Light in the Liturgy. BY THE AUTHOR OF "GLIMPSES OF HEAVEN." "But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions as the heathen do; for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking." BIBLI LONDON: WILLIAM MACINTOSH 24, PATERNOSTER ROW. 138 G. 190. PREFACE. THIS little Companion to the Book of Common Prayer is intended to occupy five minutes' preparation for the Morning Service of the Church of England. There is a portion for every Sunday of the year with a suitable hymn. The Author hopes that it may be the means of leading some to think more of the meaning of the words of the Liturgy, and to find in them the light and comfort they are so well calculated to impart. If it shed a single ray of light on any part of that beautiful service, it will not have been written in vain. ST. JOHN'S PARSONAGE, Light in the Liturgy. THE CONFESSION. [18T SUNDAY. THE first thing we should try to impress on our minds in studying the Liturgy of the Church of England is, that her services were all intended for believers-true believers in the Lord Jesus. Therefore if we feel that we cannot in heart and mind join in her services; if we feel them to be weariness and unmeaning repetition; instead of leaving her Communion, or complaining of her imperfections, our immediate recourse should be to selfexamination, alarm as to our state, and instant application to the Saviour for an |