The Twenty-fourth Sunday after Whitsunday.

GOD, our refuge and strength, who art the author of all godliness; be ready, we beseech thee, to hear the devout prayers of thy church; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully, we may obtain effectually, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Gospel, St. Matt. xxii. 15.-Epistle, St. Jude 17.

The Twenty-fifth Sunday after Whitsunday.

LORD, we beseech thee, absolve thy people from their offences; that through thy bountiful goodness we may all be delivered from the bands of those sins which by our frailty we have committed, and be brought into the glorious liberty of the children of God. Grant this, O heavenly Father, for thine infinite mercy's sake in Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.

Gospel, St. Matt. ix. 18.-Epistle, Coloss. i. 3.

The Twenty-sixth Sunday after Whitsunday.

LORD, we beseech thee to

LORD, we beseech thee to encourage the hearts

of thy faithful people, that they, always relying on thy power, and trusting in thy grace, may bring forth plenteously the fruit of good works, and of thee be plenteously rewarded, both in the world which now is, and that which is to come, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Gospel, St. John x. 22.-Epistle, Jer. xxiii. 5.

THE DIVINE LAW.

TO BE USED IN CHURCH OR SUNDAY-SCHOOL AT DISCRETION, AND TO BE READ IN FULL ON WHITSUNDAY.

Blessed are they that keep his testimonies,

And that seek him with the whole heart.

Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.

Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; ·Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

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.

God is a spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

For to be carnally minded is death: but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

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I. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.

WITH RESPONSES FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT, TO BE SAID OR SUNG.

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me.

I.

OD spake these words and said: I am the Lord thy God; thou shalt have no other gods but

Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of Hosts :

The whole earth is full of his glory.

II.

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them.

To whom then will ye liken God?

Or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

III.

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

Bless the Lord, O my soul:

And all that is within me, bless His holy name.

IV.

Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work.

Return unto thy rest, O my soul!

For the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee.

V.

Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Thy father and thy mother shall be glad,
And she that bare thee shall rejoice.

Thou shalt not kill.

VI.

Violence shall no more be heard in thy land,
Wasting nor destruction within thy borders.

VII.

Thou shalt not commit adultery.

The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart:

The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlighten

ing the eyes.

Thou shalt not steal.

VIII.

But the path of the just is as the shining light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

IX.

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

The lip of truth shall be established for ever:
But a lying tongue is but for a moment.

X.

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's.

Order my steps in Thy Word:

And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

Lord, have mercy upon us,

And write all these thy laws in our hearts,
We beseech thee.

II. THE COMMANDMENTS OF CHRIST.

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WITH RESPONSES FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT.

I.

HE first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; the Lord our God is one Lord: and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength.

And this is life eternal, that they might know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

II.

This is the first commandment; and the second is like, namely this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.