[Sd. 1892] [Ed. 1790, Sds. 1793-1871] of grace and for the hope of glory. And, we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful, and that we show forth' thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up our selves 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 Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen. Prayer of St. Chrysostom. LMIGHTY God, who hast given us grace at this time, with one promise 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. THE 2 Cor. xiii. 14. HE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen. Here endeth the Order of MORNING PRAYER. THE ORDER FOR DAILY EVENING PRAYER. The Minister shall begin the Evening Prayer by reading one or more of the following Sentences of Scripture; and then he shall say that which is written after them. But on days other than the Lord's Day, he may, at his discretion, pass at once from the Sentences to the Lord's Prayer. The MINISTER' shall begin the EVENING PRAYER,2 by reading one or more of the following Sentences of Scripture. HE Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him. Hab. ii. 20. From the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, my Name shall be great among the 1 we may show forth [Ed. 1790, Sds. 1793-1845]. Corrected in the Standard of 1871 to "we show forth," in accordance with MS. and Sealed Books. Vide, note (1) on p. 94. 3 Sic in the English Book (1775) and also in the Prop. Bk., but in the MS. and Sealed Books the reading is, "that we shew." of [Prop. Bk. 1786] [Eng. Bk. 1775 (1662)] grace, and for the hope of glory. And we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful, and that we may shew 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 Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen. A A Prayer of St. Chrysostom. LMIGHTY God, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee; and dost promise, 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. HE TH 2 Cor. xiii. 14.* grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Here endeth the Morning Prayer. Amen. Here endeth the Order of Morning Prayer throughout the Year. THE ORDER FOR DAILY EVENING PRAYER. The EVENING PRAYER is to be read the same as MORNING PRAYER, to the Answer, "The Lord's Name be praised," preceding the Psalms; then shall be said or sung the Psalms in Order as they are appointed, with the Doxology, as in the Morning Service; then the Lesson from the Old Testament ; after which this HYMN: THE ORDER FOR EVENING PRAYER DAILY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. At the beginning of Evening Prayer the Minister shall read with a loud voice some one or more of these Sentences of the Scriptures that follow. And then he shall say that which is written after the said Sentences. "2 Cor. xiii" in the MS. and Sealed Books. 5 "At the end of Morning and Evening Prayer, viz., Here endeth the Order of Morning [Evening] Prayer, dele the words Order of, lest it should be implied that something might yet be prayed for which is disorderly."-(Letter of Dr. Smith to Dr. Wm. White, Oct. 30th, 1785.) [Sd. 1892] LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. Psalm xxvi. 8. Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the incense; and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice. Psalm cxli. 2. O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; let the whole earth stand in awe of him. Psalm xcvi. 9. [Ed. 1790, Sds. 1793-1871] Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my Name, and a pure offering: for my Name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of Hosts. Mal. i. 11. Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be alway acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength and my redeemer. Psalm xix. 14, 15.2 |