redeemest and deliverest all who put their trust in thee; who art near unto such as call upon thee; who answerest in the hour of distress those that fear thee; mayst thou have mercy and compassion on us and on all thy people of the house of Israel. Mayst thou help and protect all families and congregations that languish in trouble and affliction. O God! that thou wouldst be pleased to remember, deliver, protect and heal A. B. who now languishes in sickness and affliction. He is now lying on the couch of pain, intreating the Lord his God to grant him mercy, grace, health, peace and life. Mayst thou, the merciful author of health and of life, protect, compassionate and save him! May his days be multiplied, his actions virtuous, and his piety be true, faithful and ardent towards thee. Ordain in his favour good decrees; enlighten his mind and purify his heart, and incline him to obey thy laws and to be filled with gratitude towards thee, for thine infinite mercies. So mayst thou, King of mercy! open to thy servant A. B. the gates of health, and expiation; for thou O God! Art the living redeemer of thy children as it is written; "The salvation of the righteous is of the Lord: he is their strength in the time of trouble." Blessed be the name of the God of mercy, for evermore. AMEN.

PRAYER FOR ONE DYING.

Thou, O Lord God! art righteous, and thy judgments are built upon wisdom. Mercy is to be found in all thy ways, and beneficence in all thy works. Thy law is the law of eternal truth; thy decrees are the decrees of unsearchable power. Who shall question thy goodness, ignorant as we are of thy purposes? Who shall limit thy power, feeble as we are in our mortal nature? Thou who bestowest life, canst take life away; Thou who breathedst into man an immortal spirit, canst redeem his soul from sin and all its consequences, and re-unite it to an immortal form. Praised be thy decrees; blessed be thy kingdom, thy glory and thy mercy, for evermore. AMEN.

Sovereign of the universe! Lord of forgiveness and mercy! May my prayer be acceptable in thy presence, O Lord my God and the God of my fathers! Suffer my memorial to ascend before the throne of thy glory, for good. O, behold my affliction, for there is no soundness in my flesh, because of thine anger.

Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God: The Lord is one. The Lord he is God; the Lord he is God. The Lord hath reigned, the Lord reigneth, the Lord shall reign for ever and ever.

Moses is true, and his law is true.

I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord!

Rejoice the soul of thy servant; for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

Into thy hand do I commit my spirit, for thou, O God of truth! hast redeemed me.

MORNING PRAYER.

Merciful God! I bless thy holy name, for I am the creature of thy hands. Thou hast imparted to my being a portion of thy divine spirit, thou hast formed me after thine own image. Let me not pervert this gift of thy beneficence, by the indulgence of my passions, but assist me to fulfil those precepts, which thou hast addressed to my understanding, and written in the recesses of my heart. I thank thee, O God! that thou hast given a healing repose to my pillow, and hast again unveiled to mine eyes the beauties of creation.

Incline my heart, Sovereign of the universe! to yield entire submission to thy will, and to testify at all times my gratitude for the favours received at thy paternal hand. Suffer not my unworthiness to stay my supplications, but let thine attribute of mercy admit and receive them before thy throne. Strengthen my desires to accomplish those duties for which I have been created; dispose my heart to virtue, and let my actions, by thy divine grace, be acceptable in thy sight. ΑΜΕΝ.

EVENING PRAYER.

Blessed art thou, O Lord our God! king of the universe! Who, by thy word, causest the evening to advance; who, by thy wisdom changest times and variest seasons; who by thy power, hast disposed the stars in their stations in the heavens, according to thy will. Thou, O God! didst create the blessed light, and cause the day to recede before the darkness, and the darkness before the day. Thou spreadest the shadows of evening over the earth, that all thy creatures may rest from labour. Accept, O God! our humble thanks for this day's life and blessings, and so incline our hearts to piety and virtue, that each night we may retire to repose better deserving thine abundant mercies. Guard our couch from evil, and bestow, O God! on the blessed and on the unfortunate, on the oppressed and on the poor, on the wearied in body and in spirit, the balm of refreshing sleep, and thy gracious protection. AMEN.

GRACE BEFORE MEAT.

Blessed art thou, O Lord our God! King of the universe, who bringest forth bread from the earth; and who by thy mercy, givest food unto all thy creatures. ΑΜΕΝ.

GRACE AFTER MEAT.

Blessed art thou, merciful Father! who sustainest us, but not for the merits of our works, who cherishest us, but not for our righteousness, who does bestow thy bounty on all thy creatures, and with grace, kindness, mercy and beneficence, givest food unto the world. As thy goodness hath never failed us, so may we never be in want of sustenance. As it is written: "Thou openest thy hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing." Blessed art thou, O Lord! who givest, and to spare.-AMEN.

CEREMONY OF CIRCUMCISION.

(On the eighth day after the birth of a son, if the infant be in health, the ceremony of circumcision takes place as usual at the dwelling of the parents or guardians, and in presence of not less than three witnesses, according to the words of Moses, "At the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established." The Godmother delivers the child into the hands of the Godfather; and the operator says:)

Blessed art thou, O Lord our God! King of the universe! who hast sanctified us with thy commandments, and commanded us to observe circumcision.

(And after the operation, the following:)

Creator of all things! O preserve this child to his father and mother, his relations, his friends and his country. May his parents rejoice in his birth, and may he honour them in youth, comfort them in their old age, and be a blessing to them all his days. By thy divine permission we name this child A. B. of the house of Israel and of the great family of mankind. Almighty God! be pleased in thy mercy to protect and cherish this infant; cause him to live in peace and justice with all men; to obey thy precepts and commandments, and to avoid all evil practices. May he live to merit thy holy protection and favour, thou who art redeemer from the beginning to all eternity. AMEN.

(He then takes the child, and says the following:)

Thou hast been pleased, O kind Parent of creation! to make the human race the object of thy peculiar care.

Thou hast exalted man high in the scale of being, and ennobled his nature, for those benevolent and wise purposes, which are known only to thee. Thou hast spread thy bounties for his sustenance, and given him thy statutes for his salvation. O, make us grateful for all thy manifold blessings and instruct us to comprehend thy will, as it is written: "Praise waiteth for thee, O God! in Zion; and unto thee shall the vow be performed. O thou, that hearest prayer! unto thee shall all flesh come." Parent of life! thou hast been pleased to bring into being this child of thy creation, and by thy divine permission we call his name A. B. May he be blessed:

With the blessing of pious gratitude to thee.

With the blessing of filial duty and affection. With the blessing of an upright and charitable disposition.

With the blessing of a meek spirit and of a sound understanding.

With the blessing of connubial happiness and love. With the blessing of parental joys and good acts. With the blessing of health and of length of days. And with the blessing of a future and happy life.

(Then say the following, first in Hebrew and then in English, from Psalm 121.)

The Lord is thy keeper. The Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil; he shall preserve thy soul. The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming in, from this time forth, and even for evermore. AMEN.