God, and that it may please thee to rule and govern thy church universal in the right way. Illuminate all ministers of the gospel with true knowledge and understanding of thy word, that, both by their preaching and living, they may set it forth and show it accordingly. Bless and preserve all Christian rulers and magistrates, giving them grace to execute justice and to maintain truth. Bless all colleges and seminaries of learning, all instructors of youth, and all means of true knowledge and piety. Bless and keep all thy people, in unity, peace, and concord; and give to us a heart to love and fear thee, and diligently to live after thy commandments.

Almighty God, we heartily beseech thee to bring into the way of truth all such as have erred and are deceived; to strengthen such as do stand; to comfort and help the weak-hearted; to raise up those who fall, and to give us victory over all temptations. We beseech thee to succor, help, and comfort, all who are in danger, necessity, and tribulation; to preserve all who travel by land or water, all sick persons, and all young children; to show thy pity upon all prisoners and captives; to defend and provide for the fatherless children and widows, and all who are desolate and oppressed. May it please thee to have mercy upon all men; to forgive our enemies, persecutors and slanderers, and to turn their hearts. Finally, we beseech thee to give unto us true repentance, to forgive all our sins, negligences, and ignorances, and to endue us with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, to amend our lives according to thy

holy word. O Lord, deal not with us after our sins; neither reward us after our iniquities. Have mercy upon us, and save us from all evils, both present and to come, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

ALMIGHTY and most merciful God, we beseech thee to give us grace to love thee with all our hearts, and our neighbor as ourselves. Endue us with charitable and upright dispositions, and with humble and contented minds in every condition of life. Conduct us continually to higher degrees of wisdom and excellence. Purify us from all vicious habits and passions. Dispose us heartily to every good work, that we may be proper objects of thy favor and blessing; which we humbly ask, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Most gracious and merciful Father, we resign ourselves and all our interests to thy disposal, in the humble hope that thy mercy will never forsake us, and that thou wilt cause all things to work together for our good. We would submit patiently to thy will under every affliction; and we humbly pray that we may so pass through the changes of this world, as finally to be prepared for the enjoyment of perfect and eternal happiness in the world to come, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

[In this place may be offered any Prayers or Petitions suited to the particular time and occasion.]

ALMIGHTY GOD, the fountain of all wisdom, whc knowest our necessities before we ask, and our ignorance in asking; we beseech thee to have compassion upon our infirmities; and those things which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask, vouchsafe to give us, for the sake of thine infinite mercy, in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Now unto Him that is able to keep us from falling, and to present us faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy; to the only-wise God, our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, forever and ever. Amen.

[The remaining Exercises will be as in the First Order of Services, page 18.]

FIRST ORDER OF EVENING PRAYER.

THE MINISTER COMMENCES BY READING ONE OF THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES OF SCRIPTURE.

[It is recommended that the Congregation rise at the commencement of the Religious Exercises, and remain standing until the close of the Exhortation; also, that they KNEEL in time of Prayer, and STAND, facing the pulpit, in time of Singing.]

BLESSED is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust do corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life. he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. All that the Father giveth me shall come unto me; and him that cometh unto me, I will in no wise cast out.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one cometh unto the Father but by me.

From the rising of the sun to the going down thereof, the Lord's name is to be praised. O, give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good, for mercy endureth forever.

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EXHORTATION.

My brethren, the goodness of Almighty God has thus far conducted us, and we are here, the living monuments of his mercy. Our day of probation is yet prolonged, and if he will give us strength, we shall yet come off more than conquerors, through him that loved us. But our work is not accomplished. Toil, trial, and suffering, still await us; and the experience of every day teaches that we are not sufficient to ourselves. By the humble confession of our sins, and by the exercise of sincere devotion, let us therefore seek for divine assistance. Ask and ye shall receive; seek and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you.

LET US PRAY.

O GOD, who knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers, that, by reason of the