O come, let us worship, and fall down, and kneel before the Lord our Maker.

For he is the Lord our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; let the whole earth stand in awe of him.

For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth; and with righteousness to judge the world, and the people with his truth.

¶Then shall be said, by the Minister and People, alternately, the Psalms for the Day. And at the close of the Psalms shall be repeated the following Doxology.

NOW unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God;

Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever and ever. Amen.

¶Then may follow an Anthem, or a Voluntary on the Organ; after which the Minister shall read the FIRST LESSON, taken out of the Old Testament; and at the end of it he shall say, Here endeth the First Lesson. Then shall be sung, or else said by the Minister and People, alternately, the following Hymn.

WE

Te Deum laudamus.

E praise thee, O God; we acknowledge thee to be the Lord.

All the earth doth worship thee, the Father everlasting.

To thee all angels cry aloud, the heavens and all the powers therein.

To thee cherubim and seraphim continually do cry,

Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Sabaoth.

Heaven and earth are full of the majesty of thy glory.

The glorious company of the apostles, praise thee.

The goodly fellowship of the prophets, praise thee.

The noble army of martyrs, praise thee.

The holy Church, throughout all the world, doth acknowledge thee,

The Father of an infinite majesty; Thine honorable, true, and holy Son; Also the Holy Ghost, the Comforter. Thou art the King of glory, O Lord; And Jesus Christ is thy well beloved Son. When thou gavest him to deliver man he did suffer the pain of the cross for our sake.

When he had overcome the sharpness of death, he did open the kingdom of heaven to all believers.

He sitteth at the right hand of God, in the glory of the Father.

We believe that he shall come to be our judge. We therefore pray thee, help thy servants, whom thou hast redeemed through his most precious blood.

Make them to be numbered with thy saints, in glory everlasting.

O Lord, save thy people, and bless thine heritage.

Govern them, and lift them up for ever.

Day by day we magnify thee;

And we worship thy name, ever, world without end.

Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without

sin.

us.

O Lord, have mercy upon us; have mercy upon

O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us, as our trust is in thee.

O Lord, in thee have we trusted; let us never be confounded.

¶ Or this Canticle.

Benedicite, omnia opera Domini.

ALL ye Works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord; praise him and magnify him for ever. O ye Angels of the Lord, bless ye the Lord; praise him, and magnify him for ever.

O ye Heavens, bless ye the Lord; praise him and magnify him for ever.

O all ye Powers of the Lord, bless ye the Lord; praise him and magnify him for ever.

O ye Sun and Moon, bless ye the Lord; praise him and magnify him for ever.

O ye Stars of heaven, bless ye the Lord; praise him and magnify him for ever.

O ye Winds of God, bless ye the Lord; praise him and magnify him for ever.

Oye Lightnings and Clouds, bless ye the Lord; praise him and magnify him for ever.

O let the Earth bless the Lord; yea, let it praise him and magnify him for ever.

O ye Mountains and Hills, bless ye the Lord; praise him and magnify him for ever.

O ye Seas and Floods, bless ye the Lord; praise him and magnify him for ever.

O all ye Fowls of the air, bless ye the Lord; praise him and magnify him for ever.

O all ye Beasts and Cattle, bless ye the Lord; praise him and magnify him for ever.

O ye Children of Men, bless ye the Lord; praise him and magnify him for ever.

O ye Priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord; praise him and magnify him for ever.

O ye Servants of the Lord, bless ye the Lord; praise him and magnify him for ever.

O ye Spirits and Souls of the Righteous, bless ye the Lord; praise him and magnify him for

ever.

O ye holy and humble Men of heart, bless ye the Lord; praise him and magnify him for ever.

¶Then shall the Minister read the SECOND LESSON, taken out of the New Testament; and at the end of it he shall say, Here endeth the Second Lesson. Then shall be sung, or else repeated by the Minister and People, alternately, the following Hymn.

Benedictus. ST. LUKE I. 68.

BLESSED be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people;

And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us, in the house of his servant David;

As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began;

That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us.

¶ Or this Psalm.

Jubilate Deo. PSALM C.

BE joyful in the Lord, all ye lands; serve the Lord with gladness, and come before his presence with a song.

Be ye sure that the Lord he is God; it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise; be thankful unto him, and speak good of his name.

For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth from generation to generation.

Then shall be said these Prayers following, the Minister first saying,

Min. The Lord be with you.

Answ. And with thy spirit.

Min. Let us pray.

O Lord, show thy mercy upon us; Answ. And grant us thy salvation.

Min. O God, make clean our hearts within us; Answ. And take not thy holy Spirit from us.

Then shall be said the COLLECT FOR THE DAY; and then the Service shall proceed as followeth.