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O God, that which thou hast 156 DEVOTIONS FOR CONFIRMATION* wrought in us from thy holy temple which is in Jerusalem. Glory , $c. Then, alter repeating again the anthem. Confirm* 0 God, < tc the bishop, standing turned towards the altar, prays as follows : Bish. Show us, O God, thy mercy ; Ans. And grant us thy solvation. Bish.

O Lord, hear my prayer ; Am. And let my cry come unto thee. Bish . The Lord be with you ; Ans. And with thy spirit. LET US PRAY.

O God, who gavest the Holy Ghost to thy apostles, and hast been pleased to ordain that by them, and by their successors, he should be given to the rest of the faithful ; mercifully look, down upon what we thy poor servants have done, and grant that the hearts of these thy faithful, whose foreheads we have an- ointed with the sacred chrism, and signed with the sign of the holy cross, may, by the same Holy Ghost coming down into them, and by his vouchsafing to dwell in them, be made the temple of his glory. Who with the Father, and the same Holy Ghost, livest and reignest, God, world without end. Amen