COLLECTS

O GOD,* Who during this time of waiting comfortest us in lowliness with the hope of everlasting life, grant us always so to serve Thee in the house of our pilgrimage, that we may enjoy the blessedness of our eternal country. (1.)

Let the hope which Thou hast given us,* O LORD, be our comfort in our lowliness, and the fulness of glory in our joy. (11.)

Grant, O LORD,* that they who think in Thee in the night season may keep Thy law, and as they hold not their peace of Thee in trouble, let them never halt away from Thy words, but abide in Thee with steadfast perseverance.