TE DEUM LAUDAMUS. TO BE USED ON THE GREAT FESTIVALS OF THE CHURCH, AND ON OTHER SPECIAL OCCASIONS. All standing, the Minister shall say, or chant, the congregation responding: We praise thee, O God; we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth worship thee, the Father everlasting. To thee all angels cry aloud; the heavens, and all the powers therein. To thee cherubim and seraphim continually do cry. Heaven and earth are full of the majesty of thy glory. The holy church throughout all the world doth acknowledge thee; the Father, of an infinite majesty; Thine adorable, true, and only Son; also the Holy Ghost, the Comforter. Thou art the King of glory, O Christ; thou art the everlasting Son of the Father. When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man, thou didst humble thyself to be born of a Virgin. When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death, thou didst open the kingdom of heaven to all believers. Thou sittest at the right hand of God, in the glory of the Father. We believe that thou shalt come to be our Judge. We therefore pray thee, help thy servants, whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood; Make them to be numbered with thy saints, in glory everlasting. O Lord, save thy people, and bless thine heritage: govern them, and lift them up forever. Day by day we magnify thee; and we worship thy name ever, world without end. Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin. O Lord, have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us. O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us: as our trust is in thee. O Lord, in thee have I trusted; let me never be confounded. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end: Amen. A CANTICLE OF PRAISE. [From the German Liturgy of the Unitas Fratrum.] TO BE USED ON DAYS OF NATIONAL THANKSGIVING, AND ON OTHER OCCASIONS OF PRAISE. All standing, the Minister shall say, or chant, the congregation responding: Blessed be thou that dwellest between the cherubim, and graciously regardest them of low estate. O all ye works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever. Magnify him for ever. Heaven and earth, fire and water, sun and moon, all the stars of heaven, rain and dew, frost and snow, heat and cold, air and wind, clouds and lightning, day and night, light and darkness, hills and mountains, praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. All that groweth upon the earth, all that moveth in the water, all the fowls of the air, all ye beasts and cattle, praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. Laud him, all ye hosts of heaven; ye angels of the Lord, praise him; glorify, magnify him for ever. Magnify him for ever. Ye saints, ye humble and contrite souls, who trust in the Lord, glorify the Lord. Glorify the Lord. Ye servants of the Lord, serve him with gladness, and magnify him for ever. Magnify him for ever. Ye churches of the Lord, rejoice ye in him; and thou, the whole Israel of God, born of the Spirit, rejoice thou in him, and sing praises unto him forever. Sing praises unto him for ever. For he hath redeemed us from the hand of the enemy, he hath saved us from our sins, and hath delivered us out of many dangers: praise the Lord, for he is good, and his mercy endureth for ever. His mercy endureth for ever. O ye spirits and souls of the righteous, bless ye the Lord of lords; glorify him, magnify him, for his mercy endureth 6s, 78 & 78. 78. TUNE 341. Worthy, O Lord, art thou, Strong and mighty thee to bless, ¶ Instead of this hymn, may be sung the following: Meet and right it is to sing, To the God of truth and grace; All in one thanksgiving join: Holy, holy, holy Lord! Never ceasing praise be thine. TUNE 205. THE SERVICE FOR EASTER MORNING. TO BE USED IN THE MORNING OF EASTER DAY, EITHER IN THE CHURCH, OR ON THE CONSECRATED GROUND OF THE DEAD. ¶All standing, the Minister shall say, or chant, the congregation responding: The Lord is risen! The Lord is risen indeed! 10s & 7s. Hail, all hail, victorious Lord and Saviour, Grant us, as to Mary, the great favor To embrace thy feet in faith: Thou hast in our stead the curse endured, And for us eternal life procured; Joyful, we with one accord Hail thee as our risen Lord. TUNE 185. Then the Minister shall offer prayer, all kneeling, after which he shall begin the Litany. I believe in the One only God, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, who created all things by Jesus Christ, and was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself. I believe in God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world; Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son; Who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ; Who hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the Beloved. This I verily believe. The following ascription of praise may be sung by the Choir, or said by the Minister: We thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight. Father, glorify thy name. 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, forever and ever: Amen. I believe in the name of the only begotten Son of God, by whom are all things, and we through him; I believe, that he was made flesh, and dwelt among us; and took on him the form of a servant; By the overshadowing of the Holy Ghost, was conceived of the Virgin Mary; as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; was born of a woman: And being found in fashion as a man, was tempted in all points like as we are, yet without sin: For he is the Lord, the Messenger of the covenant, whom we delight in. The Lord and his Spirit have sent him to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord: He spoke that which he did know, and testified that which he had seen as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God. Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world; Suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried; Went also by the Spirit and preached unto the spirits in prison; The third day rose again from the dead, and with him many bodies of the saints which slept; Ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the throne of the Father; whence he will come, in like manner as he was seen going into heaven. Then shall be sung by the Minister, the Choir, and the Congregation successively, or they may all unite in singing, the following hymn: 68, 79 & 68. MINISTER. The Spirit and the Bride "O come!" are now entreating; CHOIR. Let all who hear their voice "O come!" be loud repeating : CONGREGATION.-Amen! Lord Jesus, come; We wait in faith for thee; Soon, we implore thee, come, Thy glory let us see. TUNE 146. The Lord will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God, to judge both the quick and the dead. This is my Lord, who redeemed me, a lost and undone human creature, purchased and gained me from sin, from death, and from the power of the devil; Not with gold or silver, but with his holy, precious blood, and with his innocent suffering and dying; To the end that I should be his own, and in his kingdom live under him and serve him, in eternal righteousness, innocence, and happiness: Even as he, being risen from the dead, liveth and reigneth, world without end. This I most certainly believe. I believe in the Holy Ghost, who proceedeth from the Father, and whom our Lord Jesus Christ sent, after he went away, that he should abide with us for ever; That he should comfort us, as a mother comforteth her children: That he should help our infirmities, and make intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered; That he should bear witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God, and teach us to cry, Abba, Father: That he should shed abroad in our hearts the love of God, and make our bodies his holy temple; And that he should work all in all, dividing to every man severally as he will. To him be glory in the church, which is in Christ Jesus, |