vour upon all
| colleges for the instruction and discipline of those who are
| to serve in the sacred ministry of thy Church; bless those who
| teach and those who learn, that they may apply themselves with
| such diligence to the knowledge which is able to make men wise
| unto salvation, and submit themselves with such ready obedience
| to the law of thy Son our Saviour, that they may fulfil their
| ministry with joy; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord.
| _Amen_.
|
| _For the supply of Candidates for the Ministry of the Church_.
|
| O Lord Jesus Christ, whose servants Simon Peter and Andrew his
| brother did at thy word straightway leave their nets to become
| fishers of men; Give thy grace, we humbly beseech thee, to
| those whom thou dost call to the sacred ministry of thy Church,
| that they may hear thy voice, and with glad hearts obey thy
| call; who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy
| Spirit, one God, world without end. _Amen_.
|
| _For the Forces of the King, in his Navy and Army_.
|
| O Lord God of Hosts, stretch forth, we pray thee, thine almighty
| arm to strengthen and protect the sailors and soldiers of our
| King in every peril, both of sea and land; shelter them in the
| day of battle, and in the time of peace keep them safe from all
| evil; endue them ever with loyalty and courage; and grant that
| in all things they may serve as seeing thee who art invisible;
| through Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_.
|
| _During a Parliamentary election_.
|
| Most gracious God, we humbly beseech thee, as for this Kingdom in
| general, so especially for those who at this time are called to
| elect representatives to serve in the High Court of Parliament;
| Grant that all things may be so ordered and settled by their
| endeavours, upon the best and surest foundations, that peace and
| happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety, may be
| established among us for all generations. These and all other
| necessaries, for them, for us, and thy whole Church, we humbly
| beg in the Name and Mediation of Jesus Christ our most blessed
| Lord and Saviour. _Amen_.
|
| _During Municipal and other elections_.
|
| Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom; Guide and direct, we
| humbly beseech thee, the minds of all those who are called at
| this time to make choice of fit persons to serve in the------.
| Grant that in the exercise of their choice they may promote thy
| glory and the welfare of this ci