name; and finally, by thy mercy, obtain everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Whenever the previous Evening Prayers have not been read, the Minister may say:

The Lord be with you;

Ans. And with thy spirit.

Min. Let us pray.

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

Min. O Lord, bless our President, and our Rulers. Ans. And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee.

Min. Endue thy ministers with righteousness;
Ans. And make thy chosen people joyful.
Min. O Lord, save thy people;

Ans. And bless thine inheritance.

Min. Give peace in our time, O Lord.

Ans. For thou only canst make wars to cease to the end of the earth.

Min. O Lord, make clean our hearts within us; Ans. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.

Min. Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us:

Ans. Unto him be glory in the Church, by Christ Jesus, throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

BENEDICTION

THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love

of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost

be with us all. Amen.

SECOND ORDER OF EVENING PRAYER OR VESPERS.

I. Voluntary on the Organ.

II. Sentences of Introduction: read by Minister and People standing, and which may be followed by the "Gloria Patri," said or chanted.

III. Vesper Hymn. (Not announced.)

IV. Prayer.

V. Voluntary by the Choir.

VI. Selected Psalms. Read by Minister and People (standing). Ending with Gloria, "Now unto the King Eternal," &c.

VII. Reading from Old Testament.

VIII. Chanted Psalm, in the order of the Month-1. First Sunday, "O sing unto the Lord;" 2. "It is a good thing;" 3. "God be merciful;" 4. "Praise the Lord;" 5. "The Lord is my Shepherd." (Not announced.) Or the corresponding Hymn. (People stand.)

IX. Reading from New Testament.

X. Chanted Hymn from New Testament, either: 1. Magnificat; 2. Nunc Dimittis; 3. Gloria in Excelsis; 4. Venite ad me; 5. Beatitudes; or, one of the corresponding versified Hymns. (Not read. People stand.) XI. Exposition or Address.

XII. Silent Prayer.

XIII. Chant: usually the Lord's Prayer.

XIV. Hymn. (Congregation stand and sing.)

XV. Benediction, the Amen chanted.

VESPERS.

The Minister shall read one or more of these Sentences; and then say, with the People responsively, the words of praise that follow: "O Lord, open thou our lips," &c.

ROM the rising of the sun unto the going down

FRO

of the same, the Lord's name is to be praised. Let our prayers be set forth in his sight as incense, and the lifting up of our hands, as an evening sacrifice.

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Behold! God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.

The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

Oh, send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.

I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you; not as the world giveth give I unto you.

God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light

of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly of heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

The People standing, the Minister shall say:

O Lord, open thou our lips.

Ans. And our mouth shall show forth thy praise. Min. O God, make speed to save us.

Ans. O Lord, make haste to help us.

Min. O Lord, let thy mercy be shown upon us; Ans. As we do put our trust in thee.

Min. Praise ye the Lord.

Ans. The Lord's name be praised.

Then shall be read, in the order of the month, one of the following Introductions by the Minister and People responsively, each reading a line.

INTRODUCTIONS.

First Sunday.

WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills,

I WILL lift

From whence cometh my help.

My help cometh from the Lord,
Which made heaven and earth.

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved:
He that keepeth thee will not slumber.

Behold! he that keepeth Israel
Shall neither slumber nor sleep.
The Lord is thy keeper;

The Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.
The sun shall not smite thee by day,

Nor the moon by night.

The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil:
He shall preserve thy soul.

The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming in,

From this time forth, and even for evermore.

The Introduction will be followed by the Gloria Patri, thus:

GLORY

LORY be to the Father, Almighty God, through
Jesus Christ our Lord;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Alleluia! (The Alleluia to be added especially on joyous occasions.)

Second Sunday.

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.

The Lord hath granted his loving-kindness in the daytime;

And in the night-season will I sing of him, and make my prayer unto the God of my life. Because thy loving-kindness is better than life, My lips shall praise thee;