THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EASTER.

A Prayer that we may follow the Example of Christ.

11 Cor. v. 7.; Heb. ix. 26. ; 1 Cor. v. 21.; Is. liii. 6. 8. 10.; Gal. iii. 13.; John, iii. 16.

2 Mat. xi. 29.; 1 Pet. ii. 21, 22.; John, xvii. 19.; Eph. v. 1, 2.; John, viii. 46.

3 Col. i. 12-14.; Phil. iv. 4.; 1 Pet. ii. 9.; Ps. ciii. 2.; Ps. xl. 5.; 2 Cor. ix. 15.

4 John, xiii. 15.; Heb. xii. 1, 2.; 1 John, ii. 6.

EPISTLE, 1 Pet. ii. 19-25.

Almighty God, who hast given thine only Son to be unto us both a sacrifice for sin1, and also an ensample of godly life; give us grace, that we may always most thankfully receive that his inestimable benefit; and also daily endeavour ourselves to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

GOSPEL, John, x. 11—16.

FIRST LESSON, Morning, Numb. xxxiii. xxiv.

Evening, Numb. xxv.

"Asham'd of Jesus! can it be?

A mortal man asham'd of thee!

Of thee, whom highest angels praise,
Whose glories shine through endless days?

"Asham'd of Jesus! of that friend

On whom my hopes of heav'n depend;
No, when I blush, be this my shaine,
That I no more revere his name!

"Asham'd of Jesus! yes I may,

When I've no guilt to wash away;
No tear to wipe, no good to crave,
No fears to quell, no soul to save.

"Till then, nor is the boasting vain,

Till then, I'll boast a Saviour slain;
And O may this my glory be,
That Saviour not asham'd of me!"

THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EASTER.

A Prayer for the Universal Church.

THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER.

A Prayer for the Love of God and his Laws.

1 Jer. x. 23.; Job, xi. 12.; Ps. lxxvi. 10.; Eccl. viii. 11.; Eccl. ix. 3.; Gen. xxxi. 22. 26. 29. 36. 42.; Is. xxvi. 10.; Ps. cxix. 133.; Phil. ii. 13.; Gen. i. 18. 20.; Acts, iv. 27, 28.

2 Phil. i. 9-11.; Phil. iii. 14.; Phil. i. 23.; 2 Pet. iii. 11 -13.; Deut. xii. 32.; Ps. cxix. 20. 47. 97.; Ps. cxi. 5.; Ezek. xxxvi. 37.

3 1 Cor. vii. 31.; 1 Pet. i. 24.; 1 John, ii. 17.; 2 Cor. iv. 18.; Heb. xi. 10. 26.; Phil. iv. 11-13.; Heb. xii. 15.; Col. iii. 2.; Matt. vi. 21.; Heb. vi. 18-20.; Ps. xvi. 11.; Ps. lxxiii. 25, 26.; Eccl. i. 4-8.

O Almighty God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men1, grant unto thy people that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise; that so among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

EPISTLE, James, i. 17-21.
FIRST LESSON, Morning, Deut. vi.

GOSPEL, John, xvi. 5—15.
Evening, Deut. vii.

"Led by a father's gentle hand,
Through this dark wilderness of woe;
We long to reach that blessed land
Where streams of lasting comfort flow.
"Oh! may our meetings here be blest,
To fit us for that holy place;

May faith and love inflame each breast
With zeal to run the heav'nly race.
"Here may the Spirit shed the light
Of truth, to guide us on our way:
God's word upon our conscience write,
And teach us how to watch and pray.
"We'll think how Jesus lived and died,
The pains and sorrows that he bore,
The blessing which his love supplied,
The home to which he's gone before.
"There we will hope to rest ere long,
And gladly change, before his throne,
The pilgrim's for the conq'ror's song,
Sav'd by redeeming grace alone."

THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER.

A Prayer for the Direction of the Holy Spirit.

1 James, i. 17.; John, iii. 27.; 1 Cor. iv. 7.; 1 Chron. xxix. 14.; Ps. xxxvi. 9.

* Gen. viii. 21.; John, xv. 5.; Rom. vii. 18.; Luke, xi. 13.; Ps. cxliii. 10.; Ps. cxxxix. 23, 24.; 2 Cor. iv. 6.; Ps. cxix. 113.; Mark, xiii. 11.

3 James, i. 22.; Matt. vii. 21.; Ps. cxix. 32. 10. 88.; Ps. cxliii. 10, 11.; Ps. xxv. 9, 10.; Phil. i. 6.; Ps. lxxiii. 23, 24.

O Lord, from whom all good things do come ', grant to us thy humble servants, that by thy holy inspiration we may think those things that be good; and by thy merciful guiding may perform the same; through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

GOSPEL, John, xvi. 23-33.
Evening, Deut. ix,

EPISTLE, James, i. 22-27.
FIRST LESSON, Morning, Deut. viii.

"Come, blessed Spirit, source of light,
Whose pow'r and grace are unconfin'd,
Dispel the gloomy shades of night,
The thicker darkness of the mind.

“To mine illumin'd eyes display
The glorious truth thy word reveals,
Cause me to run the heav'nly way,
The book unfold, and loose the seals.

"Thine inward teachings make me know,
The myst'ries of redeeming love,
The emptiness of things below,
And excellence of things above.

"While through this dubious maze I stray,
Spread, like the sun, thy beams abroad,
To show the dangers of the way,

And guide my feeble steps to God."

THE ASCENSION-DAY.

1 Mark, xvi. 19.; Acts, i. 9.; Eph. iv. 10.; 1 Tim. iii. 16.; John, xvii. 24.

2 Col. iii. 1. 4.; Phil. iii. 20.; 1 John, i. 3.; Ep. ii. 4—6. 19.; 1 Pet. i. 7-9.; Titus, ii. 13.; Heb. vi. 19, 20.; John, xv. 9.; Matt. vi. 20, 21.; 2 Cor. v. 6— 8.; Phil. i. 23.; Ps. lxxiii. 24.; 1 Th. iv. 16, 17.; Rev. vii. 15.

EPISTLE, Acts, i. 1-12.

Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that like as we do believe thy only begotten Son our Lord Jesus Christ to have asscended into the heavens1; so we may also in heart and mind thither ascend, and with him continually dwell, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.

GOSPEL, Mark, xvi. 14.

FIRST LESSON, Morning, Deut. x.

Luke, xxiv. 44.

SECOND PROPER LESSON,

FIRST LESSON, Evening, 2 Kings, xi. SECOND PROPER LESSON, Eph. iv. 1-17.

PROPER PSALMS, viii. xv. xxi. Morning; xxiv. xlvii. cviii. Evening.

"Lord, when thou didst ascend on high,
Ten thousand angels fill'd the sky;
Those heavenly guards around thee wait,
Like chariots that attend thy state.

"Not Sinai's mountain could appear

More glorious when the Lord was there;
While he pronounc'd his dreadful law,
And struck the chosen tribes with awe.

"How bright the triumph none can tell,
When the rebellious pow'rs of hell,
That thousand souls had captive made,
Were all in chains like captives led.

"Raised by his Father to the throne,
He sent the promis'd Spirit down
With gifts and grace for rebel men,
That God might dwell on earth again."