nestly to feed thy flock; Make, we beseech thee, all Bishops and Pastors diligently to preach thy Holy Word, and thy people obediently to follow the same, that they may receive the crown of everlasting glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

JULY XXV.

Saint James the Apostle.

GRANT, O Merciful God, that as thine Holy

Apostle Saint James, leaving his father and all that he had, without delay was obedient unto the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ, and followed Him; so we, forsaking all worldly and carnal affections, may be evermore ready to follow thy. commandments; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

AUGUST XXIV.

Saint Bartholomew the Apostle.

0 ALMIGHTY and Everlasting GOD, Who didst

give to thine Apostle Bartholomew grace truly to believe and to preach thy word; Grant, we beseech thee, unto thy Church, to love that Word which he believed, and both to preach and receive the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

SEPTEMBER XXI.

Saint Matthew the Apostle.

ALMIGHTY GOD, Who by thy Blessed Son didst call Matthew from the receipt of custom to be an Apostle and Evangelist; grant us grace to forsake all covetous desires, and inordinate love of riches, and to follow the same thy Son Jesus Christ, Who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, One God, world without end. Amen.

SEPTEMBER XXIX.

Saint Michael and all Angels.

EVERLASTING GOD, Who hast ordained and constituted the services of Angels and men in a wonderful order; Mercifully grant, that as thy Holy Angels always do thee service in heaven, so by thy appointment they may succour and defend us on earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

OCTOBER XVIII.

Saint Luke the Evangelist.

LMIGHTY GOD, Who calledst Luke the Physician, whose praise is in the Gospel, to be an Evangelist, and Physician of the soul; May it please thee, that, by the wholesome medicines of the doctrine delivered by him, all

the diseases of our souls may be healed; through the merits of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

OCTOBER XXVIII.

Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Apostles ALMIGHTY GOD, who hast built thy Church

upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the Head Corner-stone; Grant us so to be joined together in Unity of spirit by their doctrine, that we may be made an Holy Temple, acceptable to thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

NOVEMBER I.

All Saints' Day.

ALMIGHTY GOD, Who hast knit together thine elect in One communion and fellowship, in the mystical body of thy Son Christ our Lord; grant us grace so to follow thy Blessed Saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those unspeakable joys, which thou hast prepared for them that unfeignedly love thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Special Prayers.

NEW YEAR'S DAY.

ALMIGHTY GOD, we thank thee for having brought us safely to the beginning of a new year. Forgive our negligence in the year that is past, our misuse of thy mercies, and our misspent time. Give us grace to begin this year with renewed desires to serve thee, and to work out our salvation with increased diligence, that remembering how uncertain our time is, we may live prepared for our last change, and may finally be thine, through the mediation of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

UPON THE BIRTH OF A CHILD.

ALMIGHTY GOD, we give thee humble thanks for that thou hast vouchsafed to deliver thy servant (the mistress of this family) from the great pain and peril of child-birth; Grant, we beseech thee, most merciful Father, that she, through thy help, may both faithfully live, and walk according to thy will, in this life present; and also may be partaker of everlasting glory in the life to come; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

FOR A SICK PERSON.

ALMIGHTY GOD, and merciful Father, to

whom alone belong the issues of life and death; Look down from heaven, we humbly beseech thee, with the eyes of mercy upon thy servant now lying upon the bed of sickness: Visit him, O Lord, with thy salvation; deliver him in thy good appointed time from his bodily pain, and save his soul for thy mercies' sake: That, if it shall be thy pleasure to prolong his days here on earth, he may live to thee, and be an instrument of thy glory, by serving thee faithfully, and doing good in his generation; or else receive him into those heavenly habitations, where the souls of them that sleep in the Lord Jesus enjoy perpetual rest and felicity. Grant this, O Lord, for thy mercies' sake, in the same thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

A

RECOVERY FROM SICKNESS.

LMIGHTY and Everlasting GOD, to whom belong the issues of life and death; We bless thy great goodness towards thy servant lately raised from the bed of sickness. Grant, O Lord, to him and to us such a sense of thy goodness, as may lead us to dedicate ourselves, souls and bodies, to thy service all the rest of our lives; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.