| with white robes, and palms in their hands; and cried with a | loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the | throne, and unto the Lamb. And all the angels stood round about | the throne, and about the elders, and the four beasts, and fell | before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, saying, | Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and | honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever: | Amen. And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are | these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? | And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These | are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed | their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. | Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day | and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall | dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any | more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For | the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, | and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God | shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. | | Rev. xxi. 3. | | And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the | tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and | they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, | and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their | eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor | crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former | things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said, | Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for | these words are true and faithful. | | _After the lesson the officiating minister may, in the Church,_ | _say_ Let us pray, _and one or more of these prayers following:_ | The Collects for_ Advent Sunday, Palm Sunday, Easter Eve, | Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity, _the fifth Collect at the_ | _end of the Communion Service of the Book of Common Prayer_, | "Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, etc."; _the prayer_ | _at the end of the Litany_, "We humbly beseech thee, O Father, | etc."; _the prayers entitled _Commemoration of the Faithful | Departed _in the additional Occasional Prayers; and this prayer_ | _following_: | | _A Prayer for those in sorrow_. | | O heavenly Father, whose Blessed Son Jesus Christ did weep at | the grave of Lazarus his friend: Look, we beseech thee, with | compassion upon those who are now in sorrow and affliction; | comfort them, O Lord, with thy gracious consolations; make them | to know that all things work together for good to them that | love thee; and grant them evermore sure trust and confidence in | thy fatherly care; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_. | | [_This prayer may be said also in any time of calamity_.] | | _The minister may conclude with_ the Lord's Prayer _and_ The