Saturday, September 26
The Vespers Office To Be Observed on the Hour or Half Hour Between 5 and 8 p.m.


The Call to Prayer
I will call upon the LORD,* and so shall I be saved from my enemies.
Psalm 18:3

The Request for Presence
I have said to the LORD, “You are my God;* Listen, O LORD, to my supplication.”
Psalm 140:6


The Greeting

But you, O Lord my GOD, oh, deal with me according to your Name;* for your tender mercy’s sake, deliver me. For I am poor and needy,* and my heart is wounded within me.
Psalm 109:20–21

The Hymn

The Dismissal of the Great “I”

Go off great “I”, and come not nigh But quit my habitation And come no more within my door Corrupting my sensation Depart, I say, flee far away Your ways no more I’ll practice For all who try to be great “I” Are vicious, proud and fractious. I now disclaim that great big name And all my title to it That great big “I”, I’ll mortify No pity will I show it It may elope but need not hope To share in my salvation Though near of kin, a natural twin By Adam’s old relation.
Early Shaker Anthem

The Refrain for the Vespers Lessons

For the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping. The LORD has heard my supplication;* the LORD accepts my prayer.
Psalm 6:8–9

The Vespers Psalm

Whoever Does These Things Shall Never Be Overthrown

LORD, who may dwell in your tabernacle?* who may abide upon your holy hill? Whoever leads a blameless life and does what is right,* who speaks the truth from his heart. There is no guile upon his tongue; he does no evil to his friend;* he does not heap contempt upon his neighbor. In his sight the wicked is rejected,* but he honors those who fear the LORD. He has sworn to do no wrong* and does not take back his word. He does not give his money in hope of gain,* nor does he take a bribe against the innocent. Whoever does these things* shall never be overthrown.
Psalm 15

The Refrain

For the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping. The LORD has heard my supplication;* the LORD accepts my prayer.

The Cry of the Church

Be, Lord, my helper and forsake me not. Do not despise me, O God, my savior.
THE SHORT BREVIARY

The Lord's Prayer

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be your Name. May your kingdom come, and your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil; for yours are the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever. Amen.

The Prayer Appointed for the Week

Grant that I, Lord, may not be anxious about earthly things, but love things heavenly; and even now, while I am placed among things that are passing away, hold fast to those that shall endure; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.†

The Concluding Prayers of the Church

Almighty God, who has promised to hear the petitions of those who ask in your Son’s Name: I beseech you mercifully to incline your ear to me who have made my prayers and supplications to you; and grant that those things which I have faithfully asked according to your will, I may effectually obtain, to the relief of my necessity, and to the setting forth of your glory; through Jesus Christ my Lord. Amen.† May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in eternal peace. Amen.