Opening Sentences.

Prayer.

Responsive Reading.

Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.

Serve the Lord with gladness:

Come before his presence with singing.

Know ye that the Lord he is God:

It is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves;

We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise;

Be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting;

And his truth endureth unto all generations.

Gloria Patri.

Hymn No. 27. Praise the Lord his glories show.

Responsive Reading.

God be merciful unto us, and bless us;

And cause his face to shine upon us;

That thy way may be known upon earth,

Thy saving health among all nations.

Let the people praise thee, O God;
Let all the people praise thee.

O let the nations be glad and sing for joy;

For thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth.

Let the people praise thee, O God;

Let all the people praise thee. Hymn No. 45. Far above the highest

heaven.

Responsive Reading.

O sing unto the Lord a new song; for he hath done marvellous things:

His right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.

The Lord hath made known his salvation:

His righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.

He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel:

All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. Hymn No. 42. Come, praise your Lord.

Opening Sentences. Invocation.

Gloria Patri.

Responsive Reading.

Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of Hosts:

The whole earth is full of his glory. Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.

Worthy art thou, our Lord and our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power:

For thou didst create all things, and because of thy will they were, and were created.

Great and marvelous are thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty; righteous and true are thy ways, thou King of the ages.

Who shall not fear, O Lord, and glorify they name? For thou only art holy;

For all the nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy righteous acts have been made manifest.

Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.

Prayer.

Hymn No. 9. Ye that have spent.
Responsive Reading.

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God!

Opening Sentences.

Prayer.

The Lord's Prayer.

Responsive Reading.

Jesus said unto them, I am the good Shepherd; the good Shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold; them also I must bring.

And they shall hear my voice;

And there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.

Ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

When the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.

Hymn No. 124. The King of love.

Responsive Reading.

The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures;

He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul:

He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

Yet, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil :

For thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies;

Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life;

And I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

Hymn No. 133. Saviour like a shepherd lead us.

In Unison. Now the God of peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the everlasting covenant,

Make you perfect in every good work to do his will,

Working in us that which is wellpleasing in his sight,

Through Jesus Christ; to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen. Hymn No. 122. Jesus is our Shepherd.