Because thy loving-kindness is better than life
My lips shall praise thee.

Thus will I bless thee while I live;

I will lift up my hands in thy name.

The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul.
The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever.
Who can understand his errors?

Cleanse thou me from secret faults.

There is not a word on my tongue,

But lo! O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.

Search me, O God, and know my heart;

Try me, and know my thoughts ;

And see if there be any wicked way in me,
And lead me in the way everlasting.

IV. PRAYER.

O

THOU great Spirit, whose best name is Love, who art ever near to all thy children, hear us now! for we seek thee early, and we long to find thee. We thank thee for Jesus Christ, who came to show us the way of life, and to draw us closer to our Father and our God. In the days of our youth may we go to Jesus, who was once a child, that he may lead us to thee, his Father and our Father. We will not wait until we grow old, before we give our hearts to thee. We offer them now, that they may never be stained with guilt, but be kept by thee ever pure and ever safe. As our angels in heaven do always behold thy face, so may we who are on the earth, do thy will, and win thy smile, and be glad all our days. We ask it in the name of Jesus. Amen.

V. HYMN 1: "Suffer little children to come unto me."

After the general and class lessons, the exercises may conclude with a hymn; and

OBEDIENCE TO GOD.

I. INTRODUCTORY SENTENCES.

THUS saith the Lord: obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people; and walk ye in all the ways that

I have commanded you, that it may go well with you.

Commit thy way unto the Lord: trust also in him, and he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy justice as the noonday.

If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine whether it be of God.

The wicked through pride will not seek after God. God is not in all his thoughts.

Flee youthful lusts; but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

II. HYMN 13: "Great God! and wilt thou condescend."

III. SCRIPTURE READING.

HEARKEN diligently unto my commandments, which I com

mand you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. What is the Almighty that we should serve him? and what profit shall we have if we pray unto him?

The Lord most high is a great king over all the earth. He is God. It is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves. The

Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works; a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

All that the Lord hath said will we do, and be obedient.

To whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obe

dience unto righteousness. He that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Set a watch, O Lord! before my mouth; keep the door of my lips; incline not my heart to any evil thing.

God who is faithful will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able.

But will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that

ye may be able to bear it.

Now the God of peace make you perfect in every good work, to do his will; working in you that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ.

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To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

IV. PRAYER.

OST merciful God, who art righteous in all thy ways, and holy

in all thy works, and knowest our secret thoughts, help us, thy children, to obey thy voice, and to serve thee with all our souls. That we may not fall into sin, may we be watchful by night and by day. Make us more deeply grieved when we offend thee, more glad to give thee our whole hearts. As we grow in years, may we grow in wisdom and in favor with thee, our God; and with men, our brethren. May we shun those who would lead us astray. Make our hearts clean in thy sight. Help us to confess our faults, and

to lay aside our besetting sins. May we run with patience the race that is set before us. O thou Lover of souls! grant thy mighty help to all thy children, that we may do thy blessed will, and reach thy house of many mansions. Amen.

V. HYMN 80: "How gentle God's commands."

After the general and class lessons, the exercises may conclude with a hymn; and

LOVE ONE TO ANOTHER.

I. INTRODUCTORY SENTENCES.

A NEW commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another.

By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye

love one another.

He that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. Let us love not in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.

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II. HYMN 130: "Oh bless us, heavenly Father."

III. SCRIPTURE READING.

OD is love: and he that dwelleth in love, dwelleth in God, and
God in him.

By this the children of God are manifest: whosoever doeth
not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth

not his brother.

Wherefore, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, charity;

For if these things be in you and abound, they make you that ye be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith; And let us consider one another, to provoke unto love, and to good works.

Above all things have fervent charity among yourselves. Speak every one the truth;

And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his

neighbor.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have

not charity,

I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge;

And though I have all faith so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three;

But the greatest of these is charity.

Be kindly affectioned one to another, with brotherly love;

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And be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

IV. PRAYER.

EAR Father of us all, may we honor and love every child of thine. Save us from an angry spirit and from a proud heart. Make us meek and lowly, like our Saviour. May we forgive others, as we ask thee to forgive us. Help us to love our brethren so fondly and so truly, that thou, the God of love, mayest dwell in us and we in thee. May we never speak another unkind word, or do another cruel deed. Each day of our lives may we help some one to bear his burden, or to carry his cross, or to find his way home to thee. Defend all widows and orphans. Comfort all who are sad or lonely; seek and save all the lost: and thine shall be the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

After the general and class lessons, the exercises may close with a hymn; and one of the concluding prayers, repeated by the whole school; and the benediction.