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AS the hart panteth after the water brooks, so longeth my soul after thee, O God.

My soul is athirst for God, yea, even for the living God; when shall I come to appear before the presence of God?

Why art thou so full of heaviness, O my soul; and why art thou so disquieted within me

Put thy trust in God; for I will yet give him

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Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts, show the light of thy countenance and we shall be whole.

Now unto the King eternal, &c., y J) Be honour and glory, &c.

Then may follow an anthem or a Voluntary on the Organ; and then the Minister shall read the FIRST LESSON, which may be either of the following portions from the Old Testament. Isaiah Iviii. Hosea. xiv. Joel ii. And at the end of the Leshe shall say, Here endeth the First Lesson. Then shall be said, or sung, the following portion of the 103d Psalm.

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Yea, like as a father pitieth his own children; even so the Lord pitieth those who fear him.

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But the merciful goodness of the Lord endureth for ever and ever upon those who fear him, and his righteousness upon children's children ;

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Then shall the earth bring forth her increase; and God, even our own God, shall give us his blessing.

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God shall bless us, and all the ends of the world shall fear him.

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O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thy name's sake.

O God, we have heard with our ears, and our

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Answ. And grant us thy salvation.

Min. O God, make clean our hearts within us; Answ. And take not thy holy Spirit from us.

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ALMIGHTY and most merciful God, who lovest righteousness and hatest iniquity, and art a compas sionate Father to those who repent and turn unto thee; we would come be fore thee this day, humbly confessings our sins, and beseeching thee to impress upon our minds every motive to sincere repentance and a holy life.

O thou Supreme Director of the affairs of human society; we thank thee for the advantages of our condition; that we enjoy liberty, safety and plenty; that the lines are fallen to us in pleasant places, and that we have a goodly heritage. Yet we have made unworthy returns for thy loving kindness; we have shown ourselves undeserving of thy mercy. We lament that plenty has been abused by luxury, and liberty by licentiousness; our peace and safety, by strife, envyings, and divisions; that so little of the power of godliness is manifested; that so many restrain prayer before thee, and notwithstanding the expressions of thy will, do

Yet despise or neglect thy laws. Surely it is of thy mercy that we are not cont sumed, and because thy compassions fail not. bis

We beseech thee to grant thy mercy unto us who have corrupted our manners, who have been indifferent to thy worship indulged too much a spirit of pride and uncharitables ness, and have become too strongly attached to the world and the things of the world. Awaken us to a sense of our unworthiness; pardon the sins of our nation; forgive all those who humble themselves this day before thee, and spare thy people; animate us to unite with one heart in promoting the honour of thy name, the interests of religion, and the prosperity and happiness of our country. May we keep the fast which thou hast chosen; and loosing every band of wickedness, become a peculiar people zealous of good works, that thy displeasure may be turned away from us, and that thou mayest delight to build us up and not destroy us.

O thou, who art the Lord of lords, and the Fountain of all power, we

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