Keep You from All Sin. Ans. Amen

O Lord, hear my prayer ; Ans. And let my cry come unto thee. Bish. The Lord be with you ; Ans. And with thy spirit. Then extending his hands towards those who are to be confirmed, (which is what the ancients call the imposition of hands,) he addresses this solemn prayer to the Eternal Father, begging of him, throiigh Jesus Christ his Son, that he would send down his Holy Spirit, with all his gifts, into their souls. LET TJS PRAY.

O almighty, everlasting God, who hast vouchsafed to regenerate these thy servants, by water and the Holy Ghost, ana who hast given them the remission of all their sins, send forth upon them thy seven-fold Holy Spirit, the Paraclete from heaven. Amen