worlds; God of God, Light of which the world cannot give; Light, very God of very God, Be-that our hearts may be set to obey gotten, not made, Being of one thy commandments, and also that substance with the Father; By by thee, we, being defended from whom all things were made; the fear of our enemies, may pass Who, for us men, and for our sal- our time in rest and quietness; vation, came down from heaven, through the merits of Jesus Christ And was incarnate by the Holy our Saviour. Amen. Ghost of the Virgin Mary, And was made man, And was cruci-A Collect for Aid against Perils. fied also for us under Pontius Pi- LORD, our heavenly Father, late. He suffered and was buried; And the third day he rose again, according to the Scriptures; And ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of the Father. And he shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead; Whose kingdom shall have no end. by whose Almighty power we have been preserved this day; By thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; for the love of thy only Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen. A Prayer for the President of the United States, and all in Civil Authority. LORD, our heavenly Father, And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of Life, Who proceedeth from the Father and the high and mighty Ruler of the Son, Who with the Father the universe, who dost from thy and the Son together is worship-earth; Most heartily we beseech throne behold all the dwellers upon ped and glorified, Who spake by the Prophets. And I believe one Catholic and Apostolic Church. I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins; And I look for the Resurrection of the dead, And the Life of the world to come. Amen. And after that, these Prayers following, all devoutly kneeling; the Minister first pronouncing, us. The Lord be with you. Answer. And grant us thy sal- our hearts within us. Answer. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us. Then shall be said the Collect for the day, and after that the Collects and Prayers following. A Collect for Peace. GOD, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed; Give unto thy servants that peace, thee with thy favour to behold and bless thy servant THE PRESand all others in authority; and IDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, of thy Holy Spirit, that they may so replenish them with the grace always incline to thy will, and walk in thy way. Endue them plenteously with heavenly gifts; grant them in health and prosperity long to live; and finally, after this life, to attain everlasting joy and felicity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. A Prayer for the Clergy and Peo ple. ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, from whom cometh every good and perfect gift; Send down upon our Bishops, and other Clergy, and upon the Congre gations committed to their charge, the healthful Spirit of thy grace; and, that they may truly please thee, pour upon them the continual dew of thy blessing. Grant this, O Lord, for the honour of our Advocate and Mediator, Jesus Christ. Amen. A Prayer for all Conditions of above all, for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the O Men. GOD, the Creator and Preser-world by our Lord Jesus Christ; ver of all mankind, we hum- for the means of grace, and for bly beseech thee for all sorts and the hope of glory. And, we be conditions of men; that thou seech thee, give us that due sense wouldest be pleased to make thy of all thy mercies, that our hearts ways known unto them, thy sa- may be unfeignedly thankful, and ing health unto all nations. More that we may show forth thy praise, especially we pray for thy holy not only with our lips, but in our Church universal; that it may be lives; by giving up ourselves, to so guided and governed by thy thy service, and by walking before good Spirit, that all who profess thee in holiness and righteousness and call themselves Christians all our days; through Jesus Christ may be led into the way of truth, our Lord, to whom, with thee and and hold the faith in unity of spirit, the Holy Ghost, be all honour and in the bond of peace, and in right- glory, world without end. Amen. eousness of life. Finally, we com- A Prayer of St. Chrysostom. mend to thy fatherly goodness all those who are any ways afflicted, or distressed, in mind, body, or estate; that it may please thee to comfort and relieve them, according to their several necessities; giving them patience under their sufferings, and a happy issue out of all their afflictions. And this we beg for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. A General Thanksgiving. ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee; and dost promise that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests; Fulfil now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants, as may be most expedient for them; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the ALMIGHTY God, Father of all world to come life everlasting. mercies, we, thine unworthy servants, do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving-kindness to us, and to all men. We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but Amen. TH 2 Cor. xiii. 14. HE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all everinore. Amen. Here endeth the Order of Evening Prayer. THE LITANY, OR GENERAL SUPPLICATION. To be used after Morning Service, on Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. GOD the Father of Heaven; the world; have mercy upon us have mercy upon us misera-miserable sinners. ble sinners. O God the Son, Redeemer of the O God the Father of Heaven; world; have mercy upon us miserhave mercy upon us miserable sin-able sinners. ners. O God the Holy Ghost, proceedO God the Son, Redeemer of ing from the Father and the Son; have mercy upon us miserable | Sweat; by thy Cross and Passion; sinners. by thy precious Death and BuriO God the Holy Ghost, pro-al; by thy glorious Resurrection ceeding from the Father and the and Ascension; and by the comSon; have mercy upon us misera-ing of the Holy Ghost, O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three Persons and one God; have mercy upon us miserable sinners. Remember not, Lord, our of fences, nor the offences of our fore-fathers; neither take thou vengeance of our sins: spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever. Spareus, good Lord. Good Lord, deliver us. In all time of our tribulation in all time of our prosperity; in the hour of death, and in the day of judgment, Good Lord, deliver us. We sinners do beseech thee to hear us, O Lord God; and that it may please thee to rule and govern thy holy Church universal in the right way; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to bless and preserve all Christian Rulers and Magistrates, giving them grace to execute justice, and to maintain truth; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. From all evil and mischief; from sin; from the crafts and as saults of the devil; from thy wrath, and from everlasting dam-minate all Bishops, Priests, and nation, Good Lord, deliver us. That it may please thee to illu Deacons, with true knowledge and understanding of thy Word; and From all blindness of heart; that both by their preaching and from pride, vain-glory, and hy-living they may set it forth, and pocrisy; from envy, hatred, and show it accordingly; malice, and all uncharitableness, Good Lord, deliver us. From all inordinate and sinful affections; and from all the deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil, Good Lord, deliver us. From lightning and tempest; from plague, pestilence, and famine; from battle and murder, and from sudden death, Good Lord, deliver us. From all sedition, privy conspiracy, and rebellion; from all false doctrine, heresy, and schism; from hardness of heart, and contempt of thy Word and Commandment, Good Lord, deliver us. By the mystery of thy holy Incarnation; by thy holy Nativity and Circumcision; by thy Baptism, Fasting, and Temptation, Good Lord, deliver us. By thine Agony and Bloody We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to bless and keep all thy people; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to give to all nations unity, peace, and concord; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to give us an heart to love and fear thee, and diligently to live after thy commandments; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to give to all thy people increase of grace to hear meekly thy Word, and to receive it with pure affection, and to bring forth the fruits of the Spirit; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to bring into the way of truth all such as have erred, and are deceived; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to strengthen such as do stand; and to comfort and help the weakhearted; and to raise up those who fall; and finally to beat down Satan under our feet; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to succour, help, and comfort, all who are in danger, necessity, and tribulation; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to preserve all who travel by land or by water, all women in the perils of childbirtli, all sick persons, and young children; and to show thy pity upon all prisoners and captives; the grace of thy Holy Spirit to amend our lives according to thy holy Word; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. Son of God, we beseech thee to hear us. Son of God, we beseech thee to hear us. O Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world; Grant us thy peace. O Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world; Have mercy upon us. The Minister may, at his discretion, omit all that follows, to the Praye "We humbly beseech thee, O Father," &c. O Christ, hear us. Lord, have mercy upon us. We beseech thee to hear us, goodThen shall the Minister, and the Peo Lord. That it may please thee to forgive our enemies, persecutors, and slanderers, and to turn their hearts; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to give and preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the earth, so that in due time we may enjoy them; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. ple with him, say the Lord's Prayer. 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. Amen. Minister. O Lord, deal not with us according to our sins. Answer. Neither reward us according to our iniquities. Let us pray. GOD, merciful Father, who despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart, nor the desire of such as are sorrowful; Mercifully assist our prayers which we make That it may please thee to give before thee in all our troubles and us true repentance; to forgive us adversities, whensoever they opall our sins, negligences, and ig-press us; and graciously hear us, norances; and to endue us with that those evils which the craft A General Thanksgiving. and subtilty of the devil or man to thy honour and glory; through worketh against us, may, by thyour only Mediator and Advocate, good providence, be brought to Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. nought; that we thy servants, being hurt by no persecutions, may evermore give thanks unto thee in thy holy Church; through Jesus Christ our Lord. O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thy Name's sake. GOD, we have heard with our ears, and our fathers have declared unto us, the noble works that thou didst in their days, and in the old time before them. O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thine honour. mercies, we, thine unworthy LMIGHTY God, Father of all servants, do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving-kindness to 15, and to all men. We bless thee all the blessings of this life; but for our creation, preservation, and above all, for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful, and that we may show forth thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives; by giving up ourselves to thy service, and by walkGraciously look upon our afflic-ing before thee in holiness and Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; Answer. As it was in the be ginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. From our enemies defend us, O Christ. tions. With pity behold the sorrows of our hearts. Mercifully forgive the sins thy people. of Favourably with mercy hear our prayers. O Son of David, have mercy upon us. Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us, O Christ. Graciously hear us, O Christ; graciously hear us, O Lord Christ. Minister. O Lord, let thy mercy be showed upon us; Answer. As we do put our trust in thee. Let us pray. E humbly beseech thee, O righteousness all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, world with out end. Amen. A Prayer of St. Chrysostom. LMIGHTY God, who hast A given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee; and dost promise that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their redesires and petitions of thy serquests; Fulfil now, O Lord, the vants, as may be most expedient for them; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, W Father, mercifully to look and in the world to come life ever upon our infirmities; and, for the glory of thy Name, turn from us all those evils that we most justly have deserved; and grant, that in Christ, and the love of God, HE grace of our Lord Jesus all our troubles we may put our whole trust and confidence in thy and the fellowship of the Holy mercy, and evermore serve thee Ghost, be with us all evermore. in holiness and pureness of living, Amen. Here endeth the Litany. |