The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-14 00:00:00

TETE ORDER FOR EVENING PRAXER.

Let him that ministeretVrea(i with a loud voico these
sentences of Scripture; and after them the Exhortation,
" Dearly be.:loved Brethren," &c.
R. Face in the Lord, 0 ye righteous; for it becometh
well the just to be thankful.

let us magnify th 3 Lord our God; and fall down
hel)re His footstool; for He i; holy.
The I.9rd bath done great thinAs for us, whereof we
reHce.
The Hymn appointed to ha used at Morning Prayer, in-
stead of Venice exultemus, shall here also b 3 used
ba:'ore the proper the proper Psalms.
0 give thanks unto the Lord, &c.
Proper Psalms, xxxiv., exvi.
First Lesson, 2 Sunuel xxiv., v. 15 to the end.
0 sing unto the Lord a new song, &C.
Second Lesson, itotnana xii.
God be merciful ti us and bliss us, &c.
Then the Creed, &o. to the end of the Lord's Prayer.
Instead of the Collect for the Day, the Collect used in the
M,rning Prayer shall be read.
Then the two Collects for Evening Prayer, &c., to the
end of the Prayer for the Clergy and People.
Then the Prayer used in the Morning Service, " Al-
mighty God, our Father and Judge," &c and the
6'
Prayer for this Church and Kingdom, " Gracious
(',red, who art kind," &a., as in the Communion Service.
Then shall follow the Prayer for all Conditions of Mee,

the Genera! Thanksgiving, &a, to the end of the Ev(n-
ing Prayer.

The Bishop of London has issued the following
circular to the clergy of the metropolis :
" Fulham, Nov. 3, 1849.
" Reverend and dear Sir,—ln the pastoral letter
which I addressed to the clergy of this diocese in
December, 1847, with reference to the expected ap-
pearance of the cholera, I pointed out certain special
duties as proper to be undertaken by them at. that
anxious crisis, in addition to the more peculiar func-
tions of their sacred office. I said that, while their
first object should be to impress upon the minds of
their people the necessity of an implicit trust in God,
of an entire submission to his will, of increased degrees
of seriousness, vigilance, and self-restraint, and of
frequency and fervour in prayer, it would also be an
office of real piety and charity to urge upon them the
importance of endeavouring to remove all those
physical causes which might invite the approach of
disease, and aggravate its malignity.
" I suggested, as a motive to such endeavours, that
while we may not look for a blessing upon the re-
sources and appliances of human skill if they are not
employed in humble reliance upon the power and
goodness of God, so neither, if we neglect to use all
probable and practicable means of prevention and
preservation, have we any reason to expect that He
will specially interfere to rescue us from the conse-
quences of our own negligence. •
" The importance of this caution has been painfully
proved by the events of the last twelve months. The
expected seourge has fallen upon us with awful
sevexity, and has swept away from this vast metro-
polis at least 15,000 of its inhabitants. Judging
from tha unvarying tenor of the reports made by the
medical inspectors, and of other persons who have
watched the progress of that fatal disease, I do not
hesitate to declare my belief that by far the greater
number of those who have fallen victims to the
pestilence sleight, under God's blessing, have been
saved from death bad timely and effectual measures
been taken for cleansing and ventilating their dwell-
ings, preventing their overcrowded state, and draining
the courts and alleys in which they are situate.
" We shall be chargeable with great folly and want
of foresight as political economists, and guilty, I
verily believe, of great sinfulness as a Christian people,
if we neglect to profit by the dearly-bought expe-
rience of the past, and to take prompt and energetic
measures for improving the condition of the labouring
classes, by removing the worst at least of those evils,
which at once render them an easy prey to disease
and death, and place them at a hopeless distance from
the Church's teaching and ministry. I remarked in
my former letter, that persons immersed in misery
and filth are for the most part inaccessible to the
motives and consolations of the Gospel.
" Much, no doubt, there is which can be effected
only by means of legislative measures ; but much may
be done by the charitable efforts of associated
Christians, which in the present state of things the
law could accomplish only by very slow degrees.
Let us not wait, while under the pressure of extreme
necessity, for the operations of a machinery which will
require a considerable time to put it in motion ; but
let us at once take the work in hand, and show that
the desired improvement is practicable, to a great ex-
tent, by the exertions of an active and well-directed
charity.
" We are about to perform, as a Christian people, a
public and solemn act of thanksgiving to Him, who
holds in his hands the issues of life and death, for his
great mercy vouchsafed to U 3 in answer to our
prayers, in removing from us the plague and grievous
sickness which of late afflicted us, and restoring the
voice of joy and health to our dwellings. God grant
that it. limy be the expression of a real, heartfelt
thankfulness ; and hat it may be followed by its pro-
per results of incriased self-denial and charity ! You
will, I am persuaded, see the propriety of calling
up'in y&ur congregation to contribute liberally of
their worldly substance on that occasion, as a thank •
offering to Almighty God for their preservation from
that pestilence which has hurried so many thousands
to their last account; and I venture to recommend
that the alms then collected should be applied to the
promotion of some well-considered plan for improving
the dwellings of the labouring classes.
" I would not be understood to prescribe the
channel through which the collections should be so
applied; but I would suggest that where the funds
so raised are not sufficient for carrying out a local
scheme for that purpose, they may he safely entrusted
to The Society for Improving the Condition of the
Labouring Classes,' without fear of misapplication or
waste. Much good has been already effected by that
society, in setting an example of what may be done
towards providing the poor with decent and commo-
dious habitations, by an outlay which will ultimately
be repaid with interest, both in a social and a pecu-
niary point of view. It is a remarkable and encou-
' raging fact, that in the dwellings and lodging-houses
belonging to the society there was not one case of
cholera, and two only of diarrhoea, which speedily
yielded to medical treatment.*
" I cannot conclude this letter without expressing
my deep sense of the exemplary manner in which the
clergy of this diocese have discharged their duties
during the late most trying season, in visiting with
unwearied assiduity and kindness the sick and dying,
and in ministering, to the utmost of their power, both
to the bodily and spiritual comfort of the sufferers.
Two only of their number have fallen victims to that
deadly disease which has carried off so many members
of their flocks. Let us, who have been mercifully,
spared, show forth our thankfulness by increased dili-
gence in every work of piety and charity, that the
Lord, when he cometh, may find us so doing. Com-
mending you to his holy keeping.
"I remain, Reverend and dear Sir, your affectionate
friend, " C. J. LONDON."
* The reports of the society may be bad of the
secretary, John Wood, Esq., 21, Exeter Hall, Strand.

The Lord Mayor gave directions on Monday that
the following notice should be extensively circulated
in the city of London :
" FAENCOMD, MAYOR.
" Mansion-house, Nov. 12, 1849.
" Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen having
by her royal proclamation appointed and commanded
that a General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the
abatement of the grievous disease with which many
places in this kingdom have been lately visited shall
be observed throughout England and Ireland on
Thursday, the 15th day of November instant,
"The Lord Mayor requests that his fellow-citizet s
will close their shops and abstain from all business on
that day, in order that it may be devoutly and reve-
rently observed by all classes.
" By order of the Lord Mayor,
" S. R. GOODMAN."

Oa Monday the Rev. Dr. Adler, the Chief Rabbi,
issued the following Form of Thanksgiving for the
cessation of cholera, to be used in all the British syna-
gogues on Thursday next. The Thanksgiving is to
be preefided by psalms, and by the ordinary prayers
for the Queen and the Royal Family :
" God of the spirits of all flesh l—beore thee we
come this day, in the place of Thy holiness,
to glorify, to praise, and to thank Thee
that, although Thou bast been angry with us, Thine
anger is turned away, and Thou bast com-
forted us : and that, though Thou hast chastised us
sorely, Thou hest again become our salvation. Thy
chastening hand had lain heavily upon the inhabitants
of this land. The mysterious and irremediable sickness
had stricken down many—many beloved and lamented
victims : the stoutest heart trembled at the voice of
death sounding at the threshold; and the boldest
among the mighty were seized terror and
anguish. But gracious and merciful art Thou, 0
Lord! Thy wrath endureth not long; nor is thine
anger everlastingl Thou makest sore and healest;
Thou woundest, but it is Thy hand which prepareth
the balm. In the depths of our terror and affliction
Thou didst send forth Thy Spirit and there was a
pause. Thou commandedst, and the Plague ceased.
" Mighty and all-powerful Lord ! our Rock and
our Shelter ! who can tell all Thy goodness ?—who
can show forth all Thy glory P—who can expound
thy ways in the sanctuary ? But the living, whom
Thy mercy hath spared—the living it behoveth to
thank Thee with their whole heart. The father to
his children shall make known Thy truth, and declare
Thy goodness—how Thou hast dealt wondrously
with us ! —how Thou hast called to mind Thy cove-
nant with our forefathers and has shielded us with
the sun of Thy mercy which beareth healing and
consolation on its wings.
_ _

" Fountain of all blessings ! open our eves to
know the benefits which the days of distress bring
forth when the scourge has ceased. Grant that we
may understand how full of blessings are the chas-
tisements of Thy hand : that we may learn thereby
Thy statutes, and cease to sin against Thy holy lass.
Glorious are the powers and faculties with which
Thou lust bounteously endowed us ; which cease •
lessly follow out their true destination, but when we
destroy their harmony it is we who produce conflict
between them and act against Thy will : 0, let us
therefore ponder our ways so that we may ever re-
member the past affliction and provoke not its return.
Grant that no uncleanness may pollute us, and that
wrong and unrighteousness be not found among us
Send sorth the blessed light of Thy truth to guide and
lead us in Thy holy path. Deign to imbue us with
the spirit of true charity, that we may strengthen the
feeble knees and assist with compassion those who are
in affliction—for such deeds are Thy desire—such
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our days as of old ! Amen."

IF TAT BLACK CAP FITS, WEAR IT.--Haynau has
been ealled " The Jack Ketch of Hungary," By-the-
bye whenever a King or an Emperor, or any find despot,
has a pet executioner, it would not be amiss to address
him by the significant title of " Ms Royal Haynaus."—
Punch.