despise not the work of Thine own hands ;that Thou madest me after Thine image and likeness, suffer not Thy likeness to be blotted out ;that Thou hast redeemed me in Thy blood, suffer not the cost of that redemption to perish; that Thou hast called me Christian after Thy name, disdain not Thine own title;

that Thou hast hallowed me in regeneration,
destroy not Thy holy work ;-

that Thou hast grafted me into the good olive tree, the member of a mystical body;

the member of Thy mystical body

cut not off.

O think upon Thy servant as concerning Thy word, wherein Thou hast caused me to put my trust. My soul hath longed for Thy salvation, and I have good hope because of Thy word.

(4.) INTERCESSION.
[I pray]

for the prosperous advance and good condition
of all the Christian army,

against the enemies of our most holy faith;
for our holy fathers,

and all our brotherhood in Christ;

for those who hate and those who love us,

for those who pity and those who minister to us; for those whom we have promised

to remember in prayer;

for the liberation of captives;

for our fathers and brethren absent;
for those who voyage by sea;

for those who lie in sickness.

Let us pray also for fruitfulness of the earth; and for every soul of orthodox Christians. Let us bless pious kings,

orthodox high-priests,

the founders of this holy retreat,

our parents,

and all our forefathers

and our brethren departed.

(5.) PRAISE.

Thou who, on man's transgressing Thy command, and falling,

didst not pass him by, nor leave him, God of goodness; but didst visit in ways manifold,

as a tender Father,

supplying him with Thy great and precious promise, concerning the Life-giving Seed,

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opening to him the door of faith,
and of repentance unto life,

and in fulness of the times,

sending Thy Christ Himself

to take on Him the seed of Abraham;
and, in the oblation of His life,
to fulfil the Law's obedience;
and, in the sacrifice of His death,
to take off the Law's curse;
and, in His death,

to redeem the world;

and, in His resurrection,

to quicken it :

O Thou, who doest all things, whereby to bring again our race to Thee, that it may be partaker

of Thy divine nature and eternal glory ;
who hast borne witness

to the truth of Thy gospel

by many and various wonders,

in the ever-memorable converse of Thy saints, in their supernatural endurance of torments, in the overwhelming conversion of all lands to the obedience of faith,

without might, or persuasion, or compulsion :

Blessed be Thy Name,

and praised and celebrated,

and magnified, and high exalted,
and glorified, and hallowed;

its record, and its

memory,

and every memorial of it,

both now and for evermore.

Worthy art Thou to take the book,

and to open the seals thereof,

for Thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by Thy blood,

out of every kindred and tongue,

and people, and nation.

Worthy is the Lamb that was slain

to receive the power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing. To Him that sitteth upon the Throne, and to the Lamb,

be the blessing, and the honor, and the glory, and the might,

Salvation to our God, which sitteth upon the throne,

and to the Lamb.

Amen the blessing and the glory and the wisdom, and the thanksgiving and the honor,