not in thine indignation; neither chasten me in thy heavy displeasure.

Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am weak; O Lord, heal me, for my bones tremble.

My soul also is sore troubled; but Lord, how long wilt thou punish me? Turn thee, O Lord, and deliver my soul; O save me for thy mercies' sake.

Depart from me, all ye who work vanity; for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.

The Lord hath heard my petition; the Lord will receive my prayer.

PSALM 42.

AS the hart panteth after the water brooks, so longeth my soul after thee, O God.

My soul is athirst for God, yea, even for the living God; when shall I come to appear before the presence of God?

Why art thou so full of heaviness, O my soul; and why art thou so disquieted within me;

Put thy trust in God;

for I will yet give him thanks for the help of his

countenance.

The Lord hath granted his loving kindness in the day time; and in the night season did I sing unto him, and made my prayer unto the God of my life.

I will say unto the God of my strength, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I thus heavily, while the enemy oppresseth me?

As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is now thy God?

Why art thou so cast down, O my soul; and why art thou so disquieted within me?

O put thy trust in God; for I will yet thank him, who is the help of my countenance, and my God.

PSALM 80.

HEAR, O thou Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; shine forth, thou that sittest upon the Cherubim.

Turn us again, O God, show the light of thy

countenance, and we shall be whole.

O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry with thy people who prayeth?

Thou feedest them with the bread of tears, and givest them plenteousness of tears to drink.

Turn us again, thou God of hosts, show the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole.

Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt; thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.

Thou madest room for it; and when it had taken root, it filled the land.

The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedar

trees.

She stretched out her branches unto the sea, and her boughs unto the river.

Why hast thou then broken down her hedge, that all those who go by pluck off her grapes?

The wild boar out of the wood doth root it up, and the wild beasts of the field devour it.

Turn thee again, thou God of hosts, look down from heaven; behold; and visit this vine ;

And the place of the vineyard that thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest so strong for thy

self.

It is burnt with fire and cut down; they perish at the rebuke of thy counte

nance.

Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, and upon the son of man, whom thou madest so strong for thyself.

And so will not we go back from thee; O let us live, and we shall call upon thy name.

Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts, show the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole.

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God;

Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ for ever and ever. Amen.

Then may follow an An

them or a Voluntary on the Organ; and then

the Minister shall read the FIRST LESSON, which may be either of the following portions from the Old Testament. Isaiah lviii. Hosea xiv. Joel ii. And at the end of the Lesson he shall say, Here endeth the First Les

son.

Then shall be said, or sung, the following portion of the 103d Psalm.

PSALM 103.

THE Lord is full of compassion and mercy, long suffering, and of great goodness.

He will not always be chiding; neither keepeth he his anger for ever.

He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our wickedness.

For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward those who fear him.

As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

Yea, like as a father pitieth his own children;

even so the Lord pitieth those who fear him.

For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are but dust.

The days of man are but as grass; he flourisheth as a flower of the field.

For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.

But the merciful goodness of the Lord endureth for ever and ever upon those who fear him, and his righteousness upon children's children;

Even upon such as keep his covenants, and think upon his commandments to do them.

Then shall the Minister read the SECOND LESSON, which may be either of the following portions from the New Testament: Matt. vi. to 19. Mark ii. 15 to 21.

And at the end of the Les

son he shall say, Here endeth the Second Les

son.

Then shall be said ΟΥ

sung the following

Psalm.

PSALM 67.

and

GOD be merciful unto us, and bless us; show us the light of his countenance, and be merciful unto us.

That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.

Let the people praise thee, O God; yea, let all the people praise thee.

O let the nations rejoice and be glad; for thou shalt judge the folk righteously, and govern the nations upon earth.

Let the people praise thee, O God; yea, let all the people praise thee.

Then shall the earth bring forth her increase; and God, even our own God, shall give us his blessing.

and

God shall bless us, all the ends of the world

shall fear him.

Answ. And grant us thy salvation.

Min. O God, make clean our hearts within us; Answ. And take not thy holy Spirit from us.

Min. O God, merciful Father, who despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart, nor the desire of such as be sorrowful; mercifully assist our prayers which we make before thee in all our troubles and adversities, whensoever they oppress us; and

graciously hear us, that all evils which are devised

against us, may, by the providence of thy goodness, be brought to nought; that we, thy servants, being hurt by no persecutions, may evermore give thanks unto thee in thy holy church, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

O Lord, arise, help us,

you.

Answ. And with thy

O God, we have heard with our ears, and our fathers have declared unto us the noble works that thou didst in their days,