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First Service.

Opening sentences: one or more to be read by the minister.

HE Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him.

The Lord is nigh unto all that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

The hour cometh and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a spirit, and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

O magnify the Lord with me and let us exalt his name together; for with him is the fountain of life, and in his light shall we see light.

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Then shall the minister say:

N the holy quiet of this hour, let us draw nigh to him who heareth prayer; and let us remember that he listeneth more to our hearts than to our words. Let each of us bring an offering of penitence, if not of purity; of love, if not of holiness; of teachableness, if not of wisdom; of devout obedience for the time to come, if not the fruits of well-doing in the time that is past. And may we obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Let us pray.

( Then shall be said the following prayers: the people, here as elsewhere, speaking the words in italics.

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OST mighty God and merciful Father, who hast compassion on all men, and hatest nothing that thou hast made; take from us all impurity of thought or desire; all envy, pride, hypocrisy; all falsehood and deceit; all covetousness, vainglory, and indolence; all malice and anger, - everything that is contrary to thy will, O most holy God.

Lord, make clean our hearts within us.

Enlighten our understandings, that we may know the greatness of thy love, the mysteries of thy kingdom, and the riches of thine eternal glory. Hear us, O Lord, for our trust is in thee.

Assist us in all our doings with thy gracious favor, and further us with thy continual help: that in all our works, begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy name.

Hear us, and give us thy peace, O Father in heaven.

Shed abroad thy love in our hearts, that we may love thee above all things, and our neighbor as ourselves, and be abundantly refreshed by the charity which never faileth.

O Lord, multiply upon us the blessings of thy grace.

Protect and bless our friends and kindred; and so fill us with love, gentleness, and forbearance that we may walk in our homes with a perfect heart, and have joy in each other which passeth not away.

O Father in heaven, hear and help us, and keep us in thy love evermore. Amen.

O God, who hast consecrated unto us a new and living way into thy holy presence; grant to us, we pray thee, the assurance of thy mercy, and sanctify us by thy heavenly grace; that we, approaching thee with a pure heart and undefiled conscience, may offer unto thee a sacrifice in righteousness and love. O God, mercifully accept the prayers of thy holy Church through the world which shall this day be offered unto thee; give us grace to prepare our hearts, that we may serve thee with reverence and godly fear; that so, approaching thy sanctuary with lowliness and devotion, we may present an offering acceptable to thee, and in the spirit of him who hath taught us to pray:

The Lord's Prayer: to be said by the minister and the people.

UR Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil: for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

O Lord open thou our eyes.

That we may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

O Lord, open thou our lips;

And our mouths shall show forth thy praise.

Praise ye the Lord.

The Lord's name be praised.

Second Service.

Opening sentences: one or more to be read by the minister.

NOW ye that the Lord, he is God; it is he that hath made us and

K not we ourselves; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, into his courts with praise.

Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; let the whole earth stand in awe of him.

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( Then shall the minister say:

HE heavenly Father in whose presence we now stand is always more ready to hear than we to pray; nor does anything hide him from us but the veil of our impure and earthly mind. And since the preparations of even the willing heart are not without him, let us inwardly pray for the grace of a humble and holy spirit, that for a little while we may be alone with him; and as Jesus of Nazareth went up into the mountain to pray, so we may rise above the haste and press of life and commune with him in spirit and in truth.

Let us pray.

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( Then shall the following prayers be said:

LMIGHTY and everlasting God, in communion with thy faithful sons in all ages, with prophets, apostles and martyrs, we, who are still striving to do and bear thy blessed will on earth, adore thee, and offer thee our praises and supplications.

Hear our prayers, O Lord, and lead us in the way of thy truth. We pray thee to reveal to us the beauty of thy perfect will, the gladness of thy service, the power of thy presence in our hearts, that no perplexity may create in us an impatient spirit, no temptation lead us into sin, no sorrow hide thy loving will from us.

Teach us all to feel the need of thy grace, and to seek it; to know thy will and to do it; and to remain faithful, wheresoever our lot is cast.

Calm the turbulence of our passions; quiet the throbbings of our hopes Assist us in all our doings with thy gracious favor, and further us with thy continual help: that in all our works, begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy name.

Hear us, and give us thy peace, O Father in heaven.

Shed abroad thy love in our hearts, that we may love thee above all things, and our neighbor as ourselves, and be abundantly refreshed by the charity which never faileth.

O Lord, multiply upon us the blessings of thy grace.

Protect and bless our friends and kindred; and so fill us with love, gentleness, and forbearance that we may walk in our homes with a perfect heart, and have joy in each other which passeth not away.

O Father in heaven, hear and help us, and keep us in thy love evermore. Amen.

O God, who hast consecrated unto us a new and living way into thy holy presence; grant to us, we pray thee, the assurance of thy mercy, and sanctify us by thy heavenly grace; that we, approaching thee with a pure heart and undefiled conscience, may offer unto thee a sacrifice in righteousness and love. O God, mercifully accept the prayers of thy holy Church through the world which shall this day be offered unto thee; give us grace to prepare our hearts, that we may serve thee with reverence and godly fear; that so, approaching thy sanctuary with lowliness and devotion, we may present an offering acceptable to thee, and in the spirit of him who hath taught us to pray:

The Lord's Prayer: to be said by the minister and the people.

UR Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil: for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

O Lord open thou our eyes.

That we may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

O Lord, open thou our lips;

And our mouths shall show forth thy praise.

Praise ye the Lord.

The Lord's name be praised.