CEREMONIES. 
PKArER BY Ret. S. II. TYNG, D. D. 
0 Lord, our God ! Uessed be Thy great and glorious name, which is 
exalted above all blessing and praise ! Thou, even Thou, art Lord alone. 
Thon hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host,^the 
earth, and aU that is therein, — the seas, and all that therein is, and Thou 
preservest them all. The host of heaven worshipeth Thee ! 
Whither shall we go from Thy Spirit, and whither shall we flee from Thy 
presence ? If we ascend into heaven. Thou art there ; if we make our bed 
in hell, behold Thou art there. If we take the wings of the morning, and 
dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there shall Thy hand lead us, 
and Thy right hand shall hold us. Such knowledge is too wonderful for 
us ; it is high, we cannot attain unto it. 
0 Lord, our Lord ! how excellent is Thy name in all the earth ! who hath 
set Thy glory above the heavens. When we consider the heavens, the work 
of Thy hands ; the moon and the stars which Thou hast ordained — what is 
man that Thou art mindful of him, or the son of man that Thou visitest 
him? Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels; Thou hast 
crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion 
over the works of Thy hands. Thou hast put all things under his feet. 
0 Lord, how manifold are Thy works ! in wisdom hast Thou made them 
aE. The earth is full of Thy riches. This great and wide sea also, wherein 
are creatures innumerable, both small and great ; these all wait upon Thee, 
and Thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou makest the grass to 
grow upon the mountains, and herbs for the service of man. Before Thee 
the mouutains break forth in singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap 
their hands, from the cedar that dweUeth in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop 
which springeth out of the wall. Thou hast commanded us to commemo- 
rate Thy wisdom and Thy power; to teach unto those who come after 
us the glory of Thy works — as wonderful in the least of the beings that 
breathes in Thy mercy, as in the mightiest that displays and magnifies Thy 
power. Thou hast manifested Thyself and Thy wisdom, as truly in the 
lilies of the field as they grow as in the le\-iathan, who is the king over all 
children of pride. 
To honor Thee in aU these works of Thy hand, would we erect the build- 
over the foundation of which we now ask Thy protection and Thy 
