If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is the propitiation for our sins:

And not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. Thou high and lofty One that inhabitest eternity, whose Name is holy, who dwellest in the high and holy place, but with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit; give us grace that we, truly confessing our manifold sins, may bring thee the sacrifice of a broken and contrite heart, which thou God dost not despise. Amen.

Drawing near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, we will confess our sins, and present our supplication before the Lord our God. Let us pray.

Here all shall kneel, and the Minister shall continue, the congregation responding :

Lord God, merciful and gracious, long suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that wilt by no means clear the guilty; incline thine ear and hear; for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.

Hear us, gracious Lord and God.

Have mercy upon us, O God, according to thy loving-kindness; according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out our transgressions, through Jesus Christ our Saviour.

Lord, have mercy upon us.

Create in us a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within us. Cast us not away from thy presence; and take not thy Holy Spirit from us. Restore unto us the joy of thy salvation; and uphold us with thy free spirit.

O Lord, open thou our lips,

And our mouths shall show forth thy praise.

Here shall the congregation rise, and remain standing until the Gloria Patri shall have been said or chanted.

P. M.

In humble, grateful lays,

The Lord of hosts we praise,

His saving name confess;

Yea, filled with holy awe revere
The Father, Son and Comforter;

Amen, hallelujah,

Hallelujah,

Amen, hallelujah.

¶ Instead of this hymn may be sung the following:

TUNE 249.

S. M.

TUNE 595.

I praise the God of grace,

I trust his truth and might;
He calls me his, I call him mine,
My God, my joy, my light.

Lord God, our Father, which art in heaven;

Hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done in earth, as it is done in heaven; give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil; for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever: Amen.

Lord God, Son, thou Saviour of the world,

Manifest thyself to us.

Lord God, Holy Ghost,

Abide with us forever.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end: Amen.

After this the following lines may be sung, and the service then continued in such order as the occasion may require, or the Minister may determine.

TUNE, TE DEum,

O Lord, lift up thy countenance
Upon thy church, and own us thine;

Thy blessing unto us dispense;

Impart to us thy peace divine.

Amen.

II.

All standing, the Minister shall say and the congregation respond: The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

As for me, in the multitude of thy loving-kindness will I come into thy house in thy fear will I worship.

L. M.

TUNE 22.

Lord God of hosts! Oh may our praise
Thy courts with grateful incense fill;

Still may we stand before thy face,
Still hear and do thy sovereign will.

Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of thy kingdom. Lord, who shall sojourn in thy tabernacle?

Who shall dwell in thy holy hill?

He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness,
And speaketh truth in his heart.

C. M.

Alas, with shame I own that oft
I've turned away from thee;
Oh, let thy work, renewed to-day,
Remain eternally.

Against thee have we sinned;

O Lord, rebuke us not in thine anger.

We have transgressed and rebelled;

O Lord, chasten us not in thy hot displeasure.

TUNE 14.

Remember not the sins of our youth, nor our transgressions, But have mercy upon us, O God, according to thy lovingkindness.

It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed,
Because his compassions fail not.

P. M.

Congregation seated.

Thou hast canceled my transgression,
Jesus, by thy precious blood;
May I find therein salvation,

Happiness and peace with God;
And since thou for sinners suffering,
On the cross wast made an offering,
From all sin deliver me,

That I wholly thine may be.

Restore unto us the joy of thy salvation,

And renew a steadfast spirit within us.

TUNE 168.

Lead us, O Lord, in thy righteousness, and guide us in thy truth,

For thou art the God of our salvation.

Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldst go. O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! Then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea.

The ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them; but the transgressors shall fall therein.

From the sin of unbelief,

From all defilement of the flesh and spirit,

From all self-righteousness,

From every neglect of our duty,

From all ingratitude and selfishness,

From lukewarmness in our love to thee and our neighbor, From indifference to thy meritorious life and death, Deliver us, gracious Lord and God.

And ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting 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.

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, for as much as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.

88, 7s & 48.

Then to all who have confesséd,

Loved and served the Lord below,
He will say, "Come near ye blessed,
See the kingdom I bestow :

You for ever

Shall my love and glory know."

TUNE 585.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

88, 78 & 48.

All standing.

Thanks we give and adoration

For the gospel's joyful sound;
May the fruits of thy salvation
In our hearts and lives abound;
King of Glory,

Sway thy scepter all around.

TUNE 585.

Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever.

G

Amen.

COMMUNION LITURGIES.

In conformity with a resolution of the Provincial Synod of 1888, the following Liturgies have been compiled for use in the celebration of the Lord's Supper. (See pages 20 and 21.)

At the discretion of the Minister any of these services may be used at any Communion season; but, without placing any restriction on liturgical freedom, appropriate times for using some of these services are herewith indicated:

VI. For the Anniversary Festival of

V. For Whit-Sunday

a Congregation

VII. For August the Thirteenth

VIII. For General Occasions

IX. For November the Thirteenth

X. For General Occasions

Care has been taken to make these Liturgies long enough for all practical purposes, and the judicious Minister will shorten the services, as, occasion may require, by passing over one or more hymns.

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