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Beloved in the Lord, since the Lord hath now fed our souls at his table, let us therefore praise his holy name with thanksgiving, and every one say in his heart:

Bless the Lord, Oh my soul; and all that is within me bless his holy name.

Bless the Lord Oh my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgiveth all thine iniquities, who healeth all thy diseases, who redeemeth thy life from destruction, who crowneth thee with loving kindness and tender mercies.

The Lord is merciful and gracious-slow to anger and plenteous in mercy.-He hath not dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. For as the Heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy towards them that fear him. As far as the East is from the West, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.— Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

Who hath not spared his own son, but delivered him up for us all, and given us all things with him. Therefore God commendeth his love therewith towards us, that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us; much more then, being now justified in his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him; for if when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his son; much more being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. Therefore shall my mouth and heart show forth the praise of the Lord from this time forth forever more. AMEN.

The following standing rule in relation to occasional com. munion, was adopted by the Church, Jan. 8, 1834..

Resolved, That, after the first of January, 1835, members of other churches residing within the bounds of this church, shall be entitled to church privileges, for no longer a period than one year, unless they transfer their ecclesiastical re lations to this Church.

The following is the order of the various parts of Divine Service on the Lord's days.

1. Invocation,

IN THE MORNING.

2. Salutation, "The 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.

3. Reading the Decalogue, and other portions of the Scripture.

4. Praise.

5. Prayer.
6. Praise.
7. Sermon.
8. Prayer.

9. Praise.

10. Benediction.

1. Praise.

IN THE EVENING.

2. Salutation. "Grace, Mercy and Peace be multipli

ed unto you all, from God the Father, and from Jesus Christ our Lord. AMEN.

3. Reading the Scriptures.

4. Prayer.

5. Praise.

6. Sermon.

7. Prayer.

8. Praise, concluding with the Doxology.

9. Benediction.

Baptism is administered immediately after the reading of the Scriptures, in the evening.

CHARTER.

An act to alter and amend the charters of the First and Second Congregational churches in Newport, RhodeIsland, and to unite said corporations.

Whereas the First and Second Congregational Churches in Newport, Rhode-Island, have petitioned this General Assembly to alter, amend and unite their respective charters, and to pass an act uniting the said corporations; and have presented an amended form of a charter, with a view that the same may be enacted, and be and remain their charter in lieu of the existing acts and charters of incorporation of the said First and Second Congregational Churches: therefore,

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, and by the authority thereof it is enacted, that the charters of the said corporations, and the bodies corporate themselves, be and the same are hereby united; and that the votes and acts passed and done by the said corporations by which they have resolved or agreed to unite and appropriate for their common use and benefit as one church and corporation, all the estate and property, rights and privileges heretofore and now held, possessed and enjoyed by each and both, may and shall be good and sufficient in law, to unite, transfer and transmit all the said estate, property, rights and privileges to the said corporations heretofore and now belonging and appertaining, according to the intention therein and thereby expressed and declared; and that the churches and congregations of the said first and second congregational

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