Versicles which may be Used in the Sunday School.

MINISTER-Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy

Ghost.

MINISTER Let us pray. O Lord, show thy mercy upon us.

MINISTER-O God, make clean our hearts within us.

Evening Prayers.

For Forgiveness and Safety. more faithfully when we wake. MOST gracious Lord and merci- Help us to keep in mind the sleep ful Father, we Thine unworthy of death, and give us grace so to servants most humbly beseech Thee follow Christ in life that we may for thy mercy and forgiveness of all pass through death to a joyful resurthe sins we have this day commit- rection. Spread about our sleeping ted. Vouchsafe also of Thine abun- household the wings of thy divine dant bounty, if it be thy will, to re- providence. Keep us all in safety, fresh our bodies with rest, that we that no evil may approach our souls, may the more readily, zealously and no harm our bodies; and grant that promptly, with all diligence, serve should we awake in the night our Thee on the morrow, so that our thoughts may rise to Thee, and lives may please Thee, and through feeling the darkness filled with thy Thy assistance be so ordered and gracious presence, we may have governed, that after this life ended peace. Accept this our prayer, we may attain unto the life ever- through Jesus Christ our Lord. lasting; through Jesus Christ our Amen.

Lord. Amen.

Absolution.

General Evening Prayer.

LORD, we beseech Thee, absolve O LORD Jesus Christ, to whose thy people from their offences; that through thy bountiful goodness we may all be delivered from the bands of those sins which by our frailty we have committed. Grant this, O heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ's sake, our blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen.

unwearying goodness we owe all things that we enjoy ; who dost make the sun to shine alike on the evil and the good, that they may do their daily work; and hast given the silence of night, that men may rest their weary limbs in peace: we pray Thee of thy wonted mercy to forgive whatever we have done For the Night's Peace. amiss in thy sight this day; and GOD, who hast given unto us grant that to-night we may be blessthe night for rest, grant that ed with thy favor, pure through thy the sleep which we hope to enjoy keeping, and safe beneath thy promay be consecrated to thy service, tection from the snares of the Devil, by refreshing our wearied bodies, that so sleep may make us both and enabling us to do thy will in body and in soul more vigorous

for thy service on the morrow. that all the weary may rest, grant to And, furthermore, as we know us and to all men, rest in Thee, not what a day may bring forth, this night. Let thy grace, we benor when that night cometh seech Thee, comfort and support all wherein we shall sleep till we are that are to spend it in sorrow, in roused by the last trumpet, we affliction, or in fear. Let no pray Thee to lighten the eyes of shadow from the sins of this day our soul, lest faith die, and we darken our souls but let the light sleep in everlasting death; but may we rather rest in Thee, to whom even the dead live. Hear us, O blessed Saviour, and have mercy upon us ever, world without end.

Amen.

For a Quiet Night.

LORD GOD, the Life of mortals, the Light of the faithful, the Strength of those that labor, and the Repose of the dead; grant us a tranquil night, free from all disturbance, that after an interval of quiet sleep we may, by thy bounty, at the return of light be endued with activity by the Holy Spirit, and enabled in security to render thanks to Thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord

Amen.

For Rest.

LORD, who art the Author of every good gift, both to body and soul, we pray Thee, if it please Thee, to grant us the blessing of refreshing rest, that when we wake up in the morning we may be better fitted to serve Thee, for the sake of Jesus Christ, our Saviour. Amen.

of thy countenance make a perpetual day within us, that so, when the night is past, and the light of day returned, we may rise up with cheerful strength and gladness, to serve Thee in all good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Commendatory.

BEHOLD, O God, we commend in

to thy hands this night ourselves, (our children,) our relations, our friends, especially any that may be in sorrow; strengthen and confirm thy faithful people, convert the wicked, arouse the careless, recover the fallen, relieve the sick, give peace to the dying, and remove all hindrances to the advancement of thy truth, in us and in the world, that thy name may be glorified; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For the Children.

ALMIGHTY and most merciful Father, bless, we humbly beseech Thee, the children of this family with healthful bodies and good understandings, with the For Rest in the Lord. graces and gifts of thy Holy Spirit, ALMIGHTY Father, who, in and with sweet dispositions and thy divine mercy, dost cover holy habits. (Especially watch over the earth with the curtain of night those now far from us, and com