FEASTS OF MARTYRS AND OTHER HOLY DAYS.
447" To him that overcometh." SOLDIERS, who are CHRIST's below, Strong in faith resist the foe: Boundless is the pledged reward Unto them who serve the LORD.
" Tis no palm of fading leaves That the conqueror's hand receives; Joys are his, serene and pure, Light that ever shall endure.
For the souls that overcome
Waits the beauteous heavenly home, Where the Blessèd evermore Tread, on high, the starry floor. Passing soon and little worth Are the things that tempt on earth; Heavenward lift thy soul's regard; GOD Himself is thy Reward.
FATHER, Who the crown dost give, SAVIOUR, by Whose death we five, SPIRIT, Who our hearts dost raise, THREE in ONE, Thy Name we praise.
Amen.
448" And they glorified God in me." FOR Thy dear Saint, O LORD, Who strove in Thee to live, Who followed Thee, obeyed, adored, Our grateful hymn receive.
For Thy dear Saint, O LORD, Who strove in Thee to die, And found in Thee a full reward, Accept our thankful cry. Thine earthly members fit To join Thy Saints above, In one communion ever knit, One fellowship of love. JESU, Thy Name we bless, And humbly pray that we May follow them in holiness, Who lived and died for Thee.
All might, all praise, be Thine, FATHER, co- equal SON, And SPIRIT, Bond of love Divine, While endless ages run. Amen.
How blest that Mother, in whose shrine
The world's Creator, LORD Divine, Whose hand contains the earth and sky,
Once deigned, as in His ark, to lie; Blest in the message Gabriel brought, Blest by the work the SPIRIT wrought;
Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou 449 among women.'
FOR THE B. V. MARY. THE GOD, Whom earth, and sea, and sky
Adore, and laud, and magnify, Whose might they own, Whose praise they swell,
From whom the great Desire of earth Took human flesh and human birth. O LORD, the Virgin- born, to Thee Eternal praise and glory be, Whom with the FATHER we adore And HOLY GHOST for evermore. Amen. 450" Mary, the Mother of Jesus." FOR THE B. V. MARY.
SHALL we not love thee, Mother dear, Whom JESUS loves so well? And, to His glory, year by year, Thy joy and honour tell? Bound with the curse of sin and [ shame We helpless sinners lay, Until in tender love He came To bear the curse away.
In Mary's womb vouchsafed to dwell. The LORD, Whom sun and moon obey, Whom all things serve from day to day, Was by the HOLY GHOST conceived Of her who through His grace believed.
And thee He chose from whom to True flesh His Flesh to be;[ take In It to suffer for our sake,
By It to make us free.
Thy Babe He lay upon thy breast, To thee He cried for food; Thy gentle nursing soothed to rest Th Incarnate SON of GOD.
O wondrous depth of grace Divine That He should bend so low! And, Mary, oh, what joy' twas thine In His dear love to know;
Joy to be Mother of the LORD, And thine the truer bliss,
In every thought, and deed, and word To be for ever His.
And as He loves thee, Mother dear, We too will love thee well; And, to His glory, year by year, Thy joy and honour tell. JESU, the Virgin's Holy Son, We praise Thee and adore, WHо art with GOD the FATHER ONE And SPIRIT evermore. Amen. " Whosoever therefore shall confess Me be fore men, him will I confess also be 451 fore My Father which is in heaven" FOR A CONFESSOR.
NOT by the Martyr's death alone The Saint his crown in heaven ha
won,
There is a triumph robe on high For bloodless fields of victory. What though he was not called to feel The cross, or flame, or torturing wheel, Yet daily to the world he died; His flesh, through grace, he crucified
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