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diff --git a/33290.txt b/33290.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f878ea7 --- /dev/null +++ b/33290.txt @@ -0,0 +1,1950 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Door of Heaven, by A. E. Burgett + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Door of Heaven + A Manual for Holy Communion + +Author: A. E. Burgett + +Release Date: July 30, 2010 [EBook #33290] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE DOOR OF HEAVEN *** + + + + +Produced by Al Haines + + + + + + + + + +[Illustration: Cover art] + + + + +[Frontispiece: THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. _W. Holman Hunt._] + + + + + +THE DOOR OF HEAVEN + + +A MANUAL FOR HOLY COMMUNION + +[_for Young People_] + + + +BY THE + +VEN. A. E. BURGETT, M.A. + + + + +TWENTY-FIRST THOUSAND + + + + +LONDON + +SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE + +NEW YORK AND TORONTO: THE MACMILLAN CO. + +1922 + + + + +{3} + +PREFACE. + +This little Manual is intended for the use of young people, and is +therefore short and very simple. The object of the compiler is to +place in the hands of candidates for Confirmation a little book that +may be a help to them in their daily life, as well as at the Service of +Holy Communion. + +Grateful thanks are tendered to the holders of copyright for permission +to make use of the hymns printed at the end of the book. Also, the +author begs to acknowledge ideas derived from examining similar +Manuals, especially "The Narrow Way," "Prayers for Boys," "Help to +Worship," and "Holy Communion" by Bishop How. + +It is earnestly hoped that this little book may, with the blessing of +God, prove of service to those for whom it has been written, both in +helping their devotions, and in deepening their spiritual life. + +A. E. B. + + + + +{5} + +FOREWORD + +BY THE RIGHT REVEREND MacADAM HARDING, + +BISHOP OF QU'APPELLE. + +A little book that will help the young and busy people in North-West +Canada to pray earnestly, day by day, and regularly make a good +Communion, must receive a warm welcome from the Bishop of a Diocese +where the great majority of the people are both young and busy. + +I know the earnest desire of the compiler to help our young men and +women to draw near to God in Prayer and Sacrament, and I hope many of +them will find herein the very assistance they need. + +M. M. QU'APPELLE. + +REGINA + + + + +{7} + +THE DOOR OF HEAVEN + + +DAILY PRAYERS + +MORNING + +Kneel down and say:-- + +In the presence of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. +Amen. + +_Try to realize that you are in the presence of God, and then say_:-- + +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. + +I thank Thee, O heavenly Father, for keeping me safe through the past +night, and giving me rest and sleep. Bless me, I beseech Thee, during +this day, and guard me from all dangers, both to body and soul, for +Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. + +{8} + +Bless, O Lord, my father and mother, my brothers and sisters (and +others whom you wish to pray for). Keep them safe and well, and help +them, for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. + +O Lord, our heavenly Father, Almighty and ever-lasting God, who hast +safely brought me to the beginning of this day; defend me in the same +with Thy mighty power; and grant that this day I may fall into no sin, +neither run into any kind of danger; but that all my doings may be +ordered by Thy governance to do always that is righteous in Thy sight, +through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. + +May God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost bless, +preserve, and keep me now and for evermore. Amen. + + +MID-DAY. + +_Always try to think of God for a minute at mid-day; say,_, + +O Father Almighty, whose Son our Lord Jesus Christ did at this hour +bear our sins in His own body upon the Cross, have mercy upon me, help +me, bless me, and be with me now and at the hour of my death, through +the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. + + +EVENING. + +Kneel down and say:-- + +In the presence of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. +Amen. + +{9} + +_Try to realize that you are in the very presence of God, and then +say_:-- + +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. + +O Heavenly Father, I thank Thee for having kept me safe through this +day, and for all Thy other mercies to me. Show me how I have sinned +against Thee this day, and make me sorry for my sins. + +_Then try to remember your sins of the day, and ask yourself such +questions at these_:-- + +What wrong thing have I done to-day? + +What evil words have I spoken? + +What bad thoughts have I given way to? + + +_Then ask God's forgiveness, and say_:-- + +Forgive me, O God, for what I have done wrong to-day, and help me to do +better for the future, for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. + +Bless, O Lord, my father and mother, my brothers and sisters (and +others whom you wish to pray for). Keep them safe and well, and help +them, for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. + +Lighten our darkness, we beseech Thee, O Lord; {10} 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. + +Into Thy hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit. Take care of me this +night, and defend me from evil both in body and soul, for Jesus +Christ's sake. Amen. + +May God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost, bless, +preserve, and keep me now and for evermore. Amen. + + +(_If you need further devotions, you can use some of the prayers on pp. +_12_ and _13_, or read some of the hymns on pp. _53_ and _54. + +_It is good to read a few verses of the Bible every night_.) + + + + +{11} + +RULES FOR DAILY LIFE. + +Think nothing that you would be ashamed to tell to God. + +Say nothing you would not like God to hear. + +Do nothing you would not like God to see. + +If tempted, get away from the danger at once, and keep away. + +If an evil thought comes to you, throw it out. Pray for help. Say: +"Lord, help me." "God, help me." "O Holy Spirit, strengthen me." + + +GRACE BEFORE MEALS. + +Bless, O Lord, the food we are about to receive, and make us mindful of +the wants of others, for Jesus' sake. Amen. + + +GRACE AFTER MEALS. + +For these and all His mercies God's Holy Name be praised. + + + + +{12} + +VARIOUS PRAYERS + +BEFORE SERVICE. + +Keep me, O Lord, from wandering thoughts in this Thy Service, and may +my prayers and my praise be pleasing to Thee, through Jesus Christ our +Lord. Amen. + + +AFTER SERVICE. + +Accept, O Lord, this my service of praise and thanksgiving, and pardon +all that Thou hast seen amiss, for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. + + +FOR HONESTY. + +O Almighty God, Who out of Thine abundance givest to all men that which +seemeth best in Thy sight; give me strength to be in all things honest +before Thee in my daily work and life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. +Amen. + + +FOR FORGIVENESS. + +May the Almighty God have mercy upon me, pardon all my sins, and bring +me to everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. + + +[Illustration: "OTHER REFUGE HAVE I NONE." _J. Lafayette_.] + + +{13} + +FOR FAITH. + +Give me, O Lord my God, a firm and living faith in Thee, that I may +believe all Thy Holy Church teaches, and Thy Holy Word reveals, for +Jesus' sake. Amen. + + +FOR PURITY. + +O Almighty God, of Thy mercy help me in temptation and keep me from all +Impure thoughts, impure words, and impure deeds. Preserve me clean and +spotless, that my body may be a holy temple fit for Thee to dwell in, +for Jesus' sake. Amen. + + +FOR LENT. + +[Lent is the period of forty days before Easter; by keeping it we +follow the example of our blessed Lord and Saviour. Examine your whole +life, ask for pardon and strength to do better, and deny yourself +something every day in food, comfort, sleep, or enjoyment.] + + +O blessed Saviour, Who didst fast in the desert for forty days for our +sakes, and to set us a holy example of self-denial, grant that I may +faithfully use this time of Lent which Thy Holy Church has set apart, +that I may follow Thee in prayer and self-denial, and confessing my +sins to God, may be pardoned, through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. +Amen. + + + + +{14} + +PREPARATION FOR HOLY COMMUNION. + +St. Paul says, "Let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that +Bread, and drink of that Cup." + +You must guard against the danger of coming carelessly and without +preparation to Holy Communion; so make a rule to always examine +yourself carefully before you come. + +First kneel down and say:-- + +O God, Thou knowest everything that I have said, and thought, and done. +Help me now to examine myself, that I may see my sins and be sorry for +them. Send Thy Holy Spirit into my heart to help me, for Jesus +Christ's sake. Amen. + +Then ask yourself:-- + +1. Am I trying to love and serve God with all my heart? + +2. Have I fallen into any special sin, which is troubling my mind, and +keeping me back from God? + +3. Have I said my prayers reverently and carefully every night and +morning? + +4. Have I been to Church every Sunday, and kept the rest of the day as +I ought? + +{15} + +5. Have I tried to forgive any who may have done me a wrong? + +6. Have I done anything impure, or said anything impure, or encouraged +any impure thought? + +7. Have I been honest in everything? + +8. Have I always told the truth? + +9. Have I thought or spoken evil of another? + +10. Have I quarrelled with any one, or lost my temper? + +11. Is there any sin I am not willing to give up? + +12. Have I been regular in my times of receiving the Holy Communion? + +Whenever you find you have been wrong, confess your fault to God, and +ask for his pardon; say:-- + +O Father Almighty, forgive me for this sin that I have committed, and +send down Thy Holy Spirit into my heart that I may do better in the +future, for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. + +[_If you have any trouble in your mind, or cannot quiet your own +conscience, either from some sin that you have committed, or from doubt +as to whether you ought to come to Holy Communion, do not be afraid to +go to your Clergyman, and ask him to help you_.] + +_Also on Saturday night or Sunday morning use the following Office of +Preparation_:-- + +Kneel down and say:-- + + LORD, have mercy upon me. + CHRIST, have mercy upon me. + LORD, have mercy upon me. + +{16} + +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. + +I am truly sorry, O Lord, that I have grieved Thee by my sins, and I +wish that my sorrow was far greater. I am not worthy to be called Thy +child, but Thou art still my most merciful Father. Make me to hate sin +and to long for holiness: for Jesus' sake. Amen. + +I love Thee, O my God, for all Thy mercy to me, and I desire to love +Thee more and more. Let no earthly love possess my heart, so as to let +me forget Thee. Give me Thy Holy Spirit that I may love Thee more +truly, for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. + +O Heavenly Father, I am about to draw near to the most Holy Sacrament +of the Body and Blood of Thy dear Son. Have mercy upon me; have mercy +upon me, for I am most unworthy. But, O my God, look not upon my sin, +but look upon the Face of Thy Son. Thy dear Son hath died that we may +come with boldness unto Thee. Therefore I come. Oh, may I so eat and +drink that I may be partaker of the Body and Blood of Christ to the +strengthening and refreshing of my soul, and may be one with Him +through the power of the Holy Spirit. Hear me, and {17} accept me, O +most merciful Father, for the sake of the same my crucified Saviour. +Amen. + +[Illustration: BEARING THE CROSS. _Ary Scheffer_.] + +May God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost, be with me now +and at the hour of death. Amen. + + +THE DAY OF COMMUNION. + +_Be careful to be at Church in good time, and while waiting for the +Service to begin, say one or more of these Prayers_:-- + +Cleanse Thou me, O Lord, from my secret faults, and mercifully pardon +my sins, that I may receive Thy holy gifts with a pure mind; through +Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. + +Almighty and everlasting God, I come to the holy Sacrament of Thy dear +Son. I draw near weak, to the Giver of Strength; unclean, to the +Fountain of Mercy; blind, to the Eternal Light; poor and needy, to the +Lord of heaven and earth. I pray Thee, therefore, of Thy great +goodness, to have mercy upon me, that so I may receive the King of +kings, and Lord of lords, with such reverence and purity and faith, as +shall be for the health of my soul. Let me now receive the Body and +Blood of Jesus my Lord, that I may be one Body and one Spirit with Him, +and ever remain among His members. Grant this for the same Jesus +Christ's sake. Amen. + +I do not presume to come to Thy table, O merciful Lord, trusting in my +own righteousness, but in {18} Thy manifold and great mercies. I am +not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under Thy table. But +Thou art the same Lord, Whose property is always to have mercy: Grant +me therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the Flesh of Thy dear Son Jesus +Christ, and to drink His Blood, that my sinful body may be made clean +by His Body, and my soul washed through His most precious Blood, and +that I may evermore dwell in Him and He in me. Amen. + + +_Or this_. + + +O Blessed Saviour Jesus Christ, not trusting in my own goodness, but in +Thy great merits, I desire to receive the holy Sacrament of Thy Body +and Blood. I am stained with many sins; do Thou wash me in Thy +precious Blood. I am faint and weary in my strife against sin; do Thou +refresh and strengthen me. Give me perfect purity of soul and body; +drive from me all unholy thoughts, and keep me from every evil word and +deed. Give me grace to draw near to this holy Sacrament with such +reverence and fear, such holy joy and fervent love, such sorrow for sin +and desires for holiness, that I may enjoy all the blessings and +receive all the benefits which Thou hast obtained for us through Thy +precious death. Amen. + +_If you have any more time before the Service begins, you can use the +Hymns at the end of the book_. + + + + +{19} + +THE ORDER FOR THE + +ADMINISTRATION OF THE LORD'S SUPPER, + +OR + +HOLY COMMUNION. + + +[The parts of the Service which you are to repeat are printed in +_italic_ letters.] + +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. + + +_The Collect_. + +Almighty God, unto Whom all hearts be open, all desires known, and from +Whom no secrets are hid; cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the +inspiration of Thy holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love Thee, and +worthily {20} magnify Thy holy Name; through Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + + +THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. + +[_As each commandment is read, ask yourself,_ + +"Have I kept this commandment?" + +_Then join with all your heart in the words,_ + +"_Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law_."] + + +_Minister_. + +God spake these words, and said; I am the Lord thy God: Thou shalt have +none other gods but me. + +_People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this +law_. + +{21} + +_Minister_. Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the +likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, +or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor +worship them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, and visit the +sins of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth +generation of them that hate Me, and show mercy unto thousands in them +that love Me, and keep My commandments. + +_People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this +law_. + +_Minister_. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain, +for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh His Name in vain. + +_People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this +law_. + + +Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day. Six days shalt thou +labour, and do all that thou hast to do; but the seventh day is the +Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work, +thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy +maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates. +For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that +in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the +seventh day, and hallowed it. + +_People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this +law_. + +_Minister_. Honour thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be +long in the land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee. + +_People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this +law_. + +_Minister_. Thou shalt do no murder. + +_People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this +law_. + +_Minister_. Thou shalt not commit adultery. + +{22} + +_People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this +law_. + +_Minister_. Thou shalt not steal. + +_People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this +law_. + +_Minister_. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. + +_People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this +law_. + +_Minister_. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not +covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, +nor his ass, nor anything that is his. + +_People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and write all these Thy laws in our +hearts, we beseech Thee_. + + +Then shall follow one of these two Collects for the King. + + +LET US PRAY. + +Almighty God, whose kingdom is ever-lasting, and power infinite; Have +mercy upon the whole Church; and so rule the heart of Thy chosen +servant GEORGE, our King and Governor, that he (knowing whose minister +he is) may above all things seek Thy honour and glory: and that we, and +all his subjects (duly considering Whose authority he hath) may +faithfully serve, honour, and humbly obey him, in Thee, and for Thee, +{23} according to Thy blessed Word and ordinance, through Jesus Christ +our Lord, Who with Thee and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth, ever +one God, world without end. Amen. + + +_Or,_ + + +Almighty and Everlasting God, we are taught by Thy holy Word that the +hearts of kings are in Thy rule and governance, and that Thou dost +dispose and turn them as it seemeth best to Thy godly wisdom: we humbly +beseech Thee so to dispose and govern the heart of GEORGE Thy servant, +our King and Governor, that, in all his thoughts, words, and works, he +may ever seek Thy honour and glory, and study to preserve Thy people +committed to his charge, in wealth, peace, and godliness. Grant this, +O merciful Father, for Thy dear Son's sake, Jesus Christ our Lord. +Amen. + + +Here follow + +THE COLLECT, EPISTLE, AND GOSPEL. + +[If you have your Prayer Book with you, find out the Collect, Epistle, +and Gospel of the day. Before the Gospel say, "_Glory be to Thee, O +Lord_", and after the Gospel, "_Thanks be to Thee, O Lord_."] + + +{24} + +THE CREED. + +_I believe in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, +And of all things visible and invisible:_ + +_And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, Begotten +of His Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very God +of very God, Begotten, not made, Being of one substance with the +Father; By Whom all things were made, Who for us men and for our +salvation came down from heaven, And was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of +the Virgin Mary, And was made man, And was crucified also for us under +Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried, And the third day He rose +again according to the Scriptures, And ascended into heaven, And +sitteth on the right hand of the Father. And he shall come again with +glory to judge both the quick and the dead; Whose kingdom shall have no +end_. + +_And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of Life, Who +proceedeth from the Father and the Son, Who with the Father and the Son +together is worshipped and glorified, Who spake by the Prophets. And I +believe one Catholic and Apostolic Church. I acknowledge one Baptism +for the remission of sins, and I look for the Resurrection of the dead, +and the life of the world to come. Amen_. + + +[Then the alms are collected while one or more of the Offertory +Sentences are read. Always try to give {25} something at the +Offertory, no matter how small the amount is, but never stay away from +the service because you have nothing to give. When you have made your +offering, kneel down, and say:-- + +_All that is in heaven and in the earth is Thine. All things come of +Thee, and of Thine Own have I given Thee_.] + + +[Illustration: THE CRUCIFIXION.] + + +THE OFFERTORY SENTENCES. + +Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, +and glorify your Father which is in heaven. _St. Matt._ v. + +Lay not up for yourselves treasure upon the earth; where the rust and +moth doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay +up for yourselves treasures in heaven; where neither rust nor moth doth +corrupt, and where thieves do not break through and steal. _St. Matt._ +vi. + +Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them; +for this is the Law and the Prophets. _St. Matt._ vii. + +Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the +Kingdom of Heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in +heaven. _St. Matt._ vii. + +Zacchaeus stood forth, and said unto the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of +my goods I give to the poor; and if I have done any {26} wrong to any +man, I restore fourfold. _St. Luke_ xix. + +Who goeth a warfare at any time of his own cost? Who planteth a +vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? Or who feedeth a flock, +and eateth not of the milk of the flock? 1 _Cor._ ix. + +If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great matter if we +shall reap your worldly things? 1 _Cor._ ix. + +Do ye not know, that they who minister about holy things live of the +sacrifice; and they who wait at the altar are partakers with the altar? +Even so hath the Lord also ordained, that they who preach the Gospel +should live of the Gospel. 1 _Cor._ ix. + +He that soweth little shall reap little; and he that soweth plenteously +shall reap plenteously. Let every man do according as he is disposed +in his heart, not grudgingly, or of necessity; for God loveth a +cheerful giver. 2 _Cor._ ix. + +Let him that is taught in the Word minister unto him that teacheth in +all good things. Be not deceived, God is not mocked: for whatsoever a +man soweth that shall he reap. _Gal._ vi. + +While we have time, let us do good unto all men; and specially unto +them that are of the household of faith. _Gal._ vi. + +{27} + +Godliness is great riches, if a man be content with that he hath: for +we brought nothing into the world, neither may we carry anything out. +1 _Tim._ vi. + +Charge them who are rich in this world, that they be ready to give, and +glad to distribute; laying up in store for themselves a good foundation +against the time to come, that they may attain eternal life. 1 _Tim._ +vi. + +God is not unrighteous, that He will forget your works, and labour that +proceedeth of love; which love ye have showed for His Name's sake, who +have ministered unto the saints, and yet do minister. _Heb._ vi. + +To do good and to distribute forget not; for with such sacrifices God +is well pleased. _Heb._ xiii. + +Whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and +shutteth up his compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in +him? 1 _St. John_ iii. + +Give alms of thy goods, and never turn thy face from any poor man; and +then the face of the Lord shall not be turned away from thee. _Tobit_ +iv. + +Be merciful after thy power. If thou hast much, give plenteously: if +thou hast little, do thy diligence gladly to give of that little: for +so gatherest thou thyself a good reward in the day of necessity. +_Tobit_ iv. + +{28} + +He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord: and look, what +he layeth out, it shall be paid him again. _Prov._ xix. + +Blessed be the man that provideth for the sick and needy: the Lord +shall deliver him in the time of trouble. _Psalm_ xli. + + +Whilst these sentences are in reading, the Deacons, Church-wardens, or +other fit person appointed for that purpose, shall receive the Alms for +the Poor, and other devotions of the people, in a decent basin to be +provided by the Parish for that purpose; and reverently bring it to the +Priest, who shall humbly present and place it upon the holy Table. + +And when there is a Communion, the Priest shall then place upon the +Table so much Bread and Wine as he shall think sufficient. + + +After which done, the Priest shall say, + +Let us pray for the whole state of Christ's Church militant here in +earth. + +Almighty and everliving God, who by Thy holy Apostle hast taught us to +make prayers, and supplications, and to give thanks for all men; We +humbly beseech Thee most mercifully to accept our alms and oblations, +and to receive these our prayers which we offer unto Thy Divine +Majesty: beseeching Thee to inspire continually the universal {29} +Church with the spirit of truth, unity, and concord: and grant, that +all they that do confess Thy holy Name may agree in the truth of Thy +holy Word, and live in unity, and godly love. We beseech Thee also to +save and defend all Christian kings, princes, and governors; and +specially Thy servant George, our King, that under him we may be godly +and quietly governed: And grant unto his whole council, and to all that +are put in authority under him, that they may truly and indifferently +minister justice, to the punishment of wickedness and vice, and to the +maintenance of Thy true religion and virtue. Give grace, O heavenly +Father, to all Bishops and Curates, that they may, both by their life +and doctrine, set forth Thy true and lively Word, and rightly and duly +administer Thy holy Sacraments. And to all Thy people give Thy +heavenly grace; and especially to this congregation here present; that +with meek heart and due reverence they may hear and receive Thy holy +Word, truly serving Thee in holiness and righteousness all the days of +their life. And we most humbly beseech Thee of Thy goodness, O Lord, +to comfort and succour all them who, in this transitory life, are in +trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity. And we also +bless Thy holy {30} Name for all Thy servants departed this life in Thy +faith and fear; beseeching Thee to give us grace so to follow their +good examples, that with them we may be partakers of Thy heavenly +kingdom: Grant this, O Father, for Jesus Christ's sake, our only +Mediator and Advocate. _Amen_. + + +THE EXHORTATION. + +[When the Exhortation is read attend to it very carefully, for it is +full of instruction. You will find it in your Prayer-book.] + + +THE INVITATION. + +Then shall the Priest say to them that come to receive the Holy +Communion, + + +Ye that do truly and earnestly repent you of your sins, and are in love +and charity with your neighbours, and intend to lead a new life, +following the commandments of God, and walking from henceforth in His +holy ways; Draw near with faith, and take this holy Sacrament to your +comfort; and make your humble confession to Almighty God, meekly +kneeling upon your knees. + + +Then shall this general Confession be made, in the name of all those +that are minded to receive the holy Communion, by one of the Ministers; +both he and all the people kneeling humbly upon their knees, and +saying:-- + +{31} + +_Almighty God, Father of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Maker of all things, +Judge of all men; We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and +wickedness, which we, from time to time, most grievously have +committed, by thought, word, and deed, against Thy Divine Majesty, +provoking most justly Thy wrath and indignation against us. We do +earnestly repent, and are heartily sorry for these our misdoings; The +remembrance of them is grievous unto us; The burden of them is +intolerable. Have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us, most merciful +Father; For Thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ's sake, forgive us all that +is past; And grant that we may ever hereafter serve and please thee in +newness of life, to the honour and glory of Thy name; Through Jesus +Christ our Lord. Amen_. + + +Then shall the Priest (or the Bishop, being present) stand up, and +turning himself to the people, pronounce this Absolution. + + +Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who of His great mercy hath promised +forgiveness of sins to all them that with hearty repentance and true +faith turn unto Him; Have mercy upon you; pardon and deliver you from +all your sins; confirm and strengthen you in all goodness; and bring +you to everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. + + + +{32} + +Then shall the Priest say, + + +Hear what comfortable words our Saviour Christ saith unto all that +truly turn to Him. + +Come unto Me, all that travail and are heavy laden, and I will refresh +you. _St. Matt._ xi. 28. + +So God loved the world, that He gave His only-begotten Son, to the end +that all that believe in Him should not perish, but have everlasting +life. _St. John_ iii. 16. + +Hear also what St. Paul saith. + +This is a true saying, and worthy of all men to be received, that +Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. 1 _Tim._ i. 15. + +Hear also what St. John saith. + +If any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the +righteous, and He is the propitiation for our sins. 1 _St. John_ ii. +1, 2. + +After which the Priest shall proceed, saying, + +Lift up your hearts. + +_Answer. We lift them up unto the Lord_. + +_Priest_. Let us give thanks unto our Lord God. + +_Answer. It is meet and right so to do_. + +{33} + +Then shall the Priest turn to the Lord's Table, and say, + +It is very meet, right, and our bounden duty that we should at all +times, and in all places, give thanks unto thee, O Lord, *Holy Father, +Almighty, Everlasting God. + + +* _These words_ [Holy Father] _must be omitted on Trinity Sunday_. + + +Here shall follow the Proper Preface, according to the time, if there +be any specially appointed: or else immediately shall follow, + + +Therefore with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of +heaven, we laud and magnify Thy glorious Name; evermore praising Thee, +and saying, _Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts, heaven and earth are +full of thy glory: Glory be to thee, O Lord most High. Amen_. + + +PROPER PREFACES. + +[These are used only at the Seasons named.] + +Upon CHRISTMAS DAY, and seven days after. + +Because Thou didst give Jesus Christ Thine only Son to be born as at +this time for us; who, by the operation of the Holy Ghost, was made +very man of the {34} substance of the Virgin Mary his mother; and that +without spot of sin, to make us clean from all sin. Therefore with +Angels, &c. + + +Upon EASTER DAY, and seven days after. + +But chiefly are we bound to praise Thee for the glorious Resurrection +of Thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord: for He is the very Paschal Lamb, +which was offered for us, and hath taken away the sin of the world; who +by His death hath destroyed death, and by His rising to life again hath +restored to us everlasting life. Therefore with Angels, &c. + + +_Upon_ ASCENSION DAY, _and seven days after_. + +Through Thy most dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who after +his most glorious resurrection manifestly appeared to all his Apostles, +and in their sight ascended up into heaven to prepare a place for us; +that where He is, thither we might also ascend, and reign with Him in +glory. Therefore with angels, &c. + + +_Upon_ WHIT SUNDAY, _and six days after_. + +Through Jesus Christ our Lord; according to whose most true promise, +the Holy Ghost came down as at this time from heaven with a sudden +great sound, as it had {35} been a mighty wind, in the likeness of +fiery tongues, lighting upon the Apostles, to teach them, and to lead +them to all truth; giving them both the gift of divers languages, and +also boldness with fervent zeal constantly to preach the Gospel unto +all nations; whereby we have been brought out of darkness and error +into the clear light and true knowledge of Thee, and of Thy Son Jesus +Christ. Therefore with Angels, &c. + + +_Upon the Feast of_ TRINITY _only_. + +Who art one God, one Lord; not one only Person, but three Persons in +one Substance. For that which we believe of the glory of the Father, +the same we believe of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, without any +difference or inequality. Therefore with Angels, &c. + + +After each of which Prefaces shall immediately be sung or said, + +Therefor with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of +heaven, we laud and magnify Thy glorious Name; evermore praising Thee, +and saying, _Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts, heaven and earth are +full of Thy glory: Glory be to Thee, O Lord most high. Amen_. + +{36} + +Then shall the Priest, kneeling down at the Lord's Table, say in the +name of all them that shall receive the Communion this Prayer following, + + +We do not presume to come to this Thy Table, O merciful Lord, trusting +in our own righteousness, but in Thy manifold and great mercies. We +are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under Thy Table. But +Thou art the same Lord, Whose property is always to have mercy: Grant +us therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the Flesh of Thy dear Son Jesus +Christ, and to drink His Blood, that our sinful bodies may be made +clean by His Body, and our souls washed through His most precious +Blood, and that we may evermore dwell in Him, and He in us. _Amen_. + + +[Now you are coming to the most solemn part of the whole Service--the +Prayer of Consecration. The Priest is speaking for you to God, and is +consecrating, or making sacred and holy, the Bread and the Wine you are +going to receive. Try to follow every word most reverently, and join +heartily in the "Amen" at the close.] + + +THE PRAYER OF CONSECRATION. + +When the Priest, standing before the Table, hath so ordered the Bread +and Wine that he may with the more readiness and decency break the +Bread before {37} the people, and take the Cup into his hands, he shall +say the Prayer of Consecration, as followeth: + +Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who of Thy tender mercy didst give +Thine only Son Jesus Christ to suffer death upon the cross for our +redemption; who made there (by His one oblation of Himself once +offered) a full, perfect, and sufficient sacrifice, oblation, and +satisfaction, for the sins of the whole world; and did institute, and +in His holy Gospel command us to continue, a perpetual memory of that +His precious death, until His coming again; Hear us, O merciful Father, +we most humbly beseech Thee; and grant that we receiving these Thy +creatures of bread and wine, according to Thy Son our Saviour Jesus +Christ's holy institution, in remembrance of His death and passion, may +be partakers of His most blessed Body and Blood: who, in the same night +that He was betrayed, [_Here the Priest is to take the Paten into his +hands:] took bread; and when He had given thanks, [_And here to break +the Bread:] He brake it, and gave it to His Disciples, saying, Take, +eat, [_And here to lay his hand upon all the bread_.] this is My Body +which is given for you: Do this in remembrance of Me. Likewise after +supper He [_Here he is to take to Cup into his hand_:] took the Cup; +and when He had given thanks. He gave it to {38} them, saying, Drink +ye all of this; for this [_And here to lay his hand upon every vessel_ +(_be it Chalice or Flagon_) _in which there is any Wine to be +consecrated_.] is My Blood of the New Testament, which is shed for you +and for many for the remission of sins: Do this, as oft as ye shall +drink it, in remembrance of Me. _Amen_. + + +[You will have some time for private prayer, either before you go up to +receive, or after you return to your place. Spend this time on your +knees, speaking to God. Tell Him all about your difficulties--about +the sin you find it so hard to conquer. Ask God to help you. When it +is time for you to receive, go up quietly, and, as you kneel, think of +Jesus Himself saying, "Whoso eateth My Flesh and drinketh My Blood, +hath eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day." Say +secretly: "Lord, be merciful unto me: heal my soul, for I have sinned +against Thee.] + + +_The Minister, when he gives you the Bread, will say,_ + +"The Body of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was given for thee, preserve +thy body and soul unto everlasting life. Take and eat this in +remembrance that Christ died for thee, and feed on Him in thy heart by +faith with thanksgiving. + + +[After the words "everlasting life" you can say "_Amen_" softly. And +at the end you can say in your heart:-- + +"_Lord, I believe: help Thou mine unbelief._"] + +{39} + +_The Minister, when he gives you the Cup, will say,_ + +"The Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was shed for thee, preserve +thy body and soul unto everlasting life. Drink this in remembrance +that Christ's Blood was shed for thee, and be thankful. + +[Say _Amen_ devoutly, as before, after the words "ever-lasting life," +and at the end you may say in your heart:-- + +"_Thanks and Praise be to Thee, O Lord!_" + +Wait until the one next to you has received, and then return to your +place and kneel, thanking God again for His mercies to you. Pray that +you may not fall back into sin. Say:-- + +O God of all mercy, may this most blessed Sacrament which I have +received convey to my soul grace and peace, that being made clean, I +may sin no more. I ask this for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. + +[If you still have time, you may use now the Hymns given at the end of +this book.] + + +When all have communicated, the Minister shall return to the Lord's +Table, and reverently place upon it what remaineth of the consecrated +elements, covering the same with a fair linen cloth. + +Then shall the Priest say the Lord's Prayer, the people repeating after +him every Petition. + + +_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 {40} 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._ + + +After shall be said as followeth, + +O Lord and heavenly Father, we Thy humble servants entirely desire Thy +fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our Sacrifice of praise and +thanksgiving; most humbly beseeching Thee to grant that, by the merits +and death of Thy Son Jesus Christ, and through faith in His Blood, we +and all Thy whole Church may obtain remission of our sins, and all +other benefits of His passion. And here we offer and present unto +Thee, O Lord, ourselves, our souls, and bodies to be a reasonable, +holy, and lively sacrifice unto Thee; humbly beseeching Thee, that all +we who are partakers of this holy Communion, may be fulfilled with Thy +grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy, through +our manifold sins, to offer unto Thee any sacrifice, yet we beseech +Thee to accept this our bounden duty and service; not weighing our +merits, but pardoning our offences, through Jesus Christ our Lord: by +whom, and with whom, in the unity of the Holy {41} Ghost, all honour +and glory be unto Thee, O Father Almighty, world without end. _Amen_. + + +_Or this,_ + + +Almighty and everliving God, we most heartily thank Thee, for that Thou +dost vouchsafe to feed us, who have duly received these holy mysteries, +with the spiritual food of the most precious Body and Blood of Thy Son, +our Saviour Jesus Christ; and dost assure us thereby of thy favour and +goodness towards us; and that we are very members incorporate in the +mystical Body of Thy Son, which is the blessed company of all faithful +people; and are also heirs through hope of Thy everlasting kingdom, by +the merits of the most precious death and passion of Thy dear Son. And +we most humbly beseech Thee, O heavenly Father, so to assist us with +Thy grace, that we may continue in that holy fellowship, and do all +such good works, as Thou hast prepared for us to walk in, through Jesus +Christ our Lord; to whom with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour +and glory, world without end. _Amen_. + + +THE GLORIA IN EXCELSIS. + +Then shall be said or sung, + +_Glory be to God on high, and in earth peace, good will towards men. +We praise Thee, we bless {42} Thee, we worship Thee, we glorify Thee, +we give thanks to Thee for Thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly King, +God the Father Almighty_. + +_O Lord, the only-begotten Son Jesu Christ; O Lord God, Lamb of God, +Son of the Father, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy +upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon +us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayer. +Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon +us_. + +_For Thou only art holy; Thou only art the Lord; Thou only, O Christ, +with the Holy Ghost, art most high in the Glory of God the Father. +Amen_. + + +THE BLESSING. + +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 +Holy Ghost, be amongst you and remain with you always. _Amen_. + +[Do not be in a hurry to rise from your knees. Thank God once more for +all He has done for you. Pray again for help to persevere. Say one or +more of the following thanksgivings and prayers:--] + +{43} + +THANKSGIVING AFTER HOLY COMMUNION. + +I give Thee thanks, O Lord, holy Father, Almighty, everlasting God, who +hast refreshed me with the most holy Body and Blood of Thy Son Jesus +Christ our Lord; and I pray that this Sacrament which I have received +may be to the strengthening of my body and soul unto life eternal, +through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. + +O God, who hast in Thy great mercy permitted me to draw near this day +to the blessed Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Thy dear Son; I give +Thee hearty thanks and praise for this Thy goodness. Lord, I thank +Thee: help Thou my unthankfulness. Teach me more and more to feel and +know the richness and freedom of Thy love. Teach me more and more to +prize and to long for this holy feast of heavenly Food. Give me an +ever-thankful heart, that so I may live ever a life of thankfulness, +serving Thee, not as a slave, but as a loving child, in the spirit of +adoption, and as sharing in the glorious liberty of Thy children. Oh, +keep me from falling back; lead me onward by Thy grace; and bring me at +last to the unveiled presence of my Saviour in heaven, through the same +Thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. + + +Praise the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me praise His holy +Name. + +Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His {44} benefits; who +forgiveth all thy sin, and healeth all thine infirmities; who saveth +thy life from destruction, and crowneth thee with mercy and loving +kindness. + +"Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift!" Amen. + + +May God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost, bless, +preserve, and keep me, now and for evermore. Amen. + + + + +{45} + +HYMNS. + + +1. + +HOLY COMMUNION + + 1 Bread of heaven, on Thee we feed, + For Thy Flesh is meat indeed; + Ever may our souls be fed + With this true and living Bread; + Day by day with strength supplied + Through the life of Him who died. + + 2 Vine of heaven, Thy Blood supplies + This blest cup of sacrifice; + Lord, Thy wounds our healing give, + To Thy Cross we look and live: + Jesus, may we ever be + Grafted, rooted, built on Thee. Amen. + + +2. + + 1 According to Thy gracious word, + In meek humility, + This will I do, my dying Lord, + I will remember Thee. + +{46} + + 2 Thy Body, broken for my sake, + My Bread from heaven shall be: + Thy cup of blessing I will take, + And thus remember Thee. + + 3 Can I Gethsemane forget? + Or there Thy conflict see, + Thine agony and bloody sweat, + And not remember Thee? + + 4 When to the Cross I turn mine eyes, + And rest on Calvary, + O Lamb of God, my sacrifice, + I must remember Thee. + + 5 Remember Thee, and all Thy pains, + And all Thy love to me; + Yea, while a breath, a pulse remains, + Will I remember Thee. + + 6 And when these failing lips grow dumb, + And mind and memory flee, + When Thou shalt in Thy kingdom come, + Jesu, remember me. Amen. + + +3. + + 1 O God, unseen, yet ever near, + Thy presence may we feel; + And thus, inspired with holy fear, + Before Thine altar kneel. + +{47} + + 2 Here may Thy faithful people know + The blessings of Thy love; + The streams that through the desert flow, + The Manna from above. + + 3 We come, obedient to Thy word, + To feast on heavenly Food; + Our meat the Body of the Lord, + Our drink, His precious Blood. + + 4 Thus may we all Thy word obey, + For we, O God, are Thine; + And go rejoicing on our way, + Renewed with strength divine. Amen. + + +4. + + 1 I am not worthy, Holy Lord, + That Thou shouldst come to me, + Speak but the word, one gracious word + Can set the sinner free. + + 2 I am not worthy: cold and bare + The lodging of my soul; + How canst Thou deign to enter there? + Lord, speak, and make me whole. + + 3 I am not worthy; yet, my God, + How can I say Thee nay; + Thee, who didst give Thy Flesh and Blood + My ransom-price to pay? + +{48} + + 4 O come! in this sweet morning hour + Feed me with Food divine; + And fill with all Thy love and power + This worthless heart of mine. Amen. + + +5. + + 1 And now, O Father, mindful of the love + That bought us, once for all, on Calvary's Tree, + And having with us Him that pleads above, + We here present, we here spread forth to Thee + That only Offering perfect in Thine eyes, + The one true, pure, immortal sacrifice. + + 2 Look, Father, look on His anointed face, + And only look on us as found in Him; + Look not on our misusings of Thy grace, + Our prayer so languid, and our faith so dim: + For lo! between our sins and their reward + We set the Passion of Thy Son our Lord. + + 3 And then for those, our dearest and our best, + By this prevailing presence we appeal; + O fold them closer to Thy mercy's breast, + O do Thine utmost for their souls' true weal; + From tainting mischief keep them white and clear, + And crown Thy gifts with strength to persevere. + +{49} + + 4 And so we come; O draw us to Thy feet, + Most patient Saviour, Who canst love us still; + And by this Food, so awful and so sweet, + Deliver us from every touch of ill: + In Thine own service make us glad and free, + And grant us never more to part with Thee. + Amen. + + +6. + + 1 Sweet feast of love divine; + 'Tis grace that makes us free + To feed upon this Bread and Wine, + In memory, Lord, of Thee. + + 2 Here every welcome guest + Waits, Lord, from Thee to learn + The secrets of Thy Father's breast, + And all Thy grace discern. + + 3 Here conscience ends its strife, + And faith delights to prove + The sweetness of the Bread of life, + The fulness of Thy love. + + 4 The Blood that flowed for sin + In symbol here we see, + And feel the blessed pledge within, + That we are loved of Thee. + +{50} + + 5 O if this glimpse of love + Is so divinely sweet, + What will it be, O Lord, above, + Thy gladdening smile to meet; + + 6 To see Thee face to face, + Thy perfect likeness wear, + And all Thy ways of wondrous grace + Through endless years declare. Amen. + + +7. + +THANKSGIVING. + + 1 In full and glad surrender + I give myself to Thee, + Thine utterly and only + And evermore to be. + + 2 O Son of God, who lovest me, + I will be Thine alone; + And all I have and am, Lord, + Shall henceforth be Thine own! + + 3 Reign over me, Lord Jesus; + O make my heart Thy throne: + It shall be Thine, dear Saviour, + It shall be Thine alone. + +{51} + + 4 O come and reign, Lord Jesus; + Rule over everything! + And keep me always loyal, + And true to Thee, my King. Amen. + + +8. + + 1 Jesu, gentlest Saviour, + God of might and power, + Thou Thyself art dwelling + In us at this hour. + + 2 Nature cannot hold Thee, + Heaven is all too strait + For Thine endless glory + And Thy royal state. + + 3 Out beyond the shining + Of the furthest star + Thou art ever stretching + Infinitely far. + + 4 Yet the hearts of children + Hold what words cannot, + And the God of wonders + Loves the lowly spot. + + 5 Jesu, gentlest Saviour, + Dwelling in us now, + Fill us full of goodness + Till our hearts o'erflow. + +{52} + + 6 Multiply our graces, + Chiefly love and fear, + And, dear Lord, the chiefest, + Grace to persevere. Amen. + + +9 + +MORNING. + + 1 My Father, for another night + Of quiet sleep and rest, + For all the joy of morning light, + Thy holy Name be blest. + + 2 Now with the new-born day I give + Myself anew to Thee, + That as thou willest I may live, + And what Thou willest be. + + 3 Whate'er I do, things great or small, + Whate'er I speak or frame, + Thy glory may I seek in all, + Do all in Jesus' Name. + + 4 My Father, for His sake, I pray, + Thy child accept and bless; + And lead me by Thy grace to-day + In paths of righteousness. Amen. + + +{53} + +10 + + 1 Lord, for to-morrow and its needs + I do not pray; + Keep me, my God, from stain of sin, + Just for to-day. + + 2 Let me both diligently work + And duly pray; + Let me be kind in word and deed, + Just for to-day. + + 3 Let me be slow to do my will, + Prompt to obey; + Help me to sacrifice myself, + Just for to-day. + + 4 Let me no wrong or idle word + Unthinking say; + Set Thou a seal upon my lips, + Just for to-day. + + 5 Let me in season, Lord, be grave, + In season gay; + Let me be faithful to Thy grace, + Just for to-day. + + 6 Lord, for to-morrow and its needs, + I do not pray; + But keep me, guide me, love me, Lord, + Just for to-day. Amen. + + +{54} + +11 + +EVENING. + + 1 Glory to Thee, my God, this night + For all the blessings of the light; + Keep me, O keep me, King of kings, + Beneath Thine own almighty wings. + + 2 Forgive me, Lord, for Thy dear Son, + The ill that I this day have done, + That with the world, myself, and Thee, + I, ere I sleep, at peace may be. + + 3 Teach me to live, that I may dread + The grave as little as my bed; + Teach me to die, that so I may + Rise glorious at the awful day. + + 4 O may my soul on Thee repose, + And may sweet sleep mine eyelids close, + Sleep that shall me more vigorous make + To serve my God when I awake. + + 5 When in the night I sleepless lie, + My soul with heavenly thoughts supply; + Let no ill dreams disturb my rest, + No powers of darkness me molest. + +{55} + + 6 Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; + Praise Him, all creatures here below; + Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; + Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen. + + +12 + + Lord, keep us safe this night, + "Secure from all our fears; + May angels guard us while we sleep, + Till morning light appears. + + + + +PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY + +WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED + +LONDON AND BECCLES. + + + + + + + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Door of Heaven, by A. E. Burgett + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE DOOR OF HEAVEN *** + +***** This file should be named 33290.txt or 33290.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + https://www.gutenberg.org/3/3/2/9/33290/ + +Produced by Al Haines + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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