XVI. The Surrender of the Heart to Jesus XVII. Union and Fellowship with Christ XX. The Love of Jesus, and our Love to Him XXI. Brotherly Love, and Union of Spirit XXII. Following Jesus, and Bearing His Reproach 335 358 384 485 XXV. Humility, Simplicity, and Growth in Grace 577 427 - 463 1113-1134 LITURGY OF THE CHURCH OF THE UNITED BRETHREN. FOR THE MORNING SERVICE ON THE LORD'S DAY. (The Minister and Congregation shall repeat responsively :) O COME, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our Maker. For he is our God; it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves: we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations. (Ps. xcv. 6, 7; c. 3-5.) (The Minister shall then repeat one of the following portions from the Holy Scripture: The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. (Ps. li. 17.) If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteous(1 John i. 8, 9.) ness. If we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (1 John i. 7.) Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; and having an High-priest over the house of God; with a true heart, in full assurance of faith. (Or,) let us draw near (Heb. x. 19-22.) Lord, Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that wilt by no means clear the guilty; (Exod. xxxiv. 6, 7.) Incline thine ear and hear: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great (Dan. ix. 18.) mercies. (Or,) I will arise and go to my Father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. (Luke xv. 18, 19.) Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O Lord: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. (Ps. cxliii. 2.) I acknowledge my trangression, and my sin is ever before me. Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. (Ps. li. 3, 9.) THE CHURCH LITANY. LORD, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Our FATHER which 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 trespasses, as we forgive them that 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. O God, the SON, the Saviour of the world, O God, the HOLY GHOST, Abide with us for ever. T. 22. Most holy, blessed TRINITY, We praise thee to eternity. :|::|: T. 132. pt. 2. Thou LAMB once slain, our God and Lord, And on us all have mercy. From coldness to thy merits and death, From error and misunderstanding, From the loss of our glory in thee, From the unhappy desire of becoming great, From self-complacency, From untimely projects, From needless perplexity, From the murdering spirit and devices of Satan, From the deceitfulness of sin, From all sin, Preserve us, gracious Lord and God. By all the merits of thy life, By thy human birth and circumcision, By thy extreme poverty, By thy holy baptism, By thy watching, fasting and temptations, By thy prayers and tears, By thy having been despised and rejected, Bless and comfort us, gracious Lord and God. By thine agony and bloody sweat, By thy crown of thorns, By thy cross and passion, By thy sacred wounds and precious blood, By thy atoning death, By thy rest in the grave, By thy glorious resurrection and ascension, By thy sending the Holy Ghost, By thy prevailing intercession, By thy holy sacraments, By thy divine presence, (Matt. xxviii. 20.) By thy coming again to thy church on earth, or our being called home to thee, Bless and comfort us, gracious Lord and God. T. 96. We humbly pray with one accord, Remember us, most gracious Lord; Think on thy sufferings, wounds and cross, In time and in eternity. We poor sinners pray; Hear us, gracious Lord and God. Rule and lead thy holy Christian church; Increase the knowledge of the mystery of Christ, and remove misapprehensions; Make the word of the cross universal among those who are called by thy name; Unite all the children of God in one spirit; (John xi. 52.) (Matt. ix. 38.) Abide their only Shepherd, High-priest and Saviour; Send faithful labourers into thy harvest; Give spirit and power to preach thy word; |