THE ORDER FOR MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER DAILY TO BE SAID AND USED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE THE Morning and Evening Prayer shall be used in the accustomed Place of the Church, Chapel, or Chancel; except it shall be otherwise determined by the Ordinary of the Place. And the Chancels shall remain as they have done in times past. And here is to be noted, that such Ornaments of the Church, and of the Ministers thereof, at all Times of their Ministration, shall be retained, and be in use, as were in this Church of England, by the authority of Parliament, in the Second Year of the Reign of King Edward the Sixth. MORNING PRAYER, DAILY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. ¶ At the beginning of Morning 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. WHEN the wicked man turneth W EARLY beloved the away from his wickedness that Descripture moved brethren, dry be hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. Ezek. xviii. 27. I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Psal. li. 3. Hide Thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Psal. li. 9. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, ÚGod, Thou wilt not despise. Psal. li. 17. Rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth Him of the evil. Joel ti. 13. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against Him: neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in His laws which He set before us. Dan. ix. 9, 10. O Lord, correct me, but with judgement; not in Thine anger, lest Thou bring me to nothing. Jer. x. 24. Psal. vi. 1. Repent ye; for the Kingdom of places to acknowledge and confess A general Confession to be said of the have sinned against Heaven, and be- A Father; We have strred, and fre Thee, and am no more worthy to be called Thy son. St. Luke xv. 18, 19. Enter not into judgement with Thy servant, O Lord; for in Thy sight shall no man living be justified. Psal. cxliii. 9. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us: but, if we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 St. John i. 8, 9.. strayed from Thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against Thy holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done; And there is no health in us. But Thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare Thou them, O God, which confess their faults. Restore Thou them that are penitent; According to Thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesu our Lord. And grant, O most merciful Father, for His sake; That Priest. O God, make speed to save us. Answer. O Lord, make haste to help us. we may hereafter live a godly, righ-¶ Here all standing up, the Priest shall teous, and sober life, To the glory of Thy holy Name. Amen. The Absolution, or Remission of sins, to be pronounced by the Priest alone, standing; the people still kneeling. AL LMIGHTY God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness, and live; and hath given power, and commandment, to His Ministers, to declare and pronounce to His people, being penitent, the Absolution and Remission of their sins: He pardoneth and absolveth all them that truly repent, and unfeignedly believe His holy Gospel. Wherefore let us beseech 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. Priest. Praise ye the Lord. Answer. The Lord's Name be praised. Then shall be said or sung this Psalm "following except on Easter-Day, upon which another Anthem is appointed; and on the Nineteenth day of every Month it is not to be read here, but in the ordinary Course of the Psalms. VENITE, EXULTEMUS DOMINO. COME, let us sing unto the Him to grant us true repentance, O Lord: let us heartily rejoice in and His Holy Spirit, that those things may please Him, which we do at this present; and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure, and holy; so that at the last we may come to His eternal joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. The people shall answer here, and at the end of all other prayers, Amen. Then the Minister shall kneel, and say the Lord's Prayer with an audible voice; the people also kneeling, and repeating it with him, both here, and wheresoever else it is used in Divine Service. OUR UR Father, Which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil: for Thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. ¶Then likewise he shall say, the strength of our salvation." Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving and shew ourselves glad in Him with Psalms. For the Lord is a great God and a great King above all gods. In His hand are all the corners of the earth and the strength of the hills is His also. The sea is His, and He made it : and His hands prepared the dry land. O come, let us worship, and fall down and kneel before the Lord our Maker. For He is the Lord our God: and we are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand. To day if ye will hear His voice, harden not your hearts as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness; When your fathers tempted Me : proved Me, and saw My works. Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said: It is a people that do err in their hearts, for they have not known My Then shall be read distinctly with an audile voice the First Lesson, taken out of the Old Testament, as is appointed in the Calendar, except there be Proper Lessons asnigned for that day: He that readeth so standing and turning himself, as he may best be heard of all such as are present. And after that, shall be said or sung, in English, the Hymn called Te Deum Laudamus, daily throughout the Year. Note, That before every Lesson the Mimister shall say, Here beginneth such a Chapter, or Verse of such a Chapter, of such a Book: And after every Lesson, Here endeth the First, or the Second Leason. WE Lord. TE DEUM LAUDAMUS. we E praise Thee, O God acknowledge Thee to be the All the earth doth worship Thee: the Father everlasting. To Thee all Angels cry aloud : the Heavens, and all the Powers therein. To Thee Cherubin, and Seraphin: continually do cry, Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of Sabaoth; Hearn and earth are full of the Majesty of Thy Glory. The glorious company of the Apostles: praise Thee. The goodly fellowship of the Prophets: praise Thee. The noble army of Martyrs : praise Thee. The holy Church throughout all the world: doth acknowledge Thee; The Father of an infinite Majesty; Thine honourable, true and only Son; Also the Holy Ghost the Comforter. Thou art the King of Glory : 0 Christ. Thou art the everlasting Son : of the Father. When Thou tookest upon Thee to deliver man Thou didst not abhor the Virgin's womb. When Thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death: Thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers. Thou sittest at the right hand of God in the Glory of the Father. We believe that Thou shalt come : to be our Judge. We therefore pray Thee, help Thy servants whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy precious blood. Make them to be numbered with Thy Saints in Glory everlasting. O Lord, save Thy people bless Thine heritage. Govern them for ever. and and lift them up O ye Stars of Heaven, bless ye the Lord praise Him, and magnify Him for ever. O ye Showers, and Dew, bless ye the Lord praise Him, and magnify Him for ever. O ye Winds of God, bless ye the O ye Winter and Summer, bless ye the Lord praise Him, and magnify Him for ever. Ö ye Dews, and Frosts, bless ye the Lord praise Him, and magnify Him for ever. O ye Frost and Cold, bless ye the Lord praise Him, and magnify Him for ever. O ye Ice and Snow, bless ye the Lord praise Him, and magnify Him for ever. O ye Nights, and Days, bless ye the Lord praise Him, and magnify Him for ever. O ye Light and Darkness, bless ye the Lord praise Him, and magnify Him for ever. ye Lightnings, and Clouds, bless ye the Lord praise Him, and magnify Him for ever. Ŏ let the Earth bless the Lord : yea, let it praise Him, and magnify Him for ever. O ye Seas, and Floods, bless ye the Lord praise Him, and magnify Him for ever. O ye Whales, and all that move in the Waters, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, and magnify Him for ever. O all ye Fowls of the Air, bless ye the Lord: praise Him, and magHim for ever. nify all ye Beasts, and Cattle, bless ye the Lord: praise Him, and magnify Him for ever. ye Children of Men, bless ye the Lord: praise Him, and magnify Him for ever. O let Israel bless the Lord : praise Him, and magnify Him for ever. O ye Priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise Him, and magnify Him for ever. O ye Servants of the Lord, bless ye the Lord praise Him, and magnify Him for ever. Oye Spirits and Souls of the Righteous, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, and magnify Him for ever. O ye holy and humble Men of heart, bless ye the Lord praise Him, and magnify Him for ever. O Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, bless ye the Lord: praise Him, and magnify Him for ever. : Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be world without end. Amen. ¶ Then shall be read in like manner the Second Lesson, taken out of the New Tes tament. And after that, the Hymn following; except when that shall happen to be read in the Chapter for the Day, or for the Gospel on Saint John Baptist's Day. BENEDICTUS. St. Luke i 68 LESSED be the Lord God of O ye Mountains, and Hills, bless BIsrael: for He hath visited, and ye the Lord praise Him, and magnify Him for ever. Ŏ all ye Green Things upon the Earth, bless ye the Lord praise Him, and magnify Him for ever. O ye Wells, bless ye the Lord : praise Him, and magnify Him for redeemed His people; And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us in the house of His servant David; As He spake by the mouth of His holy Prophets which have been |