time which thou hast lent us; our irreverence towards holy things; our too great love of ourselves, and our too little love for others; our idle thoughts and unkind words, and our forgetfulness of thy near presence. Pardon us for the love of thy dear Son. Renew within us holy affections and desires. May no pleasures or excitements bear us away from the simple path of a reverent and blameless life. Keep alive in our memory the sacred vows and promises of our baptism. Teach us to prize honor more than comfort, wisdom more than reputation, and usefulness to our fellow-men more than their praise. Lift us above a weak or wicked fear of human opinions. Set us free from foolish fashions and wrong customs. Restrain us from following any multitude to do evil. Grant us patience when we are provoked, courage when we are ready to despair, and perseverance unto the end. May nothing ever seem too hard for us to do or to suffer in following him, our crucified and glorified Master, who bore the cross and gave his life for us. We ask it for his sake, who hath loved us and given himself for us, thy Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

T Then shall the Reader add

The Blessing.

The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep our

hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Amen.

SIXTH SERVICE.

FOR ANY SUNDAY IN ADVENT.

The Sentences.

[All standing.]

Versicle. And thou, child, shalt be called the Prophet of the Highest.

Response. For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways.

V. To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins.

R. Through the tender mercy of our God, whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us.

V. To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow

of death.

R. To guide our feet into the way of peace.

ORD, now lettest thou thy servant de- | part in | peace, ||

ac- cording to thy | word.

For mine eyes have | seen || Thy | salWhich thou hast pre- | pared || before the people.

To be a light to | lighten the | Gentiles, || and the glory of thy people Isra- | el.

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. | A-- | men.

Then shall be read responsively from

The Psalter.

PSALM XLVI.

OD is our hope and strength, a very present help in trouble.

2. Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be moved, and though the hills be carried into the midst of the sea.

3. Though the waters thereof rage and swell, and though mountains shake at the tempest of the same.

4. The rivers of the flood thereof shall make glad the city of God; the holy place of the tabernacle of the Most Highest.

5. God is in the midst of her, therefore shall she not be removed; God shall help her, and that right early.

6. The heathen make much ado, and the kingdoms are moved; but God hath showed his voice, and the earth shall melt away. 7. The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.

8. O come hither, and behold the works of the Lord, what destruction he hath brought upon the earth.

9. He maketh wars to cease in all the world; he breaketh the bow, and knappeth the spear in sunder, and burneth the chariots

in the fire.

10. Be still then, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, and I will be exalted in the earth

11. The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.

Glory be to the Father | and to the | Son || and | to the | Holy Ghost;

As it was in the beginning is now and ev-er | shall be, || world without end. | A-- | men.

¶ Then shall be read

The Lesson.

[Which may be the Epistle or the Gospel for the day, or any brief passage of Holy Scripture, at the Reader's discretion.]

¶ Then shall be sung

The Hymn.

¶ Then shall be said :

V. The Lord be with you.

R. And with thy Spirit.

. Let us pray.

Then shall the Reader say, all kneeling :

The Prayers.

A

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 in the last day when he shall come again in his glorious Majesty to judge both the quick

and dead, we may rise to the life immortal, through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, now and ever. Amen.

LMIGHTY God, by whose providence thy servant John

A Baptist was wonderfully born, and sent to prepare the way

of thy Son our Saviour, by preaching repentance; Make us so to follow his doctrine and holy life, that we may truly repent according to his preaching; and after his example constantly speak the truth, boldly rebuke vice, and patiently suffer for the truth's sake; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

O GOD, the strength of all those who put their trust in thee;

Mercifully accept our prayers: and because, through the weakness of our mortal nature, we can do no good thing without thee, grant us the help of thy grace, that in keeping thy commandments we may please thee, both in will and deed; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Then shall the Reader add

The Blessing.

The Lord preserve our going out and our coming in this day and evermore. Amen.