Doxologies

General Confession

DOXOLOGY
Praise God from whom all blessings flow, Praise Him all creatures here below, Praise Him above ye Heavenly Host, Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.  Amen

CALL TO WORSHIP
Minister
I was glad when they said unto me, let us go into the house of the Lord, our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.

People
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand.  I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Minister
Because of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek thy good.

People
Those that be planted in the house of the Lord, shall flourish in the courts of our God.

Minister
Blessed are they that dwell in thy house, Lord. I have loved thy habitation the place where 
thy honor dwelleth.

People
For the Lord is in Holy temple, let all the earth keep silence before Him.

Minister
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my Redeemer.

All
O sing unto the Lord a new song, for He has done marvelous things.  Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth sing praises!

DECALOGUE
Minister
And God spake all these words saying:  I am the Lord thy God who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.  Thou shall have no other gods before me.

People
Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

Minister
Thou shalt not make unto thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth below, or in the water under the earth:  Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them:  for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;  and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

People
Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

Minister
Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy.  Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God:  in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter,  thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:  for in six days the Lord hath made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested on the seventh day and hallowed it.

People
Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

                              My soul be on thy guard;
                              Ten thousand foes arise;
                        And hosts of sins are pressing hard
                             To draw thee from the skies

Minister
Honor thy father and thy mother:  that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee

People
Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

Minister
Thou shalt not kill.

People
Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

Minister
Thou shalt not commit adultery.

People
Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

Minister
Thou shalt not steal.

People
Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

Minister
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

People
Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

Minister
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his
manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's.

People
Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.

                              Nearer, my God, to Thee,
                                    Nearer to Thee!;
                              E'en though it be a cross
                                   That raiseth me;
                              Still all my song shall be
                              Nearer, my God, to Thee,
                                    Nearer to Thee!

Minister
Hear what Christ, our Savior saith:  Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.  This is the first and great Commandment.  And the second is like unto it.  Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.  On these two Commandments hang all the law and the prophets.





 DOXOLOGY
Glory be to the Father,  and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost;   As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be, world without end.  Amen


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