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of Thy grace and mercy towards our sinful world. Humble us under a deep conviction of our own helplessness,-enlighten our minds, and sanctify our affections, that we may humbly receive, and cordially embrace that profound mystery which Thy Holy Church this day adores with special regard. Deliver us, O Lord, from all false doctrine, heresy, and schism; and enable us to hold fast the form of sound words, which we have heard, in faith and love. Give us grace that we may worship Thee as ONE God, one Lord; not only ONE PERSON, but THREE PERSONS IN ONE SUBSTANCE. For that which we believe of the glory of the Father, the same we believe of any the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, without difference or inequality. Therefore with angels and archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we would laud and magnify Thy glorious Name; evermore praising Thee and saying,-Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth are full of Thy glory; Glory be to Thee O Lord most High. Amen.

PART III.

PRAYERS FOR CHILDREN

AND YOUNG PERSONS;

And a Liturgy for the use of Sunday and Weekly Schools

The Lord's Prayer.

OUR Father, which art 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 temptation, but deliver us from evil; for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

2 Cor. xiii. 14.

THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.

PRAYERS

FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS.

Parents and Guardians who teach these forms of prayer to the children committed to their care, should endeavour to explain to their minds the substance of them. And in proportion as their understandings expand, they should instruct them in the prayers which succeed.

A short prayer for a very young Child.

MORNING AND EVENING.

O LORD, Thou hast made me and all the world. Teach me to love Thee above all things, and to serve Thee with my whole heart. Bless [my Pupa and Mamma, &c. and] all my dear friends. May I love them and obey them. Forgive me every thing that I have done wrong; and when I die, may I go to Heaven to be with Thee for ever. Hear me for the sake of Jesus Christ my only Saviour, Amen.

A Prayer for a young Child.

MORNING OR EVENING.

O LORD, my heavenly Father, have mercy on me a helpless Child. Thou art a holy God and hatest sin. Forgive me all my sins through the merits of my Saviour, and give me a new heart, that I may praise Thee for all Thy goodness to me, and that I may love and serve Thee all the days of my life. In all I do and speak and think, may I remember that Thou, O Lord, seest me. Bless [my Papa and Mamma, &c. and] all my dear relations and friends, and make me affectionate and dutiful to them. Keep me from all evil by day and by night; and when I die, bring me to heaven, to be with Thee for ever.. I ask these mercies for the sake of Jesus Christ my Saviour. Amen. Our Father which art &c.

For children of more mature understanding.

MORNING PRAYER.

O LORD GOD, my Creator and Benefactor, Thy merciful care has preserved

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