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LORD GOD and Saviour Jesus Christ, the Father of all mercies—the spring and source from whence all blessings both temporal and eternal flow; bless, we beseech Thee, thy waiting servants with the healthful spirit of thy grace. Shine down upon us, gracious Father, from between the cherubim, that the light of thy Divine countenance may be to us the light of our life, and our sure guide to happiness and heaven.

We deeply deplore our manifold transgressions and sins. We have indeed forsaken Thee, the Fountain of Living Waters, and by inclining to evil and false hood, have so vitiated our wills and corrupted our understandings, that we are become as broken cisterns. But O Lord God, to whom belongeth mercies and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against Thee, we beseech Thee forsake us not in our distresses, but cause thy face to shine upon us, and we shall be saved!

Quicken us with love to Thee and to Thy kingdom,