Then shall the Priest, and the people with him, say the Lord's Prayer.

UR Father, which art in hea-
ven, Hallowed be thy Name.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will
be done in earth, As it is in
heaven. Give us this day our
daily bread. And forgive us
our trespasses, As we forgive
them that trespass against us.
And lead us not into tempta-
tion; But deliver us from evil.
Amen.

Priest. O Lord, deal not with us after our sins.
Answer. Neither reward us after our iniquities.

Let us pray.

GOD, merciful Father, that despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart, nor the desire of such as be sorrowful; Mercifully assist our prayers that we make before thee in all our troubles and adversities, whensoever they oppress us; and graciously hear

us, that those evils, which the craft and subtilty of the devil or man worketh against us, be brought to nought; and by the providence of thy goodness they may be dispersed; that we thy servants, being hurt by no persecutions, may evermore give thanks unto thee in thy holy Church; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thy Name's

sake.

"The Lord's Prayer."-The Lord's Prayer is introduced as necessary to every set form of devotion, and the exhortation, "Let us pray," is used as in the former instances to rouse the mind of the worshipper to higher degrees of fervour. The prayers which follow may be regarded as collects to the Litany, that is, as collecting in a succinct form the substance of all the preceding supplications. St. Chrysostom's Prayer, and The Grace, formed the conclusion to the Litany, when used as a separate service, as they now do to the whole of the Morning Prayer.

GOD, we have heard with our ears, and our fathers have declared unto us, the noble works that thou didst in their days, and in the old time before them.

O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thine honour.

Glory be to the Father, and to

the Son and to the Holy Ghost;

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Answer. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be world without end. Amen.

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From our enemies defend us, O Christ.
Graciously look upon our afflictions.
Pitifully behold the sorrows of our hearts.
Mercifully forgive the sins of thy people.
Favourably with mercy hear our prayers.
O Son of David, have mercy upon us.

Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us, O Christ. Graciously hear us, O Christ; graciously hear us, O Lord Christ.

Priest. O Lord, let thy mercy be shewed upon us;
Answer. As we do put our trust in thee.

Let us pray.

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E humbly beseech thee, O Father, mercifully to look upon our infirmities; and for the glory of thy Name, turn from us all those evils that we most righteously have deserved; and grant, that in all our troubles we may put our whole trust and confidence in thy

mercy, and evermore serve thee in holiness and pureness of living, to thy honour and glory; through our only Mediator and Advocate, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

"O God, we have heard," &c.-The feeling of devotion, the earnest confidence of supplication, is greatly strengthened by the recollection of what God has done for his people in the days of old. It is both our interest and our duty to prepare ourselves for using these words aright by habitual meditation on the history of Divine Providence.

A Prayer of St. Chrysostom.

LMIGHTY God, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee; and dost promise, that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name, thou wilt grant their requests; Fulfil now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants, as may be most expedient for them; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlasting. Amen.

GOD, heavenly Father, who by thy Son Jesus Christ hast promised to all them that seek thy kingdom, and the righteousness thereof, all things necessary to their bodily sustenance; Send us, we beseech thee, in this our necessity, such moderate rain

and showers, that we may receive the fruits of the earth to our comfort, and to thy honour; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

"For Rain."-The Church is the gate of heaven. there we are to present our supplications for relief.

Whatever we need or suffer it is
The hour of peril often finds us

For fair Weather.

ALMIGHTY Lord God, who for the sin of man didst once drown all the world, except eight persons, and afterward of thy great mercy didst promise never to destroy it so again; We humbly beseech thee, that although we for our iniquities have worthily deserved a plague of rain and waters, yet upon our true repentance, thou wilt send us such weather, as that we may receive the fruits of the earth in due season; and learn both by thy punishment to amend our lives, and for thy clemency to give thee praise and glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

In the time of Dearth and Famine.

GOD, heavenly Father, whose gift it is, that the rain doth fall, the earth is fruitful, beasts increase, and fishes do multiply; Behold, we beseech thee, the afflictions of thy people; and grant that the scarcity and dearth, which we do now most justly suffer

for our iniquity, may through thy

goodness be mercifully turned into cheapness and plenty;

disturbed in thought as well as oppressed in spirit. Resting on ourselves, we sink and languish, and the very season in which prayer would afford the greatest consolation, is that in which we are least able to depend upon our own resources, our own solitary faith. While this is the case in respect to private, it is so also in regard to fears and apprehensions produced by public calamities. Apart, in our own homes, we are unable to contend with alarm; but in the Church, and surrounded by many children and servants of God, the danger may be viewed more calmly, and the means of relief sought in deep and composed prayer. The promises of Scripture, moreover, teach every Christian to believe that," the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save," and that as He is especially present with his people when assembled together, the first signs of distress ought always to be viewed as calls to prayer, and to such other acts of devotion as may be suited to the occasion. It was according to this principle that our Church introduced the following prayers into the Liturgy, the simplicity and scriptural tone of which give them every claim to devout attention. The first two were in the original Liturgy of King Edward; the other four were not added till the second book was compiled.