they are fallen asleep in Jesus, and we beseech thee to give us grace so to follow their good examples that even here we may be united to them in fellowship of spirit, and that finally we may be gathered together with them into the bosom of thy love. Amen.

LORD, who art King of all the earth,

and Father of mankind: now of thine infinite goodness accept the offerings, which with a free and joyful heart we bring to thee; and do thou grant that the blessings thou mayest vouchsafe to us may be devoted to thy service and the welfare of thy people, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.

THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and

the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us all evermore, Amen. 2 Cor. xiii, 14.

Or,

GRACE and peace be multiplied unto you

through the knowledge of God, and of

Jesus our Lord, Amen, 2 Pet. i. 2,

Collect for Morning.

MOST gracious God, who strengthenest

the weak and renewest the weary, and givest to thy faithful servants a peace which the world can neither give nor take away; may this season of heavenly rest be entirely free from sin, as from labor and worldly care; and let thy grace abound in our hearts that we may be in the spirit on this Lord's Day. Amen.

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Collect for Evening.

GOD, our heavenly Father, by whose Providence both the day and the night are governed; vouchsafe, we beseech thee, as thou hast this day preserved us by thy goodness, so still this night to overshadow us by the blessed wing of thy most bountiful protection; that we, being armed with thy defence, may be preserved from all adversities that may hurt the body, and from all wicked thoughts that may assault and defile the soul. Amen.

FIFTH SERVICE.

MORNING OR EVENING PRAYER.

¶ The Minister shall say one or more of the following sentences, and then the Address which comes after; all standing.

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WAS glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord. Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. Ps. cxxii. 1, 2.

Thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. Is. lvii. 15.

Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. Matt. xviii. 20.

DEARLY

EARLY beloved brethren, the preparations of the heart are with the Lord. Let us beseech him to help us in our infirmities by his Holy Spirit, that the praise and supplications which we offer up with one voice and one heart may be acceptable to him, and bring down an answer of peace to our souls.

Then shall the Minister and the People say the following alternate sentences; all kneeling.

Minister. O Lord, open to us the gates of righteousness:

People. And we will go in at them.

Minister. Blessed is the man whom thou choosest and causest to approach thee;

People. That he may dwell in thy courts. Minister. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house;

People. Even of thy holy temple.

Minister. As rest is sweet to the weary and the cooling stream to him that is athirst, so let thy day and thy house be rest sweet unto us, and thy word a fountain of living water. As the hart desireth the water-brooks, so may our souls thirst after thee, and our hearts and our flesh rejoice in the living God. Amen.

Or, instead of the foregoing alternate sentences, the following Prayer may be said by the Minister; the People responding with "Amen."

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LORD our God, who hast brought us to the beginning of another week, and vouchsafed to us this season of holy rest; look down, we pray thee, on thy worshipping people now before thee. May we have in remembrance thy works of righteousness and of love, and in our humble measure feel what that divine goodness must be, which continues to take care of us from week to week and from year to year, and which was the same in the time of our fathers and the old time before them. But most of all, O heavenly Father, we thank thee for thy boundless grace and mercy in Jesus Christ. In his spirit may we come to thee at this time with our glad homage and filial obedience. O Thou, unto whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid, cleanse, we beseech thee, the thoughts of our hearts by the inspirations of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love thee and worthily magnify thy hallowed name. Amen.