recovery under all weakness and infirmities; safety and defence against all the attacks of my spiritual enemies; vigor and strength to all my good purposes and resolutions; comfort and support under all the afflictions and calamities of life; assistance and direction under all difficulties and doubts; courage and constancy under all dangers and persecutions, in times of sickness, and in the hour of death. And be thou, O God, my Father, alway with me. Grant me pardon and peace in this life, mercy and favor at the day of judgment, and a a never-fading crown of glory in thy heavenly kingdom. These things, for myself and for others, I devoutly ask in the name of Jesus Christ thy blessed Son our Lord. Amen.

After the Service is Ended.

LORD, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace; for mine eyes have seen thy salvation. Let me always hunger and thirst after righteousness; and nourish thou my soul to eternal life through Jesus Christ. Amen.

A BRIEFER FORM

OF

COMMUNION SERVICE.

The Minister, standing at the Communion Table, may begin the service by reading one or more of the following sentences of Scripture.

WHOSOEVER will be chief among you,

let him 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. St. Matt. xx. 27, 28.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. St. John xv. 13, 14.

If any man will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. St. Luke ix. 23, 24.

I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. St. John vi. 35.

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: 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. Rev. iii. 20.

Then shall the Minister say,

Let us pray.

GOD, our heavenly Father, grant that this service may be profitable to all who partake of it, for the sanctification of body and soul, for fruitfulness in good works, and for the establishing of thy holy Church.

We remember in this our communion, and beseech thee to bless, the multitudes of every name who are joined with us in one household of faith, our brethren and sisters in Christ throughout the world.

We remember those who have fallen asleep in Christ, in the joyful hope of resurrection unto life eternal. O Lord, refresh their spirits with the light of thy countenance.

We remember the fathers from the beginning of the world, and all who have wrought righteousness, even down to the present day. Refresh thou their spirits, and give them abundant entrance into the joy of our Lord. And grant unto us, O God, that we may have our part and lot with all thy saints.

We remember all such as journey, and them that sojourn in strange lands. May it please thee to abide with them wheresoever they abide, and when they travel, to bring them in safety to their destined goal.

We remember all who are sick and in distress, all who suffer in body or in mind, all who are in prison and in bonds: as bound

with them, and as sufferers with them, we bear them in our hearts and pray for their relief.

We remember our enemies, if there be any who have injured us, or cherish hatred against us. We beseech thee to turn their hearts, that we may live peaceably with all men. May we freely forgive all who have wronged us; and, if there be any whom we have wronged, may we make amends and seek forgiveness.

We remember the whole family of man, beseeching thee that the spirits of all flesh. may taste of thy grace, and that the ends of the earth may see the salvation of our God. Amen.

To be said by the Minister and People alternately.

GRANT us, O God, according to the riches of thy glory, to be strengthened with might by thy spirit; that Christ may dwell in our hearts by faith; that we, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height, and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge, that we may be filled with all the fulness of God.

Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly, above all that we ask or think, be glory in the Church throughout all ages.

Help us to walk worthy of the vocation