Dearly Beloved! Forasmuch as we purpose to come to the Holy Supper of our Lord Jesus Christ, it becometh us diligently to examine ourselves, as St. Paul exhorteth us. For this holy Sacrament hath been instituted for the special comfort and strengthening of those who humbly confess their sins and hunger and thirst after righteousness. But if we thus examine ourselves, we shall find nothing in us but only sin and death, from which we can in no wise set ourselves free. Therefore our Lord Jesus Christ hath had mercy upon us and hath taken upon Himself our nature, that so He might fulfil for us the whole will and Law of God and for us and for our deliverance suffer death and all that we by our sins have deserved. And to the end that we should the more confidently believe this and be strengthened by our faith in a cheerful obedience to His holy will, He hath instituted the holy Sacrament of His Supper, in which He feedeth us with His body and giveth us to drink of His blood. Therefore, whoso eateth of this bread and drinketh of this cup, firmly believing the words of Christ, dwelleth in Christ and Christ in him and hath eternal life. We should also do this in remembrance of Him, showing His death, that He was delivered for our offenses and raised again for our justification, and, rendering unto Him most hearty thanks for the same, take up our cross and follow Him, and, according to His commandment, love one another even as He hath loved us. For we are all one bread and one body, even as we are all partakers of this one bread and drink of this one cup. FOOTNOTES: [1] For Exhortation see end of this service. [2] _Here he shall take the Plate with the Bread in his hand._ [3] _Here he shall take the Cup in his hand._ [4] The Exhortation, if in use, may be inserted at the place indicated above. The Order of Evening Service, or Vespers. A Hymn of Invocation of the Holy Ghost or another Hymn may be sung. Then shall be chanted or said, responsively, the _Versicle_ with the _Gloria Patri_ as here followeth, all standing to the end of the _Psalm_. _Minister._ O Lord, open Thou my lips. _Congregation._ =And my mouth shall show forth Thy praise.= _Minister._ Make haste, O God, to deliver me. _Congregation._ =Make haste, to help me, O Lord.= =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.= =Hallelujah!= During the Passion Season the _Hallelujah_ shall be omitted. The Psalm. Then shall be chanted or said one or more _Psalms_. At the end of the _Psalm_ the _Gloria Patri_ shall be chanted. An _Antiphon_ may be used with each Psalm. The Lesson. The _Scripture Lessons_ shall then be read, and after each _Lesson_ may be chanted or said: _Minister._ But Thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us. _Congregation._ =Thanks be to Thee, O Lord.=