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LITURGY

FOR THE USE OF

A CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

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BOSTON:

CROSBY, NICHOLS, AND COMPANY,

111 WASHINGTON STREET.

1880, Dec. 21.

TH, 160

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Francis 16. Brown, M.D. Mus 491.145:1854 of Boston. (1.2.15074)

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CROSBY, NICHOLS, AND COMPANY,

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ORDER OF SERVICES

INTRODUCTORY SENTENCES FOR MORNING PRAYER

CONFESSION OF SIN

INTRODUCTORY SENTENCES FOR EVENING PRAYER

CONFESSION OF SIN

A SELECTION FROM THE PSALMS

SHORT LITANIES

CONTENTS.

CONTE

ADMINISTRATION OF THE LORD'S SUPPER

THE BAPTISM OF INFANTS

THE BAPTISM OF ADULTS

A FUNERAL SERVICE.

ORDER OF SERVICES.

1. One or more Introductory Sentences.

2. Exhortation to Confession, and Confession.

3. Hymn.

4. A Selection from the Psalms, or a Short Litany.

5. Reading of the Scriptures.

6. Prayer.*

7. Hymn.

8. Sermon.

9. Hymn. 10. Benediction.

It is at the option of the Minister to substitute for the extemporaneous prayer one of the longer Litanies, or one of the prayers on pages 76-89.

INTRODUCTORY SENTENCES

FOR

MORNING PRAYER.

(One or more Sentences may be read by the Minister alone.)

WHEN the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.

The Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

The hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a spirit, and they who worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

Jesus said, Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly of heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts, and let him return unto the