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London, England, 1849-11-14 00:00:00

DAY OF GENERAL THANKSGIVING.

The following is the Form of Prayer and Thanks-
giving to Almighty God, to be used in all Churches
'and Chapels in England and Wales, and in the town
of Berwick-upon-Tweed, to-morrow, the 15th day of
November, 1849, being the day appointed for a General
Thanksgiving to Almighty God, to acknowledge his
great goodness and mercy in remo►ing from us that
grievous disease with which Many parts of this King-
dom have been lately visited:—

BY HER MAJESTY'S SPECIAL COMMAND.
The service of the day shall be the same with the
usual cffice, except where it is in this office otherwise
appointed.

THE 01:tDER FOR MORNING PRAYER.
Let him that rninistereth read wish a loud voice these
sentences of Scripture ; and after them the Exhorts-,
ti gin, " lleatly beloved Brethren," &c.
Rijoice in the Lord, 0 ye righteous ; for it becometh
well the just to be thankful.
0 let us magnify the Lord our God, and fall down
before his footstool, for lie is holy.
The Lord bath done great things for U 3, whereof we
rejoice.

Instead of the Venice exultemus.
0 give thanks unto the Lord, and call upon His name:
tell the people what things He bath done.
0 let your songs be of Him, and praise Him; and let
your talking be of all His wondrous works.
Rejoice in His holy name; let the heart of them re-
oice that seek the Lord.
For His mercy is greater than the Heavens; and His
truth reacheth unto the clouds.
In the time of our tro.ible, we called upon the Lord;
and He heard us.
The Lord heard cur petition; the Lord received our
prayer.
When fearfulness and trembling came upon us, and a
horrible dread overwhelmel us,
He delivered our souls from death, and our feet from
falling; that we might walk before the Lord in the land
of the living.
Therefore will we give thanks unto Thee, 0 Lord,
among the people; wo will sing unto Thee among the
nazi• us.
Unto Thee, our strength, will we sing: for Thou, 0
God, art our refuge and our merciful God.
Glory be to the Father, &c.
As it was iu the beginning, &c.
Proper Psalms, xci. viii.
First Lesson, Jonah, iii.
Te Dellin laudamus.
Second Lesson. St. John, v. to ver. 15.
Benedictuc.
The Creed, &c., to the end of the Lord's Prayer.
Instead of the Cullect for the My, the following shall

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be uses. -
Accept, we beseech Thee, 0 merciful God, the praises
and thanksgivings of Thy people, whom Thou has gra-
ciously relieved from the sore judgment of grievous sick-
ness and mortality which has lately afflicted our land.
Incline us to devote to Thy service the lives which Thou
hest spared; and so enlighten our understandings and
purify our affections by Thy Holy Spirit, that we may
learn from Thy judgments to fear Thy wrath above all
things, and may be led by Thy goodness to love Theo
with our whole heart, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Then shall follow the Second and Third Collects for
Morning Prayer, and the Litany.
After the Prayer "Ve humbly beseech Thee, 0 Father,"
shall the following be added.
Almighty God, our Father and Judge, whose power
no creature is able to resist; who hast in Thy displea
sure brought us down to the gates of death, and in Thy
mercy hast stayed the course of that pestilence, for which
there was no help in man; to Thee alone we ascribe our
deliverance; in Thee only do we trust, to preserve us
both in body and soul. And now, 0 Lord, we entreat
Thee to make the chastisement which Thou has sent
effectual to produce in us a more lively faith in Thy
word, and a more entire obedience to Thy command-
ments. Make us so duly sensible of Thy mercies to this
nation, in maintaining our domestic tranquillity, and in
granting a plentiful return
,to the labours of our has-
bandmen, that we may slio4 our thankfulness by an
earnest endeavour to conform to Thy will, and to ad-
vance Thy gory. And may the frequent instances of
mortality which we have beheld remind us all of the
nearness of death, and dispose us so to number our days,
that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom ; that, who•
ther living or dying, we may be found faithful disciples
of Him who has taken away the sting of death, and
opened the gato of everlasting life to all believers.
Hear us, 0 Lord, for Thy goodness is great; and ac-
cording to the multitude of Thy mercies receive these our
petitions, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Then the general Thanksgiving, to the end of Morn-
ing Prayer.

THE COMMUNION SERVICE.
After the Collect for the Queen, " Almighty God, whose
kingdom," &c., shall be read the Collect used in the
Morning Prayer, " Accept, we beseech Thee," &c.,
and then shall follow,

For the Epistle. Numbers, xvi., v. 42 to 48.
And it came to pass, when the congregation was ga
thered against Moses and against Aaron, that they
looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation; and,
behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord
appeared. And Moses and Aaron came before the
tabernacle of the congregation. And the Lord spake
unto Moss, saying, Get you up from among this con-
gregation, that I may consume them as in a moment, and
they fell upon their faces. And Moses said unto Aaron,
'Pike a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and
put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation,
and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath
gone out fitom the Lord; the plague has begun. And
Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the
midst of the congregation; and, behold the plague was
begun among the people: and he put on incense, and
made an atonement for the people. And he stood between
the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
The Gospel. St. Luke, xvii., v. 11 to 19.
And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that
he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
And as he entered into a certain village, there met him
ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off : and
they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus,
Master, hav,e mercy on us. And when he saw
them, he said unto them, Go show yourselves unto
the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went,
they were cleansed. And one of them, when he saw
that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice
glorified God, and fell down on his face at his feet,
giving him thanks ; and he was a Samaritan. And
Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed ?
But where are the nine ? There are not found that re-
turned to give glory to God, save the stranger, And he
said unto him, Arise, go thy way, thy faith hath made
thee whole.
Then the Nicene Creed, and after that the Sermon.
Then shall be read the following sentences:
Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you,
even so do unto them, for this is the law and the
prophets.
Blessed be the man that provideth for the sick and
needy; the Lord shall deliver him in the time of trouble.
After the Prayer the whole State of Christ's Church
Militant, &c., the following shall be used.
A Prayer for this Church and Kingdom.
0 Gracious God, who art kind to the ungrateful and
the evil, we humbly acknowledge that we have not
manifested a due sense of the numberless blessings,
both spiritual and temporal, which we and our fathers
have received at Thy hands, and of the mighty
deliverances which thy power hath wrought for
this Church and Kingdom. Through our neglect
of Thy ordinances, and misuse of Tby bounties,
offences have been multiplied in the land; and in our
prosperity we have not sufficiently honoured Thee, the
Author and Giver of our blessings. Yet forsake us not
utterly, ()Lord, our Redeemer, but continue Thy loving.
kindness to thy servants as in the days of old. Send
Thy heavenly blessing on our Sovereign Lady the Queen,
and on all that are in authority under her, and direct
their proceedings to the advancement of true religion
and piety, and to the peace and prosperity of the realm.
Pour forth the gifts of Thy Spirit on all pastors and
teachers of Thy flock, that they may be clothed,with
righteousness, and that Thy word spoken by their
mouths may never be spoken in vain. And to all orders
and degrees of men amongst us vouchsafe such a mea-
eure of Thy grace, that righteousness may flourish in
our land, with abundance of peace; and that, being re-
conciled to Thee through Thy Son Jesus Christ, and
united with each other in charity, we may be an accept-
able people in Thy sight, and make known to the ends
of the earth the riches of Thy mercy in Christ; to
whom, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour
and gl )ry for ever and ever. Amen.
Almighty God, who has promised to hear the petitions
of them that ask in Thy Son's name, we beseech Thee
mercifully to incline Thine ear to us that have made now
our prayers and supplications unto Thee; and grant that
those things which we have faithfully asked according to
Thy will may effectually be obtained, to the relief of
our necessity, and to the setting forth of Thy glory,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The peace of God, which passeth all understanding,
keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love
of God, and of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord; and the
blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the
-1101 y Ghost, be amongst you and remain with you
always. Amen.