LIGHTEN our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord; and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; for the love of thine only Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. AMEN.

3. Rest of service: Psalter, Hymn, Scripture Lesson, Pastoral Prayer, followed by the Lord's Prayer, the people joining, Notices, Offering, Hymn, Sermon, Prayer, Hymn, Benediction, as in Service No. I.

Or, Psalter, which may be chanted responsively by the choir and people, Gloria Patri, Scripture-Lesson, Anthem, Apostles' Creed, Pastoral Prayer, Notices, Offering, Hymn, Sermon, Prayer, Hymn, Benediction, as in Service No. II.

IV.

I. CONGREGATIONAL HYMN; OR, A SENTENCE CHANTED BY THE CHOIR. See directions in Service No. II.

2. APOSTLES' CREED: To be said by the minister and the people, all standing:

I BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose from the dead, he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy Catholic Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the dead; and the life everlasting. AMEN.

3. INVOCATION, the people devoutly kneeling;

or one or more of the prayers in Service No. III. may be used.

4. ANTHEM OR HYMN, by the choir.

5. PSALTER, as in Service No. II.

6. GLORIA PATRI, GLORIA IN EXCELSIS, OR OTHER CHANT (see, for words and music, page xxxiv), OR A CONGREGATIONAL HYMN.

7. SCRIPTURE LESSON.

8. PASTORAL PRAYER, followed by the Lord's Prayer, chanted in monotone by the choir (see page xxv), the people still kneeling.

9. Rest of service: Notices, Offering, Hymn, Sermon, Prayer, Hymn, Benediction, as in Service No. I.; except that the Sermon may sometimes be followed by an Anthem or an unannounced Hymn, selected with especial reference to the Sermon, and sung by the choir.

V.

AN EVENING SERVICE.1

I. ANTHEM OR SENTENCE, by the choir.

2. INVOCATION; or one or more of the prayers in No. III. may be used.

3. PSALTER; to be read responsively or by the minister and the people together,

all standing.

4. ANTHEM OR HYMN, by the choir.

5. SCRIPTURE LESSON.

6. PASTORAL PRAYER.

7. SHORT ANTHEM, by the choir.

8. CONGREGATIONAL HYMN, the people standing. 9. SERMON.

10. PRAYER.

II. CONGREGATIONAL HYMN, the people standing. 12. BENEDICTION, to which the choir respond AMEN.

Opening Sentences

To be read by the minister.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you; For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

If ye, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him.

We have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, find grace to help in time of need.

1 This is the order used in Appleton Chapel, Harvard University.

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O worship the Lord in the | beauty of | holiness: || fear be | fore him | all the | earth. Blessed is the nation whose | God · is the | Lord: || and the people whom he hath chosen for his own in | heri | tance.

The Lord is in his | ho · ly | temple: || let all the earth keep | silence be | fore

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William H. Monk

The sacrifices of God are a | broken | spirit: || a broken and a contrite heart, O God | thou wilt not de❘ spise.

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation | of my | heart: || be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my | strength and my re | deemer.

Who shall ascend unto the hill | of the | Lord: || or who shall stand | in place?

He that hath clean hands and a | pure · | heart: || who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor | sworn de | ceit· ful | ly.

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Edward J. Hopkins

Serve the Lord with | glad ·

|ness: || come before His | pres

- | ence with | singing. Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His | courts with | praise: || be thankful unto Him and | bless His | name.

O come, let us worship | and bow | down: || let us kneel before the | Lord · our |

Maker.

For He is our·· - | God: || and we are the people of His pasture, and the | sheep-| of His hand.

James Nares

The hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in | Spirit and in | truth: || for the Father seeketh | such to | worship | Him.

God is a Spirit; and they that | worship | Him: || must worship Him in | spir・ it | and in truth.