Bless our brethren across the sea of another land, but who, with the same tongue, worship our Lord in spirit and in truth; and our brethren on the southern side of the globe, and all the scattered saints in every nation, visit them with the bedewing of the Holy Ghost; and make the gardens of the Lord amidst the desert to be green, and blossom as the rose.
Now help us this morning, give to everyone a sense of pardoned sin: forgive us, O Father, for Christ’s sake! Give to each one of us also, sanctifying power, that we may be cleansed from the influence of guilt. Give power in the delivery of the gospel. May the truth sink into the soul, and may this be a good and happy, devout and beneficial occasion, to all of us here gathered. We ask it for Jesus’ sake. Amen.