...whom, through vvhoni, and to whom are all things ; the Father of mercies, and the God of all grace. We are not worthy of the least of all thy blessings...our mouth shall shew forth thy praise. We are thy creatures, O Lord, whose hands have made and fashioned us ; thou art the Father of our spirits, and...

...consideration of this have upon us ? A. — We should go to God with the prayer of David. " O Lord, open thou our lips, and our mouth shall shew forth thy praise," and we should stir up ourselves to praise God, as he did : " Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that...

...of whom, through whom, ana to whom are all things ; the Father of mercies, and the God of all grace. We are not worthy of the least of all thy blessings...have we had of them ! Open thou our lips, and our mouths shall shew forth thy praise. f We are thy creatures, O Lord, whose 1 hands have made and fashioned...

...Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory, For ever and ever. Amen. Then likewise he shall say, O Lord, open thou our lips. . And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise. 7 Minist. O God, make speed to save us ; Answ. O Lord, make haste to help us. Here all standing up,...

...The next point is a continuation of Prayer, and of the same ridiculous kind : it begins, " O Lord, open thou our lips; and our mouth shall shew forth thy praise." Now, what can be more contemptible than this Prayer? " Open thou our lips," implies an act of indifference...

...comparison of what he has reserved for us ! O what mercy is here! O what thanks does it call for' ft 0 Lord, open thou our lips, and our mouth shall shew forth thy praise." 2. You will praise his power. — ' I thought,' says the poor soul at such a time, ' I was fallen so...

...matters as the saints of Oliver Cromwell's army, whose very cannon had on the inscription of " O Lord, open thou our lips, and our mouth shall shew forth thy praise !" But they are far from being irreligious ; the churches are well filled, religious societies are...

...first beg, that God would permit and assist us, unworthy as we are, to pay him this homage. O Lord, open thou our lips ; and our mouth shall shew forth thy praise : which are the words of David, in his chief penitential psalm, the fifty-first. Guilt had shut up...

...voice, humbly say in English these prayers following, (viz.) Bo(h at Morning and Evening Prayer. O Lord open thou our lips : And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise. O God make speed to save us, O Lord make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father, &c. As it was in...

...not able to praise our Almighty benefactor in a manner worthy of his greatness and bounty. " O Lord, open thou our lips; and our mouth shall shew forth thy praise." And, to express the earnest desire of the congregaL. tion for present and immediate aid in this pious...