THANKSGIVING SERVICE. 



HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, CAXTON HALL, 

 WESTMINSTER, S.W., ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 24th, 1916, 



AT 3 P.M. 

 BEING THE OCCASION OF 



THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY 

 of the First General Meeting. 



ORDER OF SERVICE. 

 Hymn. 



<l Lead, Kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom." — Newman. 



The Ven. Archdeacon Beresford Potter read The General 

 Confession, the congregation following. 



Collect. 



0 God, whose nature and property is ever to have mercy and 

 to forgive, receive our humble petitions; and though we be tied 

 and bound with the chain of our sins, yet let the pitif ulness of 

 thy great mercy loose us ; for the honour of Jesus Christ, our 

 Mediator and Advocate. Amen. 



The Lord's Prayer. 



0 Lord, open thou our lips. 



And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise. 



0 God, make speed to save us. 



0 Lord, make haste to help us. 



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. 

 Praise ye the Lord. 

 The Lord's Name be praised. 



The Rev. John Tuckwell read the xixth Psalm, as in the 

 Authorized Version, the congregation taking the alternate 

 verses, and concluding with the Gloria Patvi. 



