_At Mattins and Evensong the following Psalms, Lessons, Suffrages,
and Collects may be used_:
_Proper Psalms_, xx., ci., cxxi.
_Proper Lessons_.
_The First_, Joshua i. to ver. 10, or Proverbs viii. to ver. 17.
_The Second_, Rom. xiii. to ver. 11, or Rev. xxi. 22 xxii. 4.
_The Suffrages next after the Creed_.
_Priest_. O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us.
_Answer_. And grant us thy salvation.
_Priest_. O Lord, save the King;
_Answer_. Who putteth his trust in thee.
_Priest_. Send him help from thy holy place.
_Answer_. And evermore mightily defend him.
_Priest_. Be unto him, O Lord, a strong tower;
_Answer_. From the face of his enemies.
_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 Lord, hear our prayer.
_Answer_. And let our cry come unto thee.
_After the first Collect, at Morning or Evening Prayer, the
following Collect_:
O God, who providest for thy people by thy power, and rulest over
them in love; Vouchsafe so to bless thy Servant our King, that
under him this nation may be wisely governed, and thy Church may
serve thee in all godly quietness; and grant that he being devoted
to thee with his whole heart, and persevering in good works unto
the end, may, by thy guidance, come to thine everlasting kingdom;
through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth
with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end.
_Amen_.
_If the Litany be sung or said, these Prayers immediately after
the Prayer_, We humbly beseech thee: _and if the Litany be not
said, then these Prayers instead of the Prayers for the King and
for the Royal Family at Mattins or Evensong_.
O Lord our God, who upholdest and governest all things by the word
of thy power; Receive our humble prayers for our Sovereign Lord
_GEORGE_, _as on this day_, set over us by thy grace and providence
to be our King; and, together with him, bless, we beseech thee, our
gracious Queen _Mary_, _Alexandra_ the Queen Mother, _Edward_ Prince
of Wales, and all the Royal Family; that they, ever trusting in thy
goodness, protected by thy power, and crowned with thy gracious and
endless favour, may long continue before thee in peace and safety,
joy and honour, and after death may obtain everlasting life and
glory; by the merits and mediation of Christ Jesus our Saviour,
who with thee and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth ever one
God, world without end. _Amen_.
Almighty God, who rulest over all the kingdoms of the world, and
dost order them according to thy good pleasure; We yield thee
unfeigned thanks, for that thou wast pleased, _as on this day_,
to set thy Servant our Sovereign Lord, King _GEORGE_, upon the
throne of this Realm. Let thy wisdom be his guide, and let thine arm
strengthen him; let truth and justice, holiness and righteousness,
peace and charity abound in his days. Direct all his counsels and
endeavours to thy glory, and the welfare of his subjects; give us
grace to obey him cheerfully for conscience sake, and let him
always possess the hearts of his people; let his reign be long
and prosperous, and crown him with everlasting life in the world
to come; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_.
_A Prayer for Unity_.
O God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, our only Saviour, the
Prince of Peace; Give us grace seriously to lay to heart the great
dangers we are in by our unhappy divisions. Take away all hatred
and prejudice, and whatsoever else may hinder us from godly union
and concord: that, as there is but one Body, and one Spirit, and
one hope of our calling, one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism, one God
and Father of us all, so we may henceforth be all of one heart,
and of one soul, united in one holy bond of truth and peace, of
faith and charity, and may with one mind and one mouth glorify
thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_.