all other departed in the faith of thy holy name, may rejoice together in thy eternal and everlasting kingdom, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

OUR

Then say the Lord's Prayer.

Amen.

UR Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, As it is 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, The power, And the glory, For ever and ever. Amen.

Then may be said on the death of a young child or on other proper occasions the prayer,

"Almighty God, with whom," (next page.)

On the Evening following a death in the family, it would be well to substitute the whole of the Saturday Evening Prayers for those of the Day, adding to the Sentences the text, "Sorrow not ye," p. 263.

If any desire to find a large collection of texts of Scripture, Litanies and Prayers, for persons in sickness and affliction, they may be found in

"Manual for the Sick." (Bp. Andrewes' Devotions,)
Bp. Jeremy Taylor's "Holy Dying,"

Paley's "Clergyman's Companion,"
Brett's "Devotions for the Sick Room,

and in other Works referred to in this volume.

The Prayer following may be always used with reference to the death of any person of conspicuous piety and holiness, or in commemorating

The Death of a Young Child.

(Jeremy Taylor, Bp.)

ALMIGHTY God, with whom do live the spirits of them that depart hence in the Lord, we adore thy majesty, and submit to thy providence, and revere thy justice, and magnify thy mercies, thy infinite mercies, that it hath pleased thee to deliver [our brother or sister,] [whose departure on this day we call to mind,] from the miseries of this sinful world; thy counsels are secret and thy wisdom infinite. With the same hand thou hast (as we hope) crowned him, and smitten us; thou hast taken him into regions of felicity, and placed him amongst Saints and Angels, and left us to mourn for our sins, and thy displeasure. Lord, turn thy anger into mercy, thy rod into comforts. And, we humbly beseech thee, of thy gracious goodness, shortly to satisfy the longing desires of those holy souls who pray, and wait, and long, for thy second coming. Accomplish thou the number of thine elect, and fill up the mansions in heaven, which are prepared for all them that love the coming of the Lord Jesus, that we, with this our brother [or sister], and all others departed this life in the obedience and faith of the Lord Jesus, may have our perfect consummation and bliss in thy eternal glory, which never shall have ending. Grant this for Jesus Christ's sake, our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

In Family Mourning.

The following Sentences and Prayers may be said occasionally during the time that the Family is in Mourning, and also upon

The Anniversary of a Death.

I HEARD a voice from heaven, saying unto me,

Write, from henceforth, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord; even so saith the Spirit, for they rest from their labours.

Sorrow not ye, even as others which have no hope; for if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 1 Thess. iv.

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APPROPRIATE PSALMS.

23, 42, 65, 90, 146.

APPROPRIATE COLLECT.

O Almighty God, who," &c. (All Saints' Day.) On these days the Prayer

"O Almighty and everlasting," p. 260,

may be adapted, using the words "Seeing it pleased thee as on this day," and the Thanksgiving prayer for Saturday Evening may be used, or those departed may be mentioned in the Prayer for the Church Militant, on the Thursday morning, and in the special Thanksgiving on the Saturday Evening following the Anniversaries.

Some of the last words of the Venerable Bede:

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ERE THE PILGRIM SOUL GO FORTH,

ON HIS JOURNEY FAR AND LONE,

WHO IS HE THAT YET ON EARTH,
ALL HIS NEEDFUL PART HATH DONE?
WHO FOREWEIGHS THE JOY AND SCATHE,
THAT HIS PARTED GHOST SHALL KNOW?
ENDLESS, WHEN THE DAY OF DEATH
SEALS HIS DOOM FOR WEAL OR WOE!"

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Confession of Bp. Ken.

AS FOR MY RELIGION, I DIE IN THE HOLY CATHOLIC AND APOSTOLIC FAITH PROFESSED BY THE WHOLE CHURCH BEFORE THE DISUNION OF EAST AND WEST, MORE PARTICULARLY I DIE IN THE COMMUNION OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, AS IT STANDS DISTINGUISHED FROM ALL PAPAL AND PURITAN INNOVATIONS, AND AS IT ADHERES TO THE DOCTRINE OF THE CROSS."

Liturgia Domestica.

APPENDIX.

PREPARATION AND THANKSGIVING FOR THE

HOLY COMMUNION.

A GENERAL LITANY.

NOTICE ON THE CALENDAR AND FAMILY SCRIPTURE

READING.

PP