EVENING PRAYER.
and joyful hope, being assured that we ask them according to Thy will; that the voice of Thy Church is heard by Thee; that the intercessions of the Holy Ghost are known unto Thee; and that the mediation of Thy wellbeloved Son, our Lord and Saviour, doth prevail with Thee.
Wherefore we glorify Thy Name; we fall down, we worship, we adore Thy glorious Majesty; we praise and magnify Thee, Heavenly Father, with Thine Eternal Son, and with the Holy Ghost, one God world without end.
R. Amen.
THANKSGIVING.
GOD, Father of all mercies,
we Thine unworthy servants do give Thee most humble and hearty thanks for all Thy goodness and loving kindness to us and to all men. We bless Thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but, above all, for Thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory.[ Here may be introduced any other subject for thanksgiving.] And, we beseech Thee, give us that due sense of all Thy mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful, and that we may shew forth Thy praise, not only with our lips but in our lives;