CHOIR PRAYERS. Before Service. GOD, before whose throne in heaven the saints, standing on the sea of glass, sing the song of Moses and the Lamb; Grant us so to sing thy praises here with the spirit, and with the understanding also, that we may be counted worthy to learn the new song, which none can learn save those that shall be redeemed from the earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. GOD, our heavenly Father, who hast called us to the sacred ministry of praise in the service of thy church, make us ready now to worship thee in spirit and in truth. Teach us to understand and love thy holy service and help us to be reverent and attentive, guarding us from all wandering thoughts and unseemly actions, and make all that we shall say and do acceptable unto thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. O HEAVENLY Father, we are going into thy house. Cleanse our hearts and help us to worship thee in spirit and in truth. Keep our minds from idle and worldly thoughts, and grant that the prayers and praises of thy people may go up from thy holy temple on earth to thy mercy seat in heaven; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. After Service. RANT, O Lord, that what we have sung believe in our and what we believe in our hearts, we may practise in our lives; so that being doers of the word and not hearers only, we may obtain everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THA HANKS be to thee, O God, for all thy mercies. Pardon our wandering thoughts and cold desires, and grant that when we leave thy house we may not leave thy presence, but may be ever near to thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ALMIGHTY God and heavenly Father, accept, we beseech thee, this our bounden duty and service. Whatsoever we have offered aright, graciously regard, and wherein we have been negligent, mercifully pardon, for Jesus Christ's sake, our Lord. Amen. For Christmas Day. GOD, of heavenly glory, and source of earthly peace and good will, may our Christmas be merry, because it is touched with joy divine, may the remembrance of thy Christ's birth be holy, because he is really born in our hearts today, in his purity and love, through the same, thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For Easter Day. GOD, our Father in Heaven, we consecrate ourselves anew to thee, this Easter Day. Grant us loyalty to thy Church, and gladness in thy service. Fill us with the spirit of reverence and humility, that we are permitted to sing thy praises. Keep us in the solemn and blessed remembrance that we are thy children and in thy presence; and make us faithful in our duty, and worthier of thy love, through Jesus Christ Our Lord. Amen. 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. UR Father, who art in heaven, etc. OUR A Acknowledgment of God's mercy and preservation, especially through the night past. LMIGHTY and everlasting God, in whom we live and move and have our being; We, thy needy creatures, render thee our humble praises, for thy preservation of us from the beginning of our lives to this day, and especially for having delivered us from the dangers of the past night. watchful providence we owe it, [*that no disturbance hath come nigh us or our dwelling; but that we are brought in safety to the beginning of this day.] For To thy *When disturbances of any kind befall a family, instead of this, say, that notwithstanding our dangers, we are brought in safety to the beginning of this day. these thy mercies, we bless and magnify thy glorious Name; humbly beseeching thee to accept this our morning sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving; for his sake who lay down in the grave, and rose again for us, thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. ND since it is of thy mercy, A gracious Father, that, an Dedication of soul and body to God's service, with a resolution to be growing daily in goodness. other day is added to our lives; We here dedicate both our souls and our bodies to thee and thy service, in a sober, righteous, and 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. BUT Prayer for grace to enable us to perform that resolution. UT, O God, who knowest the weakness and corruption of our nature, and the manifold temptations which we daily meet with; We humbly 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. IN all our ways, [*and prosper the we may fervently join in the prayers and praises of thy Church, and listen to our duty with honest hearts, in order to practise it. works of our hands in the business of our several stations.] Defend us from all dangers and adversities; and be graciously pleased to take us, and all things belonging to us, under thy fatherly care and protection. These things, and whatever else thou shalt see necessary and convenient to us, we humbly beg through the merits and mediation of thy Son Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour. THE Amen. HE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen. Evening Prayer. The Family being together, a little before bed-time, let the Master or Mistress, or any other whom they shall think proper, say as follows, all kneeling. UR Father, who art in heaven, etc. OUR of Confession sins, with a prayer for contrition and pardon. *Here let him Mos OST merciful God, who art of purer eyes than to behold iniquity, and hast promised forgiveness to all those who confess and forsake their sins; We come before thee in an humble sense of our own unworthiness, acknowledging our manifold transgressions of thy righteous laws.* But, O gracious Father, who desirest not the death of a sinner, look upon us, we beseech thee, in mercy, and forgive us all transgressions. Make us deeply sensible of the great evil of them; and work in us an hearty contrition; that we may obtain forgiveness at thy hands, who art ever ready to receive humble and penitent sinners; for the sake of thy Son Jesus Christ, our only Saviour and Redeemer. Amen. our who reads make a short pause, that every one may secretly confess the sins and failings of that day. |