling that the prayer of Jeremy Taylor (p. 190) was probably framed, and is inserted in this work. The Editor felt much interest in discovering, upon an analysis of the names scattered through the months of the Calendar, that every century from the days of our Lord's ministry to within a short period of the Reformation; every great portion of the earth in which the Gospel had been preached; and every class of persons, King and Queen, Bishop and Priest and Deacon; some Martyrs for the faith of Christ, others Confessors, others Holy men and women, in Domestic, in Secular, and in Ecclesiastical life, each and all were represented there; a token of the unbroken communion of saints in every time and place. An occasional and cautious reference to some of these examples could scarcely be out of place as part of family instruction.

As to the second subject; viz. the order for the reading of Holy Scripture, it can scarcely be otherwise, than that many of those who desire to connect the reading of the Bible in their families with the appointed order of the Church, must have felt the difficulty arising from any attempt to combine the reading of the whole of the daily lessons with that detailed instruction which is surely needed from time to time in a Christian household. On the other hand, if any selection is to be made from these, it is desirable that it should be made with some method, lest large parts of Holy Scripture should be entirely past by.