PRAYER DURING THE INTROIT. LET the Name of the Lord be blessed both now and forever. From the rising to the setting of the sun let all praise be given to the Name of the Lord. 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. THE KYRIE ELEISON. Lord, have mercy on us. (Thrice.) THE GLORIA. LORY be to God on high, and on GLOR earth peace to men of good will. We praise Thee; we bless Thee; we adore Thee; we glorify Thee. We give Thee thanks for Thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty. O Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son; O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, Who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us; Who takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayers; Thou Who sittest at the right hand of the Father, have mercy For Thou only art holy: Thou only art the Lord: Thou only, O Jesus Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in the glory of God the Father. Amen. on us. At the end of the Gloria, the Priest kisses the Altar and turns to the people saying: The Lord be with you. The Clerk answers: And with thy spirit. AT THE COLLECTS. ALMIGHTY and eternal God, we humbly beseech Thee mercifully to give ear to the prayers here offered Thee by Thy servant in the name of Thy whole Church, and in behalf of us Thy people. Accept them to the honor of Thy Name, and the good of our souls; and grant to us all, mercy, grace, and salvation; through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. AT THE EPISTLE. THOU hast vouchsafed, O Lord, to teach us Thy sacred truths by Thy prophets and apostles; O grant that we may so improve by their doctrine and examples in the love of Thy holy Name, and of Thy holy Law, that we may show forth by our lives whose disciples we are; that we may no longer follow the corrupt inclinations of flesh and blood, but master all our passions; that we may be ever directed by Thy light, and strengthened by Thy grace, to walk in the way of Thy commandments, and to serve Thee with clean hearts; through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. BEFORE THE GOSPEL. CREATE a clean heart in me, O God, and grant that I may listen to Thy holy Gospel with respect, and bless Thy Name forever. MAY AT THE GOSPEL. AYEST Thou be ever adored and praised, O Lord, who, not content to instruct and inform us by Thy prophets and apostles, hast even vouchsafed to speak to us by Thy only Son our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, commanding us by a voice. from Heaven to hear Him; O grant that we may so improve by His doctrine and example in the love of Thy holy Name, and of Thy holy Law, that we may show forth by our lives. whose disciples we are, that we may no longer follow the corrupt inclinations of flesh and blood, but master all our passions, that we may be ever directed by Thy light, and strengthened by Thy grace, to walk in the way of Thy commandments and to serve Thee with clean hearts; through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. I THE NICENE CREED. BELIEVE in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things, visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God; and born of the Father before all ages; God of God, Light of Light, true God of true God; begotten, not made; consubstantial with the Father, by Whom all things were made: Who for us men, and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, † AND WAS MADE MAN: was crucified also for us, suffered under Pontius Pilate and was buried; and the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures; and ascended into heaven; sitteth at the right hand of the Father; and shall come again with glory, to judge both the living and the dead; of whose kingdom there shall be no end. And in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and giver of life; who pro |