Min. O LORD, deal not with us according to our sins. Ans. Neither reward us according to our iniquities.

Let us pray.

WE humbly beseech thee, O Father, mercifully to look upon our infirmities; and, for the glory of thy name, turn from us all those evils that we most justly have desèrved; and grant that, in all our troubles, we may put our whole trust and confidence in

O GOD, merciful Father, who despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart, nor the desire of such as are sorrowful; mercifully assist our pray- thy mercy; and evermore serve thee ers which we make before thee in all in holiness and pureness of living, to our troubles and adversities, whenso- thy honor and glory, through our ever they oppress us; and graciously only Mediator and Advocate, JESUS hear us, that those evils which the

craft and subtilty of the devil or man worketh against us, may, by thy good providence, be brought to naught; that we, thy servants, being hurt by no persecutions, may evermore give thanks unto thee in thy holy Church, through JESUS CHRIST Our Lord.

O LORD, arise, help us, and deliver us, for thy name's sake.

O GOD, we have heard with our unto us, the noble works that thou didst in their days, and in the old time

ears, and our fathers have declared

before them.

O LORD, arise, help us, and deliver us, for thine honor.

Glory be to the FATHER, and to the SON, and to the HOLY GHOST; Ans. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without

end. Amen.

From our enemies defend us, O CHRIST.

tions.

Graciously look upon our afflic-
With pity behold the sorrows of

our hearts.

Mercifully forgive the sins of thy people. Favorably with mercy hear our prayers. O Son of David, have mercy

up

CHRIST our Lord. Amen.

A General Thanksgiving.

We

ALMIGHTY GOD, Father of all mercies, we, thine unworthy servants, do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving kindness to us, and to all men. bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but, above all, for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord JESUS CHRIST; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts inay be unfeignedly thankful, and that we may show forth thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives; by giving up ourselves to thy service, and by walking before thee in holiness and righteousness all our days, through JESUS CHRIST our Lord; to whom, with thee and the HOLY GHOST, be all honor and glory, world without end. Amen.

A Prayer of St. Chrysostom. ALMIGHTY GOD, who hast given us grace at this time, with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee; and dost promise that when two or three are gathered together in thy name, thou wilt grant their requests; fulfil now, O LORD, the de

sires and petitions of thy servants, as may be most expedient for them; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlasting. Amen.

2 Cor. xiii. 4.

THE grace of our Lord JESUS CHRIST, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the HOLY GHOST, be with us all evermore. Amen.

Bere endeth the Litany.

PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS

UPON SEVERAL OCCASIONS,

TO BE USED BEFORE THE TWO FINAL PRAYERS OF MORNING AND EVENING SERVICE,

Session.

PRAYERS.

A Prayer for Congress, to be used during their thy great goodness, to restrain those immoderate rains, wherewith, for our MOST gracious GOD, we humbly sins, thou hast afflicted us: And we beseech thee, as for the People of these pray thee to send us such seasonable United States in general, so especially weather, that the earth may, in due for their Senate and Representatives time, yield her increase, for our use in Congress assembled; that thou and benefit; and give us grace, that wouldest be pleased to direct and prosper all their consultations, to the we may learn, by thy punishments, to amend our lives, and for thy cleadvancement of thy glory, the good

Amen.

In Time of Dearth and Famine.

of thy Church, the safety, honor, and mency to give thee thanks and praise, welfare of thy people; that all things through JESUS CHRIST our Lord. may be so ordered and settled by their endeavors, upon the best and surest foundations, that peace and happiness, O GOD, heavenly Father, whose truth and justice, religion and piety, gift it is that the rain doth fall, and may be established among us for all the earth bring forth her increase; generations. These, and all other ne- behold, we beseech thee, the afflictions cessaries for then, for us, and thy of thy people; increase the fruits of whole Church, we humbly beg in the the earth by thy heavenly benedicname and mediation of JESUS tion; and grant that the scarcity and CHRIST, our most blessed Lord and dearth, which we now most justly Saviour. Amen.

11 For Rain.

O GOD, heavenly Father, who by thy Son JESUS CHRIST, hast promised to all those who seek thy kingdom and the righteousness thereof, all things necessary to their bodily sustenance; send us, we beseech thee, in this our necessity, such moderate rain and showers, that we may receive the fruits of the earth to our comfort, and to thy honor, through JESUS CHRIST our Lord. Amen.

suffer for our sins, may, through thy goodness, be mercifully turned into plenty, for the love of JESUS CHRIST our Lord; to whom, with thee and the HOLY GHOST, be all honor and glory, now and for ever. Amen.

In Time of War and Tumulta.

O ALMIGHTY GOD, the supreme Governor of all things, whose power no creature is able to resist, to whom it belongeth justly to punish sinners, and to be merciful to those who truly repent; save and deliver us, we humbly beseech thee, from the hands of ALMIGHTY and most merciful our enemies; that we, being armed Father, we humbly beseech thee, of with thy defence, may be preserved

For Fair Weather.

evermore from all perils, to glorify thee, who art 'he only giver of all victory, through the merits of thy Son, JESUS CHRIST our Lord. Amen.

For those who are to be admitted into Holy Orders, to be used it. the Weeks preceding the stated Times of Oruination.

ence upon us, by leading us to consider how frail and uncertain our life is; that we may apply our hearts unto that heavenly wisdom, which in the end will bring us to everlasting life, through JESUS CHRIST Our Lord. Amen.

For a Sick Person.

ALMIGHTY Gon, our heavenly Father, who hast purchased to thyself an universal Church, by the precious O FATHER of mercies, and Gop blood of thy dear Son; mercifully of all comfort, our only help in time

look upon the same, and at this time so guide and govern the minds of thy servants, the Bishops and Pastors of thy flock, that they may hay hands suddenly on no man, but fæthfully and wisely make choice of fit persons, to serve in the sacred ministry of thy Church. And, to those who shall be the enemy; give him patience under ordained to any holy function, give his affliction; and, in thy good time, thy grace and heavenly benediction; restore him to neaith, and enable hum that both by their life and doctrine to lead the residue of his life in thy they may show forth thy glory, and set forward the salvation of all men, through JESUS CHRIST our Lord. Amen.

of need; look down from heaven, we humbly beseech thee, behold, visit, and relieve thy sick servant, for whom our prayers are desired. Look upon him with the eyes of thy mercy: comfort him with a sense of thy goodness; preserve him from the temptations of

Or this.

fear, and to thy glory: Or else give kim grace so to take thy visitation, that, after this painful life ended, he may dwell with thee in life everlast. ing, through JESUS CHRIST our Lord. Amen.

For a Sick Child.

ALMIGHTY GOD, the giver of all good gifts, who of thy divine providence hast appointed divers orders in thy Church; give thy grace, we ALMIGHTY Gor, and merciful humbly beseech thee, to all those who Father, to whom alone belong the are to be called to any office and ad- issues of life and death; look down ministration in the same; and so re- from heaven, we humbly beseech thee, plenish them with the truth of thy with the eves of mercy, upon the sick doctrine, and endue them with inno- child for whom our prayers are de

cency of life, that they may faithfully

serve before thee, to the glory of thy great name, and the benefit of thy holy Church, through JESUS CHRIST

our Lord. Amen.

sid. Deliver him, O LORD, in thy appointed time, trom his bodily pain, and visit him with thy salvation; that if it should be thy good pleasure to prolong his days here on earth, he may live to thee, and be an

In Time of great Sickness and Mortality. instrument of thy glory, by serving O ALMIGHTY GOD, the Lord thee faithfully, and doing good in his of life and death, of sickness and generation: Or else receive him into health; regard our supplications, we those heavenly habitations, where the humbly beseech thee; and, as thou souls of those who sleep in the Lord hast thought fit to visit us for our sins JESUS enjoy perpetual rest and feliwith great sickness and mortality, in city. Grant this, O LORD, for the the midst of thy judgment, O LORD, love of thy Son, our Saviour, Jesus remember mercy. Have pity upon CHRIST. Amen.

us miserable sinners, and withdraw from us the grievous sickness with which we are afflicted. May this thy fatherly correction have its due influ

For a Person, or Persons, going to Sea. O ETERNAL GOD, who alone spreadest out the heavens, and rulest

the raging of the sea; we commend through JESUS CHRIST Our Lord.

Amen.

For Malfactors, after Condemnation. Or else the frayer in the Visitation of Prisoners, beginung, "O Father of Mercies," &c. may be used.

to thy Almighty protection, thy servant, for whose preservation on the great deep our prayers are desired. Guard him, we beseech thee, froin the dangers of the sea, from sickness, MOST gracious and merciful from the violence of enemies, and GOD, we earnestly beseech thee to from every evil to which he may be have pity and compassion upon those exposed. Conduct him in safety to persons recommended to our prayers, the haven where he would be, with a who now lie under the sentence of grateful sense of thy mercies, through the law, and are appointed to die.

JESUS CHRIST our

Lord.

Amen.

For a Person under Affliction

Visit them, O LORD, with thy mercy and salvation; convince them of the

O MERCIFUL GOD, and hea- miserable condition they are in, by venly Father, who hast taught us, in their sins and wickedness; and let thy holy Word, that thou dost not thy powerful grace produce in them willingly afflict or grieve the children such a golly sorrow, and sincere reof men; look with pity, we beseech pentance, as thou wilt be pleased to thee, upon the sorrows of thy servant, accept. Give them a strong and for whom our prayers are desired. lively faith in thy Son, our blessed In thy wisdom thou hast seen fit to Saviour, and make it effectual to the

salvation of their souls. O LORD, in judgment reinember mercy; and whatever sufferings they are to endure in this world, yet deliver them. O GOD, from the bitter pains of eter

visit him with trouble, and to bring distress upon him. Remember him, O LORD, in mercy; sanctify thy fatherly correction to him; endue his soul with patience under his affliction, and with resignation to thy blessed nal death. Pardon their sins, and will; comfort him with a sense of thy save their souls, for the sake and goodness; lift up thy countenance merits of thy dear Son, our blessed upon him, and give him peace, Saviour and Redeemer. Amen.

[For Prayer at Meetings of Conventions, see page 292.]

THANKSGIVINGS.

The Thanksgiving of Women after Childbirth; to be said when any Woman, being present in Church, shall have desired to return

Thanks to Almighty God for her safe deliver

ance.

For Rain.

O GOD, our heavenly Father, who by thy gracious providence dost cause the former and the latter rain to descend upon the earth, that it may bring forth fruit for the use of man; we give thee humble thanks that it hath pleased thee, in our great necessity, to send us at the last a joyful

O ALMIGHTY GOD, we give thee humble thanks, for that thou hast been graciously pleased to preserve, through the great pain and peril of child-birth, this woman, thy servant, who desireth now to offer her praises rain upon thine inheritance, and to and thanksgivings unto thee. Grant, refresh it when it was dry, to the we beseech thee, most merciful Fa- great comfort of us thy unworthy ther, that she, through thy help, may servants, and to the glory of thy holy both faithfully live and walk accord. name, through thy mercies in JESUS CHRIST Our Lord. Amen.

ing to thy will in this life present, and also may be partaker of everlasting glory in the life to come, through JESUS CHRIST our Lord. Amen.

For Fair Weather.

O LORD GOD, who hast justly humbled us by thy late visitation of

us with immoderato rain and waters, may continually offer unto thee our and in thy mercy hast relieved and sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving comforted our souls by the seasonable for these thy mercies toward us, and blessed change of wether; we through JESUS CHRIST our Lord. praise and glorify thy holy name, for Amen. this thy mercy, and will always de. clare thy loving kindness from generation to generation, through JESUS CHRIST our Lord. Amen.

For Plenty.

For Deliverance from great Sickness and
Mortality.

O LORD GOD, who hast wounded us for our sins, and consumed us for our transgressions, by thy late heavy O MOST merciful Father, who of and dreadful visitation; and now, in thy gracious goodness hast heard the the midst of judgment remembering devout prayers of thy Church, and mercy, hast redeemed our souls from turned our dearth and scarcity into the jaws of death; we offer unto thy plenty; we give thee humble thanks fatherly zoodness ourselves, our souls for this thy special bounty; beseech- and bodies, which thou hast delivered, ing thee to continue thy loving kind to be a living sacrifice unto thee; ness unto us, that our land may yield always praising and magnifying thy us her fruits of increase, to thy glory mercies in the midst of thy Church, and our comfort, through JESUS through JESUS CHRIST Our Lord. CHRIST Our Lord. Amen.

For Peace, and Deliverance from our
Enemies.

O ALMIGHTY GOD, who art a strong tower of defence unto thy servants against the face of their enemies; we yield thee praise and thanksgiving, for our deliverance from those great and apparent dan gers wherewith we were compassed; we acknowledge it thy goodness that we were not delivered over as a prey unto them; beseeching thee still to continue such thy mercies toward

Amen.

For a Recovery from Sickness.

O GOD, who art the giver of life, of health, and of safety; we bless thy name, that thou hast been pleased to deliver from his bodily sickness thie thy servant, who now desireih to return thanks unto thee, in the presence of all thy people. O LORD, and full of compassion to the children of men. May his heart be duly impressed with a sense of thy merciful goodness, and may he devote

Gracious art thou,

ns, that all the world may know that the residue of his days to an hunble, thou art our Saviour and mighty De. holy, and obediert walking before liverer, through JESUS CHRIST our thee, through JESUS CHRIST Our

Lord. Amen.

Lord. Amen.

For a safe Return from Sea.

11 For Restoring Public Peace at Home. O ETERNAL GOD, our heavenly MOST gracious LORD, whose Father, who alone makest men to be mercy is over all thy works; we of one mind in a house, and stillest praise thy holy name that thou hast the outrage of a violent and unruly been pleased to conduct in safety, people; we bless thy holy name, that through the perils of the great deep, it hath pleased thee to appease the this thy servant, who now desireth seditious tumults which have been to return his thanks unto thee, in thy lately raised up amongst us; most holy Church: May he be duly senhumbly beseeching thee w grant to all sible of thy merciful providence to of us grace, that we may henceforth ward him, and ever express his obediently walk in thy holy command- thankfulness by a holy trust in thee, ments; and, leading a quiet and peace- and obedience to thy laws, through able life in all godliness and honesty, JESUS CHRIST Our Lord. Amen.