MINISTER AND CONGREGATION. DEVOUT ASPIRATIONS. O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is Thy name in all the earth! who hast set Thy glory above the heavens. Ps. viii. 1. And blessed be Thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise. Neh. ix. 5, Unto Thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto Thee do we give thanks: for that Thy name is near, Thy wondrous works declare. Ps. lxxv. 1. For who in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord? Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is Thy hand, and high is Thy right hand. Ps. lxxxix. 6, 13. Our God is in the heavens: He hath done whatsoever He hath pleased. Ps. cxv. 3. For Thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. Rev. iv. 11. Thou hast granted me life and favour, and Thy visitation hath preserved my spirit. Job x. 12. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ. Eph. i. 3. For of Him, and through Him, and to Him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen. Rom. xi. 36. THE LORD'S PRAYER. Matt. vi., 9-13.-Our Father. Minister. DOXOLOGY. 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. Che Order of Religious Worship. SING. CHANT: ANTHEM or HYMN. BIBLICAL READINGS. THE THIRTY-SECOND SERVICE. Subject: THE ETERNITY AND IMMUTABILITY OF GOD. God is the eternal. Minister. Thus saith the Lord, the King of Israel, and (Is.xliv. His Redeemer the Lord of Hosts; I am the 6. first, and I am the last; and beside Me there is no God. 8. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and Rev. i. the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. For thus saith the high and lofty One that Is. Ivii. inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place. 15. Who only hath immortality, dwelling in 1 Tim. the light which no man can approach unto. vi. 16. His years cannot be searched out. His kingdom is without end His right eousness for ever. His love For I lift up My hand to heaven, and This is My name for ever, and this is My I the Lord, the first, and with the last; I am He. say, be xxxvi. 26. Ps. xcii. 8. The living God, and an everlasting King. Behold, God is great, and we know, Him more. Thy name, O Lord, endureth for ever; and tions. For He is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and His dominion shall be even unto the end. Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, The Lord shall reign for ever, even thy His work is honourable and glorious; and The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, and mercy saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everare eternal. lasting love: therefore with loving-kindness His word is have I drawn thee. The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear Him, and His righteousness unto children's children. Ps. CXXXV. 13. Dan. vi. 26. Ps. cxlv. 13. Ps. cxlvi 10 Ps. cxi. 3. Jer. xxxi. 3. Ps. ciii. 17. 1 Pet. i For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of everlasting man as the flower of grass. The grass wither- 24, 25. THE ETERNITY AND IMMUTABILITY OF GOD. 153 His glory has no end. Will outlive eth, and the flower thereof falleth away: But The glory of the Lord shall endure for Ps. civ. ever: the Lord shall rejoice in His works. 31. 24-27 I said, O my God, take me not away in the Ps. cii. His works. midst of my days: Thy years are throughout all generations. Of old hast Thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of Thy hands. They shall perish, but Thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt Thou change them, and they shall be changed: But Thou art the same, and Thy years shall have no end. My days are like a shadow that declineth; Ps. cii. and I am withered like grass. But Thou, O 11, 12. Lord, shalt endure for ever; and Thy remembrance unto all generations. Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. For a thousand years in Thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow. Ps. XC. 3, 4. Job viii 9. 2 Pet. But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thou- iii. 8. sand years, and a thousand years as one day. The eternal God is thy refuge, and under- Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the SING. CHANT: Anthem or Hymn. Duet. xxxiii. 27. Isai. xxvi. 4. The immu Minister. God is not a man, that He should lie; Num. tability of neither the son of man, that He should repent: xxiii.19 God affirmed. fail. hath He said, and shall He not do it? or Job But He is in one mind, and who can turn For I am the Lord, I change not. His pur- His salva tion is for ever. Mal. iii 6. Ps. xxxiii. 11. Prov. xix. 21. Is. Hearken unto Me, My people, and give ear unto Me, O My nation: for a law shall li. 4, 6. proceed fron Me, and I will make My judg ment to rest for a light of the people. Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner : but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished. MINISTER AND CONGREGATION. DEVOUT ASPIRATIONS. Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever Thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to overlasting, Thou art God. Ps. xc. 1, 2. Thou art the same, and |