V. PRAYER.

OURCE of all life and hope! to thee do we look

up in prayer, as thou hast taught us in thy Word. Thou art the fountain of all holiness, and canst purify our souls from sin. Thou art the strength of our lives, and the supply of all our wants. Through thy goodness have we been brought to see the light of another Sabbath day. We thank thee, O our Father, for all thy mercies, and we would remember in this hour the gratitude that is due to thee. Help us, we beseech thee, to hear thy voice in the stillness of this sacred day, and, as we hear, to listen and obey. Help us to turn our thoughts to thee, and open our hearts that we may receive thy Holy Spirit. And while we think of thee, and all thy kindness to us, while we think of thy watchful care that has been over us all the days of our lives, may our hearts grow strong in hope,- for by hope are we saved. May we never be cast down, but still hope and trust in thee. May we battle with our sins in the hope of victory. May we be cheerful in sickness, with the hope of health. May we be patient in affliction, with the hope that thou wilt lift every burden from our hearts. May we overcome the fear of death with the hope of a brighter world, and a purer life on high. Help us, we pray thee, as we hope for happiness and peace, so to direct our lives that we may receive and enjoy the fulfilment of our hope. And to thy name be all the praise forevermore. Amen.

worthy praise, Glorious in his works and ways.

2. Shout, ye little flock, and blest;
You on Jesus' throne shall rest;
There your seat is now prepared,
There your kingdom and reward.

3. Lord, submissive make us go,
Ready, leaving all below;
Only thou our Leader be,
And we still will follow thee.

NINETEENTH SERVICE

I CHARITY, THE FIRST OF THE CHRISTIAN GRA

CES.

Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.

The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth; and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.

Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble; thou wilt prepare their heart; thou wilt cause thine ear to hear; To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.

II. C. M.

Faith, hope, and love, now dwell on earth,

And earth by them is blest;

But faith and hope must yield to love,

Of all the graces best.

III. SCRIPTURE LESSON. 1 COR. XIII.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come,

is in part shall be done away.

then that which

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I undertsood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

IV. RESPONSES.

Superintendent. Ye have heard that it hath been said Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy; School. But I say unto you, love your enemies, Sup. Bless them that curse you,

School. Do good to them that hate you,

Sup. And pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

School. That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven;

Sup. For he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good,

School. And sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. Sup. Bear ye one another's burdens,

School. And so fufill the law of Christ.

Sup. For all the law is fulfilled in one word,

School. Even in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

Sup. Be ye therefore perfect,

School. Even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

Sup. And let us not be weary in well-doing:

School. For in due season we shall reap, if we faint

not.

V. PRAYER.

His Love. Thou hast required us to have faith

Thou hast bid us hope
Yet more than all hast

in thee, and we do believe. in thee, and we are hopeful. thou enjoined upon us that charity which "believeth all things, and hopeth all things," and which in itself comprehends all Christian graces. Most fervently do we pray that this spirit may live in our hearts, and find expression in our lives; that we may put away all indifference to the good of others, and live for our race, as we would live to thy glory. Oh, deepen within us the conviction that charity is the substance of the Christian life, and that without it we are nothing as we ought to be. O blessed Father, lift us above the narrow and selfish, into thy loving presence. Let us in vision see thy face, radiant with a love more tender than a mother's, and hear thy voice, sweeter than the music which floated above the babe of Bethlehem. Let thy compassion soften our hearts, and bind us in sympathy to kindred natures. Bless all who wait around this altar with an ever-growing love. Let us feel thy nearness as a welcome reality in all our labors, pleasures, joys, and sorrows, and in all our aspirations. And whithersoever our various paths may lead, may we cherish with unspeakable joy that companionship which shall guide us to the feast of charity, and to the kingdom of heaven. Amen.