Congregation. And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea, and entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. ing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words; then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord. S. We will go into his tabernacle; we will L. And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus worship at his footstool. went unto them, walking on the sea. C. And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. L. But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I, be not afraid. C. And when they were come into the ship the wind ceased. Sing: "If on a quiet sea." No. 201, verses 1, 2, 4. Leader. Our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding. Congregation. So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. L. For here we have no continuing city, but we seek one to come. C. A building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. L. There shall be no night there. C. And there shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain. L. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord. L. Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy. S. Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God? THE WORD OF GOD. Leader. Come hither, and hear the word of the Lord your God. School. Open thou mine eyes, that I may be hold wondrous things out of thy law. L. Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. S. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. L. Blessed are they that hear the word of God and keep it. S. I will hear what God the Lord will speak; for he will speak peace unto his people and to his saints. L. Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. S. All Scripture is given by inspiration of C. Thanks be to God, who giveth us the vic- God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, tory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Sing: "Saviour, again to thy dear Name we raise." THE SABBATH. No. 29. for correction, for instruction in righteousness. L. These are written that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God: and that believing ye might have life through his name. S. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; Leader. Remember the Sabbath-day to keep but the word of God shall stand forever. it holy. School. This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. L. Ye shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord. S. Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the Sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord. L. If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day: and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honorable; and shalt honor him, not do THE LORD'S PRAYER. OUR Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy wil 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 temptation; but deliver us from evil; for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. And God spake all these words, saying, I. THOU shalt have no other gods before me. II. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. III. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. IV. Remember the Sabbath-day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any 7 work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath-day, and hallowed it. V. Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. VI. Thou shalt not kill. VII. Thou shalt not commit adultery. IX. Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor. X. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's. BAPTISMAL COVENANT. I RENOUNCE the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of the world, with all covetous desires of the same, and the carnal desires of the flesh, so that I will not follow nor be led by them. THE APOSTLES' CREED. I BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, dead, and buried; the third day he rose from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. Having been baptized in this faith, I will obediently keep God's holy will and commandments, and walk in the same all the days of my life, God being my helper. By the Holy Catholic Church is meant the Church of God in general. |