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the Lord Jesus, to consider well what we have just done, in the holy rite which we have celebrated.

WE have solemnly acknowledged, by this act of thanksgiving, and by this public profession of our faith, that we have been ransomed from our sins and from eternal condemnation, by the death of Jesus Christ. We have testified that we are all brethren, and members of one body, and that we have a brotherly and sincere love towards each other. We have also promised to glorify God in our minds and bodies, by a life of holiness worthy of our vocation.

MAY God give us grace to remember well these promises, to perform them religiously, and to have the death of our beloved Redeemer so deeply graven in our hearts, that we may die daily, more and more, unto sin, and that we may walk in the ways of holiness all our lives, to the glory of God, and to our mutual edification. Amen.

The Minister shall then conclude the Service with one of the following

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BENEDICTIONS.

OW the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd

of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. Heb. xiii., 20, 21.

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HE Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you. The Lord lift up his countenance

upon you, and give you peace. Amen. Numbers, vi., 24, 25, 26.

'HE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love HF of our Lord Christ,

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of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost,

be with us all evermore. Amen. II. Cor., xiii., 14.

SECTION FOURTH.

Service for Occasions of Catechetical Instruction.

The Service may commence with a Canticle, Psalm, or Hymn, during which all stand.

Then the Minister shall say,

OUR help is in the name of the Lord, who made

heaven and earth. Psalm cxxiv., 8.

Here, and at the end of the following Prayer, the People

answer,

AMEN.

Let us pray.

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Then the Minister shall say,

LORD, our God and our Father! since we are

come together for the instruction of the young people of this church in the teachings of thy holy

word; we give thee thanks, for having enlightened us by the knowledge of thy gospel, and for having made known unto us, through Jesus Christ, thy Son, the way that leadeth to eternal life.

We pray thee to bless these exercises, and to give to these young persons such docility, as may enable them to profit by our instructions. Thou hast caused them to be born into thy church; they have been dedicated to thee in baptism; thou art their Father and their God. O Lord! for the love of thy Son, who blessed the children that were brought unto him, and prayed for them; vouchsafe to bestow thy blessing on those whom we instruct, and to fill them betimes, with love and fear of thee. May the precepts of thy word not only enlighten their minds, but sanctify their hearts, and become the rule of their conduct; to the end that now, in the days of their youth, they may walk in the paths of piety, and thus attain to the glory of the kingdom of heaven.

GIVE thy grace to fathers and mothers, to bring up their children under thy guidance. Bless all the families of this church. Sanctify the young people. Grant the knowledge and the fear of thee to persons of every age and condition; so that all of us may increase in faith and piety, as we advance in years. Make us all to be as children in innocence and humility; grant that the knowledge which thou hast given us, and the glory which we look for, may lead us to love thee, and to live in those good works

which thou hast ordained that we should walk in. Favourably hear us, O Almighty God! for the love of Jesus Christ, who hath taught us thus to pray, saying:

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UR 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: for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

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Or this.

LORD! as we are now about to instruct the

youth of this church, we implore thee to shed thy blessing on our labours, and to give unto these young persons the docility requisite to profit thereby. Since they have been consecrated to thee from their infancy; and thou art their Father and their God, vouchsafe to take them under thy protection, to sanctify them by thy Spirit, and to fill them with the love and the fear of thee; to the end, that they may hereafter be among the truly faithful in thy church, and among the ever blessed in thy kingdom; through the mercy and love of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

UR Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy

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name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done on

earth, as it is in heaven; give us this day our daily

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