SELECTIONS FROM SCRIPTURE.

APPLICABLE TO THE SEVERAL PARTS OF PRAYER.

INVOCATION.

HOLY, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. Rev. iv. 8.

Thou whose name alone is Jehovah, art the Most High over all the earth. Ps. lxxxiii. 18.

O God, thou art my God, early will I seek thee. Ps. lxiii. 1.

He is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my Father's God, and I will exalt him. Ex. xv.

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The Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting King. Jer. x. 10.

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord. Deut. vi. 4.

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. Ps. xc. 2.

Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever; a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Heb. i. 8.

Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the works of thine hands. They shall perish, but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old, as doth a garment, and as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed; but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. Heb. i. 10, 11, 12. 24

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O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. Ps. lxv. 2.

Thou art, O Lord, the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords: who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto, whom no man hath seen nor can see. 1 Tim. vi. 15, 16.

ADORATION.

O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth; who hast set thy glory above the heavens Ps. viii. 1.

O Lord, my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honor and majesty. Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment, who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain. Psalm oiv. 1, 2.

Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance; behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. Is. xl. 15, 17.

I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him that liveth forever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation. And he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth, and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? Dan. iv. 34, 35.

The earth is full of thy riches; so is this great and wide sea. Ps. civ. 24, 25.

The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing. Ps. cxlv. 15, 16.

Thou preservest man and beast. Ps. xxxvi. 6. Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? who can show forth all his praise? Psalm, cvi. 2.

Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord, neither are there any works like unto thy works. For thou art great, and dost wondrous things; thou art God alone. Ps. lxxxvi. 8. 10.

Who in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord? Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord? Ps. lxxxix. 6.

O Lord, how manifold are thy works; in wisdom hast thou made them all. Ps. civ. 24.

All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord, and thy saints shall bless thee. They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power. Ps. cxlv. 10, 11.

The eyes of the Lord are in holding the evil and the good.

every place, beProv. xv. 3. opened unto the

All things are naked and eyes of him with whom we have to do. Heb. iv. 18.

Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there. If I make my bed in hell, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. Ps. cxxxix. 7—10.

In [thee] we live, and move, and have our being. Acts xvii. 28.

Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity. Hab. i. 13.

For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness; neither shall evil dwell with thee. Ps. v. 4.

Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and honor, and power; for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. Rev. iv. 11.

Know ye that the Lord he is God; it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves: we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Ps. c. 3.

What is man, the son of man,

viii. 4.

that thou art mindful of him? and that thou visitest him? Psalm

The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth his handy work. Psalm

xix. 1.

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable. Ps. cxlv. 3. Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? Who can show forth all his praise? Ps. cvi. 2.

He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. Great is our Lord, and of great power; his understanding is infinite. Ps. cxlvii. 4, 5.

Clouds and darkness are round about him; righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. Ps. xcvii. 2.

O Lord, how manifold are thy works; in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. Ps. civ. 24.

O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord our maker. Psalm xcv. 6.

For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Psalm xcv. 7.

CONFESSION.

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O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, because we have sinned against thee. ix. 8.

Behold I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. Job xl. 4. Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight. How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drink eth iniquity like water! Job xv. 15, 16.

Father, I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. Luke xv. 21.

If we will contend with him, we cannot answer him one of a thousand. If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me; if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse. Job

ix. 3. 20.

If thou, Lord, shouldst mark iniquity, O Lord, who shall stand? Ps. cxxx. 3.

They are all gone aside; they are all together become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no not one. Ps. xiv. 3.

Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance