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A Collect for Aid against | we humbly beseech thee for all sorts and conditions of men,

Perils. LORD, our heavenly Fa- that thou wouldst be pleased ther, by whose almighty to make thy ways known unto power we have been preserved them, thy saving health unto this day; by thy great mercy all nations. More especially we defend us from all perils and pray for thy holy Church unidangers of this night, for the versal; that it may be so guilove of thy only Son our Sa- ded and governed by thy good viour Jesus Christ. Amen. Spirit, that all who profess and A Prayer for the President call themselves Christians, may of the United States, and all be led into the way of truth, in Civil Authority. and hold the faith in unity of LORD, our heavenly Fa- Spirit, in the bond of peace, ther, the high and mighty and in righteousness of life.. Ruler of the universe, who dost Finally, we commend to thy from thy throne behold all the Fatherly goodness, all those dwellers upon earth; most who are any ways afflicted or heartily we beseech thee, with distressed in mind, body, or thy favour to behold and bless estate; that it may please thee thy servant, The President of to comfort and relieve them, the United States, and all others according to their several nein authority; and so replenish cessities; giving them patience them with the grace of thy Ho- under their sufferings, and a ly Spirit, that they may always happy issue out of all their afincline to thy will, and walk in flictions: And this we beg for thy way: Endue them plen- Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. teously with heavenly gifts; A general Thanksgiving. grant them in health and pros-A of all mercies, we, thine LMIGHTY God, Father perity long to live; and finally, after this life, to attain everlast- unworthy servants, do give thee ing joy and felicity, through most humble and hearty thanks Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. for all thy goodness and loving A Prayer for the Clergy and kindness to us, and to all men. People. We bless thee for our creation, LMIGHTY and everlast-preservation, and all the blesseth every good and perfect for thine inestimable love in gift, send down upon our the redemption of the world by Bishops and other Clergy, and our Lord Jesus Christ; for the upon the Congregations com- means of grace, and for the mitted to their charge, the hope of glory. And, we beseech healthful spirit of thy grace; thee, give us that due sense of and, that they may truly please all thy mercies, that our hearts thee, pour upon them the con- may be unfeignedly thankful, tinual dew of thy blessing: and that we may show forth thy Grant this, O Lord, for the ho-praise, not only with our lips, nour of our Advocate and Mediator Jesus Christ. Amen. A Prayer for all Conditions of Men GOD, the Creator and

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ly Ghost, be all honour and glo- | most expedient for them; grantry, world without end. Amen. ing us in this world knowledge A Prayer of St. Chrysostom. of thy truth, and in the world ALMIGHTY God, who hast to come life everlasting. Amen.

given us grace at this time, with one accord to make our

2 Cor. xiii. 14

common supplications unto grace of our Lord Je

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

sus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all

evermore. Amen.

Here endeth the Order of
Evening Prayer.

THE LITANY,

Or General Supplication, to be used after Morning Service, on Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

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GOD, the Father of Hea- | vengeance of our sins: spare ven; have mercy upon us us, good Lord, spare thy peomiserable sinners. ple, whom thou hast redeemed O God, the Father of Hea-with thy most precious blood, ven; have mercy upon us mi- and be not angry with us for serable sinners.

O God the Son, Redeemer of the world; have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

O God the Son, Redeemer of the world; have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son; have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son; have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

ever:

Spare us, good Lord."

From all evil and mischief; from sin; from the crafts and assaults of the devil; from thy wrath, and from everlasting damnation;

Good Lord, deliver us.

From all blindness of heart; from pride, vain-glory, and hypocrisy; from envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness;

Good Lord, deliver us.

From all inordinate and sinful affections; and from all the deceits of the world, the flesh,

O holy, blessed, and glorious
Trinity, three persons and one
God; have mercy upon us mi-and the devil;
serable sinners.

O holy, blessed, and glorious
Trinity, three persons and one
God; have mercy upon us mi-
serable sinners.

Remember not, Lord, our of fences, nor the offences of our forefathers; neither take thou

Good Lord, deliver us.

From lightning and tempest; from plague, pestilence, and famine; from battle and murder, and from sudden death;

Good Lord, deliver us.
From all sedition, privy con-

spiracy, and rebellion; from all false doctrine, heresy, and schism; from hardness of heart, and contempt of thy Word and Commandment;

give to all nations unity, peace, and concord;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to Good Lord, deliver us. give us an heart to love and fear By the mystery of thy holy thee, and diligently to live after Incarnation; by thy holy Na-thy Commandments; tivity and Circumcision; by thy Baptism, Fasting, and Temp-good Lord. tation;

We beseech thee to hear us,

That it may please thee to give to all thy people increase of grace, to hear meekly thy Word, and to receive it with pure affection, and to bring forth the fruits of the Spirit;

Good Lord, deliver us. By thine Agony and bloody Sweat; by thy Cross and Passion; by thy precious Death and Burial; by thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension; We beseech thee to hear us, and by the coming of the Ho-good Lord. ly Ghost;

Good Lord, deliver us.

In all time of our tribulation; in all time of our prosperity; in the hour of death, and in the day of judgment;

Good Lord, deliver us. We sinners do beseech thee to hear us, O Lord God; and that it may please thee to rule and govern thy holy Church universal in the right way;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to bless and preserve all Christian Rulers and Magistrates; giving them grace to execute justice, and to maintain truth;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to illuminate all Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, with true knowledge and understanding of thy Word; and that both by their preaching and living they may set it forth, and show it accordingly;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to bless and keep all thy people; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to

That it may please thee to bring into the way of truth, all such as have erred and are de ceived;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to strengthen such as do stand, and to comfort and help the weakhearted, and to raise up those who fall, and finally to beat down Satan under our feet;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to succour, help, and comfort all who are in danger, necessity, and tribulation;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to preserve all who travel by land or by water, all women in the perils of child-birth, all siek persons, and young children, and to show thy pity upon all prisoners and captives;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to defend, and provide for, the fu therless children, and widows, and all who are desolate and oppressed;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to have mercy upon all men; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

[Name: Thy Kingdom come; Thy Will be done on Earth, as it is in Heaven; Give us this day our daily bread; And forThat it may please thee to give us our trespasses, as we forgive our enemies, persecu-forgive those who trespass tors, and slanderers, and to turn their hearts;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to give and preserve to our use

against us; And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen.

Min. O Lord, deal not with
us according to our sins.
Ans. Neither reward us ac-

the kindly fruits of the earth,cording to our iniquities.
so that in due time we may en-
joy them;

T Let us pray.
GOD, merciful Father,

"We beseech thee to hear us, who despisest not the sigh

good Lord. That it may please thee to ing of a contrite heart, nor the give us true repentance, to for-desire of such as are sorrowful; give us all our sins, negligences, and ignorances, and to endue us with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, to amend our lives according to thy Holy Word;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

Son of God, we beseech thee

to hear us.

Son of God, we beseech thee

to hear us.

O Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world; Grant us the peace.

O Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world; Have mercy upon us.

which we make before thee in mercifully assist our prayers all our troubles and adversities, whensoever they oppress us; and graciously hear us, that those evils which the craft and subtilty of the devil or man worketh against us, may, by thy good providence, be brought to nought; that we, thy servants, being hurt by no persecutions, may evermore give thanks un to thee in thy holy Church, through Jesus Christ our Lord. deliver us, for thy name's sake. O Lord, arise, help us, and

The Minister may, at his dis-O

cretion, omit all that follows,
to the Prayer, "We humbly
beseech thee, O Father," &c.
(O Christ, hear us.
O Christ, hear us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Then shall the Minister, and
the People with him, say the
Lord's Prayer.

UR Father, who art in

GOD, we have heard with

our ears, and our fathers have declared unto us, the noble works that thou didst in their days, and in the old time before them.

O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us, for thine honour.

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. Amen.

From our enemies defend us, O Christ.

Graciously look upon our afficticious

With pity behold the sorrows for thine inestimable love in the

of our hearts.

Mercifully forgive the sins of thy people.

Favourably with mercy hear our prayers.

O Son of David, have mercy upon us.

Both now and ever, vouchsafe to hear us, O Christ.

Graciously hear us, O Christ; graciously hear us, O Lord Christ.

Min. O Lord, let thy mercy be showed upon us;

Ans. As we do put our trust in thee.]

Let us pray.

WE humbly, beseech thee,

redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful, and that we may show forth thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives; by giving up ourselves to thy service, and by walking before thee in holiness and righteousness all our days, through Jesus Christ our Lord; to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, world

without end. Amen.

O Father, mercifully to TA Prayer of St. Chrysostom. look upon our infirmities; and, for the glory of thy name, turn ALMIGHTY God, who hast us evils that we given us grace at this time, most justly have deserved; and with one accord to make our grant that, in all our troubles, common supplications unto we may put our whole trust and thee; and dost promise that confidence in thy mercy; and when two or three are gathered evermore serve thee in holiness together in thy name, thou wilt and pureness of living, to thy grant their requests; fulfil now, honour and glory, through our O Lord, the desires and petionly Mediator and Advocate, tions of thy servants, as may Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. be most expedient for them; TA general Thanksgiving.granting us in this world knowALMIGHTY God, Father ledge of thy truth, and in the of all mercies, we, thine world to come life everlasting. unworthy servants, do give thee Amen. most humble and hearty thanks

2 Cor. xiii. 14. THE grace of our Lord Je

For all thy goodness and loving Christ, and the love of kindness to us, and to all men.

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We bless thee for our creation, God, and the fellowship of the
preservation, and all the bless- Holy Ghost, be with us all
ings of this life; but, above all, evermore. Amen.
Here endeth the Litany.

PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS
UPON SEVERAL OCCASIONS,

To be used before the two final Prayers of Morning aud
Evening Service.

PRAYERS.

A Prayer for Congress, to be used during their Session.

MOST gracious God, we for the People of these United humbly beseech thee, as States in general, so especially

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