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HE LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon Him; yea, all such as call upon Him faithfully.-Ps. 145.

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LORD, what a change within us one short hour
Spent in Thy presence will avail to make!
What heavy burdens from our bosoms take;
What parched grounds refresh, as with a shower!
We kneel, and all around us seems to lower;
We rise, and all the distant and the near

Stands forth in sunny outline, brave and clear!
We kneel, how weak! we rise, how full of power!
Why therefore should we do ourselves this wrong,
Or others, that we are not always strong;
That we are ever overborne with care;
That we should ever weak or heartless be,
Anxious or troubled, when with us is prayer,
And joy and strength and courage are with Thee?

-Archbishop Trench.

"MORE things are wrought by prayer

Than this world dreams of

For so the whole round earth is every way
Bound by gold chains about the feet of God."

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DAILY MORNING PRAYER.

The Minister shall always begin the Morning Prayer by reading one or more of the following Sentences of Scripture.

On any day not a Sunday, he may omit the Exhortation following, saying instead thereof, Let us humbly confess our sins unto Almighty God, and may end the Morning Prayer with the Collect for Grace and 2 Cor. riii. 14.

On any day when the Holy Communion is immediately to follow, the Minister PA may, at his discretion, pass at once from the Sentences to the Lord's Prayer, first pronouncing, The Lord be with you. Answer And with thy spirit. Minister. Let us pray.

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HE LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him. Hab. ii. 20.

I was glad when they said unto me, We will go into the house of the LORD. Psalm cxxii. 1.

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be alway acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength and my redeemer. Psalm xix. 14, 15.

Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Phil. i. 2.

Repent ye; for the Kingdom of heaven

at hand.

St. Matt. iii. 2.

Advent.

Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Isaiah xl. 3.

Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is

born this day in the city of David a

Christmas.

Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. St. Luke ii. 10, 11.
From the rising of the sun even unto the going down
of the same my Name shall be great
Among the Gentiles; and in every place

Epiphany.

ncense shall be offered unto my Name, and a pure offering: for my Name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts. Mal. i. 11.

Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem. Isaiah lii. 1.

Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me.

He is risen. St. Mark xvi.

Good

Friday.

Lam. i. 12.

Easter.

The Lord is risen indeed.

6. St. Luke xxiv. 34.

This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm cxviii. 24. Seeing that we have a great High Priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son

of God, let us come boldly unto the

Ascension.

throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. Heb. iv. 14, 16.

Because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba,

Father. Gal. iv. 6.

Whit

unday.

There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High. Psalm xlvi. 4.

The hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth. St. John iv. 23.

Rev.

Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. iv. 8.

Trinity
Sunday,

When the wicked man turneth away from his wicked ness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. Ezek xviii. 27.

I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin i ever before me. Psalm li. 3.

Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all min iniquities. Psalm li. 9.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broke and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise Psalm li. 17.

Rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. Joel ii. 13.

To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him; neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws which he set before us. Dan. ix. 9, 10. O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. Jer. x. 24. Psalm vi. 1.

I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. St. Luke xv. 18, 19.

Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O LORD; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. Psalm cxliii. 2.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us; but if we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 St. John i. 8, 9.

Then the Minister shall say,

DEARLY beloved to acknowledge and confess

EARLY beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth

our manifold sins and wickedness; and that we should not dissemble nor cloak them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father; but confess them with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart; t the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same by his infinite goodness and mercy. And although we ought, at all times, humbly to acknowledge our sins before God; yet ought we chiefly so to do, when we assemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands,