Book of Common Prayer, 1928

Ember Days
The Gospel. St. Matthew xxi. 12.
JESUS went into the temple of God, and cast out all them
that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the
tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that
sold doves, and said unto them, It is written, My house
shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a
den of thieves. And the blind and the lame carne to him
in the temple; and he healed them. And when the chief
priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did,
and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna
to the son of David; they were sore displeased, and said
unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith
unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of
babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?
The Ember Days
At the Four Seasons.
The Collect.
ALMIGHTY God, who hast committed to the hands
O of men the ministry of reconciliation; We humbly
beseech thee, by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, to put
it into the hearts of many to offer themselves for this ministry;
that thereby mankind may be drawn to thy blessed
kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
For the Epistle. Acts xiii. 44.
THE next sabbath day came almost the whole city together
to hear the word of God. But when dle Jews
saw dle multitudes, they were filled widl envy, and spake
against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting
and blaspheming. Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold,
and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first
have been spoken to you: but seeing- ye put it from you,
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Rogation Days
and judge yourselves unwotthy of everlasting life, 10, we
turn to the Gentiles. For so hath the Lord commanded us,
saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that
thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified
the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained
to eternal life believed. And the word of the Lord was published
dlroughout all the region.
The Gospel. St. Luke iv. 16.
JESUS carne to Nazareth, where he had been brought
up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue
on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. And there was
delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And
when he had opened the book, he found the place where
it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because
he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he
hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance
to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind,
to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable
year of the Lord. And he closed the book, and he
gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes
of all dlem that were in the synagogue were fastened on
him. And he began to say unto them, This day is this
scripture fulfilled in your ears.
The Rogation Days
Being the Three Days before Ascension Day.
The Collect.
ALMIGHTY God, Lord of heaven and earth; We ben
seech thee to pour forth thy blessing upon this land,
and to give us a fruitful season; that we, constantly receiving
thy bounty, may evermore give thanks unto thee
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