Prayers for Public Worship - 1858 Author:Robert Lee Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Suntrag ai ifj AFTERNOON SERVICE. The Congregation being assembled, the Minister may recite the 87th Psalm, " His foundation is in the holy mountains" £'.,... more » or one or more of these Sentences. HUMBLE yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will raise you up. — James iv. 10. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, 'and that seek him with the whole heart. — Ps. cxix. 1. (Invitation :) Dearly beloved brethren, let us unite with reverence and godly fear, in calling upon the name of God, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Let us pray. INTRODUCTORY PRAYER. A LMIGHTY and most merciful Father, -TA- we bless thy holy name, that we are permitted to approach thy presence in faith and hope, through Jesus Christ, our great High-Priest and Mediator ; assured that thou art the hearer of prayer, and that thou wilt bestow upon us all things needful, whether for the body or the soul, for the life that now is, and that which is to come. Blot out all our sins, we beseech thee, 0 Lord. Cleanse us from all our iniquities. Give us a heart to fear and love thee. So teach us that we may know thy will; so strengthen us that we may perform it constantly, and may grow in grace, in wisdom, and in all goodness : To the glory of thy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord im- puteth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Thou art my hiding-place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about wi...« less