All: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on 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. AMEN BY THE CHOIR. 4. Responsive Sentences. Congregation standing. The earth is the Lord's and the fullness The world and they that dwell therein. Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary. God be merciful unto us, and bless us; According to the multitude of Thy tender I acknowledge my transgressions and my sin is ever before me; Hide Thy face from my sins and blot out all mine iniquities. The eternal God is thy resting place, Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ. The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life, of whom shall I be afraid? 5. Hymn 172. Tune, St. Anne. (172 Hymn Book.) O God, our help in ages past, Under the shadow of Thy throne Before the hills in order stood, II. THE LESSONS. 1. Scripture Lesson. 2. Chant. 3. Responsive Lesson. Congregation seated. The Propagation of the Kingdom I will give thee for a light unto the nations, That thou mayst be my salvation unto the ends of the earth. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom; And all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light, They that dwell in the shadow of death, unto them hath the light shined. And they shall beat their swords into ploughshares and their spears into pruning hooks, Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings; That publisheth peace. The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest that he send forth laborers into his harvest. Therefore, seeing we have received this ministry, we faint not; not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully, But by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. The Order for the Fourth Sunday in the Month I. THE OPENING WORSHIP. 1. Organ Prelude. 2. The Call to Worship. Sentence by the Choir. Sentence by the Minister. 3. The Invocation. Minister: O Spirit Eternal, who fillest all AMEN BY THE CHOIR. All: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on 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. AMEN BY THE CHOIR. |