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Thursday, September 28
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The Vespers Office To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour Between 5 and 8 p.m.
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The Call to Prayer
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Sing praise to the LORD who dwells in Zion;* proclaim to the peoples the things he
has done.
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Psalm 9:11
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The Request for Presence
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To you I lift up my eyes,* to you enthroned in the heavens.
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Psalm 123:1
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The Greeting
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I put my trust in your mercy;* my heart is joyful because of your saving help.
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Psalm 13:5
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The Hymn
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O You Immortal Throng of Angels
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O you immortal throng
of angels round the throne,
join with our earth-bound song
to make the Savior known.
On earth you knew
his wondrous grace,
his beauteous face
in heaven you view.
You saw the heaven-born child
in human flesh arrayed,
so innocent and mild
while in the manger laid.
“Glory to God
and peace on earth,”
for such a birth
you sang aloud.
You in the wilderness
beheld the Tempter spoiled,
unmasked in every dress,
in every combat foiled.
With great delight
You crowned his head
when Satan fled
the Savior’s might.
You thronged to Calvary
and pressed with sad desire
that awful sight to see—
the Lord of life expire.
Even angel eyes
slow tears did shed:
you mourned the dead
in sad surprise.
Around his sacred tomb
a willing watch you kept;
till out from death’s vast room,
up from the grave he leapt.
You rolled the stone,
and all adored
your rising Lord
with joy unknown.
When all arrayed in light
the shining conqueror rode,
you hailed his wondrous flight
up to the throne of God.
And waved around
your golden wings,
and struck your strings
of sweetest sound.
The joyous notes pursue
and louder anthems raise;
while mortals sing with you
their own Redeemer’s praise.
With equal flame
and equal art,
do you my heart
extol his Name.
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Philip Doddridge
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The Refrain for the Vespers Lessons
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The angel of the LORD encompasses those who fear him,* and he will deliver them.
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Psalm 34:7
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The Vespers Psalm
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Put Your Trust in God
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Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul?* and why are you so disquieted
within me?
Put your trust in God;* for I will yet give thanks to him, who is the help of my
countenance, and my God.
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Psalm 43:5–6
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The Refrain
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The angel of the LORD encompasses those who fear him,* and he will deliver them. |
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The Cry of the Church
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Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. |
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The Lord's Prayer
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Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be your Name.
May your kingdom come, and your will be done, on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil;
for yours are the kingdom and the power and the glory
forever and ever. Amen.
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The Prayer Appointed for the Week
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O God, you declare your almighty power chiefly in showing mercy and pity:
Grant me the fullness of your grace, that I, running to obtain your promises,
may become a partaker of your heavenly treasure; through Jesus Christ our
Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and
ever. Amen.† |
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The Concluding Prayer of the Church
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Lord God, whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ, triumphed over the powers of death
and prepared for us our place in the new Jerusalem: Grant that I, who have this
day given thanks for his resurrection, may praise you in the City of which he is
the light, and where he lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen.† |
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