to support the aged and infirm; to be a father to the fatherless, and the widow's God. Amen. Concluding Prayer. HEAR us, heavenly Father, in these our petitions, for ourselves and others; grant that by these religious services we may be filled with reverence for thee; with love to our brethren of mankind; with zeal in the Christian cause, and a fincere concern for our religious improvement and eternal salvation. Assist us, we beseech thee, in the duties which further lie before us. May we hear thy word with feriousness and attention. Enlighten our minds with thy holy Spirit, that we may difcern the true way to everlasting life; and finally bring us to thy heavenly kingdom, which thou haft promised to all thy faithful fervants by Jesus Christ our Lord, who has encouraged us to address thee, as OUR OUR Father, whoart in heaven; hallowed be thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us: And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. : EVENING EVENING PRAYER. FOURTH SERVICE. Let the Minister introduce the Service by reading the following Sentences; the Congregation rifing ир. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts; praise waiteth for thee, O God; and to thee shall the vow be performed. God is greatly to be feared in the affembly of the people, and to be had in reverence by all who approach him. Give unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the earth, give unto the Lord glory and praise: give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name. Bring an offering of grateful hearts, and come into his courts with thanksgivings. Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at his foot-stool; holy and reverend is his name. The Introductory Prayer; the People kneeling. O THOU who art happy in thyself, and needeft not the services of any of thy creatures; before thee angels bow, and the whole host of heaven fall down in thy prefence, and with the most solemn reverence and awe cry out, Holy, holy Lord God Almighty, who wast, who art, and who art to come. Next to these glorious beings, happy are we in being permitted to come into thine earthly courts, and to hold converse with thee our Maker. Amidst the various branches of thy family, we defire to draw near unto thee, Assist us, O God, by thy gracious influence, to worship thee, who art a Spirit, in spirit and in truth. May we celebrate thy great and glorious perfections, with becoming reverence, and acknowledge, with grateful hearts, our de pendance pendance on thee for every blessing. May we confefs our fins with fincere forrow, imploring mercy and forgiveness of thee, through the abundance of thy grace in Jesus Christ. May our thoughts be composed, our affections elevated, and our fouls deeply impressed with a sense of thine awful prefence. May we feel a divine life and energy in these sacred duties, and shew forth thy praise, not only with our lips but in our lives. People. May the words of our lips and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in thy fight, O Lord, our strength and our redeemer. Let the Minister and People, standing, alternately recite the following Pfalm of adoration. Minister. O LORD, thou hast searched us, and known us. Thou knowest our down-fitting and our up-rifing, thou understandest our thoughts afar off. |