One or more sentences to be read by the

Minister.

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

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

Seek ye the Lord while he may be found: call ye upon him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

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

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled.

MAY

EXHORTATION.

AY this house be unto us no other than the

house of God and the gate of heaven. Here let us worship Him who is a spirit in spirit and in truth. Suffer not the

cares of the world and the anx

ieties of life to interrupt our devotions. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Toil, trial, and suffering still await us; and the experience of every day teaches that we are not sufficient unto ourselves. Put your trust in Him whose grace is ready to help in time of need.

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life.

As many as are led by the spirit of God, they are sons of God.

We know that all things work together for good to them that love God.

This is life eternal, that they

might know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

We have a building of God,

a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

Glory to God in the highest.
And on earth peace, good

will toward men.

A THANKSGIVING.
To be said by the Minister.

FATHER of lights, Author

of every good and perfect gift: we heartily thank thee for thy bountiful kindness to us and to all men; for life and all its blessings, for health and prosperity, for brotherly love and the means of doing good; above all, for thy grace and truth, and for our hope of life eternal. Increase, O Lord, our

grace upon us, that no ignorance or sin may pervert thy blessings; but give us such a sense of thy goodness that we may ever devote ourselves to thy service in word and deed; and, praising thee both with our lips and our lives, may go on through thy mercy to the joy of life everlasting. Amen.

THE LORD'S PRAYER. To be said by the Minister and People. UR Father who art in OU heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, it is in heaven. Give us this Thy will be done on earth, as day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the

glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

O Lord, open thou our eyes. That we may behold wonderful things out of thy law.

O Lord, open thou our lips. And our mouth shall show forth thy praise.

Praise ye the Lord.

The Lord's name be praised. (Here may be sung a Hymn or Anthem.)

One or more sentences to be read by the Minister.

MY Y voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord: in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, the Lord's name is to be praised.

Let our prayers be set forth in his sight as incense, and the lifting up of our hands as an evening sacrifice.

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

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be always acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer.

Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

When the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.

Rend your heart, and not

your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

EXHORTATION.

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THE Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess manifold sins and wickedness; and that we should not dissemble nor cloak them before the face of Almighty God, our heavenly Father; but confess them with a lowly, penitent and obedient heart; to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same, by his infinite goodness and mercy.

And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sins before God; yet ought we chiefly so to do, when we assemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands, to set forth his most worthy praise, to hear his most holy word, and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary, as well for the body as the soul. Wherefore I pray and beseech you,