XXV. PRAYER FOR STRENGTH AND COMFORT XXVI. GOD'S OMNIPRESENCE AND OMNISCIENCE ORDER OF SERVICES FOR MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER. 1. INTRODUCTORY SENTENCES. 2. HYMN. 3. A SELECTION FROM THE PSALMS, OR FROM THE PROPHETS, OR THE LITANIES, OR THE TE DEUM. 4. CONFESSION. 5. LORD'S PRAYER AND SENTENCES. 6. SELECTIONS FROM THE SCRIPTURES. 7. HYMN. 8. SERMON (OR ADDRESSES). 9. A PAUSE OF A FEW MOMENTS FOR SILENT MEDITATION AND PRAYER. 10. EXTEMPORE PRAYER. 11. HYMN. 12. BENEDICTION, OR CLOSING ASCRIPTIONS. NOTE. THIS order of services has been found convenient, and is therefore here inserted. But it is not in tended to be strictly adhered to, but may be varied, by the officiating minister, in the following ways. It may be shortened, by omitting the first HYMN, or the CONFESSION, or the SENTENCES following the LORD'S PRAYER. Instead of the PSALMS, or in addition to them, the TE DEUM, the SELECTIONS FROM THE PROPHETS, or one of the LITANIES, may be used. An EXTEMPORE PRAYER may be introduced before the SERMON, whenever the Minister desires it. Finally, as it is not the object of this Service-Book to establish an inflexible form, but rather to afford the means of variety in public worship, the Churches and Ministers can make any other alterations from this order which they may deem expedient. The Introductory Sentences are to be read by the Minister alone; the Confession and Lord's Prayer, by the Minister and Congregation together; the Psalms, Prophets, and Litanies, by the Minister and Congregation in alternate sentences. INTRODUCTORY SENTENCES FOR MORNING PRAYER. (To be read by the Minister alone.) WHEN the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. The Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him. The hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a spirit, and they who worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. Jesus said, Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly of heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls. Again I say unto you, that if two of you shall |