ON SUCH DAYS AS THE LORD'S SUPPER IS ADMINISTERED.

Let the minister and people read the following selected psalm.

PRAISE JEHOVAH! for it is right and good to sing praises unto our god.

2 Great is JEHOVAH! his power and wisdom are infinite.

3 He hath not dealt with us according to our offences; neither hath he recompensed us according to our iniquities :

4 For he is kind and merciful; slow to anger and abundant in mercy.

5 The mercy of JEHOVAH is from everlasting to everlasting unto those who revere him; and his kindness unto children's children:

6 Unto such as keep his covenants, and remember his commandments to do them. Now unto JEHOVAH, immortal, invisible, the only GOD;

Be honour and glory, through the gospel of Jesus Christ, for ever. Amen.

Minister.

GOD spake these words, saying: I, JEHOVAH, am thy GOD: thou shalt have no other gods, beside me.

11 Thou shalt not make to thyself any carved image, nor any other semblance, of what is in the heavens above, or on the earth below, or in the waters below the earth. Thou shalt not bow thyself down to them, nor worship them: for I, JEHOVAH, thy GOD, am a jealous GOD, punishing the iniquity of fathers, when they disregard me, in their children, unto the third or fourth generation; but showing mercy unto the thousandth, when they love me, and keep my commandments.

III Thou shalt not take the name of JEHOVAH, thy God, in vain: for JEHOVAH will not hold him guiltless, who taketh his name in vain.

IV Remember that thou keep holy the sabbath day. Six days thou mayest labour, and do all thy work; but the seventh day being the sabbath of JEHOVAH, thy GOD, no work shalt thou do on it: neither thyself, self, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle; nor the sojourner that is within thy gates. For in six days JEHOVAH made the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, with all that is in them; but on the seventh day he rested: for which reason, JEHOVAH hath blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.

v Honour thy father and thy nother; that it may be well with thee, and that thy days may be prolonged upon the land Which JEHOVAH, thy GOD, giveth to thee. VI Thou shalt not commit inurder. VII Thou shalt not commit adultery. VIII Thou shalt not steal.

Ix Thou shalt not give a false testimony against thy neighbour.

x Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife; nor shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, nor his field, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

HEAR also what our lord Jesus Christ saith: "The first of all the commandments is, Hear, o Israel! JEHOVAH is our God, JEHOVAH alone; and thou shalt love JEHOVAH,

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HOVAH, thy GOD, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. This is the first commandment. And the second is like unto it. Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these." Mark xii. 29-31. Luke x. 26-28.

People.

O GOD! have mercy upon us, and write all these thy laws in our hearts, we beseech thee.

The following Litany, or general supplication, to be said by the minister and people.

Let us pray.

O GOD! the father almighty ! maker of heaven and earth, and of all things that are in them! the God and father of our lord Jesus Christ, and of all mankind! have mercy upon us thine offending creatures.

O GOD! the father almighty! maker of heaven and earth, and of all things that are in them! the GOD and father of our lord Jesus Christ, and of all mankind! have mercy upon us thine offending creatures.

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Remember not against us, o GOD! our past offences; and, for the glory of thy name, tuin from us all those evils that we may have deserved. Spare us, most merciful father! spare thy people; and have compassion on the work of thine hands. Spare us, good LORD!

From all evil and mischief, from sin, from dangerous temptations, from thy wrath, and future condemnation; Good LORD! deliver us.

From all blindness of heart, from pride, vain-glory, and hypocrisy; from envy, hatred, and malice, and from all uncharitableness; Good LORD! deliver us.

From fleshly lusts that war against the soul, and from all the deceitful allurements of this transitory world;

Good LORD! deliver us.

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From lightning and tempest; plague, pestilence, and famine; from battle and murder, and from untimely death; Good LORD! deliver us.

From all sedition, secret conspiracy and rebellion; from hardness of heart, and contempt of thy word and commandment; Good LORD! deliver us.