Prayers for sailors and fisher-folk

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PRAYERS FOR SAILORS
AND FISHER-FOLK

PREPARED AND PUBLISHED BY INSTRUCTION
OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE
CHURCH OF SCOTLAND,

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS

EDINBURGH AND LONDON

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" The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and His
ears are open unto their prayers." — I PETER iii. 12.

PREFACE.

THIS Book of Prayers is a token of the interest
which the Church of Scotland takes in the sea
faring community.

Remembering that some of the dearest
friends of our Lord Jesus Christ when He
was upon the earth were fishermen, and
knowing the Christian worth of many of
our toilers on the sea, and the hardships
and perils of their lot in life ; and believing
that the spirit of devotion to God which is
manifested in worship and in prayer is of
great importance to all men, and specially
to those whose calling is arduous, perilous,
and full of temptation, the General Assembly
of the Church of Scotland has directed its
Committee on Aids to Devotion to issue this
Prayer-book for Sailors and Fisher-folk.

It is well known that many of our sailors
and fisher-folk do not need a book to help them
either in their public or private prayers ; but
it is also well known that many of them do

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need such help, and that for want of it their
prayers are hindered. This book is intended
to give such help.

There are many occasions when the Christ
ian men in a ship's company or a boat's
crew might worship God together, and do
not, simply because none of their number
dare trust himself to lead the rest, and there
are many occasions on which prayers would
be most becoming ; say at a burial at sea,
when there is a storm, when an accident has
occurred to one of the crew, or when there
is serious sickness on board : but from natural
diffidence, or simply from not knowing what
to do or say, the duty and comfort and sus
taining power of prayer is wanting.

This book is intended for use on such oc
casions, and any one who will take the
trouble carefully to look through it will find
in it prayers suited to all the varying cir
cumstances of seafaring life.

There are two services for the Lord's Day
which can be used on board a ship of war,
a liner, a merchant ship, or a fishing -boat,
with special prayers which can be introduced
into the services as occasion demands.

There is a service for the sick in hospital,
and a short service which can be read to a
sick shipmate, with special prayers to suit
the conditions of the sick.

There is a Burial Service which can be used
when no clergyman is available.

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There are prayers for the use of fishermen
afloat and in the fisherman's home.

For the convenience of those who may not
be able to carry a Bible about with them, and
in order that the proper Scripture material
for a service may always be at hand in one
volume, several appropriate passages of Holy
Scripture are printed at the end of the book.

We invite those into whose hands this book
may come to look carefully through it, when
we are sure that they will find some prayers
suitable to themselves and their circumstances.

We commend the book to all who are in
terested in sailors and fisher-folk, and speci
ally to societies which exist for the purpose
of conducting missions to seamen, in the hope
that they will use it and recommend it to those
whom they seek to influence for good.

We wish our sailors and fisher-folk God
speed ; and our prayer is, that they may con
tinue stedfast in the faith of Christ, and may
come at last into the haven of eternal rest.

By authority of the Committee on A ids
to Devotion,

JOHN PATON, D.D.,

Convener.

CONTENTS.

PAGE

MORNING SERVICE . i

EVENING SERVICE 11

SPECIAL PRAYERS TO BE USED IN MORNING AND

EVENING SERVICES —

To be used when there are emigrants on board . . 20

On the occasion of a storm or other danger at sea . 22
Thanksgiving for deliverance from a storm or other

danger at sea ....... 24

On reaching the end of a voyage .... 25

SPECIAL PRAYERS TO BE USED ON BOARD A SHIP OF

WAR—

Before a battle ........ 27

After a battle . . . . . . . .29

Thanksgiving after a victory ..... 30

For the sick and wounded .32

In time of war ........ 33

Thanksgiving for peace ...... 34

SERVICE FOR THE SICK—

Specially intended to be used in the sick-bay . . 36
Short service to be used at the bedside of a sick

shipmate 46

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SERVICES FOR THE SICK— continued—

Prayer for one whose sickness has been long continued 52

For one about to undergo a serious surgical operation . 53

In case of sudden illness or accident .... 54

For one who is insensible or delirious 55

For a sick person in deep dejection of spirit . . 56

For a sick person when there is little hope of recovery 58

For one at the point of death ..... 60

PRAYERS FOR THE USE OF SAILORS, FISHERMEN, AND

PERSONS AT SEA 61

SERVICE AT THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD ... 68

Prayer to be used at a funeral at sea .... 72

Prayer at the burial of the dead after a battle . . 73

SPECIAL PRAYERS —

Prayer at the beginning of a year . . -.-•-. 75

For a time of great sickness and mortality ... 77

Thanksgiving for the removal of pestilence . . 78

Prayer for friends at home . . . . . 79

PRAYERS FOR THE USE OF FISHERMEN AFLOAT . 81

PRAYERS FOR USE IN A FISHERMAN'S HOME —

When the boats are about to sail . . . .85

When the boats are out 88

\Vhen there is a storm 93

Thanksgiving for safe return from the fishing . . 95

SELECT PORTIONS FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT . . 98

SELECT PORTIONS FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT . 113

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INTENDED TO BE USED WHEN A FEW SAILORS
OR FISHERMEN CAN MEET TOGETHER FOR
WORSHIP, EITHER AFLOAT PR ASHORE.

The Service may begin with singing a Psalm,
Paraphrase, or Hymn.

"Sing unto the Lord a new song, and His
praise from the ends of the earth, ye that go
down to the sea, and all that is therein, the
isles and the inhabitants thereof."

" Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory
and honour and power, for Thou hast created
all things, and for Thy pleasure they are and
were created."

LET us PRAY.

C\ LORD our God, Father of our Lord

Jesus Christ, who desirest not the

death of a sinner, but rather that he may

turn unto Thee and live ; and hast sent Thine

A

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only and well-beloved Son to suffer the cruel
death of the cross, that by Him we may
have access to Thy throne of grace ; we
approach Thee in His holy name, acknow
ledging Thee to be our God and heavenly
Father, and desiring to render unto Thee the
praise and worship of faithful servants, and
loving children.

O most merciful Father, we acknowledge
before Thee that we are sinners, and that,
without Thy grace, there can be in us no
goodness.

We confess, O God our Father, all our sins
against Thee. It is against Thy pure and
holy law that we have rebelled. It is against
Thy great love that we have sinned when we
have disobeyed Thee. It is Thy mercy that
we have misused when we have been careless
and foolish. We acknowledge our transgres
sion; and our sin is ever before us. Against
Thee, Thee only, have we sinned, and done
this evil in Thy sight.

We thank Thee, O God, with all our heart,
that Thou hast promised to pardon our sins.
Have mercy upon us, O God, and cleanse
us from our sins. We put our trust in the
merits of Thy beloved Son, who gave Him
self a sacrifice for our sins ; and for His
sake we beseech Thee to take aw ay all our
iniquity, to receive us graciously, and to
supply all our need.

O Lord, of Thy good pleasure, shed abroad

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Thy love in our hearts by the Holy Spirit;
granting us, if it be Thy holy will, to know
that we are Thy reconciled children in Jesus
Christ.

Almighty God, who art the confidence of
all the ends of the earth, and of them that
are afar off upon the sea — our sun and shield,
our refuge and defence, the strength of our
heart and the rock of our salvation — enable
us to put our trust in Thee. Teach us with
full assurance to look up to Thee as our recon
ciled God and Father in Christ Jesus, and
graciously remember Thy word unto Thy ser
vants, on which Thou hast caused us to hope,
that Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose
mind is stayed on Thee.

Pardon, O God, whatever want of confidence
we have shown towards Thee, and lead us
henceforth by the teaching of Thy Holy Spirit
to trust in Thee with all our heart. Help us
to rely on the goodness of Thy providence.
Increase our faith in the promises of Thy
Word. Dispose us to cast upon Thee all our
cares, humbly to commit to Thy keeping all
our interests, and earnestly to seek the guid
ance of Thy wisdom and the aid of Thy
strength in all our undertakings.

Teach us, O God of all grace, to depend
on the merciful provisions of Thy Gospel.
Counting all things but loss for the excel
lency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus our
Lord, may we seek to win Christ, and to

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be found in Him, having the righteousness
which is by faith. Convince us that without
Him we can do nothing, but that through
His strength we can do all things. May we
be persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor
angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor
things present, nor things to come, nor
height, nor depth, nor any other creature,
shall be able to separate us from the love of
God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Honour and praise be to Thee, O Lord
God Almighty, for all Thy mercy and loving-
kindness shown unto Thy people. We thank
Thee for creating us after Thine own image ;
for redeeming us when we were lost, with the
precious blood of Thy beloved Son ; for sanc
tifying us with Thy Holy Spirit through the
revelation and knowledge of Thy Word; for
helping us in all our necessities ; for saving
us from dangers of body and soul ; for com
forting us with Thy fatherly pity in all our
tribulations ; for giving us so long a time of
repentance ; and for enabling us, the living
in the land of the living, to praise Thee as
we do this day.

Fill our hearts with such zeal for Thy
glory, that our constant endeavour may be to
serve and worship Thee in spirit and in truth.
Deliver us from the wiles of the devil, the
snares of the world, the evil desires and affec
tions of the flesh, and from all that may in
any wise hinder us in Thy service. May Thy

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Holy Spirit take such full possession of our
hearts that the whole course of our lives may
be ruled and guided by His power. And grant
that the rest of our time in this world may
be so spent in Thy fear and love, that we
may end our lives in Thy favour, and finally
come to Thy heavenly kingdom, through Jesus
Christ our Lord.

Gracious God, in whom alone dwelleth all
fulness of light and wisdom, be pleased to
enable us by Thy Holy Spirit to understand
Thy Holy Word. Give us grace to receive it
with reverence, and humility, and faith ; and
enable us so faithfully to obey it, that by our
godly lives we may set a good example to our
brethren, and glorify Thy holy name, through
Jesus Christ our Lord.

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 for
give us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver
us from evil : For Thine is the kingdom, and
the power, and the glory, for ever, ^tmett.

Here may be read a portion of the Old Testament and
of the New Testament, and thereafter a Psalm, Para
phrase, or Hymn may be sung.1 A short Address may
be given, or a Sermon read, and another Psalm, Para
phrase, or Hymn may be sung.

1 At the end of the book will be found select passages of
Scripture.

Prayers for Sailors.

LET us PRAY.

C\ GOD, who hast caused the light of Thy
Word clearly to shine among us, and
hast plainly instructed us in the way of sal
vation, let it please Thee to cause the light
from heaven so to shine into our hearts
and minds, that we may possess the know
ledge of Thy will in all wisdom and spiritual
understanding. Cause the Gospel of Christ
to come to us, not in word only, but also in
power and in the Holy Ghost, and in much
assurance ; and enable us to receive it, not
as the word of men, but as Thy Word, O
living God, which worketh effectually in them
that believe.

Enable us all, O Lord, daily to increase in
the knowledge and love of Thee our God, and
of Thy Son Jesus Christ. Every day may we
be more and more zealous in the duties of
religion ; more frequent and more fervent in
our prayers and thanksgivings ; more serious
in our repentance and humiliations ; more de
sirous and better fitted to take part in all holy
ordinances, and more regular and exemplary
in our lives and conduct.

O God our Father, who hast made of one
blood all nations of men for to dwell on all
the face of the earth, and who hast com
manded us to love the brotherhood and to
fear Thee, enable us in the bonds of true

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charity to pray for all our brethren of man
kind.

Bless them, O God, that bless Thee. Sanc
tify them that put their trust in Thee. Save
Thy people and bless Thine heritage. Give
Thy peace to Thy world, to Thy Churches,
and to Thy ministers, because every good
gift cometh down from Thee, the Father of
lights.

Grant, O Lord, that the whole world may
be enlightened with the knowledge of Thy
saving truth, and that Thy kingdom of grace
may so universally prevail over all the earth,
that Thy kingdom of glory may be hastened,
and that Thy will may be done in earth as
it is in heaven.

O God, who rulest over all nations, setting
up one and bringing down another according
to Thy will, look down with favour, we be
seech Thee, on the British Empire, with all
its colonies and dependencies. Promote its
interests, both civil and religious, and grant
that the manifold privileges we enjoy may con
tinue unimpaired to the latest generations.

We pray for all who are in authority,
especially for his most sacred Majesty King
Edward, that Thou wouldst enrich him with
all heavenly blessings. Protect his person ;
prosper his government ; and make him an
honoured instrument in Thy hand for the
preservation and diffusion of Thy truth. We
pray for her gracious Majesty Queen Alex-

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andra, for the Prince and Princess of Wales,
and all the Royal Family, that they may be
enabled to adorn their exalted station with
the virtues of a godly and religious life.
Bless and guide all in authority in the em
pire, and grant that the whole community
under them may lead quiet and peaceable
lives in godliness and honesty.

We commend our army and navy to Thy
protection, beseeching Thee to support them
in all hardships, and to grant them defence
and deliverance in all perils, and victory over
all their enemies.

Father of mercies, we implore Thy tender
compassion for all whom Thou hast visited
with any affliction. Relieve the destitute ;
heal the sick ; protect the friendless ; comfort
the bereaved; support the dying, and prepare
them for their change. Give to all Thine
afflicted ones abundant consolation, and a
good hope through grace ; and cause Thy
fatherly chastening, though for the present
grievous, to yield unto them afterward the
peaceable fruit of righteousness.

We pray for our kindred, our friends, and
our benefactors, that they may prosper in all
things, and be in health, and above all, that
their souls may prosper. We pray also, that
Thou wouldst grant Thy forgiveness to such
as have in any way injured us, and that Thou
wouldst enable us from the heart to forgive
them.

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Bless us in all the works of our hands.
Guide and sustain us amid the perils of our
calling, and make us heartily content with
whatsoever in Thy providence Thou art
pleased to send.

Almighty God, who hast given the sea Thy
decree, and whose dominion is over the fish
of the sea and whatsoever passeth through
the paths of the sea, grant Thy blessing, we
beseech Thee, to all who go down to the sea
in ships and do business in the great waters.

Be pleased, for Christ's sake, to bless Thy
servants who now pray to Thee. Preserve us
in times of storm ; guide us in all our courses
and in all our ventures, and prosper us in all
things. Bless our loved ones in their homes ;
keep them from fear for us, and grant unto
them the gift of perfect trust in Thee, their
God and Father in Jesus Christ.

May the love of Christ be with us all to
save us and make us glad. May the Holy
Spirit be with us to sanctify us and keep us
in the way of life. May the sense of Thy
presence be ever with us, to be the strength
of our life and our eternal portion.1

Hear these our humble prayers, O God
most high, pardon their imperfections, and
grant us an answer in peace. Take us all
into Thy gracious keeping. Lead us all for
ward and upward by the power of Christ
dwelling in us. Teach us that we are Thine,

1 Here take in any of the special prayers from pages 20-35.

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and heirs of the heavenly kingdom ; enable
us all to press toward the mark for the prize
of Thy high calling ; and finally, through the
abounding merit and mediation of Jesus Christ
our Lord, give us a place in the eternal glory ;
and to Thee the Father, the Son, and the
Holy Spirit, we ascribe all honour and glory,
world without end. Itmen.

Then may be sung a Psalm or Hymn.

'^PHE grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and

the love of God, and the communion of

the Holy Ghost, be with us all.

lEbmtng j&rbtre*

INTENDED TO BE USED WHEN A FEW SAILORS
OR FISHER-FOLK CAN MEET TOGETHER FOR
WORSHIP, EITHER AFLOAT OR ASHORE.

The Service may begin with singing a Psalm,
Paraphrase, or Hymn.

"Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did
He in heaven and in earth, in the seas and
all deep places. Lord, Thou art God, which
hast made heaven and earth, the sea and all
things that are therein."

" Wait on the Lord ; be of good courage,
and He shall strengthen thine heart : wait, I
say, on the Lord."

LET us PRAY.

r\ THOU that hearest prayer, unto Thee

shall all flesh come. Bow down Thine

ear, O Lord ; hear us, for we are poor and

needy. Rejoice the souls of Thy servants;

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for unto Thee do we lift up our souls. For
Thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive,
and plenteous in mercy unto all them that
call upon Thee.

Almighty and most merciful Father, we
present ourselves before Thee trusting not in
our own worthiness, but in Thy manifold
mercies. We thank Thee that Thou hast
promised to hear our prayers, for the sake
of Thy beloved Son ; and hast also com
manded us in His name to meet together,
and that He has given the assurance that He
will be in the midst of us.

Wherefore we beseech Thee, most gracious
God, to look down upon us in pity. Cast us
not out of Thy sight on account of our sins,
which deserve Thy wrath ; but graciously re
ceive us for the merits of Jesus Christ, in
whom thou art ever well pleased. For His
sake, let it please Thee to remember us with
the favour which Thou bearest unto Thine
own, and to visit us with Thy salvation.

Enable us to love Thee, the Lord our God,
with all our heart, and soul, and strength, and
mind; and graciously cause Thy Holy Spirit
so to dwell in us, that all our thoughts, and
words, and deeds may be to the praise and
honour of Thy name. May our light so shine
before men, that they may see our good works,
and glorify Thee, our Father in heaven.

O God, who hast called us of Thy free grace
to be heirs of Thy heavenly kingdom with

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Jesus Christ Thy Son, let it please Thee to
increase our faith and knowledge, and so to
enlighten our minds and sanctify our hearts,
that we may stedfastly walk before Thee in
all holiness, and finally obtain an entrance
into Thy kingdom of glory, through Jesus
Christ our Lord.

Grant also, O Lord, that we may be
nourished by Thy goodness with all things
which Thou knowest to be needful for us,
and may be enabled to use Thy gifts with
contentment and thankfulness. And because
we are so frail and prone to evil, and so con
stantly beset by our spiritual foes that we
cannot stand in our own strength, we earnestly
beseech Thee so to arm us with Thy grace,
and to strengthen us with the might of Thy
Holy Spirit, that we may withstand all temp
tation, and finally obtain the victory over all
our enemies.

We adore Thee, O God, as the Father of
lights, from whom cometh down every good
and perfect gift. We thank Thee for the
revelation which Thou hast made of Thyself,
and of Thy holy will in the written Word,
and in Christ Himself, the living Word, the
life and light of men. And now we pray
Thee of Thine infinite mercy so to cause the
pure light of divine knowledge to shine into
our hearts and minds, that we may compre
hend the precepts of the Gospel of Christ.
Plant in us also, we beseech Thee, the holy

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fear of Thy blessed commandments, that,
trampling upon all carnal lusts, we may seek
a heavenly citizenship, both saying and doing
always such things as shall please Thee.

0 Lord our God, who knowest that we have
daily need of Thy divine aid and guidance in
our pilgrimage, dispose us, with true humility,
to rely on the teaching of Thy Word and the
grace of Thy Holy Spirit. Convince us of
our ignorance and blindness; cause us ever
to have recourse to Thee, lest in any way
we be seduced by the wiles of the tempter
or the wickedness of ungodly men ; and so
direct us, that we may at last come to that
heavenly glory which has been purchased for
us by the blood of Thy dear Son.

Graciously hear us, for the sake of Jesus
Christ, who hath taught us thus to pray:—

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 for
give us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver
us from evil : For Thine is the kingdom, and
the power, and the glory, for ever. $tmeit.

Here may be read a portion of the Old Testament and
of the New Testament, and thereafter a Psalm, Para
phrase, or Hymn may be sung. A short Address may
then be given, or a Sermon read, and another Psalm,
Paraphrase, or Hym?z may be sung.1

1 Select passages of Holy Scripture will be found at the end
of the book.

Evening Service.

LET us PRAY.

A LMIGHTY GOD, who shinest upon us
*^ in Thy Word, to reveal the way of
salvation, grant that we may behold and re
ceive Thy truth. And as by nature we are
blind, open our eyes, we beseech Thee; and
let the inward light of Thy Spirit lead us to
the clear shining of Thy Word. Suffer not
the flame of faith, once kindled in our hearts,
ever to be extinguished ; but do Thou con
tinually feed and sustain it, until at length
we shall see Thee face to face, in the fulness
of Thy glory.

O God, be merciful unto us, and bless us,
and cause Thy face to shine upon us: that
Thy way may be known upon earth, and Thy
saving health among all nations. Let the
people praise Thee, O God, let all the people
praise Thee. O let the nations be glad, and
sing for joy ; for Thou shalt judge the people
righteously, and govern the nations upon
earth. Let the 'people praise Thee, O God,
let all the people praise Thee. Then shall
the earth yield her increase ; and God, even
our own God, shall bless us. God shall bless
us ; and all the ends of the earth shall fear
Him.

Enlighten our minds, we beseech Thee, by
Thy Holy Spirit, that we may be guided in
ways of righteousness. Defend us in soul and

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body from all evil. Take us into Thy good
keeping all the days of our lives, and ever
increase in us the gifts of Thy grace, until
we be perfected in the glory of Thy Son Jesus
Christ, who shall replenish our souls with His
everlasting light and gladness.

We pray, O heavenly Father, in the spirit of
Christ, for all our brethren of mankind. Be
pleased to make known the way of salvation
to all who now sit in darkness and in the
shadow of death, that they may come forth
into light, and may by faith receive the life
eternal. Bring thine ancient people Israel,
with the fulness of the Gentiles, into the
Church of Christ.

Father of lights, from whom cometh down
every good and perfect gift, be pleased, we
pray Thee, to bless Thy Church on earth ;
and grant unto all preachers and ministers
of Thy Word the gifts of Thy Holy Spirit,
and to all Thy children grace, that they may
believe unto salvation, and persevere in holi
ness unto the end. Bless the faithful and the
strong. Confirm the fearful and the wavering.
Grant to the seekers after truth that they may
find in Christ the way, the truth, the life.
Remove the doubts of the doubting ; and
cause, by Thine almighty power, the glory
of the kingdom of Christ to prevail every
where among the children of men.

Bless, we pray Thee, his most sacred
Majesty King Edward, her gracious Majesty

Evening Service. 17

Queen Alexandra, the Prince and Princess of
Wales, and all the Royal Family. Grant,
O King of kings and Lord of lords, that
they may all be members of the household
of faith, and heirs of the heavenly kingdom.

O God, who rulest over all nations, setting
up one and bringing down another according
to Thy will, look down with favour, we be
seech Thee, on the British Empire, with all
its colonies and dependencies. Promote and
strengthen good and wise government there
in ; and bless all the people with peace, to
the praise of Thy holy name and the increase
of the happiness of the whole world.

Enlighten and direct, by Thy heavenly
wisdom, O God, we beseech Thee, all persons
set in authority in the realm ; and enable
them, in their various stations and offices, to
advance Thy glory and the public good.

Bless, we pray Thee, the British navy and
army. May it please Thee to strengthen and
protect all who serve therein, and to make
them, under Thy will, the means of preserving
peace and defending liberty.

Guide and protect all who travel by land or
sea, — all exiles, all emigrants, and all who are
solitary and desolate. Cheer them with a
comfortable sense of Thy presence.

O God, who boldest the waters in the hollow

of Thy hand, who stayest the rough wind in

the day of the east wind, and who makest the

stormy wind to fulfil Thy pleasure, bless and

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keep, we beseech Thee for Christ's sake, all
mariners and fishermen. Preserve them by
Thine almighty power in every time of peril,
give them faith in Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
who stilled the tempest on the sea of Galilee,
and grant that by the power of His love they
may be saved.

God of all comfort, we commend unto
Thee all those whom Thou hast in any wise
afflicted ; all nations visited with pestilence,
famine, or war ; all persons suffering from
poverty, sickness, bondage, or other distress,
whether of body or of mind ; and we beseech
Thee to show them Thy fatherly kindness,
and to overrule all these evil things for their
good, to the end that, turning with their
whole hearts unto Thee, they may receive
perfect consolation now, and in Thy good
time full deliverance from all their troubles.

Prepare us, O God, for every event that
may befall us. So teach us to number our
days, that we may apply our hearts unto
wisdom. O satisfy us early with Thy mercy,
that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Guide us by Thy counsel while we live, and
afterwards receive us into glory.1

And now, Lord, what wait we for ? Our
hope is in Thee. Be pleased to accept our
worship ; to forgive our sins ; and to grant
us, for the sake of Thy beloved Son, what-

1 Here take in any of the special prayers from pages 20-35.

Evening Service. 19

soever good things we have asked of Thee
in His name.

God of all grace, who hast called us unto
Thine eternal glory by Christ Jesus, make
us perfect ; stablish, strengthen, settle us ;
that in all things thou mayest be glorified,
through Jesus Christ ; to whom be praise
and dominion for ever and ever. Jlmen.

Then may be sung a Psalm or Hymn.

'T^HE grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and

the love of God, and the communion of

the Holy Ghost, be with us all.

Special

TO BE USED IN

THE MORNING AND EVENING SERVICES.

I.

TO BE USED WHEN THERE ARE EMIGRANTS
ON BOARD.

A LMIGHTY and most merciful Father, we,
^^ Thy children, who are now called in Thy
providence to leave our native shores, and to
pass through the great ocean, desire to com
mend ourselves to Thy care. We beseech
Thee, who stillest the noise of the waves,
and boldest the winds in the hollow of Thy
hand, to deliver us, and those who sail with
us, from all the perils to which we are exposed,
and to grant us a swift and prosperous voyage
to our desired haven. Preserve, O Lord, to
the end, all our sojourning in this life, with
out harm and without storm.

Special Prayers. 2 1

We pray for those of us who are emigrating
to a distant country, that it may please Thee,
by whom all things are ordered, to provide for
us new homes in the land of our adoption.
Aid us in all our lawful undertakings. Bless
us in our basket and our store. And above all,
supply to us and to our families the means of
grace, that our souls may be nourished and
strengthened unto eternal life.

O Lord our God, from whom alone come
strength and light, enable us to hold fast those
precious truths of Thy blessed Word in which
we have been instructed. Though far removed
from the sanctuaries of our fathers, suffer us
not, we beseech Thee, to be moved away from
the faith and hope of the Gospel which we
have heard.

O God of our fathers, we commend to Thy
care our dear friends whom we have left in
the land of our nativity. Encompass them
with Thy favour as with a shield. Enrich
them with the treasures of Thy grace. Cheer
us from time to time with tidings of their
welfare. And though we should never again
see them in this world, may we meet them
at last in our Father's house, and there be
made perfectly blessed with them in the full
enjoying of Thee to all eternity, through Jesus
Christ our Lord. $cmert.

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II.

ON THE OCCASION OF A STORM OR OTHER
DANGER AT SEA.

A LMIGHTY GOD, who art our refuge and
our strength, a very present help in
trouble, have mercy upon us, and hear our
prayer. Out of the depths do we cry unto
Thee. Rebuke the wind and the sea, O God,
and let there be a calm. Deliver us in this
time of our extremity, that we may yet live
to serve Thee, and to glorify Thy holy name.

We acknowledge that we have justly pro
voked Thy judgments. Our iniquities have
taken hold upon us, so that we are not able
to look up : they are without number, there
fore our hearts fail us. O God, whose mercy
is infinite, be Thou pleased to deliver us.
O Lord, make haste to help us. Enter not
into judgment with Thy servants, we beseech
Thee ; for in Thy sight shall no man living
be justified.

For the sake of Jesus Christ, who is able to
save to the uttermost the chief of sinners, re
ceive us graciously, forgive us freely ; restore
unto us the joys of Thy salvation, and uphold
us with Thy free Spirit.

Give Thy blessing to the captain, the officers,
and sailors of this ship. Give them wisdom,
courage, and endurance, that by Thy grace

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they may bring us safely through this time
of peril.

Help us all, O God, to commit ourselves to
Thee, as to a faithful Creator and Redeemer,
who hast said that Thou wilt never leave us
nor forsake us. And if it be Thy will that
these waters should overwhelm us, let our
souls be safe in Thy hands, kept by Thy
power unto life everlasting. Be merciful to
our relatives and friends. Comfort them.
Relieve their anxieties. Supply their wants.
Forgive their sins. Encompass them with
Thy favour as with a shield. And though we
may never again see them in this world, may
we meet them at last in the glories of Thy
heavenly kingdom.

O God, .for Christ's sake save us, or we
perish. O hear us, for Thy mercies' sake, and
send deliverance. Defer not, for Thine own
sake, O our God. We do not present our
supplications before Thee for our own right
eousnesses, but for Thy great mercies, and
for the sake of Jesus Christ, our Lord and
only Saviour. $tnuti.

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III.

THANKSGIVING FOR DELIVERANCE FROM A
STORM OR OTHER DANGER AT SEA.

"DLESS the Lord, O our souls, and all that
is within us, bless His holy name. Bless
the Lord, O our souls, and forget not all His
benefits ; who forgiveth all our iniquities, who
healeth all our diseases, who redeemeth our
life from destruction, who crowneth us with
loving-kindness and tender mercies. We ren
der thanks and praise to Thee, O God, because
Thou hast heard our voice and our supplica
tions ; because Thou hast inclined Thine ear
unto us, therefore will we call upon Thee as
long as we live.- If it had not been the Lord
who was upon our side, then had the waters
overwhelmed us, the proud waters had gone
over our soul. Our help is in the name of the
Lord, who made heaven and earth.

O let our mouth be rilled with Thy praise,
and may we seek Thy glory all the days of
our lives. Enable us, with gladness, to pay
Thee the vows which our lips uttered when
we were in trouble, presenting our bodies a
living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God,
which is our reasonable service.

Grant us deliverance, not only from Thy
temporal judgments, but from that everlasting
condemnation which our sins deserve. Justify

Special Prayers. 2$

us freely by Thy grace, through the redemption
that is in Christ Jesus. Sanctify us wholly by
Thy Spirit. Strengthen us with might for the
patient endurance of every trial, and for the
faithful discharge of every duty. May Thy
great goodness to us, at this time, lead us to
trust Thee more completely in the time to
come. Guide us by Thy counsel while we
live, and afterwards receive us into glory, for
the Lord Jesus' sake.

IV.

ON REACHING THE END OF A VOYAGE.

A/TOST gracious God, our Father and Pre-
server, we thank Thee that, by Thy
good hand upon us, we have been delivered
from the perils of the deep, and brought in
safety to our desired haven. Fill our hearts
with gratitude and our mouths with praise for
all Thy care and kindness ; and help us to
devote to Thy glory the lives which Thou
hast spared.

[Guide us to our homes ; and grant that we
may there find in health and comfort our dear
friends, from whom we have been so long
separated.1]

[Be with us in this strange land, and grant

1 This or the folloiving paragraph to be used, according as the
port reached is at home or abroad.

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that in due season we may return to our
homes in peace.]

Deliver us, we beseech Thee, from the mani
fold temptations to which, on shore, we are
exposed ; from the snares of impurity, in
temperance, and ungodliness, and from the
corrupting influence of evil companionship
and example. And let our conversation be
in all things as it becometh the Gospel of
Christ.

[Be gracious to those of us who are emigrat
ing to a foreign land.1 Watch over us during
the remainder of our journey, and lead us by
a right way to our destined habitation. To
Thy fatherly care we commend the friends
from whom we are severed, beseeching Thee
ever to bless and to befriend them. Bestow
upon them the bounties of Thy providence,
and greatly enrich them with the treasures
of Thy grace.]

Holy Father, we look up to thee for all
needful guidance and counsel in our earthly
pilgrimage. Go with us where we go, and
dwell with us where we dwell. Let goodness
and mercy follow us all the days of our life,
and at last may we dwell in the house of the
Lord for ever.

Mercifully hear us, for the sake of Jesus
Christ, our Lord and Saviour.

1 This to be used if there are Emigrants on board.

TO BE USED

ON BOARD A SHIP OF WAR.

I.

TO BE USED BEFORE A BATTLE.

A LMIGHTY GOD, who rulest among the
'^ nations, setting up one and bringing
down another according to Thy will, Thou
that musterest the host of the battle, we come
unto Thee in prayer, and ask Thee to be with
us now, making us fit for every duty, and up
holding us by Thine almighty power.

Teach our hands to war ; make our arms
strong ; and gird us with might in the battle.
Deliver us, if it be Thy will, from wounds
and death, and grant us the victory. Remove
fear far from us, and enable us to quit us like
men. Prosper the just cause, O God, and
bring us forth in safety from the midst of our
enemies. Then will we give thanks unto

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Thee, O Lord, and will sing praises unto
Thy name.

Give now, O Lord, Thy grace to those of
us who will fall in the battle. Prepare all
such for death. Subdue the rage of battle in
them before they die, that they may die in
peace of spirit, with Thee and with all men.

Give patience and strength to those who
will have to bear wounds and suffering for
many days. In the exultation of victory keep
us within the bounds of purity, sobriety, and
of the Christian victor's joy, lest we forget
Thee and the duties we owe to all men.

Forgive all our sins, we humbly beseech
Thee, O Lord, and grant that there may be
in us evermore the spirit of Christ Jesus our
Lord, so that living or dying we may be His.

Bless all our dear ones in distant lands.
Keep them and do them good, O God of our
salvation ; and, if it be Thy holy will, spare
us to join them again in the land of our birth ;
but above all, grant to every one of us such
faith and true holiness that, through Jesus
our Lord, we may come at last into Thy
heavenly kingdom.

O God, keep us all faithful unto death ; and
then do Thou give unto us the crown of
life.

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II.

TO BE USED AFTER A BATTLE.

A LMIGHTY GOD, who in Thy merciful
r"* providence hast covered our heads in
the day of battle, and saved us from the hands
of our enemies, we thankfully acknowledge
Thy great goodness. May Thy grace enable
us truly to thank Thee, and to devote to Thy
service the lives which Thou hast spared. Be
cause Thou hast been our help, therefore in
the shadow of Thy wings will we rejoice.
Because Thou hast delivered our souls from
death, we will walk before Thee in the land
of the living.

Continue to us, we beseech Thee, Thy pro
tection, and teach us stedfastly to put our
trust in Thee, as our reconciled God and
Father in Christ Jesus, so that we may not
fear before our enemies. Suffer us not to
faint or be discouraged in the stress of war ;
and in success dispose us to give all the glory
to Thee. Grant us Thine aid in our warfare,
and continue to crown our arms with victory,
that peace may be secured.

Father of mercies, have pity on the wounded.
Relieve their sufferings ; sustain their strength;
render effectual the means used for their re
covery ; and let Thy chastening, though for

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the present grievous, yield in them afterwards
the peaceable fruit of righteousness.

Bless, O God, the friends and relatives of
the fallen. Provide for their wants, and com
fort them in their time of sorrow.

Teach us all, that in the midst of life we
are in death, and by Thy grace prepare us
for our change. Confirm our faith and hope
in the Redeemer, who is able to save unto
the uttermost all who come unto Thee through
Him. Living or dying, may we be the Lord's.

Graciously accept our praises and answer
our prayers, for the sake of Thy beloved Son,
our strength and our Redeemer.

III.

THANKSGIVING AFTER A VICTORY.

TORD GOD of hosts, mighty in battle,
we give Thee thanks for the victory
with which it hath pleased Thee to crown
our arms ; and we pray that we, and all in
authority over us, may by Thy grace be
enabled to improve it to Thy glory, for the
honour of our country, and for the good of
all mankind.

Blessed be Thou, O Lord our strength, who
teachest our hands to war and our fingers to
fight ; our fortress, our deliverer, and our
shield, who savest us from the sword, and

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subduest the people under us. Not unto us,
O God, not unto us, but unto Thy name be
the glory, for .Thy mercy's sake.

We pray for the friends of those who have
fallen in battle, that it may please Thee
to comfort and support them, shedding Thy
love abroad within their hearts, and teaching
them to look beyond the fading glories of
earth to the eternal brightness and blessed
ness of heaven.

Be Thou pleased to bless our enemies.
Enable us from the heart to forgive them.
Give peace in our time, good Lord.

Keep us all mindful how near we are to
death, and help us with earnestness and
watchfulness to prepare for it. Let the life
we henceforth lead in the body be a life of
faith in the Son of God, who loved us and
gave Himself for us. And let it be our con
stant endeavour by Thy grace to fight the
good fight of faith, until, having conquered
the enemies of our souls, we shall at length
reign and triumph in Thy kingdom, through
Jesus Christ, the Captain of our salvation ;
in whose name we offer our thanksgivings and
prayers, and to whom, with Thee and with
the Holy Spirit, we ascribe all honour and
glory, for ever and ever. Jlmen.

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IV.

FOR THE SICK AND WOUNDED.

"T^ATHER of mercies and God of consola
tion, mercifully look down on our com
rades who have been smitten with grievous
sicknesses or painful wounds. Grant relief
and comfort in their sufferings, and bless
the means used for the recovery of their
health and strength, that, being yet spared
to serve Thee on the earth, they may give
up the rest of their lives to Thy glory.
But whatever be Thy will, O God, prepare
them for it, and enable them with meekness
to submit to it. Work in them unfeigned
repentance for their sins. Give them sted-
fast faith in Thy Son Jesus Christ, and grant
that, being at peace with Thee through Him,
they may, whether in life or in death, be
upheld with the assurance of Thy favour,
and comforted with the hope of Thy heavenly
kingdom.

We pray for our sick and wounded enemies,
asking for them the blessings we seek for our
selves; and we pray that peace may speedily
come.

Give ear, O God, to our humble supplica
tions, for the sake of Thy beloved Son, our
Lord and Saviour,

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V.

IN TIME OF WAR.

ALMIGHTY GOD, who rulest in the
'**' kingdoms of the earth and governest
among the nations, who makest the wrath
of man to praise Thee, and restrainest the
remainder thereof; grant us deliverance, we
beseech Thee, from the evils of war, with
which Thou hast afflicted us. Humble us
under the chastening of Thy mighty hand.
Work in us unfeigned repentance for those
sins whereby we have provoked Thy righteous
displeasure. And vouchsafe, in answer to our
humble supplications, that all those calamities
which now threaten us may be stayed, and
that the blessings of peace may be speedily
restored to us.

Endue our statesmen and councillors, we
beseech Thee, with wisdom to devise, and
energy to execute, such measures as are most
expedient at this time ; and grant that all that
they do may be for Thy glory, and for the
good of this nation and of all men.

We commend to Thy care all soldiers and
sailors, beseeching Thee to support them in
all hardships, and to give them defence and
deliverance in all perils. Let Thy wisdom
guide them, and Thy strength uphold them,
and Thy grace inspire them with confidence
c

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and hope in Thee. Prepare them, O God,
for whatever may befall them, that whether
they live or die, they may be Thine. Cover
their heads in the day of battle ; and crown
their arms with victory. So shall we, Thy
people, ascribe all praise and thanksgiving
unto Thee, who art the Giver of every good
thing.

Hear us, O God, from heaven Thy dwelling-
place, and grant an answer of peace, for the
sake of Thy beloved Son, our Lord and
Saviour. 3tmett.

VI.

THANKSGIVING FOR PEACE.

C\ LORD our God, who stillest alike the
^~>^ noise of the waves and the tumult of the
people, who breakest the bow, and cuttest the
spear in sunder, who burnest the chariot in
the fire, and makest wars to cease unto the
ends of the earth, we render praise and
thanksgiving unto Thee for restoring to us
the blessings of peace. Suffer us not to pro
voke Thee, by our wickedness, to visit us
again with Thy judgments; but teach us to
show our gratitude for Thy goodness by a
sincere and constant obedience to Thy holy
will; and help us, both as individuals and as
a nation, to improve the peace so happily re
established, to the glory of Thy name, the

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advancement of Thy kingdom, the prosperity
of our country, and the good of all mankind.

Hasten, we beseech Thee, that blessed time
when the Prince of Peace shall everywhere
take to Himself His great power and reign,
and when under His dominion nation shall
no longer rise up against nation, neither shall
they learn war any more.

Graciously hear our prayers and accept our
praises, for the sake of Thy beloved Son, to
whom, with Thee and the Holy Spirit, be
glory everlasting. $tmen.

for tf)* j&tciu

SPECIALLY INTENDED TO BE USED IN THE
SICK-BAY.

" WE know that all things work together for
good to them that love God."

"But now thus saith the Lord . . . When
thou passest through the waters, I will be with
thee ; and through the rivers, they shall not
overflow thee : when thou walkest through the
fire thou shalt not be burned; neither shall
the flame kindle upon thee, for I am the Lord
thy God."

" I am persuaded that neither death, nor
life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers,
nor things present, nor things to come, nor
height, nor depth, nor any other creature,
shall be able to separate us from the love
of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

LET us PRAY.

f~^\ LORD God Almighty, who hast revealed

Thyself as the living God which made

heaven and earth, and the sea and all things

Service for the Sick. 37

that are therein, we come to Thee in our
weakness, believing that Thou art willing to
receive us, to hear our prayers, and to give us
for Christ's sake the blessings that we need.
We cast our care on Thee. Make haste to
help us, O God of our salvation.

We make confession of our sins unto Thee,
and humbly ask Thee for Christ's sake to
pardon us, and to receive us into Thy godly
favour. May these, our sicknesses and pains,
teach us the frailty of human life on earth,
and warn us that sin brings suffering and
death, so that we may be taught to flee from
sin unto Him who is holy, and who maketh
holy, that we may have eternal life.

O God, have mercy upon us, for we are
weak and sore vexed. Save us, we beseech
Thee, through Jesus Christ. Give us faith
in Him lest we perish. May He be our Re
deemer, that we may live for ever.

O God, against whom we have sinned, if
any of us have brought these sicknesses and
pains, and this fear of death, upon ourselves
by any impurity, intemperance, or folly, in
mercy forgive us. Grant us a true repentance
for the sin that is past, and in all coming time
keep us pure and holy, by the grace of Christ
and the power of Thy Holy Spirit.

Show us, O God, the nature of sin, and of
its evil work, and enable us to flee for refuge
from it unto Him who alone can save from
sin and death. Defend us from all tempta-

38 Prayers for Sailors.

tion, purify our minds from evil thoughts, and
our hearts from evil desires, and enable us in
holiness to serve Thee, while we pass through
this life, and to glorify Thee for evermore in
the life that is to come. These things we ask
for Christ's sake.

O Lord, Thou knowest that Thy servants
before Thee are often in fear and sore dis
tress, and that we Jhave hours of sad lone
liness away from our -native country and our
friends. Grant us .* therefore evermore, we
humbly pray Thee, a comfortable sense of
Thy Fatherly presence, and power to under
stand that wherever we are Thou art with us,
and that -wherever Thy children are, Christ is
with them to give them His heavenly blessing.
O give us all a living and abiding faith in
Christ.

O Almighty Lord, who art a most strong
tower to all them that put their trust in Thee,
to whom all things in heaven and earth are
subject, be now and evermore our defence,
and make us to know and feel that it is
only through Jesus Christ that we can re
ceive health and salvation. O God, if it be
Thy will that we should live, to us to live
may it be Christ ; and if it be Thy will that
we should die, grant, we beseech Thee, that
we may die in Christ, that to die may be gain.
May we all have part in the blessed and holy
life which is given by Christ, and which knows
no ending.

Service for the Sick. 39

We humbly ask Thee to pardon our sins,
and to give us a sense of peace with Thee.
May Thy peace, which passeth understanding,
keep our hearts and minds in the love of
Christ, and may the Holy Spirit so bless and
sanctify us that we may rest continually in
holy confidence in Thee.

We thank Thee for Thy Holy Word, with its
tidings of salvation and good cheer ; and we
ask Thee to enable us, as we now read Thy
Word, so to receive its glad message that it
may be to us for guidance and light, for
comfort and joy, to the praise of Thy great
name for evermore. 3cmen.

READ.
Psalm ciii.

TDLESS the Lord, O my soul; and all that
is within me, bless His holy name.

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not
all His benefits :

Who forgiveth all thine iniquities ; who
healeth all thy diseases ;

Who redeemeth thy life from destruction ;
who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and
tender mercies;

Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things ;
so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.

The Lord executeth righteousness and judg
ment for all that are oppressed.

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He made known His ways unto Moses, His
acts unto the children of Israel.

The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to
anger, and plenteous in mercy.

He will not always chide ; neither will He
keep His anger for ever.

He hath not dealt with us after our sins, nor
rewarded us according to our iniquities.

For as the heaven is high above the earth,
so great is His mercy toward them that fear
Him.

As far as the east is from the west, so far
hath He removed our transgressions from us.

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the
Lord pitieth them that fear Him.

For He knoweth our frame ; He remembereth
that we are dust.

As for man, his days are as grass ; as a
flower of the field, so he flourisheth :

For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ;
and the place thereof shall know it no more.

But the mercy of the Lord is from ever
lasting to everlasting upon them that fear
Him, and His righteousness unto children's
children ;

To such as keep His covenant, and to those
that remember His commandments to do them.

The Lord hath prepared His throne in the
heavens ; and His kingdom ruleth over all.

Bless the Lord, ye His angels, that excel
in strength, that do His commandments,
hearkening unto the voice of His word.

Service for the Sick. 41

Bless ye the Lord, all ye His hosts ; ye
ministers of His, that do His pleasure.

Bless the Lord, all His works in all places of
His dominion : bless the Lord, O my soul.

John xiv.

T ET not your heart be troubled : ye believe
in God, believe also in me.

In my Father's house are many mansions :
if it were not so, I would have told you. I go
to prepare a place for you.

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I
will come again, and receive you unto myself;
that where I am, there ye may be also.

And whither I go ye know, and the way ye
know.

Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not
whither thou goest ; and how can we know
the way ?

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the
truth, and the life : no man cometh unto the
Father, but by me.

If ye had known me, ye should have known
my Father also : and from henceforth ye know
him, and have seen Him.

Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the
Father, and it sufficeth us.

Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long
time with you, and yet hast thou not known
me, Philip ? he that hath seen me hath seen

42 Prayers for Sailors.

the Father ; and how sayest thou then, Show
us the Father ?

Believest thou not that I am in the Father,
and the Father in me ? the words that I speak
unto you I speak not of myself: but the
Father, that dwelleth in me, He doeth the
works.

Believe me that I am in the Father, and the
Father in me : or else believe me for the very
works sake.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that
believeth on me, the works that I do shall he
do also ; and greater works than these shall he
do ; because I go unto my Father.

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name,
that will I do, that the Father may be glorified
in the Son.

If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will
do it.

If ye love me, keep my commandments.

And I will pray the Father, and He shall
give you another Comforter, that He may
abide with you for ever;

Even the Spirit of truth ; whom the world
cannot receive, because it seeth Him not,
neither knoweth Him : but ye know Him ; for
He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

I will not leave you comfortless : I will
come to you.

Yet a little while, and the world seeth me
no more ; but ye see me : because I live, ye
shall live also.

Service for the Sick. 43

At that day ye shall know that I am in my
Father, and ye in me, and I in you.

He that hath my commandments, and
keepeth them, he it is that loveth me : and
he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father,
and I will love him, and will manifest myself
to him.

Judas saith unto him (not Iscariot), Lord,
how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto
us, and not unto the world ?

Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man
love me, he will keep my words : and my
Father will love him, and we will come unto
him, and make our abode with him.

He that loveth me not keepeth not my
sayings : and the word which ye hear is not
mine, but the Father's which sent me.

These things have I spoken unto you, being
yet present with you.

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost,
whom the Father will send in my name, He
shall teach you all things, and bring all things
to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said
unto you.

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give
unto you : not as the world giveth, give I
unto you. Let not your heart be troubled,
neither let it be afraid.

Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go
away, and come again unto you. If ye loved
me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto
the Father : for my Father is greater than I.

44 Prayers for Sailors.

And now I have told you before it come to
pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might
believe.

Hereafter I will not talk much with you :
for the prince of this world cometh, and hath
nothing in me.

But that the world may know that I love
the Father ; and as the Father gave me
commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us
go hence.

LET us PRAY.

"DLESS to us, O God, the reading ot Thy
Holy Word, and enable us at all times
to receive it as our guide in life.

Grant likewise, O God our Father, that out
of Thy Word we may be able to take that
comfort which we need in this time of our
trial, of sickness, and pain. Keep us true to
Thyself in Jesus Christ, and grant that we
may come out of all these troubles holier, and
fitter to serve Thee. Enable us to bear all
that Thou dost send of trial, with humility
and patience, remembering Him who, as our
Redeemer, was made perfect through suffering.

Bless all who by their care and skill min
ister to the sick and dying, and specially
those who minister in this ship. Direct
them in all that they do for the relief of the
sufferings of those for whom Christ died;

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give them grace to follow in the footsteps
of the great Physician; and grant that, as
they minister to others, they may have the
joy of knowing that their service is also unto
Christ their Lord.

Bless, we pray Thee, O God, all our ship
mates, and relations, and friends, giving to
them in this life faith in Christ; and in the
world to come, life everlasting.

O God, from whom cometh down every
good and perfect gift, grant unto us the good
gift of faith, and enable us all perfectly to
trust Thee now and evermore. If we die,
enable us to die in Christ, that we may live
for ever. If we are spared, enable us to spend
the rest of our lives here in Thy fear and love,
and zealously to do Thy will. O spare us a
little that we may recover strength, before we
go hence and be no more. Thy will, O Lord,
be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

Hear these our prayers, O God, we beseech
Thee, for Jesus' sake. $Unen.

J9le00fn0«

"JV/TAY the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ,
and the love of God, and the com
munion of the Holy Ghost, be with us all.

Itmett.

46 Prayers for Sailors.

SHORT SERVICE TO BE USED AT THE BED
SIDE OF A SICK SHIPMATE.

" Call upon me in the day of trouble : I
will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me."

" In the day of my trouble I will call upon
Thee: for Thou wilt answer me."

LET us PRAY.

GOD, who ever governest Thy creatures
with tender affection, incline Thine ear
to our supplication ; graciously regard this
Thy servant who is suffering from bodily sick
ness, visit him with Thy salvation, and bestow
the medicine of heavenly grace, through Jesus
Christ our Lord.

O Almighty God, who by the might of Thy
command drivest away from men's bodies all
sickness and infirmity, be present in Thy good
ness to this Thy servant, that his weakness
may be banished and his strength recalled;
and his health being thereupon restored, he
may bless Thy holy name. Grant unto him
the spirit of true repentance; and to him,
being penitent, be Thou pleased, for Christ's
sake, to grant remission of all sins, and grace
unto holiness, the end of which is eternal life,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Service for the Sick. 47

Give unto him, we beseech of Thee, O Lord,
an abiding and sure faith in Thee, so that all
fear being removed, he may possess his soul
in peace, and may bear with patience what
ever further trial Thou mayest send.

Give a bright and cheering hope that his
spirit fail not in times of pain or weariness;
but that he may be comforted by a sense of
the heavenly sympathy of Jesus Christ, who
bore the most bitter agony of the cross to
save mankind.

Give unto Thy servant above all things, we
pray Thee, power to rest in Thy fatherly love,
as revealed in Jesus Christ the great Physician,
that he may not fear any issue of this sickness,
even though it be unto death.

Give Thy Holy Spirit in such measure that
in this time of affliction his soul may be puri
fied by trial and lifted up to the heavenly
things which accompany salvation. Grant
unto him the comforts of Thy Word, assur
ance of Thy favour, and a firm belief that all
Thy good promises are true in Jesus Christ
Thy Son our Saviour.

Prepare us all, O God, for whatever trials
or sorrows may await us. And grant that,
whether in health or in sickness, in joy or in
grief, in life or in death, we may be enabled
to glorify Thy name, and may be made fit
to inherit Thy heavenly kingdom, through
Jesus Christ our Lord. JUmen.

48 Prayers for Sailors.

READ.
Psalm cxxi.

T WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from
whence cometh my help.

My help cometh from the Lord, which made
heaven and earth.

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved : He
that keepeth thee will not slumber.

Behold, He that keepeth Israel shall neither
slumber nor sleep.

The Lord is thy keeper; the Lord is thy
shade upon thy right hand.

The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor
the moon by night.

The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil :
He shall preserve thy soul.

The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and
thy coming in, from this time forth, and even
for evermore.

Isaiah xliii. 1-3.

"OUT now thus saith the Lord that created
thee, O Jacob, and He that formed thee,
O Israel, Fear not : for I have redeemed thee, I
have called thee by thy name ; thou art mine.

When thou passest through the waters, I
will be with thee : and through the rivers,
they shall not overflow thee ; when thou
w^alkest through the fire, thou shalt not be

Service for the Sick. 49

burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon
thee.

For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One
of Israel, thy Saviour.

i Peter i. 3-9.

T3LESSED be the God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ, which according to
His abundant mercy hath begotten us again
unto a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus
Christ from the dead,

To an inheritance incorruptible, and un-
defiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved
in heaven for you,

Who are kept by the power of God through
faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the
last time :

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for
a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness
through manifold temptations ;

That the trial of your faith, being much
more precious than of gold that perisheth,
though it be tried with fire, might be found
unto praise and honour and glory at the ap
pearing of Jesus Christ :

Whom having not seen, ye love ; in whom
though now ye see Him not, yet believing,
ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of
glory :

Receiving the end of your faith, even the
salvation of your souls.
D

5<D Prayers for Sailors.

LET us PRAY.

V\TE pray Thee, O Father in heaven, to
bless to Thy servant these Thine own
words of promise and of heavenly comfort.
May he hope in Thy word. Be Thou his
hiding-place and shield. Comfort him, O
God, and quicken him after Thy loving-kind
ness ; for Thou art a present help in every
time of trouble. Strengthen him in the day
time when suffering and faint. Cause the
light of Thy presence to cheer him in the
night-watches, when the spirit is filled with
fear; and grant that, his faith being rooted
and grounded in Thee, patience may have in
him her perfect work.

In place of the intercessions which follow, the Special
Prayer -which has reference to the case of the sick person
may be used, concluding with the Lord's Prayer and
Blessing.

IX/TERCIFUL FATHER, who hast taught
iV1 us in Thy Holy Word that Thou dost
not willingly afflict the children of men, look
with compassion, we beseech Thee, on this
Thy servant.

Sanctify to him Thy fatherly correction,
that it may yield in him the peaceable fruits
of righteousness. Teach him to submit with
meekness to Thy will. Comfort him with a
persuasion of Thy favour. Support him with
the hope of eternal life.

Service for the Sick. 51

We earnestly pray that, if it seem good to
Thee, Thou wouldst bless the means employed
for his recovery, that his sufferings may be
relieved, his health restored, and his days pro
longed to serve Thee on the earth. But if
Thou hast appointed that this sickness shall
be unto death, prepare him, O God, to depart
in peace, and mercifully receive him into those
blessed mansions which are prepared in heaven
for the redeemed.

Give to him, O Father in heaven, assurance
of Thy favour. Give to him, O Christ, the
peace which the world cannot give. Give to
him, O Holy Spirit, the light and comfort
which can guide through life and through
death.

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 debts, as we forgive our debtors. And
lead us not into temptation, but deliver us
from evil : For Thine is the kingdom, and
the power, and the glory, for ever. $Lmctt.

^PHE grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and

the love of God, and the communion of

the Holy Ghost, be with us all.

52 Prayers for Sailors.

PRAYER FOR ONE WHOSE SICKNESS HAS
BEEN LONG CONTINUED.

C~\ GOD, Creator and Preserver of all things,
look with compassion, we beseech Thee,
on Thy servant, whom Thou hast seen fit to
visit with long-continued sickness.

Have mercy on him, for he is desolate and
afflicted. Receive him into Thy fatherly pro
tection ; for he hath recourse in his adversity
to Thee alone. Though he be sore troubled,
Thou canst send deliverance ; though cast
down, Thou canst lift him up ; though weak
and trembling, Thou canst give him strength
and courage ; though conscious of great and
manifold transgressions, Thou canst make him
holy.

Vouchsafe, O God, to him Thy mercy for
the sake of Thy beloved Son.

We pray Thee to arrest his malady and to
restore his health. But if it seem to Thee
good to protract his trials, give him strength
to bear them. Teach him to regard his
present distresses as the wise and merciful
corrections of his Father in heaven. Let Thy
Holy Spirit settle in his heart those precious
promises which are made to us in Christ
Jesus, so that he may patiently wait all the
days of his appointed time, until his change
come; and when the hour of his departure

Service for the Sick. 53

is at hand, support him with the hopes
and consolations of Thy Gospel, that, trust
ing in Thy Word, his soul may depart in
peace.

May it also please Thee, most merciful
Father, to strengthen and comfort his rela
tives and friends, and all who minister to
him in his affliction, that they faint not
through overmuch labour and anxiety. Help
them to cast their burden upon Thee, with
the comfortable persuasion that Thou wilt
sustain them. These things we ask, O God,
trusting in the mercy of Jesus Christ our
Lord.

FOR ONE ABOUT TO UNDERGO A SERIOUS
SURGICAL OPERATION.

GOD, we commend to Thee, through
Jesus Christ our Lord, this Thy servant
in an hour of pain and fearfulness. Give him
strength to bear with fortitude what lies before
him. May his faith in Thee, and in Christ his
Saviour, strengthen him and cheer him. May
he, as he suffers, remember what Christ has
for him suffered. Grant wisdom, courage,
and tenderness to his physicians ; and, if it
be Thy will, may what they do work in him
a lasting cure. May he so patiently bear the
wounding of his mortal body, that the dis-

54 Prayers for Sailors.

cipline may tend to his growth in grace ; and
may he, by Thy mercy, be spared yet many
days in the land of the living and place of
hope, to thank and glorify Thee, who art a
very present help in trouble. Grant this,
we beseech Thee, O God, for Christ's sake.

Itmeit.

IN CASE OF SUDDEN ILLNESS OR ACCIDENT.

A LMIGHTY GOD, who smitest and heal-
est, who killest and makest alive, while
none can stay Thy hand ; give ear, we beseech
Thee, to our earnest supplications in behalf of
this Thy servant, whom Thou hast visited
with sudden and severe affliction. Be pleased,
O Lord, to deliver him ; O Lord, make haste
to help him. Quicken him for Thy name's
sake; and for Thy righteousness' sake bring
his soul out of trouble. O spare him, that he
may recover strength, before he go hence, and
be no more.

Above all, grant that this sudden visitation
may be overruled for his everlasting welfare.
May it humble him under Thy mighty hand.
May it lead him to exercise true repentance
towards Thee and unfeigned faith in the
Lord Jesus Christ; and by Thy grace to
cherish in his heart so deep a concern for
the welfare of his soul, as no temptations
shall be able to overcome. May he think

Service for the Sick. 55

upon his ways, turn his feet unto Thy
testimonies, and make haste to keep Thy
commandments.

If it be Thy will that, in answer to our
prayers, he should yet be spared in the land
of the living, grant that he may, by Thy
grace, be enabled to serve Thee more faith
fully. But if it seem good to Thee to cut
him off in the midst of his days, enable him
meekly to bow to Thy holy will, and to depart
in full assurance of faith. And grant him,
through the merits and grace of the Redeemer,
a portion in the inheritance of the saints.

Mercifully hear us, and grant an answer in
peace, for the sake of Thy beloved Son, our
Lord and Saviour.

FOR ONE WHO IS INSENSIBLE OR DELIRIOUS.

T ORD GOD, merciful and gracious, who
knowest our frame, and hast compassion
on our infirmities, look down in pity, we
beseech Thee, on Thy servant, for whom, in
his present sorely afflicted state of body and
of mind, we desire to intercede.

We earnestly pray, O God, that it may
please Thee to enlighten his darkness, and
to restore to him the use of all his faculties,
that he may be able clearly to discern the
things which belong to his everlasting peace.

56 Prayers for Sailors.

Arrest, if it be Thy will, the progress of his
disease. Bless the means employed for its
removal. Work for him a great deliverance
for Thy mercy's sake ; that, being restored
to health of body and soundness of mind, he
may be yet spared to serve Thee in the land
of the living.

Above all, we entreat Thee to be merciful
to his soul. Remember not against him
former transgressions ; remember Thy loving-
kindnesses, which have been of old ; and for
the sake of Thy beloved Son, who bore our
sins in His own body on the cross, receive
him graciously, love him freely, and visit him
with Thy salvation.

If it seem good to Thee in his present state
to remove him from us, receive him, O Lord,
unto Thyself, and in mercy give him, for
Christ's sake, an entrance into Thy glorious
kingdom, wherein the shadows that now lie
dark upon him shall be removed, and in Thy
light he shall see light.

Mercifully hear our humble supplications,
for the Lord Jesus' sake. £Lmert.

FOR A SICK PERSON IN DEEP DEJECTION
OF SPIRIT.

T7ATHER of mercies and God of all comfort,

we pray that this, our brother, who is

tempted by fear and doubt, may be cheered

Service for the Sick. 57

with the light of Thy reconciled countenance,
and blessed with the consolations of Thy grace.

O Lord, rebuke him not in Thine anger,
neither chasten him in Thy hot displeasure.
Have mercy on him, for he is weak ; heal
him, for his soul is sore vexed. The troubles
of his heart are enlarged ; O bring Thou him
out of his distresses. Look upon his affliction
and his pain, and forgive all his sin. Let not
the thought of Thy wrath lie hard upon him,
nor the terror of Thy judgments distract or
overwhelm him. Let him not doubt the truth
of Thy promises, so graciously made in Thy
beloved Son. Cause him to hear the voice
of the Redeemer, inviting weary souls to come
to Him and rest ; assuring him that in no wise
shall he be cast out. And let Thy Spirit work in
him a lively faith, so that he may be filled with
all joy and peace in believing, and may abound
in hope through the power of the Holy Ghost.

Merciful Father, who hast comforted us
with the assurance that Thou dost not afflict
willingly nor grieve the children of men,
suffer not our sorrowing brother, we beseech
Thee, to think by reason of these trials that
Thou hast forgotten to be gracious to him.
Trusting in Thee as a reconciled God, may
he be persuaded that in faithfulness Thou
art chastening him, not for Thy pleasure,
but for his profit. And having Thy love
shed abroad within his heart, may he know
that all things work together for his good,

58 Prayers for Sailors.

and that his present light affliction, which is
but for a moment, worketh for him a far more
exceeding, even an eternal weight of glory.

Grant, O God, if it be consistent with Thy
holy will, that the malady of Thy servant may
be removed, and that he may be spared to
serve Thee on the earth. But if Thou
shouldst have otherwise appointed, give him
Thy grace to uphold him in a dying hour,
that when he walks through the valley of
the shadow of death he may fear no evil,
because Thou, O Lord, art with him, and
Thy rod and staff comfort him.

Grant these requests, O Father, in his be
half, and all other things which Thou knowest
to be expedient for him, for the Lord Jesus'
sake.

FOR A SICK PERSON WHEN THERE IS LITTLE
HOPE OF RECOVERY.

GOD, in whose hand is the life of all
mankind and the breath of every living
thing, look with compassion on this Thy sorely
afflicted servant, for whom we humbly offer
our prayers.

Thou hast been pleased in Thy providence
to bring him very low, and near to the gates
of death ; be pleased, therefore, we pray Thee,
to give him Thy grace. Sustain his sinking

Service for the Sick. 59

heart, and give to him in rich measure the
consolations of the Gospel.

Let Thy Holy Spirit be shed on him abund
antly, to strengthen him for the endurance of
his sufferings, to witness with his spirit that he
is a child of God, to purify him from all re
maining sin, and to make him meet for the
inheritance of the saints in light.

God of all grace, support him in his time of
trouble, that his faith be not shaken, nor his
hope clouded, nor his peace disquieted by the
trials that encompass him. Into Thy hands
may he be enabled to commend his spirit,
knowing Him in whom he hath believed, and
being persuaded that Thou art able to keep
that which is committed to Thee against the
great day. And if it be Thy will at this time
to remove him from this world, grant him a
peaceful departure out of this life, and gra
ciously receive him to Thyself. Living or
dying, O God, may he be Thine, safe in Thy
hands, and acceptable in Thy sight.

Comfort his anxious relatives and friends.
Enable them to cast their care on Thee.
Teach them to submit with meekness to
Thy holy will, and give them grace to im
prove Thy chastening to the everlasting wel
fare of their souls.

These things we ask of Thee, O heavenly
Father, only for the sake of Jesus Christ, Thy
Son, our Saviour. Itmen.

60 Prayers for Sailors,

FOR ONE AT THE POINT OF DEATH.

GOD, Father of mercies, and God of
all consolation, look graciously, we be
seech Thee, for Jesus Christ's sake, upon
this Thy servant about to depart from this
sinful world. Visit him with Thy salvation,
and through the suffering and death of Christ
Thy Son, mercifully grant him pardon and
remission of all sin, that he in the hour of
departure may find Thee a pitying Father ;
and, cleansed from all sin by the blood of
Christ, may pass into life eternal, into peace
and the heavenly glory.

O Lord, in Thy mercy grant that he may
know Thee to be his reconciled God ; that
he may be sensible in spirit of the presence
of Christ with him, and that the light of the
Holy Spirit may enlighten him in the dark
hour of death.

O Lord, in Thy mercy comfort, sustain,
guide, and bless for evermore this our depart
ing friend, for whom Christ has died. Into
Thy hands we commend his spirit. O our
God, keep him safe for evermore. &men.

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A LMIGHTY GOD, who art the confidence
**• of all the ends of the earth, and of them
that are afar off upon the sea ; under whose
protection we are alike secure in every place,
and without whose providence we can nowhere
be in safety ; look down in mercy on us, Thine
unworthy servants, who are called to see Thy
wonders in the deep, and to perform the
duties of our vocation on the great waters.
Let Thine everlasting arms be underneath and
round about us. Preserve us in all dangers.
Support us in all trials. Conduct us speedily
and safely on our voyage, and bring us in
peace and comfort to our desired haven.
Bless the officers and sailors of this ship.
Guide them in all times of perplexity and
danger, and enable them continually to put
their trust in Thee.

Be pleased to watch over the members of

62 Prayers for Sailors.

our families, and all the beloved friends
whom we have left behind. Relieve our
minds from all anxiety on their account, by
the blessed assurance that Thou carest for
them. Above all, grant that our souls may be
defended from whatsoever evils or perils may
encompass them ; and that, abiding stedfast
in the faith, we may be enabled so to pass
through the waves and storms of this uncertain
world, that finally we may come to the haven
of eternal rest, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

II.

A LMIGHTY GOD, who rulest over all, and
*^ doest according to Thy will in heaven,
and in earth, and in the sea, grant unto us, as
we pass through the great waters, Thy pro
tection and guidance. Bless, we beseech Thee,
the captain, the officers, and sailors of this
ship, and all who sail with us. For our Lord
Jesus Christ's sake, who said to the waves,
Be still, stretch Thy hand over the sea and
shield us in every storm and peril, and bring
us in safety to our desired haven.

Teach us in all our ways to acknowledge
Thee ; and help us in all difficulties and
dangers to trust in Thee. Though deep
should call unto deep, and all Thy waves
and billows should go over us, yet do Thou

For the Use of Persons at Sea. 63

command Thy loving-kindness in the daytime,
and cause Thy song in the night to be with us,
and our prayer unto Thee, the God of our life.

Bless .our homes, and care for our beloved
friends. Fulfil, both to us and to them, Thy
gracious promise that Thou wilt never leave
us nor forsake us ; and preserve us from ever
leaving or forsaking Thee.

O Almighty God, give us all true faith in
Thee, and that blessed hope in Christ Jesus
our Redeemer, which is as an anchor of the
soul, both sure and stedfast, and which
entereth into that within the veil. Hear
this our prayer, we beseech Thee, for Christ
Jesus' sake.

III.

LORD our God, who art present every-
where to hear and help us according to
our need, dispose us at all times and in all
places to trust in Thee. Cause us, even in
the solitude of the ocean, to feel that Thou
art not far from every one of us. And be
graciously pleased to fulfil to us Thy word,
that if we take the wings of the morning and
dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even
there shall Thy hand lead us, and Thy right
hand shall hold us.

To Thy care and guidance, O heavenly
Father, we commit ourselves, and all who

64 Prayers for Sailors.

are on board this ship, beseeching Thee to be
our refuge and our strength, our very present
help in trouble. Send favouring winds, and
grant that, by Thy goodness, we may in due
season reach in safety our appointed haven.
O Christ, the same yesterday, to-day, and
for ever, be Thou our hiding-place from the
wind and covert from the tempest, so that,
whatever dangers may surround us, our hearts
and minds may be kept in perfect peace.

Bestow Thy blessing on our relatives and
friends at home. Grant that they may prosper
in all things, and be in health ; above all, that
their souls may prosper.

God of all grace, who hast blessed us hither
to, we humbly beseech Thee to bless us still.
Uphold us by Thy power. Direct us by Thy
wisdom. Sanctify us more and more by Thy
grace. Deliver us from all the snares and
temptations to which we are exposed ; so that,
having ended the voyage of life in peace, we
may come at last to that heavenly kingdom
which Thou hast prepared for us, through
Jesus Christ our Lord ; to whom be all honour
and glory for ever and ever.

IV.

A LMIGHTY GOD, our Maker and Pre-
•^^ server, we acknowledge that Thou art
good unto all, and that Thy tender mercies

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are over all Thy works. The earth is full of
Thy riches; so is this great and wide sea,
wherein are things creeping innumerable, both
small and great beasts. These wait all upon
Thee, that Thou mayest give them their meat
in due season. O Lord, how manifold are
Thy works : in wisdom hast Thou made them
all.

We thank Thee that we are invited to
commit all our ways unto Thee, and that
Thou hast promised to direct our steps.
Wherefore, we beseech Thee, leave us not
to ourselves as we pass through the paths of
the seas ; but keep us safe by Thine almighty
power.

O God, who carest for Thy children, for
Christ's sake shield us from all danger. Suffer
no evil to befall us, and no temptation to
ensnare or overcome us. Assist us in all
the duties of our calling; and guide us in
peace and safety to our journey's end.

Bestow Thy favour on the captain, the
officers, and the sailors of this ship. Give
them wisdom and courage that they may
rightly discharge every duty of their calling.

Bless and comfort our relatives and friends
at home. May we and they, though separated
in bodily presence, be ever joined together in
the unity of faith and love. And at length,
when the course of this mortal life is ended,
may we meet them and dwell with them for
ever in that land of blessedness and rest
E

66 Prayers for Sailors.

which Thou hast prepared for Thy people,
through Jesus Christ ; to whom, with Thee
and with the Holy Ghost, be all honour and
praise for evermore. 3tmeit.

V.

A LMIGHTY GOD, who alone commandest
*^ the winds and the waves, and they obey
Thee ; we, Thine unworthy and sinful creatures,
would humbly address to Thee our prayers.
We worship Thee as the living and true God,
who hast made the earth, and sea, and all that
is therein. Seeing Thy wonders in the deep,
we magnify and exalt Thy glorious name, and
ascribe unto Thee all dominion, and majesty,
and glory.

We give Thee thanks for all that we have
hitherto experienced of Thy goodness and
care ; and we beseech Thee still to vouchsafe
to us, notwithstanding our unworthiness, the
continued defence and bounty of Thy provi
dence. Give Thy fatherly blessing to the
captain and all on board this ship. Shield
us from all dangers, seen and unseen. Speed
us on our way, and bring us to our destination.
Take all our absent friends under Thy protec
tion, and grant that in due time we may be
happily restored to them.

Above all, give unto us, O heavenly Father,
the abundant influence of Thy Holy Spirit,

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to enlighten our minds in the knowledge of
Thy truth, to purify our hearts from indwell
ing sin, and to work in us both to will and to
do of Thy good pleasure. Enable us ever to
hold faith and a good conscience, lest by
putting them away we make shipwreck of
the soul; and, being guided and governed
by Thy blessed Spirit, may we finish the
voyage of life in safety, and find entrance at
last into the haven of eternal rest, through
Jesus Christ our Lord ; for whose second
coming to judge the world we wait, and to
whom, with Thee the Father, and with the
Holy Ghost, one God, be glory everlasting.

at tfy JSurfal of t&e

" I know that my Redeemer liveth."

" OUR help is in the name of the Lord, who
made heaven and earth.

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the
Lord pitieth them that fear Him. For He
knoweth our frame ; He remembereth that
we are dust.

If in this life only we have hope in Christ,
we are of all men most miserable.

But if the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus
from the dead dwell in you, He that raised up
Christ from the dead shall also quicken your
mortal bodies by His Spirit that dwelleth
in you.

The hour is coming, in the which all that
are in the graves shall hear His voice, and
shall come forth ; they that have done good,
unto the resurrection of life ; and they that
have done evil, unto the resurrection of
damnation.

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As for me, I will behold Thy face in right
eousness : I shall be satisfied, when I awake,
with Thy likeness.

The first man is of the earth, earthy; the
second man is the Lord from heaven.

As is the earthy, such are they also that are
earthy; and as is the heavenly, such are they
also that are heavenly.

And as we have borne the image of the
earthy, we shall also bear the image of the
heavenly.

Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and
blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God;
neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall
not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye,
at the last trump : for the trumpet shall sound,
and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and
we shall be changed.

For this corruptible must put on incor
ruption, and this mortal must put on im
mortality.

So when this corruptible shall have put on
incorruption, and this mortal shall have put
on immortality, then shall be brought to pass
the saying that is written, Death is swallowed
up in victory.

O death, where is thy sting ? O grave, where
is thy victory ?

The sting of death is sin ; and the strength
of sin is the law.

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But thanks be to God, which giveth us the
victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye sted-
fast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work
of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your
labour is not in vain in the Lord."

LET us PRAY.

C\ GOD, our heavenly Father, in this hour
of sorrow we come to Thee in prayer,
for in Thee alone is our confidence and hope.
For Christ's sake, be Thou pleased to hear us,
and give us the blessing we need.

Seeing that it hath pleased Thee, in whose
hand our life is, and whose are all our ways,
to take away from among us another of our
brethren, grant unto us who remain, faith in
Thy great goodness, and the comfort we need
while in the presence of death. By Thy Holy
Spirit the Comforter, be pleased now to grant
to us all, and specially to the relatives of our
departed brother, a good hope in Jesus Christ
our Lord, who hath brought life and im
mortality to light through the Gospel.

We thank Thee, O God, that even now,
standing here by this open grave, we can
rejoice in Jesus Christ our Lord, believing
that He has overcome the sharpness of death,
and opened the kingdom of heaven to all
believers. We praise Thee for the brightness

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of the hope we have that they who die in
Christ shall live with Him for evermore. And
we humbly pray that we, who are here present,
may be kept in everlasting fellowship with
Him, so that when we depart this life, accord
ing to Thy will, our souls may be received into
His presence with exceeding joy, and our flesh
also may rest in hope till this mortal shall have
put on immortality, and death be swallowed
up in victory.

To us to live may it be Christ, that to die
may be gain ; so that living or dying we may
be always Thine, safe in Thy hands, and ac
ceptable in Thy sight.

Teach us all to live, as knowing that we
must soon die. Let us not be slothful, but
followers of them who through faith and
patience inherit the promises. And seeing
that the time is short, dispose us to weep, as
though we wept not ; to rejoice, as though we
rejoiced not ; to buy, as though we possessed
not ; and to use this world as not abusing it ;
because the fashion of this world passeth
away.

Hear our prayer^ O Lord, and give ear unto
our cry; for we are strangers with Thee, and
sojourners, as all our fathers were. O satisfy
us early with Thy mercy, that we may rejoice
and be glad all our days. Make us glad ac
cording to the days wherein Thou hast afflicted
us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.
And let the beauty of the Lord our God be

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upon us ; and establish Thou the work of our
hands upon us ; yea, the work of our hands
establish Thou it.

TO BE USED IF THE FUNERAL IS AT SEA.

GOD, Creator and Preserver of all, who
holdest the waters in the hollow of Thy
hand, and hast declared that in the great day
of the resurrection the sea shall give up the
dead that are in it, grant unto us, that as we
now commit to the great deep the body of our
departed brother, we may be able to look up
to Thee, our Father, through Christ, and with
a sure and certain hope that they who believe
shall inherit everlasting life.

Guide us by Thy Spirit all the days of our
life. Teach us to remember the things which
pertain to the life which is eternal, and when
our wanderings in this life are done, bring us,
through faith in a crucified, risen, and glori
fied Redeemer, to our desired haven of eternal
rest.

We commend unto Thee the friends of our
departed brother, and pray Thee that, in their
hours of sorrow, they may have joy and con
solation in Thy love, through Jesus Christ
our Lord.

Now, O God of peace, that brought again
from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great
Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of

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the everlasting covenant, make us perfect in
every good work, to do Thy will, working in
us that which is well -pleasing in Thy sight,
through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for
ever and ever.

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed
be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy
will be done in earth, is it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread. And for
give us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver
us from evil : For Thine is the kingdom, and
the power, and the glory, for ever. JUmett.

HP HE grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and

the love of God, and the communion of

the Holy Ghost, be with us all.

PRAYER AT THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD
AFTER A BATTLE.

LORD God of hosts, who hast brought
us in safety through the peril of battle,
and hast at this time called us in sorrow to
commit to the deep the dead bodies of our
brethren in arms who have fallen, we desire

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to approach Thee in prayer through Jesus
Christ, the Captain of our salvation, asking
Thee to enable us all to remember Thy great
mercy, and the love of Christ, in whom is all
our hope for this life and for the next.

Comfort, we beseech Thee, the friends and
relatives of the fallen. Provide for their wants
and alleviate their sorrows. Help them to
bow in meek submission to Thy will. And
in their bereavements draw them more closely
unto Thee, who wilt never leave them nor
forsake them.

We thank Thee, O God, that we have good
hope that as these our brethren quitted them
selves like men, and fell at last, faithful unto
death, righting for a righteous cause ; so they
died in faith in Christ, and now rest in peace,
waiting for a blessed resurrection. And we
pray that we who remain may be able to per
severe in righteousness, so that, at last, having
fought the good fight of faith, we may receive
the crown of life, and a place in the heavenly
glory.

Special

PRAYER AT THE BEGINNING OF A YEAR.

/^\ GOD, in whom we live, and move, and
have our being, enable us, we pray Thee
for Christ's sake, with this new year, anew to
dedicate ourselves and all we have to Thee.
As we live by Thy grace, and rejoice in Thy
bounty, may we be able to live to Thy praise,
and to serve Thee evermore with gladness.

Teach us, good Lord, to seek first Thy
kingdom and righteousness, that all other
things may be added unto us. Grant that
our spiritual life may this year grow, and
bear fruit unto Thy glory. Lord, increase
our faith. Make our hope in heavenly things
brighter and more enduring ; and cause us to
know the love of Christ, that we may love
Thee with all our soul and strength and
mind, and may love our neighbours as our
selves. May the passing years bring us nearer
the gate of heaven, and nearer to Thee in
Christ.

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Impress us, O God, with an abiding sense
of the shortness and uncertainty of our lives,
and so teach us to number our days that we
may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Give
us grace to redeem the time we have spent
in sloth, vanity, and wickedness, by greater
earnestness and diligence in the work of prep
aration for eternity. Grant that as our days
are multiplied, our holy resolutions may be
strengthened ; and that, as we draw ever
nearer to the grave, we may constantly grow
in our conformity to Thine image, and in our
fitness to inherit Thy heavenly kingdom.

Into Thy hands, O God, we commit our
selves, beseeching Thee, who hast blessed us
hitherto, to bless us still. Prosper us in
our lawful undertakings. Keep us from the
evil that is in the world. Prepare us for
all events that may befall us. Grant that,
whether in prosperity or in adversity, in health
or in sickness, in life or in death, we may be
upheld and comforted with the assurance that
all things work together for good to them that
love Thee. And make us to be so rooted and
grounded in the faith, and so abundantly
fruitful in good works, that in what hour
soever our Lord shall come, we may be found
of Him in peace, and may receive that crown
of righteousness which is laid up for them that
love His appearing.

Graciously hear us, O God, and have mercy
upon us, for the Lord Jesus' sake.

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FOR A TIME OF GREAT SICKNESS AND
MORTALITY.

A LMIGHTY GOD, who killest and makest
*^ alive, who turnest man to destruction,
and sayest, Return, ye children of men ; we
acknowledge the justice of that chastisement
with which in Thy providence Thou hast
been pleased to visit us ; and most humbly
do we beseech Thee, for the Redeemer's sake,
to have pity upon us, miserable sinners, and
in the midst of deserved wrath to remember
mercy. Return, O Lord, how long ? and let
it repent Thee concerning Thy servants.
Deliver us from the pestilence that walketh
in darkness, and from the destruction that
wasteth at noonday. Keep us in safety, O
Lord, we beseech Thee, for Christ's sake, and
enable us to trust continually in Thee.

Above all, grant that Thy judgments may
induce us to search and try our ways, and
turn unto the Lord ; and that, exercising
repentance towards Thee, and faith towards
Thy beloved Son, we may be delivered from
the plagues of our own evil hearts, saved
from everlasting death, and raised to the hope
of immortal life and glory, through Jesus
Christ, who died for us and rose again ; and
to whom, with Thee and with the Holy Spirit,
be all honour and praise for ever and ever.

Itmett.

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THANKSGIVING FOR THE REMOVAL OF
PESTILENCE.

A LMIGHTY and most merciful Father, we
humbly and heartily acknowledge Thy
goodness in withdrawing from us that plague
with which for our sins we have been visited.
It is of Thy mercies, O Lord, that we are not
consumed, and because Thy compassions fail
not. Wherefore, we beseech Thee, help us,
with grateful hearts and obedient lives, to
show forth Thy praise. Suffer us not to be
forgetful of the vows which our lips uttered
while we were in trouble ; but as Thou hast
delivered our souls from death, our eyes from
tears, and our feet from falling, dispose us
to walk before Thee in the land of the
living.

Confirm us, O Lord, that we may ever
be stedfast in our fidelity to Thee, who hast
dealt so mercifully with us. Make us glad
according to the days wherein Thou hast
afflicted us, and the years wherein we have
seen evil. Let Thy work appear unto Thy
servants, and Thy glory unto their children.
And let the beauty of the Lord our God be
upon us, and establish Thou the work of our
hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands
establish Thou it.

Graciously receive the tribute of our thanks-

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givings, and grant an answer to our prayers,
for the Lord Jesus' sake.

PRAYER FOR FRIENDS AT HOME.

LORD, who hast been our dwelling-place
in all generations, and hast said that
Thou wilt never leave us nor forsake us,
enable us to put our trust in Thee. Though
far from the land in which our fathers wor
shipped Thee, suffer us not to be forgetful of
Thy service. Teach us still to acknowledge
Thee in all our ways, honouring Thy name,
searching Thy word, hallowing Thy Sabbaths,
and keeping Thy commandments. Help us to
lead a life of faith in Jesus Christ Thy Son,
who loved us and gave Himself for us.

We pray for our friends and relatives at
home, that it may please Thee to bless and
to protect them. Bestow upon them Thy
loving- kindness, which is better than life.
May we and they be cheered from time to
time with tidings of each other's welfare,
and grant, if it be consistent with Thy will,
that in Thy good time we may meet again
in joy. Be with us and them in all the way
that we go, and keep us in all places where
soever we sojourn. Let Thy wisdom guide
us, and Thy grace uphold us. And when
the days of our pilgrimage on earth are ended,

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grant us an everlasting portion in that better
country which Thou hast prepared for them
that love Thee, through Jesus Christ ; in
whose name we present our prayers, and
unto whom, with Thee, O Father, and with
the Holy Spirit, be honour and glory for
evermore.

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A LMIGHTV and all-merciful God, Creator
*"' and Ruler of all things, who boldest tin*
waters in the hollow of Thy hand, hear us,
who are pursuing our calling on the giv.it
deep, as wo lift up our souls unto Thee.

O God. we feel our helplessness before Thee,
as we are driven up and down before the
tempest and the waves beat in upon us. Our
faith is often ready to fail, and we are afraid
at the tokens of Thy presence. Lord, we
believe — help Thou our unbelief: and enable
us by night and day, on sea and land, to
trust in Th

Preserve us, () heavenly Father, in exeiy
hour of peril. Guide' us in every course.
Keep us from hidden dangers. Prosper us
in our work. Supply our daily wants.
Teach us to seek first Thy kingdom and
i

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righteousness, that all other things may be
added unto us.

O Lord our God, be Thou pleased to bless
our homes, and all our dear ones therein.
Keep them from fear for us. Give them the
loving faith which brings good cheer, and
prosper them every day in their labour of
life.

Hear, for Christ Jesus' sake, we beseech
Thee, O God, and answer us, so that, being
blessed by Thee, the Almighty God, we and
all ours may have the peace and joy which
come by believing, and may at last rest
within Thy kingdom for evermore, 3ttmn.

II.

LORD God Almighty, hear us whea
now we call on Thee through Jesus
Christ our Lord. O Thou who hast taught
us that Thy way is in the sea and Thy path
in the great waters, grant that even now we
may, by faith, find Thee, and know Thee to
be very near to us. Enable us continually to
put our trust in Thee ; and be Thou pleased
to guard us from danger, to prosper us in our
labour of life, and to guide us continually, so
that we may be kept from sin and folly, and
enabled by Thy grace always to do what is
well-pleasing in Thy sight.

O Christ, Thou Saviour of men, who on the

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sea of Galilee didst still the tempest by Thy
word of power, be pleased to grant us Thy
presence, lest our faith do fail in time of peril.
Increase our faith, O Lord, in Thee as our
Redeemer and our heavenly Friend, and do
Thou grant us Thy salvation.

O Holy Spirit, Thou that guidest to the
home of the spirits of just men, and into the
haven of eternal rest, shed, we pray Thee,
Thy heavenly light upon our way. Guide
us, lest wre miss the track and perish.
Strengthen us, lest we faint while watch
ing, and prepare us for the rest that re-
maineth unto the people of God.

O God, hear our prayers; and unto Thee,
with Christ and the Holy Spirit, we would
ascribe all honour, and glory, and praise,
world without end.

III.

f~\ LORD God Almighty, who makest
the clouds Thy chariot, who walkest
upon the wings of the wind, and bindest the
floods from overflowing, for Christ's sake be
pleased mercifully to protect us, Thy ser
vants, from all peril on the sea. Manifest
Thy loving- kindness to us in the daytime,
and show forth Thy faithfulness to us every
night. Bless us in the labour of our hands,
and feed us with food convenient for us.

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O God, who alone can give the precious
gift of faith, grant unto us power at all times
to trust in Thee, through Jesus Christ our
Lord. In times of storm and peril, grant
that our hearts may be fearless, because we
know Him who said unto the waves, Peace,
be still ; and because we trust in Thee, O
God our Father, who art the confidence of
them that are afar off upon the sea. O God,
our hope is in Thee ; bless and guide us, now
and evermore.

Bless and keep safely all our relatives and
friends. Confirm in their hearts a perfect
confidence in Thy fatherly care. Remove
their doubts, calm their fears, and lift their
hearts to Thee, that they may have the
blessed peace which comes by believing, and
may commit all their care unto Thee, their
heavenly Father.

These our humble prayers we offer in the
name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

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WHEN THE BOATS ARE ABOUT TO SAIL.

GOD, we acknowledge Thee to be the
Lord. Thou art He that reigneth over
all. Thy throne is established of old : Thou
art from everlasting. The floods have lifted
up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their
voice ; the floods lift up their waves ; but
Thou art mightier than the noise of many
waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the
sea. Thy testimonies are very sure.

We thank Thee, O God, for all Thy good
ness ; for Thy care over us ever since we had
our being ; and for Thy good promises, that
Thou wilt bless Thy people for evermore.

We desire to commit all our concerns unto
Thee, our heavenly Father, and with humble
faith, to place our dependence on Thee, as
Thou hast commanded. Give us therefore, O

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Lord, we pray Thee, a true and living faith in
Jesus Christ, Thy Son our Saviour. May we
have from Thee power to trust in Him and
His finished work for us. Enable us, O God,
to believe in Him as our Saviour from sin, and
the Giver of eternal life, with all its joy and
glory.

We thank Thee, O God, for all Thy mercies ;
and now we humbly pray Thee to guard and
keep in safety all our dear ones who are about
to leave us and to put to sea. Be with
them, O God, during their voyage ; prosper
them in their calling, and grant that their nets
may be full, and that there may be abundance
for them and for us. Sustain them amid the
hardships of the sea ; and as they keep watch
by night, be Thou pleased to watch over them
in Thy great love, that they may be preserved
from danger and kept safe amid the perils of
the sea.

In times of storm, O Lord, of Thy great
mercy help Thy servants, that they perish not.

Thou hast been pleased in Thy Holy Word to
declare that Thou art a refuge from storm and
a hiding-place from the wind, and that Thou
stayest Thy rough wind in the day of the east
wind, and that Thou canst make the storm a
calm. O heavenly Father, make good Thy
promises to our dear ones. Guard them by
Thine almighty power, preserve them amid
all the dangers of their calling, and bring
them home again to us in safety.

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And above all, O God, be pleased to keep
them from the perils which beset the soul.
Keep them from the company of sinful and
foolish men, and in the midst of temptation
strengthen them by Thy Holy Spirit, that they
may not fall. Preserve them in all honesty,
and grant that they may be temperate in all
things. Enable them by Thy grace to be
sober in conduct, gentle in temper, and pure
in speech, that as Thy true children and the
followers of Jesus Christ, who called His first
disciples from among the fishermen of Galilee,
they may be able continually to glorify Thee
their God, and may walk worthily of their high
calling in Jesus Christ.

Lord our Keeper, watch over us, and over
all who are dear to us. Shield us from all
harm ; keep us from all sin ; and whether we
sleep or wake, let us live with Thee. Fulfil
Thy promise, that Thou wilt never leave us
nor forsake us. Enable us to pass the time of
our sojourning in Thy faith, and fear, and
love ; and when we die, receive us unto Thy
self, that we may dwell in Thy presence, and
behold Thy face, and sing praises unto Thy
name for ever.

Enable the members of this household, we
beseech Thee, to be faithful in their appointed
duties. ^\.nd whatsoever they do, dispose them
to do it heartily, as unto the Lord and not
unto man.

Father of mercies and God of all comfort,

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look with compassion on the sick and the
afflicted. Give them support and comfort in
their trials; and overrule Thy fatherly chas
tening to the everlasting welfare of their
souls.

These our humble supplications we present
in the name and through the mediation of
Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour.

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
debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us
not into temptation, but deliver us from evil :
For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and
the glory, for ever.

II.

WHEN THE BOATS ARE OUT.

" I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge
and my fortress : my God ; in Him will I
trust. Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror
by night ; nor for the arrow that flieth by day.
Because thou hast made the Lord which is my
refuge, even the Most High, thy habitation ;
there shall no evil befall thee, neither shall
any plague come nigh thy dwelling."

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LET us PRAY.

A LMIGHTY GOD, who art the confidence
*^ of all the ends of the earth, and of them
that are afar off upon the sea — our sun and
shield, our refuge and defence, the strength
of our heart and the rock of our salvation —
enable us to put our trust in Thee. Teach
us with full assurance to look up to Thee
as our reconciled God and Father in Christ
Jesus, and graciously remember Thy word
unto Thy servants, on which Thou hast
caused us to hope, that Thou wilt keep
him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed
on Thee.

Pardon, O God, whatever want of confid
ence we have shown towards Thee, and lead
us henceforth by the teaching of Thy Holy
Spirit to trust in Thee with all our heart.
Help us to rely on the goodness of Thy prov
idence. Increase our faith in the promises of
Thy Word. Dispose us to cast upon Thee all
our cares, humbly to commit to Thy keeping
all our interests, and earnestly to seek the
guidance of Thy wisdom and the aid of Thy
strength in all our undertakings.

Teach us, O God of all grace, wholly to de
pend on the merciful provisions of Thy Gospel.
Counting all things but loss for the excellency
of the knowledge of Christ Jesus our Lord,
may we seek to win Christ, and to be found

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in Him, having the righteousness which is by
faith. Convince us that without Him we can
do nothing, but that through His strength we
can do all things. May we be persuaded that
neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor princi
palities, nor powers, nor things present, nor
things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor
any other creature, shall be able to separate
us from the love of God, which is in Christ
Jesus our Lord.

Hear our prayers for our kindred and our
friends. Deliver them from evil, preserve
them in all good, and bring them to ever
lasting joy.

And especially, O God, we desire of Thee
at this time a blessing for our dear ones who
are afar off upon the sea.

We commend them to Thy holy and all-
powerful keeping. Be pleased, O God, for
Christ's sake, to protect and bless them. In
times of peril, O God, be Thou with them
to save them. Throughout their days of toil
strengthen them and keep them true to Thee.
Through their nights of watching, may their
confidence be in Thee ; and do Thou of Thy
mercy watch over them, and suffer them again
with gladness to see the morning light.
Prosper them in labour. In faith in Thy
good providence may they cast their nets, and
may their nets be filled as were those of the
disciples on the sea of Galilee, with a great
multitude of fishes. If it be Thy holy will,

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may they have abundance for themselves and
for us, and may they rejoice because they
can feel that they have Thy blessing upon
them.

Take us all into Thy holy keeping. May
our faith in Jesus Christ keep us evermore
in the way of salvation, and may Thy Holy
Spirit sanctify us so that we may always
rejoice to do Thy will.

Almighty God, who givest power to the faint
and increasest strength to them that have no
might, we look to Thee for aid in all our
duties and in all our trials. Fulfil to us, now
and always, Thy promise, that as our days so
shall our strength be. Arm ,us with might
to resist every temptation, and stablish our
hearts in every good word and work, that
we may stand perfect and complete in Thy
will.

Guide us in all that we think and say and
do, that all may be to Thy glory.

Guide and strengthen us by Thy Holy Spirit,
that we may be faithful to all our responsi
bilities, honest in all our dealings, and gentle
in our communications with all men. May
we be able to preserve an even temper and
the spirit of Christian charity amid all the
anxieties of our business and the trials of
our daily life.

O God, who art very pitiful and of tender
mercy, look with compassion on all who are
afflicted. Heal the sick; provide for the

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destitute; deliver the oppressed; prepare the
dying for their change.

Prepare us, O God, for every event that
may befall us. So teach us to number our
days, that we may apply our hearts unto
wisdom. Seeing that the time is short,
dispose us to weep as though we wept not,
to rejoice as though we rejoiced not, to buy
as though we possessed not, and to use this
world as not abusing it, because the fashion
of this world passeth away. O satisfy us early
with Thy mercy, that we may rejoice and be
glad all our days. Guide us by Thy counsel
while we live, and afterwards receive us into
glory.

Graciously hear and answer us, O Lord,
according to the fulness of Thy mercy in Christ
Jesus, our Lord and Saviour.

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
debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us
not into temptation, but deliver us from evil :
For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and
the glory, for ever. Itmen.

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III.

WHEN THERE IS A STORM.

TORD GOD Almighty, our heavenly Father,

we come to Thee, imploring Thee to

bless us in this time of our anxiety and fear.

Be pleased of Thy mercy to preserve those
dear to us, and all others who are in this time
of storm in peril on the sea.

All power is in Thy hand, O God, for Thou
hast created all things. Thou hast made the
earth and the heavens, and the sea is Thine
also. Thou causest the vapours to ascend
from the ends of the earth. Thou makest
lightnings for the rain, and bringest forth
the wind out of Thy treasuries. Be pleased,
therefore, in Thine infinite mercy and al
mighty power, so to overrule these tokens of
Thy presence, that they may not injure us
and ours ; and grant that in all times of peril
our confidence may ever be in Thee, and that
no fear may cause us in any way to distrust
Thee. May a sense of Thy presence be in
us a ground of faith, and may our hope in
Thee continue stedfast to the end.

O Christ our Saviour, who hast promised
to be with Thy people always, even unto the
end, hear our prayers, we beseech Thee, at
this time, when we ask for a blessing of pro-

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tection and salvation for those exposed to
danger in the storm; and as Thou wast
pleased to show Thy mighty power on the
sea of Galilee, and to save Thy disciples when
they cried unto Thee, and to rebuke the wind
and the raging of the water, so that they
ceased and there was a calm, in like manner
now be Thou pleased to cause the storm to
cease, and to save Thy servants for whom we
pray.

O Holy Spirit, be Thou likewise pleased to
manifest Thy power in them, that no matter
what befall, they may possess their souls in
peace, trusting everything to the mercy and
power of God.

O God, who hast prepared for us in heaven
a better and more enduring inheritance than
can be found on earth, dispose us to seek
those things which are above; and enable
us so to look at the things which are unseen
and eternal, that we may bear patiently all
present hardships, and may reckon them un
worthy to be compared with the glory which
shall hereafter be revealed in us.

Merciful Father, who hast given Thine own
Son to be the propitiation for our sins, grant
us, for His sake, Thy mercy to forgive us
and Thy grace to help us. Pardon all the
defects of our love to Thee, and all the
excess of our love for earthly things. Turn
our inclinations and affections from those vain
objects which would draw away our hearts

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from Thee. Give to us clear views of Thine
excellency, and impress us with a lively sense
of Thy goodness. Above all, teach us to com
prehend, with all saints, the breadth, and
length, and depth, and height of Thy love
towards us in Jesus Christ.

Graciously hear and answer us, O Lord,
according to the fulness of Thy mercy in
Christ Jesus, our Lord and Saviour.

JLmen.

IV.

THANKSGIVING FOR SAFE RETURN FROM
THE FISHING.

" Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and
thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and
might, be unto our God for ever and ever."

LET us PRAY.

T T EAR our prayers, O Lord, and accept our
thanksgivings for all Thy mercies, re
newed to us and to all men every day, and
especially for Thine infinite love, sealed to us
in the life and death of Jesus Christ our Lord,
and promised to all the faithful for evermore.

We confess that we have not always re
membered Thee. While we have been receiv-

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ing Thy blessings, we have forgotten Thee.
While we have been living by Thy mercy,
we have broken Thy law. While Thy pro
tection has been the very safety of our lives,
we have lived carelessly and sinfully. O
our God, have mercy upon us for Christ's
sake. For His sake pardon these our sins
and follies, and grant that Thy Holy Spirit
may so sanctify our souls and bodies that we
may be able to serve Thee here upon the
earth, and may at last be made partakers
of the heavenly glory.

We desire to thank Thee now for our
temporal mercies ; for life and health ; for
happy homes and loving friends ; for power
to think and strength to labour; for food
and raiment ; and for every other blessing
received at Thy hand.

And specially at this time we give Thee
thanks, O most merciful God, for Thy great
goodness to those of our relatives and friends
who have returned to us in safety. We thank
Thee that Thou hast been pleased to preserve
them amid all dangers of the sea, and that
Thou hast given them strength to endure
all the hardships of their perilous calling.
We would stir up our hearts, and all that
is within us, to praise and magnify Thy
name, O God, for all Thy goodness to us
and ours.

We render thanks, above all, for the gift
of Christ, through whom alone we, who are

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Thine unworthy children, receive these bless
ings; and we humbly ask Thee, with whom
is no variableness, neither shadow of turning,
to continue Thy goodness unto us and to bless
us still, through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our
Saviour, to whom with Thee and with the
Holy Spirit be all praise, world without
end.

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I.

EXODUS xiv.

A ND the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
*** Speak unto the children of Israel, that
they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth,
between Migdol and the sea, over against
Baal-zephon : before it shall ye encamp by
the sea.

For Pharaoh will say of the children of
Israel, They are entangled in the land, the
wilderness hath shut them in.

And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he
shall follow after them ; and I will be honoured
upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host ; that the
Egyptians may know that I am the Lord.
And they did so.

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And it was told the king of Egypt that the
people fled : and the heart of Pharaoh and of
his servants was turned against the people,
and they said, Why have we done this, that
we have let Israel go from serving us ?

And he made ready his chariot, and took his
people with him :

And he took six hundred chosen chariots,
and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains
over every one of them.

And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh
king of Egypt, and he pursued after the
children of Israel : and the children of
Israel went out with an high hand.

But the Egyptians pursued after them, all
the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his
horsemen, and his army, and overtook them
encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth,
before Baal-zephon.

And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children
of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the
Egyptians marched after them ; and they
were sore afraid: and the children of Israel
cried out unto the Lord.

And they said unto Moses, Because there
were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us
away to die in the wilderness ? wherefore hast
thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out
of Egypt ?

Is not this the word that we did tell thee
in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may
serve the Egyptians ? For it had been better

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for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we
should die in the wilderness.

And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye
not, stand still, and see the salvation of the
Lord, which He will show to you to-day : for
the Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye
shall see them again no more for ever.

The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall
hold your peace.

And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore
criest thou unto me ? speak unto the children
of Israel, that they go forward.

But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out
thine hand over the sea, and divide it ; and
the children of Israel shall go on dry ground
through the midst of the sea.

And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of
the Egyptians, and they shall follow them :
and I wTill get me honour upon Pharaoh, and
upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon
his horsemen.

And the Egyptians shall know that I am the
Lord, when I have gotten me honour upon
Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his
horsemen.

And the angel of God, which went before
the camp of Israel, removed and went behind
them ; and the pillar of the cloud went from
before their face, and stood behind them :

And it came between the camp of the
Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it
was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave

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light by night to these : so that the one came
not near the other all the night.

And Moses stretched out his hand over the
sea ; and the Lord caused the sea to go back
by a strong east wind all that night, and made
the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

And the children of Israel went into the
midst of the sea upon the dry ground : and
the waters were a wall unto them on their
right hand, and on their left.

And the Egyptians pursued, and went in
after them to the midst of the sea, even all
Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horse
men.

And it came to pass, that in the morning
watch the Lord looked unto the host of the
Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the
cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians.

And took off their chariot wheels, that they
drave them heavily : so that the Egyptians
said, Let us flee from the face of Israel ; for
the Lord fighteth for them against the
Egyptians.

And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out
thine hand over the sea, that the waters may
come again upon the Egyptians, upon their
chariots, and upon their horsemen.

And Moses stretched forth his hand over
the sea, and the sea returned to his strength
when the morning appeared ; and the Egyptians
fled against it ; and the Lord overthrew the
Egyptians in the midst of the sea.

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And the waters returned, and covered the
chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host
of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them ;
there remained not so much as one of them.

But the children of Israel walked upon dry
land in the midst of the sea : and the waters
were a wall unto them on their right hand,
and on their left.

Thus the Lord saved Israel that day out of
the hand of the Egyptians : and Israel saw
the Egyptians dead upon the sea-shore.

And Israel saw that great work which the
Lord did upon the Egyptians : and the people
feared the Lord, and believed the Lord, and
his servant Moses.

II.

i CHRONICLES xvi. 7-36.

'TWEEN on that day David delivered first
this psalm, to thank the Lord, into the
hand of Asaph and his brethren.

Give thanks unto the Lord, call upon His
name, make known His deeds among the
people.

Sing unto Him, sing psalms unto Him,
talk ye of all His wondrous works.

Glory ye in His holy name : let the heart
of them rejoice that seek the Lord.

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Seek the Lord and His strength, seek His
face continually.

Remember His marvellous works that He
hath done, His wonders, and the judgments
of His mouth ;

O ye seed of Israel His servant, ye children
of Jacob, His chosen ones.

He is the Lord our God; His judgments
are in all the earth.

Be ye mindful always of His covenant, the
word which He commanded to a thousand
generations ;

Even of the covenant which He made with
Abraham, and of His oath unto Isaac ;

And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for
a law, and to Israel for an everlasting
covenant,

Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of
Canaan, the lot of your inheritance ;

When ye were but few, even a few, and
strangers in it.

And when they went from nation to nation,
and from one kingdom to another people,

He suffered no man to do them wrong ; yea,
He reproved kings for their sakes,

Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do
my prophets no harm.

Sing unto the Lord, all the earth; show
forth from day to day His salvation.

Declare His glory among the heathen ; His
marvellous works among all nations.

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praised : He also is to be feared above all
gods.

For all the gods of the people are idols :
but the Lord made the heavens.

Glory and honour are in His presence ;
strength and gladness are in His place.

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

Give unto the Lord the glory due unto His
name : bring an offering, and come before
Him ; worship the Lord in the beauty of
holiness.

Fear before Him, all the earth : the world
also shall be stable, that it be not moved.

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth
rejoice ; and let men say among the nations,
The Lord reigneth.

Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof:
let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein.

Then shall the trees of the wood sing out
at the presence of the Lord, because He cometh
to judge the earth.

O give thanks unto the Lord ; for He is
good : for His mercy endureth for ever.

And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation,
and gather us together, and deliver us from
the heathen, that we may give thanks to Thy
holy name, and glory in Thy praise.

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel for ever
and ever. And all the people said, Amen,
and praised the Lord.

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III.

PSALM xcvi.

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

Sing unto the Lord, bless 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 nations are idols :
but the Lord made the heavens.

Honour 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 strength.

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

O worship the Lord in the beauty of holi
ness : fear before Him, all the earth.

Say among the heathen that the Lord
reigneth : the world also shall be established
that 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 field be joyful, and all that is

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therein ; then shall all the trees of the wood
rejoice.

Before the Lord ; for He cometh, for He
cometh to judge the earth : He shall judge
the world with righteousness, and the people
with His truth.

IV.

PSALM cxxxv.

pRAISE ye the Lord. Praise ye the name
of the Lord ; praise Him, O ye servants
of the Lord.

Ye that stand in the house of the Lord,
in the courts of the house of our God,

Praise the Lord ; for the Lord is good :
sing praises unto His name ; for it is pleasant.

For the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto
Himself, and Israel for His peculiar treasure.

For I know that the Lord is great, and
that our Lord is above all gods.

Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did He
in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all
deep places.

He causeth the vapours to ascend from the
ends of the earth : He maketh lightnings for
the rain : He bringeth the wind out of His
treasuries.

Who smote the first-born of Egypt, both
of man and beast.

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Who sent tokens and wonders into the
midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and
upon all his servants.

Who smote great nations, and slew mighty
kings ;

Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of
Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan :

And gave their land for an heritage, an
heritage unto Israel His people.

Thy name, O Lord, endureth for ever ;
and Thy memorial, O Lord, throughout all
generations.

For the Lord will judge His people,
and He will repent Himself concerning His
servants.

The idols of the heathen are silver and
gold, the work of men's hands.

They have mouths, but they speak not ;
eyes have they, but they see not ;

They have ears, but they hear not; neither
is there any breath in their mouths.

They that make them are like unto them :
so is every one that trusteth in them.

Bless the Lord, O house of Israel : bless
the Lord, O house of Aaron :

Bless the Lord, O house of Levi : ye that
fear the Lord, bless the Lord.

Blessed be the Lord out of Zion, which
dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord.

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V.

PSALM cvn.

C\ GIVE thanks unto the Lord, for He is
good; for His mercy endureth for ever.

Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom
He hath redeemed from the hand of the
enemy ;

And gathered them out of the lands, from
the east, and from the west, from the north,
and from the south.

They wandered in the wilderness in a
solitary way ; they found no city to dwell in.

Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in
them.

Then they cried unto the Lord in their
trouble, and He delivered them out of their
distresses.

And He led them forth by the right way,
that they might go to a city of habitation.

Oh that men would praise the Lord for His
goodness, and for His wonderful works to the
children of men !

For He satisfieth the longing soul, and
filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

Such as sit in darkness, and in the shadow
of death, being bo'und in affliction and iron ;

Because they rebelled against the words
of God, and contemned the counsel of the
Most High:

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Therefore He brought down their heart with
labour : they fell down, and there was none to
help.

Then they cried unto the Lord in their
trouble, and He saved them out of their
distresses.

He brought them out of darkness and the
shadow of death, and brake their bands in
sunder.

Oh that men would praise the Lord for His
goodness, and for His wonderful works to the
children of men !

For He hath broken the gates of brass, and
cut the bars of iron in sunder.

Fools, because of their transgression and
because of their iniquities, are afflicted :

Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat ;
and they draw near unto the gates of death.

Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble,
and He saveth them out of their distresses.

He sent His word, and healed them, and
delivered them from their destructions.

Oh that men would praise the Lord for His
goodness, and for His wonderful works to the
children of men !

And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of
thanksgiving, and declare His works with
rejoicing.

They that go down to the sea in ships, that
do business in great waters ;

These see the works of the Lord, and His
wonders in the deep.

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For He commandeth, and raiseth the stormy
wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.

They mount up to the heaven, they go down
again to the depths: their soul is melted
because of trouble.

They reel to and fro, and stagger like a
drunken man, and are at their wit's end.

Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble,
and He bringeth them out of their distresses.

He maketh the storm a calm, so that the
waves thereof are still.

Then are they glad because they be quiet ;
so He bringeth them unto their desired haven.

Oh that men would praise the Lord for His
goodness, and for His wonderful works to the
children of men !

Let them exalt Him also in the congregation
of the people, and praise Him in the assembly
of the elders.

He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the
water-springs into dry ground ;

A fruitful land into barrenness, for the
wickedness of them that dwell therein.

He turneth the wilderness into a standing
water, and dry ground into water-springs.

And there He maketh the hungry to dwell,
that they may prepare a city for' habitation ;

And sow the fields, and plant vineyards,
which may yield fruits of increase.

He blesseth them also, so that they are
multiplied greatly, and suffereth not their
cattle to decrease.

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Again, they are minished and brought low
through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.

He poureth contempt upon princes, and
causeth them to wander in the wilderness,
where there is no way.

Yet setteth He the poor on high from
affliction, and maketh Him families like a
flock.

The righteous shall see it, and rejoice ; and
all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

Whoso is wise, and will observe these things,
even they shall understand the loving-kindness
of the Lord.

VI.

ISAIAH XLII. 1-12.

T3EHOLD my servant, whom I uphold;
mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth :
I have put my Spirit upon Him ; He shall
bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause His
voice to be heard in the street.

A bruised reed shall He not break, and the
smoking flax shall He not quench : He shall
bring forth judgment unto truth.

tHe shall not fail nor be discouraged, till
He have set judgment in the earth : and the
sles shall wait for His law.
Thus saith God the Lord, He that created

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the heavens, and stretched them out ; He that
spread forth the earth, and that which cometh
out of it ; He that giveth breath unto the
people upon it, and spirit to them that walk
therein :

I the Lord have called Thee in righteous
ness, and will hold Thine hand, and will keep
Thee, and give Thee for a covenant of the
people, for a light of the Gentiles.

To open the blind eyes, to bring out the
prisoners from the prison, and them that sit
in darkness out of the prison house.

I am the Lord ; that is my name : and my
glory will I not give to another, neither my
praise to graven images.

Behold, the former things are come to pass,
and new things do I declare : before they
spring forth I tell you of them.

Sing unto the Lord a new song, and His
praise from the end of the earth, ye that go
down to the sea, and all that is therein ; the
isles, and inhabitants thereof.

Let the wilderness and the cities thereof
lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar
doth inhabit : let the inhabitants of the rock
sing, let them shout from the top of the
mountains.

Let them give glory unto the Lord, and
declare His praise in the islands.

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MATTHEW vi. 19-34.

T AY not up for yourselves treasures upon
*^ earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt,
and where thieves break through and steal :

But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,
where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and
where thieves do not break through nor steal :

For where your treasure is, there will your
heart be also.

The light of the body is the eye : if therefore
thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full
of light.

But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body
shall be full of darkness. If therefore the
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light that is in thee be darkness, how great
is that darkness !

No man can serve two masters : for either
he will hate the one, and love the other; or
else he will hold to the one, and despise the
other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought
for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye
shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye
shall put on. Is not the life more than meat,
and the body than raiment ?

Behold the fowls of the air : for they sow
not, neither do they reap, nor gather into
barns ; yet your heavenly Father feedeth
them. Are ye not much better than they ?

Which of you, by taking thought, can add
one cubit unto his stature ?

And why take ye thought for raiment ?
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow :
they toil not, neither do they spin :

And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in
all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of
the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is
cast into the oven, shall He not much more
clothe you, O ye of little faith ?

Therefore take no thought, saying, What
shall we eat ? or, What shall we drink ? or,
Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

(For after all these things do the Gentiles
seek;) for your heavenly Father knoweth that
ye have need of all these things.

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But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and
His righteousness ; and all these things shall be
added unto you.

Take therefore no thought for the morrow:
for the morrow shall take thought for the
things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is
the evil thereof.

II.

LUKE vni. 4-25.

A ND when much people were gathered to-
*^ gether, and were come to Him out of
every city, He spake by a parable :

A sower went out to sow his seed : and as
he sowed, some fell by the way-side; and it
was trodden down, and the fowls of the air
devoured it.

And some fell upon a rock ; and as soon as
it was sprung up, it withered away, because it
lacked moisture.

And some fell among thorns ; and the
thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.

And other fell on good ground, and sprang
up, and bare fruit an hundred-fold. And when
He had said these things, He cried, He that
hath ears to hear, let him hear.

And His disciples asked Him, saying, What
might this parable be ?

And He said, Unto you it is given to know

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the mysteries of the kingdom of God : but to
others in parables ; that seeing they might not
see, and hearing they might not understand.

Now the parable is this : The seed is the
word of God.

Those by the way-side are they that hear;
then cometh the devil, and taketh away the
word out of their hearts, lest they should
believe and be saved.

They on the rock are they, which, when they
hear, receive the word with joy; and these
have no root, which for a while believe, and
in time of temptation fall away.

And that which fell among thorns are they,
which, when they have heard, go forth, and
are choked with cares and riches and pleas
ures of this life, and bring no fruit to
perfection.

But that on the good ground are they, which
in an honest and good heart, having heard the
word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

No man, when he hath lighted a candle,
covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under
a bed ; but setteth it on a candlestick, that
they which enter in may see the light.

For nothing is secret that shall not be made
manifest ; neither any thing hid that shall not
be known and come abroad.

Take heed therefore how ye hear : for whoso
ever hath, to him shall be given ; and whoso
ever hath not, from him shall be taken even
that which he seemeth to have.

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Then came to Him His mother and His
brethren, and could not come at Him for
the press.

And it was told Him by certain, which said,
Thy mother and thy brethren stand without,
desiring to see Thee.

And He answered and said unto them, My
mother and my brethren are these which hear
the word of God and do it.

Now it came to pass on a certain day, that
He went into a ship with His disciples : and
He said unto them, Let us go over unto the
other side of the lake. And they launched
forth.

But as they sailed He fell asleep : and there
came down a storm of wind on the lake ; and
they were filled with water, and were in
jeopardy.

And they came to Him, and awoke Him,
saying, Master, master, we perish ! Then He
arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of
the water : and they ceased, and there was
a calm.

And He said unto them, Where is your
faith ? And they being afraid wondered, say
ing one to another, What manner of man is
this ! for He commandeth even the winds and
the water, and they obey Him.

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III.

ACTS xxvii.

AND when it was determined that we

should sail into Italy, they delivered

Paul and certain other prisoners unto one

named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band.

And entering into a ship of Adramyttium,
we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts
of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of
Thessalonica, being with us.

And the next day we touched at Sidon.
And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and
gave him liberty to go unto his friends to
refresh himself.

And when we had launched from thence,
we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds
were contrary.

And when we had sailed over the sea of
Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a
city of Lycia.

And there the centurion found a ship of
Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us
therein.

And when we had sailed slowly many days,
and scarce were come over against Cnidus,
the wind not suffering us, we sailed under
Crete, over against Salmone ;

And, hardly passing it, came unto a place

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which is called the Fair Havens ; nigh where-
unto was the city of Lasea.

Now when much time was spent, and when
sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was
now already past, Paul admonished them.

And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that
this voyage will be with hurt and much dam
age, not only of the lading and ship, but also
of our lives.

Nevertheless the centurion believed the
master and the owner of the ship, more than
those things which were spoken by Paul.

And because the haven was not commodious
to winter in, the more part advised to depart
thence also, if by any means they might attain
to Phenice, and there to winter ; which is an
haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south
west and north-west.

And when the south wind blew softly, sup
posing that they had obtained their purpose,
loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.

But not long after there arose against it a
tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.

And when the ship was caught, and could
not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.

And running under a certain island which
is called Clauda, we had much work to come
by the boat :

Which when they had taken up, they used
helps, undergirding the ship ; and, fearing
lest they should fall into the quicksands,
strake sail, and so were driven.

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And we being exceedingly tossed with a
tempest, the next day they lightened the
ship ;

And the third day we cast out with our
own hands the tackling of the ship.

And when neither sun nor stars in many
days appeared, and no small tempest lay on
us, all hope that we should be saved was
then taken away.

But after long abstinence Paul stood forth
in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should
have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed
from Crete, and to have gained this harm and
loss.

And now I exhort you to be of good cheer :
for there shall be no loss of any man's life
among you, but of the ship.

For there stood by me this night the angel
of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,

Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be
brought before Cesar : and, lo, God hath
given thee all them that sail with thee.

Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer : for I
believe God, that it shall be even as it was
told me.

Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain
island.

But when the fourteenth night was come,
as we were driven up and down in Adria,
about midnight the shipmen deemed that
they drew near to some country ;

And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms:

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and when they had gone a little farther, they
sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms.

Then fearing lest we should have fallen
upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of
the stern, and wished for the day.

And as the shipmen were about to flee out
of the ship, when they had let down the boat
into" the sea, under colour as though they,
would have cast anchors out of the foreship,

Paul said to the centurion and to the
soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye
cannot be saved.

Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the
boat, and let her fall off.

And while the day was coming on, Paul
besought them all to take meat, saying, This
day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried
and continued fasting, having taken nothing.

Wherefore I pray you to take some meat ;
for this is for your health : for there shall not
an hair fall from the head of any of you.

And when he had thus spoken, he took
bread, and gave thanks to God in presence
of them all : and when he had broken it, he
began to eat.

Then were they all of good cheer, and
they also took some meat.

And we were in all in the ship two hundred
threescore and sixteen souls.

And when they had eaten enough, they
lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat
into the sea.

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And when it was day, they knew not the
land : but they discovered a certain creek
with a shore, into the which they were minded,
if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.

And when they had taken up the anchors,
they committed themselves unto the sea,
and loosed the rudder-bands, and hoised up
the mainsail to the wind, and made toward
shore.

And falling into a place where two seas met,
they ran the ship aground : and the fore part
stuck fast and remained unmoveable, but the
hinder part was broken with the violence of
the waves.

And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the
prisoners, lest any of them should swim out,
and escape.

But the centurion, willing to save Paul,
kept them from their purpose ; and commanded
that they which could swim should cast them
selves first into the sea, and get to land :

And the rest, some on boards, and some
on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came
to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.

IV.

COLOSSIANS III. 1-17.

T F ye then be risen with Christ, seek those
things which are above, where Christ
sitteth on the right hand of God.

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Set your affection on things above, not on
things on the earth.

For ye are dead, and your life is hid with
Christ in God.

When Christ, who is our life, shall appear,
then shall ye also appear with Him in glory.

Mortify therefore your members which are
upon the earth ; fornication, uncleanness, in
ordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and
covetousness, which is idolatry :

For which things' sake the wrath of God
cometh on the children of disobedience.

In the which ye also walked sometime, when
ye lived in them.

But now ye also put off all these ; anger,
wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communica
tion out of your mouth.

Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have
put off the old man with his deeds ;

And have put on the new man, which is
renewed in knowledge after the image of Him
that created him :

Where there is neither Greek nor Jew,
circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian,
Scythian, bond nor free : but Christ is all, and
in all.

Put on therefore, as the elect of God,
holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness,
humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering;

Forbearing one another, and forgiving one
another, if any man have a quarrel against any :
even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

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And above all these things put on charity,
which is the bond of perfectness.

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts,
to the which also ye are called in one body ;
and be ye thankful.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly
in all wisdom ; teaching and admonishing one
another in psalms and hymns and spiritual
songs, singing with grace in your hearts to
the Lord.

And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do
all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving
thanks to God and the Father by Him.

V.

i JOHN in.

"DEHOLD what manner of love the Father
hath bestowed upon us, that we should
be called the sons of God ! therefore the world
knoweth us not, because it knew Him not.

Beloved, now are we the sons of God ; and
it doth not yet appear what we shall be : but
we know that, when He shall appear, we shall
be like Him ; for we shall see Him as He is.

And every man that hath this hope in him
purifieth himself, even as He is pure.

Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also
the law : for sin is the transgression of the law.

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And ye know that He was manifested to take
away our sins ; and in Him is no sin.

Whosoever abideth in Him sinneth not :
whosoever sinneth hath not seen Him, neither
known Him.

Little children, let no man deceive you : he
that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as
He is righteous.

He that committeth sin is of the devil ; for
the devil sinneth from the beginning. For
this purpose the Son of God was manifested,
that He might destroy the works of the devil.

Whosoever is born of God doth not commit
sin ; for His seed remaineth in him ; and he
cannot sin, because he is born of God.

In this the children of God are manifest,
and the children of the devil : whosoever doeth
not righteousness is not of God, neither he
that loveth not his brother.

For this is the message that ye heard from
the beginning, that we should love one
another.

Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one,
and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he
him ? because his own works were evil, and
his brother's righteous.

Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate
you.

We know that we have passed from death
unto life because we love the brethren. He
that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer :

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and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life
abiding in him.

Hereby perceive we the love of God, because
He laid down His life for us : and we ought to
lay down our lives for the brethren.

But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth
his brother have need, and shutteth up his
bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth
the love of God in him ?

My little children, let us not love in word,
neither in tongue ; but in deed, and in truth.

And hereby we know that we are of the
truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him.

For if our heart condemn us, God is greater
than our heart, and knoweth all things.

Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then
have we confidence toward God.

And whatsoever we ask, we receive of Him,
because we keep His commandments, and do
those things that are pleasing in His sight.

And this is His commandment, That we
should believe on the name of His Son Jesus
Christ, and love one another, as He gave us
commandment.

And he that keepeth His commandments
dwelleth in Him, and He in him. And hereby
we know that He abideth in us, by the Spirit
which He hath given us.

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VI.

REVELATION xxi.

A ND I saw a new heaven and a new earth :
•**• for the first heaven and the first earth
were passed away ; and there was no more sea.

And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusa
lem, coming down from God out of heaven,
prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

And I heard a great voice out of heaven,
saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with
men, and He will dwell with them, and they
shall be His people, and God Himself shall
be with them, and be their God.

And God shall wipe away all tears from
their eyes ; and there shall be no more death,
neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there
be any more pain : for the former things are
passed away.

And He that sat upon the throne said,
Behold, I make all things new. And He
said unto me, Write : for these words are true
and faithful.

And He said unto me, It is done. I am
Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end.
I will give unto him that is athirst of the
fountain of the water of life freely.

He that overcometh shall inherit all things ;
and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the

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abominable, and murderers, and whoremon
gers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars,
shall have their part in the lake which
burneth with fire and brimstone : which is
the second death.

And there came unto me one of the seven
angels, which had the seven vials full of the
seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying,
Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the
Lamb's wife.

And he carried me away in the spirit to a
great and high mountain, and showed me that
great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out
of heaven from God,

Having the glory of God : and her light was
like unto a stone most precious, even like a
jasper stone, clear as crystal;

And had a wall great and high, and had
twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels,
and names written thereon, which are the
names of the twelve tribes of the children
of Israel :

On the east, three gates; on the north,
three gates; on the south, three gates; and
on the west, three gates.

And the wall of the city had twelve foun
dations, and in them the names of the twelve
apostles of the Lamb.

And he that talked with me had a golden
reed to measure the city, and the gates there
of, and the wall thereof.

And the city lieth four-square, and the

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length is as large as the breadth. And he
measured the city with the reed, twelve
thousand furlongs. The length, and the
breadth, and the height of it are equal.

And he measured the wall thereof, an
hundred and forty and four cubits, according
to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.

And the building of the wall of it was of
jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto
clear glass.

And the foundations of the wall of the city
were garnished with all manner of precious
stones. The first foundation was jasper;
the second, sapphire ; the third, a chalcedony ;
the fourth, an emerald :

The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius;
the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl;
the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysopra-
sus ; the eleventh, a jacinth ; the twelfth, an
amethyst.

And the twelve gates were twelve pearls ;
every several gate was of one pearl : and the
street of the city was pure gold, as it were
transparent glass.

And I saw no temple therein : for the Lord
God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple
of it.

And the city had no need of the sun, neither
of the moon, to shine in it : for the glory of
God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light
thereof.

And the nations of them which are saved

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shall walk in the light of it : and the kings
of the earth do bring their glory and honour
into it.

And the gates of it shall not be shut at all
by day : for there shall be no night there.

And they shall bring the glory and honour
of the nations into it.

And there shall in no wise enter into it
anything that defileth, neither whatsoever
worketh abomination or maketh a lie ; but
they which are written in the Lamb's book
of life.

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