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dience to Thy laws; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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For Safe Return from a Journey.

LMIGHTY God, whose mercies are over all Thy works, We adore Thee for Thy goodness to the children of men. But especially do we render Thee hearty thanks for the safe conduct, though manifold dangers, of Thy servant, who, in the presence of Thy people, desires to acknowledge Thy benefits, and to offer unto Thee the sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving. Accept his offering, we beseech Thee, O Lord; and give him grace to manifest his sense of Thy goodness, by a continued reliance upon Thy care, and by devoting himself to Thy service in righteousness of living; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For Deliverance from Peril.

GOD, merciful Father, we praise

Thee in that Thou hast heard us in the hour of distress, and art become our salvation. Thou art a God full of compassion, and plenteous in mercy. We are alive to praise Thee this day, not for our worthiness, but because of Thy great mercies. When we were in distress, Thou didst help us; when trouble was hard upon us, and our strength failed, Thine almighty arm was our defence. Accept our thanks, and keep us ever mindful of

Thy mercies; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Thanksgiving of Women after Childbirth.

¶ To be said when any Woman, being present in Church, shall desire to return thanks to Almighty God for her safe deliverance.

ALMIGHTY God, we give Thee

been graciously pleased to preserve, through the great pain and peril of childbirth, this woman, Thy servant, who desireth now to offer her praises and thanksgivings unto Thee. Grant, we beseech Thee, most merciful Father, that she, through Thy help, may both faithfully live and walk according 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.

NOTE.-The Service For the Churching of Women may be used instead of this Prayer.

THE COLLECTS, EPISTLES, AND

GOSPELS.

TO BE USED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

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FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT.

THE COLLECT.

LMIGHTY God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which Thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that when He shall come again in His glorious Majesty, we may rise to the life immortal, through Him Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Spirit, now and ever. Amen.

T This Collect may be repeated at every Service, with the other Collects in Advent, until the Eve of the Nativity.

THE EPISTLE. Rom. xiii. 8.

WE no man any thing, but to love one

another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as

thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand; let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

THE GOSPEL. Matth. xxi. 1.

HEN they drew nigh unto Jerusalem,

the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her loose them, and bring them unto Me. And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophet, saying, Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them; and brought the ass,

and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set Him thereon. And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; Blessed is He that cometh in the Name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. And when He was come into Jerusalem all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? And the multitude said, This is Jesus the Prophet of Nazareth of Galilee. And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple; and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that sold doves; and said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT.

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THE COLLECT.

LESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience, and comfort of Thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which Thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

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