Ordination or Installation.

The Exhortation and Prayer in Order V. or VII. of Public Worship A Hymn. The Sermon. A Hymn.

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LET US PRAY.

ATHER ALMIGHTY, who through Thy Son our Saviour hast established the ministry of grace and truth: Vouchsafe the inspiration of Thy blessing, that we may continually honor the Redeemer of the world, walking blameless in all the commandments of the Lord.

Especially do we invoke Thy fatherly help in behalf of this our brother, whom now we (ordain by the laying on of hands, [and) institute as Pastor in the Church of Christ. Plenteously endue him with wisdom from above, and keep him ever by Thy heavenly grace, that he may show forth the adornment of a meek and lowly mind, by a serene and devotional life.

Let the spirit of counsel rest upon him, O LORD, that he may ever be sensible of the infirmities through which offences come, and watch and pray lest they come through him; yet, while he keeps himself unspotted from the world, may his speech distil like the dew, and the cheerfulness of his spirit be as the sunshine, giving assurance that a citizen of heaven may be a joyful pilgrim in the earth.

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Make him of quick understanding, O LORD, that he may find revelations of Thee in the realm of nature, and in all sympathies and in all charities; yet may soul be so filled with the love of Christ crucified, and his hope be so centred in Christ glorified, that all his thoughts may revolve in harmonious orbits around the Sun of Righteousness.

Deliver him, we beseech Thee, from the fear of man, that he may walk in Thy fear, O LORD. Touch his lips with a living coal fr m Thine altar, and let Thy word

be within his heart, that the iniquitous in the high places and the by-places of the earth, may alike be visited by the open rebuke of his secret love.

Give him the hearing ear, that the supplication of sorrow may reach him, though all voices of gladness be around him; and do Thou so keep him in fellowship with the suffering, that he may be a messenger of the Comforter, in the fulness of the blessing of the Gospel of Christ.

Be Thou his Guide and his Helper, O LORD, that he may ever so follow Thee, and so continue in the unity of the fold, as to be a pastor after Thine own heart, feeding the people with knowledge and understanding. And enable him, we beseech Thee, so to demean himself as an ensample of the flock, that when the Chief Shepherd shall appear, he shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.

Grant, O LORD, that this people, and Thy people everywhere, may dwell together in the concord and joy of a lowly trust. May the cherubims of glory overshadow them, and the ministry of angels attend the mercy-seat at which they bow. In the business and recreations of the world, and in the sanctuary of home, may they exhibit the graces of personal religion, and find the paths of the life that now is, illumined by the radiance of the life that is to come.

FATHER OF ALL, whose promise of blessing is in the word of Thy truth and the work of Thy grace: May the Holy Spirit come upon all Ministers of the blessed Gospel, enduing them with power from on high.

May they sow in the earth the precious seed of the kingdom of heaven; and though they go forth weeping, may they return with rejoicing, bringing their sheaves with them.

May they be wise master-builders, and themselves become living stones in the temple of Thy praise, though

they be hewed and polished for it by afflictions and trials.

May they glorify Thee, and be remembered in the day when Thou makest up Thy jewels: May they turn many to righteousness, and shine as the stars of the firmament for ever and ever. Amen.

Delivery of the Scriptures, and Charge. After which, the following Sentences may be read by the Ministers present, in successionthe last Sentence being appointed for the Minister ordained or inst tuted, who shall then offer supplication:

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Isaiah xl., lii., lv.

HE voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our GoD.

EVERY valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain :

AND the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: For the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy GoD reigneth!

THY watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: For they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion.

YE shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

INSTEAD of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree; and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting

Luke iv. 18, 19.

THE Spirit of the LORD is upon me, because He hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor: He hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliver ance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the LORD.

[LET US PRAY.]

IVE ear, O Shepherd of Israel: Thou that leadest Thy people like a flock, graciously hearken to the voice of my prayer.

I am not worthy that Thou shouldst come under my roof, yet hast Thou called me into Thy house, as a servant and minister of the Shepherd and Bishop of souls. To Thee, and to Thy service, I [renewedly] devote and dedicate myself, with all my faculties and powers.

Fill, O fill my memory with the words of Thy law, and may all the wishes and desires of my will, centre in what Thou hast commanded and promised.

Be ever with me, O LORD, in all the duties of my ministry: In prayer, to quicken my devotion-in praises, to heighten my gratitude and love—and in preaching, to give a readiness of thought and expression, suitable to the clearness and excellency of Thy blessed word.

Above all, O God our Father, endue me with innocency of life, that in all things I may honor my calling, and glorify Thy holy name, through Jesus Christ our Lorl. Amen.

Right Hand of Fellowship and Address-each Minister extending a hand of welcome to the ordained or instituted brother.

A Hymn. The Benediction:

TIE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of

GOD, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be

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Prayers for the Sick.

OST MERCIFUL FATHER, our Refuge in the time of trouble: We give Thee hearty thanks, that in all our trials and sufferings we have in Thee an everlasting FRIEND, whose love never faileth. Blessed be Thy name, that when worn and weary, when faint in body and spirit, we can come to Thee with the confidence of children, knowing that Thou wilt help us, that Thou art ready always, and waiting to bless us.

Thanks be to Thee for the assurance given, that in all our sorrows and troubles, Thou art seeking our good, our spiritual discipline and perfection; and that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

Father in Heaven: We pray to Thee in behalf of our sick and afflicted brother, that he may so accept this divine truth that it shall become to him an unfailing fountain of spiritual strength and consolation. O be gracious unto him, and help him to put his trust in Thee, and to feel that Thou art with him, directing all his sufferings to wise and merciful issues.

Great GOD, Thou knowest we are of the dust, and that without Thee, we faint and perish. Look down, therefore, in compassion upon Thy servant, and lay not upon him more than he can bear in faith and patience. Soothe all his pains; mercifully stay the hand of dis ease, and deliver him from the power of death.

And, O LORD of Life and Love, so long as it may be needful for Thy gracious purposes that he should suffer, be Thou very near to him. Fold Thine arm tenderly about him, and sustain him through all by the Holy Spirit, even the Comforter.

We beseech Thee, most merciful God, that Thou wilt so bless unto him his present pains and afflictions, that