O all ye Beasts, and Cattle, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Children of Men, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for ever. Olet Israel bless the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Servants of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Spirits and Souls of the Righteous, bless ye the Lord : praise him, and magnify him for ever. To perform the oath which he sware to our forefather Abraham that he would give us ; That we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies': might serve him without fear; In holiness and righteousness before him: all the days of our life. And thou, Child, shalt be called the Prophet of the Highest : for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; To give knowledge of salvation unto his people for the remission of their sins, Through the tender mercy of our God: whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us; O ye holy and humble Men of To give light to them that sit heart, bless ye the Lord: praise in darkness, and in the shadow him, and magnify him for ever. of death and to guide our feet O Ananias, Azarias, and Mi-into the way of peace. sael, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for ever. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; : As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Then shall be read in like manner the Second Lesson, taken out of the New Testament. And after that, the Hymn following, except when that shall happen to be read in the Chap. ter for the Day, or for the Gospel on St. John Baptist's Day. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; : As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Or this Psalm, Jubilate Deo. Psalm c. Be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands serve the Lord with gladness, and come before his presence with a song. Be ye sure that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise be thankful unto him, and speak good of his Name. For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlasting and his truth endureth from generation to generation. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried Heritance. descended into Hell; The third day he rose again from the dead He ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost? The holy Catholick Churc The Communion of Saints The Priest. Give peace in our time, O Lord. Answer. Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God. Priest. O God, make clean our hearts within us. Answer. And take not thy holy Spirit from us. Forgiveness of sins The Resur-Then shall follow three Collects; the rection of the body And the life everlasting Amen. And after that, these Prayers fol Ling, all devoutly kneeling; the Minister first pronouncing with a loud voice, The Lord be with you. Minister. Let us pray. a loud voice. OUR Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. men. first of the Day, which shall be the same that is appointed at the Com munion; the second for Peace; the third for Grace to live well. And the two last Collects shall never alter, but daily be said at Morning Prayer throughout all the Year, as followeth; all kneeling. The second Collect, for Peace. God, who art the author of peace and lover of concord, in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life, whose service is perfect freedom; Defend us thy humble servants in all assaults of our enemies; that we, surely trusting in thy defence, may not fear the power of any adversaries, through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The third Collect, for Grace. Lord, our heavenly Father, Almighty and everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day; Defend us in the same with thy mighty power; and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger; but that all our doings may be ordered by thy governance, to do always that is righteous in thy sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. In Quires and Places where they sing, here followeth the Anthem. Then these five Prayers following are to be read here, except when the - Litany is read; and then only the two last are to be read, as they are there placed. A Prayer for the King's Majesty. Lord our heavenly Father, high and mighty, King of kings, Lord of lords, the only Ruler of princes, who dost from thy throne behold all the dwell ers upon earth; Most heartily we beseech thee with thy favour to behold our most gracious Sovereign Lord, King GEORGE; and so replenish him with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, that he may alway incline to thy will, and walk in thy way: Endue him plenteously with heavenly gifts; grant him in health and wealth long to live; strengthen him that he may vanquish and overcome all his enemies; and finally, after this life, he may attain everlasting joy and felicity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. A Prayer for the Royal Family. them with thy holy Spirit ; enrich them with thy heavenly grace; prosper them with all happiness; and bring them to thine everlasting kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord Amen. A Prayer for the Clergy and people. ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who alone workest great marvels; Send down upon our Bishops, and Curates, and all Congregations committed to their charge, the healthful Spirit of thy grace; and that they may truly please thee, pour upon them the continual dew of thy blessing. Grant this, O Lord, for the honour of our Advocate and Mediator, Jesus Christ. Amen. A Prayer of St. Chrysostom. ALMIGHTY God, who hast giveu us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee, and dost promise, that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests: Fulfil now, O Lord, the desires and 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. Amen. 2 Cor. xiii. HE ALMIGHTY God, the foun- grace of our Lord Jesus tain of all goodness, we humbly beseech thee to bless all the Royal Family: Endue Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen. Here endeth the Order of Morning Prayer throughout the Yem. EVENING PRAYER, DAILY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. At the beginning of Evening Prayer the Minister shall read with a loud voice some one or more of these Sentences of the Scriptures that follow. And then he shall say that which is written after the said Sentences. WHEN the wicked man Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Psalm li. 9. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. Psalm li. 17. Enter not into judgement with thy servant, O Lord; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. Psalm cxliii. 2. If we say that we have no siu, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us: but, if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 St. John i. 8, 9. DEARLY beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness; and that we should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of Almigh Rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he isty God our heavenly Father; gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. Joel ii. 13. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him: neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws which he set before us. Daniel ix. 9, 10. but confess them with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart; to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same, by his infinite goodness and mercy. And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sins before God; yet ought we most chiefly so to do, when we assemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands, to set forth his most worthy praise, to Jeremiah x. 24. Psalm vi. 1. hear his most holy Word, and Repent ye; for the Kingdom to ask those things which are of Heaven is at hand. St. Matth. requisite and necessary, as well iii. 2. for the body as the soul. WhereI will arise, and go to my fa-fore I pray and beseech you, as ther, and will say unto him, many as are here present, to Father, I have sinned against accompany me with a pure heaven, and before thee, and heart, and humble voice, unto am no more worthy to be called the throne of the heavenly grace, thy son. St. Luke xv. 18, 19. saying after me; O Lord, correct me, but with judgement; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. A general Confession to be said of the whole Congregation after the Minister, all kneeling. ALMIGHTY and most mer ciful Father; We have erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have fol lowed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against thy holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done; And there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou them, O God, which confess their faults. Restore thou them that are penitent; According to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesu our Lord. And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake; That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, To the glory of thy holy Name. Amen. The Absolution, or Remission of sins, to be pronounced by the Priest alone, standing; the people still kneeling. ALMIGHTY God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness, and live; and hath given power, and commandment, to his Ministers, to declare and pronounce to his people, being penitent, the Absolution and Remission of their sins: He pardoneth and absolveth all them that truly repent, and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel. Wherefore let us beseech him to grant us true repentance, and his holy Spirit, that those things may please him, which we do at this present; and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure, and holy; so that at the last we may come to his eternal joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Then the Minister shall kneel, and say the Lord's Prayer; the people also kneeling, and repeating it with him. OUR Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, The power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen. Then likewise he shall say, O Lord, open thou our lips. Answer. And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise. Priest. O God, make speed to save us. Answer. O Lord, make haste to help us. Here all standing up, the Priest shall say, Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; Answer. As it was in the be ginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Priest. Praise ye the Lord. Answer. The Lord's Name be praised. Then shall be said or sung the Psalms in order as they are ap pointed. Then a Lesson of the Oid Testament, as is appointed. And after that, Maguificat (or the Song of the Blessed Virgin Mary) in English, as followeth." Magnificat. St. Luke i. MY soul doth magnify the Lord and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded the lowliness of his hand-maiden. For behold, from henceforth : all generations shall call me blessed. |