ness are round about Him: Righteousness and judg ment are the habitation of His throne: Mercy and truth shall go before His face.

Blessed are the people that know the joyful sound. They shall walk, O LORD, in the light of Thy counte

nance.

In Thy name shall they rejoice all the day, and in Thy righteousness shall they be exalted.

Alleluia! for the LORD GOD Omnipotent reigneth. [LET US PRAY.]

FATHER OF LIGHTS, whose promise of blessing is established in the purpose of Thy grace: Open to our meditations the glory of Thy truth, that our hearts may be opened to the fulness of Thy love; and grant, we beseech Thee, that all who seek Thy presence in the communion of prayer, may find Thy peace in the fellowship of praise.

¶ All unite in the Lord's Prayer.

Reading the Scriptures. A Hymn. After which, one or more of the following Sentences may introduce the Exhortation.

Matthew xxii. 37-40.

THOU shalt love the LORD thy GOD with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This And the second is like unto it: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

is the first and great commandment.

Romans xii. 1, 2.

I BESEECH you, brethren, by the mercies of GoD, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto GOD, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of GOD.

1 John i. 8, 9.

Ir we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousnes

Hebrews viii. 10, 12.

THIS is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith the LORD: I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts. And I will be to them a GoD, and they shall be to me a peopie....for I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no

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The Exhortation.

BRETHREN, AND CHRISTIAN FRIENDS: An

assurance of the presence and mercy of the good Father of All, maketh even the wilderness and solitary places glad, and whoso, though alone, shall silently commune with his own heart, and with the Lord, will find grace to help in time of need; yet are we admonished not to forsake the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is.

And forasmuch as the fellowship of two or three disciples hath the promise of a blessing, I beseech you, as many as are here present, to accompany me, with an humble and contrite spirit, to the throne of the heavenly grace.

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[LET US PRAY.

ATHER ALMIGHTY, Thou who dwellest in the high and holy place, with him also who is of an humble and contrite spirit: Enable us to come before Thee in the lowliness of worship, secking the blessing of Thy merciful presence.

Forbid, O LORD, that we should acknowledge unworthiness that we do not feel; yet deliver us, we beseech Thee, from self-delusion, and quicken us into solemn thoughts of what we should be, and of what we are, that we may see

own hearts, and how often we have forsaken

our own mercy.

We have erred and strayed from Thy ways, and offended against Thy holy laws:

Yet Thy loving-kindness has followed us in all our wanderings, and memories of Thy goodness, and of peace of mind, have mourned along our darkened path.

Deep calleth unto deep in all Thy works, and awful appeals are in the judgments of Thy hand; but mightier is the still small voice that implores us to call upon Thee:

O God, make clean our hearts, and renew a right spirit within us.

How shall we thank Thee, O our GOD, for the fountain of cleansing in the gospel of Thy grace! Thou art Thyself the fountain of living waters, opened to us through the channel of Christ the Rock-opened also in every true and believing heart,-and the well of water, springing up into everlasting life, overflows into the river of salvation, widening into the shoreless ocean of Thy love.

Blessed be Thou, O LORD, for a gospel that knows no measuring-reed; ye: while we rejoice in the vision of faith, may we deeply and religiously feel that it is not a dream. Make us sensible of its sublime realities and redeeming power, that we may worthily. adore Thee, in purity of heart and righteousness of life.

Let Thy loving-kindness and Thy truth con

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Intercession for All.

VER-LIVING FATHER, who in Thy holy word hast taught us to pray for all men, everywhere: We give Thee hearty thanks for that marvellous mercy which fills the deepest yearning, and exalts it into the highest praise. Thy spirit moves evermore upon the face of the waters, though the whole groaning creation be veiled in the night of mystery; and the inspiration of prayer for ever rises above all gloom and eclipse, into hopeful intercession for unclouded day.

O Thou that hearest prayer! unto Thee shall all flesh come.

We bless Thee, Father of Mercies, that the light of the knowledge of Thy glory has arisen upon the world, and songs of deliverance have welcomed the prophecy of eternal noon.

We glorify Thee, LORD Most Holy, that Thy truth and grace shall shine in the serene, unfading brightness of heaven, until out of the darkest heart shall come the cry, O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from this body of death!

Let Thy blessing rest upon the selfish and the defiled, that they may honor Thee by abhorring themselves: Upon all who are truly penitent, that they may sin no more: Upon the virtuous, that they may pity the vicious: Upon the strong, that they may bear the infirmities of the weak: Upon the happy, that

the young, that the hoary head may be found in the way of righteousness: Upon the aged, that they may renew their youth by faith in the Resurrection and the Life:

And upon all believers in Thy holy word, that they may truly enjoy the peace which the world cannot give; and do Thou plenteously endue them with wisdom from on high, that they may impart unto the world the peace which passeth all understanding.

God be merciful unto us, and bless us.

Let the light of Thy face shine upon us, and be gracious unto us:

That Thy way may be known upon earth, Thy saving health among all nations.

THINE,

Thanksgiving.

HINE, O LORD, is the kingdom, and the power, and the victory, for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is Thine. All that we have heard of Thee, is but a whisper of Thy greatness. All that we have seen of Thee, is but the dawn of Thy glory. All that we know of Thee, is but a prophecy of Thine exceeding kindness in the ages to come. How shall we utter all Thy praise, since even the power to praise Thee, is among the multitude of Thy mercies!

We bless Thee for the reason which giveth us dominion of Thy works, and for the reverence which ascribes all dominion to Thee.

For the bounties of Thy providence, and for