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LORD God! we render thanks unto thee, that thou hast called us to the knowledge and profession of the Christian faith. We beseech thee to preserve and increase it in us; to the end, that continuing steadfast in the same, we may sincerely unite in the confession of the Church Universal:

I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord; who was conceived of the Holy Ghost, and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate; he was crucified; he died; he was buried; [he went into the place of departed spirits ;]* the third day he rose from the dead; he ascended into heaven; he sitteth at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty; and thence he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghost.

I believe the Holy Church Universal; the communion of saints; the remission of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.

ALMIGHTY God! Father of mercy! we, thine unworthy servants, do give thee most humble and hearty thanks, for all thy goodness and lovingkindness to us, and to all men. We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all, for thine inestimable love, in the redemption of the world, by our Lord Jesus. Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of * These words may be omitted.

glory. And we beseech thee, give us a due sense of all thy mercies, that we may show forth thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up ourselves to thy service, and by walking before thee, in holiness and righteousness, all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee, and the Holy Spirit, be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen.

LORD! who art the God of peace, and the author of all good, grant unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give, that our hearts may be inclined to obey thy commandments, and that, being delivered from the fear of our enemies, we may pass our lives in rest and quietness, through the merits of Jesus Christ, our Saviour. Amen.

LORD! watch over us, and, through thy great mercy, defend our souls and bodies from all danger during the coming night; for the love of thine only Son our Saviour, Jesus Christ.

Here introduce such of the Special or Occasional Prayers or Thanksgivings from Part III. as are suitable, may be requested, or the Minister's discretion may suggest.

GOD! who art King of kings, and Lord of lords, we beseech thee favourably to look upon all rulers and magistrates, and to send down thy blessings upon the President of these United States, and on all others in authority over us. Give them grace to live to the advancement of thy glory, the

good of thy church, and the welfare of our country; through Jesus Christ, our Redeemer. Amen.

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LMIGHTY and Everlasting God! send down

upon our pastors, upon all thy ministers, and upon the congregations committed to their charge, the healthful spirit of thy grace. Fill thy servants so abundantly with the knowledge of thy truth, and so clothe them with innocence of life, that they may exercise their ministry to the glory of thy name, and to the edification of thy holy Church, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

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GOD! the Creator and Preserver of all man

kind, we humbly beseech thee for all sorts and conditions of men, that thou wouldst be pleased to make thy ways known unto them, thy saving health unto all nations. We pray to thee especially for the prosperity of the Church Universal, that it may be so governed by thy Spirit, that all who profess and call themselves Christians may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness of life. Finally, we commend to thy fatherly goodness all who are distressed in mind, body or estate; that it may please thee to comfort and relieve them, according to their several necessities, giving them repentance and patience under their sufferings, and a happy issue out of all their afflictions. All these things we ask of thee for the love of Jesus Christ. Amen.

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LMIGHTY God! who hast given us grace at

this time, with one accord, to make our common supplications unto thee; and hast promised that when two or three are gathered together in thy name, thou wilt grant their requests; fulfil now, O Lord! the desires and petitions of thy servants, as may be most expedient for them, granting us, in this world, knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come, life everlasting. Amen.

Here may be sung a Canticle, Psalm or Hymn.

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After which shall be said a Benediction.

BENEDICTIONS.

'HE Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make his face shine upon you, and be gracious unto you. The Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace. Amen. Numb. vi., 24,

25, 26.

HE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the

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love of God, and the communion of the Holy

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

Y brethren! the end of all things is at hand. Be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. I. Peter, iv., 7.

The Lord be with you. Almighty God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, bless and protect you. Amen.

Service for Days of Public Bumiliation.

The Service may commence with a Canticle, Psalm or Hymn, announced by the Minister, during which Minister and People stand.

Then the Minister shall say,

UR help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. Psalm cxxiv., 8.

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Here, and at the end of the several Prayers, the People

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Let us pray.

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Then the Minister shall say,

ALMIGHTY God and Merciful Father! into whose presence we have come to offer the sacrifice of repentance and prayer, in the observance of this day of public humiliation, dispose our hearts to sincere and deep self-abasement. Thou art full of compassion, slow to anger, and of great kindness : favourably hear our prayers, and those of our brethren, who now call upon thee; through Jesus Christ, thy Son. Amen.

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