ST. MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS.
" And all the Angels stood round about| All the saintly host who witness'd Good confessions for His sakePriest and Deacon, world- renouncing, Of their Master's joy partake; Virgins to the Lamb devoted,
the throne... and fell before the throne on their faces, and wor617 shipped God."
mf FATHER, before Thy throne of light
The guardian Angels bend,
And ever in Thy Presence bright d Their psalms adoring blend; dim And casting down each golden Beside the crystal sea,[ crown,
cr With voice and lyre, in happy quire, Hymn glory, LORD, to Thee.
And as the rainbow lustre falls Athwart their glowing wings, While Seraph unto Seraph calls, And each Thy goodness sings: p So may we feel, as low we kneel To pray Thee for Thy grace, That Thou art here for all who fear The brightness of Thy Face.
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Here, where the Angels see us come To worship day by day,
Teach us to seek our Heavenly home, And love Thee e'en as they;
er Teach us to raise our notes of praise, With them Thy love to own, That childhood's flower, and manhood's power,
mf Be Thine, and Thine alone.
Amen.
All Saints' Day.
" The marriage of the Lamb is 1-1 come."
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mf BRIDE of CHRIST, whose glorious warfare
Here on earth hath never rest; Laft thy voice, and tell the triumphs Of the holy and the blest: Joyous be the day we hallow,
Feast of all the Saints on high, Earth and Heaven together blending In one solemn harmony.
First the blessèd Virgin- mother, Reunited to her SON, Leads the host of ransom'd people, Who unfading crowns have won; John the herald, CHRIST's forerunner, More than Prophet, heads his throng,
Seer and Patriarch responsive Unto Psalmist in their song.
Lo, the Twelve, majestic Princes, In the court of JESUS sit, Calmly watching, while the conflict Rages far beneath their feet: Lo, the Martyrs, robed in crimson, Sign of life- blood freely spent, Finding life, because they lost it, Dwell in undisturb'd content.
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Following with steadfast love, Bring their lilies and their roses To the Marriage Feast above.
All, their happy lot fulfilling, GOD Omnipotent proclaim; dim Holy, Holy, Holy, crying, f Glory to His Holy Name! mf So may GOD in mercy grant us Here to serve in holiness, cr Till He call us to the portion Which His Saints in light possess. Amen.
" A great multitude which no man can 619 number,"
mf WHо the multitudes can number In the mansions of the blest, cr He can weigh the joys eternal By those ransom'd ones possess'd; Exiled now on earth no longer,
They have gain'd the Home of Rest. Happily at last deliver'd
From the mournful vale of tears, dim Sweet is now their recollection p Of the sad and troubled years; cr While fulfill'd in all perfection GOD's eternal plan appears.
They behold their Tempter fallen, Bound in everlasting chain; mf Praising CHRIST their gracious SAVIOUR,
All unite in joyful strain, CHRIST the great reward and portion Which adoring spirits gain.
p Now in shadow and in figure, Mirror'd in imperfect light;
er Then, as we are known, our knowledge
Shall be clear, unveil'd, and bright; fFor on God's unclouded glory
We shall gaze with cleansèd sight. Then the Trinity of Persons
We shall face to face behold, And the Unity of Substance
Shall its mystery unfold; As the wondrous Triune Godhead We adore in bliss untold.
mf Courage, man, be strong, be faithWhatsoe'er thy burden be,[ ful, For unbounded are the glories Which thy sorrows work for thee; Soon the light of light for ever
Shall thine eyes with rapture see.
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