and Prayer.
If one is saying "Hallowed be Thy Name" and thinking chiefly of God's
holiness, his Intention will be different from that of a neighbour who
is thinking chiefly of the wickedness of sin. We need some agreement,
that our intention may be the same.

This agreement might have been left to the knowledge of those who take
part in the Service. They might have been expected to learn what the
intention is, at each place when the Lord's Prayer is said. Or it
might {16} have been stated in a Rubric, or direction, at the head of
the Prayer. Neither of these methods is adopted in the Book of Common
Prayer. Instead of them, the Prayer itself is so arranged as to
proclaim the Intention.

When it is to be used for Praise, the words "_for thine is the kingdom,
the power, and the glory, for ever and ever_" are placed at the end:
when it is to be used for Prayer, the Lesser Litany "_Lord have mercy
upon us, Christ have mercy upon us, Lord have mercy upon us_" is placed
at the beginning.

It is convenient to call this the 'setting'.

When the Lord's Prayer is 'set' for Praise, every petition in it is to
be said with that _intention_. We shall then unite in praising God for
the glory of His holy Name, the majesty of His Kingdom, the power of
His Will, and also as the Giver, the Forgiver, the Leader and
Deliverer. The thought of our weaknesses will be as much as possible
left out, that we may rejoice in the perfections of God.

In like manner, when the Lord's Prayer is 'set' for Prayer, the thought
of human wants will be present in every petition. We have great need
to pray that God will cause His Name to be hallowed, His Kingdom to
come, and His Will to be done, on earth as in heaven, as well as to ask
Him for the necessaries of life, the forgiveness of sins, guidance, and
deliverance from evil.

d. The key-note of Prayer and Praise.

"When ye pray, say, Our Father, &c." S. Luke xi. 2.

We can now understand why the Lord's Prayer is used twice in the same
Service. The Praises begin with it and the Prayers begin with it. The
setting of {17} the Lord's Prayer will always proclaim what kind of
Service is beginning[1]. Thus the Lord's Prayer is made to strike the
key-note of the Service, or part of a Service, to which it is prefixed.

e. Forms of Worship.

We have seen that Unity of Intention is necessary to congregational
worship. When a few people, animated by the same sentiments, are drawn
togethe