A orm of Prayer FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP WITH An Order of Service. EDITED BY THE REV. N. LINDON PARKYN. New and Revised Edition. London: HODDER AND STOUGHTON, 27, PATERNOSTER ROW. MDCCCLXXXII. PREFACE. STRONG desire has been manifested during the last few years among the various Free Churches for a Service which should embrace some form of LITURGY with EXTEMPORARY PRAYER. Some time ago a small book was prepared in the hope of supplying that want, and this Enlarged and Revised Edition is issued in response to further demands. It is compiled, as will readily be seen, from the Book of Common Prayer, as used in the Church of England; and the aim has been to abbreviate rather than to alter that beautiful Service. But whilst the people unite audibly in common confession, thanksgiving, and supplication, a sufficient provision has been made for free prayer, through which the Minister may refer to special needs and passing events. May all who use this book be filled with that spirit of worship, without which all prayers, whether prepared or spontaneous, must be alike profitless and in vain. Christ Church, N. LINDON PARKYN. January, 1882. THE ORDER FOR MORNING PRAYER. At the beginning the Minister shall read one or more of the following passages of Scripture: HE 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 that worship him must worship him in spirit and St. John iv. 23, 24. I was glad when they said unto me, let us go into the house of the Lord. in truth. Psalm cxxii. 1. Give unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the people; give unto the Lord glory and strength. Give unto the Lord the his Name: bring an offering his courts. Psalm xcvi. 7. glory due unto and come into Psalm xcvi. 8. beauty of holi O worship the Lord in the ness fear before him all the earth. Psalm xcvi. 9. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: |