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Fourth Sunday of the Month.

AFTERNOON SERVICE.

The Congregation being assembled, the Minister may recite one or more of these Sentences.

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UR help is in the name of the Lord, who

made heaven and earth.-Ps. cxxiv. THUS saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is holy: I dwell in the high and holy place; with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and the heart of the contrite.-Isa. lvii.

BLESSED are the people that know the joyful sound; they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance.-Ps. lxxxix.

Or the following:

O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.

Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.

For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.

In his hand are all the deep places of the earth; the strength of the hills is his also.

The sea is his, and he made it; and his hands formed the dry land.

O come, let us worship and bow down, and kneel before the Lord our maker.-Ps. xcv.

Let us pray.

INTRODUCTORY PRAYER.

GOD, who lovest the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob, and hast commanded us not to forsake the assembling of ourselves together, be merciful to us, we pray thee, and make us joyful in thy house of prayer.

Grant us thy grace, without which we cannot serve thee acceptably. Deliver us from unbelief and hardness of heart; from hypocrisy and love of the world; from the dominion of

the flesh, and from the powers of darkness: and endow us with faith, hope, and charity, that we may worship thee in spirit and truth, for such thou seekest to worship thee. Amen.

O GOD, merciful Father, who despisest not the sacrifices of a broken and contrite heart, and hast no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that he should turn unto thee, and live; look upon us in thy compassion, we humbly entreat thee; for we have sinned against heaven and before thee, and are not worthy to be called thy children.

Grant unto us repentance and remission of our sins, through thy Son Jesus Christ; who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification, and is now exalted at thy right hand, a prince and a Saviour. Amen.

LORD, I cry unto thee; make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity and let me not eat of their dainties.

Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

But mine eyes are unto thee, O God the Lord in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.

Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.

Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.-Ps. cxli.

FATHER of mercies, and God of all comfort, who didst, in the fulness of time, send thy Son to be the consolation of Israel, and hast promised another Comforter to abide with us for ever; send forth, we entreat thee, thy Holy Spirit into our hearts, to enlighten, sanctify,

and guide us; to strengthen us in every good word and work; to uphold us in all temptations and trials; to comfort us in all our sorrows and afflictions; to fill us with joy and peace in believing, that we may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

Then the Scriptures may be read, and a Psalm may be sung.

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praise.

Let us pray.

LORD, open thou our lips:

And our mouth shall show forth thy

E bow down before thee, O Lord God

WE Almighty, who art, and wast, and art

to come; the blessed and only Potentate, dwelling in unapproachable light.

To thee shall every knee bow, and every tongue confess. O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.

WE worship thee; we praise thee; we magnify thy great name.

Thou only art holy;

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