S. B. lights, with whom is no variableness, neither B. A. shadow of turning. Of his own will begat he

us with the word of truth, that we should be
a kind of first-fruits of his creatures. Where-
fore, my beloved brethren, let every man be
swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
for the wrath of man worketh not the right-
eousness of God. Wherefore lay apart all
filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and
receive with meekness the ingrafted word,
which is able to save your souls. But be ye
doers of the word, and not hearers only, de-
ceiving your own selves. For if any be a
hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like
unto a man beholding his natural face in a
glass; for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his
way, and straightway forgetteth what manner
of man he was. But whoso looketh into the
perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein,
he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of
the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
If any man among you seem to be religious,
and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his
own heart, this man's religion is vain. Pure
religion and undefiled before God and the
Father is this, To visit the fatherless and
widows in their affliction, and to keep himself
unspotted from the world.

YE

The Gospel. St. Matt. v. 43.

E have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven : for he maketh his sun to rise on

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S. B. the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on B. A. 294 the just and on the unjust. For if ye love 68 them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

RESOLUTION X.

Resolved: That the following Form of
Prayer, entitled

A SHORT OFFICE OF PRAYER FOR
SUNDRY OCCASIONS,

be added to the Book of Common Prayer,
to be placed next after The Proper Order
for Prayer and Thanksgiving on Thanks-
giving-day, or Harvest-Home, and that the
proposed addition be made known to the
several Dioceses, in order that it may be
adopted in the next General Convention,
in accordance with the provisions of Article
VIII of the Constitution.

A SHORT OFFICE OF PRAYER FOR
SUNDRY OCCASIONS.

¶ This Office may be used at Noon-day Ser-
vices, Missionary Meetings, the Visitation of
Families and Neighbourhoods, the Catechiz-
ing of Children in Churches or Schools, and
on other like occasions, for which no special
Order of Prayer hath been appointed.
¶ The Minister shall begin the Office by reading
one or more of the following Sentences of

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S. B.

Scripture; or he may say, instead thereof, B. A.
any of the Sentences elsewhere set forth in
this Book.

HOW amiable are thy dwellings, thou LORD of hosts! My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God. Psalm lxxxiv. 1, 2.

One thing have I desired of the LORD, which
I will require, even that I may dwell in the
house of the LORD all the days of my life, to
behold the fair beauty of the LORD, and to
visit his temple. Psalm xxvii. 4.

The LORD, even the most mighty God, hath
spoken, and called the world, from
the rising up of the sun unto the
going down thereof. Psalm 1. 1.

Missions.

Tell it out among the heathen, that the LORD is King. Psalm xcvi. 10.

Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal. St. John iv. 35, 36.

Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thine
house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.
1 Sam. xxv. 6.

Where two or three are gathered together in
my Name, there am I in the midst
of them. St. Matt. xviii. 20.

Come, ye children, and hearken
unto me; I will teach you the fear
of the LORD. Psalm xxxiv. 11.

In private houses.

Catechizing.

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them. Eccles. xii. 1.

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all

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S. B. thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct B. A. thy paths. Prov. iii. 5, 6.

us.

Then the Minister and the People kneeling
down shall say the Lord's Prayer, the Min-
ister first pronouncing,

Let thy merciful kindness, O Lord, be upon

Answer. Like as we do put our trust in thee.
Minister. Let us pray.

OUR

UR Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil : For thine is the kingdom, And the power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen.

Then likewise he shall say,

O Lord, open thou our lips.

Answer.

thy praise.

And our mouth shall show forth.

¶ Here, all standing up, the Minister shall say,

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost;

Answer. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be world without end. Amen. Minister. Praise ye the Lord.

Answer. The Lord's Name be praised.

¶ Then shall be said or sung a Psalm, or one
of the Selections of Psalms.

¶ Then shall be read a Lesson of Holy Scrip

ture.

And, after that, shall be sung a
Hymn, an Anthem, or a Canticle.

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S. B. T Then may be said the Apostles' Creed, as B. A. followeth.

I

BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth :

And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord:
Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born
of the Virgin Mary Suffered under Pontius
Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried: He
descended into hell, The third day he rose
again from the dead: He ascended into heaven,
And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father
Almighty From thence he shall come to judge
the quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghost: The Holy Cath-
olic Church; The Communion of Saints: The
Forgiveness of sins: The Resurrection of the
body: And the life everlasting. Amen.

¶ Then shall the Minister bid them to prayer,
saying,

The Lord be with you.

Answer. And with thy spirit.

Minister. Let us pray.

O Lord, show thy mercy upon us.
Answer. And grant us thy salvation.

Minister. O God, make clean our hearts
within us.

Answer. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us. ¶ Then shall follow the Collect for the day, together with such other Prayers, elsewhere set forth in this Book, as the Minister, in his discretion, shall think fit, all devoutly kneeling. And after the Prayers, the Minister shall say, The Almighty and merciful God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, bless and preserve us, now and for evermore. Amen.