Vespers - Prayers at Lamplighting Time
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Sixth Prayer
O God, great and wondrous, Who with goodness
unsearchable and abundant providence orderest all
things, and grantest unto us earthly good things;
Who hast given us a pledge of the promised
kingdom through the good things already bestowed
upon us; and hast made us to shun all evil during
that part of the day which is past: Grant us also to
fulfill the remainder of this day blamelessly before
Thy holy glory; to hymn Thee, the only Good One,
our God, Who lovest mankind. For Thou art our
God, and unto Thee do we send up glory: to the
Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now
and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.
Seventh Prayer
O God, great and most high, Who alone hast
immortality, and dwellest in light unapproachable;
Who hast fashioned all creation in wisdom; Who
hast divided the light from the darkness, and hast
set the sun for dominion of the day, the moon the
stars for dominion of the night; Who hast
vouchsafed unto us sinners at this present hour to