{"collection":"scripture-revelation","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/gutenberg_50469/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/gutenberg_50469","id":"gutenberg_50469","license":"Public Domain (US)","rights_basis":"gutenberg_metadata_copyright_false","source":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50469","summary":null,"tags":["Armed Forces -- Prayers and devotions","Category: Religion/Spirituality"],"text":"A PRAYER BOOK\n                                 for\n                         SOLDIERS AND SAILORS\n\n\n                            Published for\n                   THE ARMY AND NAVY COMMISSION OF\n                   THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH\n                                  BY\n                       THE CHURCH PENSION FUND\n                     20 Exchange Place \u00b7 New York\n                                 1941\n\n\n                          The Lord\u2019s Prayer\n\nOur Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come.\nThy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our\ndaily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who\ntrespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us\nfrom evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for\never and ever. Amen.\n\n\n                         The Apostles\u2019 Creed\n\nI believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth:\n\nAnd in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord: Who was conceived by the\nHoly Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary: Suffered under Pontius Pilate,\nWas crucified, dead, and buried: He descended into hell; The third day\nhe rose again from the dead: He ascended into heaven, And sitteth on\nthe right hand of God the Father Almighty: From thence he shall come\nto judge the quick and the dead.\n\nI believe in the Holy Ghost: The holy Catholic Church; The Communion\nof Saints: The Forgiveness of sins: The Resurrection of the body: And\nthe Life everlasting. Amen.\n\n  To you who are serving our country in the Army or the Navy we send\n  this book as a gift from the Church and a reminder that the Church\n  follows you into the Service with deep interest. We hope that you\n  will find these prayers and hymns and Bible readings a daily help\n  and that they will make real to you the power of God and His purpose\n  for your life.\n\n                          H. St. George Tucker\n                           _Presiding Bishop_\n                    The Protestant Episcopal Church\n                          in the United States\n\n\n\n\n                               Contents\n\n\n  An Order of Worship                                            1\n  The Holy Communion                                             5\n  Prayers                                                       23\n  Psalms                                                        35\n  Readings from the Bible                                       45\n  Hymns                                                         59\n\n\n                      Fifth Edition, November 1942\n\n\n\n\n                          An Order of Worship\n\n\nHYMN\n\nThe Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before\nhim. Hab. ii. 20.\n\nI was glad when they said unto me, We will go into the house of the\nLord. Psalm cxxii. 1.\n\nLet the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be alway\nacceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer. Psalm\nxix. 14.\n\nO send out thy light and thy truth, that they may lead me, and bring\nme unto thy holy hill, and to thy dwelling. Psalm xliii. 3.\n\nGrace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord\nJesus Christ. Phil. i. 2.\n\nPSALM\n\nSCRIPTURE LESSON\n\nHYMN\n\nAPOSTLES\u2019 CREED\n\nI believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth:\n\nAnd in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord: Who was conceived by the\nHoly Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary: Suffered under Pontius Pilate,\nWas crucified, dead, and buried: He descended into hell; The third day\nhe rose again from the dead: He ascended into heaven, And sitteth on\nthe right hand of God the Father Almighty: From thence he shall come\nto judge the quick and the dead.\n\nI believe in the Holy Ghost: The holy Catholic Church; The Communion\nof Saints: The Forgiveness of sins: The Resurrection of the body: And\nthe Life everlasting. Amen.\n\n                 The Lord be with you.\n     _Answer._   And with thy spirit.\n   _Minister._   Let us pray.\n\n\n                            A Confession\n\nO Almighty Father, Lord of heaven and earth, we confess that we have\nsinned against thee in thought, word, and deed. Have mercy upon us,\nO God, after thy great goodness; according to the multitude of thy\nmercies, do away our offences and cleanse us from our sins; for\nJesus Christ\u2019s sake. Amen.\n\n\n                             Absolution\n\nThe Almighty and merciful Lord grant you Absolution and Remission of\nall your sins, true repentance, amendment of life, and the grace and\nconsolation of his Holy Spirit. _Amen._\n\nPRAYERS (to be chosen by the Minister)\n\n\n                       A General Thanksgiving\n\nAlmighty God, Father of all mercies, we, thine unworthy servants, do\ngive thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and\nloving-kindness to us, and to all men. We bless thee for our\ncreation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but\nabove all, for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world\nby our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope\nof glory. And, we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy\nmercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful; and that we\nshow forth thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives, by\ngiving up our selves to thy service, and by walking before thee in\nholiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus Christ our\nLord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and\nglory, world without end. _Amen._\n\nOur Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom\ncome. Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this\nday our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive\nthose who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, But\ndeliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and\nthe glory, for ever and ever. _Amen._\n\n\n                          2 Cor. xiii. 14.\n\nThe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the\nfellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. _Amen._\n\nHYMN\n\nADDRESS\n\nThe Lord bless us, and keep us. The Lord make his face to shine upon\nus, and be gracious unto us. The Lord lift up his countenance upon\nus, and give us peace, both now and evermore. _Amen._\n\n\n\n\n                           The Order for\n              The Administration of the Lord\u2019s Supper\n                                 or\n                           Holy Communion\n\n\n\u00b6 _At the Communion-time the Holy Table shall have upon it a fair\nwhite linen cloth. And the Priest, standing reverently before the\nHoly Table, shall say the Lord\u2019s Prayer and the Collect following,\nthe People kneeling; but the Lord\u2019s Prayer may be omitted at the\ndiscretion of the Priest._\n\nOur Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom\ncome. Thy will be done, On earth as it is heaven. Give us this day\nour daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those\nwho trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, But\ndeliver us from evil. Amen.\n\n                           _The Collect._\n\nAlmighty God, unto whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and\nfrom whom no secrets are hid; Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by\nthe inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love thee,\nand worthily magnify thy holy Name; through Christ our Lord. _Amen._\n\n\u00b6 _Then shall the Priest, turning to the People, rehearse distinctly\nThe Ten Commandments; and the People, still kneeling, shall, after\nevery Commandment, ask God mercy for their transgressions for the\ntime past, and grace to keep the law for the time to come._\n\n\u00b6 _And Note, That in rehearsing The Ten Commandments, the Priest may\nomit that part of the Commandment which is inset._\n\n\u00b6 _The Decalogue may be omitted, provided it be said at least one\nSunday in each month. But Note, That whenever it is omitted, the\nPriest shall say the Summary of the Law, beginning_, Hear what our\nLord Jesus Christ saith.\n\n                          _The Decalogue._\n\nGod spake these words, and said:\n\nI am the Lord thy God; Thou shalt have none other gods but me.\n\n_Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law._\n\nThou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of\nany thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in\nthe water under the earth; thou shalt not bow down to them, nor\nworship them;\n\n  for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, and visit the sins of the\n  fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of\n  them that hate me; and show mercy unto thousands in them that love\n  me and keep my commandments.\n\n_Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law._\n\nThou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain;\n\n  for the Lord will not hold him guiltless, that taketh his Name in\n  vain.\n\n_Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law._\n\nRemember that thou keep holy the Sabbath-day.\n\n  Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do; but\n  the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou\n  shalt do no manner of work; thou, and thy son, and thy daughter,\n  thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and the\n  stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made\n  heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the\n  seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and\n  hallowed it.\n\n_Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law._\n\nHonour thy father and thy mother;\n\n  that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God\n  giveth thee.\n\n_Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law._\n\nThou shalt do no murder.\n\n_Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law._\n\nThou shalt not commit adultery.\n\n_Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law._\n\nThou shalt not steal.\n\n_Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law._\n\nThou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.\n\n_Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law._\n\nThou shall not covet\n\n  thy neighbour\u2019s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour\u2019s wife,\n  nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any\n  thing that is his.\n\n_Lord, have mercy upon us, and write all these thy laws in our\nhearts, we beseech thee._\n\n\u00b6 _Then may the Priest say,_\n\n               Hear what our Lord Jesus Christ saith.\n\nThou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all\nthy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great\ncommandment. And the second is like unto it; Thou shalt love thy\nneighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the Law and\nthe Prophets.\n\n\u00b6 _Here, if the Decalogue hath been omitted, shall be said,_\n\n  Lord, have mercy upon us.\n  _Christ, have mercy upon us._\n  Lord, have mercy upon us.\n\n\u00b6 _Then the Priest may say,_\n\nO Almighty Lord, and everlasting God, vouchsafe, we beseech thee, to\ndirect, sanctify, and govern, both our hearts and bodies, in the\nways of thy laws, and in the works of thy commandments; that,\nthrough thy most mighty protection, both here and ever, we may be\npreserved in body and soul; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus\nChrist. _Amen._\n\n\u00b6 _Here shall be said,_\n\n                 The Lord be with you.\n     _Answer._   And with thy spirit.\n   _Minister._   Let us pray.\n\n\u00b6 _Then shall the Priest say the Collect of the Day. And after the\nCollect the Minister appointed shall read the Epistle, first\nsaying,_ The Epistle is written in the \u2014\u2014 Chapter of \u2014\u2014, beginning\nat the \u2014\u2014 Verse. _The Epistle ended, he shall say_, Here endeth the\nEpistle.\n\n\u00b6 _Here may be sung a Hymn or an Anthem._\n\n\u00b6 _Then, all the People standing, the Minister appointed shall read\nthe Gospel, first saying_, The Holy Gospel is written in the \u2014\u2014\nChapter of \u2014\u2014, beginning at the \u2014\u2014 Verse.\n\n\u00b6 _Here shall be said,_\n\n                     Glory be to thee, O Lord.\n\n\u00b6 _And after the Gospel may be said,_\n\n                    Praise be to thee, O Christ.\n\n\u00b6 _Then shall be said the Creed commonly called the Nicene, or else\nthe Apostles\u2019 Creed; but the Creed may be omitted, if it hath been\nsaid immediately before in Morning Prayer; Provided, That the Nicene\nCreed shall be said on Christmas Day, Easter Day, Ascension Day,\nWhitsunday, and Trinity Sunday._\n\nI believe in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth,\nAnd of all things visible and invisible:\n\nAnd in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God; Begotten\nof his Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very\nGod of very God; Begotten, not made; Being of one substance with the\nFather; By whom all things were made: Who for us men and for our\nsalvation came down from heaven, And was incarnate by the Holy Ghost\nof the Virgin Mary, And was made man: And was crucified also for us\nunder Pontius Pilate; He suffered and was buried: And the third day\nhe rose again according to the Scriptures: And ascended into heaven,\nAnd sitteth on the right hand of the Father: And he shall come\nagain, with glory, to judge both the quick and the dead; Whose\nkingdom shall have no end.\n\nAnd I believe in the Holy Ghost, The Lord, and Giver of Life, Who\nproceedeth from the Father and the Son; Who with the Father and the\nSon together is worshipped and glorified; Who spake by the Prophets:\nAnd I believe one Catholic and Apostolic Church: I acknowledge one\nBaptism for the remission of sins: And I look for the Resurrection\nof the dead: And the Life of the world to come. Amen.\n\n\u00b6 _Then shall be declared unto the People what Holy Days, or Fasting\nDays, are in the week following to be observed; and (if occasion be)\nshall Notice be given of the Communion, and of the Banns of\nMatrimony, and of other matters to be published._\n\n\u00b6 _Here, or immediately after the Creed, may be said the Bidding\nPrayer, or other authorized prayers and intercessions._\n\n\u00b6 _Then followeth the Sermon. After which, the Priest, when there is\na Communion, shall return to the Holy Table, and begin the\nOffertory, saying one or more of these Sentences following, as he\nthinketh most convenient._\n\nRemember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more\nblessed to give than to receive. Acts xx. 35.\n\nThine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and\nthe victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in\nthe earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art\nexalted as head above all. 1 Chron. xxix. 11.\n\nAll things come of thee, O Lord, and of thine own have we given\nthee. 1 Chron. xxix. 14.\n\n\u00b6 _And_ Note, _That these Sentences may be used on any other\noccasion of Public Worship when the Offerings of the People are to\nbe received._\n\n\u00b6 _The Deacons, Church-wardens, or other fit persons appointed for\nthat purpose, shall receive the Alms for the Poor, and other\nOfferings of the People, in a decent Basin to be provided by the\nParish; and reverently bring it to the Priest, who shall humbly\npresent and place it upon the Holy Table._\n\n\u00b6 _And the Priest shall then offer, and shall place upon the Holy\nTable, the Bread and the Wine._\n\n\u00b6 _And when the Alms and Oblations are being received and presented,\nthere may be sung a Hymn, or an Offertory Anthem in the words of\nHoly Scripture or of the Book of Common Prayer, under the direction\nof the Priest._\n\n\u00b6 _Here the Priest may ask the secret intercessions of the\nCongregation for any who have desired the prayers of the Church._\n\n\u00b6 _Then shall the Priest say,_\n\nLet us pray for the whole state of Christ\u2019s Church.\n\nAlmighty and everliving God, who by thy holy Apostle hast taught us\nto make prayers, and supplications, and to give thanks for all men;\nWe humbly beseech thee most mercifully to accept our [_alms and_]\noblations, and to receive these our prayers, which we offer unto thy\nDivine Majesty; beseeching thee to inspire continually the Universal\nChurch with the spirit of truth, unity, and concord: And grant that\nall those who do confess thy holy Name may agree in the truth of thy\nholy Word, and live in unity and godly love.\n\nWe beseech thee also, so to direct and dispose the hearts of all\nChristian Rulers, that they may truly and impartially administer\njustice, to the punishment of wickedness and vice, and to the\nmaintenance of thy true religion, and virtue.\n\nGive grace, O heavenly Father, to all Bishops and other Ministers,\nthat they may, both by their life and doctrine, set forth thy true\nand lively Word, and rightly and duly administer thy holy\nSacraments.\n\nAnd to all thy People give thy heavenly grace; and especially to\nthis congregation here present; that, with meek heart and due\nreverence, they may hear, and receive thy holy Word; truly serving\nthee in holiness and righteousness all the days of their life.\n\nAnd we most humbly beseech thee, of thy goodness, O Lord, to comfort\nand succour all those who, in this transitory life, are in trouble,\nsorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity.\n\nAnd we also bless thy holy Name for all thy servants departed this\nlife in thy faith and fear; beseeching thee to grant them continual\ngrowth in thy love and service, and to give us grace so to follow\ntheir good examples, that with them we may be partakers of thy\nheavenly kingdom. Grant this, O Father, for Jesus Christ\u2019s sake, our\nonly Mediator and Advocate. _Amen._\n\n\u00b6 _Then shall the Priest say to those who come to receive the Holy\nCommunion,_\n\nYe who do truly and earnestly repent you of your sins, and are in\nlove and charity with your neighbours, and intend to lead a new\nlife, following the commandments of God, and walking from henceforth\nin his holy ways: Draw near with faith, and take this holy Sacrament\nto your comfort; and make your humble confession to Almighty God,\ndevoutly kneeling.\n\n\u00b6 _Then shall this General Confession be made, by the Priest and all\nthose who are minded to receive the Holy Communion, humbly\nkneeling._\n\nAlmighty God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Maker of all things,\nJudge of all men; We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and\nwickedness, Which we, from time to time, most grievously have\ncommitted, By thought, word, and deed, Against thy Divine Majesty,\nProvoking most justly thy wrath and indignation against us. We do\nearnestly repent, And are heartily sorry for these our misdoings;\nThe remembrance of them is grievous unto us; The burden of them is\nintolerable. Have mercy upon us, Have mercy upon us, most merciful\nFather; For thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ\u2019s sake, Forgive us all\nthat is past; And grant that we may ever hereafter Serve and please\nthee In newness of life, To the honour and glory of thy Name;\nThrough Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.\n\n\u00b6 _Then shall the Priest (the Bishop if he be present) stand up, and\nturning to the People, say,_\n\nAlmighty God, our heavenly Father, who of his great mercy hath\npromised forgiveness of sins to all those who with hearty repentance\nand true faith turn unto him; Have mercy upon you; pardon and\ndeliver you from all your sins; confirm and strengthen you in all\ngoodness; and bring you to everlasting life; through Jesus Christ\nour Lord. _Amen._\n\n\u00b6 _Then shall the Priest say,_\n\nHear what comfortable words our Saviour Christ saith unto all who\ntruly turn to him.\n\nCome unto me, all ye that travail and are heavy laden, and I will\nrefresh you. St. Matt. xi. 28.\n\nSo God loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, to the\nend that all that believe in him should not perish, but have\neverlasting life. St. John iii. 16.\n\nHear also what Saint Paul saith.\n\nThis is a true saying, and worthy of all men to be received, That\nChrist Jesus came into the world to save sinners. 1 Tim. i. 15.\n\nHear also what Saint John saith.\n\nIf any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ\nthe righteous; and he is the Propitiation for our sins. 1 St. John\nii. 1, 2.\n\n\u00b6 _After which the Priest shall proceed, saying,_\n\n                 Lift up your hearts.\n     _Answer._   We lift them up unto the Lord.\n     _Priest._   Let us give thanks unto our Lord God.\n     _Answer._   It is meet and right so to do.\n\n\u00b6 _Then shall the Priest turn to the Holy Table, and say,_\n\nIt is very meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we should at all\ntimes, and in all places, give thanks unto thee, O Lord, Holy\nFather, Almighty, Everlasting God.\n\n\u00b6 _Here shall follow the Proper Preface, according to the time, if\nthere be any specially appointed; or else immediately shall be said\nor sung by the Priest,_\n\nTherefore with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of\nheaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious Name; evermore praising\nthee, and saying,\n\n\u00b6 _Priest and People._\n\nHOLY, HOLY, HOLY, Lord God of hosts, Heaven and earth are full of\nthy glory: Glory be to thee, O Lord Most High. Amen.\n\n\n                          PROPER PREFACES\n\n\n                             Christmas\n\n\u00b6 _Upon Christmas Day, and seven days after._\n\nBecause thou didst give Jesus Christ, thine only Son, to be born as\nat this time for us; who, by the operation of the Holy Ghost, was\nmade very man, of the substance of the Virgin Mary his mother; and\nthat without spot of sin, to make us clean from all sin.\n\nTherefore with Angels, etc.\n\n\n                              Epiphany\n\n\u00b6 _Upon the Epiphany, and seven days after._\n\nThrough Jesus Christ our Lord; who, in substance of our mortal\nflesh, manifested forth his glory; that he might bring us out of\ndarkness into his own glorious light.\n\nTherefore with Angels, etc.\n\n\n          Purification, Annunciation, and Transfiguration\n\n\u00b6 _Upon the Feasts of the Purification, Annunciation, and\nTransfiguration._\n\nBecause in the Mystery of the Word made flesh, thou hast caused a\nnew light to shine in our hearts, to give the knowledge of thy glory\nin the face of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nTherefore with Angels, etc.\n\n\n                               Easter\n\n\u00b6 _Upon Easter Day, and seven days after._\n\nBut chiefly are we bound to praise thee for the glorious\nResurrection of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord: for he is the very\nPaschal Lamb, which was offered for us, and hath taken away the sin\nof the world; who by his death hath destroyed death, and by his\nrising to life again hath restored to us everlasting life.\n\nTherefore with Angels, etc.\n\n\n                             Ascension\n\n\u00b6 _Upon Ascension Day, and seven days after._\n\nThrough thy most dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who,\nafter his most glorious Resurrection, manifestly appeared to all his\nApostles, and in their sight ascended up into heaven, to prepare a\nplace for us; that where he is, thither we might also ascend, and\nreign with him in glory.\n\nTherefore with Angels, etc.\n\n\n                            Whitsuntide\n\n\u00b6 _Upon Whitsunday, and six days after._\n\nThrough Jesus Christ our Lord; according to whose most true promise,\nthe Holy Ghost came down as at this time from heaven, lighting upon\nthe disciples, to teach them, and to lead them into all truth;\ngiving them boldness with fervent zeal constantly to preach the\nGospel unto all nations; whereby we have been brought out of\ndarkness and error into the clear light and true knowledge of thee,\nand of thy Son Jesus Christ.\n\nTherefore with Angels, etc.\n\n\n                           Trinity Sunday\n\n\u00b6 _Upon the Feast of Trinity only._\n\nWho, with thine only-begotten Son, and the Holy Ghost, art one God,\none Lord, in Trinity of Persons and in Unity of Substance. For that\nwhich we believe of thy glory, O Father, the same we believe of the\nSon, and of the Holy Ghost, without any difference of inequality.\n\nTherefore with Angels, etc.\n\n\u00b6 _Or this._\n\nFor the precious death and merits of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord,\nand for the sending to us of the Holy Ghost, the Comforter; who are\none with thee in thy Eternal Godhead.\n\nTherefore with Angels, etc.\n\n\n                             All Saints\n\n\u00b6 _Upon All Saints\u2019 Day, and seven days after._\n\nWho, in the multitude of thy Saints, hast compassed us about with so\ngreat a cloud of witnesses that we, rejoicing in their fellowship,\nmay run with patience the race that is set before us, and, together\nwith them, may receive the crown of glory that fadeth not away.\n\nTherefore with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of\nheaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious Name; evermore praising\nthee, and saying,\n\n\u00b6 _Priest and People._\n\nHOLY, HOLY, HOLY, Lord God of hosts, Heaven and earth are full of\nthy glory: Glory be to thee, O Lord Most High. Amen.\n\n\u00b6 _When the Priest, standing before the Holy Table, hath so ordered\nthe Bread and Wine, that he may with the more readiness and decency\nbreak the Bread before the People, and take the Cup into his hands,\nhe shall say the Prayer of Consecration, as followeth._\n\nAll glory be to thee, Almighty God, our heavenly Father, for that\nthou, of thy tender mercy, didst give thine only Son Jesus Christ to\nsuffer death upon the Cross for our redemption; who made there (by\nhis one oblation of himself once offered) a full, perfect, and\nsufficient sacrifice, oblation, and satisfaction, for the sins of\nthe whole world; and did institute, and in his holy Gospel command\nus to continue, a perpetual memory of that his precious death and\nsacrifice, until his coming again: For in the night in which he was\nbetrayed, (_a_) he took Bread; and when he had given thanks, (_b_)\nhe brake it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, Take, eat, (_c_)\nthis is my Body, which is given for you; Do this in remembrance of\nme. Likewise, after supper, (_d_) he took the Cup; and when he had\ngiven thanks, he gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of this; for\n(_e_) this is my Blood of the New Testament, which is shed for you,\nand for many, for the remission of sins; Do this, as oft as ye shall\ndrink it, in remembrance of me.\n\n(_a_) _Here the Priest is to take the Paten into his hands._\n\n(_b_) _And here to break the Bread._\n\n(_c_) _And here to lay his hand upon all the Bread._\n\n(_d_) _Here he is to take the Cup into his hands._\n\n(_e_) _And here he is to lay his hand upon every vessel in which\nthere is any Wine to be consecrated._\n\n_The Oblation._\n\nWherefore, O Lord and heavenly Father, according to the institution\nof thy dearly beloved Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, we, thy humble\nservants, do celebrate and make here before thy Divine Majesty, with\nthese thy holy gifts, which we now offer unto thee, the memorial thy\nSon hath commanded us to make; having in remembrance his blessed\npassion and precious death, his mighty resurrection and glorious\nascension; rendering unto thee most hearty thanks for the\ninnumerable benefits procured unto us by the same.\n\n_The Invocation._\n\nAnd we most humbly beseech thee, O merciful Father, to hear us; and,\nof thy almighty goodness, vouchsafe to bless and sanctify, with thy\nWord and Holy Spirit, these thy gifts and creatures of bread and\nwine; that we, receiving them according to thy Son our Saviour Jesus\nChrist\u2019s holy institution, in remembrance of his death and passion,\nmay be partakers of his most blessed Body and Blood.\n\nAnd we earnestly desire thy fatherly goodness, mercifully to accept\nthis our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving; most humbly\nbeseeching thee to grant that, by the merits and death of thy Son\nJesus Christ, and through faith in his blood, we, and all thy whole\nChurch, may obtain remission of our sins, and all other benefits of\nhis passion. And here we offer and present unto thee, O Lord, our\nselves, our souls and bodies, to be a reasonable, holy, and living\nsacrifice unto thee; humbly beseeching thee, that we, and all others\nwho shall be partakers of this Holy Communion, may worthily receive\nthe most precious Body and Blood of thy Son Jesus Christ, be filled\nwith thy grace and heavenly benediction, and made one body with him,\nthat he may dwell in us, and we in him. And although we are\nunworthy, through our manifold sins, to offer unto thee any\nsacrifice; yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and\nservice; not weighing our merits, but pardoning our offences,\nthrough Jesus Christ our Lord; by whom, and with whom, in the unity\nof the Holy Ghost, all honour and glory be unto thee, O Father\nAlmighty, world without end. _Amen._\n\nAnd now, as our Saviour Christ hath taught us, we are bold to say,\n\nOur Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom\ncome. Thy will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this\nday our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive\nthose who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, But\ndeliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and\nthe glory, for ever and ever. Amen.\n\n\u00b6 _Then shall the Priest, kneeling down at the Lord\u2019s Table, say, in\nthe name of all those who shall receive the Communion, this Prayer\nfollowing._\n\nWe do not presume to come to this thy Table, O merciful Lord,\ntrusting in our own righteousness, but in thy manifold and great\nmercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under\nthy Table. But thou art the same Lord, whose property is always to\nhave mercy: Grant us therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh\nof thy dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink his blood, that our\nsinful bodies may be made clean by his body, and our souls washed\nthrough his most precious blood, and that we may evermore dwell in\nhim, and he in us. _Amen._\n\n\u00b6 _Here may be Sung a Hymn._\n\n\u00b6 _Then shall the Priest first receive the Holy Communion in both\nkinds himself, and proceed to deliver the same to the Bishops,\nPriests, and Deacons, in like manner, (if any be present,) and,\nafter that, to the People also in order, into their hands, all\ndevoutly kneeling. And sufficient opportunity shall be given to\nthose present to communicate. And when he delivereth the Bread, he\nshall say,_\n\nThe Body of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was given for thee,\npreserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life. Take and eat this\nin remembrance that Christ died for thee, and feed on him in thy\nheart by faith, with thanksgiving.\n\n\u00b6 _And the Minister who delivereth the Cup shall say,_\n\nThe Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was shed for thee,\npreserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life. Drink this in\nremembrance that Christ\u2019s Blood was shed for thee, and be thankful.\n\n\u00b6 _If the consecrated Bread or Wine be spent before all have\ncommunicated, the Priest is to consecrate more, according to the\nForm before prescribed; beginning at, _All glory be to thee,\nAlmighty God_, and ending with these words, _partakers of his most\nblessed Body and Blood_._\n\n\u00b6 _When all have communicated, the Priest shall return to the Lord\u2019s\nTable, and reverently place upon it what remaineth of the\nconsecrated Elements, covering the same with a fair linen cloth._\n\n\u00b6 _Then shall the Priest say,_\n\n                            Let us pray.\n\nAlmighty and everliving God, we most heartily thank thee, for that\nthou dost vouchsafe to feed us who have duly received these holy\nmysteries, with the spiritual food of the most precious Body and\nBlood of thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ; and dost assure us\nthereby of thy favour and goodness towards us; and that we are very\nmembers incorporate in the mystical body of thy Son, which is the\nblessed company of all faithful people; and are also heirs through\nhope of thy everlasting kingdom, by the merits of his most precious\ndeath and passion. And we humbly beseech thee, O heavenly Father, so\nto assist us with thy grace, that we may continue in that holy\nfellowship, and do all such good works as thou hast prepared for us\nto walk in; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and\nthe Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end. _Amen._\n\n\u00b6 _Then shall be said the Gloria in excelsis, all standing, or some\nproper Hymn._\n\nGlory be to God on high, and on earth peace, good will towards men.\nWe praise thee, we bless thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, we\ngive thanks to thee for thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly King,\nGod the Father Almighty.\n\nO Lord, the only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ; O Lord God, Lamb of\nGod, Son of the Father, that takest away the sins of the world, have\nmercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, receive\nour prayer. Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father,\nhave mercy upon us.\n\nFor thou only art holy; thou only art the Lord; thou only, O Christ,\nwith the Holy Ghost, art most high in the glory of God the Father.\nAmen.\n\n\u00b6 _Then, the People kneeling, the Priest (the Bishop if he be\npresent) shall let them depart with this Blessing._\n\nThe Peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts\nand minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jesus\nChrist our Lord: And the Blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the\nSon, and the Holy Ghost, be amongst you, and remain with you always.\n_Amen._\n\n\n                          GENERAL RUBRICS\n\n\u00b6 _In the absence of a Priest, a Deacon may say all that is before\nappointed unto the end of the Gospel._\n\n\u00b6 _Upon the Sundays and other Holy Days, (though there be no Sermon\nor Communion,) may be said all that is appointed at the Communion,\nunto the end of the Gospel, concluding with the Blessing._\n\n\u00b6 _And if any of the consecrated Bread and Wine remain after the\nCommunion, it shall not be carried out of the Church; but the\nMinister and other Communicants shall, immediately after the\nBlessing, reverently eat and drink the same._\n\n\u00b6 _If among those who come to be partakers of the Holy Communion,\nthe Minister shall know any to be an open and notorious evil liver,\nor to have done any wrong to his neighbours by word or deed, so that\nthe Congregation be thereby offended; he shall advertise him, that\nhe presume not to come to the Lord\u2019s Table, until he have openly\ndeclared himself to have truly repented and amended his former evil\nlife, that the Congregation may thereby be satisfied; and that he\nhath recompensed the parties to whom he hath done wrong; or at least\ndeclare himself to be in full purpose so to do, as soon as he\nconveniently may._\n\n\u00b6 _The same order shall the Minister use with those, betwixt whom he\nperceiveth malice and hatred to reign; not suffering them to be\npartakers of the Lord\u2019s Table, until he know them to be reconciled.\nAnd if one of the parties, so at variance, be content to forgive\nfrom the bottom of his heart all that the other hath trespassed\nagainst him, and to make amends for that wherein he himself hath\noffended; and the other party will not be persuaded to a godly\nunity, but remain still in his frowardness and malice; the Minister\nin that case ought to admit the penitent person to the Holy\nCommunion, and not him that is obstinate. Provided, That every\nMinister so repelling any, as is herein specified, shall be obliged\nto give an account of the same to the Ordinary, within fourteen days\nafter, at the farthest._\n\n\n\n\n                              Prayers\n\n\n                           In the Morning\n\nInto thy hands, O God, I commend myself this day. Let thy presence\nbe with me even to its close, that at night I may again give thanks\nunto thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen._\n\nGrant, O Lord, that I may not be ashamed to confess the faith of\nChrist crucified, and manfully to fight under his banner against\nsin, the world, and the devil, and to continue Christ\u2019s faithful\nsoldier and servant unto my life\u2019s end. _Amen._\n\nDefend, O Lord, this thy Child with thy heavenly grace; that I may\ncontinue thine for ever; and daily increase in thy Holy Spirit more\nand more, until I come unto thy everlasting kingdom. _Amen._\n\n\n                              At Night\n\nThe God of peace himself sanctify me wholly, and may my spirit and\nsoul and body be preserved entire without blame at the coming of our\nLord Jesus Christ. _Amen._\n\nAbide with us, O Lord, this night, and with all the sick and\nsorrowful, the forsaken and weary, to strengthen and to cheer, and\nto give rest. _Amen._\n\nThine is the day, O Lord, and thine the night; Grant that the sun of\nrighteousness may abide in our hearts, to drive away the darkness of\nevil thoughts; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen._\n\n\nO Lord, Lover of men, who forgivest us our sins; Cleanse us of all\nthat is base or selfish, and make us to be in all things thy\nservants, and the messengers of thy love. _Amen._\n\nGrant, O Lord, that we may meet all difficulties and temptations\nwith a stedfast heart, in the strength of thy indwelling spirit.\n_Amen._\n\nShield us, O God, from the darkness of soul which seeth thee not,\nand from the loneliness of heart which heareth not thy voice, and\nthrough life and in the valley of the shadow of death, forsake us\nnot; for thy Name\u2019s sake. _Amen._\n\nDeepen and quicken in us, O God, a sense of thy Presence, and make\nus to know and feel that thou art more ready to teach and to give\nthan we to ask or to learn; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen._\n\n  O most merciful Redeemer, Friend, and Brother.\n  May I know thee more clearly,\n  May I love thee more dearly,\n  May I follow thee more nearly. _Amen._\n\nO Saviour of the world, who by thy Cross and precious Blood hast\nredeemed us; Save us, and help us, we humbly beseech thee, O Lord.\n_Amen._\n\n\n                         On Entering Church\n\nO Lord, I am in thy holy House. Help me to keep my thoughts on thee,\nthat I may hear thee speaking in my heart, through Jesus Christ.\n_Amen._\n\n\n                         At Early Eucharist\n\nAs watchmen look for the morning, so do we look for thee, O Christ.\nCome with the dawning day, and make thyself known to us in the\nbreaking of Bread, for thou art our God for ever and ever. _Amen._\n\n\n                       Before Holy Communion\n\nIncline our hearts, O God, that by the grace of thy Holy Spirit we\nmay worthily approach these sacred mysteries and offer ourselves to\nthee in answering love, through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen._\n\n\n                        After Church Service\n\nSanctify, O Lord, both our coming in and our going forth; and grant\nthat when we leave thy house we may not leave thy Presence, but be\nthou ever near unto us and keep us near unto thee, through Jesus\nChrist our Lord. _Amen._\n\n\n                        An Act of Adoration\n\nWorthy art thou, O God, to receive the honour and the power; for\nthou didst create all things, and because of thy will they are and\nwere created.\n\n                     _Glory be to thee, O God._\n\nGlory to thee, O Christ, who didst redeem with thy love men of every\nkindred and tongue and people and nation.\n\n                   _Glory be to thee, O Christ._\n\nGlory to thee, O Holy Spirit, for thy work in the Church, which will\nnot cease until thou hast made of all mankind one family, to the\npraise and glory of God.\n\n                 _Glory be to thee, O Holy Spirit._\n\n\n                           For God\u2019s Help\n\nGrant us, O Lord, in all our duties thy help, in all our\nperplexities thy counsel, in all our dangers thy protection, and in\nall our sorrows thy peace; for the sake of Jesus Christ our Saviour.\n_Amen._\n\nGrant to us, Lord, we beseech thee, the spirit to think and do\nalways such things as are right; that we, who cannot do any thing\nthat is good without thee, may by thee be enabled to live according\nto thy will; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen._\n\n\n                        For God\u2019s Protection\n\nO Almighty and most merciful God, of thy bountiful goodness keep us,\nwe beseech thee, from all things that may hurt us; that we, being\nready both in body and soul, may cheerfully accomplish those things\nwhich thou commandest; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen._\n\nWe beseech thee, Almighty God, look upon the hearty desires of thy\nhumble servants, and stretch forth the right hand of thy Majesty, to\nbe our defence against all our enemies; through Jesus Christ our\nLord. _Amen._\n\n\n                       For Aid against Perils\n\nLighten our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord; and by thy great\nmercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; for the\nlove of thy only Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. _Amen._\n\n\n                          For God\u2019s Mercy\n\nO God, the protector of all that trust in thee, without whom nothing\nis strong, nothing is holy; Increase and multiply upon us thy mercy;\nthat, thou being our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things\ntemporal, that we finally lose not the things eternal. Grant this, O\nheavenly Father, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen._\n\n\n                  For Guidance of the Holy Spirit\n\nO God, forasmuch as without thee we are not able to please thee;\nMercifully grant that thy Holy Spirit may in all things direct and\nrule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen._\n\n\n                       For Christian Gladness\n\nO God, Author of the world\u2019s joy, Bearer of the world\u2019s pain; At the\nheart of all our trouble and sorrow let unconquerable gladness\ndwell; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. _Amen._\n\n\n                  For the Companionship of Christ\n\nO blessed Christ, who didst draw near to thy disciples as they\nwalked together by the way and were sad; So draw near to us as we\njourney along our daily way. Open to us the meaning of life, and\nreveal thyself as our strength and our companion; as thou art our\nLord and Saviour evermore. _Amen._\n\n\n                    For Victory over Temptation\n\nGrant us, O Lord, to pass this day in gladness and peace, without\nstumbling and without stain; that, reaching the eventide victorious\nover all temptation, we may praise thee, the eternal God, who art\nblessed, and dost govern all things, world without end. _Amen._\n\n\n                            For Fidelity\n\nTeach us, good Lord, to serve thee as thou deservest; to give and\nnot to count the cost; to fight and not to heed the wounds; to toil\nand not to seek for rest; to labour and not to ask for any reward,\nsave that of knowing that we do thy will; through Jesus Christ our\nLord. _Amen._\n\n\n                       For Control of Speech\n\nO God, who knowest how often we sin against thee with our tongues;\nKeep us free from all untrue and unkind words; consecrate our speech\nto thy service; and keep us often silent, that our hearts may speak\nto thee and may listen for thy voice; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n_Amen._\n\n\n                            For Loyalty\n\nAlmighty God, grant us thy gift of loyalty. For our homes, give us\nlove and obedience; for our country, sacrifice and service; for our\nChurch, reverence and devotion; and in everything make us true to\nthee; through thy Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ. _Amen._\n\n\n                         For Those We Love\n\nO Thou who hast ordered this wondrous world, who knowest all things\nin earth and heaven; So fill our hearts with trust in thee, that by\nnight and by day, at all times and in all seasons, we may without\nfear commit those who are dear to us to thy never-failing love, for\nthis life and the life to come. _Amen._\n\n\n                      For Loyalty to our Homes\n\nGrant, O Lord, to those in the service of their country who have\nleft wives and children at home, a stedfast loyalty through all the\ndays of separation, that returning at length to their beloved they\nmay know the joy of unbroken fidelity; through Jesus Christ our\nLord. _Amen._\n\n\n                           For the Nation\n\nO eternal God, through whose mighty power our fathers won their\nliberties of old; Grant, we beseech thee, that we and all the people\nof this land may have grace to maintain these liberties in\nrighteousness and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen._\n\n\n               For All in the Service of our Country\n\nO Almighty Lord God, who neither slumberest nor sleepest; Protect\nand assist, we beseech thee, all those who at home or abroad, by\nland, by sea, or in the air, are serving this country, that they,\nbeing armed with thy defence, may be preserved evermore in all\nperils; and being filled with wisdom and girded with strength, may\ndo their duty to thy honour and glory; through Jesus Christ our\nLord. _Amen._\n\n\n                            For the Army\n\nO Lord God of Hosts, stretch forth, we pray thee, thine almighty arm\nto strengthen and protect the soldiers of our country. Support them\nin the day of battle, and in the time of peace keep them safe from\nall evil; endue them with courage and loyalty; and grant that in all\nthings they may serve without reproach; through Jesus Christ our\nLord. _Amen._\n\n\n                            For the Navy\n\nO eternal Lord God, who alone spreadest out the heavens, and rulest\nthe raging of the sea; Vouchsafe to take into thy almighty and most\ngracious protection our country\u2019s Navy, and all who serve therein.\nPreserve them from the dangers of the sea, and from the violence of\nthe enemy; that they may be a safeguard unto the United States of\nAmerica, and a security for such as pass on the seas upon their\nlawful occasions; that the inhabitants of our land may in peace and\nquietness serve thee our God, to the glory of thy Name; through\nJesus Christ our Lord. _Amen._\n\n\n For the President of the United States, and all in Civil Authority\n\nAlmighty God, whose kingdom is everlasting and power infinite; Have\nmercy upon this whole land; and so rule the hearts of thy servants\nThe President of the United States, _The Governor of this State_,\nand all others in authority, that they, knowing whose ministers they\nare, may above all things seek thy honour and glory; and that we and\nall the People, duly considering whose authority they bear, may\nfaithfully and obediently honour them, according to thy blessed Word\nand ordinance; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with thee and the\nHoly Ghost liveth and reigneth ever, one God, world without end.\n_Amen._\n\n\n                       For Those in Authority\n\nO Lord God Almighty, guide, we pray thee, all those to whom thou\nhast committed the government of this nation, and grant to them at\nthis time special gifts of wisdom and understanding, of counsel and\nstrength; that upholding what is right, and following what is true,\nthey may obey thy holy will and fulfil thy divine purpose; through\nJesus Christ our Lord. _Amen._\n\n\n                      For Justice and Freedom\n\nO God, the King of righteousness, lead us, we pray thee, in ways of\njustice and peace; inspire us to break down all tyranny and\noppression, to gain for every man his due reward, and from every man\nhis due service; that each may live for all and all may care for\neach, in Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen._\n\n\n                          For World Peace\n\nAlmighty God, from whom all thoughts of truth and peace proceed;\nKindle, we pray thee, in the hearts of all men the true love of\npeace, and guide with thy strong and peaceful wisdom those who take\ncounsel for the nations of the earth, that in tranquillity thy\nkingdom may go forward, till the earth shall be filled with the\nknowledge of thy love; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen._\n\nO Almighty God, who makest even the wrath of man to turn to thy\npraise; We beseech thee so to order and dispose the issue of this\nwar that we may be brought through strife to a lasting peace, and\nthat the nations of the world may be united in a firmer fellowship,\nfor the promotion of thy glory and the good of all mankind; through\nJesus Christ our Lord. _Amen._\n\nEternal God, in whose perfect kingdom no sword is drawn but the\nsword of righteousness, and no strength known but the strength of\nlove; So guide and inspire, we pray thee, the work of all who seek\nthy kingdom, that the nations may find their security not in force\nof arms but in that perfect love which casteth out fear, and in that\nfellowship revealed to us by thy Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen._\n\n\n                           In Time of War\n\nO God, who seest that in this warfare we are seeking to serve thee,\nand yet in the waging of it must needs do many things that are an\noffence against thy love; Accept we pray thee, our imperfect\noffering. Arm us with thy Spirit that our warfare may further the\nvictory of thy justice and truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n_Amen._\n\n\n                        For Grace to Forgive\n\nMerciful God, in whose dear Son we have redemption, even the\nforgiveness of sins; Give us such strong belief in this the only\npower that can abolish evil that we shall be enabled to forgive our\nenemies; and grant us grace not only to forgive but to accept\nforgiveness through Christ, the crucified. _Amen._\n\n\n                         For the Persecuted\n\nO blessed Lord, who thyself didst undergo the pain and suffering of\nthe Cross; Uphold, we beseech thee, with thy promised gift of\nstrength all those of our brethren who are suffering for their faith\nin thee. Grant that in the midst of all persecutions they may hold\nfast by this faith, and that from their stedfastness thy Church may\ngrow in grace and we ourselves in perseverance, to the honour of thy\nName, who with the Father and the Holy Ghost art one God, world\nwithout end. _Amen._\n\n\n                           For Prisoners\n\nWe beseech thee, O God, for all prisoners and captives, and all who\nsuffer from oppression, that thou wilt manifest thy mercy toward\nthem, and make the heart of man merciful as thine own; through Jesus\nChrist our Lord. _Amen._\n\n\n                           For the Lonely\n\nHave compassion, O most merciful Lord, on all who are lonely and\ndesolate. Be thou their Comforter and Friend; give them such earthly\nsolace as thou seest to be best for them; and bring them to the\nfuller knowledge of thy love; for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord.\n_Amen._\n\n\n                        For Those who Mourn\n\nAlmighty God, Father of mercies and giver of all comfort; Deal\ngraciously, we pray thee, with all those who mourn, that, casting\nevery care on thee, they may know the consolation of thy love;\nthrough Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen._\n\n\n           For Those who Minister to the Wounded and Sick\n\nO merciful God, whose blessed Son went about doing good; Uphold with\nthy strength and grace those who do service to the wounded and the\nsick; grant to the ministers of thy gospel faithfulness and love, to\nthe physicians and surgeons wisdom and skill, to the nurses sympathy\nand patience; and we beseech thee to protect and bless them in all\ndangers, anxieties, and labours; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n_Amen._\n\n\n                      For Those Wounded in War\n\nO Lord, we pray thee to have mercy upon all who are this day wounded\nand suffering. Though kindred and friends be far away, let thy grace\nbe their comfort. Raise them to health again, if it be thy good\npleasure; but chiefly give them patience and faith in thee; through\nJesus Christ our Lord. _Amen._\n\n\n                           For the Dying\n\nUnto God\u2019s gracious mercy and protection we commit you. The Lord\nbless you and keep you. The Lord make his face to shine upon you,\nand be gracious unto you. The Lord lift up his countenance upon you,\nand give you peace, both now and evermore. _Amen._\n\n\n                          For One Departed\n\nAlmighty God, we remember this day before thee thy faithful servant\n(_N._), and we pray thee that, having opened to _him_ the gates of\nlarger life, thou wilt receive _him_ more and more into thy joyful\nservice; that _he_ may win, with thee and thy servants everywhere,\nthe eternal victory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen._\n\n\n                            Benedictions\n\nThe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the\nfellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. _Amen._\n\nThe Lord bless us and keep us. The Lord make his face to shine upon\nus, and be gracious unto us. The Lord lift up his countenance upon\nus, and give us peace, this night and evermore. _Amen._\n\n\n                         For Those at Home\n\nInto thy hands, O Father, I commend this day (_this night_) my home,\nmy family, and all who are dear to me. Bless them with the knowledge\nof thy continual presence, uphold them in all cares and trials,\nsustain them with thy power; and grant that, drawing nearer to thee\nand to each other, we may ever rejoice in the fellowship of those\nwho trust in thy goodness and thy love; through Jesus Christ our\nLord. _Amen._\n\n\n\n\n                               Psalms\n\n\n                              Psalm 1\n\n1 Blessed _is_ the man that walketh not in the counsel of the\nungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat\nof the scornful.\n\n2 But his delight _is_ in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth\nhe meditate day and night.\n\n3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that\nbringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not\nwither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.\n\n4 The ungodly _are_ not so: but _are_ like the chaff which the wind\ndriveth away.\n\n5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners\nin the congregation of the righteous.\n\n6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the\nungodly shall perish.\n\n\n                              Psalm 15\n\n1 Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy\nholy hill?\n\n2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh\nthe truth in his heart.\n\n3 _He that_ backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his\nneighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.\n\n4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them\nthat fear the Lord. _He that_ sweareth to _his own_ hurt, and\nchangeth not.\n\n5 _He that_ putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward\nagainst the innocent. He that doeth these _things_ shall never be\nmoved.\n\n\n                              Psalm 19\n\n1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth\nhis handywork.\n\n2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth\nknowledge.\n\n3 _There is_ no speech nor language, _where_ their voice is not\nheard.\n\n4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to\nthe end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun.\n\n5 Which _is_ as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, _and_\nrejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.\n\n6 His going forth _is_ from the end of the heaven, and his circuit\nunto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.\n\n7 The law of the Lord _is_ perfect, converting the soul: the\ntestimony of the Lord _is_ sure, making wise the simple.\n\n8 The statutes of the Lord _are_ right, rejoicing the heart: the\ncommandment of the Lord _is_ pure, enlightening the eyes.\n\n9 The fear of the Lord _is_ clean, enduring for ever: the judgments\nof the Lord _are_ true _and_ righteous altogether.\n\n10 More to be desired _are they_ than gold, yea, than much fine\ngold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.\n\n11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: _and_ in keeping of them\n_there is_ great reward.\n\n12 Who can understand _his_ errors? cleanse thou me from secret\n_faults_.\n\n13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous _sins_; let them not\nhave dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be\ninnocent from the great transgression.\n\n14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be\nacceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.\n\n\n                              Psalm 23\n\n1 The Lord _is_ my shepherd; I shall not want.\n\n2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside\nthe still waters.\n\n3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness\nfor his name\u2019s sake.\n\n4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I\nwill fear no evil: for thou _art_ with me; thy rod and thy staff\nthey comfort me.\n\n5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:\nthou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.\n\n6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:\nand I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.\n\n\n                              Psalm 43\n\n1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O\ndeliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.\n\n2 For thou _art_ the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off?\nwhy go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?\n\n3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them\nbring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.\n\n4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy:\nyea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.\n\n5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted\nwithin me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, _who is_ the\nhealth of my countenance, and my God.\n\n\n                              Psalm 46\n\n1 God _is_ our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.\n\n2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and\nthough the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;\n\n3 _Though_ the waters thereof roar _and_ be troubled, _though_ the\nmountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.\n\n4 _There is_ a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city\nof God, the holy _place_ of the tabernacles of the most High.\n\n5 God _is_ in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall\nhelp her, _and that_ right early.\n\n6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice,\nthe earth melted.\n\n7 The Lord of hosts _is_ with us; the God of Jacob _is_ our refuge.\nSelah.\n\n8 Come, behold the works of the Lord, what desolations he hath made\nin the earth.\n\n9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the\nbow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the\nfire.\n\n10 Be still, and know that I _am_ God: I will be exalted among the\nheathen, I will be exalted in the earth.\n\n11 The Lord of hosts _is_ with us; the God of Jacob _is_ our refuge.\nSelah.\n\n\n                              Psalm 91\n\n1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide\nunder the shadow of the Almighty.\n\n2 I will say of the Lord, _He is_ my refuge and my fortress: my God;\nin him will I trust.\n\n3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, _and_\nfrom the noisome pestilence.\n\n4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt\nthou trust: his truth _shall be thy_ shield and buckler.\n\n5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; _nor_ for the\narrow _that_ flieth by day;\n\n6 _Nor_ for the pestilence _that_ walketh in darkness; _nor_ for the\ndestruction _that_ wasteth at noonday.\n\n7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right\nhand; _but_ it shall not come nigh thee.\n\n8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the\nwicked.\n\n9 Because thou hast made the Lord, _which is_ my refuge, _even_ the\nmost High, thy habitation;\n\n10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come\nnigh thy dwelling.\n\n11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in\nall thy ways.\n\n12 They shall bear thee up in _their_ hands, lest thou dash thy foot\nagainst a stone.\n\n13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the\ndragon shalt thou trample under feet.\n\n14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver\nhim: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.\n\n15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I _will be_ with\nhim in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.\n\n16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.\n\n\n                              Psalm 95\n\n1 O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to\nthe rock of our salvation.\n\n2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a\njoyful noise unto him with psalms.\n\n3 For the Lord _is_ a great God, and a great King above all gods.\n\n4 In his hand _are_ the deep places of the earth: the strength of\nthe hills _is_ his also.\n\n5 The sea _is_ his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry\n_land_.\n\n6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord\nour maker.\n\n7 For he _is_ our God; and we _are_ the people of his pasture, and\nthe sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,\n\n8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, _and_ as _in_ the\nday of temptation in the wilderness:\n\n9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.\n\n10 Forty years long was I grieved with _this_ generation, and said,\nIt _is_ a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known\nmy ways:\n\n11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my\nrest.\n\n\n                              Psalm 96\n\n1 O sing unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the\nearth.\n\n2 Sing unto the Lord, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from\nday to day.\n\n3 Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.\n\n4 For the Lord _is_ great, and greatly to be praised: he _is_ to be\nfeared above all gods.\n\n5 For all the gods of the nations _are_ idols: but the Lord made the\nheavens.\n\n6 Honour and majesty _are_ before him: strength and beauty _are_ in\nhis sanctuary.\n\n7 Give unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the\nLord glory and strength.\n\n8 Give unto the Lord the glory _due unto_ his name: bring an\noffering, and come into his courts.\n\n9 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all\nthe earth.\n\n10 Say among the heathen _that_ the Lord reigneth: the world also\nshall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the\npeople righteously.\n\n11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea\nroar, and the fulness thereof.\n\n12 Let the field be joyful, and all that _is_ therein: then shall\nall the trees of the wood rejoice\n\n13 Before the Lord: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth:\nhe shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his\ntruth.\n\n\n                             Psalm 100\n\n1 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.\n\n2 Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with\nsinging.\n\n3 Know ye that the Lord he _is_ God: _it is_ he _that_ hath made us,\nand not we ourselves; _we are_ his people, and the sheep of his\npasture.\n\n4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, _and_ into his courts with\npraise: be thankful unto him, _and_ bless his name.\n\n5 For the Lord _is_ good; his mercy _is_ everlasting; and his truth\n_endureth_ to all generations.\n\n\n                             Psalm 103\n\n1 Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, _bless_ his\nholy name.\n\n2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:\n\n3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;\n\n4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with\nlovingkindness and tender mercies;\n\n5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good _things_; _so that_ thy youth\nis renewed like the eagle\u2019s.\n\n6 The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are\noppressed.\n\n7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of\nIsrael.\n\n8 The Lord _is_ merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous\nin mercy.\n\n9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep _his anger_ for\never.\n\n10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us\naccording to our iniquities.\n\n11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, _so_ great is his\nmercy toward them that fear him.\n\n12 As far as the east is from the west, _so_ far hath he removed our\ntransgressions from us.\n\n13 Like as a father pitieth _his_ children, _so_ the Lord pitieth\nthem that fear him.\n\n14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we _are_ dust.\n\n15 _As for_ man, his days _are_ as grass: as a flower of the field,\nso he flourisheth.\n\n16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place\nthereof shall know it no more.\n\n17 But the mercy of the Lord _is_ from everlasting to everlasting\nupon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children\u2019s\nchildren;\n\n18 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his\ncommandments to do them.\n\n19 The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom\nruleth over all.\n\n20 Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do\nhis commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.\n\n21 Bless ye the Lord, all _ye_ his hosts; _ye_ ministers of his,\nthat do his pleasure.\n\n22 Bless the Lord, all his works in all places of his dominion:\nbless the Lord, O my soul.\n\n\n                             Psalm 121\n\n1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my\nhelp.\n\n2 My help _cometh_ from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.\n\n3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will\nnot slumber.\n\n4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.\n\n5 The Lord _is_ thy keeper: the Lord _is_ thy shade upon thy right\nhand.\n\n6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.\n\n7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy\nsoul.\n\n8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this\ntime forth, and even for evermore.\n\n\n                             Psalm 130\n\n1 Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord.\n\n2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of\nmy supplications.\n\n3 If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?\n\n4 But _there is_ forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.\n\n5 I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.\n\n6 My soul _waiteth_ for the Lord more than they that watch for the\nmorning: _I say, more than_ they that watch for the morning.\n\n7 Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord _there is_ mercy,\nand with him _is_ plenteous redemption.\n\n8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.\n\n\nNote: The Psalms, as printed herein, are from the Authorized Version\nof the Bible.\n\n\n\n\n                           Bible Readings\n\n\nCome now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your\nsins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be\nred like crimson, they shall be as wool. Isaiah 1:18\n\nFear thou not; for I _am_ with thee: be not dismayed; for I _am_ thy\nGod: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will\nuphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. Isaiah 41:10\n\nLook unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I _am_\nGod, and _there is_ none else. Isaiah 45:22\n\nHe hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord\nrequire of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk\nhumbly with thy God? Micah 6:8\n\nFor the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.\nLuke 19:10\n\nThis _is_ a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that\nChrist Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am\nchief. I Timothy 1:15\n\n28 Come unto me, all _ye_ that labour and are heavy laden, and I\nwill give you rest.\n\n29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly\nin heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.\n\n30 For my yoke _is_ easy, and my burden is light. Matthew 11:28-30\n\n9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and\nshall go in and out, and find pasture.\n\n10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to\ndestroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might\nhave _it_ more abundantly.\n\n11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the\nsheep. John 10:9-11\n\n1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in\nme.\n\n2 In my Father\u2019s house are many mansions: if _it were_ not _so_, I\nwould have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.\n\n3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and\nreceive you unto myself; that where I am, _there_ ye may be also.\n\n4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. John 14:1-4\n\n\n                        More than Conquerors\n\n35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? _shall_\ntribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness,\nor peril, or sword?\n\n36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we\nare accounted as sheep for the slaughter.\n\n37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him\nthat loved us.\n\n38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor\nprincipalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,\n\n39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to\nseparate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.\nRomans 8:35-39\n\n\n                          The Prize-Winner\n\n24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one\nreceiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.\n\n25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all\nthings. Now they _do it_ to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an\nincorruptible.\n\n26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one\nthat beateth the air:\n\n27 But I keep under my body, and bring _it_ into subjection: lest\nthat by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should\nbe a castaway. 1 Corinthians 9:24-27\n\n\n                          The Peace of God\n\n4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: _and_ again I say, Rejoice.\n\n5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord _is_ at hand.\n\n6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and\nsupplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto\nGod.\n\n7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep\nyour hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.\n\n8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things\n_are_ honest, whatsoever things _are_ just, whatsoever things _are_\npure, whatsoever things _are_ lovely, whatsoever things _are_ of\ngood report; if _there be_ any virtue, and if _there be_ any praise,\nthink on these things. Philippians 4:4-8\n\n\n                           The Beatitudes\n\n1 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he\nwas set, his disciples came unto him:\n\n2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,\n\n3 Blessed _are_ the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of\nheaven.\n\n4 Blessed _are_ they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.\n\n5 Blessed _are_ the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.\n\n6 Blessed _are_ they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness:\nfor they shall be filled.\n\n7 Blessed _are_ the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.\n\n8 Blessed _are_ the pure in heart: for they shall see God.\n\n9 Blessed _are_ the peacemakers: for they shall be called the\nchildren of God.\n\n10 Blessed _are_ they which are persecuted for righteousness\u2019 sake:\nfor their\u2019s is the kingdom of heaven.\n\n11 Blessed are ye, when _men_ shall revile you, and persecute _you_,\nand shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.\n\n12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great _is_ your reward in\nheaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.\n\n13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his\nsavour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for\nnothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.\n\n14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill\ncannot be hid.\n\n15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on\na candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.\n\n16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good\nworks, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Matthew 5:1-16\n\n\n                               Prayer\n\n5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites _are_:\nfor they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners\nof the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you,\nThey have their reward.\n\n6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou\nhast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy\nFather which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.\n\n7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen _do_:\nfor they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.\n\n8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what\nthings ye have need of, before ye ask him.\n\n9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in\nheaven, Hallowed be thy name.\n\n10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as _it is_ in\nheaven.\n\n11 Give us this day our daily bread.\n\n12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.\n\n13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For\nthine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.\n\n14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will\nalso forgive you:\n\n15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your\nFather forgive your trespasses. Matthew 6:5-12\n\n\n                        The Father\u2019s Kingdom\n\n25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye\nshall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye\nshall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than\nraiment?\n\n26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they\nreap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them.\nAre ye not much better than they?\n\n27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his\nstature?\n\n28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the\nfield, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:\n\n29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was\nnot arrayed like one of these.\n\n30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day\nis, and to morrow is cast into the oven, _shall he_ not much more\n_clothe_ you, O ye of little faith?\n\n31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What\nshall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?\n\n32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your\nheavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.\n\n33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and\nall these things shall be added unto you.\n\n34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall\ntake thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day _is_\nthe evil thereof. Matthew 6:25-34\n\n\n                          The Prodigal Son\n\n11 And he said, A certain man had two sons:\n\n12 And the younger of them said to _his_ father, Father, give me the\nportion of goods that falleth _to me_. And he divided unto them\n_his_ living.\n\n13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together,\nand took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his\nsubstance with riotous living.\n\n14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that\nland; and he began to be in want.\n\n15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and\nhe sent him into his fields to feed swine.\n\n16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the\nswine did eat: and no man gave unto him.\n\n17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of\nmy father\u2019s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with\nhunger!\n\n18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father,\nI have sinned against heaven, and before thee,\n\n19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy\nhired servants.\n\n20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great\nway off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell\non his neck, and kissed him.\n\n21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven,\nand in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.\n\n22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe,\nand put _it_ on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on _his_\nfeet:\n\n23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill _it_; and let us eat,\nand be merry:\n\n24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is\nfound. And they began to be merry. Luke 15:11-24\n\n\n                   The Pharisee and the Publican\n\n9 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves\nthat they were righteous, and despised others:\n\n10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and\nthe other a publican.\n\n11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank\nthee, that I am not as other men _are_, extortioners, unjust,\nadulterers, or even as this publican.\n\n12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.\n\n13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as\n_his_ eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be\nmerciful to me a sinner.\n\n14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified _rather_\nthan the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased;\nand he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. Luke 18:9-14\n\n\n                      The Saviour of the World\n\n16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,\nthat whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have\neverlasting life.\n\n17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but\nthat the world through him might be saved.\n\n18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth\nnot is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name\nof the only begotten Son of God.\n\n19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world,\nand men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were\nevil.\n\n20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to\nthe light, lest his deeds should be reproved.\n\n21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may\nbe made manifest, that they are wrought in God. John 3:16-21\n\n\n                           Christian Love\n\n1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not\ncharity, I am become _as_ sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.\n\n2 And though I have _the gift_ of prophecy, and understand all\nmysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I\ncould remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.\n\n3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed _the poor_, and though I\ngive my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me\nnothing.\n\n4 Charity suffereth long, _and_ is kind; charity envieth not;\ncharity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,\n\n5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not\neasily provoked, thinketh no evil;\n\n6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;\n\n7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things,\nendureth all things.\n\n8 Charity never faileth: but whether _there be_ prophecies, they\nshall fail; whether _there be_ tongues, they shall cease; whether\n_there be_ knowledge, it shall vanish away.\n\n9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.\n\n10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in\npart shall be done away.\n\n11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child,\nI thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish\nthings.\n\n12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face:\nnow I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.\n\n13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the\ngreatest of these _is_ charity. 1 Corinthians 13:1-13\n\n\n                         The Armour of God\n\n10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of\nhis might.\n\n11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand\nagainst the wiles of the devil.\n\n12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against\nprincipalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness\nof this world, against spiritual wickedness in high _places_.\n\n13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be\nable to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.\n\n14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and\nhaving on the breastplate of righteousness;\n\n15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;\n\n16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able\nto quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.\n\n17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit,\nwhich is the word of God:\n\n18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit,\nand watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for\nall saints;\n\n19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open\nmy mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,\n\n20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak\nboldly, as I ought to speak. Ephesians 6:10-20\n\n\n                      The High Calling of God\n\n7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.\n\n8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things _but_ loss for the\nexcellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have\nsuffered the loss of all things, and do count them _but_ dung, that\nI may win Christ,\n\n9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is\nof the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the\nrighteousness which is of God by faith:\n\n10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the\nfellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;\n\n11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.\n\n12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already\nperfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which\nalso I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.\n\n13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but _this_ one\nthing _I do_, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching\nforth unto those things which are before,\n\n14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God\nin Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:7-14\n\n\n                       The Reward of Loyalty\n\n43 And in the midst of them there was a young man of a high stature,\ntaller than all the rest, and upon every one of their heads he set\ncrowns, and was more exalted; which I marvelled at greatly.\n\n44 So I asked the angel, and said, Sir, what are these?\n\n45 He answered and said unto me, These be they that have put off the\nmortal clothing, and put on the immortal, and have confessed the\nname of God: now are they crowned, and receive palms.\n\n46 Then said I unto the angel, What young person is it that crowneth\nthem, and giveth them palms in their hands?\n\n47 So he answered and said unto me, It is the Son of God, whom they\nhave confessed in the world. Then began I greatly to commend them\nthat stood so stiffly for the name of the Lord.\n\n48 Then the angel said unto me, Go thy way, and tell my people what\nmanner of things, and how great wonders of the Lord thy God, thou\nhast seen. II Esdras 2:43-48\n\n\n                           Pure Religion\n\n16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.\n\n17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh\ndown from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness,\nneither shadow of turning.\n\n18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we\nshould be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.\n\n19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear,\nslow to speak, slow to wrath:\n\n20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.\n\n21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of\nnaughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is\nable to save your souls.\n\n22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your\nown selves.\n\n23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like\nunto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:\n\n24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway\nforgetteth what manner of man he was.\n\n25 For whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth\n_therein_, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work,\nthis man shall be blessed in his deed.\n\n26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his\ntongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man\u2019s religion _is_ vain.\n\n27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To\nvisit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, _and_ to keep\nhimself unspotted from the world. James 1:16-27\n\n\n                      The Vision of the Future\n\n9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man\ncould number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues,\nstood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white\nrobes, and palms in their hands;\n\n10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which\nsitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.\n\n11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and _about_ the\nelders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their\nfaces, and worshipped God,\n\n12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving,\nand honour, and power, and might, _be_ unto our God for ever and\never. Amen.\n\n13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these\nwhich are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?\n\n14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These\nare they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their\nrobes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.\n\n15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day\nand night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall\ndwell among them.\n\n16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall\nthe sun light on them, nor any heat.\n\n17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them,\nand shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall\nwipe away all tears from their eyes. Revelation 7:9-17\n\n\n\n\n                               Hymns\n\n\n  Numbers in parentheses indicate number of hymn in The Wayside\n  Hymnal, published by the Forward Movement Commission of the\n  Episcopal Church, to be obtained at 5 cents per copy for\n  quantities of 5 or more copies. Address: _Sharon, Pa._ This hymnal\n  includes music for each hymn.\n\n\n1.    (3)\n\n  1 O saving Victim, opening wide\n    The gate of heaven to man below,\n  Our foes press on from every side,\n    Thine aid supply, thy strength bestow.\n\n  2 All praise and thanks to thee ascend\n    For evermore, blest One in Three;\n  O grant us life that shall not end,\n    In our true native land with thee.    Amen.\n\n\n2.    (4)\n\n  1 I need thee every hour,\n    Most gracious Lord;\n  No tender voice like thine\n    Can peace afford.\n      _I need thee, O I need thee,_\n        _Every hour I need thee;_\n      _O bless me now, my Saviour,_\n        _I come to thee!_\n\n  2 I need thee every hour;\n    Stay thou near by;\n  Temptations lose their power\n    When thou art nigh.\n      _I need thee, O I need thee,_\n        _Every hour I need thee;_\n      _O bless me now, my Saviour,_\n        _I come to thee!_\n\n  3 I need thee every hour,\n    In joy or pain;\n  Come quickly and abide,\n    Or life is vain.\n      _I need thee, O I need thee,_\n        _Every hour I need thee;_\n      _O bless me now, my Saviour,_\n        _I come to thee!_\n\n  4 I need thee every hour;\n    Teach me thy will;\n  And thy rich promises\n    In me fulfil.\n      _I need thee, O I need thee,_\n        _Every hour I need thee;_\n      _O bless me now, my Saviour,_\n        _I come to thee!_\n\n  5 I need thee every hour,\n    Most Holy One;\n  O make me thine indeed,\n    Thou blessed Son!\n      _I need thee, O I need thee,_\n        _Every hour I need thee;_\n      _O bless me now, my Saviour,_\n        _I come to thee!_    Amen.\n\n\n3.    (5)\n\n  1 Abide with me: fast falls the eventide;\n  The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide:\n  When other helpers fail, and comforts flee,\n  Help of the helpless, O abide with me.\n\n  2 Swift to its close ebbs out life\u2019s little day;\n  Earth\u2019s joys grow dim, its glories pass away,\n  Change and decay in all around I see;\n  O thou who changest not, abide with me.\n\n  3 I need thy presence every passing hour;\n  What but thy grace can foil the tempter\u2019s power?\n  Who, like thyself, my guide and stay can be?\n  Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me.\n\n  4 I fear no foe, with thee at hand to bless:\n  Ills have no weight, and tears no bitterness.\n  Where is death\u2019s sting? where, grave, thy victory?\n  I triumph still, if thou abide with me.\n\n  5 Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes:\n  Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies:\n  Heaven\u2019s morning breaks, and earth\u2019s vain shadows flee:\n  In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.    Amen.\n\n\n4.    (7)\n\n  1 Sun of my soul, thou Saviour dear,\n  It is not night if thou be near;\n  O may no earth-born cloud arise\n  To hide thee from thy servant\u2019s eyes.\n\n  2 When the soft dews of kindly sleep\n  My weary eyelids gently steep,\n  Be my last thought, how sweet to rest\n  For ever on my Saviour\u2019s breast.\n\n  3 Abide with me from morn till eve,\n  For without thee I cannot live;\n  Abide with me when night is nigh,\n  For without thee I dare not die.\n\n  4 If some poor wandering child of thine\n  Have spurned to-day the voice divine,\n  Now, Lord, the gracious work begin;\n  Let him no more lie down in sin.\n\n  5 Watch by the sick; enrich the poor\n  With blessings from thy boundless store;\n  Be every mourner\u2019s sleep to-night,\n  Like infant\u2019s slumbers, pure and light.\n\n  6 Come near and bless us when we wake,\n  Ere through the world our way we take,\n  Till in the ocean of thy love\n  We lose ourselves in heaven above.    Amen.\n\n\n5.    (9)\n\n  1 Now the day is over,\n    Night is drawing nigh,\n  Shadows of the evening\n    Steal across the sky.\n\n  2 Jesus, give the weary\n    Calm and sweet repose;\n  With thy tenderest blessing\n    May our eyelids close.\n\n  3 Grant to little children\n    Visions bright of thee;\n  Guard the sailors tossing\n    On the deep, blue sea.\n\n  4 Comfort every sufferer\n    Watching late in pain;\n  Those who plan some evil\n    From their sin restrain.\n\n  5 Through the long night watches,\n    May thine angels spread\n  Their white wings above me,\n    Watching round my bed.\n\n  6 When the morning wakens,\n    Then may I arise\n  Pure, and fresh, and sinless\n    In thy holy eyes.    Amen.\n\n\n6.    (11)\n\n  1 Guide me, O thou great Jehovah,\n    Pilgrim through this barren land,\n  I am weak, but thou art mighty;\n    Hold me with thy powerful hand.\n\n  2 Open now the crystal fountains\n    Whence the living waters flow;\n  Let the fiery, cloudy pillar\n    Lead me all my journey through.\n\n  3 Feed me with the heavenly manna\n    In this barren wilderness;\n  Be my sword, and shield, and banner,\n    Be the Lord my Righteousness.\n\n  4 When I tread the verge of Jordan,\n    Bid my anxious fears subside;\n  Death of death, and hell\u2019s destruction,\n    Land me safe on Canaan\u2019s side.    Amen.\n\n\n7.    (16)\n\n  1 O little town of Bethlehem,\n    How still we see thee lie!\n  Above thy deep and dreamless sleep\n    The silent stars go by;\n  Yet in thy dark streets shineth\n    The everlasting Light;\n  The hopes and fears of all the years\n    Are met in thee to-night.\n\n  2 For Christ is born of Mary,\n    And gathered all above,\n  While mortals sleep, the angels keep\n    Their watch of wondering love.\n  O morning stars, together\n    Proclaim the holy birth!\n  And praises sing to God the King,\n    And peace to men on earth.\n\n  3 How silently, how silently,\n    The wondrous gift is given!\n  So God imparts to human hearts\n    The blessings of his heaven.\n  No ear may hear his coming,\n    But in this world of sin,\n  Where meek souls will receive him, still\n    The dear Christ enters in.\n\n  4 O holy Child of Bethlehem!\n    Descend to us, we pray;\n  Cast out our sin and enter in,\n    Be born in us to-day.\n  We hear the Christmas angels\n    The great glad tidings tell;\n  O come to us, abide with us,\n    Our Lord Emmanuel!    Amen.\n\n\n8.    (17)\n\n      1 O come, all ye faithful,\n      Joyful and triumphant,\n  O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem;\n      Come and behold him\n      Born the King of angels;\n      O come, let us adore him,\n      O come, let us adore him,\n  O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord.\n\n      2 God of God,\n      Light of Light,\n  Lo! He abhors not the Virgin\u2019s womb:\n      Very God,\n      Begotten, not created;\n      O come, let us adore him, etc.\n\n      3 Sing, choirs of angels,\n      Sing in exultation,\n  Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above;\n      Glory to God\n      In the highest;\n      O come, let us adore him, etc.\n\n      4 Yea, Lord, we greet thee,\n      Born this happy morning;\n  Jesus, to thee be glory given;\n      Word of the Father,\n      Now in flesh appearing;\n      O come, let us adore him, etc.    Amen.\n\n\n9.    (19)\n\n  1 Silent night, holy night,\n  All is calm, all is bright\n  Round yon virgin mother and child.\n  Holy infant so tender and mild,\n  Sleep in heavenly peace.\n\n  2 Silent night, holy night,\n  Shepherds quake at the sight,\n  Glories stream from heaven afar,\n  Heavenly hosts sing alleluia;\n  Christ, the Saviour, is born!\n\n  3 Silent night, holy night,\n  Son of God, love\u2019s pure light\n  Radiant beams from thy holy face,\n  With the dawn of redeeming grace,\n  Jesus, Lord, at thy birth.    Amen.\n\n\n10.    (18)\n\n  1 How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,\n  Is laid for your faith in his excellent word!\n  What more can he say than to you he hath said,\n  You who unto Jesus for refuge have fled?\n\n  2 \u201cFear not, I am with thee; O be not dismayed!\n  I, I am thy God, and will still give thee aid;\n  I\u2019ll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand.\n  Upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand.\n\n  3 \u201cWhen through the deep waters I call thee to go,\n  The rivers of woe shall not thee overflow;\n  For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless,\n  And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.\n\n  4 \u201cWhen through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie,\n  My grace, all-sufficient, shall be thy supply;\n  The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design\n  Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine.\n\n  5 \u201cThe soul that to Jesus hath fled for repose,\n  I will not, I will not desert to his foes;\n  That soul, though all hell shall endeavor to shake,\n  I\u2019ll never, no, never, no, never forsake.\u201d    Amen.\n\n\n11.    (29)\n\n  1 In the cross of Christ I glory,\n    Towering o\u2019er the wrecks of time;\n  All the light of sacred story\n    Gathers round its head sublime.\n\n  2 When the woes of life o\u2019ertake me,\n    Hopes deceive, and fears annoy,\n  Never shall the cross forsake me:\n    Lo! it glows with peace and joy.\n\n  3 When the sun of bliss is beaming\n    Light and love upon my way,\n  From the cross the radiance streaming,\n    Adds new luster to the day.\n\n  4 Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure,\n    By the cross are sanctified;\n  Peace is there that knows no measure,\n    Joys that through all time abide.\n\n  5 In the cross of Christ I glory,\n    Towering o\u2019er the wrecks of time;\n  All the light of sacred story\n    Gathers round its head sublime.    Amen.\n\n\n12.    (30)\n\n  1 When I survey the wondrous cross\n    On which the Prince of Glory died,\n  My richest gain I count but loss,\n    And pour contempt on all my pride.\n\n  2 Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,\n    Save in the cross of Christ, my God:\n  All the vain things that charm me most,\n    I sacrifice them to his blood.\n\n  3 See, from his head, his hands, his feet,\n    Sorrow and love flow mingled down!\n  Did e\u2019er such love and sorrow meet?\n    Or thorns compose so rich a crown?\n\n  4 Were the whole realm of nature mine,\n    That were a tribute far too small;\n  Love so amazing, so divine,\n    Demands my soul, my life, my all.    Amen.\n\n\n13.    (34)\n\n  1 The strife is o\u2019er, the battle done,\n  The victory of life is won;\n  The song of triumph has begun.\n                        Alleluia!\n\n  2 The powers of death have done their worst,\n  But Christ their legions hath dispersed:\n  Let shout of holy joy outburst.\n                        Alleluia!\n\n  3 The three sad days are quickly sped,\n  He rises glorious from the dead:\n  All glory to our risen Head!\n                        Alleluia!\n\n  4 He closed the yawning gates of hell,\n  The bars from heaven\u2019s high portals fell;\n  Let hymns of praise his triumphs tell!\n                        Alleluia!\n\n  5 Lord! by the stripes which wounded thee,\n  From death\u2019s dread sting thy servants free,\n  That we may live and sing to thee.\n                        Alleluia!    Amen.\n\n\n14.    (36)\n\n  1 Crown him with many crowns,\n    The Lamb upon his throne;\n  Hark! how the heavenly anthem drowns\n    All music but its own:\n  Awake, my soul, and sing\n    Of him who died for thee,\n  And hail him as thy matchless King\n    Through all eternity.\n\n  2 Crown him the Son of God\n    Before the worlds began,\n  And ye, who tread where he hath trod,\n    Crown him the Son of man;\n  Who every grief hath known\n    That wrings the human breast,\n  And takes and bears them for his own,\n    That all in him may rest.\n\n  3 Crown him the Lord of life,\n    Who triumphed o\u2019er the grave,\n  And rose victorious in the strife\n    For those he came to save;\n  His glories now we sing\n    Who died, and rose on high,\n  Who died, eternal life to bring,\n    And lives that death may die.\n\n  4 Crown him of lords the Lord,\n    Who over all doth reign,\n  Who once on earth, the Incarnate Word,\n    For ransomed sinners slain,\n  Now lives in realms of light,\n    Where saints with angels sing\n  Their songs before him day and night,\n    Their God, Redeemer, King.\n\n  5 Crown him the Lord of heaven,\n    Enthroned in worlds above;\n  Crown him the King, to whom is given\n    The wondrous name of Love.\n  Crown him with many crowns,\n    As thrones before him fall,\n  Crown him, ye kings, with many crowns,\n    For he is King of all.    Amen.\n\n\n15.    (39)\n\n  1 Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!\n    Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee:\n  Holy, Holy, Holy! merciful and mighty!\n    God in three Persons, bless\u00e8d Trinity.\n\n  2 Holy, Holy, Holy! all the saints adore thee,\n    Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;\n  Cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee,\n    Which wert, and art, and evermore shalt be.\n\n  3 Holy, Holy, Holy! though the darkness hide thee,\n    Though the eye of sinful man thy glory may not see,\n  Only thou art holy; there is none beside thee,\n    Perfect in power, in love, and purity.\n\n  4 Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!\n    All thy works shall praise thy Name, in earth, and sky, and sea;\n  Holy, Holy, Holy! merciful and mighty!\n    God in three Persons, bless\u00e8d Trinity.    Amen.\n\n\n16.    (41)\n\n  1 Blest be the tie that binds\n    Our hearts in Jesus\u2019 love:\n  The fellowship of Christian minds\n    Is like to that above.\n\n  2 Before our Father\u2019s throne\n    We pour united prayers;\n  Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one;\n    Our comforts and our cares.\n\n  3 We share our mutual woes,\n    Our mutual burdens bear;\n  And often for each other flows\n    The sympathizing tear.\n\n  4 When we at death must part.\n    Not like the world\u2019s, our pain;\n  But one in Christ, and one in heart,\n    We part to meet again.\n\n  5 From sorrow, toil, and pain,\n    And sin, we shall be free;\n  And perfect love and friendship reign\n    Throughout eternity.    Amen.\n\n\n17.    (42)\n\n  1 My faith looks up to thee,\n  Thou Lamb of Calvary,\n    Saviour divine!\n  Now hear me while I pray;\n  Take all my guilt away;\n  O let me from this day\n    Be wholly thine.\n\n  2 May thy rich grace impart\n  Strength to my fainting heart.\n    My zeal inspire;\n  As thou hast died for me,\n  O may my love to thee\n  Pure, warm, and changeless be,\n    A living fire.\n\n  3 While life\u2019s dark maze I tread,\n  And griefs around me spread,\n    Be thou my guide;\n  Bid darkness turn to day;\n  Wipe sorrow\u2019s tears away;\n  Nor let me ever stray\n    From thee aside!\n\n  4 When ends life\u2019s transient dream,\n  When death\u2019s cold, sullen stream\n    Shall o\u2019er me roll;\n  Blest Saviour, then in love,\n  Fear and distrust remove;\n  O bear me safe above,\n    A ransomed soul!    Amen.\n\n\n18.    (43)\n\n  1 All hail the power of Jesus\u2019 Name!\n    Let angels prostrate fall;\n  Bring forth the royal diadem,\n    And crown him Lord of all!\n\n  2 Crown him, ye martyrs of our God,\n    Who from his altar call:\n  Extol the Stem-of-Jesse\u2019s rod,\n    And crown him Lord of all!\n\n  3 Hail him, the Heir of David\u2019s line,\n    Whom David, Lord did call;\n  The God incarnate! Man divine!\n    And crown him Lord of all!\n\n  4 Ye seed of Israel\u2019s chosen race,\n    Ye ransomed of the fall,\n  Hail him who saves you by his grace,\n    And crown him Lord of all!\n\n  5 Sinners, whose love can ne\u2019er forget\n    The wormwood and the gall,\n  Go, spread your trophies at his feet,\n    And crown him Lord of all!\n\n  6 Let every kindred, every tribe,\n    Before him prostrate fall!\n  To him all majesty ascribe,\n    And crown him Lord of all!    Amen.\n\n\n19.    (45)\n\n  1 Rock of ages, cleft for me,\n  Let me hide myself in thee;\n  Let the water and the blood\n  From thy side, a healing flood,\n  Be of sin the double cure,\n  Save from wrath, and make me pure.\n\n  2 Should my tears for ever flow,\n  Should my zeal no languor know,\n  All for sin could not atone,\n  Thou must save, and thou alone;\n  In my hand no price I bring,\n  Simply to thy cross I cling.\n\n  3 While I draw this fleeting breath,\n  When mine eyelids close in death,\n  When I rise to worlds unknown,\n  And behold thee on thy throne,\n  Rock of ages, cleft for me,\n  Let me hide myself in thee.    Amen.\n\n\n20.    (47)\n\n  1 Jesus, Lover of my soul,\n    Let me to thy bosom fly,\n  While the nearer waters roll,\n    While the tempest still is high:\n  Hide me, O my Saviour, hide,\n    Till the storm of life be past;\n  Safe into the haven guide,\n    O receive my soul at last!\n\n  2 Other refuge have I none,\n    Hangs my helpless soul on thee;\n  Leave, ah! leave me not alone,\n    Still support and comfort me!\n  All my trust on thee is stayed;\n    All my help from thee I bring;\n  Cover my defenceless head\n    With the shadow of thy wing.\n\n  3 Plenteous grace with thee is found,\n    Grace to cleanse from every sin;\n  Let the healing streams abound,\n    Make and keep me pure within.\n  Thou of life the fountain art,\n    Freely let me take of thee;\n  Spring thou up within my heart,\n    Rise to all eternity.    Amen.\n\n\n21.    (48)\n\n  1 O Love that wilt not let me go,\n    I rest my weary soul in thee;\n  I give thee back the life I owe,\n  That in thine ocean depths its flow\n    May richer, fuller be.\n\n  2 O Light that followest all my way,\n    I yield my flickering torch to thee;\n  My heart restores its borrowed ray,\n  That in thy sunshine\u2019s blaze its day\n    May brighter, fairer be.\n\n  3 O Joy that seekest me through pain,\n    I cannot close my heart to thee;\n  I trace the rainbow through the rain,\n  And feel the promise is not vain\n    That morn shall tearless be.\n\n  4 O Cross that liftest up my head,\n    I dare not ask to fly from thee;\n  I lay in dust life\u2019s glory dead,\n  And from the ground there blossoms red\n    Life that shall endless be.    Amen.\n\n\n22.    (51)\n\n  1 There\u2019s a wideness in God\u2019s mercy\n    Like the wideness of the sea;\n  There\u2019s a kindness in his justice,\n    Which is more than liberty.\n  There is welcome for the sinner,\n    And more graces for the good;\n  There is mercy with the Saviour;\n    There is healing in his blood.\n\n  2 There is no place where earth\u2019s sorrows\n    Are more felt than up in heaven;\n  There is no place where earth\u2019s failings\n    Have such kindly judgment given.\n  There is plentiful redemption\n    In the blood that has been shed;\n  There is joy for all the members\n    In the sorrows of the Head.\n\n  3 For the love of God is broader\n    Than the measure of man\u2019s mind;\n  And the heart of the Eternal\n    Is most infinitely kind.\n  If our love were but more simple,\n    We should take him at his word;\n  And our lives would be all sunshine\n    In the sweetness of the Lord.\n\n\n23.    (55)\n\n  1 I love thy kingdom, Lord,\n    The house of thine abode,\n  The Church our blest Redeemer saved\n    With his own precious blood.\n\n  2 For her my tears shall fall;\n    For her my prayers ascend;\n  To her my toils and cares be given,\n    Till toils and cares shall end.\n\n  3 Beyond my highest joy\n    I prize her heavenly ways,\n  Her sweet communion, solemn vows,\n    Her hymns of love and praise.\n\n  4 Jesus, thou friend divine,\n    Our Saviour and our King,\n  Thy hand from every snare and foe\n    Shall great deliverance bring.\n\n  5 Sure as thy truth shall last,\n    To Sion shall be given\n  The brightest glories earth can yield,\n    And brighter bliss of heaven.    Amen.\n\n\n24.    (62)\n\n  1 Eternal Father! strong to save,\n  Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,\n  Who bidd\u2019st the mighty ocean deep\n  Its own appointed limits keep;\n      O hear us when we cry to thee\n      For those in peril on the sea!\n\n  2 O Christ! whose voice the waters heard\n  And hushed their raging at thy word,\n  Who walkedst on the foaming deep,\n  And calm amidst its rage didst sleep;\n      O hear us when we cry to thee\n      For those in peril on the sea!\n\n  3 Most Holy Spirit! who didst brood\n  Upon the chaos dark and rude,\n  And bid its angry tumult cease,\n  And give, for wild confusion, peace;\n      O hear us when we cry to thee\n      For those in peril on the sea!\n\n  4 O Trinity of love and power!\n  Our brethren shield in danger\u2019s hour;\n  From rock and tempest, fire and foe,\n  Protect them wheresoe\u2019er they go;\n      Thus evermore shall rise to thee\n      Glad hymns of praise from land and sea.    Amen.\n\n\n25.    (63)\n\n  1 Now thank we all our God,\n    With heart, and hands, and voices,\n  Who wondrous things hath done,\n    In whom his world rejoices;\n  Who from our mother\u2019s arms\n    Hath blessed us on our way\n  With countless gifts of love,\n    And still is ours to-day.\n\n  2 O may this bounteous God\n    Through all our life be near us!\n  With ever-joyful hearts\n    And blessed peace to cheer us;\n  And keep us in his grace,\n    And guide us when perplext,\n  And free us from all ills\n    In this world and the next.    Amen.\n\n\n26.    (65)\n\n  1 O beautiful for spacious skies,\n    For amber waves of grain.\n  For purple mountain majesties\n    Above the fruited plain!\n\n  America! America!\n    God shed his grace on thee,\n  And crown thy good with brotherhood\n    From sea to shining sea.\n\n  2 O beautiful for pilgrim feet,\n    Whose stern, impassioned stress\n  A thoroughfare for freedom beat\n    Across the wilderness!\n\n  America! America!\n    God mend thine every flaw,\n  Confirm thy soul in self control,\n    Thy liberty in law.\n\n  3 O beautiful for heroes proved\n    In liberating strife,\n  Who more than self their country loved,\n    And mercy more than life!\n\n  America! America!\n    May God thy gold refine,\n  Till all success be nobleness,\n    And every gain divine.\n\n  4 O beautiful for patriot dream\n    That sees, beyond the years,\n  Thine alabaster cities gleam,\n    Undimmed by human tears!\n\n  America! America!\n    God shed his grace on thee,\n  And crown thy good with brotherhood\n    From sea to shining sea.    Amen.\n\n\n27.    (71)\n\n  1 Once to every man and nation\n    Comes the moment to decide,\n  In the strife of truth with falsehood,\n    For the good or evil side;\n  Some great cause, God\u2019s new Messiah,\n    Offering each the bloom or blight,\n  And the choice goes by for ever\n    \u2019Twixt that darkness and that light.\n\n  2 Then to side with truth is noble,\n    When we share her wretched crust,\n  Ere her cause bring fame and profit,\n    And \u2019tis prosperous to be just;\n  Then it is the brave man chooses,\n    While the coward stands aside\n  Till the multitude make virtue\n    Of the faith they had denied.\n\n  3 By the light of burning martyrs\n    Jesus\u2019 bleeding feet I track,\n  Toiling up new Calvaries ever\n    With the cross that turns not back;\n  New occasions teach new duties,\n    Time makes ancient good uncouth;\n  They must upward still and onward,\n    Who would keep abreast of truth.\n\n  4 Though the cause of evil prosper,\n    Yet \u2019tis truth alone is strong;\n  Though her portion be the scaffold,\n    And upon the throne be wrong,\n  Yet that scaffold sways the future,\n    And, behind the dim unknown,\n  Standeth God within the shadow\n    Keeping watch above his own.    Amen.\n\n\n28.    (74)\n\n  1 The Church\u2019s one foundation\n    Is Jesus Christ her Lord;\n  She is his new creation\n    By water and the word:\n  From heaven he came and sought her\n    To be his holy bride;\n  With his own blood he bought her,\n    And for her life he died.\n\n  2 Elect from every nation,\n    Yet one o\u2019er all the earth,\n  Her charter of salvation,\n    One Lord, one faith, one birth;\n  One holy Name she blesses,\n    Partakes one holy food,\n  And to one hope she presses,\n    With every grace endued.\n\n  3 Though with a scornful wonder\n    Men see her sore opprest,\n  By schisms rent asunder,\n    By heresies distrest;\n  Yet saints their watch are keeping,\n    Their cry goes up, \u201cHow long?\u201d\n  And soon the night of weeping\n    Shall be the morn of song.\n\n  4 \u2019Mid toil and tribulation,\n    And tumult of her war,\n  She waits the consummation\n    Of peace for evermore;\n  Till with the vision glorious\n    Her longing eyes are blest,\n  And the great Church victorious\n    Shall be the Church at rest.\n\n  5 Yet she on earth hath union\n    With God the Three in One,\n  And mystic sweet communion\n    With those whose rest is won.\n  O happy ones and holy!\n    Lord, give us grace that we\n  Like them, the meek and lowly,\n    On high may dwell with thee.    Amen.\n\n\n29.    (75)\n\n  1 Glorious things of thee are spoken,\n    Sion, city of our God;\n  He whose word cannot be broken,\n    Formed thee for his own abode;\n  On the Rock of Ages founded,\n    What can shake thy sure repose?\n  With salvation\u2019s walls surrounded,\n    Thou may\u2019st smile at all thy foes.\n\n  2 See, the streams of living waters\n    Springing from eternal love,\n  Well supply thy sons and daughters,\n    And all fear of want remove.\n  Who can faint, when such a river\n    Ever will their thirst assuage?\n  Grace which, like the Lord, the giver,\n    Never fails from age to age.\n\n  3 Round each habitation hovering,\n    See the cloud and fire appear\n  For a glory and a covering,\n    Showing that the Lord is near.\n  Thus deriving from their banner,\n    Light by night, and shade by day,\n  Safe they feed upon the manna,\n    Which he gives them when they pray.\n\n  4 Blest inhabitants of Sion,\n    Washed in the Redeemer\u2019s blood!\n  Jesus, whom their souls rely on,\n    Makes them kings and priests to God.\n  \u2019Tis his love his people raises\n    Over self to reign as kings:\n  And as priests, his solemn praises\n    Each for a thank-offering brings.    Amen.\n\n\n30.    (76)\n\n  1 Jesus shall reign where\u2019er the sun\n  Doth his successive journeys run;\n  His kingdom stretch from shore to shore,\n  Till moons shall wax and wane no more.\n\n  2 To him shall endless prayer be made,\n  And praises throng to crown his head;\n  His Name like sweet perfume shall rise\n  With every morning sacrifice.\n\n  3 People and realms of every tongue\n  Dwell on his love with sweetest song;\n  And infant voices shall proclaim\n  Their early blessings on his Name.\n\n  4 Blessings abound where\u2019er he reigns;\n  The prisoner leaps to lose his chains,\n  The weary find eternal rest,\n  And all the sons of want are blest.\n\n  5 Let every creature rise and bring\n  Peculiar honors to our King;\n  Angels descend with songs again,\n  And earth repeat the loud Amen.\n\n\n31.    (77)\n\n  1 Our Lord is risen from the dead;\n    Our Jesus is gone up on high;\n  The powers of hell are captive led,\n    Dragged to the portals of the sky.\n\n  2 There his triumphal chariot waits,\n    And angels chant the solemn lay:\n  Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates,\n    Ye everlasting doors, give way.\n\n  3 Loose all your bars of massy light,\n    And wide unfold the radiant scene;\n  He claims those mansions as his right;\n    Receive the King of glory in.\n\n  4 Who is the King of glory, who?\n    The Lord that all his foes o\u2019ercame,\n  The world, sin, death, and hell o\u2019erthrew;\n    And Jesus is the Conqueror\u2019s name.\n\n  5 Lo! His triumphal chariot waits,\n    And angels chant the solemn lay:\n  Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates,\n    Ye everlasting doors, give way.    Amen.\n\n\n32.    (80)\n\n  1 O Master, let me walk with thee\n  In lowly paths of service free;\n  Tell me thy secret; help me bear\n  The strain of toil, the fret of care.\n\n  2 Help me the slow of heart to move\n  By some clear, winning word of love;\n  Teach me the wayward feet to stay,\n  And guide them in the homeward way.\n\n  3 Teach me thy patience; still with thee\n  In closer, dearer company,\n  In work that keeps faith sweet and strong,\n  In trust that triumphs over wrong,\n\n  4 In hope that sends a shining ray\n  Far down the future\u2019s broadening way,\n  In peace that only thou canst give,\n  With thee, O Master, let me live.    Amen.\n\n\n33.    (82)\n\n  1 Onward, Christian soldiers,\n    Marching as to war,\n  With the cross of Jesus\n    Going on before!\n  Christ, the royal Master,\n    Leads against the foe;\n  Forward into battle,\n    See, his banners go.\n      Onward, Christian soldiers,\n        Marching as to war,\n      With the cross of Jesus\n        Going on before!\n\n  2 At the sign of triumph\n    Satan\u2019s host doth flee;\n  On, then, Christian soldiers,\n    On to victory!\n  Hell\u2019s foundations quiver\n    At the shout of praise;\n  Brothers, lift your voices,\n    Loud your anthems raise!\n      Onward, etc.\n\n  3 Like a mighty army\n    Moves the Church of God;\n  Brothers, we are treading\n    Where the saints have trod;\n  We are not divided,\n    All one body we,\n  One in hope and doctrine,\n    One in charity.\n      Onward, etc.\n\n  4 Crowns and thrones may perish,\n    Kingdoms rise and wane,\n  But the Church of Jesus\n    Constant will remain;\n  Gates of hell can never\n    \u2019Gainst that Church prevail;\n  We have Christ\u2019s own promise,\n    And that cannot fail.\n      Onward, etc.\n\n  5 Onward, then, ye people!\n    Join our happy throng!\n  Blend with ours your voices\n    In the triumph song!\n  Glory, laud, and honor,\n    Unto Christ the King;\n  This through countless ages\n    Men and angels sing.\n      Onward, etc.    Amen.\n\n\n34.    (83)\n\n  1 Stand up, stand up, for Jesus,\n    Ye soldiers of the cross!\n  Lift high his royal banner!\n    It must not suffer loss:\n  From victory unto victory\n    His army shall he lead;\n  Till every foe is vanquished,\n    And Christ is Lord indeed.\n\n  2 Stand up, stand up, for Jesus!\n    The trumpet call obey!\n  Forth to the mighty conflict\n    In this his glorious day!\n  Ye that are men now serve him\n    Against unnumbered foes!\n  Let courage rise with danger,\n    And strength to strength oppose.\n\n  3 Stand up, stand up, for Jesus!\n    Stand in his strength alone!\n  The arm of flesh will fail you,\n    Ye dare not trust your own:\n  Put on the Gospel armor,\n    And watching unto prayer,\n  When duty calls, or danger,\n    Be never wanting there!\n\n  4 Stand up, stand up, for Jesus!\n    The strife will not be long:\n  This day, the noise of battle;\n    The next, the victor\u2019s song.\n  To him that overcometh,\n    A crown of life shall be;\n  He with the King of glory\n    Shall reign eternally.    Amen.\n\n\n35.    (85)\n\n  1 Be still, my soul: the Lord is on thy side;\n    Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain;\n  Leave to thy God to order and provide;\n    In every change he faithful will remain.\n  Be still, my soul: thy best, thy heavenly Friend\n    Thro\u2019 thorny ways leads to a joyful end.\n\n  2 Be still, my soul: thy God doth undertake\n    To guide the future as he has the past.\n  Thy hope, thy confidence let nothing shake;\n    All now mysterious shall be bright at last.\n  Be still, my soul: the waves and winds still know\n    His voice who ruled them while he dwelt below.\n\n  3 Be still, my soul: the hour is hastening on\n    When we shall be forever with the Lord,\n  When disappointment, grief, and fear are gone,\n    Sorrow forgot, love\u2019s purest joys restored.\n  Be still, my soul: when change and tears are past,\n    All safe and blessed we shall meet at last.    Amen.\n\n\n36.    (89)\n\n  1 We gather together to ask the Lord\u2019s blessing;\n    He chastens and hastens his will to make known;\n  The wicked oppressing now cease from distressing,\n    Sing praises to his Name; he forgets not his own.\n\n  2 Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining,\n    Ordaining, maintaining his kingdom divine;\n  So from the beginning the fight we were winning:\n    Thou, Lord, wast at our side, all glory be thine!\n\n  3 We all do extol thee, thou leader triumphant,\n    And pray that thou still our defender wilt be.\n  Let thy congregation escape tribulation:\n    Thy Name be ever praised! O Lord, make us free!    Amen.\n\n\n37.    (91)\n\n  1 O God, our help in ages past,\n    Our hope for years to come,\n  Our shelter from the stormy blast\n    And our eternal home:\n\n  2 Under the shadow of thy throne\n    Thy saints have dwelt secure;\n  Sufficient is thine arm alone,\n    And our defence is sure.\n\n  3 Before the hills in order stood,\n    Or earth received her frame.\n  From everlasting thou art God,\n    To endless years the same.\n\n  4 A thousand ages in thy sight\n    Are like an evening gone;\n  Short as the watch that ends the night\n    Before the rising sun.\n\n  5 Time, like an ever-rolling stream,\n    Bears all its sons away;\n  They fly, forgotten, as a dream\n    Dies at the opening day.\n\n  6 O God, our help in ages past,\n    Our hope for years to come,\n  Be thou our guide while life shall last,\n    And our eternal home.    Amen.\n\n\n38.    (68)\n\n  1 My country, \u2019tis of thee,\n  Sweet land of liberty,\n    Of thee I sing;\n  Land where my fathers died,\n  Land of the pilgrims\u2019 pride,\n  From every mountain-side\n    Let freedom ring.\n\n  2 My native country, thee,\n  Land of the noble free.\n    Thy name I love;\n  I love thy rocks and rills.\n  Thy woods and templed hills;\n  My heart with rapture thrills\n    Like that above.\n\n  3 Let music swell the breeze,\n  And ring from all the trees\n    Sweet freedom\u2019s song;\n  Let mortal tongues awake,\n  Let all that breathe partake,\n  Let rocks their silence break,\n    The sound prolong.\n\n  4 Our fathers\u2019 God, to thee,\n  Author of liberty,\n    To thee we sing;\n  Long may our land be bright\n  With freedom\u2019s holy light;\n  Protect us by thy might,\n    Great God, our King.    Amen.\n\n\n\n\n                        Transcriber\u2019s Notes\n\n\n--Silently corrected a few typos.\n\n--Treated sidenotes like other rubrics.","title":"A Prayer Book for Soldiers and Sailors","tradition":"scripture-revelation","translated_text":null,"word_count":20593}