Then the Parish Priest standing up, and turning towards the Missioners, shall

say:­

REVEREND AND DEAR BRETHREN, You have come here at our invitation, and with the consent and blessing of, Bishop of this Diocese, to preach a Mission in this place. We bid you a hearty welcome in the Name of the Lord; and we commend to your loving care and faithful teaching the souls of those, who, during this Mission, shall assemble here: and we pray that God, Who has given you the will to do this work, may grant you strength and power to perform the same for His glory, and the good of many souls: through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

GOD the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost, bless, preserve guide, and strengthen you now and for evermore. Amen.

Here shall follow Evensong( if it has not been said at an earlier hour).

After which one of the Missioners shall give an Address, and the Service shall be concluded as follows:

Hymn 57( all kneeling), 56, or 58.

Collects for S. Peter: S. Barnabas: Third Sunday in Advent,& c.

The Blessing.

Univ.- Bibl. Giessen