INTRODUCTORY SENTENCES.

[To be read by the Minister and People in alternate verses.]

FIRST SELECTION.

INVITATION TO WORSHIP.

Он, come, let us sing unto the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of our salvation.

Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.

For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.

In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also.

The sea is his, and he made it; and his hands formed the dry land.

Oh, come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.

For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.

Oh, sing unto the Lord a new song; sing unto the Lord, all the earth.

Sing unto the Lord, and praise his name; show forth his salvation from day to day.

Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.

For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.

For all the gods of the heathen are idols; but the Lord made the heavens.

Honor and majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

Give unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the Lord glory and praise.

Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; bring an offering, and come into his courts.

Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; fear before him, all the earth.

Say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth; the world shall stand firm, it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.

Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.

Let the fields be joyful, and all that is therein; let all the trees of the wood rejoice before the Lord.

For he cometh, he cometh, to judge the earth : he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only wise God,

Be honor and glory for ever and ever. AMEN.

SECOND SELECTION.

PUBLIC WORSHIP.

How lovely are thy dwellings, O Lord of Hosts!

My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth, for the courts

of the Lord; my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

Even the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest, where they may lay their young, by thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God.

Blessed are they who dwell in thy house, who are continually praising thee.

Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee, in whose heart are the ways to Zion.

For them the desert vales are full of streams, and they are refreshed with abundant showers. They go from strength to strength, till all of them appear in Zion before God.

O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob.

Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I would rather stand at the door of the house of God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory; no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

One thing have I desired of the Lord, which I do yet seek that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the glory of the Lord, and to gaze upon his temple.

For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion; in the secret place of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he will set me upon a rock.

Therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea I will sing praises unto the

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only wise God,

Be honor and glory for ever and ever. AMEN.

THIRD SELECTION.

PUBLIC WORSHIP.

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 to all generations.

It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High; To show forth thy loving-kindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night.

For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy works: I will triumph in the works of thy hands. The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree; they shall grow up like the cedars of Lebanon.

Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God.

I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.

Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem!