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GENERAL DIRECTIONS.

ANY of the Services of this book may begin with a Canticle, Psalm or Hymn, during which the minister and people stand.

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any other part of the services they stand during a Canticle, and sit during a Psalm or Hymn.

The Canticles may be read or chanted.

Part of a Canticle, Psalm or Hymn, may be used instead of the whole.

At the end of the several Prayers the people answer AMEN. In the morning service, besides the Ten Commandments from Exodus xx. 1-17, with the summary of the Law from St. Matthew xxii. 37-40, there shall be two lessons of Scripture. The first shall be taken from any part of the Old Testament, from Genesis to Esther inclusive, being the Historical Books; or from the Prophetical Books of the Old Testaments. The second Lesson shall be taken from the Gospels or Acts of the Apostles, being the Historical Books of the New Testament. In the afternoon service the first Lesson shall be taken out of the Preceptive Books of the Old Testament, from Job to Ecclesiastes; and the second Lesson out of the Epistles, or the Apocalypse, in the New Testament.

On Holy Days the Lessons may be those in the Table.

During the reading of the Ten Commandments and the sum

mary of the Law, the minister and people stand. During the reading of the other lessons of Scripture, the minister stands and the people sit.

On Holy days, and other special occasions of public worship occurring on week-days, the services for the Lord's Day may be used instead of any of the other services, in the discretion of the minister.

PART FIRST.

Alarning Service for the Lord's Day.

The Service may commence with one of the following Canticles, unless another Canticle, or a Psalm or Hymn, be specially announced; during which the Minister and People stand.

CANTICLES.

COME, let us sing unto the Lord; let us heartily rejoice in the Rock of our salvation.

Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; and show ourselves glad in him with psalms. O come, let us worship and bow down; let us 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.

Manifold, O God! are thy wondrous and bounteous works: they are more than can be numbered.

In thee we live, and move, and have our being. The testimonies of thy loving-kindness are ever about us.

Thou hast sent thine only Son into the world, to be a propitiation for our sins.

For all these things we bless thee, and we magnify thy glorious name; saying, with the angels and all the heavenly host,

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of hosts! Heaven and earth are full of thy glory, O God, most high. Let our mouths show forth thy praise for ever. Let all that hath breath, bless thee for ever and ever. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Or this.

'OME, and let us present ourselves before the Lord; let us adore him in his temple; let us humble ourselves in his sanctuary.

The Lord is here. How venerable, how sacred is this place! this is the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.

O Lord! God of our fathers, thou art blessed for ever. To thee belong greatness, power, glory, eternity, majesty.

All that is in heaven and in earth is thine; the kingdom is thine.

Thou art a Prince above all things: thou art Sovereign over all. Riches and honour, power and might, are in thy hand.

Now, therefore, O our God! we magnify thee and praise thy glorious name.

Who are we, and who are this people, that we are enabled freely to offer unto thee this service, and this praise?

We are strangers before thee, and our days pass away as a shadow.

Although we are but dust and ashes, behold, we take upon ourselves to speak unto thee.

Let the words of our mouths be acceptable unto thee, O Lord!

Let thy mercy be upon us, O God! as our trust is in thee.

Glory be, etc.

Then the Minister shall say,

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

OUR is in name of the

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Then the Minister shall say,

ALMIGHTY God and heavenly Father! we have come together for the public sanctification of this Lord's day, to offer unto thee our praises and our prayers, and to hear thy holy word. Thou hast promised to hearken favourably unto all those who call upon thee in the name of thy Son. We therefore beseech thee to look down upon us in mercy, and to purify our thoughts and affections, that we may render unto thee an acceptable service.

Great God! we humble ourselves before thee.

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