A memorial card with The General Thanksgiving

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In loving memory of

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The General Thanksgiving

Almightie God, Father of all mercies, We thine vnworthy servants do give thee most humble and hearty

thanks for all thy goodnes, and loving kindness to vs

and to all men [ particularly to those who desire now to offer vp their praises, and thanksgivings for thy late mercies vouchsafed vnto them] We bless thee for our creation,

preservation, and all the blessings of this life, but

above all for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ, for the

means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And

we beseech thee give vs that due sence of all thy

mercies that our hearts may be vnfeignedly thankfull, and that we shew forth thy prayse, not only with

our lips, but in our lives, by giving vp our selves to

thy service, and by walking before thee in holiness

and righteousnes all our dayes through Jesus Christ

our Lord, to whom with thee and the holy Ghost be

all honour and glory world without end. Amen.

The Book of Common Prayer, from the Original Manuscript Attached to the Act of Uniformity of 1662, 1892. Wording read twice, independently. Spelled as this edition prints it.
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In loving memory of

Their name

The General Thanksgiving

Almightie God, Father of all mercies, We thine vnworthy servants do give thee most humble and hearty

thanks for all thy goodnes, and loving kindness to vs

and to all men [ particularly to those who desire now to offer vp their praises, and thanksgivings for thy late mercies vouchsafed vnto them] We bless thee for our creation,

preservation, and all the blessings of this life, but

above all for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ, for the

means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And

we beseech thee give vs that due sence of all thy

mercies that our hearts may be vnfeignedly thankfull, and that we shew forth thy prayse, not only with

our lips, but in our lives, by giving vp our selves to

thy service, and by walking before thee in holiness

and righteousnes all our dayes through Jesus Christ

our Lord, to whom with thee and the holy Ghost be

all honour and glory world without end. Amen.

In loving memory of

The General Thanksgiving

Almightie God, Father of all mercies, We thine vnworthy servants do give thee most humble and hearty

thanks for all thy goodnes, and loving kindness to vs

and to all men [ particularly to those who desire now to offer vp their praises, and thanksgivings for thy late mercies vouchsafed vnto them] We bless thee for our creation,

preservation, and all the blessings of this life, but

above all for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ, for the

means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And

we beseech thee give vs that due sence of all thy

mercies that our hearts may be vnfeignedly thankfull, and that we shew forth thy prayse, not only with

our lips, but in our lives, by giving vp our selves to

thy service, and by walking before thee in holiness

and righteousnes all our dayes through Jesus Christ

our Lord, to whom with thee and the holy Ghost be

all honour and glory world without end. Amen.

In loving memory of

Their name

In loving memory of

Their name

In loving memory of

Their name

In loving memory of

Their name

In loving memory of

Their name

In loving memory of

Their name

The General Thanksgiving

Almightie God, Father of all mercies, We thine vnworthy servants do give thee most humble and hearty

thanks for all thy goodnes, and loving kindness to vs

and to all men [ particularly to those who desire now to offer vp their praises, and thanksgivings for thy late mercies vouchsafed vnto them] We bless thee for our creation,

preservation, and all the blessings of this life, but

above all for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ, for the

means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And

we beseech thee give vs that due sence of all thy

mercies that our hearts may be vnfeignedly thankfull, and that we shew forth thy prayse, not only with

our lips, but in our lives, by giving vp our selves to

thy service, and by walking before thee in holiness

and righteousnes all our dayes through Jesus Christ

our Lord, to whom with thee and the holy Ghost be

all honour and glory world without end. Amen.

The General Thanksgiving

Almightie God, Father of all mercies, We thine vnworthy servants do give thee most humble and hearty

thanks for all thy goodnes, and loving kindness to vs

and to all men [ particularly to those who desire now to offer vp their praises, and thanksgivings for thy late mercies vouchsafed vnto them] We bless thee for our creation,

preservation, and all the blessings of this life, but

above all for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ, for the

means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And

we beseech thee give vs that due sence of all thy

mercies that our hearts may be vnfeignedly thankfull, and that we shew forth thy prayse, not only with

our lips, but in our lives, by giving vp our selves to

thy service, and by walking before thee in holiness

and righteousnes all our dayes through Jesus Christ

our Lord, to whom with thee and the holy Ghost be

all honour and glory world without end. Amen.

The General Thanksgiving

Almightie God, Father of all mercies, We thine vnworthy servants do give thee most humble and hearty

thanks for all thy goodnes, and loving kindness to vs

and to all men [ particularly to those who desire now to offer vp their praises, and thanksgivings for thy late mercies vouchsafed vnto them] We bless thee for our creation,

preservation, and all the blessings of this life, but

above all for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ, for the

means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And

we beseech thee give vs that due sence of all thy

mercies that our hearts may be vnfeignedly thankfull, and that we shew forth thy prayse, not only with

our lips, but in our lives, by giving vp our selves to

thy service, and by walking before thee in holiness

and righteousnes all our dayes through Jesus Christ

our Lord, to whom with thee and the holy Ghost be

all honour and glory world without end. Amen.

The General Thanksgiving

Almightie God, Father of all mercies, We thine vnworthy servants do give thee most humble and hearty

thanks for all thy goodnes, and loving kindness to vs

and to all men [ particularly to those who desire now to offer vp their praises, and thanksgivings for thy late mercies vouchsafed vnto them] We bless thee for our creation,

preservation, and all the blessings of this life, but

above all for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ, for the

means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And

we beseech thee give vs that due sence of all thy

mercies that our hearts may be vnfeignedly thankfull, and that we shew forth thy prayse, not only with

our lips, but in our lives, by giving vp our selves to

thy service, and by walking before thee in holiness

and righteousnes all our dayes through Jesus Christ

our Lord, to whom with thee and the holy Ghost be

all honour and glory world without end. Amen.

The General Thanksgiving

Almightie God, Father of all mercies, We thine vnworthy servants do give thee most humble and hearty

thanks for all thy goodnes, and loving kindness to vs

and to all men [ particularly to those who desire now to offer vp their praises, and thanksgivings for thy late mercies vouchsafed vnto them] We bless thee for our creation,

preservation, and all the blessings of this life, but

above all for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ, for the

means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And

we beseech thee give vs that due sence of all thy

mercies that our hearts may be vnfeignedly thankfull, and that we shew forth thy prayse, not only with

our lips, but in our lives, by giving vp our selves to

thy service, and by walking before thee in holiness

and righteousnes all our dayes through Jesus Christ

our Lord, to whom with thee and the holy Ghost be

all honour and glory world without end. Amen.

The General Thanksgiving

Almightie God, Father of all mercies, We thine vnworthy servants do give thee most humble and hearty

thanks for all thy goodnes, and loving kindness to vs

and to all men [ particularly to those who desire now to offer vp their praises, and thanksgivings for thy late mercies vouchsafed vnto them] We bless thee for our creation,

preservation, and all the blessings of this life, but

above all for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ, for the

means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And

we beseech thee give vs that due sence of all thy

mercies that our hearts may be vnfeignedly thankfull, and that we shew forth thy prayse, not only with

our lips, but in our lives, by giving vp our selves to

thy service, and by walking before thee in holiness

and righteousnes all our dayes through Jesus Christ

our Lord, to whom with thee and the holy Ghost be

all honour and glory world without end. Amen.

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