Here follows the Sermon, if there be one; and after it, a second Hymn from the Hymn-book. Here, also, the Ordinances of Baptism, Ordination, and Marriage might be administered, when it is not expedient to administer them in the place appointed for this purpose in the Sunday Service. Then begins the Litany, the bishop reading the invitations, and the people answering each invitation after a moment of silent prayer. The bi hop says:

N peace let us pray the Lord.

People. Lord, have mercy upon us. Bishop. For the peace which is from above, and for the salvation of our souls,

let us pray the Lord.

P. Lord, have mercy upon us.

B. For the peace of the whole world, the good estate of the holy Churches of God, and the union of them all, let us pray the Lord.

P. Lord, have mercy upon us.

B. For our bishop (N), the honourable presbytery, the diaconate in Christ, and the whole clergy and people, let us pray the Lord.

P. Lord, have mercy upon us.

B. For our most pious and Christian kings, and all their court and army, let us pray the Lord. P. Lord, have mercy upon us.

B. For this [holy] house, and for every city and province, and the faithful who dwell therein, let us pray the Lord.

P. Lord, have mercy upon us.

B. For temperate seasons, and the abundance of the fruits of the earth, and peaceful times, let us pray the Lord.

P. Lord, have mercy upon us.

B. For seafarers, and travellers on land, and for the sick, and those who are in trouble, and the captive; for the deliverance of them all let us pray the Lord.

P. Lord, have mercy upon us.

B. That we may be delivered from all tribulation. and necessity and the wrath of God, let us pray the Lord.

P. Lord, have mercy upon us.

B. For the forgiveness and remission of our sins and negligences, let us ask the Lord.

P. Lord, have mercy upon us.

B. For the good things needful to our souls, and for the salvation of the world, let us ask the Lord. P. Lord, have mercy upon us.

B. That this whole day may be for us holy and pure, peaceful and without sin, let us ask the Lord.

P. Lord, have mercy upon us.

B. That an angel of peace, faithful guide, may keep our bodies and souls, let us ask the Lord. P. Lord, have mercy upon us.

B. That the remainder of our lives may be spent in peace and repentance, let us ask the Lord.

P. Grant this, O Lord.

B. That the end of our lives may be Christian, without pain, without confusion, peaceful, and that

we may have a good account to render before the dread tribunal of Christ, let us ask the Lord.

P. Grant this, O Lord.

B. Asking for the unity of faith, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, let us commend ourselves and one another and all our lives to Christ our God. P. To thee, O Lord.

B. For thou art good, and a Lover of mankind, O God, and to thee we render the glory; to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost: now and ever, world without end. Amen.

GOD, great and most high, who alone hast immortality, who dwellest in light inaccessible, who hast ordered the whole

creation with wisdom, and divided the light from the darkness, and appointed the sun to rule the day, and the moon and stars to rule the night; who hast enabled us sinners, even in this present hour, to appear before thy face in confession, and to offer unto thee our evening song of praise: thou, O Lover of mankind, direct our prayer as incense in thy presence, and accept it as a sweet savour; and grant unto us that this present evening, and the coming night, may be all peace. Clothe

us with the armour of light; deliver us from the fears of the night and from every thing that walketh in darkness; and grant that the sleep which thou hast given us as a refreshment to our weakness, may be free from every illusion of the adversary. Even so, O Lord, Giver of all blessings; that,

upon our beds communing with our own hearts, we may remember during the night thy name, and that, being enlightened by the meditation of thy precepts, we may with joy rise to praise thy goodness, and to offer again unto thee our prayers and supplications for ourselves and for all thy people: whom we beseech thee to visit in thy mercy: for thou art good, O God, and a Lover of mankind, and to thee we render the glory; to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever: world without end. Amen.

HOU, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee, and hast promised,

that when two or three are gathered together in thy name, thou wilt grant their requests; fulfil now the petitions of thy servants, as may be most expedient for them, granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlasting.

EMIT, pardon, forgive, O God, our sins, voluntary and involuntary; of deed and of word, of knowledge and of ignorance; our sins of day and night, the sins of our thoughts and intentions. Forgive them all, for thou art good, and a Lover of mankind.

THE MORNING PRAYER.

The bishop begins the Morning Prayer, saying: BLESSED be the kingdom of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit: now and ever, world without end. Amen.

HEAVENLY King, Comforter, the Spirit of truth, who art present every where, and fillest all things, Treasure of blessings, and Giver of life, come and dwell in us; purify us from every imperfection, and save, good Lord, our souls.

Here may be sung a Hymn, if Hymn-books have been provided.

Then is read the First Lesson, according to the following table, which shows how the whole of the detached books of the Old Testament (with the exception of the Psalms, which are reserved for another use) may be read in the course of a year, one chapter every day. Before beginning the Lesson, the bishop says:

Let us read the Word of God in the Book of· chapter

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