TEAM KIDE ALL SAINTS' DAY.

God the FATHER, Fount of being, Thee, most Highest, we adore; GOD the SON, our praise and homage We present Thy Throne before; Glorious PARACLETE, we worship, And we bless Thee evermore.

Amen.

Festivals of Apostles.

" Ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, 620 judging the twelve tribes of Israel." mf IN royal robes of splendour,

Before the great King's feet, The Princes of His Kingdom, The crown'd Apostles, meet; To Him their songs adoring With heart and tongue they bring, Pure hearts and mighty voices­E'en as the Angels sing. This Order sheds its lustre

O'er all the human race; A court of righteous judgment, The Rock of Gospel grace;­Rock of His Church, for ages Elected and foreknown; Whose glorious Master- Builder Is Head and Corner- Stone. These are the Nazareans,

Famed heralds to the world, Who, preaching CHRIST, His Banner Of victory unfurl'd. Day unto day shows knowledge; Night utters speech to night; So these to earth's four corners Their wondrous tale recite. CHRIST's burden light they proffer, His easy yoke proclaim; The seed of life they scatter,

That all may own His Name. The earth brought forth and budded, Where'er their ploughshare ran, And fruits of increase follow'd The faith of GOD made Man. These are the sure foundation On which the Temple stands; The living stones compacting That house not made with hands; The gates by which man enters Jerusalem the new; The bond which knits together The Gentile and the Jew. Let error flee before them,

Let truth extend her sway; Let dread of final judgment

To faith and love give way; That, loosed from our offences, We then may number'd be Among Thy saints in glory, Around the Throne with Thee.

Amen.

Festivals of Evangelists.

621" They four had one likeness." mf COME sing, ye choirs exultant, Those messengers of GOD, Through whom the living Gospels Came sounding all abroad! Whose voice proclaim'd salvation, That pour'd upon the night, And drove away the shadows,

And flush'd the world with light. He chose them, our Good Shepherd,' And, tending evermore

His flock through Earth's four quar­ters,

In wisdom made them Four: True Lawgiver, He bade them

Their healing message speed ,­One charter for all nations, One glorious title- deed!

In one harmonious witness The chosen Four combine, While each his own commission Fulfils in every line; As in the Prophet's vision, From out the amber flame In form of visage diverse

Four Living Creatures came. Lo, these the wingèd chariots, That bring Emmanuel nigh, The golden staves, uplifting GOD's very Ark on high; And these the fourfold river Of Paradise above, Whence flow for all the nations New mysteries of love.

er Four- square on this foundation The Church of CHRIST remains, A House to stand unshaken

By floods or winds or rains. fOh! glorious happy portion In this safe Home to be, By GOD, true Man, united With GOD eternally! Amen.

Festivals of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

" Blessed is the womb that bare Thee."

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mf VIRGIN- BORN, we bow before Thee;

Blessèd was the womb that bore Thee; Mary, Maid and Mother mild, Blessed was she in her Child.

Blessèd was the breast that fed Thee; Blessed was the hand that led Thee: Blessèd was the parent's eye That watch'd Thy slumbering in­fancy.

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