my roof; yet thou hast honoured ceptable unto thee. And especially. thy servant with appointing him to this congregation present, give the to stand in thy House, and to serve abundance of thy grace; that with at thy Holy Áltar. To thee and to one heart, they may desire the pros thy service I devote myself, soul, perity of thy holy Apostolic Church, body, and spirit-with all their pow- and with one mouth, may profess the ers and faculties. Fill my memory faith once delivered to the Saints. with the words of thy law; enlighten Defend them from the sins of heresy my understanding with the illumina- and schism; let not the foot of tion of the Holy Ghost; and may all pride come nigh to hurt them, nor the the wishes and desires of my will hand of the ungodly to cast them. centre in what thou hast commanded. down. And grant that the course And, to make me instrumental in pro- of this world may be so peaceably inoting the salvation of the people now ordered by thy Governance, that thy committed to my charge, grant that Church may joyfully serve thee in al I may faithfully administer thy holy godly quietness; that so they may Sacraments, and by my life and doc- walk in the ways of truth and peace, trine set forth thy true and lively and at last be numbered with thy word. Be ever with me in the per-Saints in glory everlasting, through formance of all the duties of my thy merits, O blessed Jesus, thou ministry; in prayer, to quicken my gracious Bishop and Shepherd of our devotion; in praises, to heighten my souls, who art, with the Father and love and gratitude; and in preaching, the Holy Ghost, one God, wor to give a readiness of thought and without end. Amen. expression suitable to the clearness and excellency of thy Holy Word. Grant this for the sake of Jesus Christ thy Son our Saviour.

The instituted Minister, standing
up, shall say,

The Lord be with you.
Ans. And with thy spirit.

Let us pray.

Almighty God, who hast built thy Church upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the Chief Corner Stone; grant that, by the operation of the Holy Ghost, all Christians may be so joined together in unity of spir, and in the bond of peace, that they may be an Holy Temple ac

Then shall follow the Sermon and after that the instituted Mi nister shall proceed to the Com munion Service, and to adminis ter the holy Eucharist to his Congregation; and after the Benediction, (which he shall always pronounce,) the Wardens, Vestry, and others, shall salute and welcome him, bidding him God speed. When the Bishop of the Diocese is present at the institution of a Minister, he shall make to him the address prescribed in this Office in the form of a letter; and may perform such other duties herein assigned the Institusing Minister as he may choose.

PSALMS

IN METRE

SELECTED FROM

THE PSALMS OF DAVID.

PHILADELPHIA:

J. BPPINCOTT &, CO.

IN pursuance of a resolution of the General Convention of the Protestant kpiscopal Church in the United States of America, we, the subscribers, a Lommittee authorized for the purpose, do hereby set forth this Selection of Psalms.

Philadelphia. December 27th, 1832.

WM. WHITE.

H. U. ONDERDONK,
W. E. WYATT,
BIRD WILSON.
SAM. H. TURNER,
JAS. MONTGOMERY,
W. MEREDITH,
SAM. J. DONALDSON.

New York, April 6, 1933.

I hereby certify, that this edition of " Psalms in Metre" has been compared with, and corrected by, the edition set forth by the Committee of the Generi Convention

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BENJAMIN T. ONDERDONK,

Bishop of the Diocese of New-York

.

"BY the Bishope, the Clergy, and the Laity of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, in Convention, this twenty-ninth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two; this book of Psalms in Metre, selected from the Psalms o David, with Hymns, is set forth, and allowed to be sung in all congregations of the said Church, before and after Morning and Evening Prayer, and also before and after Sermons, at the discretion of the Minister.

"And it shall be the duty of every minister of any church, either by standing directions, or from time to time, to appoint the portions of Psalms which are to be sung."

"And further, it shall be the duty of every minister, with such assistance as he can obtain from persons skilled in music, to give order concerning the tunes to be sung at any time in his church; and especially, it shall be his duty to suppress all light and unseemly music, and all indecency and irreverence in the performance, by which vain and ungodly persona profane the service of the sanctuary."

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