PRAYER AND THANKSGIVING To Almighty God, for the Fruits of the Earth, and all the other Blessings of his inerciful Providence; to be used yearly on the first Thursday in No vember, or on such other Day as shall be appointed by the Civil Au. Thority The Service saube as usual, except where it is hereby otherwise ap

pointed. Amung the Sentences at the begin- thy gates; he hath blessed thy chilning of Morning Prayer shall be dren within thee. the following:

He maketh peace in thy borders, HONOUR

the Lord with thy subo and filleth thee with the finest of the

and , of all thine increase; So shall thy! Then shall be said or sung one of barns be filled with plenty, and thy, the Selections, or some other por. presses shall burst out with new wine. tion of the Psalms, at the discre. Prov. iii. 9, 10.

tion of the Minister. The Lord by wisdom bath founded The First Lesson shall be Deut. the earth; by understanding hath he viii. and the Second Lesson shall be established the heavens: By his know! 1 Thess, v, 12 to 24. ledge the depths are broken up, and After the General Thanksgiving, the clouds drop down the dew. Prov. shall be said this which followeth: i. 19, 20.

MOST gracious God, by whose The eternal God is thy refuge, and knowledge the depths are broken underneath are the everlasting arms. up, and the clouds drop down the Deut. xxxiii. 27.

dew; we yield thee unseigned thanks Israel then shall dwell in safety and praise, as for all thy mercies, so alone ; the fountain of Jacob shall be especially for the returns of Seed-time upon the land of corn and of wine, and Harvest, and for crowning the also his heaven shall drop down dew. year with thy goodness, in the inDeut. xxxiii. 23.

crease of the ground, and the gatherHappy art thou, O Israel ; who isjing in of the fruits thereof. And, we like unto thee, 0 people saved by the beseech thee, give us a just sense of Lord, the xhield of thy help, and who this great mercy; such as may apis the sword of thy excellency! Deut. pear in our lives, by an humble, holy, xxxiii. 29.

and obedient walking before thee all 11. Instead of, o come let us sing, &c. our days, through Jesus Christ our

the following shall be said or Lord; to whom, with thee and the sung:

¡Holy Ghost, be all glory and honvur, PRAISE ye the Lord; for it is good world without end. Amen.

to sing praises unto our God; for 1 The Collect to be used instead of it is pleasant, and praise is comely

that for the day. The Lord Joth build up Jerusalem; O Most merciful Father, who bast he gathereth together the out-casts of blessed the labours of the husIsrael.

bandman in the returns of the fruits He healeth those that are broken in of the earth; we give thee humble heart, and bindeth up their wounds. and hearty thanks for this thy bounty:

He covereth the heaven with clouds, beseeching thee to continue thy loving and prepareth rain for the earth; he kindness to us; that our land may maketh the grass to grow upon the still yield her increase, to thy glory and mountains.

our comfort, through Jesus Christ our He giveth to the beast his food; and Lord. Amen. to the young ravens which cry. The Epistle. St. James i. 16. Praise the Lord, o Jerusalem : Do not err, my beloved brethren: Praise thy God, o sion.

every good gift and every perfect For be bath strengthened the bars of gift is from above ; and cometh down

and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

from the Father of Lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Of his own will begat he us of the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: for the The Gospel. St. Matt. v. 43. wrath of man worketh not the righte-YE have heard that it hath been ousness of God. Wherefore lay apart) said, Thou shalt love thy neighall filthiness and superfluity of naugh-bour and hate thine enemy. But I say ciness, and receive with meekness the unto you, love your enemies, bless engrafted word, which is able to save them that curse you, do good to them your souls. Be ye doers of the word; that hate you, and pray for them and not hearers only, deceiving your which despitefully use you and perseown selves. For if any be a hearer cute you; that ye may be the children of the word, and not a doer, he is like of your Father which is in heaven: for unto a man beholding his natural face he maketh his sun to rise on the evil in a glass: for he beholdeth himself, and on the good, and sendeth rain on and goeth his way, and straightway the just and on the unjust. For if ye forgetteth what manner of man he love them which love you, what rewas. But whoso looketh into the ward have ye? do not even the Publiperfect law of liberty, and continueth cans the same? Or if ye salute your therein, he being not a forgetful hear- brethren only, what do ye more than er, but a doer of the work, this man others? do not even the Publicans so? shall be blessed in his deed. If any Be ye therefore perfect, even as your man among you seem to be religious, Father which is in heaven is perfect.

FORMS OF PRAYER
TO BE USED IN FAMILIES.

MORNING PRAYER.

The Master or Mistress having called together as many of the Family as can conveniently be present; let one of them, or any other whom they shall think proper, say as follows, all kneeling :"

OUR Father, who art 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 and ever. Amen.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, in whom

Acknowledgment

of we live and move and have our being; we, God's mercy and preser thy needy creatures, render thee our humble vation,especially through praises, for thy preservation of us from the begin- the night past. ning of our lives to this day, and especially for having delivered us from the dangers of the past night. To thy watchful providence we owe it, When disturbances of (that no disturbance hath come nigh us or our any kind befall a Fami dwelling; but, that we are brought in safety to ly, instead of this, say, the beginning of this day.) For these thy mer- that notwithstanding our cies, we bless and magnify thy glorious Name; dangers, we are brought humbly beseeching thee to accept this our morn- in safety to the beginning ing sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving; for his of this day.

anke who lay down in the grave, and rose again

for us, thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

ness.

Dedication of soul and AND, since it is of thy mercy, gracious Fa: body to God's service, ther, that another day is added to our lives; with a resolution to be we here dedicate both our souls and our bodies to growing daily in good- thee and thy service, in a sober, righteous, ang

godly life: in which resolution, do inou, Omerciful God, confirm and strengthen us ; that, as we grow in age, we may grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus

Christ. Amen. Prayer for grace to en. BUT, O God, who knowest the weakness and able us to perform that corruption of our nature, and the manifold resolution.

templations which we daily meet with; we hum.

bly beseech thee to have compassion on our infirmities, and to give us the constant assistance of thy Holy Spirit ; that we may be effectually restrained from sin, and excited to our duty. Imprint upon our hearts such a dread of thy judgments, and such a grateful sense of thy goodness to us, as may make us both afraid and ashamed to offend thee. And, above all, keep in our minds a lively remembrance of that great Day, in which we must give a strict account of our thoughts, words, and actions ; and according to the works done in the body, be eternally rewarded or punished, by him whom thou hast appointed the Judge of quick and dead, thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For grace to guide and In particular, we implore thy grace and prokeep us the following

tection for the ensuing day. Keep us tempedny, and for God's bles. rate in our meats and drinks, and diligent in our sing on the business of several callings. Grant us patience under any the same.

a Mictions thou shalt see fit to lay on us, and * On Sunday Morning minds always contentel with our present condi. instead of this, say, and tion. Give us grace to be just and upright in all let thy Holy Spirit accom- our dealings ; quiet and peaceable ; full of com.

j pany us to the place of thy passion; and ready to do good to all men, acpublic worship, making us cording to our abilities and opportunities.' Di. serious and attentive, and rect us in all our ways * (and prosper the works raising our minds from the of our hands in the business of our several stathoughts of this world to tious.) Defend us from all dangers and adversithe consideration of the ries; and be graciously pleased to take us, and next, that we may fervento all things belouging to us, uuder thy Fatherly care ly join in the prayers and and protection. These things, and whatever else praises of thy Church, and thou shalt see necessary and convenient to us, we listen to our duty with humbly beg, through the merits and mediation honast hearts, in order to of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour practise it.

Amen. THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellow

ship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.

EVENING PRAYER. 11 The Family being together, a little before Bed Time, let the Master or Mistress, or any o her whom they shall think proper, say as follows, all kneeling: OUR Father, who art 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 and ever. Amen. .Confession of sins, Most merciful

. God, who art of purer eyes with a prayer for con- than to behold iniquity, and hast promiser! trition and pardon. forgiveness to all those who confess and forsake

Dedication of soul and AND, since it is of thy mercy, gracious Fa: body to God's service, ther, that another day is added to our lives; with a resolution to be we here dedicate both our souls and our bodies to growing daily in good. thee and thy service, in a sober, righteous, ang ness.

godly life: In which resolution, do thou, O mer. ciful God, confirm and strengthen us; that, as we grow in age, we may grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus

Christ. Amen. Prayer for grace to en. BUT, O God, who knowest the weakness and able us to perform that corruption of our nature, and the manifold resolution.

templations which we daily meet with; we hum.

bly beseech thee to have compassion on our infirmities, and to give us the constant assistance of thy Holy Spirit ; that we may be effectually restrained from sin, and excited to our duty: Imprint upon our hearts such a dread of thy judgments, and such a grateful sense of thy goodness to us, as may make us both afraid and ashamed to offend thee. And, above all, keep in our minds a lively remembrance of that great Day, in which we must give a strict account of our thoughts, words, and actions ; and according to the works done in the body, be eternally rewarded or punished, by him whom thou hast appointed the Judge of quick and dead, thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For grace to guide and In particular, we implore thy grace and prokeep us the following tection for the ensuing day. Keep us tempedny, and for God's bles. rate in our meats and drinks, and diligent in our sing on the business of several callings. Grant us patience under any the same.

afflictions thou shalt see fit to lay on us, and "On Sunday Morning minds always contented with our present condi. instead of this, say, and tion. Give us grace to be just and upright in all let thy Holy Spirit accom- our dealings ; quiet and peaceable ; full of com

; pany us to the place of thy passion; and ready to do good to all mea, acpublic worship, making us cording to our abilities and opportunities.' Diserious and attentive, and rect us in all our ways * (and prosper the works raising our minds from the of our hands in the business of our several stathoughts of this world to tions.) Defend us from all dangers and adversithe consideration of the ries; and be graciously pleased to take us, and next, that we may fervent. all things belouging to us, under thy Fatherly care ly join in the prayers and and protection. These things, and whatever else praises of thy Church, and thou shalt see necessary and convenient to us, we listen to our duty with humbly beg, through the merits and mediation honast hearts, in order to of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour practise it.

Amen. THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellow

ship of the Holy Ghost, be with us allevernore. Amen.

.

EVENING PRAYER. 1 The Family being together, a little before Bed Time, let the Master or Mistress, or any oher whom they shall think proper, say as follows, all kneeling: OUR Father, who art 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 tres. pass 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.

Confession of sins, MOST merciful. God, who art of purer eyes with a prayer for con- than to behold iniquity, and hast promised trition and pardon. forgiveness to all those who confess and forsako