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A ]VtANXJATi OF FAMILY PRAYERS, COMPILED BY THE LORD BISHOP OF RUPERT'S LAND, AKS THE REV. J. P. GARDINER, Incumbent yf St. Andrew'Sf Red River Settlement. KAXBOATI : raiNTKD BT ORIOOS AND ORKOOBY, aUKKN STRIBT, 1S69. PREFACE. This .ilAmJAii of Family Prayers has been compiled for use in the DioceHO of Rupert's Land, and is mainly formed from the Book of Common Prayer and some similar Publications, that have been kindly placed at the disposal of the Compilers. Of these, a work by the Rev. D. Moore, called, " Daily Devo- tion," has been most largely made use of. Selections have also been made from Manuals published by the Venerable Society for promoting Christian Knowledge, by the Rev. Canon Haw kins, and by the Rev. Abner Brown. The Plan of the Manual is to have a constant Order of Morning and Evening Prayer, after the general plan of the Book of Common Prayer, with a few select Prayers for each day. These select Prayers are assigned to different days, partly from their propriety for the respective days, and partly from the necessity of a Form of Family Prayer not being too protracted ; but Headings have been given to them, so that any of them may, if it be thought desirable, be used on any other day. The Compilers pray that those who use this little Manu'J, may be enabled, by God's grace in the use of it, to draw near to their Heavenly Father in Spirit and in Truth. MANUAL OF FAMILY PEAYERS. MORNING PRAYER. The Service may begin by the Reader and Family standing up, and reading alternate verses of the 95th or 63rrf Psalms ; after whichy the Reader and t/ie Family may read alternate verses of the Psalms appointed in the Book of Common Prayer for the day of the month, ending each Psalm by saying or singing. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost ; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. Amen. But on Sunday, one or more of the following Psalms may be readj instead of the Pstdmsfor the day, viz : — Psalms 24, 27, 29, 42, 43, 63, 66, 84, 96, 100, 116, 122, 132. After the Psalms, one of the lessons appointed for the day in the Book of Common Prayer, or some other portion of Ifoly Scrip- ture, may be read. Reader. Let us make our humble confession to Almighty God, meekly kneeling upon our knees : ■■1 D MANUAL OF FAMILY PRATERS. Reader and Family. Almighty and most merciful Father; We hare erred, and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts* We have offended against thy holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; And we havo done those things which we ought not to have done ; And there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou them, O God, which confess their faults. Restore thou them that are penitent ; According to thy pro- mises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesu our Lord. And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake ; That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, &nd sober life, To the glory of thy holy Name. Amen. Header. O God, whose nature and property is ever to hare mercy and to forgive, receive our humble petitions, and, though we be tied and bound with the chain of our sins, yet let the pitifulness of thy great mercy loose us, for the honour of Jesus Christ, our Media- tor and Advocate. Amen. MANUAL OF FAMILY PSATBBS. T Reader and Family. Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth. As ic is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. \nd forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptatioi; ; But deliver us from evil : For thine is the kingdom. The power, and the glory. For ever and ever. Amen. JR. Lord, shew thy mercy upon us ; F. And grant us thy salvation. M. O Lord, save the Queen. F And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee. H. Endue thy Ministers with righteousness. F. And make thy chosen people joyful. R. O Lord, save thy people. F. And bless thine inheritance. JR. Give peace in our time, O Lord. F. Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, God. R. O God, make clean our hearts within uu. F. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us. Th$ Collect or ColkcUfor the day may here be read. 8 MANUAL OF FAMILY PBAYEB^. Reader. O Lord our heavenly Father, Almighty and ever- lasting Ood, who hast preserved us during the past right, and hrought us in safety to the beginning of this day. We thank thee for all thy manifold mer- cies and blessings, which are new every morning, and fresh every evening. O Lord, thou art about our path, and about our bed, and spiesl out all our ways. Consider our infirmities, and strengihen us by thy Holy Spirit. Give us grace that we may live this day as in thy presence. Defend us during it with thy mighty powsr, and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger ; but that all our doings may be ordered by thy govern- ance, to do always that is righteous in thy sight ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. O Almighty Uod, who didst give thine only Son Jesus Christ to bear the penalty of our transgres- sions, and to make known unto us thy will ; Merci- fully pardon and accept of us through His Media- tion, Grant that this day we may know more of Jesus, may we know him as the Word made flesh, and as the only begotten of thr Father. May our ex- perience be that He is full of grace and truth. May we, now and always, feel that his blood cleanseth ■<*> MANUAL OF FAMILY PBAYEBS. 9 from all sin. We thank thee that He has finished the wotk given him to do. Ob, may we obtain life from his death, peace from his conflicts, and healing from his wounds. Bring us, in penitent and hum- ble trust, to his cross ; and help us to roly, with unwavering confidence, on that atoning sacrifice which he offered for us. And thus, receiving Christ, and him crucified, as our salvation, may we walk in newness of life, to thy honour and glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Header may thett use the special prayers for the day of the f)eek, or any of the others : after which he may conclude the service with the following prayers : — Almighty Qod, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord, to make our common suppli- cations 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 anu petitions of thy servants, as may be most expedient for them, granting us in this world know, ledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlasting. Amen. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Qhust, be with U8 all evermore. Amen. 10 MANUAL OF FAMILY PBATEBS. EVENING PRAYER. The service may begin by the Header and Family standing up and singing a Hymn : after which the Header and the Family may read alternate verses of the Psalms appointed in the Book of Common Prayer for the day of the month, ending: each Psalm by saying or singing, '* Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost ; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. Amen.** But on Sunday one or more of the following Psalms may be read, instead of the Psalms for the day, vie : — Psalms 1, 15, 19, 26, 36, 48, 65, 68, 87, 92, 93, 118, 149. uifter the Psalms, one of the lessons appointed for the day in the Book of Common Prayer, or some other portion of Holy Scrip- ture, may be read. Header, liOt us make our humble confession to Almighty God, meekly kneeling upon our knees. Reader and Family, O Most mighty God, and merciful Father, who hast compassion upon all men, and hatest nothing MANUAL or FAMILY PRAYERS. 11 that thou hast made : who wouldest not the death of a sinner, but that he should rather turn from his sin and be saved, mercifully forgive us our trespasses » receive and comfort us, who are grieved and wearied with the burden of our sins. Thy property is al- ways to have mercy : to thee only it belongeth to forgive sins. Spare us therefore. Good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed ; enter not in- to judgement with thy servants, who are vile earth and miserable sinners : but so Inrn thine anger from us, who meekly acknowledge our vileness, and truly repent us of our faults, and so make haste to help us in this world, that we may ever live with thee in the world to come ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Header. Lord, we beseech thee, mercifully hear our prayers, and spare all those who confess their sins unto thee ; that they, whose consciencea by sin are- accused, by thy merciful pardon may be absolved ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Reader and Family. Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Vhy will be done in 12 MANUAL OP FAMILY PBATEBR. earth. As it is 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 in- to temptation ; But deliver us from evil : For thine is the kingdom, The power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen. R. Botii now and ever, vunciiMafe tu hear us, O Christ. F. Graciously hear us, Christ, graciously hear us, O Lord Christ. H. O Lord, let thy mercy be showed upon us. F. As we do put our trust in ihee. The Collect or Collects for the day may here be read. Reader. O Merciful Father, the Keeper of Israel, who neither slumberest nor sleepest, in commending to thy gracious care and holy keeping this night, our- selves and all belonging to us, wo beseech thee to accept this our evening sac i'ce of Praise and Thanksgiving. We thank thee for all the mercies of the past day : to thee we owe all we are, and all we have — whatever of favour we have received, and whatever of sorrow we have been spared. Oh, to us, and to all dear to us f especially the dear children of this house) continue, and extend thy gracious fa- vour : enlighten our darkness, and by thy great MANUAL OF FAMILY PBAYERS. 13 ur daily forgive not in- )r thine i'or ever ir U8, O sly hear on us. end. el, who nding to ht, our- i thee to lise and mercies , and all ^ed, and Oh, to children cioiis fa- ly great mercy, defend us from all perils and dangers. Watch over us while we sleep. Come near us when we wake, so that sleeping or waking, living or dying, we may be ever and altogether thine, through the alone merits and satisfaction of thy dear Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen, The Reader may then read the Special Prayers for the Day of the week, or any of the others : after which he may conclude the service with the foUowing prayers : — Almij;hty and everlasting God, who hast made the day for labour, and the night for rest ; giant ua such rest of body, that we may continually have a waking soul, to watch for the time when our Lord shall appear, to deliver us from this mortal life. Let no vain or wandering fancy trouble us. Let our spiritual enemies have no power over us, but let our minds be set wholly on thy presence, to love, and fear, and rest in thee alone ; that being refreshed with a sober and moderate sleep, we may rise up again with cheerful strength and gladness, to serve thee in all good works ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Almighty God, who hast promised to hear the petitions of them that ask in thy Son's Name ; we be- Keeuh thee mercifully to incline thine ears tu us that 14 MANUAL OF FAMILY PRATERS. haye made now our prayers and supplications unto thee ; and grant that those things, which we have faithfully asked according to thy will, may effectually be obtained, to the relief of our necessity, and to the setting forth of thy glory ; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. The Lord bless us and keep us ; the Lord make his face to shine upon us, and be gracious unto us : the Lord lift up his countenance upon us, and give us peace, now and for evermore. Amen. MANUAX OF FAMILY FBATEBS. 1« ons unto we have fectually id to the hrist our )rd make unto us : and give SPECIAL PRAYERS FOR WEEKLY USE. SUNDAY MORNING. 1. A FBAYES FOB GBACE FOB THE SEBYICES OF THE DAY. Almighty God our heavenly Father, on whom the eyes of all do wait, we meekly beseech thee, on this thy day of rest, to remember every creature of thine for good, and to visit the world with thy mercy. Especially, Gracious Father, look with compassion on us, now worshipping before thee, and as thou regardest not the outward appearance, but searchest the heart, have mercy upon our infirmities and teach us this day to worship thee in spirit and in truth. Give us grace to enter thy house with lowly and contrite hearts, that we may confess our sins with godly sorrow, and give us understanding to speak thy praise with joy and gladness. Further- more, we most humbly beseech thee, from whom alone cometh down every good and perfect gift, to give us thy Holy Spirit to renew our minds: to 16 HANUAL OF TAMILT PUAYERS. bring us to a right understanding of thy blessed Word : and to plant in us such a knowledge and love of thy truth, that we may continue fhine for ever. And grant, Heavenly Father, that as thou didst on this day bring again from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ, so thou wouldest raise up our souls unto newness of life, and enable us to do all that is well pleasing in thy sight. We ask all for the sake of thy dear Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 2. A FBAYEB FOR THE CLERGY AND OTHER SPIRITUAL LABOURERS. Almighty and everlasting God, who alone workest great marvels, send down on all the Pastors of the Church, the healthful Spirit of thy grace. Make them apt to teach, and wise to win souls. Give un- to them the spirit of love, and power, and of a sound mind. Help them to take heed to themselves, and to their doctrine, that by thy blessing upon their life and labours, they may both save themselves and those that hear them. Also, we entreat thee. Heavenly Father, to bless the labours of all in thy holy Church, who shall seek on this day to benefit the souls of others. Especially we entreat thee for those who shall gather together for instruction, the MANUAL OF FAMILY PBAYESS. 17 young of thy flock. Grant that all such teachers may themselves be taught of thee. And may the seed of thy truth so take root in many a heart, that by the word of thy lips, they may be kept from the path of the destroyer, and brought to love and serve thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 3. A PBATEB FOB GHBIST's PEOPLE. O Almighty God, who hast knit together thine elect in one communion and fellowship, in the mys- tical body of thy Son Christ our Lord, be present with all thy saints this day. Especially we com- mend to thy Fatherly goodness, those, who through sickness or other necessity, shall be kept from the assemblies of thy people. Manifest thyself to them wherever they are, and be with them in their pri- vate meditations. Give unto all thy worshippers this day to see the beauty of the Lord, and hear them in all things that they call upon thee for» through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 18 MANUAL OF FAMILY FBATEBS. SUNDAY EVENING. 4. A FBAYEB FOB THE CLOSE OF THE LOBD's DAT. Almighty and everlasting God, by whose spirit the whole body of the Church is governed and sanc- tified, suffer us, with thankful hearts for all thy spiritual mercies, to close this sacred day with prayer and praise. Forgive whatever thy holy and pure eye hath seen amiss in our approaches unto thee : accept our imperfect services ; and grant that we may retire to rest, with thy pardon and blessing. Let the precious blood of our Saviour wash away our uncleanness, and do thou look upon us as recon- ciled children in Jesus Christ thy Son. Grant also, Heavenly Father, that the quiet rest of this holy day may raise in our hearts an earnest lon;iing after that everlasting rest, which remaineth unto thy peo- ple. Sanctify us wholly in body, soul, and spirit, and lead us in the path of holy living to that glorious kingdom, where angels ever worship thee, and where thou lives! and reignest with thy dearly beloved MANUAL OF FAMILY PBATBB8. 19 >se spirit nd sane- all thy ay with holy and (hes unto ;rant that hlessing. ash away as recon- rant also, this holy ring after > thy peo- ,nd spirit, t glorious ind where r beloved Son, and the Holy Ghost, one true and everlasting God, world without end. Amen. 5. A PBAYEB FOB ALL MEN. O Lord our heavenly Father, who hast com- manded us to pray one for another, we humbly be- seech thee to receive our prayers and intercessions for all men. We pray for the sick, and the sorrow- ing, and the afflicted. May they have strength ac- cording to their day : support, proportioned to their trials: consolations abounding as their sufferings abound. We pray for the ungodly : for those who turn away their feet from keeping thy holy day: and for all who set at nought thy counsel, and will have none of thy reproof. We pray also for the ignorant: for those who know not thee: for all throughout the world who think not of the things that belong to their peace. On all these. Gracious Father, command the light of thy truth to shine. Open the eyes that are blind. Subdue the wills that rebel. Convince mightily of sin, those who live without God in the world — and lead them to him who can alone take their sins away, Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 20 MANUAL OF FAMILY PRAYERS. MONDAY MORNING. 6. A PBAYER FOR FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD IN DAILY LIFE. Almighty and everlasting God, from whom we receive all our mercies, give us thankful remembran- ces of the privileges of thy days of Rest, that we may enter week by week, on the duties we have in the world, with hearts in fellowship with thee, and governed by thy fear. Keep alive in us the truths we were taught and the lessons we received on thy holy day. May we be doers as well as hearers of thy Word. Teach us to perform unto the Lord our vows. Suffer not our good resolves to be choked by the distractions of business, ur any earthly anxie- ties and cares. Maintain in us a constant remem- brance and desire of higher and better things, that so our treasure and conversation, being in heaven, we may in due time thither ascend, there to reign with thee, and to enjoy thee for ever, world without end. Amen. ANGiL JHE0II4 BOLU. MANUAL OF FAMILY PBAYEBS. ai [ OOD /horn we lembran- , that we J have in thee, and he truths ;d on thy ers of thy Lord our Q choked ily anxie- t remem- Ings, that a heaven, 3 to reign i without AMGU, JHE0II4 BOLU. 7. A PLAYER FOE USEFULNESS IN DAILY LIFE. O Merciful God, in whom alone we live, and move, and have our being, with the trials and la- bours of life before us, we commend ourselves to thy gracious care, beseeching of thee to guide us in safety along the narrow way of life, and to defend us from the temptations of the world, the flesh and the devil. As thou hast called us with a holy calling, so give us grace to live up to the great and precious promises thou hast given us, in thy dear Son, that our profiting may appear unto all men, and that they may see in us the power of godliness. May we, in our different positions in the family and in the world, strive to live for thy glory, labouring to approve ourselves not merely men pleasers, but faithful servants of thee, our Heavenly Father, who judgest the heart. Give us an earnest desire to be useful to those around us, as every member of the body is serviceable to the whole body. And grant that, as we walk in the light, and live under a joy- ful sense of thy Fatherly love for us, we may be seen to be happy as well as holy, that thus others may be led to know a life of devotion to thee and thy dear Son, to be a life of pleasantness and peace. S2 liANTTAL OF FAMILY FBAYKB8. We ask these mercies only for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Ainen. 8. ' Jesus MANUAL OF FAMILY PBAT£BS. 23 MONDAY EVENING. 8. A PBAYER FOB THE TJNDEBSTAKDINO AND USE OF god's WOBD. O Qod, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed; pour out upon us the spirit of wisdom and understanding, that we may be guided into all truth. Open our un- derstandings, that we may understand the Scriptures. May we love thy precepts, fear thy threatenings, and believe thy promises to the saving of our souls, and their being built up in the faith of thy holy Gospel. Fill also our minds with the consolations of thy blessed Word. May it be a light to our feet, and a lamp to our paths, to the removing of our doubts, and the calming of our fears Qrant also, Heavenly Father, that we may ever with such meek- ness and humbleness of mind, receive the engrafted Word, that whatsoever we may there profitably learn, we may indeed fulfil the same, through Jesui Christ our Lord. Amen. 24 MANUAL OF FAMILY PBAYEBS. 9. A PKAYEE FOR GUIDANCE AND FAITHFUL- NESS IN SELF EXAMINATION. Almighty God our heavenly Father, who do«t teach us that, if we judge ourselves we shall not be judged, we meekly beseech thee to assist us in Self- examination. May sleep not come upon us in a state of unconfessed and unforgiven sin. We know that in all things we come short of thy glory. Lord, who can tell how oft he offendeth in secret faults, in neglected duties, in wasted talents, even too often in yielding to old and besetting sins ? Lord, open our eyes to our offences. Give us grace to search them out diligently, and to mourn over them with godly sorrow, that having unburdened our minds and sought thy forgiveness, we may retire to rest at peace with thee, at peace with ourselves, and at peace with all mankind, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. MANUAL OF FAMILY PBAYEBS. 25 :hful- ho dost 1 not be in Self. us in a V^e know y glory. n secret its, even 8? Lord, grace to ver them ned our retire to ives, and i Christ, TUESDAY MORNING. 10. A PRAYEK FOR SINGLENESS OF SERVICE. O Lord, our heavenly Father, who art the author of all godliness, we meekly beseech thee to pour upon us the gifts of thy Holy Spirit, that we may love thee more and serve thee better, and run with all patience and diligence, the race that is set before us. Let not the world ensnare us ; nor the flesh allure us, nor sin reign in us, nor a deceived heart turn us aside. But help us to live with a single eye to thy glory. Keep alive in us abiding impressions of eternity, and though many duties may engage us, and many cares may distract, yet let nothing take off our hearts from the supreme love of thee. Grant that thy dear Son may reign within us, and reign over us. Lead every thought captive. Bring every proud imagi- nation low. May every affection and desire of the soul find its rest in thee, in a sense of thy favour here, and in the hope of thy promised glory here- after. We ask all for the Name's sake oi thy dear Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 26 MANUAL OF PAMILY FBAYERS. 11. A FBAYER FOB ALL CONBIIIONS OF MEN. God, the Creator and preserver of all mankind, we humbly beseech thee for all sorts and conditions of men ; that thou wouldest be pleased to make thy ways known unto them, thy saving health unto all nations. More especially, we pray for the good estate of the Catholic Church : that it may be so guided and governed by thy good Spirit, that all who profess and call themselves Christians may be led into the way of truth and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness of life. Finally, we commend to thy fatherly goodness, all those, who are any ways afflicted, or distressed in mind, body, or estate ; [^especialli/ h%mfor\whom our prayers are desired^ that it m please thee to com- fort and relieve them, according to their several necessities, giving them patience under their suffer- ings, and a happy issue out of all their afflictions. And this we beg for Jesus Christ, his sake. Amen. MEN. ankind, aditions make Ith unto le good be so ; all who 1 led into }f spirit, ) of life, ness, all essed in fhom our to corn- several ir suffer- Bictions. Amen. MANUAL OF FAMILY FBATEBS. 27 TUESDAY EVENING. 12. A FBAYEB FOB SPIBITUAL GIFTS. O God, gracious and ever Merciful, we have no- thing of our own wherewith to appear before thee, but we come to thee as we are ; in our guilt to seek for pardon ; in our weakness to pray for strength : in our misery to implore compassion : in our bondage to sin and death, to beseech that Christ would set us free. Vouchsafe, then, unto thy servants these thy spiritual gifts, and accompany them with thy Holy Spirit to su|)due our evil passions, and to create in our hearts pure and good desires, that, being filled with holy affections and renewed in spirit, we may die unto sin and henceforth live unto thee in newness of life, to the honour and glory of thy Name, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 18. A FBAYEB FOB A SENSE OF GOD*B FBE8BNCE AND FBAOE. God, Merciful and Gracious, who lovest to dwell with the broken and contrite in heart, visit us with thy free salvation, and enrich us continually 2S MANUAL OF FAMILY PBATEBS. with the Comforting gifts of thy Holy Spiiit. Abide with us this night, and cheer us with the light of thy countenance. Grant unto each of us now seek ing after thee, a joyful sense of our reconciliation with thee. Fill us with the peace that passeth all understanding. Let thy Spirit witness with our spirit, that we are thy children. Let thy hand ever be over us. Let thy Spirit ever be with us, and so lead us in the knowledge and obedience of thy blessed word, that in the end we may obtain ever lasting life, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. it. Abide e light of now seek- on ciliation )asseth all with our hand ever us, and so ice of thy btain ever- rd. Amen. i/i : MANUAL OF FAMILY PKATEBS. 29 WEDNESDAY MORNING. 14. A LITANY. Header and Family, God, the Father of heaven, have mercy upon us, miserable sinners. O God thp Son, Redeemer of the world, Tiave mercy upon us, miserable sinners. O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Fa- ther and the Son, have mercy upon us miserable sinners. Holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity ; three Per- sons and one God ; have mercy upon us miserable sinners. a. Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences of our forefathers ; neither take thou ven- geance of our sins : spare us, Good Lord : spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever. F, Spare us. Good Lord. /?. From all evil and mischief: from sin, from 30 MANUAL OF FAMILY PEATERS. the crafts and assaults of the devil : from thy wrath and from everlasting damnation. F, Good Lord, deliver us. R, From all blindness of heart: from pride, vain glory, and hypocrisy : from envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness. F, Good Lord, deliver us. R. From fornication, and all other deadly sin, and from all the deceits of the world, the flesh, and the devil. F. Good Lord, deliver us. R. From lightning and tempest ; from plague, pestilence, and famine : from battle and murder, and from sudden death F, Good Lord, deliver us R, From all sedition : privy conspiracy and re- bellion ; from all false doctrine, heresy and schism, from hardness of heart, and contempt of thy Word and Commandment. F. Good Lord, deliver us. R. By the mystery of thy holy Incarnation : by thy Nativity and Circumcision ; by thy Baptism, Fasting and Temptation. F. Good Lord, deliver us. R. By thine Agony and bloody Sweat : by thy MANUAL OF FAMILY FRAYEBS. 31 hy wrath im pride, tred, and eadly sin, flesh, and n plague, irder, and !y and re- d schism, thy Word ition: by Baptism, t: by thy Cross and Passion : by thy precious Death and Burial ; by thy glorious Resurrection and Ascen- sion ; and by the coming of the Holy Ghost. F, Good Lord, deliver us. R, In all time of our tribulation ; in all time of our wealth, in the hour of death, and in the day of judgement. F. Good Lord, deliver us. R. We sinners do beseech thee to hear us, Lord God, and that it may please thee to have mercy upon all men, especially upon those who de- sire an interest in our prayers. F. We beseech thee to hear us. Good Lord. R, That it may please thee to give and preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the earth, so as in due time we may enjoy them. F. We beseech thee to hear us, Good Lord. R. That it may please thee to give us true re- pentance, to forgive us 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. F, We beseech thee to hear us, Good Lord. R. ^ F. Son of God, we beseech thee to hear us. 32 MANITAL OF FAMILY PEATERS. R. O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world ; F. Grant us thy peace. R. O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world ; F. Have mercy upon us. R. ^ F. O Christ hear us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. 16. MANUAL OF FAMILY FBAY£BS. d3 the sins the sins WEDNESDAY EVENING. 15. A PBAYEB FOB SPIBITUAL GIFTS. Almighty God, the fountain of all goodness, we meeiily beseech thee for those gifts of thy Holy Spirit, whereby alone we can show delight in thy service, or love to thy holy Name. Make us watch- ful in our goings, diligent in our duties, fervent in our prayers. Teach us to be humble and thankful in prosperity, patient and resigned in adversity, in every thing committing our way unto the Lord, and relying on that word of promise, that all things shall work together for good to them that love thee. Lord from thee do all our ble&sings come. Help us with our lips to glorify thee, and with our lives to show forth thy praise for Jesus Christ's sake. Anieo. 16. A PBAYEB FOB INCREASE OF FAITH. AND CONSTANCY Almighty and everlasting God, who not only givest every good and perfect gift, but dost increase the gifts which thou hast given : We humbly be- c 34 MANUAL OF FAMILY PRAYERS. seech thee to increase in us the gift of Faith, that we may truly believe in thee, and in thy promises made unto us. Of thy only gift it cometh, that we have learnt to believe in Jesus Christ, as the true and only Saviour, the Lamb of God which taketh away the sins of the world. Give us grace daily more and more to believe with the heart unto right- eousness ; that neither by sinful negligence, nor by the weakness of our earthly nature ; neither by the grievousness of temptation, nor by the subtlety of Satan, may we be driven from firm and living Faith in thy promises in him our only Saviour. Fix our hopes constantly upon that which thy word teaches us to trust in : and grant us to go through life's duties and trials, as seeing Him who is invisible, and as looking unto those blessed things, not seen as yet, which thou hast promised after death, to such as truly believe on the Name of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord ; through whose alone merits and advocacy we ask these mercies, and to whom, with thee, the Father, and the Holy Ghost, one God, be ascribed all honour and glory, now and evermore. Amen MANUAL OF FAMILY FRAYESS. 35 1, that omises ;hat we le true taketh e daily 3 right- nor by ' by the :lety of y Faith Fix our teaches ;h life's Lvisible, ot seen ath, to Q Jesus •its and n, with 3od, be ermore. THURSDAY MORNING. 17. A PRAYER FOR SPIRITUAL GIFTS. O Holy and Most Merciful Father, who knowest the frailty of our hearts, we humbly beseech thee to wean us from the pomps and the pleasures, the pro- fits and the honours of this present world : and to excite in us that hungering and thirsting after right- eousness, which shall never be satisfied, till we wake up after thy likeness. Endue us with all christian graces. Give unto us a spirit of prayer, frequent, fervent, holy, and persevering : a spirit of humility to bear provocations meekly and to endure afflictions with a quiet mind : a spirit of contentment in our several callings, that we may live quietly and thank- fully in the same. Grant unto us also a spirit of love, to bear one another's burdens, and fill us with the spirit of thy holy fear, that in all the duties of our station, we may be without reproach and blame- less. We ask all for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. 18. A GENERAL THANKSGIVING. Almighty God, Father of all mercies, ^ve thine unworiliy servants do give thee most humble and 36 MANUAL OF FAMILY PRAYERS. hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving-kind- ness to us, and to all men; [particularly to him who desires now to offer up his praises and thanks- givings for thy late mercies vouchsafed unto hjm.] We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life : but above all, for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful, and that we show forth thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives ; by giving up ourselves to thy service, and by walking before thee in holiness and righteousness all our days ; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom with thee and the Holy Ohost, be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen. MANUAL OF FAMTLT PBATEBS. 37 THURSDAY EVENING. 19. A PRAYER FOR GUIDANCE. O Lord, our Heavenly Father, who alone canst lead us in the good and right way, we humbly be- seech thee to *ive us tiiy heavenly grace, that we may henceforth keep thy statutes. Guide us, that we may not stray. Ectablish us, that we may not waver. Uphold us, that we may not fall Prsserve and strengthen us in all the duties of holy ot>e- dience, and so confirm us in the practice of ail good things, that we, being made free from sin, and be- coming servants unto thee, may have our fruit un. to holiness, and the end everlasting life. We ask all for Jesus Christ's sake Amen '20. A PRAYER FOR SPIRITUAL GIFTS. O Lord, who art the Disposer of all things in heaven and in earth, give us grace to desire only what thou shalt otje most needful for as. Lord, wo ask not for a large increase of outward prosperity and earthly blessings ; for thou knowest if we have 38 MANUAL OF FAMILY PRAYERS. need of these things, and according to our needs thou wilt give. We pray rather for the spiritual things of thy kingdom ; for wisdom to know thee ; for grace to walk in th. raise and glorify thy Holy Name : through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 38. A PRAYER FOR THE CLOSE OR BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. Almighty and Everlasting God, the same yes- terday, to day, and for ever, with whom a thousand MANUAL OF FAMILY PRATER8. 55 years are but as one day, we meekly beseech thee that we may be warned by the passing of time, that we are drawing daily nearer to our latter end. We give thee, Father of all mercies, humble and hearty thanks for the many mercies, spiritual and tempo- ral, of the past year; and we desire to commend ourselves in a New Year, entirely to thy Fatherly care and guidance. Grant, Heavenly Father, that we may not be so enticed and deceived by earthly things, and their delights, as to have the affections of our hearts chiefly fixed upon things below ; but may we live in this world, enjoying, but not abusing, thy mercies ; knowing ourselves to be but pilgrims and strangers, and ever desiring a better country, even a heavenly. This we ask, only through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 39. A PRAYEE ON THE OCCASION OF A DEATH. Merciful God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the Resurrection and the Life ; the God of all consolation : forasmuch as it hath pleased thee to take unto thyself, the soul of our dear brother now departed, we beseech thee to leave us not comfortless : but to send us thy Holy Ghost to comfort us. Enable us to feel that this is thy visitation, and from the heart to say, " Thy will 56 MANUAL OF FAMILY PBAYERS. be done." And grant that this example of mortality in one dear to us, may make us more diligent to make our calling and election sure : and to apply our hearts unto wisdom. Raise us, Father, we meekly beseech thee, from the death of sin unto the life of righteousness, that we, with all those departed in the true faith of thy holy Name, may have our perfect consummation and bliss, both in body and soul in thine everlasting glory : through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 40. A SHORT PRAYER FOR USE IN THE HOUSE BEFORE THE FUNERAL LEAVES. A Hymn tnay be sung, and a short passage of Scripture read, as I Thess. iv. 9-18. II Cor. iv. 8, to the end. Header. Let us Pray. Header and Answer. Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. JR. Assist us mercifully, O Lord in these our supplications and prayers, and dispose the way of thy servants towards the attainment of everlasting salvation ; that, among all the changes and chances of this mortal life, they may ever bo defended by tliy MANUAL OF FAMILY PEAYEKS. 57 our most gracious and ready help : through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. The Confession^ Absolution, Lord's Prayer, and VersicleSf as fotmd in the Form for Evening Prayers R. O Father of mercies and God of all comfort, our only help in time of need, forasmuch as it hath pleased thee to take unto thyself from this Family the soul of our dear ]5rother now departed, we be- seech thee to leave them not comfortless, but to send thine Holy Ghost to comfort them. Enable them to feel that this is thy visitation and to say from the heart "Thy will be done." Grant that this affliction, which is but for a moment, may assist in working out a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. Especially we commend to thy holy keeping the be- reaved ( ) beseeching of thee to make thy presence and guidance precious unto them, and to sanctify unto their souls' health this present sorrow. And forasmuch as the departed can no more return to the friends that mourn for him, enable them to look beyond this world of care and tears, to that better country, even the Heavenly, where all the Faithful shall, in due time meet, and there dwell for (wer with the Lord. These intercessions we offer tluough Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 58 IdEANUAL OF FAMILY PBAYERS. R. God, whose days are without end, and whose mercies cannot be numbered, make us wc beseech thee, deeply sensible of the shortness and uncertainty of human life ; and let thy Holy Spirit lead us through this vale of misery, in holiness and righteousness all the days of our lives ; that, when we shall have served thee in our generation, we may be gathered to our fathers, having the testimony of a good conscience, in the Communion of Christ's holy Catholic Church, in the comfort of a reason- able, religious, and holy hope, in favor with thee, our God, and in perfect charity with the world ; all which we ask through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. R. Almighty and everlasting God, who by thy holy apostles, hast taught us, to make prayers and supplications and to give thanks for all men; we most humbly beseech thee, most mercifully to re- ceive these our prayers, which we offer unto thy Divine Majesty, beseeching thee of thy goodness, to comfort and succour all those, who in this transi- tory life, are in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity. And we also bless thy holy Name for all thy servants departed this life in thy faith and fear, beseeching thee to give us grace to follow their good examples, that with them we may MANUAL OF FAMILY PKAYEB8. 59 be partakers of thy heavenly Kingdom. Grant this, O Father, for Jesus Christ's sake, our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen. 41. Then map follow the two eonduding Prayers of the Evening Service. A PBAYEK BEFOEE AN EXPOSITION OF god's WOED. Blessed Lord, who by the preaching of thine Apostles, didst spread thy truth throughout the world, enable us to receive with meekness the in- struction which shall now be given out of thy most holy Word. Pour down thy Holy Spirit upon him who speaks, and upou those who hear ; and grant that we may become wise unto salvation, through faith in thee : to whom with the Father, and the Holy Ghost, be ascribed all honour and glory, now and for ever. Amen. See also the Collect for the Second Sunday in Advent. For the Seasons and Holy Days of the Church, the Collects that are appointed in the Book of Common Prayer may be used. The Forms for Morning and Evening Prayer may be used for a Short School or Cottage Service. A Selection of additional Prayers being made from the Collects in the Book of Common Prayer, or from the Prayers in this Collection. For example : the follow ing might well form the Special Prayers at one service, — Nos. 14, 7, 22, 41.