Mercy in It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not Lam. forbear- consumed, because His compassions fail not. iii. 22, They are new every morning great is Thy faithfulness. ance. Longsuffering. His mercy is over all. Divine favours. Temporal The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 23. 2 Pet. iii. 9. Ps. xxxvi 5 Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; and Thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever. For a small moment have I forsaken Thee; but with great mercies will I gather Thee. In a little wrath I hid My face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer. Who giveth food to all flesh for His mercy supplies endureth for ever. and protection Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will not slumber. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: He shall preserve thy soul. The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. SING. CHANT: Anthem or Hymn. 4. Ps. cxx xviii. 8 Isai.liv 7, 8. Ps. cxxxvi 25 Ps. lxvi. 9 Ps. cxxi. 3, 7,8. Providing Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for He Luke i. a Saviour. hath visited and redeemed His people. 68, 78, Manifested to the righteous. The lost. The guilty Through the tender of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us. To give light to them that sit in darknees and in the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace. But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him and in My name shall his horn be exalted. My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and My covenant shall stand fast with him. 79 And His mercy is on them that fear Him Luke i. from generation to generation. 50 4, 5. But God, who is rich in mercy, for His Eph. ii great love wherewith He loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by His grace ye are saved.) 5. Not by works of righteousness which we Tit. iii. have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost. xiv. 18 The Lord is longsuffering, and of great Num. mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against ix. 9. Him: He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is His mercy towards them that fear Him. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us. Dan. Ps. ciii 10, 11, 12. The afflicted. The bereaved. The prayerful. Mercy to be magnified Who is a God like unto Thee, that par Mic. doneth iniquity, and passeth by the trans- vii. 18. gression of the remnant of His heritage? He retaineth not His anger for ever, because He delighteth in mercy. The Lord executeth righteousness and Ps.ciii. judgment for all that are oppressed. Which executeth judgment for the oppressed which giveth food to the hungry. The Lord looseth the prisoners. The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord 6. Ps. cxlvi., 7,8. i., 7. The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day Nahm. of trouble; and He knoweth them that trust in Him. A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in His holy habitation. Ps. lxviii. 5. 14. Thou hast seen it; for Thou beholdeth mis- Ps. x., The Lord preserveth the strangers; He re- way Ps. cxlvi. 9 Ps. For Thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive and plenteous in mercy unto all them lxxxvi. that call upon Thee. 5. Ps. O give thanks unto the Lord; for He is cxviii., good for His mercy endureth for ever. 29. MINISTER AND CONGREGATION. DEVOUT ASPIRATIONS. Psalms. : and O Lord God of Israel, there is no God like unto Thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto Thy servants, that walk before Thee with all their hearts. 2 Chron. vi. 14.-Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer, attend to the voice of my supplications. Ps. lxxxvi. 6.—Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me for my soul trusteth in Thee: yea, in the shadow of Thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast. I will cry unto God Most High; uuto God that performeth all things for me. Ps. lvii., 1, 2.—Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Thy lovingkindness according unto the multitude of Thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Ps. li., 1.-Shew us Thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us Thy salvation. Ps. lxxxv., 7.-Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am weak: O Lord, heal me; for my bones are sore vexed. Return, O Lord, deliver my soul: Oh save me for Thy mercies' sake. Ps. vi. 2, 4.-0 satisfy us early with Thy mercy that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Ps. xc., 14.—Withhold not Thy tender mercies from me, O Lord; let Thy lovingkindness and Thy truth continually preserve me. Ps. xl., 11.I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known Thy faithfulness to all generations. Ps. lxxxix.1. THE LORD'S PRAYER. Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. SING HYMN. CONGREGATION.-Amen. SCRIPTURE LESSON. EXTEMPORANEOUS PRAYER. SING HYMN. Sermon. Sing Hymn. Concluding Prayer. Benediction. The Order of Religions Worship. SING. CHANT ANTHEM or HYMN. BIBLICAL READINGS: THE FORTY-SECOND God's revealed character. Love man Behold, what manner of love the Father ifested in hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God. Christ. In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. II John iv. 8. Mal.i.2 1 John iii. 1. 1 John iv. 9, iv. 10. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but 1 John that he loved us, and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. And we have seen and do testify that the 1 John Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the iv. 14. world. |