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many as are here present, to accompany me, with a pure heart and humble voice,unto the throne of the heavenly grace, saying,A general Confession, to be said by the whole Congregation after the Minister, all kneeling.

holy; so that at the last we may
come to his eternal joy, through
Jesus Christ our Lord.
The People shall answer here, and ạt
the end of every Prayer, Amen.
Or this.

ALMIGHTY God, our heaven-
ly Father, who, of his great
mercy, hath promised forgiveness
of sins to all those who, with
bearty repentance and true faith,
turn unto him; have mercy upon
you, pardon and deliver you from
all your sins, confirm and strength-
you to everlasting life, through
en you in all goodness, and bring
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Then the Minister shall kneel, and say the Lord's Prayer; the People stili kneeling, and repeating it with hin, both here, and wheresoever else it is used in Divine Service.

ALMIGHTY and most mere ful Father; We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have of fended 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, Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou those, O God, who confess R Father, who art in Heatheir faults. Restore thou those Thy Kingdom come; Thy Will ven, Hallowed be thy Name; who are penitent; According to be done on Earth, as it is in Heathy promises declared unto mankind, in Christ Jesus our Lord. ven; Give us this day our daily And grant, O most merciful Fa- bread; And forgive us our tresther, for his sake; That we may trespass against us; And lead us passes, as we forgive those who hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life; To the glory of not into temptation; But dethy holy name. Amen.

liver us from evil: For thine is the Kingdom, and the Power.. The declaration of Absolution, or Re-and the Glory, for ever and ever. mission of Sins; to be made by the Priest alone, standing; the People still Amen. 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, 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 those who 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

Then likewise he shall say,
O Lord, open thou our lips;
Ans. And our mouth shall show
forth thy praise.

Here all standing up, the Minister shall

say,

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.

Ans. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.

Min. Praise ye the Lord. Ans. The Lord's name be praised. Then shall be said or sung the following Anthem; except on those days for which other Anthens are appointed; and except also, when it is used in the course of the Psalms, on the nineteenth day of the month.

Venite, exultemus Domino.

COME, let us sing unto the
Lord, let us heartily rejoice

in the strength of our salvation. that takest away the sins of the Let us come before his pre-world, receive our prayer. Thou sence with thanksgiving, and that sittest at the right hand of show ourselves glad in him with God the Father, have mercy uppsalms.

For the Lord is a great God; and a great King above all gods. In his hand are all the corners of the earth; and the strength of the hills is his also.

The sea is his, and he made it ; and his hands prepared the dry

land.

O come, let us worship, and fall down; and kneel before the Lord our Maker.

For he is the Lord our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.

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

For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth; and with righteousness to judge the world, and the people with his truth.

Then shall follow a Portion of the Psalms, as they are appointed, or one of the Selections of Psalms set forth by this Church: and at the end of every Psalm, and likewise at the end of the Venite, Benedicite, Jubilate, Benedictus, Cantate Domino, Bonum est confiteri, Deus Misereatur, Benedic Anima mea-MAY be said or sung the Gloria Patri; and at the end of the whole Portion, or Selection of Psalmis for the day, SHALL be said or sung the Gloria Patri, or else the Gloria in Excelsis, as followeth :

Gloria in Excelsis.

GLORY be to God on high,

on us.

For thou only art holy; thou only art the Lord; thou only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in the Glory of God the Father. Amen.

Then shall be read the first Lesson, according to the Table or Calendar; after which shall be said or sung the following Hymn.

Note, That before every Lesson, the Minister shall say, Here beginneth such a Chapter, or Verse of such a Chapter, of such a Book: And after every Lesson, Here endeth the first, or the second Lesson.

Te Deum laudamus.

Wacknowledge thee to be

WE praise thee, O God; we

the Lord.

All the earth doth worship thee, the Father everlasting.

To thee all Angels cry aloud; the Heavens, and all the Powers therein.

To thee, Cherubim and Seraphim continually do cry, Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Sabaoth.

of

Heaven and Earth are full of the Majesty of thy Glory.

The glorious company of the Apostles praise thee.

The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise thee.

The noble army of Martyrs praise thee.

The holy Church, throughout all the world, doth acknowledge

and on earth peace, good will towards men. We praise thee, we bless thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, we give thee,

thanks to thee for thy great glo- The Father, of an infinite Mary, O Lord God, heavenly King,jesty; God the Father Almighty.

Thine adorable, true, and only

Son;

forter.

Also the Holy Ghost, the Com

Thou art the King of Glory, O

O Lord, the only begotten Son, Jesus Christ; O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thoul of the Father.

Christ.

Thou art the everlasting Son,

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When thou tookest upon thee the Lord; praise him, and mag. to deliver man, thou didst hum-nify him for ever.

ble thyself to be born of a Virgin. ye Showers and Dew, bless When thou hadst overcome the ye the Lord; praise him and magsharpness of death, thou didst nify him for ever. open the kingdom of heaven to all believers.

Thou sittest at the right hand of God, in the glory of the Father. We believe that thou shalt come to be our Judge.

We therefore pray thee, help thy servants, whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood. Make them to be numbered with thy saints in glory everlasting. O Lord, save thy people, and bless thine heritage.

Govern them, and lift them up for ever.

Day by day we magnify thee; And we worship thy name ever, world without end.

Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin.

O Lord, have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us.

O Lord, let thy mercy be upon us, as our trust is in thee.

O Lord, in thee have I trusted; let me never be confounded.

Or this Canticle. Benedicite, omnia opera Domini. ALL ye Works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord; praise him and magnify him for ever.

O ye Angels of the Lord, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Heavens, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Waters that are above the Firmament, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for

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Ŏ ye Winds of God, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

Ŏ ye Fire and Heat, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

ye Winter and Summer, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Dews and Frosts, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Frost and Cold, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

Ö ye Ice and Snow, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

ye Nights and Days, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

Ö ye Light and Darkness, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

Oye Lightnings and Clouds, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O let the Earth bless the Lord; yea, let it praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Mountains and Hills, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O all ye green Things upon Earth, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Wells, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Seas and Floods, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

ye Whales, and all that move in the Waters, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O all ye Fowls of the Air, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O all ye Beasts and Cattle, | bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Children of Men, bless ye

As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets, which have been since the world began

That we should be saved from

the Lord; praise him, and mag - | our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us.

nify 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.

ye Spirits and Souls of the Righteous, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for

ever.

Then shall be said the Apostles' Creed,
by the Minister and the People, stand-
ing: And any Churches may omit the
words, He descended into Hell, or may,
instead of them, use the words, He
went into the place of departed Spirits.
which are considered as words of the
same meaning in the Creed.

BELIEVE in God the Father
Almighty, Maker of Heaven

and Earth:

Son our Lord; Who was conAnd in Jesus Christ his only of the Virgin Mary, Suffered unceived by the Holy Ghost, Born

Oye holy and humble Men of heart, bless ye the Lord; praise | der Pontius Pilate, Was crucified. him, and magnify him for ever. | dead, and buried; He descended Then shall be read, in like manner, into Hell; The third day he rose the second Lesson, taken out of the from the dead; He ascended into New Testament, according to the Ta- Heaven; And sitteth on the right ble or Calendar; and after that the following Psalm. hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

Jubilate Deo. Psalm c.

O 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 hast made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people and the sheep of his pas

ture.

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The Holy Catholic Church; The I believe in the Holy Ghost; communion of Saints; The fortion of the body, And the life giveness of sins; The resurreceverlasting. Amen.

f Or this.

BELIEVE in one God, the

Heaven and Earth, and of all Father Almighty, Maker of things visible and invisible:

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, beworlds; God of God, Light of gotten of his Father before all Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father; by whom all things were made; who for us men, and for our salvation, came down from Heaven, and

the

of the Virgin Mary, and was made man, and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffer ed and was buried, and the faird

into any kind of danger; but that
all our doings, being ordered by
thy governance, may be righteous
in thy sight, through Jesus Christ
Lord. Amen.
Our

day he rose again, according to we fall into no sin, neither run the Scriptures, and ascended into Heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of the Father; and he shall come again, with glory, to judge both the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end. And I believe in the Holy Ghost, A Prayer for the President of the United States, and all in Civil Authority. the Lord and giver of life, who heavenly Father, thecendeth from the Father and the high and mighty Ruler of

the Son; who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, who spake by the prophets. And I believe one Catholic and Apostolic Church. I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins; and I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

And after that, these Prayers following,
all devoutly kneeling; the Minister first
pronouncing,

The Lord be with you;
Ans. And with thy spirit.

T Min. Let us pray.

O Lord, show thy mercy upon us; Ans. And grant us thy salvation. Min. O God, make clean our bearts within us;

Ans. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.

Then shall follow the Collect for the

vice is read; and then the Collect for the day shall be omitted here.

TA Collect for Peace.

the universe, who dost from thy
throne behold all the dwellers up-
on earth; most heartily we be-
seech thee, with thy favour to be-
hold and bless thy servant, The
President of the United States, and all
others in authority; and so re-
plenish them with the grace of thy
Holy Spirit, that they may always
incline to thywill, and walk in thy
way: Endue them plenteously
with heavenly gifts; grant them
in health and prosperity long to
live; and finally, after this life, to
attain everlasting joy and felicity,
through Jesus Christ our Lord
Amen.

T The following Prayers are to be omit
ted here, when the Litany is read.
A Prayer for the Clergy and People.

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God,fromwhomcomethevery

day, except when the Communion Ser-good and perfect gift, send down upon our Bishops and other Clergy, and upon the 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.

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.

A Prayer for all Conditions of Men.

GOD, the Creator and Preserver of all mankind, we A Collect for Grace. humbly beseech thee for all sorts LORD, our heavenly Father, and conditions of men, that thou Almighty and everlasting wouldest be pleased to make thy God, who hast safely brought us ways known unto them, thy sav to the beginning of this day; de-ing health unto all nations. "More fend us in the same with thy migh-especially we pray for thy holy ty power, and grant that this day Church universal; that it may be

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