Book of Common Prayer, 1928

The 24th Sunday after Trinity
you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge
of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing,
being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the
knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according
to his glorious power, unto all patience and long-suffering
with joyfulness; giving thanks unto the Father, which hath
made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the
saints in light.
The Gospel. St. Matthew ix. 18.
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HILE Jesus spake these things unto John'S disciples,
behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped
him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and
lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live. And Jesus arose,
and followed him, and so did his disciples. And, behold, a
woman, which was diseased widl an issue of blood twelve
years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:
for she said within herself, If I may but touch his
garment, I shall be whole. But Jesus turned him about, and
when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort;
thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made
whole from that hour. And when Jesus came into the ruler's
house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,
he said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but
sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn. But when the
people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the
hand, and the maid arose. And the fame hereof went abroad
into all that land.
'I If in any year there he twenty.six Sundays after Trinity, the service for
the Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany shall be usa! on the Twenty.
fifth Sunday. If there be twenty·seven, the service for the Sixth Sun·
day after the Epiphany shall be used on the Twenty.sixth, and the ser·
vice for the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany on the Twenty.fifth. If
rhere he fewer rhan twenty.five Sundays, the overplus shall be omitted.
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Sunday before Advent
The Sunday next before Advent.
The Collect.
STIR up, we beseech thee,O Lord, the wills of dly faithful
people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the
fruit of good works, may by thee be plenteously rewarded;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
For the Epistle. Jeremial1 xxiii. 5.
BEHOLD, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise
unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign
and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the
earth. In his days Judal1 shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell
safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called,
THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. Therefore, behold,
the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more
say, The loRD liveth, which brought up the children of
Israel out of the land of Egypt; but, The LORD liveth, which
brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel
out of the north country, and from all countries whither I
had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.
The Gospel. St. John vi. 5. .
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HEN Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great
company come unto him, he saith unto Philip,
Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? And this
he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would
do. Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of
bread is not sufficient for them, that everyone of them
may take a little. One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon
Peter's brother, saith unto him, There is a lad here, which
hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are
they among so many? And Jesus said, Make dIe men sit
down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men
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