THE LITURGY, &c. MORNING SERVICE. The minister shall begin the worship by repeating the following words, omitting the references, all standing. THE Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him. (Hab. ii. 20.) Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For Jehovah is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations. (Ps. c. 1 to 5.) People. Wherewith shall I come before Jehovah, and bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves of a year old? Will Jehovah be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? Minister.-He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good: and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? (Micah vi. 6 to 8.) Then the people and minister may read alternately the following verses of the 84th Psalm. People.-How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD OF HOSTS! Minister. My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. People.-Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD OF HOSTs, my King, and my God. Minister. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah. People. For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand: I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than dwell in the tents of wickedness. Minister.-For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord will give grace and glory; good will he not withhold from them that walk uprightly. Then may the following be chanted, or read by the people. GIVE unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the Lord glory and strength. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; bring an offering, and come into his courts. O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before him all the earth. (Ps. xcvi. 7, 8, 9.) Or this. I WILL bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. (Ps. xxxiv. 1, 3.) Then the Minister may repeat one or more of the following passages. UNTO us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of peace. (Isa. ix. 6.) It shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God, we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is Jehovah, we have waited for him, we will be glad, and rejoice in his salvation. (Isa. xxv. 9.) To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord; who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty. (Apoc. i. 6, 8.) I saw in the night visions, and behold, one like the Son of Man came in the clouds of heaven; and there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. (Dan. vii. 13, 14.) A 2 I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away. And I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her Husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, their God. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. (Apoc. xxi. 1, 2, 3, 5.) And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia; for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth. Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him; for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. Blessed are they, who are called to the marriage-supper of the Lamb. Apoc. xix. 6, 7, 9. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Behold, the Lord Jehovah will come in strength, and his arm shall rule for him. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd. (Isa. xl. 3, 10, 11.) Thus saith Jehovah the King of Israel, and his Redeemer Jehovah of hosts, I am the first, and I am the last, and besides me there is no god. (Isa. xliv. 6.) Philip saith unto Jesus, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto |