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	The Scottish Book of Common Prayer (1912)

	THE
	ORDER FOR
	EVENING
	PRAYER
	DAILY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
	At the beginning of Evening Prayer the Minister shall
	read with a loud voice some one or more of these Sentences of the Scriptures
	that follow. And then he shall say that which is written after the said
	Sentences.
	WHEN
	the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed,
	arid doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
	Ezek. xviii. 27.
	I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is ever
	before me. Psalm li. 3.
	Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
	Psalm li. 9.
	The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken
	and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. Psalm li.
	17.
	Rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto
	the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and
	of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. Joel
	ii. 13.
	To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses,
	though we have rebelled against him: neither have we obeyed the voice
	of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws which he set before us. Dan.
	ix. 9, 10.
	O Lord, correct me; but with judgement; not in this
	anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. Jer. x. 24. Psalm
	vi. 1.
	Repent ye; for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand. St
	Matth. iii. 2.
	I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto
	him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,. and am no
	more worthy to be called thy son. St Luke xv. 18,
	19.
	Enter not into judgement with thy servant, O Lord;
	for in thy sights shall no man living be justified. Psalm
	cxliii. 2.
	If
	we say that we, have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not
	in us: but if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive
	us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 St
	John i. 8, 9.
	These
	sentences of Scripture may be used at the beginning of Evening Prayer
	at the Great Festivals.
	Christmas-day
	and seven days after.
	Unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour which is Christ
	the Lord. St Luke ii. 11.
	Easter-day and seven days after.
	The Lord
	is risen indeed. Alleluia. St Luke xxiv. 84.
	Ascension-day and seven days after.
	Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors
	; and the King of Glory shall come in. Psalm xxiv.
	7.
	Or, We have a great high priest that is passed into the heavens,
	Jesus the Son of God. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of
	grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
	Heb. iv. 14, 16.
	Whitsunday and six days after.
	When the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord
	in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing
	mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And
	there appeared unto them cloven tongues, like as of fire, and it sat upon
	each of them: and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost. Acts
	ii. 1-4.
	DEARLY beloved brethren, the Scripture moveth
	us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness;
	and that we should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of Almighty
	God our heavenly Father; but confess them with an humble, lowly, penitent,
	and obedient heart; to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same,
	by his infinite goodness and mercy. And although we ought at all times
	humbly to acknowledge our sins before God; yet ought we most chiefly so
	to do, when we assemble and meet together to render thanks for the great
	benefits that we have received at his hands, to set forth his most worthy
	praise, to hear his most holy Word, and to ask those things which are
	requisite and necessary, as well for the body as the souL Wherefore I
	pray and beseech you, as many as are here present, to accompany me with
	a pure heart and humble voice unto the throne of the heavenly grace, saying
	after me:
	The
	exhortation, Dearly beloved brethren, except on occasions specified
	by the Bishop, may be omitted, or may be abbreviated as follows:
	Dearly beloved brethren, I pray and
	beseech you, as many as are here present, to accompany me with a pure
	heart and humble voice unto the throne of the heavenly grace, saying after
	me;
	Or the following may be said instead,
	Let us humbly confess our sins to Almighty God.
	A
	general Confession to be said of the whole Congregation after the Minister,
	all kneeling.
	ALMIGHTY
	and most merciful Father, We have erred and strayed from thy ways like
	lost sheep, We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own
	hearts, We have offended against thy holy laws, We have left undone those
	things which we ought to have done, And we have done those things which
	we ought not to have done, And there is no health in us: But thou, O Lord,
	have mercy upon us miserable offenders; Spare thou them, O God, which
	confess their faults, Restore thou them that are penitent, According to
	thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesu our Lord: And grant,
	O most merciful Father, for his sake, That we may hereafter live a godly,
	righteous, and sober life, To the glory of thy holy Name. Amen.
	The
	Absolution or Remission of sins to be pronounced by the Priest alone,
	standing: the people still kneeling.
	ALMIGHTY
	God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who desireth not the death of
	a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live; and
	hath given power and commandment to his Ministers, to declare and pronounce
	to his people, being penitent, the Absolution and Remission of their sins:
	He pardoneth and absolveth all them that truly repent and unfeignedly
	believe his holy Gospel. Wherefore let us beseech him to grant us true
	repentance and his Holy Spirit, that those things may please him which
	we do at this present, and that the rest of our life hereafter may be
	pure and holy; so that at the last we may come to his eternal joy; through
	Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
	Then the Minister shall kneel, and say the Lord’s Prayer: the
	people also kneeling, and repeating it with him.
	OUR
	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 likewise he shall say,
	O LORD, open thou our lips.
	Answer. And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
	Priest. O God, make speed to save us.
	Answer. O Lord, make haste to help us.
	Here, all standing up, the Priest
	shall say,
	Glory be to the Father, and to the
	Son : and to the Holy Ghost;
	Answer. As it was in the beginning, is now,
	and ever shall be : world without end. Amen.
	Priest. Praise ye the Lord.
	Answer. The Lord’s Name be praised.
	Then shall be said
	or sung the Psalms in order as they be appointed. Then a Lesson of the
	Old Testament, as is appointed. And after that Magnificat (or the Song
	of the Blessed Virgin Mary) in English, as followeth.
	MAGNIFICAT.
	St Luke i.
	MY soul doth magnify the
	Lord : and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
	For he hath regarded : the lowliness of his hand-maiden.
	For behold, from henceforth : all generations shall
	call me blessed.
	For he that is mighty hath magnified me : and holy
	is his Name.
	And his mercy is on them that fear him : throughout
	all generations.
	He hath shewed strength with his arm : he hath scattered
	the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
	He hath put down the mighty from their seat : and hath
	exalted the humble and meek
	He hath filled the hungry with good things : and the
	rich he hath sent empty away.
	He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel
	: as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed for ever.
	Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the
	Holy Ghost;
	As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall
	be : world without end. Amen.
	Or
	else this Psalm: Except it be on the nineteenth day of the month, when
	it is read in the ordinary course of the Psalms.
	CANTATE DOMINO.
	Psalm xcviii.
	O SING unto the Lord a
	new song : for he hath done marvellous things.
	With his own right hand, and with his holy arm : hath
	he gotten himself the victory.
	The Lord declared his salvation : his righteousness
	hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.
	He hath remembered his mercy and truth toward the house
	of Israel : and all the ends of the world have seen the salvation of our
	God.
	Shew yourselves joyful unto the Lord, all ye lands
	: sing, rejoice, and give thanks.
	Praise the Lord upon the harp : sing to the harp with
	a psalm of thanksgiving.
	With trumpets also and shawms : O shew yourselves joyful
	before the Lord the King.
	Let the sea make a noise, and all that therein is :
	the round world, and they that dwell therein.
	Let the floods clap their hands, and let the hills
	be joyful together before the Lord : for he cometh to judge the earth.
	With righteousness shall he judge the world : and the
	people with equity.
	Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the
	Holy Ghost;
	As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall
	be : world without end. Amen.
	Then a Lesson of the
	New Testament, as it is appointed. And after that Nunc dimittis (or the
	Song of Simeon) in English, as followeth.
	NUNC DIMITTIS.
	St Luke ii. 29.
	LORD, now lettest thou
	thy servant depart in peace : according to thy word.
	For mine eyes have seen : thy salvation;
	Which thou hast prepared : before the face of all people;
	To be a light to lighten the Gentiles : and to be the
	glory of thy people Israel.
	Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the
	Holy Ghost;
	As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall
	be : world without end. Amen.
	Or else this Psalm: Except it be on
	the twelfth day of the month.
	DEUS MISEREATUR.
	Psalm lxvii.
	GOD be merciful unto us,
	and bless us : and shew us the light of his countenance, and be merciful
	unto us:
	That thy way may be known upon earth : thy saving health
	among all nations.
	Let the people praise thee, O God : yea, let all the
	people praise thee.
	O let the nations rejoice and be glad : for thou shalt
	judge the folk righteously, and govern the nations upon earth.
	Let the people praise thee, O God : yea, let all the
	people praise thee.
	Then shall the earth bring forth her increase : and
	God, even our own God, shall give us his blessing.
	God shall bless us : and all the ends of the world
	shall fear him.
	Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the
	Holy Ghost;
	As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall
	be : world without end. Amen.
	Then
	shall be said or sung the Apostles’ Creed, by the Minister and the
	people standing.
	I
	BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth:
	And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, Who was conceived
	by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under POntius Pilate,
	Was crucified, dead, and buried: lie descended into hell; The third day
	he rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the
	right hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence he shall come to judge
	the quick and the dead.
	I believe in the Holy Ghost; The holy Catholic Church;
	The Communion of Saints; The Forgiveness of sins; The Resurrection of
	the body, And the life everlasting. Amen.
	And
	after that, these Prayers following, all devoutly kneeling: the Minister
	first pronouncing with a loud voice,
	The Lord be with you.
	Answer. And with thy spirit.
	Minister. Let us pray.
	Lord, have mercy upon us.
	Christ, have mercy upon us.
	Lord, have mercy upon us.
	Then the Minister, Clerks, and people
	shall say the Lord’s Prayer with a loud voice.
	OUR 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. Amen.
	Then the Priest standing up shall
	say,
	O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us.
	Answer. And grant us thy salvation
	Priest. O Lord, save the King.
	Answer. And mercifully. hear us when we call
	upon thee.
	Priest. Endue thy Ministers with righteousness
	Answer. And make thy chosen people joyful.
	Priest. O Lord, save thy people.
	Answer. And bless thine inheritance.
	Priest. Give peace in our time, O Lord.
	Answer. Because there is none other that fighteth
	for us; but only thou, O God.
	Priest. O God, make clean our hearts within
	us.
	Answer. And take not thy Holy Spirit from
	us.
	Then shall follow three
	Collects: The first of the day: The second for Peace: The third for Aid
	against all Perils, as hereafter followeth: which two last Collects shall
	be daily said at Evening Prayer without alteration.
	The Second Collect at Evening Prayer
	O GOD, from whom all holy
	desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed: Give unto thy
	servants that peace which the world cannot give; that both our hearts
	may be set to obey thy commandments, and also that by thee we being defended
	from the fear of our enemies may pass our time in rest and quietness;
	through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.
	The Third Collect, for Aid against
	all Perils.
	LIGHTEN our darkness, we
	beseech thee, O Lord; and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils
	and dangers of this night; for the love of thy only Son, our Saviour Jesus
	Christ. Amen.
	In
	Quires and Places where they sing here followeth the Anthem.
	A
	Prayer for the King’s Majesty.
	O
	LORD our heavenly Father, high and mighty, King of kings, Lord of lords,
	the only Ruler of princes, who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers
	upon earth: Most heartily we beseech thee with thy favour to behold our
	most gracious Sovereign Lord, King GEORGE, and so replenish him
	with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, that he may alway incline to thy will,
	and walk in thy way: Endue him plenteously with heavenly gifts; grant
	him in health and wealth long to live; strengthen him that he may vanquish
	and overcome all his enemies, and finally after this life he may attain
	everlasting joy and felicity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
	A Prayer for the Royal Family.
	ALMIGHTY God, the fountain
	of all goodness, we humbly beseech thee to bless our gracious Queen Mary,
	Alexandra the Queen Mother, Edward Prince of Wales, and
	all the Royal Family: Endue them with thy Holy Spirit; enrich them with
	thy heavenly grace; prosper them with all happiness; and bring them to
	thine everlasting kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
	The
	following Prayer may be said at Evening Prayer, for the King, the Royal
	Family, the Ministers of the Crown, the Parliament (when in session),
	and those in authority, instead of the Prayers For the King’s
	Majesty, For the Royal Family, and For the High Court of Parliament;
	but always either the following Prayer, or those above noted, shall
	be used, together with the Prayer for the Clergy and People,
	the Prayer of St Chrysostom, and the Grace, unless
	the Litany be said.
	O
	LORD God of our fathers, who rulest the nations of the earth ; Most heartily
	we beseech thee with thy favour to behold our Sovereign Lord, King GEORGE,
	that he may alway incline to thy will and walk in thy way; and together
	with him bless our gracious Queen Mary, Alexandra the Queen Mother,
	Edward Prince of Wales, and all the Royal Family. Endue with
	wisdom the Ministers of the Crown, [the
	High Court of Parliament at this time assembled*,] and those who are set
	in authority over us, that all things may be be ordered and settled by
	their endeavours, that peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion
	and piety, may be established among us for all generations; through Jesus
	Christ our Lord. Amen.
	A Prayer for the Clergy and People
	ALMIGHTY and everlasting
	God, who alone workest great marvels: Send down upon our Bishops and Curates,
	and all Congregations committed to their charge, the healthful Spirit
	of thy grace; and that they may truly please thee, pour upon them the
	continual dew of thy blessing. Grant this, O Lord, for the honour of our
	Advocate and Mediator, Jesus Christ. Amen.
	A Prayer of Saint Chrysostom.
	ALMIGHTY God, who hast
	given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications
	unto thee; and dost promise that when two or three are gathered together
	in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests: Fulfil now, O Lord, the desires
	and petitions of thy servants, as may be most expedient for them; granting
	us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life
	everlasting. Amen.
	2 Corinthians xiii.
	THE grace of our Lord Jesus
	Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be
	with us all evermore. Amen.
	Here
	endeth the Order of Evening Prayer throughout the Year.

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