The Exhortation
The Scripture moveth us] The Sentences supply 11 such places, but there are many more to be found in the Bible. The word "moveth" has the same meaning as when a resolution is moved at a meeting. When we assemble and meet together in Church] Fou... The First Lord's Prayer
The Lord's Prayer may be regarded as a brief summary of the acts of worship which come after it. Much care is required in order to use its familiar words with due devotion. When it is used, as here, for Praise, the following may be taken as exampl... The Five Kinds Of Worship Forms
Examples-- Examples-- Prayer Praise 1. The Minister AMEN form The Collects Prayer of offers and the ... The Ladder Of Praise
The various parts of the Praise portion of the Service are not repetitions of the same ideas. We {39} have first, in the Psalms, the simpler thoughts about God. The First Lesson, taken from the Old Testament, advances to higher or more complex tho... The Lessons
A. The Study of the Bible a help to worship. The Bible is read in Church as an incentive to the praise of God. It supplies thoughts of God which are then offered up to Him, as Praise, in the words of the Canticles. It is therefore necessary that... The Litany
Origin of Litanies. Some of the Offices of Holy Communion--especially in the East--have had a portion after the Gospel very similar to what we call a Litany. Thus in the Liturgy (i.e. Holy Communion Office) of S. James, the Deacon says The Univers... The Lord Be With You
Answer. And with thy spirit.] This may be taken as the mutual salutation of Minister and People at the close of the Praise Service. It is therefore to be said before they kneel. In the Confirmation Service, the Laying-on of Hands is concluded wit... The Lord's Prayer
"After this manner therefore pray ye." S. Matth. vi. 9. The pronouns used in the Lord's Prayer are 'Thy,' 'us,' 'our.' It is the voice of a people speaking to God. Even in private we may not pray for self alone; we must include our friends, n... The Lord's Prayer As Set For The Service Of Prayer
We have before explained that the Doxology is not added here, but the Lesser Litany is prefixed to it. The thoughts will now be different from those which occupied our hearts at the beginning of the Praises. The following may be suggested: Hal... The Morning And Evening Collects
The First Collect is the Collect of the Day. The Preface (last rubric before the Table of Lessons) orders that the Collect "appointed for the Sunday shall serve all the week after, where it is not in this Book otherwise ordered." The Book 'orders ... The Order For Morning Prayer Daily Throughout The Year
This fresh heading is necessary because the former included the Order for Evening Service. Morning and Evening Prayer (called also Mattins and Evensong: see Table of Proper Lessons) are two divisions of the same chapter. These two Services are v... The Other Prayers
The change from the Three Collects to the Three Prayers which follow may be softened by the Anthem, (or Hymn), which comes between. The spiritual gifts, desired in the Collects, are the qualities which guide the lives of men. When we pray that we ... The Prayer For The King Was Inserted In 1559
Health and wealth=To be hale or whole, and to be well. They are Saxon words which include all prosperity of body and condition. The Prayer for the Royal Family was inserted in 1604. The persons mentioned by name have been the Consort of the Sove... The Prayer Service
I. Preces and Collects. Morning and Evening Rubrics. The directions concerning the Services are to be found in the Rubrics: which are placed either (1) in the Prefaces and Tables at the beginning of the Prayer Book; or (2) at the beginning or end... The Preces
These interjected prayers do not follow exactly the order of the Collects and Prayers, which are to come next to them. The second couplet belongs to the two prayers, for the King and for the Royal Family: the third and fourth couplets belong to the...

Psalms In Daily Services Structure Of The Litany God's Answer To Confession Is The Absolution Or Remission Of Sins Te Deum Laudamus Easter Eve Setting Of Magnificat Origin Of Morning And Evening Prayer The Rubrics After The Collects Variations Of Words And Phrases

The First Lord's Prayer Map Of The Lessons And Their Canticles The Canticles What The Bible Says Of Jesus The Lord's Prayer The Order For Morning Prayer Daily Throughout The Year The Five Kinds Of Worship Forms The Pressing Anxieties Of The Moment