Lord God, our heavenly Father, who dost through Thy Word and Thy Holy
Spirit gather for Thy dear Son, Jesus Christ, a church and holy
congregation in our midst, and hast hitherto preserved pure doctrine and
the true worship of God against the devil and all enemies, yea, against
the gates of hell: do Thou, O good and faithful God, continue to preserve
unto us this dear and precious treasure, do Thou also make our
descendants partakers of the same, so that we, instructed in saving
knowledge, may grow and increase, until we shall receive an everlasting
habitation in the kingdom of Thy Son, and be saved through Thy dear Son,
Jesus Christ, our Lord, to whom, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be praise
and glory forever and ever. Amen.