...Son JESUS CHRIST, and through faith in his blood, we, and all thy; whole Church, may obtain remission of our sins, and all other benefits of his passion. And here we t)ffer and present unto thee, O LORD, ourselves, our souls, and bodies, to be a reasonable, holy, and...

...purpose, to devote ourselves to the service of God, and to seek grace that we may keep our vows: — "Here we offer and present unto thee, O Lord, ourselves, our souls, and our bodies, to be a reasonable, holy, and lively sacrifice unto thee ; humbly beseeching thee, that...

...and all thy whole church may obtain remission of our sins, and all other bene/its of his passion. Ami here we offer and present unto thee, O Lord, ourselves,...beseeching thee, that all we who are partakers of this holv communion, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy,...

...(Deut. xii. 6, 11-14 ; Lev. xvii. 4). In like manner, it is through the Antitype alone that " we oft'er and present unto thee, O Lord, ourselves, our souls...to be a reasonable, holy, and lively sacrifice unto thro" (Rom. xii. 1) ; and it is in him only that our persons and services art accepted (Ephes. i. 6;...

...O gracious -*-*• Father, that another day is added to our lives, we offer and present unto thee, ourselves, our souls and bodies, to be a reasonable,...lively sacrifice unto thee; humbly beseeching thee to accept this our sincere, though unworthy oblation of ourselves, and to give us grace to bring our...

...and (in the beautiful language of the communion office of the Anglican church) " we offer and present ourselves, our souls and bodies, to be a reasonable, holy, and lively sacrifice" unto Him, being at His table feasted with the bread and wine, the representation of the sacrifice of Christ's...

...better words in doing this, than those provided for us by our Reformers in allusion to our text : " And here we offer and present unto thee, O Lord, ourselves,...reasonable, holy and lively sacrifice unto thee." Let me next be permitted to remind the impe. nitent and careless sinner, that if he do not present...

...when we communicate, make an oblation of ourselves. Thus in the prayer after the communion we read, " Here we offer and present unto thee, O Lord, ourselves,...reasonable, holy, and lively sacrifice unto thee." That the eucharist may be called a sacrifice of praise. We do therein offer our praises and thanksgivings...

...former exhortation. And for this also the church will supply you with a most suitable form of words, ' Here we offer and present unto thee, O Lord, ourselves,...reasonable, holy, and lively sacrifice unto thee.' Oh ! that every member of your bodies, every faculty of your minds, and every emotion of your hearts,...

...satisfaction for the sins of the whole world. May we, now and ever, in remembrance of that His precious death, offer and present unto thee, O Lord, ourselves, our...reasonable, holy, and lively sacrifice unto thee. And we beseech thee, most merciful God, of thy bountiful goodness to keep us, and all belonging to...