G God the Holy Spirit, bless, own God, shall give us His bless

The Psalm ended, and the Man and the Woman kneeling before the Lord's Table, the Minister standing at the Table, and turning his face towards them, shall say:

Lord, have mercy upon us. Answer. Christ, have mercy upon us.

UR Father, Whoart in heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into tempta tion; But deliver us from evil. Amen.

Minister. O Lord, save Thy servant, and Thy handmaid

Answer. Who put their trust in Thee.

Minister.

GOD of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, bless these Thy servants, and grant that whatsoever in Thy Holy Word they shall profitably learn, they may indeed fulfil the same. Look, O Lord, mercifully upon them; that both this man may love his wife, according to Thy Word, (as Christ did love His spouse the Church, Who gave Himself for it, loving and cherishing it even as His own flesh,) and also that this woman may be amiable, faithful and obedient to her husband; and in all quietness, sobriety, and peace, be a follower of holy and godly matrons. O Lord, bless them both continually, and grant them to inherit Thy everlasting kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Then shall the Minister say: LMIGHTY

Minister. O Lord, send them Abeginning God, Who at the

help from Thy holy place; Answer. And evermore defend them.

Minister. Be unto them a tower of strength,

Answer. From the face of the enemy.

Minister. O Lord, hear our prayer.

Answer. And let our cry come unto Thee.

first parents, Adam and Eve, and did sanctify and join them together in marriage; Pour upon you the riches of His grace, sanctify and bless you, that ye may please Him, both in body and soul, and live together in holy love unto your lives' end. Amen.

During this service a suitable ad dress may be given by the Minister, and one or more hymns may be sung.

The following portions of Holy Scripture will be found suitable for reading to sick persons.

Old Testament-Psalms xxv. to xxviii., xxxviii. to xliii., xe., xci., clii., exxi. Proverbs i. 20-33; iii. 11-19. Isaiah 1. 10-20; xxxviii.; xlii. 1-7; xliii. 1-13, 22-28; liii., 1v. Jeremiah iii. 12-15, 22 to iv. 3. Hosea xiii. 1-10; xiv. Joel ii. 12-18, 21-32. Micah vii. Zechariah. iii. New Testament-Matthew xi. 25-30; xviii. 1-14, 21-35. Luke XV. Romans iii., v., viii. 1-18. 2 Corinthians v. Galatians ii. 16-21; iii. Ephesians ii. Philippians iii. 1 Timothy i. 1-17. Hebrews ix. 1-14; x. 1-17; xii. 1-13. Revelation vii. 9-17; xxii.

COLLECTS AND PRAYERS WHICH MAY BE USED IN
A SICK PERSON'S HOUSE.

LORD, look down from hea

ven, behold, visit, and relieve this Thy servant. Look upon him with the eyes of Thy mercy, give him comfort and sure confidence in Thee, defend him from the danger of the enemy, and keep him in perpetual peace and safety; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

HEAR US, Almighty and most

merciful God and Saviour; extend Thy accustomed goodness to this Thy servant who is grieved with sickness. Sanctify, we beseech Thee, this Thy fatherly correction to him; that the sense of his weakness may add strength to his faith, and seriousness to his repentance: That, if it shall be Thy good pleasure to restore him

to his former health, he may lead

the residue of his life in Thy fear, and to Thy glory or else, give him grace humbly to bow beneath Thy fatherly chastisement, and grant that, after this painful life ended, he may dwell with Thee in life everlasting; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

MOST merciful God, Who, according to the multitude of Thy mercies, dost so put away the sins of those who truly repent, that Thou rememberest them no. more; Open Thine eye of mercy upon this Thy servant, who most earnestly desireth pardon and forgiveness. Renew in him, most loving Father, whatsoever hath been decayed by the fraud and malice of the devil, or by his own carnal will and frailness; preserve

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most strong tower to all HE Almighty Lord, Who is a them that put their trust in Him, to Whom all things in heaven, and in earth, and under the earth, do bow and obey, be now and evermore thy defence; and make thee know and feel, that there is none other Name under heaven given Whom, thou mayest receive health to man, in Whom, and through and salvation, but only the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

NTO God's gracious mercy

and protection we commit thee. The Lord bless thee, and keep thee. The Lord make His face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee. The Lord lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee peace, both now and evermore. Amen.

A Prayer for a sick child. T

ALMIGHTY God,

and

merciful Father, to Whom
alone belong the issues of life and
death; Look down from heaven
we humbly beseech Thee, with
the eyes of mercy upon this child
now lying upon the bed of sick-
ness: Visit him, O Lord, with
Thy salvation; deliver him in
bodily pain, and save his soul for
Thy mercies' sake: That, if it
shall be Thy pleasure to prolong
his days here on earth, he may
live to Thee, and be an instru-
ment of Thy glory, by serving
Thee faithfully, and doing good
in his generation; or else receive
him into those heavenly habita-
tions, where the souls of them.
that sleep in the Lord Jesus en-
joy perpetual rest and felicity.
Grant this, O Lord. for Thy
mercies' sake, in the same Thy
Son our Lord Jesus Christ, who
liveth and reigneth with Thee and
the Holy Spirit, ever one God,
world without end. Amen.
A prayer for a sick person, when there
appeareth small hope of recovery.
FATHER of mercies, and
God of all of

help in time of need; We fly unto
Thee for succour in behalf of this
Thy servant, here lying under
Thy hand in great weakness of
body. Look graciously upon him,
O Lord; and the more the out
ward man decayeth, strengthen
him, we beseech Thée, so much
the more continually with Thy
grace and Holy Spirit in the inner
man. Give him unfeigned re-
pentance for all the errors of
his life past, and steadfast faith
in Thy Son Jesus; that his sins
may be done away by Thy mercy,
and his pardon sealed in hea
ven, before he go hence, and
be no more seen. We know, O
Lord, that there is nothing im-
possible with Thee; and that, if
Thou wilt, Thou canst even yet
raise him up, and grant him a
longer continuance amongst us:
Yet, forasmuch as in all appear
ance the time of his dissolution
draweth near, so fit and prepare
him, we beseech Thee, against the

hour of death, that after his departure hence in peace, and in Thy favour, his soul may be received into Thine everlasting kingdom, through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ Thine only Son, our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

A commendatory Prayer for a sick person at the point of departure.

whom do live the spirits of just men made perfect, after they are delivered from their earthly prisons; We humbly commend the soul of this Thy servant, our dear brother, into Thy hands, as into the hands of a faithful Creator, and most merciful Saviour; most humbly beseeching Thee, that it may be precious in Thy sight. Wash it, we pray Thee, in the blood of that immaculate Lamb, Who was slain to take away the sins of the world; that whatsoever defilements it may have contracted in the midst of this miserable and naughty world, through the lusts of the flesh, or the wiles of Satan, being purged and done away, it may be presented pure and without spot befreque And teach us who survive, in this and other like daily spectacles of mortality, to see how frail and uncertain our own condition is; and so to number our days, that we may seriously apply our hearts, whilst we live here, to that holy and heavenly wisdom, which may in the end bring us to life everlasting, through the merits of Jesus Christ Thine only Son our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer for persons troubled in mind or in conscience.

mercies, and the God of all comforts; We beseech Thee look down in pity and compassion upon this Thy afflicted servant. Thou writest bitter things against him, and makest him to possess his former iniquities; Thy wrath lieth hard upon him, and his soul is full of trouble: But, O merciful God, Who hast written Thy holy Word for our learning, that we, through patience and comfort of Thy holy Scriptures, might have

THE COMMUNION OF THE SICK..

If a sick person be not able to come to the Church, and yet is desirous to receive the Communion in his house, the Minister may there give him the Holy Communion, beginning with the Collect, Epistle, and Gospel here following: