the whole congregation, as our present rubric requires."

"It seems a greater sin to repeat this prayer thoughtlessly, than to be careless when we use our own words, does it not?" said Nannette, whose mind was upon the blessed Teacher, sitting among His disciples.

"The Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in vain," returned her grandfather. "It is the highest of honors to take upon our lips the words which Jesus uttered, and if we go humbly and earnestly to our Father with these, we may be sure He will regard us graciously, and send us all things needful for our temporal and spiritual welfare."

"There is the Doxology to this prayer in morning and Evening Service," said Nannette, "but in some places in the Prayer Book I notice it is left off, as in baptism, confirmation, the visitation of the sick, the burial of the dead and other offices."

"It is used here, because this is a direct thanksgiving as well as a prayer, after our absolution, and we have the sanction of the

Holy Scriptures for omitting it in some places."

"Was there not a period when the minister said this prayer alone?" asked the housekeeper.

"There was," returned the bishop, " and the people only answered at the end, by way of response, "Deliver us from evil;" and the better to prepare and give them notice of what they were to do, the minister used to raise his voice when he came to the petition, "Lead us not into temptation," just as in the Roman Church the priest still pronounces the conclusion of a prayer with a voice louder than ordinary, that the people may know when to respond their amen."

"That is, because their service is in Latin, and the congregation does not understand it, I suppose," said Nannette.

"That is a singular sentence, 'Lead us not into temptation,'" said Mrs. Sands; "a great many stumble at it."

'Without necessity," replied her reverend

teacher. "It is easy to be understood when

we remember that the Bible plainly says: 'God tempts not any man, but we are tempted when we are drawn away by our own lusts and enticed.' We know that Satan is the tempter,

as his name signifies; but God may withhold from us His grace when we slight it, and leave us to our own evil desires; and He may permit our great enemy to try us; but if we call earnestly unto Him for help to overcome our spiritual foe, He will hasten to our relief. I like better the French translation of this passage, 'Abandon us not to temptation;' it gives a clearer meaning."

"We could not get astray on that," said the housekeeper.

The bishop asked Nannette to touch a silver bell that stood upon the table, and at the sound, Phil and Nancy appeared, books in hand, for the evening's devotions.

It was the custom of the household to read the daily Psalms alternately, and then followed the prayers set forth "to be used in families," and, as Nannette joined in the form sanctioned. by our Lord Jesus Christ, she felt in her in

most soul the spirit of the words, and was most earnest in the ascription, "for Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen."

CHAPTER IV.

THE great bell in the bishop's church called

to Sunday Morning Service. Nannette was already in the chapel in the Bible-class, which was taught by the assistant minister, a godly man, whose heart was in his work. The young people felt his earnestness, and the influence which such a spirit always brings made them also in earnest in the attainment of the highest good.

Every girl was in her seat before the Sundayschool hour had struck. Nannette especially prized this season before engaging in the public worship of Almighty God. It solemnized her thoughts, and fitted her to enter with due reverence the sacred courts where God delights to dwell. There was beautiful order in the dismissal of the Sunday scholars, all of whom were expected to proceed directly to church,