and in the Earth, is Thine: Thine is The KINGDOM, O LORD, and Thou art Exalted as HEAD Above All; and Thou Reignest over All!—1 Chron. xxix. 10—12.

Amen.

And to a Prayer, thus adapted to all justifiable wants, and accommodated to every variety of condition, we should, after repeating It in the true spirit of a Believer's heart, conclude It with the short but impressive adoption of It in All Its Parts and Tendencies, by saying devoutly, 'Amen!' So be it! as an earnest of our sincerely feeling and reflecting on What are Its vast and most precious Aim and End.

EJACULATORY SENTENCES BEFORE THE

VENITE, EXULTEMUS!

Having thus by patience and prayer prepared the Soul for the more exhilarating Service of praise-a Service, which can only be Acceptable to GOD when so introduced—we are wisely led to seek The HOLY SPIRIT's Assistance in this part of our devotions, lest we should come unprepared, and rush Unbidden into The ALMIGHTY's Presence. And, All continuing to kneel, the Minister says—

O LORD, Open Thou our lips!

Since it is GOD Alone, Who Giveth the Increase, though a Paul may plant and an Apollos water; and it is He Alone That Createth the fruit of the lips, (Isa. lvii. 19.) and since it is possible, in the depravity and hypocrisy of our fallen Nature, for us to do honour outwardly to GOD, when with our hearts, if we do not even deny Him, we think not meekly and gratefully of Him or of JESUS CHRIST, Whom He Sent with Offices and Offers of Salvation, the officiating Priest here asks suppliantly of The GIVER of All Good Gifts, both on behalf of himself and of All surrounding him, to Open the lips of all present Worshippers in the Holy Temple, and

to Sanctify them with the true manifestation of Spiritual wisdom and holy fear and love.- -And the People with the like spirit of Acceptable profession and vow to The MOST HIGH should say,

And our mouth shall shew forth Thy Praise.

Thus if Blest with DIVINE Grace to discern aright, and to confess GOD not with the lip only, but with the heart also, the Congregation should collectively and individually pour forth their adoration with gladness to So Good and Great A GOD and Benefactor.-The Minister then addresseth The DEITY in this short but urgent prayer

O GOD, Make Speed to Save us !

Thereby intimating a reasonable apprehension, that without His Saving Grace we might be induced to open our lips as of ourselves and in the spirit of presumption, and consequently offer unto The Omniscient GOD a Sacrifice either hateful or indifferent to Him. And the People shall thereupon confirm the justness and aptness of the application thus

O LORD! Make Haste to Help us!

Admitting that, as the office of praise is immediately to be entered upon, and would be nothing worth, unless Sanctified by the Precious Gift of The SPIRIT, and Adorned with the Preparation of The Gospel of Peace, it is essentially incumbent on every Member of the Congregation to call down by prayer the Previous Operation of The HOLY SPIRIT on the heart, ere venturing on the occupation of Angels and of the Spirits of the Just Made Perfect through the Prevailing Efficacy of CHRIST's Sacrifice on their behalf-that of giving Glory to GOD.- -Then both the Minister and People, rising from the lowly posture of supplication, and sustained, as One and All should be, with the efficacy of the prayer thus put forth, which the heart should have joined in, as well as the mouth have put forth, the Minister says,

Glory be to The FATHER, and to The SON, and to The HOLY GHOST! And the People connectingly thus respond

As it was in the Beginning, is now, and Ever shall be, World without End!

This offering, as it is never out of season, but always called for from the heart, in every contemplation of The DIVINE Goodness and Mercy, so is it properly made here. And thus All are invited to give glory, and honour, adoration and praise to The UNITY of The Eternal GODHEAD in the Distinct Characters of The TRINITY:-to The FATHER, Who Created us-to The SON, Who became Man to Save us-and to The SPIRIT, Who, through The SON's Sacrificial Intercession, is Willing to Sanctify, and to Fit us for Heavenly Holiness and Happiness. As at The Great and Goodly Work of Creation, and of the two succeeding Works of Redemption and Adoption by Grace, the Angels in a peculiar degree gave Glory to GOD in the Highest; as at this instant All the Host of Heaven laud and magnify JEHOVAH's Name, and as they will continue to do so in All Eternity, since The DIVINE Attributes of Love and Mercy never Fail; even so should every Soul of Man, whilst a Sojourner upon Earth, pour forth its homage, rejoicing in The LORD always, with fear and trembling; and should add with understanding and with feeling the word of adoption,

Amen.

The Minister then utters the following Exhortation— Praise ye The LORD!

Calling upon and reminding, as it were, the Congregation to consider, that they are standing npon Holy Ground, and should in a becoming Spirit there offer up thanksgiving to The Present DEITY.—And the People are in acquiescence with the suggestion to say, and should do so in sincerity and with

reverence,

THE LORD's Name be praised!

With hearts in unison with the Divine Notes of the sweet

Psalmist of Israel, and in the spirit of his own Inspired Com— positions, we then in effect are to pour forth our gratitude and praise to The LORD of All, The Light and Life of the World, The Fountain of Mercy, and The GOD of All Consolation, by repeating

The 95th Psalm,

Which is then read, the Minister and Congregation taking successively a verse. It is peculiarly calculated to lift and exalt the mind to elevated and appropriate sentiments of the Service to be immediately afterwards entered upon, as it impressively invokes All to unite their powers of Soul and Body to direct the voice unto The LORD, and to give way to joyfulness at the hope of His Promised Salvation of the Faithful; admonishing us, that it is in His Immediate Presence that we stand, and that we should enter on the office and act of thanksgiving to So Good and Gracious A BEING, from a consideration of the Immensity of His Power, Embracing and Controuling as It does All Things both in Heaven and Earth. It then incites us to that reverential awe of Him, when changing the service of praise for that of prayer, which a truly pious and humble Spirit almost inevitably gives way to, that of kneeling down, when offering up its supplications to So Great and Good A GOD, Who, though He Created All Things, is yet so Marvellously Merciful to Man, as to be towards him, even amidst his weaknesses and his wanderings, as a Shepherd towards his flock, ever tender, watchful and solicitous for their preservation and well-being; ever ready to open his pleasant pastures to his charge. And so does our Heavenly SHEPHERD Strive to Bring us within the Fold of His Election and Favour, Feeding us with That Spiritual Food, Which Endureth unto Everlasting Life; Urging us not to let the present opportunity of coming unto Him pass unimproved, but now, even to day, to lay our hearts open before Him, and seek for His Adoption: for who can tell what may arise even on the morrow, whether Life may be extended, or reason be retained? The Admonition thus Given is strengthened

and still further urged upon our observances by a reference to the unnatural and rebellious Israelites, and the Punishment That eventually and justly Overtook them for so slighting the Mercies and Loving-Kindness of their GOD, and neglecting the Offer of So Gracious a Salvation. In the reading of this Psalm the Minister and Congregation stand, and it is concluded with the Gloria PATRI.- -The Psalms appointed for the Morning Service of the Day then follow; and as the Commentary upon the whole of them by the pious and venerable Bishop Horne, and the learned Bishop Horsley, and Others, (the former of whom may be not inaptly styled 'the sweet Psalmist of England,' since his writings combine all the richness of poetry, with the piety of the Christian and the sound Doctrine of the Divine, as Taught by GOD,) present the fruits of That Holy Gift of Grace Vouchsafed by The HOLY SPIRIT, it is only here necessary to invite to a general acquaintance with such works, as alike calculated to improve the heart, as rightly to inform the understanding; and which will supply, in the most interesting and impressive manner, the best Exposition extant of the Great Truths contained in those Psalms, whether preceptive, prophetical or historical; and which, as we value our Eternal Welfare, it concerns us to know, and, knowing, with fidelity to observe; being a Work of acknowledged Inspiration, as the Psalms were more perhaps than any Other Book of the Old Testament, the Subject of Quotation and Reference by CHRIST and His Apostles, and which have in all Ages of the Christian Church formed a prominent feature in its adopted Service.

Voluntary.

The reading Psalms being ended, it is usual where the Church hath the advantage of an organ, to devote some short time to the playing some piece of sacred composition, which, if well selected and feelingly executed, harmonizes with the previous service of praise, and affords a respite to the Minister. A taste and judgment, such as every One taking the office of Musician in the House of GOD should possess; chaste, correct,