COMMON PRAYER HYMNS A& M. 최준 Gb3011 Is Lif From Lich 26/9/15 Enter- info- his- qafes- with- thanksgiving The Book of Common Praper His Majesty's Printers Tudor 32mo London EYRE AND SPOTTISWOODE ( Bible Warehouse), Ltd. 33. PATERNOSTER ROW. E.C. EDINBURGH& NEW YORK and- info- his- cobrts- with- penise The Book of Common Prayer, And Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the Use of The Church of England; together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches; and the Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons. Tudor 32mo. His Majesty's Printers. London: EYRE& SPOTTISWOODE( BIBLE WAREHOUSE), LTD., 33, PATERNOSTER ROW, E. C. EDINBURGH AND NEW YORK. A Bu z py Hommod alsmere sul to noitenteinlmbA baÅ od to asicom bas estil boos to seu ant of baalge lo do sdT od) dilw todisgol bivs lo amice to 19tle I 15dlo bas do readowd ui bise ho hane ed of ots you as bolnie T anda to 15M bus 04 adi bus to aniteroseno bas animisbr0 .anossC TJ( 200 assiga a'giastun, ai хатгоияЗТАЧ 2 Univ.- Bibl. Giessen og TobaT The Contents of this Book. I. An Act for the Uniformity of Common Prayer 2. The Preface 3. Concerning the Service of the Church 4. Concerning Ceremonies, why some be abolished, and some retained 5. The Order how the Psalter is appointed to be read.. 6. The Order how the rest of the holy Scripture is appointed to be read 7. A Table of Proper Lessons and Psalms 8. The Calendar, with the Table of Lessons 9. Tables and Rules for the Feasts and Fasts through the whole Year.. 10. The Order for Morning Prayer II. The Order for Evening Prayer 12. The Creed of Saint Athanasius 13. The Litany 14. Prayers and Thanksgivings upon several Occasions 15. The Collects, Epistles, and Gospels, to be used at the Ministration of the holy Communion, throughout the Year 16. The Order of the Ministration of the holy Communion 17. The Order of Baptism both Publick and Private 18. The Order of Baptism for those of Riper Years 19. The Catechism .. .. .. .. .. PAGE 5 .. iii .. .. .. 20. The Order of Confirmation.. 21. The Form of Solemnization of Matrimony 22. The Order for the Visitation of the Sick, and the Communion of the Sick 23. The Order for the Burial of the Dead.. .. 24. The Thanksgiving of Women after Child- birth 25. A Commination, or denouncing of God's anger and judgments against Sinners.. 26. The Psalter .. .. 27. Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea 28. The Form and Manner of Making, Ordaining, and Consecrating of Bishops, Priests, and Deacons 29. Forms of Prayer on Accession of Sovereign 30. Articles of Religion .. IO 12 14 15 16 17 21 33 45 57 65 68 74 81 197 218 229 235 240 243 250 260 265 267 273 407 417 445 453 An Act FOR THE UNIFORMITY OF COMMON PRAYER, AND SERVICE IN THE CHURCH, AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS. PRIMO ELIZABETHÆ. shall stand, and be from and after the said Feast of the Nativity of St. John Baptist, in full force and effect, according to the tenor and effect of this Statute: Any thing in the foresaid Statute of Repeal to the contrary notwithstanding. WH WHERE at the death of our and Ceremonies, with the Alteralate Sovereign Lord King tions, and Additions therein addEdward the Sixth, there remained and appointed by this Statute, ed one uniform Order of Common Service and Prayer, and of the Administration of Sacraments, Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England, which was set forth in one Book, intituled, The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies in the Church of England, Authorized by Act of Parliament, holden in the fifth and sixth years of our said late Sovereign Lord King Edward the Sixth, intituled, An Act for the Uniformity of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacra ments; The which was repealed, and taken away by Act of Parliament, in the first Year of the Reign of our late Sovereign Lady Queen Mary, to the great decay of the due honour of God, and discomfort to the Professors of the Truth of Christ's Religion: And further be it Enacted by the Queen's Highness, with the assent of the Lords and Commons in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That all and singular Ministers in any Cathedral, or Parish Church, or other place within this Realm of England, Wales, and the Marches of the same, or other the Queen's Dominions, shall from and after the Feast of the Nativity of St. John Baptist next coming, be bounden to say and use the Mattins, Evensong, Celebration of the Lord's Supper, and Administration of each of the Sacraments, and all their Be it therefore Enacted by the common and open Prayer, in such Authority of this present Parlia- order and form as is mentioned in ment, That the said Statute of the said Book, so Authorized by Repeal, and every thing therein Parliament in the said fifth and contained, only concerning the said sixth Years of the Reign of King Book, and the Service, Adminis- Edward the Sixth: with one altertration of Sacraments, Rites and ation, or addition of certain LesCeremonies, contained or appoint- sons to be used on every Sunday ed in or by the said Book, shall be in the Year, and the Form of the void and of none effect, from and Litany altered and corrected, and after the Feast of the Nativity of two Sentences only added in the St. John Baptist next coming: delivery of the Sacrament to the and that the said Book with the Communicants, and none other, or Order of Service, and of the Ad- otherwise. And that if any manministration of Sacraments, Rites ner of Parson, Vicar, or other what5 An Act for Uniformity soever Minister, that ought or should sing or say Common Prayer mentioned in the said Book, or minister the Sacraments, from and after the Feast of the Nativity of St. John Baptist next coming, refuse to use the said Common Prayer, or to minister the Sacraments in such Cathedral or ParishChurch, or other places, as he should use to minister the same, in such order and form, as they be mentioned, and set forth in the said Book; or shall wilfully, or obstinately standing in the same, use any other Rite, Ceremony, Order, Form, or Manner of celebrating of the Lord's Supper, openly or privily, or Mattins, Evensong, Administration of the Sacraments, or other open Prayers, than is mentioned and set forth in the said Book, [ open Prayer in and throughout this Act, is meant that Prayer which is for others to come unto or hear, either in Common Churches, or Private Chapels, or Oratories, commonly called the Service of the Church] or shall preach, declare or speak any thing in the derogation, or depraving of the said Book, or any thing therein contained, or of any part thereof, and shall be thereof lawfully convicted, according to the laws of this Realm, by verdict of twelve men, or by his own confession, or by the notorious evidence of the fact, shall lose and forfeit to the Queen's Highness, her Heirs and Successors, for his first Offence, the profit of all his Spiritual Benefices, or Promotions, coming or arising in one whole Year next after his Conviction: And also that the Person so convicted, shall for the same Offence suffer Imprisonment by the space of six Months, without Bail or Mainprise. And if any such Person, once convict of any Offence concerning the Premisses, shall after his first conviction eftsoons offend, and be thereof in form aforesaid lawfully convict; That then the same Person shall for his second Offence suffer Imprisonment by the space of one whole Year, and also shall therefore be deprived, ipso facto, of all his Spiritual Promotions, and, That it shall be lawful to all Patrons, or Donors of all and singular the same Spiritual Promotions, or of any of them to present or collate to the same, as though the Person or Persons so offending were dead. And that if any such Person or Persons, after he shall be twice convicted in form aforesaid, shall offend against any of the Premisses the third time, and shall be thereof in form aforesaid lawfully convicted; That then the Person so offending, and convicted the third time, shall be deprived ipso facto of all his Spiritual Promotions, and also shall suffer Imprisonment during his life. And if the Person that shall offend, and be convicted in form aforesaid, concerning any of the Premisses, shall not be beneficed nor have any Spiritual Promotion, that then the same Person so offending and convict, shall for the first offence suffer Imprisonment during one whole Year next after his said Conviction, without Bail or Mainprise. And if any such Person, not having any spiritual Promotion, after his first Conviction shall eftsoons offend in any thing concerning the Premisses, and shall in form aforesaid be thereof lawfully convicted, that then the saine Person shall for his second Offence suffer Imprisonment during his Life. And it is Ordained and Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That if any Person or Persons whatsoever, after the said Feast of the Nativity of St. John Baptist next coming, shall in any Enterludes, Plays, Songs, Rhimes, or by other open Words, declare or speak any thing in the derogation, depraving, or despising of the same Book, or of any thing therein contained, or any part thereof: or shall by open fact, deed, or by open threatenings, compel or cause, or otherwise procure or maintain any Parson, Vicar, or other Minister in any Cathedral or Parish- Church, or in Chapel, or in any other place, to of Common Prayer. sing or say any common or open Prayer, or to minister any Sacrament otherwise, or in any other manner and form than is mention ed in the said Book; or that by any of the said means shall unlawfully interrupt, or let any Parson, Vicar, or other Minister, in any Cathedral or Parish- Church, Chapel, or any other place, to sing or say common and open Prayer, or to minister the Sacraments, or any of them, in such manner and form, as is mentioned in the said Book; that then every such Person, being thereof lawfully convicted, in form abovesaid, shall forfeit to the Queen our Sovereign Lady, her Heirs and Successors, for the first Offence, an hundred Marks. And if any Person or Persons, being once convict of any such Offence, eftsoons of fend against any of the last recited Offences, and shall in form aforesaid be thereof lawfully convict; that the same Person so offending, and convict, shall for the second Offence forfeit to the Queen our Sovereign Lady, her Heirs and Successors, four hundred Marks. And if any Person, after he in form aforesaid shall have been twice convict of any Offence concerning any of the last recited Offences, shall offend the third time, and be thereof in form abovesaid lawfully convict, that then every Person so offending and convict, shall for his third Offence, forfeit to our Sovereign Lady the Queen, all his Goods and Chattels, and shall suffer Imprisonment during his Life. And if any Person or Persons, that for his first Offence concerning the Premisses, shall be convict in form aforesaid, do not pay the Sum to be paid by virtue of his Conviction, in such manner and form, as the same ought to be paid, within six Weeks next after his Conviction; That then every Person so convict, and so not paying the same, shall for the same first Offence, instead of the said Sum, suffer Imprisonment by the space of six Months. without Bail or Mainprise. And if any Person or Persons, that for his second Offence concerning the Premisses, shall be convict in form aforesaid, do not pay the said Sum to be paid by virtue of his Conviction and this Estatute, in such manner and form as the same ought to be paid, within six Weeks next after his said second Conviction; That then every Person so convicted, and not paying the same, shall for the same second Offence, instead of the said Sum, suffer Imprisonment during twelve Months, without Bail. or Mainprise. And that from and after the said Feast of the Nativity of St. John Baptist next coming, all and every Person and Persons inhabiting within this Realm, or any other the Queen's Majesty's Dominions, shall diligently and faithfully, having no lawful or reasonable excuse to be absent, endeavour themselves, to resort to their Parish Church or Chapel accustomed, or upon reasonable let thereof, to some usual place, where Common Prayer, and such Service of God, shall be used in such time of let, upon every Sunday, and other days ordained or used to be kept as Holy- days, and then and there to abide orderly and soberly, during the time of Common Prayer, Preaching, or other Service of God there to be used, and ministered; upon pain of Punishment by the Censures of the Church, and also upon pain that every Person so offending, shall forfeit for every such Offence, twelve Pence, to be levied by the Church- wardens of the Parish where such Offence shall be done, to the use of the Poor of the same Parish, of the Goods, Lands and Tenements of such Offender, by way of Distress. And for the due execution hereof, the Queen's most excellent Majesty, the Lords Temporal, and all the Commons in this present Parliament assembled, do in God's name earnestly require and charge all the Archbishops, Bishops, and other Ordinaries, that they shall endeavour themselves to the uttermost of their knowledges, that the An Act for due and true execution hereof may be had throughout their Dioceses and Charges, as they will answer before God, for such evils and plagues wherewith Almighty God may justly punish his people for neglecting this good and wholesome law. And for their Authority in this behalf, be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all and singular the said Archbishops, Bishops, and other their Officers exercising Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, as well in place exempt as not exempt, within their Dioceses, shall have full Power and Authority by this Act, to reform, correct and punish by Censures of the Church, all and singular Persons which shall offend within any of their Jurisdictions, or Dioceses, after the said Feast of the Nativity of St. John Baptist next coming, against this Act and Statute; any other Law, Statute, Privilege, Liberty or Provision heretofore made, had or suffered to the contrary notwithstanding. And it is Ordained and Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all and every Justice of Oyer and Determiner, or Justice of Assize, shall have full Power and Authority in every of their open and general Sessions, to enquire, hear and determine all and all manner of Offences, that shall be committed or done contrary to any Article contained in this present Act, within the limits of the Commission to them directed, and to make Process for the execution of the same, as they may do against any Person being indicted before them of Trespass, or lawfully convicted thereof. Provided always, and be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all and every Archbishop and Bishop, shall or may at all time and times, at his liberty and pleasure, join and associate himself by virtue of this Act, to the said Jus tices of Oyer and Determiner, or to the said Justices of Assize, at every of the said open and general Sessions to be holden in any place Uniformity within his Diocese, for and to the enquiry, hearing, and determining of the Offences aforesaid. Provided also, and be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the Books concerning the said Services, shall at the Costs and Charges of the Parishioners of every Parish and Cathedral Church, be attained and gotten before the said Feast of the Nativity of St. John Baptist next following; and that all such Parishes and Cathedral Churches, or other places, where the said Books shall be attained and gotten before the said Feast of the Nativity of St. John Baptist, shall within three Weeks next after the said Books so attained and gotten, use the said Service, and put the same in use according to this Act. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That no Person or Persons shall be at any time hereafter impeached, or otherwise molested of, or for any the Offences above mentioned, hereafter to be committed, or done contrary to this Act, unless he or they so offending, be thereof indicted at the next general Sessions, to be holden before any such Justices of Oyer and Determiner, or Justices of Assize, next after any Offence committed or done contrary to the tenor of this Act. Provided always, and be it Ordained and Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all and singular Lords of the Parliament, for the third Offence above mentioned, shall be tried by their Peers. Provided also, and be it Ordained and Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the Mayor of London, and all other Mayors, Bailiffs, and all ther Head- Officers of all and singular Cities, Boroughs, and Towns- Corporate within this Realm, Wales, and the Marches of the same, to the which Justices of Assize do not commonly repair, shall have full Power and Authority by virtue of this Act, to enquire, hear and determine the Offences abovesaid, and every of them, of Common Prayer. yearly within fifteen Days after the Feast of Easter and Saint Michael the Archangel, in like manner and form as Justices of Assize and Oyer and Determiner may do. Provided always, and be it Ordained and Enacted by the Autho rity aforesaid, That all and singular Archbishopsand Bishops, and every of their Chancellors, Commissaries, Archdeacons, and other Ordinaries, having any peculiar Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, shall have full Power and Authority, by virtue of this Act, as well to enquire in their Visitation, Synods, and elsewhere within their Jurisdiction, at any other time and place, to take Accusations and Informations of all and every the things above- mentioned, done, committed, or perpetrated, within the limits of their Jurisdictions and Authority, and to punish the same by Admonition, Excommunication, Sequestration or Deprivation, and other Censures and Process, in like form, as heretofore hath been used in like Cases by the Queen's Ecclesiastical Laws. Provided always, and be it Enacted, That whatsoever Person of fending in the Premisses, shall for their Offences, first receive Punishment of the Ordinary, having a Testimonial thereof under the said Ordinary's Seal, shall not for the same Offence eftsoons be convicted before the Justices: And likewise receiving for the said Offence, Punishment first by the Justices, shall not for the same Offence eftsoons receive Punishment of the Ordinary: any thing contained in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding. Provided always, and be it Enacted, That such Ornaments of the Church and of the Ministers thereof, shall be retained, and be in use, as was in this Church of England, by Authority of Parliament, in the second Year of the Reign of King Edward the Sixth, until other Order shall be therein taken by the Authority of the Queen's Majesty, with the Advice of her Commissioners appointed and authorized under the Great Seal of England for Causes Ecclesiastical, or of the Metropolitan of this Realm. And also, that if there shall happen any Contempt or Irreverence to be used in the Ceremonies or Rites of the Church, by the misusing of the Orders appointed in this Book, the Queen's Majesty may, by the like advice of the said Commissioners or Metropolitan ordain and publish such further Ceremonies or Rites as may be most for the advancement of God's Glory, the edifying of his Church, and the due reverence of Christ's holy Mysteries and Sacraments. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all Laws, Statutes and Ordinances, wherein or whereby any other Service, Administration of Sacraments, or Common Prayer, is limited, established, or set forth to be used within this Realm, or any other the Queen's Dominions or Countries, shall from henceforth be utterly void and of none effect. 9 The Preface. IT T hath been the wisdom of the impetuous assaults made against Church of England, ever since it, by such men as are given to the first compiling of her publick change, and have always discoverLiturgy, to keep the mean between ed a greater regard to their own the two extremes, of too much stiff- private fancies and interests, than ness in refusing, and of too much to that duty they owe to the easiness in admitting any variation publick. from it. For, as on the one side By what undue means, and for common experience sheweth, that what mischievous purposes the use where a change hath been made of the Liturgy( though enjoined of things advisedly established( no by the laws of the land, and those evident necessity so requiring) sun- laws never yet repealed) came, durdry inconveniences have thereupon ing the late unhappy confusions, ensued; and those many times more and greater than the evils, that were intended to be remedied by such change: So on the other side, the particular Forms of Divine worship, and the Rites and Ceremonies appointed to be used there in, being things in their own nature indifferent, and alterable, and so acknowledged; it is but reasonable, that upon weighty and important considerations, according to the various exigency of times and occasions, such changes and alterations should be made therein, as to those that are in place of Authority should from time to time seem either necessary or expedient. Accordingly we find, that in the Reigns of several Princes of blessed memory since the Reformation, the Church, upon just and weighty considerations her thereunto moving, hath yielded to make such alterations in some particulars, as in their respective times were thought convenient: Yet so, as that the main body and essentials of it( as well in the chiefest materials, as in the frame and order thereof) have still continued the same unto this day, and do yet stand firm and unshaken, notwithstanding all the vain attempts and to be discontinued, is too well known to the world, and we are not willing here to remember. But when, upon His Majesty's happy Restoration, it seemned probable, that, amongst other things, the use of the Liturgy also would return of course( the same having never been legally abolished) unless some timely means were used to prevent it; those men who under the late usurped powers had made it a great part of their business to render the people disaffected thereunto, saw themselves in point of reputation and interest concerned ( unless they would freely acknowledge themselves to have erred, which such men are very hardly brought to do) with their utmost endeavours to hinder the restitution thereof. In order whereunto divers pamphlets were published against the Book of Common Prayer, the old objections mustered up, with the addition of some new ones, more than formerly had been made, to make the number swell. In fine, great importunities were used to His Sacred Majesty, that the said Book might be revised, and such alterations therein, and additions thereunto made, as should be thought requisite for the 10 oly The Preface.no ease of tender consciences: where unto His Majesty, out of his pious inclination to give satisfaction( so far as could be reasonably expected) to all his subjects of what persuasion soever, did graciously condescend. we conceived might most tend to the preservation of peace and unity in the Church; the procuring of reverence, and exciting of piety and devotion in the publick worship of God; and the cutting off occasion from them that seek occasion of or quarrel against the Liturgy of the Church. And as to the several variations from the former Book, whether by alteration, addition, or otherwise, it shall suffice to give this general account, That most of the alterations were made, either first, for the better direction of them that are to officiate in any part of Divine Service; which is chiefly done in the Calendars and Rubricks: Or secondly, for the more proper expressing of some words or phrases of ancient usage in terms more suitable to the language of the present times, and the clearer explanation of some other words and phrases, that were either of doubtful sig. nification, or otherwise liable to misconstruction: Or thirdly, for a more perfect rendering of such portions of holy Scripture, as are inserted into the Liturgy; which, in the Epistles and Gospels especially, and in sundry other places, are now ordered to be read according to the last Translation: and that it was thought convenient, that some Prayers and Thanksgivings, fitted to special occasions, should be added in their due places; particularly for those at Sea, together with an Office for the Baptism of such as are of Riper Years: which, although not so necessary when the former Book was compiled, yet by the growth of Anabaptism, through the licentiousness of the late times crept in amongst us, is now become necessary, and may be always useful for the baptizing of natives in our plantations, and others converted to the faith. If any man, who shall desire a more particular account of the several alterations in any part of the Liturgy, shall take the pains to compare the present Book with the former; we doubt not but the II In which review we have endeayoured to observe the like moderation, as we find to have been used in the like case in former times. And therefore of the sundry alterations proposed unto us, we have rejected all such as were either of dangerous consequence( as secretly striking at some established doctrine, or laudable practice of the Church of England, or indeed of the whole Catholick Church of Christ) or else of no consequence at all, but utterly frivolous and vain. But such alterations as were tendered to us,( by what persons, under what pretences, or to what purpose soever tendered) as seemed to us in any degree requisite or expedient, we have willingly, and of our own accord assented unto: not enforced so to do by any strength of argument, convincing us of the necessity of making the said alterations: for we are fully persuaded in our judgments( and we here profess it to the world) that the Book, as it stood before established by law, doth not contain in it any thing contrary to the Word of God, or to sound doctrine, or which a godly man may not with a good conscience use and submit unto, or which is not fairly defensible against any that shall oppose the same; if it shall be allowed such just and favourable construction as in common equity ought to be allowed to all human writings, especially such as are set forth by authority, and even to the very best translations of the holy Scripture itself. Our general aim therefore in this undertaking was, not to gratify this or that party in any their unreasonable demands; but to do that, which to our best understandings Concerning reason of the change may easily appear. And having thus endeavoured to discharge our duties in this weighty affair, as in the sight of God, and to approve our sincerity therein( so far as lay in us) to the consciences of all men; although we know it impossible( in such variety of apprehensions, humours and interests, as are in the world) to please all; nor can expect that men of Concerning the Service of the Church. the wit of man so well devised, or so sure established, which in continuance of time hath not been corrupted; as, among other things, it may plainly appear by the Common Prayers in the Church, commonly called Divine Service. The first original and ground whereof if a man would search out by the ancient Fathers, he shall find, that the same was not ordained but of a good purpose, and for a great advancement of godliness. For they so ordered the matter, that all the whole Bible( or the greatest part thereof) should be read over once every year; intending thereby, that the Clergy, and especially such as were Ministers in the congregation, should( by often reading, and meditation in God's word) be stirred up to godliness themselves, and be more able to exhort others by wholesome doctrine, and to confute them that were adversaries to the truth; and further, that the people( by daily hearing of holy Scripture read in the Church) might continually profit more and more in the knowledge of God, and be the more inflamed with the love of his true religion. THERE was never any thing by tered, broken, and neglected, by planting in uncertain stories, and legends, with multitude of responds, verses, vain repetitions, commemorations, and synodals; that commonly when any book of the Bible was begun, after three or four chapters were read out, all the rest were unread. And in this sort the book of Isaiah was begun in Advent, and the book of Genesis in Septuagesima; but they were only begun, and never read through: after like sort were other books of holy Scripture used. And moreover, whereas St. Paul would have such language spoken to the people in the Church, as they might understand, and have profit by hearing the same; the service in this Church of England these many years hath been read in Latin to the people, which they understand not; so that they have heard with their ears only, and their heart. spirit, and mind, have not been edified thereby. And furthermore, notwithstanding that the ancient Fathers have divided the Psalms into seven portions, whereof every one was called a Nocturn: Now of late time a few of them have been daily said, and the rest utterly omitted. Moreover, the number and hardness of the rules called the Pie, and the manifold changings of the service, was the cause, that to But these many years passed, this godly and decent order of the ancient Fathers hath been so althe Service factious, peevish, and perverse spirits should be satisfied with any thing that can be done in this kind by any other than themselves: yet we have good hope, that what is here presented, and hath been by the Convocations of both Provinces with great diligence examined and approved, will be also well accepted and approved by all sober, peaceable, and truly conscientious sons of the Church of England. 12 of the Church. turn the book only was so hard and Intricate a matter, that many times there was more business to find out what should be read, than to read it when it was found out. These inconveniences therefore considered, here is set forth such an order, whereby the same shall be redressed. And for a readiness in this matter, here is drawn out a Calendar for that purpose, which is plain and easy to be understood; wherein( so much as may be) the reading of holy Scripture is so set forth, that all things shall be done in order, without breaking one piece from another. For this cause be cut off Anthems, Responds, Invitatories, and such like things as did break the continual course of the reading of the Scripture. It is Yet, because there is no remedy, but that of necessity there must be some Rules; therefore certain Rules are here set forth; which, as they are few in number, so they are plain and easy to be understood. So that here you have an Order for Prayer, and for the reading of the holy Scripture, much agreeable to the mind and purpose of the old Fathers, and a great deal more profitable and commodious, than that which of late was used. more profitable, because here are left out many things, whereof some are untrue, some uncertain, some vain and superstitious; and nothing is ordained to be read, but the very pure Word of God, the holy Scriptures, or that which is agreeable to the same; and that in such a language and order as is most easy and plain for the understanding both of the readers and hearers. It is also more commodious, both for the shortness thereof, and for the plainness of the order, and for that the rules be few and easy. And whereas heretofore there hath been great diversity in saying and singing in Churches within this Realm; some following Salisbury use, some Hereford use, and some the use of Bangor, some of York, some of Lincoln; now from henceforth all the whole Realm shall have but one use. And forasmuch as nothing can be so plainly set forth, but doubts may arise in the use and practice of the same; to appease all such diversity( if any arise) and for the resolution of all doubts, concerning the manner how to understand, do, and execute, the things contained in this Book; the parties that so doubt, or diversely take any thing, shall alway resort to the Bishop of the Diocese, who by his discretion shall take order for the quieting and appeasing of the same; so that the same order be not contrary to any thing contained in this Book. And if the Bishop of the Diocese be in doubt, then he may send for the resolution thereof to the Archbishop. THOUGH it be appointed, that all things shall be read and sung in the Church in the English Tongue, to the end that the congregation may be thereby edified; yet it is not meant, but that when men say Morning and Evening Prayer privately, they may say the same in any language that they themselves do understand. And all Priests and Deacons are Evening Prayer either privately or to say daily the Morning and openly, not being let by sickness, or some other urgent cause. And the Curate that ministereth in every Parish- Church or Chapel, being at home, and not being otherwise reasonably hindered, shall say the same in the Parish- Church or Chapel where he ministereth, and shall cause a Bell to be tolled thereunto a convenient time before he begin, that the people may come to hear God's Word, and to pray with him. 13 Of Ceremonies, Why Some be Abolished, and Some Retained. F such Ceremonies as be used OF in the Church, and have had their beginning by the institution of man, some at the first were of godly intent and purpose devised, and yet at length turned to vanity and superstition: some entered into the Church by undiscreet devotion, and such a zeal as was with out knowledge; and for because they were winked at in the beginning, they grew daily to more and more abuses, which not only for their unprofitableness, but also because they have much blinded the people, and obscured the glory of God, are worthy to be cut away, and clean rejected: other there be, which although they have been devised by man, yet it is thought good to reserve them still, as well for a decent order in the Church, ( for the which they were first devised) as because they pertain to edification, whereunto all things done in the Church( as the Apostle teacheth) ought to be referred. some think it a great matter of conscience to depart from a piece of the least of their Ceremonies, they be so addicted to their old customs; and again on the other side, some be so new- fangled, that they would innovate all things, and so despise the old, that nothing can like them, but that is new: it was thought expedient, not so much to have respect how to please and satisfy either of these parties, as how to please God, and profit them both. And yet lest any man should be offended, whom good reason might satisfy, here be certain causes rendered, why some of the accustomed Ceremonies be put away, and some retained and still. And although the keeping or omitting of a Ceremony, in itself considered, is but a small thing; yet the wilful and contemptuous transgression and breaking of a common order and discipline is no small offence before God, Let all things be done among you, saith Saint Paul, in a seemly and due arder; the appointment of the which order pertaineth not to private men; therefore no man ought to take in hand, nor presume to appoint or alter any publick or common order in Christ's Church, except he be lawfully called and authorized thereunto. And whereas in this our time, the minds of men are so diverse, that 1.. Some are put away, because the great excess and multitude of them hath so increased in these latter days, that the burden of them was intolerable; whereof St. Augustine in his time complained, that they were grown to such a number, that the estate of Christian people was in worse case concerning that matter, than were the Jews. And he counselled that such yoke and burden should be taken away, as time would serve quietly to do it. But what would St. Augustine have said, if he had seen the Ceremonies of late days used among us; whereunto the multitude used in his time was not to be compared? This our excessive multitude of Ceremonies was so great, and many of them so dark, that they did more confound and darken, than declare and set forth Christ's benefits unto us. And besides this, Christ's Gos pel is not a Ceremonial Law,( as much of Moses' Law was,) but it is a religion to serve God, not in bondage of the figure or shadow, but in 14 How the Psalter is to be Read. 510 for their antiquity, if they will declare themselves to be more studious of unity and concord, than of innovations and new- fangleness, which( as much as may be with the true setting forth of Christ's religion) is always to be eschewed. Furthermore, such shall have no just cause with the Ceremonies reserved to be offended. For as those be taken away which were most abused, and did burden men's consciences without any cause; so the other that remain, are retained for a discipline and order, which( upon just causes) may be altered and changed, and therefore are not to be esteemed equal with God's law. And moreover, they be neither dark nor dumb Ceremonies, but are so set forth, that every man may understand what they do mean, and to what use they do serve. So that it is not like that they in time to come should be abused as other have been. And the freedom of the Spirit; being content only with those Ceremonies which do serve to a decent order and godly discipline, and such as be apt to stir up the dull mind of man to the remembrance of his duty to God, by some notable and special signification, whereby he might be edified. Furthermore, the most weighty cause of the abolishment of certain Ceremonies was, that they were so far abused, partly by the superstitious blindness of the rude and unlearned, and partly by the unsatiable avarice of such as sought more their own lucre, than the glory of God, that the abuses could not well be taken away, the thing remaining still. But now as concerning those persons, which peradventure will be offended, for that some of the old Ceremonies are retained still: If they consider that without some Ceremonies it is not possible to keep any order, or quiet discipline in the Church, they shall easily perceive just cause to reform their judgments. And if they think much, that any of the old do remain, and would rather have all devised anew: then such men granting some Ceremonies convenient to be had, surely where the old may be well used, there they cannot reasonably reprove the old only for their age, without bewraying of their own folly. For in such a case they ought rather to have reverence unto them in these our doings we condemn no other nations, nor prescribe any thing but to our own people only: for we think it convenient that every country should use such Ceremonies as they shall think best to the setting forth of God's honour and glory, and to the reducing of the people to a most perfect and godly living, without error or superstition; and that they should put away other things, which from time to time they perceive to be most abused, as in men's ordinances it often chanceth diversely in divers countries. T The Order how the Psalter is Appointed to be Read. THE Psaltershall be read through December have one- and- thirty days once every as it is It is same appointed, both for Morning and Evening Prayer. But in February it shall be read only to the twentyeighth, or twenty- ninth day of the Psalms shall be read the last day of the said months, which were read the day before: so that the Psalter may begin again the first day of the next month ensuing. month, And, whereas the 119th Psalm is divided into twenty- two portions, And, whereas January, March, May, July, August, October, and 15 Order of Reading the Holy Scriptures. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. and is over- long to be read at one time; It is so ordered, that at one time shall not be read above four or five of the said portions. And at the end of every Psalm, and of every such part of the 119th Psalm, shall be repeated this Hymn, Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; Note, that the Psalter followeth the division of the Hebrews, and the translation of the great English Bible, set forth and used in the time of King Henry the Eighth, and Edward the Sixth. T The Order bow the Rest of holy Scripture is Appointed to be Read. THEO HE Old Testament is appointed for the First Lessons at Morning and Evening Prayer, so as the most part thereof will be read every year once, as in the Calendar is appointed. The New Testament is appointed for the Second Lessons at Morning and Evening Prayer, and shall be read over orderly every year twice, once in the morning and once in the evening, besides the Epistles and Gospels, except the Apocalypse, out of which there are only certain Lessons appointed at the end of the year, and certain proper Lessons appointed upon divers feasts. And to know what Lessons shall be read every day, look for the day of the month in the Calendar following, and there ye shall find the chapters and portions of chapters that shall be read for the Lessons, both at Morning and Evening Prayer, except only the moveable feasts, which are not in the Calendar, and the immoveable, where there is a blank left in the column of lessons, the Proper Lessons for all which days are to be found in the Table of Proper Lessons. If Evening Prayer is said at two different times in the same place of worship on any Sunday( except a Sunday for which alternative Second Lessons are specially appointed in the table,) the Second Lesson at the second time may, at 16 the discretion of the minister, be any chapter from the four Gospels, or any lesson appointed in the Table of Lessons from the four Gospels. Upon occasions, to be approved by the Ordinary, other lessons may, with his consent, be substituted for those which are appointed in the Calendar. And note that whensoever Proper Psalms or Lessons are appointed, then the Psalms and Lessons of ordinary course appointed in the Psalter and Calendar ( if they be different) shall be omitted for that time. Note also that upon occasions to be appointed by the Ordinary, other Psalms may, with his consent, be substituted for those appointed in the Psalter. If any of the Holy- days for which Proper Lessons are appointed in the table fall upon a Sunday which is the first Sunday in Advent, EasterDay, Whit- Sunday, or TrinitySunday, the Lessons appointed for such Sunday shall be read, but if it fall upon any other Sunday, the Lessons appointed either for the Sunday or for the Holy- day may be read at the discretion of the minister. Note also that the Collect, Epistle, and Gospel appointed for the Sunday shall serve all the week after, where it is not in this book otherwise ordered. T Proper Lessons To be Read at Morning and Evening Prayer, on the Sundays, and other holy- Days througbout the year. T LESSONS PROPER FOR SUNDAYS. Sundays of Advent. The First Second Third.. Fourth Sundays after Christmas. The First Second Sundays after the Epiphany. The First Second Third. Fourth Fifth Sixth Septuagesima. First Lesson Second Lesson.. Sexagesima Quinquagesima LENT. First Sunday... Second Third Fourth... Fifth... Sixth Second Lesson.... Easter- Day. First Lesson...... Second Lesson.... Sundays after Easter.. The First...... Second Lesson.... Second.... Third Fourth Fifth MATTINS. Isaiah...... I 5 25 30 to 7. 27 Job Proverbs 35 42 558710 62 17 I 9 Gen. 1& 2 to 7.4 Rev... 21 to v. 9 51 52 v. 13& 53, 57, Genesis.... 3 9 to v. 20 19 v. 12 to v. 30 ...... 27 to v. 41 Exodus Matt.. Exod. 12 to v. 29 Rev... 1 v. 10 to [ v. 19 Num. 16 to v. 36 1 Cor. 15 to v. 29 Num. 20 to v. 14 EVENSONG. Isaiah.... 2 or Isaiah 4 v. 2 ..II to v. II ,, ........ 26 .65 ,, 27 Job...... 28 ,, Job...... 29 Proverbs 3 ,, Proverbs 8 .II ,, ...... 15 Gen. 2 v. 4 ,, Job...... 38 Rev. 21 v. 9 [ to 22 v. 6 Genesis..6 ,, Genesis..8 .12, ....... 13 9 26 22 Deut. 4 to v. 23 6 99 32, .38 43......... 44 ....... 24 28 7.5 to 7.19 337.2 to v.23 ..22 to v. 20 .28 37 39,9 ..43, 42 3 Exodus.. 5, 99 ..40 IO Luke 19 v.28 ,, Ex. 12 v. 29 ,, John 20 v. II ,, [ to v. 19 Num.16 v.36 ,, John 20 v. 24 [ to v. 30 Num. 207.14 ,, [ to 21 v. 10 ........ 23, Dt. 4 v. 23 to ,, [ v. 41 ........ 9, -54 .61 ..66 23 32 40 45 Ex. 6 to v. 14 ... II Luke 20 v. 9 [ to v. 21 Exodus..14 Revelation 5 Nu. 17to v.12 .... 21 V. 10 ...... 24 Deuter... 5 ......... IO LESSONS PROPER FOR SUNDAYS. Sunday after Ascension- Day... Whit- Sunday. First Lesson Second Lesson.... Trinity- Sunday. First Lesson...... Second Lesson.... Sundays after Trinity. The First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh. Eighth Ninth Tenth Eleventh Twelfth Thirteenth Fourteenth Fifteenth Sixteenth MATTINS. Deut...... 30 Deut..... 34 or Joshua I 99 .16 to 7. 18 Rom. 8 to v. 18 Isaiah.... 11 Gal... 5 v. 16 ,, Isaiah 6 to v. 11 Rev... 1 to v. 9 Josh. 3 v. 7 to 4 [ v. 15 Judges...... 4 I Sam. 2 to V. 27 5 9 18 2 Chron..... 36 EVENSONG. Seventeenth... Jeremiah Eighteenth Nineteenth Ezekiel Twentieth. Twenty- first... Daniel. Twenty- second. Hosea Twenty- third Twenty- fourth.. Amos Twenty- fifth.... Mic. 4& 5 to v.8 Twenty- sixth Habakkuk.. Twenty- seventh Eccles. 11& 12 2 5 36 14 Genesis.. 18 ,, Eph.4to v.17 Joshua..24 12 12 2 S.12 to v.24 ,, ...... 15 to v. 24 2 Samuel.... I I Chron..... 21 ..29 v. 9 to v. 29 1 Kin. 10 to v. 25 Judg. 6 v. 11 ,, I S. 4 to v. 19 .13 ,, Ruth.... I ..16 1 Sam...17 2 Sam...18 I Chron. 22 ,, IC.28 to V.21 2 Chron... I I Kings.. 3 1K.11 to v.15 ».... II ν. 26 12 .... 13,........ 17 18 ... 19, ...... 22 to v. 41 2 Kin... 2 to ,, 2 Kin. 4 v. 8 [ v. 16 6 to v. 24, .21 [ to v. 38 2 Kings 19 ..10 to v. 32, 19 ,, Neh. 1& 2 [ to v. 9 Jeremiah 22 Ezekiel..2, Jeremiah 35 Eze. 13tov.17 34 18 99 .... 24 V. 15 .... 37, Daniel.... I 3 Daniel.... 4, 5 6 7 v. 9, 12 14 Joel..2 v. 21 ,, Joel.. 3 v. 9 3 Amos.... 5, Amos... 9 Micah.... 6, Micah.... 7 Habakkuk 3, Zephaniah 3 Hag.2 to 7.10 ,, Mal. 3& 4 99 Josh. 5 v. 13 [ to 6 v. 21 Judges.... 5 I Samuel..3 29 Ezek. 36v.25 Acts 18 v. 24 [ to 19 v. 21 " 1 Gen... 1& 2 [ to v. 4 Matt..... 3 7 13 ..23 to v. 31 Nehem... 8 Note.- That the Lessons appointed in the above Table for the Twenty- seventh Sunday after Trinity shall always be read on the Sunday next before Advent. If there be a third Service on Sundays, the Second Lesson for that Service may be any Chapter from the four Gospels, or any Lesson appointed in the Calendar from the four Gospels, at the discretion of the Minister, except on those Sundays for which alternative Second Lessons are specially appointed in the above Table. 18 T LESSONS PROPER FOR HOLY- DAYS. St. Andrew. First Lesson Second Lesson St. Thomas. First Lesson Second Lesson Nativity of Christ. First Lesson Second Lesson St. Stephen. First Lesson Second Lesson St. John, Evangelist. First Lesson Second Lesson Innocents' Day.. Circumcision. First Lesson Second Lesson Epiphany. First Lesson.... Second Lesson Conversion of St. Paul. First Lesson Second Lesson.... Purification of the Virgin Mary St. Matthias Annun. of our Lady Ash- Wednesday. First Lesson Second Lesson Monday before Easter. First Lesson Second Lesson.... Tuesday before Easter. ... First Lesson Second Lesson.... Wednesday before Easter. First Lesson..... Second Lesson Thursday before Easter. First Lesson Second Lesson Good Friday. First Lesson Easter Even. .... Second Lesson.... MATTINS. Isaiah. John.. 1v. 35 to v. 43 54 Monday in Easter- Week. Job ........ 42 to v. 7 John 20 v. 19 to v. 24 Isaiah...... 9 to v. 8 Luke...... 2 to v. 15 Genesis.... 4 to v. 11 Acts ...... 6 Exodus...... 33 V.9 John 13 v. 23 to v. 36 Jeremiah..31 to v. 18 Genesis...... 177.9 Romans...... 27. 17 .60 Isaiah. Luke..3 v. 15 to v. 23 Isaiah.... 49 to v. 13 Galatians.... I V. II Exodus.. 13 to v. 17 1 Sam. 2 v. 27 to v. 36 Genesis.... 3 to v. 16 Isaiah.... 58 to v. 13 Mark..2 v. 13 to v. 23 Lam....... I to v. 15 John...... 14 to v. 15 Lam....... 3 to v. 34 John...... 15 to v. 14 Lam....... 4 to v. 21 John...... 16 to v. 16 Hosea.... 13 to v. 15 John............ 17 65 to 7.17 Isaiah John..12 7. 20 to v.42 Isaiah, John...... 14 to v.8 .... 35 Genesis.. 22 to v. 20 John 18 First Lesson Zechariah 9 Second Lesson.... Luke........ 23 7. 50 EVENSONG. First Lesson...... Exodus.. 15 to v. 22 Second Lesson.... Luke.... 24 to v. 13 19 Isaiah 7v. 10 to v. 17 Titus.... 37.4 to v. 9 2 Chr. 24 v. 15 to v. 23 Acts........ 8 to v.9 6 Isaiah Revelation........ I Baruch 47. 21 to 7.31 Deuteronomy 10 7.12 Col... 27.8 to v. 18 Isaiah 49 v. 13 to v. 24 John ...... 2 to v. 12 Jeremiah.. I to v. II Acts...... 26 to v. 21 Haggai.... 2 to v. 10 22 V. 15 Isaiah ..... 52 v. 7 to v. 13 3 Jonah Heb. 12 v. 3 to v. 18 Lamentations 27. 13 John ........ 147. 15 Lamentations 37. 34 John........ 15 v. 14 Daniel........ 9 7. 20 John........ 16 v. 16 Hosea............ 14 13 to v.36 John Isaiah... 52 7. 13& 53 I Peter... ... 2 ...... Hosea 57. 8 to 6 v. 4 Romans.... 6 to v. 14 Canticles.... 27. 10 Matthew..28 to v. 10 LESSONS PROPER FOR HOLY- DAYS. Tuesday in Easter- Week. First Lesson Second Lesson.... St. Mark... St. Philip and St. James. First Lesson Second Lesson.... Ascension- Day. First Lesson Second Lesson Mon, in Whitsun- Week. First Lesson Second Lesson.... Tues, in Whitsun- Week. First Lesson...... Second Lesson St. Barnabas. First Lesson Second Lesson.... St. John Baptist. First Lesson Second Lesson.... ...... St. Peter. First Lesson Second Lesson.... St. James. First Lesson Second Lesson St. Bartholomew.... St. Matthew St. Michael. First Lesson Second Lesson St. Luke St. Simon and St. Jude.. All Saints. First Lesson Second Lesson MATTINS. Christmas- Day... Ash- Wednesday Good Friday Easter- Day Ascension- Day Whit- Sunday... 2 Kin. 13 v. 14 to v. 22 John...... 21 to v. 15 Isaiah........ 62 v. 6. Isaiah.......... 61 John........ I V. 43 Daniel..7v. 9 to v. 15 Luke........ 24 v. 44 2 V. 21 Joel. I Thess. 5 v. 12 to v.24 Deut. 33 to v. 12 Acts.......... 47. 31 Genesis.. 11 to v. 10 Num. 11 v. 16 to v. 31 I Cor..... 12 to v. 141 Cor... 12 v. 27& 13 Malachi Ezekiel 3 v. 4 to v. 15 John 21 v. 15 to v. 23 2 Kings.... 1 to v. 16 Luke..9v. 51 to v. 57 Gen. 28 v. 10 to v. 18 1 Kings...... 19 v. 15 32 Genesis. Acts.. 12 v. 5 to v. 18 Isaiah. 55 28 v. 9 to v. 17 4 3 to v. 7 Malachi Matthew.......... 3 Matthew.. 14 to v. 13 Wisdom.... 3 to v. 10 Heb. 117.33& 12 to v.7 EVENSONG. Ezekiel.. 37 to v. 15 John........ 217. 15 Ezekiel.... I to v. 15 Zechariah ........ 4 MATTINS. 2 Kings.... 2 to v. 16 Hebrews......... 4 Psalm 19, 45, 85 Psalm 6, 32, 38 Psalm 22, 40, 54 Psalm 2, 57, III Psalm 8, 15, 21 Psalm 48, 68 20 Micah...... 4 to v. 8 I John.... 4 to v. 14 Nahum........... I Acts.... . 147.8 Zechariah ... 3 Acts.... 4.8 to v. 23 Jer. 26 v. 8 to v. 16 .. Deuteronomy 187.15 I Chron... 29 to v. 20 PROPER PSALMS ON CERTAIN DAYS. Daniel........ 10 V. 4 Revelation.. 147. 14 Ecclus... 38 to v. 15 Jer... 3 v. 12 to v. 19 Wisdom.. 5 to v. 17 Revelation 19 to v. 17 EVENSONG. Psalm 89, 110, 132 Psalm 102, 130, 143 Psalm 69, 88 Psalm 113, 114, 118 Psalm 24, 47, 108 104, 145 Psalm The Calendar, with the Table of Lessons. JANUARY HATH XXXI. DAYS. A Circumcision 2 b 3 C 34 5 e 6f Epiphany 7 g 8 A Lucian, P.& M. 9 b IO C II d 12 e 13 f Hilary, Bp.& C. 14 g 15 A 16 b MORNING PRAYER. EVENING PRAYER. First First Lesson. Second Lesson. Lesson. Gen. 17 v.9 . I to v. 20 27 f 28 g 29 A 30 b 31 C Deut. 10 [ v. 12 Gen. I v. [ v. 18[ 20 to 2 v.4 2.3.to v. 20 ... 4 7. 16 .... 2 V. 4 3 v. 20 to [ 4. v. 16 3 5 to v. 28 4 to v. 23 Isa..... 60 Gen. 6 v. 9 Second Lesson. .. Rom. 2 [ v. 17 Matt. I 27 v. 30 29 to v. 21 31 v. 36 .. 32 V. 22 ........ Lk. 3 v. 15 [ to v. 23 Matt. 47. [ 23 to5 7.13 85 v. 13 to.9 to [ v. 33 II to 7. 10.... 5 7. 33 ........ 13 ....... 15 6 v. 19 to 6 to v. 19 [ 7 7. 7 7 v. 7 18 20.... 8 7. 18 21 v. 33 to. 9 to v. 18 [ 22 7. 20 24 to v. 29.9 v. 18 ........ 17 to v. 23.... 18 v. 17.8 to 17 C 24 v. 52 10 to v. 24 18 d Prisca, V.& M...... 25 v. 19.. 10 v. 24 19 e 26 v. 18 ..... II 20 f Fabian, Bp.& M. 12 to v. 22 21 g Agnes, V.& M... 22 A Vincent, D.& M. 23 b .. 12 V. 22 13 to v. 24 13 V. 24 to [ v. 53 13 7. 53 to [ 14 v. 13 Gal. 1. v.11 21 5 v. 28 to....... 3 [ 6 v. 9 Isa. 49 v.13 John 2 to [ to v. 24 Gen.... 7 [ v. 12 Acts 4 to [ છુ. 32 4 v. 32 to [ 5 v. 17 5 V. 17 6 ::: v. 20 Colos. 27.8 [ to v. 18 Acts.. I 2 to v. 22 .... 2 v. 22 ::: 12 14 ..16..7 to v. 35 18 to v. 17 7 v. 35 to [ 8 v. 5 19 v. 12 to 8 v. 5 to [ v. 30 [ v. 26 22.... 8 v. 26 23 9 to v. 23 21 to v. 24 C 35 to v. 21 37 to v. 12 15 to v. 30 to 26 to v. 21 25 d Con.of S. Paul Isa. 49 to Jer. I [ 7. 13 [ V. II 37 Matt. 14 Gen... 39 15 v. 30 to 26 e Gen. [ v. 13 [ v. 12 [ 16 ν. 16 ..40 15 to v. 21 41 to v. 17... 16 v. 16 41 v. 17 to... 15 v. 21 41 v. 53 to 17 to v. 16 [ v. 53 [ 42 v. 25 43 to v. 25... 17 v. 16 ... 44 v. 1418 to v. 24 ... 42 v. 25 16 to v. 24 43 v. 25 to 16 v. 24 to [ 44 7. 14[ 17 v. 14 45 to v. 25... 17 V. 14 24 v. 29 to 9 v. 23 [ v. 52 25 v. 5 to 10 to v. 24 [ v. 19 26 to v. 18... 10 v. 24 27 to v. 30 .... II .28 12 31 to v. 25 13 to v. 26 32 to v. 22 .. 13 V. 26 ........ 33.14 ... 45 V. 25 to 18 v. 24 to [ 46 v. 8[ 19 v. 21 The Calendar, with the Table of Lessons. FEBRUARY HATH XXVIII. DAYS." Id Fast 2e Purif. of V.. 3 f Blasius, Bp.& M. 4 g [ v. 27 19 v. 27 to [ 20 v. 17 5 A Agatha, V.& M. Ex..... 2.. 20 v. 17 6 b 7 C 8 d 9 e 10 f 15 d 16 e 17 18 g 19 20 b MORNING PRAYER. Second First Lesson. Lesson. 57. 15 to 6.. 21 V. 23 [ v. 14 .... 7 V. 14 8 v. 20 to 9 [ v. 13 10 to v. 21 II g 12 to 7. 21 12 A 12 7. 43 to [ 13 v. 17 .. 14 7. IO 13 b 14 C Valentine, Bishop 15 v. 22 to 29 21 C 22 d 23 e 24 f St. Mattbías, 25 g 26 A 27 b 28 C Ge. 46 v.26 [ to 47 v. 13 Ex. 13 to [ v. 17 Gen.".. 48 .50 Matt. 18 to [ v. 21 18 v. 21 to [ 19 v. 3 19 v. 3' to ..4 to v. 24 21 to v. 23 22 to v. 15 22 7. 15 to [ v. 41 22 v. 41 to [ 23 v. 13 23 7. 13 24 to v. 29 [ 16 v. 11 .... 17.. 25 V. 31 .19 26 to v. 31 21 to v. 18 26 v. 31 to [ v. 57 .. 23 V. 14.. 26 V. 57 25 to v. 23 27 to v. 27 28 v. 29 to 27 v. 27 to [ v. 57 [ v. 42 .31.. 27 v. 57 32 V. 15 ........ 28 Fast 33 v. 12 to Mark I to [ 34 v. 10[ v. 21 1 Sam. 27..... 1 V. 21 [ Ap.[ 27 to v. 36 Ex.34 7.27 2 to v. 23 39 V. 30 2 V. 23 to 3 [ v. 13 40 v. 17... 3 v. 13 22 .. 24 V. 29 25 to v. 31⁰ Lev. 14 to..4 to v. 35 [ v. 23 19 to 7. 19 Matt... 7 EVENING PRAYER. First Second Lesson. Lesson. Gen. 47 v. Acts 19 v. [ 131[ 21 Hag. 2 to 20 to v. 17 [, 10 Gen... 49.. 20 7. 17 21 to v. 17 Ex..... I ... 3 4 V. 27 to [ 5 v. 15 6 v. 28 to [ 7 v. 14 .8 to v. 20 .... 9 V. 13 10 V. 21& [ II 12 V. 21 to [ v. 43 13 v. 17 to 27 to v. 18 [ 14 7. 10 15 to v. 22 ..27 7. 18 .. 16 v. II 28 to v. 17 ..... 18.. 28 V. 17 20 to v. 22 Romans I 22 V. 21 to..2 to v. 17 [ 23 v. 10 28 to v. 13 29 v. 35 to [ 30 v. 11 21 v. 17 to [ v. 37 21 v. 37 to [ 22 v. 23 22 v. 23 to [ 23 v. 12 ..23 V. 12 ....... 24 24... 2 V. 17 3 .25 .26 19 v. 30 to And in every Leap- Year 29 Days. 32 to v. 15 33 to v. 12 34 V. 10 to [. 27 Isa. 22 v... 8 to v. 18 [ 15] Ex.35 7.29.... 8 v. 18 [ to 36 v. 8 40 to v. 17..9 to v. 19 [ 20 v. 91 4 Lev.9 v.22.... 9 v. 19 [ to 10 7. 12 16 to v. 23 5 7 ...... IO . 12 The Calendar, with the Table of Lessons. MARCH HATH XXXI. DAYS. Id. David, Archbp. 2 e Chad, Bishop 3 f 4 g 5 A 6 b 7 c Perpetua, M. 8 d 9 e 10 f .. II g 12 A Gregory, M. B. 13 b 14 C 15 d 16 e MORNING PRAYER. EVENING PRAYER. First Second First Second Lesson. Lesson. Lesson. Lesson. Lev. 25 to [ v. 18 .. 10 V. 11 6 v. 14 to [ v. 30 6 v. 30 .. II V. 25 26 to v. 21.. 57. 21 Num... 16.6 to v. 14 Num. 9 v... 12 .. II V. 24.. ::: Mk. 4 v.35 [ to 5 v. 21 13 V. 17 7 to v. 24 .. 14 V. 26 7. v. 24 to [ 8 ν. 10 16 v. 23 8 v. 10 to [ 9 v. 2 20 to v. 14 97.2tov.30 21 to 7. 10... 9 V. 30 .. 3 v. 18 17 f 4 v. 25 to [ v. 41 18 g Edward, K. of.. 5 7. 22 [ West- Sax. 19 A 24 f Fast........ 26 1125 g An. of V. D. Gen. 3 to 26 A 19 27 b 8 28 c 29 d 16 30 e 531 f 14 to v. 27 7 to v. 12 14 v. 27 to [ v. 53 8.. 14 v. 53. 21 C Benedict, Abbot 11 to v. 18 15 to v. 42 14 22 d 20 b ..... 15 to 7. 16 18 v. 9 3,23 e 22 to v. 22 10 to v. 32 ....... 23.. 10 V. 32 ..25 11 to v. 27 II v. 27 to [ 12 V. 13 12 v. 13 to [ v. 35 Deut. I to [ v. 19 2 to v. 26 12 v. 35 to [ 13 v. 14 .. 13 V. 145 to v. 22 ........ 6 .. 77. 12 ..10 7. 8 .. II v. 18 17 v. 8 ●- ● 24 7. 5 157.42& 16 Luke I to [ v. 26 1 V. 26 to [ v. 46 I v. 46 [ v. 16 Deut.28 to 2 to v. 21 [ v. 15 2 V. 21 .. 28 v. 47 ..... 30 3 to v. 23 Lev. 25 v. [ 18 to v. 44 26 V. 21 31 7. 14 to 4 to v. 16 [ v. 30 .. 32 V. 44.. 4 V. 16 ...... 34 5 to v. 17 23 [ 15 to 10 [ જી. 11 11 to v. 24 ........ 13 14& 15 to [ v. 8 14 to v. 26 15 v. 8 16 to v. 23........ 16 Rom.11 to [ v. 25 .12 .. ........ 17 I Cor. I to [. 26 .. 20 7. 14 I V. 26& 2 21 V. 10 to........ 3 [ v. 32 .. 22 V. 22 4 to v. 18 ..24 4 v. 18& 5 27 V. 12 6 Deut. 1 v. 7 to v. 25 [ 19 2 V. 26 to [ 3 v. 18 4 to v. 25 ... ... 7 V. 25 8 ........ 9 10& 11 v.1 II V. 2 to [ v. 17 .. II V. 17 12 to v. 28 127.28& 13 14 to v. 20 ........ 27.. 14 7. 20 Isa. 52 v. 7 15 to v. 35 [ to v. 13 Deut. 28 v. [ 15 to v. 47 .. 29 v. 9........ 16 31 to v. 14 2 Cor. I to [ v. 23 31 v. 30 to 1 v. 23 to [ 32 v. 44[ 2 v. 14 ..... 33 2 v. 14& 3 Joshua.. I 4 .. 15 v. 35 The Calendar, with the Table of Lessons. APRIL HATH XXX. DAYS. Ig 13 2 A 2 3 b Richard, Bp. 4 c St. Ambrose, 10 5 d 6 e 18 7 f 7 8 g 9 A 15 10 b 4 II C 12 d 12 13 e I 14 f 15 g 916 A 17 17 b 6,18 C 19 d Alphege, Abp. 20 e 21 f [ Bp. 22 g 23 A St. George, M. 24 b 25 C St. Mark, Ev. 26 d 27 e 28 f 29 g 30 A MORNING PRAYER. EVENING PRAYER. First Second Lesson. Lesson. Joshua 3 2 Cor... 5 First Second Lesson. Lesson. Joshua 2 Luke 5 v. [ 17 ........ 4 6 to v. 20 ... 6.... 617. 20 ... 9 V. 3,7 to v. 24 21 v. 43 to.... 7 V. 24 [ 22 V. II ..... 23 8 to v. 26 Judges 2.... 8 v. 26 5 9 to v. 28 8 v. 32 to 9 9 6 v. 24 9 v. 28 to [ v. 51 7. 51 to [ v. 25[ 10 V. 17 II to v. 29.. 10 V. 17 ........ 13 II to v. [ 29 15.. II V. 29 Ruth.. 112 to v. 35 Ruth .. 13 V. 18 4 14 to v. 25 6 14 v. 25 to [ 15 v. II .. 15 V. II ...... 16 ..12 17 to v. 20 14 to v. 24... 17 7. 20 18 to v. 31 18 v. 31 to .... 2 V. 21 8 .IO 3 12 V. 35 4 1 Sam... I 13 to v. 18 1 Sam. 2 to [ v. 21 ... 15 Isa. 62 v. 6 1 Sam. 17 [ to v. 31 [ 19 v. 11 19 v. 11 to [ v. 28 17 7.55 to [ 18 v. 17 20 to v. 18 20 to v. 27 24 ........ 5 6& 7 v. I ........ 7... 7 v. 2 Io to v. 16 8 .. 22 V. II........ 9 .. ...... 24........ 10 Judges 4 11 to V. [ 30 6 to v. 24 11 v. 30 to [ 12 V. 14 12 7. 14& [ 13 Gal..... I 7 ........ 10 19 V. 28 ...... .. II V. 29 14 16 4 to v. 21 .. 24 V. 21 to 2 3 357 [ 5 v. 13 ..5 V. 13 6 3 Eph..... 1 2 3 9 4 to v. 25 .II 4 V. 25 to [ 5 v. 22 ... 13 5 7. 22 to [ 6 v. 10 14 v. 24 to.... 6 v. 10 [ v. 47 . 16 Philip... I 2 Ezek. I to [ v. 15 1 Sam. 17....... 3 [ v. 31 to [ v. 55 .19...... 4 .. 20 v. 18 Colos. I to [ v. 21 .21 20 V. 27 to........ 22 I V. 21 to [ 21 v. 5 [ 2 v. 8 ........ 23.... 21 v. 5 24& 25 v..... 2 v. 8 [ 1 The Calendar, with the Table of Lessons. MAY HATH XXXI. DAYS. 2 C IbSt. Philip and Isa... 61 John 1 7. St James, [ 43 [ Ap. 1 Sam. 26 Luke 22 to 1 Sam. 28 3 v. 18 to [ v. 31 [ v. 3 [ 4 v. 7 3d Invent. of Cross.......... 31 22 v. 31 to 2 Sam. I .... 4 v. 7 [ v. 54 .. 22 V. 54 9 3 23 to v. 26 7 to v. 18 23 v. 26 to [ v. 50 23 V. 50 to [ 24 V. 13 .. 24 V. 13 12 to v. 24 4 15 to v. 16 5 2 16 to v. 15 2 Thess. I 17 v. 24 to [ 18 v. 18 19 to v. 24 21 to v. 15 4 e 5 f 6 g St. John E. ante [ Port. Lat. 7 A 8 b 9 C 10 d II e 12 f .... 13 g 14 A 15 b 16 C 17 d 18 e 19 f Dunstan, Archbp. 20 g 21 A 22 b 23 C 24 d 25 e 26 f Augustin, Archbp. 27 g Ven. Bede, Presb. 28 A 29 b 30 C 31 d MORNING PRAYER. EVENING PRAYER. First Second First Second Lesson. Lesson. Lesson. Lesson. 2 Sa.3 7. 17 6 7 v. 18 II 13 v. 38 to [ 14 V. 26 .. 15 v. 16 16 v. 15 to [ 17 V. 24 .. 18 v. 18 ..... 2 .. 19 V. 24 3 to v. 22 Jn. 1 tov.29 I V. 29 .. I 23 to v. 24.... 3 V. 22 ngs 14 to v. 31 [ to v. 28 Chron..... 4 V. 31 [ 29 v. 10 I I Kings 45 to v. 24 [ 0, 20 6 to v. 15.... 5 v. 24 8 v. 22 to 6 to v. 22 [ v. 54 ........ 10 6 v. 22 to [ v. 41 .. II V. 26.... 6 v. 41 12 v. 25 to 7 to v. 25. [ 13 v. 11 14 to v. 21.... 7 v. 25 .... 16 v. 88 to v. 31 18 to v. 17.... 8 v. 31 ..... 19 9 to v. 39 22 to v. 41 9 v. 39 to [ το ν. 22 2 Kings 2 .. 10 V. 22 5 11 to v. 17 .... 6 v. 24 II v. 17 to [ v. 47 8 to v. 16 II v. 47 to [ 12 7. 20 10 to v. 18.. 12 7. 20 25 Zech... 4 Colos. 3 to [ v. 18 4 1 Thess. I ........ ... 3 I Tim. I [ to v. 18 ........ 24 1 v. 18& 2 1Kings IV..... 3 [ 28 to v. 49 ....... 4 3 5 5 8 to v. 22 6 8 v. 54 to 2 Tim... I [ 9 v. 10 II to v. 26........ 12 to v. 25 .. 13 V. II 2 34 15 v. 25 to Titus.. 1 [ 16 v. 8 ........ 17 2 18 v. 17 ........ 3 ..21 Philemon 2 Kings 1 Heb... I .... 4 v.82& 3 to v.7 6 to v. 24 3 v. 7 to 4 [ v. 14 ... 7 4 v. 14& 5 ........ 9........ 6 .. 10 v. 18........ 7 The Calendar, with the Table of Lessons. JUNE HATH XXX. DAYS. I e Nicomede, M.... 2 f 3 g 4 A 5 b Boniface, Bishop 6 C 7 d 8 e 9 f 10 g II A St. Barnabas, [ Ap. 12 b 13 C 14 d 15 e 16 f 19 b 20 C Tr. of King Edw. 21 d 22 e 23 f MORNING PRAYER. EVENING PRAYER. First Second First Second Lesson. Lesson. Lesson. Lesson. 27 C 28 d 2 Kings 13 John 13 to [ v. 21 13 V. 21 29 C 30 f ... 17 V. 2 Chr. 13 15 20 V. 31& [ 21 23 7. 21 to Acts I [ 24 v. 8 17 g St. Alban, Martyr.... 25 v. 8 2 to v. 22 18 A 4.... 2 V. 22 Ezra 19 16 to v. 16 16 v. 16 .. 19 to v. 25 29 v. 3 to [ v. 21 Deut. 33 to Acts 4 v. [ v. 12 [ 31 2 Kings 18 John 19 v. [ v. 13 .. 19 V. 20 20 to v. 19 Isa. 38 v. 9.. 20 V. 19 [ to v. 21 [ 25 2 Kings 22 Neh... .23 17 .25 18 to v. 28 .28 18 v. 28 . 14 .15 .. ... 21 4 Fast 6& 7 to v. [ 5 24 g St. John Bapt. Mal. 3 to Matt... 3 25 A 26 b [. 7 Neh. 13 to Acts 7 to [ v. 15[ v. 35 Esther..1 7 v. 35 to [ 8 v. 5 48 v. 5 to v. [ 26 6.... 8 v. 26 Fast St. Peter, Ap. Ezek. 3 v. [ 4 to v. 15 Job.... I 7.... 3 94 to v. 32 I 4 V. 32 to [ 5 v. 17 .5 V. 17 ...... 6 John 21 V. [ 15 to v. 23 Acts 9 to Univ.- Bibl. Giessen 2 Kings 17 Heb.... 8 [ to v. 24 2 Chr. 12 ........ 9 ........ 14 10 to v. 19. 16& 17 to.. 10 v. 19 [ v. 14 20 to v. 31 II to v. 17 .. II V. 17 ........ 22 ...... 12 ..24 .. 26& 27 . 13 2 Kings 18 James.. I [ to v. 9 2 Chr. 30 [& 31 7. 1 Nahum 1 Acts 147.8 2 Kings 19 James.. 3 [ to v. 20 .... ..20........ 4 2 Chr. 33. 5 2 Kings 23 1 [ to v. 21 24 v. 8 to I 2 [ 25 v. 8[ 2 V. II Ezra 1& 3 2 v. 11 to [ 3 v. 8 Peter I [ to v. 22 V. 22 to 53 v. 8 to 4 [ º. 7 .... 8 v. 15.... 4. 7 10 to v. 20 ... 5 Neh... 2 2 Peter..I ........ Zech... 3 Job.... 2 [ v. 23 5....... 2 3 7 v. 73& 8 Mal..... 4 Matt. 14 to [. 13 Neh. 13 v. 1 John.. I [ 15 Esther 2 2 to v. 15 [ v. 15& 3 5... 27. 15 7 3 to v. 16 Acts 4 v. 8 [ to v. 23 1 John 3 v. [ 16 to 4 v. 7 The Calendar, with the Table of Lessons. JULY HATH XXXI. DAYS. ig 2 A Visit. of V. Mary. 3 b 4 c Tr. of St. Martin 5 d 6e 7 f 8 g 9 A 10 b II C 12 d 13 e 14 f 15 g Swithun, Bishop... 16 A 17 b 18 c 19 d 20 e Marg. V.& M. 21 f 23 A 24 b Fast 25 C St. James, Ap. MORNING PRAYER. EVENING PRAYER. First Second First Second Lesson. Lesson. Lesson. Lesson. 27 e 28 f 29 g Job... 3 Acts 9 v. [ 23 5 10 to v. 24 7 . IO 10 V. 24 ....... II ... 12 . 12 .14 13 to v. 26 30 A 31 b .17.. 13 V. 26 ..21........ 14 ..23 15 to v. 30 25& 26 15 v. 30 to [ 16 v. 16 .. 16 v. 16 28 30 v. 12 to [ v. 27 32.. 17 v. 16 18 to v. 24 38 v. 39& [ 39 ..... 41 Prov. I to [ v. 20 2 3 v. 27 to [ 4.7. 20 5 V. 15 22 g St. Mary Magd... 11 to v. 15 22 v. 23 to [ 23 v. 12 26 d St. Anne........ Prov. 15 7. [ 18 17 to v. 16 18 v. 24 to [ 19 v. 21 .. 19 v. 21 20 to v. 17 .. 20 V. 17 .. 12 V. 10.. 23 U. 12 14 v. 9 to....... 24 [. 28 2 Kings 1 [ to v. 16 23 U. Io ... 25 27 16 v. 31 to [ 17 v. 18 .. 19 V. 13 21 to v. 17 28 to v. 17 ..... 27 Luke 9 v. [ 51 to v. [ 57 Acts.. 25 ........ 26 21 to v. 17 7 21 v. 17 to [ v. 37 9 21 7. 37 to.. 10 V. 16 [ 22 v. 23 Job.... 4..1 John 4 [ º. 7 6........ 5 9 2 John. ..11 3 John. ..13 Jude. .16 Matt. I V. [ 18 .. .19... 2 22 7. 12 to........ 3 [ v. 29 ........ 24.4 to v. 23 27.4 v. 23 to [ 5 v. 13 29& 30.5 V. 13 to [ v. 1 [ જી. 33 .. 31 V. 13.5.33 6 to v. 19 ... 40.6 v. 19 to [ 7 v. 7 7.7 .8 to v. 18 38 to v. 39 ........ 42 Prov. I v. [ 20 .3 to v. 27.... 8 v. 18 . 4 v. 20 to. 9 to v. 18 [ 5 v. 15 .6 to v. 20.... 9 v. 18 8 10 to v. 24 ........ .. II V. 15.II 12 to v. 22 .. 12 V. 22 .13 14 v. 28 to [ 15 v. 18 Jer. 26. v. [ 8 to v. .. 10 V. 24 28 v. 17 .. 24 V. 21 Romans I 26 to v. [ 21 13 to v. 24 [ 16 Prov. 16 to 13 v. 24 to [ v. 20 [ v. 53 .. 18 v. 10 13 v. 53 to [ 14 v. 13 20 to v. 23.. 14 v. 13 22 to v. 17 15 to v. [ 21 .. .. .. 15 V. 21 16 to v. [ 24 The Calendar, with the Table of Lessons. AUGUST HATH XXXI. DAYS. I c Lammas Day 2 d 3 e 4 f 5 g 6 A Transfiguration 7 b Name of Jesus 8 c 9 d 12 g 13 A 14 b 15 C 16 d 17 e 18 f 19 g 20 A 21 b 22 C 23 d 24 e St. Barthol. 25 f 26 g 27 A Fast 10 e St. Lawrence, M..... 5 v. 19.9 to v. 19.6 to v. 22 II f .7 to v. 17.... 9 V. 19 .... 8 v. 4 . 9 to v. 17...... IO [ Apos. MORNING PRAYER. EVENING PRAYER. First Second First Second Lesson. Lesson. Lesson. Lesson. 28 b St. Augustin, B... 29 c Beheading of St. [ John Baptist 30 d 31 e Prov. 27 to Romans 2 [ v. 23[ to v. 17 30 to v. 18.... 2 V. 17 Eccles... I 3 3 5 5 7........ 6 7 ..... 9 .. 12 8 to v. 18 Jer. 2 to v..... 8 v. 18 [ 14 ..... 15 18 to v. 18 .21 .. 22 V. 13 ... 4 .... 13 ... 24 14& 15 to [ v. 8 .26.... 15 v. 8 . 16 .. 36 v. 14.4 to v. 18 Gen. 28 v. 4 v. 18& 5 [ 10 to v. .... 3 V. 15 II to v. 25 .. II V. 25 ...... 12 [ 18 Jer. 38 v......... 6 [ 14 50 to v. 21. 7 to v. 25 Ezek. I to.... 7 v. 25 [ v. 15 2 9 12 V. 17 28 Prov. 28 to Mt.16 v.24 [ v. 15( to 17 v. 14 .. 31 V. 10.. 17 V. 14 Eccles. 2 18 to v. 21 [ to v. 12 18 v. 21 to [ 19 v. 3 4 6. 19 v. 3 to [ v. 27 8 19 v. 27 to [ 20 V. 17 .. 20 V. 17 Jer..... 121 to v. 23 5 to v. 19 .. 21 V. 23 ........ II . 29 7. 4 to [ v. 20 .28 26 to v. 31 ........ 30 26 v. 31 to [ v. 57 31 to v. 15 I Cor. 1 to 31 V. 15 to 26 v. 57 [ v. 26 [ v. 38 33 to v. 14 1 v. 26& 2..33 v. 14 27 to v. 27 ........ 35. 36 to v. 14 27 v. 27 to [ v. 57 .. 27 V. 57 .28 3 . 13 v. 8 to [ v. 24 17 to v. 19 19 22 to v. 13 23 to v. 16 25 to v. 15 22 to v. 15 22 v. 15 to [ v. 41 22 v. 41 to [ 23 7. 13 .. 23 V. 13 24 to v. 29 .. 24 V. 29 25 to v. 31 25 V. 31 38 to v. 14 Deut... 18 [ v. 15 Jer..... 39 .. Mark I to [ v. 21 .... 1 V. 21 .2 to v. 23 .. 51 v. 54 Ezek. I v. [ 15 8.3 to v. 15.2 v. 23 to [ 3 v. 13 .... 3V. 13 9 8 .. 10& 11 .. II U. 14.4 to v. 35 [ v. 1 II v. 2 to 13 to v. 17.4 v. 35 to [ v. 17 [ 5 v. 21 The Calendar, with the Table of Lessons. SEPTEMBER HATH XXX. DAYS. If Giles, Abbot.... 234 8AL А 4 b 5 C 6 d 7e Evurtius, Bishop 8 f Nat. of Vir. Mary 9 g το Α II b 12 C 13 d 19 с 20 d 21 e St. Mattbew, [ Apos. 22 f 23 g 24 A 25 27 d 28 e 29 ...... MORNING PRAYER. EVENING PRAYER. First Second First Second Lesson. Lesson. Lesson. Lesson. 16 g ... 4V. 19 17 A Lambert, Bishop... 5 V. 17 18 b 7 to v. 15 Fast Ezekiel 13 1 Cor... 11 [ v. 17 [ છુ. 17 12 to v. 28 127.28& 13 14 to v. 20 f St. Michael& [ all Angels 30 g St. Jerom .. 14 V. 12 18 to v. 19 20 to v. 18 20 7. 33 to.. 14 7. 20 [ v. 44 24 v. 15 27 to v. 26 28 to v. 20 16 32 to v. 17 2 Cor. I to [. 23 33 V. 21.1 V. 23 to [ 2 v. 14 34 V. 17 2 V. 14& 3 .. 37 to v. 15 47 to v. 13 15 to v. 35 .9 to v. 20 10 to V. 20 .. 15 V. 35 14 e Holy- cross Day. Dan. 2 to 6& 7 v. 1.... 2 V. 24 12 [ v. 24 15 f ....... ....... 37 V. 2 29 45 ...... .... 698 ....... IO 1 Kings 19 [ v. 15 [ 13 Ho. 2 v. 14 Gal..... 1 Ezekiel 14 Mark.... 5 [ to v. 12 [ v. 21 16 v. 44..6 to v. 14 .. 18 v. 19 6v.14tov.30 20 v. 18 to.... 6 v. 30 [ v. 33 .. 22 v. 23.. 7 to v. 24 .26..7 7. 24 to [ 8 v. 10 .. 27 v. 26.. 8 v. 10 to [ 9 v. 2 97.2 to v.30 .... 97. 30 .31 33 to v. 21. 2 34 to v. 17 10 to v. 32 36 v. 16 to.... 10 v. 32 [ v. 33 ..37 V. 15 11 to v. 27 Dan..... I II V. 27 to [ 12 V. 13 v. 13 to [ v. 35 26 C St.Cyprian, Abp. 13 to v. 15.4 v. 21 to [ 5 v. 13 Joel.... 1.... 5v. 13 Jl.2 to v.15.. 3 to v. 23 .2 7. 15 to... 6.2 v. 28 to.. 4 to v. 16 Gen... 32 Acts 12 V. [ v. 28 [ 3 v. 9 Dan... 10 Rev..... 14 [ 5 to v. 18 [ v. 4 [ v. 14 Joel 3 v. 9 Ephes... 1 Amos 1& Luke.... 4 [ 2 to v. 4 [ છુ. 16 II to v. 30.9 7. 20... 14 V. 53 II 7. 30 to .... 12 15 to v. 42 [ 12 V. 14 12 v. 14& 4 to v. 19 12 V. 35 to [ 13 v. 14 .5 to v. 17.... 13 v. 14 ....... 6 14 to v. 27 .... 7 V. 15 14 V. 27 to [ v. 53 1 Chr... 29 15 v. 42& [ to v. 201 [ 16 Hos. 4 to Luke I to [ v. 13 [ v. 26 .... 7 v. 8.. I V. 26 to [ v. 57 8 3 ..9.... I V. 57 ........ 10. 4 to v. 21 11& 12 to.. 2 to v. 21 5 7. 8 to 6 [ v. 7 [ જી. 7 ... 14.... 2 V. 21 The Calendar, with the Table of Lessons. OCTOBER HATH XXXI. DAYS. 1A Remigius, Bishop Amos 2 v. 2 b [ 4 to 3 v. 9 .5 to v. 18 3 C 4 d 5 e 6 f Faith, V.& M. 7 g 8 A 9 b St. Denys, Bishop 10 С II d 12 e 13 f Trans. K. Edw... 14 g 15 A 16 b 17 c Etheldreda, V... 18 d St.Luke, Evan. 19 e 20 f 21 g 22 A 23 b 24 C 25 d Crispin, Martyr.. 26 e MORNING PRAYER. First Second Lesson. Lesson. 27 f Fast 28 g St. Simon& [ St. Jude, App. 29 A 30 b 31 С 7.4 to v. 25 9.4 7. 25 to [ 5 v. 22 Jonah.. 15 v. 22 to 6 [ v. 10 3.... 6v. 10 Micah I to Philip... I [, 10 3 5 7 [ to v. 10 Zech. I to [ v. 18 Isaiah..55 Zech... 3 5 Ephes... 2 Amos 4 v. Luke 5 to [ 4 [ v. 17 ........ 3.5 v. 18 to.... 5 V. 17 [ 6 v. 9 ........ 8.6 to v. 20 Obadiah. .... 6 v. 20 Jonah.. 2.7 to v. 24 4.7 V. 24 Micah.. 2.8 to v. 26 Nahum 2 Col... I to [ y. 21 Habak.. 1.1 v. 21 to [ 2 v. 8 ...... 3.... 2 v. 8 Zeph. 1 v..3 to v. 18 [ 14 to 2 v.4 3 3 v. 18& 4 Haggai 112 to v. 35 Haggai 2 I Thess. I .... 2 V. IO .. 12 V. 35 Zech. 1v. 13 to v. 18 3 [ 18& 2 Ecclus. 38.. 13 V. 18 [ to v. 15 4 Zech... 4 14 to v. 25 5 6 14 v. 25 to [ 15 v. II ..15 7. II 16 17 to v. 20 .. 17 7. 20 .... 87. 14 2 3 4 Malachi 2 EVENING PRAYER. First Second Lesson. Lesson. 30 2 Nahum 4.... 8 v. 26 6.9 to v. 28 1.9 v. 28 to [ v. 51 ... 3.9 V. 51 to [ το ν. 17 Habak..2.. 10 V. 17 7 2 Thess. 1.8 to v. 14 .... 9 V. 9 II ........ 13 2 .... 3 .12 1 Tim. I to [ જી. 18 IO 14 I V. 18& 2 3v. 13& 4 Malachi 1 18 to v. 31 3.3 to v. 13 18 v. 31 to [ 19 v. II 4 Wisdom I 19 v. 11 to [ v. 28 Jer. 3 v. 12 .. 19 v. 28 [ to v. 19 Wisdom 4 Isa. 28 v. 9 ....... 5 [ to v. 17 Wisdom 2........ 6 20 to v. 27 [ v. 7 v. 22 to 20 v. 27 to [ 7 v. 15[ 21 v. 5 Fast.... 7 v. 15........ 2.8 to v. 19.... 21 v. 5 .6 to v. 22 2 Tim... 1.6 Zeph. 1 to 11 to v. 29 [ v. 14 .... 2 V. 4.. II V. 29 The Calendar, with the Table of Lessons. NOVEMBER HATH XXX. DAYS. Id All Saints' [ Day 2 e 3 f 4 g 5 A 6 b Leonard, Conf. 7 C 8 d 9e 10 f II g St. Martin, Bp. 12 A 13 b Britius, Bishop .. MORNING PRAYER. First Second Lesson. Lesson. 29 d 30 e St. Andrew, [ Apostle Wisdom 3 Heb. 11 v. [ to v. 10[ 33& 12 to [ v. 7 2 Tim... 3 ........ 9 Fast 14 C 15 d Machutus, Bishop 16 e 17 f Hugh, Bishop.... 18 g 19 A 20 b Edmund, King... 3 to v. 16 .5 to v. 18 II V. 15 to [ 12 V. 3 Ecclus. I [ to v. 14 37. 17 to [ v. 30 ........ 5 3.7V. 27 .. 10 v. 18 Philemon. 14 to v. 20 .... 15 7.9 Heb.... I 18 to v. 15..2& 3 to [ v. 7 19 7. 13 3 V. 7 to 4 [ v. 14 24 to v. 24 4 v. 14& 5 33 v. 7 to 6 [ v. 23 35 39 to v. 13 41 to v. 14 44 to v. 16 51 V. 10 21 C 22 d Cecilia, V.& M. 23 e St. Clement, Bp.... 8 v. 5 to 24 f 25 g Catherine, V.& M. 26 A 27 b 28 c Baruch..4 [ v. 36& 5 Isa. I V. 21 [ v. 18 ..9 7. 8 to [ το ν. 5 .. 10 V. 20 ., II V. IO ...... 13 ........ 17 19 to v. 16 54 ... 4..... 17 Titus.. 1 Ecclus.. 2 7 8 ..... 9 10 to 7. 19 .. 10 v. 19 EVENING PRAYER. First Second Lesson. Lesson. 2.... 4 7. 10 .37 v. 8 to.... 37.22 [ v. 19 13.4 to v. 31 15.... 4 V. 31 ... 39 V. .. 42 7. 50 to v. 25.5 to v. 24 Baruch 4... 5v. 24 [ to v. 21 Isaiah 1 to, 6 to v. 22 [ v. 21 [ v. 41 2 6 v. 22 to .... 4.7. 2....6 v. 41 .... 57. 18 7 to v. 25 I.7 to v. 17.7 V. 25 2.8 v. 18 to.8 to v. 31 [ 9 v. 8 310 v. 5 to.... 8 v. 31 [ v. 20 II to v. 10.9 to v. 39 ... 12 9 v. 39 to [ το ν. 22 1 Peter 114 to v. 24.. 10 v. 22 [ to v. 22 I V. 22 to 2........ 18 11 to v. 17 [ V. II 2 v. 11 to 3 19 7. 16 II V. 17 to [ v. 8 [ v. 47 John I v. 65 to v, 17 12 7. 20 to 135 to v. 43 [ v. 42 31 11 to v. 17 6 James. Wisdom 5 Rev. 19 to [ to v. 17 [ v. 17 .. II V. 17 12 13 11 to v. 15 ... 4 5 Luke 22 to [ v. 31 22 V. 31 to [ v. 54 .. 22 V. 54 23 to v. 26 .. 23 v. 26 to [ v. 50 23 v. 50 to [ 24 V. 13 .. 24 V. 13 16 V. 17 18 v. 15 John I to [. 29 .22 v. 6 to.... I V. 29 [ v. 24 24 V. 24........ 2 34 7. 15.3 to v. 22 The Calendar, with the Table of Lessons. DECEMBER HATH XXXI. DAYS. I f 2 848 4 b 7 e [ Mary 8 f Conception of Vir. 9 g 10 Α II b d Nicolas, Bishop... 12 C 13 d Lucy, V.& M. 14 e 15 f 16 g O Sapientia 17 A 18 b Fast [ Apostle 29 f MORNING PRAYER. First Second Lesson. Lesson. Fast 27 d St. John, Ev. 28 e Innocents' [ Day Isa. 21 to 1 Pet. 3 v. [ v. 13[ 8 to 47.7 .. 22 V. 15... 4. 7 ..... 24 5 26 to v. 20 2 Peter..1 30 g 31 A Silvester, Bishop 28 to v. 14 29 to v. 9 30 to v. 1 John.. I [ 18 19 C .... 51 V. 9 20 d 52 v. 13& [ 53 21 e St. Thomas, 22 f Job 42 to [ v. 7 Isaiah..55 ..57 .... 59 23 g 24 A 25 b Christm.- Day..9 to v. 8 .31.2 to v. 15 33.... 2 V. 15 35.3 to v. 16 3 v. 16 to [ 4 v. 7 ... 4 v. 7 5 40 V. 12 41 ν. 17 42 v. 18 to [ 43 v. 8 44 to v. 21 2 John. .... 45 v. 8 3 John. ..47 Jude. 49 to v. 13 Rev.... 1 , II ..14 Luke 2 to [ v. 15 26 c St.Stepben, M. Gen. 4 to Acts.... 6 [ v. 11 ........ 50.2 v. 18 to [ 3 v. 7 4 6 237 Exodus 33 [ v. 9 Jer. 31 to [ v. 18 Isaiah..61 .63 .65 v. 8 32 John 20 v. [ 19 to v. 24 Rev..... 8 John 13 v. [ 23 to v. 36 Rev... 16 19 to v. [ II ........ 20 21 v. 15 to [ 22 v. 6 EVENING PRAYER. Second First Lesson. Lesson. Isa. 22 to [ v. 15 John II v. [ 47 to 12 [ v. 20 ........ 23.. 12 7. 20 ..25 13 to 7. 21 26 v. 20& .. 13 V. 21 [ 27 .. 28 v. 14 .... 29 V. 9 .. 30 v. 18 32 34 40 to v. 12 41 to v. 17 .... . 14 15 16 to v. 16 16 V. 16 .... 17 18 to v. 28 .. 18 v. 28 42 to v. 18 19 to v. 25 .... 43 v. 8.. 19 v. 25 44 7. 21 to 20 to v. 19 [ 45 v. 8 ........ 46 .48 ..49 7. 13 Rev. 2 to [ v. 18 .51 to v. 9... 32.7 .. 20 7. 19 ..... 21 52 to v. 13. 5 54. 7 ..35 John 14 to [ v. 8 56 Rev... 10 58 60 7 v. 10 to ..12 ... 15 Titus 3 v. 2 Chr. 24 Acts 8 to [ v. 17[ 4 to v. 9 [ v. 15 to [ v. 9 [ v. 23 Isaiah.. 6 Rev..... 1 Baruch..4........ [ v. 21 to [ v. 31 Isaiah..62 .. 19 v. II 64& 65 to 21 to v. 15 [ જી. 8 ........ 66.... 22 7.6 Tables and Rules For the Moveable and Immoveable Feasts; together with the Days of Fasting and Abstinence, through the whole year. RULES to know when the Moveable Feasts and Holy- days begin. which the rest is always the First upon, or next after Sunday after the Full Moon which happens the Twenty- first Day of March; and if the Full Moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter- Day is the Sunday after. Advent- Sunday is always the nearest Sunday to the Feast of Saint Andrew, whether before or after. The Days of the Feasts of Septuagesima Sexagesima Quinquagesima Quadragesima Rogation- Sunday Ascension- Day Whit- Sunday Trinity- Sunday Sunday is is Nine Eight Seven Six Five Weeks Forty Days Seven Weeks Eight Weeks Weeks before Easter. after Easter. A Table Of all the Feasts that are to be observed in the Church of England throughout the year. All Sundays in the Year. The Circumcision of our Lord JESUS CHRIST. The Epiphany.- The Conversion of Saint Paul. The Purification of the Blessed Virgin. Saint Matthias the Apostle. The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin. Saint Mark the Evangelist. Saint Philip and Saint James the Apostles. The Ascension of our Lord JESUS CHRIST. Saint Barnabas.- The Nativity of Saint John Baptist. Saint Peter the Apostle.- Saint James the Apostle. Saint Bartholomew the Apostle.- Saint Matthew the Apostle Saint Michael and all Angels.- Saint Luke the Evangelist. Saint Simon and Saint Fude the Apostles.- All Saints. Saint Andrew the Apostle.- Saint Thomas the Apostle. The Nativity of our Lord. Saint Stephen the Martyr.- Saint John the Evangelist. The Holy Innocents. Monday and Tuesday in Easter- Week. Monday and Tuesday in Whitsun- Week. 93 B A Table Of the Vigils, Fasts, and Days of Abstinence, to be Observed in the year. The Evens or Vigils before The Nativity of our Lord. The Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin. Easter- Day. Ascension- Day. Pentecost. Saint Matthias. Saint John Baptist. Saint Peter. Saint Fames. Saint Bartholomew. Saint Matthew. Saint Simon and Saint Jude. Saint Andrew. Saint Thomas. All Saints. Note, that if any of these Feast- Days fall upon a Monday, then the Vigil or Fast- Day shall be kept upon the Saturday, and not upon the Sunday next before it. Days of Fasting, or Abstinence. . The Forty Days of Lent. II. The Ember- Days at the Four Seasons, being the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after The First Sunday in Lent. The Feast of Pentecost. September 14. December 13. III. The Three Rogation- Days, being the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, before Holy- Thursday, or the Ascension of our LORD. IV. All the Fridays in the Year, except CHRISTMAS- DAY. A Solemn Day, for which a particular Service is appointed. The Sixth Day of May, being the Day on which His Majesty began His happy Reign. 34 A Table to find Easter- Day, From the Present Time till the Year 2199 inclusive, according to the foregoing Calendar. GOLDEN NUMBER. XIV. III. XI. XIX. VIII. XVI. V. XIII. II. X. XVIII. VII. XV. IV. XII. I. IX. XVII. VI. DAYS OF THE MONTH. March April 21 AR83855N AUAWNHARNA 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 13 14 15 18 21 25 SUNDAY LETTERS. CDEFGARCAHFUARUAHFUARUAHFGABCDEFCARC с А с Ε А А В с Ε А В с Ε А с THIS Table contains so much of the Calendar as is necessary for the determining of Easter; to find which, look for the Golden Number of the Year in the First Column of the Table, against which stands the Day of the Paschal Full Moon; then look in the Third Column for the Sunday Letter, next after the Day of the Full Moon, and the Day of the Month standing against that Sunday Letter is EasterIf the Full Moon happens upon a Sunday, then( according to the First Rule) the next Sunday after is EasterDay. Day. To find the Golden Number, or Prime, add One to the Year of our Lord, and then divide by 19: the Remainder, if any, is the Golden Number; but if nothing remaineth, then 19 is the Golden Number. To find the Dominical or Sunday Letter, according to the Calendar, until the Year 2099 inclusive, add to the Year of our Lord its Fourth Part, omitting Fractions; and also the Number 6: Divide the Sum by 7; and if there is no Remainder, then A. is the Sunday Letter: But if any Number remaineth, then the Letter standing against that Number in the small Table, is the Sunday Letter. annexed For the next following Century, that is, from the Year 2100 till the Year 2199 inclusive, add to the current Year its Fourth Part, and also the Number 5, and then divide by 7, and proceed as in the last Rule. Note, that in all Bissextile or LeapYears, the Letter found as above will be the Sunday Letter, from the intercalated Day exclusive to the End of the Year. Uniy.- Bibl. , 35 Giessen O I G ACTEDCD 123456 B Another Table to find Easter Till the Year 2199 inclusive. GOLDEN NUMBER. X. XI. A April 16. April 9 Mar. 26 SUNDAY LETTERS. April 16 April 2. B I. II. III. IV. V. VI. April 23. VII. April 9. VIII. April 2. IX. April 23 April 9 Mar. 26. XII. April 16 XIII. April 9 XIV. Mar. 26 .27 XV. April 16 . 17 4 28 ..II 4 ..18 ..II XVI. April 2 3 XVII. .24 April 23 XVIII. April 9 . 10 XIX. April 2...... 3 Mar. 28 ..17 .IO .27 . 17 .24 .10] . 17 .IO C .17 .18 4 .28 .18 4 25 .II .II .28 .18 NE D . 19 5 5 .19 .12 4 Mar. 29 36 DNSANGANGANANSONG .29 .12 . 19 . 12 .29 19 5 .29 12 5 . 19 12 29 E .20 ... 6 .30 13 36 .20 . 13 30 .20 .30 .20 F B177G7OENERGE .24 .14 21 14 G 8 .24 xãMCON MŨI N mỗi co ..25 . 15 22 15 31 April 1 .22 8 .31 April 1 .14 .15 8 .23 25 13 14 15 6 Mar. 31 April 1 , 20 .22 13 .30 .21 14 .31 April 1 8 To make use of the preceding Table, find the Sunday Letter for the Year in the uppermost Line, and the Golden Number, or Prime, in the Column of Golden Numbers, and against the Prime, in the same Line under the Sunday Letter, you have the Day of the Month on which Easter falleth that Year. But note, that the Name of the Month is set on the Left Hand, or just with the Figure, not, as in other Tables, by Descent, but Collateral. followeth YEAR OF OUR LORD. A Table of the Moveable Feasts For Forty- five years, ACCORDING TO THE FOREGOING CALENDAR. 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 GOLDEN NUMBER. 1886 VI. 1887 VII. 1888 VIII. 17 1889 IX. X. 1890 1891 XI. 1892 1893 XIII. 1894 XIV. 23 XV. 1895 1896 XVI. 15 1897 XVII. 1898 XVIII. XII. 1919 1920 II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. XI. THE FPACT. XII. XIII. 1917 XVIII. 1918 XIX. I. II. 1921 III. 1922 IV. 1923 V. 1924 VI. 1925 VII. 1926 VIII. 1927 IX. 1928 X. 1929 XI. 1899 XIX. 18 I. TELEFON CAUFFARAGERUA◄UEHAUFUAATHAUSULERBACHDLAKEE 25 28 9 20 12 I СВ 4 26 7 29 IO 1907 VIII. 1908 IX. 27 X. 1909 8 1910 1911 1912 XIV. 1913 1914 XV. 1915 XVI. 1916 XVII. 21 2 13 24 16 19 II 22 3 14 25 6 17 29 IO 21 2 13 24 5 16 27 8 SUNDAY LETTER. 19 1930 XII. 30 Ε Е СВ А Ε с Ε В Ε SUNDAYS AFTER EPIPHANY. срассо ассослососи асорна асодисостсор счсоросослосостсода 5 3 2 5 4 3 6 2 3 4 5 SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY. 37 Feb. 21 6 Jan. 29 Feb. 17 2 Jan. 25 14 Feb. Jan. 29 21 Feb. IO 2 14 6 Jan. 29 Feb. II Jan. Feb. Jan. Feb. Jan. Feb. Jan. Feb. Jan. Feb. Jan. Feb. Jan. Feb. Jan. 3. Feb. 26 8 MANDA ANG Feb. 31 19 II 27 Jan. 31 Feb. 16 7 23 12 4 19 8 20 4 Jan. 23 Feb. 27 16 I 12 28 17 8 31 13 5 Jan. 27 16 THE FIRST DAY OF LENT. Mar. 10 Feb. 23 :..... 15 Mar. 6 Feb. 19 II Mar. 2 Feb. 15 7 27 19 ...... 3 Mar. Feb. 23 15 ...... 28 20 ...... 12 25 17 Mar. 8 Feb. 28 ...... 13 Mar. 4 Feb. 24 9 Mar. I Feb. 21 ... 5 ...... 25 .. 17 Mar. 8 Feb. 21 ...... .... 13 Mar. 5 Feb. 18 9 I ...... Mar. Feb. 14 Mar. 5 Feb. 25 ...... 17 Mar. 2 Feb. 22 :..... 13 Mar. 5 YEAR OF OUR LORD. 1889 1890 1891 1892 1886 April 25 May 1887 IO 1888 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1915 1916 1917 1918 A Table of the Moveable Feasts For Forty- Five Years, ACCORDING TO THE FOREGOING CALENDAR. 2 1893 1894 Mar. 25 1895 April 14 1896 EASTERDAY. 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 21 1929 1930 1907 Mar. 31 1908 April 19 1909 II 1910 Mar. 27 1911 April 16 Mar. 29 April 17 1912 1913 7 Mar. 23 1914 April 12 5 18 10 I 6 2 15 7 Mar. 30 April 12 Mar. 31 1919 April 20 1920 4 1921 Mar. 27 1922 April 16 I 3 23 15 4 23 8 20 12 4 17 8 Mar. 31 April 20 ROGATION SUNDAY. .... :: ....... 26 II 7 April 29 May 19 IO ::::: 22 8 28 20 5 24 16 I 21 12 April 27 May 17 9 28 30 June 15 May 6 23 15 7 20 12 4 17 ... 13 5 25 9 I 21 6 3 25 17 9 22 13 5 25 . ASCENSION- DAY. :::::: ...:: .... 3 19 IO 30 15 38 7 26 II 21 12 June 1 May 24 9 28 20 3 23 14 27 19 II 24 16 I 21 13 I June May 17 9 8 5 25 16 13 26 June 13 May 29 20 June May -LIHM June May May June ... 17 May May June May June SUNDAY. ...... 13 June May June May : June May 29 June 13 May 5 June IO May 29 June 21 May MARTENS in 25 21 9 24 June II 2 21 5 3 26 18 6 31 29 24 26 22 3 19 7 30 15 II 4 26 31 II 23 27 19 23 31 23 5 June 17 May 27 9 19 29 June 8 SUNDAYS AFTER TRINITY. 22 Nov. 28 24 26 23 25 26 23 26 27. 24 25 23 24 25 26 24 25 23 24 26 23 24 26 24 25 27 24 8 23 25 23 25 26 25 15 26 4 20 8 24 26 ADVENT SUNDAY. 23 24 25 23 25 26 23 ...... 27 Dec. 2: Dec. Nov. 30 NBK HNW 428-~ 58 Dec. 29 27 Dec. I Nov. 29 28 3 27 3 2 I Nov. 30 29 ...... 27 Dec. 3 2 I 2 Dec. Nov. 30 29 28 I Nov. 29 28 27 3 I ... 27 Dec. 2 I Nov. 30 ... Nov. 30 29 ...... 28 Dec. 3 2 I ...... Nov. 30 28 27 3 2 2:::: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Mar. 22 A Table of the Moveable Feasts, According to the Several Days that Easter can that Easter possibly fall upon. 19 TO I ::::::: ... E PERSON TO THE .⠀⠀⠀⠀: :::: .... .23 .24 ..25 26 30 31 April 1 27 ..29 2 3 5 6 7 8 .II 15 .20 .21 .22 .23 .24 .25 5555566AAAAAwwwwwww N N N N N N ELLE 3 4 Jan. 18 Feb. 4 April 26 April 30 May 10 27 Nov. 29 ... II 27...... 30 6 12 27 Dec. I 3.13 27 .14 27 2 ::.... 3 Nov. 27 .28 7.17 26...... 29 8... 18 26...... 30 9... 19 26 Dec. I 4 5....15 26 16 26 6 . 10...... 20 26 2 . II ..: 21 26 ...... 3 . 12.... 22 25 Nov. 27 13.23 25 .28 Feb. ... 898H23 NO SH .19 20 21 22 28 .31 2345678 SPERRH 9 I 12 Mar. 15 . 16 78881 . 19 .20 769 9 May IO II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 .25 26 27 28 I 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 IO 27 May I .28 2 I 2 56 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 .20 .21 .22 .23 .24 25 26 27 28 June .29 .30 . 14 ..15 .16 . 17 18 . 19 .20 .21 .22 June .23 .24 Buita .25 .26 .30 .3⁰ I ..24 25..... 29 ... 25 25 ... 30 ..26 25 Dec. I ..27 25 2 28 25 3 ..29 24 Nov. 27 30 24...... 28 ..31 24 .... 29 I 24 ...... 30 2 24 Dec. I 3 24 2 4 24 3 5 23 Nov. 27 6 23 .28 2 3 7 23.... 29 8 23 .... 30 9 23 Dec. I 10 23 2 .II 23:: 3 .12 22 Nov. 27 . 13, 22 ..28 Note, that in a Bissextile or Leap- Year, the Number of Sundays after Epiphany will be the same, as if Easter- Day had fallen One Day later than it really does. And for the same reason, One Day must, in every Leap- Year, be added to the Day of the Month given by the Table for Septuagesima Sunday: And the like must be done for the First Day of Lent( commonly called Ash- Wednesday) unless the Table gives some Day in the Month of March for it; for in that Case, the Day given by the Table is the right Day. 39 A Table to find Easter- Day, FROM The Year 2200, to the Year 2299 inclusive. GOLDEN NUMBERS. VI. XIV III. XI. XIX. VIII. XVI. V. XIII. II. X. XVIII. VII. XV. IV. XII. I. IX. XVII. DAYS OF THE MONTH. March 21 22 April = OWNHWD NON 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 3⁰ 3 4 7 9 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 SUNDAY LETTERS. CAEFCARCAHFUAAUAHHAAUAHFGABUAHFCARC Ε А D 40 THE Golden Numbers in the foregoing Calendar will point out the Days of the Paschal Full Moons, till the Year of our Lord 2200; at which time, in order that the Ecclesiastical Full Moons may fall nearly on the same Days with the real Full Moons, the Golden Numbers must be removed to different Days of the Calendar, as is done in the annexed Table, which contains so much of the Calendar then to be used, as is necessary for finding the Paschal Full Moons, and the Feast of Easter, from the Year 2200, to the Year 2299 inclusive. This Table is to be made use of, in all respects, as the First Table before inserted, for finding Easter till the Year 2199. 6 B 1900 2000 2900 3800 4700 4800 5700 6600 7500 7600 8500 Finding the Dominical or Sunday Letter, AND THE Places of the Golden Mumbers in the Calendar. 5 C 2100 3000 3900 4000 4900 5800 6700 6800 7700 General Tables & c. 4 D 2200 3100 3200 4100 5000 5900 6000 6900 FOR 7800 TABLE I. 3 E 2300 2400 3300 4200 5100 5200 6100 7000 7900 8000 41 2 F 1600 2500 3400 4300 4400 5300 6200 7100 7200 8100 I G 1700 2600 3500 3600 4500 5400 6300 6400 7300 8200 O A 1800 2700 2800 3700 4600 5500 5600 6500 7400 8300 8400 To find the Dominical or Sunday Letter for any given Year of our Lord, add to the Year its Fourth Part, omitting Fractions, and also the Number, which in Table I. standeth at the Top of the Column, wherein the Number of Hundreds contained in that given Year is found: Divide the Sum by 7, and if there is no Remainder, then A is the Sunday Letter: but if any Number remaineth, then the Letter, which standeth under that Number at the Top of the Table, is the Sunday Letter. I. YEARS OF OUR LORD, B B B B B II. III. I. II. III. B 1600 1700 1800 B 1900 2000 B 2800 2100 2200 2300 2400 2500 2600 2700 B 3200 2900 3000 3100 3600 3700 3800 3300 3400 8 3500 9 4200 4300 4400 3900 IO 4500 4600 8112 4100 II 4700 2234 3455 5667 77 ∞ ago EAS AN ANG 4900 5000 5100 9 IO 8 B 12 12 13 13 14 YEARS OF OUR LORD. B 14 B 12 B 15 B 4800 14 B 16 25 TABLE II. 50 4000 IO B 7600 26 5200 15 16 5300 5400 5500 B 6400 5600 17 5700 18 5800 18 5900 6000 6100 6200 6300 6500 6600 6700 7800 17 17 22 B 6800 6900 23 24 7000 7100 7900 8000 8100 8200 78890 8300 19 8400 998 822 N N N N 88 8° 8500 & c. 19 19 20 21 24 25 7200 7300 7400 25 7500 26 20 21 23 7700 26 24 The Letter B prefixed to certain Hundredth Years in Table II. denotes those Years which are still to be accounted Bissextile or LeapYears in the New Calendar; whereas 29 all the other Hundredth Years are to 29 be accounted only common Years. 27 28 27 28 To find the Month and Days of the Month to which the Golden Numbers ought to be prefixed in the Calendar, in any given Year of our Lord, consisting of entire Hundred Years, and in all the intermediate Years betwixt that and the next Hundredth Year following, look in the Second Column of Table II. for the given Year consisting of entire Hundreds, and Note the Number or Cypher which stands against it in the Third Column; then, in Table III. look for the same Number in the Column under any given Golden Number, which when you have found, guide your Eye Side- ways to the Left Hand, and in the First Column you will find the Month and Day to which that Golden Number ought to be prefixed in the Calendar, during that Period of One Hundred Years. 29 42 PASCHAL FULL MOON. Mar. 21 Mar. 22 Mar. 23 Mar. 24 Mar. 25 Mar. 26 Mar, 27 Mar. 28 Mar. 29 Mar. 30 Mar. 31 April I April 2 Α April 3 April 4 April to April 11 April 12 SUNDAY LETTERS. April 13 April 14 C D E F G April 15 April 16 ABCDE FGAAU AEFCA April 5 April 6 Ε April 17 April 17 April 18 April 18 E F 819 9 20 IO 21 II 22 12 23 G A B I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 13 24 14 25 15 26 16 27 17 28 18 29 10 21 19 0 11 22 20 I 12 23 B 21 2 13 24 22 3 14 25 B C C D 23 4 15 26 24 5 16 27 25 6 17 28 April 7 April 8 G 26 7 18 29 10 21 April 9 27 8 19 0 11 22 TABLE III. C B 28 9 20 29 10 21 OII 22 D I 12 23 2 13 24 011 22 1 12 23 2 13 24 3 14 25 4 15 26 THE GOLDEN NUMBERS. 5 16 27 8 19 6 17 28 9 20 7 18 29 10 21 8 19 0 11 22 9 20 I 12 23 3 14 25 4 15 26 5 16 27 3 14 25 15 26 5 27 6 17 28 8 19 9 20 7 18 29 10 21 2 13 24 3 14 25 4 15 26 5 16 27 6 17 28 I 12 23 2 13 24 3 14 25 4 15 26 5 16 27 6 17 28 9 20 7 18 29 10 21 8 19 9 20 7 18 29 10 21 0 11 22 I 12 23 2 13 24 3 14 25 4 15 25 6 17 28 9 20 7 18 29 10 21 6 17 28 9 20 7 18 29 10 21 8 19 011 22 0 11 22 I 12 23 2 13 24 3 14 25 5 16 27 8 19 6 17 28 920 7 18 29 10 21 8:19 011 22 9 20 I 12 23 1 12 23 43 2 13 24 0 11 22 I 12 23 2 13 24 4 15 26 5 16 27 6 17 28 920 7 18 29 10 21 8 19 0 11 22 3 14 25 6 17 28 9 20 4 15 26 7 18 29 10 21 516 27 8 19 6 17 28 9 20 7 18 29 10 21 2 13 24 3 14 25 4 15 26 I 12 23 2 13 24 3 14 25 4 15 26 5 16 27 I 12 23 2 13 24 3 14 25 0 11 22 I 12 23 4 15 26 2 13 24 3 14 25 4 15 26 7 18 29 10 21 8 19 0 11 22 1 12 23 5 16 27 8 19 0II 6 17 28 9 20 112 7 18 29 10 21 5 16 27 8 19 0 11 22 6 17 28 9 20 I 12 23 4 15 26 5 16 27 6 17 28 7 18 29 8 19 O 2 13 24 3 14 25 I 2 0 11 22 3 112 23 4 2 13 24 5 3 14 25 6 4 15 26 7 5 16 27 8 6 17 28 9 7 18 29 10 213 24 3 14 25 4 15 26 5 16 27 6 17 28 213 314 4 15 5 16 6 17 7 18 8 19 9 20 4 15 26 7 18 29 10 21 5 16 27 819 6 17 28 9 20 011 22 112 23 7 18 29 10 21 2 13 24 5 16 27 8 19 0 11 22 3 14 25 THE ORDER FOR Morning and Evening Prayer Daily to be said and used throughout the year. THE Morning and Evening Prayer shall be used in the accustomed Place of the Church, Chapel, or Chancel; except it shall be otherwise determined by the Ordinary of the Place. And the Chancels shall remain as they have done in times past. And here is to be noted, that such Ornaments of the Church, and of the Ministers thereof, at all Times of their Ministration, shall be retained, and be in use, as were in this Church of England, by the Authority of Parliament, in the Second Year of the Reign of King Edward the Sixth. 44 THE ORDER FOR MORNING PRAYER, DAILY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. At the beginning of Morning Prayer the Minister shall read with a loud voice some one or more of these Sentences of the Scriptures that follow. And then he shall say that which is written after the said Sentences. WHEN the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. Ezek. xviii. 27. I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Psalm li. 3. Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Psalm li. 9. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. Psalm li. 17. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him: neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws which he set before us. Dan. ix. 9, 10. O Lord, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. Jer. x. 24. Psalm vi. 1. Repent ye; for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. St. Matt. iii. 2. I will arise, and go to my father, and will say Rend your heart, and not unto him, Father, I have your garments, and turn sinned against heaven, unto the Lord your God: and before thee, and am for he is gracious and mer- no more worthy to be ciful, slow to anger, and of called thy son. St. Luke great kindness, and repent- xv. 18, 19. eth him of the evil. Joel ii. 13. Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O Lord; 45 Morning Prayer. for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. Psalm cxliii. 2. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us but, if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 St. John i. 8, 9. to ask those things which are requisite and necessary, as well for the body as the soul. Wherefore I pray and beseech you, as many as are here present, to accompany me with a pure heart, and humble voice, unto the throne of the heavenly grace, saying after me; TA general Confession DEARLY beloved breth- To be said of the whole Conthe Minister, all kneeling. ALMIGHTY and most ren, the Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and merciful Father; We wickedness; and that we have erred, and strayed should not dissemble nor from thy ways like lost cloke them before the face sheep. We have followed of Almighty God our hea- too much the devices and venly Father; but confess desires of our own hearts. them with an humble, low- We have offended against ly, penitent, and obedient thy holy laws. We have heart; to the end that we left undone those things may obtain forgiveness of which we ought to have the same, by his infinite goodness and mercy. And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sins before God; yet ought we most chiefly so to do, when we assemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands, to set forth his most worthy praise, to hear his most holy Word, and done; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done; And there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou them, O God, which confess their faults. Restore thou them that are penitent; According to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesu our 46 Morning Lord. And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake; That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, To the glory of thy holy Name. Amen. T The Absolution, or Remission of sins, Prayer. The people shall answer here, and at the end of all other prayers, Amen. T Then the Minister shall kneel, and say the Lord's Prayer with an audible voice; the people also kneeling, and repeating it with him, both here, and wheresoever else it is used in Divine Service. To be pronounced by the Priest alone, standing; the people still kneeling. OUR Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be ALMIGHTY God, the Fa- thy Name. Thy kingdom will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, The power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen. ther of our Lord Jesus come. Thy Christ, who desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness, and live; and hath given power, and commandment, to his Ministers, to declare and pronounce to his people, being penitent, the Absolution and Remission of their sins: He pardoneth and absolveth all them that truly repent, and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel. Wherefore let us beseech him to grant us true repentance, and his Holy Spirit, that those things may please him, which we do at this present; and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure, and holy; so that at the last we may come to his eternal joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Then likewise he shall say, O Lord, open thou our lips. Answer. And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise. Priest. O God, make speed to save us. Answer. O Lord, make haste to help us. 47 T Here all standing up, the Priest shall say, Glory be to the Father, Morning : and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; Answer. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be world without end. Amen. Priest. Praise ye the Lord. Answer. The Lord's Name be praised. Then shall be said or sung this Psalm following: except on Easter- Day, upon which another Anthem is appointed; and on the Nineteenth Day of every Month it is not to be read here, but in the ordinary Course of the Psalms. VENITE, EXULTEMUS DOMINO. Psalm xcv. O COME, let us sing unto the Lord: let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving and shew ourselves glad in him with Psalms. For the Lord is a great God and a great King above all gods. In his hand are all the corners of the earth and the strength of the hills is his also. The sea is his, and he made it and his hands prepared the dry land. Prayer. O come, let us worship, and fall down and kneel before the Lord our Maker. For he is the Lord our God and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness; When your fathers tempted me: proved me, and saw my works. Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said: It is a people that do err in their hearts, for they have not known my ways. Unto whom I sware in my wrath: that they should not enter into my rest. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. 48 Then shall follow the Psalms in order as they be appointed. And at the end of every Psalm throughout the Year, and likewise at the end of Benedicite, Benedictus, Morning Magnificat, and Nunc dimittis, shall be repeated, Glory, be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; Answer. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be world without end. Amen. T Then shall be read distinctly with an audible voice the First Lesson, taken out of the Old Testament, as is appointed in the Calendar, except there be proper Lessons assigned for that day: He that readeth so standing and turning himself, as he may best be heard of all such as are present. And after that, shall be said or sung, in English, the Hymn called Te Deum Laudamus, daily throughout the Year. Note, That before every Lesson the Minister shall say, Here beginneth such a Chapter, or Verse of such a Chapter, of such a Book: And after every Lesson, Here endeth the First, or the Second Lesson. TE DEUM LAUDAMUS. WE E praise thee, O God: we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth worship thee the Father everlasting. Prayer. To thee all Angels cry aloud: the Heavens, and all the Powers therein. To thee Seraphin cry, Cherubin, and continually do Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of Sabaoth; Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of thy Glory. : The glorious company of the Apostles: praise thee. The goodly fellowship of the Prophets: praise thee. The noble army of Martyrs: praise thee. The holy Church throughout all the world: doth acknowledge thee; The Father of an infinite Majesty; Thine honourable, true: and only Son; Also the Holy Ghost: the Comforter. Thou art the King of Glory: O Christ. Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father. When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man: thou didst not abhor the Virgin's womb. When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers. 49 Morning Thou sittest at the right hand of God in the Glory of the Father. We believe that thou shalt come to be our Judge. We therefore pray thee, help thy servants: whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood. Make them to be numbered with thy Saints in glory everlasting. O Lord, save thy people: and bless thine heritage. Govern them and lift them up for ever. Day by day we magnify thee; And we worship thy Name ever world without end. Vouchsafe, O Lord to keep us this day without sin. O Lord, have mercy upon us have mercy upon us. O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us as our trust is in thee. O Lord, in thee have I trusted let me never be confounded. Or this Canticle, ebb BENEDICITE, OMNIA OPERA. OALL ye Works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord praise hin, and magnify him for ever. Prayer. O ye Angels of the Lord, bless ye the Lord praise him, and magnify him for ever. 50 Oye Heavens, bless ye the Lord praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Waters that be above the Firmament, bless ye the Lord praise him, and magnify him for ever. O all ye Powers of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Sun and Moon, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Stars of Heaven, bless ye the Lord praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Showers and Dew, bless ye the Lord praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Winds of God, bless ye the Lord praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Fire and Heat, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for ever. Oye Winter and Summer, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Dews and Frosts, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for ever. Morning Prayer. O ye Frost and Cold, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Ice and Snow, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Nights and Days, bless ye the Lord praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Light and Darkness, bless ye the Lord praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Lightnings and Clouds, bless ye the Lord praise him, and magnify him for ever. O let the Earth bless the Lord: yea, let it praise him, and magnify him for ever. Oye Mountains and Hills, bless ye the Lord praise him, and magnify him for : ever. O all ye Green Things upon the Earth, bless ye the Lord praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Wells, bless ye the Lord praise him, and magnify him for ever. : O ye Seas and Floods, bless ye the Lord praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Whales, and all that move in the Waters, bless ye the Lord praise him, and magnify him for ever. O all ye Fowls of the Air, bless ye the Lord praise him, and magnify him for ever. O all ye Beasts and Cattle, bless ye the Lord praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Children of Men, bless ye the Lord praise him, and magnify him for ever. Olet Israel bless the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord praise him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Servants of the Lord, bless ye the Lord praise, him, and magnify him for ever. O ye Spirits and Souls of the Righteous, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for ever. Oye holy and humble Men of heart, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for ever. mohsq 51 O Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, bless ye the Lord: praise him, and magnify him for ever. Glory be to and to the Son Holy Ghost; the Father, and to the Morning Prayer. As it was in the begin-| ning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Then shall be read in like manner the Second Lesson, taken out of the New Testament. And after that, the Hymn following; except when that shall happen to be read in the Chapter for the Day, or for the Gospel on Saint John Baptist's Day. BENEDICTUS. St. Luke i. 68. BLESSED be the Lord God of Israel: for he hath visited, and redeemed his people; And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us: in the house of his servant David; As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets: which have been since the world began; That we should be saved from our enemies: and from the hands of all that hate us; To perform the mercy promised to our forefathers: and to remember his holy Covenant; To perform the oath which he sware to our forefather Abraham: that he would give us; That we being delivered out of the hands of our enemies: might serve him without fear; In holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life. And thou, child, shalt be called the Prophet of the Highest for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; To give knowledge of salvation unto his people: for the remission of their sins, 52 Through the tender mercy of our God: whereby the day- spring from on high hath visited us; To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death and to guide our feet into the way of peace. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. TOr this Psalm, JUBILATE DEO. Psalm c. O BE joyful in the Lord, all ye lands: serve the Lord with gladness, and come before his presence with a song. Morning Prayer. Be ye sure that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise be thankful unto him, and speak good of his Name. For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlasting and his truth endureth from generation to generation. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Then shall be sung or said the Apostles' Creed by the Minister and the people, standing: except only such days as the Creed of Saint Athanasius is appointed to be read. I BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth: day he rose again from the dead, He ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; The holy Catholick Church; The Communion of Saints; The Forgiveness of sins; The Resurrection of the body, And the life everlasting. Amen. And after that, these Prayers following, all devoutly kneeling; the Minister first pronouncing with a loud voice, The Lord be with you. Answer. And with thy spirit. Minister. Let us pray. Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. 53 Then the Minister, Clerks, and people, shall say the Lord's Prayer with a loud voice. And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin thy Name. Thy kingdom Mary, Suffered under Pon- come. Thy will be done, in tius Pilate, Was crucified, earth as it is in heaven. dead, and buried, He de- Give us this day our daily scended into hell; The third bread. And forgive us our UR Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be Morning trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen. Prayer. same that is appointed at the Communion; the second for Peace; the third for Grace to live well. And the two last Collects shall never alter, but daily be said at Morning Prayer throughout all the Year, as followeth; all kneeling. The second Collect, for Peace. OGOD, who art the author of peace and lover of concord, in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life, whose service is perfect freedom; Defend us thy Priest. Endue thy Minis- humble servants in all asters with righteousness. Answer. And make thy chosen people joyful. saults of our enemies; that we, surely trusting in thy defence, may not fear the power of any adversaries, through the might of Jesus Christ our Lord. APriest. O Lord, save thy people. men. Then the Priest standing up shall say, O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us. Answer. And grant us thy salvation. Priest. O Lord, save the King. Answer. And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee. Answer. And bless thine inheritance. Priest. Give peace in our time, O Lord. Answer. Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God. The third Collect, for Grace. Priest. OGod, make clean our hearts within us. Answer. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us. LORD, our heavenly Father, everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day; Defend us in the same with thy mighty power; and grant Then shall follow three that this day we fall into no Collects; the first of the sin, neither run into any Day, which shall be the kind of danger; but that 54 Morning Prayer. all our doings may be or- that he may vanquish and dered by thy governance, to do always that is righteous in thy sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Aovercome all his enemies; and finally, after this life, he may attain everlasting joy and felicity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. men. In Quires and Places where they sing, here followeth the Anthem. A Prayer for the Royal Family. Then these five Prayers following are to be read ALMIGHTYGod, the founwhen the Litany is read; and then only the two last are to be read, as they are there placed. tain of all goodness, we humbly beseech thee to bless our gracious Queen Alexandra Mary, the Queen Mother, Edward Prince of Wales, and all the Royal Family: Endue LORD our heavenly Fa- them with thy Holy Spirit; ther, high and mighty, King of kings, Lord of lords, the only Ruler of princes, who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth; Most heartily we beseech thee with thy favour to behold our most gracious Sovereign Lord, King enrich them with thy heavenly grace; prosper them with all happiness; and bring them to thine everlasting kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. A Prayer for the King's Majesty. A Prayer for the Clergy and people. GEORGE; and so replen- ALMIGHTY and everlastwho alone ish him with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, that he may workest great marvels; alway incline to thy will, Send down upon our Biand walk in thy way: En- shops, and Curates, and all due him plenteously with Congregations committed heavenly gifts; grant him to their charge, the healthful in health and wealth long Spirit of thy grace; and that to live strengthen him they may truly please thee, 55 Morning Prayer. pour upon them the continual dew of thy blessing. Grant this, O Lord, for the honour of our Advocate and Mediator, Jesus Christ. Amen. A Prayer of St. Chrysostom. ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us grace at this their requests: Fulfil now. O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants, as may be most expedient for them; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlasting. Amen. 2 Cor. xiii. time with one accord to THE grace of our Lord make our common supplications unto thee; and dost promise, that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant men. Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellow. ship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. A. Here endeth the Order of Morning Prayer throughout the Year. 56 THE ORDER FOR EVENING PRAYER, DAILY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. At the beginning of Evening Prayer the Minister shall read with a loud voice some one or more of these Sentences of the Scriptures that follow. And then he shall say that which is written after the said Sentences. the wicked man long mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him: neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws which he set before us. Dan. ix. 9, 10. O Lord, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. Jer. x. 24. Psalm vi. 1. turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. Ezek. xviii. 27. I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Psalm li. 3. Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Psalm li. 9. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. Psalm li. 17. Rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. Joel ii. 13. To the Lord our God beRepent ye; for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. St. Matt. iii. 2. I will arise, and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. St. Luke xv. 18, 19. Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O Lord; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. Psalm cxliii. 2. 57 Evening Prayer. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us: but, if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 St. John i. 8, 9. the body as the soul. Wherefore I pray and beseech you, as many as are here present, to accompany me with a pure heart, and humble voice, unto the throne of the heavenly grace, saying after me; TA general Confession DEARLY beloved bre- To be said of the whole thren, the Scripture moveth us in sundry places Congregation after the Minister, all kneeling. to acknowledge and con- ALMIGHTY and most fess our manifold sins and We wickedness; and that we have erred, and strayed should not dissemble nor from thy ways like lost cloke them before the face sheep. We have followed of Almighty God our hea- too much the devices and venly Father; but con- desires of our own hearts. fess them with an hum- We have offended against ble, lowly, penitent, and thy holy laws. We have obedient heart; to the end left undone those things that we may obtain for- which we ought to have giveness of the same, by done; And we have done his infinite goodness and those things which we ought mercy. And although we not to have done; And there ought at all times humbly is no health in us. But thou, to acknowledge our sins be- O Lord, have mercy upon fore God; yet ought we most us, miserable offenders. chiefly so to do, when we Spare thou them, O God, assemble and meet together which confess their faults. to render thanks for the Restore thou them that are great benefits that we have penitent; According to thy received at his hands, to promises declared unto set forth his most worthy mankind in Christ Jesu our praise, to hear his most holy Lord. And grant, O most Word, and to ask those merciful Father, for his things which are requisite sake; That we may hereand necessary, as well for after live a godly, righteous, 58 Evening Prayer. and sober life, To the glory OUR Father, which art of thy holy Name. in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As The Absolution, or Remission of sins, be To be pronounced by the Priest alone, standing; the people still kneeling. ALMIGHTY God, the Fa- we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, The power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen. Lord Jesus Christ, who desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness, and live; and hath given power, and commandment, to his Ministers, to declare and pronounce to his people, being penitent, the Absolution and Remission of their sins: He pardoneth and absolveth all them that truly repent, and unfeignedly believe his holy Gospel. Wherefore let us beseech him to grant us true repentance, and his Holy Spirit, that those things may please him, which we do at this present; and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure, and holy; so that at the last we may come to his eternal joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. T Then the Minister shall kneel, and say the Lord's Prayer; the people also kneeling, and repeating it with him. T Then likewise he shall say, O Lord, open thou our lips. Answer. And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise. Priest. O God, make speed to save us. Answer. O Lord, make haste to help us. T Here all standing up, the Priest shall say, m Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; Answer. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Priest. Praise ye the Lord. Answer. The Lord's Name be praised. 59 Evening Prayer. Then shall be said or sung[ Israel: as he promised to the Psalms in order as our forefathers, Abraham they be appointed. and his seed, for ever. Then a Lesson of the Old Testament, as is appointed. And after that, Magnificat( or the Song of the Blessed Virgin Mary) in English, as followeth. MAGNIFICAT. St. Luke i. MY soul doth magnify Or else this Psalm; exthe Lord my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. cept it be on the Nineteenth Day of the Month, when it is read in the ordinary Course of the Psalms. For he hath regarded: the lowliness of his handmaiden. CANTATE DOMINO. Psalm xcviii. For behold, from henceforth: all generations shall O SING unto the Lord a call me new song for he hath done marvellous things. For he that is mighty hath magnified me: and holy is his Name. And his mercy is on them that fear him throughout all generations. He hath shewed strength with his arm: he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He hath put down the mighty from their seat: and hath exalted the humble and meek. He hath filled the hungry with good things and the rich he hath sent empty away. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be world without end. Amen. He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant With his own right hand, and with his holy arm: hath he gotten himself the victory. The Lord declared his salvation his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. He hath remembered his mercy and truth toward the house of Israel and all the ends of the world have seen the salvation of our God. Shew yourselves joyful unto the Lord, all ye lands: sing, rejoice, and give thanks. Praise the Lord upon the 60 Evening Prayer. harpsing to the harp with| ed: before the face of all a psalm of thanksgiving. With trumpets also and shawms: O shew yourselves joyful before the Lord the King. Let the sea make a noise, and all that therein is: the round world, and they that dwell therein. Let the floods clap their hands, and let the hills be joyful together before the Lord for he cometh to judge the earth. Then a Lesson of the New Testament, as it is appointed. And after that, Nunc dimittis( or the Song of Symeon) in English, as followeth. people; To be a light to lighten the Gentiles and to be the glory of thy people Israel. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; With righteousness shall he judge the world and the people with equity. Glory be to the Father, G and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be world without end. Amen. peace word. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. For mine eyes have seen: thy salvation, Which thou hast preparT Or else this Psalm; except it be on the Twelfth Day of the Month. DEUS MISEREATUR. Psalm lxvii. Let the people praise thee, O God: yea, let all the people praise thee. NUNC DIMITTIS. O let the nations rejoice and be glad for thou shalt judge the folk righteously, St. Luke ii. 29. LORD, now lettest thou and govern the nations upon earth. thy servant depart in according to thy OD be merciful unto us, and bless us: and shew us the light of his countenance, and be merciful unto us: That thy way may be known upon earth: thy saving health among all nations. Let the people praise thee, O God: yea, let all the people praise thee. Then shall the earth bring forth her increase: and God, 61 Evening Prayer. even our own God, shall give us his blessing. God shall bless us and all the ends of the world shall fear him. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Then shall be said or sung the Apostles' Creed by the Minister and the people, standing. I BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth: ¶ And after that, these Prayers following, all devoutly kneeling; the Minister first pronouncing with a loud voice, 62 The Lord be with you. Answer. And with thy spirit. Minister. Let us pray. Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Then the Minister, Clerks, and people, shall say the Lord's Prayer with a loud voice. And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, Who OUR Father, which art was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried, He de. scended into hell; The third day he rose again from the dead, He ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen. I believe in the Holy Ghost; The holy Catholick Church; The Communion of Saints; The Forgiveness of sins; The Resurrection of the body, And the life everlasting. Amen. Then the Priest standing soft up shall say, O O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us. Answer. And grant us thy salvation. Priest. O Lord, save the King. Evening Prayer. Answer. And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee. Priest. Endue thy Ministers with righteousness. Answer. And make thy chosen people joyful. Priest. O Lord, save thy people. Answer. And bless thine inheritance. Priest. Give peace in our time, O Lord. Answer. Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God. Priest. O God, make clean our hearts within us. Answer. And take not thy Holy Spirit from us. ments, and also that by thee we being defended from the fear of our enenies may pass our time in rest and quietness; through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen. after followeth two, last Collects shall be The third Collect, for Aid against all Perils. LIGHTEN our darkness, we beseech thee, O Lord; and by thy great mercy defend us from all perils and dangers of this night; for the love of thy only Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen. T In Quires and Places where they sing, here followeth the Anthem. Then shall follow three Collects; the first of the A Prayer for the King's Day; the second for Peace; the third for Aid against all Perils, as hereMajesty. which O LORD our heavenly Father, high and mighdaily said at Evening ty, King of kings, Lord of Prayer without alteration. The second Collect at Evening Prayer. lords, the only Ruler of princes, who dost from thy throne behold all the dwell. ers upon earth; Most heartily we beseech thee with GOD, from whom all thy favour to behold our holy desires, all good most gracious Sovereign counsels, and all just works Lord, King GEORGE; do proceed; Give unto thy and so replenish him with servants that peace which the grace of thy Holy Spirit, the world cannot give; that that he may alway incline walk both our hearts may be set to thy will, and to obey thy command- in thy way: Endue him O 63 Evening Prayer. plenteously with heavenly to their charge, the healthgifts; grant him in health and wealth long to live; strengthen him that he may vanquish and overcome all his enemies; and finally, after this life, he may attain everlasting joy and felicity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ful Spirit of thy grace; and that they may truly please thee, pour upon them the continual dew of thy blessing. Grant this, O Lord, for the honour of our Advocate and Mediator, Jesus Christ. Amen. A Prayer for the Royal Family. ALMIGHTY God, who ALM MIGHTY God, the hast given us grace at fountain of all good- this time with one accord ness, we humbly beseech to make our common supthee to bless our gracious plications unto thee; and Queen Mary, Alexandra dost promise, that when the Queen Mother, Edward two or three are gathered Prince of Wales, and all together in thy Name thou the Royal Family: Endue wilt grant their requests: them with thy Holy Spirit; Fulfil now, O Lord, the deenrich them with thy hea- sires and petitions of thy venly grace; prosper them servants, as may be most with all happiness; and bring them to thine everlasting kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. expedient for them; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlasting. Amen. A Prayer for the Clergy and people. A Prayer of St. Chrysostom. 2 Cor. xiii. ALMIGHTY and everlast- THE grace of our Lord ing God, who alone workest great marvels; Send down upon our Bishops, and Curates, and all Congregations committed men. Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. AHere endeth the Order of Evening Prayer throughout the Year. 64 CHRIST WEEPING OVER JERUSALEM Ary Scheffer AT MORNING PRAYER. Upon these Feasts; Christmas- day, the Epiphany, Saint Matthias, Easter- day, Ascension- day, Whit- Sunday, Saint John Baptist, Saint James, Saint Bartholomew, Saint Matthew, Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Saint Andrew, and upon Trinity- Sunday, shall be sung or said at Morning Prayer, instead of the Apostles' Creed, this Confession of our Christian Faith, commonly called The Creed of Saint Athanasius, by the Minister and people standing. QUICUNQUE VULT. HOSOEVER will be saved before all things it is necessary that he hold the Catholick Faith. WH Which Faith except every one do keep whole and undefiled without doubt he shall perish everlastingly. ad And the Catholick Faith is this That we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity; sbe Neither confounding the Persons: nor dividing the Substance. sdt of sup bu For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son and another of the Holy Ghost. odtis odW But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, is all one: the Glory equal, the Majesty co- eternal.styd Jud Such as the Father is, Almighty. 65 A such is the Son and such is the Holy Ghost. The Father uncreate, the Son uncreate and the Holy Ghost uncreate. La The Father incomprehensible, the Son incomprehensible and the Holy Ghost incomprehensible. : The Father eternal, the Son eternal and the Holy Ghost eternal. And yet they are not three eternals: but one eternal. As also there are not three incomprehensibles, nor three uncreated: but one uncreated, and one incomprehensible. ton So likewise the Father is Almighty, the Son Almighty and the Holy Ghost Almighty. ni baa And yet they are not three Almighties: but one C At So the Father is God, the Son is God and the Holy Ghost is God. Morning Prayer. But the whole three Persons are co- eternal together and co- equal.TA So that in all things, as is aforesaid the Unity in Trinity, and the Trinity in Unity is to be worshipped. He therefore that will be saved: must thus think of o to ozathe Trinity. bitsod Furthermore, it is necessary to everlasting salvation: that he also believe rightly the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ. : and the Holy the And yet they are not three Gods: but one God. So likewise the Father is Lord, the Son Lord and the Holy Ghost Lord. And yet not three Lords: but one Lord. For like as we are compelled by the Christian verity: to acknowledge every Person by himself to be God and Lord; So are we forbidden by the Catholick Religion: to say, There be three Gods, or three Lords. 2 sdt pidie The Father is made of none neither created, nor begotten. The Son is of the Father alone: not made, nor created, but begotten. The Holy Ghost is of the Father and of the Son: neither made, nor created, nor begotten, but proceeding. So there is one Father, not three Fathers; one Son, not three Sons: one Holy Ghost, not three Holy Ghosts. bas vidaim And in this Trinity none is afore, or after other none is greater, or less than another; vidaimiA For the right Faith is, that we believe and confess: that our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God and Man; God, of the Substance, of the Father, begotten before the worlds and Man, of the Substance of his Mother, born in the world; o) s00 Perfect God, and perfect Man of a reasonable soul and human flesh subsisting; Equal to the Father, as touching his Godhead and inferior to the Father, as touching his Manhood.o2 Who although he be God and Man: yet he is not two, but one Christ; toodisT One; not by conversion of the Godhead into flesh: but by taking of the Manhood into God; as done 66 At Morning Prayer. One altogether; not by bodies and shall give acconfusion of Substance: count for their own works. but by unity of Person. For as the reasonable soul and flesh is one man: so God and Man is one Christ; Who suffered for our salvation descended into hell, rose again the third day from the dead. He ascended into heaven, he sitteth on the right hand of the Father, God Almighty: from whence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. vs mont be brod to 2115656 And they that have done good shall go into life everlasting and they that have done evil into everlasting fire. : This is the Catholick Faith: which except a man believe faithfully, he cannot be saved. At whose coming all men shall rise again with their men. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. A THE LITANY. Here followeth the LITANY, or General Supplication, to be sung or said after Morning Prayer upon Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and at other times when it shall be commanded by the Ordinary. O GOD the Father of heaven: have mercy upon us miserable sinners. O God the Father of heaven: have mercy upon us miserable sinners. O God the Son, Redeemer of the world have mercy upon us miserable sinners. O God the Son, Redeemer of the world: have mercy upon us miserable sinners. O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son have mercy upon us miserable sinners. O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son: have mercy upon us miserable sinners. mercy upon us miserable sinners. O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three Persons and one God: have mercy upon us miserable sinners. Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences of our forefathers; neither take thou vengeance of our sins: spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever. Good Lord, deliver us. From all blindness of heart; from pride, vainglory, and hypocrisy; from envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness, Good Lord, deliver us. From fornication, and all other deadly sin; and sons and one God: have from all the deceits of the O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three PerSpare us, good Lord. From all evil and mischief; from sin, from the crafts and assaults of the devil; from thy wrath, and from everlasting damnation, 68 The Litany. world, the flesh, and the devil, Good Lord, deliver us. From lightning and tempest; from plague, pestilence, and famine; from battle and murder, and from sudden death, Good Lord, deliver us. From all sedition, privy conspiracy, and rebellion; from all false doctrine, heresy, and schism; from hardness of heart, and contempt of thy Word and Commandment, Good Lord, deliver us. By the mystery of thy holy Incarnation; by thy holy Nativity and Circumcision; by thy Baptism, Fasting, and Temptation, Good Lord, deliver us. Bythine Agony and bloody Sweat; by thy Cross and Passion; by thy precious Death and Burial; by thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension; and by the coming of the Holy Ghost, Good Lord, deliver us. In all time of our tribulation; in all time of our wealth; in the hour of death, and in the day of judgment, Good Lord, deliver us. We sinners do beseech thee to hear us, O Lord God; and that it may please thee to rule and govern thy holy Church universal in the right way; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to keep and strengthen in the true worshipping of thee. in righteousness and holiness of life, thy Servant GEORGE, our most gracious King and Governour; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to rule his heart in thy faith, fear, and love, and that he may evermore have affiance in thee, and ever seek thy honour and glory; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to be his defender and keeper, giving him the victory over all his enemies; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to bless and preserve our gracious Queen Mary, Alexandra the Queen Mother, Edward Prince of Wales, and all the Royal Family: We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 69 The Litany. We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to live after thy commandto illuminate all Bishops, ments; Priests, and Deacons, with true knowledge and understanding of thy Word; and that both by their preaching and living they may set it forth, and shew it accordingly; That it may please thee to give to all thy people increase of grace to hear meekly thy Word, and to receive it with pure affection, and to bring forth the fruits of the Spirit; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to endue the Lords of the Council, and all the Nobility, with grace, wisdom, and understanding; That it may please thee to bring into the way of truth all such as have erred, and are deceived; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to bless and keep the Magistrates, giving them grace to execute justice, and to maintain truth; That it may please thee to strengthen such as do stand; and to comfort and help the weak- hearted; and to raise up them that fall; and finally to beat down Satan under our feet; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to bless and keep all thy people; We beseeeh thee to hear us, good Lord. We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to give to all nations unity, peace, and concord; That it may please thee to succour, help, and comfort, all that are in danger, necessity, and tribulation; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to That it may please thee give us an heart to love and to preserve all that travel dread thee, and diligently by land or by water, all 70. The Litany. women labouring of child, amend our lives according all sick persons, and young to thy holy Word; snob children; and to shew thy We beseech thee to hear pity upon all prisoners and us, good Lord. captives; Son of God we beseech thee to hear us. Son of God: we beseech thee to hear us. We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 000 That it may please thee to defend, and provide for, the fatherless children, and widows, and all that are desolate and oppressed; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to have mercy upon all men; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to forgive our enemies, persecutors, and slanderers, and to turn their hearts; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to give and preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the earth, so as in due time we may enjoy them; We beseech thee to hear s, good Lord. anie That it may please thee to give us true repentance; to forgive us all our sins, negligences, and ignorances: Father, which art and to endue us with the in heaven, Hallowed grace of thy Holy Spirit to be thy Name. Thy kingUR UR 71 O Lamb of God that takest away the sins of the world; Grant us thy peace. that O Lamb of God takest away the sins of the world; Have mercy upon us. O Christ, hear us. en Q Christ, hear us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon Christ, have mercy upon Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. us. us. us. Jon of tig Lord, have mercy upon od ad au Then shall the Priest, and the people with him, say the Lord's Prayer. The Litany. dom come. Thy will be thee in thy holy Church; done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But GOD, we have heard with our ears, and our deliver us from evil. Amen. fathers have declared unto us, the noble works that with us after our sins. Priest. O Lord, deal not thou didst in their days, and in the old time before them. Answer. Neither reward us after our iniquities. O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thine honour. Let us pray. OGOD, merciful Father, that despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart, nor the desire of such as be sorrowful; Mercifully assist our prayers that we make before thee in all our troubles and adversities, whensoever they oppress us; and graciously hear us, that those evils, which the craft and subtilty of the devil or man worketh against us, be brought to nought; and by the providence of thy goodness they may be dispersed; that we thy servants, being hurt by no persecutions, may evermore give thanks unto through Jesus Christ our Lord. O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thy Name's sake. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; : Answer. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. From our enemies defend us, O Christ. Graciously look upon our afflictions. Pitifully behold the sorrows of our hearts. Mercifully forgive the sins of thy people. Favourably with mercy hear our prayers. O Son of David, have mercy upon us. Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us, O Christ. 72 The Litany. Graciously hear us, O A Prayer of St. ChryChrist; graciously hear us, O Lord Christ. sostom. ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us grace at Priest. O Lord, let thy this time with one accord mercy be shewed upon us; to make our common supplications unto thee; and Answer. As we do put dost promise, that when our trust in thee. two or three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests; Fulfil now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants, as may be most expedient for them; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlasting. Amen. Let us pray. WE E humbly beseech thee, O Father, mercifully to look upon our infirmities; and for the glory of thy Name turn from us all those evils that we most righteously have deserved; and grant, that in all our troubles we may put our whole trust and confidence in thy mercy, and evermore serve 2 Cor. xiii. thee in holiness and pure- THE grace of our Lord ness of living, to thy honour and glory; through our only Mediator and Advocate, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen. Here endeth the LITANY. 73 PRAYERS& THANKSGIVINGS, UPON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, To be used before the two final Prayers of the Litany, or of Morning and Evening Prayer. PRAYERS. O For Rain. GOD, heavenly Father, who by thy Son Jesus Christ hast promised to all them that seek thy kingdom, and the righteousness thereof, all things necessary to their bodily sustenance; Send us, we beseech thee, in this our necessity, such moderate rain and showers, that we may receive the fruits of the earth to our comfort, and to thy honour; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For fair Weather. ALMIGHTY Lord O God, who for the sin of man didst once drown all the world, except eight persons, and afterward of thy great mercy didst promise never to destroy it so again; We humbly beseech thee, that although we for our iniquities have worthily deserved a plague of rain and waters, yet upon our true repentance thou wilt send us such weather, as that we may receive the fruits of the earth in due season; and learn both by thy punishment to amend our lives, and for thy clemency to give thee praise and glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. In the time of Dearth and Famine. O GOD, heavenly Father, whose gift it is, that the rain doth fall, the earth is fruitful, beasts increase, and fishes do multiply; Behold, we beseech thee, the afflictions of thy people; and grant that the scarcity and dearth, which we do 74 Prayers. now most justly suffer for power no creature is able our iniquity, may through to resist, to whom it bethy goodness be mercifully longeth justly to punish turned into cheapness and sinners, and to be merciful plenty; for the love of Je- to them that truly repent; sus Christ our Lord, to Save and deliver us, we whom with thee and the humbly beseech thee, from Holy Ghost be all honour the hands of our enemies; and glory, now and for ever. abate their pride, asswage Amen. their malice, and confound their devices; that we, being armed with thy defence, Or this. O GOD, merciful Father, may be preserved evermore from all perils, to glorify thee, who art the only giver of all victory; through the merits of thy only Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. who, in the time Elisha the prophet, didst suddenly in Samaria turn great scarcity and dearth into plenty and cheapness; Have mercy upon us, that we, who are now for our sins punished with like adIn the time of any common versity, may likewise find a Plague or Sickness. seasonable relief: Increase ALMIGHTY God, who the fruits of the earth by in thy wrath didst send thy heavenly benediction; a plague upon thine own and grant that we, receiving thy bountiful liberality, may use the same to thy glory, the relief of those that are needy, and our own comfort; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. people in the wilderness, for their obstinate rebellion against Moses and Aaron; and also, in the time of king David, didst slay with the plague of Pestilence threescore and ten thousand, and yet remembering thy mercy didst save the rest; Have pity upon us miserable sinners, who now are visited with great sickness and mortality; that like as thou didst In the time of War and Tumults. ALMIGHTY God, King of all kings, and Governour of all things, whose 75 Prayers. then accept of an atonement, Or this. and didst command the de- ALMIGHTY God, the giver stroying Angel to cease from punishing, so it may now please thee to withdraw from us this plague and grievous sickness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Aof all good gifts, who of thy divine providence hast appointed divers Orders in thy Church; Give thy grace, we humbly beseech thee, to all those who are to be called to any office and administration in the same; and so replenish them with the truth of thy doctrine, and endue them with innocency men. of life, that they may faithfully serve before thee, to the glory of thy great Name, and the benefit of thy holy Church; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. In the Ember Weeks, to be said every day, for those that are to be admitted into Holy Orders. ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, who hast purchased to thyself an universal Church by the precious blood of thy dear Son; Mercifully look upon the same, and at this time so guide and govern the minds of thy servants the Bishops and Pastors of thy flock, that they may lay hands suddenly on no man, but faithfully and wisely make choice of fit persons to serve in the sacred Ministry of thy Church. And to those which shall be ordained to any holy function give thy grace and heavenly benediction; that both by their life and doctrine they may set forth thy glory, and set A Prayer that may be said after any of the former. GOD, whose nature and property is ever to have mercy and to forgive, receive our humble petitions; and though we be tied and bound with the chain of our sins, yet let the pitifulness of thy great mercy loose us; for the honour of Jesus Christ, our Mediator and Advocate. Amen. TA Prayer for the High Court of Parliament, to be read during their Session. forward the salvation of all MOST gracious God, we men; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. humbly beseech thee, as for this Kingdom in 76 Prayers. general, so especially for thee for all sorts and conthe High Court of Parliament, under our most religious and gracious King at this time assembled: That thou wouldest be pleased to direct and prosper all their consultations to the advancement of thy glory, the good of thy Church, the safety, honour, and welfare of our Sovereign, and his Dominions; that all things may be so ordered and settled by their endeavours, upon the best and surest foundations, that peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety, may be established among us for all generations. These and all other necessaries, for body, or esthem, for us, and thy whole tate;[* espe- desire the PrayChurch, we humbly beg in cially those the Name and Mediation for whom of Jesus Christ our most our prayers blessed Lord and Saviour. are desired,] that it may Amen. please thee to comfort and relieve them, according to their several necessities, giving them patience under their sufferings, and a happy issue out of all their afflictions. And this we beg for Jesus Christ his sake. Amen. ditions of men; that thou wouldest be pleased to make thy ways known unto them, thy saving health unto all nations. More especially, we pray for the good estate of the Catholick Church; that it may be so guided and governed by thy good Spirit, that all who profess and call themselves Christians may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness of life. Finally, we commend to thy fatherly goodness all those, who are any ways afflicted, or distressed, in mind, This to be said when any ers of the Congregation. TA Collect or Prayer for all Conditions of men, to be used at such times when the Litany is not appointed to be said. O GOD, the Creator and Preserver of all mankind, we humbly beseech 77 THANKSGIVINGS. TA General Thanksgiving. by walking before thee in ALMIGHTY God, Father holiness and righteousness of all mercies, we thine unworthy servants do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving kindness to us, and to all men; [* particularall our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen. ly to those * This to be who said when any desire that have been now to ofprayed for defer up their sire to return praises and praise. thanksgivings for thy late mercies vouchsafed unto 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 us that due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful, and that we shew forth thy praise, For fair Weather. not only with our lips, but LORD God, who hast in our lives; by up justly humbled us by ourselves to thy service, and thy late plague of immoder78 For Rain. O GOD our heavenly Father, who by thy gracious providence dost cause the former and the latter rain to descend upon the earth, that it may bring forth fruit for the use of man; We give thee humble thanks that it hath pleased thee, in our great necessity, to send us at the last a joyful rain upon thine inheritance, and to refresh it when it was dry, to the great comfort of us thy unworthy servants, and to the glory of thy holy Name; through thy mercies in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Thanksgivings. ate rain and waters, and in and thanksgiving for our thy mercy hast relieved and deliverance from those great comforted our souls by this and apparent dangers seasonable and blessed wherewith we were comchange of weather; We passed: We acknowledge praise and glorify thy holy Name for this thy mercy, and will always declare it thy goodness that we were not delivered over as a prey unto them; beseechthy loving- kindness from ing thee still to continue generation to generation; such thy mercies towards through Jesus Christ our us, that all the world may Lord. Amen. know that thou art our Saviour and mighty Deliverer; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. o For Plenty. polts MOST merciful Father, who of thy gracious goodness hast heard the devout prayers of thy Church, and turned our dearth and scarcity into cheapness and plenty; We give thee humble thanks for this thy special bounty; beseeching thee to continue thy loving- kindness unto us, that our land may yield us her fruits of increase, to thy glory and our comfort; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For Peace and Deliverance from our Enemies. ALMIGHTY God, who art a strong tower of defence unto thy servants against the face of their enemies; We yield thee praise 79 For restoring Publick Peace at Home. O ETERNAL God, our heavenly Father, who alohe makest men to be of one mind in a house, and stillest the outrage of a violent and unruly people; We bless thy holy Name, that it hath pleased thee to appease the seditious tumults which have been lately raised up amongst us; most humbly beseeching thee to grant to all of us grace, that we may henceforth obediently walk in thy holy commandments; and, leading a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty, may continually offer unto thee our sacrifice of praise Thanksgivings. and thanksgiving for these Or this. nist sts thy mercies towards us: WEhumbly acknowledge through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. our before thee, O most merciful Father, that all the punishments which are threatened in thy law might justly have fallen upon us, by reason of our manifold transgressions and hardness of heart: Yet seeing it hath pleased thee of thy tender mercy, upon weak and unworthy humiliation, to asswage the contagious sickness wherewith we lately have been sore afflicted, and to restore the voice of joy and health into our dwellings; We offer unto thy Divine Majesty the sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, lauding and magnifying thy glorious Name for such thy preservation and providence over us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For Deliverance from the Plague, or other common Sickness. O LORD God, who hast wounded us for our sins, and consumed us for our transgressions, by thy late heavy and dreadful visitation; and now, in the midst of judgment remembering mercy, hast redeemed our souls from the jaws of death; We offer unto thy fatherly goodness ourselves, our souls and bodies which thou hast delivered, to be a living sacrifice unto thee, always praising and magnifying thy mercies in the midst of thy Church; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 80 THE COLLECTS, EPISTLES,& GOSPELS TO BE USED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. Note, that the Collect appointed for every Sunday, or for any Holy- day that hath a Vigil or Eve, shall be said at the Evening Service next before. The First Sunday in Advent. THE COLLECT. not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandGod, us is grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious Majesty to judge both the quick and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal, through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, now and ever. Amen. T This Collect is to be repeated every day, with the other Collects in Advent, until Christmas- Eve. THE EPISTLE. Rom. xiii. 8. hended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand; let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk in rioting and drunkenness, honestly as in the day; not not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make OWE no man any thing, not provision for the flesh, thereof. THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. xxi. I. but one another for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt THEN they drew nigh not commit adultery, Thou unto Jerusalem, and shalt not kill, Thou shalt were come to Bethphage, 81 Second Sunday in Advent. unto the mount of Olives, that sold and bought in the then sent Jesus two disci- temple; and overthrew the ples, saying unto them, Go tables of the money- chaninto the village over against gers, and the seats of them you, and straightway ye that sold doves; and said shall find an ass tied, and unto them, It is written, a colt with her: loose them, My house shall be called and bring them unto me. the house of prayer; but And if any man say ought ye have made it a den of unto you, ye shall say, The thieves. Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. All this was done, that it might be fulThe Second Sunday in Advent. filled which the Prophet, saying, Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them; and brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from THE COLLECT. LESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience, and comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. by BLE THE EPISTLE. Rom. xv. 4. the trees, and strawed them WHATSOEVER things way. titudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; Blessed is he that cometh in the Name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? And the multitude said, This is Jesus the Prophet of Nazareth of Galilee. And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them were written time, were written for our learning; that we through patience, and comfort of the Scriptures, might have hope. Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one towards another, according to Christ Jesus: that ye may with one mind, and one mouth, glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us, to 82 Sunday in Advent. Third the glory of God. Now say, that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers: And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy Name. And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles, and laud him, all ye people. And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles, in him shall the Gen- b tiles trust. Now the God of d hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xxi. 25. ND there shall be signs moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring; men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. And he spake to them a parable, Behold the fig- tree, and all the trees; when they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the Kingdom of God is nigh at hand. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled: heaven and earth shall pass away; but my words shall not pass away. The Third Sunday in Advent. THE COLLECT. LORD Jesu Christ, who at thy first coming send thy messenger to prepare thy way before thee; Grant that the ministers and stewards of thy mysteries may likewise so prepare and make ready thy way, by disobedient to the wisdom of the just, that at thy second coming to judge the world we may be found an acceptable people in thy sight, who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen. THE EPISTLE. I Cor. iv. I. with power and great glory. And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your ET a man so account of LE us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover, it is required in stew83 Fourth Sunday in Advent. ards, that a man be found faithful. But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. For I know nothing by myself, yet am I not hereby justified; but he that judgeth me is the Lord. Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make hearts; and then shall every man have praise of God. THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. xi. 2. soft clothing are in kings' houses. But what went ye out for to see? a prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet. For this is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. The Fourth Sunday in Advent. THE COLLECT. LORD, raise up( we pray thy power, come among us, and with great might succour us; that whereas, through our sins and wickedness, we and let in running the race that is set before us, thy bountiful grace and mercy may speedily help and deliver us; through the satisfaction of thy Son our Lord, to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost be honour and glory, world without end. Amen. heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, and said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another? Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see: The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the Gospel preached to them: And blessed is he whosoever shall not be offended in me. And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? a reed shaken with the wind? But what went ye out for to see? a man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear 84 THE EPISTLE. Phil. iv. 4RE EJOICE in the Lord alway, and again I say, Rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing but in every thing, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Christmas- Day. THE GOSPEL. St. John i. 19 THI HIS is the record of John, when the Jews sent Priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that Prophet? And he answered, No. Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer nature upon him, and as at this time to be born of a pure Virgin; Grant that we being regenerate, and made thy children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit; through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the same Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Heb. i. 1. sayest thou of thyself? He times and in divers said, I am the voice of one manners spake in time past crying in the wilderness, unto the fathers by the proMake straight the way of the phets, hath in these last days Lord, as said the prophet E- spoken unto us by his Son, saias. And they which were whom he hath appointed sent were of the Pharisees. heir of all things, by whom And they asked him, and said also he made the worlds; unto him, Why baptizest who being the brightness of thou then, if thou be not that his glory, and the express Christ, nor Elias, neither that image of his person, and upProphet? John answered holding all things by the them, saying, I baptize with word of his power, when he water but there standeth had by himself purged our one among you, whom ye sins, sat down on the right know not: He it is who com- hand of the Majesty on high; ing after me is preferred be- being made so much better fore me, whose shoe's latchet than the angels, as he hath I am not worthy to unloose. by inheritance obtained a These things were done in more excellent name than Bethabara beyond Jordan, they. For unto which of where John was baptizing. the angels said he at any The Nativity of our Lord, or time, Thou art my Son, this the Birth- day of CHRIST, And again, I will be to him day have I begotten thee? commonly called a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? And again, when he bringeth in the first- begotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. And 85 Christmas Day. AL THE COLLECT. LMIGHTY God, who hast given us thy onlybegotten Son to take our Saint Stephen's Day. of the angels he saith, Who that light, but was sent to maketh his angels spirits, bear witness of that light. and his ministers a flame of That was the true light, fire. But unto the Son he which lighteth every man saith, Thy throne, O God, is that cometh into the world. for ever and ever; a sceptre He was in the world, and of righteousness is the scep- the world was made by him, tre of thy kingdom: Thou and the world knew him hast loved righteousness, not. He came unto his own, and hated iniquity; there- and his own received him fore God, even thy God, hath not. But as many as receivanointed thee with the oil of ed him, to them gave he gladness above thy fellows. power to become the sons And, Thou, Lord, in the be- of God, even to them that ginning hast laid the foun- believe on his Name: which dation of the earth; and the were born, not of blood, nor heavens are the works of of the will of the flesh, nor thine hands: they shall pe- of the will of man, but of rish, but thou remainest; God. And the Word was and they all shall wax old made flesh, and dwelt aas doth a garment; and as mong us( and we beheld his a vesture shalt thou fold glory, the glory as of the them up, and they shall be only- begotten of the Father) changed; but thou art the full of grace and truth. same, and thy years shall not fail. Saint Stephen's Day. THE GOSPEL. St. John i. 1. G THE COLLECT. Word, and the Word was RANT, O Lord, that, in all our sufferings here with God, and the Word was uponearth for the testimony God. The same was in the of thy truth, we may stedbeginning with God. All fastly look up to heaven, things were made by him; and by faith behold the and without him was not glory that shall be revealed; any thing made that was and, being filled with the made. In him was life, and Holy Ghost, may learn to the life was the light of men. love and bless our persecuAnd the light shineth in tors by the example of thy darkness, and the darkness first Martyr Saint Stephen, comprehended it not. There who prayed for his murderwas a man sent from God, ers to thee, O blessed Jesus, whose name was John. The who standest at the right same came for a witness, to hand of God to succour all bear witness of the light, those that suffer for thee, that all men through him our only Mediator and Admight believe. He was not vocate. Amen. 86 Saint John the Evangelist's Day. Then shall follow the Col- earth, from the blood of lect of the Nativity, which righteous Abel unto the shall be said continually blood of Zacharias, son of unto New- year's Eve. Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. Verily I say unto you, All these things shall FOR THE EPISTLE. Acts vii. 55. STEPHEN, being full of come upon this generation. the Holy up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God. Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, and cast him out of the city, and stoned him: andthe witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul. And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the Name of the Lord. THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. xxiii. 34. Saint John the Evange= list's Day. THE COLLECT. And he kneeled down, and MERCIFUL Lord, we becried a loud Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. seech thee to cast thy bright beams of light upon thy Church, that it being enlightened by the doctrine of thy blessed Apostle and Evangelist Saint John may so walk in the light of thy truth, that it may at length you to the everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye in synaTHE EPISTLE. I St. John i. 1. gogues, and persecute the THAT which was from from city to city; that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and 87 The Innocents' Day. our hands have handled of the word of life;( for the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full. This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, That God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our The Innocents' Day. THE COLLECT. sins, he is faithful and just ALMIGHTY God, to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. who out of the mouths of babes hast ordained strength, and and sucklings madest infants to glorify thee by their deaths; Mortify and kill all vices in us, and so strengthen us by thy of our lives, and constangrace, that by the innocency THE GOSPEL. St. John xxi. 19. said of our faith even unto death, we may glorify thy holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Follow me. Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved fol88 lowing; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee? Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? Follow thou me. Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, That that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things, and we know that his testimony is true. And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which if they should be written every one, I suppose, that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Sunday after Christmas- Day. FOR THE EPISTLE. Rev. xiv. 1. night, and departed into Egypt, and was there until I stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, hav: his Father's Name written in their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: and they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders; and no man could learn that song, but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. These are they which were not defiled with women, for they are virgins: these are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth these were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God, and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile; for they are without fault be- A hast given us thy onlyTHE COLLECT. God, who fore the throne of God. begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and as at this time to be born of a pure Virgin; Grant that we being regenerate, and made thy children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit; through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the same Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen. THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. ii. 13. THE HE Angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child, and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word; for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by 89 might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my Son. Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth; and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not. The Sunday after Christ= mas- Day. The Circumcision of Christ. THE EPISTLE. Gal. iv. 1. I as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; but is under tutors and governours, until the time appointed of the father. Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: but when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. i. 18. THE birth of Jesus Christ was on When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily. But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saythat which is conceived in her is of the And she shall bring forth a Son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS; for he shall save his people from their sins.( Now all this was done, that fulfilled which was spoken might be of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a Virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a Son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.) Then Joseph, being raised from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife; and knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS. 90 The Circumcision of Christ. L THE COLLECT. LMIGHTY God, who to be circumcised, and obemadest thy blessed Son dient to the law for man; Grant us the true Circumcision of the Spirit; that, our hearts, and all our members, being mortified from all worldly and carnal lusts, we may in all things obey thy blessed will; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Rom. iv. 8. ing, Joseph thou son of BLESSED is the man to David, fear take unwhom the Lord will to thee Mary thy wife; for impute sin. Cometh this The Epiphany. blessedness then upon the made known unto us. And circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? For we say, that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised; that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also: And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised. For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteous- asin ness of faith. For if they ar The Epiphany, they came with haste, and found Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds. But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them. And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb. which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect. OR THE MANIFESTATION OF CHRIST TO THE GENTILES. I The same Collect, Epistle, and Gospel shall serve for every day after unto the Epiphany. THE COLLECT. O GOD, who by the leading of a star didst manifest thy only- begotten Son to the Gentiles; Mercifully grant, that we, which know thee now by faith, may after this life have the fruition of thy glorious Godhead: through Jesus Christ our THE GOSPEL. St. Luke ii. 15. AND ND it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath Lord. Amen. 91 The Epiphany. THE EPISTLE. Ephes. iii. 1. FOR this cause, I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles; if ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God, which is given me to you- ward: How that by revelation he known unto me the mystery ( as I wrote afore in few words, whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy Apostles and Prophets by the Spirit; That the Gentiles should be fellow- heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ, by the Gospel: whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power. Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; and to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ to the intent, that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the Church the manifold wisdom of God, according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him. THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. ii. 1. WHEN Jesus was born in of in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them, where Christ should be born. And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judæa: for thus it is written by the prophet, And thou, Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governour that shall rule my people Israel. Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go, and search diligently for the young child, and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also. When they had heard the king, they departed; and lo, the star which they saw in the east went 92 First Sunday after the Epiphany. before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way. The First Sunday after the Epiphany. O THE COLLECT. LORD, we beseech thee mercifully to receive the prayers of thy people which call upon thee; and grant that they may both perceive and know what things they ought to do, and also, may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Rom. xii. 1. good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God. For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office; so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke ii. 41. NOW his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem, after the custom of the feast. And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey, and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. And when they found him again to Jerusalem, seeking him. And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers. And brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world; but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that 93 Second Sunday after the Epiphany. when they saw him, they him do it with simplicity; were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business? And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them. And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. And Jesus increased in wisdom, and stature, and in favour with God and man. he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness, Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil, cleave to that which is good. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love, in honour preferring one another: not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality. Bless them which persecute you; bless, and curse not. Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. Be of the same mind one towards another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. The Second Sunday after the Epiphany. AL THE COLLECT. LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who dost govern all things in heaven and earth; Mercifully hear the supplications of thy ANDas a marriage in Cana THE GOSPEL. St. John ii. 1. there people, and grant us thy peace all the days of our life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. And when they wantdif- ed the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come. His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it. And there were set there six water- pots of stone, after THE EPISTLE. Rom. xii. 6. fering according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; or ministry, let us wait on our ministering; or he that teacheth, on teaching; or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let 94 Third Sunday after the Epiphany. the manner of the purify- vide things honest in the If it be ing of the Jews, containing sight of all men. two or three firkins apiece. possible, as much as lieth Jesus saith unto them, Fill in you, live peaceably with the water- pots with water. all men. Dearly beloved, And they filled them up to avenge not yourselves, but the brim. And he saith un- rather give place unto to them, Draw out now, and wrath; for it is written, bear unto the governour of Vengeance is mine; I will of the feast. And they bare repay, saith the Lord. Thereit. fore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was, ( but the servants which drew the water knew,) the governour of the feast called the bridegroom, and saith unto him, Every man THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. viii. 1. at the beginning doth set WHEN he was come the mountain, great multitudes followed him. And behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man, but go thy way, shew men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now. This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory, and his disciples believed on him. The Third Sunday after the Epipbany. 1 THE COLLECT. ing God, mercifully look upon our infirmities, and in all our dangers and nccessities stretch forth thy right hand to help and defend us through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Rom. xii. 16. E not wise in your own conceits. Recompense to no man evil for evil. ProBE offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion beseeching him, and saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. The centurion 95 Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany. answered and said, Lord, I and carry us through all am not worthy that thou temptations; through Jesus shouldest come under my Christ our Lord. Amen. roof; but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say unto this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no not in Israel. And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way, and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the self- same hour. THE EPISTLE. Rom. xiii. I. powers; LET every soul be subject for there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same for he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. For for this cause pay ye tribute also; for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. Render therefore to all their dues; tribute to whom trius bute is custom to whom custom, fear to whom fear, honour to whom honour. The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, lo THE COLLECT. to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers, that by reason of the frailty of our nature we cannot always stand upright; Grant to us such strength AND when he was entered protection, as may a support us in all dangers, followed him. And behold, 1 96 THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. viii. 23. CHRIST DISPUTING WITH THE DOCTORS Bernardino Luini Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany. there arose a great tempest| and what was befallen to the in the sea, insomuch that possessed of the devils. And the ship was covered with behold, the whole city came the waves: but he was out to meet Jesus: and when asleep. And his disciples they saw him, they besought came to him, and awoke him, that he would depart him, saying, Lord, save us, out of their coasts. we perish. And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. But men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him! And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man migh LORD, we beseech there are to keep thy Church and household continually in thy true religion; that they who do lean only upon the hope of thy heavenly grace may evermore be defended by thy mighty power; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. pass by that Pt of God, holy and THE EPISTLE. Col. iii. 12. as they way. And behold, cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time? And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine, feeding. So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine and behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters. And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, A The Fifth Sunday after the Epipbany. THE COLLECT. beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long- suffering; forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any; even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs. singing with grace in your hearts to the D 97 Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany. Lord. And whatsoever ye do, in word or deed, do all in the Name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.rad us the sons of God, and heirs of eternal life; Grant us, we beseech thee, that, having this hope, we may purify ourselves, even ashe is pure; that, when he shall appear again with power and great glory, we may be made like heaven him in his eternal and is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field. But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared to the tares also. So the serglorious kingdom; where with thee, O Father, and thee, O Holy Ghost, he liveth and reigneth, ever one God, world without end Amen. to 19niam tan W sit bar nadw THE EPISTLE. 1 St. John iii. 1. 698 vants of the householder BEHOLD, what manner of came, and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest; and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them but gather the wheat into my barn. I love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know, that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not bu id THE GOSPEL. huo St. Matt. xiii. 24. The Sirth Sunday after the Epiphany. THE COLLECT. Son was manifested that he might destroy the works of the devil, and make seen neither him. Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righ98 Septuagesima Sunday. coming in the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. ous. teous, even as he is righteHe that committeth sin is of the devil: for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. od THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. xxiv. 23. TH THEN if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false proand signs and wonders; insomuch that( if it were possible) they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you before. Wherefore, if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be. Kwhich run in a race THE EPISTLE. I Cor. ix. 24. not, that they For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. And then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of Man run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run that ye may obtain. And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things: now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible. I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection, lest that by any means, when I have preached to Ung.- Bibl. Giessen The Sunday calledi Septuagesima, OR THE THIRD SUNDAY BEFORE LENT. THE COLLECT. LORD, we beseech thee hear the prayers of thy people; that we, who are justly punished for our offences, may be mercifully delivered by thy goodness, for the glory of thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. Sexagesima Sunday. others, I myself should be they likewise received every a cast- away. man a penny. And when they had received it, they murmured against the THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. xx. 1. of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the market- place, and said unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way. Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise. And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive. So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first. And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they receiv- are wise. For ye suffer if ed every man a penny. But a man bring you into bondwhen the first came, they age, if a man devour you, supposed that they should if a man take of you, if a have received more; and man exalt himself, if a man THE EPISTLE. 2 Cor. xi. 19. E suffer fools gladly, YE seeing ye yourselves saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong; didst not thou agree with me for a penny? Take that thine is, and go thy way; I will give unto this last even as unto thee. Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen. The Sunday called Seragesima, OR THE SECOND SUNDAY BEFORE LENT. THE COLLECT. O LORD God, who seest that we not our trust in any thing that we do; Mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 100 Sexagesima Sunday. smite you on the face. I is blessed for evermore, speak as concerning re- knoweth that I lie not. proach, as though we had been weak: how beit, wherespeak foolishly,) I am bold also. Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I. Are they ministers of Christ? ( I speak as a fool,) I am more: in labours more abundant; in stripes above measure; in prisons more frequent; in deaths oft. Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one; thrice was I beaten with rods; once was I stoned; thrice I suffered shipwreck; a night and a day I have been in the deep; in journeying often; in perils of waters; in perils of robbers; in perils by mine own countrymen; in perils by the heathen; in perils in the city; in perils in the wilderness; in perils in the sea; in perils among false brethren; in weariness and painfulness; in watchings often; in hunger and thirst; in fastings often; in cold and nakedness; besides those things that are with out, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not? If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities. The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which IOI THE GOSPEL. St. Luke viii. 4. WHEN much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: A sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell by the way- side, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. And some fell upon a rock, and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. And other fell on good ground, and prang up, and bare fruit an hundred- fold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be? And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand. Now the parable is this: The seed is the Word of God. Those by the wayside are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe, and be saved. They on the rock are they, which, when they Quinquagesima hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. And that which fell among thorns, are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares, and riches, and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. But that on the good ground, are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience. The Sunday called go Quinquagesima, OR THE NEXT SUNDAY BEFORE LENT. THE COLLECT. Sunday. knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; there be they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a hast us that all our doings without charity are nothing worth; Send thy Holy Ghost, and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of charity, the very bond of peace and of all virtues, without which whosoever liveth is counted dead before thee: Grant this for thine only Son Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. THE EPISTLE. I Cor. xiii. 1. THOUGH I speak with glass darkly; but then face the tongues of men now I know in of angels, and have not cha- part; but then shall I know rity, I am become as sound- even as also I am known. ing brass, or a tinkling cym- And now abideth faith, bal. And though I have the hope, charity, these three; gift of prophecy, and under- but the greatest of these is stand all mysteries, and all charity. 102 Ash- Wednesday. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xviii. 31. him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man shall be accomplished. For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on: and they shall scourge him, and put him to death; and the third day he shall rise again. And they understood none of these things and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken. And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way- side begging: and hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant. And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by. And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me. And they which immediately he received his sight, and followed him, peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me. And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him, saying, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight. And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight; thy faith hath saved thee. And all people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God. The first Day of Lent, commonly called Ash- Wednesday. A¹ THE COLLECT. LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who hatest nothing that thou hast made, and dost forgive the sins of all them that are penitent; Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we worthily lamenting our sins, and acknowledging in our wretchedness, may obtain of thee, the God of all mercy, perfect remission and forgiveness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. This Collect is to be read every day in Lent after the Collect appointed for the Day. FOR THE EPISTLE. Joel ii. 12. URN ye even to me, saith the Lord, with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning. And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. Who knoweth if he will return, and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meat- offering and a went before rebuked him, TU that he 103 First Sunday in Lent. drink- offering untothe Lord break through nor steal: your God? Blow the trum- for where your treasure is, pet in Zion, sanctify a fast, there will your heart be call a solemn assembly, ga- also. ther the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet; let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God? The First Sunday in Lent. THE OLLECT. LORD, who for our sake didst fast days and forty nights; Give us grace to use such abstinence, that, our flesh being subdued to the Spirit, we may ever obey thy godly motions in righteousness, and true holiness, to thy honour and glory, who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. vi. 16. be not as W the hypocrites, of a sad countenance for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face, that thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. Lay not up for yourselves treaTHE EPISTLE. 2 Cor. vi. 1. workers E then, as together with him, beseech you also, that ye receive not the grace of God in vain;( for he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation;) giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed; but in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, sures upon earth, where in afflictions, in necessities, moth and rust doth corrupt, in distresses, in stripes, in and where thieves break imprisonments, in tumults, through and steal: but lay in labours, in watchings, in up for yourselves treasures fastings; by pureness, by in heaven, where neither knowledge, by long- suffermoth nor rust doth corrupt, ing, by kindness, by the and where thieves do not Holy Ghost, by love un104 Second Sunday in Lent. feigned, by the word of ten again, Thou shalt not truth, by the power of God, tempt the Lord thy God. by the armour of righteous- Again, the devil taketh him ness on the right hand and up into an exceeding high on the left, by honour and mountain, and sheweth him dishonour, by evil report all the kingdoms of the and good report; as deceiv- world, and the glory of ers, and yet true; as un- them; and saith unto him, known, and yet well known; All these things will I give as dying, and behold, we thee, if thou wilt fall down live; as chastened, and not and worship me. Then saith killed; as sorrowful, yet al- Jesus unto him, Get thee way rejoicing; as poor, yet hence, Satan; for it is writmaking many rich; as hav- ten, Thou shalt worship the ing nothing, and yet pos- Lord thy God, and him only sessing all things. shalt thou serve. Then the devil leaveth him, and behold, angels came and ministered unto him. The Second Sunday in Lent. THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. iv. 1. THE HEN was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and THE COLLECT. forty nights, he was after- ALMIGHTY God, who ward And an when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto him, If thou be the Son of have no power of ourselves to help ourselves; Keep us both outwardly in our bodies, and inwardly in our souls; that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. God, cast thyself down; it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee, and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. Jesus said unto him, It is writTHE EPISTLE. 1 Thess. iv. I. WE beseech you, brethren, and you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk, and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. For ye know what commandments we gave you by 105 Third Sunday in Lent. the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication; that every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God; that no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter; because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you, and testified. For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. He therefore that despiseth despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit. THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. xv. 21. and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. But he answered and said, I am not sent, but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. And she said, Truth, Lord; yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. Then Jesus answered and said unto her, woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. The Third Sunday in Lent. THE COLLECT. WE E beseech thee, Almighty God, look upon the hearty desires of thy humble servants, and stretch forth the right hand of thy Majesty, to be our defence against all our enemies; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Ephes. v. I. E ye therefore followers BE of God, as dear children; and walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet- smelling savour. But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named amongst you, as becometh saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish- talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient; but rather giving of thanks for this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ, and of 106 Third Sunday in Lent. God. Let no man deceive vided against a house fallyou with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Be not ye therefore partakers with them: for ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light;( for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth;) proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them for it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. Wherefore he saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. eth. If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say, that I cast out devils through Beelzebub. And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges. But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you. When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace; but when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils. He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth. When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out. And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. Then goeth he and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in, and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lift up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. But THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xi. 14. JESUS was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered. But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub, the chief of the devils. And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven. But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house di107 Fourth Sunday in Lent. he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the Word of God, and keep it. The Fourth Sunday in Lent. THE COLLECT. RANT, we beseech thee, who for our evil deeds do worthily deserve to be punished, by the comfort of thy grace may mercifully be relieved; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit; even so it is now. Nevertheless, what saith the Scripture? Cast her son; for the son of the bond- woman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman. So then, brethren, we are not children of the bond- woman, but of the free. THE EPISTLE. Gal. iv. 21. THE GOSPEL. St. John vi. 1. TELL me, ve that desire JESUS went over the sea to the law, of Galilee, which is the ye not hear the law? For sea of Tiberias. And a great it is written, that Abraham multitude followed him, behad two sons, the one by a cause they saw his miracles bond- maid, the other by a which he did on them that free- woman. But he who were diseased. And Jesus was of the bond- woman was went up into a mountain, born after the flesh; but he and there he sat with his of the free- woman was by disciples. And the Passover, promise. Which things are a feast of the Jews, was nigh. an allegory: for these are When Jesus then lift up his the two covenants; the one eyes, and saw a great comfrom the mount Sinai, which pany come unto him, he gendereth to bondage, which saith unto Philip, Whence is Agar. For this Agar is shall we buy bread, that mount Sinai in Arabia, and these may eat?( And this answereth to Jerusalem he said to prove him; for which now is, and is in he himself knew what he bondage with her children. would do.) Philip answered But Jerusalem which is a him, Two hundred pennybove is free; which is the worth of bread is not suffimother of us all. For it is cient for them, that every written, Rejoice, thou barren one of them may take a that bearest not; break forth little. One of his disciples, and cry, thou that travailest Andrew, Simon Peter's bronot for the desolate hath ther, saith unto him, There many more children than is a lad here, which hath she which hath an husband. five barley- loaves, and two 108 Fifth Sunday in Lent. small fishes: but what are cle, not made with hands; they among so many? And that is to say, not of this Jesus said, Make the men building; neither by the sit down. Now there was blood of goats and calves; much grass in the place. So but by his own blood he the men sat down, in num- entered in once into the holy ber about five thousand. place, having obtained eterAnd Jesus took the loaves, nal redemption for us. For and when he had given if the blood of bulls and of thanks he distributed to the goats, and the ashes of an disciples, and the disciples heifer sprinkling the unto them that were set down; clean, sanctifieth to the puand likewise of the fishes as rifying of the flesh; how much as they would. When much more shall the blood they were filled, he said un- of Christ, who, through the to his disciples, Gather up eternal Spirit, offered himthe fragments that remain, self without spot to God, that nothing be lost. There- purge your conscience from fore they gathered them dead works to serve the together, and filled twelve living God? And for this baskets with the fragments cause he is the Mediator of of the five barley- loaves, the new testament, that by which remained over and means of death, for the reabove unto them that had demption of the transgreseaten. Then those men, when sions that were under the they had seen the miracle first testament, they which that Jesus did, said, This is are called might receive the of a truth that Prophet that promise of eternal inheritshould come into the world. ance. The Fifth Sunday in Lent. THE COLLECT. THE GOSPEL. St. John viii. 46. JESUS said, Which of you me if ty God, mercifully to do ye not believe me? He look upon thy people; that that is of God heareth God's by thy great goodness they words; ye therefore hear may be governed and pre- them not, because ye are served evermore, both in not of God. Then answerbody and soul; through Je- ed the Jews, and said unto sus Christ our Lord. Amen. him, Say we not well, that thou art a Samaritan, and THE EPISTLE. Heb. ix. II. hast a devil? Jesus anHigh Priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernanot but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me. And I seek not mine own 109 Sunday next before Easter. glory; there is one that seeketh and judgeth. Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil: Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death. Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself? Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing; it is my Father that honoureth me, of whom ye say, that he is your God: yet ye have not known him; but I know him and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you; but I know him, and keep his saying. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day, and he saw it, and was glad. Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, before Abraham was, I am. Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple. The Sunday next before Easter. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY and everlast- WHEN the morning was ing God, tender love towards man- priests and elders of the ΙΙΟ kind, hast sent thy Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ, to take upon him our flesh, and to suffer death upon the cross, that all mankind should follow the example of his great humility; Mercifully grant, that we may both follow the example of his patience, and also be made partakers of his resurrection; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Phil. ii. 5. ET this mind be in you which was also Christ Jesus: who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God; but made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a Name which is above every name; that at the Name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. xxvii. I. Sunday next before Easter. people took counsel against sayest. And when he was Jesus, to put him to death. accused of the chief priests And when they had bound and elders, he answered nohim, they led him away, thing. Then saith Pilate and delivered him to Pon- unto him, Hearest thou not tius Pilate the governour. how many things they witThen Judas who had be- ness against thee? And he trayed him, when he saw answered him to never a that he was condemned, re- word, insomuch that the pented himself, and brought governour marvelled greatagain the thirty pieces of ly. Now at that feast the silver to the chief priests governour was wont to reand elders, saying, I have lease unto the people a prisinned, in that I have be- soner, whom they would. trayed the innocent blood. And they had then a notaAnd they said, What is that ble prisoner, called Barabto us? see thou to that. And bas. Therefore when they he cast down the pieces of were gathered together, Pisilver in the temple, and late said unto them, Whom departed, and went and will ye that I release unto hanged himself. And the you? Barabbas, or Jesus chief priests took the silver which is called Christ? For pieces, and said, It is not he knew that for envy they lawful for to put them into had delivered him. When the treasury, because it is he was set down on the the price of blood. And judgment- seat, his wife they took counsel, and sent unto him, saying, Have bought with them the pot- thou nothing to do with ter's field, to bury strangers that just man: for I have in. Wherefore that field was suffered many things this called, The field of blood, day in a dream because unto this day.( Then was of him. But the chief fulfilled that which was priests and elders persuadspoken by Jeremy the pro- ed the multitude that they phet, saying, And they took should ask Barabbas, and the thirty pieces of silver, destroy Jesus. The governthe price of him that was our answered and said unvalued, whom they of the to them, Whether of the children of Israel did value, twain will ye that I release and gave them for the pot- unto you? They said, Bater's field, as the Lord ap- rabbas. Pilate saith unto pointed me.) And Jesus them, What shall I do then stood before the governour; with Jesus, which is called and the governour asked Christ? They all say unto him, saying, Art thou the him, Let him be crucified. King of the Jews? And Je- And the governour said, sus said unto him, Thou Why, what evil hath he III Sunday next before done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified. When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it. Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children. Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus he delivered him to be crucified. Then the soldiers of the governour took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. And when they had platted a crown of thorns they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews. And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head. And after that they had mocked him they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him. And as they came out they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name; him they compelled to bear his cross. And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, they gave him vinegar to drink 112 Easter. mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. And sitting down they watched him there; and set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. Then were there two thieves crucified with him; one on the right hand, and another on the left. And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, and saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself: if thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross. Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, He saved others, himself he cannot save: if he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him for he said, I am the Son of God. The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth. Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Monday before Easter. Eli, Eli, lama sabachtha- ness, mighty to save. Whereni? that is to say, My God, fore art thou red in thine my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias. And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him. Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And behold, the vail of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom, and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent, and the graves were opened, and any bodies of saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God. Monday before Easter. FOR THE EPISTLE. Isaiah lxiii. 1. apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the wine- fat? I have trodden the wine- press alone, and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury, and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me, and my fury it upheld me. And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth. I will mention the loving- kindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness towards the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them, according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving- kindnesses. For he eth from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour. In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved I that speak in righteous- them in his love, and in his 113 Monday before Easter. servants' pity, he redeemed them, and from thy fear? Return for he bare them, and carried thy sake, the them all the days of old. tribes of thine inheritance. But they rebelled, and vex- The people of thy holiness ed his Holy Spirit; there- have possessed it but a little fore he was turned to be while: our adversaries have their enemy, and he fought trodden down thy sanctuagainst them. Then he re- ary. We are thine: thou membered the days of old, never barest rule over them; Moses and his people, say- they were not called by thy ing, Where is he that brought Name. them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his Holy Spirit within him? that led them by the right hand of Moses, with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting Name? that led them through the deep as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble? As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the Lord caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious Name. Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness, and of thy glory: where is thy zeal, and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels, and of thy mercies towards me? Are they restrained? Doubtless thou art our Father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: Thou, O Lord, art our Father, our Redeemer, thy Name is from everlasting. O Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways? and hardened our hearts THE GOSPEL. St. Mark xiv. 1. FTER two days was the AF feast of the Passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. But they said, Not on the feastday, lest there be an uproar of the people. And being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard, very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head. And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? for it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor: and they murmured against her. And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me: for ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good; but me ye have not always. 114 Monday before Easter. She hath done what she twelve. And as they sat, could; she is come afore- and did eat, Jesus said, Vehand to anoint my body to rily I say unto you, One of the burying. Verily I say you which eateth with me unto you, Wheresoever this shall betray me. And they Gospel shall be preached began to be sorrowful, and throughout the whole world, to say unto him one by one, this also that she hath done Is it I? and another said, Is shall be spoken of for a me- it I? And he answered and morial of her. And Judas said unto them, It is one of Iscariot, one of the twelve, the twelve that dippeth with went unto the chief priests me in the dish. The Son of to betray him unto them. Man indeed goeth, as it is And when they heard it written of him: but woe to they were glad, and pro- that man by whom the Son mised to give him money. of Man is betrayed: good And he sought how he were it for that man if he might conveniently betray had never been born. And him. And the first day of as they did eat, Jesus took unleavened bread, when bread, and blessed, and they killed the passover, his brake it, and gave to them, disciples said unto him, and said, Take, eat: this is Where wilt thou that we go my body. And he took the and prepare, that thou may- cup, and when he had given est eat the passover? And thanks he gave it to them: he sendeth forth two of his and they all drank of it. disciples, and saith unto And he said unto them, This them, Go ye into the city, is my blood of the new tesand there shall meet you a tament, which is shed for man bearing a pitcher of many. Verily I say unto water; follow him: And you, I will drink no more of wheresoever he shall go in, the fruit of the vine, until say ye to the good- man of that day that I drink it new the house, The Master saith, in the Kingdom of God. Where is the guest- chamber, And when they had sung where I shall eat the pass- an hymn they went out over with my disciples? into the mount of Olives. And he will shew you a And Jesus saith unto them, large upper- room furnish- All ye shall be offended ed, and prepared: there because of me this night: make ready for us. And for it is written, I will smite his disciples went forth, and the shepherd, and the sheep came intothe city, and found shall be scattered. But, after as he had said unto them that I am risen, I will go beand they made ready the fore you into Galilee. But passover. And in the even- Peter said unto him, Aling he cometh with the though all shall be offended, 115 Monday before Easter. yet will not I. And Jesus answer him. And he comsaith unto him, Verily I say eth the third time, and saith unto thee, That this day, unto them, Sleep on now, even in this night, before and take your rest: it is the cock crow twice, thou enough, the hour is come; shalt deny me thrice. But behold, the Son of Man is he spake the more vehe- betrayed into the hands of mently, If I should die with sinners. Rise up, let us go; thee, I will not deny thee in lo, he that betrayeth me is any wise. Likewise also at hand. And immediately, said they all. And they while he yet spake, cometh came to a place which was Judas, one of the twelve, and named Gethsemane: and he with him a great multitude saith to his disciples, Sit ye with swords and staves, here, while I shall pray. from the chief priests, and And he taketh with him the scribes, and the elders. Peter, and James, and John, And he that betrayed him and began to be sore amaz- had given them a token, ed, and to be very heavy, saying, Whomsoever I shall and saith unto them, My kiss, that same is he; take soul is exceeding sorrowful him, and lead him away unto death; tarry ye here, safely. And as soon as he and watch. And he went was come, he goeth straightforward a little, and fell on way to him, and saith, Masthe ground, and prayed, ter, master; and kissed him. that, if it were possible, the And they laid their hands on hour might pass from him. him, and took him. And And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me; nevertheless, not what I will, but what thou wilt. And he cometh and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour? Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation: the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak. And again he went away, and prayed, and spake the same words. And when he returned he found them asleep again, ( for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. And Jesus answered, and said unto them, Are ye come out as against a thief, with swords and with staves, to take me? I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the Scriptures must be fulfilled. And they all forsook him, and fled. And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him: and he left the linen cloth, and fled from them 116 Tuesday before Easter. naked. And they led Jesus| ed him to be guilty of death. away to the high priest: and And some began to spit on with him were assembled him, and to cover his face, all the chief priests, and the and to buffet him, and to elders, and the scribes. And say unto him, Prophesy: Peter followed him afar off, and the servants did strike even into the palace of the him with the palms of their high priest; and he sat with hands. And as Peter was the servants, and warmed beneath in the palace there himself at the fire. And the cometh one of the maids of chief priests and all the the high priest; and when council sought for witness she saw Peter warming against Jesus to put him to himself she looked upon death; and found none. For him, and said, And thou also many bare false witness a- wast with Jesus of Nazagainst him, but their witness reth. But he denied, saying, agreed not together. And I know not, neither underthere arose certain, and bare stand I what thou sayest. false witness against him, And he went out into the saying, We heard him say, I porch; and the cock crew. will destroy this temple that And a maid saw him again, is made with hands, and and began to say to them within three days I will that stood by, This is one build another made without of them. And he denied it And a little after, hands. But neither so did again. their witness agree together. they that stood by said aAnd the high priest stood up gain to Peter, Surely thou in the midst, and asked Je- art one of them; for thou sus, saying, Answerest thou art a Galilean, and thy nothing? what is it which speech agreeth thereto. But these witness against thee? he began to curse and to But he held his peace, and swear, saying, I know not answered nothing. Again this man of whom ye speak. the high priest asked him, And the second time the And Peter calland said unto him, Art thou cock crew. the Christ, the Son of the ed to mind the word that JeBlessed? And Jesus said, sus said unto him, Before the I am; and ye shall see the cock crow twice, thou shalt Son of Man sitting on the deny me thrice. And when right hand of power, and he thought thereon, he wept. coming in the clouds of heaven. Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, Tuesday before Easter. What need we any further Tened mine ear, and I FOR THE EPISTLE. Isaiah 1. 5 HE God hath witnesses? ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemnwas not rebellious, neither turned away back. I gave 117 Tuesday before Easter. my back to the smiters, and ing said unto him, Thou my cheeks to them that sayest it. And the chief plucked off the hair: I hid priests accused him of many not my face from shame things but he answered and spitting. For the Lord nothing. And Pilate asked God will help me, therefore him again, saying, Answershall I not be confounded: est thou nothing? behold therefore have I set my face how many things they witlike a flint, and I know that ness against thee. But Jesus I shall not be ashamed. He yet answered nothing: so is near that justifieth me; that Pilate marvelled. Now who will contend with me? at that feast he released Let us stand together; who unto them one prisoner, is mine adversary? let him whomsoever they desired. come near to me. Behold, And there was one named the Lord God will help me; Barabbas, which lay bound who is he that shall con- with them that had made indemn me? Lo, they all surrection with him, who shall wax old as a garment: had committed murder in the moth shall eat them up. the insurrection. And the Who is among you that multitude, crying aloud, befeareth the Lord, that obey- gan to desire him to do as he eth the voice of his servant, had ver done unto them. that walketh in darkness, But Pilate answered them, and hath no light? let him saying, Will ye that I retrust in the Name of the lease unto you the King of Lord, and stay upon his the Jews? For he knew that God. Behold, all ye that the chief priests had deliverkindle a fire, that compass ed him for envy. But the yourselves about with chief priests moved the peosparks; walk in the light of ple, that he should rather your fire, and in the sparks release Barabbas unto them. that ye have kindled. This And Pilate answered, and shall ye have of mine hand, said again unto them, What ye shall lie down in sorrow. will ye then that I shall do King of the Jews? And they unto him whom ye call the cried out again, Crucify him. Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him. And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, 118 THE GOSPEL. St. Mark xv. 1. ANI ND straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders, and scribes, and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate. And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answer: Tuesday before Easter. come to be crucified. And the that passed by railed on soldiers led him away into him, wagging their heads, the hall, called Prætorium; and saying, Ah, thou that and they call together the destroyest the temple, and whole band. And they buildest it in three days, clothed him with purple, save thyself, and and platted a crown of down from the cross. Likethorns, and put it about his wise also the chief priests head and began to salute mocking said among themhim, Hail, King of the Jews. selves, with the scribes, He And they smote him on the saved others; himself he head with a reed, and did cannot save. Let Christ the spit upon him, and bowing King of Israel descend now their knees worshipped him. from the cross, that we may And when they had mocked see and believe. And they him they took off the purple that were crucified with from him, and put his own him reviled him. And when clothes on him, and led him the sixth hour was come, out to crucify him. And there was darkness over the they compel one Simon a whole land until the ninth Cyrenian, who passed by, hour. And at the ninth hour coming out of the country, Jesus cried with a loud the father of Alexander and voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, Rufus, to bear his cross. lama sabachthani? which And they bring him unto the is, being interpreted, My place Golgotha, which is, God, my God, why hast being interpreted, The place thou forsaken me? And of a skull. And they gave some of them that stood by, him to drink wine mingled when they heard it, said, with myrrh; but he received Behold, he calleth Elias. it not. And when they had And one ran and filled a crucified him they parted spunge full of vinegar, and his garments, casting lots put it on a reed, and gave upon them, what every man him to drink, saying, Let should take. And it was the alone; let us see whether third hour, and they cruci- Elias will come to take him fied him. And the super- down. And Jesus cried with scription of his accusation a loud voice, and gave up was written over, THE the ghost. And the vail of KING OF THE JEWS. the temple was rent in twain And with him they crucify from the top to the bottom. two thieves, the one on his And when the centurion, right hand, and the other on which stood over against his left. And the scripture him, saw that he so cried was fulfilled, which saith, out, and gave up the ghost, And he was numbered with he said, Truly this man was the transgressors. And they the Son of God. 119 Wednesday before Easter. Wednesday before Easter. every year with blood of others for then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world; but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. THE EPISTLE. Heb. ix. 16. W WHERE a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator: for a testament is of force after men are dead; otherwise it is of no strength at all whilst the testator liveth. Whereupon, neither the first testament was dedicated without blood: for when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people, according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the book, all the people, saying, This is the blood of the testament, which God hath enjoined unto you. Moreover, he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry. And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us; nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xxii. 1. NOW the feast of unleanigh, which is called the Passover. And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people. Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them. And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money. And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude. Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed. And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat. And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare? And he said 120 Wednesday before Easter. unto them, Behold, when ye| me on the table. And truly are entered into the city, the Son of Man goeth as it there shall a man meet you, was determined; but woe bearing a pitcher of water; unto that man by whom he follow him into the house is betrayed. And they bewhere he entereth in. And gan to enquire among themye shall say unto the good- selves, which of them it was man of the house, The Mas- that should do this thing. ter saith unto thee, Where is And there was also a strife the guest- chamber, where I among them, which of them shall eat the passover with should be accounted the And he greatest. And he said unto my disciples? shall shew you a large up- them, The kings of the Genper- room furnished; there tiles exercise lordship over make ready. And they them, and they that exercise went, and found as he had authority upon them are said unto them: and they called benefactors. But ye made ready the passover. shall not be so: but he that And when the hour was is greatest among you, let come he sat down, and the him be as the younger; and twelve Apostles with him. he that is chief, as he that And he said unto them, doth serve. For whether is With desire I have desired greater, he that sitteth at to eat this passover with meat, or he that serveth? you before I suffer: for I is not he that sitteth at say unto you, I will not any meat? but I am among you more eat thereof, until it be as he that serveth. Ye are fulfilled in the Kingdom of they which have continued God. And he took the cup, with me in my temptations. and gave thanks, and said, And I appoint unto you a Take this, and divide it a- kingdom, as my Father hath mong yourselves. For I say appointed unto me; that ye unto you, I will not drink may eat and drink at my of the fruit of the vine, un- table in my kingdom, and til the Kingdom of God shall sit on thrones, judging the come. And he took bread, twelve tribes of Israel. And and gave thanks, and brake the Lord said, Simon, Siit, and gave unto them, say- mon, behold, Satan hath deing, This is my body, which sired to have you, that he is given for you: this do in may sift you as wheat: but remembrance of me. Like I have prayed for thee, that wise also the cup after sup- thy faith fail not; and when per, saying, This cup is the thou art converted, strengthnew testament in my blood, en thy brethren. And he which is shed for you. But said unto him, Lord, I am behold, the hand of him ready to go with thee both that betrayeth me is with into prison and to death. 121 Wednesday before Easter. And he said, I tell thee, to the ground. And when Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me. And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing. Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. For I say unto you, That this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end. And they said. Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough. And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives, and his disciples also followed him. And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray, that ye enter not into temptation. And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down and prayed, saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless, not my will, but thine be done. And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. And being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down 122 he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow, and said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. And while he yet spake, behold, a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him. But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of Man with a kiss? When they who were about him saw what would follow, they said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword? And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear. And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him. Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders who were come to him, Be ye come out as against a thief, with swords and staves? When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness. Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest's house and Peter followed afar off. And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them. But a Thursday before Easter. certain maid beheld him, as me, nor let me go. Herehe sat by the fire, and ear- after shall the Son of Man nestly looked upon him, and sit on the right hand of the said, This man was also power of God. Then said with him. And he denied they all, Art thou then the him, saying, Woman, I know Son of God? And he said him not. And after a little unto them, Ye say that I while another saw him, and am. And they said, What said, Thou art also of them. need we any further witAnd Peter said, Man, I am ness? for we ourselves have not. And about the space heard of his own mouth. of one hour after, another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow also was with him; for heb is a Galilean. And Peter Thursday before Easter. THE EPISTLE I Cor. xi. 17. said, Man, I know not what IN this that I declare unto thou sayest. And immedi- you, you ately, while he yet spake, that ye come together not the cock crew. And the for the better, but for the Lord turned, and looked worse. For first of all, upon Peter; and Peter re- when ye come together in membered the word of the the church, I hear that there: Lord, how he had said un- be divisions among you ,, to him, Before the cock and I partly believe it. For crow, thou shalt deny me there must be also heresies, thrice. And Peter went out, among you, that they who and wept bitterly. And the are approved may be made men that held Jesus mock- manifest among you. When ed him, and smote him. ye come together thereAnd when they had blind- fore into one place, this is folded him, they struck him not to eat the Lord's supon the face, and asked him, per: for in eating every one saying, Prophesy, who is it taketh before other his own that smote thee? And many supper; and one is hungry, other things blasphemously and another is drunken. spake they against him. And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people, and the chief priests, and the scribes, came together, and led him into their council, saying, Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe: and if I also ask you, ye will not answer What, have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.. For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus, the same night 123 Thursday before Easter. in which he was betrayed, THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xxiii. 1. took bread; and when he had given brake it, and said, Take, eat; this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. Wherefore, whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another. And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come. 124 THE whole multitude of them arose, and unto Pilate. And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cæsar, saying, That he himself is Christ a King. And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him, and said, Thou sayest it. Then said Pilate to the chief priests, and to the people, I find no fault in this man. And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place. When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilean. And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself was also at Jerusalem at that time. And when Herod saw Jesus he was exceeding glad; for he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him. Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him nothing. And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him. And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed Thursday before Easter. him in a gorgeous robe, chief priests prevailed. And and sent him again to Pilate. And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together; for before they were at enmity between themselves. And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests, and the rulers, and the people, said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people and behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him: No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him. I will therefore chastise him, and release him. For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast. And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:( who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.) Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them. But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go. And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified: and the voices of them and of the Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required. And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will. And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus. And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. But Jesus, turning unto them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. For behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the For if they hills, Cover us. do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry? And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death. And when they were come to the place which is called Calvary, there they crucified him; and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. 125 Good Friday. gave up the ghost. Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man. And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things that were done, smote their breasts, and returned. And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things. And they parted his rai- rit: and having said thus, he ment, and cast lots. And the people stood beholding; and the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God. And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar, and saying, If thou be the King of the Jews, save thyself. And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. And one of the malefactors, which were hanged, railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself, and us. But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds, but this man hath done nothing amiss. And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To- day shalt thou be with me in paradise. And it was about the sixth hour: and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. And the sun was darkened, and the vail of the temple was rent in the midst. And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spiGood Friday. THE COLLECTS. LMIGHTY God, we beALM seech thee graciously to behold this thy family, for which our Lord Jesus Christ was contented to be betrayed, and given up into the hands of wicked men, and to suffer death upon the cross, who now liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. ALMIGHTY and everlastour ing God, by whose Spirit the whole body of the Church is governed and sanctified; Receive supplications and prayers, which we offer before thee for all estates of men in thy holy Church, that every member of the same, in his vocation and ministry, may truly and godly serve thee; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. 126 Good Friday. O MERCIFUL God, who thou wouldest not, but a hast made all men, and hatest nothing that thou hast made, nor wouldest the death of a sinner, but rather that he should be converted and live; Have mercy upon all Jews, Turks, Infidels, and Hereticks, and take from them all ignorance, hardness of heart, and contempt of thy Word; and so fetch them home, blessed Lord, to thy flock, that they may be saved among the remnant of the true Israelites, and be made one fold under one shepherd, Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen. Tw body hast thou prepared me: In burnt- offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure: Then said I, Lo, I come( in the volume of the book it is written of me) to do thy will, O God. Above, when he said, Sacrifice and offering, and burnt- offerings, and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein, which are offered by the Law: then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.. By the which will we are sanctified, through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And every priest standeth daily ministering, and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; from henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his foot- stool. For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified: Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; and their sins and iniquities will I da THE THE EPISTLE. Heb. x. I. HE law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices, which they offered year by year continually, make the comers thereunto perfect for then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins. But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year. For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. Wherefore, when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering 127 Good Friday. : came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man! When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him for I find no fault in him. The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid; and went again into the judgment- hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee? Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto THE GOSPEL. St. John xix. I. PILATE therefore took thee hath the greater sin. Jesus, scourged him. And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, and said, Hail, King of the Jews and they smote him with their hands. Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him. Then And from Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go. thou art not Cæsar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Cæsar. When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgmentseat, in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the 1 128 remember no more. Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin. Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the vail, that is to say, his flesh; and having an High Priest over the house of God; let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering;( for he is faithful that promised;) and let us consider one another to provoke unto love, and to good works; not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. RELEASE OF ST. PETER Hilton Good Friday. Hebrew, Gabbatha. And it without seam, woven from was the preparation of the the top throughout. They passover, and about the said therefore among themsixth hour and he saith selves, Let us not rend it, unto the Jews, Behold your but cast lots for it, whose King! But they cried out, it shall be that the ScripAway with him, away with ture might be fulfilled, him, crucify him. Pilate which saith, They parted saith unto them, Shall I my raiment among them, crucify your King? The and for my vesture they chief priests answered, We did cast lots. These things have no king but Cæsar. therefore the soldiers did. Then delivered he him Now there stood by the cross therefore unto them to be of Jesus, his mother, and his crucified and they took mother's sister, Mary the Jesus, and led him away. wife of Cleophas, and Mary And he, bearing his cross, Magdalene. When Jesus went forth into a place therefore saw his mother, called the place of a skull, and the disciple standing which is called in the He- by, whom be loved, he saith brew, Golgotha where they unto his mother, Woman, crucified him, and two other behold thy son. Then saith with him, on either side he to the disciple, Behold one, and Jesus in the midst. thy mother. And from that And Pilate wrote a title, and hour that disciple took her put it on the cross; and the unto his own home. After writing was, JESUS OF this, Jesus, knowing that all NAZARETH THE KING things were now accomOF THE JEWS. This title plished, that the Scripture then read many of the Jews: might be fulfilled, saith, I for the place where Jesus thirst. Now there was set was crucified was nigh to a vessel full of vinegar: and the city and it was written they filled a spunge with in Hebrew, and Greek, and vinegar, and put it upon Latin. Then said the chief hyssop, and put it to his priests of the Jews to Pi- mouth. When Jesus therelate, Write not, The King of fore had received the vinethe Jews; but that he said, gar, he said, It is finished: I am the King of the Jews. and he bowed his head, and Pilate answered, What I gave up the ghost. The have written, I have writ- Jews therefore, because it ten. Then the soldiers, was the preparation, that when they had crucified Je- the bodies should not resus, took his garments, and main upon the cross on the made four parts, to every sabbath- day,( for that sabsoldier a part; and also his bath- day was an high- day,) coat: now the coat was besought Pilate that their E 129 Easter Even. legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs. But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came thereout blood and water.orAnd he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe. For these things were done that the Scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. And again, another Scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced. od 1911 A Het Easter Even. on aid - THE COLLECT.id GRANT, O Lord, that as THE GOSPEL. O we are Matt. xxvii. 57. s the death of the blessed Son our Saviour Christ, so doing. For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit. By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; which sometime were disobedient, when once the long- suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing; wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved by water. The like figure whereunto, even baptism, doth also now save us,( not the putting away the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience towards God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him. 3HT SASAK WHEN the event was come, came rich man of Arimathæa, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple. He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock; and he rolled a great stone the and departed. And there 130 by continual mortifying our corrupt affections we may be buried with him; and that through the grave, and gate of death, we may pass to our joyful resurrection; for his merits, who died, and was buried, and rose again for us, thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. 1 St. Pet. iii. 17. T is better, if the will of for well- doing, than for evil Easter- Day. was Mary Magdalene, and For in that he died, he died the other Mary, sitting over unto sin once but in that against the sepulchre. Now he liveth, he liveth unto the next day that followed God. the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. C therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first. Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch; go your way, make it as sure as you can. So they went and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch. Easter- Day. TAt Morning Prayer, instead of the Psalm, O come, let us sing, etc. these Anthems shall be sung or said. innow CHRIST our passover is sacrificed for us: therefore let us keep the feast; Not with the old leaven, norwith the leaven of malice and wickedness: but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 1 Cor. v. 7. dinom aid b from the dead dieth no more: death hath no more dominion over him. svods par Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin: but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Rom. vi. 9. 131 HRIST is risen from the dead: and become the first- fruits of them that slept. For since by man came death: by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die: even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 1 Cor. xv. 20. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY God, who through thine only- begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life; We humbly beseech thee, that, as by thy special grace preventing us thou dost put into our minds good desires, so by thy continual help we may bring the same to good effect; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who liveth and raised with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Monday in Easter- Week. THE EPISTLE. Col. iii. 1. IE F ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth: For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience. In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them. THE GOSPEL. St. John xX. I. ing in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in. Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie; and the napkin that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself. Then went in also that other disciple which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed. For as yet they knew not the Scripture, that he must rise again from the dead. Then the disciples went away again unto their own home. Monday in Easter- Week. cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. Then she runneth and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him. Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulALI THE COLLECT. O LMIGHTY God, who through thy only- begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome death, and openof everlasting life; We humbly beseech thee, that, as by thy special grace preventing us thou dost put into our minds good desires, so by thy continual help we may bring the same to good effect; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. nie FOR THE EPISTLE. Acts x. 34. chre. So they ran both toge- PETER opened his mouth, and said, Of a and disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre; and he, stooping down and lookI perceive that God is no respecter of persons; but in every nation he that fear132 Monday in Easter- Week. eth him, and worketh righ- maus, which was from Jeteousness, is accepted with rusalem about threescore him. The word which God furlongs. And they talked sent unto the children of together of all these things Israel, preaching peace by which had happened. And Jesus Christ;( he is Lord of it came to pass, that while all) that word( I say) ye they communed together, know, which was publish- and reasoned, Jesus himself ed throughout all Judæa, drew near, and went with and began from Galilee, af- them. But their eyes were ter the baptism which John holden, that they should not preached how God anoint- know him. And he said uned Jesus of Nazareth with to them, What manner of the Holy Ghost, and with communications are these power; who went about that ye have one to another, doing good, and healing all as ye walk, and are sad? that were oppressed of the And the one of them, whose devil: for God was with name was Cleopas, answerhim. And we are witnesses ing, said unto him, Art thou of all things which he did, only a stranger in Jerusaboth in the land of the Jews, lem, and hast not known and in Jerusalem; whom the things which are come they slew, and hanged on to pass there in these days? a tree: Him God raised up And he said unto them, the third day, and shewed What things? And they said him openly; not to all the unto him, Concerning Jesus people, but unto witnesses of Nazareth, who was a prochosen before of God, even phet mighty in deed and to us, who did eat and drink word, before God and all with him after he rose from the people: and how the the dead. And he com- chief priests and our rulers manded us to preach unto delivered him to be conthe people, and to testify demned to death, and have that it is he who was or- crucified him. But we trustdained of God to be the ed that it had been he which Judge of quick and dead. should have redeemed IsTo him give all the pro- rael: and besides all this, phets witness, that through to- day is the third day since his Name whosoever be- these things were done. Yea, lieveth in him shall receive and certain women also of remission of sins. our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre; and when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they of angels, which said that he THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xxiv. 13. BEHOLD, two of his disciples day to a village called Emsame seen a 133 Tuesday in Easter- Week. were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread. Tuesday in Easter- Week. was alive. And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not. Then he said unTHE COLLECT. to them, O fools, and slow through thy only- begotwho of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? And beginning at Moses, and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. And they drew nigh unto the village whither they went; and he made as though he would have gone further: but they constrained him, saying, Abide with us, for it is towards evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them. And it came to pass, as he sat MEN of the stock of and chilat meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and Abraham, and whosoever brake, and gave to them. among you feareth God, to And their eyes were open- you is the word of this saled, and they knew him, and vation sent. For they that he vanished out of their dwell at Jerusalem, and sight. And they said one their rulers, because they to another, Did not our knew him not, nor yet heart burn within us, while the voices of the prophets he talked with us by the which are read every sabway, and while he opened bath- day, they have fulto us the Scriptures? And filled them in condemnthey rose up the same hour, ing him. And though they and returned to Jerusalem, found no cause of death in and found the eleven ga- him, yet desired they Pilate thered together, and them that he should be slain. And that were with them, saying, when they had fulfilled all The Lord is risen indeed, that was written of him, and hath appeared to Simon. they took him down from And they told what things the tree, and laid him in a 134 ten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life; We humbly beseech thee, that, as by thy special grace preventing us thou dost put into our minds good desires, so by thy continual help we may bring the same to good effect; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. FOR THE EPISTLE. Acts xiii. 26. Tuesday in Easter- Week. sepulchre. But God raised| perish: for I work a work him from the dead: and he in your days, a work which was seen many days of ye shall in no wise believe, them which came up with though a man declare it unhim from Galilee to Jeru- to you. bluore anla salem, who are his witnesses unto the people. And a we declare unto you gladesees St. Luke xxiv. 36. tidings, how that the pro- JESUS himself stood in THE GOSPEL. s! mise the which was unto the fathers, God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second Psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David. Wherefore he saith also in another Psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption But he whom God raised again saw no corruption. Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. Beware therefore, lest that come upon you which is spoken of in the prophets; Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled, and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet. And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat? And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honey- comb. And he took it, and did eat before them. And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms concerning me. Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the Scriptures, and said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus 135 First Sunday after Easter. it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day; and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his Name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And ye are witnesses of these things. one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God, which he hath testified of his Son. He that believeth on the Son of God of hath the witness in himTHE COLLECT.self: he that believeth not The First Sunday after Easter. hath made him a because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life; and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son hath not life. hast given thine only Son to die for our sins, and to rise again for our justification; Grant us so to put away the leaven of malice and wickedness, that we may alway serve thee in pureness of living and truth; through the merits of the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THE GOSPEL. St. John xx. 19. HE same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors THE is born were shut, where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples_glad when they saw the Lord. Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: As my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost. Whosesoever sins ye remit, they THE EPISTLE. I St. John v. 4. of God overcometh the world; and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood and it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost and these three are : 136 Second Sunday after Easter. are remitted unto them; and whosesover sins ye retain, they are retained. in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. For ye were as sheep going astray; but Bars THE COLLECT. Id are now returned unto the The Second Sunday after Easter. ALMIGHTY God, who Shepherd and Bishop of only your souls. Son to be unto us both a sacrifice for sin, and also THE GOSPEL. St. John x. II. an ensample of godly life; JESUS said, I am the good Give us grace that we may always most thankfully receive that his inestimable benefit, and also daily endeavour ourselves to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. asbw herd giveth his life for the sheep. But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the THE EPISTLE. 1 St. Pet. ii. 19. THIS is thank- worthy, if a man am the good sheptoward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? But if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently; this is acceptable with God. For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: who did no sin, neither was guile found in herd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. The Third Sunday after Easter. THE COLLECT. his mouth: who, when he ALMIGHTY God, who was reviled, not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously who his own self bare our sins sheweth to them that be in error the light of thy truth, to the intent that they may return into the way of righteousness; Grant unto all them that are admitted in137 Fourth Sunday after Easter. to the fellowship of Christ's Father. Then said some of Religion, that they may es- his disciples among themchew those things that are selves, What is this that he contrary to their profession, saith unto us, A little while and follow all such things and ye shall not see me; and as are agreeable to the same; again, a little while and ye through our Lord Jesus shall see me; and, Because Christ. Amen. I go to the Father? They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? THE EPISTLE. I St. Pet. ii. 11. DEARLY beloved, I be- we cannot tell what he saith. seech you as Now Jesus knew that they and pilgrims, abstain from were desirous to ask him, fleshly lusts, which war a- and said unto them, Do ye gainst the soul; having your enquire among yourselves conversation honest among of that I said, A little while the Gentiles; that, whereas and ye shall not see me; and they speak against you as again, a little while and ye evil doers, they may, by shall see me? Verily, verily your good works which I say unto you, That ye shall they shall behold, glorify weep and lament, but the God in the day of visitation. world shall rejoice: and ye Submit yourselves to every shall be sorrowful, but your ordinance of man for the sorrow shall be turned into Lord's sake; whether it be joy. A woman, when she is to the King, as supreme; or in travail, hath sorrow, beunto governours, as unto cause her hour is come: but them that are sent by him, as soon as she is delivered of for the punishment of evil the child, she remembereth doers, and for the praise of no more the anguish, for joy them that do well. For so that a man is born into the is the will of God, that with world. And ye now therefore well- doing ye may put to si- have sorrow: but I will see lence the ignorance of fool- you again, and your heart ish men as free, and not shall rejoice, and your joy using your liberty for a cloke no man taketh from you.ad of maliciousness; but as the The Fourth Sunday after servants of God. Honour all Easter. men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the King. THE GOSPEL. St. John xvi. 16. 2000 nie on THE COLLECT. dion who alone canst order the wills and affections of sinful men; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire ples, A little while and ye shall not see me; and again, a little while and ye shall see me; because I go to the 138 Fifth Sunday after Easter. that which thou dost promise; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. St. James i. 17. every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Of his own will begat he us with the Word of truth, that we should be a kind of first- fruits of his creatures. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted Word, which is able to save your souls. part, I will send him unto you. And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: of sin, because they believe not on me; of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; of judgment, because the world is ed. I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit, when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. The Fifth Sunday after Easter. THE COLLECT. lede LORD, from whom all good things do come; THE GOSPEL. St. John xvi. 5. his ples, Now I go my way to him that sent me, and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou? But, because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart. Nevertheless, I tell you the truth; it is expedient for you that I THE EPISTLE. St. James i. 22. E doers of the go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not and not hearers only, come unto you; but if I de- deceiving your own selves. 139 vants, that by thy holy inspiration we may think those things that be good, and by thy merciful guiding may perform the same; through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. The Ascension-Day.ME For if any be a hearer of the loveth you, because ye have Word, and not a doer, he is loved me, and have believed like unto a man beholding that I came out from God. his natural face in a glass. I came forth from the FaFor he beholdeth himself, ther, and am come into the and goeth his way, and world: again, I leave the straightway forgetteth what world, and go to the Father. manner of man he was. But His disciples said unto him, whoso looketh into the per- Lo, now speakest thou plainfect law of liberty, and ly, and speakest no proverb. continueth therein, he be- Now are we sure that thou ing not a forgetful hearer, knowest all things, and but a doer of the work, needest not that any man this man shall be blessed should ask thee: by this we in his deed. If any man believe that thou camest among you seem to be re- forth from God. Jesus anligious, and bridleth not his swered them, Do ye now tongue, but deceiveth his believe? Behold, the hour own heart, this man's re- cometh, yea, is now come, ligion is vain. Pure religion, that ye shall be scattered and undefiled before God every man to his own, and and the Father, is this, To shall leave me alone: and yet visit the fatherless and wi- I am not alone, because the dows in their affliction, and Father is with me. These to keep himself unspotted things I have spoken unto from the world. you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have is THE GOSPEL. St. John xvi. 23. VERILY, verily I say un- overcome the world. The Ascension- Day. to you, ye shall ask the Father in my Name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked noTHE COLLECT. thing in my Name: ask, and G Almighty God, that like RANT, we thee, ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. These things as we do believe thy onlyhave I spoken unto you in begotten Son our Lord Jeproverbs: the time cometh sus Christ to have ascendwhen I shall no more speak ed into the heavens; so we unto you in proverbs, but may also in heart and mind I shall shew you plainly of thither ascend, and with the Father. At that day ye him continually dwell, who shall ask in my Name: and liveth and reigneth with I say not unto you, that I thee and the Holy Ghost, will pray the Father for one God, world without you; for the Father himself end. Amen. 140 The Ascension-Day.me FOR THE EPISTLE. Acts i. 1. these things, while they beheld, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out while THE former treatise have I of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the Apostles whom he had chosen to whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion, by many infallible proofs; being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God: and, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. ESUS appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the GosWhen pel to every creature. He they therefore were come that believeth and is baptogether, they asked of him, tized shall be saved; but saying, Lord, wilt thou at he that believeth not shall this time restore again the be damned. And these signs kingdom to Israel? And he shall follow them that besaid unto them, It is not lieve: In my Name shall for you to know the times they cast out devils; they or the seasons, which the shall speak with Father hath put in his own tongues; they shall take power. But ye shall receive up serpents; and if they power after that the Holy drink any deadly thing, it Ghost is come upon you; shall not hurt them; they and ye shall be witnesses shall lay hands on the sick, unto me, both in Jerusalem, and they shall recover. So and in all Judæa, and in then after the Lord had Samaria, and unto the ut- spoken unto them, he was termost part of the earth. received up into heaven, And when he had spoken and sat on the right hand new 141 they looked stedfastly toward heaven, as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come, in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. THE GOSPEL. St. Mark xvi. 14. JE Sunday after Ascension- Day. of God. And they went may be glorified through forth and preached every Jesus Christ, to whom be where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the Word with signs following. praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. Sunday after Ascension= Day. THE COLLECT. O GOD the King of glory, who hast exalted thine only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph unto thy kingdom in heaven; We beseech thee, leave us not comfortless; but send to us thine Holy Ghost to comfort us, and exalt us unto the same place whither our Saviour Christ is gone before, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world with out end. Amen. THE EPISTLE. WH THE GOSPEL St. John xv. 26, and part of Chap. xvi. THEN the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me. And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning. These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. And these things will they have not known the Father, do unto you, because they nor me. But these things have I told you, that, when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. 1 St. Pet. iv. 7. all is at hand; be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves for cha- d rity shall cover the multitude of sins. Use hospiWhit- Sunday. THE COLLECT. tality one to another with GOD, who as at this time every out man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God: if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth; that God in all things didst teach hearts of thy faithful people, by the sending to them the light of thy Holy Spirit; Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth 142 Whit- Sunday. Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews, and Proselytes, Cretes, and Arabians, we do hear them speak in FOR THE EPISTLE. our tongues the wonderful Acts ii. 1. works of God. with thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen. o Soloist W THEN the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues, like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. And they were all amazed, and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilæans? And how hear we every man in our own tongue wherein we were born? Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judæa, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about JES THE GOSPEL. St. John xiv. 15. ESUS said unto his disciples, If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless'; I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me because I live, ye shall live also. At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me; and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myJudas saith self to him. unto him,( not Iscariot,) Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words, and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, 143 Monday in Whitsun- Week. and make our abode with the sending to them the him. He that loveth me light of thy Holy Spirit; not keepeth not my say- Grant us by the same Spirit ings and the word which to have a right judgment in ye hear is not mine, but all things, and evermore to the Father's which sent me. rejoice in his holy comfort; These things have I spoken through the merits of Christ unto you, being yet present Jesus our Saviour, who livwith you. But the Com- eth and reigneth with thee, forter, which is the Holy in the unity of the same Ghost, whom the Father Spirit, one God, world withwill send in my Name, he out end. Amen. shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. Peace THEN Peter opened his you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I. And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe. Hereafter I will not talk much with you for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. mouth, said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons; but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. The Word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ;( he is Lord of all;) that Word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judæa, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached: how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost, and with power; who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil: for God was with him. And we are witnesses of all things which he did, both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew, and hanged on a tree Him God raised up Monday in Whitsun= ou Week. enest FOR THE EPISTLE. Acts x. 34. THE COLLECT. as third and shewed him openly; not to all the people, but unto witnesses didst teach the hearts of thy faithful people, by 144 Tuesday in Whitsun- Week. chosen before of God; even to us who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead. And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead. To him give all the prophets witness, that through his Name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. And they of the circumcision, which believed, were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. G didst teach the hearts THE COLLECT. as at this time OD, by Then answered Peter, Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? And he commanded them to be baptized in the Name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days. Ha of thy faithful people, the sending to them the light of thy Holy Spirit; Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the THE GOSPEL. St. John iii. 16. GOD so loved the world, same Spirit, one God, world that begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have evermight be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already; because he hath not believed in the Name of the only- begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him Tuesday in WhitsunWeek. FOR THE EPISTLE. Acts viii. 14. WHEN the Apostles, which were at Jerusalem, heard that Samaria had received the word of 145 Trinity- Sunday. God, they sent unto them| man enter Peter and John; who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: ( for as yet he was fallen upon none of them; only they were baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus.) Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. THE GOSPEL. St. John x. I. VERILY, verily I say unnot by the door into the sheep- fold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep: to him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice, and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. And, when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him; for they know his voice. a in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. The thief cometh not but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. Trinity- Sunday. THE COLLECT. everlasting God, who hast given unto us thy servants grace faith to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of the Divine Majesty to worship the Unity; We beseech thee, that thou wouldest keep us stedfast in this faith, and evermore defend us from all adversities, who livest and reignest, one God, world without end. Amen. they not follow; but will flee from him; for they know not the voice of strangers. This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them. Then said Jesus unto them again; Verily, verily I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door; by me if any 146 FOR THE EPISTLE. Rev. iv. I. id AFTER this I looked, and was opened in heaven and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. And immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne: and he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight Trinity- Sunday. like unto an emerald. And and power; for thou hast round about the throne were created all things, and for four and twenty seats; and thy pleasure they are and upon the seats I saw four were created. and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of out THE THE GOSPEL. St. John iii. I. THERE was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: the same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water, and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth; so is every one that is born of the Spirit. Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, 147 the throne proceeded lightnings, and thunderings, and voices. And there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God. And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. And when those beasts give glory, and honour, and thanks, to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, the four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and honour, First Sunday after Trinity. and knowest not these things? Verily, verily I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not; how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man, who is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. The First Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. manifested the love of God towards us, because that God sent his only- begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us; because he hath given us of his Spirit. And we have seen, and do testify, that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth the of in and he in God. And all them that put their we have known and believtrust in thee, mercifully ac- ed the love that God hath cept our prayers; and be- to us. God is love; and he cause through the weakness of our mortal nature we can do no good thing without thee, grant us the help of thy grace, that in keeping of thy commandments we may please thee, both in will and deed; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear; because fear hath torment: He that feareth is not made THE EPISTLE. I St. John iv. 7. let us love one in another: for love is of God, and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. In this was 148 because he first loved us. If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother, whom he hath seen, how can he love God, Second Sunday after Trinity. whom he hath not seen? And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. bisa would come from thence. Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: for I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. And he said, Nay, father Abraham; but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. The Second Sunday after Trinity. THE THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xvi. 19. HERE was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple, and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day. And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs, which fell from the rich man's table: moreover, the dogs came and licked his sores. And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. The re rich man also died, and was buried: and in hell he lift up his eyes being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime THE EPISTLE. 1 St. John iii. 13. receivedst thy good things, MARVEL not, my brothe ren, if the world and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed so that they who would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that you. We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath THE COLLECT. O LORD, who never failest to help and govern them whom thou dost bring up in thy stedfast fear and love; Keep us, we beseech thee, under the protection of thy good providence, and make us to have a perpetual fear and love of thy holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 149 Third Sunday after Trinity. eternal life abiding in him. them that were bidden, Hereby perceive we the Come, for all things are now love of God, because he laid ready. And they all with down his life for us: and one consent began to make we ought to lay down our excuse. The first said unto lives for the brethren. But him, I have bought a piece whoso hath this world's of ground, and I must needs good, and seeth his brother go and see it; I pray thee have need, and shutteth up have me excused. And anhis bowels of compassion other said, I have bought from him; how dwelleth the five yoke of oxen, and I go love of God in him? My to prove them; I pray thee little children, let us not love have me excused. And anin word, neither in tongue; other said, I have married but in deed, and in truth. a wife, and therefore I canAnd hereby we know that not come. So that servant we are of the truth, and came, and shewed his lord shall assure our hearts be- these things. Then the masfore him. For if our heart ter of the house being angry condemn us, God is greater said to his servant, Go out than our heart, and knoweth quickly into the streets and all things. Beloved, if our lanes of the city, and bring heart condemn us not, then in hither the poor, and the have we confidence towards maimed, and the halt, and God. And whatsoever we the blind. And the servant ask, we receive of him, be- said, Lord, it is done as thou cause we keep his com- hast commanded, and yet mandments, and do those there is room. And the lord things that are pleasing in said unto the servant, Go his sight. And this is his out into the high- ways and commandment, That we hedges, and compel them to should believe on the Name come in, that my house may of his Son Jesus Christ, and be filled. For I say unto you, love one another, as he gave That none of those men us commandment. And he which were bidden shall that keepeth his command- taste of my supper. ments dwelleth in him, and he in him and hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. The Third Sunday after Trinity. O o THE COLLECT.it LORD, we beseech thee mercifully to hear us; and grant that we, to THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xiv. 16. A given an great supper, and bade hearty desire to pray, may many; and sent his servant by thy mighty aid be deat supper- time to say to fended and comforted in 150 Fourth Sunday after Trinity. all dangers and adversities; doth not leave the ninety through Jesus Christ our and nine in the wilderness, Lord. Amen. svis om and go after that which is lost, until he find it? And when he hath found it, he THE EPISTLE. I St. Pet. v. 5. ALL of you be subject layeth it on his shoulders, And one another, clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time; casting all your care upon him, for he careth for you. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about seeking whom he may devour: whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. But the God of all grace, who hath called us into his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xv. 1. cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost. I say unto you, That likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance. Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it? And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I had lost. Likewise, I say unto you, There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. The Fourth Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. GOD, the protector of all in thee, Scribes murmured, saying, without whom nothing is This man receiveth sinners, strong, nothing is holy; Inand eateth with them. And crease and multiply upon he spake this parable unto us thy mercy; that, thou them, saying, What man being our ruler and guide, of you having an hundred we may so pass through sheep, if he lose one of them, things temporal, that we him all the Publicans and sinners for to hear him. And the ISI Fifth Sunday after Trinity. men. finally lose not the things| ed down, and shaken togeeternal: Grant this, O hea- ther, and running over, shall venly Father, for Jesus men give into your bosom Christ's sake our Lord. A- For with the same measure that ye mete withal, it shall be measured to you again. And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? The disciple is not above his master; but every one that is perfect shall be as his master. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye. The Fifth Sunday after Trinity. I THE EPISTLE. Rom. viii. 18. RECKON that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope: because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption, into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groaneth, and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the first- fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to GR wit, the redemption of our body. BE THE GOSPEL. St. Luke vi. 36. E ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and THE COLLECT. RANT, O Lord, we beseech thee, that the course of this world may thy governance, that thy be so peaceably ordered by Church may joyfully serve thee in all godly quietness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. 1 St. Pet. iii. 8. ye shall be forgiven: give, BE ye all of one mind, and it be unto one you; good measure, press- of another, love as brethren, 152 Sixth Sunday after Trinity. be pitiful, be courteous; not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing; but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. For he that will love life, and see when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken good days, let him refrain nothing; nevertheless, at his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good? But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. odt thy word I will let down the net. And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes, and their net brake. And they beckoned unto their partners which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink. When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord. For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken; and so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not, from henceforth thou shalt catch men. And when they had brought their ships to land, they were forsook all, and followed him. on The Sirth Sunday after Trinity. THE GOSPEL. IT St. Luke v. I. Idhuo T came to pass, that as the people pressed upon him to hear the Word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesareth, and saw two ships standing by the lake; but the fishermen gone out of them, and were washing their nets. And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little o d THE COLLECT. from the land: and he sat GOD, who has pre the peopared for them that ple out of the ship. Now love thee such good things 153 Sixth Sunday after Trinity. as pass man's understand- unto God through Jesus ing; Pour into our hearts Christ our Lord. ani such love toward thee, that we, loving thee above all THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. v. 20. things, may obtain thy pro- JESUS said unto his mises, which exceed all that we can desire; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the Kingdom of heaven. Ye have heard that it was them Thou shalt not kill: and whosoever shall kill, shall be in danger of the judgment. But I say unto you, that whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell- fire. Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way, first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing. 154 vant THE EPISTLE. boeolini Rom. vi. 3. alth many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death; that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him; knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he died unto sin once; but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive Eighth Sunday after Trinity. The Seventh Sunday after| Jesus called his disciples Trinity. 06 THE COLLECT. unto him, and saith unto them, I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have noI send thing to eat and L them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way; for divers of them came from far. And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man these men with satisfy ORD of all power and might, who art the author and giver of all good things; Graft in our hearts the love of thy Name, increase in us true religion, nourish us with all goodness, and of thy great mercy keep us in the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. bread here in the wilderness? And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven. And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground. And he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people. And they had a few small fishes; and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them. So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets. And they that had eaten were about four thousand. And he sent them away. o I THE EPISTLE. Rom. vi. 19. SPEAK after the manner of men, because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness, and to iniquity, unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness, unto holiness. For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, The Eighth Sunday after and the end everlasting life. Trinity. For the wages of sin is oe ny death: but the gift of Gods THE COLLECT. is eternal life, through Jesus O GOD, whose never- failour ing THE GOSPEL. St. Mark viii. 1. N those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, IN eth all things both in heaven and earth; We humbly beseech thee to put away from us all hurtful things, and to give us those things 155 Ninth Sunday after Trinity. which be profitable for us;| fruit is hewn down, and through Jesus Christ our cast into the fire. WhereLord. Amen. fore by their fruits ye shall know them. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, THE EPISTLE. Rom. viii. 12. enter into the Kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. The Minth Sunday after Trinity. ors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die; but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. For as many as are led the R they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and THE EPISTLE. I Cor. x. I. joint- heirs with Christ: if BRETHREN, I would not so be that we him, that we may be also glorified together. that ye be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; and were all baptized unto Moses in the and in the sea; and did all eat the same spiritual meat, and did all drink the same spiritual drink:( for they drank of that spiritual Rock. that followed them; and that Rock was Christ.) But with many of them God was not well pleased; for they were overthrown in the wilderness. Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. Neither be ye 156 sd THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. vii. 15. THE COLLECT. RANT to us, Lord, we beseech thee, the spirit to think and do always such things as be rightful; that we, who cannot do any thing that is good without thee, may by thee be enabled to live according to thy will; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits: do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit; neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good Tenth Sunday after Trinity. idolaters, as were some of said within himself, What them; as it is written, The shall I do? for my lord people sat down to eat and taketh away from me the drink, and rose up to play. stewardship: I cannot dig, Neither let us commit for- to beg I am ashamed. nication, as some of them am resolved what to do, committed, and fell in one that, when I am put out of day three and twenty thou- the stewardship, they may sand. Neither let us tempt receive me into their houses. Christ, as some of them So he called every one of also tempted, and were de- his lord's debtors unto him, stroyed of serpents. Nei- and said unto the first, How ther murmur ye, as some much owest thou unto my of them also murmured, lord? And he said; An hunand were destroyed of the dred measures of oil. And destroyer. Now all these he said unto him, Take thy things happened unto them bill, and sit down quickly, for ensamples: and they are and write fifty. Then said written for our admonition, he to another, And how upon whom the ends of the much owest thou? And he world are come. Wherefore said, An hundred measures let him that thinketh he of wheat. And he said unstandeth take heed lest he to him, Take thy bill, and fall. There hath no temptation taken you, but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. write fourscore. And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations. The Tenth Sunday after Trinity. JES THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xvi. I. ESUS said unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? Give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward. Then the steward THE COLLECT. LET ET thy merciful ears, O Lord, be open to the prayers of thy humble servants; and that they may obtain their petitions make them to ask such things as 157 Eleventh Sunday shall please thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. I Cor. xii. I. ONCERNING spiritual C not have you ignorant. Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed; and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God, who worketh all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; to another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues. But all these worketh that one and the self- same Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. after Trinity. THE GOSPEL. ciobi St. Luke xix. 41. near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, saying, If thou hadst known, even the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thineeyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, and shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought, saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves. And he taught daily in the temple. The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. OGOD, who declarest thy almighty power most chiefly in shewing mercy and pity; Mercifully grant unto us such a measure of thy grace, that we, running the way of thy commandments, may obtain thy gracious promises, and be made partakers of thy heavenly treasure; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 158 Twelfth Sunday after Trinity.T THE EPISTLE. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xviii. 9. I Cor. xv. I. BRETHREN, I declare JESUS spake this parable unto unto you the which trustwhich I preached unto you, ed in themselves that they which also ye have receiv- were righteous, and despised, and wherein ye stand: ed others: Two men went by which also ye are saved, up into the temple to pray; if ye keep in memory what the one a Pharisee, and the I preached unto you, unless other a Publican. The Phariye have believed in vain. see stood and prayed thus For I delivered unto you with himself, God, I thank first of all, that which I also thee, that I am not as other received, how that Christ men are, extortioners, undied for our sins, according just, adulterers, or even as to the Scriptures; and that this Publican: I fast twice he was buried; and that he in the week, I give tithes of rose again the third day, ac- all that I possess. And the cording to the Scriptures; Publican, standing afar off, and that he was seen of would not lift up so much Cephas, then of the twelve: as his eyes unto heaven, after that, he was seen of a- but smote upon his breast, bove five hundred brethren saying, God be merciful to at once; of whom the great- me a sinner. I tell you, this er part remain unto this present; but some are fallen asleep: after that, he was seen of James; then of all the Apostles: and last of all, he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. For I am the least of the Apostles, that am not meet to be called an Apostle, man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, art always more ready to hear than we to pray, and art wont to give more than either we desire, or deserve; Pour down upon us the abundance of thy mercy; forgiving us those things whereof our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good things which we are not worthy to ask, but through the merits because I persecuted the grace of God I am what I am and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all; yet not I, but the grace of God which I was with me. Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed. astis y 159 Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity. and mediation of Jesus| spit, and touched his tongue; Christ, thy Son, our Lord. and looking up to heaven, Amen. he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. And straightway THE EPISTLE. 2 Cor. iii. 4. his and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it; and were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well; he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak. The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. through Christ to Godward: not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God. Who also hath made us able ministers of the New Testament; not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life. But if the ministration of death written and engraven in stones was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his counte- ALMIGHTY and merciful be nance, which glory was done away; how shall not the ministration of the Spirit be rather glorious? For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. God, of only gift it cometh that thy faithful people do unto thee true and laudable service; Grant, we beseech thee, that we may so faithfully serve thee in this life, that we fail not finally to attain thy heaven. ly promises; through the merits of Jesus Christ our THE GOSPEL. St. Mark vii. 31. Lord. Amen. from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, THE EPISTLE. Gal. iii. 16. came into the sea of Galilee, To Abraham and his seed through midst of the were promises made. coasts of Decapolis. And He saith not, And to seeds, they bring unto him one as of many; but as of one; that was deaf, and had an And to thy seed, which is impediment in his speech; Christ. And this I say, That and they beseech him to put the covenant that was conhis hand upon him. And firmed before of God in he took him aside from the Christ, the Law, which was multitude, and put his fin- four hundred and thirty gers into his ears, and he years after, cannot dis1 160 THE GOOD SHEPHERD J. Kehrens Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity. annul, that it should make| heart, and with all thy soul, the promise of none effect. and with all thy strength, For if the inheritance be of and with all thy mind; and the Law, it is no more of thy neighbour as thyself. promise; but God gave it And he said unto him, Thou to Abraham by promise. hast answered right; this Wherefore then serveth the do, and thou shalt live. But Law? It was added because he, willing to justify himself, of transgressions, till the said unto Jesus, And who seed should come, to whom is my neighbour? And Jethe promise was made; and sus answering said, A cerit was ordained by angels tain man went down from in the hand of a mediator. Jerusalem to Jericho, and Now a mediator is not a fell among thieves, which mediator of one; but God is stripped him of his raiment, one. Is the Law then against and wounded him, and dethe promises of God? God parted, leaving him half forbid: for if there had been dead. And by chance there a law given which could came down a certain Priest have given life, verily righ- that way, and, when he saw teousness should have been him, he passed by on the by the Law. But the Scrip- other side. And likewise a ture hath concluded all un- Levite, when he was at the der sin, that the promise by place, came and looked on faith of Jesus Christ might him, and passed by on the be given to them that believe. other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was; and, THE GOSPEL. St. Luke x. 23. compassion on him, and went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And on the morrow, when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee. Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves? And he said, He F which see the things that ye see. For I tell you, That many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. And behold, a certain Lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said unto him, What is written in the Law? how readest thou? And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy 161 Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity. that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise. The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. LMIGHTY and everlastGod, unto us the increase of faith, hope, and charity; and, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise, make us to love that which thou dost command; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. bahis THE EPISTLE. Gal. v. 16. temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh, with the affections and lusts. saimon derd of THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xvii. 11. AND it came to pass, as Jesus went Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria, and Galilee. And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off. And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. And I in he he said Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary the one to the other; so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. But if ye be led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these, adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, That they who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of unto them, Go, shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, and fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks; and he was a Samaritan. And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger. And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way, thy faith hath made thee whole. The Fifteenth Sunday M after Trinity. God. But the fruit of the KEEP, we beseech thee, THE COLLECT. olmu Spirit is love, joy, peace, Lord, thy Church with long- suffering, gentleness, thy perpetual mercy: and, goodness, faith, meekness, because the frailty of man 162 Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity. THE EPISTLE. Gal. vi. 11. without thee cannot but fall, the other; or else he will keep us ever by thy help hold to the one, and despise from all things hurtful, the other. Ye cannot serve and lead us to all things God and Mammon. Thereprofitable to our salvation; fore I say unto you, Take through Jesus Christ our no thought for your life, Lord. Amen. mid on what ye shall eat, or what dog ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on: Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air; for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin: and yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and to- morrow is cast into the oven; shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or what shall we drink? or wherewithal shall we be clothed?( for after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and will hate the one, and love all these things shall be 163 YE E see how large a letter But I have written unto you with mine own hand. As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. From henceforth let no man trouble me; for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus. Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. vi. 24. No man can serve two masters: for either he Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity. added unto you. Take there- all the fulness of God. Now fore no thought for the morrow; for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself: sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. on The Sirteenth Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. O LORD, we beseech pity cleanse and defend thy thee, let thy continual cannot continue in safety without thy succour, preserve it evermore by thy help and goodness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, unto him be glory in the Church by Christ Jesus, throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke vii. II. AND it came to pass the after, went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people. Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and much people of the city was with her. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. And he came and touched the bier, ( and they that bare him stood still,) and he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak and he delivered him to his mother. And there came a fear on all, and they glorified God, saying, That a great Prophet is risen up among us, and that God hath visited his people. And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judæa, and through. out all the region round aTHE EPISTLE. Ephes. iii. 13. I DESIRE that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with bout. 164 Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity. And he The Seventeenth Sunday held their peace. after Trinity. took him, and healed him, and let him go; and answered them, saying, Which THE COLLECT. we thee that of you an thy grace may always prevent and follow us, an make us continually to be given to all good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Ephes. iv. 1. I soner of the Lord beseech you, that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with long- suffering, forbearing one another in love; endeavouring to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xiv. I. IT came to pass, as Jesus went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbathday, that they watched him. And behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy. And Jesus an ox, fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbathday? And they could not answer him again to these things. And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the them, When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him; and he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room. But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that, when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee. For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity. it THE COLLECT. LO ORD, we beseech thee, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptathe sabbath- day? And they tions of the world, the flesh, the Lawyersand Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on 165 Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity. and the devil, and with pure hang all the Law and the hearts and minds to follow thee the only God; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THE THE EPISTLE. I Cor. i. 4. I mi THANK my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; that in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you; so that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. xxii. 34. WHEN the Pharisees had heard that Jesus had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. Then one of them, who was a Lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, Master, which is the great commandment in the Law? Prophets. While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David. He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy foot- stool? If David then call him Lord, how is he his Son? And no man was able to answer him a word; neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions. The Mineteenth Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. bod O GOD, forasmuch as without thee we are not able to please thee; Mercifully grant, that thy Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Ephes. iv. 17. Jesus said unto him, Thou THIS I say therefore, and testify in that shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind; having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of 166. Twentieth Sunday after Trinity. their heart: who, being past be ye kind one to another, feeling, have given them- tender- hearted, forgiving selves over unto lascivious- one another, even as God ness, to work all unclean- for Christ's sake hath forness with greediness. But given you, thooos ye have not so learned Christ; if so be that ye have heard him, and have been THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. ix. I. taught by him, as the truth JESUS entered into a ship, ness. ye put off, concerning the former conversation, the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; and be renewed in the spirit of your mind; and that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiWherefore, putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another. Be ye angry and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: neither give place to the devil. Let him that stole steal no more; but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anand over, and came into his own city. And behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, be of good cheer, thy sins be forgiven thee. And behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth. And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts? or whether is easier to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee? or to say, Arise, and walk? But that ye may know that the Son of Man hath power on earth to forgive sins, ( then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house. And he arose, and departed to his house. But when the multitude saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, who had given such power unto men. The Twentieth Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. ger, and clamour, and evil- ALMIGHTY and most speaking, be put away from merciful God, of thy you, with all malice. And bountiful goodness keep us, 167 Twentieth Sunday after Trinity. we beseech thee, from all I have prepared my dinthings that may hurt us; ner; my oxen and my fatthat we, being ready both in body and soul, may cheerfully accomplish those things that thou wouldest have done through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. lings are killed, and all things are ready; come unto the marriage. But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise: and the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth; and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burnt up their city. Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they who were bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore into the high- ways, and as many as ye shall find bid to the marriage. So those servants went out into the high- ways, and gathered together all, as many as they found, both bad and good; and the wedding was furnished with guests. And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding- garment. And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest JESUS said, The Kingdom thou in hither, not having a a of heaven certain king, who made a marriage for his son; and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding; and they would not come. Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, THE EPISTLE. SEE Ephes. v. 15. s EE then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs; singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father, in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ; submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. on THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. xxii. I. he was speechless. Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called, but few are chosen. 168 Twenty- first Sunday after Trinity. The Twenty- first Sunday and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance, and supplication for all saints; after Trinity. THE COLLECT. GRANT, we beseech thee, and for me, that utterance may merciful Lord, faithful people pardon and peace, that they may be cleansed from all their sins, and serve thee with a quiet mind; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the Gospel, for which I am an ambassador in bonds; that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak. THE EPISTLE. Ephes. vi. 10. MY brethren, be strong THE GOSPEL. St. John iv. 46. THE in in the HERE was a certain power of his might. Put on nobleman, whose son the whole armour of God, was sick at Capernaum. that ye may be able to stand When he heard that Jesus against the wiles of the was come out of Judæa indevil. For we wrestle not to Galilee, he went unto him, against flesh and blood, and besought him that he but against principalities, would come down and heal against powers, against the his son; for he was at the rulers of the darkness of point of death. Then said this world, against spiritual Jesus unto him, Except ye wickedness in high places. see signs and wonders, ye Wherefore take unto you will not believe. The nothe whole armour of God, bleman saith unto him, Sir, that ye may be able to with- come down ere my child stand in the evil day, and, die. Jesus saith unto him, having done all, to stand. Go thy way, thy son liveth. Stand therefore, having And the man believed the your loins girt about with word that Jesus had spoken truth; and having on the unto him, and he went his breast- plate of righteous- way. And, as he was now ness; and your feet shod going down, his servants with the preparation of the met him, and told him, sayGospel of peace; above all, ing, Thy son liveth. Then taking the shield of faith, enquired he of them the wherewith ye shall be able hour when he began to ato quench all the fiery darts mend and they said unto of the wicked; and take the him, Yesterday at the sehelmet of salvation, and the venth hour the fever left sword of the Spirit, which him. So the father knew is the Word of God: pray- that it was at the same ing always with all prayer hour, in the which Jesus 169 Twenty- second Sunday after Trinity. said unto him, Thy son liv- all in the bowels of Jesus eth; and himself believed, Christ. And this I pray, and his whole house. This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judæa into Galilee. The Twenty- second Sunob day after Trinity. THE COLLECT. devoutly given to serve thee in good works, to the glory of thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. to keep thy household the Church in continual of God. godliness; that through thy protection it may be free from all adversities, and no THE EPISTLE. Phil. i. 3. that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge, and in all judgment: that ye may approve things that are excellent, that ye may be sincere, and without offence, till the day of Christ being filled with the fruits of righteousness, id are Christ, unto the glory and praise THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. xviii. 21. PETER said unto Jesus, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, until seven times; but until seventy times seven. I on every remembrance of heaven likened unto a of you,( always in every certain king, which would prayer of mine for you all take account of his sermaking request with joy,) vants. And when he had for your fellowship in the begun to reckon, one was Gospel from the first day brought unto him, which until now; being confident owed him ten thousand taof this very thing, that he lents. But forasmuch as he who hath begun a good had not to pay, his lord work in you will perform commanded him to be sold, it until the day of Jesus and his wife and children, Christ; even as it is meet and all that he had, and for me to think this of you payment to be made. The all, because I have you in servant therefore fell down my heart, inasmuch as both and worshipped him, sayin my bonds, and in the de- ing, Lord, have patience fence and confirmation of with me, and I will pay the Gospel, ye all are par- thee all. Then the lord of takers of my grace. For that servant was moved God is my record, how with compassion, and loosgreatly I long after you ed him, and forgave him 170 Twenty- third Sunday after Trinity. the debt. But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellow- servants, which owed him an hundred pence; and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. And his fellow- servant fell down at his feet, and be- d sought him, saying, Have BR me, ready, we beseech thee, to hear the devout prayers of thy Church; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we may obtain effectually; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Phil. iii. 17. RETHREN, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.( For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ; whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ; who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. will pay thee all. And he would not; but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt. So when his fellow- servants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done. Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me: shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow- servant, even as I had pity on thee? And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. xxii. 15. not every one his brother THEN went the Pharisees their The Twenty- third Sunday after Trinity. and counsel how they might entangle him in his talk. And they sent out unto him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: THE COLLECT. GOD, our refuge and strength, who art the author of all godliness; Be O 171 Twenty- fourth Sunday after Trinity. for thou regardest not the Jesus, and of the love which person of men. Tell us ye have to all the saints; therefore, what thinkest for the hope which is laid thou? Is it lawful to give up for you in heaven, wheretribute unto Cæsar, or not? of ye heard before in the But Jesus perceived their word of the truth of the wickedness, and said, Why Gospel; which is come untempt ye me, ye hypo- to you, as it is in all the crites? shew me the tribute- world, and bringeth forth money. And they brought fruit, as it doth also in you, unto him a penny. And he since the day ye heard of it, saith unto them, Whose is and knew the grace of God this image and superscrip- in truth. As ye also learntion? They say unto him, ed of Epaphras, our dear Cæsar's. Then saith he unto fellow- servant, who is for them, Render therefore unto you a faithful minister of Cæsar the things which are Christ; who also declared Cæsar's; and unto God the unto us your love in the things that are God's. When Spirit. For this cause we they had heard these words, also, since the day we heard they marvelled, and left it, do not cease to pray for him, and went their way. you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding that ye might walkworthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and long- suffering with joyfulness; giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light. The Twenty- fourth Sunusy day after Trinity. THE COLLECT. O LORD, we beseech thee, absolve thy people from their offences; that through thy bountiful goodness we may all be delivered from the bands of those sins, which by our frailty we have committed: Grant this, O heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ's sake, our blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen. THE EPISTLE. Col. i. 3, E give thanks to God W things unto John's disHILE these WE and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. ix. 18. ciples, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daugh172 Twenty- fifth Sunday after Trinity. ter is even now dead; but comeand lay thy hand upon FOR THE EPISTLE. Jer. xxiii. 5. her, and she shall live. And BEHOLD, the days come, Jesus saith the : arose, and him, and so did his disciples.( And behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment; for she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole. But Jesus turned him about, and, when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort, thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.) And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, he said unto them, Give place; for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn. But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the that will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign, and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely and this is his Name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. Therefore behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that they shall no more say, The Lord liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; but, the Lord liveth, which brought up, and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north- country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land. maid arose. And the fame Whis eyes, and saw a THE GOSPEL. St. John vi. 5. Jesus lift up hereof went abroad into all that land. The Twenty- fifth Sunday after Trinity. THE COLLECT. STIR TIR up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may of thee be plenteously rewarded; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat?( And this he said to prove him; for he himself knew what he would do.) Philip answered him, Two hundred penny- worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little. One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him, There is a lad here, which hath 173 vilal Saint Andrew's Day. five barley- loaves, and two!! small fishes; but what are they among so many? And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there wash grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. And Jesus took the loaves, and, when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down, and likewise of the fishes, as much as they would. When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the THE EPISTLE. Rom. x. 9. on F fragments of the five bar. I thou shalt confess with ley- loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten. Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that Prophet that should come into the world. thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the Scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on him, in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in him, of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear with174 If there be any more Sundays before Advent- Sunday, the Service of some of those Sundays that were omitted after the Epiphany shall be taken in to supply so many as are here wanting. And if there be fewer, the overplus may be omitted: Provided that this last Collect, Epistle, and Gospel shall always be used upon the Sunday next before Advent. Saint Andrew's Day. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY God, who ALM didst give such grace unto thy holy Apostle Saint Andrew, that he readily obeyed the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ, and followed him without delay; Grant unto us all, that we, being called by thy holy Word, may forthwith give up ourselves obediently to fulfil thy holy commandments; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Saint Thomas the Apostle: out a preacher? And how and followed him. And goshall they preach, except ing on from thence he saw they be sent? As it is writ- other two brethren, James ten, How beautiful are the the son of Zebedee, and John feet of them that preach the his brother, in a ship with Gospel of peace, and bring Zebedee their father, mendglad tidings of good things! ing their nets; and he callBut they have not all obey- ed them. And they immeed the Gospel. For Esaias diately left the ship and saith, Lord, who hath be- their father, and followed lieved our report? So then him. faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound the ALM earth, and their words unto the ends of the world. But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you. But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me. But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people. THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. iv. 18. Saint Thomas the Apostle. THE COLLECT. LMIGHTY and everliving God, who for the more confirmation of the faith didst suffer thy holy Apostle Thomas to be doubtful in thy Son's resurrection; Grant us so perfectly, and without all doubt, to believe in thy Son Jesus Christ, that our faith in thy sight may never be reproved. Hear us, O Lord, through the same Jesus Christ, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, now and for evermore. Amen. sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, ( for they were fishers;) and he saith unto them, Follow me; and I will make you fishers of men. And they straightway left their nets, THE EPISTLE. Ephes. ii. 19. OW therefore ye are no more strangers and No the but zens with the saints, and of the household of God; and are built upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner- stone; in whom all the building, fitly framed together, groweth unto an holy temple in 175 Conversion of Saint Paul. the Lord; in whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God, through the Spirit. THE GOSPEL. St. John xx. 24. Twelve, called Didymus, HOMAS, one of the believing ye might have life through his Name. The Conversion of Saint Paul. THE COLLECT. ed Apreaching of the ele se siente O GOD, who, through the blesswas not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe. And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them then came Jesus, the FOR THE EPISTLE.0 Acts ix. 1. and stood in the midst, and AND Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and said, Peace be unto you. slaughter against the disThen saith he to Thomas, ciples of the Lord, went Reach hither thy finger, and unto the high priest, and debehold my hands; and reach sired of him letters to Dahither thy hand, and thrust mascus to the synagogues, it into my side; and be not that, if he found any of this faithless, but believing. And way, whether they were Thomas answered and said men or women, he might unto him, My Lord, and my bring them bound unto JeGod. Jesus saith unto him, rusalem. And, as he jourThomas, because thou hast neyed, he came near Daseen me, thou hast believed; mascus, and suddenly there blessed are they that have shined round about him a not seen, and yet have be- light from heaven. And he lieved. And many other fell to the earth, and heard signs truly did Jesus in the a voice saying unto him, presence of his disciples, Saul, Saul, why persecutest which are not written in thou me? And he said, this book. But these are Who art thou, Lord? And written, that ye might be- the Lord said, I am Jesus lieve that Jesus is the Christ, whom thou persecutest: it the Son of God; and that is hard for thee to kick a176 caused the light of the Gospel to shine throughout the world; Grant, we beseech thee, that we, having his wonderful conversion in remembrance, may shew forth our thankfulness unto thee for the same, by following the holy doctrine which he taught; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.noy al Conversion of Saint Paul. gainst the pricks. And he, unto me, to bear my Name trembling and astonished, before the Gentiles, and said, Lord, what wilt thou kings, and the children of have me to do? And the Israel: for I will shew him Lord said unto him, Arise, how great things he must and go into the city, and it suffer for my Name's sake. shall be told thee what thou And Ananias went his way, must do. And the men and entered into the house; and, putting his hands on him, said, Brother Saul, the Lord,( even Jesus that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest,) hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales; and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized. And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul'certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus. And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God. But all that heard him were amazed, and said, Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this Name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests? But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ. which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man. And Saul arose from the earth, and when his eyes were opened he saw no man; but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus. And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink. And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias, and to him said the Lord in a vision, Anania And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for behold, he prayeth, and hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias, coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight. Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem; and here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. xix. 27. on thy Name. But the Lord PETER answered and said unto him, Go way; said unto Jesus, Behold, for he is a chosen vessel we have forsaken all, and 177 Purification of the Virgin Mary. followed thee; what shall to his temple; even the we have therefore? And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, lands, for my Name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life. But many that are first shall be last, and the last shall be first. The Presentation of Christ in the Temple, commonly called, or messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in; behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap. And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. Then shall the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years. And I will come near to you to judgment, and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against falseswearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in The Purification of Saint Dary the Virgin. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY and everlivbeseech thy Majesty, that, as thy only- begotten Son was this day presented in the temple in substance of our flesh, so we may be presented unto thee with pure THE GOSPEL. St. Luke ii. 22. and clean hearts, by the AND when the days of her same thy our Lord. Amen. the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts. FOR THE EPISTLE. Mal. iii. 1. to the Law of Moses, were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;( as it is I will in the Law of the messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;) and to offer a sacrifice, according 178 VISM Big Saint Matthias's Day.stons A to that which is said in the tribe of Aser; she was of Law of the Lord, A pair of turtle- doves, or two young pigeons. And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him. And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. And he came by the Spirit into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the Law, then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: for mine eyes have seen thy salvation, which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; a light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him. And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;( yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also;) that the thoughts of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity: and she was a widow of about fourscore and four years; which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem. And when they had performed all things according to the Law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee to their own city Nazareth. And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon him. Saint Matthias's Day. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY God, who into the place of the traitor Judas didst choose thy faithful servant Matthias to be of the number of the twelve Apostles; Grant that thy Church, being alway preserved from false Apostles, may be ordered and guided by faithful and true pastors; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. FOR THE EPISTLE. Acts i. 15. many hearts may be re- IN those days Peter stood vealed. And there was one Anna a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the up in of the disciples, and said,( the number of the names to179 Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. gether were about an hundred and twenty,) Men and brethren, this Scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus for he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry. Now this take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place. And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven Apostles. man purchased a field with the THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. xi. 25. AT that time Jesus anfalling headlong he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out. And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem, insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood. For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein; and, His bishoprick let another take. Wherefore, of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection. And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias. And they said, Ithank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in thy sight. All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. THE COLLECT. prayed, and said, Thou, WE beseech thee, O Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen; that he may pour grace into our hearts; that, as we have known the incarnation of thy Son Jesus Christ by the 180 Saint Mark's Day. message of an angel, so by his cross and passion we saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation And the may be brought unto the this should be. glory of his resurrection; angel said unto her, Fear through the same Jesus Christ out Lord. Amen. not, Mary; for thou hast found favour with God. And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a Son, and shalt FOR THE EPISTLE. Isaiah vii. 10. spake again unto Ahaz, saying, Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord. And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also? Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a Virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke i. 26. ND in the sixth month AND the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a Virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the Virgin's name was Mary. And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women. And when she saw call his name shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David. And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. And behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren: for with God nothing shall be impossible. And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her. Saint Dark's Day. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY God, who hast instructed thy him she was troubled at his holy Church with the hea181 Saint Mark's Day venly doctrine of thy Evan- in wait to deceive; but gelist Saint Mark; Give us grace, that, being not like children carried away with every blast of vain doctrine, we may be established in the truth of thy holy Gospel; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. and to speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: from whom the whole body fitly joined together, and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body, unTHE EPISTLE. Ephes. iv. 7. UNTO every one of us is to the edifying of itself in love. THE GOSPEL. St. John Xv. 1. I AM the true vine, and grace, according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto my Father is the husmen.( Now that he ascend- bandman. Every branch in ed, what is it but that he me that beareth not fruit also descended first into the he taketh away; and every lower parts of the earth? branch that beareth fruit, He that descended is the he purgeth it, that it may same also that ascended up bring forth more fruit. Now far above all heavens, that ye are clean through the he might fill all things.) word which I have spoken And he gave some Apostles, unto you. Abide in me, and and some Prophets, and I in you. As the branch cansome Evangelists, and some not bear fruit of itself, exPastors and Teachers; for cept it abide in the vine; no the perfecting of the saints, more can ye, except ye afor the work of the minis- bide in me. I am the vine, try, for the edifying of the ye are the branches. He that body of Christ; till we all abideth in me, and I in him, come in the unity of the the same bringeth forth faith, and of the knowledge much fruit; for without me of the Son of God, unto a ye can do nothing. If a man perfect man, unto the mea- abide not in me, he is cast sure of the stature of the forth as a branch, and is fulness of Christ; that we withered; and men gather henceforth be no more chil- them, and cast them into the dren, tossed to and fro, and fire, and they are burned. carried about with every If ye abide in me, and my wind of doctrine, by the words abide in you, ye shall sleight of men, and cunning ask what ye will, and it shall craftiness, whereby they lie be done unto you. Herein 182 Saint Philip and Saint James's Day. is my Father glorified, that ye may be perfect and enye bear much fruit; so shall tire, wanting nothing. If ye be my disciples. As the any of you lack wisdom, let Father hath loved me, so him ask of God, that giveth have I loved you: continue to all men liberally, and upye in my love. If ye keep my braideth not, and it shall be commandments, ye shall a- given him. But let him ask bide in my love; even as I in faith, nothing wavering; have kept my Father's com- for he that wavereth is like mandments, and abide in a wave of the sea, driven his love. These things have with the wind, and tossed. I spoken unto you, that my For let not that man think joy might remain in you, that he shall receive any and that your joy might be thing of the Lord. A doublefull. minded man is unstable in all his ways. Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted; but the rich in that he is made low; because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. Saint Philip and Saint James's Day. THE COLLECT. O ALMIGHTY God, whom truly to know is everlasting life; Grant us perfectly to know thy Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life; that, following the steps of thy holy Apostles, Saint Philip and Saint James, we may stedfastly walk in the way that leadeth to eternal life; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. St. James i. 1. JAMES, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that THE GOSPEL. St. John xiv. 1. AND Jesus said unto his Let not your heart be troubled; ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you and if I go and prepare a place for you, 183 Saint Barnabas the Apostle. I will come again, and receive you unto myself, that where I am, there ye may I will do it. be also. And whither I go ye know, and the way yeu Saint Barnabas the know. mm Apostle. Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not rified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my Name, whither thou goest, and how THE COLLECT. sus am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father but by me. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and can we know the way? Je- LORD God Almighty, who endue holy Apostle Barnabas with singular gifts of the Holy Ghost; Leave us not, we beseech thee, destitute of thy manifold gifts, nor yet of grace to use them alway to thy honour and glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. FOR THE EPISTLE. Acts xi. 22. yet hast thou not known TIDINGS of these things me, Philip? He came ears the Church which was in Jerusalem; and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch. Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad; and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord. For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost, and of faith and much people was added unto the Lord. Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul. And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the Church, and taught much people and the disciseen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself; but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. Believe me, that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very works' sake. Verily, verily I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my Name, that will I do, that the Father may be glo184 Saint John Baptist's Day. ples were called Christians first in Antioch. And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit, that there should be great dearth throughout all the world; which came to pass in the days of Claudius Cæsar. Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judæa. Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul. THE GOSPEL. St. John xv. 12. Saint John Baptist's Day. ment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my Name, he may give it you. THE COLLECT. LMIGHTY God, by servant John Baptist was wonderfully born, and sent to prepare the way of thy Son our Saviour, by preaching of repentance; Make us so to follow his doctrine and holy life, that we may truly repent according to his preaching; and after his example constantly speak the truth, boldly rebuke vice, and patiently suffer for the truth's sake; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. FOR THE EPISTLE. Isaiah xli. I. Co OMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, That her warfare is accomplished; that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a high- way for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together for the 185 Saint John Baptist's Day. mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand for ever. O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain: O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid: say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God. Behold, the Lord God will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd; he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke i. 57cumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father. And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John. And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name. And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called. And he asked for a writing- table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all. And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God. And fear came on all that dwelt round about them; and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill- country of Judæa. And all they that had heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be? And the hand of the Lord was with him. And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel: for he hath visited and redeemed his people, and hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant time as he the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began; that we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; to perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; the oath 186 came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son. And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her. And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to cir Saint Peter's Day. Acts xii. I. which he sware to our fa-| FOR THE EPISTLE. ther Abraham, that he would grant unto us, that we, being delivered out of the hands of our enemies, might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life. And thou, Child, shalt be called the Prophet of the Highest for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; to give knowledge of salvation unto his people, by the remission of their sins, through the tender mercy of our God, whereby the day- spring from on high hath visited us; to give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit; and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel. Saint Peter's Day. THE COLLECT. by thy Son Jesus Christ didst give to thy Apostle Saint Peter many excellent gifts, and commandedst him earnestly to feed thy flock; Make, we beseech thee, all Bishops and Pastors diligently to preach thy holy Word, and the people obediently to follow the same, that they may receive the crown of everlasting glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ABO BOUT that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the Church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. And, because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also.( Then were the days of unleavened bread.) And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him, intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. Peter therefore was kept in prison; but prayer was made without ceasing of the Church unto God for him. And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains; and the keepers before the door kept the prison. And behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, a prison; and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals and so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me. And he went out and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the an187 Saint James gel; but thought he saw a vision. When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city, which opened to them of his own accord; and they went out, and passed on through one street, and forthwith the angel departed from him. And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I Saint James the Apostle. THE COLLECT. know of a surety, that the GRANT, O merciful God, Lord that as thine holy Apostle Saint James, leaving his father and all that he had, without delay was obedient unto the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ, and followed him; so we, forsaking all worldly and carnal afand hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews. THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. xvi. 13. the coasts of Cæsarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I, the Son of man, am? And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist, some Elias, and others Jeremias, or one of saith unthe Apostle. of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. to them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar- jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church; and the gates ready to follow thy holy commandments; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. FOR THE EPISTLE. Acts xi. 27, and part of Chap. xii. IN those days came proJerusalem unto Antioch. And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit, that there should be great dearth throughout all the world; which came to pass in the days of Claudius Cæsar. Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judæa. Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Bar188 Saint Bartholomew the Apostle. nabas and Saul. Now about| Ye know that the princes that time Herod the king of the Gentiles exercise dostretched forth his hands to vex certain of the Church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. And, because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. minion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; and whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and for many. Saint Bartholomew the Apostle. THE COLLECT. THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. xx. 20. bu HEN came to him the children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom. But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able. And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that and everlasting God, who didst give to thine Apostle Bartholomew grace truly to believe and to preach thy Word; Grant, we beseech thee, unto thy Church, to love that Word which he believed, and both to preach and receive the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. FOR THE EPISTLE. Acts v. 12. I am baptized with: but to BY the hands of the Apos were many signs on my hand, on my left, is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father. And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren. But Jesus called and wonders wrought among the people:( and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch: and of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them: and believers were the more them unto him, and said, added to the Lord, multi189 Saint Matthew the Apostle. tudes both of men and wo-| men:) insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and that at the least the shadow at Peter passing by might overshadow some of them. There came also a multitude out of the cities round aboutuntoJerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits; and they were healed every one. of THE GOSPEL. St. Luke xxii. 24. the greatest. And he said Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth. Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Saint Matthew the Apostle. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY God, who by thy blessed Son didst call Matthew from the receipt of custom to be an Apostle and Evangelist; Grant us grace to forsake all covetous desires, and inordinate love of riches, and to follow the same thy Son Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. AND there was also a strife THE EPISTLE. among them, which ofid 2 Cor. iv. I. them should be accounted THEREFORE seeing whee have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; but have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the Word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. But if our Gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: in whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. For God, who commanded 190 Saint Michael and all Angels. the light to shine out of gels alway do thee service darkness, hath shined in in heaven, so by thy apour hearts, to give the light pointment they may sucof the knowledge of the cour and defend us on glory of God, in the face of earth; through Jesus Christ Jesus Christ. our Lord. Amen. 1 D THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. ix. 9. ND as Jesus passed forth THERE was war in hea from thence, he a man named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many Publicans and sinners came, and sat down with him and his disciples, And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with Publicans and sinners? But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice; for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentand his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon fought and his angels; and prevailed not, neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the devil and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world; he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth, and of the sea: for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short ance. FOR THE EPISTLE.blids Rev. xii. 7. Saint Michael and all Angels. THE COLLECT. O EVERLASTING God, who hast ordained and constituted the services of Angels and men in a wonderful order; Mercifully grant, that as thy holy An- time. I9I Saint Luke the Evangelist. THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. xviii. I. AT disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven? And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the Kiny dom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the Kingdom of heaven. And whoso shall receive one such little child in my Name, receiveth me. But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven. Saint Luke the Evange= list. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY God, who calledst Luke the Physician, whose praise is in the Gospel, to be an Evangelist, and Physician of the soul; May it please thee, that, by the wholesome medicines of the doctrine delivered by him, all the diseases of our souls may be healed; through the merits of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. 2 Tim. iv. 5. all depth of the sea. We un: WATCH thou infic fences: for it must needs be tions, do the work of an Ethat offences come: but woe vangelist, make full proof of to that man by whom the thy ministry. For I am now offence cometh. Wherefore ready to be offered, and the if thy hand or thy foot of time of my departure is at fend thee, cut them off, and hand. I have fought a good cast them from thee: it is fight, I have finished my better for thee to enter into course, I have kept the faith. life halt or maimed, rather Henceforth there is laid up than having two hands or for me a crown of rightetwo feet to be cast into ever- ousness, which the Lord, lasting fire. And if thine the righteous Judge, shall eye offend thee, pluck it out, give me at that day and not and cast it from thee: it is to me only, but unto all better for thee to enter into them also that love his aplife with one eye, rather than pearing. Do thy diligence having two eyes to be cast to come shortly unto me: into hell- fire. Take heed for Demas hath forsaken. 1 192 THE GOOD SHEPHERD W C. T Dobson Copyright. Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Apostles. me, having loved this pre- to you again. And in the sent world, and is departed same house remain, eating unto Thessalonica; Cres- and drinking such things as cens to Galatia, Titus unto they give for the labourer Dalmatia. Only Luke is is worthy of his hire. with me. Take Mark and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry. And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus. The cloke that I left at Troas sa with thou comest, bring with thee; and the books, but especially the parchments. Alexander the copper- smith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works. Of whom be thou ware also, for he hath greatly withstood our words. THE GOSPEL. St. Luke x. I. THE Lord appointed other seventy also, and Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Apostles. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY God, who hast built thy Church upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the head corner- stone; Grant us so to be joined together in unity of spirit by their doctrine, that we may be made an holy temple acceptable unto thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 193 THE EPISTLE. St. Jude 1. sent them two and two be- JUDE, the servant of Jefore his face into every city sus Christ, brother and place whither he him- of James, to them that are self would come. Therefore sanctified by God the Fasaid he unto them, The har- ther, and preserved in Jesus vest truly is great, but the Christ, and called: Mercy labourers are few; pray ye unto you, and peace, and therefore the Lord of the love be multiplied. Beloved, harvest, that he would send when I gave all diligence to forth labourers into his har- write unto you of the comvest. Go your ways; be- mon salvation, it was needhold, I send you forth as ful for me to write unto you, lambs among wolves. Carry and exhort you, that ye neither purse, nor scrip, nor should earnestly contend shoes, and salute no man by for the fa which was once the way. And into whatso- delivered unto the saints. ever house ye enter, first For there are certain men say, Peace be to this house. crept in unawares, who And if the son of peace be were before of old ordainthere, your peace shall rest ed to this condemnation; upon it: if not, it shall turn ungodly men, turning the G All Saints' Day.mie nise grace of our God into lasci- persecuted me, they will viousness, and denying the also persecute you; if they only Lord God, and our have kept my saying, they Lord Jesus Christ. I will will keep your's also. But therefore put you in remem- all these things will they do brance, though ye once unto you for my Name's knew this, how that the sake, because they know Lord, having saved the peo- not him that sent me. If I ple out of the land of Egypt, had not come and spoken afterward destroyed them unto them, they had not that believed not. And the had sin: but now they have angels which kept not their no cloke for their sin. He first estate, but left their that hateth me hateth my own habitation, he hath re- Father also. If I had not served in everlasting chains done among them the works under darkness unto the which none other man did, judgment of the great day. they had not had sin; but Even as Sodom and Go- now have they both seen, morrha, and the cities about and hated both me and my them in like manner giving Father. But this cometh to themselves over to fornica- pass, that the word might tion, and going after strange be fulfilled that is written flesh, are set forth for an in their law, They hated example, suffering the ven- me without a cause. But geance of eternal fire. Like- when the Comforteris come, wise also these filthy dream- whom I will send unto you ers defile the flesh, despise from the Father, even the dominion, and speak evil of Spirit of truth, which prodignities. smel to ceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me. And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with HESE things I com- me from the beginning.del na THE GOSPEL. 9d M St. John XV. 17. THESE you, that ye comme All Saints' Day. basz O one another. If the world hate you, ye know that it d& THE COLLECT. T hated me before it hated ALMIGHTY God, who you. If ye were of the hast knit together thine world, the world would elect in one communion and love his own but because fellowship, in the mystical ye are not of the world, but body of thy Son Christ our Í have chosen you out of the Lord; Grant us grace so to world, therefore the world follow thy blessed Saints hateth you. Remember the in all virtuous and godly word that I said unto you, living, that we may come The servant is not greater to those unspeakable joys, than the lord: if they have which thou hast prepared 194 All Saints' Day. for them that unfeignedly Of the tribe of Zabulon love thee; through Jesus were sealed twelve thouChrist our Lord. Amen. sand. FOR THE EPISTLE. Rev. vii. 2. ΑΝ ND I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God; and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth, and the sea, saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. And I heard the number of them which were sealed; and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand, of all the tribes of the children of Israel. Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Symeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nephthali were sealed twelve thousand. THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. v. 1. Of the tribe of Manasses JESUS, seeing the multiwere sealed twelve thousand. tudes, went up into a mountain; and when he was set, his disciples came unto him. And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, Blessed are the poor in spirit: for their's is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek: for Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve housand. After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; and cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders, and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, saying, Amen; Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. 195 All Saints' Day. they shall inherit the earth. righteousness' sake: for Blessed are they which do their's is the kingdom of hunger and thirst after heaven. Blessed are ye, righteousness for they when men shall revile you, shall be filled. Blessed are and persecute you, and the merciful: for they shall shall say all manner of evil obtain mercy. Blessed are against you falsely for my the pure in heart: for they sake. Rejoice, and be exshall see God. Blessed are ceeding glad; for great is the peace- makers: for they your reward in heaven: for shall be called the children so persecuted they the proof God. Blessed are they phets which were before which are persecuted for you. 195 THE ORDER OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LORD'S SUPPER, OR HOLY COMMUNION. So many as intend to be partakers of the holy Communion shall signify their names to the Curate, at least some time the day before. And if any of those be an open and notorious evil liver, or have done any wrong to his neighbours by word or deed, so that the Congregation be thereby offended; the Curate, having knowledge thereof, shall call him and advertise him, that in any wise he presume not to come to the Lord's Table, until he have openly declared himself to have truly repented and amended his former naughty life, that the Congregation may thereby be satisfied, which before were offended; and that he have recompensed the parties, to whom he hath done wrong; or at least declare himself to be in full purpose so to do, as soon as he conveniently may. T The same order shall the Curate use with those betwixt whom he perceiveth malice and hatred to reign; not suffering them to be partakers of the Lord's Table, until he know them to be reconciled. And if one of the parties so at variance be content to forgive from the bottom of his heart all that the other hath trespassed against him, and to make amends for that he himself hath offended; and the other party will not be persuaded to a godly unity, but remain still in his froJorwardness and malice: the Minister in that case ought to admit the penitent person to the holy Communion, and not him that is obstinate. Provided that every Minister so repelling any, as is specified in this, or the next precedent Paragraph of this Rubrick, shall be obliged to give an account of the same to the Ordinary within fourteen days after at the farthest. And the Ordinary shall proceed against the offending person according to the Canon. The Table at the Communion- time having a fair white linen cloth upon it, shall stand in the Body of the Church, or in the Chancel, where Morning and Evening Prayer are appointed to be said. And the Priest standing at o the north side of the Table shall say the Lord's Prayer, with the Collect following, the people kneeling. bo 197 The Communion. OUR in heaven, Hallowed UR Father which art have none other gods but ATTEIKIMUA me. be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Minister. Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them: for I the THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY God, unto Lord thy God am a jealous whom all hearts be open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid; Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy Name; through Christ our Lord. Amen. God, and visit the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, and shew mercy unto thousands in them that love me, and keep my commandments. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Then shall the Priest, turning to the people, rehearse distinctly all the TEN COMMANDMENTS; and the people still kneeling shall, af ter every Commandment, ask God mercy for their transgression thereof for the time past, and grace to keep the sam for the time to come, as followeth. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Minister. Minister. Remember that GOD spake these words, thou keep holy the Sabbathand said; I am the Lord thy God: Thou shalt day. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou Minister. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless, that taketh his Name in vain. 198. The Communion. hast to do; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man- servant, and thy maid- servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it. People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Minister. Thou shalt not commit adultery bnA People. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Minister. Thou shalt not cy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Minister. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. People. Lord, have merPeople. Lord, have mercy upon us, and write all cy upon us, and incline our these thy laws in our hearts, hearts to keep this law. we beseech thee. steal. People. Lord, have merPeople. Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Minister. Honour thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. People. Lord, have mer- ALMIGHTY God, whose everlasting, cy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law. Minister, Thou shalt do no murder. Minister. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass nor any thing that is his. 199 Then shall follow one of these two Collects for the King, the Priest standing as before, and saying, Let us pray. and power infinite; Have mercy upon the whole Church and so rule the heart of thy chosen Servant GEORGE, our King and Governour, that he ( knowing whose minister he is) may above all things seek thy honour and glory. and that we, and all his subjects( duly considering whose authority he hath) may faithfully serve, ho nour, and humbly obev The Communion. him, in thee, and for thee, according to thy blessed Word and ordinance; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with thee and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth, ever one God, world without end. Amen. Then shall be said the Collect of the Day. And immediately after the Collect the Priest shall read the Epistle, saying, The Epistle[ or, The portion of Scripture appointed for the Epistle] is written in the Or, ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, we are taught by thy holy Word, that the hearts of Kings are in thy rule and governance, and I BELIEVE in one God that thou dost dispose and turn them as it seemeth best to thy godly wisdom: We humbly beseech thee so to dispose and govern the heart of GEORGE thy Servant, our King and Governour, that, in all his thoughts, words, and works, he may ever seek thy honour and glory, and study to preserve thy people committed to his charge, in wealth, peace, and godliness: Grant this, O merciful Father, for thy dear Son's sake, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Chapter of- ning at the And the Epistle ended, he shall say, Here endeth the Epistle. Then shall he read the Gospel( the people all standing up) saying, The holy Gospel is written in the Chapter of beginning at the- Verse. And the Gospel ended, shall be sung or said the Creed following, the people still standing, as before. beginVerse. 200 the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, And of all things visible and invisible: And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only- begotten Son of God, Begotten of his Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very God of very God, Begotten, not made, Being of one substance with the Fa. ther, By whom all things were made: Who for us men, and for our salvation came down from heaven, Holy Ghost of the Virgin And was incarnate by the Mary, And was made man, And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried, And the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures, And ascended into heaven, And sitteth on The Communion. the right hand of the Fa- Then shall follow the Sermon, or one of the Homilies already set forth, or hereafter to be set forth, by authority. ther. And he shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead: Whose kingdom shall have no end. And I believe in the Holy Ghost, The Lord and giver of life, Who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, Who spake by the Prophets. And I believe one Catholick and Apostolick Church. I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins. And I look for the Resurrection of the dead, And the life of the world to come. Amen. Then the Curate shall declare unto the people what Holy- days, or Fastingdays, are in the Week following to be observed. And then also( if occasion be) shall notice be given of the Communion; and Briefs, Citations, and Excommunications read. And nothing shall be proclaimed or published in the Church, during the time of Divine Service, but by the Minister: nor by him any thing, but what is prescribed in the Rules of this Book, or enjoined by the King, or by the Ordinary of the place. Then shall the Priest return to the Lord's Table, and begin the Offertory, saying one or more of these Sentences following, as he thinketh most convenient in his discretion. 201 ET your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. St. Matt. v. Lay not up for yourselves treasure upon the earth; where the rust and moth doth corrupt, and where steal: but lay up for yourthieves break through and selves treasures in heaven; where neither rust nor moth doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through Matt. vi. and steal. St. Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them; for this is the Law and the Prophets. St. Matt. vii. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the Kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. St. Matt. vii. The Communion. Zacchæus stood forth, the Word minister unto him and said unto the Lord, Be- that teacheth, in all good hold, Lord, the half of my things. Be not deceived, goods I give to the poor; God is not mocked: for and if I have done any whatsoever a man soweth Gal. vi. wrong to any man, I restore that shall he reap. four- fold. St. Luke xix. While we have time, let us do good unto all men; and specially unto them that are of the household of faith. Gal. vi. Who goeth a warfare at any time of his own cost? Who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? Or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? 1 Cor. ix. If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great matter if we shall reap your worldly things? 1 Cor. ix. Do ye not know, that they who minister about holy things live of the sacrifice; and they who wait at the altar are partakers with the altar? Even so hath the Lord also ordained, that they who preach the Gospel should live of the Gospel. 1 Cor. ix. He that soweth little shall reap little; and he that soweth plenteously shall reap plenteously. Let every man do according as he is disposed in his heart, not grudging, or of necessity; for God loveth a cheerful giver. 2 Cor. ix. Let him that is taught in Godliness is great riches, if a man be content with that he hath: for we brought nothing into the world, neither may we carry any thing out. 1 Tim. vi. sabotword Charge them who are rich in this world, that they be ready to give, and glad to distribute; laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may attain eternal life. 1 Tim. vi. God is not unrighteous, that he will forget your works, and labour that proceedeth of love; which love ye have shewed for his Name's sake, who have ministered unto the saints, and yet do minister. Heb. vi. To do good, and to distribute, forget not; for with such sacrifices God is pleased. Heb. xiii. Whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up 202 The Communion. his compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? 1 St. John iii. Give alms of thy goods, and never turn thy face from any poor man; and then the face of the Lord shall not be turned away from thee. Tobit iv. Be merciful after thy power. If thou hast much, give plenteously: if thou hast little, do thy diligence gladly to give of that little: for so gatherest thou thyself a good reward in the day of necessity. Tobit iv. He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord: and look, what he layeth out, it shall be paid him again. Prov. xix. Blessed be the man that provideth for the sick and needy: the Lord shall deliver him in the time of trouble. Psalm xli. TWhilst these Sentences are in reading, the Deacons, Church- wardens, or other fit person appointed for that purpose, shall receive the Alms for the Poor, and other devotions of the people, in a decent bason to be provided by the Parish for that purpose; and reverently bring it to the Priest, who shall humbly present and place it upon the holy Table. 203 T And when there is a Communion, the Priest shall then place upon the Table so much Bread and Wine, as he shall think sufficient. After which done, the Priest shall say, Let us pray for the whole state of Christ's Church militant here in earth. A¹ the words [ of accepting our alms and oblations] be left out unLMIGHTY and everliving God, who by thy holy Apostle hast taught us to make prayers, and supplications, and to give thanks, for all men; We humbly beseech thee most mercifully[* to * If there accept our be no alms alms and ob- or oblations, lations, shall and] then to receive these our prayers, which we offer unto thy Divine Majesty; be- said. seeching thee to inspire continually the universal Church with the spirit of truth, unity, and concord: And grant, that all they that do confess thy holy Name may agree in the truth of thy holy Word, and live in unity, and godly love. We beseech thee also to save and defend all Christian Kings, Princes, and Governours; and specially thy Servant GEORGE our The Communion. King; that under him we examples, that with them we may be partakers of thy heavenly kingdom: Grant this, O Father, for Jesus Christ's sake, our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen. may be godly and quietly governed: And grant unto his whole Council, and to all that are put in authority under him, that they may truly and indifferently minister justice, to the punishment of wickedness and vice, and to the maintenance of thy true religion, and virtue. Give grace, O heavenly Father, to all Bishops and Curates, that they may both by their life and doctrine set forth thy true and lively Word, and rightly and duly administer thy holy Sacraments: And to all thy people give thy heavenly grace; and specially to this congregation here present; that, with meek heart and due reverence, they may hear, and receive thy holy Word; truly serving thee in holiness and righteousness all the days of their life. And we most humbly beseech thee of thy goodness, O Lord, to comfort and succour all them, who in this transitory life are in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity. And we also bless thy holy Name for all thy servants departed this life in thy faith and fear; beseeching thee to give us grace so to follow their good When the Minister giveth warning for the celebration of the holy Communion,( which he shall always do upon the Sunday, or some Holy- day, immediately preceding,) after the Sermon or Homily ended, he shall read this Exhortation following. DEARLY beloved, on day next I purpose, through God's assistance, to administer to all such as shall be religiously and devoutly disposed the most comfortable Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ; to be by them received in remembrance of his meritorious Cross and Passion; whereby alone we obtain remission of oursins, and are made partakers of the Kingdom of heaven. Wherefore it is our duty to render most humble and hearty thanks to Almighty God our heavenly Father, for that he hath given his Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, not only to die for us, but also to be our spiri204 The Communion. tual food and sustenance| God, but also against your in that holy Sacrament. Which being so divine and comfortable a thing to them who receive it worthily, and so dangerous to them that will presume to receive it unworthily; my duty is to exhort you in the mean season to consider the dignity of that holy mystery, and the great peril of the unworthy receiving thereof; and so to search and examine your own consciences,( and that not lightly, and after the manner of dissemblers with God; but so) that ye may come holy and clean to such a heavenly Feast, in the marriage- garment required by God in holy Scripture, and be received as worthy partakers of that holy Table. W bustar neighbours; then ye shall reconcile yourselves unto them; being ready to make restitution and satisfaction, according to the uttermost of your powers, for all injuries and wrongs done by you to any other; and being likewise ready to forgive others that have offended you, as ye would have forgiveness of your offences at God's hand: for otherwise the receiving of the holy Communion doth nothing else but increase your damnation. Therefore if any of you be a blasphemer of God, an hinderer or slanderer of his Word, an adulterer, or be in malice, or envy, or in any other grievous crime, repent you of your sins, or else come not to that holy Table: lest, after the taking of that holy Sacrament, the devil enter into you, as he entered into Judas, and fill you full of all iniquities, and bring you to destruction both of body and soul. The way and means thereto is; First, to examine your lives and conversations by the rule of God's commandments; and whereinsoever ye shall perceive yourselves to have offended, either by will, word, or deed, there to bewail your own sinfulness, and to confess yourselves to Almighty God, with full purpose of amendment of life. And if ye shall perceive your offences to be such as are not only against And because it is requisite, that no man should come to the holy Communion, but with a full trust in God's mercy, and with a quiet conscience; therefore if there be any of you, who by this means cannot quiet 205 The Communion. his own conscience herein, out any cause) most unbut requireth further comfort or counsel, let him come to me, or to some other discreet and learned Minister of God's Word, and open his grief; that by the ministry of God's holy Word he may receive the benefit of absolution, together with ghostly counsel and advice, to the quieting of his conscience, and avoiding of all scruple and doubtfulness. thankfully refuse to come. Which of you in such a case would not be moved? Who would not think a great injury and wrong done unto him? Wherefore, most dearly beloved in Christ, take ye good heed, lest ye, withdrawing yourselves from this holy Supper, provoke God's indignation aIt is an easy gainst you. matter for a man to say, I will not communicate, because I am otherwise hindered with worldly business. But such excuses are not so easily accepted and allowed before God. If any man say, I am a grievous sinner, and therefore am afraid to come: wherefore then do ye not repent and amend? When God calleth you, are ye not ashamed to say ye will not come? When ye should return to God, will ye excuse yourselves, and say ye are not ready? Consider earnestly with yourselves how little such feigned excuses will They avail before God. that refused the feast in the Gospel, because they had bought a farm, or would try their yokes of oxen, or because they were married, were not so excused, but Or, in case he shall see the people negligent to come to the holy Communion, instead of the former, he shall use this Exhortation. DE EARLY beloved brethren, on- I intend, by God's grace, to celebrate the Lord's Supper: unto which, in God's behalf, I bid you all that are here present; and beseech you, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, that ye will not refuse to come thereto, being so lovingly called and bidden by God himself. Ye know how grievous and unkind a thing it is, when a man hath prepared a rich feast, decked his table with all kind of provision, so that there lacketh nothing but the guests to sit down; and yet they who are called( with206 The Communion. counted unworthy of the heavenly feast. I, for my part, shall be ready; and, according to mine Office, I bid you in the Name of God, Communicants being conveniently placed for the receiving of the holy Sacrament, the Priest shall say this Exhortation. I call you in Christ's behalf, DEARLY beloved in the I exhort you, as ye love your own salvation, that ye will be partakers of this holy Communion. And as the Son of God did vouchsafe to yield up his soul by death upon the Cross for your salvation; so it is your duty to receive the Communion in remembrance of the sacrifice of his death, as he himself hath commanded which if ye shall neglect to do, consider with yourselves how great injury ye do unto God, and how sore punishment hangeth over your heads for the same; when ye wilfully abstain from the Lord's Table, and separate from your brethren, who come to feed on the banquet of that most heavenly food. These things if ye earnestly consider, ye will by God's grace return to a better mind: for the obtaining whereof we shall not cease to make our humble petitions unto Almighty God our heavenly Father. Lord, ye that mind to come to the holy Communion of the Body and Blood of our Saviour Christ, must consider how Saint Paul exhorteth all persons diligently to try and examine themselves, before they presume to eat of that Bread, and drink of that Cup. For as the benefit is great, if with a true penitent heart and lively faith we receive that holy Sacrament;( for then we spiritually eat the flesh of Christ, and drink his blood; then we dwell in Christ, and Christ in us; we are one with Christ, and Christ with us;) so is the danger great, if we receive the same unworthily. For then we are guilty of the Body and Blood of Christ our Saviour; we eat and drink our own damnation, not considering the Lord's Body; we kindle God's wrath against us; we provoke him to plague us with divers diseases, and sundry kinds of death. Judge therefore yourselves, brethren, that ye be not judged of the TAt the time of the celebration of the Communion, the 207 The Communion. Lord; repent you truly for the Holy Ghost, let us give your sins past; have a lively and stedfast faith in Christ our Saviour; amend your lives, and be in perfect charity with all men; so shall ye be meet partakers of those holy mysteries. And above all things ye must give most humble and ( as we are most bounden) continual thanks; submitting ourselves wholly to his holy will and pleasure, and studying to serve him true holiness and righteousness all the days of our life. Amen. to them that come to receive the holy Communion, hearty thanks to God, the Then shall the Priest say Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, for the redemption of the world by the death and passion of our Saviour Christ, both God and man; who did humble himself, even to the death upon the Cross, for us, miserable sinners, who lay in darkness and the shadow of death; that he might make us the children of God, and exalt us to everlasting life. And to the end that we should alway remember the exceeding great love of our Master, and only Saviour, Jesus Christ, thus dying for us, and the innumerable benefits which by his precious blood- shedding he hath obtained to us; he hath instituted and ordained holy mysteries, as pledges of his love, and for a continual remembrance of his YE that do truly and earnestly repent you of your sins, and are in love and charity with your neighbours, and intend to lead a new life, following the commandments of God, and walking from henceforth in his holy ways: Draw near with faith, and take this holy Sacrament to your comfort; and make your humble confession to Almighty God, meekly kneeling upon your knees. Then shall this general Confession be made, in the name of all those that are minded to receive the holy Communion, by one of the Ministers; both he and all the people kneeling humbly upon their knees, and saying, LMIGHTY God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Maker of all things, death, to our great and end- AL less comfort. To him therefore, with the Father and 208 The Communion. Judge of all men; We ac- repentance and true faith knowledge and bewail our turn unto him; Have mercy manifold sins and wick- upon you; pardon and deedness, Which we, from liver you from all your time to time, most griev- sins; confirm and strengthously have committed, By en you in all goodness; and thought, word, and deed, bring you to everlasting Against thy Divine Majes- life; through Jesus Christ ty, Provoking most justly our Lord. Amen.uo pirus thy wrath and indignation against us. We do earnestly repent, And are heartily sorry for these our misdoings; The remembrance of them is grievous unto us; Then shall the Priest say, The burden of them is in- COME unto me all that travail are heavy laden, and I will refresh you. St. Matt. xi. 28. tolerable. Have mercy upon us, Have mercy upon us, most merciful Father; For thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ's sake, Forgive us all that is past; And grant that we may ever hereafter Serve and please thee In newness of life, To the honour and glory of thy Name; Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. So God loved the world, that he gave his only- begotten Son, to the end that all that believe in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. St. John iii. 16. Hear what comfortable words our Saviour Christ saith unto all that truly turn to him. y el 3 Hear also what Saint Paul saith. This is a true saying, and Then shall the Priest( or worthy of all men to be rethe Bishop, being pre- ceived, That Christ Jesus sent,) stand up, and turning himself to the people, pronounce this Absolucame into the world to save sinners. 1 Tim. i. 15. tion. Hear also what Saint ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, who of his great mercy hath promised forgiveness of sins to all them that with hearty John saith. If any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is the propi209 The Communion. tiation for our sins. 1 St. John ii. 1. PROPER PREFACES. Upon Christmas- day, and seven days after.m BECAUSE thou didst give Jesus Christ thine only Son to be born as at this time for us; who, by the operation of the Holy Ghost, Gwas made very man of the substance of the Virgin Mary his mother; and that without spot of sin, to make us clean from all sin. Therefore with Angels,& c. Upon Easter- day, and seven After which the Priest shall proceed, saying, Lift up your hearts. a Answer. We lift them up unto the Lord. Joy Kind Priest. Let us give thanks unto our Lord God. Answer. It is meet and right so to do. Then shall the Priest turn to the Lord's Table, and say, IT is very meet, right, and our that we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks unto thee, O Lord, * Holy Father, Almighty, Everlasting God. These words[ Holy Father] must be omitted on Trinity- Sun day. THere shall follow the Proper Preface, according to the time, if there be any specially appointed or else immediately shall follow, THEREFORE with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company BUT chiefly are we bound to praise thee for the glorious Resurrection of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord: for he is the very Paschal Lamb, which was offered for us, and hath taken away the sin of the world; who by his death hath destroyed death, and by his rising to life again hath restored to us everlasting life. Therefore with Angels,& c. Upon Ascension- day, and seven days after. of heaven, we laud and THROUGH thy most Son Jemagnify thy glorious Name; evermore praising thee, and saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth are full of thy glory: Glory be to thee, O Lord most High. Amen. sus Christ our Lord; who after his most glorious Resurrection manifestly appeared to all his Apostles, and in their sight ascended up into heaven to prepare 210 The Communion. a place for us; that where quality. he is, thither we might also Angels,& c. ascend, and reign with him in glory. Therefore with Angels,& c. Upon Whit- sunday, and six days after. our Lord; according to whose most true promise, the Holy Ghost came down as at this time from heaven with a sudden great sound, as it had been a mighty wind, in the likeness of fiery tongues, lighting upon the Apostles, to teach them, and to lead them to all truth; giving them both the gift of divers languages, and also boldness with fervent zeal constantly to preach the Therefore with After each of which Prefaces shall immediately be sung or said, THEREFORE with Angels and Archangels, and Jesus Christ with all the of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious Name; evermore praising thee, and saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth are full of thy glory: Glory be to thee, O Lord most High. Amen. Then shall the Priest, kneeling down at the Lord's Table, say in the name of all them that shall receive the Communion this Prayer following. Gospel unto all nations: WE do not presume to whereby we come to this thy Table, brought out of darkness and error into the clear light and true knowledge of thee, and of thy Son Jesus Christ. Therefore with Angels,& c. Upon the Feast of Trinity only. 211 O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in thy manifold and great mercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy Table. But thou art the same Lord, WHO art one God, one whose property is always to Lord; not one only Person, but three Persons in one Substance. For that which we believe of the glory of the Father, the same we believe of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, without any difference or inehave mercy: Grant us therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh of thy dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink his blood, that our sinful bodies may be made clean by his body, and our souls washed through his most precious The Communion. blood, and that we may ever- the same night that he more dwell in him, and he in us. Amen. was betrayed, s a took Bread; and, when he had given thanks, bhe brake it, and b And here Igave it to his to break the disciples, say- Bread: ing, Take, eat, When the Priest, standing before the Table, hath so ordered the Bread and Wine, that he may with the more readiness and decency break the Bread before the people, and take the Cup into his hands, he shall say the Prayer of Consecration, as followeth. ALMIGHTY God, our hea- Do this in revenly Father, who of thy tender mercy didst give thine only Son Jesus Christ to suffer death upon the Cross for our redemption; who made there( by his one oblation of himself once offered) a full, perfect, and sufficient sacrifice, oblation, and satisfaction, for the sins of the whole world; and did institute, and in his holy Gospel command us to continue, a perpetual memory of that his precious death, until his coming again; Hear us, O merciful Father, we most humbly beseech thee; and grant that we receiving these thy creatures of bread and wine, according to thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ's holy institution, in remembrance of his death and passion, may be partakers of his most blessed Body and Blood: who, in 212 a Here the Priest is to take the Paten into his hands: this is my Body which is given for you: And here membrance of to lay his hand Likewise up. on all the Bread. me. after supper he took the Cup; and, when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saye And here to lay his hand upon every vessel ing, Drink ye all of this; for this e is in my Blood of the New Testament, which is shed for you( be it Chalice and for many or Flagon) for the remisin which sion of sins: Wine to be there is any Do this, as oft as ye shall drink it, in remembrance of me. Amen. consecrated. d Here he is to take the Cup into his hand: Then shall the Minister first receive the Communion in both kinds himself, and then proceed to deliver the same to the Bishops, Priests, and The Communion. Deacons, in like manner, ( if any be present,) and after that to the people also in order, into their hands, all meekly kneeling. And, when he delivereth the Bread to any one, he shall say, ΤΗ HE Body of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was return to the Lord's Table, and reverently place upon it what remaineth of the consecrated Elements, covering the same with a fair linen cloth. given for thee, preserve thy OUR Father, which art in body and soul unto everlasting life. Take and eat this in remembrance that Christ died for thee, and feed on him in thy heart by faith with thanksgiving. o And the Minister that delivereth the Cup to any one shall say, deod heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, The power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen. THE HE Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was shed for thee, preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life. Drink this in remembrance that Christ's Blood was shed for thee, and be thankful. When all have communicated, the Minister shall Then shall the Priest say the Lord's Prayer, the people repeating after him every Petition. 213 O LORD and heavenly If the consecrated Bread Father, we thy humble or Wine be all spent before servants entirely desire thy all have communicated, fatherly goodness mercifulthe Priest is to consecrate ly to accept this our sacrimore according to the fice of praise and thanksForm before prescribed; giving; most humbly bebeginning at[ Our Saviour seeching thee to grant, that Christ in the same night, etc.] for the blessing of the Bread; and at[ Likewise after Supper, etc.] for the blessing of the Cup. by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ, and through faith in his blood, we and all thy whole Church may obtain remission of our sins, and all other benefits After shall be said as followeth. The Communion. of his passion. And here we offer and present unto thee, O Lord, ourselves, our souls and bodies, to be a reasonable, holy, and lively sacrifice unto thee; humbly beseeching thee, that all we, who are partakers of this holy Communion, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy, through our manifold sins, to offer unto thee any sacrifice, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service; not weighing our merits, but pardoning our offences, through Jesus Christ our Lord; by whom, and with whom, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, all honour and glory be unmystical body of thy Son, which is the blessed company of all faithful people; and are also heirs through hope of thy everlasting kingdom, by the merits of the most precious death and passion of thy dear Son. And we most humbly beseech thee, O heavenly Father, so to assist us with thy grace, that we may continue in that holy fellowship, and do all such good works as thou hast prepared for us to walk in; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen. Or this. ALMIGHTY and everliving God, we most heartily thank thee, for that thou dost vouchsafe to feed us, who have duly received these holy mysteries, with the spiritual food of the most precious Body and Blood of thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ; and dost assure us thereby of thy favour and goodness towards us; and that we are very members incorporate in the 214 T Then shall be said or vstolas sung, bas to thee, O Father Almighty, GLORY be to God on world without end. Amen. high, and in earth peace, good will towards men. We praise thee, we bless thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee for thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty. O Lord, the only- begotten Son Jesu Christ; O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that' takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. The Communion. Thou that takest away the dispose the way of thy sersins of the world, receive our prayer. Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us. vants towards the attainment of everlasting salvation; that, among all the changes and chances of this mortal life, they may ever be defended by thy most gracious and ready help; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. For thou only art holy; thou only art the Lord; thou only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in the glory of God the Father. Amen.sportadt Then the Priest( or Bishop if he be present) shall let them depart with this Blessing. THE peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord: and the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be ALMIGHTY Lord, and everlasting God, vouchsafe, we beseech thee, to direct, sanctify, and govern, both our hearts and bodies, in the ways of thy laws, and in the works of thy commandments; that through thy most mighty protection, both here and ever, we may soul; through our Lord and be preserved in body and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. amongst you and remain GRANT, we beseech thee, with you always. Amen. Almighty God, that the words, which we have heard this day with our outward ears, may through thy grace be so grafted inwardly in our hearts, that they may bring forth in us the fruit of good living, to the honour and praise of thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Collects to be said after the Offertory, when there is no Communion, every such day one or more; and the same may be said also, as often as occasion shall serve, after the Collects either of Morning or Evening Prayer, Communion, or Litany, by the discretion of the Minister. ASSIST us mercifully, O PREVENT us, O Lord, in Lord, in these our supplications and prayers, and all our doings with thy most gracious favour, and 215 The Communion. further us with thy con- give us, for the worthiness tinual help; that in all our of thy Son Jesus Christ our works begun, continued, Lord. Amen. and ended in thee, we may AL glorify thy holy Name, and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ALMIGHTY God, the founLMIGHTY God, who hast promised to hear the petitions of them that ask in thy Son's Name; We beseech thee mercifully to incline thine ears to us that tain of all wisdom, who have made now our prayers knowest our necessities be- and supplications unto thee; fore we ask, and our igno- and grant, that those things, rance in asking; We beseech which we have faithfully thee to have compassion asked according to thy will, upon our infirmities; and may effectually be obtained, those things, which for our to the relief of our necesunworthiness we dare not, sity, and to the setting forth and for our blindness we of thy glory; through Jesus cannot ask, vouchsafe to Christ our Lord. Amen. Upon the Sundays and other Holy- days( if there be no Communion) shall be said all that is appointed at the Communion, until the end of the general Prayer[ For the whole state of Christ's Church militant here in earth] together with one or more of these Collects last before rehearsed, concluding with the Blessing. And there shall be no celebration of the Lord's Supper, except there be a convenient number to communicate with the Priest, according to his discretion. And if there be not above twenty persons in the Parish of discretion to receive the Communion; yet there shall be no Communion, except four( or three at the least) communicate with the Priest. And in Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, and Colleges, where there are many Priests and Deacons, they shall all receive the Communion with the Priest every Sunday at the least, except they have a reasonable cause to the contrary. And to take away all occasion of dissension, and superstition, which any person hath or might have concerning the Bread and Wine, it shall suffice that the Bread be such as is usual to be eaten; but the best and purest Wheat Bread that conveniently may be gotten.blo 216 The Communion. And if any of the Bread and Wine remain unconsecrated, the Curate shall have it to his own use: but if any remain of that which was consecrated, it shall not be carried out of the Church, but the Priest and such other of the Communicants as he shall then call unto him, shall, immediately after the Blessing, reverently eat and drink the same. The Bread and Wine for the Communion shall be provided by the Curate and the Church- wardens at the charges of the Parish. And note, that every Parishioner shall communicate at the least three times in the year, of which Easter to be one. And yearly at Easter every Parishioner shall reckon with the Parson, Vicar, or Curate, or his or their Deputy or Deputies; and pay to them or him all Ecclesiastical Duties, accustomably due, then and at that time to be paid. After the Divine Service ended, the money given at the Offertory shall be disposed of to such pious and charitable uses, as the Minister and Church- wardens shall think fit. Wherein if they disagree, it shall be disposed of as the Ordinary shall appoint. TWhereas it is ordained in this Office for the Ad ministration of the Lord's Supper, that the Communicants should receive the same kneeling;( which order is well meant, for a signification of our humble and grateful acknowledgment of the benefits of Christ therein given to all worthy Receivers, and for the avoiding of such profanation and disorder in the holy Communion, as might otherwise ensue;) yet, lest the same kneeling should by any persons, either out of ignorance and infirmity, or out of malice and obstinacy, be misconstrued and depraved; It is hereby declared, That thereby no adoration is intended, or ought to be done, either unto the Sacramental Bread or Wine there bodily received, or unto any Corporal Presence of Christ's natural Flesh and Blood. For the Sacramental Bread and Wine remain still in their very natural substances, and therefore may not be adored; ( for that were Idolatry, to be abhorred of all faithful Christians;) and the natural Body and Blood of our Saviour Christ are in Heaven, and not here; it being against the truth of Christ's natural Body to be at one time in more places than one. 217 THE MINISTRATION OF PUBLICK BAPTISM OF INFANTS, TO BE USED IN THE CHURCH.' The people are to be admonished, that it is most convenient that Baptism should not be administered but upon Sundays, and other Holy- days, when the most number of people come together; as well for that the Congregation there present may testify the receiving of them that be newly baptized into the number of Christ's Church; as also because in the Baptism of Infants every Man present may be put in remembrance of his own profession made to God in his Baptism. For which cause also it is expedient that Baptism be ministered in the vulgar tongue. Nevertheless,( if necessity so require,) Children may be baptized upon any other day. And note, that there shall be for every Male- child to be baptized two Godfathers and one Godmother; and for every Female, one Godfather and two Godmothers. When there are Children to be baptized, the Parents shall give knowledge thereof over night, or in the morning before the beginning of Morning Prayer, to the Curate. And then the Godfathers and Godmothers, and the people with the Children, must be ready at the Font, either immediately after the last Lesson at Morning Prayer, or else immediately after the last Lesson at Evening Prayer, as the Curate by his discretion shall appoint. And the Priest coming to the Font, ( which is then to be filled with pure Water,) and standing there, shall say, HATH this Child been al- the kingdom of God, except or no? he anew of Water and of the Holy Ghost; I beseech you to call upon God the Father, through our Lord Jesus DEARLY beloved, foras- Christ, that of his bounteous much as men are mercy he will grant to this conceived and born in sin; Child that thing which by and that our Saviour Christ nature he cannot have; that saith, None can enter into he may be baptized with 218 If they answer, No: Then shall the Priest proceed as followeth. Publick Baptism of Infants. Water and the Holy Ghost, the resurrection of the dead; and received into Christ's We call upon thee for this holy Church, and be made Infant, that he, coming to a lively member of the thy holy Baptism, may receive remission of his sins Receive him, O Lord, as by spiritual regeneration. thou hast promised by thy well- beloved Son, saying, Ask, and ye shall have; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: So give now unto us that ask; let us that seek find; open the gate unto us that knock; that this Infant may enjoy the everlasting benediction of thy heavenly washing, and may come to the eternal kingdom which thou hast promised by Christ our Lord. Amen. same. Then shall the Priest say, ALL Let us pray. LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who of thy great mercy didst save Noah and his family in the ark from perishing by water; and also didst safely lead the children of Israel thy people through the Red Sea, figuring thereby thy holy Baptism; and by the Baptism of thy well- beloved Son Jesus Christ, in the river Jordan, didst sanctify Water to the mystical washing away of sin; We beseech thee, for thine infinite mercies, that thou wilt mercifully look upon this Child; wash him and sanctify him with the Holy Ghost; that he, being delivered from thy wrath, may be received into Then shall the people stand up, and the Priest shall say, Hear the words of the Gospel, written by Saint Mark, in the tenth Chapter, at the thirteenth Verse. the ark of Christ's Church; THEY brought young and being stedfast in faith, children Christ, that joyful through hope, and he should touch them; and rooted in charity, may so his disciples rebuked those pass the waves of this trou- that brought them. But blesome world, that finally when Jesus saw it, he was he may come to the land much displeased, and said of everlasting life, there to unto them, Suffer the little reign with thee world with children to come unto me, out end; through Jesus and forbid them not; for of Christ our Lord. Amen. such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the little child, he shall not enter therein. And he took them up in his arms, put his 219 need, the helper of all that flee to thee for succour, the life of them that believe, and ALMIGHTY and immortal God, the of that of God as a Publick Baptism of Infants. ALM LMIGHTY and everlasting God, heavenly Father, we give thee humble thanks, for that thou hast vouchsafed to call us to the knowledge of thy grace, and faith in thee: Increase this knowledge, and confirm this faith in us evermore. Give hands upon them, and blessed them. After the Gospel is read, the Minister shall make this brief Exhortation upon the words of the Gospel. ELOVED, ye hear in of our Saviour Christ, that he commanded the children to be brought unto him; how he blamed those that would have kept them from him; how he exhorteth all men to follow their innocency. Ye perceive how by his outward gesture and deed he declared his good will toward them; for he embraced them in his arms, he laid his hands D EARLY beloved, ye them, and blessed them. Doubt ye not therefore, but earnestly believe, that he will likewise favourably receive this present Infant; that he will embrace him with the arms of his mercy; that he will give unto him the blessing of eternal life, and make him partaker of his everlasting kingdom. Wherefore we being thus persuaded of the good will of our heavenly Father towards this Infant, declared by his Son Jesus Christ; and nothing doubting but that he favourably alloweth this charitable work of our's in bringing this Infant to his holy Baptism; let us faithfully and devoutly give thanks unto him, and say, have brought this Child here to be baptized, ye have prayed that our Lord Jesus Christ would vouchsafe to receive him, to release him of his sins, to sanctify him with the Holy Ghost, to give him the kingdom of heaven, and everlasting life. Ye have heard also that our Lord Jesus Christ hath promised in his Gospel to grant all these things that ye have prayed for: which promise he, for his part, will most surely keep and perform. Wherefore, after this promise made by Christ, this Infant must also faithfully, for his part, promise by you that are his sureties, ( until he come of age to take it upon himself,) that he will renounce the devil fant, that he may be born again, and be made an heir of everlasting salvation; through our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever. Amen. 220 Then shall the Priest speak unto the Godfathers and Godmothers on this wise. Publick Baptism of Infants. and all his works, and con- Answer. All this I stedstantly believe God's holy fastly believe. Word, and obediently keep his commandments. Minister. WILT thou be baptized in this Answer. That is my desire. I demand therefore, DOST thou, in the name of this Child, renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of Minister. the world, with all covetous WILT thou then obedidesires of the same, and the carnal desires of the flesh, so that thou wilt not follow, nor be led by them? will and commandments, ently keep God's holy and walk in the same all the days of thy life? Answer. I will. Answer. I renounce them all. Then shall the Priest say, MERCIFUL God, grant Minister. O that the old Adam OST thou believe in D God the Father Al- in this Child may be so mighty, Maker of heaven and earth? And in Jesus Christ his only begotten Son our Lord? And that he was conceived by the Holy Ghost; born of the Virgin Mary; that he suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; that he went down into hell, and also did rise again the third day; that he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; and from thence shall come again at the end of the world, to judge the quick and the dead? 221 buried, that the new man may be raised up in him. Amen. Grant that all carnal affections may die in him, and that all things belonging to the Spirit may live and grow in him. Amen. Grant that he may have power and strength to have victory, and to triumph, against the devil, the world, and the flesh. Amen. Grant that whosoever is here dedicated to thee by our office and ministry may also be endued with heavenly virtues, and everlastingly rewarded, through thy mercy, O blessed Lord God, who dost live, and govern all things, world without end. Amen. And dost thou believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy Catholick Church; the Communion of Saints; the Remission of sins; the Resurrection of the flesh; and everlasting life after death? ly beloved Son Jesus Christ, ALMIGHTY, everliving Publick Baptism of Infants. Then the Priest shall say, most precious side both WE receive this child inwater gave to the of Christ's flock, and do sign him with the sign of the Cross, in token that hereafter head. he shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified, and manfully to fight under his banner, against sin, the world, and the devil; and to continue Christ's faithful soldier and servant unto his life's end. Amen. for the forgiveness of our sins, did shed out of his commandment to his disciples, that they should go teach all nations, and baptize them In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; Regard, we beseech thee, the supplications of thy congregation; sanctify this Water to the mystical washing away of sin; and grant that this Child, now to be baptized therein, may receive the fulness of thy grace, and ever remain in the number of thy faithful and elect children; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Then the Priest shall take the Child into his hands, and shall say to the God fathers and Godmothers, But if they certify that the Child is weak, it shall suffice to pour Water upon it, saying the foresaid words, Name this Child. And then naming it after them( if they shall certify him that the Child may well endure it) he shall dip it in the Water discreetly and warily, saying, NI baptize thee In the Then shall be said, all kneeling; . Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. ● Here the Priest shall make a Cross upon the Child's foreThen shall the Priest say, beloved brethren, that this Child is regenerate, and grafted into the body of Christ's Church, let us give thanks unto Almighty God for these benefits; and with one accord make our prayers unto him, that this Child may lead the rest of his life according to this beginning. UR Father, in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But 222 Publick Baptism of Infants. deliver us from evil. A- learn, what a solemn vow, men. promise, and profession, he hath here made by you. And that he may know these things the better, ye him to hear Sermons; and chiefly ye sh provide, that he may learn the Creed, the Lord's Prayer, and the Ten Commandments, in the vulgar tongue, and all other things which a Christian ought to know and believe to his soul's health; and that this Child may be virtuously brought up to lead a godly and a christian life; remembering always, that Baptism doth represent unto us our profession; which is, to follow the example of our Saviour Christ, and to be made like unto him; that, as he died, and rose again for us, so should we, who are baptized, die from sin, and rise again unto righteousness; continually mortifying all our evil and corrupt affections, and daily proceeding in all virtue and godliness of living. Then shall he add and say, YE FORASMUCH as this E are to take care that this Child be brought Child hath promised to the Bishop to be confirmby you his sureties to re- ed by him, so soon as he nounce the devil and all his can say the Creed, the Lord's works, to believe in God, and to serve him; ye must remember, that it is your parts and duties to see that this Infant be taught, so soon as he shall be able to Prayer, and the Ten Commandments, in the vulgar tongue, and be further instructed in the Church- Catechism set forth for that purpose. tadt 19dia 223 T Then shall the Priest say, thanks, most merciful Father, that it hath pleased thee to regenerate this Infant with thy Holy Spirit, to receive him for thine own Child by adoption, and to incorporate him into thy holy Church. And humbly we beseech thee to grant, that he, being dead unto sin, and living unto righteousness, and being buried with Christ in his death, may crucify the old man, and utterly abolish the whole body of sin; and that, as he is made partaker of the death of thy Son, he may also be partaker of his resurrection; so that finally, with the residue of thy holy Church, he may be an inheritor of thine everlasting kingdom; through Christ our Lord. Amen. Then, all standing up, the Priest shall say to the Godfathers and Godmothers this Exhortation following. Private Baptism of Infants. It is certain by God's Word, that Children which are baptized, dying before they commit actual sin, are undoubtedly saved. To take away all scruple concerning the use of the sign of the Cross in Baptism; the true explication thereof, and the just reasons for the retaining of it, may be seen in the xxxth Canon, first published in the Year MDCIV. THE MINISTRATION OF PRIVATE BAPTISM OF CHILDREN IN HOUSES. The Curates of every Parish shall often admonish the people, that they defer not the Baptism of their children longer than the first or second Sunday next after their birth, or other Holy- day falling between, unless upon a great and reasonable cause, to be approved by the Curate. And also they shall warn them, that without like great cause and necessity they procure not their Children to be baptized at home in their houses. But when need shall compel them so to do, then Baptism shall be administered on this fashion: First, let the Minister of the Parish( or, in his absence, any other lawful Minister that can be procured) with them that are present, call upon God, and say the Lord's Prayer, and so many of the Collects appointed to be said before in the Form of Publick Baptism, as the time and present exigence will suffer. And then, the Child being named by some one that is present, the Minister shall pour Water upon it, saying these words; thee to regenerate this Infant with thy Holy Spirit, to receive him for thine own Child by adoption, and to incorporate him into thy holy Church. And we humbly beseech thee to grant, that as he is now made of the death of thanks, most merciful thy Son, so he may be also Father, that it hath pleased of his resurrection; and 1 224 N I baptize thee In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. · Then, all kneeling down, the Minister shall give thanks unto God, and say, COPYRIGHT. " MY SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE" Mrs. Melville Private Baptism of Infants. nister examine them fur. ther, saying, that finally, with the residue of thy Saints, he may inherit thine everlasting kingdom; through the same thy BY whom was this Child Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Who was present when this Child was baptized? Because some things essential to this Sacrament may happen to be omitted through fear or haste, in such times of extremity: therefore I demand further of you, With what matter was this Child baptized? And let them not doubt, but that the Child so baptized is lawfully and sufficiently baptized, and ought not to be baptized again. Yet nevertheless, if the Child, which is after this sort baptized, do afterward live, it is expedient that it be brought into the Church, to the intent that, if the Minister of the same Parish did himself baptize that Child, the Congregation may be certified of the true Form of Baptism, by him privately before used: In which case he shall say thus, With what words was this Child baptized? And if the Minister shall find by the answers of such as bring the Child, that all things were done as they ought to be; then shall not he christen the Child again, but shall receive him as one of the flock of true christian people, saying thus, I cording to the due and prescribed Order of the I CERTIFY you, that in this case all well done, Church, at such a time, and at such a place, before divers witnesses I baptized this Child. and according unto due order, concerning the baptizing of this Child; who being born in original sin, and in the wrath of God, is now, by the laver of Regeneration in Baptism, received into the number of the children of God, and heirs of everlasting life: for our Lord Jesus Christ doth not deny his grace and mercy unto such Infants, but most lovingly doth call them unto him, as the holy Gospel doth witness to our comfort on this wise. But if the Child were baptized by any other lawful Minister, then the Minister of the Parish, where the Child was born or christened, shall examine and try whether the Child be lawfully baptized, or no. In which case, if those that bring any Child to the Church do answer, that the same Child is already baptized, then shall the Mi225 H Private Baptism of Infants. St. Mark x. 13. children to Christ, that he should touch them; and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. And he took them up in his arms, put OUR Father, which art in be his upon and blessed them. After the Gospel is read, the Minister shall make this brief Exhortation upon the words of the Gospel. Sus with the arms of his mercy; he hath in his holy Word) will give unto him the blessing of eternal life, and make him partaker of his everlasting kingdom. Wherefore, we being thus persuaded of the good will of our heavenly Father, declared by his Son Jesus Christ, towards this Infant, let us faithfully and devoutly give thanks unto him, and say the Prayer which the Lord himself taught us: BELOVED, ye hear in this Gospel the words of our Saviour Christ, that he commanded the children thy Name. Thy kingdom earth as it is in heaven. come. Thy will be done, in Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against And lead us not into us. temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen. to be brought unto him: ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, Father, we give thee humble thanks, that thou hast vouchsafed to call us to the knowledge of thy grace, and faith in thee; Increase this knowledge, and confirm how he blamed those that would have kept them from him; how he exhorted all men to follow their innocency. Ye perceive how by his outward gesture and deed he declared his good will toward them; for he this faith in us evermore. embraced them in his arms, Give thy Holy Spirit to he laid his hands upon them, this Infant, that he, being and blessed them. Doubt born again, and being made ye not therefore, but ear an heir of everlasting salnestly believe, that he hath vation, through our Lord likewise favourably receiv- Jesus Christ, may continue ed this present Infant; thy servant, and attain thy that he hath embraced him promise through the same 226 Private Baptism of Infants. our Lord Jesus Christ thy the Holy Ghost; the holy Son, who liveth and reign- Catholick Church; the Cometh with thee and the Holy munion of Saints; the ReSpirit, now and for ever. mission of sins; the ResurAmen. rection of the flesh; and everlasting life after death? Answer. All this I stedfastly believe. Minister. T Then shall the Priest demand the Name of the Child; which being by the Godfathers and Godmothers pronounced, the Minister shall say, DOS OST thou, in the name of this Child, renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of this world, with all covetous desires of the same, and the carnal desires of the flesh, so that thou wilt Answer. I will. T Then the Priest shall say, not follow, nor be led by WE receive this Child inthe congregation of Answer. I renounce them all. ob Minister. DOST thou believe in God Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth? And in Jesus Christ his only- begotten Son our Lord? And that he was conceived by the Holy Ghost; born of the Virgin Mary; that he suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; that he went down into hell, and also did rise again the third day; that he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right Father Aldiently keep God's holy will and commandments, and walk in the same all the days of thy life? mighty; and from thence shall come again at the end of the world, to judge the quick and the dead? And dost thou believe in 227 Christ's flock, * and do sign him with the sign of the Here the Priest shall make a Cross upon the Cross, in token child's forehead. he shall not faith of Christ crucified, be ashamed to confess the der his banner, against sin, and manfully to fight unthe world, and the devil; and to continue Christ's unto his life's end. faithful soldier and servant Amen. Then shall the Priest say, S EEING now, dearly beloved brethren, that this Child is by Baptism regenerate, and grafted into the body of Christ's Church, let us give thanks unto Almighty God for these be Private Baptism of Infants. nefits; and with one accord and duties to see that this make our prayers unto him, Infant be taught, so soon that he may lead the rest as he shall be able to learn, of his life according to this what a solemn vow, probeginning. mise, and profession he hath made by you. And that he may know these things the better, ye shall most call him to hear Sermons; and chiefly ye shall provide, that he may learn the Creed, the Lord's Prayer, and the Ten Commandments, in the vulgar tongue, and all other things which a Christian ought to know and believe to his soul's health; and that this Child may be virtuously brought up to lead a godly and a christian life; remembering alway, that Baptism doth represent unto us our profession; which is, to follow the example of our Saviour Christ, and to be made like unto him; that, as he died, and rose again for us, so should we, who are baptized, die from sin, and rise again unto righteousness; continually mortifying all our evil and corrupt affections, and daily proceeding in all virtue and godliness of living. Then shall the Priest say, hearty thanks, most merciful Father, that it hath pleased thee to regenerate this Infant with thy Holy Spirit, to receive him for thine own Child by adoption, and to incorporate him into thy holy Church. And humbly we beseech thee to grant, that he being dead unto sin, and living unto righteousness, and being buried with Christ in his death, may crucify the old man, and utterly abolish the whole body of sin; and that, as he is made partaker of the death of thy Son, he may also be partaker of his resurrection; so that finally, with the residue of thy holy Church, he may be an inheritor of thine ever lasting kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Then, all standing up, the Minister shall make this Exhortation to the Godfathers and Godmothers. as this Child hath promised by you his sureties to renounce the devil and all his works, to believe in God, and to serve him; ye must remember, that it is your parts 228 But if they which bring the Infant to the Church do make such uncertain answers to the Priest's questions, as that it can. not appear that the Child was baptized with Water, In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost,( which are Baptism of such as are of Riper Years. shall use this form of words. essential parts of Baptism,) then let the Priest baptize it in the form be. IF thou art not already fore baptize Baptism of Infants; sav- thee In the Name of the Faing that at the dipping of ther, and of the Son, and of the Child the Font, he the Holy Ghost. Amen. THE MINISTRATION OF BAPTISM TO SUCH AS ARE OF RIPER YEARS, AND ABLE TO ANSWER FOR THEMSELVES. When any such persons, as are of riper years, are to be baptized, timely notice shall be given to the Bishop, or whom he shall appoint for that purpose, a week before at the least, by the Parents, or some other discreet persons; that so due care may be taken for their Examination, whether they be sufficiently instructed in the Principles of the Christian Religion; and that they may be exhorted to prepare themselves with Prayers and Fasting for the receiving of this holy Sacrament. And if they shall be found fit, then the Godfathers and Godmothers( the people being assembled upon the Sunday or Holy- day appointed) shall be ready to present them at the Font immediately after the second Lesson, either at Morning or Evening Prayer, as the Curate in his discretion shall think fit. TAnd standing there, the Priest shall ask, whether any of the persons here presented be baptized, or no: If they shall answer, No; then shall the Priest say thus, DEARLY beloved, foras- rate and born anew of Water as men are the Holy Ghost; I conceived and born in sin, beseech you to call upon ( and that which is born of God the Father, through the flesh is flesh,) and they our Lord Jesus Christ, that that are in the flesh cannot of his bounteous goodness please God, but live in sin, he will grant to these percommitting many actual sons that which by nature transgressions; and that our they cannot have; that they Saviour Christ saith, None may be baptized with Water can enter into the kingdom and the Holy Ghost, and of God, except he be regene- received into Christ's holy 229 Baptism of such as Church, and be made lively members of the same. Then shall the Priest say, Let us pray. ( TAnd here all the Congregation shall kneel.) are of Riper Years. flee to thee for succour, the life of them that believe, and the resurrection of the dead; We call upon thee for these persons, that they, coming to thy holy Baptism, may receive remission of their sins by spiritual regeneraALMIGHTY and everlast- tion. Receive them, O Lord, ing God, as by great mercy didst save Noah thy well- beloved Son, sayand his family in the ark ing, Ask, and ye shall refrom perishing by water; ceive; seek, and ye shall and also didst safely lead find; knock, and it shall be the children of Israel thy opened unto you: So give people through the Red Sea, now unto us that ask; let us figuring thereby thy holy that seek find; open the gate Baptism; and by the Bap- unto us that knock; that tism of thy well- beloved Son these persons may enjoy Jesus Christ, in the river the everlasting benediction Jordan, didst sanctify the of thy heavenly washing, element of Water to the and may come to the eternal mystical washing away of kingdom which thou hast sin; We beseech thee, for promised by Christ our thine infinite mercies, that Lord. Amen. thou wilt mercifully look upon these thy servants; wash them and sanctify them with the Holy Ghost, that they, being delivered from thy wrath, may be received into the ark of Christ's Church; and being Then shall the people stand up, and the Priest shall say, Hear the words of the Gospel, written by Saint John, in the third Chapter, beginning at the first Verse. stedfast in faith, joyful THERE was a man of the Nicothrough hope, and rooted in charity, may so pass the waves of this troublesome world, that finally they may come to the land of everlasting life, there to reig with thee world without end; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. LMIGHTY and immortal need, the helper of all that be born again, he cannot see 230 demus, a ruler of the Jews. The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God; for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily I Baptism of such as are of Riper Years. the kingdom of God. Nico- eth not shall be damned. demus saith unto him, How Which also sheweth unto can a man be born when he us the great benefit we reap is old? Can he enter the thereby. For which cause second time into his mo- Saint Peter the Apostle, ther's womb, and be born? when upon his first preachJesus answered, Verily, ing of the Gospel many verily I say unto thee, Ex- were pricked at the heart, cept a man be born of water and said to him and the and of the Spirit, he cannot rest of the Apostles, Men enter into the kingdom of and brethren, what shall God. That which is born we do? replied and said of the flesh is flesh; and that unto them, Repent, and be which is born of the Spirit baptized every one of you is spirit. Marvel not that I for the remission of sins, said unto thee, Ye must be and ye shall receive the gift born again. The wind blow- of the Holy Ghost. For the eth where it listeth, and thou promise is to you and your hearest the sound thereof; children, and to all that are but canst not tell whence afar off, even as many as it cometh, and whither it the Lord our God shall goeth: so is every one that call. And with many other is born of the Spirit. words exhorted he them, from this untoward genesaying, Save yourselves ration. For( as the same Apostle testifieth in another place) even Baptism doth also now save us,( not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience towards God.) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Doubt ye not therefore, but earnestly believe, that he will favourably receive these present persons, truly repenting, and coming unto him by faith; that he will grant them remission of their sins, and bestow upon them the Holy Ghost; that he will give them the blessing of eternal life, and make them partakers of his everlasting kingdom. After which he shall say this Exhortation following. BE ELOVED, ye hear in this Gospel the express words of our Saviour Christ, that except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. Whereby ye may perceive the great necessity of this Sacrament, where it may be had. Likewise. immediately before his ascension into heaven,( as we read in the last Chapter of Saint Mark's Gospel,) he gave command to his disciples, saying, Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believ231 Baptism of such as are of Riper Years. Wherefore we being thus promise he, for his part, persuaded of the good will will most surely keep and of our heavenly Father to- perform. wards these persons, declared by his Son Jesus Christ; let us faithfully and devoutly give thanks to him, and say, ALM Wherefore, after this promise made by Christ, vye must also faithfully, for your part, promise in the presence of these your Witnesses, and this whole conLMIGHTY and everlast- gregation, that ye will reing God, heavenly Fa- nounce the devil and all his ther, we give thee humble works, and constantly bethanks, for that thou hast lieve God's holy Word, and vouchsafed to call us to the obediently keep his comknowledge of thy grace, and mandments. faith in thee: Increase this knowledge, and confirm this faith in us evermore. Give thy Holy Spirit to these persons, that they may be born again, and be made heirs of everlasting salvaQuestion. tion; through our Lord Je- D devil and all his works, OST the sus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever. Amen. the vain pomp and glory of the world, with all covetous desires of the same, and the carnal desires of the flesh, so that thou wilt not follow, nor be led by them? Answer. I renounce them all. Question. Then the Priest shall speak to the persons to be baptized on this wise: WELL- BELOVED, who are come hither desiring to receive holy Baptism, ye have heard how the congregation hath prayed, that our Lord Jesus Christ would vouchsafe to receive you and bless you, to release you of your sins, to give you the kingdom of heaven, and everlasting life. Ye have heard also, that our Lord Jesus Christ hath promised in his holy Word to grant all those things that we have prayed for; which Then shall the Priest demand of each of the persons to be baptized, severally, these Questions following: in the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth? And in Jesus Christ his only- begotten Son our Lord? And that he was conceived by the Holy Ghost; born of the Virgin Mary; that he suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; that he went down into hell, and also did rise again the third day: 232 Baptism of such as that he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; and from thence shall come again at the end of the world, to judge the quick and the dead? And dost thou believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy Catholick Church; the Communion of Saints; the Remission of sins; the Resurrection of the flesh; and everlasting life after death? Answer. All this I stedfastly believe. L Question. God, whose most dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of our WILT thou be baptized sins, did shed out of his in this faith? Answer. That is my de- water and blood, and gave most precious Question. commandment to his disciples, that they should go WILT thou then obedi- teach all nations, and bapently keep God's holy the Father, the Son, and the the Name of will and commandments, and walk in the same all the days of thy life? Answer. I will endeavour so to do, God being my helper. Holy Ghost; Regard, we beseech thee, the supplications of this congregation; sanctify this Water to the mystical washing away of sin; and grant that the persons now to be baptized therein may receive the fulness of thy grace, and ever thy faithful and elect chilremain in the number of dren, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. sire. T Then shall the Priest say, OMERCIFUL God, grant that the old Adam in these persons may be so buried, that the new man may be raised up in them. Amen. Grant that all carnal affections may die in them, and that all things belonging to the Spirit may live and grow in them. Amen. Grant that they may have are of Riper Years. power and strength to have victory, and to triumph, against the devil, the world, and the flesh. Amen. Grant that they, being here dedicated to thee by our office and ministry. may also be endued with heavenly virtues, and everlastingly rewarded, through thy mercy, O blessed Lord God, who dost live, and govern all things, world without end. Amen. 233 Then shall the Priest take each person to be baptized by the right hand, and placing him conveniently by the Font, according to his discretion, shall ask the Godfathers and God Baptism of such as are of Riper Years. dom come. Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive mothers the Name; and then shall dip him in the water, or pour water upon him, saying, N. Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Then shall the Priest say, E receive this person WE vield thee humble the congregation of Christ's flock;* and do sign him with the sign of the Cross, in token that hereafter he shall not be ashamed to confess the thanks, heavenly Father, that thou hast vouchsafed to call us to the knowledge of thy grace, and faith in thee; Increase this knowledge, and confirm this faith in us evermore. Give thy Holy Spirit to these persons; that, being now born again, and made heirs of faith of Christ crucified, and manfully to fight under his banner, against sin, the world, and the devil; and to continue Christ's faithful soldier and servant unto his life's end. Amen. Here the Priest shall make a Cross upon the person's forehead. Then shall the Priest say, EEING now, dearly beforgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen. Then shall be said the Lord's Prayer, all kneeling. UR Father, which art everlasting salvation, through our Lord Jesus Christ, they may continue thy servants, and attain thy promises; through the same Lord Jesus Christ thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same Holy Spirit, everlastingly. Amen. these persons are regenerate, and grafted into the body of Christ's Church, let us give thanks unto Almighty God for these benefits, and with one accord make our prayers unto him, that they may lead the rest of their life according to FORASMUCH as these persons have promised in your presence to renounce the devil and all his works, to believe in God, and to serve him; ye must remember, that it is your Then, all standing up, the Priest shall use this Exhortation following; speaking to the Godfathers and Godmothers first. be thy Name. Thy king- in mind, what a solemn 234 A Catechism. vow, promise, and profes- duty also, being made the sion they have now made before this congregation, and especially before you theirchosen witnesses. And ye are also to call upon them to use all diligence to be rightly instructed in God's holy Word; that so they may grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ, and live godly, righteously, and soberly in this present world. children of God and of the light, by faith in Jesus Christ, to walk answerably to your Christian calling, and as becometh the children of light; remembering always that Baptism representeth unto us our profession; which is, to follow the example of our Saviour Christ, and to be made like unto him; that as he died, and rose again for us; so should we, who are baptized, die from sin, and rise again unto righteousness; continually mortifying all our evil and corrupt affections, and daily proceeding in all virtue and godliness of living. ( And then, speaking to the new baptized persons, he shall proceed, and say,) AND ND as for you, who have now by Baptism put on Christ, it is your part and TIt is expedient that every person, thus baptized, should be confirmed by the Bishop so soon after his Baptism as conveniently may be that so he may be admitted to the holy Communion. If any persons not baptized in their infancy shall be brought to be baptized before they come to years of discretion to answer for themselves; it may suffice to use the Office for Publick Baptism of Infants, or( in case of extreme danger) the Office for Private Baptism; only changing the word[ Infant] for[ Child or Person] as occasion requireth. A CATECHISM, THAT IS TO SAY, AN INSTRUCTION TO BE LEARNED OF EVERY PERSON, BEFORE HE BE BROUGHT TO BE CONFIRMED BY THE BISHOP. Question. WHAT is your Name? or M. Question. Who gave you this Name? Answer. My Godfathers and Godmothers in my Baptism; wherein I was made a member of Christ, the child of God, and an inheri235 A Catechism. tor of the kingdom of hea-| Mary, Suffered under Ponven. tius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried, He descended into hell; The third day he rose again from the dead, He ascended into heaven, And sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; The holy Catholick Church; The Communion of Saints; The Forgiveness of sins; The Resurrection of the body; And the Life everlasting. Amen. Question. What did your Godfathers and Godmothers then for you? Answer. They did promise and vow three things in my name. First, that I should renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanity of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh. Secondly, that I should believe all the Articles of the Christian Faith. And thirdly, that I should keep God's holy will and commandments, and walk in the same all the days of my life. Question. Dost thou not think that thou art bound to believe, and to do, as they have promised for thee? Answer. Yes verily; and by God's help so I will. And I heartily thank our heavenly Father, that he hath called me to this state of salvation, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. And I pray unto God to give me his grace, that I may continue in the same unto my life's end. Question. What dost thou chiefly learn in these Articles of thy Belief? Answer. First, I learn to believe in God the Father, who hath made me, and all the world. Secondly, in God the Son, who hath redeemed me, and all mankind. Thirdly, in God the Holy Ghost, who sanctifieth me, and all the elect people of God. Question. You said, that your Godfathers and Godmothers did promise for you, that Catechist. Rehearse the Articles of you should keep God's thy Belief. Commandments. Tell me how many there be? Answer. Ten. Question. Which be they? Answer. I BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth: And in Jesus Christ his TH only Son our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Answer. HE same which God spake in the twentieth Chapter of Exodus, saying, I am the Lord thy God, who 236 A Catechism. brought thee out of the land| V. Honour thy father and of Egypt, out of the house thy mother, that thy days of bondage. I. Thou shalt have none other gods but me. may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. II. Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, and visit the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, and shew mercy unto thousands in them that love me, and keep my commandments. III. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his Name in vain. VI. Thou shalt do no murder. VII. Thou shalt not commit adultery. 237 VIII. Thou shalt not steal. IX. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. X. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is his. Question. What dost thou chiefly learn by these Commandments? Answer. I learn two things: my duty towards God, and my duty towards my Neighbour. IV. Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath- day. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man- servant, and thy maid- servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day; wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hal- life. lowed it. Question. What is thy duty towards God? Answer. My duty towards God, is to believe in him, to fear him, and to love him with all my heart, with all my mind, with all my soul, and with all my strength; to worship him, to give him thanks, to put my whole trust in him, to call upon him, to honour his holy Name and his Word, and to serve him truly all the days of my Question. What is thy A Catechism. duty towards thy Neighbour? Servidora Answer. My duty wards my Neighbour, is to love him as myself, and to do to all men, as I would they should do unto me: To love, honour, and succour my father and mother To honour and obey the King, and all that are put in authority under him: To submit myself to all my governours, teachers, spiritual pastors and masters To order myself lowly and reverently to all my betters: To hurt no body by word nor deed: To be true and just in all my dealing: To bear no malice nor hatred in my heart: To keep my hands from picking and stealing, and my tongue from evil- speaking, lying, and slandering: To keep my body in temperance, soberness, and chastity: Not to covet nor desire other men's goods; but to learn and labour truly to get mine own living, and to do my duty in that state of life, unto which it shall please God to call me. toCatechist. My good Child, know this, that thou art not able to do these things of thyself, nor to walk in the Commandments of God, and to serve him, without his special grace; which thou must Answer. UR Father, which art be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen. Question. What desirest thou of God in this Prayer? Answer. I desire my Lord God our heavenly Father, who is the giver of all goodness, to send his grace unto me, and to all people; that we may worship him, serve him, and obey him, as we ought to do. And I pray unto God, that he will send us all things that be needful both for our souls and bodies; and that he will be merciful unto us, and forgive us our sins; and that it will please him to save and defend us in all dangers ghostly and bodily; and that he will keep us from all sin and wickedness, and from our ghostly enemy, and from everlasting death. And this I trust he will do of his mercy and goodness, through our Lord Jesus Christ. And therefore I say, Amen, So be it. Question. learn at all times to call for How many Sacrament ordained in by diligent prayer. Let me hear therefore, if thou canst say the Lord's Prayer. hath his Church? Answer. Two only, as 238 A Catechism. generally necessary to salvation, that is to say, Baptism, and the Supper of the Lord. Question. What meanest thou by this word Sacrament? Answer. I mean an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace given unto us, ordained by Christ himself, as a means whereby we receive the same, and a pledge to assure us thereof. Question. How many parts are there in a Sacrament? Answer. Two; the outward visible sign, and the inward spiritual grace. Question. What is the outward visible sign or form in Baptism? Answer. Water; wherein the person is baptized In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Question. What is the inward and spiritual grace? Answer. A death unto sin, and a new birth unto righteousness: for being by nature born in sin, and the children of wrath, we are hereby made the children of grace. Question. What is required of persons to be baptized? Answer. Repentance, whereby they forsake sin; and Faith, whereby they stedfastly believe the promises of God made to them in that Sacrament. Question. Why then are Infants baptized, when by reason of their tender age they cannot perform them? Answer. Because they promise them both by their Sureties; which promise, when they come to age, themselves are bound to perform. 239 Question. Why was the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper ordained? Answer. For the continual remembrance of the sacrifice of the death of Christ, and of the benefits which we receive thereby. Question. What is the outward part or sign of the Lord's Supper? Answer. Bread Wine, which the Lord hath and commanded to be received. Question. What is the inward part, or thing signified? Answer. The Body and Blood of Christ, which are verily and indeed taken and received by the faithful in the Lord's Supper. Question. What are the benefits whereof we are partakers thereby? Answer. The strengthening and refreshing of our souls by the Body and Blood of Christ, as our bodies are by the Bread and Wine. Question. What is required of them who come to the Lord's Supper? Answer. To examine themselves, whether they repent them truly of their former sins, stedfastly pur The Order of Confirmation. a thankful remembrance of his death; and be in charity with all men. posing to lead a new life; have a lively faith in God's mercy through Christ, with The Curate of every Parish shall diligently upon Sundays and Holy- days, after the second Lesson at Evening Prayer, openly in the Church instruct and examine so many Children of his Parish sent unto him, as he shall think convenient, in some part of this Catechism. And all Fathers, Mothers, Masters, and Dames, shall cause their Children, Servants, and Prentices,( which have not learned their Catechism,) to come to the Church at the time appointed, and obediently to hear, and be ordered by the Curate, until such time as they have learned all that is here appointed for them to learn. So soon as Children are come to a competent age, and can say, in their Mother Tongue, the Creed, the Lord's Prayer, and the Ten Commandments; and also can answer to the other Questions of this short Catechism; they shall be brought to the Bishop. And every one shall have a Godfather, or a Godmother, as a Witness of their Confirmation. And whensoever the Bishop shall give knowledge for Children to be brought unto him for their Confirmation, the Curate of every Parish shall either bring, or send in writing, with his hand subscribed thereunto, the names of all such persons within his Parish, as he shall think fit to be presented to the Bishop to be confirmed. And, if the Bishop approve of them, he shall confirm them in manner following. THE ORDER OF CONFIRMATION, OR LAYING ON OF HANDS UPON THOSE THAT ARE BAPTIZED AND COME TO YEARS OF DISCRETION. Upon the day appointed, all that are to be then confirmed, being placed, and standing in order, before the Bishop; he( or some other Minister appointed by him) shall read this Preface following. To the end that Confirma- as shall receive it, the tion may be ministered Church hath thought good to the more edifying of such to order, That none here240 The Order of Confirmation. after shall be Confirmed,| The Bishop. but such as can say the OUR help is in the Name of Lord; Answer. Who hath made heaven and earth. Bishop. Blessed be the Name of the Lord; Answer. world without end. Henceforth, Creed, the Prayer, and the Ten Commandments; and can also answer to such other Questions, as in the short Catechism are contained: which order is very convenient to be observed; to the end, that children, being now come to the years of discretion, and having learned what their Godfathers and Godmothers promised for them in Baptism, they may prayers. Bishop. Lord, hear our with own mouth and consent, openly before the Church, ratify and confirm the same; and also promise, that by the grace of God they will evermore endeavour themselves faithfully to observe such things, as they, by their own confession, have assented unto. Then shall the Bishop say, Do ye here, in the presence of God, and of this congregation, renew the solemn promise and vow that was made in your name at your Baptism; ratifying and confirming the same in your own persons, and acknowledging yourselves bound to believe, and to do, all those things, which your Godfathers and Godmothers DEFEND, O Lord, this thy you? Child this Servant] with thy heavenly grace, that he may continue thine for ever; and daily. increase in thy Holy Spirit 1 And every one shall audibly answer, I do. 241 Answer. And let our cry come unto thee. The Bishop. Let us pray. ALMIGHTY and everlivvouchsafed to regenerate these thy servants by Water and the Holy Ghost, and hast given unto them forgiveness of all their sins; Strengthen them, we beseech thee, O Lord, with the Holy Ghost the Comforter, and daily increase in them thy manifold gifts of grace; understanding the spirit the spirit of wisdom and of counsel and ghostly strength; the spirit of knowledge and true godliness; and fill them, O Lord, with the spirit of thy holy fear, now and for ever. Amen. Then all of them in order kneeling before the Bishop, he shall lay his hand upon the head of every one severally, saying, The Order of Confirmation. Then shall the Bishop say, more and more, until he seech thee, ever be over come unto thy everlasting them; let thy Holy Spirit kingdom. Amen. ever be with them; and so and obedience of thy Word, lead them in the knowledge that in the end they may obtain everlasting life; through our Lord Jesus Christ, who with thee and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth, ever one God, world without end. Amen. The Lord be with you. Answer. And with thy spirit. And( all kneeling down) the Bishop shall add, Let us pray. OUR Father, which art in ALMIGHTY Lord, thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen. vouchsafe, we beseech thee, to direct, sanctify, and go. vern, both our hearts and bodies, in the ways of thy laws, and in the works of thy commandments; that, through thy most mighty protection both here and ever, we may be preserved in body and soul; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. TAnd this Collect. bus everliving God, who makest us both to will and to do those Then the Bishop shall bless them, saying thus, things that be good and THE Blessing of God Al. the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be upon you, and remain with you for ever. Amen.tadt thy Majesty: We make our humble supplications unto thee for these thy servants, upon whom( after the example of thy holy Apostles) we have now laid our hands, to certify them( by this sign) of thy favour and gracious goodness towards them. Let thy fatherly hand, we be242 And there shall none be admitted to the holy Communion, until such time as he be confirmed, or be ready and desirous to be confirmed. THE FORM OF SOLEMNIZATION OF MATRIMONY. First the Banns of all that are to be married together must be published in the Church three several Sundays, during the time of Morning Service, or of Evening Service,( if there be no Morning Service,) immediately after the second Lesson; the Curate saying after the accustomed manner, I PUBLISH the Banns of the face of this congregaMarriage between N. of and N. of -. If any of you know cause, or just impediment, why these two persons should not be joined together in holy Matrimony, ye are to declare it. This is the first[ second, or third] time of asking. tion, to join together this Man and this Woman in holy Matrimony; which is an honourable estate, instituted of God in the time of man's innocency, signifying unto us the mystical union that is betwixt Christ and his Church; which holy estate Christ adorned and beautified with his presence, and first miracle that he wrought, in Cana of GaSaint Paul to be honourable lilee; and is commended of fore is not by any to be among all men and thereenterprised, nor taken in 1 And if the persons that are to be married dwell in divers Parishes, the Banns must be asked in both Parishes; and the Curate of the one Parish shall not solemnize Matrimony betwixt them, without a Certificate of the Bannsbeing thrice asked, from the Curate of the other Parish. At the day and time appointed for solemnization of Matrimony, the persons to be married shall come into the body of the Church with their friends and neighbours: and there standing together, the Man on the right hand, and the Woman on the left, the Priest shall say, DEA EARLY beloved, we are gathered together here in the sight of God, and in 243 hand, unadvisedly, lightly, or wantonly, to satisfy men's carnal lusts and appetites, like brute beasts that have no understanding; but reverently, discreetly, advisedly, soberly, and in the fear of God; duly considering the causes for which Matrimony was ordained. the procreation of children, First, It was ordained for to be brought up in the fear and nurture of the Lord, and to the praise of his holy Name. Secondly, It was ordain Solemnization of Matrimony. ed for a remedy against sin, and to avoid fornication; that such persons as have not the gift of continency might marry, and keep themselves undefiled members of Christ's body. Thirdly, It was ordained for the mutual society, help, and comfort, that the one ought to have of the other, both in prosperity and adversity. Into which holy estate these two persons present come now to be joined. Therefore if any man can shew any just cause, why they may not lawfully be joined together, let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace. And also, speaking unto the persons that shall be married, he shall say, At which day of Marriage, if any man do allege and declare any impediment, why they may not be coupled together in Matrimony, by God's Law, or the Laws of this Realm; and will be bound, and sufficient sureties with him, to the parties; or else put in a Caution( to the full value of such charges as the persons to be married do thereby sustain) to prove his allegation: then the solemnization must be deferred, until such time as the truth be tried. If no impediment be alleged, then shall the Curate say unto the Man, N.WILT thou have this Woman to thy wedded wife, to live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of Matrimony? Wilt thou love her, comfort her, honour, and keep her in sickness and in health; and, forsaking all other, keep thee only unto her, so long as ye both shall live? I REQUIRE and charge you both, as ye will answer at the dreadful day of judgment when the secrets of all hearts shall be disclosed, that if either of you know any impediment, why ye may not be lawfully joined together in Matrimony, ye do now confess it. N. WILT thou have this For be ye well that so many as are coupled together otherwise than God's Word doth allow are not joined together by God; neither is their Matrimony lawful. Man to thy husband, to live together after God's ordinance in the holy estate of Matrimony? Wilt thou obey him, and serve him, love, honour, and keep him in sickness and in health and, forsaking all other, keep thee only unto him, so long as ye both shall live? 244 The Man shall answer, I will. Then shall the Priest say unto the Woman, Solemnization T The Woman shall answer, I will. Then shall the Minister say, Who giveth this Woman to be married to this Man? Then shall they give their troth to each other in this manner. The Minister, receiving the Woman at her father's or friend's hands, shall cause the Man with his right hand to take the Woman by her right hand, and WI to say after him as followeth. I N. take thee N. to my wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part, according to God's holy ordinance; and thereto I plight thee my troth. T Then shall they loose their hands; and the Woman, with her right hand taking the Man by his right hand, shall likewise say after the Minister, I N. take thee N. to my wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love, cherish, and to obey, till death us do part, according to God's holy ordinance; and thereto I give thee my troth. of Matrimony. Then shall they again loose their hands; and the Man shall give unto the Woman a Ring, laying the same upon the book with the accustomed duty to the Priest and Clerk. And the Priest, taking the Ring, shall deliver it unto the Man, to put it upon the fourth finger of the Woman's left hand. And the Man holding the Ring there, and taught by the Priest, shall say, 245 ITH this Ring I thee wed, with my body I thee worship, and with all my worldly goods I thee endow: In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. A. men. ¶ Then the Man leaving the Ring upon the fourth finger of the Woman's left hand, they shall both kneel down; and the Minister shall say, Let us pray. O ETERNAL God, Creall mankind, Giver of all spiator and Preserver of ritual grace, the Author of everlasting life: Send thy blessing upon these thy servants, this man and this woman, whom we bless in thy Name; that, as Isaac and Rebecca lived faithfully together, so these persons may surely perform and keep the vow and covenant betwixt them made,( whereof this Ring given and received is Solemnization atoken and pledge,) and may ever remain in perfect love and peace together, and live according to thy laws; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Beati omnes. Psalm 128. Then shall the Priest join their right hands together, BLESSED are all they and say, that fear the Lord: walk in his ways. For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: O well is thee, and happy shalt thou be. Those whom God hath joined together let no man put asunder. T Then shall the Minister speak unto the people. FORASMUCH as N. and have consented together in holy wedlock, and have witnessed the same before God and this company, and thereto have given and pledged their troth either to other, and have declared the same by giving and receiving of a Ring, and by joining of hands; I pronounce that they be Man and Wife together, In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. of Matrimony. Then the Minister or Clerks, going to the Lord's Table, shall say or sing this Psalm following. And the Minister shall add this Blessing.s Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine: upon the walls of thine house i Thy children like the olivebranches: round about thy table. Lo, thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. The Lord from out of Sion shall so bless thee: that thou shalt see Jerusalem in prosperity all thy life long; dipanjonsniore viol Yea, that thou shalt see thy children's children and peace upon Israel. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginGOD the Father, God the ning, is now, and ever shall end. men. Holy Ghost, bless, preserve, and keep you; the Lord mercifully with his favour look upon you; and so fill you with all spiritual benedicTOr this Psalm. Deus misereatur. Psalm 67. tion and grace, that ye may GOD be merciful unto so live together in this life, that in the world to come ye may have life everlasting. Amen. us, and bless us: and shew us the light of his countenance, and be merciful unto us. 11011 246 Solemnization of Matrimony. That thy way may be known upon earth: thy saving health among all nations. Let the people praise thee, O God: yea, let all the people praise thee. O let the nations rejoice and be glad for thou shalt judge the folk righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Let the people praise thee, O God: yea, let all the people praise thee. Then shall the earth bring forth her increase: and God, even our own God, shall give us his blessing. God shall bless us: and all the ends of the world shall fear him. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. The Psalm ended, and the Man and the Woman kneeling before the Lord's Table, the Priest standing at the Table, and turning his face towards them, shall say, Lord, have mercy upon us. Answer. Christ, have mercy upon us. Minister. mercy upon us. Lord, have come. Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen. 247 Minister. O Lord, save thy servant, and thy handmaid; Answer. Who put their trust in thee. Minister. O Lord, send them help from thy holy place; Answer. And evermore defend them. Minister. Be unto them a tower of strength, Answer. From the face of their enemy. Minister. O Lord, hear our prayer. Answer. And let our cry come unto thee. Minister. O GOD of Abraham, God bless these thy servants, and of Isaac, God of Jacob, sow the seed of eternal life in their hearts; that whatsoever in thy holy Word they shall profitably learn, they may in deed fulfil the same. Look, O Lord, mercifully upon them from heaven, and bless them. And as thou didst send thy blessing upon Abraham and Sarah, to their great comfort, so heaven, Hallowed be ing upon these thy servants; thy Name. Thy kingdom that they obeying thy will. Solemnization of Matrimony. and alway being in safety under thy protection, may abide in thy love unto their lives' end; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. This Prayer next following shall be omitted, where the Woman is past childbearing. O MERCIFUL Lord, and heavenly Father, by whose gracious gift mankind is increased; We beseech thee, assist with thy blessing these two persons, that they may both be fruitful in procreation of children, and also live together so long in godly love and honesty, that they may see their children christianly and virtuously brought up. to through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. O GOD, who by thy mighty power hast made all things of nothing; who also( after other things set in order) didst appoint, that out of man( created after thine own image and similitude) woman should take her beginning; and, knitting them together, didst teach that it should never be lawful to put asunder those whom thou by Matrimony hadst made one: O God, who the his Church; Look mercifully upon these thy servants, that both this man may love his wife, according to thy Word,( as Christ did love his spouse the Church, who gave himself for it, loving and cherishing it even as his own flesh,) and also that this woman may be loving and amiable, faithful and obedient to her husband; and in all quietness, sobriety, and peace, be a follower of holy and godly matrons. O Lord, bless them both, and grant them to inherit thy everlasting kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. T Then shall the Priest say, ALMIGHTY God, who at create our first parents, Adam and Eve, and did sanctify and join them together in marriage; Pour upon you the riches of his grace, sanctify and bless you, that ye may please him both in body and soul, and live together in holy love unto your lives' end. Amen. After which, if there be no Sermon declaring the duties of Man and Wife, the Minister shall read as followeth. ALL ye that are married, or that intend take Matrimony to such an ex- the holy estate of Matricellent mystery, that in it is mony upon you, hear what signified and represented the holy Scripture doth say the spiritual marriage and as touching the duty of husunity betwixt Christ and bands towards their wives, 248 Solemnization and wives towards their husbands. Hitherto ye have heard the duty of the husband toward the wife. Now likewise, ye wives, hear and learn your duties toward is plainly set forth in holy Scripture. Saint Paul, in his Epistle to the Ephesians, the fifth Chapter, doth give this commandment to all married men; Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the Church, and gave himself for it, that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water, by the Word; that he might present it to himself a glorious Church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy, your husbands, even as it and without blemish. So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself: for no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the Church: for we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife; and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery; but I speak concerning Christ and the Church. Nevertheless, let every one of you in particular so love his wife, even as himself. Saint Paul, in the aforenamed Epistle to the Ephesians, teacheth you thus: Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the Church: and he is the Saviour of the body. Therefore as the Church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. And again he saith, Let the wife see that she reverence her husband. of Matrimony. ter, the Apostle of Christ, who was himself a married man, saith unto them that are married; Ye husbands, dwell with your wives according to knowledge; giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered. And in his Epistle to the Colossians, Saint Paul giveth you this short lesson; Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. Likewise the same Saint Paul, writing to the Colossians, speaketh thus to all men that are married; Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. Hear also what Saint Pe249 Saint Peter also doth instruct you very well, thus saying; Ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not The Visitation of the Sick. the Word, they also may meek and quiet spirit, which without the Word be won is in the sight of God of by the conversation of the great price. For after this wives; while they behold manner in the old time the your chaste conversation holy women also, who trustcoupled with fear. Whose ed in God, adorned themadorning, let it not be that selves, being in subjection outward adorning of plait- unto their own husbands; ing the hair, and of wearing even as Sarah obeyed Aof gold, or of putting on of apparel; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible; even the ornament of a amazement. braham, calling him lord; whose daughters ye are as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any It is convenient that the new- married persons should receive the holy Communion at the time of their Marriage, or at the first opportunity after their Marriage. THE ORDER FOR THE VISITATION OF THE SICK. TWhen any person is sick, notice shall be given thereof to the Minister of the Parish; who, coming into the sick person's house, shall say, PEACE be to this house, Then the Minister shall and that in it. 1 When he cometh into the sick man's presence he shall say, kneeling down, Answer. Spare us, good Lord. say, Let us pray. Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. our iniquities, nor the iniquities of our forefathers: Spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy be thy Name. Thy kingin most precious blood, and be not angry with us for UR Father, which art heaven, Hallowed ever. dom come. Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As 250 The Visitation of the Sick, we forgive them that tres-| correction to him; that the pass against us. And lead sense of his weakness may us not into temptation; But add strength to his faith, deliver us from evil. Amen. and seriousness to his repentance: That, if it shall be thy good pleasure to restore him to his former health, he may lead the residue of his life in thy fear, and to thy glory: or else, give him grace so to take thy visitation, that, after this painful life ended, he may dwell with thee in life everlasting; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Minister. O Lord, save thy servant; Answer. Which putteth his trust in thee. Minister. Send him help from thy holy place; Answer. And evermore mightily defend him. Minister. Let the enemy have no advantage of him; Answer. Nor the wicked approach to hurt him. Minister. Be unto him, O Lord, a strong tower, Answer. From the face of his enemy. Minister. O Lord, hear our prayers. Answer. And let our cry come unto thee. Minister. DE EARLY beloved, know this, that Almighty God is the Lord of life and death, and of all things to them pertaining, as youth, strength, health, age, weakness, and sickness. Wherefore, whatis know you certainly, that it is God's visitation. for what cause soever this And sickness is sent unto you; whether it be to try your patience for the example of others, and that your faith may be found in the day of the Lord laudable, glorious, and honourable, to the increase of glory and endless felicity; or else it be sent to correct and amend in you whatsoever doth offend the eyes of your heavenly Father; know you certainly, that if you truly repent you of your sins, and bear your sickness 251 heaven, behold, visit, and relieve this thy servant. Lock upon him with the eyes of thy mercy, give him comfort and sure con fidence in thee, defend him from the danger of the enemy, and keep him in perpetual peace and safety; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. most merciful God and Saviour; extend thy accustomed goodness to this thy servant who is grieved with sickness. Sanctify, we beseech thee, this thy fatherly T Then shall the Minister exhort the sick person after this form, or other like. The Visitation of the Sick. patiently, trusting in God's ture for our comfort and mercy, for his dear Son Je- instruction; that we should sus Christ's sake, and ren- patiently, and with thanksder unto him humble thanks giving, bear our heavenly for his fatherly visitation, Father's correction, whensubmitting yourself wholly soever by any manner of unto his will, it shall turn adversity it shall please his to your profit, and help you gracious goodness to visit forward in the right way us. And there should be no that leadeth unto everlast- greater comfort to Christian ing life. persons, than to be made ing patiently adversities, like unto Christ, by sufferFor he himself went not up troubles, and sicknesses. to joy, but first he suffered pain; he entered not into If the person visited be very sick, then the Curate may end his exhortation in this place, or else proceed. he was crupart the chastisement of cified. So truly our way to the Lord: For( as Saint Paul eternal joy is to suffer here saith in the twelfth Chapter with Christ; and our door to the Hebrews) whom the to enter into eternal life is Lord loveth he chasteneth, gladly to die with Christ; and scourgeth every son that we may rise again from whom he receiveth. If ye en- death, and dwell with him dure chastening, God deal- in everlasting life. Now eth with you as with sons; therefore, taking your sickfor what son is he whom ness, which is thus profitthe father chasteneth not? able for you, patiently, I But if ye be without chas- exhort you, in the Name of tisement, whereof all are God, to remember the propartakers, then are ye bas- fession which you made tards, and not sons. Fur- unto God in your Baptism. thermore, we have had fathers of our flesh, which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. These words, good brother, are written in holy ScripAnd forasmuch as after this life there is an account to be given unto the righteous Judge, by whom all must be judged, without respect of persons, I require you to examine yourself and your estate, both toward God and man; so that, accusing and condemning yourself for your own faults, you may find mercy at our heavenly Father's hand for Christ's sake, and not be accused 252 The Visitation and condemned in that fearful judgment. Therefore I shall rehearse to you the Articles of our Faith, that you may know whether you do believe as a Chrístian man should, or no. Here the Minister shall rehearse the Articles of the Faith, saying thus, DOST thou believe in God the Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth? And in Jesus Christ his only- begotten Son our Lord? And that he was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary; that he suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; that he went down into hell, and also did rise again the third day; that he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty: and from thence shall come again at the end of the world, to judge the quick and the dead? And dost thou believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy Catholick Church; the Communion of Saints; the Remission of sins; the Resurrection of the flesh and everlasting life after death? The sick person shall answer, All this I stedfastly believe. Then shall the Minister examine whether he repent him truly of his sins, 253 of the Sick. and be in charity with all the world; exhorting him to forgive, from the bottom of his heart, all persons that have offended him; and if he hath offended any other, to ask them forgiveness; and where he hath done injury or wrong to any man, that he make amends to the uttermost of his power. And if he hath not before disposed of his goods, let him then be admonished to make his Will, and to declare his Debts, what he oweth, and what is owing unto him; for the better discharging of his conscience, and the quietness of his Executors. But men should often be put in remembrance to take order for the settling of their temporal estates, whilst they are in health. These words before rehearsed may be said be. fore the Minister begin his Prayer, as he shall see cause. The Minister should not omit earnestly to move such sick persons as are of ability to be liberal to the poor. Here shall the sick person be moved to make a special Confession of his sins, if he feel his conscience troubled with any weighty matter. After which Confession, the Priest shall absolve him( if he humbly and heartily desire it) after this sort. The Visitation of the Sick. most Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. who hath left power to his Church to absolve all sinners who truly repent and believe in him, of his great mercy forgive thee thine offences: And by his authority committed to me, I absolve thee from all thy sins, In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. And then the Priest shall say the Collect following. Then shall the Minister say this Psalm. In te, Domine, speravi. Psalm 71. IN thee, O Lord, have I put my me never be put to confusion: but rid me, and deliver me in thy righteousness; incline thine ear unto me, and save me. Be thou my strong hold, whereunto I may alway resort: thou hast promised to help me; for thou art my house of defence, and my castle. Let us pray. O MOST merciful God, who, according to the multitude of thy mercies, dost so put away the sins of those who truly repent, that thou rememberest them no more: Open thine eye of mercy upon this thy servant, who most earnestly desireth pardon and for giveness. Renew in him, most loving Father, whatsoever hath been decayed by the fraud and malice of the devil, or by his own carnal will and frailness; preserve and continue this sick member in the unity of the Church; consider his con.. trition, accept his tears. asswage his pain, as shall seem to thee most expedient for him. And forasmuch as he putteth his full trust only in thy mercy, impute not unto him his former sins, but strengthen him with thy blessed Spirit; and, when thou art pleased to take him hence, take him unto thy fa- For mine enemies speak vour, through the merits of against me, and they that 254 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the ungodly: out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. For thou, O Lord God, art the thing that I long for: thou art my hope, even from my youth. Through thee have I been holden up ever since I was born; thou art he that took me out of my mother's womb; my praise shall alway be of thee. I am become as it were a monster unto many: but my sure trust is in thee. O let my mouth be filled with thy praise that I may sing of thy glory and honour all the day long. Cast me not away in the time of age: forsake me not when my strength faileth me. The Visitation of the Sick. Adding this. 22. lay wait for my soul take their counsel together, saying: God hath forsaken him, O SAVIOUR of the persecute him, and take him; for there is none to deliver him. world, who by thy Cross and precious Blood hast redeemed us, Save us, and help us, we humbly beseech thee, O Lord. Go not far from me, O God: my God, haste thee to help me. Then shall the Minister say, Let them be confounded and perish that are against THE Almighty Lord, who my let covered with shame and dishonour that seek to do me evil. is a most strong tower to all them that put their trust in him, to whom all things in heaven, in earth, and under the earth, do bow and obey, be now and evermore thy defence; and make thee know and feel, that there is none other Name under heaven given to man, in whom, and through whom, thou mayest receive health and salvation, but only the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. And after that shall say, Forsake me not, O God, in UNTO God's gracious mine old age, when I am gray- headed: until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to all them that are yet for to come. mercy and protection we commit thee. The Lord bless thee, and keep thee. The Lord make his face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee. The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace, both now and evermore. Amen. Thy righteousness, O God, is very high, and great things are they that thou hast done: O God, who is like unto thee? As for me, I will patiently abide alway: and will praise thee more and more. My mouth shall daily speak of thy righteousness and salvation for I know no end thereof. I will go forth in the strength of the Lord God: and will make mention of thy righteousness only. Thou, O God, hast taught me from my youth up until now therefore will I tell of thy wondrous works. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; A Prayer for a sick Child. As it was in the beginning. O ALMIGHTY God, and is now, ever shall merciful Father, world without end. Amen. whom alone belong the is255 The Visitation of the Sick. sues of life and death; Look| more continually with thy down from heaven, we hum- grace and Holy Spirit in the bly beseech thee, with the eyes of mercy upon this child now lying upon the bed of sickness: Visit him, O Lord, with thy salvation; deliver him in thy good appointed time from his bodily pain, and save his soul for thy mercies' sake: That, if it shall be thy pleasure to prolong his days here on earth, he may live to thee, and be an instrument of thy glory, by serving thee faithfully, and doing good in his generation; or else receive him into those heavenly habitations, where the souls of them that sleep in the Lord Jesus enjoy perpetual rest and felicity. Grant this, O Lord, for thy mercies' sake, in the same thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. inner man. Give him unfeigned repentance for all the errors of his life past, and stedfast faith in thy Son Jesus; that his sins may be done away by thy mercy, and his pardon sealed in heaven, before he go hence, and be no more seen. We know, O Lord, that there is no word impossible with thee; and that, if thou wilt, thou canst even yet raise him up, and grant him a longer continuance amongst us: Yet, forasmuch as in all appearance the time of his dissolution draweth near, so fit and prepare him, we beseech thee, against the hour of death, that after his departure hence in peace, and in thy favour, his soul may be received into thine everlasting kingdom, through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ, thine only Son, our Lord and Saviour. Amen. A Prayer for a sick person, when there appeareth small hope of recovery. A commendatory Prayer for a sick person at the point of departure. O FATHER of mercies. O ALMIGHTY God, with and God of all comfort, whom do live the spiour only help in time of rits of just men made perneed: We fly unto thee for fect, after they are delivered succour in behalf of this thy from their earthly prisons; servant, here lying under We humbly commend the thy hand in great weakness soul of this thy servant, our of body. Look graciously dear brother, into thy hands, upon him, O Lord; and the as into the hands of a faithmore the outward man de- ful Creator, and most mercicayeth, strengthen him, we ful Saviour; most humbly beseech thee, so much the beseeching thee, that it may 1 256 THE LAST SUPPER Leonardo da Vinci The Visitation of the Sick. be precious in thy sight. pity and compassion upon Wash it, we pray thee, in this thy afflicted servant. the blood of that immaculate Lamb, that was slain to take away the sins of the world; that whatsoever defilements it may have contracted in the midst of this miserable and naughty world, through the lusts of the flesh, or the wiles of Satan, being purged and done away, it may be presented pure and without spot before thee. And teach us who survive, in this and other like daily spectacles of mortality, to see how frail and uncertain our own condition is; and so to number our days, that we may seriously apply our hearts to that holy and heavenly wisdom, whilst we live here, which may in the end bring us to life everlasting, through the merits of Jesus Christ thine only Son our Lord. Amen. A Prayer for persons troubled in mind or in conscience. O BLESSED Lord, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comforts; We beseech thee, look down in J Thou writest bitter things against him, and makest him to possess his former iniquities; thy wrath lieth hard upon him, and his soul is full of trouble: But, O merciful God, who hast written thy holy Word for our learning, that we, through patience and comfort of thy holy Scriptures, might have hope; give him a right understanding of himself, and of thy threats and promises; that he may neither cast away his confidence in thee, nor place it any where but in thee. Give him strength against all his temptations, and heal all his distempers. Break not the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax. Shut not up thy tender mercies in displeasure; but make him to hear of joy and gladness, that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. Deliver him from fear of the. enemy, and lift up the light of thy countenance upon him, and give him peace, through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 3) dilead vilbod aid wms filltw 2Bolosía vál ( notamsbrno otni smo, botasesta toge Juodliw, ad dlash mort bsceng ei indepast dauordt: ssut olan ngh bro mo Je I 257 apolong THE COMMUNION OF THE SICK. Forasmuch as all mortal men be subject to many sudden perils, diseases, and sicknesses, and ever uncertain what time they shall depart out of this life; therefore, to the intent they may be always in a readiness to die, when soever it shall please Almighty God to call them, the Curates shall diligently from time to time ( but especially in the time of pestilence, or other infectious sickness) exhort their Parishioners to the often receiving of the holy Communion of the Body and Blood of our Saviour Christ, when it shall be publickly administered in the Church; that so doing, they may, in case of sudden visitation, have the less cause to be disquieted for lack of the same. But if the sick person be not able to come to the Church, and yet is desirous to receive the Communion in his house; then he must give timely notice to the Curate, signifying also how many there are to communicate with him,( which shall be three, or two at the least,) and having a convenient place in the sick man's house, with all things necessary so prepared, that the Curate may reverently minister, he shall there celebrate the holy Communion, beginning with the Collect, Epistle, and Gospel, here following. no? THE EPISTLE. Heb. xii. 5. THE COLLECT. LMIGHTY, everliving MY son, despise not thou the chastening of Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him. For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth; and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth, wob dossand kind, who dost correct those whom thou dost love, and chastise every one whom thou dost receive; We beseech thee to have mercy upon this thy servant visited with thine hand, and to grant that he may take his sickness reTHE GOSPEL. St. John v. 24. cover his bodily health,( if VERILY, verily I say unit be thy gracious will;) and whensoever his soul shall depart from the body, it may be without spot presented unto thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. to you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. 258 The Communion of the Sick. After which the Priest shall proceed according to the form before prescribed for the holy Communion, beginning at these words[ Ye that do truly, etc.] At the time of the distribution of the holy Sacrament, the Priest shall first receive the Communion himself, and after minister unto them that are appointed to communicate with the sick, and last of all to the sick person. But if a man, either by reason of extremity of sickness, or for want of warning in due time to the Curate, or for lack of company to receive with him, or by any other just impediment, do not receive the Sacrament of Christ's Body and Blood, the Curate shall instruct him, that if he do truly repent him of his sins, and stedfastly believe that Jesus Christ hath suffered death upon the Cross for him, and shed his Blood for his redemption, earnestly remembering the benefits he hath thereby, and giving him hearty thanks therefore, he doth eat and drink the Body and Blood of our Saviour Christ profitably to his Soul's health, although he do not receive the Sacrament with his mouth. TWhen the sick person is visited, and receiveth the holy Communion all at one time, then the Priest, for more expedition, shall cut off the form of the Visitation at the Psalm[ In thee, O Lord, have I put my trust, etc.] and go straight to the Communion. In the time of the Plague, Sweat, or such other like contagious times of sickness or diseases, when none of the Parish or neighbours can be gotten to communicate with the sick in their houses, for fear of the infection, upon special request of the diseased, the Minister may only communicate with him. 259 THE ORDER FOR THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD. Here is to be noted, that the Office ensuing is not to be used for any that die unbaptized, or excommunicate, or have laid violent hands upon themselves. The Priest and Clerks meeting the Corpse at the entrance of the Church- yard, and going before it, either into the Church, or towards the Grave, shall say, or sing, I AM the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me, he were dead, yet shall he live and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. St. John xi. 25, 26. I KNOW that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another. Job xix. 25, 26, 27. WE VE brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the Name of the Lord. 1 Tim. vi. 7. Job i. 21. Dixi, custodiam. Psalm 39. I SAID, I will take heed to not in my tongue. my ways that I offend After they are come into the Church, shall be read one or both of these Psalms following. it were with a bridle: while I will keep my mouth as the ungodly is in my sight. I held my tongue, and spake nothing I kept silence, yea, even from good words; but it was pain and grief to me. My heart was hot within me, and while I was thus musing the fire kindled: and at the last I spake with my tongue; Lord, let me know mine end, and the number of my days: that I may be certified how long I have to live. Behold, thou hast made my days as it were a span long and mine age is even as nothing in respect of thee; and verily every man living is altogether vanity. vain shadow, and disquietFor man walketh in a eth himself in vain: he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them. 260 The Burial of the Dead. And now, Lord, what is my hope: truly my hope is even in thee. Deliver me from all mine offences and make me not a rebuke unto the foolish. I became dumb, and opened not my mouth: for it was thy doing. Take thy plague away from me: I am even consumed by means of thy heavy hand. When thou with rebukes dost chasten man for sin, thou makest his beauty to consume away, like as it were a moth fretting a garment: every man therefore is but vanity. Hear my prayer, O Lord, and with thine ears consider my calling hold not thy peace at my tears. For I am a stranger with thee and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. O spare me a little, that I may recover my strength: before I go hence, and be no more seen. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be world without end. Amen. Domine, refugium. Psalm 90. LORD, thou hast been our refuge from one generation to another. from everlasting, and world without end. Thou turnest man to destruction again thou sayest, Come again, ye children of men. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and the world were made thou art God For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday seeing that is past as a watch in the night. As soon as thou scatterest them, they are even as a sleep and fade away suddenly like the grass. In the morning it is green, and groweth up but in the evening it is cut down, dried up, and withered. For we consume away in thy displeasure and are afraid at thy wrathful indignation. Thou hast set our misdeeds before thee: and our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. For when thou art angry all our days are gone: we bring our years to an end, as it were a tale that is told. The days of our age are threescore years and ten; and though men be so strong, that they come to fourscore years yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone. But who regardeth the power of thy wrath for even thereafter as a man feareth, so is thy displeasure. So teach us to number our days that we may 261 The Burial of the Dead. O satisfy us with thy mercy, and that soon: so shall we rejoice and be glad all the days of our life. apply our hearts unto wis- ward they that are Christ's, dom. at his coming. Then cometh Turn thee again, O Lord, the end, when he shall have at the last and be gracious delivered up the kingdom to unto thy servants. God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule, and all authority, and power. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith, all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all. Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? Why are they then baptized for the dead? and why stand we in jeopardy every hour? I protest by your rejoicing, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantagethit me, if the dead rise not? Let us Comfort us again now after the time that thou hast plagued us and for the years wherein we have suffered adversity. Shew thy servants thy work and their children thy glory. And the glorious Majesty of the Lord our God be upon us: prosper thou the work of our hands upon us, O prosper thou our handywork. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be world without end. Amen. Then shall follow the Lesson taken out of the fifteenth Chapter of the former Epistle of Saint Paul to the Corinthians. 1 Cor. xv. 20. NOW is Christ risen from eat and drink, for to- morrow we Be not the become the first- fruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order Christ the first- fruits; afterevil communications corrupt good manners. Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame. But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they 262 The Burial come? Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die. And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: But God giveth it a body, as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. All flesh is not the same flesh; but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial; but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead: It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit, that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy the second man is 263 of the Dead. the Lord from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they that are earthy and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I shew you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump,( for the trumpet shall sound,) and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality; then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. The Burial of the Dead. TWhen they come to the Grave, while the Corpse is made ready to be laid into the earth, the Priest shall say, or the Priest and Clerks shall sing: MAN that is born of a wo- change our vile body, that man but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down, like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay. may glorious body, according to the mighty working, whereby he is able to subdue all things to himself. In the midst of life we are in death: of whom may we seek for succour, but of thee, O Lord, who for our sins art justly displeased? Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, O holy and most merciful Saviour, deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death. body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in sure and certain hope of the Resurrection to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus Christ; who shall mighty, O holy and merciful Saviour, thou most worthy Judge eternal, suffer us not, at our last hour, for any pains of death, to fall from thee. Then shall be said or sung, I HEARD a voice from heaven, saying unto me, blessed are the dead which Write, From henceforth die in the Lord: even so saith the Spirit; for they rest from their labours. Then the Priest shall. say, Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts; shut not thy merciful ears to our prayer; but spare us, Lord OUR Father, which art in most thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. Andforgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that lead us not into temptation; trespass against us. And But deliver us from evil. Amen. Priest. Then, while the earth shall be cast upon the Body by some standing by, the Priest shall say, FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, we therefore commit his 264 with whom do live the spirits of them that depart hence in the Lord, and with whom the souls of the faithful, after they are delivered from the The Churching of Women. burden of the flesh, are in joy and felicity; We give thee hearty thanks, for that it hath pleased thee to deliver this our brother out of the miseries of this sinful world; beseeching thee, that it may please thee, of thy gracious goodness, shortly to accomplish the number of thine elect, and to hasten thy kingdom; that we, with all those that are departed in the true faith of thy holy Name, may have our perfect consummation and bliss, both in body and soul, in thy eternal and everlasting glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THE COLLECT. O MERCIFUL God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the resurrection and the life; in whom whosoever believeth shall Paul, not to be sorry, as men without hope, for them that sleep in him; We meekly beseech thee, O Father, to raise us from the death of sin unto the life of righteousness; that, when we shall depart this life, we may rest in him, as our hope is this our brother doth; and that, at the general Resurrection in the last day, we may be found acceptable in thy sight; and receive that blessing, which thy well- beloved Son shall then pronounce to all that love and fear thee, saying, Come, ye blessed children of my Father, receive the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world: Grant this, we beseech thee, O merciful Father, through Jesus Christ, our Mediator and Redeemer. Amen. live, though he die; and who- THE grace of our Lord Jesus soever liveth, and believeth in him, shall not die eter- of God, and the fellowship nally who also hath taught of the Holy Ghost, be with us, by his holy Apostle Saint us all evermore. Amen. THE THANKSGIVING OF WOMEN AFTER CHILD- BIRTH, COMMONLY CALLED, THE CHURCHING OF WOMEN. T The Woman, at the usual time after her Delivery, shall come into the Church decently apparelled, and there shall kneel down in some convenient place, as hath been accustomed, or as the Ordinary shall direct: And then the Priest shall say unto her, it hath safe and hath pleased Almighty God preserved you in the great of his goodness to give you danger of Child- birth; you 265 The Churching of Women. shall therefore give hearty thanks unto God, and say, ( Then shall the Priest say the 116th Psalm.) Dilexi quoniam. AM well pleased tha the Lord hath heard the voice of my prayer; That he hath inclined his ear unto me: therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. The snares of death compassed me round about: and the pains of hell gat hold upon me. I found trouble and heaThe Lord preserveth the simple I was in misery, and he helped me. Turn again then unto thy rest, O my soul for the Lord hath rewarded thee. And why? thou hast delivered my soul from death: mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living. I believed, and therefore will I speak; but I was sore troubled: I said in my haste, All men are liars. salvation and call upon the Name of the Lord. viness, and I called upon EXCEPT the Lord build the Name of : Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. Gracious is the Lord, and righteous yea, our God is merciful. in the presence of all his I will pay my vows now people in the courts of the Lord's house, even in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord. What reward shall I give unto the Lord for all the benefits that he hath done unto me? Boy boves I will receive the cup of 266 Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Or, Psalm 127. Nisi Dominus. is but lost that build it. Except the Lord keep the city: the watchman waketh but in vain. It is but lost labour that ye haste to rise up early, and so late take rest, and eat the bread of carefulness for so he giveth his beloved sleep. Lo, children and the fruit of the womb are an heritage and gift that cometh of the Lord. Like as the arrows in the hand of the giant even so are the young children. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; : As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall A Commination. Answer, Who putteth her trust in thee. Minister. Be thou to her Then the Priest shall say, a strong tower; Answer. From the face of her enemy. Minister. Lord, hear our be: world without end. Amen. Let us pray. Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. UR Father, which art be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, The power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen. Minister. O Lord, save this woman thy servant; prayer. Answer. And let our cry come unto thee. Minister. Let us pray. ALMIGHTY God, O we give thee humble thanks for that thou hast vouchsafed to deliver this woman thy servant from the great pain and peril of Child- birth; Grant, we beseech thee, most merciful Father, that she, through thy help, may both faithfully live, and walk according to thy will, in this life present; and also may be partaker of everlasting glory in the life to come; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. T The Woman, that cometh to give her Thanks, must offer accustomed Offerings; and, if there be a Communion, it is convenient that she receive the holy Communion. A COMMINATION, OR DENOUNCING OF GOD'S ANGER AND JUDGMENTS AGAINST SINNERS, With certain Prayers, to be used on the first Day of Lent, and at other times, as the Ordinary shall appoint. TAfter Morning Prayer, the Litany ended according to the accustomed manner, the Priest shall, in the Reading- Pew or Pulpit, say, the Pri- the mitive Church there was persons as stood convicted a godly discipline, that, at of notorious sin were put to 267 A Commination. bour's land- mark. open penance, and punish- that removeth his neighed in this world, that their souls might be saved in the day of the Lord; and that others, admonished by their example, might be the more afraid to offend. Instead whereof, until the said discipline may be restored again,( which is much to be wished,) it is thought good, that at this time( in the presence of you all) should be read the general sentences of God's cursing against impenitent sinners, gathered out of the seven and twentieth Chapter of Deuteronomy, and other places of Scripture; and that ye should answer to every Sentence, Amen: To the intent that, being admonished of the great indignation of God against sinners, ye may the rather be moved to earnest and true repentance; and may walk more warily in these dangerous days; fleeing from such vices, for which ye affirm with your own mouths the curse of God to be due. Answer. Amen. Minister. Cursed is he that maketh the blind to go out of his way. Answer. Amen. Minister. Cursed is he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, the fatherless, and widow. Answer. Amen. Minister. Cursed is he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. Answer. Amen. Minister. Cursed is he that lieth with his neighbour's wife. TAnd the people shall answer and say, Amen. Minister. Cursed is he that curseth his father or mother. Answer. Amen. Minister. Cursed is he that taketh reward to slay the innocent. Answer. Amen. Minister. Cursed is he that putteth his trust in man, and taketh man for his defence, and in his heart goeth from the Lord. Answer. Amen. Minister. Cursed are the unmerciful, fornicators, and adulterers, covetous persons, idolaters, slanderers, drunkards, and extorCURSED is the man that tioners. maketh any or molten image, to worship it. Answer. Amen. Minister. NOW seeing that all they are( as the prophet David beareth witness) who do err and go astray from the commandments of God; let us( remembering the dreadful Answer. Amen. Minister. Cursed is he judgment hanging over our 268 A Commination. not hear; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me; and that, because they hated knowledge, and received not the fear of the Lord, but abhorred my counsel, and despised my correction. Then shall it be too late to knock when the door shall be shut; and too late to cry for mercy when it is the time of justice. O terrible voice of heads, and always ready to the stubbornness of their fall upon us) return unto heart, have heaped unto our Lord God, with all themselves; which despiscontrition and meekness ed the goodness, patience, of heart; bewailing and and long- sufferance of God, lamenting our sinful life, when he calleth them conacknowledging and con- tinually to repentance. Then fessing our offences, and shall they call upon me, seeking to bring forth wor-( saith the Lord,) but I will thy fruits of penance. For now is the axe put unto the root of the trees, so that every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God: he shall pour down rain upon the sinners, snares, fire and brimstone, storm and tempest; this shall be their portion to drink. For lo, the Lord is come out of his place to visit the wickedness of such as dwell upon the earth. But who may abide the day of his coming? Who shall be able to endure when he appeareth? His fan is in his hand, and he will purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the barn; but he will burn the chaff with unquenchable fire. The day of the Lord cometh as a thief in the night and when men shall say, Peace, and all things are safe, then shall sudden destruction come upon them, as sorrow cometh upon a woman travailing with child, and they shall not escape. Then shall appear the wrath of God in the day of vengeance, which obstinate sinners, through nost just judgment, which shall be pronounced upon them, when it shall be said unto them, Go, ye cursed, into the fire everlasting, which is prepared for the devil and his angels. Therefore, brethren, take we heed betime, while the day of salvation lasteth; for the night cometh, when none can work. But let us, while we have the light, believe in the light, and walk as children of the light; that we be not cast into utter darkness, where is weeping and gnashing of teeth. Let us not abuse the goodness of God, who calleth us mercifully to amendment, and of his endless pity promiseth us forgiveness of that which is past, if with a perfect and true heart we return unto 269 A Commination. him. For though our sins thanksgiving: This if we be as red as scarlet, they do, Christ will deliver us shall be made white as from the curse of the law, snow; and though they be and from the extreme malike purple, yet they shall lediction which shall light be made white as wool. upon them that shall be set Turn ye( saith the Lord) on the left hand; and he from all your wickedness, will set us on his right and your sin shall not be hand, and give us the grayour destruction: Cast a- cious benediction of his way from you all your ungodliness that ye have done: Make you new hearts, and a new spirit: Wherefore will ye die, O ye house of Israel, seeing that I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God? Turn ye then, and ye shall live. Although we have sinned, yet have we an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is the propitiation for our sins. For he was wounded for our offore return unto him, who is the merciful receiver of all true penitent sinners; assuring ourselves that he is ready to receive us, and most willing to pardon us, if we come unto him with faithful repentance; if we submit ourselves unto him, and from henceforth walk in his ways; if we will take his easy yoke, and light burden upon us, to follow him in lowliness, patience, and charity, and be ordered by the governance of his Holy Spirit; seeking always his glory, and serving him duly in our vocation with Father, commanding us to take possession of his glorious kingdom: Unto which he vouchsafe to bring us all, for his infinite mercy. Amen. Miserere mei, Deus. diss Psalm 51.wb. fences, and smitten for our HAVE mercy threat wickedness. us God, after Then shall they all kneel upon their knees, and the Priest and Clerks kneeling( in the place where they are accustomed to say the Litany) shall say this Psalm. goodness: according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences. Wash me throughly from my wickedness: and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my faults and my sin is ever before me. 270 Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight that thou mightest be justified in thy saying, and clear when thou art judged. Behold, I was shapen in wickedness: and in sin hath my mother conceived me. But lo, thou requirest A Commination. truth in the inward parts and shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly. Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. Turn thy face away from my sins: and put out all my misdeeds. with the sacrifice of righteousness, with the burntofferings and oblations: then shall they offer young bullocks upon thine altar. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; Make me a clean heart, O God and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence and take not us. thy Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou that art the God of my health and my tongue shall sing of thy righteousness. Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord: and my mouth shall shew thy praise. For thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I give it thee: but thou delightest not in burnt- offerings. Answer. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be world without end. Amen. Lord, have mercy upon us. The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit a broken and contrite heart, O God, shalt thou not despise. O be favourable and gracious unto Sion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. Then shalt thou be pleased which art give me the comfort of OUR Father, Hallowed be thy Name. thy help again and stablish me with thy free Spirit. Then shall I teach ways unto the wicked: and sinners shall be converted unto thee. thy Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon dom come. Thy kingdone, in earth as it is in heaThy will be ven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive forgive them that trespass us our trespasses, As we against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen. Minister. O Lord, save thy servants; Answer. That put their trust in thee. Minister. Send unto them help from above. Answer. And evermore mightily defend them. Minister. Help us, O God our Saviour. Answer. And for the glory of thy Name deliver us; be merciful to us sinners, for thy Name's sake. 271 A Commination. Minister. O Lord, hear our prayer. Answer. And let our cry come unto thee. Minister. Let us pray. LORD, we beseech thee, mercifully hear our prayers, and spare all those who confess their sins unto thee; that they, whose truly repent us of our faults, and so make haste to help us in this world, that we may ever live with thee in the world to come; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. consciences by sin are accused, by thy merciful pardon may be absolved; through Christ our Lord. Amen. TURN thou us, O good be turned. Be favourable, O Lord, and so shall we Lord, Be favourable to thy people, Who turn to thee in weeping, fasting, and praying. For thou art a merciful Long- suffering, and of great God, Full of compassion, pity. Thou sparest when we deserve punishment, And in thy wrath thinkest upon O MOST mighty God, and merciful Father, who hast compassion upon all men, and hatest nothing that thou hast made; who wouldest not the death of a sinner, but that he should rather turn from his sin, and be saved; Mercifully forgive us our trespasses; receive and comfort us, who are mercy. Spare thy people, good Lord, spare them, And let not thine heritage be brought to confusion. Hear great, And after the multius, O Lord, for thy mercy is grieved and wearied with tude of thy mercies look upthe burden of our sins. Thy property is always to have on us; Through the merits mercy; to thee only it ap- ed Son, Jesus Christ our and mediation of thy blesspertaineth to forgive sins. Spare us therefore, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed; enter not into judgment with Lord. Amen. thy servants, who are earth, and miserable sinners; but so turn thine anger from us, who meekly acknowledge our vileness, and Then shall the people say this that followeth, after the Minister. 272 Then the Minister alone shall say, THE Lord bless us, and us; lift up the light of his countenance upon us, and give us peace, now and for evermore. Amen. THE PSALMS OF DAVID. THE FIRST DAY. Morning Prayer. PSALM 1. Beatus vir, qui non abiit,& c. is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners: and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord and in his law will he exercise himself day and night. 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the water- side: that will bring forth his fruit in due season. 4 His leaf also shall not wither and look, whatsoever he doeth, it shall prosper. 5 As for the ungodly, it is not so with them but they are like the chaff, which the wind scattereth away from the face of the earth. 6 Therefore the ungodly shall not be able to stand in the judgment neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 7 But the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: and the way of the ungodly shall perish. PSALM 2. Quare fremuerunt gentes? HY do the heathen so furiously rage together: and why do the people imagine a vain thing? WH 2 The kings of the earth stand up, and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord, and against his Anointed. 3 Let us break their bonds asunder: and cast away their cords from us. 4 He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn: the Lord shall have them in derision. 5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath and vex them in his sore displeasure. 6 Yet have I set my King: upon my holy hill of Sion. 7 I will preach the law, whereof the Lord hath said unto me: Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. 273 DAY 1. The Psalms. DAY 1. : 8 Desire of me, and I shall| and rose up again for the give thee the heathen for Lord sustained me. thine inheritance and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession. 6 I will not be afraid for ten thousands of the people that have set themselves against me round about. 9 Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron and break them in pieces like a potter's vessel. 10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings be learned, ye that are judges of the earth. 11 Serve the Lord in fear: and rejoice unto him with reverence. 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and so ye perish from the right way if his wrath their trust in him. PSALM 4. Cum invocarem. be kindled,( yea, but a little.) HEAR me when I call, O blessed are they that put God of my righteousness thou hast set me at liberty when I was in trouble; have mercy upon me, and hearken unto my 2 Many one there be that say of my soul: There is no help for him in his God. 7 Up, Lord, and help me, O my God for thou smitest all mine enemies upon the cheek- bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. PSALM 3. Domine, quid multiplicati? LORD, how are they in- prayer. creased that trouble me: many are they that rise against me. 3 But thou, O Lord, art my defender: thou art my worship, and the lifter up of my head. 8 Salvation belongeth unto the Lord and thy blessing is upon thy people. 4 I did call upon the Lord with my voice: and he heard me out of his holy hill. 5 I laid me down and slept, 2 O ye sons of men, how long will ye blaspheme mine honour: and have such pleasure in vanity, and seek after leasing? 3 Know this also, that the Lord hath chosen to himself the man that is godly when I call upon the Lord, he will hear me. 4 Stand in awe, and sin not commune with your own heart, and in your chamber, and be still. 274 DAY 1. The Psalms. DAY 1. 5 Offer the sacrifice of 6 Thou shalt destroy them righteousness: trust in the Lord. and put your 6 There be many that say: Who will shew us any good? y ng that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor both the bloodthirsty and deceitful man. 7 But as for me, I will come into thine house, even upon the multitude of thy mer. cy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. 7 Lord, lift thou up: the light of thy countenance upon us. 8 Thou hast put gladness in my heart: since the time that their corn, and wine, and oil, increased. 9 I will lay me down in peace, and take my rest: for it is thou, Lord, only, that makest me dwell in safety. PSALM 5. ab Verba mea auribus. 8 Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness, because of mine enemies make thy way plain before my face. 9 For there is no faithfulness in his mouth their inward parts are very wickedness. 5 Such as be foolish shall not stand in thy sight: for thou hatest all them that work vanity. 10 Their throat is an open sepulchre they flatter with : PONDER my words, Otheir tongue. Lord: consider my meditation. 2 O hearken thou unto the voice of my calling, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I make my prayer. 3 My voice shalt thou hear betimes, O Lord: early in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. 4 For thou art the God that hast no pleasure in wickedness neither shall any evil dwell with thee. : 11 Destroy thou them, O God; let them perish through their own imagina. tions: cast them out in the multitude of their ungodli. ness; for they have rebelled against thee. sidson 12 And let all them that put their trust in thee rejoice they shall ever be giving of thanks, because thou defendest them; they that love thy Name shall be joyful in thee; 13 For thou, Lord, wilt give thy blessing unto the righteous and with thy favourable kindness wilt thou defend him as with a shield. 275 The Psalms. DAY 1. Evening Prayer. PSALM 6. Domine, ne in furore. O LORD, rebuke me not in thine indignation: neither chasten me in thy displeasure. 2 Have mercy upon me, Ome; Lord, for I am weak: 0 Lord, heal me, for my bones are vexed. 3 My soul also is sore troubled but, Lord, how long wilt thou punish me? 4 Turn thee, O Lord, and deliver my soul: O save me for thy mercy's sake. 5 For in death no man remembereth thee ar who will give thee thanks in the pit? 6 I am weary of my groaning; every night wash I my bed and water my couch with my tears. 7 My beauty is gone for very trouble and worn away because of all mine enemies. DAY 1. back, and put to shame suddenly. 8 Away from me, all ye that work vanity for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping. 9 The Lord hath heard my petition: the Lord will receive my prayer. 10 All mine enemies shall be confounded, and sore vexed: they shall be turned PSALM 7. Domine, Deus meus. LORD my God, in thee have I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver 2 Lest he devour my soul, like a lion, and tear it in pieces: while there is none to help. 3 O Lord my God, if I have done any such thing: or if there be any wickedness in my hands; 4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that dealt friendly with me: yea, I have delivered him that without any cause is mine enemy; 5 Then let mine enemy persecute my soul, and take me: yea, let him tread my life down upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. 6 Stand up, O Lord, in thy wrath, and lift up thyself, because of the indignation of mine enemies arise up for me in the judgment that thou hast commanded. 7 And so shall the congregation of the people come about thee: for their sakes therefore lift up thyself again. 8 The Lord shall judge the ubiti 276 DAY 1. The Psalms. DAY 1. people; give sentence with 18 I will give thanks unto me, O Lord: according to my righteousness, and according to the innocency that is in me. the Lord, according to his righteousness and I will praise the Name of the Lord most High. 90 let the wickedness of the ungodly come to an end: but guide thou the just. 10 For the righteous God: trieth the very hearts and reins. 11 My help cometh of God: who preserveth them that are true of heart. 12 God is a righteous Judge, strong, and patient: and God is provoked every day. 13 If a man will not turn, he will whet his sword: he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 14 He hath prepared for him the instruments of death he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. 15 Behold, he travaileth with mischief: he hath conceived sorrow, and brought forth ungodliness. 16 He hath graven and digged up a pit and is fallen himself into the destruction that he made for other. 17 For his travail shall come upon his own head: and his wickedness shall fall on his own pate. PSALM 8. O Domine, Dominus noster. LORD our Governour, how excellent is thy Name in all the world: thou that hast set thy glory above the heavens! 2 Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength, because of thine enemies: that thou mightest still the enemy, and the avenger. 3 For I will consider thy heavens, even the works of thy fingers: the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained. 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him and the son of man, that thou visitest him? 5 Thou madest him lower than the angels to crown him with glory and worship. 6 Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands and thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet; 7 All sheep and oxen: yea, and the beasts of the field; 8 The fowls of the air, 277 DAY 2. The Psalms. DAY 2. and the fishes of the sea: 8 For he shall judge the and whatsoever walketh world in righteousness; and through the paths of the minister true judgment unto the people. artbroo 9 The Lord also will be a defence for the oppressed: even a refuge in due time of trouble. seas. 9 0 Lord our Governour: how excellent is thy Name in all the world! Morning Prayer. I PSALM 9. Confitebor tibi. WILL give thanks unto thee, O Lord, with my whole heart: I will speak of all thy marvellous works. 2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: yea, my songs will I make of thy Name, O thou most Highest. 3 While mine enemies are driven back: they shall fall and perish at thy presence. 4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause: thou art set in the throne that judgest right. 5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, and destroyed the ungodly thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. 6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end even as the cities which thou hast destroyed; their memorial is perished with them. to 7 But the Lord shall endure for ever he hath also prepared his seat for judgment. 10 And they that know thy Name will put their trust in thee for thou, Lord, hast never failed them that seek thee. 11 O praise the Lord which dwelleth in Sion: shew the people of his doings. 12 For, when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them and forgetteth not the complaint of the poor. : 13 Have mercy upon me, O Lord; consider the trouble which I suffer of them that hate me thou that liftest me up from the gates of death. 14 That I may shew all thy praises within the ports of the daughter of Sion: I will rejoice in thy salvation. 15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made in the same net which they hid privily, is their foot taken. 16 The Lord is known to execute judgment: the ungodly is trapped in the work of his own hands. 278 DAY 2. The Psalms. DAY 2. 17 The wicked shall be 6 For he hath said in his turned into hell and all the people that forget God. 18 For the poor shall not alway be forgotten the patient abiding of the meek shall not perish for ever. heart, Tush, I shall never be cast down there shall no harm happen unto me. 7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and fraud: under his tongue is ungodliness and vanity. 19 Up, Lord, and let not man have the upper hand: let the heathen be judged in thy sight. 20 Put them in fear, O Lord that the heathen may know themselves to be but men. PSALM 10. Ut quid, Domine? HY standest thou 8 He sitteth lurking in the thievish corners of the streets and privily in his lurking dens doth he murder the innocent; his eyes are set against the poor. 9 For he lieth waiting secretly, even as a lion lurketh suhe in his den: that he may so ravish the poor. WHY into his net. far off, O Lord and 10 He doth ravish the hidest thy face in the need- poor: when he getteth him ful time of trouble? Juan 2 The ungodly for his own lust doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the crafty wiliness that they have imagined. 10 anidi 11 He falleth down, and humbleth himself that the congregation of the poor may fall into the hands of his captains. 12 He hath said in his heart, Tush, God hath forgotten: he hideth away his face, and he will never see it. 3 For the ungodly hath made boast of his own heart's desire and speaketh good of the covetous, whom God abhorreth. 4 The ungodly is so proud, that he careth not for God: neither is God in all his thoughts. 5. His ways are alway grievous thy judgments are far above out of his sight, and therefore defieth he all his enemies. 13 Arise, O Lord God, and lift up thine hand forget not the poor. 14 Wherefore should the wicked blaspheme God: while he doth say in his heart, Tush, thou God carest not for it. 15 Surely thou hast seen 279 DAY 2, it for thou beholdest ungodliness and wrong. 16 That thou mayest take the matter into thine hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; for thou art the helper of the friendless. 17 Break thou the power of the ungodly and malicious take away his ungodliness, and thou shalt find none. : 18 The Lord is King for ever and ever and the heathen are perished out of the land. The Psalms. 19 Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the poor: thou preparest their heart, and thine ear hearkeneth thereto; 20 To help the fatherless and poor unto their right: that the man of the earth be no more exalted against them. PSALM 11. In Domino confido. N the Lord put I my trust: how say ye then to my soul, that she should flee as a bird unto the hill? INt DAY 2. be cast down and what hath the righteous done? 4 The Lord is in his holy temple: the Lord's seat is in heaven. 5 His eyes consider the poor and his eye- lids try the children of men. 2 For lo, the ungodly bend their bow, and make ready their arrows within the quiver that they may privily shoot at them which are true of heart. 3 For the foundations will 280 6 The Lord alloweth the righteous: but the ungodly, and him that delighteth in wickedness doth his soul abhor.d sdt Jadi bre 7 Upon the ungodly he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, storm and tempest: this shall be their portion to drink. 8 For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness: his countenance will behold the thing that is just. Evening Prayer. PSALM 12. Salvum me fac. HELP me, Lord, for there is not one godly man left for the faithful are minished from among the children of men. ho mod 2 They talk of vanity every one with his neighbour: they do but flatter with their lips, and dissemble in their double heart. 3 The Lord shall root out all deceitful lips and the tongue that speaketh proud things; DAY 2 The Psalms. DAY 2. 4 Which have said, With mine eyes, that I sleep not our tongue will we prevail: in death. we are they that ought to speak, who is lord over us? 5 Now for the comfortless him troubles' sake of the needy: and because of the deep sighing of the poor, 4 Lest mine enemies say, I have prevailed against for if I be cast down, they that trouble me will rejoice at it. 6 I will up, saith the Lord: and will help every one from him that swelleth against him, and will set him at rest. for 7 The words of the Lord are pure words even as the silver, which from the earth is tried, and purified seven times in the fire. PSALM 14. Dixit insipiens. 8 Thou shalt keep them, OTHE fool hath said in Lord: thou shalt preserve his heart: There is no him from this generation God. for ever. 9 The ungodly walk on every side: when they are exalted, the children of men are put to rebuke. PSALM 13. Usque quo, Domine? OW long wilt thou forHOW get me, O Lord, for ever how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? 2 How long shall I seek counsel in my soul, and be so vexed in my heart: how long shall mine enemies triumph over me? 5 But my trust is in thy mercy and my heart is joyful in thy salvation. 6 I will sing of the Lord, because he hath dealt so lovingly with me: yea, I will praise the Name of the Lord most Highest. 3 Consider, and hear me, O Lord my God lighten 2 They are corrupt, and become abominable in their doings: there is none that doeth good, no not one. 3 The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any that would understand, and seek after God. 4 But they are all gone out of the way, they are altogether become abominable: there is none that doeth good, no not one. 5 Their throat is an open sepulchre, with their tongues have they deceived the poison of asps is under their lips. 281 The Psalms. DAY 3. 6 Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness their feet are swift to shed blood. 7 Destruction and unhappiness is in their ways, and the way of peace have they not known there is no fear of God before their eyes. 8 Have they no knowledge, that they are all such workers of mischief: eating up my people as it were bread, and call not upon the Lord? 9 There were they brought in great fear, even where no fear was: for God is in the generation of the righteous. DAY 3. uncorrupt life and doeth the thing which is right, and speaketh the truth from his heart. 3 He that hath used no deceit in his tongue, nor done evil to his neighbour: and hath not slandered his neighbour. 4 He that setteth not by himself, but is lowly in his own eyes and maketh much of them that fear the Lord. 5 He that sweareth unto his neighbour, and disappointeth him not though it were to his own hindrance. Hade nod 10 As for you, ye have made a mock at the counsel of the poor: because he putteth his trust in the Lord. 11 Who shall give salvation unto Israel out of Sion? When the Lord turneth the captivity of his people then shall Jacob PRESERVE me, O God: for in thee have I put rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. 6 He that hath not given his money upon usury: nor taken reward against the innocent. 7 Whoso doeth these things shall never fall. 1ST OF 100 515 PSALM 16. Conserva me, Domine. my trust. 2 O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord: Thou art my God, my goods are nothing unto thee. Jednod 3 All my delight is upon the saints, that are in the earth and upon such as excel in virtue. 4 But they that run after Morning Prayer. PSALM 15. Domine, quis habitabit? LORD, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle or who shall rest upon thy holy hill? 2 Even he, that leadeth an 282 DAY 3. another god great trouble. 5 Their drink- offerings of blood will I not offer: neither make mention of their names within my lips. 6 The Lord himself is the portion of mine inheritance, and of my cup: thou shalt maintain my lot. 7 The lot is fallen unto me in a fair ground: yea, I have a goodly heritage. 8 I will thank the Lord for giving me warning: my reins also chasten me in the night- season. 9 I have set God always before me: for he is on my right hand, therefore I shall not fall. The Psalms. shall have 10 Wherefore my heart was glad, and my glory rejoiced my flesh also shall rest in hope. 11 For why? thou shalt not leave my soul in hell: neither shalt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption. 12 Thou shalt shew me the path of life; in thy presence is the fulness of joy and at thy right hand there is pleasure for evermore. : DAY 3. prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. 2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence: and let thine eyes look upon the thing that is equal. 3 Thou hast proved and visited mine heart in the night- season; thou hast tried me, and shalt find no wickedness in me for. I am utterly purposed that my mouth shall not offend. 4 Because of men's works, that are done against the words of thy lips: I have kept me from the ways of the destroyer. 50 hold thou up my goings in thy paths that my footsteps slip not. 6 I have called upon thee, O God, for thou shalt hear me: incline thine ear to me, and hearken unto my words. 7 Shew thy marvellous loving- kindness, thou that art the Saviour of them which put their trust in thee: from such as resist thy right hand. 8 Keep me as the apple of an eye: hide me under the shadow of thy wings, 9 From the ungodly that trouble me: mine enemies PSALM 17. Exaudi, Domine. HEAR the right, O Lord, compass me round about consider my to take away my soul. and hearken unto my 10 They are inclosed in 283 DAY 3. The Psalms. DAY 3. their own fat and their defence: my Saviour, my mouth speaketh proud things. 11 They lie waiting in our way on every side turning their eyes down to the ground; God, and my might, in whom I will trust, my buckler, the horn also of my salvation, and my refuge. 12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey and as it were a lion's whelp, lurking in secret places. 13 Up, Lord, disappoint him, and cast him down deliver my soul from the ungodly, which is a sword of thine; 14 From the men of thy hand, O Lord, from the men, I say, and from the evil world which have their portion in this life, whose bellies thou fillest with thy hid treasure. 15 They have children at their desire and leave the rest of their substance for their babes. 16 But as for me, I will behold thy presence in righteousness and when I awake up after thy likeness, I shall be satisfied with it. 2 I will call upon the Lord, which is worthy to be praised: so shall I be safe from mine enemies. 3 The sorrows of death compassed me and the overflowings of ungodliness made me afraid. 4 The pains of hell came about me: the snares of death overtook me. 5 In my trouble I will call upon the Lord and complain unto my God. 6 So shall he hear my voice out of his holy temple: and my complaint shall come before him, it shall enter even into his ears. 7 The earth trembled and quaked the very foundations also of the hills shook, and were removed, because he was wroth. 8 There went a smoke out in his presence and a consuming fire out of his mouth, so that coals were kindled at it. Evening Prayer. PSALM 18. I Diligam te, Domine. WILL love thee, O Lord, my strength; the Lord is my stony rock, and my 284 9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down and it was dark under his feet. 10 He rode upon the cherubims, and did fly: he DAY 3. came flying upon the wings of the wind. The Psalms. 11 He made darkness his secret place: his pavilion round about him with dark water, and thick clouds to cover him. 12 At the brightness of his presence his clouds removed hail- stones, and coals of fire. : 13 The Lord also thundered out of heaven, and the Highest gave his thunder hail- stones, and coals of fire. 14 He sent out his arrows, and scattered them: he cast forth lightnings, and destroyed them. 15 The springs of waters were seen, and the foundations of the round world were discovered, at thy chiding, O Lord at the blasting of the breath of thy displeasure. 16 He shall send down from on high to fetch me and shall take me out of many waters. 17 He shall deliver me from my strongest enemy, and from them which hate me for they are too mighty for me. DAY 3. 19 He brought me forth also into a place of liberty: he brought me forth, even because he had a favour unto me. 18 They prevented me in the day of my trouble but the Lord was my upholder. 20 The Lord shall reward me after my righteous dealing: according to the cleanness of my hands shall he recompense me. 21 Because I have kept the ways of the Lord: and have not forsaken my God, as the wicked doth. 22 For I have an eye unto all his laws and will not cast out his commandments from me. 23 I was also uncorrupt before him and eschewed mine own wickedness. : 24 Therefore shall the Lord reward me after my righteous dealing and according unto the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. 25 With the holy thou shalt be holy and with a perfect man thou shalt be perfect. 26 With the clean thou shalt be clean and with the froward thou shalt learn frowardness. : 27 For thou shalt save the people that are in adversity and shalt bring down the high looks of the proud. 28 Thou also shalt light my candle: the Lord my 285 : DAY 3. God shall make my darkness to be light. 29 For in thee I shall discomfit an host of men and with the help of my God I shall leap over the wall. The Psalms. 30 The way of God is an undefiled way: the word of the Lord also is tried in the fire; he is the defender of all them that put their trust in him. DAY 3. stand: but fall under my feet. 39 Thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou shalt throw down mine enemies under me. ( bio arli lo ays 31 For who is God, but the Lord or who hath any strength, except our God? 32 It is God, that girdeth me with strength of war and maketh my way perfect. 33 He maketh my feet like harts' feet and setteth me up on high. 34 He teacheth mine hands to fight: and mine arms shall break even a bow of steel. 35 Thou hast given me the defence of thy salvation: thy right hand also shall hold me up, and thy loving correction shall make me great. 36 Thou shalt make room enough under me for to go: that my footsteps shall not slide. 40 Thou hast made mine enemies also to turn their backs upon me and I shall destroy them that hate me. 41 They shall cry, but there shall be none to help them: yea, even unto the Lord shall they cry, but he shall not hear them. 42 I will beat them as small as the dust before the wind: I will cast them out as the clay in the streets. 43 Thou shalt deliver me from the strivings of the people and thou shalt make me the head of the heathen. 44 A people whom I have not known: shall serve me. 45 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: but the strange children shall dissemble with me. 46 The strange children shall fail: and be afraid out of their prisons. 47 The Lord liveth, and blessed be my strong helper: and praised be the God of my salvation. 48 Even the God that seeth that I be avenged: and subdueth the people unto me. 49 It is he that delivereth 37 I will follow upon mine enemies, and overtake them: neither will I turn again till I have destroyed them. 38 I will smite them, that they shall not be able to 286 DAY 4. me from my cruel enemies, and setteth me up above mine adversaries: thou shalt rid me from the wicked man, 50 For this cause will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the Gentiles: an undefiled law, convertand sing praises unto thy Name. 51 Great prosperity giveth he unto his King: and sheweth loving- kindness unto David his Anointed, and unto his seed for evermore. Morning Prayer. PSALM 19. Cali enarrant. THE heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament sheweth his handy- work. 2 One day telleth another: and one night certifieth another. The Psalms. 3 There is neither speech nor language: but their voices are heard among them. 4 Their sound is gone out into all lands and their words into the ends of the world. DAY 4. uttermost part of the heaven, and runneth about unto the end of it again and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. 7 The law of the Lord is ing the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, and giveth wisdom unto the simple. 8 The statutes of the Lord are right, and rejoice the heart the commandment of the Lord is pure, and giveth light unto the eyes. 9 The fear of the Lord is clean, and endureth for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether. 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold sweeter also than honey, and the honey- comb. 5 In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun: which cometh forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a giant to run his course. 6 It goeth forth from the 287 11 Moreover, by them is thy servant taught: and in keeping of them there is great reward. 12 Who can tell how oft he offendeth: O cleanse thou me from my secret faults. 13 Keep thy servant also from presumptuous sins, lest they get the dominion over me: so shall I be undefiled, and innocent from the great offence. 14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation DAY 4. PSALM 21. of my heart be alway acceptable in thy sight, y Domine, in virtute tua. 15 O Lord: my strength, THE King shall rejoice in and my redeemer. thy strength, O Lord: exceeding glad shall he be of thy salvation. 2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire and hast not denied him the request of his lips.hong th 3 For thou shalt prevent him with the blessings of goodness and shalt set a crown of pure gold upon his head. 4 He asked life of thee, life of and thou gavest him a long life even for ever and ever. The Psalms. PSALM 20. THE Exaudiat te Dominus. HE Lord hear thee in the day of trouble: the Name of the God of Jacob defend thee; title of B 2 Send thee help from the sanctuary and strengthen thee out of Sion; 3 Remember all thy offerings and accept thy burntsacrifice; 4 Grant thee thy heart's desire and fulfil all thy mind. 5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and triumph in the Name of the Lord our God the Lord perform all thy petitions. 6 Now know I, that the Lord helpeth his Anointed, and will hear him from his holy heaven: even with the wholesome strength of his right hand. 7 Some put their trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the Name of the Lord our God. 8 They are brought down, and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright. bsb. 9 Save, Lord, and hear us, O King of heaven when we call upon thee. 1 DAY 4. 5 His honour is great in thy salvation glory and great worship shalt thou lay upon him. 6 For thou shalt give him everlasting felicity and make him glad with the joy of thy countenance. 7 And why? because the King putteth his trust in the Lord and in the mercy of the most Highest he shall not miscarry. otai abrow 8 All thine enemies shall feel thy hand thy right hand shall find out them that hate thee. 9 Thou shalt make them like a fiery oven in time of thy wrath the Lord shall destroy them in his displea288 CHRIST WEEPING OVER JERUSALEM Sir C. L. Eastlake, P.R.A. The Psalms. DAY 4. sure, and the fire shall consume them. 10 Their fruit shalt thou root out of the earth and their seed from among the children of men. 11 For they intended mischief against thee: and imagined such a device as they are not able to perform. 12 Therefore shalt thou put them to flight and the strings of thy bow shalt thou make ready against the face of them. 13 Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength: so will we sing, and praise thy power. 9 But thou art he that took me out of my mother's womb: thou wast my hope, when I hanged yet upon my mother's breasts. 10 I have been left unto thee ever since I was born: thou art my God even from my mother's womb. 11 O go not from me, for trouble is hard at hand: and there is none to help me. 12 Many oxen are come about me: fat bulls of Basan close me in on every side. 13 They gape upon me with their mouths: as it were a ramping and a roaring lion. 14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart also in the midst of my body is even like melting wax. 4 Our fathers hoped in thee they trusted in thee, and thou didst deliver them. 15 My strength is dried 5 They called upon thee, up like a potsherd, and 289 Evening Prayer. MY PSALM 22. Deus, Deus meus. Y God, my God, look upon me; why hast thou forsaken me: and art so far from my health, and from the words of my complaint? 2 O my God, I cry in the day- time, but thou hearest not: and in the night- season also I take no rest. DAY 4. and were holpen they put their trust in thee, and were not confounded. 3 And thou continuest holy O thou worship of Israel. 6 But as for me, I am a worm, and no man: a very scorn of men, and the outcast of the people. 7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out their lips, and shake their heads, saying, 8 He trusted in God, that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, if he will have him. K DAY 4. The Psalms. DAY 4. my tongue cleaveth to my gums: and thou shalt bring me into the dust of death. 16 For many dogs are come about me and the council of the wicked layeth siege against me. osa add to fax 17 They pierced my hands and my feet; I may tell all my bones: they stand staring and looking upon me. 25 My praise is of thee in the great congregation: my vows will I perform in the sight of them that fear him. 26 The poor shall eat, and be satisfied: they that seek after the Lord shall praise him; your heart shall live for ever. stone benis 27 All the ends of the world shall remember themselves, 18 They part my garments and be turned unto the among them and cast lots Lord and all the kindreds upon my vesture.vlsb miof the nations shall worship 19 But be not thou far before him. from me, O Lord: thou art my succour, haste thee to help me. 20 Deliver my soul from the sword: my darling from the power of the dog. 21 Save me from the lion's mouth thou hast heard me also from among the horns of the unicorns. 22 I will declare thy Name unto my brethren in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee. sm Irod 23 O praise the Lord, ye that fear him: magnify him, all ye of the seed of Jacob, and fear him, all ye seed of Israel; boru G 28 For the kingdom is the Lord's and he is the Governour among the people. 29 All such as be fat upon earth: have eaten, and worshipped. 30 All they that go down into the dust shall kneel before him and no man hath o O quickened his own soul. 31 Myseed shall serve him: they shall be counted unto the Lord for a generation. 32 They shall come, and the heavens shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, whom the Lord hath made. 24 For he hath not despised, nor abhorred, the low PSALM 23. Dominus regit me. estate of the poor: he hath THE Lord is my shepcan I not hid his face from him, but when he called unto him he heard him. lack nothing.bibuent bus 2 He shall feed me in a 290 DAY 5. The Psalms. DAY 5. green pasture and lead me and that hath not lift up forth beside the waters of comfort. his mind unto vanity, nor sworn to deceive his neighbour. 3 He shall convert my soul: and bring me forth in the paths of righteousness, for his Name's sake. 5 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation. 6 This is the generation of them that seek him even of them that seek thy face, O Jacob. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff comfort me. 5 Thou shalt prepare a table before me against them that trouble me: thou hast anointed my head with oil, and my cup shall be full. 6 But thy loving- kindness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. Morning Prayer. PSALM 24. Domini est terra.o THE HE earth is the Lord's, and all that therein is: the compass of the world, and they that dwell therein. PSALM 25. Ad te, Domine, levavi. 2 For he hath founded it INTO thee, O Lord, will lift up my my upon the seas: and prepared it upon the floods. 3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord or who shall rise up in his holy place? 4 Even he that hath clean hands, and a pure heart 7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors and the King of glory shall come in. : 8 Who is the King of glory: it is the Lord strong and mighty, even the Lord mighty in battle. 9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors and the King of glory shall come in. 10 Who is the King of glory: even the Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. God, I have put my trust in thee: O let me not be confounded, neither let mine enemies triumph over me. 2 For all they that hope in thee shall not be ashamed: but such as transgress with291 The Psalms. DAY 5. ease and his seed shall inherit the land. : 13 The secret of the Lord is among them that fear him and he will shew them his covenant. 4 Lead me forth in thy truth, and learn me for thou art the God of my salvation; in thee hath been my hope all the day long. 14 Mine eyes are ever looking unto the Lord: for he shall pluck my feet out of the net. 15 Turn thee unto me, 5 Call to remembrance, O Lord, thy tender mercies: and have mercy upon me: and thy loving- kindnesses, for I am desolate, and in which have been ever of misery. old. DAY 5. out a cause shall be put to confusion. 3 Shew me thy ways, O Lord and teach me thy paths. 6 O remember not the sins and offences of my youth but according to thy mercy think thou upon me, O Lord, for thy goodness. 7 Gracious and righteous is the Lord: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. 8 Them that are meek shall he guide in judgment and such as are gentle, them shall he learn his way. 9 All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth: unto such as keep his covenant, and his testimonies. 10 For thy Name's sake, O Lord: be merciful unto my sin, for it is great. 16 The sorrows of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my troubles. 17 Look upon my adversity and misery and forgive me all my sin. 18 Consider mine enemies, how many they are and they bear a tyrannous hate against me. 19 O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be confounded, for I have put my trust in thee. 11 What man is he, that feareth the Lord: him shall 20 Let perfectness and righteous dealing wait upon me for my hope hath been in thee. 21 Deliver Israel, O God: out of all his troubles. PSALM 26. Fudica me, Domine. he teach in the way that he BE thou my Judge, O shall choose. Lord, walked 12 His soul shall dwell at innocently: my trust hath 292 DAY 5. The been also in the Lord, therefore shall I not fall. DAY 5. Evening Prayer. PSALM 27. 2 Examine me, O Lord, and prove me: try out my reins and my heart. Dominus illuminatio. THE Lord is my light, and my salvation; whom 3 For thy loving- kindness is ever before mine eyes then shall I fear: the Lord and I will walk in thy truth. is the strength of my life; 4 I have not dwelt with of whom then shall I be vain persons: neither will afraid? I have fellowship with the deceitful. Psalms. : 5 I have hated the congregation of the wicked and will not sit among the ungodly. : 6 I will wash my hands in innocency, O Lord and so will I go to thine altar; w 7 That may shew the voice of thanksgiving and tell of all thy wondrous works. bas sabsab tiad of 8 Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house: and the place where thine honour dwelleth. 90 shut not up my soul with the sinners: nor my life with the blood- thirsty; 10 In whose hands is wickedness and their right hand is full of gifts. 11 But as for m I will walk innocently: O deliver me, and be merciful unto 5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his tabernacle: yea, in the secret place of his dwelling shall he hide me, and set me up upon a rock of stone. 6 And now shall he lift up mine head: above mine enemies round about me. 7 Therefore will I offer in his dwelling an oblation 293 me. 12 My foot standeth right: I will praise the Lord in the congregations. 2 When the wicked, even mine enemies, and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh: they stumbled and fell. 3 Though an host of men were laid against me, yet shall not my heart be afraid: and though there rose up war against me, yet will I put my trust in him. 4 One thing have I desired of the Lord, which I will require: even that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the fair beauty of the Lord, and to visit his temple. DAY 5. with great gladness: I will sing, and speak praises unto the Lord. 8 Hearken unto my voice, O Lord, when I cry unto thee: have mercy upon me, and hear me. The Psalms. 9 My heart hath talked of thee, Seek ye my face: Thy face, Lord, will I seek. 10 O hide not thou thy face from me: nor cast thy servant away in displeasure. 11 Thou hast been my succour: leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation. 12 When my father and my mother forsake me the Lord taketh me up. 13 Teach me thy way, O Lord and lead me in the right way, because of mine enemies. 14 Deliver me not over in to the will of mine adversaries for there are false witnesses risen up against me, and such as speak wrong. 15 I should utterly have fainted but that I believe verily to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. q 16 O tarry thou the Lord's leisure: be strong, and he shall comfort thine heart; and put thou thy trust in the Lord. DAY 5. PSALM 28. Ad te, Domine. will I cry, O Lord my strength: think no scorn of me; lest, if thou make as though thou hearest not, I become like them that go down into the pit. 2 Hear the voice of my humble petitions, when I cry unto thee: when I hold up my hands towards the mercy- seat of thy holy temple. 30 pluck me not away, neither destroy me with the ungodly and wicked doers: which speak friendly to their neighbours, but imagine mischief in their hearts. 4 Reward them according to their deeds and according to the wickedness of their own inventions. : 5 Recompense them after the work of their hands: pay them that they have deserved. 6 For they regard not in their mind the works of the Lord, nor the operation of his hands therefore shall he break them down, and not build them up. 7 Praised be the Lord: for he hath heard the voice of my humble petitions. 8 The Lord is my strength, and my shield; my heart 294 DAY 5. The Psalms. DAY 6. hath trusted in him, and I 7 The voice of the Lord am helped therefore my heart danceth for joy, and in my song will I praise him. 9 The Lord is my strength: and he is the wholesome defence of his Anointed. divideth the flames of fire; the voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness: yea, the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Cades. 10 O save thy people, and give thy blessing unto thine inheritance: feed them, and set them up for ever. PSALM 29. Afferte Domino. RING unto the Lord, O ye mighty, bring young rams unto the Lord: ascribe unto the Lord worship and strength. BRI 2 Give the Lord the honour due unto his Name: worship the Lord with holy worship. 3 It is the Lord, that commandeth the waters: it is the glorious God, that maketh the thunder. 4 It is the Lord, that ruleth the sea; the voice of the Lord is mighty in operation: the voice of the Lord is a glorious voice. 5 The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedar- trees yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Libanus. 8 The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to bring forth young, and discovereth the thick bushes: in his temple doth every man speak of his honour. 9 The Lord sitteth above the water- flood and the Lord remaineth a King for ever. 10 The Lord shall give strength unto his people: the Lord shall give his people the blessing of peace. Morning Prayer. PSALM 30. Exaltabo te, Domine. WILL magnify thee, O Lord, for thou hast set me up and not made my foes to triumph over me. 2 O Lord my God, I cried unto thee and thou hast healed me. I 295 3 Thou, Lord, hast brought my soul out of hell thou hast kept my life from them that go down to the pit. 4 Sing praises unto the 6 He maketh them also to Lord, O ye saints of his: skip like a calf Libanus and give thanks unto him also, and Sirion, like a for a remembrance of his young unicorn. holiness. The Psalms. DAY 6. 5 For his wrath endureth but the twinkling of an eye, and in his pleasure is life: heaviness may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. 6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be removed thou, Lord, of thy goodness hast made my hill so strong. 7 Thou didst turn thy face from me and I was troubled. : 8 Then cried I unto thee, O Lord and gat me to my Lord right humbly. 9 What profit is there in my blood: when I go down to the pit? 10 Shall the dust give thanks unto thee or shall it declare thy truth? 11 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me: Lord, be thou my helper. 12 Thou hast turned my heaviness into joy: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness. 13 Therefore shall every good man sing of thy praise without ceasing: O my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever. DAY 6. deliver me in thy righteousness. 2 Bow down thine ear to me: make haste to deliver me. 3 And be thou my strong rock, and house of defence: that thou mayest save me. 4 For thou art my strong rock, and my castle: be thou also my guide, and lead me for thy Name's sake. 5 Draw me out of the net, that they have laid privily for me for thou art my strength. 6 Into thy hands I commend my spirit for thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, thou God of truth. 7 I have hated them that hold of superstitious vanities: and my trust hath been in the Lord. 8 I will be glad, and rejoice in thy mercy for thou hast considered my trouble, and hast known my soul in adversities. 296 9 Thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: but hast set my feet in a large room. PSALM 31. 10 Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: and mine eye is consumed In te, Domine, speravi. IN thee, O Lord, have I for very heaviness; yea, my soul and my body. put my trust let me never be put to confusion, 11 For my life is waxen DAY 6. The Psalms. DAY 6. old with heaviness and my sion, and be put to silence years with mourning. in the grave. 12 My strength faileth me, because of mine iniquity: and my bones are consumed. 20 Let the lying lips be put to silence: which cruelly, disdainfully, and despitefully, speak against the righteous. 13 I became a reproof among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours and they of mine acquaintance were afraid of me; and they that did see me without conveyed themselves from me. 21 O how plentiful is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee and that thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in thee, even before the sons of men! 22 Thou shalt hide them privily by thine own presence from the provoking of all men thou shalt keep them secretly in thy tabernacle from the strife of tongues. 14 I am clean forgotten, as a dead man out of mind: I am become like a broken vessel. 15 For I have heard the blasphemy of the multitude and fear is on every side, while they conspire together against me, and take their counsel to take away my life. 16 But my hope hath been in thee, O Lord: I have said, Thou art my God. 17 My time is in thy hand; deliver me from the hand of mine enemies and from them that persecute me. 18 Shew thy servant the light of thy countenance: and save me for thy mercy's sake. 19 Let me not be confounded, O Lord, for I have called upon thee: let the ungodly be put to confu297 23 Thanks be to the Lord: for he hath shewed me marvellous great kindness in a strong city. 24 And haste, I said: I am cast out when I made of the sight of thine eyes. 25 Nevertheless, heardest the voice of my thou prayer when I cried unto thee. 26 O love the Lord, all ye his saints for the Lord preserveth them that are faithful, and plenteously rewardeth the proud doer. 27 Be strong, and he shall establish your heart: all ye that put your trust in the Lord. The Psalms. DAY 6. Evening Prayer. PSALM 32. Beati, quorum. BLESSED is he whose unrighteousness is forgiven and whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth no sin and in whose spirit there is no guile. 3 For while I held my tongue: my bones consumed away through my daily complaining. 4 For thy hand is heavy upon me day and night: and my moisture is like the drought in summer. 5 I will acknowledge my sin unto thee: and mine unrighteousness have I not hid. noua 6 I said, I will confess my sins unto the Lord and so thou forgavest the wickedness of my sin. 7 For this shall every one that is godly make his prayer unto thee, in a time when thou mayest be found: but in the great water- floods they shall not come nigh him. DAY 6. 9 I will inform thee, and teach thee in the way wherein thou shalt go: and I will guide thee with mine eye. 10 Be ye not like to horse and mule, which have nounderstanding: whose mouths must be held with bit and bridle, lest they fall upon thee. 8 Thou art a place to hide me in, thou shalt preserve me from trouble: thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. 11 Great plagues remain for the ungodly but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord, mercy embraceth him on every side. 12 Be glad, O ye righteous, and rejoice in the Lord: and be joyful, all ye that are true of heart. PSALM 33. REJ Exultate, justi. EJOICE in the Lord, O ye righteous: for it becometh well the just to be thankful.[ yn ysws 2 Praise the Lord with harp sing praises unto him with the lute, and instrument of ten strings. 3 Sing unto the Lord a new song sing praises lustily unto him with a good courage. 4 For the word of the Lord is true and all his works are faithful. sice 5 He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. 298 DAY 6. 6 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made and all the hosts of them by the breath of his mouth. 7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together, as it were upon an heap and layeth up the deep, as in a treasure- house. The Psalms. 8 Let all the earth fear the Lord: stand in awe of him, all ye that dwell in the world. 9 For he spake, and it was done he commanded, and it stood fast. DAY 6. 15 There is no king that can be saved by the multitude of an host: neither is any mighty man delivered by much strength. 16 A horse is counted but a vain thing to save a man: neither shall he deliver any man by his great strength. 17 Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him and upon them that put their trust in his mercy; 18 To deliver their soul from death and to feed them in the time of dearth. 19 Our soul hath patiently tarried for the Lord: for he is our help, and our shield. 20 For our heart shall rejoice in him because we have hoped in his holy Name. 10 The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought and maketh the devices of the people to be of none effect, and casteth out the counsels of princes. 11 The counsel of the Lord shall endure for ever and the thoughts of his heart 21 Let thy merciful kindfrom generation to genera- ness, O Lord, be upon us: tion. like as we do put our trust in thee. 12 Blessed are the people, whose God is the Lord Jehovah and blessed are the PSALM 34. Benedicam Domino. : folk, that he hath chosen to I WILL alway give thanks him to be his inheritance. unto the Lord: his praise shall ever be in my mouth. 2 My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the hum13 The Lord looked down from heaven, and beheld all the children of men from the habitation of his dwell- ble shall hear thereof, and ing he considereth all them that dwell on the earth. 14 He fashioneth all the hearts of them and understandeth all their works. : be glad. 3 O praise the Lord with me: and let us magnify his Name together. 4 I sought the Lord, and 299 The Psalms. DAY 6. he heard me yea, he delivered me out of all my fear. 5 They had an eye unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. 6 Lo, the poor crieth, and the Lord heareth him: yea, and saveth him out of all his troubles. 7 The angel of the Lord tarrieth round about them that fear him: and delivereth them. 80 taste, and see, how gracious the Lord is: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. 9. O fear the Lord, ye that are his saints for they that fear him lack nothing. 10 The lions do lack, and suffer hunger but they who seek the Lord shall want no manner of thing that is good. 11 Come, ye children, and hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord. 12 What man is he that lusteth to live and would fain see good days? 13 Keep thy tongue from evil and thy lips, that they speak no guile. 14 Eschew evil, and do good seek peace, and ensue it! 15 The eyes of the Lord DAY 7. are over the righteous and and his ears are open unto their prayers. 16 The countenance of the Lord is against them that do evil: to root out the remembrance of them from the earth. 17 The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth them: and delivereth them out of all their troubles.blareits 18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart and will save such as be of an humble spirit. 19 Great are the troubles of the righteous but the Lord delivereth him out of all. 20 He keepeth all his bones: so that not one of them is broken. 21 But misfortune shall slay the ungodly and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate. 22 The Lord delivereth the souls of his servants: and all they that put their trust in him shall not be destitute. Morning Prayer. PSALM 35. Fudica, Domine. PLEAD thou my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me and fight thou against them that fight against me. 300 DAY 7. The Psalms. DAY 7. 2 Lay hand upon the shield for him: yea, the poor, and and buckler: and stand up to help me. him that is in misery, from him that spoileth him? 3 Bring forth the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. 4 Let them be confounded, and put to shame, that seek after my soul: let them be turned back, and brought to confusion, that imagine mischief for me. 5 Let them be as the dust before the wind and the angel of the Lord scattering them. 6 Let their way be dark and slippery and let the angel of the Lord persecute them. 7 For they have privily laid their net to destroy me without a cause: yea, even without a cause have they made a pit for my soul. 8 Let a sudden destruction come upon him unawares, and his net, that he hath laid privily, catch himself: that he may fall into his own mischief. 9 And, my soul, be joyful in the Lord: it shall rejoice in his salvation. 10 All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like unto thee, who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong 11 False witnesses did rise up: they laid to my charge things that I knew not. 12 They rewarded me evil for good to the great discomfort of my soul. 301 13 Nevertheless, when they were sick, I put on sackcloth, and humbled my soul with fasting: and my prayer shall turn into mine own bosom. 14 I behaved myself as though it had been my friend, or my brother: I went heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother. 15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together yea, the very abjects came together against me unawares, making mouths at me, and ceased not. 16 With the flatterers were busy mockers: who gnashed upon me with their teeth. 17 Lord, how long wilt thou look upon this: O deliver my soul from the calamities which they bring on me, and my darling from the lions. 18 So will I give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people. DAY 7. The Psalms. DAY 7. 19 O let not them that are joice, that favour my righmine enemies triumph over me ungodly neither let them wink with their eyes that hate me without a teous dealing yea, let them say alway, Blessed be the Lord, who hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant. 28 And as for my tongue, it shall be talking of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long. cause. and 20 And why? their communing is not for peace but they imagine deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land. 21 They gaped upon me with their mouths, and said: Fie on thee, fie on thee, we saw it with our eyes. 22 This thou hast seen, O Lord hold not thy tongue then, go not far from me, O Lord. 23 Awake, and stand up to judge my quarrel: avenge thou my cause, my God, and my Lord. 24 Judge me, O Lord my God, according to thy righteousness and let them not triumph over me. 25 Let them not say in their hearts, There, there, so would we have it: neither let them say, We have devoured him. 26 Let them be put to confusion and shame together, that rejoice at my trouble let them be clothed with rebuke and dishonour, that boast themselves against PSALM 36. Dixit injustus. MY heart sheweth me the wickedness of the ungodly that there is no fear of God before his eyes. : 2 For he flattereth himself in his own sight until his abominable sin be found out. 3 The words of his mouth are unrighteous, and full of deceit: he hath left off to behave himself wisely, and to do good. 4 He imagineth mischief upon his bed, and hath set himself in no good way: neither doth he abhor any thing that is evil. 5 Thy mercy, O Lord, reacheth unto the heavens: and thy faithfulness unto the clouds. 6 Thy righteousness standeth like the strong mountains thy judgments are like the great deep. 7 Thou, Lord, shalt save me. 27 Let them be glad and re302 DAY 7. The Psalms. DAY 7. dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. both man and beast; How Lord, and be doing good: excellent is thy mercy, O God and the children of men shall put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. 4 Delight thou in the Lord: and he shall give thee thy heart's desire. 8 They shall be satisfied with the plenteousness of thy house and thou shalt give them drink of thy pleasures, as out of the river. 9 For with thee is the well of life and in thy light shall we see light. gir biol 10 O continue forth thy loving- kindness unto them that know thee and thy righteousness unto them that are true of heart. 11 O let not the foot of pride come against me and let not the hand of the ungodly cast me down. 8 Leave off from wrath, and let go displeasure: fret not thyself, else shalt thou be moved to do evil. 12 There are they fallen, all that work wickedness: they are cast down, and shall not be able to stand. Evening Prayer. 9 Wicked doers shall be rooted out and they that patiently abide the Lord, those shall inherit the land. 10 Yet a little while, and the ungodly shall be clean PSALM 37. Noli æmulari. FRET not thyself because gone: thou shalt look after of the ungodly: neither be thou envious against the evil doers. his place, and he shall be away. 11 But the meek- spirited shall possess the earth: and shall be refreshed in the multitude of peace. 2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass and be withered even as the green herb. 3 Put thou thy trust in the 303 5 Commit thy way unto the Lord, and put thy trust in him and he shall bring it to pass. 6 He shall make thy righteousness as clear as the light and thy just dealing as the noon- day. 7 Hold thee still in the Lord, and abide patiently upon him: but grieve not thyself at him, whose way doth prosper, against the man that doeth after evil counsels. 12 The ungodly seeketh counsel against the just: DAY 7. and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. 13 The Lord shall laugh him to scorn for he hath seen that his day is coming. 14 The ungodly have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow: to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as are of a right conversation. 15 Their sword shall go through their own heart: and their bow shall be broken. 16 A small thing that the righteous hath is better than great riches of the ungodly. 17 For the arms of the ungodly shall be broken and the Lord upholdeth the righteous. relbos tot bes 18 The Lord knoweth the days of the godly and their inheritance shall endure for ever. : 19 They shall not be confounded in the perilous time and in the days of dearth they shall have enough. de The Psalms. 20 As for the ungodly, they shall perish; and the enemies of the Lord shall consume as the fat of lambs: yea, even as the smoke, shall they consume away. 21 The ungodly borroweth, and payeth not again: DAY 7. but the righteous is merciful, and liberal. 22 Such as are blessed of God shall possess the land and they that are cursed of him shall be rooted out. 23 The Lord ordereth a good man's going and maketh his way acceptable to himself. 24 Though he fall, he shall not be cast away for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. : 25 I have been young, and now am old and yet saw I never the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging their bread. 26 The righteous is ever merciful, and lendeth and his seed is blessed. 27 Flee from evil, and do the thing that is good and dwell for evermore. : 28 For the Lord loveth the thing that is right he forsaketh not his that be godly, but they are preserved for ever. 29 The unrighteous shall be punished: as for the seed of the ungodly, it shall be rooted out. 30 The righteous shall inherit the land and dwell therein for ever. 31 The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wis304 DAY 7. dom and his tongue will be talking of judgment. 32 The law of his God is in his heart: and his goings shall not slide. 33 The ungodly seeth the righteous and seeketh occasion to slay him. 34 The Lord will not leave him in his hand: nor condemn him when he is judged. The Psalms. 35 Hope thou in the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall promote thee, that thou shalt possess the land: when the ungodly shall perish, thou shalt see it. 36 I myself have seen the ungodly in great power and flourishing like a green bay- tree. 37 I went by, and lo, he was gone: I sought him, but his place could no where be found. 38 Keep innocency, and take heed unto the thing that is right for that shall bring a man peace at the last. 39 As for the transgressors, they shall perish together and the end of the ungodly is, they shall be rooted out at the last. 40 But the salvation of the righteous cometh of the Lord who is also their strength in the time of trouble. 305 DAY 8. 41 And the Lord shall stand by them, and save them: he shall deliver them from the ungodly, and shall save them, because they put their trust in him. Morning Prayer. PSALM 38. Domine, ne in furore. PUT me not to rebuke, O Lord, in thine anger: neither chasten me in thy heavy displeasure. 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me and thy hand presseth me sore. 3 There is no health in my flesh, because of thy displeasure: neither is there any rest in my bones, by reason of my sin. 4 For my wickednesses are gone over my head: and are like a sore burden, too heavy for me to bear. 5 My wounds stink, and are corrupt through my foolishness. 6 I am brought into so great trouble and misery: that I go mourning all the day long. 7 For my loins are filled with a sore disease and there is no whole part in my body. 8 I am feeble, and sore smitten: I have roared for DAY 8. the very disquietness of my heart. The Psalms. 9 Lord, thou knowest all my desire and my groaning is not hid from thee. 10 My heart panteth, my strength hath failed me and the sight of mine eyes is gone from me. 11 My lovers and my neighbours did stand looking upon my trouble and my kinsmen stood afar off. 12 They also that sought after my life laid snares for me and they that went a: bout to do me evil talked of tion. wickedness, and imagined deceit all the day long. DAY 8. 18 For I will confess my wickedness and be sorry for my sin. 19 But mine enemies live, and are mighty and they that hate me wrongfully are many in number. 20 They also that reward evil for good are against me: because I follow the thing that good is. 21 Forsake me not, O Lord my God be not thou far from me. 22 Haste thee to help me: O Lord God of my salvaPSALM 39. Dixi, custodiam. 13 As for me, I was like a I SAID, I will take heed to deaf man, and heard not: and as one that is dumb, who doth not open his mouth. my ways that I offend not in my tongue. 14 I became even as a man that heareth not and in whose mouth are no reproofs. 2 I will keep my mouth as it were with a bridle: while the ungodly is in my sight. 3 I held my tongue, and spake nothing: I kept silence, yea, even from good words; but it was pain and grief to me. 15 For in thee, O Lord, have I put my trust: thou shalt answer for me, O Lord my God. 16 I have required that they, even mine enemies, should not triumph over me for when my foot slipped, they rejoiced greatly against me. 17 And I, truly, am set in the plague and my heaviness is ever in my sight. 4 My heart was hot within me, and while I was thus musing the fire kindled and at the last I spake with my tongue; 5 Lord, let me know mine end, and the number of my days that I may be certified how long I have to live. 306 DAY 8. 6 Behold, thou hast made my days as it were a span long and mine age is even as nothing in respect of thee; and verily every man living is altogether vanity. 7 For man walketh in a vain shadow, and disquieteth himself in vain he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them. The Psalms. 8 And now, Lord, what is my hope truly my hope is even in thee. 9 Deliver me from all mine offences and make me not a rebuke unto the foolish. 10 I became dumb, and opened not my mouth for it was thy doing. ol 11 Take thy plague away from me: I am even consumed by the means of thy heavy hand. 12 When thou with rebukes dost chasten man for sin, thou makest his beauty to consume away, like as it were a moth fretting a garment: every man therefore is but vanity. 13 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and with thine ears consider my calling hold not thy peace at my tears. 14 For I am a stranger with thee and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. 15 O spare me a little, that 307 DAY 8. I may recover my strength: before I go hence, and be no more seen. PSALM 40. Expectans expectavi. WAITED patiently for the Lord and he inclined unto me, and heard my calling. 2 He brought me also out of the horrible pit, out of the mire and clay: and set my feet upon the rock, and ordered my goings. 3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth: even a thanksgiving unto our God. 4 Many shall see it, and fear and shall put their trust in the Lord. 5 Blessed is the man that hath set his hope in the Lord and turned not unto the proud, and to such as go about with lies. : 6 O Lord my God, great are the wondrous works which thou hast done, like as be also thy thoughts which are to us- ward and yet there is no man that ordereth them unto thee. 7 If I should declare them, and speak of them: they should be more than I am able to express. 8 Sacrifice, and meat- offering, thou wouldest not: I DAY 8. but mine ears hast thou opened. 9 Burnt- offerings, and sacrifice for sin, hast thou not required then said I, Lo, I come, The Psalms. 10 In the volume of the book it is written of me, that I should fulfil thy will, O my God: I am content to do it; yea, thy law is within my heart. 11 I have declared thy righteousness in the great congregation lo, I will not refrain my lips, O Lord, and that thou knowest. 12 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart: my talk hath been of thy truth, and of thy salvation. 13 I have not kept back thy loving mercy and truth from the great congregation. DAY 8. make haste, O Lord, to help me. 17 Let them be ashamed, and confounded together, that seek after my soul to destroy it let them be driven backward, and put to rebuke, that wish me evil. 18 Let them be desolate, and rewarded with shame: that say unto me, Fie upon thee, fie upon thee. 19 Let all those that seek thee be joyful and glad in thee and let such as love thy salvation say alway, The Lord be praised. 14 Withdraw not thou thy mercy from me, O Lord: let thy loving- kindness and thy truth alway preserve 20 As for me, I am poor and needy but the Lord careth for me. 21 Thou art my helper and redeemer: make no long tarrying, O my God. Evening Prayer. PSALM 41. BL Beatus qui intelligit. LESSED is he that considereth the poor and needy: the Lord shall deliver him in the time of trouble. me. 15 For innumerable troubles are come about me; my sins have taken such hold upon me that I am not able to look up: yea, they are more in number than the hairs of my head, and my heart hath failed me. 16 O Lord, let it be thy pleasure to deliver me: 308 2 The Lord preserve him, and keep him alive, that he may be blessed upon earth and deliver not thou him into the will of his enemies. 3 The Lord comfort him, DAY 8. The Psalms. DAY 8. when he lieth sick upon his 13 Blessed be the Lord bed make thou all his bed in his sickness. : God of Israel: world without end. Amen. PSALM 42. Quemadmodum. I have sinned against thee. LIKE as the hart desireth 5 Mine enemies speak evil of me: When shall he die, and his name perish? the water- brooks: so longeth my soul after thee, O God. 6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: and his heart conceiveth falsehood within himself, and when he cometh forth he telleth it. 2 My soul is athirst for God, yea, even for the living God: when shall I come to appear before the presence of God? 3 My tears have been my meat day and night while per together against me they daily say unto me, 7 All mine enemies whisWhere is now thy God? even against me do they imagine this evil. 8 Let the sentence of guiltiness proceed against him: and now that he lieth, let him rise up no more. 4 Now when I think thereupon, I pour out my heart by myself for I went with the multitude, and brought them forth into the house of God; 9 Yea, even mine own familiar friend, whom I trusted: who did also eat of my bread, hath laid great wait for me. 10 But be thou merciful unto me, O Lord: raise thou me up again, and I shall reward them. 4 I said, Lord, be merciful unto me: heal my soul, for 7 Put thy trust in God: for I will yet give him thanks for the help of his countenance.. 8 My God, my soul is vexed within me: therefore will I remember thee concerning the land of Jordan, and the little hill of Hermon. 309 11 By this I know thou favourest me that mine enemy doth not triumph against me. 5 In the voice of praise and thanksgiving among such as keep holy- day. 6 Why art thou so full of heaviness, O my soul: and why art thou so disquieted within me? 12 And when I am in my health, thou upholdest me: and shalt set me before thy face for ever. DAY 8. 9 One deep calleth another, because of the noise of the water- pipes: all thy waves and storms are gone over me. 10 T Lord hath granted his loving- kindness in the day- time and in the nightseason did I sing of him, and made my prayer unto the God of my life. 11 I will say unto the God of my strength, Why hast thou forgotten me: why go I thus heavily, while the enemy oppresseth me? The Psalms. 12 My bones are smitten asunder as with a sword: while mine enemies that trouble me cast me in the teeth; DAY 9. 2 For thou art the God of my strength, why hast thou put me from thee: and why go I so heavily, while the enemy oppresseth me? PSALM 43. GIV Fudica me, Deus. IVE sentence with me, O God, and defend my cause against the ungodly people: O deliver me from the deceitful and wicked man. 3 O send out thy light and thy truth, that they may lead me and bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy dwelling. 4 And that I may go unto the altar of God, even unto the God of my joy and gladness: and upon the harp will I give thanks unto thee, O God, my God. 5 Why art thou so heavy, O my soul and why art thou so disquieted within me? 6 O put thy trust in God: for I will yet give him thanks, which is the help of my countenance, and my God. 13 Namely, while they say daily unto me: Where is now thy God? 14 Why art thou so vexed, Omy soul: and why art thou so disquieted within me? Morning Prayer. 15 O put thy trust in God: for I will yet thank him, PSALM 44. Deus, auribus. which is the help of my WE have heard with our my countenance, Boon ears, O God, our fathers have told us: what thou hast done in their time of old; 2 How thou hast driven out the heathen with thy hand, and planted them in: how thou hast destroyed the nations, and cast them out. 310 DAY 9. The Psalms. DAY 9. 3 For they gat not the for nought and takest no land in possession through their own sword: neither was it their own arm that helped them; 4 But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance because thou hadst a favour unto them. 5 Thou art my King, O God send help unto Jacob. 6 Through thee will we overthrow our enemies and in thy Name will we tread them under, that rise up against us. 7 For I will not trust in my bow: it is not my sword that shall help me; .8 But it is thou that savest us from our enemies and puttest them to confusion that hate us. 9 We make our boast of God all day long and will praise thy Name for ever. 10 But now thou art far off, and puttest us to confusion and goest not forth with our armies. : 11 Thou makest us to turn our backs upon our enemies so that they which hate us spoil our goods. : ; 12 Thou lettest us be eaten up like sheep and hast scattered us among the heathen.w 200 13 Thou sellest thy people money for them. 14 Thou makest us to be rebuked of our neighbours: to be laughed to scorn, and had in derision of them that are round about us. 15 Thou makest us to be a by- word among the heathen and that the people shake their heads at us. 16 My confusion is daily before me and the shame of my face hath covered me; 17 For the voice of the slanderer and blasphemer: for the enemy and avenger. 18 And though all this be come upon us, yet do we not forget thee: nor behave ourselves frowardly in thy covenant. 19 Our heart is not turned back: neither our steps gone out of thy way; : 20 No, not when thou hast smitten us into the place of dragons and covered us with the shadow of death. 21 If we have forgotten the Name of our God, and holden up our hands to any strange god: shall not God search it out? for he knoweth the very secrets of the heart. 22 For thy sake also are we killed all the day long: and are counted as sheep appointed to be slain. 311 DAY 9. The Psalms. DAY 9. 23 Up, Lord, why sleepest in the midst among the thou: awake, and be not King's enemies. absent from us for ever. 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face and forgettest our misery and trouble? 7 Thy seat, O God, endureth for ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. 25 For our soul is brought low, even unto the dust our belly cleaveth unto the ground. 8 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity: wherefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. PSALM 45. Eructavit cor meum. 9 All thy garments smell of myrrh, aloes, and cassia: out of the ivory palaces, MY heart is inditing of a whereby they have made good matter: I speak of the things which I have made unto the King. 26 Arise, and help us: and deliver us for thy mercy's sake. 2 My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. 3 Thou art fairer than the children of men: full of grace are thy lips, because God hath blessed thee for ever. 4 Gird thee with thy sword upon thy thigh, O thou most Mighty according to thy worship and renown. 5 Good luck have thou with thine honour ride on, because of the word of truth, of meekness, and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. thee glad. 10 King's daughters were among thy honourable women upon thy right hand did stand the queen in a vesture of gold, wrought about with divers colours. 11 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, incline thine ear forget also thine own people, and thy father's house. 12 So shall the King have pleasure in thy beauty: for he is thy Lord God, and worship thou him. 13 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift: like as the rich also among the people shall make their supplication before thee. 6 Thy arrows are very 14 The King's daughter is sharp, and the people shall all glorious within her be subdued unto thee: even clothing is of wrought gold. 312 DAY 9. The Psalms. DAY 9. her, and that right early. 15 She shall be brought| her, therefore shall she not unto the King in raiment be removed: God shall help of needlework: the virgins that be her fellows shall bear her company, and shall be brought unto thee. 6 The heathen make much ado, and the kingdoms are moved: but God hath shewed his voice, and the earth shall melt away. 16 With joy and gladness shall they be brought and shall enter into the King's palace. 7 The Lord of hosts is with us the God of Jacob is our refuge. 8 O come hither, and behold the works of the Lord: what destruction he hath brought upon the earth. 9 He maketh wars to cease in all the world: he breaketh the bow, and knappeth the spear in sunder, and burneth the chariots in the fire. 10 Be still then, and know that I am God I will be exalted among the heathen, and I will be exalted in the earth. 17 Instead of thy fathers thou shalt have children: whom thou mayest make princes in all lands. 18 I will remember thy Name from one generation to another therefore shall the people give thanks unto thee, world without end. PSALM 46. Go Deus noster refugium. OD is our hope and strength a very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be moved and though the hills be carried into the midst of the sea. 11 The Lord of hosts is with us: the God of Jacob is our refuge. Evening Prayer. PSALM 47. Omnes gentes, plaudite. CLAP O your hands together, all ye people: O sing unto God with the voice of melody. 2 For the Lord is high, and to be feared he is the great King upon all the earth. 3 He shall subdue the 3 Though the waters thereof rage and swell and though the mountains shake at the tempest of the same. 4 The rivers of the flood thereof shall make glad the city of God: the holy place of the tabernacle of the most Highest. 5 God is in the midst of 313 The Psalms. DAY 9. people under us and the nations under our feet. 4 He shall choose out an heritage for us even the worship of Jacob, whom he loved. 5 God is gone up with a merry noise and the Lord with the sound of the trump. 60 sing praises, sing praises unto our God O sing praises, sing praises unto our King.frow add 7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding. 8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon his holy seat. 9 The princes of the people are joined unto the people of the God of Abraham for God, which is very high exalted, doth defend the earth, as it were with a shield. PSALM 48. Magnus Dominus. GREAT is the Lord, and highly to be praised: in the city of our God, even upon his holy hill. DAY 9. earth are gathered, and gone by together. 4 They marvelled to see such things they were astonished, and suddenly cast down. 5 Fear came there upon them, and sorrow as upon a woman in her travail. 6 Thou shalt break the ships of the sea: through the east- wind. de sodi 7 Like as we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God upholdeth the same for ever. 8 We wait for thy lovingkindness, O God in the midst of thy temple. 9 O God, according to thy Name, so is thy praise unto the world's end thy right hand is full of frighteousness. 10 Let the mount Sion rejoice, and the daughter of Judah be glad: because of thy judgments. 11 Walk about Sion, and go round about her and tell the towers thereof. 12 Mark well her bulwarks, set up her houses: that ye may tell them that come after. 13 For this God is our God for ever and ever: he shall be our guide unto death. 2 The hill of Sion is a fair place, and the joy of the whole earth: upon the north- side lieth the city of the great King; God is well known in her palaces as a sure refuge. 3 For lo, the kings of the 314 DAY 9. DAY 9. OPSALM 49. Rodwelling- places shall enAudite hæc, omnes.od dure from one generation to O HEAR ye this, all ye another; and call the lands after their own names. people: ponder it with your ears, all ye that dwell in the world; The Psalms. 12 Nevertheless, man will not abide in honour: seeing he may be compared unto the beasts that perish; this is the way of them. 3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom and my heart 13 This is their foolishshall muse of understand- ness and their posterity ing. praise their saying. 4 I will incline mine ear to the parable and shew my dark speech upon the harp. 5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of wickedness: and when the wickedness of my heels compasseth me round about? 14 They lie in the hell like sheep, death gnaweth upon them, and the righteous shall have domination over them in the morning: their beauty shall consume in the sepulchre out of their dwelling. 2 High and low, rich and poor: one with another. 15 But God hath delivered my soul from the place of hell: for he shall receive me. 16 Be not thou afraid, though one be made rich: or if the glory of his house be increased; 17 For he shall carry nothing away with him when he dieth neither shall his pomp follow him. 18 For while he lived, he 10 For he seeth that wise counted himself an happy men also die, and perish to- man and so long as thou gether as well as the igno- doest well unto thyself, men rant and foolish, and leave will speak good of thee. their riches for other. 19 He shall follow the generation of his fathers: and shall never see light. 20 Man being in honour 6 There be some that put their trust in their goods and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches. 7 But no man may deliver his brother nor make agreement unto God for him; 8 For it cost more to redeem their souls: so that he must let that alone for ever; 9 Yea, though he live long and see not the grave. 11 And yet they think that their houses shall continue for ever and that their 315 DAY 10. hath no understanding: but is compared unto the beasts that perish. Morning Prayer. PSALM 50. Deus deorum. THE Lord, even the most mighty God, hath spoken and called the world, from the rising up of the sun, unto the going down thereof. silyoT The Psalms. 2 Out of Sion hath God appeared in perfect beauty. 3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: there shall go before him a consuming fire, and a mighty tempest shall be stirred up round about him. 4 He shall call the heaven from above and the earth, that he may judge his people. pod : 5 Gather my saints together unto me those that have made a covenant with me with sacrifice. 6 And the heaven shall declare his righteousness: for God is Judge himself. 7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak: I myself will testify against thee, O Israel; for I am God, even thy God. DAY 10. cause they were not alway before me. 9 I will take no bullock out of thine house: nor he- goat out of thy folds. 10 For all the beasts of the forest are mine: and so are the cattle upon a thousand hills. 11 I know all the fowls upon the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are in my sight. 12 If I be hungry, I will not tell thee: for the whole world is mine, and all that is therein. 13 Thinkest thou that I will eat bulls' flesh and drink the blood of goats? baDOT 14 Offer unto God thanksgiving and pay thy vows unto the most Highest. 15 And call upon me in the time of trouble so will I hear thee, and thou shalt praise me. 16 But unto the ungodly said God: Why dost thou preach my laws, and takest my covenant in thy mouth; 17 Whereas thou hatest to be reformed and hast cast my words behind thee? 18 When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst unto him and hast been partaker with the adulterers. 19 Thou hast let thy mouth speak wickedness: and with 8 I will not reprove thee because of thy sacrifices, or for thy burnt- offerings: be316 DAY 10. The Psalms. DAY 10. thy tongue thou hast set thy sight that thou mightforth deceit. est be justified in thy saying, and clear when thou 20 Thou satest, and spakest against thy brother yea, art judged. and hast slandered thine own mother's son. 21 These things hast thou done, and I held my tongue, and thou thoughtest wickedly, that I am even such a one as thyself but I will reprove thee, and set before thee the things that thou hast done. ostent 22 O consider this, ye that forget God: lest I pluck you away, and there be none to deliver you. 23 Whoso offereth me thanks and praise, he honoureth me and to him that ordereth his conversation right will I shew the salvation of God. 5 Behold, I was shapen in wickedness: and in sin hath my mother conceived me. 6 But lo, thou requirest truth in the inward parts: and shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly. 7 Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 8 Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness: that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. da to 9 Turn thy face from my sins and put out all my misdeeds. 10 Make me a clean heart, O God and renew a right spirit within me. 11 Cast me not away from PSALM 51. Miserere mei, Deus. HAVE mercy upon me, thy presence and take not thy holy Spirit from me. O God, after thy great goodness: according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences. 12 O give me the comfort of thy help again and stablish me with thy free Spirit. 2 Wash me throughly from my wickedness and cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I acknowledge my faults and my sin is ever before me. 13 Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wicked: and sinners shall be converted unto thee. 14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou that art the God of my health: 4 Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in 317 DAY 10. and my tongue shall sing of the righteousness. 15 Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord: and my mouth shall shew thy praise. 16 For thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I give it thee: but thou delightest not in burnt- offerings. 17 The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit: a broken and contrite heart, O God, shalt thou not despise.w 18 O be favourable and gracious unto Sion build thou the walls of Jerusalem. omlade undT8 19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness, with the burnt- offerings and oblations: then shall they offer young bullocks upon thine altar. The Psalms. DAY 10. all words that may do hurt: O thou false tongue. dol 6 Therefore shall God destroy thee for ever: he shall take thee, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling, and root thee out of the land of the living. 7 The righteous also shall see this, and fear and shall laugh him to scorn; 8 Lo, this is the man that took notGod for his strength: but trusted unto the multitude of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness. 9 As for me, I am like a green olive- tree in the house of God: my trust is in the tender mercy of God for ever and ever. 10 I will always give thanks unto thee for that thou hast done and I will hope in thy Name, for thy PSALM 52, Quid gloriaris? tid WHY boastest thou thy- saints like it well. self, thou tyrant: that thou canst do mischief; 2 Whereas the goodness of God: endureth yet daily? : 3 Thy tongue imagineth wickedness and with lies thou cuttest like a sharp razor. Evening Prayer. PSALM 53. Dixit insipiens. THE foolish body_hath said in his heart: There 318 is no God. 2 Corrupt are they, and 4 Thou hast loved unrigh- become abominable in their teousness more than good- wickedness: there is none ness: and to talk of lies more that doeth good. than righteousness. 3 God looked down from heaven upon the children of 5 Thou hast loved to speak DAY 10. The Psalms. DAY 10. men to see if there were their eyes, seek after my any, that would understand, soul. and seek after God. 4 But they are all gone out of the way, they are altogether become abominable: there is also none that doeth good, no not one. 5 Are not they without understanding that work wickedness: eating up my people as if they would eat bread? they have not called upon God. 6 They were afraid where no fear was for God hath broken the bones of him that besieged thee; thou hast put them to confusion, because God hath despised them. 7 Oh, that the salvation were given unto Israel out of Sion: Oh, that the Lord woulddeliver his people out of captivity! 8 Then should Jacob rejoice and Israel should be right glad. SAV PSALM 54. Deus, in nomine. AVE me, O God, for thy Name's sake: and avenge me in thy strength. 2 Hear my prayer, O God: and hearken unto the words of my mouth. 3 For strangers are risen up against me: and tyrants, which have not God before 4 Behold, God is my helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul. 5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: destroy thou them in thy truth. 6 An offering of a free heart will I give thee, and praise thy Name, O Lord: because it is so comfortable. 7 For he hath delivered me out of all my trouble and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies. PSALM 55. Exaudi, Deus. HE EAR my prayer, O God: and hide not thyself from my petition. 2 Take heed unto me, and hear me: how I mourn in my prayer, and am vexed. 3 The enemy crieth so, and the ungodly cometh on so fast: for they are minded to do me some mischief; so maliciously are they set against me. 4 My heart is disquieted within me and the fear of death is fallen upon me. 5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me: and an horrible dread hath overwhelmed me. 6 And I said, O that I had 319 DAY 10. wings like a dove: for then would I flee away, and be at rest. 7 Lo, then would I get me away far off and remain in the wilderness. 8 I would make haste to escape: because of the stormy wind and tempest. 9 Destroy their tongues, O Lord, and divide them: for The Psalms. DAY 10. wickedness is in theird wellings, and among them. 17 As for me, I will call upon God and the Lord shall save me. 18 In the evening, and morning, and at noon- day will I pray, and that instantly and he shall hear my voice. 19 It is he that hath deI have spied unrighteous- livered my soul in peace ness and strife in the city. 10 Day and night they go about within the walls thereof mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it. from the battle that was against me for there were many with me. : 20 Yea, even God, that endureth for ever, shall hear me, and bring them down: for they will not turn, nor fear God. 11 Wickedness is therein: deceit and guile go not out of their streets. 12 For it is not an open enemy, that hath done me this dishonour: for then I could have borne it. 21 He laid his hands upon such as be at peace with him and he brake his covenant. 22 The words of his mouth were softer than butter, having war in his heart his words were smoother than oil, and yet be they very swords. 13 Neither was it mine adversary, that did magnify himself against me: for then peradventure I would have hid myself from him. 14 But it was even thou, my companion: my guide, and mine own familiar friend. et bus 15 We took sweet counsel together and walked in the house of God as friends. 16 Let death come hastily upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for 1 320 23 O cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall nourish thee and shall not suffer the righteous to fall for ever. 24 And as for them thou, O God, shalt bring them into the pit of destruction. 25 The blood- thirsty and deceitful men shall not live GETHSEMANE Lejeune The Psalms. DAY 11. out half their days: nevertheless, my trust shall be in thee, O Lord. Morning Prayer. on 1 PSALM 56. Miserere mei, Deus. BE E merciful unto me, O God, for man goeth about to devour me he is daily fighting, and troubling me. 2 Mine enemies are daily in hand to swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most Highest. halledicins 3 Nevertheless, though I am sometime afraid yet put I my trust in thee. 4 I will praise God, because of his word: I have put my trust in God, and I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. 5 They daily mistake my words all that they imagine is to do me evil. 6 They hold all together, and keep themselves close: and mark my steps, when they lay wait for my soul. 7 Shall they escape for their wickedness: thou, O God, in thy displeasure shalt cast them down. 8 Thou tellest my flittings; put my tears into thy bottle are not these things noted in thy book? DAY 11. 9 Whensoever I call upon thee, then shall mine enemies be put to flight this I know; for God is on my side. 10 In God's word will I rejoice in the Lord's word will I comfort me. 11 Yea, in God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me. 12 Unto thee, O God, will I pay my vows: unto thee will I give thanks. 13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, and my feet from falling that I may walk before God in the light of the living. PSALM 57. or Miserere mei, Deus. E BE merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me, for my soul trusteth in thee: and under the shadow of thy wings shall be my refuge, until this tyranny be over- past. 2 I will call unto the most high God even unto the God that shall perform the cause which I have in hand. 3 He shall send from heaven: and save me from the reproof of him that would eat me up. 4 God shall send forth his mercy and truth: my soul is among lions. 321 L DAY 11. The Psalms. DAY 11. : 5 And I lie even among 2 Yea, ye imagine mischief the children of men, that in your heart upon the are set on fire whose teeth earth and your hands deal are spears and arrows, and with wickedness. their tongue a sharp sword. 3 The ungodly are froare fr 6 Set up thyself, O God, ward, even from their moabove the heavens and thy ther's womb as soon as glory above all the earth. they are born, they go astray, and speak lies. 4 They are as venomous as the poison of a serpent: even like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ears; 7 They have laid a net for my feet, and pressed down my soul: they have digged a pit before me, and are fallen into the midst of it themselves. adasdi svik I w 8 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed I will sing, and give praise. 9 Awake up, my glory; awake, lute and harp: I myself will awake right early. 5 Which refuseth to hear the voice of the charmer: charm he never so wisely. : 6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouths; smite the jaw- bones of the lions, O Lord let them fall away like water that runneth a10 I will give thanks unto pace; and when they shoot thee, O Lord, among the their arrows let them be people and I will sing un- rooted out. w zasì son lliw to thee among the nations. 11 For the greatness of thy mercy reacheth unto the heavens and thy truth unto the clouds. sq- 19vo sd 12 Set up thyself, O God, 8 Or ever your pots be above the heavens and thy made hot with thorns: so glory above all the earth. let indignation vex him, Inigol dod as a thing that is PSALM 58. zonbalblw ziedi moSi vere utique. v 9 The righteous shall reRE your minds set upon joice when he seeth the righteousness, O ye con- vengeance: he shall wash gregation and do ye judge his footsteps in the blood the thing that is right, O ye of the ungodly. s: sit sons of men? 10 So that a man shall say, 7 Let them consume away like a snail, and be like the untimely fruit of a woman: and let them not see the blod sun. seven raw. ARE : 322 DAY 11. The Psalms. DAY 11. Verily there is a reward for thou shalt laugh all the heathe righteous: doubtless then to scorn. there is a God that judgeth the earth. 9 My strength will I ascribe unto thee for thou art the God of my refuge. 10 God sheweth me his goodness plenteously and God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies. 11 Slay them not, lest my people forget it but scatter them abroad among the people, and put them down, O Lord, our defence. Evening Prayer. PSALM 59. Eripe me de inimicis. ELIVER me from mine enemies, O God: defend me from them that rise up against me. DE : 2 O deliver me from the wicked doers and save me from the blood- thirsty men. 3 For lo, they lie waiting for my soul the mighty men are gathered against me, without any offence or fault of me, O Lord. 4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault arise thou therefore to help me, and behold. 5 Stand up, O Lord God of hosts, thou God of Israel, to visit all the heathen and be not merciful unto them that offend of malicious wickedness. 6 They go to and fro in the evening they grin like a dog, and run about through the city. 7 Behold, they speak with their mouth, and swords are in their lips for who doth hear? 12 For the sin of their mouth, and for the words of their lips, they shall be taken in their pride and why? their preaching is of cursing and lies. 13 Consume them in thy wrath, consume them, that they may perish: and know that it is God that ruleth in Jacob, and unto the ends of the world. 14 And in the evening they will return: grin like a dog, and will go about the city. 15 They will run here and there for meat and grudge if they be not satisfied. 16 As for me, I will sing of thy power, and will praise thy mercy betimes in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble. 17 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing for 8 But thou, O Lord, shalt have them in derision and : 323 The Psalms. DAY 11. thou, O God, art my refuge, and my merciful God. DAY 11. : the strong city who will bring me into Edom? : 10 Hast not thou cast us out, O God wilt not thou, O God, go out at with our PSALM 60. Deus, repulisti nos. O GOD, thou hast cast hosts? us out, and scattered us abroad: thou hast also been displeased; O turn thee unto us again. 2 Thou hast moved the land, and divided it: heal the sores thereof, for it shaketh. deadly wine. 4 Thou hast given a token for such as fear thee: that they may triumph because of the truth. 11 O be thou our help in trouble: for vain is the help of man. 12 Through God will we do great acts for it is he that shall tread down our enemies. 3 Thou hast shewed thy people heavy things thou HEAR my crying, O hast given us a of ear unto my PSALM 61. Exaudi, Deus. prayer. 2 From the ends of the earth will I call upon thee: when my heart is in heaviness. 5 Therefore were thy beloved delivered help me with thy right hand, and hear me. 3 O set me up upon the rock that is higher than I: for thou hast been my hope, and a strong tower for me against the enemy. 6 God hath spoken in his holiness, I will rejoice, and divide Sichem: and mete out the valley of Succoth. 4 I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever and my trust shall be under the covering of thy wings. 7 Gilead is mine, and Manasses is mine: Ephraim 5 For thou, O Lord, hast also is the strength of my heard my desires and hast head; Judah is my law- given an heritage unto those giver; that fear thy Name. 8 Moab is my wash- pot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe Philistia, be thou glad of me. 6 Thou shaltgrant the King a long life: that his years may endure throughout all generations. 9 Who will lead me into 7 He shall dwell before God 324 DAY 12. for ever: O prepare thy loving mercy and faithfulness, that they may preserve him. 8 So will I alway sing praise unto thy Name: that I may daily perform my vows. Morning Prayer. The Psalms. DAY 12. 8 O put your trust in him alway, ye people: pour out your hearts before him, for God is our hope. 9 As for the children of men, they are but vanity: the children of men are deceitful upon the weights, they are altogether lighter than vanity itself. 10 O trust not in wrong and robbery, give not yourselves unto vanity: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them. 11 God spake once, and twice I have also heard the same: that power belongeth unto God; 12 And that thou, Lord, art merciful for thou rewardest every man according to his work. PSALM 62. Nonne Deo? MY Y soul truly waiteth still upon God for of him cometh my salvation. 2 He verily is my strength and my salvation he is my defence, so that I shall not greatly fall. 3 How long will ye imagine mischief against every man: ye shall be slain all the sort of you; yea, as a tottering wall shall ye be, and like a broken hedge. 4 Their device is only how to put him out whom God will exalt: their delight is in lies; they give good words with their mouth, but curse with their heart. 5 Nevertheless, my soul, wait thou still upon God for my hope is in him. 6 He truly is my strength and my salvation: he is my defence, so that I shall not fall. 7 In God is my health, and 4 For thy loving- kindness my glory: the rock of my is better than the life itmight, and in God is my self my lips shall praise trust. thee. 325 PSALM 63. Deus, Deus meus. GOD, thou art my God early will I seek thee. 2 My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh also longeth after thee in a barren and dry land where no water is. 3 Thus have I looked for thee in holiness that I might behold thy power and glory. DAY 12. 5 As long as I live will I magnify thee on this manner and lift up my hands in thy Name. The Psalms. 6 My soul shall be satisfied, even as it were with marrow and fatness: when my mouth praiseth thee with joyful lips. 7 Have I not remembered thee in my bed and thought upon thee when I was waking? olan sayise 8 Because thou hast been my helper: therefore under the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. 9 My soul hangeth upon thee: thy right hand hath upholden me. 10 These also that seek the hurt of my soul: they shall go under the earth. 11 Let them fall upon the edge of the sword: that they may be a portion for foxes. 12 But the King shall rejoice in God; all they also that swear by him shall be commended for the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. PSALM 64. Exaudi, Deus. EAR my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy. НЕ 2 Hide me from the ga326 DAY 12. thering together of the froward and from the insurrection of wicked doers; 3 Who have whet their tongue like a sword: and shoot out their arrows, even bitter words; 4 That they may privily shoot at him that is perfect: suddenly do they hit him, and fear not. 5 They encourage themselves in mischief: and commune among themselves how they may lay snares, and say, that no man shall see them. 6 They imagine wickedness, and practise it that they keep secret among themselves, every man in the deep of his heart. 7 But God shall suddenly shoot at them with a swift arrow that they shall be wounded. 8 Yea, their own tongues shall make them fall insomuch that whoso seeth them shall laugh them to scorn. 9 And all men that see it shall say, This hath God done: for they shall perceive that it is his work. 10 The righteous shall rejoice in the Lord, and put his trust in him and all they that are true of heart shall be glad. The Psalms. DAY 12. Evening Prayer. PSALM 65. Te decet hymnus. THOU, O God, art prais- it very plenteous. ed in Sion and unto thee shall the vow be performed in Jerusalem. 2 Thou that hearest the prayer: unto thee shall all flesh come. 3 My misdeeds prevail against me: O be thou merciful unto our sins. DAY 12. outgoings of the morning and evening to praise thee. 9 Thou visitest the earth, and blessest it: thou makest 4 Blessed is the man, whom thou choosest, and receivest unto thee: he shall dwell in thy court, and shall be satisfied with the pleasures of thy house, even of thy holy temple. 5 Thou shalt shew us wonderful things in thy righteousness, O God of our salvation thou that art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that remain in the broad sea. 6 Who in his strength setteth fast the mountains: and is girded about with power. 10 The river of God is full of water thou preparest their corn, for so thou providest for the earth. 11 Thou waterest her furrows, thou sendest rain into the little valleys thereof: thou makest it soft with the drops of rain, and blessest the increase of it. 12 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness and thy clouds drop fatness. 13 They shall drop upon the dwellings of the wilderness and the little hills shall rejoice on every side. 14 The folds shall be full of sheep: the valleys also shall stand so thick with corn, that they shall laugh and sing. 7 Who stilleth the raging of the sea and the noise of his waves, and the madness of the people. les anives 8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts of the earth shall be afraid at thy tokens: thou that makest the 327 PSALM 66. Jubilate Deo. O OBE joyful in God, all ye lands sing praises unto the honour of his Name, make his praise to be glorious. 2 Say unto God, O how wonderful art thou in thy works through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies be found liars unto thee. DAY 12. The Psalms. DAY 12. 3 For all the world shall lips, and spake with my worship thee: sing of thee, and praise thy Name. mouth, when I was in trouble. 4 O come hither, and behold the works of God: how wonderful he is in his doing toward the children of 13 I will offer unto thee fat burnt- sacrifices, with the incense of rams: I will offer bullocks and goats. men. 14 O come hither, and 5 He turned the sea in- hearken, all ye that fear to dry land so that they God and I will tell you went through the water on what he hath done for my foot; there did we rejoice soul. thereof. 15 I called unto him with my mouth and gave him praises with my tongue. 16 If I incline unto wickedness with mine heart: the Lord will not hear me. 17 But God hath heard me: and considered the voice of 6 He ruleth with his power for ever; his eyes behold the people and such as will not believe shall not be able to exalt themselves. 70 praise our God, ye people and make the voice of his praise to be heard; 8 Who holdeth our soul in life and suffereth not our feet to slip. 9 For thou, O God, hast proved us thou also hast tried us, like as silver is tried. 10 Thou broughtest us in- Go to the snare and laidest trouble upon our loins. 11 Thou sufferedst men to ride over our heads: we went through fire and water, and thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. 12 I will go into thine house with burnt- offerings: and will pay thee my vows, which I promised with my 328 my prayer. 18 Praised be God who hath not cast out my prayer: nor turned his mercy from me. PSALM 67. Deus misereatur. OD be merciful unto us, and bless us: and shew us the light of his countenance, and be merciful unto us; 2 That thy way may be known upon earth: thy saving health among all nations. 3 Let the people praise thee, O God: yea, let all the people praise thee. DAY 13. The Psalms. DAY 13. 4 O let the nations rejoice 5 He is a Father of the and be glad for thou shalt fatherless, and defendeth judge the folk righteously, the cause of the widows: and govern the nations up- even God in his holy habion earth. tation. 5 Let the people praise thee, O God let all the people praise thee. 6 He is the God that maketh men to be of one mind in an house, and bringeth the prisoners out of captivity but letteth the runagates continue in scarce6 Then shall the earth bring forth her increase and God, even our own God, shall give us his blessing. 7 God shall bless us: and all the ends of the world shall fear him. Morning Prayer. PSALM 68. Exurgat Deus. LET God arise, and let his also was moved at the preenemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. sence of God, who is the God of Israel. 2 Like as the smoke vanisheth, so shalt thou drive them away and like as wax melteth at the fire, so let the ungodly perish at the presence of God. 3 But let the righteous be glad and rejoice before God: let them also be merry and joyful. 4 O sing unto God, and sing praises unto his Name: magnify him that rideth upon the heavens, as it were upon an horse; praise him in his Name JAH, and rejoice before him. ness. 70 God, when thou wentest forth before the people: when thou wentest through the wilderness, 8 The earth shook, and the heavens dropped at the presence of God: even as Sinai 9 Thou, O God, sentest a gracious rain upon thine inheritance and refreshedst it when it was weary. 10 Thy congregation shall dwell therein: for thou, O God, hast of thy goodness prepared for the poor. 11 The Lord gave the word: great was the company of the preachers. 12 Kings with their armies did flee, and were discomfited and they of the household divided the spoil. 13 Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove: 329 The Psalms. DAY 13. will bring my people again, as I did from Basan: mine own will I bring again, as I did sometime from the deep of the sea. 23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies and that the tongue of thy dogs may be red through the same. : 24 It is well seen, O God, how thou goest: how thou, my God and King, goest in the sanctuary, chus 25 The singers go before, the minstrels follow after: in the midst are the damsels playing with the timbrels. 26 Give thanks, O Israel, unto God the Lord in the congregations from the ground of the heart. 27 There is little Benjamin their ruler, and the princes of Judah their counsel: the princes of Zabulon, and the princes of Nephthali. ylbokrug, ant st 28 Thy God hath sent forth strength for thee: stablish the thing, O God, that thou hast wrought in us, 29 For thy temple's sake at Jerusalem: so shall kings bring presents unto thee. 30 When the company of the spear- men, and multitude of the mighty are scattered abroad among the DAY 13. that is covered with silver wings, and her feathers like gold. 14 When the Almighty scattered kings for their sake then were they as white as snow in Salmon. 15 As the hill of Basan, so is God's hill even an high hill, as the hill of Basan. 16 Why hop ye so, ye high hills? this is God's hill, in the which it pleaseth him to dwell yea, the Lord will abide in it for ever. 17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels and the Lord is among them, as in the holy place of Sinai. 18 Thou art gone up on high, thou hast led captivity captive, and received gifts for men yea, even for thine enemies, that the Lord God might dwell among them. 19 Praised be the Lord daily even the God who helpeth us, and poureth his benefits upon us. 20 He is our God, even the God of whom cometh salvation: God is the Lord, by whom we escape death. : 21 God shall wound the head of his enemies and the hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his wickedness. 22 The Lord hath said, I 330 DAY 13. beasts of the people, so that they humbly bring pieces of silver and when he hath scattered the people that delight in war; 31 Then shall the princes come out of Egypt: the Morians' land shall soon stretch out her hands unto God. 32 Sing unto God, O ye kingdoms of the earth: O sing praises unto the Lord; 33 Who sitteth in the heavens over all from the beginning lo, he doth send out his voice, yea, and that a mighty voice. 34 Ascribe ye the power to God over Israel: his worship, and strength is in the clouds. 35 O God, wonderful art thou in thy holy places even the God of Israel; he will give strength and power unto his people; blessed be God. Evening Prayer. PSALM 69. 9 For the zeal of thine house hath even eaten me: and the rebukes of them 900 in Salvum me fac. SAVE me, O God for that rebuked thee are fallen upon me. the waters are come in, even unto my soul. 2 I stick fast in the deep mire, where no ground is I am come into deep waters, so that the floods run 10 I wept, and chastened myself with fasting and that was turned to my reproof. over me. The Psalms. DAY 13. 3 I am weary of crying; my throat is dry: my sight faileth me for waiting so long upon my God. 4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: they that are mine enemies, and would destroy me guiltless, are mighty. 5 I paid them the things that I never took: God, thou knowest my simpleness, and my faults are not hid from thee. 6 Let not them that trust in thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my cause: let not those that seek thee be confounded through me, O Lord God of Israel. 7 And why? for thy sake have I suffered reproof: shame hath covered my face. 8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren: even an alien unto my mother's children. 11 I put on sackcloth also: and they jested upon me. 33⁰ DAY 13. The Psalms. DAY 13. 12 They that sit in the heaviness: I looked for gate speak against me and the drunkards make songs upon me. some to have pity on me, but there was no man, neither found I any to comfort me. 13 But, Lord, I make my prayer unto thee in an acceptable time. 22 They gave me gall to eat and when I was thirsty they gave me vinegar to drink. 14 Hear me, O.God, in the multitude of thy mercy even in the truth of thy salvation. 23 Let their table be made a snare to take themselves withal and let the things that should have been for their wealth be unto them an occasion of falling. 15 Take me out of the mire, that I sink not: O let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. 16 Let not the water- flood drown me, neither let the deep swallow me up and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. 17 Hear me, O Lord, for thy loving- kindness is comfortable turn thee unto me according to the multitude of thy mercies. 18 And hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble: O haste thee, and hear me. 1393 19 Draw nigh unto my soul, and save it: O deliver me, because of mine enemies. 24 Let their eyes be blinded, that they see not and ever bow thou down their backs. 25 Pour out thine indignation upon them and let thy wrathful displeasure take hold of them. 26 Let their habitation be void and no man to dwell in their tents. 27 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten: and they talk how they may vex them whom thou hast wounded. 28 Let them fall from one wickedness to another and not come into thy righteousness. 29 Let them be wiped out of the book of the living: and not be written among the righteous. 30 As for me, when I am 20 Thou hast known my reproof, my shame, and my dishonour mine adversaries are all in thy sight. 21 Thy rebuke hath broken my heart; I am full of 332 DAY 13. The Psalms. DAY 14. poor and in heaviness: thy to confusion that wish me help, O God, shall lift me up. evil. 31 I will praise the Name of God with a song and magnify it with thanksgiving. 3 Let them for their reward be soon brought to shame that cry over me, There, there. 32 This also shall please the Lord: better than a bullock that hath horns and hoofs. we 33 The humble shall consider this, and be glad: seek ye after God, and your soul shall live. 34 For the Lord heareth the poor and despiseth not his prisoners. Morning Prayer. 35 Let heaven and earth praise him the sea, and all that moveth therein. PSALM 71. In te, Domine, speravi. 36 For God will save Sion, IN thee, O Lord, have I put and build the cities of Jumy trust, let me never be put to confusion: but rid me, and deliver me, in thy righteousness; incline thine ear unto me, and save me. 2 Be thou my strong hold, whereunto I may alway resort: thou hast promised to help me, for thou art my house of defence, and my castle. dah that men may dwell there, and have it in possession. 37 The posterity also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his Name shall dwell therein. PSALM 70. Deus in adjutorium. HASTE thee, O God, to deliver me: make haste to help me, O Lord. 2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward and put 4 But let all those that seek thee be joyful and glad in thee: and let all such as delight in thy salvation say alway, The Lord be praised. 5 As for me, I am poor and in misery: haste thee unto me, O God. 6 Thou art my helper, and my redeemer: O Lord, make no long tarrying. 3 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the ungodly out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. 4 For thou, O Lord God, art the thing that I long for: 333 The Psalms DAY 14. thou art my hope, even from my youth. 5 Through thee have I been holden up ever since I was born thou art he that took me out of my mother's womb; my praise shall be always of thee. 6 I am become as it were a monster unto many: but my sure trust is in thee. 70 let my mouth be filled with thy praise: that I may sing of thy glory and honour all the day long. 8 Cast me not away in the time of age: forsake me not when my strength faileth me. 9 For mine enemies speak against me, and they that lay wait for my soul take their counsel together, saying: God hath forsaken him; persecute him, and take him, for there is none to deliver him.o 39 10 Go not far from me, O God my God, haste thee to help me. and dort: 11 Let them be confounded and perish that are against my soul: let them be covered with shame and dishonour that seek to do me evil. 12 As for me, I will patiently abide alway and will praise thee more and more. DAY 14. 13 My mouth shall daily speak of thy righteousness and salvation for I know no end thereof. 334 14 I will go forth in the strength of the Lord God: and will make mention of thy righteousness only. 15 Thou, OGod, hast taught me from my youth up until now therefore will I tell of thy wondrous works. 16 Forsake me not, O God, in mine old age, when I am gray- headed until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to all them that are yet for to come. 17 Thy righteousness, O God, is very high and great things are they that thou hast done; O God, who is like unto thee? 18 O what great troubles and adversities hast thou shewed me! and yet didst thou turn and refresh me: yea, and broughtest me from the deep of the earth again. 19 Thou hast brought me to great honour and comforted me on every side. 20 Therefore will I praise thee and thy faithfulness, O God, playing upon an instrument of musick: unto thee will I sing upon the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel. DAY 14. The Psalms. DAY 14. 21 My lips will be fain 8 His dominion shall be when I sing unto thee: and so will my soul whom thou hast delivered. 22 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long for they are confounded and brought unto shame that seek to do me evil. 2 Then shall he judge thy people according unto right and defend the PSALM 72. Deus, judicium. GIVE the King thy judg- gifts. ments, O God and thy righteousness unto the King's son. : poor. 3 The mountains also shall bring peace and the little hills righteousness unto the people. 4 He shall keep the simple folk by their right: defend the children of the poor, and punish the wrong doer. also from the one sea to the other and from the flood unto the world's end. 9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall kneel before him: his enemies shall lick the dust. 10 The kings of Tharsis and of the isles shall give presents the kings of Arabia and Saba shall bring 335 11 All kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall do him service. 12 For he shall deliver the poor when he crieth: the needy also, and him that hath no helper. 13 He shall be favourable to the simple and needy: and shall preserve the souls of the poor. 14 He shall deliver their souls from falsehood and wrong and dear shall their blood be in his sight. 5 They shall fear thee, as . long as the sun and moon endureth from one generation to another. 15 He shall live, and unto him shall be given of the gold of Arabia: prayer shall be made ever unto him, and daily shall he be praised. 6 He shall come down like the rain into a fleece of wool: even as the drops that water the earth. 16 There shall be an heap of corn in the earth, high upon the hills: his fruit 7 In his time shall the shall shake like Libanus, righteous flourish: yea, and shall be green in the and abundance of peace, so city like grass upon the long as the moon endureth. earth. The Psalms. DAY 14. 17 His Name shall endure for ever; his Name shall remain under the sun among the posterities which shall be blessed through him; and all the heathen shall praise him. : 18 Blessed be the Lord God, even the God of Israel which only doeth wondrous things; 19 And blessed be the Name of his Majesty for ever and all the earth shall be filled with his Majesty. Amen, Amen. Evening Prayer. PSALM 73. Quam bonus Israel! TRULY God is loving High? unto Israel: even unto such as are of a clean heart. 2 Nevertheless, my feet were almost gone my treadings had well- nigh slipt. 3 And why? I was grieved at the wicked: I do also see the ungodly in such prosperity. 4 For they are in no peril of death but are lusty and strong. 5 They come in no misfortune like other folk: neither are they plagued like other DAY 14. pride and overwhelmed with cruelty. 7 Their eyes swell with fatness and they do even what they lust. 8 They corrupt other, and speak of wicked blasphemy: their talking is against the most High. 9 For they stretch forth their mouth unto the heaven and their tongue goeth through the world. 10 Therefore fall the people unto them and thereout suck they no small advantage. 11 Tush, say they, how should God perceive it: is there knowledge in the most 12 Lo, these are the ungodly, these prosper in the world, and these have riches in possession and I said, Then have I cleansed my heart in vain, and washed mine hands in innocency. 13 All the day long have I been punished and chas-. tened every morning. 14 Yea, and I had almost said even as they but lo, then I should have condemned the generation of thy children. share and 15 Then thought I to understand this but it was too hard for me, 16 Until I went into the men. 6 And this is the cause that they are so holden with 336 DAY 14. The Psalms. DAY 14. sanctuary of God: then un- 27 But it is good for me derstood I the end of these to hold me fast by God, to put my trust in the Lord God: and to speak of all thy works in the gates of the daughter of Sion. men; 17 Namely, how thou dost set them in slippery places: and castest em down, and destroyest them. 18 Oh, how suddenly do they consume: perish, and come to a 19 Yea, even like as a dream when one awaketh: so shalt thou make their image to vanish out of the city. 20 Thus my heart was grieved and it went even through my reins. 21 So foolish was I, and ignorant even as it were a beast before thee. 22 Nevertheless, I am alway by thee: for thou hast holden me by my right hand. 17420 23 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel and after that receive me with glory. 24 Whom have I in heaven but thee and there is none upon earth that I desire in comparison of thee. 25 My flesh and my heart faileth but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. 26 For lo, they that forsake thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that commit fornication against thee. PSALM 74. Ut quid, Deus? GOD, wherefore art thou absent from us so long: why is thy wrath so hot against the sheep of thy pasture? 2 O think upon thy congregation: whom thou hast purchased, and redeemed of old. 3 Think upon the tribe of thine inheritance: and mount Sion, wherein thou hast dwelt. 4 Lift up thy feet, that thou mayest utterly destroy every enemy: which hath done evil in thy sanctuary. 5 Thine adversaries roar in the midst of thy congregations and set up their banners for tokens. 6 He that hewed timber afore out of the thick trees: was known to bring it to an excellent work. 337 7 But now they break down all the carved work thereof: with axes and hammers. 8 They have set fire upon thy holy places and have defiled the dwelling- place DAY 14. The Psalms, DAY 15. of thy Name, even unto the prepared the light and the ground. 9 Yea, they said in their hearts, Let us make havock of them altogether thus have they burnt up all the houses of God in the land. 10 We see not our tokens, there is not one prophet more: no, not one is there among us, that understandeth any more. 11 O God, how long shall the adversary do this dishonour how long shall the enemy blaspheme thy Name, for ever? 12 Why withdrawest thou thy hand why pluckest thou not thy right hand out of thy bosom to consume the enemy? sun. : 18 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth thou hast made summer and winter. 19 Remember this, O Lord, how the enemy hath rebuked and how the foolish people hath blasphemed thy Name. 20 O deliver not the soul of thy turtle- dove unto the multitude of the enemies: and forget not the congregation of the poor for ever. 21 Look upon the covenant: for all the earth is full of darkness, and cruel habitations. 22 O let not the simple go away ashamed: but let the poor and needy give praise unto thy Name. 23 Arise, O God, maintain thine own cause: remember how the foolish man blasphemeth thee daily. 24 Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the presumption of them that hate thee increaseth ever more and more. : 13 For God is my King of old the help that is done upon earth he doeth it himself. 14 Thou didst divide the sea through thy power thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. 15 Thou smotest the heads of Leviathan in pieces and gavest him to be meat for the people in the wilderness. 16 Thou broughtest out fountains and waters out of the hard rocks thou driedst up mighty waters. 17 The day is thine, and give thanks: yea, unto the night is thine: thou hast thee do we give thanks. Morning Prayer. PSALM 75. Confitebimur tibi. UNTO thee, O God, do we 338 1 DAY 15. 2 Thy Name also is so nigh: and that do thy wondrous works declare. The Psalms. 3 When I receive the congregation I shall judge according unto right. 4 The earth is weak, and all the inhabiters thereof: I bear up the pillars of it. 5 I said unto the fools, Deal not so madly and to the ungodly, Set not up your horn. : 6 Set not up your horn on high and speak not with a stiff neck. 7 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west: nor yet from the south. : 8 And why? God is the Judge he putteth down one, and setteth up another. 9 For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red: it is full mixed, and he poureth out of the same. 10 As for the dregs thereof all the ungodly of the earth shall drink them, and suck them out. 11 But I will talk of the God of Jacob and praise him for ever. 12 All the horns of the ungodly also will I break: and the horns of the righteous shall be exalted. DAY 15. PSALM 76. Notus in Fudæa. is God known: his Name is great in Israel. 2 At Salem is his tabernacle and his dwelling in Sion. 3 There brake he the arrows of the bow: the shield, the sword, and the battle. 4 Thou art of more honour and might: than the hills of the robbers. 5 The proud are robbed, they have slept their sleep: and all the men whose hands were mighty have found nothing. 6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob: both the chariot and horse are fallen. 7 Thou, even thou art to be feared and who may stand in thy sight when thou art angry? 8 Thou didst cause thy judgment to be heard from heaven: the earth trembled, and was still, 9 When God arose to judgment and to help all the meek upon earth. 10 The fierceness of man shall turn to thy praise: and the fierceness of them shalt thou refrain. 11 Promise unto the Lord your God, and keep it, all ye that are round about 339 DAY 15. him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared. 12 He shall refrain the spirit of princes and is wonderful among the kings of the earth. The Psalms. PSALM 77. I Voce mea ad Dominum. WILL cry unto God with my voice: even unto God will I cry with my voice, and he shall hearken unto me. 2 In the time of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran, and ceased not in the night- season; my soul refused comfort. 3 When I am in heaviness, I will think upon God: when my heart is vexed, I will complain. olisi 4 Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so feeble, that I cannot speak. 5 I have considered the days of old and the years that are past. 6 I call to remembrance my song and in the night I commune with mine own heart, and search out my spirits. 7 Will the Lord absent himself for ever and will he be no more intreated? 8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever: and is his promise come utterly to an end for evermore? DAY 15. 9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious and will he shut up his loving- kindness in displeasure? 10 And I said, It is mine own infirmity but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most Highest. 11 I will remember the works of the Lord: and call to mind thy wonders of old time. 12 I will think also of all thy works and my talking shall be of thy doings. 13 Thy way, O God, is holy who is so great a God as our God? 14 Thou art the God that doeth wonders and hast declared thy power among the people. 15 Thou hast mightily delivered thy people: even the sons of Jacob and Joseph. 16 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee, and were afraid: the depths also were troubled. 17 The clouds poured out water, the air thundered: and thine arrows went abroad. 18 The voice of thy thunder was heard round about: the lightnings shone upon the ground; the earth was moved, and shook withal. 19 Thy way is in the sea, 340 DAY 15. and thy paths in the great waters and thy footsteps are not known. 20 Thou leddest thy people like sheep by the hand of Moses and Aaron. Evening Prayer. PSALM 78. Attendite, popule. 10 Like as the children of HEAR my law, O my peo- Ephraim who being harple incline your ears unto the words of my mouth. 2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will declare hard sentences of old; nessed, and carrying bows, turned themselves back in the day of battle. 11 They kept not the covenant of God: and would not walk in his law; 3 Which we have heard and known and such as our fathers have told us; 12 But forgat what he had done and the wonderful works that he had shewed for them. 4 That we should not hide them from the children of the generations to come: but to shew the honour of the Lord, his mighty and wonderful works that he háth done. 13 Marvellous things did he in the sight of our forefathers, in the land of Egypt: even in the field of Zoan. 5 He made a covenant with Jacob, and gave Israel a law: which he commanded our forefathers to teach their children; 14 He divided the sea, and let them go through he made the waters to stand on an heap. 15 In the day- time also he led them with a cloud and all the night through with a light of fire. 16 He clave the hard rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink thereof, as it had been out of the great depth. The Psalms. DAY 15. get the works of God, but to keep his commandments; 9 And not to be as their forefathers, a faithless and stubborn generation: a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit cleaveth not stedfastly unto God; 6 Thattheir posterity might know it and the children which were yet unborn; 7 To the intent that when they came up: they might shew their children the 17 He brought waters out of the stony rock: so that it gushed out like the rivers. same; 8 That they might put their trust in God: and not to for341 DAY 15. ; 18 Yet for all this they sinned more against him and provoked the most Highest in the wilderness. The Psalms. 19 They tempted God in their hearts and required meat for their lust. 20 They spake against God also, saying: Shall God prepare a table in the wilderness? 21 He smote the stony rock indeed, that the water gushed out, and the streams flowed withal: but can he give bread also, or provide flesh for his people? 22 When the Lord heard this, he was wroth so the fire was kindled in Jacob, and there came up heavy displeasure against Israel; 23 Because they believed not in God and put not their trust in his help. 24 So he commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of heaven. 25 He rained down manna also upon them for to eat: and gave them food from heaven. 26 So man did eat angels' food for he sent them meat enough. 27 He caused the eastwind to blow under heaven: and through his power he brought in the south- westwind. DAY 15. 28 He rained flesh upon them as thick as dust and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea. 29 He let it fall among their tents: even round about their habitation. 30 So they did eat, and were well filled; for he gave them their own desire: they were not disappointed of their lust. 31 But while the meat was yet in their mouths, the heavy wrath of God came upon them, and slew the wealthiest of them: yea, and smote down the chosen men that were in Israel. 32 But for all this they sinned yet more and believed not his wondrous works. 33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity and their years in trouble. 34 When he slew them, they sought him and turned them early, and inquired after God. 35 And they remembered that God was their strength: and that the high God was their redeemer. 36 Nevertheless, they did but flatter him with their mouth and dissembled with him in their tongue. 37 For their heart was not whole with him neither 342 : DAY 15. The Psalms. DAY 15. continued they stedfast in 48 He destroyed their his covenant. vines with hail- stones: and their mulberry- trees with the frost. 38 But he was so merciful, that he forgave their misdeeds and destroyed them not. 49 He smote their cattle also with hail- stones: and their flocks with hot thunder- bolts. 50 He cast upon them the furiousness of his wrath, anger, displeasure, and trouble and sent evil angels among them. 51 He made a way to his indignation, and spared not their soul from death: but gave their life over to the pestilence; 52 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt: the most principal and mightiest in the dwellings of Ham. 53 But as for his own people, he led them forth like sheep and carried them in the wilderness like a flock. 54 He brought them out safely, that they should not fear: and overwhelmed their enemies with the sea. 55 And brought them within the borders of his sanctuary even to his mountain which he purchased with his right hand. 46 He sent lice among them, and devoured them up: and frogs to destroy them. 56 He cast out the heathen 47 He gave their fruit unto also before them: caused the caterpillar and their la- their land to be divided abour unto the grasshopper. mong them for an heritage, 39 Yea, many a time turned he his wrath away and would not suffer his whole displeasure to arise. 40 For he considered that they were but flesh and that they were even a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again. 41 Many a time did they provoke him in the wilderness and grieved him in the desert. 42 They turned back, and tempted God: and moved the Holy One in Israel. 43 They thought not of his hand and of the day when he delivered them from the hand of the enemy; 44 How he had wrought his miracles in Egypt and his wonders in the field of Zoan. 45 He turned their waters into blood: so that they might not drink of the rivers. 343 DAY 15. The and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. 57 So they tempted, and displeased the most high God and kept not his testimonies; Psalms. DAY 16. 67 He smote his enemies in the hinder parts and put them to a perpetual shame. 68 He refused the tabernacle of Joseph: and chose not the tribe of Ephraim; 69 But chose the tribe of Judah: even the hill of Sion which he loved. 70 And there he built his temple on high and laid the foundation of it like the ground which he hath made continually. 71 He chose David also his servant and took him away from the sheep- folds. 72 As he was following the ewes great with young ones he took him that he might feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. 73 So he fed them with a faithful and true heart: and ruled them prudently with all his power. 58 But turned their backs, and fell away like their forefathers starting aside like a broken bow. 59 For they grieved him I with their hill- altars and provoked him to displeasure with their images. 60 When God heard this, he was wroth and took sore displeasure at Israel. 61 So that he forsook the tabernacle in Silo: even the tent that he had pitched among men. 62 He delivered their power into captivity and their beauty into the enemy's hand. : 63 He gave his people over also unto the sword and I was wroth with his inheritance. 64 The fire consumed their young men and their maidens were not given to marriage. 65 Their priests were slain with the sword and there were no widows to make lamentation. Morning Prayer. PSALM 79. Deus, venerunt. OGOD, the heathen are come into thine inheritance: thy holy temple have they defiled, and made Jerusalem an heap of stones. 2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the air and the flesh of thy 344 : 66 So the Lord awaked as one out of sleep and like a giant refreshed with wine. DAY 16. saints unto the beasts of the land. 3 Their blood have they shed like water on every side of Jerusalem; and there was no man to bury them. 4 We are become an open shame to our enemies: a very scorn and derision unto them that are round about us. The Psalms. 8 O remember not our old sins, but have mercy upon us, and that soon: for we are come to great misery. 9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy Name: O deliver us, and be merciful unto our sins, for thy Name's sake. 10 Wherefore do the heathen say: Where is now their God? DAY 16. ing of the prisoners come before thee according to the greatness of thy power, preserve thou those that are appointed to die. 13 And for the blasphemy wherewith our neighbours have blasphemed thee: reward thou them, O Lord, seven- fold into their bosom. 5 Lord, how long wilt thou be angry: shall thy jealousy burn like fire for ever? 6 Pour out thine indignation upon the heathen that have not known thee: and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy Name. PSALM 80. Qui regis Israel. 7 For they have devoured HEAR, O thou Shepherd Jacob and laid waste his dwelling- place. of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep: shew thyself also, thou that sittest upon the cherubims. 2 Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasses: stir up thy strength, and come, and help us. 3 Turn us again, O God: shew the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole. 4 O Lord God of hosts: how long wilt thou be angry with thy people that prayeth? 5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears and givest them plenteousness of tears to drink. 345 11 O let the vengeance of thy servants' blood that is shed: be openly shewed upon the heathen in our sight. 12 O let the sorrowful sigh14 So we, that are thy people, and sheep of thy pasture, shall give thee thanks for ever and will alway be shewing forth thy praise from generation to generation. DAY 16. The Psalms. DAY 16. 6 Thou hast made us a and cut down and they very strife unto our neighbours and our enemies laugh us to scorn. shall perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. 7 Turn us again, thou God of hosts: shew the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole. 17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand and upon the son of man, whom thou madest so strong for thine own self. 18 And so will not we go back from thee: O let us live, and we shall call upon thy Name. 19 Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts: shew the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole. 8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. pod 9 Thou madest room for it and when it had taken root it filled the land. 10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedar- trees. 11 She stretched out her PSALM 81. Exultate Deo. branches unto the sea: and SING ING we merrily unto her boughs unto the river. God our strength: make a cheerful noise unto the God of Jacob. 12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedge that all they that go by pluck off her grapes? 2 Take the psalm, bring hither the tabret: the merry harp with the lute. 13 The wild boar out of the wood doth root it up: and the wild beasts of the field devour it. 14 Turn thee again, thou God of hosts, look down from heaven: behold, and visit this vine; 3 Blow up the trumpet in the new- moon: even in the time appointed, and upon our solemn feast- day. 4 For this was made a statute for Israel and a law of the God of Jacob. : 15 And the place of the vineyard that thy right hand hath planted and the branch that thou madest so strong for thyself. 16 It is burnt with fire, 346 5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony: when he came out of the land of Egypt, and had heard a strange language. 6 I eased his shoulder from DAY 16. The Psalms. DAY 16. the burden: and his hands| liars: but their time should were delivered from making have endured for ever. the pots. 7 Thou calledst upon me in troubles, and I delivered thee and heard thee what time as the storm fell upon I have satisfied thee. thee. 17 He should have fed them also with the finest wheat- flour: and with honey out of the stony rock should 8 I proved thee also: at the waters of strife. 9 Hear, O my people, and I will assure thee, O Israel: if thou wilt hearken unto me, 10 There shall no strange god be in thee: neither shalt thou worship any other god. : 11 I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I shall fill it. 12 But my people would not hear my voice and Israel would not obey me. 13 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lusts: and let them follow their own imaginations. modtant 14 O that my people would have hearkened unto me for if Israel had walked in my ways, 6 I have said, Ye are gods: and ye are all the children of the most Highest. 7 But ye shall die like men and fall like one of the princes. 15 I should soon have put down their enemies and turned my hand against their adversaries. 8 Arise, O God, and judge thou the earth for thou 16 The haters of the Lord shalt take all heathen to should have been found thine inheritance. Evening Prayer. PSALM 82. Deus stetit. GOD standeth in the congregation of princes: he is a Judge among gods. 2 How long will ye give wrong judgment and accept the persons of the ungodly? 347 3 Defend the poor and fatherless: see that such as are in need and necessity have right. 4 Deliver the out- cast and poor: save them from the hand of the ungodly. 5 They will not be learned nor understand, but walk on still in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. DAY 16. The Psalms. DAY 16. and became as the dung of the earth. PSALM 83. Deus, quis similis? OLD not thy tongue, O God, keep not still silence refrain not thyself, O God. Ho 11 Make them and their princes like Oreb and Zeb: yea, make all their princes like as Zeba and Salmana; 12 Who say, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession. : 2 For lo, thine enemies make a murmuring and they that hate thee have lift up their head. : 13 O my God, make them 3 They have imagined like unto a wheel and as craftily against thy people: the stubble before the and taken counsel against wind; thy secret ones. 14 Like as the fire that burneth up the wood: and as the flame that consumeth the mountains. 4 They have said, Come, and let us root them out, that they be no more a people and that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. 15 Persecute them even so with thy tempest: and make them afraid with thy storm. 16 Make their faces ashamed, O Lord that they may seek thy Name. 17 Let them be confounded and vexed ever more and more let them be put to shame, and perish. 5 For they have cast their heads together with one consent and are confederate against thee; 6 The tabernacles of the Edomites, and the Ismaelites the Moabites, and Hagarens; to 7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek the Philistines, with them that dwell at Tyre. 8 Assur also is joined with them and have holpen the children of Lot. 18 And they shall know that thou, whose Name is Jehovah art only the most Highest over all the earth. PSALM 84. Quam dilecta! HOW amiable are thy dwellings thou Lord O 9 But do thou to them as unto the Madianites: unto Sisera, and unto Jabin at the brook of Kison; of hosts! 2 My soul hath a desire 10 Who perished at Endor: and longing to enter into 348 DAY 16. the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God. 3 Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young: even thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God. 4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be alway praising thee. 5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee in whose heart are thy ways. 6 Who going through the vale of misery use it for a well: and the pools are filled with water. The Psalms. DAY 16. withhold from them that live a godly life. 13 O Lord God of hosts: blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee. PSALM 85. Benedixisti, Domine. LORD, thou art become gracious unto thy land: thou hast turned away the captivity of Jacob. 2 Thou hast forgiven the offence of thy people and covered all their sins. 3 Thou hast taken away all thy displeasure and turned thyself from thy wrathful indignation. 4 Turn us then, O God our Saviour: and let thine anger cease from us. 5 Wilt thou be displeased at us for ever and wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from one generation to another? 7 They will gofrom strength to strength and unto the God of gods appeareth every one of them in Sion. 8.0 Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: hearken, O God of Jacob. 9 Behold, O God our defender and look upon the face of thine Anointed. 10 For one day in thy courts is better than a thousand. 11 I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of ungodliness. 12 For the Lord God is a light and defence: the Lord will give grace and worship, and no good thing shall he 349 6 Wilt thou not turn again, and quicken us that thy people may rejoice in thee? 7 Shew us thy mercy, O Lord and grant us thy salvation. : 8 I will hearken what the Lord God will say concerning me for he shall speak peace unto his people, and to his saints, that they turn not again. 9 For his salvation is nigh DAY 17. The Psalms. DAY 17. them that fear him that voice of my humble deglory may dwell in our land. sires. dash ym bns head 10 Mercy and truth are met together: righteousness and peace have kissed each other. 7 In the time of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou hearest me. 11 Truth shall flourish out of the earth and righteousness hath looked down from heaven. 12 Yea, the Lord shall shew loving- kindness and our land shall give her increase. 13 Righteousness shall go before him and he shall direct his going in the way. Morning Prayer. 8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord: there is not one that can do as thou doest. 9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship thee, O Lord and shall glorify thy Name. 10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.com 11 Teach me thy way, O Lord, and I will walk in thy truth: O knit my heart unto thee, that I may fear thy Name. PSALM 86. Inclina, Domine. Bow down thine ear, O Lord, and hear me: for I am poor, and in misery. 2 Preserve thou my soul, for I am holy: my God, save thy servant that putteth his trust in thee. 3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord for I will call daily upon thee. 4 Comfort the soul of thy servant for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. 5 For thou, Lord, art good and gracious and of great mercy unto all them that call upon thee. 6 Give ear, Lord, unto my prayer and ponder the truth. 350 12 I will thank thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart and will praise thy Name for evermore, 13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the nethermost hell. 14 O God, the proud are risen against me and the congregations of naughty men have sought after my soul, and have not set thee before their eyes. 15 But thou, O Lord God, art full of compassion and mercy: long- suffering, plenteous in goodness and DAY 17. The Psalms. DAY 17. 16 O turn thee then unto hearse: All my fresh springs me, and have mercy upon shall be in thee. me give thy strength unto thy servant, and help the son of thine hand- O LORD God of my salmaid. vation, I have cried17 Shew some token upon day and night before thee: me for good, that they who hate me may see it, and be ashamed because thou, Lord, hast holpen me, and comforted me. O let my prayer enter into thy presence, incline thine ear unto my calling. 2 For my soul is full of trouble and my life draweth nigh unto hell. 3 I am counted as one of them that go down into the HER foundations are up- pit: and I have been even on the holy hills: the as a man that hath no Lord loveth the gates of strength. Sion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. 2 Very excellent things are spoken of thee: thou city of God. 4 Free among the dead, like unto them that are wounded, and lie in the grave: who are out of remembrance, and are cut away from thy hand. 5 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit: in a place of darkness, and in the deep. 6 Thine indignation lieth hard upon me: and thou hast vexed me with all thy storms. PSALM 87. Fundamenta ejus. -3 I will think upon Rahab and Babylon with them that know me. 4 Behold ye the Philistines also: and they of Tyre, with the Morians; lo, there was he born. 5 And of Sion it shall be reported that he was born in her and the most High shall stablish her. 6 The Lord shall rehearse it when he writeth up the people that he was born there. PSALM 88. Domine Deus. 7 The singers also and trumpeters shall he 7 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me and made me to be abhorred of them. 8 I am so fast in prison: that I cannot get forth. 9 My sight faileth for very trouble: Lord, I have callre- ed daily upon thee, I have 35⁰ The Psalms. DAY 17. Evening Prayer. DAY 17. stretched forth my hands unto thee. PSALM 89. 10 Dost thou shew wonders among the dead or Misericordias Domini. shall the dead rise up again, MY song shall be alway and praise thee? oilav of 11 Shall thy loving- kindness be shewed in the grave: or thy faithfulness in destruction? s var olub 12 Shall thy wondrous works be known in the dark: and thy righteousness in the land where all things are forgotten? 13 Unto thee have I cried, O Lord and early shall my prayer come before thee. 14 Lord, why abhorrest thou my soul and hidest thou thy face from me? 15 I am in misery, and like unto him that is at the point to die: even from my youth up thy terrors have I suffered with a troubled mind. 16 Thy wrathful displeasure goeth over me and the fear of thee hath undone me. and wed 17 They came round about me daily like water and compassed me together on every side. 18 My lovers and friends hast thou put away from me: and hid mine acquaintance out of my sight. 1 of the Lord: with my mouth will I ever be shewing thy truth from one generation to another. 2 For I have said, Mercy shall be set up for ever: thy truth shalt thou stablish in the heavens. 3 I have made a covenant with my chosen: I have sworn unto David my servant; 4 Thy seed will I stablish for ever and set up thy throne from one generation to another. 5 O Lord, the very heavens shall praise thy wondrous works: and thy truth in the congregation of the saints. 6 For who is he among the clouds: that shall be compared unto the Lord? 7 And what is he among the gods that shall be like unto the Lord? 8 God is very greatly to be feared in the council of the saints and to be had in reverence of all them that are round about him. 9 O Lord God of hosts, who is like unto thee: thy 352 av Pr C " IT IS FINISHED" Albert Durer DAY 17. The Psalms. DAY 17. truth, most mighty Lord, is defence: the Holy One of on every side. some10 Thou rulest the raging of the sea thou stillest the waves thereof when they arise. Israel is our King. 20 Thou spakest time in visions unto thy saints, and saidst: I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. 11 Thou hast subdued Egypt, and destroyed it: thou hast scattered thine enemies abroad with thy mighty 21 I have found David my servant: with my holy oil have I anointed him. arm. 12 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: thou hast laid the foundation of the round world, and all that therein is. 13 Thou hast made the north and the south: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy Name. 14 Thou hast a mighty arm strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. 15 Righteousness and equity are the habitation of thy seat: mercy and truth shall go before thy face. 16 Blessed is the people, O Lord, that can rejoice in thee: they shall walk in the light of thy countenance. 17 Their delight shall be daily in thy Name: and in thy righteousness shall they make their boast. 18 For thou art the glory of their strength and in thy loving- kindness thou shalt lift up our horns. 19 For the Lord is our 353 22 My hand shall hold him fast and my arm shall strengthen him. 23 The enemy shall not be able to do him violence: the son of wickedness shall not hurt him. 24 I will smite down his foes before his face and plague them that hate him. 25 My truth also and my mercy shall be with him: and in my Name shall his horn be exalted. 26 I will set his dominion also in the sea: and his right hand in the floods. 27 He shall call me, Thou art my Father my God, and my strong salvation. 28 And I will make him my first- born: higher than the kings of the earth. be 29 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore: and my covenant shall stand fast with him. 30 His seed also will I make to endure for ever: M DAY 17. The Psalms. DAY 17. and his throne as the days a reproach to his neighof heaven.d 100 el 1957 31 But if his children forsake my law and walk not in my judgments; ise 32 If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments: I will visit their offences with the rod, and their sin with scourges. 33 Nevertheless, my loving- kindness will I not utterly take from him: nor suffer my truth to fail. 34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips: I have sworn once by my holiness, that I will not fail David. 35 His seed shall endure for ever: and his seat is like as the sun before me. 36 He shall stand fast for evermore as the moon and as the faithful witness in heaven. bre: saa sili ni oela 37 But thou hast abhorred and forsaken thine Anointed and art displeased at him.oitavise mole ym bas 38 Thou hast broken the covenant of thy servant: and cast his crown to the ground.w vorm M 39 Thou hast overthrown all his hedges and broken down his strongholds. 40 All they that go by spoil him and he is become bours. 41 Thou hast set up the right hand of his enemies: and made all his adversaries to rejoice. 42 Thou hast taken away the edge of his sword: and givest him not victory in the battle. di diw baords 43 Thou hast put out his glory: and cast his throne down to the ground. s 44 The days of his youth hast thou shortened and covered him with dishoEI nour. bom 45 Lord, how long wilt thou hide thyself, for ever: and shall thy wrath burn like fire? 46 O remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men for nought? idad 47 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death and shall he deliver his soul from the hand of hell? da yadi: ssdt 48 Lord, where are thy old loving- kindnesses which thou swarest unto David in thy truth? enostdan yılı 49 Remember, Lord, the rebuke that thy servants have and how I do bear in my bósóm the rebukes of many people; 50 Wherewith thine ene354 DAY 18. The Psalms. DAY 18. mies have blasphemed thee, secret sins in the light of and slandered the footsteps of thine Anointed: Praised be the Lord for evermore. Amen, and Amen. Morning Prayer. PSALM 90. Domine, refugium. thou hast been our refuge: from one generation to another. so strong that they come to fourscore years: yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone. 11 But who regardeth the power of thy wrath for even thereafter as a man feareth, so is thy displeasure. 12 So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. 13 Turn thee again, O Lord, at the last and be gracious unto thy servants. : 14 O satisfy us with thy mercy, and that soon: so vishall we rejoice and be glad all the days of our life. 15 Comfort us again now after the time that thou hast plagued us and for the years wherein we have suffered adversity. 2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and the world were made thou art God from everlasting, and world without end. 3 Thou turnest man to destruction again thou sayest, Come again, ye children of men. 4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday: seeing that is past as a watch in the night. 5 As soon as thou scatterest them they are even as a sleep and fade away suddenly like the grass. thy countenance. 9 For when thou art angry all our days are gone: we bring our years to an end, as it were a tale that is told. 10 The days of our age are threescore years and ten; and though men be 6 In the morning it is green, and groweth up but in the evening it is cut down, dried up, and withered. 7 For we consume away in thy displeasure and are afraid at thy wrathful indignation. 8 Thou hast set our misdeeds before thee and our 355 16 Shew thy servants thy work and their children thy glory. 17 And the glorious Ma The Psalms. DAY 18. jesty of the Lord our God be upon us: prosper thou the work of our hands upon us, O prosper thou our handywork. PSALM 91. Qui habitat. WHOSO dwelleth under the defence of the most High: shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say unto the Lord, Thou art my hope, and my strong hold: my God, in him will I trust. 3 For he shall deliver thee from the snare of the hunter: and from the noisome pestilence. 4 He shall defend thee under his wings, and thou shalt be safe under his feathers his faithfulness and truth shall be thy shield and buckler. 5 Thou shalt not be afraid for any terror by night nor for the arrow that flieth by day; 6 For the pestilence that walketh in darkness: nor for the sickness that destroyeth in the noon- day. 7 A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thousand at thy right hand but it shall not come nigh thee. 8 Yea, with thine eyes shalt thou behold: and see the reward of the ungodly. DAY 18. 9 For thou, Lord, art my hope: thou hast set thine house of defence very high. 10 There shall no evil happen unto thee: neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. HUTBO 11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee: to keep thee in all thy ways. 12 They shall bear thee in their hands that thou hurt not thy foot against a stone. 13 Thou shalt go upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou tread under thy feet. 14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him up, because he hath known my Name. 15 He shall call upon me, and I will hear him: yea, I I am with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and bring him to honour. 16 With long life will I satisfy him: and shew him my salvation. PSALM 92. Bonum est confiteri. IT is a good thing to give Lord: thanks unto the and to sing praises unto thy Name, O most Highest; 2 To tell of thy lovingkindness early in the morning: and of thy truth in the night- season; 356 DAY 18. The Psalms. DAY 18. 3 Upon an instrument of and shall spread abroad ten strings, and upon the like a cedar in Libanus. lute upon a loud instrument, and upon the harp. 4 For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy works and I will rejoice in giving praise for the operations of thy hands. 12 Such as are planted in the house of the Lord: shall flourish in the courts of the house of our God. 13 They also shall bring forth more fruit in their age and shall be fat and well- liking. 5 O Lord, how glorious are thy works thy thoughts are very deep. 6 An unwise man doth not well consider this and a fool doth not understand it. 14 That they may shew how true the Lord my strength is: and that there is no unrighteousness in him. Evening Prayer. 7 When the ungodly are green as the grass, and PSALM 93. Dominus regnavit. when all the workers of THE Lord is King, and wickedness do flourish: then shall they be destroyed for ever; but thou, Lord, art the most Highest for hath put on glorious apparel: the Lord hath put on his apparel, and girded himself with strength. 2 He hath made the round world so sure that it cannot be moved. 3 Ever since the world began hath thy seat been prepared thou art from everlasting. 4 The floods are risen, O Lord, the floods have lift up their voice: the floods lift up their waves. 5 The waves of the sea are mighty, and rage horribly but yet the Lord, who dwelleth on high, is mightier. 6 Thy testimonies, O Lord, evermore. 8 For lo, thine enemies, O Lord, lo, thine enemies shall perish and all the workers of wickedness shall be destroyed. 9 But mine horn shall be exalted like the horn of an unicorn: for I am anointed with fresh oil. 10 Mine eye also shall see his lust of mine enemies: and mine ear shall hear his desire of the wicked that arise up against me. 11 The righteous shall flourish like a palm- tree: 357 DAY 18. The Psalms. DAY 18. are very sure: holiness the heathen it is he that becometh thine house for teacheth man knowledge, shall not he punish? 11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man that they are but vain. : 12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord and teachest him in thy law; 13 That thou mayest give him patience in time of adversity until the pit be digged up for the ungodly. 14 For the Lord will not fail his people: neither will he forsake his inheritance; 15 Until righteousness turn again unto judgment: all such as are true in heart shall follow it. acis c 16 Who will rise up with me against the wicked: or who will take my part against the evil- doers? ever. PSALM 94. O Deus ultionum. LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth: thou God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself. 2 Arise, thou Judge of the world and reward the proud after their deserving. 3 Lord, how long shall the ungodly how long shall the ungodly triumph? 4 How long shall all wicked doers speak so disdainfully and make such proud boasting? frisce 5 They smite down thy people, O Lord and trouble thine heritage. 6 They murder the widow, and the stranger and put the fatherless to death. 7 And yet they say, Tush, the Lord shall not see: neither shall the God of Jacob regard it, book 8 Take heed, ye unwise among the people: O ye fools, when will ye understand? 9. He that planted the ear, shall he not hear: or he that made the eye, shall he not see? 10 Or he that nurtureth 17 If the Lord had not helped me it had not fail- m ed but my soul had been put to silence. it ballaxs 18 But when I said, My foot hath slipt: thy mercy, O Lord, held me up. Mor 19 In the multitude of the sorrows that I had in my heart: thy comforts have refreshed my soul. iva 20 Wilt thou have any thing to do with the stool 358 DAY 19. The Psalms. DAY 19. of wickedness which ima- God and we are the people gineth mischief as a law? 21 They gather them together against the soul of the righteous and condemn the innocent blood. of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. 8 To- day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness; 9 When your fathers tempted me: proved me, and saw my works. 10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generaolation, and said: It is a people that do err in their hearts, for they have not known my ways; 11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest. 22 But the Lord is my refuge and my God is the strength of my confidence. 23 He shall recompense them their wickedness, and destroy them in their own malice yea, the Lord our God shall destroy them. Morning Prayer. PSALM 95. Venite, exultemus. COME, let us sing unto the Lord let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation. 2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving: and shew ourselves glad him with psalms. 3 For the Lord is a great God and a great King above all gods. 4 In his hand are all the corners of the earth and the strength of the hills is his also. las 5 The sea is his, and he made it and his hands prepared the dry land. 6 O come, let us worship and fall down and kneel before the Lord our Maker. 7 For he is the Lord our PSALM 96. Cantate Domino. SING unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the whole earth. 2 Sing unto the Lord, and praise his Name: be telling of his salvation from day to day. 3 Declare his honour unto the heathen and his wonders unto all people. 4 For the Lord is great, and cannot worthily be praised: he is more to be feared than all gods. 5 As for all the gods of the 359 The Psalms. DAY 19. heathen, they are but idols: but it is the Lord that made the heavens. Bon and i 6 Glory and worship are before him: power and honour are in his sanctuary. 7 Ascribe unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the people: ascribe unto the Lord worship and power. 8 Ascribe unto the Lord the honour due unto his Name: bring presents, and come into his courts. 9 0 worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness let the whole earth stand in awe of him. 10 Tell it out among the heathen that the Lord is King and that it is he who hath made the round world so fast that it cannot be moved; and how that he shall judge the people righteously. 11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad: let the sea make a noise, and all that therein is. 12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice before the Lord. 13 For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: and with righteousness to judge the world, and the people with his truth. DAY 19. PSALM 97. Dominus regnavit. TH HE Lord is King, the earth may be glad thereof: yea, the multitude of the isles may be glad thereof. 2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his seat. 3 There shall go a fire before him and burn up his enemies on every side. 4 His lightnings gave shine unto the world: the earth saw it, and was afraid. 5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord: at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. 360 6 The heavens have declared his righteousness: and all the people have seen his glory. 7 Confounded be all they that worship carved images, and that delight in vain gods: worship him, all ye gods. 8 Sion heard of it, and rejoiced and the daughters of Judah were glad, because of thy judgments, O Lord. 9 For thou, Lord, art higher than all that are in the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods. 10 O ye that love the Lord, see that ye hate the thing which is evil: the Lord pre DAY 19. The Psalms. serveth the souls of his shawms: O saints; he shall deliver them from the hand of the ungodly. : 11 There is sprung up a light for the righteous and joyful gladness for such as are true- hearted. 12 Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous and give thanks for a remembrance of his holiness. Evening Prayer. PSALM 98. Cantate Domino. OSING unto the Lord a new song for he hath done marvellous things. 2 With his own right hand, and with his holy arm: hath he gotten himself the victory. 3 The Lord declared his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. 4 He hath remembered his mercy and truth toward the house of Israel: and all the ends of the world have seen the salvation of our God. 5 Shew yourselves joyful unto the Lord, all ye lands sing, rejoice, and give thanks. DAY 19. shew yourselves joyful before the Lord the King. 8 Let the sea make a noise, and all that therein is the round world, and they that dwell therein. 9 Let the floods clap their hands, and let the hills be joyful together before the Lord for he is come to judge the earth. 10 With righteousness shall he judge the world: and the people with equity. PSALM 99. Dominus regnavit. THE HE Lord is King, be the people never so impatient he sitteth between the cherubims, be the earth never so unquiet. 2 The Lord is great in Sion: and high above all people. 3 They shall give thanks unto thy Name which is great, wonderful, and holy. 4 The King's power loveth judgment; thou hast prepared equity: thou hast executed judgment and righteousness in Jacob. 50 magnify the Lord our God and fall down before his footstool, for he is holy. 6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among such as call upon his 6 Praise the Lord upon the harp sing to the harp with a psalm of thanksgiving. 7 With trumpets also, and 361 The Psalms. DAY 19. Name these called upon the Lord, and he heard them. 7 He spake unto them out of the cloudy pillar for they kept his testimonies, and the law that he gave them. 8 Thou heardest them, O Lord our God thou forgavest them, O God, and punishedst their own inventions. 9 O magnify the Lord our God, and worship him upon his holy hill: for the Lord our God is holy. PSALM 100. Jubilate Deo. O BE joyful in the Lord, all ye lands: serve the Lord with gladness, and come before his presence with a song. 2 Be ye sure that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. DAY 19. PSALM 101. Misericordiam et judicium. MY song shall be of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O Lord, will I sing. 2 O let me have understanding: in the way of godliness. 6 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour: him will I destroy. laruin nation 7 Whoso hath also a proud look and high stomach: I will not suffer him. 8 Mine eyes look upon such as are faithful in the land that they may dwell with me. : 9 Whoso leadeth a godly life: he shall be my servant. 10 There shall no deceitful person dwell in my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight. 11 I shall soon destroy all the ungodly that are in the land that I may root out all wicked doers from the city of the Lord. 362 3 O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise be thankful unto him, and speak good of his Name. polelook 4 For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlasting and his truth endureth from generation to generation. 3 When wilt thou come unto me: I will walk in my house with a perfect heart. 4 I will take no wicked thing in hand; I hate the sins of unfaithfulness: there shall no such cleave unto me. 5 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person. DAY 20. Morning Prayer. PSALM 102. A Domine, exaudi. H EARmy prayer, O Lord: and let my crying come unto thee. 2 Hide not thy face from me in the time of my trouble: incline thine ear unto me when I call; O hear me, and that right soon. 3 For my days are consumed away like smoke and my bones are burnt up as it were a fire- brand. The Psalms. 4 My heart is smitten down, and withered like grass: so that I forget to eat my bread. 5 For the voice of my groaning: my bones will scarce cleave to my flesh. ; 6 I am become like a pelican in the wilderness and like an owl that is in the desert. 7 I have watched, and am even as it were a sparrow: that sitteth alone upon the house- top. 8 Mine enemies revile me all the day long and they that are mad upon me are sworn together against me. 9 For I have eaten ashes as it were bread and mingled my drink with weeping; DAY 20. 10 And that because of thine indignation and wrath: for thou hast taken me up, and cast me down. 11 My days are gone like a shadow: and I am withered like grass. 12 But, thou, O Lord, shalt endure for ever and thy remembrance throughout all generations. 13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Sion: for it is time that thou have mercy upon her, yea, the time is come. 14 And why? thy servants think upon her stones and it pitieth them to see her in the dust. 15 The heathen shall fear thy Name, O Lord: and all the kings of the earth thy Majesty; 16 When the Lord shall build up Sion and when his glory shall appear; 17 When he turneth him unto the prayer of the poor destitute: and despiseth not their desire. 18 This shall be written for those that come after: and the people which shall be born shall praise the Lord. 19 For he hath looked down from his sanctuary: out of the heaven did the Lord behold the earth; 363 The Psalms. DAY 20. PSALM 103. 20 That he might hear the mournings of such as are Benedic, anima mea. in captivity and deliver PRAISE the Lord, O my and all the children appointed unto death; 21 That they may declare the Name of the Lord in Sion and his worship at Jerusalem; 22 When the people are gathered together and the kingdoms also, to serve the Lord. 23 He brought down my strength in my journey and shortened my days. 24 But I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of mine age as for thy years, they endure throughout all generations. 25 Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth and the heavens are the work of thy hands. 26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure they all shall wax old as doth a garment; 27 And as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. 28 The children of thy servants shall continue and their seed shall stand fast in thy sight. DAY 20. within me praise his holy Name. 2 Praise the Lord, O my soul and forget not all his benefits; 3 Who forgiveth all thy sin: and healeth all thine infirmities; : 4 Who saveth thy life from destruction and crowneth thee with mercy and lovingkindness; 5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things making thee young and lusty as an eagle. 6 The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment: for all them that are oppressed with wrong. 7 He shewed his ways unto Moses: his works unto the children of Israel. 8 The Lord is full of compassion and mercy: longsuffering, and of great goodness. 9 He will not alway be chiding: neither keepeth he his anger for ever. 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins: nor rewarded us according to our wickednesses. 11 For look how high the heaven is in comparison 364 DAY 20. of the earth so great is his mercy also toward them that fear him. The Psalms. 12 Look how wide also the east is from the west: so far hath he set our sins from us. 13 Yea, like as a father pitieth his own children: even so is the Lord merciful unto them that fear him. 14 For he knoweth whereof we are made: he remembereth that we are but dust. 15 The days of man are but as grass for he flourisheth as a flower of the field. 16 For as soon as the wind goeth over it, it is gone and the place thereof shall know it no more. 17 But the merciful goodness of the Lord endureth for ever and ever upon them that fear him and his righteousness upon children's children; 18 Even upon such as keep his covenant: and think upon his commandments to do them. 19 The Lord hath prepared his seat in heaven and his kingdom ruleth over all. 20 O praise the Lord, ye angels of his, ye that excel in strength: ye that fulfil his commandment, and hearken unto the voice of his words. DAY 20. 21 O praise the Lord, all ye his hosts: ye servants of his that do his pleasure. 365 22 O speak good of the Lord, all ye works of his, in all places of his dominion praise thou the Lord, O my soul. Evening Prayer. PSALM 104. Benedic, anima mea. PRAISE the Lord, O my soul: O Lord my God, thou art become exceeding glorious; thou art clothed with majesty and honour. 2 Thou deckest thyself with light as it were with a garment and spreadest out the heavens like a curtain. 3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters and maketh the clouds his chariot, and walketh upon the wings of the wind. 4 He maketh his angels spirits: and his ministers a flaming fire. 5 He laid the foundations of the earth that it never should move at any time. 6 Thou coveredst it with the deep like as with a garment: the waters stand in the hills. 7 At thy rebuke they flee: at the voice of thy thunder they are afraid. 8 They go up as high as the Psalms. DAY 20. fuge for the wild goats and so are the stony rocks for the conies. Test indi 19 He appointed the moon for certain seasons and the sun knoweth his going down. 20 Thou makest darkness that it may be night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do move. DAY 20. The hills, and down to the valleys beneath: even unto the place which thou hast appointed for them. 9 Thou hast set them their bounds which they shall not pass neither turn again to cover the earth. 10 He sendeth the springs into the rivers which run among the hills. 11 All beasts of the field drink thereof and the wild asses quench their thirst. 12 Beside them shall the fowls of the air have their habitation and sing among the branches. 13 He watereth the hills from above the earth is filled with the fruit of thy works. shayal of 14 He bringeth forth grass for the cattle and green herb for the service of men; 15 That he may bring food out of the earth, and wine that maketh glad the heart of man and oil to make him a cheerful countenance, and bread to strengthen man's heart. JASTOIN 23 Man goeth forth to his work, and to his labour: until the evening. 24 O Lord, how manifold are thy works in wisdom hast thou made them all; the earth is full of thy riches. 25 So is the great and wide sea also wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. no 26 There go the ships, and there is that Leviathan: whom thou hast made to take his pastime therein. : 27 These wait all upon thee that thou mayest give them meat in due season. 28 When thou givest it them they gather it and when thou openest thy 366 16 The trees of the Lord also are full of sap even the cedars of Libanus which he hath planted; 21 The lions roaring after their prey: do seek their meat from God. 17 Wherein the birds make their nests and the fir- trees are a dwelling for the stork. 18 The high hills are a re22 The sun ariseth, and they get them away together and lay them down in their dens. DAY 21. The Psalms. DAY 21. hand they are filled with 2 O let your songs be of good. him, and praise him and let your talking be of all his wondrous works. 29 When thou hidest thy face they are troubled when thou takest away their breath they die, and are turned again to their dust. 30 When thou lettest thy breath go forth they shall be made and thou shalt renew the face of the earth. 31 The glorious Majesty of the Lord shall endure for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in his works. 32 The earth shall tremble at the look of him if he do but touch the hills, they shall smoke. 33 I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will praise my God while I I have my being. up 34 And so shall my words please him my joy shall be in the Lord. staid 35 As for sinners, they shall be consumed out of the earth, and the ungodly shall come to an end: praise thou the Lord, O my soul, praise the Lord. Morning Prayer. bone PSALM 105. 3 Rejoice in his holy Name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord. 4 Seek the Lord and his strength: seek his face evermore. 5 Remember the marvellous works that he hath done: his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth, 60 ye seed of Abraham his servant: ye children of Jacob his chosen. 7 He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the world. Confitemini Domino. 8 He hath been alway mindful of his covenant and promise that he made to a thousand generations; 9 Even the covenant that he made with Abraham: and the oath that he sware unto Isaac; 10 And appointed the same unto Jacob for a law and to Israel for an everlasting testament; 11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan: the lot of your inheritance; 12 When there were yet O GIVE thanks unto the but a few of them and Lord, and call upon his Name tell the people what things he hath done. they strangers in the land; 13 What time as they went from one nation to another: 367 The Psalms. DAY 21. from one kingdom to another people; 14 He suffered no man to do them wrong but reproved even kings for their sakes; 15 Touch not mine Anointed and do my prophets no harm. 16 Moreover, he called for a dearth upon the land: and destroyed all the provision of bread. 17 But he had sent a man before them even Joseph, who was sold to be a bondservant; 18 Whose feet they hurt in the stocks the iron entered into his soul; 19 Until the time came that his cause was known the word of the Lord tried him. 20 The king sent, and delivered him the prince of the people let him go free. 21 He made him lord also of his house and ruler of all his substance; 22 That he might inform his princes after his will: and teach his senators wisdom. 23 Israel also came into Egypt and Jacob was a stranger in the land of Ham. 24 And he increased his people exceedingly and made them stronger than their enemies; DAY 21. 25 Whose heart turned so, that they hated his people: and dealt untruly with his servants. : 26 Then sent he Moses his servant and Aaron whom he had chosen. 27 And these shewed his tokens among them and wonders in the land of Ham. 28 He sent darkness, and it was dark and they were not obedient unto his word. 29 He turned their waters into blood and slew their fish. 30 Their land brought forth frogs: yea, even in their kings' chambers. 31 He spake the word, and there came all manner of flies and lice in all their quarters. 32 He gave them hail- stones for rain and flames of fire in their land. 33 He smote their vines also and fig- trees and destroyed the trees that were in their coasts. 34 He spake the word, and the grasshoppers came, and caterpillars innumerable: and did eat up all the grass in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground. 35 He smote all the firstborn in their land even the chief of all their strength. 36 He brought them forth 368 DAY 21. The Psalms. DAY 21. also with silver and gold: noble acts of the Lord: or there was not one feeble shew forth all his praise? person among their tribes. 37 Egypt was glad at their departing for they were afraid of them. 3 Blessed are they that alway keep judgment and do righteousness. 38 He spread out a cloud to be a covering and fire to give light in the night4 Remember me, O Lord, according to the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation; season. 39 At their desire he brought quails: and he filled them with the bread of heaven. 40 He opened the rock of stone, and the waters flowed out so that rivers ran in the dry places. 41 For why? he remembered his holy promise: and Abraham his servant. 42 And he brought forth his people with joy and his chosen with gladness; 43 And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they took the labours of the people in possession; 44 That they might keep his statutes and observe his laws. 5 That I may see the felicity of thy chosen: and rejoice in the gladness of thy people, and give thanks with thine inheritance. 6 We have sinned with our fathers: we have done amiss, and dealt wickedly. 7 Our fathers regarded not thy wonders in Egypt, neither kept they thy great goodness in remembrance: but were disobedient at the sea, even at the Red sea. 8 Nevertheless, he helped them for his Name's sake: that he might make his power to be known. 9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the deep, as through a wilderEvening Prayer. PSALM 106. Confitemini Domino. GIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for ever. O 2 Who can express the 369 ness. 10 And he saved them from the adversary's hand: and delivered them from the hand of the enemy. 11 As for those that troubled them, the waters over DAY 21. The whelmed them: there was not one of them left. 12 Then believed they his words and sang praise unto him. enostais ob 13 But within a while they forgat his works: and would 24 Yea, they thought scorn of that pleasant land: and not abide his counsel. o gave no credence unto his word; dni idil svia d : 14 But lust came upon them in the wilderness and they tempted God in the desert. 25 But murmured in their tents and hearkened not sendo y doy unto the voice of the Lord. 15 And he gave them their desire and sent leanness withal into their soul. 26 Then lift he up his hand against them to overthrow them in the wilderness; : Psalms. DAY 21. not Moses his chosen stood before him in the gap: to turn away his wrathful indignation, lest he should destroy them. 16 They angered Moses also in the tents: and Aaron the saint of the Lord. 17 So the earth opened, and swallowed up Dathan: and covered the congregation of Abiram. 18 And the fire was kindled in their company: the flame burnt up the ungodly. 19 They made a calf in Horeb: and worshipped the molten image. 20 Thus they turned their glory into the similitude of a calf that eateth hay. 21 And they forgat God their Saviour: who had done so great things in Egypt; bouse ad bak OL 22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham: and fearful things by the Red sea. 27 To cast out their seed among the nations and to scatter them in the lands. 28 They joined themselves unto Baal- peor: and ate the offerings of the dead. 29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their own inventions and the plague was great among them. 30 Then stood up Phinees and prayed and so the plague ceased. 31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness: among all posterities for evermore. 32 They angered him also at the waters of strife: so that he punished Moses for their sakes; EVID 33 Because they provoked his spirit: so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips. 34 Neither destroyed they 23 So he said, he would have destroyed them, had 370 The Psalms. DAY 21. the heathen as the Lord commanded them; 35 But were mingled among the heathen and learned their works. 36 Insomuch that they worshipped their idols, which turned to their own decay yea, they offered their sons and their daughters unto devils; 37 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters whom they offered unto the idols of Canaan; and the land was defiled with blood.. DAY 22. 43 Nevertheless, when he saw their adversity he heard their complaint. 44 He thought upon his covenant, and pitied them, according unto the multitude of his mercies: yea, he made all those that led them away captive to pity them. 45 Deliver us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the heathen that we may give thanks unto thy holy Name, and make our boast of thy praise. 46 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting, and world without end: and let all the people say, Amen. 38 Thus were they stained with their own works and went a whoring with their own inventions. 39 Therefore was the wrathilons PSALM 107. of the Lord kindled against his people: insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. 40 And he gave them over into the hand of the heathen: and they that hated them were lords over them. 41 Their enemies oppressed them and had them in subjection. 42 Many a time did he deliver them but they rebelled against him with their own inventions, and were brought down in their wickedness. Morning Prayer. Confitemini Domino. GIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for ever. als st 2 Let them give thanks whom the Lord hath redeemed: and delivered from the hand of the enemy; 3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west from the north, and from the south. 4 They went astray in the wilderness out of the way: and found no city to dwell in; 371 The Psalms. DAY 22. 5 Hungry and thirsty: their soul fainted in them. 6 So they cried unto the Lord in their trouble and he delivered them from their distress. 7 He led them forth by the right way that they might go to the city where they dwelt. 8 O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men! 9 For he satisfieth the empty soul: and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. 10 Such as sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death: being fast bound in misery and iron; 11 Because they rebelled against the words of the Lord and lightly regarded the counsel of the most Highest; : 12 He also brought down their heart through heaviness they fell down, and there was none to help them. DAY 22. 15 O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men! 13 So when they cried unto the Lord in their trouble: he delivered them out of their distress. 14 For he brought them out of darkness, and out of the shadow of death and brake their bonds in sunder. 16 For he hath broken the gates of brass: and smitten the bars of iron in sunder. 17 Foolish men are plagued for their offence and because of their wickedness. 18 Their soul abhorred all manner of meat and they were even hard at death's door. 19 So when they cried unto the Lord in their trouble: he delivered them out of their distress. : 20 He sent his word, and healed them and they were saved from their destruction. 21 O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men! 22 That they would offer unto him the sacrifice of thanksgiving and tell out his works with gladness! 23 They that go down to the sea in ships and occupy their business in great waters; 24 These men see the works of the Lord: and his wonders in the deep. 25 For at his word the 372 DAY 22. The Psalms. DAY 22. stormy wind ariseth: which ness of them that dwell lifteth up the waves thereof. therein. 26 They are carried up to the heaven, and down again to the deep their soul melteth away because of the trouble. 35 Again, he maketh the wilderness a standing water: and water- springs of a dry ground. 36 And there he setteth the hungry: that they may build them a city to dwell in; 37 That they may sow their land, and plant vineyards: to yield them fruits of increase. 27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man and are at their wit's end. 28 So when they cry unto the Lord in their trouble: he delivereth them out of their distress. 29 For he maketh the storm to cease: so that the waves thereof are still. 30 Then are they glad, because they are at rest and so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be. : 31 O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men! 32 That they would exalt him also in the congregation of the people and praise him in the seat of the elders! 33 Who turneth the floods into a wilderness and drieth up the water- springs. 34 A fruitful land maketh he barren: for the wicked38 He blesseth them, so that they multiply exceedingly and suffereth not their cattle to decrease. 39 And again, when they are minished, and brought low through oppression, through any plague, or trouble; 40 Though he suffer them to be evil intreated through tyrants and let them wander out of the way in the wilderness; 41 Yet helpeth he the poor out of misery and maketh him households like a flock of sheep. 42 The righteous will consider this, and rejoice: and the mouth of all wickedness shall be stopped. 43 Whoso is wise will ponder these things and they shall understand the loving- kindness of the Lord. 373 DAY 22. Evening Prayer. The Psalms. PSALM 108. 10 Who will lead me into the strong city and who Paratum cor meum. OGOD, my heart is will bring me into Edom? : ready, my heart is ready I will sing and give praise with the best member that I have. Is blaid 2 Awake, thou lute, and harp: I myself will awake right early. 11 Hast not thou forsaken us, O God and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts? 12 O help us against the enemy: for vain is the help of man. 3 I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the people I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. 6 That thy beloved may be delivered let thy right hand save them, and hear thou me. DAY 22. shoe; upon Philistia will I triumph. on 7 God hath spoken in his holiness: I will rejoice therefore, and divide Sichem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. 4 For thy mercy is greater than the heavens: and thy HOLD not thy tongue, O truth reacheth unto the clouds. God of my praise: for the mouth of the ungodly, yea, the mouth of the deceitful is opened upon me. 5 Set up thyself, O God, above the heavens and thy glory above all the earth. 2 And they have spoken against me with false tongues: they compassed me about also with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause. 3 For the love that I had unto them, lo, they take now my contrary part: but I give myself unto prayer. 4 Thus have they rewarded me evil for good and hatred for my good will. 5 Set thou an ungodly man to be ruler over him: and let Satan stand at his right 8 Gilead is mine, and Manasses is mine: Ephraim also is the strength of my head. 13 Through God we shall do great acts and it is he that shall tread down our enemies. PSALM 109. Deus laudem. 9 Judah is my law- giver, Moab is my wash- pot: over Edom will I cast out my hand. 374 DAY 22. 6 When sentence is given upon him, let him be condemned and let his prayer be turned into sin. 7 Let his days be few and let another take his office. 8 Let his children be fatherless and his wife a widow. The Psalms. 9 Let his children be vagabonds, and beg their bread: let them seek it also out of desolate places. 10 Let the extortioner consume all that he hath and let the stranger spoil his labour. 11 Let there be no man to pity him nor to have compassion upon his fatherless children. 12 Let his posterity be destroyed and in the next generation let his name be clean put out. : 13 Let the wickedness of his fathers be had in remembrance in the sight of the Lord and let not the sin of his mother be done away. 14 Let them alway be before the Lord that he may root out the memorial of them from off the earth; : DAY 22. 16 His delight was in cursing, and it shall happen unto him he loved not blessing, therefore shall it be far from him. 15 And that, because his mind was not to do good: but persecuted the poor helpless man, that he might slay him that was vexed at the heart. 17 He clothed himself with cursing, like as with a raiment: and it shall come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. 18 Let it be unto him as the cloke that he hath upon him and as the girdle that he is alway girded withal. 19 Let it thus happen from the Lord unto mineenemies: and to those that speak evil against my soul.s 20 But deal thou with me, O Lord God, according unto thy Name: for sweet is thy mercy. 21 O deliver me, for I am helpless and poor and my heart is wounded within me. 22 I go hence like the shadow that departeth: and am driven away as the grasshopper. 23 My knees are weak through fasting: my flesh is dried up for want of fatness. 24 I became also a reproach unto them: they that looked upon me shaked their heads. 25 Help me, O Lord my God: O save me according to thy mercy; 375 The Psalms. DAY 23. 26 And they shall know, how that this is thy hand: and that thou, Lord, hast done it. 27 Though they curse, yet bless thou: and let them be confounded that rise up against me; but let thy servant rejoice. 28 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a cloke. 29 As for me, I will give great thanks unto the Lord with my mouth and praise him among the multitude; DAY 23. 4 The Lord sware, and will not repent: Thou arta Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedech. 5 The Lord upon thy right hand shall wound even kings in the day of his wrath. 6 He shall judge among the heathen; he shall fill the places with the dead bodies: and smite in sunder the heads over divers countries. 7 He shall drink of the brook in the way therefore shall he lift up his head. PSALM 111. Confitebor tibi. 30 For he shall stand at the I WILL give thanks unto right hand of the poor: to the Lord with my whole save his soul from unrigh- heart: secretly among the teous judges. faithful, and in the congregation. Morning Prayer. PSALM 110. Dixit Dominus. THE Lord said unto my therein. Sit thou on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. 2 The Lord shall send the rod of thy power out of Sion: be thou ruler, even in the midst among thine enemies. 3 In the day of thy power shall the people offer thee free- will offerings with an holy worship: the dew of thy birth is of the womb of the morning. 2 The works of the Lord are great sought out of all them that have pleasure 3 His work is worthy to be praised, and had in honour: and his righteousness endureth for ever. 4 The merciful and gracious Lord hath so done his marvellous works: that they ought to be had in remembrance. 5 He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he shall ever be mindful of his covenant. 376 The Psalms. DAY 23. 6 He hath shewed his people the power of his works: that he may give them the heritage of the heathen. 7 The works of his hands are verity and judgment all his commandments are true. 8 They stand fast for ever and ever and are done in truth and equity. 9 He sent redemption unto his people he hath commanded his covenant for ever; holy and reverend is his Name. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom a good understanding have all they that do thereafter; the praise of it endureth for ever. PSALM 112. Beatus vir. B LESSED is the man that feareth the Lord: he hath great delight in his commandments. 2 His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the faithful shall be blessed. 3 Riches and plenteousness shall be in his house and his righteousness endureth for ever. DAY 23. 5 A good man is merciful, and lendeth and will guide his words with discretion. 6 For he shall never be moved and the righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance. 4 Unto the godly there ariseth up light in the darkness he is merciful, loving, and righteous. 7 He will not be afraid of any evil tidings for his heart standeth fast, and believeth in the Lord. 8 His heart is established, and will not shrink until he see his desire upon his enemies. 9 He hath dispersed abroad, and given to the poor: and his righteousness remaineth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour. 10 The ungodly shall see it, and it shall grieve him he shall gnash with his teeth, and consume away; the desire of the ungodly shall perish. PSALM 113. Laudate, pueri. PRAISE the Lord, ye servants: O praise the Name of the Lord. 2 Blessed be the Name of the Lord from this time forth for evermore. 3 The Lord's Name is praised from the rising up of the sun unto the going down of the same. 4 The Lord is high above 377 sanin 1 DAY 23. all heathen and his glory above the heavens. 5 Who is like unto the Lord our God, that hath his dwelling so high and yet humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven and earth? The Psalms. 6 He taketh up the simple out of the dust and lifteth the poor out of the mire; 7 That he may set him with the princes even with the princes of his people. 8 He maketh the barren woman to keep house: and to be a joyful mother of children. DAY 23. 7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord: at the presence of the God of Jacob; to shatried 8 Who turned the hard rock into a standing water: and the flint- stone into a springing well. 4 The mountains skipped like rams and the little hills like young sheep. 5 What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest: and thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back? 6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams and ye little hills, like young sheep? PSALM 115. Non nobis, Domine.s NOT unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy Name give the praise: for thy loving mercy, and for thy truth's sake. 2 Wherefore shall the heathen say: Where is now their God? to iniaalsed silt Evening Prayer. 3 As for our God, he is in heaven: he hath done whatsoever pleased him. PSALM 114. In exitu Israel. 4 Their idols are silver WHEN Israel came out of and gold: even the work of men's hands. and the house of Jacob from among the strange people, atlash 2 Judah was his sanctuary: and Israel his dominion. 3 The sea saw that, and fled: Jordan was driven back. 5 They have mouths, and speak not: eyes have they, and see not. ak ded 6 They have ears, and hear not: noses have they, and smell not. 7 They have hands, and handle not; feet have they. and walk not: neither speak they through their throat. 8 They that make them are like unto them and so boals are all such as put their trust in them. 9 But thou, house of Israel, trust thou in the Lord: 378 DAY 24. The he is their succour and defence. 10 Ye house of Aaron, put your trust in the Lord: he is their helper and defender. 11 Ye that fear the Lord, put your trust in the Lord: he is their helper and defender. Psalms. DAY 24. 2 That he hath inclined his ear unto me: therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. 12 The Lord hath been mindful of us, and he shall bless us: even he shall bless the house of Israel, he shall bless the house of Aaron. 13 He shall bless them that fear the Lord: both small and great. 14 The Lord shall increase you more and more you and your children. 15 Ye are the blessed of the Lord who made heaven and earth. 16 All the whole heavens are the Lord's: the earth hath he given to the children of men. 17 The dead praise not thee, O Lord: neither all they that go down into silence. 18 But we will praise the Lord from this time forth for evermore. Praise the Lord. 3 The snares of death compassed me round about: and the pains of hell gat hold upon me. 4 I shall find trouble and heaviness, and I will call upon the Name of the Lord: O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. 5 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous yea, our God is merciful. 10 I believed, and therefore will I speak; but I was sore troubled: I said in my haste, All men are liars. 11 What reward shall I give unto the Lord: for all the benefits that he hath done unto me? 12 I will receive the cup of salvation and call upon the Name of the Lord. 379 Morning Prayer. I PSALM 116. Dilexi, quoniam. AM well pleased that the Lord hath heard the voice of my prayer; 6 The Lord preserveth the simple: I was in misery, and he helped me. 7 Turn again then unto thy rest, O my soul for the Lord hath rewarded thee. 8 And why? thou hast delivered my soul from death: mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. 9 I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living. anin 1 DAY 24. The Psalms. DAY 24. 13 I will pay my vows 3 Let the house of Aaron now in the presence of all his people right dear in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. 14 Behold, O Lord, how that I am thy servant: I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid; thou hast broken my bonds in sunder. 15 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving: and will call upon the Name of the Lord. 16 I will pay my vows unto the Lord, in the sight of all his people in the courts of the Lord's house, even in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord. PSALM 117. Laudate Dominum.b OPRAISE the Lord, all ye heathen: praise him, all ye nations. 2 For his merciful kindness is ever more and more towards us and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Praise the Lord. PSALM 118. Confitemini Domino. O GIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious: because his mercy endureth for ever. 2 Let Israel now confess, that he is gracious and that his mercy endureth for ever. now confess: that his mercy endureth for ever. 4 Yea, let them now that fear the Lord confess that his mercy endureth for ever. 5 I called upon the Lord in trouble and the Lord heard me at large. 6 The Lord is on my side: I will not fear what man doeth unto me. 7 The Lord taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon mine enemies. 8 It is better to trust in the Lord than to put any confidence in man. 9 It is better to trust in the Lord than to put any confidence in princes. 10 All nations compassed me round about: but in the Name of the Lord will I destroy them. 11 They kept me in on every side, they kept me in, I say, on every side: but in the Name of the Lord will I destroy them. 12 They came about me like bees, and are extinct even as the fire among the thorns: for in the Name of the Lord I will destroy them. 13 Thou hast thrust sore at me, that I might fall: but the Lord was my help. 14 The Lord is my strength, 380 The Psalms. DAY 24. and my song: and is become my salvation. 15 The voice of joy and health is in the dwellings of the righteous: the right hand of the Lord bringeth mighty things to pass. 16 The right hand of the Lord hath the pre- eminence: the right hand of the Lord bringeth mighty things to pass. 17 I shall not die, but live: and declare the works of the Lord. 18 The Lord hath chastened and corrected me: but he hath not given me over unto death. 19 Open me the gates of righteousness that I may go into them, and give thanks unto the Lord. DAY 24. O Lord, send us now prosperity. 26 Blessed be he that cometh in the Name of the Lord: we have wished you good luck, ye that are of the house of the Lord. and 21 I will thank thee, for thou hast heard me art become my salvation. 22 The same stone which the builders refused is become the head- stone in the corner. : 27 God is the Lord who hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, yea, even unto the horns of the altar. 28 Thou art my God, and I will thank thee: thou art my God, and I will praise thee. 29 O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious: and his mercy endureth for ever. Evening Prayer. PSALM 119. Beati immaculati. 20 This is the gate of the Lord the righteous shall BLESSED are those that énter into it. are undefiled in the way and walk in the law of the Lord. 2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies and seek him with their whole heart. 23 This is the Lord's doing and it is marvellous in our eyes. 3 For they who do no wickedness: walk in his ways. 4 Thou hast charged that we shall diligently keep thy commandments. 24 This is the day which the Lord hath made: we will rejoice and be glad in it. 50 that my ways were made so direct that I might keep thy statutes! 25 Help me now, O Lord: 381 ומומחבע DAY 24. The 6 So shall I not be confounded while I have respect unto all thy commandments. sdt i dismos 7 I will thank thee with an unfeigned heart when I shall have learned the judgments of thy righteousPsalms. ness. 8 I will keep thy ceremonies: O forsake me not utterly. DO well unto thy servant: that I may live, and keep thy word. bland 18 Open thou mine eyes: that I may see the wondrous things of thy law. 19 I am a stranger upon earth: O hide not thy commandments from me. 20 My soul breaketh out od for the very fervent desire: 89 that it hath alway unto thy his way even by ruling himself after thy word. In quo corriget? WHEREWITHAL shall judgments.buked the 21 Thou hast 10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not go wrong out of thy commandments. DAY 24. 11 Thy words have I hid within my heart that I should not sin against thee. 12 Blessed art thou, O Lord: O teach me thy statutes. smo Retribue servo tuo. O 13 With my lips have I been telling of all the judgments of thy mouth. 14 I have had as great delight in the way of thy testimonies: as in all manner of riches. 15 I will talk of thy commandments and have respect unto thy ways. 16 My delight shall be in thy statutes: and I will not forget thy word. aim proud: and cursed are they that do err from thy commandments. 22 O turn from me shame and rebuke: for I have kept thy testimonies. 23 Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant is occupied in thy statutes. 24 For thy testimonies are my delight and my counsellors. Adhesit pavimento. MY Y soul cleaveth to the dust: O quicken thou me, according to thy word. 26 I have acknowledged my ways, and thou heardest me: O teach me thy statutes. 27 Make me to understand the way of thy commandments and so shall I talk of thy wondrous works. 382 DAY 25. The Psalms. DAY 25. 28 My soul melteth away 38 O stablish thy word in for very heaviness: com- thy servant that I may fort thou me according unto thy word. fear thee. 39 Take away the rebuke that I am afraid of for thy judgments are good. 29 Take from me the way of lying and cause thou me to make much of thy law. 40 Behold, my delight is in thy commandments: O quicken me in thy righteousness. 30 I have chosen the way of truth and thy judgments have I laid before me. Et veniat super me.m 31 I have stuck unto thy LET thy loving mercy come testimonies: O Lord, confound me not. 32 I will run the way of thy commandments: when thou hast set my heart at liberty. Ces me, Lord even thy salvation, according unto thy word. 42 So shall I make answer unto my blasphemers: for my trust is in thy word. 43 O take not the word of thy truth utterly out of my mouth for my hope is in Morning Prayer. Legem pone. TEACH me, O Lord, the thy judgments. way of thy statutes: and I shall keep it unto the end. 34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law yea, I shall keep it with my whole heart. Das 35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments for therein is my desire. 36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies and hot to covetousness. 37 O turn away mine eyes, lest they behold vanity: and quicken thou me in thy way. 44 So shall I alway keep thy law: yea, for ever and trot O ever. 45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy commandments. 46 I will speak of thy testimonies also, even before kings and will not be ashamed. 47 And my delight shall be in thy commandments: which I have loved.nolt 48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved: and my study shall be in thy statutes. ad 383 DAY 25. The Psalms. DAY 25. ed my feet unto thy testimonies. 60 I made haste, and prolonged not the time to keep thy commandments. 61 The congregations of the ungodly have robbed me but I have not forgotten thy law. 62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee: because of thy righteous judgments. 52 For I remembered thine 63 I am a companion of everlasting judgments, O all them that fear thee: Lord and received com- and keep thy commandfort. gaeld Vin oinments. 53 I am horribly afraid: 64 The earth, O Lord, is for the ungodly that for- full of thy mercy: O teach sake thy law. me thy statutes.tea Memor esto servi tui. THINK O upon thy servant, as concerning thy word: wherein thou hast caused me to put my trust. : 50 The same is my comfort in my trouble for thy word hath quickened me. 51 The proud have had me exceedingly in derision: yet have I not shrinked from thy law. 54 Thy statutes have been my songs: in the house of my pilgrimage. 55 I have thought upon thy Name, O Lord, in the nightseason and have kept thy law. 56 This I had because I kept thy commandments. Portio mea, Domine. 67 Before I was troubled, THOU art my portion, OI went wrong: but now have I kept thy word. Lord: I have promised to keep thy law. 68 Thou art good and gracious: O teach me thy statutes. 58 I made my humble petition in thy presence with my whole heart: O be merciful unto me, according to thy word. 59 I called mine own ways to remembrance; and turn1 Bonitatem fecisti. LORD, thou hast dealt graciously with thy servant: according unto thy word. 66 O learn me true understanding and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments. 69 The proud have imagined a lie against me but I will keep thy commandments with my whole heart. 70 Their heart is as fat as 384 THE ENTOMBMENT OF CHRIST Falabert DAY 25. timonies: be turned unto The Psalms. DAY 25. brawn but my delight hath been in thy law. 71 It is good for me that I have been in trouble that I may learn thy statutes. 72 The law of thy mouth is Defecit anima mea. dearer unto me: than thou- MY soul hath longed for sands of gold and silver. thy salvation and I have a good hope because of thy word. Evening Prayer. Manus tuæ fecerunt me. 82 Mine eyes long sore for : THY hands have made me thy word saying, O when wilt thou comfort me? and fashioned me: O give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. me. 80 Olet my heart be sound in thy statutes that I be not ashamed. 83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke: yet do I not forget thy statutes. 84 How many are the days of thy servant when wilt thou be avenged of them that persecute me? 85 The proud have digged pits for me which are not after thy law. 86 All thy commandments are true: they persecute me falsely; O be thou my help. 87 They had almost made an end of me upon earth: but I forsook not thy commandments. 88 O quicken me after thy loving- kindness and so shall I keep the testimonies of thy mouth. 74 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me because I have put my trust in thy word. 75 I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right and that thou of very faithfulness hast caused me to be troubled. 76 O let thy merciful kindness be my comfort: according to thy word unto thy servant. 77 Olet thy loving mercies come unto me, that I may live for thy law is my delight. : 78 Let the proud be confounded, for they go wickedly about to destroy me: but I will be occupied in thy commandments. ven. 79 Let such as fear thee, 90 Thy truth also remainand have known thy tes- eth from one generation to N 385 In æternum, Domine. LORD, thy word: endureth for ever in hea DAY 25. The another thou hast laid the foundation of the earth, and it abideth. YICISLO OF 91 They continue this day according to thine ordinance for all things serve thee. Psalms. DAY 26. 101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way: that I may keep thy word. 102 I have not shrunk from thy judgments: for thou teachest me. 103 O how sweet are thy words unto my throat: yea, sweeter than honey unto my mouth. 104 Through thy commandments I get understanding therefore I hate all evil ways.si 92 If my delight had not been in thy law: I should have perished in my trouble. 93 I will never forget thy commandments for with them thou hast quickened : me. 94 I am thine, O save me: Morning Prayer. for I have sought thy com- s Lucerna pedibus meis. mandments. THY word is a lantern 95 The ungodly laid waitfor me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies. 96 I see that all things come to an end but thy commandment is exceeding unto my feet and a light unto my paths. 106 I have sworn, and am stedfastly purposed: to keep thy righteous judgments. 107 I am troubled above measure quicken me, O Lord, according to thy broad. Quomodo dilexi! LORD, what love have I word. unto thy law all the day long is my study in it. 98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. 99 I have more under- get thy law. standing than my teachers: for thy testimonies are my study. 9v 19) distub 100 I am wiser than the aged because I keep thy commandments. 108 Let the free- will offerings of my mouth please thee, O Lord: and teach me thy judgments. ofan amico 109 My soul is alway in my hand yet do I not for110 The ungodly have laid a snare for me but yet I swerved not from thy commandments. 111 Thy testimonies have I claimed as mine heritage 386 DAY 26. The Psalms. DAY 26. for ever and why? they 122 Make thou thy servant are the very joy of my heart.allab to delight in that which is good that the proud do me no wrong. 123 Mine eyes are wasted away with looking for thy health and for the word of thy righteousness.ba 112 I have applied my heart to fulfil thy statutes alway even unto the end. Iniquos odio habui. HATE them that imagine evil things but thy law do I love. I 114 Thou art my defence and shield and my trust is in thy word. 115 Away from me, ye wicked I will keep the commandments of my God. 116 O stablish me according to thy word, that I may live and let me not be disappointed of my hope. 117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: yea, my delight shall be ever in thy statutes. imagine but deceit. 119 Thou puttest away all the ungodly of the earth like dross therefore I love thy testimonies. 124 O deal with thy servant according unto thy loving mercy and teach me thy statutes. 127 For I love thy commandments above gold and precious stone. 118 Thou hast trodden 128 Therefore hold I straight all thy commanddown all them that departments and all false ways from thy statutes for they I utterly abhor. Mirabilia. 125 I am thy servant, O grant me understanding: that I may know thy testimonies. I DEAL with the thing that is lawful and right O give me not over unto mine oppressors. buco 126 It is time for thee, Lord, to lay to thine hand: for they have destroyed thy law. THY testimonies are wonderful therefore doth my soul keep them. 130 When thy word goeth 120 My flesh trembleth for forth it giveth light and fear of thee: and I am a- understanding unto the fraid of thy judgments. Osimple. Feci judicium. 131 I opened my mouth, and drew in my breath: for my delight was in thy commandments. 132 O look thou upon me, 387 The Psalms. DAY 26. and be merciful unto me: as thou usest to do unto those that love thy Name. 133 Order my steps in thy word and so shall no wickedness have dominion over me. da 134 O deliver me from the wrongful dealings of men: and so shall I keep thy commandments. yram spivol 135 Shew the light of thy countenance upon thy servant and teach me thy statutes. 136 Mine eyes gush out with water because men keep not thy law. Fustus es, Domine. IGHTEOUS art thou, O Lord and true is thy judgment. R¹ 140 Thy word is tried to the uttermost and thy servant loveth it. : 141 I am small, and of no reputation yet do I not forget thy commandments. DAY 26. 143 Trouble and heaviness have taken hold upon me: yet is my delight in thy commandments. 142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness and thy law is the truth. 144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting O grant me understanding, and I shall live. Evening Prayer. Clamavi in toto corde meo. I CALL with my whole heart hear me, O Lord, I will keep thy statutes. 146 Yea, even unto thee do I call help me, and I shall keep thy testimonies. 138 The testimonies that 148 Mine eyes prevent the night- watches: that I thou hast commanded are might be occupied in thy exceeding righteous and words. true. let the bes: atasin 139 My zeal hath even consumed me: because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. HOUT 31 149 Hear my voice, O Lord, according unto thy loving- kindness: quicken me, according as thou art wont. 150 They draw nigh that of malice persecute me: and are far from thy law. 147 Early in the morning do I cry unto thee: for in thy word is my trust. 151 Be thou nigh at hand, O Lord for all thy commandments are true. 152 As concerning thy testimonies, I have known long since that thou hast grounded them for ever. 388 The Psalms. DAY 26. DAY 26. ad Vide humilitatem. 164 Seven times a day do O CONSIDER mine ad- I praise thee: because of thy righteous judgments. versity, and deliver me for I do not forget thy law. 165 Great is the peace that they have who love thy law and they are not offended at it. 166 Lord, I have looked for thy saving health and done after thy commandments. 167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies and loved them exceedingly. 168 I have kept thy commandments and testimonies for all my ways are before thee. : 154 Avenge thou my cause, and deliver me: quicken me, according to thy word. 155 Health is far from the ungodly for they regard not thy statutes. 156 Great is thy mercy, O Lord quicken me, as thou art wont. d 157 Many there are that trouble me, and persecute me yet do I not swerve from thy testimonies. 158 It grieveth me when I see the transgressors: be- LE cause they keep not thy law. 159 Consider, O Lord, how I love thy commandments: O quicken me, according to thy loving- kindness. Appropinquet deprecatio. ET my complaint come before thee, O Lord: give me understanding, according to thy word. 160 Thy word is true from everlasting all the judgments of thy righteousness endure for evermore. 170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me, according to thy word. 171 My lips shall speak of thy praise: when thou hast taught me thy statutes. Principes persecuti sunt. 172 Yea, my tongue shall PRINCES have perse- sing of thy word: for all commandments are cuted me without a cause but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. thy righteous. 173 Let thine hand help me: for I have chosen thy commandments. 162 I am as glad of thy word as one that findeth great spoils. 163 As for lies, I hate and abhor them but thy law do I love. 174 I have longed for thy saving health, O Lord and in thy law is my delight. 175 Olet my soul live, and 389 DAY 27. it shall praise thee and thy judgments shall help me. 176 I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost: O seek thy servant, for I do not forget thy commandments. The Psalms. Morning Prayer. PSALM 120. Ad Dominum. I called upon the Lord: and he heard me. DAY 27, from the Lord who hath made heaven and earth. 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved and he that keepeth thee will not sleep. was in trouble fence upon the right PSALM 121. Levavi oculos. 4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The Lord himself is thy keeper: the Lord is thy deI WILL lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help. 2 My help cometh even 2 Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips and from a deceitful tongue. 3 What reward shall be given or done unto thee, thou false tongue: even mighty and sharp arrows, with hot burning coals. 4 Woe is me, that I am constrained to dwell witho Mesech and to have my habitation among the tents I WAS glad when they of Kedar. said unto me: We will 5 My soul hath long dwelt go into the house of the among them that are ene- Lord. mies unto peace. : 6 I labour for peace, but when I speak unto them thereof they make them ready to battle. 6 So that the sun shall not burn thee by day: neither the moon by night. 7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: yea, it is even he that shall keep thy soul. 8 The Lord shall pr erve thy going out, and thy coming in from this time forth for evermore. PSALM 122. Latatus sum. 2 Our feet shall stand in thy gates: O Jerusalem. 3 Jerusalem is built as a city that is at unity in itself. 4 For thither the tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord: to testify unto Israel, to give thanks unto the Name of the Lord. 5 For there is the seat of 390 DAY 27. The Psalms. DAY 27. judgment even the seat of Lord himself had not been the house of David. on our side, when men rose up against us; 6 O pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. 2 They had swallowed us up quick: when they were so wrathfully displeased at us. 2 tot 2/ 7 Peace be within thy walls and plenteousness within thy palaces. 3 Yea, the waters had drowned us: and the stream had gone over our soul. 4 The deep waters of the proud: had gone even over our soul. 5 But praised be the Lord: who hath not given us over for a prey unto their teeth. 6 Our soul is escaped even as a bird out of the snare of the fowler: the snare is broken, and we are delivered. 7 Our help standeth in the Name of the Lord: who hath made heaven and earth. 8 For my brethren and companions' sakes: I will wish thee prosperity. 9 Yea, because of the house of the Lord our God: I will seek to do thee good. PSALM 123. Ad te levavi oculos meos. UNT INTO thee lift I up mine eyes: Othou that dwellest in the heavens. 2 Behold, even as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress: even so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until he have mercy upon us. PSALM 125. Qui confidunt. 3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: THEY that put their trust for we are utterly despised. 4 Our soul is filled with the scornful reproof of the wealthy and with the despitefulness the proud. in the Lord shall be even as the mount Sion: which may not be removed, but standeth fast for ever. 2 The hills stand about Jerusalem: even so standeth the Lord round about his people, from this time forth for evermore. Slidnol 3 For the rod of the ungodly cometh not into the PSALM 124. Nisi quia Dominus. the Lord himself had not been on our side, now may Israel say if the IF 391 The Psalms. DAY 27. lot of the righteous: lest the righteous put their hand unto wickedness. 4 Do well, O Lord unto those that are good and true of heart. 5 As for such as turn back unto their own wickedness: the Lord shall lead them forth with the evil- doers; but peace shall be upon Israel. 5 Turn our captivity, O Lord as the rivers in the south. sin 6 They that sow in tears: shall reap in joy. 7 He that now goeth on his way weeping, and beareth forth good seed: shall doubtless come again with joy, and bring his sheaves with him. be DAY 27. Psalm 127. Nisi Dominus. EXCEPT the Lord build the house their labour is but lost that build it. 2 Except the Lord keep the city: the watchman waketh but in vain. Evening Prayer. PSALM 126. In convertendo. WHEN the Lord turned the Lord. again the captivity of Sion then were we like unto them that dream. 2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter and our tongue with joy. 3 Then said they among the heathen: The Lord hath done great things for them. 4 Yea, the Lord hath done 3 It is but lost labour that ye haste to rise up early, and so late take rest, and eat the bread of carefulness: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. 4 Lo, children and the fruit of the womb: are an heritage and gift that cometh of 5 Like as the arrows in the hand of the giant: even so are the young children. 6 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate. PSALM 128. Beati omnes. great things for us already: BLESSED are all they whereof we rejoice. that fear the Lord: and walk in his ways. 2 For thou shalt eat the labours of thine hands: O well is thee, and happy shalt thou be. 392 3 Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine: upon the walls of thine house. 4 Thy children like the olive- branches: round about thy table. DAY 27. The Psalms. DAY 27. 5 Lo, thus shall the man say not so much as, The be blessed that feareth the Lord. Lord prosper you: we wish you good luck in the Name of the Lord. 6 The Lord from out of Sion shall so bless thee: that thou shalt see Jerusalem in prosperity all thy life long. 7 Yea, that thou shalt see thy children's children: and peace upon Israel. PSALM 129. Sæpe expugnaverunt. ANY a time have they fought against me from my youth up: may Israel now say. MA PSALM 130. De profundis. OUT UT of the deep have I called unto thee, O Lord: Lord, hear my voice. 2 O let thine ears consider well: the voice of my complaint. 3 If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss: O Lord, who may abide it? 4 For there is mercy with thee: therefore shalt thou be feared. 5 I look for the Lord; my soul doth wait for him in his word is my trust. 6 My soul fleeth unto the Lord: before the morning watch, I say, before the morning watch. 2 Yea, many a time have they vexed me from my youth up but they have not prevailed against me. 3 The plowers plowed upon my back: and made long furrows. 4 But the righteous Lord: hath hewn the snares of the ungodly in pieces.liv 5 Let them be confounded and turned backward: as many as have evil will at Sion. 6 Let them be even as the grass growing upon the house- tops which witherPSALM 131. Domine, non est. eth afore it be plucked up: LORD, I am not high- mind7 Whereof the mower filled: I have no proud eth not his hand: neither he that bindeth up the sheaves his bosom. 70 Israel, trust in the Lord, for with the Lord there is mercy and with him is plenteous redemption. 8 And he shall redeem Israel: from all his sins. looks. 2 I do not exercise myself is nous ind in great matters which are 8 So that they who go by too high for me. 393 DAY 28. The Psalms. DAY 28. 3 But I refrain my soul, 9 Let thy priests be clothed and keep it low, like as a child that is weaned from his mother yea, my soul is even as a weaned child. with righteousness: and let thy saints sing with joyfulness. 4 O Israel, trust in the Lord: from this time forth for evermore. 10 For thy servant David's sake: turn not away the presence of thine Anointed. Morning Prayer. 11 The Lord hath made a faithful oath unto David: and he shall not shrink from it; PSALM 132. Memento, Domine. LORD, remember David: shall I set upon thy seat. 13 If thy and all his trouble; 2 How he sware unto the Lord and vowed a vow unto the Almighty God of Jacob; 12 Of the fruit of thy body: will keep my covenant, and my testi' monies that I shall learn them their children also shall sit upon thy seat for evermore. 3 I will not come within the tabernacle of mine house nor climb up into my bed; 14 For the Lord hath chosen Sion to be an habitation for himself: he hath longed for her. 4 I will not suffer mine eyes to sleep, nor mine eyelids to slumber: neither the temples of my head to take any rest; enta 5 Until I find out a place for the temple of the Lord: an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. 6 Lo, we heard of the same at Ephrata: and found it in the wood. 7 We will go into his tabernacle and fall low on our knees before his footstool. : 8 Arise, O Lord, into thy resting- place: thou, and the ark of thy strength. 15 This shall be my rest for ever: here will I dwell, for I have a delight therein. : 16 I will bless her victuals with increase and will satisfy her poor with bread. 17 I will deck her priests with health and her saints shall rejoice and sing. 18 There shall I make the horn of David to flourish: I have ordained a lantern for mine Anointed. 19 As for his enemies, I shall clothe them with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish. 394 DAY 28. The PSALM 133. Ecce, quam bonum! BEHOLD, how good and joyful a thing it is: brethren, to dwell together in unity! 2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down unto the beard even unto Aaron's beard, and went down to the skirts of his clothing. 3 Like as the dew of Hermon which fell upon the hill of Sion. 4 For there the Lord promised his blessing and life for evermore. PSALM 134. Ecce nunc. 7 He bringeth forth the clouds from the ends of the BEHOLD now, praise the world and sendeth forth Lord all ye servants of the Lord; lightnings with the rain, bringing the winds out of his treasures. 2 Ye that by night stand in the house of the Lord: even in the courts of the house of our God. 8 He smote the first- born of Egypt: both of man and beast. 9 He hath sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O thou land of Egypt: upon Pharaoh, and all his servants. Psalms. DAY 28. of the Lord in the courts of the house of our God. 3 O praise the Lord, for the Lord is gracious: O sing praises unto his Name, for it is lovely. 4 For why? the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself: and Israel for his own possession. 5 For I know that the Lord is great and that our Lord is above all gods. 6 Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth: and in the sea, and in all deep places. 3 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the Lord. 4 The Lord that made heaven and earth give thee blessing out of Sion. PSALM 135. Laudate Nomen. 10 Hesmote divers nations: and slew mighty kings; 11 Sehon king of the AmorOPRAISE the Lord, laud ites, and Og the king of Baye the Name of the Lord praise it, O ye servants of the Lord; san and all the kingdoms of Canaan; 12 And gave their land to be an heritage: even an 2 Ye that stand in the house 395 The Psalms. DAY 28. heritage unto Israel his people. 13 Thy Name, O Lord, endureth for ever: so doth thy memorial, O Lord, from one generation to another. 14 For the Lord will avenge his people and be gracious unto his servants. 15 As for the images of the heathen, they are but silver and gold: the work of men's hands. 16 They have mouths, and speak not: eyes have they, but they see not. 17 They have ears, and yet they hear not: neither is there any breath in their mouths. 18 They that make them are like unto them and so are all they that put their trust in them. : DAY 28. unto the for his 2 O give thanks God of all gods mercy endureth for ever. 3 O thank the Lord of all lords: for his mercy endureth for ever. 4 Who only doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever. 19 Praise the Lord, ye house of Israel: praise the Lord, ye house of Aaron. 20 Praise the Lord, ye house of Levi: ye that fear the Lord, praise the Lord. 21 Praised be the Lord out of Sion who dwelleth at Jerusalem. 5 Who by his excellent wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever. 6 Who laid out the earth above the waters for his mercy endureth for ever. 7 Who hath made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever; 8 The sun to rule the day: for his mercy endureth for ever; 9 The moon and the stars to govern the night for his mercy endureth for ever. 10 Who smote Egypt with their first- born for his mercy endureth for ever; 11 And brought out Israel from among them for his mercy endureth for ever; : 12 With a mighty hand, and stretched out arm for his mercy endureth for ever. 13 Who divided the Red sea in two parts: for his mercy endureth for ever; 14 And made Israel to go through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth for ever. Evening Prayer. PSALM 136. Confitemini sot GIVE thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious: and his mercy endureth for ever 396 The Psalms. DAY 28. 15 But as for Pharaoh and his host, he overthrew them in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever. 16 Who led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for DELITTOCAL ever. 17 Who smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever; 18 Yea, and slew mighty kings for his mercy endureth for ever; 19 Sehon king of the Amorites for his mercy endureth for ever; : 20 And Og the king of Basan: for his mercy endureth for ever; 21 And gave away their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for ever; 22 Even for an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy endureth for ever. 23 Who remembered us when we were in trouble: for his mercy endureth for ever; 24 And hath delivered us from our enemies for his mercy endureth for ever. 25 Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever. 26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever. DAY 28. 27 O give thanks unto the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever. PSALM 137. Super flumina. BY Y the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept: when we remembered thee, O Sion. 2 As for our harps, we hanged them up: upon the trees that are therein. 3 For they that led us away captive required of us then a song, and melody, in our heaviness Sing us one of the songs of Sion. 4 How shall we sing the Lord's song: in a strange land? 5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem: let my right hand forget her cunning. 6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth: yea, if I prefer not Jerusalem in my mirth. 7 Remember the children of Edom, O Lord, in the day of Jerusalem how they said, Down with it, down with it, even to the ground. 8 O daughter of Babylon, wasted with misery yea, happy shall he be that rewardeth thee, as thou hast served us. 9 Blessed shall he be that taketh thy children and 397 The Psalms. DAY 28. throweth them against the stones. DAY 29. 8 The Lord shall make good his loving- kindness toward me: yea, thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever; despise not then the works of thine own hands. PSALM 138. Confitebor tibi. WILL give thanks unto thee, O Lord, with my whole heart even before the gods will I sing praise unto thee. I 2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy because thy loving- kindness and truth for thou hast magnified thy Name, and thy Word, above all things. 3 When I called upon thee, thou heardest me: and enduedst my soul with much strength. 4 All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O Lord for they have heard the words of thy mouth. : 5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the Lord that great is the glory of the Lord. Morning Prayer. PSALM 139. Domine, probasti. LORD, thou hast searched me out, and known me thou knowest my down- sitting, and mine up- rising; thou understandest my thoughts long before. 2 Thou art about my path, and about my bed and spiest out all my ways. 3 For lo, there is not a word in my tongue: but thou, O Lord, knowest it altogether. 4 Thou hast fashioned me behind and before and laid thine hand upon me. 5 Such knowledge is too 6 For though the Lord bewonderful and excellent for high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly as for the proud, he beholdeth them afar off. me: I cannot attain unto it. 6 Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit: or whither shall I go then from thy presence? 7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, yet shalt thou refresh me: thou shalt stretch forth thy hand upon the furiousness of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me. 7 If I climb up into heaven, thou art there if I go down to hell, thou art there also. 8 If I take the wings of the morning and remain in the uttermost parts of the sea; 398 DAY 29. 9 Even there also shall thy hand lead me and thy right hand shall hold me. The Psalms. 10 If I say, Peradventure the darkness shall cover me: then shall my night be turned to day. 11 Yea, the darkness is no darkness with thee, but the night is as clear as the day: the darkness and light to thee are both alike. 12 For my reins are thine: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. 13 I will give thanks unto thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made marvellous are thy works, and that my soul knoweth right well. 14 My bones are not hid from thee: though I be made secretly, and fashioned beneath in the earth. DAY 29. 19 Wilt thou not slay the wicked, O God: depart from me, ye blood- thirsty men. 20 For they speak unrighteously against thee: and thine enemies take thy Name in vain. 21 Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? 22 Yea, I hate them right sore: even as though they were mine enemies. 23 Try me, O God, and seek the ground of my heart prove me, and examine my thoughts. 24 Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me and lead me in the way everlasting. PSALM 140. Eripe me, Domine. DELIVER me, O Lord, from the evil man and preserve me from the wick15 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being imperfect and in thy booked man. were all my members written; 16 Which day by day were fashioned: when as yet there was none of them. 17 How dear are thy counsels unto me, O God: O how great is the sum of them! 18 If I tell them, they are more in number than the sand when I wake up I am present with thee. 2 Who imagine mischief in their hearts and stir up strife all the day long. 3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: adder's poison is under their lips. 4 Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the ungodly: preserve me from the wicked men, who are purposed to overthrow my goings. 399 The Psalms. 70 Lord God, thou strength of my health: thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. 8 Let not the ungodly have his desire, O Lord: let not his mischievous imagination prosper, lest they be too proud. 9 Let the mischief of their own lips fall upon the head of them that compass me about. 10 Let hot burning coals fall upon them let them be cast into the fire, and into the pit, that they never rise up again. 11 A man full of words shall not prosper upon the earth evil shall hunt the wicked person to overthrow him. DAY 29. 5 The proud have laid a snare for me, and spread PSALM 141. Domine, clamavi. a net abroad with cords: LORD, I call upon thee, yea, and set traps in my way. haste thee unto me: consider my voice when I cry unto thee. 6 I said unto the Lord, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my prayers, O Lord. 2 Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the incense: and let the lifting up of my hands be an evening sacrifice. 3 Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth and keep the door of my lips. 4 O let not mine heart be inclined to any evil thing: let me not be occupied in ungodly works with the men that work wickedness, lest I eat of such things as please them. 5 Let the righteous rather smite me friendly and reprove me. : 6 But let not their precious balms break my head: yea, I will pray yet against their wickedness. 12 Sure I am that the Lord will avenge the poor and maintain the cause of the helpless. 13 The righteous also shall give thanks unto thy Name: and the just shall continue in thy sight. DAY 29. 7 Let their judges be overthrown in stony places: that they may hear my words, for they are sweet. 8 Our bones lie scattered before the pit: like as when one breaketh and heweth wood upon the earth. 9 But mine eyes look unto thee, O Lord God: in thee is my trust, O cast not out my soul. 400 DAY 29. The Psalms. DAY 29. 10 Keep me from the snare prison, that I may give that they have laid for me: and from the traps of the wicked doers. thanks unto thy Name: which thing if thou wilt grant me, then shall the righteous resort unto my company. 11 Let the ungodly fall into their own nets together and let me ever escape them. Evening Prayer. PSALM 142. I Voce mea ad Dominum. CRIED unto the Lord with my voice: yea, even unto the Lord did I make my supplication. 2 I poured out my complaints before him and shewed him of my trouble. 3 When my spirit was in heaviness thou knewest path in the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me. : 4 I looked also upon my right hand and saw there was no man that would know me. 5 I had no place to flee unto: and no man cared for my soul. 6 I cried unto thee, O Lord, and said Thou art my hope, and my portion in the land of the living. PSALM 143. Domine, exaudi. O Lord, and consider my desire hearken unto me for thy truth and righteousness' sake. 2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justifed. 3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground: he hath laid me in the darkness, as the men that have been long dead. 4 Therefore is my spirit vexed within me: and my heart within me is desolate. 5 Yet do I remember the time past; I muse upon all thy works: yea, I exercise myself in the works of thy hands. 6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul gaspeth unto thee as a thirsty land. 7 Hear me, O Lord, and that soon, for my spirit waxeth faint: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. 7 Consider my complaint: for I am brought very low. 8 O deliver me from my persecutors for they are too strong for me. 9 Bring my soul out of 401 DAY 30. The Psalms. DAY 30. man, that thou so regardest him? 8 O let me hear thy loving- to him or the son of kindness betimes in the morning, for in thee is my trust shew thou me the way that I should walk in, for I lift up my soul unto thee. 9 Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: for I flee unto thee to hide me. 10 Teach me to do the thing that pleaseth thee, for thou art my God let thy loving Spirit lead me forth into the land of righteousness. 11 Quicken me, O Lord, for thy Name's sake and for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble. : 12 And of thy goodness slay mine enemies and destroy all them that vex my soul; for I am thy servant. Morning Prayer. PSALM 144. Benedictus Dominus. BLE LESSED be the Lord my strength who teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight; 2 My hope and my fortress, my castle and deliverer, my defender in whom I trust who subdueth my people that is under me. 3 Lord, what is man, that thou hast such respect un402 4 Man is like a thing of nought his time passeth away like a shadow. 5 Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. 6 Cast forth thy lightning, and tear them shoot out thine arrows, and consume them. 7 Send down thine hand from above: deliver me, and take me out of the great waters, from the hand of strange children; 8 Whose mouth talketh of vanity: and their right hand is a right hand of wickedness. 9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: and sing praises unto thee upon a ten- stringed lute. 10 Thou hast given victory unto kings and hast delivered David thy servant from the peril of the sword. 11 Save me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children: whose mouth talketh of vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of iniquity. 12 That our sons may grow up as the young plants and that our daughters may be DAY 30. The Psalms. DAY 30. as the polished corners of of the might of thy marvelthe temple. lous acts: and I will also tell of thy greatness. 7 The memorial of thine abundant kindness shall be shewed and men shall sing of thy righteousness. 8 The Lord is gracious, and merciful: long- suffering, and of great goodness. 9 The Lord is loving unto every man and his mercy is over all his works. 13 That our garners may be full and plenteous with all manner of store that our sheep may' bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets. 14 That our oxen may be strong to labour, that there be no decay: no leading into captivity, and no complaining in our streets. 15 Happy are the people that are in such a case: yea, blessed are the people who have the Lord for their God. I PSALM 145. Exaltabo te, Deus. WILL magnify thee, O God, my King: and I will praise thy Name for ever and ever. 2 Every day will I give thanks unto thee and praise thy Name for ever and ever. 3 Great is the Lord, and marvellous worthy to be praised there is no end of his greatness. 4 One generation shall praise thy works unto another and declare thy power. 5 As for me, I will be talking of thy worship: thy glory, thy praise, and wondrous works; 6 So that men shall speak 10 All thy works praise thee, O Lord: and thy saints give thanks unto thee. 11 They shew the glory of thy kingdom: and talk of thy power; 12 That thy power, thy glory, and mightiness of thy kingdom: might be known unto men. 13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom and thy dominion endureth throughout all ages. 14 The Lord upholdeth all such as fall: and lifteth up all those that are down. 15 The eyes of all wait upon thee, O Lord: and thou givest them their meat in due season. 16 Thou openest thine hand and fillest all things living with plenteousness. 17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways and holy in all his works. 403 DAY 30. The Psalms. DAY 30. 18 The Lord is nigh unto 6 Who helpeth them to all them that call upon him: yea, all such as call upon him faithfully. 19 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him he also will hear their cry, and will help them. 20 The Lord preserveth all them that love him: but scattereth abroad all the ungodly. 21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord and let all flesh give thanks unto his holy Name for ever and ever. PSALM 146. Lauda, anima mea. PRAISE the Lord, O my soul; while I live will I praise the Lord: yea, as long as I have any being, I will sing praises unto my God. put not your trust in princes, nor in any child of man for there is no help in them. 3 For when the breath of man goeth forth he shall turn again to his earth and then all his thoughts perish. 4 Blessed is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help and whose hope is in the Lord his God; 5 Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: who keepeth his promise for ever; right that suffer wrong: who feedeth the hungry. 7 The Lord looseth men out of prison: the Lord giveth sight' to the blind. 8 The Lord helpeth them that are fallen: the Lord careth for the righteous. 9 The Lord careth for the strangers; he defendeth the fatherless and widow as for the way of the ungodly, he turneth it upside down. 10 The Lord thy God, O Sion, shall be King for evermore and throughout all generations. Evening Prayer. PSALM 147. Laudate Dominum. PRAISE the Lord, for it is a good thing to sing praises unto our God: yea, a joyful and pleasant thing it is to be thankful. 2 The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: and gather together the out- casts of Israel. 3 He healeth those that are broken in heart and giveth medicine to heal their sickness. 4 He telleth the number of the stars and calleth them all by their names. 5 Great is our Lord, and 404 The Psalms. DAY 30. great is his power: yea, and his wisdom is infinite. 6 The Lord setteth up the meek and bringeth the ungodly down to the ground. 70 sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving sing praises upon the harp unto our God; 8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, and prepareth rain for the earth: and maketh the grass to grow upon the mountains, and herb for the use of men; 9 Who giveth fodder unto the cattle and feedeth the young ravens that call upon him. 10 He hath no pleasure in the strength of an horse: neither delighteth he in any man's legs. 11 But the Lord's delight is in them that fear him: and put their trust in his mercy. 12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem praise thy God, O Sion. DAY 30. 16 He giveth snow like wool and scattereth the hoar- frost like ashes. 17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who is able to abide his frost? 18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he bloweth with his wind, and the waters flow. 19 He sheweth his word unto Jacob: his statutes and ordinances unto Israel. 20 He hath not dealt so with any nation: neither have the heathen knowledge of his laws. 13 For he hath made fast the bars of thy gates and hath blessed thy children within thee. 14 He maketh peace in thy borders and filleth thee with the flour of wheat. 15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: and his word runneth very swiftly. PSALM 148. Laudate Dominum. PRAISE the Lord of heaven: praise him in O the height. 2 Praise him, all ye angels of his praise him, all his host. 3 Praise him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars and light. 4 Praise him, all ye heavens and ye waters that are above the heavens. 5 Let them praise the Name of the Lord: for he spake the word, and they were made; he commanded, and they were created. 6 He hath made them fast for ever and ever: he hath given them a law which shall not be broken. 405 DAY 30. 7 Praise the Lord upon earth ye dragons, and all deeps; The Psalms. DAY 30. sure in his people: and helpeth the meek- hearted. 5 Let the saints be joyful with glory: let them rejoice in their beds. 6 Let the praises of God be in their mouth and a two- edged sword in their hands; 8 Fire and hail, snow and vapours: wind and storm, fulfilling his word; 9 Mountains and all hills: fruitful trees and all cedars; 10 Beasts and all cattle: worms and feathered fowls; 11 Kings of the earth and all people princes and all judges of the world; 12 Young men and maidens, old men and children, praise the Name of the Lord for his Name only is excellent, and his praise above heaven and earth. 13 He shall exalt the horn PRAISE God in his him of his people; all his saints shall praise him even the holiness children of Israel, even the in the firmament of his people that serveth him. power. 2 Praise him in his noble acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. 3 Praise him in the sound of the trumpet: praise him upon the lute and harp. 4 Praise him in the cymbals and dances praise him upon the strings and pipe. 7 To be avenged of the heathen: and to rebuke the people; 8 To bind their kings in chains and their nobles with links of iron. 9 That they may be avenged of them, as it is written: Such honour have all his saints. PSALM 149. Cantate Domino. SING unto the Lord a new song: let the congregation of saints praise him. 2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him and let the children of Sion be joyful in their King. 3 Let them praise his Name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with tabret and harp. 4 For the Lord hath plea406 PSALM 150. Laudate Dominum. 5 Praise him upon the welltuned cymbals: praise him upon the loud cymbals. 6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. FORMS OF PRAYER TO BE USED AT SEA. T The Morning and Evening Service to be used daily at Sea shall be the same which is appointed in the Book of Common Prayer. two These following Prayers are to be also The Collect. used in his Majesty's Navy PREVENT us, O Lord, in every day. all our doings, with thy most gracious favour, and further us with thy continual help; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy Name, and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. O ETERNAL Lord God, who alone spreadest out the heavens, and rulest the raging of the sea; who hast compassed the waters with bounds until day and night come to an end; Be pleased to receive into thy Almighty and most gracious protection the persons of us thy servants, and the Fleet in which we serve. Preserve us from the dangers of the sea, and from the violence of enemy; that we may be a safeguard unto our most gracious Sovereign Lord, King GEORGE, and his Dominions, and a security for such as pass on the seas upon their lawful occasions; that the inhabitants of our Island may in peace and quietness serve thee our God; and that we may return in safety to enjoy the blessings of the land, with the fruits of our labours, and with a thankful remembrance of thy mercies to praise and glorify thy holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Prayers to be used in Storms at Sea. MOST powerful and whose command the winds blow, and lift up the waves of the sea, and who stillest the rage thereof; We thy creatures, but miserable sinners, do in this our great distress cry unto thee for help: Save, Lord, or else we perish. We confess, when we have been safe, and seen all things quiet about us, we have forgot thee our God, and refused to hearken to the still voice of thy word, and to obey thy commandments: But now we see, how terrible thou art in all thy works of wonder; the great God to be feared a407 Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea. est take the cause into thine own hand, and judge between us and our enemies. Stir up thy strength, O.Lord, and come and help us; for thou givest not alway the battle to the strong, but canst save by many or by few. Olet not our sins now cry against us for vengeance; but hear us thy poor servants begging mercy, and imploring thy help, and that thou wouldest be a defence unto us against the face of the enemy. Make it appear that thou art our Saviour and mighty Deliverer, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. bove all: And therefore we adore thy Divine Majesty, acknowledging thy power, and imploring thy goodness. Help, Lord, and save us for thy mercy's sake in Jesus Christ thy Son. our Lord. Amen. Or this. O MOST glorious and gracious Lord God, who dwellest in heaven, but beholdest all things below; Look down, we beseech thee, and hear us, calling out of the depth of misery, and out of the jaws of this death, which is ready now to swallow us up: Save, Lord, or else we perish. The living, the living, shall praise thee. O send thy word of command to rebuke the raging winds, and the roaring sea; that we, being delivered from this distress, may live Short Prayers for single persons, that cannot meet to join in Prayer with others, by reason of the Fight, or Storm. General Prayers. to serve thee, and to glorify LORD, be merciful to us sinners, save us for thy mercy's sake. all our life. Hear, Lord, and save us, for the infinite merits of our blessed Saviour, thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Thou art the great God, that hast made and rulest all things: O deliver us for thy Name's sake. Thou art the great God to be feared above all: O save us, that we may praise thee. The Prayer to be said before a Fight at Sea against any Enemy. O MOST powerful and glorious Lord God, the Lord of hosts, that rulest and commandest all things; THOU, O Lord, art just Thou sittest in throne judging right, and therefore we make our address to thy Divine Majesty in this our necessity, that thou wouldand defend our cause against the face of the enemy. Special Prayers with respect to the Enemy. O God, thou art a strong tower of defence to all that 408 Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea. And flee unto thee: O save us trespass against us. from the violence of the lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil: enemy. For thine is the kingdom, The power, and the glory, ever. ever and AO Lord of hosts, fight for us, that we may glorify thee. For men. O suffer us not to sink under the weight of our sins, or the violence of the enemy. O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thy Name's sake. Short Prayers in respect of a Storm. THOU, O Lord, that stillest the raging of the sea, hear, hear us, and save us, that we perish not. us. O blessed Saviour, that didst save thy disciples ready to perish in a storm, ALMIGHTY God, Father us, save us, we beseech thee. Lord, have mercy upon dow Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon Jesus Christ, Maker of all things, Judge of all men; We acknowledge and bewail our manifold sins and wickedness, Which we, from time to time, most grievously have committed, By thought, word, and deed, Against thy Divine Majesty, Provoking most justly thy wrath and indignation against us. We do earnestly repent, And are heartily sorry for these our misdoings; The remembrance of them is grievous unto us; of them is intolerable. Have mercy upon us, Have mercy upon us, most merciful Father; For thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ's sake, Forgive us all that is past; And grant that we may ever hereafter 409 us. O Lord, hear us. O Christ, hear us. God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Ghost, have mercy upon us, save us now and evermore. Amen. When there shall be imminent danger, as many as can be spared from necessary service in the Ship shall be called together, and make an humble Confession of their sin to God: In which every one ought seriously to reflect upon those particular sins of which his conscience shall accuse him; saying as followeth, The Confession. heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea. ing toward the children of men. Serve and please thee In newness of life, To the honour and glory of thy Name; Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Then shall the Priest, if there be any in the Ship, pronounce this Absolution. ALMI LMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, who of his great mercy hath promised forgiveness of sins to all them that with hearty repentance and true faith turn unto him; Have mercy upon you; pardon and deliver you from all your sins; confirm and strengthen you in all goodness, and bring you to everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. to the honour of his Name, make his praise to be glorious. He turned the sea into dry land so that they went through the water on foot; there did we rejoice thereof. He ruleth with his power for ever; his eyes behold the people: and such as will not believe shall not be able to exalt themselves. Say unto God, O how wonderful art thou in thy works through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies be found liars unto thee. O praise our God, ye people: and make the voice of his praise to be heard; Who holdeth our soul in life and suffereth not our feet to slip. For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou also hast tried us, like as silver is tried. Thanksgiving after a Storm. Thou sufferedst men to ride over our heads: we went through fire and water, and thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. Jubilate Deo. Psalm 66. I will go into thine house OBE joyful in God, all ye with burnt- offerings: and un- pay my vows, which I promised with my lips, and spake with my mouth, when I was in trouble. I will offer unto thee fat burnt- sacrifices, with the incense of rams: I will offer bullocks and goats. Thou broughtest us into the snare: and laidest trouble upon our loins. O come hither, and hearken, all ye that fear God and I will tell you what he hath done for my soul. I called unto him with my mouth and gave him praises with my tongue. For all the world shall worship thee: sing of thee, and praise thy Name. O come hither, and behold the works of God: how wonderful he is in his do410 Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea. If I incline unto wickedness with mine heart: the Lord will not hear me. goodness and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men! But God hath heard me: and considered the voice of my prayer. Praised be God who hath not cast out my prayer nor turned his mercy from me. O Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Confitemini Domino. Psalm 107. GIVE thanks unto the O Lord, for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for ever. Let them give thanks whom the Lord hath redeemed: and delivered from the hand of the enemy; And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west from the north, and from the south. They went astray in the wilderness out of the way: and found no city to dwell in; Hungry and thirsty: their soul fainted in them. So they cried unto the Lord in their trouble and he delivered them from heir distress. He led them forth by the right way that they might go to the city where they dwelt. O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his For he satisfieth the empty soul: and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. Such as sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death: being fast bound in misery and iron; Because they rebelled against the words of the Lord and lightly regarded the counsel of the most Highest; He also brought down their heart through heaviness they fell down, and there was none to help them. So when they cried unto the Lord in their trouble: he delivered them out of their distress. For he brought them out of darkness, and out of the shadow of death: and brake their bonds in sunder. O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men! For he hath broken the gates of brass: and smitten the bars of iron in sunder. Foolish men are plagued for their' offence and because of their wickedness. Their soul abhorred all manner of meat and they were even hard at death's door. So when they cried unto the Lord in their trouble: he delivered them out of their distress. He sent his word, and 411 Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea. : healed them and they were saved from their destruction. O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men! That they would offer unto him the sacrifice of thanksgiving and tell out his works with gladness! They that go down to the sea in ships and occupy their business in great waters; These men see the works of the Lord: and his wonders in the deep. For at his word the stormy wind ariseth: which lifteth up the waves thereof. They are carried up to the heaven, and down again to the deep: their soul melteth away because of the trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man: and are at their wit's end. So when they cry unto the Lord in their trouble: he delivereth them out of their distress. For he maketh the storm to cease: so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad, because they are at rest: and so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be. O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men! That they would exalt him also in the congregation of the people and praise him in the seat of the elders! Who turneth the floods into a wilderness and drieth up the water- springs. A fruitful land maketh he barren: for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. Again, he maketh the wilderness a standing water: and water- springs of a dry ground. And there he setteth the hungry: that they may build them a city to dwell in; That they may sow their land, and plant vineyards: to yield them fruits of increase. He blesseth them, so that they multiply exceedingly: and suffereth not their cattle to decrease. And again, when they are minished, and brought low through oppression, through any plague, or trouble; Though he suffer them to be evil intreated through tyrants: and let them wander out of the way in the wilderness; Yet helpeth he the poor out of misery and maketh him households like a flock of sheep. The righteous will consider this, and rejoice: and the mouth of all wickedness shall be stopped. Whoso is wise will ponder these things and they shall understand the lovingkindness of the Lord. 412 Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea. us terrible things, and wonders in the deep, that we might see how powerful and gracious a God thou art; how able and ready to help them that trust in thee. Thou hast shewed us how both winds and seas obey thy command; that we may MOST blessed and learn, even from them, hereglorious Lord God, after to obey thy voice, and who art of infinite goodness to do thy will. We thereand mercy; We thy poor fore bless and glorify thy creatures, whom thou hast Name, for this thy mercy in made and preserved, hold- saving us, when we were ing our souls in life, and ready to perish. And, we now rescuing us out of the beseech thee, make us as jaws of death, humbly pre- truly sensible now of thy sent ourselves again before mercy, as we were then of thy Divine Majesty, to offer the danger: And give us a sacrifice of praise and hearts always ready to exthanksgiving, for that thou press our thankfulness, not heardest us when we called only by words, but also by in our trouble, and didst not our lives, in being more obecast out our prayer, which dient to thy holy commandwe made before thee in our ments. Continue, we begreat distress: Even when seech thee, this thy goodness we gave all for lost, our to us; that we, whom thou ship, our goods, our lives, hast saved, may serve thee then didst thou mercifully in holiness and righteouslook upon us, and wonder- ness all the days of our life; fully command a deliver- through Jesus Christ our ance; for which we, now Lord and Saviour. Amen. being in safety, do give all praise and glory to thy holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Collects of Thanksgiving. An Hymn of Praise and Thanksgiving after a dangerous Tempest. O : COME, let us give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for ever. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; let the redeemed of the Lord say so: whom he hath delivered from the merciless rage of Or this: O MOST mighty and gracious good God, thy mercy is over all thy works, but in special manner hath been extended toward us, whom thou hast so powerfully and wonderfully defended. Thou hast shewed the sea. 413. Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea. The Lord is gracious and full of compassion: slow to anger, and of great mercy. He hath not dealt with us according to our sins: neither rewarded us according to our iniquities. But as the heaven is high above the earth so great hath been his mercy towards us. We found trouble and heaviness: we were even at death's door. The waters of the sea had well- nigh covered us the proud waters had well- nigh gone over our soul. The sea roared and the stormy wind lifted up the waves thereof. We were carried up as it were to heaven, and then down again into the deep: our soul melted within us, because of trouble; Then cried we unto thee, us, and poureth his benefits upon us. He is our God, even the God of whom cometh salvation: God is the Lord by whom we have escaped death. Thou, Lord, hast made us glad through the operation of thy hands and we will triumph in thy praise. Blessed be the Lord God: even the Lord God, who only doeth wondrous things; And blessed be the Name of his Majesty for ever: and let every one of us say, Amen, Amen. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. 2 Cor. xiii. O Lord: and thou didst de- THE grace of our Lord liver us of our distress. love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. ABlessed be thy Name, who didst not despise the prayer of thy servants: but didst men. hear our cry, and hast sav- s ed us. Thou didst send forth thy commandment and the windy storm ceased, and was turned into a calm. O let us therefore praise the Lord for his goodness: Praised be the Lord daily: even the Lord that helpeth AFTER VICTORY OR DELIVERANCE FROM AN ENEMY. A Psalm or Hymn of Prais and Thanksgiving after Victory. and declare the wonders IF the Lord had not been that he hath done, still doeth for the children of on our now may we say: if the Lord himself had not been on our side, when men rose up against us; men. They had swallowed us up 414 Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea. : : quick when they were so be world without end. Awrathfully displeased at us. men. Yea, the watershad drowned us, and the stream had gone over our soul: the deep waters of the proud had gone over our soul. But praised be the Lord: who hath not given us over as a prey unto them. The Lord hath wrought a mighty salvation for us. We gat not this by our own sword, neither was it our own arm that saved us but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto us. The Lord hath appeared for us: the Lord hath covered our heads, and made us to stand in the day of battle. The Lord hath ap eared for us the Lord hath overthrown our enemies, and dashed in pieces those that rose up against us. Therefore not unto us, O Lord, not unto us: but unto thy Name be given the glory. The Lord hath done great things for us: the Lord hath done great things for us, for which we rejoice. Our help standeth in the Name of the Lord: who hath made heaven and earth. Blessed be the Name of the Lord from this time forth for evermore. : Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; After this Hymn may be sung the Te Deum. T Then this Collect. O ALMIGHTY God, the Sovereign Commander of all the world, in whose hand is power and might which none is able to withstand; We bless and magnify thy great and glorious Name for this happy Victory, the whole glory whereof we do ascribe to thee, who art the only giver of Victory. And, we beseech thee, give us grace to improve this great mercy to thy glory, the advancement of thy Gospel, the honour of our Sovereign, and, as much as in us lieth, to the good of all mankind. And, we beseech thee, give us such a sense of this great mercy, as may engage us to a true thankfulness, such as may appear in our lives by an humble, holy, and obedient walking before thee all our days, through Jesus Christ our Lord; to whom with thee and the Holy Spirit, as for all thy mercies, so in particular for this Victory and Deliverance, be all glory and honour, world without end. Amen. 2 Cor. xiii. our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall 415 Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea. looking for the resurrection of the body,( when the Sea shall give up her dead,) and the life of the world to come, through our Lord Jesus Christ; who at his coming shall change our vile body, that it may be like his glorious body, according to the AT THE BURIAL OF THEIR DEAD AT SEA. The Office in the Common Prayer- book may be used; only instead of these words [ We therefore commit his body to the ground, earth to earth, etc.] say, body to the deep, to he is able to subdue all be turned into corruption, things to himself. 1 glou 416 bica rol THE VIRGIN AND TWO ANGELS WEEPING OVER THE DEAD BODY OF CHRIST Francesco Raibolini THE FORM AND MANNER OF MAKING, ORDAINING, AND CONSECRATING OF BISHOPS, PRIESTS, AND DEACONS, ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. THE PREFACE. IT is evident unto all men diligently reading holy Scripture and ancient Authors, that from the Apostles' time there have been these Orders of Ministers in Christ's Church; Bishops, Priests, and Deacons. Which Offices were evermore had in such reverend Estimation, that no man might presume to execute any of them, except he were first called, tried, examined, and known to have such qualities as are requisite for the same; and also by publick Prayer, with Imposition of Hands, were approved and admitted thereunto by lawful Authority. And therefore, to the intent that these Orders may be continued, and reverently used and esteemed, in the Church of England; no man shall be accounted or taken to be a lawful Bishop, Priest, or Deacon in the Church of England, or suffered to execute any of the said Functions, except he be called, tried, examined, and admitted thereunto, according to the Form hereafter following, or hath had formerly Episcopal Consecration, or Ordination.d And none shall be admitted a Deacon, except he be Twenty- three years of age, unless he have a Faculty. And every man which is to be admitted a Priest shall be full Four- and- twenty years old. And every man which is to be ordained or consecrated Bishop shall be fully Thirty years of age. And the Bishop, knowing either by himself, or by sufficient testimony, any Person to be a man of virtuous conversation, and without crime; and, after examination and trial, finding him learned in the Latin Tongue, and sufficiently instructed in holy Scripture, may at the times appointed in the Canon, or else, on urgent occasion, upon some other Sunday or Holy- day, in the face of the Church, admit him a Deacon, in such manner and form as hereafter followeth. 417 O THE FORM AND MANNER OF MAKING OF DEACONS. TWhen the day appointed by the Bishop is come, after Morning Prayer is ended, there shall be a Sermon or Exhortation, declaring the Duty and Office of such as come to be admitted Deacons; how necessary that Order is in the Church of Christ, and also, how the people ought to esteem them in their Office. First the Archdeacon, or his Deputy, shall present unto the Bishop( sitting in his chair near to the holy Table) such as desire to be ordained Deacons,( each of them being decently habited,) saying these words, Father in God, I present unto you these persons present, to be admitted Deacons. The Bishop. TAK AKE heed that the persons, whom ye present unto us, be apt and meet, for their learning and godly conversation, to exercise their Ministry duly, to the honour of God, and the edifying of his Church. T The Archdeacon shall answer, I HAVE enquired of them, and also examined them, think them so to be. Then the Bishop shall unto the people: these persons presented to be ordered Deacons, for the which he ought not to be admitted to that Office, let him come forth in the Name of God, and shew what the Crime or Impediment is. And if any great Crime or Impediment be objected, the Bishop shall surcease from Ordering that person, until such time as the party accused shall be found clear of that Crime. The Litany and Suffrages. O GOD the Father of heaven mercy upon us miserable sinners. O God the Father of heaven: have mercy upBRETHREN, if there be on us miserable sinners. any of you eth any Impediment, or of the world have mercy notable Crime, in any of upon us miserable sinners. 418 say Then the Bishop( commending such as shall be found meet to be Ordered to the Prayers of the congregation) shall, with the Clergy and people present, sing or say the Litany, with the Prayers as followeth. The Ordering of Deacons. O God the Son, Redeem-| all the deceits of the world, er of the world have the flesh, and the devil, mercy upon us miserable sinners. Good Lord, deliver us. From lightning and tempest; from plague, pestilence, and famine; from battle and murder, and from sudden death, O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son: have mercy upon us miserable sinners. O God the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son: have mercy upon us miserable sinners. O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three Persons and one God: have mercy upon us miserable sinners. O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three Persons and one God: have mercy upon us miserable sinners. Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences of our forefathers; neither take thou vengeance of our sins: spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever. Spare us, good Lord. From all evil and mischief; from sin, from the crafts and assaults of the devil; from thy wrath, and from everlasting damnation, Good Lord, deliver us. From all blindness of heart; from pride, vainglory, and hypocrisy; from envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness, Good Lord, deliver us. From fornication, and all other deadly sin; and from Good Lord, deliver us. From all sedition, privy conspiracy, and rebellion; from all false doctrine, heresy, and schism; from hardness of heart, and contempt of thy Word and Commandment, Good Lord, deliver us. By the mystery of thy hoIncarnation; by thy holy Nativity and Circumcision; by thy Baptism, Fasting, and Temptation, 4x9 Good Lord, deliver us. By thine Agony and bloody Sweat; by thy Cross and Passion; by thy precious Death and Burial; by thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension; and by the coming of the Holy Ghost, Good Lord, deliver us. In all time of our tribulation; in all time of our wealth; in the hour of death, and in the day of judgment, Good Lord, deliver us. We sinners do beseech thee to hear us, O Lord God; and that it may please thee to rule and govern thy holy Church universal in the right way; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to keep and strengthen in the The Ordering of Deacons. true worshipping of thee, fice, to the edifying of thy in righteousness and holi- Church, and the glory of ness of life, thy Servant thy holy Name; GEORGE, our most gracious King and Governour; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to rule his heart in thy faith, fear, and love, and that he may evermore have affiance in thee, and ever seek thy honour and glory; That it may please thee to endue the Lords of the Council, and all the Nobility, with grace, wisdom, and understanding; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to be his defender, and keeper, giving him the victory over all his enemies; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to bless and preserve our gracious Queen Mary, Alexandra the Queen Mother, Edward Prince of Wales, and all the Royal Family; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to illuminate all Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, with true knowledge and understanding of thy Word; and that both by their preaching and living they may set it forth, and shew it accordingly; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to bless these thy servants, now to be admitted to the Order of Deacons,[ or Priests, and to pour thy grace upon them; that they may duly execute their OfWe beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to bless and keep the Magistrates, giving them grace to execute justice, and to maintain truth; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to bless and keep all thy people; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to give to all nations unity. peace, and concord; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to give us an heart to love and dread thee, and diligently to live after thy commandments; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to give to all thy people increase of grace to hear meekly thy Word, and to receive it with pure affection, and to bring forth the fruits of the Spirit; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to bring into the way of truth 420 The Ordering of Deacons. all such as have erred, and are deceived; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to strengthen such as do stand; and to comfort and help the weak- hearted; and to raise up them that fall; and finally to beat down Satan under our feet; to give and preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the earth, so as in due time we may enjoy them; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to give us true repentance; to forgive us all our sins, negligences, and ignorances; and to endue us with the grace of thy Holy Spirit to amend our lives according to thy holy Word; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. Son of God: we beseech thee to hear us. Son of God: we beseech thee to hear us. O Lamb of God that takest away the sins of the world; s soled Grant us thy peace. O Lamb of God that takest away the sins of the world; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to succour, help, and comfort, all that are in danger, necessity, and tribulation; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to preserve all that travel by land or by water, all women labouring of child, all sick persons, and young children; and to shew thy pity upon all prisoners and captives; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to defend, and provide for, the fatherless children and widows, and all that are desolate and oppressed; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to have mercy upon all men; We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. That it may please thee to forgive our enemies, persecutors, and slanderers, and to turn their hearts; We beseech thee to hear OUR Father, which art in be us, That it may please thee thy Name. Thy kingdom Have mercy upon us. O Christ, hear us. O Christ, hear us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. T Then shall the Priest, and the people with him, say the Lord's Prayer. 421 The Ordering of Deacons. come. Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. Andforgive us our trespasses, A's we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen. ansallon Priest. O Lord, deal not with us after our sins. Answer. Neither reward us after our iniquities. Let us pray. O GOD, merciful Father, that despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart, nor the desire of such as be sorrowful; Mercifully assist our prayers that we make before thee in all our troubles and adversities, whensoever they oppress us; and graciously hear us, that those evils, which the craft and subtilty of the devil or man worketh against us, be brought to nought; and by the providence of thy goodness they may be dispersed; that we thy servants, being hurt by no persecutions, may evermore Let us pray. give thanks unto thee in thy WE humbly beseech thee, holy through Christ our Lord. O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thy Name's sake. O Lord, arise, help us, and deliver us for thine honour. with our ears, and our fathers have declared unto us, the noble works that thou didst in their days, and in the old time before them. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost; Answer. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. From our enemies defend us, O Christ. Graciously look upon our afflictions. Pitifully behold the sorrows of our hearts. sins of thy people. Mercifully forgive the Favourably with mercy hear our prayers. O Son of David, have mercy upon us. Both now and ever vouchsafe to hear us, O Christ. Graciously hear us, O Christ; graciously hear us, O Lord Christ. Priest. O Lord, let thy mercy be shewed upon us; Answer. As we do put our trust in thee. mercifully to look upon our infirmities; and for the glory of thy Name turn from us all those evils that we most righteously have deserved; and we that in all our bles we may put our whole trust and confidence in thy mercy, and evermore serve thee in holiness and pureness of living, to thy honour 422 The Ordering of Deacons. and glory; through our only then let them use the Office Mediator and Advocate, Je- of a Deacon, being found sus Christ our Lord. Amen. blameless. Even so must their wives be grave, not all things. Let the Deacons slanderers, sober, faithful in be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. For they that have used the OfThen shall be sung or said the Service for the Communion, with the Collect, Epistle, and Gospel, as followeth. THE COLLECT, well thy Divine Providence hast appointed divers Orchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness ders of Ministers in thy in the faith which is in Church, and didst inspire Christ Jesus. thine Apostles to choose into the Order of Deacons the first Martyr Saint Stephen, with others; Mercifully behold these thy servants now Acts vi. 2. called to the like Office and the multitude of the discalled Administration; replenish them so with the truth of thy Doctrine, and adorn them with innocency of life, that, both by word and good example, they may faithfully serve thee in this Office, to the glory of thy Name, and the edification of thy Church; through the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, now and for ever. Amen. ciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the Word of God, and serve tables. Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the Word. And the saying pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith, and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and ProTHE EPISTLE. I Tim. iii, 8. de must the Deacons be grave, not double tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre, holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. And let these also first be proved; Or else this, out of the sixth of the Acts of the Apostles. Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch; whom they set before the Apostles; and, when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them. And the Word of God increased, 423 The Ordering of Deacons. and the number of the disciThe Bishop. ples multiplied in Jerusalem IT appertaineth to the off a great company of the Priests were obedient to the faith. a in the Church where he shall be appointed to serve, to assist the Priest in Divine Service, and specially when he ministereth the holy Communion, and to help him in the distribution thereof, and to read holy Scriptures and Homilies in the Church; and to instruct the youth Do you trust that you are in the Catechism; in the abthe Holy Ghost to take upon you this Office and Ministration, to serve God for the promoting of his glory, and the edifying of his people? sence Priest to baptize infants, and to preach, if he be admitted thereto by the Bishop. And furthermore, it is his Office, where provision is so made, to search for the sick, poor, and impotent people of the Parish, to intimate their estates, names, and places And before the Gospel, the Bishop, sitting in his chair, shall examine every one of them that are to be Ordered, in the presence of the people, after this manner following. Answer. I trust so. The Bishop. truly called, according to the will of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the due Order of this Realm, to the Ministry of the Church? Answer. I think so. unto the Curate, that by his exhortation they may be relieved with the alms of the Parishioners, or others. Will you do this gladly and willingly? The Bishop. you read the same unto the people assembled in the Church where you shall be appointed to serve? Answer. I will. Answer. I will so do, by the help of God. The Bishop. Dlieve all the Canonical you beThe Bishop. Scriptures of the Old and WILL you apply all your Answer. I do believe them. and fashion your own lives, and the lives of your families, according to the Doctrine of Christ; and to make both much as in you lieth, wholesome examples of the flock of Christ? Answer. I will so do, the Lord being my helper. 424 The Ordering of Deacons. The Bishop. obey your Ordinary, and other chief Ministers of the Church, and them to whom the charge and government over you is committed, following with a glad mind and will their godly admonitions? Answer. I will endeavour myself, the Lord being my helper. Then the Bishop, laying his Hands severally upon the Head of every one of them, humbly kneeling before him, shall say, execute the Office of a Deacon in the Church of God committed unto thee; In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Then shall the Bishop deliver to every one of them the New Testament, saying, TAK AKE thou Authority to read the Gospel in the Church of God, and to preach the same, if thou be thereto licensed by the Bishop himself. turn from the wedding; he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. Blessed are those servants, whom the Lord when he cometh shall find watching. Verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. Then one of them, appointed by the Bishop, shall read the Gospel. Then shall the Bishop proceed in the Communion, and all that are Ordered shall tarry, and receive the holy Communion the same day with the Bishop. of all good things, who of thy great goodness hast vouchsafed to accept and take these thy servants unto the Office of Deacons in thy Church; Make them, we beseech thee, O Lord, to be stant in their Ministration, modest, humble, and conto have a ready will to observe all spiritual Discipline; that they having St. Luke xii. 35. be the of a about, and your lights good conscience, and conburning; and ye yourselves tinuing ever stable and like unto men that wait for strong in thy Son Christ, their Lord, when he will re- may so well behave them425 The Communion ended, after the last Collect, and immediately before the Benediction, shall be said these Collects following. The Ordering of Deacons. selves in this inferior Office, glorify thy holy Name, and that they may be found finally by thy mercy obtain worthy to be called unto the everlasting life; through Jehigher Ministries in thy sus Christ our Lord. AChurch; through the same men. thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ, to whom be glory THE peace of God, which and honour world without end. Amen. ing, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and O in love of and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord: And the Blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be amongst you, and remain with you all our doings with thy most gracious favour, and further us with thy continual help; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may always. Amen. And here it must be declared unto the Deacon, that he must continue in that Office of a Deacon the space of a whole year( except for reasonable causes it shall otherwise seem good unto the Bishop) to the intent he may be perfect, and well expert in the things appertaining to the Ecclesiastical Administration. In executing whereof if he be found faithful and diligent, he may be admitted by his Diocesan to the Order of Priesthood, at the times appointed in the Canon; or else, on urgent occasion, upon some other Sunday, or Holy- day, in the face of the Church, in such manner and form as hereafter followeth. talaiM isdt 426 THE FORM AND MANNER OF ORDERING OF PRIESTS. When the day appointed by the Bishop is come, after Morning Prayer is ended, there shall be a Sermon or Exhortation, declaring the Duty and Office of such as come to be admitted Priests; how necessary that Order is in the Church of Christ, and also how the people ought to esteem them in their Office. First, the Archdeacon, or, in his absence, one appointed in his stead, shall unto the ( sitting in his chair near to the holy Table) all them that shall receive the Order of Priesthood that day( each of them being decently habited) and say, REVEREND Father in I present unto you these persons present, to be admitted to the Order of Priesthood. The Bishop. TAK AKE heed that the persons, whom ye present unto us, be apt and meet, for their learning and godly conversation, to exercise their Ministry duly, to the honour of God, and the edifying of his Church. The Archdeacon shall answer, HAVE enquired of them, and also examined them, and think them so to be. 427 Then the Bishop shall say unto the people; G OOD people, these are they whom we purpose, God willing, to receive this day unto the holy Office of Priesthood: For after due examination we find not to the contrary, but that they be lawfully called to their Function and Ministry, and that they be persons meet for same. But if there be any of you, who knoweth any Impediment, or notable Crime, in any of them, for the which he ought not to be received into this holy Ministry, let him come forth in the Name of God, and shew what the Crime or Impediment is. T And if any great Crime or Impediment be objected, the Bishop shall surcease from Ordering that person, until such time as the party accused shall be found clear of that Crime. I Then the Bishop( commending such as shall be found meet to be Ordered The Ordering of Priests. to the Prayers of the con- Christ. Wherefore he saith, gregation) shall, with the When he ascended up on Clergy and people present, high, he led captivity capsing or say the Litany, tive, and gave gifts unto with the Prayers, as is men.( Now that he ascendbefore appointed in the ed, what is it but that he Form of Ordering Dea- also descended first into the cons; save only, that, in lower parts of the earth? the proper Suffrage there He that descended, is the added, the word[ Dea- same also that ascended up cons] shall be omitted, far above all heavens, that and the word[ Priests] he might fill all things.) And inserted instead of it. he gave some Apostles, and some Prophets, and some Evangelists, and some Pastors and Teachers; for the perfecting of the Saints, for the work of the Ministry, for the edifying of the Body of Christ; till we all come Then shall be sung or said the Service for the Communion, with the Collect, Epistle, and Gospel, as followeth. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY God, giver of in the unity of the faith, and the of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ. thy Holy Spirit hast appointed divers Orders of Ministers in the Church; Mercifully behold these thy servants now called to the Office of Priesthood; and replenish them so with the truth of thy doctrine, and adorn them with innocency of life, that, both by word and good example, they After this shall be read for the Gospel part of the ninth Chapter of Saint Matthew, as followeth. St. Matt. ix. 36. VIHE may faithfully serve thee in WH the of was thy Name, and the edification of thy Church; through the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen. WHEN Jesus saw the multitudes, he moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad as sheep having no shepherd. Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the THE EPISTLE. Ephes. iv. 7. one of us is that he will send given grace, according forth labourers into his harto the measure of the gift of vest. 428 The Ordering of Priests. Or else this that followeth, good Shepherd giveth his out of the tenth Chapter life for the sheep. But he of Saint John. that is an hireling, and not the Shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the I un- and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. I am the good Shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one Shepherd. St. John X. I. to you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheep- fold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he that entereth in by the door is the Shepherd of the sheep. To him the porter openeth, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. And when he putteth forth his own sheep he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him; for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him; for they know not the voice of strangers. This parable spake Jesus unto them, but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them. You have heard, Breas well in your private examination, as in the exhortation which was now made to you, and in the holy Lessons taken out of the Gospel, and the writings of the Apostles, of what dignity, and of how great importance this Office is, whereunto ye are called. And now again we exhort you, in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you have in remembrance, into how high a Dignity, and to how weighty an Office and Charge ye are called that : again, Verily, verily I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door; by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. The thief cometh not but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good Shepherd: the 429 Then the Bishop, sitting in his chair, shall say unto them as hereafter followeth. The Ordering of Priests. either for error in religion, or for viciousness in life. is to say, to be Messengers,| age in Christ, that there be Watchmen, and Stewards no place left among you, of the Lord; to teach, and to premonish, to feed and provide for the Lord's family; to seek for Christ's sheep that are dispersed abroad, and for his children who are in the midst of this naughty world, that they may be saved through Christ for ever. Forasmuch then as your Office is both of so great excellency, and of so great difficulty, ye see with how great care and study ye ought to apply yourselves, as well that ye may shew yourselves dutiful and Have always therefore thankful unto that Lord, printed in your remem- who hath placed you in so brance, how great a trea- high a Dignity; as also to sure is committed to your beware, that neither you charge. For they are the yourselves offend, nor be sheep of Christ; which he occasion that others offend. bought with his death, and Howbeit, ye cannot have a for whom he shed his blood. mind and will thereto of The Church and Congrega- yourselves; for that will tion whom you must serve, and ability is given of God is his Spouse, and his Body. alone: therefore ye ought, And if it shall happen the and have need, to pray earnsame Church, or any Mem- estly for his Holy Spirit. ber thereof, to take any hurt And seeing that you cannot or hindrance by reason of by any other means comyour negligence, ye know pass the doing of so weighty the greatness of the fault, a work, pertaining to the and also the horrible pun- salvation of man, but with ishment that will ensue. doctrine and exhortation Wherefore consider with taken out of the holy Scripyourselves the end of your tures, and with a life agreeMinistry towards the chil- able to the same; consider dren of God, towards the how studious ye ought to be Spouse and Body of Christ; in reading and learning the and see that you never cease Scriptures, and in framing your labour, your care and the manners both of yourdiligence, until you have selves, and of them that done all that lieth in you, specially pertain unto you, according to your bounden according to the rule of the duty, to bring all such as same Scriptures: and for are or shall be committed to this self- same cause, how your charge, unto that agree- ye ought to forsake and ment in the faith and know- set aside( as much as you ledge of God, and to that may) all worldly cares and ripeness and perfectness of studies. 430 The Ordering of Priests. We have good hope that Do you think in your heart, that you be pondered these things with called, according to the will yourselves long before this time; and that you have clearly determined, by God's grace, to give yourselves wholly to this Office, whereunto it hath pleased God to call you: so that, as much you and The Bishop. as lieth in you, you win ARE you persuaded that to apply yourselves wholly this one thing, and draw all your cares and studies this way; and that you will continually pray to God the Father, by the Mediation of our only Saviour Jesus Christ, for the heavenly assistance of the Holy Ghost; that, by daily reading and weighing of the Scriptures, ye may wax riper and stronger in your Ministry; and that ye may so endeavour yourselves, from time to time, to sanctify the lives of you and yours, and to fashion them after the Rule and Doctrine of Christ, that ye may be wholesome and the holy Scriptures contain sufficiently all Doctrine required of necessity for eternal salvation through faith in Jesus Christ? and are you determined, out of the said Scriptures to instruct the people committed to your charge, and to teach nothing, as required of necessity to eternal salvation, but that which you shall be persuaded may be concluded and proved by the Scripture? of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the order of this Church of England, to the Order and Ministry of Priesthood? Answer. I think it. folAnd now, that this present Congregation of Christ here assembled may also understand your minds and wills in these things, and that this your promise may the more move you to do your duties, ye shall answer plainly to these things, which we, in the Name of God, and of his Church, shall demand of you touching the same. Answer. I am so persuaded, and have so determined by God's grace. The Bishop. godly examples and pat- WILL you then give your terns faithful diligence allow. ways so to minister the Doctrine and Sacraments, and the Discipline of Christ, as the Lord hath commanded, and as this Church and Realm hath received the same, according to the Commandments of God; so that you may teach the people committed to your Cure and Charge with all diligence to keep and observe the same? Answer. I will so do, by the help of the Lord. 431 The Ordering of Priests. WIL The Bishop. WILL you be ready, with all faithful diligence, to banish and drive away all erroneous and strange doctrines contrary to God's word; and to use both publick and private monitions and exhortations, as well to the sick as to the whole, WILL you reverently your as need shall require, and occasion shall be given? Answer. I will, the Lord being my helper. obey your Ordinary, and other chief Ministers, unto whom is committed the charge and government over you; following with a glad mind and will their godly admonitions, and The Bishop. WILL you be diligent in submitting yourselves to ing of the holy Scriptures, and in such studies as help to the knowledge of the same, laying aside the study of the world and the flesh? Answer. I will endeavour being my helper. peace, and love, among all Christian people, and especially among them that are or shall be committed to your charge? Answer. I will apply myself thereto, the Lord being my helper. The Bishop. WILL ILL you maintain and set forwards, as much as lieth in you, quietness. Answer. I will so do, the Lord being my helper. The Bishop. A to do all these things; Grant also unto you strength and power to perform the same; The Bishop. WILL you be diligent to that he may accomplish his work he hath begun in you; through Christ our Lord. Amen. Jesus frame your own selves, and your families, according to the Doctrine of Christ; and to make both yourselves and them, as much as in you lieth, wholesome examples and patterns to the flock of Christ? Answer. I will so do, the Lord being my helper. Then shall the Bishop, standing up, say, LMIGHTY God, who 432 After this, the Congregation shall be desired, secretly in their Prayers, to make their humble supplications to God for all these things for the which Prayers there shall be silence kept for a space. After which shall be sung or said by the Bishop( the persons to be Ordained Priests all kneeling) Veni, Creator Spiritus; the Bi The Ordering of Priests. shop beginning, and the Both from the Father and Priests, and others that the Son, are present, answering by verses, as followeth. The God of peace and love; COME Holy Ghost, our Visit our minds, into our souls inspire, hearts And lighten with celestial fire. Thy heavenly grace inspire; Thou the anointing Spirit art, That truth and godliness we may Who dost thy seven- fold gifts impart. Pursue with full desire. Thy blessed Unction from above, Is comfort, life, and fire of love. Enable with perpetual light The dulness of our blinded sight. Anoint and cheer our soiled face With the abundance of thy grace. Keep far our foes, give peace at home: Where thou art guide, no ill can come. Teach us to know the Father, Son, And thee, of both, to be but One. That, through the ages all along, This may be our endless song; Praise to thy eternal merit, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Thou art the very Comforter In grief and all distress; The heav'nly gift of God most high, No tongue can it express; The fountain and the living spring Of joy celestial; The fire so bright, the love so sweet, The Unction spiritual. Thou in thy gifts art manifold, 433 By them Christ's Church doth stand: In faithful hearts thou writ'st thy law, The finger of God's hand. According to thy promise, Lord, Thou givest speech with grace; Or this: COME, Holy Ghost, eter- That thro' thy help God's nal praises may Resound in every place. Proceeding from above, The Ordering of Priests. O Holy Ghost, into our Grant us the grace that we minds may know Send down thy heav'nly light; Kindle our hearts with fervent zeal, To serve God day and night. Our weakness strengthen and confirm, ( For, Lord, thou know'st us frail;) That neither devil, world, nor flesh, Against us may prevail. Put back our enemy far from us, And help us to obtain Peace in our hearts with God and man, ( The best, the truest gain;) And grant that thou being, Lord, Our leader and our guide, We may escape the snares of sin, And never from thee slide. Such measures of thy powerful grace Grant, Lord, to us, we pray; That thou may'st be our Comforter At the last dreadful day. Of strife and of dissension Dissolve, O Lord, the bands, And knit the knots of peace and love Throughout all Christian lands. The Father of all might, That we of his beloved Son May gain the blissful sight; And that we may with perfect faith Ever acknowledge thee, The Spirit of Father, and of Son, One God in Persons Three. To God the Father laud and praise, And to his blessed Son, And to the Holy Spirit of grace, Co- equal Three in One. And pray we, that our only Lord Would please his Spirit to send On all that shall profess his Name, 434 From hence to the world's end. Amen. That done, the Bishop shall pray in this wise, and say, Let us pray. venly Father, who, of thine infinite love and goodness towards us, hast given to us thy only and most dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ, to be our Redeemer, and the Author of everlasting life; who, after he had made perfect our redemp The Ordering tion by his death, and was ascended into heaven, sent abroad into the world his Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Doctors, and Pastors; by whose labour and ministry he gathered together a great flock in all the parts of the world, to set forth the eternal Name For these so great benefits RECEIVEffic and work the Holy Ghost of thy eternal goodness, and for that thou hast vouchsafed to call these thy servants here present to the same Office and Ministry appointed for the salvation of mankind, we render unto thee most hearty thanks, we praise and worship thee; and we humbly beseech thee, by the same thy blessed Son, to grant unto all, which either here or elsewhere call upon thy holy Name, that we may continue to shew ourselves thankful unto thee for these and all other thy benefits; and that we may daily increase and go forwards in the knowledge and faith of thee and thy Son, by the Holy Spirit. So that as well by these thy Ministers, as by them over whom they shall be appointed thy Ministers, thy holy Name may be for ever glorified, and thy blessed kingdom enlarged; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the same Holy Spirit, world without end. Amen. of Priests. When this Prayer is done, the Bishop with the Priests present shall lay their hands severally upon the head of every one that receiveth the Order of Priesthood; the Receivers humbly kneeling upon their knees, and the Bishop saying, of a Priest in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the Imposition of our hands. Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven; and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained. And be thou a faithful Dispenser of the Word of God, and of his holy Sacraments; In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. T Then the Bishop shall deliver to every one of them kneeling, the Bible into his hand, saying, TAKE thou Authority to and to minister the holy preach the Word of God, Sacraments in the Congregation, where thou shalt be lawfully appointed thereunto. 435 T When this is done, the Nicene Creed shall be sung or said; and the Bishop shall after that go on in the Service of the Communion, which all they that receive Orders shall take together, and remain in the same place where The Ordering of Priests. Hands were laid upon seek thy glory, and the inthem, until such time as crease of thy kingdom; they have received the through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Communion. The Communion being done, after the last o PREVENT us, O Lord, in lect, and immediately before the Benediction, shall be said these Collects. all our doings, with thy most gracious favour, and further us with thy continual help; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may holy Name, and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THE peace of God, which may never be spoken in ing, keep your hearts and vain. Grant also, that we minds in the knowledge may have grace to hear and and love of God, and of his receive what they shall de- Son Jesus Christ our Lord: liver out of thy most holy And the blessing of God AlWord, or agreeable to the mighty, the Father, the Son, Ghost, be same, as the means of our and the Holy salvation; that in all our amongst you, and remain words and deeds we may with you always. Amen. we beseech thee to send MOST merciful Fated upon these thy servants thy heavenly blessing; that they may be clothed with righteousness, and that thy Word spoken by their mouths may success, And if on the same day the Order of Deacons be given to some, and the Order of Priesthood to others; the Deacons shall be first presented, and then the Priests; and it shall suffice that the Litany be once said for both. The Collects shall both be used; first, that for Deacons, then that for Priests. The Epistle shall be Ephes. iv. 7-13, as before in this Office. Immediately after which, they that are to be made Deacons shall be examined, and Ordained, as is above prescribed. Then one of them having read the Gospel( which shall be either out of St. Matt. ix. 36-38, as before in this Office; or else St. Luke xii. 35-38, as before in the Form for the Ordering of Deacons,) they that are to be made Priests shall likewise be examined, and Ordained, as is in this Office before appointed. 436 THE FORM OF ORDAINING OR CONSECRATING OF AN ARCHBISHOP OR BISHOP; WHICH IS ALWAYS TO BE PERFORMED UPON SOME SUNDAY OR HOLY- DAY. TWhen all things are duly prepared in the Church, and set in order, after Morning Prayer is ended, the Archbishop( or some other Bishop appointed) shall begin the Communion Service; in which this shall be THE COLLECT. thy Son Jesus Christ didst give to thy holy Apostles many excellent gifts, and didst charge them to feed thy flock; Give grace, we beseech thee, to all Bishops, the Pastors of thy Church, that they may diligently preach thy Word, and duly administer the godly Disciplinethereof; and grant to the people, that they may obediently follow the same; that all may receive the crown of everlasting glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. And another Bishop shall read the Epistle. I Tim. iii. I. band of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre, but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;( For if a man know not to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the Church of God?) Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. Moreover, he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach, and the snare of the devil. Or this. FOR THE EPISTLE. Acts xx. 17. FROM Miletus Paul sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the Church. And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have THIS is a true saying. If been with you at all seasons, a man the Office of a Bishop, he desireth a good work. A Bishop then must be blameless, the hushumility of mind, and with many tears and temptations which befell me by the lying 437 The Consecration of Bishops. in wait of the Jews: And of your own selves shall how I kept back nothing men arise speaking perverse that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. And now behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there; save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying, That bonds and afflictions abide me. But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the Gospel of the grace of God. And now behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more. Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. things, to draw away disciples after them. Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years, I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears. And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel; yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak; and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. Then another Bishop shall read the Gospel. St. John xxi. 15. JESUS saith to Simon Peter, to declare unto you all the counsel of God. Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you Overseers, to feed the Church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. He saith unto him the third time, 438 The Consecration of Bishops. Simon, son of Jonas, lovest the Son, and of the Holy thou me? Peter was griev- Ghost; teaching them to obed because he said unto him serve all things whatsoever the third time, Lovest thou I have commanded you: me? And he said unto and lo, I am with you alhim, Lord, thou knowest all way, even unto the end of things; thou knowest that the world. I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep. Or else this. St. John xx. 19. at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus, and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his MOST Reverend Father were in we unto you this godly and welllearned man to be Ordained and Consecrated Bishop. ples glad, when they saw the Lord. Then saith Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. . And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost. Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained. After the Gospel, and the Nicene Creed, and the Sermon are ended, the Elected Bishop( vested with his Rochet) shall be presented by two Bishops unto the Archbishop of that province( or to some other Bishop appointed by lawful commission) the Archbishop sitting in his chair near the holy Table, and the Bishops that present him saying, Or this. Matt. xxviii. 18. Then shall the Archbishop demand the King's Mandate for the Consecration, and cause it to be read. And then shall be ministered unto them the Oath of due Obedience to the Archbishop, as followeth. The Oath of due Obedience to the Archbishop. St. IN JE N the Name of God. AESUS came and spake men. I N. chosen Bishop unto them, saying, All of the Church and See of N. power is given unto me in do profess and promise all heaven and in earth. Go ye due reverence and obeditherefore and teach all na- ence to the Archbishop tions, baptizing them In the and to the Metropolitical Name of the Father, and of Church of N. and to their 439 The Consecration of Bishops. Successors: So help me grace upon him, that he God, through Jesus Christ. may duly execute the Office whereunto he is called, to the edifying of thy Church, and to the honour, praise, and glory of thy Name; Answer. We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. This Oath shall not be made at the Consecration of an Archbishop. Then the Archbishop shall move the Congregation present to pray, saying thus to them: BRETHREN, it is written in the Gospel of Saint Luke, That our Saviour Christ continued the whole night in prayer, before he did choose and send forth his twelve Apostles. It is written also in the Acts of the Apostles, That the Disciples who were at Antioch did fast and pray, before they laid hands on Paul and rnabas, and sent them forth. Let us therefore, following the example of our Saviour Christ, and his Apostles, first fall to prayer, before we admit, and send forth this person presented unto us, to the work whereunto we trust the Holy Ghost hath called him. And then shall be said the Litany, as before in the Form of Ordering Deacons, save only, that after this place, That it may please thee to illuminate all Bishops,& c. the proper Suffrage there following shall be omitted, and this inserted instead of it; Then shall be said this Prayer following. ALMIGHTY God, giver of all good things, who by thy Holy Spirit hast appointed divers Orders of Ministers in thy Church; Mercifully behold this thy servant now called to the Work and Ministry of a Bishop; and replenish him so with the truth of thy doctrine, and adorn him with innocency of life, that, both by word and deed, he may faithfully serve thee in this Office, to the glory of thy Name, and the edifying and well- governing of thy Church; through the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen. Then the Archbishop, sitting in his chair, shall say to him that is to be Consecrated, BROTHER, forasmuch as the the holy Scripture and ancient Canons command, that we should not be hasty in laying on hands, and admitting any person THAT it may please thee to bless our to elected, and to send thy Church of Christ, which he 440 The Consecration of Bishops. hath purchased with no less and call upon God by price than the effusion of prayer, for the true underhis own blood; before I ad- standing of the same; so mit you to this Adminis- as you may be able by them tration, I will examine you to teach and exhort with in certain Articles, to the wholesome Doctrine, and end that the Congregation to withstand and convince present may have a trial, the gainsayers? and bear witness, how you be minded to behave yourself in the Church of God. this ARE you persuaded that you be truly called to Ministration, according to the will of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the order of this Realm? Answer. I am so persuaded. Answer. I will so do, by the help of God. The Archbishop. ARE you ready, with all faithful diligence, to banish and drive away all erroneous and strange doctrine contrary to God's Word; and both privately and openly to call upon and encourage others to the same? The Archbishop. ARE you persuaded that Lord bei Answer. I am so persuaded, and determined, by God's grace. contain sufficiently all docThe Archbishop. trine WILL you deny all unsity for eternal salvation godliness and worldthrough faith in Jesus ly lusts, and live soberly, Christ? And are you de- righteously, and godly, in termined out of the same this present world; that holy Scriptures to instruct you may shew yourself the people committed to in all things an examyour charge; and to teach ple of good works unto or maintain nothing as re- others, that the adversary quired of necessity to eter- may be ashamed, having nal salvation, but that which nothing to say against you shall be persuaded may you? be concluded and proved by the same? Answer. I am ready, the my helper. Answer. I will so do, the Lord being my helper. 441 The Archbishop. WILL you maintain and The Archbishop. set as much as shall lie in you, quietWILL you then faithfully ness, love, and peace among men; such as be the same holy Scriptures, unquiet, disobedient, and The Consecration of Bishops. criminous, within your Diocese, correct and punish, according to such authority as you have by God's Word, and as to you shall be committed by the Ordinance of this Realm? Answer. I will so do, by the help of God. The Archbishop. faithful in Ordaining, sending, or laying hands upon others? Answer. I will so be, by the help of God. The Archbishop. WIL ILL you shew yourself gentle, and be merciful for Christ's sake to poor and needy people, and to all strangers destitute of help? Answer. I will so shew myself, by God's help. Then the Archbishop standing up shall say, Then shall the Bishop elect put on the rest of the Episcopal habit; and kneeling down, Veni, Creator Spiritus, shall be sung or said over him, the Archbishop beginning, and the Bishops, with others that are present, answering by verses, as followeth. COME, Holy Ghost, our souls And lighten with celestial fire. Thou the anointing Spirit art, Who dost thy seven- fold gifts impart. Thy blessed Unction from above, Is comfort, life, and fire of love. Enable with perpetual light The dulness of our blinded sight. With the abundance of thy grace. Keep far our foes, give peace our at A heavenly Father, who where thou art guide, no ill can come. hath given you a good will to do all these things, Grant also unto you strength and power to perform the same; that, he accomplishing in you the good work which he hath begun, you may be found perfect and irreprehensible at the latter day; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Anoint and cheer our soiled face Teach us to know the Father, Son, And thee, of both, to be but One. That, through the ages all along, This may be our endless song; Praise to thy eternal merit, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 442 The Consecration of Bishops. everlasting joy; through JeOr this: COME, Holy Ghost, eter- sus Christ our Lord, who, nal Proceeding from above, thee and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth, one God, world without end. Amen. & c. As before in the Form for Ordering Priests. T That ended, the Archbishop shall say, Lord, hear our prayer. Answer. And let our cry come unto thee. T Then the Archbishop and Bishops present shall lay their hands upon the head of the elected Bishop kneeling before them upon his knees, the Archbishop saying, Let us pray. #G the ALMIGHTY God, and RECEIVE the Holy most merciful Father, who of thine infinite goodness hast given thine only and dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ, to be our Redeemer, and the Author of everlasting life; who, after that he had made perfect our Redemption by his death, and was ascended into heaven, poured down his gifts abundantly upon men, making some Apostles, some Prophets, some Evangelists, some Pastors and Doctors, to the edifying and making perfect his Church; Grant, we beseech thee, to 443 and Work of a Bishop in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the Imposition of our hands; In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. And remember that thou stir up the grace of God which is given thee by this Imposition of our hands: for God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and love, and soberness. Then the Archbishop shall deliver him the Bible, saying, this thy servant such grace, G IVE heed unto reading, exhortation, and that he may evermore be ready to spread abroad thy doctrine. Think upon the Gospel, the glad tidings of things contained in this reconciliation with thee; Book. Be diligent in them, and use the authority given that the increase coming him, not to destruction, but to salvation; not to hurt, but to help: so that as a wise and faithful servant, giving to thy family their portion in due season, he may at last be received into thereby may be manifest unto all men. unto thyself, and to docTake heed trine, and be diligent in doing them for by so doing thou shalt both save thyself and them that hear thee. The Consecration of Bishops. Be to the flock of Christ a shepherd, not a wolf; feed them, devour them not. Hold up the weak, heal the sick, bind up the broken, bring again the out- casts, seek the lost. Be so merciful, that you be not too remiss; so minister discipline, that you forget not mercy: that when the chief Shepherd shall appear you may receive the neverfading crown of glory; through Jesus Christ our Then the Archbishop shall proceed in the Communion- Service; with whom the new Consecrated Bishop( with others) shall also communicate. such as believe a wholesome example, in word, in conversation, in love, in faith, in chastity, and in purity; that, faithfully fulfilling his course, at the latter day he may receive the crown of righteousness laid up by the Lord the righteous Judge, who liveth and reigneth one God with the Father and the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen. And for the last Collect, immediately before the Benediction, shall be said these Prayers. PREVENT us, O Lord, in all our doings, with thy most gracious favour, and further us with thy continual help; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy Name, and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. MOST merciful Father, THE peace of God, which we beseech send down upon this thy servant thy heavenly blessing; and so endue him with thy Holy Spirit, that he, preaching thy Word, may not only be earnest to reprove, beseech, and rebuke with all patience and doctrine; but also may be to ing, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord: And the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost be amongst you, and remain with you always. Amen. 444 isdi oz FORMS OF PRAYER WITH THANKSGIVING TO ALMIGHTY GOD; For use in all Churches and Chapels within this Realm, every Year, upon the Anniversary of the Day of the Accession of the Reigning Sovereign, or upon such other Day as shall be appointed by Authority. 1. TAt Mattins and Evensong the following Psalms, Lessons, Suffrages, and Collects may be used: Priest. O Lord, save thy people. Proper Psalms, 20, 101, 121. Proper Lessons. The First, Joshua 1 to v. 10, or Proverbs 8 to v. 17. The Second, Rom. 13 to v. 11, or Rev. 21. 22-22. 4. The Suffrages next after the Creed. Priest. O Lord, shew thy mercy upon us. Answer. And grant us thy salvation. Priest. O Lord, save the King; Answer. Who his trust in thee. putteth Priest. Send him help from thy holy place. Answer. And evermore mightily defend him. Priest. Be unto him, O Lord, a strong tower; Answer. From the face of his enemies. Priest. Endue thy Ministers with righteousness. Answer. And make thy chosen people joyful. Answer. And bless thine inheritance. Priest. our time, O Lord. Answer. Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God. Give peace in Priest. O Lord, hear our prayer; Answer. And let our cry come unto thee. After the first Collect, at Morning or Evening Prayer, the following Collect: O GOD, who providest for thy people by thy power, and rulest over them in love; Vouchsafe so to bless thy Servant our King, that under him this nation may be wisely governed, and thy Church may serve thee in all godly quietness; and grant that he being devoted to thee with his whole heart, and persevering in good works unto the end, may, by thy guidance, come to thine everlasting king445 Forms of Prayer for Day of Accession. dom; through Jesus Christ ALMlest over all the kingwho thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. doms of the World, and dost order them according to thy good pleasure; We yield thee unfeigned thanks, for that thou wast pleased, as on this day, to set thy Servant our Sovereign Lord, King GEORGE upon the Throne of this Realm. Let thy wisdom be his guide, and let thine arm strengthen him; let truth and justice, holiness and righteousness, peace and charity abound in his days. Direct all his counsels and endeavours to thy glory, and the welfare of his subjects; give us grace to obey him cheerfully for conscience sake, and let the him always possess hearts of his people; let his Reign be long and proscrown him perous, and with everlasting life in the world to come; through Jesus Christ our Lord. A. men. If the Litany be sung or said, these Prayers immediately after the Pray er," We humbly beseech thee:" and if the Litany be not said, then these Prayers instead of the Prayers for the King and for the Royal Family at Mattins or Evensong. O LORD our God, who upholdest and governest all things by the word of thy power; Receive our humble prayers for our Sovereign Lord GEORGE, as on this day set over us by thy grace and providence to be our King; and, together with him, bless, we beseech thee, our gracious Queen Mary, Alexandra the Queen Mother, Edward Prince of Wales, and all the Royal Family; that they, ever trusting in thy goodness, protected by thy power, with thy gracious and endless favour, may long continue before thee in peace and safety, joy and honour, and after death obtain everlasting life and glory, by the Merits and Mediation of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who with thee and the Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth ever one God, world withont end. Amen. A Prayer for Unity. GOD the Father of our Lord our only Saviour, the Prince of Peace; Give us grace seriously to lay to heart the great dangers we are in by our unhappy divisions. Take away all hatred and prejudice, and whatsoever else may hinder us from godly Union and Concord: that, as there is but one Body, and one Spirit, and one Hope of our Calling, one 446 Forms of Prayer for Day of Accession. Lord, one Faith, one Baptism, one God and Father of us all, so we may hence- DE all of one heart, and of one soul, united in one holy bond of Truth and Peace, of Faith and Charity, and may with one mind and one mouth glorify thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. THE EPISTLE. I St. Pet. ii. 11. EARLY beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evil- doers, they may, by your good works which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake; whether it be to the King, as supreme; or unto governours, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil- doers, and for the praise of them that do well. For so is the will of God, that with well- doing 2. THE COMMUNION. In the Order of the Administration of Holy Communion in place of the Collect, Epistle, and Gospel of the day shall be said the following: THE COLLECT. O to the ignorance of foolish men: as free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the King. for thy people by thy power, and rulest over them in love; Vouchsafe so to bless thy Servant our King, that under him this nation may be wisely governed, and thy Church may serve thee in all godly quietness; and grant that he being devoted to thee with his whole heart, and persevering in unto THE GOSPEL. St. Matt. xxii. 16. the end, may, by thy guid- AND they sent out unto ance, him their disciples, with come to thine ever- the Herodians, saying, Maslasting kingdom; through ter, we know that thou art Jesus Christ thy Son our true, and teachest the way Lord, who liveth and reign- of God in truth, neither eth with thee and the carest thou for any man: Holy Ghost, ever one God, for thou regardest not the world without end. A- person of men. Tell us therefore, What thinkest men. 447 9 . Forms of Prayer for Day of Accession. To thee Cherubin, and Seraphin: continually do cry, a penny. thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cæsar, or not? But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? shew me the tribute- money. And they brought unto him And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? They say unto him, Cæsar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cæsar the things which are Cæsar's; and unto God the things that are God's. When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way. Holy, Holy, Holy: Lord God of Sabaoth; Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of thy Glory. The glorious company of the Apostles: praise thee. The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise thee. The noble army of Martyrs: praise thee. The holy Church throughout all the world: doth acknowledge thee; : The Father of an infinite Majesty; Thine honourable, true: and only Son; Also the Holy Ghost: the Comforter. TIf this day should fall on a Sunday or other holyday, the Collect, Epistle, and Gospel of the day shall be used, and the Col- THOU art the King of lect," O God, who providest," shall be said after the Collect of the day. 3. The following Service may also be used on the same day at any convenient time. Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father. When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man: thou didst not abhor the Virgin's womb. When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers. TE DEUM LAUDAMUS. E praise thee, O God: we acknowledge thee to be the Lord. WE Thou sittest at the right hand of God in the Glory of the Father. We believe that thou shalt come: to be our Judge. All the earth doth worship thee: the Father everlasting. We therefore pray thee, help thy servants whom To thee all Angels cry thou hast redeemed with aloud the Heavens, and thy precious blood. all the Powers therein. Make them to be num1 448 Forms of Prayer for Day of Accession. bered with thy Saints in temptation; But deliver us glory everlasting. from evil. Amen. LORD, save thy peoO ple and bless thine heritage. Govern them and lift them up for ever. Day by day: we magnify thee; And we worship thy Name: ever world without end. Vouchsafe, O Lord to keep us this day without sin. O Lord, have mercy upon us: have mercy upon us. O Lord, let thy mercy lighten upon us as our trust is in thee. Then the Priest shall say, The Lord be with you. Answer. And with thy spirit. O Lord, in thee have I trusted let me never be for thy people by thy confounded. power, and rulest over them in love; Vouchsafe so to bless thy Servant our King, that under him this nation may be wisely governed, and thy Church may serve thee in all godly quietness; and grant that he being devoted to thee with his whole heart, and persevering in good works unto the end, may, by thy guidance, come tothineeverlasting kingdom; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. Let us pray. Lord, have mercy upon us. Then the Priest standing up shall say, Christ, have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us. O Lord, save the King; Answer. Who putteth his trust in thee. Priest. Send him help from thy holy place. Answer. And evermore mightily defend him. Priest. Let his enemies have no advantage of him. Answer. Nor the wicked approach to hurt him. Priest. O Lord, hear our prayer; Answer. And let our cry come unto thee. Let us pray. OUR UR Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our As we forgive them that trespass against O LORD our God, who upholdest and governus. And lead us not into est all things by the word 449 P Forms of Prayer for Day of Accession of thy power; Receive our| his subjects; give us grace humble prayers for our So- to obey him cheerfully for vereign Lord GEORGE, as on this day set over us by thy grace and providence to be our King; and, together with him, bless, we beseech thee, our gracious Queen Mary, Alexandra the Queen Mother, Edward Prince of Wales, and all the Royal Family; that conscience sake; and let him always possess the hearts of his people; let his Reign be long and prosperous, and crown him with everlasting life in the world to come; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. A Prayer for Unity. they ever trusting in the O GOD, the Father of our Lord goodness, protected by power, and crowned with thy gracious and endless favour, may long continue before thee in peace and safety, joy and honour, and after death may obtain everlasting life and glory, by the Merits and Mediation of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who with thee and the Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth ever one God, world without end. Amen. our only Saviour, the Prince of Peace; Give us grace seriously to lay to heart the great dangers we are in by our unhappy divisions. Take away all hatred and prejudice, and whatsoever else may hinder us from godly Union and Concord: that, as there is but one Body, and one Spirit, and one Hope of our Calling, one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism, one God and Father of rulest over all the kingdoms of the World, and dost order them according to thy good pleasure; We yield thee unfeigned thanks, for that thou wast pleased, as on this day, to set thy Servant our Sovereign Lord, King GEORGE, upon the Throne of this Realm. Let thy wisdom be his guide, and let thine arm strengthen him; let truth and justice, holiness and righteousness, peace and charity abound in his days. Direct all his counsels and endeavours to thy glory, and the welfare of 450 forth be all of one heart, and of one soul, united in one holy bond of Truth and Peace, of Faith and Charity, and may with one mind and one mouth glorify thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. the fountain of all wisdom, who knowest our necessities before we ask, and our ignorance in asking; We be seech thee to have compassion upon our infirmities; and those things, which for our unworthiness we dare Forms of Prayer for Day of Accession. not, and for our blindness THE blessing of God Alwe to give us for the worthiness of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. mighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be amongst you, and remain with you always. Amen. $ 1 " 1 11 11 11 66 61 66 61 " GEORGE R. dated the Twelfth day of May of this present year certain Forms of Prayer and Service were made for the Sixth day of May and commanded to be printed and published and annexed to the Book of Common Prayer and Liturgy of the Church of England to be used yearly in all Churches and Chapels in England and Wales and in the Town of Berwick- on- Tweed: 44 NOW THEREFORE Our Will and Pleasure is that Our said Royal Warrant be revoked, and that the use of the said Forms of Prayer and Service be discontinued; and that the Forms of Prayer and Service hereunto annexed be forthwith printed and published and annexed to the Book of Common Prayer and Liturgy of the Church of England to be used yearly on the Sixth day of May in all Churches and Chapels in England and Wales and in the Town of Berwick- on- Tweed. 06 66 Given at Our Court at Saint James's the Twentythird day of June 1910; in the First year of Our Reign. 66 By His Majesty's Command. " WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL." AST 9 entest 202 bas Articles of Religion AGREED UPON BY THE ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOPS OF BOTH PROVINCES, AND THE WHOLE CLERGY, IN THE CONVOCATION HOLDEN AT LONDON IN THE YEAR 1562, FOR THE AVOIDING OF DIVERSITIES OF OPINIONS, AND FOR THE ESTABLISHING OF CONSENT TOUCHING TRUE RELIGION: Reprinted by His Majesty's Commandment, with His Royal Declaration prefixed thereunto. 453 пolpils to al 10. чон ИА ТОНГИНОЯА ВОЕН ЬКОЛИСЕГ YD LHEAНОГЕ СГЕКСА ИНТ И КОЗИОЛ ТА ИЗИзон иогтлоотиор otot bed oliobod Ingol sil ytaol ARTICLES AGREED UPON BY THE ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOPS OF BOTH PROVINCES, AND THE WHOLE CLERGY, In the Convocation holden at London in the Year 1562, for the avoiding of Diversities of Opinions, and for the establishing of Consent touching true Religion: Reprinted by His Majesty's Commandment, with His Royal Declaration prefixed thereunto. HIS MAJESTY'S DECLARATION. BEING by God's Ordinance, according to Our just Title, Governour of the Church, within these Our Dominions, We hold it most agreeable to this Our Kingly Office, and Our own religious Zeal, to conserve and maintain the Church committed to Our Charge, in Unity of true Religion, and in the Bond of Peace; and not to suffer unnecessary Disputations, Altercations, or Questions to be raised, which may nourish Faction both in the Church and Commonwealth. We have therefore, upon mature Deliberation, and with the Advice of so many of Our Bishops as might conveniently be called together, thought fit to make this Declaration following: That the Articles of the Church of England( which have been allowed and authorized heretofore, and which Our Clergy generally have subscribed unto) do contain the true Doctrine of the Church of England agreeable to God's Word: which We do therefore ratify and confirm, requiring all Our loving Subjects to continue in the uniform Profession thereof, and prohibiting the least difference from the said Articles; which to that End We command to be new printed, and this Our Declaration to be published therewith. That We are Supreme Governour of the Church of England: And that if any Difference arise about the external Policy, concerning the Injunctions, Canons, and other Constitutions whatsoever thereto belonging, the Clergy in their Convocation is to order and settle them, having first obtained leave under Our Broad Seal so to do: and We approving their said Ordinances and Constitutions; providing that none be made contrary to the Laws and Customs of the Land. 455 His Majesty's Declaration. That out of Our Princely Care that the Churchmen may do the Work which is proper unto them, the Bishops and Clergy, from time to time in Convocation, upon their humble Desire, shall have Licence under Our Broad Seal to deliberate of, and to do all such Things, as, being made plain by them, and assented unto by Us, shall concern the settled Continuance of the Doctrine and Discipline of the Church of England now established; from which We will not endure any varying or departing in the least Degree. That for the present, though some differences have been ill raised, yet We take comfort in this, that all Clergymen within Our Realm have always most willingly subscribed to the Articles established; which is an argument to Us, that they all agree in the true, usual, literal meaning of the said Articles; and that even in those curious points, in which the present differences lie, men of all sorts take the Articles of the Church of England to be for them; which is an argument again, that none of them intend any desertion of the Articles established. That therefore in these both curious and unhappy differences, which have for so many hundred years, in different times and places, exercised the Church of Christ, We will, that all further curious search be laid aside, and these disputes' shut up in God's promises, as they be generally set forth to us in the holy Scriptures, and the general meaning of the Articles of the Church of England according to them. And that no man hereafter shall either print, or preach, to draw the Article aside any way, but shall submit to it in the plain and full meaning thereof and shall not put his own sense or comment to be the meaning of the Article, but shall take it in the literal and grammatical sense. That if any publick Reader in either of Our Universities, or any Head or Master of a College, or any other person respectively in either of them, shall affix any new sense to any Article, or shall publickly read, determine, or hold any publick Disputation, or suffer any such to be held either way, in either the Universities or Colleges respectively; or if any Divine in the Universities shall preach or print any thing either way, other than is already established in Convocation with Our Royal Assent; he, or they the Offenders, shall be liable to Our displeasure, and the Church's censure in Our Commission Ecclesiastical, as well as any other And We will see there shall be due Execution upon them. 455 ARTICLES OF RELIGION. I. Of Faith in the Holy III. Of the going down of Trinity. Christ into Hell. THERE is but one last A was buried, so also is it S for us, and to be believed, that he went down into Hell. everlasting, without body, parts, or passions; of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness; the Maker, and Preserver of all things both visible and invisible. And in unity of this CHRIST did truly rise Godhead there be three Persons, of one substance, power, and eternity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. again from death, and took again his body, with flesh, bones, and all things appertaining to the perfection of Man's nature; wherewith he ascended into Heaven, and there sitteth, until he return to judge all Men at the last day. II. Of the Word or Son of God, which was made very Man. TWord of the Father, beHE Son, the gotten from everlasting of IV. Of the Resurrection of Christ. V. Of the Holy Ghost. HE Holy Ghost, proeternal God, and of one substance with the Father, took Man's nature in the womb of the blessed Virgin, of her substance: so that two whole and perfect Natures, that is to say, the Godhead and Manhood, were joined together in one Person, never to be divided, where- Heth all things necessary containof is one Christ, very God, and very Man; who truly to salvation: so that whatsuffered, was crucified, dead soever is not read therein, and buried, to reconcile his nor may be proved thereby, Father to us, and to be a is not to be required of any sacrifice, not only for ori- man, that it should be beginal guilt, but also for all lieved as an article of the actual sins of men. Faith, or be thought requiP 5 ther and the Son, is of one substance, majesty, and glory, with the Father and the Son, very and eternal God. 457 VI. Of the Sufficiency of the holy Scriptures for salvation. Articles of Religion. site or necessary to salvation. In the name of the holy Scripture we do understand those Canonical Books of the Old and New Testament, of whose authority was never any doubt in the Church. Of the Names and Number of the Canonical Books. GENESIS, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, And the other Books( as Hierome saith) the Church doth read for example of life and instruction of manners; but yet doth it not apply them to establish any doctrine; such are these following: The Third Book of Esdras, The Fourth Book of Esdras, The Book of Tobias, The Book of Judith, The rest of the Book of Esther, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, The First Book of Samuel, The Second Book of Samuel, The First Book of Kings, The Second Book of Kings, The First Book of Chronicles, The Second Book of Chronicles, The First Book of EsAll the Books of the New Testament, as they are commonly received, we do redras, The Second Book of Es- ceive, and account them dras, The Book of Esther, The Book of Job, The Psalms, The Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, or Preacher, Cantica, or Songs of Solomon, Prophets the Four greater, Twelve Prophets the less. 1 The Book of Wisdom, Jesus the Son of Sirach, Baruch the Prophet, The Song of the Three Children, The Story of Susanna, Of Bel and the Dragon, The Prayer of Manasses, The First Book of Maccabees, The Second Book of Maccabees. Canonical. VII. Of the Old Testament. HE THE Old Testament is not contrary to the New: for both in the Old and New Testament everlasting life is offered to Mankind by Christ, who is the only Mediator between God and Man, being both God and Man. Wherefore they are 458 Articles of Religion. not to be heard, which feign that the old Fathers did look only for transitory promises. Although the Law given from God by Moses, as touching Ceremonies and Rites, do not bind Christian men, nor the Civil precepts thereof ought of necessity to be received in any com- sire, of the flesh, is not submonwealth; yet notwith- ject to the Law of God. And damnation. And this infection of nature doth remain, yea in them that are regenerated; whereby the lust of the flesh, called in the Greek, phronema sarkos, which some do expound the wisdom, some sensuality, some the affection, some the destanding, no Christian man whatsoever is free from the obedience of the Commandments which are called Moral. although there is no condemnation for them that believe and are baptized, yet the Apostle doth confess, that concupiscence and lust hath of itself the nature of sin. VIII. Of the Three Creeds. THE ThreeCreeds, Nicene Creed, and that which is commonly called the Apostles' Creed, ought thoroughly to be received and believed for they may be proved by most certain warrants of holy Scripture. IX. Of Original or Birthsin. not in the following of Adam,( as the Pelagians do vainly talk;) but it is the fault and corruption of the Nature of every man, that naturally is ingendered of X. Of Free- Will. of Adam THE condition of Man is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith, and calling upon God: Wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will. XI. Of the Justification of Man. the offspring of Adam; WE are accounted righman is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that the flesh lusteth always contrary to the spirit; and therefore in every person born into this world, it deserveth God's wrath and teous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by Faith, and not for our own works or deservings: Wherefore, that we are justified by Faith only is a most wholesome Doctrine, and very full of comfort, as 459 Articles of Religion. more largely is expressed in do not only render unto God the Homily of Justification. as much as they are bound to do, but that they do more XII. Of Good Works. for his sake, than of bounden which are the fruits of Faith, and follow after Justification, cannot put away our sins, and endure the severity of God's Judgment; yet are they pleasing and acceptable to God in Christ, and do spring out necessarily of a true and lively Faith; insomuch that by them a lively Faith may be as evidently known as a tree discerned by the fruit. XIII. Of Works before Justification. Christ saith plainly, When ye have done all that are commanded to you, say, We are unprofitable servants. done, we doubt not but they have the nature of sin. XV. Of Christ alone without Sin. CHRIST in the truth of our nature was made like unto us in all things, sin only except, from which he was clearly void, both in his flesh, and in his spirit. He came to be the Lamb without spot, who, by sacrifice of himself once made, before the take the grace of Christ, and the Inspiration of his Spirit, are not pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ, neither do they make men meet to receive grace, or( as the School- authors say) deserve grace of congruity: yea rather, for that they are not done as God hath willed and commanded them to be of the world, and sin, as Saint John saith, was not in him. But all we the rest, although baptized, and born again in Christ, yet offend in many things; and if we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. O XIV. Of Works of Supererogation. XVI. Of Sin after Baptism. NOTevery deadly sin willingly Baptism is sin against the Holy Ghost, and unpardonable. Wherefore the grant is not to be besides, over and above, God's Commandments, which they call Works of Supererogation, cannot betaught without arrogancy and impiety: for by them men do declare, that they denied to such as fall into sin after Baptism. After we have received the Holy Ghost, we may depart from grace given, and fall into sin, and by the grace of God we may arise again, and amend 460 Articles of Religion. our lives. And therefore they and their earthly members, are to be condemned, which and drawing up their mind say, they can no more sin to high and heavenly things, as long as they live here, or as well because it doth deny the place of forgive- greatly establish and conness to such as truly repent. firm their faith of eternal Salvation to be enjoyed through Christ, as because it doth fervently kindle their love towards God: So, for curious and carnal persons, lacking the Spirit of Christ, to have continually before their eyes the sentence of God's Predestination, is a most dangerous downfall, whereby the Devil doth thrust them either into desperation, or into wretchlessness of most unclean living, no less perilous than desperation. XVII. Of Predestination and Election. Life is the everlasting purpose of God, whereby ( before the foundations of the world were laid) he hath constantly decreed by his counsel secret to us, to deliver from curse and damnation those whom he hath chosen in Christ out of mankind, and to bring them by Christ to everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour. Wherefore, they which be endued with so excellent a benefit of God be called according to God's purpose by his Spirit working in due season: they through Grace obey the calling: they be justified freely: they be made sons of God by adoption: they be made like the image of his only- begotten Son Jesus Christ: they walk religiously in good works, and at length, by God's mercy, they attain to everlasting felicity. THE As the godly consideration of Predestination, and our Election in Christ, is full of sweet, pleasant, and unspeakable comfort to godly persons, and such as feel in themselves the working of the Spirit of Christ, mortifying the works of the flesh, HEY also are to be had accursed that presume to say, That every man shall be saved by the Law or Sect which he professeth, so that he be diligent to frame his life according to that Law, and the light of Nature. For holy Scripture doth set out unto us only the Name of Jesus Christ, whereby men must be saved. 461 Furthermore, we must receive God's promises in such wise, as they be generally set forth to us in holy Scripture: and, in our doings, that Will of God is to be followed, which we have expressly declared unto us in the Word of God. XVIII. Of obtaining eternal Salvation only by the Name of Christ. Articles of Religion. XIX. Of the Church. THE Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same. ment and will of Princes. HE visible Church of And when they be gathered together,( forasmuch as they be an assembly of men, whereof all be not governed with the Spirit and Word of God,) they may err, and sometimes have erred, even in things pertaining unto God. Wherefore things ordained by them as necessary to salvation have neither strength nor authority, unless it may be declared that they be taken out of holy Scripture. As the Church of Jerusalem, Alexandria, and Antioch, have erred; so also the Church of Rome hath erred, not only in their living and manner of Ceremonies, but also in matters of Faith. XXII. Of Purgatory. HE Romish Doctrine concerning Purgatory, XX. Of the Authority of Pardons, Worshipping and THE the Church. Adoration, as well of Images as of and invocation of Saints, is a fond thing vainly invented, and grounded upon no warranty of Scripture, but rather repugnant to the Word of God. to decree Rites or Ceremonies, and authority in Controversies of Faith: And yet it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word written, neither may it so expound one place of Scripture, that it be repug- IT is not lawful for any nant to another. Wherefore, although the Church be a witness and a keeper of holy Writ, yet, as it ought not to decree any thing against the same, so besides the same ought it not to enforce any thing to be believed for necessity of Salvation. man to upon office of publick preaching, or ministering the Sacraments in the Congregation, before he be lawfully called, and sent to execute the same. And those we ought to judge lawfully called and sent, which be chosen and called to this work by men who have publick authority given unto them in the Congregation, to call and send vineyard. s XXI. Of the Authority of to General Councils. ENERAL Councils may ther without the commandXXIII. Of Ministering in the Congregation.com 462 Articles of Religion. XXIV. Of Speaking in the Congregation in such a Tongue as the people understandeth. IT T is a thing plainly repugnant to the Word of God, and the custom of the Primitive Church, to have publick Prayer in the Church, or to minister the Sacraments in a tongue not understanded of the people. bovog jud XXV. Of the Sacraments. SACRAMENTS ordained of Christ be not only badges or tokens of Christian men's profession, but rather they be certain sure witnesses, and effectual signs of grace, and God's good will towards us, by the which he doth work invisibly in us, and doth not only quicken, but also strengthen and confirm our Faith in him. There are two Sacraments ordained of Christ our Lord in the Gospel, that is to say, Baptism, and the Supper of the Lord. Lord's Supper, for that they have not any visible sign or ceremony ordained of God. The Sacraments were not ordained of Christ to be gazed upon, or to be carried about, but that we should duly use them. And in such only as worthily receive the same they have a wholesome effect or operation: but they that receive them unworthily, purchase to themselves damnation, as Saint Paul saith. sila XXVI. Of the Unworthiness of the Ministers, which hinders not the effect of the Sacrament. AL LTHOUGH in the visible Church the evil be ever mingled with the good, and have sometimes the evil chief authority in the Ministration of the Word and Sacraments, yet forasmuch as they do not the same in their own name, but in Christ's, and do minister by his commission and authority, we may use their Ministry, both in hearing the Word of God, and in receiving of the Sacraments. Neither is the effect of Christ's ordinance taken away by their wickedness, nor the grace of God's gifts diminished from such as by faith and rightly do receive the Sacraments ministered unto them; which be effectual, because of Christ's institution and promise, although they be ministered by evil men. Those five commonly called Sacraments, that is to say, Confirmation, Penance, Orders, Matrimony, and Extreme Unction, are not to be counted for Sacraments of the Gospel, being such as have grown partly of the corrupt following of the Apostles, partly are states of life allowed in the Scriptures; but yet have not like nature of Sacraments with Baptism, and the 463 Articles of Religion. Nevertheless, it apper- faith, receive the same, the taineth to the discipline of Bread which we break is a the Church, that enquiry be partaking of the Body of made of evil Ministers, and Christ; and likewise the that they be accused by Cup of Blessing is a parthose that have knowledge taking of the Blood of of their offences; and finally Christ. being found guilty, by just judgment be deposed. XXVII. Of Baptism. Transubstantiation( or the change of the substance of Bread and Wine) in the Supper of the Lord, cannot be but is repugnant to the plain words of Scripture, overthroweth the nature of a Sacrament, and hath given occasion to many superstitions. sign of profession, and mark of difference, whereby Christian men are discerned from others that be not christened, but it is also a sign of Regeneration or new Birth, whereby, as by an instrument, they that receive Baptism rightly are grafted into the Church; the promises of forgiveness of sin, and of our adoption to be the sons of God by the Holy Ghost, are visibly The Sacrament of the signed and sealed; Faith is confirmed, and Grace in- Lord's Supper was not by creased by virtue of prayer Christ's ordinance reservunto God. The Baptism of ed, carried about, lifted up, young Children is in any or worshipped. wise to be retained in the The Body of Christ is given, taken, and eaten, in the Supper, only after an heavenly and spiritual manmean wherener. And the by the Body of Christ is received and eaten in the Supper is Faith. XXVIII. Of the Lord's Supper. Wicked which eat not the Body of Christ in the use of the Lord's Supper. Church, as most agree- XXIX. Of the able with the institution of Christ. THE THE HE Wicked, and such as be void of a lively faith, HE Supper of the Lord although they do carnally is not only a sign of the and visibly press with their love that Christians ought teeth( as Saint Augustine to have among themselves saith) the Sacrament of the one to another; but rather Body and Blood of Christ, is a Sacrament of our Re- yet in no wise are they pardemption by Christ's death: takers of Christ: but rather, insomuch that to such as to their condemnation, do rightly, worthily, and with eat and drink the sign or 464 Articles of Religion. Sacrament of so great a XXXIII. Of excommunithing. cate Persons, how they are to be avoided. XXX. Of both kinds. THE HE Cup of the Lord is THAT person which by not to be denied to the Lay- people: for both the parts of the Lord's Sacrament, by Christ's ordinance and commandment, ought to be ministered to all Christian men alike. open denunciation of the Church is rightly cut off from the unity of the Church, and excommunicated, ought to be taken of the whole multitude of the faithful, as an Heathen and Publican, until he be openly reconciled by penance, and received into the Church by a Judge that hath authority thereunto. XXXI. Of the one Oblation of Christ finished upon the Cross. THE Offering of Christ once made is that perfect redemption, propitiation, and satisfaction, for all the both original and actual; and there is none other satisfaction for sin, but that alone. Wherefore the sacrifices of Masses, in the which it was commonly said, that the Priest did offer Christ for the quick and the dead, to have remission of pain or guilt, were blasphemous fables, and dangerous deceits. XXXII. Of the Marriage of Priests. XXXIV. Of the Traditions of the Church. IT is not necessary that monies be in all places one, and utterly like; for at all times they have been divers, and may be changed according to the diversities of countries, times, and men's manners, so that nothing be ordained against God's Word. Whosoever through his private judgment, willingly and purposely, doth openly break the traditions and ceremonies of the Church, which be not reand to Deacons, are not commanded by God's Law, either to vow the estate of single life, or to abstain from marriage: therefore it is lawful for them, as for all other Christian men, to marry at their own discretion, as they shall judge the same to serve better to godliness. God, and be ordained and approved by common authority, ought to be rebuked openly,( that others may fear to do the like,) as he that offendeth against the common order of the Church, and hurteth the authority of the Magistrate, and woundeth the consciences of the weak brethren. 465 Articles of Religion. Every particular or national Church hath authority to ordain, change, and abolish, ceremonies or rites of the Church ordained only by man's authority, so that all things be done to edifying. 354670 XXXV. Of the Homilies. 13 Of the Passion of of THE Second Book al 14 of the Resurrection of titles whereof we have joinChrist. ed under this Article, doth 15 Of the worthy receiving of the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ. Of the Gifts of the Holy Ghost. 1 9 That Common Prayers and Sacraments ought to be ministered in a known tongue. 10 Of the reverend estimation of God's Word. contain a godly and wholesome Doctrine, and necessary for these times, as doth the former Book of Homi- 16 lies, which were set forth in the time of Edward the 17 For the Rogation- days. Sixth; and therefore we 18 Of the state of Matrijudge them to be read in топу. Churches by the Ministers, 19 Of Repentance. diligently and distinctly, 20 Against Idleness. that they may be under- 21 Against Rebellion. standed of the people. Of the Names of the Homilies. OF 2 Against peril of Idolatry. 11 Of Alms- doing. 12 Of the Nativity of Christ. the right Use of the Church. tion of Archbishops and Bishops, and Ordering of Priests and Deacons, lately set forth in the time of Edward the Sixth, and confirmed at the same time by authority of Parliament, doth contain all things necessary to such Consecration and Ordering: neither hath it any thing, that of itself is superstitious and ungodly. And therefore whosoever are consecrated or ordered according to the Rites of that Book, since the 466 3 Of the repairing and has keeping clean of us Churches. 4 Of good Works: first of Fasting. 5 Against Gluttony and Drunkenness. 6 Against Excess of Apparel. XXXVI. Of Consecration of Bishops and Ministers. 7 Of Prayer. 8 Of the Place and Time of Prayer. Articles of Religion. second year of the fore- Temporal, and restrain with named King Edward unto the civil sword the stubthis time, or hereafter shall born and evil- doers. be consecrated or ordered according to the same Rites; we decree all such to be rightly, orderly, and lawfully consecrated and ordered. XXXVII. Of the Civil Magistrates. The Bishop of Rome hath no jurisdiction in this Realm of England. The Laws of the Realm may punish Christian men with death, for heinous and grievous offences. It is lawful for Christian men, at the commandment of the to weapons, and serve in the wars. the chief power in this Realm of England, and other his Dominions, unto whom the chief Government of all Estates of this Realm, whether they be Ecclesiastical or Civil, in all THE Riches and Goods of causes and is not, nor ought to be, subject to any foreign Jurisdiction. Christians are common, as touching the right, title, and possession of the same, as certain Anabaptists do falsely boast. Notwithstanding, every man ought, of such things as he possesseth, liberally to give alms to the poor, according to his ability. 467 XXXVIII. Of Christian men's Goods, which are not common. Where we attribute to the King's Majesty the chief government, by which Titles we understand the minds of some slanderous folks to be offended; we give not to our Princes the ministering either of God's Word, or of the Sacraments, the which thing the Injunctions we vain also lately set forth by Elizabeth our Queen do most plainly testify; but that only prerogative, which we see to have been given always to all godly Princes in holy Scriptures by God himself; that is, that they should rule all estates and degrees committed to their charge by God, whether they be Ecclesiastical or justice, judgment, and truth. AS e rash Swearing is forbidden Christian men by our Lord Jesus Christ, and James his Apostle, so we judge, that Christian Religion doth not prohibit, but that a man may swear when the Magistrate requireth, in a cause of faith and charity, so it be done according to the Prophet's teaching, in XXXIX. Of a Christian man's Oath. Articles of Religion. THE RATIFICATION. THIS Book of Articles before rehearsed, is again approved, and allowed to be holden and executed within the Realm, by the assent and consent of our Sovereign Lady ELIZABETH, by the grace of God, of England, France, and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith,& c. Which Articles were deliberately read, and confirmed again by the subscription of the hands of the Archbishop and Bishops of the Upper- house, and by the subscription of the whole Clergy of the Nether- house in their Convocation, in the Year of our Lord 1571. I. A TABLE OF THE ARTICLES. OF Faith in Trinity. the Holy 21. Of the Authority of General Councils. 22. Of Purgatory. 23. Of Ministering in the Congregation. 24. Of Speaking in the Congrega2. Of Christ the Son of God. 3. Of his going down into Hell. 4. Of his Resurrection. 5. Of the Holy Ghost. 6. Of the Sufficiency of the Scripture. 7. Of the Old Testament. 8. Of the Three Creeds. 9. Of Original or Birth- sin. 627. 10. Of Free- Will. 25. 26. tion. Of the Sacraments. Of the Unworthiness of Ministers. Of Baptism. 28. Of the Lord's Supper. 29. Of the Wicked which eat not the Body of Christ. 11. Of Justification. 12. Of Good Works. 13. Of Works before Justification. 14. Of Works of Supererogation. 15. Of Christ alone without Sin. 16. Of Sin after Baptism. 17. Of Predestination and Election. 18. Of obtaining Salvation by Christ. 19. Of the Church. 20. Of the Authority of the 39. Of a Christian man's Oath. Church. The Ratification. 30. Of both kinds. 31. Of Christ's one Oblation. 32. Of the Marriage of Priests. 33. Of excommunicate Persons. 34. Of the Traditions of the Church. 35. Of the Homilies. 36. Of Consecrating of Ministers. 37. Of Civil Magistrates. 38. Of Christian men's Goods. 468 OF KINDRED AND AFFINITY, WHEREIN WHOSOEVER ARE RELATED ARE FORBID. DEN IN SCRIPTURE AND OUR LAWS TO MARRY TOGETHER. A Man may not marry his A TABLE GRANDMOTHER, Grandfather's Wife, 2 3 Wife's Grandmother. 4 Father's Sister, 5 Mother's Sister, 6 Father's Brother's Wife. 7 Mother's Brother's Wife, 8 Wife's Father's Sister, 9 Wife's Mother's Sister. 10 Mother, II Step- Mother, 12 Wife's Mother. 13 Daughter, 14 Wife's Daughter, 15 Son's Wife. 16 Sister, 17 Wife's Sister, 18 Brother's Wife. 19 Son's Daughter, 20 Daughter's Daughter, 21 Son's Son's Wife. 22 Daughter's Son's Wife, 23 Wife's Son's Daughter, 24 Wife's Daughter's Daughter. 25 Brother's Daughter, 26 Sister's Daughter, 27 Brother's Son's Wife. 28 Sister's Son's Wife, 29 Wife's Brother's Daughter, 30 Wife's Sister's Daughter. A Woman may not marry with her GRANDFATHER, Grandmother's Husband, 2 3 Husband's Grandfather. 4 Father's Brother, 5 Mother's Brother, 6 Father's Sister's Husband. 7 Mother's Sister's Husband, 8 Husband's Father's Brother, 9 Husband's Mother's Brother. 10 Father, 11 Step- Father, 12 Husband's Father. 13 Son, 14 Husband's Son, 15 Daughter's Husband. 16 Brother, 17 Husband's Brother, 18 Sister's Husband. 19 Son's Son, 20 Daughter's Son, 21 Son's Daughter's Husband. 22 Daughter's Daughter's Husband, 23 Husband's Son's Son, 24 Husband's Daughter's Son. 25 Brother's Son, 26 Sister's Son, 27 Brother's Daughter's Husband. 28 Sister's Daughter's Husband, 29 Husband's Brother's Son, 30 Husband's Sister's Son. 469 THE END. BIJATOA LONDON: PRINTED BY EYRE& SPOTTISWOODE PRINTERS TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. TUMNS ANCIANO& MODERN WITH SERVE THE LORD GLADNESS HIS WITH COME BEFORE PRESENCE SINGING HYMNS ANCIENT AND MODERN FOR USE IN THE SERVICES OF THE CHURCH. Complete Edition. " Young men and maidens, old men and children, praise the Name of the LORD," LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE PROPRIETORS BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED. PUBLISHING OFFICE: 23, COCKSPUR STREET, S.W. MORNING. THIRD HOUR, ETC. MID- DAY EVENING SUNDAY MONDAY, ETC. ADVENT CHRISTMAS . ST. STEPHEN'S DAY ST. JOHN'S DAY INNOCENTS' DAY CIRCUMCISION NEW YEAR'S DAY. GESIMA SEPTUAGESIMA CONTENTS. EPIPHANY. THE WEEK BEFORE SEPTUA475 12-32, 476, 477 33-38, 478, 479 39-44, 480, 481 45-54 HYMN 1-8, 474 ST. ANDREW THE APOSTLE ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE 9-11 55-63, 482-484 64, 65 66, 67 68, 69 70, 71 72-74, 485 .75-81, 486-488 LENT THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT THE SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE ALMSGIVING. HOSPITALS 82 83, 489 84-95, 490-493 96, 97 EASTER. 98, 99 ON THE PASSION.. 100-124, 494-496 . 125-141, 497-504 . 142, 143, 505 144-150, 506 151 EASTER. ROGATION DAYS ASCENSIONTIDE. WHITSUN- EVEN WHITSUNTIDE. TRINITY SUNDAY. GENERAL HYMNS. HOLY COMMUNION HOLY BAPTISM. FOR THE YOUNG . 152-157, 507, 508 158, 159, 509 160-308, 510-551 309-324, 552-560 325-328, 561-563 . 329-346, 564-575 CONFIRMATION. 347-349 HOLY MATRIMONY 350, 351, 578, 579 EMBER DAYS LAY HELPERS . 352-355 . 356, 357 358-364, 585, 586 MISSIONS.. THANKSGIVING FOR MISSIONS 587 HOME MISSIONS 588 365-367 368, 369 370-372, 592-597 373-377 . 378-379 380 381-389 390-393, 601 394 FOR THOSE AT SEA TIMES OF TROUBLE THANKSGIVING. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES HARVEST. PROCESSIONAL LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF A CHURCH. FESTIVALS OF DEDICATION OF A CHURCH . 395, 396 RESTORATION OF A CHURCH. 397, 602 BURIAL OF THE DEAD 398-402, 608-610 403 . 404, 612 THE CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL 405, 406 PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE, commonly called, PURIFICATION OF B. V. MARY 407, 611 ST. MATTHIAS THE APOSTLE. 408, 613 ANNUNCIATION OF B.V. MARY 409 410 ST. MARK THE EVANGELIST Ss. PHILIP AND JAMES THE APOSTLES. 411 ST. BARNABAS THE APOSTLE 412, 413 NATIVITY OF ST. JOHN BAPTIST . 414, 415 . 416, 417 418 ST. PETER THE APOSTLE. ST. JAMES THE APOSTLE. ST. BARTHOLOMEW THE HYMN APOSTLE. 419 ST. MATTHEW THE APOSTLE 420, 614, 615 ST. MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS 421-424, 616, 617 4:25 ST. LUKE THE EVANGELIST SS. SIMON AND JUDE THE APOSTLES. 426 ALL SAINTS' DAY.. 427-429, 618, 619 FESTIVALS OF APOSTLES 430-432, 620 FESTIVALS OF EVANGELISTS 433, 434, 621 FESTIVALS OF MARTYRS AND OTHER HOLY DAYS FOR SCHOOL AND COLLEGE USE FESTIVALS OF THE B.V. MARY COMMEMORATION OF SAINTS. FOR A TEACHERS' MEETING. 580 FOR THEOLOGICAL COLLEGES 581, 582 FOR CHURCH WORKERS AND 583 MEN SERVICE OF FAREWELL TO 584 MISSIONARIES OR EMIGRANTS 589 MISSIONS TO THE JEWS . 590, 591 FOR A FLOWER SERVICE.. 598 599 ... 435-462 . 576, 577 622 623 GUILDS FOR A SERVICE FOR WORKING FOR A BIBLE CLASS FOR A RETREAT OR QUIET DAY FOR CHURCH DEFENCE FOR TEMPERANCE MEETINGS 605-607 LITANIES..... 463-473, 624, 625 FOR MISSION SERVICES AND INSTRUCTIONS. 626-638 600 .603, 604 HYMNS. Morning. " Early in the morning will I direct my 1 prayer unto Thee." mf Now that the daylight fills the sky, We lift our hearts to GOD on high, That He, in all we do or say, Would keep us free from harm to- day. May He restrain our tongues from strife, And shield from anger's din our life, And guard with watchful care our eyes From earth's absorbing vanities. O may our inmost hearts be pure, From thoughts of folly kept secure, And pride of sinful flesh subdued Through sparing use of daily food. So we, when this day's work is o'er, And shades of night return once more, Our path of trial safely trod, Shall give the glory to our GoD. All praise to GOD the FATHER be, All praise, Eternal SON, to Thee, Whom with the SPIRIT we adore For ever and for evermore. Amen. " He that followeth Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life," 2 10 JESU, LORD of light and grace, Thou Brightness of the FATHER'S Face, Thou Fountain of eternal light, True Day dispersing shades of night; Come, Very Sun of heavenly love, Come in Thy radiance from above, And shed the HOLY SPIRIT's ray On every thought and sense to- day. mfSo we the FATHER'S help will claim, And sing the FATHER'S glorious Name, And His Almighty grace implore That we may stand, to fall no more. May He our actions deign to bless, And quench the darts of wickedness; In life's rough ways our feet defend, And grant us patience to the end. May faith, deep rooted in the soul, Subdue our flesh, our minds control; May guile depart, and discord cease, And all within be truth and peace. So let us gladly pass the day, Our thoughts as pure as morning ray, Our faith as noontide glowing bright, Our minds undimm'd by shades of night. f All praise to GOD the FATHER be, All praise, Eternal SON, to Thee, Whom with the SPIRIT we adore For ever and for evermore. Amen. 3" I myself will awake right early." AWAKE, my soul, and with the sun Thy daily stage of duty run; Shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise To pay thy morning sacrifice. mf Redeem thy mis- spent time that's And live this day as if thy last;[ past, Improve thy talent with due care; For the great day thyself prepare. Let all thy converse be sincere, Thy conscience as the noon- day clear; Think how all- seeing GoD thy ways And all thy secret thoughts surveys. Wake, and lift up thyself, my heart, And with the Angels bear thy part, Who all night long unwearied sing High praise to the Eternal King. PART 2. mf Glory to Thee Who safe hast kept, And hast refresh'd me whilst I slept; Grant, LORD, when I from death shall I may of endless light partake.[ wake, LORD, I my vows to Thee renew; Scatter my sins as morning dew; Guard my first springs of thought and And with Thyself my spirit fill.[ will, Direct, control, suggest, this day, All I design, or do, or say; That all my powers, with all their In Thy sole glory may unite.[ might, The following Doxology should be sung at the end of either Part. fPraise God, from Whom all blessings flow, Praise Him, all creatures here below, Praise Him above, Angelic host, Praise FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST. Amen. " His compassions fail not: they are new 4 every morning." mf NEW every morning is the love Our wakening and uprising prove; Through sleep and darkness safely brought, Restored to life, and power, and thought. MORNING. New mercies, each returning day, Hover around us while we pray; New perils past, new sins forgiven, New thoughts of GoD, new hopes of Heav'n. If on our daily course our mind Be set to hallow all we find, New treasures still, of countless price, GOD will provide for sacrifice. The trivial round, the common task, Will furnish all we need to ask, Room to deny ourselves, a road To bring us daily nearer GOD. Only, O LORD, in Thy dear love Fit us for perfect rest above: er And help us, this and every day, my To live more nearly as we pray. Amen. "#hatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God." 5" Do all in the name of the Lord Jesus." mfMY FATHER, for another night p Of quiet sleep and rest, er For all the joy of morning light, Thy Holy Name be blest. mf Now with the new- born day I give Myself anew to Thee, That as Thou willest I may live, And what Thou willest be. Whate'er I do, things great or small, Whate'er I speak or frame, Thy glory may I seek in all, p Do all in JESUS' Name. mfMy FATHER, for His sake, I pray, Thy child accept and bless; And lead me by Thy grace to- day In paths of righteousness. Amen. " Hold Thou me up, and I shall be safe: yea, my delight shall be ever in Thy statutes." 6 mfAT Thy feet, O CHRIST, we lay Thine own gift of this new day; Doubt of what it holds in store Makes us crave Thine aid the more; Lest it prove a time of loss, Mark it, Saviour, with Thy Cross. If it flow on calm and bright, Be Thyself our chief delight; p If it bring unknown distress, Good is all that Thou canst bless; er Only, while its hours begin, Pray we, keep them clear of sín. mf We in part our weakness know, And in part discern our foe; Well for us, before Thine Eyes All our danger open lies; 2 Turn not from us, while we plead Thy compassions and our need. mf Fain would we Thy Word embrace, Live each moment on Thy grace, All our selves to Thee consign, Fold up all our wills in Thine, Think, and speak, and do, and be Simply that which pleases Thee. Hear us, LORD, and that right soon; Hear, and grant the choicest boon That Thy love can e'er impart, Loyal singleness of heart; fSo shall this and all our days, CHRIST our GOD, show forth Thy praise. Amen. " Unto you that fear My Name shall the 7 Sun of Righteousness arise.' fCHRIST, Whose glory fills the skies, CHRIST, the true, the only Light, Sun of Righteousness, arise, Triumph o'er the shades of night; Dayspring from on high, be near; Daystar, in my heart appear. p Dark and cheerless is the morn Unaccompanied by Thee; Joyless is the day's return, Till Thy mercy's beams I see; Till they inward light impart, Glad my eyes, and warm my heart. mf Visit then this soul of mine, Pierce the gloom of sin and grief; Fill me, Radíancy Divine, Scatter all my unbelief; er More and more Thyself display, fShining to the perfect day. Amen. " I have set God always before me; for He is on my right hand, therefore I shall not fall." 8 mf FORTH in Thy Name, O LORD, I go, My daily labour to pursue; Thee, only Thee, resolved to know, In all I think, or speak, or do. The task Thy wisdom hath assign'd O let me cheerfully fulfil: In all my works Thy presence find. And prove Thy good and perfect Will. Thee may I set at my right hand, Whose eyes my inmost substance see, And labour on at Thy command, And offer all my works to Thee. p Give me to bear Thy easy yoke, And every moment watch and pray, And still to things eternal look, cr And hasten to Thy glorious day; mf For Thee delightfully employ Whate'er Thy bounteous grace hath given, And run my course with even joy, And closely walk with Thee to Heav'n. Amen. ( 6). THE THIRD The Third Hour. " They were all filled with the Holy 9 Ghost." mfCOME, HOLY GHOST, Who ever One Art with the FATHER and the SON, Come, HOLY GHOST, our souls possess With Thy full flood of holiness. In will and deed, by heart and tongue, With all our powers, Thy praise be sung; And love light up our mortal frame, Till others catch the living flame. 2 Almighty FATHER, hear our cry Through JESUS CHRIST our LORD most High, [ Thee er Who with the HOLY GHOST and fDoth live and reign eternally. Amen. The Sixth Hour. 10" At noonday will I pray." mf0 GoD of truth, O LORD of might, Who ord'rest time and change aright, Bright'ning the morn with golden gleams, Kindling the noonday's fiery beams; Quench Thou in us the flames of strife, From passion's heat preserve our life, Our bodies keep from perils free, And give our souls true peace in Thee. 2 Almighty FATHER, hear our cry Through JESUS CHRIST our LORD most High, [ Thee cr Who with the HOLY GHOST and fDoth live and reign eternally. Amen. The Ninth Hour. " The hour of prayer, being the ninth 11 hour." mf0 GOD, of all the Strength and Power, Who dost, Thyself unmoved, each hour Through all its changes guide the day, From early morn to evening's ray; Brighten life's eventide with light That ne'er shall set in gloom of night, Till we a holy death attain, And everlasting glory gain. HOUR. 2 Grant to life's day a catm unclouded ending, [ decay An eve untouch'd by shadows of The brightness of a holy death- bed blending [ day. cr With dawning glories of the eternal mf Hear us, O FATHER, gracious and forgiving, [ WORD Thro' JESUS CHRIST Thy co- eternal Who, with the HOLY GHOST, by all things living Now and to endless ages art adored. Amen. p Almighty FATHER, hear our cry Through JESUS CHRIST our LORD [ Thee most High, er Who with the HOLY GHOST and f Doth live and reign eternally. Amen. Evening. 12" The Lord was my stay." mfO STRENGTH and Stay upholding [ abide, all creation, Who ever dost Thyself unmoved Yet day by day the light in due gradation [ changes guide; From hour to hour thro' all its " O lock Thou upon me, and be merciful unto me." 13 mf As now the sun's declining rays At eventide descend, p So life's brief day is sinking down To its appointed end. LORD, on the Cross Thine Arms were stretch'd To draw Thy people nigh; O grant us then that Cross to love, pp And in those Arms to die. f All glory to the FATHER be, All glory to the SON, All glory, HOLY GHOST, to Thee, While endless ages run. Amen. " Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be 14 honour and glory for ever and ever." mf0 TRINITY, most Blessèd Light, O'UNITY of primal Might, As now the fiery sun departs,[ hearts. Shed Thou Thy beams within our To Thee our morning song of praise, To Thee our evening prayer we raise; cr Thee may our heart and voice adore For ever and for evermore. p Almighty FATHER, hear our cry Through JESUS CHRIST our LORD most High, [ Thee er Who with the HOLY GHOST and Doth live and reign eternally. Amen. " Thou shalt not be afraid for any terror 15 by night." mf BEFORE the ending of the day, Creator of the world, we pray[ keep That Thou with wonted love wouldst Thy watch around us while we sleep. 0 let no evil dreams be near, Nor phantoms of the night appear; Our ghostly enemy restrain, Lest aught of sin our bodies stain. p Almighty FATHER, hear our cry Through JESUS CHRIST our LORD most High, [ Thee or Who with the HOLY GHOST and fDoth live and reign eternally. Amen ( 7). " Thou shalt not be afraid for any terror 16 by night." mf Now that the daylight dies away, By all Thy grace and love, Thee, Maker of the world, we pray To watch our bed above. Let dreams depart and phantoms fly, The offspring of the night, p Keep us, like shrines, beneath Thine mf Pure in our foe's despite. [ eye, This grace on Thy redeem'd confer, FATHER, co- equal SON, And HOLY GHOST, the Comforter, Eternal THREE in ONE. Amen. " Let the lifting up of my hands be an 17 evening sacrifice." P cr p EVENING. T THE sun is sinking fast, The daylight dies; Let love awake, and pay Her evening sacrifice. As CHRIST upon the Cross His Head inclined, And to His FATHER's hands His parting Soul resign'd; mf So now herself my soul Would wholly give Into His sacred charge, In Whom all spirits live; So now beneath His eye Would calmly rest, Without a wish or thought Abiding in the breast, Save that His Will be done, Whate'er betide, Dead to herself, and dead In Him to all beside. Thus would I live; yet now Not I, but He In all His power and love Henceforth alive in me. ONE Sacred TRINITY! ONE LORD Divine! May I be ever His, And He for ever mine. Amen. 18 " The true Light." HAIL, gladdening Light, of His pure glory pour'd Who is the Immortal FATHER, Heavenly, Blest, p Holiest of Holies, JESUS CHRIST, our LORD. Now we are come to the sun's hour of rest, er The lights of evening round us shine, f We hymn the FATHER, SON, and HOLY SPIRIT Divine. mf Worthiest art Thou at all times to be sung With undefilèd tongue, f Son of our GoD, Giver of life,( cr) Alone! Therefore in all the world Thy glories, LORD, they own. Amen. " The Lord shall be thine everlasting 19 light." mfTHE radiant morn hath pass'd away, And spent too soon her golden store; The shadows of departing day p Creep on once more. Our life is but a fading dawn, Its glorious noon how quickly past; er Lead us, OCHRIST, when all is gone, Safe home at last. mf0 by Thy soul- inspiring grace Uplift our hearts to realms on high Help us to look to that bright place Beyond the sky;Where light, and life, and joy, and In undivided empire reign, Tpeace And thronging Angels never cease Their deathless strain;fWhere Saints are clothed in spotless white, And evening shadows never fall, Where Thou, Eternal Light of Light, Art LORD of all. Amen. 20 " And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto Him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils. And all the city was gathered together at the door." mf AT even ere the sun was set, The sick, O LORD, around Thee lay; p Oh, in what divers pains they met! fOh, with what joy they went away! mf Once more' tis eventide, and we Oppress'd with various ills draw near; What if Thy Form we cannot see? cr We know and feel that Thou art here. mf0 Saviour CHRIST, our woes dispel; For some are sick, and some are sad, And some have never loved Thee well, And some have lost the love they had; And some have found the world is vain, Yet from the world they break not free; [ pain, And some have friends who give them Yet have not sought a friend in Thee; And none, O LORD, have perfect rest, For none are wholly free from sin; And they, who fain would serve Thee best, Are conscious most of wrong within. ( 8) EVENING. O Saviour CHRIST, Thou too art Man; Thou hast been troubled, tempted, tried; Thy kind but searching glance can scan The very wounds that shame would hide; fThy touch has still its ancient power: No word from Thee can fruitless fall; p Hear, in this solemn evening hour, cr And in Thy mercy heal us all. Amen. " It is Thou, Lord, only, that makest me 21 dwell in safety." mf THE day is past and over; All thanks, O LORD, to Thee; er I pray Thee now that sinless dim The hours of dark may be: PO JESU, keep me in Thy sight, cr And guard me through( dim) the coming night. mf The joys of day are over; I lift my heart to Thee, cr And ask Thee that offenceless dim The hours of dark may be: PO JESU, keep me in Thy sight, or And guard me through( dim) the coming night. mf The toils of day are over; I raise the hymn to Thee, er And ask that free from peril dim The hours of dark may be: PO JESU, keep me in Thy sight, er And guard me through( dim) the coming night. mf Be Thou my soul's preserver, f For Thou alone dost know cr How many are the perils dim Through which I have to go: poloving JESU, hear my call, cr And guard and save me( dim) from them all. Amen. 22" At evening time it shall be light." mf HOLY FATHER, cheer our way With Thy love's perpetual ray: Grant us every closing day Light at evening time. p HOLY SAVIOUR, calm our fears When earth's brightness disappears; cr Grant us in our latter years Light at evening time. 2 HOLY SPIRIT, be Thou nigh When in mortal pains we lie; cr Grant us, as we come to die, Light at evening time. mf HOLY, Blessèd TRINITY. Darkness is not dark with Thee; Those Thou keepest always see Light at evening time. Amen. " He shall defend thee under His wings." 23 fGLORY to Thee, my God, this night For all the blessings of the light; Keep me, 0 keep me, King of kings, Beneath Thy own Almighty wings. mfForgive me, LORD, for Thy dear SON, The ill that I this day have done, That with the world, myself, and Thee, I, ere I sleep, at peace may be. Teach me to live, that I may dread The grave as little as my bed: p Teach me to die, that so I may cr Rise glorious at the awful day. 20 may my soul on Thee repose, And may sweet sleep mine eyelids close, [ make cr Sleep that shall me more vigorous To serve my GOD when I awake. mf When in the night I sleepless lie, My soul with heavenly thought supply: Let no ill dreams disturb my rest, No powers of darkness me molest. fPraise GOD, from Whom all blessings flow, Praise Him, all creatures here below, Praise Him above, Angelic host, Praise GHOST. FATHER, SON, and HOLY Amen. 24 " Abide with us." mf SUN of my soul. Thou Saviour dear, It is not night if Thou be near: O may no earth- born cloud arise To hide Thee from Thy servant's eyes. p When the soft dews of kindly sleep My wearied eyelids gently steep, Be my last thought, how sweet to rest For ever on my Saviour's breast. mf Abide with me from morn till eve, For without Thee I cannot live; 2 Abide with me when night is nigh, For without Thee I dare not die. mf If some poor wand'ring child of Thine Have spurn'd to- day the voice Divine, Now, LORD, the gracious work begin; Let him no more lie down in sin. Watch by the sick; enrich the poor With blessings from Thy boundless store; Be every mourner's sleep to- night p Like infant's slumbers, pure and light. cr Come near and bless us when we wake, Ere through the world our way we fTill in the ocean of Thy love[ take; We lose ourselves in Heav'n above. Amen. EVENING. 25" I will lay me down in peace, and take my rest." mf THROUGH the day Thy love has spared us; Now we lay us down to rest; Through the silent watches guard us, Let no foe our peace molest: p JESUS, Thou our Guardian be; Sweet it is to trust in Thee. mf Pilgrims here on earth, and strangers, Dwelling in the midst of foes; Us and ours preserve from dangers; In Thine Arms may we repose, And, when life's sad day is past, P Rest with Thee in Heaven at last. 26" He shall give His Angels charge over thee." mf GoD, that madest Darkness and light; p Who the day for toil hast given, For rest the night; May Thine Angel- guards defend us, Slumber sweet Thy mercy send us, Holy dreams and hopes attend us, This livelong night. earth and [ heaven, mf Guard us waking, guard us sleepAnd, when we die, P [ ing, er May we in Thy mighty keeping P All peaceful lie:[ wake us, mf When the last dread call shall Do not Thou our GoD forsake us, fBut to reign in glory take us With Thee on high. Amen. 27" Abide with us; for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent." mf ABIDE with me; fast falls the eventide; The darkness deepens; LORD, with me abide; [ flee, When other helpers fail, and comforts f Help of the helpless,( p) O abide with me. p Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day; [ away; Earth's joys grow dim, its glories pass Change and decay in all around I see; mf0 Thou, Who changest not,( p) abide with me. mf I need Thy Presence every passing hour; er What but Thy grace can foil the tempter's power? [ can be? Who like Thyself my guide and stay fThrough cloud and sunshine, LORD, ( p) abide with me. p Hold Thou Thy Cross before my closing eyes; fI fear no foe with Thee at hand to bless; [ bitterness; ills have no weight, and tears no Where is death's sting? Where, Grave, thy victory? I triumph still, if Thou abide with me. cr Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies; fHeaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee; In life,( p) in death, O LORD,( cr) abide with me. Amen. 28 " The Lord is my light." mf SWEET Saviour, bless us ere we go; Thy Word into our minds instil," cr And make our lukewarm hearts to glow PO gentle JESUS,( cr) be our Light. p For all we love, the poor, the sad, The sinful, unto Thee we call; cr0 let Thy mercy make us glad: Thou art our JESUS, and our All. Through life's long day and death's dark night, PO gentle JESUS,( cr) be our Light. Amen. " God, even our own God, shall give us His 29 blessing." mf0 FATHER, Who didst all things [ Will, make That Heaven and earth might do Thy Bless us this night for JESU's sake, And for Thy work preserve us still. O SON, Who didst redeem mankind, And set the captive sinner free, Keep us this night with peaceful mind, That we may safe abide in Thee. O HOLY GHOST, Who by Thy power The Church elect dost sanctify, Seal us this night, and hour by hour Our hearts and members purify. ( 10) With lowly love and fervent will. Through life's long day and death's dark night, PO gentle JESUS,( cr) be our Light. p The day is done, its hours have run, And Thou hast taken count of all, The scanty triumphs grace hath won, The broken vow, the frequent fall. fThrough life's long day and death's dark night, PO gentle JESUS,( er) be our Light. mf Grant us, dear LORD, from evil ways True absolution and release; And bless us, more than in past days, With purity and inward peace. fThrough life's long day and death's dark night, PO gentle JESUS,( cr) be our Light. fDo more than pardon; give us joy, Sweet fear, and sober liberty, And simple hearts without alloy That only long to be like Thee. Through life's long day and death's dark night, EVENING. To FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST, The GOD Whom Heaven and eartli adore, From men and from the Angel- host Be praise and glory evermore. Amen. " And all the Angels stood round about the 30 throne... and worshipped God." FOR FESTIVALS. mfOUR day of praise is done; p The evening shadows fall; er But pass not from us with the sun, True Light that lightenest all. fAround the Throne on high, Where night can never be, The white- robed harpers of the sky Bring ceaseless hymns to Thee. p Too faint our anthems here; Too soon of praise we tire: er But oh, the strains how full and Of that eternal choir! [ clear mf Yet, LORD, to Thy dear Will If Thou attune the heart, We in Thine Angels' music still May bear our lower part. ' Tis Thine each soul to calm, Each wayward thought reclaim, And make our life a daily psalm Of glory to Thy Name." cr A little while, and then Shall come the glorious end; fAnd songs of Angels and of men In perfect praise shall blend. Amen. AT THE END OF DIVINE SERVICE. mf SAVIOUR, again to Thy dear Name we raise With one accord our parting hymn of praise; We stand to bless Thee ere our worship cease; p Then, lowly kneeling, wait Thy word of peace. Grant us Thy peace upon our homeward way; mf With Thee began, with Thee shall end the day; Guard Thou the lips from sin, the hearts from shame, That in this house have call'd upon Thy Name. p Grant us Thy peace throughout our earthly life, [ in strife; cr Our balm in sorrow, and our stay mf Then, when Thy Voice shall bid our conflict cease, p Call us, O LORD, to Thine eternal. peace. Amen. p Grant us Thy peace, LORD, thro' the coming night; er Turn Thou for us its darkness into light; fFrom harm and danger keep Thy children free, For dark and light are both alike to Thee. 32" O God, Thou art my God." AT THE END OF DIVINE SERVICE. mf AND NOW the wants are told, that Thy children to Thy knee;[ brought Here lingering still, we ask for nought, But simply worship Thee. The hope of Heaven's eternal days Absorbs not all the heart That gives Thee glory, love, and praise, For being what Thou art. For Thou art GOD, the One, the Same, O'er all things high and bright; And round us, when we speak Thy Name, There spreads a heaven of light. po wondrous peace, in thought to On excellence Divine; Idwell To know that nought in man can tell How fair Thy beauties shine! mf For when we feel the praise of Thes A task beyond our powers, We say," A perfect GOD is He, " 9 And He is fully ours." " The Lord shall give His people the bless- fAll glory to the FATHER be, 31 ing of peace." All glory to the SON, All glory, HOLY GHOST, to Thee, While endless ages run. Amen. fo Thou, above all blessing blest, O'er thanks exalted far, dim Thy very greatness is a rest To weaklings as we are; Sunday. 1 33" In Thy light shall we see light. MORNING. MORN of morns, and day of days! 4 Beauteous were thy new- born rays: Brighter yet from death's dark prison CHRIST, the Light of lights, is risen. He commanded, and His Word Death and the dread chaos heard: dim Oh, shall we, more deaf than they. In the chains of darkness stay? p* Nature yet in shadow lies; er Let the sons of light arise, mf And prevent the morning rays With sweet canticles of praise. * While the dead world sleeps around, Let the sacred temples sound Law, and prophet, and blest psalm Lit with holy light so calm. * These verses should be sung only at s very carly Service. ( 11) Unto hearts in slumber weak Let the heavenly trumpet speak; And a newer walk express Their new life to righteousness. Grant us this, and with us be, O Thou Fount of charity, Thou Who dost the SPIRIT give, Bidding the dead letter live f Glory to the FATHER, SON, And to Thee, O HOLY ONE, By Whose quickening Breath Divine Our dull spirits burn and shine. Amen. " And God said, Let there be light: and there was light... And the evening 34 and the morning were the first day.' MORNING. SUNDAY. On this day, the first of days, GOD the FATHER's Name we praise; Who, creation's LORD and Spring, Did the world from darkness bring. On this day the Eternal SON Over death His triumph won; On this day the SPIRIT came With His gifts of living flame. O that fervent love to- day May in every heart have sway, Teaching us to praise aright GOD the Source of life and light. 2 FATHER, Who didst fashion me Image of Thyself to be, Fill me with Thy love Divine, Let my every thought be Thine. HOLY JESUS, may I be Dead and buried here with Thee; er And, by love inflamed, arise Unto Thee a sacrifice. mf Thou Who dost all gifts impart, Shine, Sweet SPIRIT, in my heart, Best of gifts Thyself bestow; Make me burn Thy love to know. GOD, the Blessèd THREE in ONE, Dwell within my heart alone; Thou dost give Thyself to me, p May I give myself to Thee. Amen. " This is the day which the Lord hath 35 made." mf AGAIN the LORD's own day is here, The day to Christian people dear, As, week by week, it bids them tell f How JESUS rose from death and hell. mf For by His flock their LORD declared His Resurrection should be shared; And we who trust in Him to save f With Him are risen from the grave.. mf We, one and all, of Him possess'd, Are with exceeding treasures bless'd; For all He did, and all He bare, He gives us as our own to share. ( Eternal glory, rest on high, A blessèd immortality, True peace and gladness, and a throne, Are all His gifts, and all our own. And therefore unto Thee we sing, O LORD of peace, Eternal King; Thy love we praise, Thy Name adore, Both on this day and evermore. Amen. 36 " The first day of the week." fO DAY of rest and gladness, O day of joy and light, O balm of care and sadness, Most beautiful, most bright: On thee the high and lowly, Before the Eternal Throne, Sing Holy, Holy, Holy, To the great THREE in ONE. On thee, at the creation, The light first had its birth; On thee for our salvation CHRIST rose from depths of earth; On thee our LORD victorious The SPIRIT sent from heaven; And thus on thee most glorious A triple light was given. p Thou art a cooling fountain In life's dry dreary sand; From thee, like Pisgah's mountain, We view our promised land; A day of sweet refection, A day of holy love, cr A day of resurrection From earth to things above. mf To- day on weary nations The heavenly Manna falls, To holy convocations The silver trumpet calls, Where Gospel- light is glowing With pure and radiant beams, And living water flowing With soul- refreshing streams. New graces ever gaining From this our day of rest, We reach the Rest remaining To spirits of the blest; f To HOLY GHOST be praises, To FATHER, and to SON; The Church her voice upraises To Thee, Blest THREE in ONE. Amen. " I was in the Spirit on the Lord's 37 day." mf THIS is the day of light: Let there be light to- day; O Day- spring, rise upon our night, And chase its gloom away. p This is the day of rest: Our failing strength renew; On weary brain and troubled breast Shed Thou Thy freshening dew. 12) SUNDAY. This is the day of peace: Thy peace our spirits fill;[ cease, er Bid Thou the blasts of discord dim The waves of strife be still. p This is the day of prayer: Let earth to Heav'n draw near; er Lift up our hearts to seek Thee Come down to meet us here.[ there, f This is the first of days: Send forth Thy quickening Breath, And wake dead souls to love and praise, o Vanquisher of death. Amen. " The day is Thine, and the night is 38 Thine." EVENING. mf BLEST Creator of the light, Making day with radiance bright, Thou didst o'er the forming earth Give the golden light its birth. Shade of eve with morning ray Took from Thee the name of day; Darkness now is drawing nigh;" Listen to our humble cry. May we ne'er by guilt depress'd Lose the way to endless rest; Nor with idle thoughts and vain Bind our souls to earth again. er Rather may we heavenward rise Where eternal treasure lies; Purified by grace within, Hating every deed of sin. p HOLY FATHER, hear our cry[ High. er Through Thy Son our LORD most f Whom our thankful hearts adore With the SPIRIT evermore. Amen. Monday. " And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament. ... And the evening and the morn39 ing were the second day." mf SING we the glory of our GOD, Who on the second day Spread out the firmament above, His wonders to display. There, floating in the blue expanse, The watery clouds we view,[ mand Whence fruitful showers at His comThe thirsty soil bedew. How fair an image of the grace Which Thou, LORD, dost impart, Like morning dew or gentle rain, To gladden every heart. And when the faithful soul drinks in Those showers with blessings rife, er A well of water springeth up To everlasting life. f0 happy saints, on whom are pour'd Such treasures from above! P LORD, may they ne'er forgetful be, But render love for love. To Gop, Who freely loved us first, All might, all glory be; To FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST. Through all eternity. Amen. Tuesday. " And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.... And the evening 40 and the morning were the third day. mf THOU spakest, LORD, and into one The floods together flow'd; Freed from its watery veil, the land Its verdant pastures show'd. O FATHER, Who the earth hast given Our place of toil to be, Knit all within its one wide bound In one true charity. Strangers and pilgrims here below, We seek a home above, Where Thou wilt gather in Thine own Who live in holy love. p Unloving souls, with deeds of ill And words of angry strife, Shall never, LORD, Thy glory Nor win the heavenly life. The earth itself from day to day Their burden scarce sustains, And yearns, in travail, to be free From dark corruption's chains. Yea, we too groan within ourselves, And that adoption wait For which the HOLY SPIRIT'S seal Did us predestinate. f Eternal glory be ascribed- To GoD, the ONE in THREE, By Whom is pour'd into our hearts The grace of charity. Amen. Wednesday. " And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the hearen... and it was so.... And the evening and the morning were the fourth day." 41 mf NEW wonders of Thy mighty hand LORD, we to- day admire, Writ on the firmament above In glittering orbs of fire. The sun is ruler of the day, The silver moon of night, The starry hosts adorn the sky In order'd ranks of light. But e'en that glorious sun must set, And knows his going down, That silver moon must wax and wane The stars their courses own. ( 13) WEDNESDAY. Still in an everchanging round The daylight comes and goes; But Thou art evermore the Same, No change Thy mercy knows. my Why waver then our troubled Thine is a FATHER'S care;[ hearts? or And they, eternal life who seek, Eternal life shall share. All praise, all glory be ascribed To GoD the ONE in THREE, Who bids us cast our care on Him, To Him for comfort flee. Amen. Thursday. " And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth. And the evening and the morning were the 42 fifth day." [ wing, mf THE fish in wave, the bird on GOD bade the waters bear; Each for our mortal body's food His gracious hands prepare. But other food, of richer cost, The immortal spirit needs; By faith it lives on every word That from His mouth proceeds. Faith springing from the Blood of Has flow'd o'er every land;[ CHRIST And sinners through the vanquish'd Bow down to its command.[ world Its light the joy of Heav'n reveals To hearts made pure within; And bids them seek by worthy deeds Eternal crowns to win. By faith the saints of old were The lion's wrath to tame;[ strong By faith they spurn'd the tyrant's threats, And scorn'd the raging flame. P LORD, grant that we the path may tread Whereon its light deth shine; er And gather, as we onward go, The fruits of love Divine. 70 praise the FATHER; praise the SON, I Thou formest man: Thy Spirit Life into dust of earth:[ breathes Man, in Thine own true Image made, From Thee receives his birth. On Whose most precious Blood Rests all our faith; and praise to HIM Who with Them Both is GOD. Amen. And henceforth he dominion holds O'er all in earth and sea; Yet mindful whence his being came Must humbly walk with Thee. p Alas! his wilful heart rebels Against Thy gentle sway; Proud dust of earth would fain be The GOD Whom all obey.[ like O griefs and sorrows numberless, Which hence the world o'erspread; JESU, Thy mercy succour'd us, Or hope itself had fled. Friday. " And God said, Let Us make man in Our image.... And the evening and 43 the morning were the sixth day." mf To- DAY, O LORD, a holier work Thy secret counsels frame, A king to rule Thy new- made world, To praise Thy glorious Name. fO praise the FATHER, and the SON Who saved us by His death, And HOLY GHOST Who quickens us With His life- giving breath. Amen. Saturday. " And on the seventh day God ended His 44 work which He had made." mf Six days of labour now are past; Thou restest, HOLY GOD; And of Thy finish'd work hast said That all is very good.. Yet while the seventh day is bless'd, Hallow'd for rest Divine, Behold, a new creation needs That mighty power of Thine. Ten thousand yoices praise Thy Name In earth and sea and sky; One sinner by his sin has marr'd The blissful harmony. PO LORD, create man's heart anew, The heart of stone remove: er Then hymns of praise again shall The fruits of holy love. [ rise, f All praise to GOD, the THREE in Who high in glory reigns;[ ONE, Who by His Word hath all things made, And by His Word sustains. Amen. Advent. " Which cometh forth as a bridegroom out 45 of his chamber." mf CREATOR of the starry height, Thy people's everlasting Light, JESU, Redeemer of us all,[ call. p Hear Thou Thy servants when they Thou, sorrowing at the helpless cry. Of all creation doom'd to die, cr Didst save our lost and guilty race By healing gifts of heavenly grace. ( 14) mf 0 for the songs that Thou wilt bless, Where heart and voice agree; O for the prayers that plead aright With Thy dread Majesty. ADVENT. mf When earth was near its evening hour, Thou didst, in love's redeeming power, Like bridegroom from his chamber, come Forth from a Virgin- mother's womb. f At Thy great Name, exalted now, All knees in lowly homage bow; All things in Heav'n and earth adore, And own Thee King for evermore. p To Thee, O HOLY ONE, we pray, Our Judge in that tremendous day, Ward off, while yet we dwell below, The weapons of our crafty foe. To GoD the FATHER, GOD the SON, And GoD the SPIRIT, THREE in ONE, Praise, honour, might, and glory be From age to age eternally. Amen. " His name is called The Word of God." 46 mf 0 HEAVENLY WORD, Eternal Light, Begotten of the FATHER'S Might, Who, in these latter days, art born For succour to a world forlorn; Our hearts enlighten from above, And kindle with Thine own true love; That we, who hear Thy call to- day, May cast earth's vanities away. And when as JudgeThou drawest nigh, The secrets of all hearts to try; p When sinners meet their awful [ home; er And Saints attain their heavenly p0 let us not, for evil past, Be driven from Thy Face at last; cr But with the blessèd evermore Behold Thee, love Thee, and adore. To GoD the FATHER, GOD the SON, And GoD the SPIRIT, THREE in ONE, Praise, honour, might, and glory be From age to age eternally. Amen. " Now it is high time to awake out of 4.7 sleep." f HARK! a thrilling voice is sounding; " CHRIST is nigh," it seems to say; " Cast away the dreams of darkness, O ye children of the day!" Waken'd by the solemn warning, Let the earth- bound soul arise; CHRIST, her Sun, all ill dispelling, Shines upon the morning skies. mf Lo! the LAMB, so long expected, Comes with pardon down from Heav'n; dim Let us haste, with tears of sorrow, One and all to be forgiven; mf That when next He comes with glory, p And the world is wrapp'd in fear, cr With His mercy He may shield us, And with words of love draw near. f Honour, glory, might, and blessing To the FATHER and the SON, With the Everlasting SPIRIT, While eternal ages run. Amen. " Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy 48 King cometh unto thee." mf THE Advent of our King Our prayers must now employ, And we must hymns of welcome sing In strains of holy joy. p The Everlasting SON Incarnate deigns to be; Himself a servant's form puts on, cr To set His servants free. mf Daughter of Sion, rise To meet thy lowly King; Nor let thy faithless heart despise p The peace He comes to bring. mf As Judge, on clouds of light, He soon will come again, And His true members all unite With Him in Heav'n to reign. Before the dawning day Let sin's dark deeds be gone; The old man all be put away, The new man all put on. All glory to the SON Who comes to set us free, With FATHER, SPIRIT, ever ONE, 49" The Redeemer shall come to Zion." Through all eternity. Amen. mit O COME, O come, Emmanuel, And ransom captive Israel, p That mourns in lonely exile here, Until the Son of GOD appear, f Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel. mf 0 come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free Thine own from Satan's tyranny; From depths of hell Thy people save, crAnd give them victory o'er the grave. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel. mf 0 come, Thou Day- spring, come and cheer Our spirits by Thine Advent here; Disperse the gloomy clouds of night, Anddeath's dark shadows put to flight. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel. ( 15) mf 0 come, Thou Key of David, come And open wide our heavenly home; Make safe the way that leads on high, And close the path to misery. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel ADVENT. mf 0 come, 0 come, Thou LORD of Might, Who to Thy tribes, on Sinai's height, In ancient times didst give the law In cloud, and majesty, and awe. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel. Amen. " The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make 50 His paths straight." fON Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry Announces that the LORD is nigh; Awake, and hearken, for he brings Glad tidings of the King of kings. mf Then cleansed be every breast from sin; Make straight the way for GOD within; Prepare we in our hearts a home, Where such a mighty Guest may come. For Thou art our Salvation, LORD, Our Refuge, and our great Reward; dim Without Thy grace we waste away, Like flowers that wither and decay. p To heal the sick stretch out Thine Hand, And bid the fallen sinner stand;[ store cr Shine forth, and let Thy light reEarth's own true loveliness once more. f All praise, Eternal Sox, to Thee Whose Advent doth Thy people free, Whom with the FATHER we adore And HOLY GHOST for evermore. Amen. " Behold, He cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see Him, and they 51 also which pierced Him." mf Lo! He comes with clouds descending, Once for favour'd sinners slain; fThousand thousand Saints attending Swell the triumph of His train: Alleluia! CHRIST appears on earth again. mf Every eye shall now behold Him Robed in dreadful majesty;[ Him, p Those who set at nought and soli Pierced and nail'd Him to the Tree, Deeply wailing, pp p Shall the true Messiah see. mf Those dear tokens of His Passion Still His dazzling Body bears, cr Cause of endless exultation To His ransom'd worshippers: mif With what rapture Gaze we on those glorious scars! fYea, Amen, let all adore Thee, High on Thine eternal Throne: mf Saviour, take the power and glory: Claim the kingdom for Thine own: Alleluia! T Thou shalt reign, and Thou alone. Amen. " The Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the Archangel, and with the 52 trump of God." mf GREAT GOD, what do I see and hear? The end of things created: The Judge of all men doth appear On clouds of glory seated: ff The trumpet sounds, the graves restore The dead which they contain'd before; p Prepare, my soul, to meet Him. f The dead in CHRIST are first to rise At that last trumpet's sounding; Caught up to meet Him in the skies, With joy their LORD surrounding: No gloomy fears their souls dismay; His Presence sheds eternal day On those prepared to meet Him. p The ungodly, fill'd with guilty fears, Behold His wrath prevailing; In woe they rise, but all their tears And sighs are unavailing: pp The day of grace is past and gone; Trembling they stand before His Throne, All unprepared to meet Him. mf Great Judge, to Thee our prayers we pour, In deep abasement bending; O shield us through that last dread hour, Thy wondrous love extending: cr May we, in this our trial day, With faithful hearts Thy word obey. And thus prepare to meet Thee. Amen. " IIe hath sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the 53 captives." fHARK the glad sound! the Saviour comes, The Saviour promised long: Let every heart prepare a throne, And every voice a song. He comes, the prisoners to release In Satan's bondage held: The gates of brass before Him burst, The iron fetters yield. p He comes, the broken heart to bind, The bleeding soul to cure, And with the treasures of His grace To bless the humble poor. f Our glad hosannas, Prince of peace, Thy welcome shall proclaim; And Heav'n's eternal arches ring With Thy belovèd Name. Amen. ( 16) ADVENT. 54" I sleep, but my heart waketh." FOR A LATE EVENING SERVICE. P WHEN shades of night around us close. And weary limbs in sleep repose, The faithful soul awake may be, And longing sigh, O LORD, to Thee. mf Thou true Desire of nations, hear, Thou WORD of GoD, Thou Saviour In pity heed our humble cries,[ dear; And bid at length the fallen rise. O come, Redeemer, come and free Thine own from guilt and misery; The gates of heaven again unfold, Which Adam's sin had closed of old. f All praise, Eternal SON, to Thee, Whose Advent sets Thy people free, Whom with the FATHER we adore And HOLY GHOST for evermore. Amen. The following Hymns are suitable for this season: 203 Thou art coming, O my Saviour. 204 0 quickly come, dread Judge of all. 205 Thou Judge of quick and dead. 206 That day of wrath, that dreadful day. 217 Thy kingdom come, O Gon. 226 The world is very evil. 268 Ye servants of the LORD. 288 A few more years shall roll. 362 LORD, her watch Thy Church is keeping. 393 Day of Wrath! O day of mourning! 463 Litany of the Four Last Things. Christmas. 55" The Word was made flesh." mfO COME, Redeemer of mankind, appear. [ we greet; Thee with full hearts the Virgin- born Let every age with rapt amazement hear TGOD is meet. That wondrous birth which for our Not by the will of man, or mortal seed, [ terious grace But by the SPIRIT'S breathed mysp The WORD of GoD became our flesh indeed, [ race. And grew a tender plant of human Lo! Mary's virgin womb its burthen bears, Nor less abides her virgin purity; er In the King's glory see our nature shares; [ to be. Here in His temple GoD vouchsafes mf From His bright chamber, virtue's holy shrine, The royal Bridegroom cometh to the day; [ Divine, p Forth from His FATHER to the world He goes, mf Back to the FATHER'S Face His way regains, p Far down to souls beneath His glory shows, f Again at God's right hand victorious reigns. With the Eternal FATHER equal, Thou Girt with our flesh dost triumph evermore, Strengthening our feeble bodies here below With endless grace from Thine own living store. mf How doth Thy lowly manger radiant shine! On the sweet breath of night new splendour grows; So may our spirits glow with faith Divine, Where no dark cloud of sin shall interpose. f All praise and glory to the FATHER be, All praise and glory to His Only SON, All praise and glory, HOLY GHOST, to Thee, Both now, and while eternal ages run. Amen. 56" God was manifest in the flesh." mf OF the FATHER'S Love begotten Ere the worlds began to be, He is Alpha and Omega, He the source, the ending He, Of the things that are, that have been, And that future years shall see, Evermore and evermore. * At His Word the worlds were framèd; He commanded; it was done: Heaven and earth and depths of ocean In their threefold order one; All that grows beneath the shining Of the moon and burning sun, Evermore and evermore. p* He is found in human fashion, Death and sorrow here to know, That the race of Adam's children, Doom'd by Law to endless woe, May not henceforth die and perish In the dreadful gulf below, Evermore and evermore. f O that Birth for ever blessed! When the Virgin, full of grace, By the HOLY GHOST conceiving, Bare the Saviour of our race, And the Babe, the world's Redeemer, First reveal'd His sacred Face, Evermore and evermore. * These verses may be omitted, if the Hymn be thought too long. Of twofold substance, human and As giant swift, rejoicing on His way. ( 17) CHRISTMAS. This is He Whom seers in old time Chanted of with one accord; Whom the voices of the Prophets Promised in their faithful word; Now He shines, the long- expected; Let creation praise its LORD, Evermore and evermore. O ye heights of Heav'n, adore Him; Angel- hosts, His praises sing; All dominions, bow before Him, And extol our GoD and King; Let no tongue on earth be silent, Every voice in concert ring, Evermore and evermore. p* Righteous Judge of souls departed, Righteous King of them that live, On the FATHER'S Throne exalted None in might with Thee may strive; Who at last in vengeance coming Sinners from Thy Face shalt drive, Evermore and evermore. f Thee let old men, Thee let young Thee let boys in chorus sing;[ men, Matrons, virgins, little maidens, With glad voices answering; Let their guileless songs re- echo, And the heart its praises bring, Evermore and evermore. CHRIST, to Thee, with GoD the FATHER, And, O HOLY GHOST, to Thee, Hymn, and chant, and high thanksAnd unwearied praises be,[ giving, Honour, glory, and dominion, And eternal victory, Evermore and evermore. Amen. " Christ Jesus came into the world to save 57 sinners." mf 0 CHRIST, Redeemer of our race, Thou Brightness of the FATHER'S Face, Of Him, and with Him ever ONE, Ere times and seasons had begun; Thou that art very Light of Light, Unfailing Hope in sin's dark night, Hear Thou the prayer Thy people pray, The wide world o'er, this blessed day. 2 Remember, LORD of life and grace, How once, to save a ruin'd race, Thou didst our very flesh assume In Mary's undefiled womb. mf To- day, as year by year its light Sheds o'er the world a radiance bright, One precious truth is echoed on, f" Tis Thou hast saved us, Thou alone." mf Thou from the FATHER'S Throne didst come To call His banish'd children home; And Heav'n, and earth, and sea, and shore His love Who sent Thee here adore. And gladsome too are we to- day, Whose guilt Thy Blood has wash'd away; Redeem'd the new- made song we sing; It is the birthday of our King. O LORD, the Virgin- born, to Thee Eternal praise and glory be, Whom with the FATHER we adore And HOLY GHOST for evermore. Amen. " He is our Peace." 53 mf GoD from on high hath heard; Let sighs and sorrows cease; Lo! from the opening Heav'n descends To man the promised Peace. Hark! through the silent night Angelic voices swell; Their joyful songs proclaim that" GOD Is born on earth to dwell." See how the shepherd- band Speed on with eager feet; Come to the hallow'd cave with them The Holy Babe to greet. But, oh, what sight appears Within that lowly door![ clothes, PA manger, stall, and swaddling A Child, and Mother poor! Art Thou the CHRIST? the SON? The FATHER'S Image bright? And see we Him Whose Arm upholds Earth and the starry height? er Yea, faith can pierce the cloud Which veils Thy glory now;[ Throne fWe hail Thee GoD, before Whose dim The Angels prostrate bow. mf A silent Teacher, LORD, Thou bidd'st us not refuse To bear what flesh would have us shun, To shun what flesh would choose. Our sinful pride to cure With that pure love of Thine, cr O be Thou born within our hearts, Most Holy Child Divine. Amen. 59" Let us now go even unto Bethlehem." f O COME, all ye faithful, Joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem; Come and behold Him Born, the King of Angels; P O come, let us adore Him, er 0 come, let us adore Him, f0 come, let us adore Him, CHRIST the LORD. ( 18) ASUST " THE SOUL'S AWAKENING James Sant, R.A 95 ALMS W. C. T. Dobson CHRISTMAS. GOD of GOD, [ womb; LIGHT of LIGHT, pLo! He abhors not the Virgin's Very GOD, Begotten, not created; pO come, let us adore Him,& c. f Sing, choirs of Angels, Sing in exultation, Sing, all ye citizens of Heav'n above: " Glory to GOD In the highest;' "" P O come, let us adore Him,& c. f Yea, LORD, we greet Thee, Born this happy morning; JESU, to Thee be glory given; WORD of the FATHER, Now in flesh appearing; P O come, let us adore Him, cr O come, let us adore Him, f 0 come, let us adore Him, CHRIST the LORD. Amen. " Glory to God in the highest, and on earth 60 peace, good will toward men." HARK! the herald- angels sing Glory to the new- born King, p Peace on earth, and mercy mild, er GoD and sinners reconciled. fJoyful, all ye nations, rise, Join the triumph of the skies; With the Angelic host proclaim ,, " CHRIST is born in Bethlehem." Hark! the herald- angels sing Glory to the new- born King. ✓ CHRIST, by highest Heav'n adored, CHRIST, the Everlasting LORD, dim Late in time behold Him come, Offspring of a Virgin's womb. p Veil'd in flesh the GODHEAD see! Hail, the Incarnate Deity! Pleased as Man with man to dwell, cr JESUS, our Emmanuel. Hark! the herald- angels sing Glory to the new- born King. f Hail, the heaven- born Prince of Hail, the Sun of righteousness![ peace! Light and life to all He brings, Risen with healing in His wings. mf Mild He lays His glory by, Born that man no more may die, cr Born to raise the sons of carth, Born to give them second birth. Hark! the herald- angels sing Glory to the new- born King. Amen. " Behold I bring you good tidings of great 61 joy." mf CHRISTIANS, awake, salute the happy morn, [ was born; Whereon the Saviour of the world Rise to adore the mystery of love, Which hosts of Angels chanted from above; With them the joyful tidings first begun Of GOD Incarnate and the Virgin's Son. Then to the watchful shepherds it was told, Who heard the Angelic herald's voice, " Behold, I bring good tidings of a Saviour's birth To you and all the nations upon earth: This day hath GoD fulfill'd His promised word, This day is born a Saviour, CHRIST the LORD." He spake; and straightway the celestial choir In hymns of joy, unknown before, conspire: The praiscs of redeeming love they sang, And Heav'n's whole orb with Alleluias rang: GOD's highest glory was their anthem still, p Peace upon earth, and unto men good will. my To Bethlehem straight the enlighten'd shepherds ran, To see the wonder GOD had wrought for man, And found, with Joseph and the Blessèd Maid, [ laid: Her Son, the Saviour, in a manger Then to their flocks, still praising GOD, return, And their glad hearts with holy rapture burn. p0 may we keep and ponder in our mind [ mankind; GOD's wondrous love in saving lost Trace we the Babe, Who hath retrieved our loss, From His poor manger to His bitter Cross; Tread in His steps, assisted by His grace, Till man's first heavenly state again takes place. mf Then may we hope, the Angelic hosts among, To sing, redeem'd, a glad triumphal song: He that was born upon this joyful day Around us all His glory shall display; Saved by His love, incessant we shall sing Eternal praise to Heav'n's Almighty King. Amen. ( 19) CHRISTMAS. " Unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord." 62 mf WHILE shepherds watch'd their flocks by night, All seated on the ground, The Angel of the LORD came down, And glory shone around. " Fear not," said he: for mighty dread Had seized their troubled mind; " Glad tidings of great joy I bring To you and all mankind. " To you in David's town this day Is born of David's line A Saviour, Who is CHRIST the LORD; And this shall be the sign: " The heavenly Babe you there shall To human view display'd,[ find All meanly wrapp'd in swathing And in a manger laid."[ bands, Thus spake the seraph: and forthwith Appear'd a shining throng Of Angels praising GoD, who thus Address'd their joyful song: f" All glory be to GoD on high, p And to the earth be peace; fGood will henceforth from Heav'n to men Begin and never cease." Amen. 63" The Lord is our defence." 1 FOR A LATE EVENING SERVICE. mf 0 SAVIOUR, LORD, to Thee we pray, Whose love has kept us safe to- day, Protect us through the coming night, And ever save us by Thy might. p Be with us now, in mercy nigh, And spare Thy servants when they cry; Our sins blot out, our prayers receive, cr Thy light throughout our darkness give. mf Let not dull sleep the soul oppress, Nor secret foe the heart possess; Our flesh keep chaste, that it may be A holy temple meet for Thee, To Thee, Who dost our hearts renew, With fervent prayer we humbly sue, That pure in thought and free from stain We from our beds may rise again. f All praise to GOD the FATHER be, All praise, Eternal Son, to Thee, Whom with the SPIRIT we adore For ever and for evermore. Amen. This Hymn may also be sung on Holy Days, except from Ash Wednesday to Whitsunday. Hymn 464 is suitable for this season. St. Stephen's Day. " He, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly into Heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God." mf YESTERDAY, with exultation, Join'd the world in celebration 64 Of her promised Saviour's birth; Yesterday the Angel- nation Pour'd the strains of jubilation O'er the Monarch born on earth; But to- day o'er death victorious, By his faith and actions glorious, By his miracles renown'd, See the Deacon triumph gaining, ' Midst the faithless faith sustaining er First of holy Martyrs found. fOnward, champion, falter never, Sure of sure reward for ever, Holy Stephen, persevere; Perjured witnesses confounding, Satan's synagogue astounding By thy doctrine true and clear. mf Thine own Witness is in Heaven, True and faithful, to thee given, Witness of thy blamelessness: By thy name a crown implying, Meet it is thou shouldst be dying For the crown of righteousness. For the crown that fadeth never Bear the torturer's brief endeavour; Victory waits to end the strife: Death shall be thy life's beginning, And life's losing be the winning Of the true and better life. Fill'd with GOD's most Holy SPIRIT, See the Heav'n thou shalt inherit, Stephen, gaze into the skies: There God's glory steadfast viewing. Thence thy victor- strength renewing, Pant for thy eternal prize. See, as Jewish foes invade thee, See how JESUS stands to aid thee, Stands at GOD's right hand on high: Tell how open'd Heav'n is shown thee, Tell how JESUS waits to own thee, Tell it with thy latest cry. 2 As the dying Martyr kneeleth, For his murderers he appealeth, For their madness grieving sore; pp Then in CHRIST he sleepeth sweetly, [ meetly, er And with CHRIST he reigneth ff Martyr first- fruits, evermore. Amen. " Be thou faithful unto death, and I will 65 give thee a crown of life." mf FIRST of Martyrs, thou whose name Doth thy golden crown proclaim, Not of flowers that fade away Weave we this thy crown to- day. ( 20) ST STEPHEN'S DAY Bright the stones which bruise thee gleam, Sprinkled with thy life- blood's stream; Stars around thy sainted head Never could such radiance shed. Every wound upon thy brow Sparkles with unearthly glow; Like an Angel's is thy face Beaming with celestial grace Oh, how blessèd first to be Slain for Him Who bled for thee; First like Him in dying hour Witness to Almighty power; First to follow where He trod Through the deep Red Sea of blood; First, but in thy footsteps press Saints and Martyrs numberless, f Glory to the FATHER be, Glory, VIRGIN- BORN, to Thee, Glory to the HOLY GHOST, Praised by men and heavenly host. Amen. " That which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled of the Word 66 of Life,... declare we unto you.' mf THE life, which God's Incarnate Lived here below with men,[ WORD Three blest Evangelists record With Heav'n- inspirèd pen: John scars on high, beyond the three, To GOD the FATHER'S Throne; And shows in what deep mystery The WORD with GoD is ONE. Scrolls unfolded, trumpets pealing, Wine cups from the wrath above; St. John the Evangelist's Day. Yet o'er all a soft voice stealing" Little children, trust and love!" f Thee, the Almighty King Eternal, FATHER of the Eternal WORD, Thee, the FATHER'S WORD Supernal, Thee, of Both, the BREATH adored, Heaven, and earth, and realms in fernal p Upon the Saviour's loving Breast Invited to recline, [ blest, ' Twas thence he drew, in moments Rich stores of truth Divine: mf And thence did that angelic love His inmost spirit fill, Which, once enkindled from above, Breathes in his pages still. JESU, the Virgin's Holy SON, We praise Thee and adore, Who art with GOD the FATHER ONE And SPIRIT evermore. Amen. 67" The disciple whom Jesus loved." mf WORD Supreme, before creation Born of GoD eternally, Who didst will for our salvation p He upon Thy Bosom lying Thy true tokens learn'd by heart; And Thy dearest pledge in dying, LORD, Thou didst to him impart; Show'dst him how, all grace supplying, Blood and water from Thee start. He first, hoping and believing, Did beside the grave adore; Latest he, the warfare leaving, Landed on the eternal shore; And his witness we receiving To be born on earth, and die;[ tion, Well Thy Saints have kept their staWatching till Thine hour drew nigh. Now' tis come, and faith espies Thee; Like an eaglet in the morn, One in steadfast worship eyes Thee, Thy beloved, Thy latest born: In Thy glory he descries Thee Reigning from the Tree of scorn. Own Thee LORD for evermore. Much he ask'd in loving wonder, On Thy Bosom leaning, LORD; In that secret place of thunder Answer kind didst Thou accord, Wisdom for Thy Church to ponder Till the day of dread award. Lo! Heav'n's doors lift up, revealing How Thy judgments earthward move; Own ONE glorious GoD and LORD, Amen, The Innocents' Day. " The first- fruits unto God and to the 68 Lamb." mf SWEET flow'rets of the martyr band, p So early pluck'd by cruel hand; Like rosebuds by a tempest torn, As breaks the light of summer morn; First victims offer'd for the LORD, er Ye little knew your high reward, [ play. mf As, at the very altar, gay With palms and crowns ye seem'd to Ah! what avail'd King Herod's wrath? He could not stay your Saviour's path: crThe Child he sought alone went free; f That Child is King eternally. O LORD, the Virgin- born, to Thee Praise, honour, might, and glory be, Whom with the FATHER we adore And HOLY GHOST for evermore. Amen. They are without fault before the throne 69 of God." mf GLORY to Thee, O LORD, Who, from this world of sin, By cruel Herod's ruthless sword Those precious ones didst win (( ( 21) THE INNOCENTS' DAY. Baptized in their own blood, Earth's untried perils o'er, They pass'd unconsciously the flood, And safely gain'd the shore. Glory to Thee for all The ransom'd infant band,[ call, Who since that hour have heard Thy And reach'd the quiet land. po that our hearts within, Like theirs, were pure and bright; O that as free from stain of sin We shrank not from Thy sight. LORD, help us every hour. Thy cleansing grace to claim; er In life to glorify Thy power, In death to praise Thy Name. Amen. The Circumcision. When eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the Child, His Name was called Jesus." 70 mf THE ancient law departs, And all its terrors cease; For JESUS makes with faithful hearts A covenant of peace. The Light of Light Divine, True Brightness undefiled, He bears for us the shame of sin, A Holy ess Child. [ flow p His Infant Body now Begins our pain to feel; Those precious drops of Blood that For death the victim seal. mf To- day the Name is Thine At which we bend the knee; They call Thee JESUS, Child Divine, Our JESUS deign to be. All praise, Eternal SON, For Thy redeeming love, With FATHER, SPIRIT, ever ONE, In glorious might above. Amen. " God sent forth His Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem 71 them that were under the law." mf0 BLESSED day, when first was pour'd The Blood of our Redeeming LORD! O blessed day, when first began p His sufferings borne for sinful man! Scarce enter'd this life of woe, His Infant Blood begins to flow; A foretaste of His death He feels, cr An earnest of His love reveals. mf From Heav'n descending to fulfil The bidding of His FATHER'S Will, p A victim even now He lies Before the day of sacrifice. mf For love of us His woes begin; The Sinless suffers for our sin; The Law's great Maker for our aid Obedient to the Law is made. p The wound He through the Law endures [ secures; cr Our freedom from that Law Henceforth a holier law prevails, The law of love which never fails. mf LORD, circumcise our hearts, we pray, And take what is not Thine away; Write Thine own Name within our hearts, Thy law upon our inmost parts. f0 LORD, the Virgin- born, to Thee Eternal praise and glory be, Whom with the FATHER we adore And HOLY GHOST for evermore. Amen. The following Hymns are suitable for this Festival: 175 Conquering kings their titles take. 179 To the Name of our Salvation. New Year's Day. " And now, Lord, what is my hope; truly 72 my hope is even in Thee."' mf THE year is gone, beyond recall, With all its hopes and fears, With all its bright and gladdening smiles, p With all its mourners' tears; mf Thy thankful people praise Thee LORD, And pray for grace to keep the Faith For countless gifts received; Which Saints of old believed. To Thee we come, O gracious LORD, The new- born year to bless; Defend our land from pestilence; Give peace and plenteousness; Forgive this nation's many sins; The growth of vice restrain; And help us all with sin to strive, And crowns of life to gain. From evil deeds that stain the past We now desire to flee; And pray that future years may all Be spent, good LORD, for Thee. O FATHER, let Thy watchful Eye Still look on us in love, That we may praise Thee, year by With Angel- hosts above. [ year, f All glory to the FATHER be, All glory to the SON, All glory, HOLY GHOST, to Thee. While endless ages run. Amen. " So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom." 73 mf For Thy mercy and Thy grace, Faithful through another year, Hear our song of thankfulness; JESU, Our Redeemer, hear. ( 22) NEW YEAR'S DAY. In our weakness and distress, Rock of strength, be Thou our Stay; In the pathless wilderness Be our true and living Way. p Who of us death's awful road In the coming year shall tread, With Thy rod and staff, O GOD, Comfort Thou his dying bed. mf Keep us faithful, keep us pure, Keep us evermore Thine own, Help, O help us to endure, Fit us for Thy promised crown. So within Thy palace gate We shall praise, on golden strings, Thee the only Potentate, LORD of lords and King of kings. 74 mf FATHER, let me dedicate All this year to Thee, In whatever worldly state Thou wilt have me be: Amen. " That God in all things may be glorified." p Not from sorrow, pain, or care Freedom dare I claim; cr This alone shall be my prayer, Glorify Thy Name. mf Can a child presume to choose Where or how to live? Can a FATHER's love refuse All the best to give? More Thou givest every day Than the best can claim, Nor withholdest aught that may Glorify Thy Name. If in mercy Thou wilt spare Joys that yet are mine; If on life, serene and fair, Brighter rays may shine: f Let my glad heart, while it sings, Thee in all proclaim, And, whate'er the future brings, Glorify Thy Name. p If Thou callest to the Cross, And its shadow come, Turning all my gain to loss, Shrouding heart and home; cr Let me think how Thy dear SON To His glory came, And in deepest woe pray on, " Glorify Thy Name.' Amen. The Epiphany. " The Life was manifested, and we have 75 seen it." mf How vain the cruel Herod's fear, When told that CHRIST the King is near! He takes not earthly realms away, Who gives the realms that ne'er decay. The Eastern sages saw from far And follow'd on His guiding star; By light their way to Light they trod, And by their gifts confess'd their GOD. Within the Jordan's sacred flood The heavenly LAMB in meekness stood, That He, to Whom no sin was known, Might cleanse His people from their own. 165 O Gon, our help in ages past. 205 Thou Judge of quick and dead. 288 A few more years shall roll. 289 Days and moments quickly flying. And oh, what miracle Divine, When water redden'd into wine! He spake the word, and forth it flow'd In streams that nature ne'er bestow'd. f All glory, JESU, be to Thee For this Thy glad Epiphany: Whom with the FATHER we adore And HOLY GHOST for evermore. Amen. " And thou, Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda; for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule My people Israel." 76 mf EARTH has many a noble city; Bethlehem, thou dost all excel: Out of thee the LORD from Heaven Came to rule His Israel. Fairer than the sun at morning Was the star that told His birth, To the world its GoD announcing Seen in fleshly form on earth. Eastern sages at His cradle Make oblations rich and rare; See them give, in deep devotion, Gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. Sacred gifts of mystic meaning: Incense doth their GoD disclose, Gold the King of kings proclaimeth, p Myrrh His sepulchre foreshows. fJESU Whom the Gentiles worshipp'd At Thy glad Epiphany, Unto Thee, with GoD the FATHER And the SPIRIT, glory be. Amen. " We have seen His star in the east. fWHAT star is this, with beams so bright, The following Hymns are suitable for this More beauteous than the noonday day or its eve: light? It shines to herald forth the King, And Gentiles to His cradle bring. mf See now fulfill'd what GoD decreed " From Jacob shall a star proceed; THE EPIPHANY. And Eastern sages with amaze Upon the wondrous vision gaze. The guiding star above is bright; Within them shines a clearer light, Which leads them on with power benign To seek the Giver of the sign. True love can brook no dull delay; Nor toil nor dangers stop their way: Home, kindred, fatherland, and all They leave at their Creator's call. PO JESU, while the star of grace Allures us now to seek Thy Face, Let not our slothful hearts refuse The guidance of that light to use. All glory, JESU, be to Thee For this Thy glad Epiphany, Whom with the FATHER we adore And HOLY GHOST for evermore. Amen. " And He went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto 78 them." mf THE Heav'nly Child in stature grows, p And, growing, learns to die; And still His early training shows His coming agony. mf The Son of GoD His glory hides With parents mean and poor; And He, Who made the heavens. p In dwelling- place obscure.[ abides mf Those mighty Hands that rule the No earthly toil refuse: The Maker of the stars on high 2 An humble trade pursues. [ sky mf He, Whom the choirs of Angels Bearing each dread decree, [ praise His earthly parents now obeys p In deep humility. mf For this Thy lowliness reveal'd, JESU, We Thee adore, f And praise to GoD the FATHER yield And SPIRIT evermore. Amen. " When they saw the star, they rejoiced 79 with exceeding great joy. f As with gladness men of old Did the guiding star behold, As with joy they hail'd its light, Leading onward, beaming bright; So, most gracious LORD, may we Evermore be led to Thee. So may we with holy joy, Pure and free from sin's alloy, All our costliest treasures bring, CHRIST, to Thee our heavenly King. 2 Holy JESUS, every day Keep us in the narrow way; er And, when earthly things are past, Bring our ransom'd souls at last mf Where they need no star to guide, Where no clouds Thy glory hide. f In the Heav'nly country bright Need they no created light; Thou its Light, its Joy, its Crown, Thou its Sun which goes not down; There for ever may we sing Alleluias to our King. Amen. mf As with joyful steps they sped, Saviour, to Thy lowly bed, There to bend the knee before Thee Whom Heav'n and earth adore; So may we with willing feet Ever seek Thy mercy- seat. As they offer'd gifts most rare At Thy cradle rude and bare; " The people which' sat in darkness sau 80 great light." mf THE people that in darkness sat A glorious light have seen; The Light has shined on them who In shades of death have been.[ long f To hail Thee, Sun of Righteousness, The gathering nations come; They joy as when the reapers bear Their harvest treasures home. For Thou their burden dost remove, And break the tyrant's rod, As in the day when Midian fell Before the sword of GOD. For unto us a Child is born, To us a Son is given, And on His Shoulder ever rests All power in earth and heaven. His Name shall be the Prince of The Everlasting LORD, The Wonderful, the Counsellor, The GOD by all adored. [ peace, ofit His righteous government and power Shall over all extend: On judgment and on justice based, His reign shall have no end. mf LORD JESUS, reign in us, we pray. And make us Thine alone, f Who with the FATHER ever art And HOLY SPIRIT ONE. Amen. 81" The Son of God was manifested." mf SONGS of thankfulness and praise, JESU, LORD, to Thee we raise, Manifested by the star To the Sages from afar; Branch of royal David's stem In Thy Birth at Bethlehem; f Anthems be to Thee addrest, GOD in Man made manifest. mf Manifest at Jordan's stream, Prophet. Priest, and King supreme; And at Cana wedding- guest In Thy Godhead manifest; ( 24) THE EPIPHANY Manifest in power Divine, Changing water into wine; f Anthems be to Thee addrest, GOD in Man made manifest. mf Manifest in making whole Palsied limbs and fainting soul; Manifest in valiant fight, Quelling all the devil's might; Manifest in gracious will, Ever bringing good from ill; f Anthems be to Thee addrest, GOD in Man made manifest. p Sun and Moon shall darken'd be, Stars shall fall, the heavens shall flee; er CHRIST will then like lightning shine, mf All will see His glorious Sign; All will then the trumpet hear, All will see the Judge appear; Thou by all wilt be confest, GOD in Man made manifest. mf Grant us grace to see Thee, LORD, Mirror'd in Thy holy Word; May we imitate Thee now, And be pure, as pure art Thou; That we like to Thee may be At Thy great Epiphany: fAnd may praise Thee, ever Blest, Amen. GOD in Man made manifest. From the tave of the Epiphany to Septuagesima, General Hymns may be sung; especially, 173 O Love, how deep! how broad! how high! 177 JESU! the very thought is sweet. 178 JESU, the very thought of Thee. 218 Gon of mercy, Gon of grace. 219 Hail to the LORD's Anointed. 220 JESUS shall reign where'er the sun. For the Week before Septuagesima. 82" And again they said, Alleluia.* fALLELUIA, song of sweetness, Voice of joy that cannot die; ALLELUIA is the anthem Ever dear to choirs on high; In the house of GOD abiding Thus they sing eternally. ALLELUIA thou resoundest, True Jerusalem and free; ALLELUIA, joyful Mother, All thy children sing with thee; p But by Babylon's sad waters Mourning exiles now are we. ALLELUIA cannot always Be our song while here below; ALLELUIA our transgressions Make us for awhile forego; For the solemn time is coming When our tears for sin must flow. mf Therefore in our hymns we pray Thee, Grant us, Blessèd TRINITY, At the last to keep Thine Easter In our Home beyond the sky, There to Thee for ever singing ALLELUIA joyfully. Amen. Septuagesima. " How shall we sing the Lord's song in a 83 strange land?" mf CREATOR of the world, to Thee An endless rest of joy belongs: And heavenly choirs are ever free To sing on high their festal songs. p But we are fallen creatures here, Where pain and sorrow daily come; And how can we in exile drear Sing out, as they, sweet songs of Home? mf 0 FATHER, Who dost promise still That they who mourn shall blessèd be, 2 Grant us to weep for deeds of ill That banish us so fong from Thee: But, weeping, grant us faith to rest In hope upon Thy loving care; er Till Thou restore us, with the blest, mf Their songs of praise in Heav'n to share. To FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST, The GOD Whom Heav'n and earth adore, From men and from the Angel- host Be praise and glory evermore. Amen From Septuagesima Sunday to Lent the Hymns for Sunday and the other days of the week should be sung; and the following Hymns are also suitable: 162 Have mercy on us, Gon most High. 168 There is a book, who runs may read 172 Praise to the Holiest in the height. 210 Gracious SPIRIT, HOLY GHOST. 262 Great Mover of all hearts. Lent. " Rend your heart and not your garments, 84 and turn unto the Lord your God." PONCE more the solemn season calls A holy fast to keep; And now within the temple walls Let priest and people weep. mf But vain all outward sign of grief, And vain the form of prayer, Unless the heart implore relief, And penitence be there. We smite the breast, we weep in vain, In vain in ashes mourn, Unless with penitential pain The smitten soul be torn. ( 25) p In sorrow true then let us pray To our offended GOD, From us to turn His wrath away, And stay the uplifted rod. LENT. O GOD, our Judge and Father, deign To spare the bruisèd reed; We pray for time to turn again, For grace to turn indeed. mf Blest THREE in ONE, to Thee we bow; Vouchsafe us, in Thy love, To gather from these fasts below Immortal fruit above. Amen. " Now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to Me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning." 85 mf By precepts taught of ages past, Now let us keep again the fast Which, year by year, in order meet Of forty days is made complete. The law and seers that were of old In divers ways this Lent foretold. Which CHRIST Himself, the LORD and Of every season, sanctified. [ Guide More sparing therefore let us make The words we speak, the food we take, Deny ourselves in mirth and sleep,. In stricter watch our senses keep. In prayer together let us fall, And cry for mercy, one and all; And weep before the Judge, and say, p0 turn from us Thy wrath away. Thy grace have we offended sore By sins, O GOD, which we deplore; Pour down upon us from above The riches of Thy pardoning love. Remember, LORD, though frail we be, That yet Thine handiwork are we: Nor let the honour of Thy Name Be by another put to shame. Forgive the ill that we have wrought, Increase the good that we have sought; That we at length, our wanderings o'er, May please Thee now and everinore. mf Blest THREE in ONE, and ONE in THREE, Almighty GOD, we pray to Thee, That Thou wouldst now vouchsafe to bless Our fast with fruits of righteousness. Amen. " In due season we shall reap, if we faint 86 not." p With self- accusing voice within Our conscience tells of many a sin In thought, and word, and deed: cr O cleanse that conscience from all stain, mf 0 THOU Who dost to man accord His highest prize, his best reward, Thou Hope of all our race; JESU, to Thee we now draw near, Our earnest supplications hear, Who humbly seek Thy Face. The penitent restore again, From every burthen freed. mf If Thou reject us, who shall give Our fainting spirits strength to live? " Tis Thine alone to spare; With cleansèd hearts to pray aright, And find acceptance in Thy sight, Be this our lowly prayer. " Tis Thou hast bless'd this solemn fast; So may its days by us be pass'd In self- control severe, er That, when our Easter morn we hail, Its mystic feast we may not fail To keep with conscience clear. mf 0 Blessèd TRINITY, bestow Thy pardoning grace on us below, And shield us evermore; er Until, within Thy courts above, We see Thy Face, and sing Thy love, And with Thy Saints adore. Amen. " O deliver us, and be merciful unto our 87 sins, for Thy Name's sake." p0 MERCIFUL CREATOR, hear; In tender pity bow Thine ear: Accept the tearful prayer we raise In this our fast of forty days. Each heart is manifest to Thee; Thou knowest our infirmity: Repentant now we seek Thy Face; er Impart to us Thy pardoning grace. 2 Our sins are manifold and sore, But spare Thou them who sin deplore; And for Thine own Name's sake make whole The fainting and the weary soul. Grant us to mortify each sense By means of outward abstinence, That so from every stain of sin The soul may keep her fast within. mf Blest THREE in ONE, and ONE in THREE, Amen. " Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, 88 now is the day of salvation." mf Lo! now is our accepted day, The time for purging sins away The sins of thought, and deed, and word, That we have done against the LORD. ( 26) Almighty GOD, we pray to Thee,[ bless That Thou wouldst now vouchsafe to Our fast with fruits of righteousness. LENT. For He the Merciful and True Hath spared His people hitherto; Not willing that the soul should die, Though great its past iniquity. p Then let us all with earnest care, And contrite fast, and tear, and prayer, And works of mercy and of love, Entreat for pardon from above; mf That He may all our sins efface, Adorn us with the gifts of grace, And join us to the Angel band For ever in the heavenly land. Blest THREE in ONE, and ONE in THREE, Almighty GOD, we pray to Thee,[ bless That Thou wouldst now vouchsafe to Our fast with fruits of righteousness. Amen. 89" Then shall they fast in those days." mf GooD it is to keep the fast Shadow'd forth in ages past, Which our own Almighty LORD Hallow'd by His deed and word. Moses, while he fasted, saw GOD Who gave by him the Law; To Elijah Angels came, Steeds of fire and car of flame. So was Daniel meet to gaze On the sight of latter days, And the Baptist to proclaim[ Name. Blessings through the Bridegroom's p Grant us, LORD, like them to be Oft in prayer and fast with Thee; er Fill us with Thy heavenly might, Be our joy and true delight. p FATHER, hear us through Thy SON, And the SPIRIT, with Thee ONE, cr Whom our thankful hearts adore Ever and for evermore. Amen. " I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed 90 before the God of Heaven." mf JESU, our Lenten fast of Thee We duteous learn to keep, A healing time, by Thy decree, For all Thy wounded sheep; [ LORD, A time in which towards Paradise, Once lost by carnal sense, The souls redeem'd by Thee may rise Through chastening abstinence. Now with Thy Church be present, In all Thy saving grace, And hear us as with one accord, p Mourning, we seek Thy Face. Most Merciful, forgive the past; The sins which we deplore; Thy sheltering arms around us cast, That we may sin no more. mf To Thee our sacrifice we bring Of Lenten fast and prayer,[ King cr Till, cleansed by Thee, our GoD and f Thy Paschal joy we share. mf Grant this, O FATHER, through Thy And through the SPIRIT Blest,[ SON, Who art with Them for ever ONE, Eternally confest. Amen. 91" Whom resist, steadfast in the faith." p CHRISTIAN, dost thou see them On the holy ground, er How the troops of Midian dim Prowl and prowl around? Christian, up and smite them, Counting gain but loss; Smite them by the merit Of the holy Cross. p Christian, dost thou feel them, How they work within, cr Striving, tempting, luring, Goading into sin? f Christian, never tremble; Never be down- cast; Smite them by the virtue Of the Lenten fast. p Christian, dost thou hear them, How they speak thee fair? cr" Always fast and vigil? Always watch and prayer?" Christian, answer boldly, " While I breathe I pray:" p Peace shall follow battle, f Night shall end in day." mf" Well I know thy trouble, O My servant true; Thou art very weary ,p I was weary too; f But that toil shall make thee Some day all Mine own, And the end of sorrow ff Shall be near My Throne." Amen. " And Jesus... was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those 92 days He did eat nothing." mf FORTY days and forty nights Thou wast fasting in the wild; Forty days and forty nights Tempted, and yet undefiled. Sunbeams scorching all the day; Chilly dew- drops nightly shed; Prowling beasts about Thy way; Stones Thy pillow; earth Thy bed. Shall not we Thy sorrow share, And from earthly joys abstain, Fasting with unceasing prayer, Glad with Thee to suffer pain? ( 27) And if Satan, vexing sore, Flesh or spirit should assail, er Thou, his Vanquisher before, Grant we may not faint nor fail. p So shall we have peace Divine; cr Holier gladness ours shall be;" Round us too shall Angels shine, dim Such as minister'd to Thee. mf Keep, 0 keep us, Saviour dear, Ever constant by Thy side; f That with Thee we may appear At th' eternal Eastertide. Amen. " Enter not into judgment with Thy servant; for in Thy sight shall no 93 man living be justified." [ me, PO LORD, turn not Thy Face from Who lie in woeful state, Lamenting all my sinful life Before Thy mercy- gate; A gate which opens wide to those That do lament their sin; LENT. Shut not that gate against me, LORD, But let me enter in. And call me not to strict account How I have sojourn'd here; For then my guilty conscience knows How vile I shall appear. Mercy, Good LORD, mercy I ask; This is my humble prayer; For mercy, LORD, is all my suit, O let Thy mercy spare. Amen. 94" My soul fleeth unto the Lord." 2 LORD, in this Thy mercy's day, Ere it pass for aye away, On our knees we fall and pray. Holy JESU, grant us tears, Fill us with heart- searching fears, Ere that awful doom appears. mf LORD, on us Thy SPIRIT pour Kneeling lowly at the door, Ere it close for evermore. pp By Thy night of agony, By Thy supplicating cry, By Thy willingness to die; By Thy tears of bitter woe For Jerusalem below, Let us not Thy love forego. p Grant us' neath Thy wings a place, er Lest we lose this day of grace my Ere we shall behold Thy Face. Amen. 95" I am the Light of the world." ch FOR A LATE EVENING SERVICE. f0 CHRIST, Who art the Light and Day, [ away: Thy beams chase night's dark shades The very Light of Light Thou art, Who dost Thy blessèd Light impart. mf All- Holy LORD, to Thee we bend, Thy servants through this night de fend, And grant us calm repose in Thee, A quiet night from périls free. Let not the tempter round us creep With thoughts of evil while we sleep, Nor with his wiles the flesh allure And make us in Thy sight impure. While wearied eyes light slumber take, The heart to Thee be still awake, And Thy right Hand stretch'd forth above Protect the children of Thy love. O LORD, our strong Defence, be nigh; Bid all the powers of darkness fly; Preserve and watch o'er us for good, Whom Thou hast purchased with Thy Blood. p Remember us, dear LORD, we pray, While burden'd in the flesh we stay; er" Tis Thou alone our souls canst keep; Abide with us this night in sleep. mf Blest THREE in ONE, and ONE in THREE, Almighty GoD, we pray to Thee, That Thou wouldst now vouchsafe to bless Our fast with fruits of righteousness. Amen. The following Hymns, and some of the Hymns on the Passion, are suitable for this season: 181 We know Thee Who Thou art. 183 When wounded sore the stricken heart. 198 O JESU, Thou art standing. 244 LORD, when we bend before Thy Throne. 245 When at Thy footstool, LORD, I bend 249 Have mercy, LORD, on me. 250 Out of the deep I call. 251 Saviour, when in dust to Thee. 252 Weary of earth and laden with my sin. 253 O JESU CHRIST, if aught there be. 254 Art thou weary, art thou languid. 259 Thy life was given for me. 263 Take up thy cross, the Saviour said. 279 O help us, LORD; each hour of need. 288 A few more years shall roll. 465 Litany of Penitence. No. 1. 466 Litany of Penitence. No. 2. The Fifth Sunday in Lent. OTHERWISE CALLED PASSION SUNDAY. " God forbid that I should glory, save in 96 the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ." THE Royal Banners forward go, The Cross shines forth in mystic glow: Where He in Flesh, our flesh Who made, Our sentence bore, our ransom paid. ( 28) EUNDAY IN LENT. THE FIFTH my There whilst He hung, His sacred Side [ be: P By soldier's spear was open'd wide, To cleanse us in the precious flood Of Water mingled with His Blood. f Fulfill'd is now what David told In true prophetic song of old, How GoD the heathen's King should ff For GoD is reigning from the Tree. mf 0 Tree of glory, Tree most fair, Ordain'd those Holy Limbs to bear, How bright in purple robe it stood, The purple of a Saviour's Blood! mf Upon its arms, like balance true, He weigh'd the price for sinners due, The price which none but He could pay, f And spoil'd the spoiler of his prey. To Thee, Eternal THREE in ONE, Let homage meet by all be done: As by the Cross Thou dost restore, So rule and guide us evermore. Amen. This Hymn may be sung daily till Thursday before Easter. p There the nails and spear He suffers, Vinegar, and gall, and reed; From His sacred Body piercèd mf Now the thirty years accomplish'd Which on earth He will'd to see, Born for this, He meets His Passion, Gives Himself an Offering free; On the Cross the LAMB is lifted, There the Sacrifice to be. Blood and Water both proceed; cr Precious flood, which all creation From the stain of sin hath freed. Faithful Cross, above all other One and only noble Tree, None in foliage, none in blossom, None in fruit thy peer may be; Sweetest wood, and sweetest iron; Sweetest weight is hung on thee. mi Bend, O lofty Tree, thy branches, Thy too rigid sinews bend; And awhile the stubborn hardness, Which thy birth bestow'd, suspend: And the Limbs of Heav'n's high MonGently on thine arms extend.[ arch mf Thou alone was counted worthy This world's ransom to sustain, That a shipwreck'd race for ever Might a port of refuge gain, With the sacred Blood anointed Of the LAMB for sinners slain. 97" The Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ." fSING, my tongue, the glorious battle, Praise and honour to the FATHER, Praise and honour to the SON. Praise and honour to the SPIRIT, Ever THREE and ever ONE, One in might, and One in glory, While eternal ages run. Amen. This Hymn may be sung daily till Good Friday; and the following Hymns are suitable: Sing the last, the dread affray; O'er the Cross, the Victor's trophy, Sound the high triumphal lay, p How, the pains of death enduring, f Earth's Redeemer won the day. mf He, our Maker, deeply grieving That the first- made Adam fell, When he ate the fruit forbidden Whose reward was death and hell, Mark'd e'en then this Tree the ruin Of the first tree to dispel. Thus the work for our salvation He ordainèd to be done; To the traitor's art opposing Art yet deeper than his own; Thence the remedy procuring Whence the fatal wound begun. Therefore, when at length the fulness Of the appointed time was come, He was sent, the world's Creator, From the FATHER's heavenly home, And was found in human fashion, Offspring of the Virgin's womb. p Lo! He lies, an Infant weeping, Where the narrow manger stands, While the Mother- Maid His members Wraps in mean and lowly bands, And the swaddling clothes is winding Round His helpless Feet and Hands. PART 2. 200 We sing the praise of Him Whe died. 467 Litany of the Passion. The Sunday next before Easter. OTHERWISE CALLED PALM SUNDAY. " Out of the mouths of babes and sucklinge 98 Thou hast perfected praise." ALL glory, laud, and honour To Thee, Redeemer, King, To Whom the lips of children Made sweet Hosannas ring. mf Thou art the King of Israel, Thou David's Royal Son, Who in the LORD'S Name comest, The King and Blessèd One. f All glory,& c. mf The company of Angels Are praising Thee on high, And mortal men and all things Created make reply. f All glory,& c. mf The people of the Hebrews With palms before Thee went; Our praise and prayer and anthems Before Thee we present. f All glory,& c. ( 29) THE SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE EASTER. mf To Thee before Thy Passion They sang their hymns of praise; To Thee now high exalted Our melody we raise. f All glory,& c. mf Thou didst accept their praises, Accept the prayers we bring, Who in all good delightest, Thou good and gracious King, f All glory,& c. Amen. " And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna 99 to the Son of David." f RIDE on! ride on in majesty! Hark! all the tribes Hosanna cry; PO Saviour meek, pursue Thy road With palms and scatter'd garments strow'd. f Ride on! ride on in majesty! p In lowly pomp ride on to die; er O CHRIST, Thy triumphs now begin O'er captive death and conquer'd sin. f Ride on! ride on in majesty! mf The Angel armies of the sky p Look down with sad and wondering eyes To see the approaching Sacrifice. f Ride on! ride on in majesty! mf The last and fiercest strife is nigh: The FATHER on His sapphire Throne Awaits His own Anointed SON. f Ride on! ride on in majesty! 2 In lowly pomp ride on to die; Bow Thy meek Head to mortal pain, Then take, O GOD, Thy power, and reign. Amen. Hymns on the Passion.* " And being in an agony He prayed more 100 earnestly." mf SION's Daughter, weep no more, Though thy troubled heart be sore; He of Whom the Psalmist sung, He Who woke the Prophet's tongue, CHRIST, the Mediator Blest, Brings thee everlasting rest. 2 In a garden man became Heir of sin, and death, and shame; cr JESUS in a garden wins Life, and pardon for our sins; dim Through His hour of agony Praying in Gethsemane. mf There for us He intercedes; There with GoD the FATHER pleads; Willing there for us to drain To the dregs the cup of pain, That in everlasting day He may wipe our tears away. * Some of these Hymns may be sung throughout the year. f Therefore to His Name be given Glory both in earth and Heaven; To the FATHER, and the SON, And the SPIRIT, THREE in ONE, Honour, praise, and glory be Now and through eternity. Amen. 101" Looking unto Jesus." p O'ERWHELM'D in depths of woe, Upon the Tree of scorn Hangs the Redeemer of mankind, With racking anguish torn. See how the nails those Hands And Feet so tender rend; See down His Face, and Neck, and His sacred Blood descend.[ Breast mf Oh, hear that last, loud cry Which pierced His Mother's heart, 2 As into GoD the FATHER's hands He bade His soul depart. mf Earth hears, and trembling quakes Around that tree of pain; f The rocks are rent; the graves are The veil is rent in twain. [ burst; mf Shall man alone be mute? Have we no griefs, or fears?[ kind, Come, old and young, come, all manAnd bathe those Feet in tears. p Come, fall before His Cross Who shed for us His Blood; Who died, the Victim of pure love, To make us sons of GOD. fJESU, all praise to Thee, Our Joy and endless Rest;[ here, Be Thou our Guide while pilgrims Our Crown amid the blest. Amen. " Thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us 102 to God by Thy Blood." P HE, Who once in righteous vengeance [ flood, Whelm'd the world beneath the mf Once again in mercy cleansed it With His own most precious Blood, p Coming from His Throne on high On the painful Cross to die. f0 the wisdom of the Eternal! O the depth of love Divine! mf O the sweetness of that mercy Which in JESUS CHRIST did shine! dim We were sinners doom'd to Cie; JESUS paid the penalty. p When before the Judge wo tremblo, Conscious of His broken laws, cr May the Blood of His Atonement Cry aloud, and plead our cause, Bid our guilty terrors cease, p Be our pardon and our peace. f Prince and Author of salvation, LORD of Majesty supreme, ( 30) HYMNS ON THE PASSION. None ever knew such pain before, Such infinite affliction, None ever felt a grief like His In that dread crucifixion: For us He bare those bitter throes, For us those agonizing woes, In oft- renew'd infliction. JESU, praise to Thee be given By the world Thou didst redeem; Glory to the FATHER be And the SPIRIT ONE with Thee. [ Amen. 103 " He was wounded for our transgressions." my Now, my soul, thy voice upraising, Tell in sweet and mournful strain How the Crucified, enduring Grief, and wounds, and dying pain, Freely of His love was offer'd, Sinless was for sinners slain. Scourg'd with unrelenting fury For the sins which we deplore, By His livid Stripes He heals us, Raising us to fall no more; All our bruises gently soothing, Binding up the bleeding sore. p See! His Hands and Feet are fasten'd; er So He makes His people free; Not a wound whence Blood is flowing But a fount of grace shall be: Yea the very nails which nail Him Nail us also to the Tree. p Through His Heart the spear is piercing, [ die; Though His foes have seen Him Blood and Water thence are streaming In a tide of mystery, cr Water from our guilt to cleanse us, Blood to win us crowns on high. mf JESU, may those precious fountains Drink to thirsting souls afford: Let them be our cup and healing, And at length our full reward; So a ransom'd world shall ever Praise Thee, its redeeming LORD. Amen. 104 " Behold the Man." ' mf 0 SINNER, lift the eye of faith, To true repentance turning; Bethink thee of the curse of sin, Its awful guilt discerning; Upon the Crucified One look, And thou shalt read, as in a book, What well is worth thy learning. p Look on His Head, that bleeding Head, With crown of thorns surrounded; Look on His sacred Hands and Feet Which piercing nails have wounded; See every Limb with scourges rent: On Him, the Just, the Innocent, What malice hath abounded 1 Tis not alone those Limbs are rack'd, But friends too are forsaking; And more than all, for thankless man That tender Heart is aching; Oh, fearful was the pain and scorn, By JESUS, Son of Mary, borne, Their peace for sinners making. mf 0 sinner, mark, and ponder well Sin's awful condemnation; Think what a sacrifice it cost To purchase thy salvation; Had JESUS never bled and died, Then what could thee and all betide But uttermost damnation? LORD, give us grace to flee from sin, And Satan's wiles ensnaring, And from those everlasting flames For evil ones preparing. fJESU, we thank Thee, and entreat er To rest for ever at Thy Feet, Thy heavenly glory sharing. Amen. 105" The love of Christ constraineth us." PIN the LORD'S atoning grief Be our rest and sweet relief; Store we deep in heart's recess All the shame and bitterness. Thorns, and cross, and nails, and lance, Wounds, our treasure that enhance, Vinegar, and gall, and reed, And the pang His soul that freed, cr May these all our spirits sate, And with love inebriate; In our souls plant virtue's root, And mature its glorious fruit. mf Crucified! we Thee adore, Thee with all our hearts implore; Us with Saintly bands unite In the realms of heavenly light. CHRIST, by coward hands betray'd, CHRIST, for us a captive made, CHRIST, upon the bitter Tree[ Amen. Slain for man, be praise to Thee. " We love Him, because He first loved us." 106 mf MY GOD, I love Thee;( dim) not I hope for heaven thereby,[ because Nor yet because who love Thee not p Are lost eternally. Thou, O my JESUS, Thou didst me Forme didst bear the nails, and spear, Upon the Cross embrace; And manifol disgrace, pp And griefs and torments numberAnd sweat of agony; [ less, Yea, death itself; and all for me Who was Thine enemy. mf Then why, O Blessèd JESU CHRIST, Should I not love Thee well? Not for the sake of winning heaven, Nor of escaping hell; ( 31) HYMNS ON THE PASSION. Not from the hope of gaining aught, Not seeking a reward; But as Thyself hast loved me, O ever- loving LORD. mf So would I love Thee, dearest LORD, And in Thy praise will sing; Solely because Thou art my GOD, And my most loving King. Amen. 107 The precious blood of Christ. mf GLORY be to JESUS, Who, in bitter pains, Pour'd for me the Life- blood From His sacred veins. Grace and life eternal In that Blood I find; Blest be His compassion Infinitely kind. Blest through endless ages Be the precious stream, Which from endless torments Did the world redeem. Abel's blood for vengeance Pleaded to the skies; cr But the Blood of JESUS For our pardon cries. p Oft as it is sprinkled On our guilty hearts, mf Satan in confusion Terror- struck departs; Oft as earth exulting Wafts its praise on high, er Angel- hosts rejoicing cr Make their glad reply. f Lift ye then your voices; Swell the mighty flood; Louder still and louder Praise the( dim) precious Blood. Amen. " What things were gain to me, those I 108 counted loss for Christ." mf WHEN I survey the wondrous Cross On which the Prince of glory died, My richest gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride. Forbid it, LORD, that I should boast Save in the Cross of CHRIST my GOD; All the vain things that charm me I sacrifice them to His Blood.[ most, p See from His Head, His Hands, His Feet, Sorrow and love flow mingling down; cr Did e'er such love and sorrow meet, Or thorns compose so rich a crown? mf Were the whole realm of nature mine, 20 That were an offering far too small; f Love so amazing, so Divine, Demands my soul, my life, my all. mf To CHRIST, Who won for sinners grace p By bitter grief and anguish sore, f Be praise from all the ransom'd race For ever and for evermore. Amen. " Unto you therefore which believe He is 109 precious." mf SWEET the moments, rich in blessing, Which before the Cross I spend. Life, and health, and peace possessing From the sinner's dying Friend. Here I rest, for ever viewing Mercy pour'd in streams of Blood; Precious drops, my soul bedewing, Plead and claim my peace with GOD. Truly blessèd is the station, Low before His Cross to lie, Whilst I see Divine compassion Beaming in His languid Eye. mf LORD, in ceaseless contemplation Fix my thankful heart on Thee, Till I taste Thy full salvation, And Thine unveil'd glory see. Amen. " Remembering Mine affliction and My misery, the wormwood and the 110 gall." p Go to dark Gethsemane, Ye that feel the Tempter's power, Your Redeemer's conflict see, Watch with Him one bitter hour; Turn not from His griefs away, cr Learn of JESUS CHRIST to pray. p Follow to the judgment- hall, View the LORD of life arraign'd; Oh, the wormwood and the gall! Oh, the pangs His soul sustain'd! Shun not suffering, shame, or loss; cr Learn of Him to bear the cross. mournful mountain p Calvary's climb; er There, adoring at His Feet, Mark that miracle of time ,GOD's own Sacrifice complete; p" It is finish'd," hear Him cry; cr Learn of JESUS CHRIST to die. Amen. " Who loved me, and gave Himself for 111 mf O SACRED Head, surrounded me." By crown of piercing thorn! O bleeding Head, so wounded, Reviled, and put to scorn! p Death's pallid hue comes o'er Thee, The glow of life decays, er Yet Angel- hosts adore Thee, dim And tremble as they gaze. ( 32 A HYMNS ON THE PASSION. I see Thy strength and vigour All fading in the strife, And death with cruel rigour Bereaving Thee of life; mf 0 agony and dying! O love to sinners free! p JESU, all grace supplying, O turn Thy Face on me. In this Thy bitter Passion, Good Shepherd, think of me With Thy most sweet compassion, Unworthy though I be: mf Beneath Thy Cross abiding For ever would I rest, In Thy dear love confiding, And with Thy Presence blest. Amen. " Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy- laden, and I will give you 112 rest." mf ALL ye who seek for sure relief In trouble and distress, Whatever sorrow vex the mind, Or guilt the soul oppress, JESUS, Who gave Himself for you p Upon the Cross to die, er Opens to you His sacred Heart; O to that Heart draw nigh. mf Ye hear how kindly He invites; Ye hear His words so blest; " All ye that labour come to Me, p And I will give you rest." mf 0 JESUS, Joy of Saints on high, Thou Hope of sinners here, Attracted by those loving words To Thee we lift our prayer. p Wash Thou our wounds in that dear Blood Which from Thy Heart doth flow; er A new and contrite heart on all Who cry to Thee bestow. Amen. " Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? Behold and see if there be any sorrow 113 like unto My sorrow." mf SEE the destined day arise! See, a willing Sacrifice, JESUS, to redeem our loss, Hangs upon the shameful Cross! p JESU, who but Thou had borne, Lifted on that Tree of scorn, Every pang and bitter throe, Finishing Thy life of woe? Who but Thou had dared to drain, Steep'd in gall, the cup of pain, And with tender Body bear Thorns, and nails, and piercing spear? mf Thence the cleansing Water flow'd, Mingled from Thy Side with Blood; Sign to all attesting eyes Of the finish'd Sacrifice. p Holy JESU, grant us grace In that Sacrifice to place cr All our trust for life renew'd, Pardon'd sin, and promised good. Amen. 114 " They crucified Him." mf 0 COME and mourn with me awhile; O come ye to the Saviour's side; O come, together let us mourn; pp JESUS, our LORD, is crucified. mf Have we no tears to shed for Him, While soldiers scoff and Jews deride? Ah! look how patiently He hangs; pp JESUS, our LORD, is crucified. p How fast His Hands and Feet are nail'd; His Throat with parching thirst is dried: [ Blood; His failing Eyes are dimm'd with PP JESUS, our LORD, is crucified. p Seven times He spake, seven Words of love; And all three hours His silence cried For mercy on the souls of men; pp JESUS, our LORD, is crucified. p Come, let us stand beneath the Cross; So may the Blood from out His Side Fall gently on us drop by drop; pp JESUS, our LORD, is crucified. mf A broken heart, a fount of tears Ask, and they will not be denied; LORD JESUS, may we love and weep, Since Thou for us art crucified. Amen. " Father, forgive them, for they know no 115 what they do." mf" FORGIVE them, O My FATHER, They know not what they do:" p The Saviour spake in anguish, As the sharp nails went through. No pain'd reproaches gave He To them that shed His Blood, But prayer and tenderest pity er Large as the love of GOD. mf For me was that compassion, For me that tender care; I need His wide forgiveness As much as any there. P It was my pride and hardness That hung Him on the Tree; pp Those cruel nails, O Saviour, Were driven in by me. p And often I have slighted Thy gentle voice that chid: er Forgive me too, LORD JESUS; I knew not what I did, ( 33) HYMNS ON THE PASSION. mf O depth of sweet compassion! O Love Divine and true! Save Thou the souls that slight Thee, And know not what they do. Amen. " Verily I say unto thee, To- day shalt thou 116 be with Me in Paradise." mf" LORD, when Thy Kingdom comes, remember me:" p Thus spake the dying lips to dying Ears; er O faith, which in that darkest hour could see The promised glory of the far- off years! mf No kingly sign declares that glory now, No ray of hope lights up that awful hour; PA thorny crown surrounds the bleeding Brow, The Hands are stretch'd in weakness, not in power. mf Yet hear the Word the dying Saviour saith, prall" Thou too shalt rest in Paradise to- day;" tempo er 0 Words of love to answer words of faith! O Words of hope for those who live to pray! mf LORD, when with dying lips my prayer is said, Grant that in faith Thy kingdom I may see; And, thinking on Thy Cross and bleeding Head, May breathe my' parting words, ( p)" Remember me." er Remember me, but not my shame or sin; Thy cleansing Blood hath wash'd them all away; mf Thy precious Death for me did pardon win; Thy Blood redeem'd me in that awful day. p Remember me; yet how canst Thou forget [ to Thee, What pain and anguish I have caused The Cross, the Agony, the Bloody Sweat, And all the sorrow Thou didst bear for me? or Remember me; and, ere I pass away, Speak Thou th' assuring Word that sets us free, And make Thy promise to my heart, ( p)" To- day Thou too shalt rest in Paradise with - Me." Amen. " Woman, behold thy son... Behold thy 117 mother." mf AT the Cross her station keeping, Stood the mournful Mother weeping, Where He hung, the dying LORD; For her soul of joy bereaved, Bow'd with anguish, deeply grieved, Felt the sharp and piercing sword. 2 Oh, how sad and sore distressèd Now was she, that Mother blessed Of the sole- begotten One;! Deep the woe of her affliction, When she saw the Crucifixion er Of her ever- glorious Son. mf Who, on CHRIST's dear Mother gaz Pierced by anguish so amazing, fing Born of woman, would not weep? Who, on CHRIST's dear Mother thinkSuch a cup of sorrow drinking,[ ing Would not share her sorrows deep? She beheld her Son despised,[ twin'd; 2 For His people's sins chastised, Scourg'd, and crown'dwith thorns enSaw Him then from judgment taken, And in death by all forsaken, Till His Spirit He resign'd. mf JESU, may her deep devotion Stir in me the same emotion, Fount of love, Redeemer kind, er That my heart fresh ardour gaining, And a purer love attaining, May with Thee acceptance find. Amen. " My God, My God, why hast Thou for118 saken Me?" mf THRONEDupon the awful Tree, King of grief, I watch with Thee; dim Darkness veils Thine anguish'd None its lines of woe can trace,[ Face, None can tell what pangs unknown pp Hold Thee silent and alone. p Silent through those three dread hours, er Wrestling with the evil powers, dim Left alone with human sin, Gloom around Thee and within, Till the appointed time is nigh, pp Till the LAMB of GOD may die. mf Hark that cry that peals aloud Upward through the whelming cloud! cr Thou, the FATHER's only SON, Thou, His own Anointed One, Thou dost ask Him-( p) can it be?dim" Why hast Thou forsaken Me?" 2 LORD, should fear and anguish roll Darkly o'er my sinful soul, Thou, Who once wast thus bereft erThat Thine own might ne'er be left, Teach me by that bitter cry my In the gloom to know Thee nigh. Amen, ( 34) THE HOLY FAMILY Murillo HYMNS ON THE PASSION. 119 " I thirst." mf Hrs are the thousand sparkling rills, That from a thousand fountains burst, And fill with music all the hills; P And yet He saith," I thirst." mf All fiery pangs on battle- fields, On fever beds where siek men toss, Are in that human cry He yields To anguish on the Cross. P mf But more than pains that rack'd Him then Was the deep longing thirst Divine, er That thirsted for the souls of men: p Dear LORD! and one was mine. mf0 Love most patient, give me grace; Make all my soul athirst for Thee; That parch'd dry Lip, that fading That Thirst were all for me.[ Face, Amen. 120 " It is finished." mf O PERFECT life of love! All, all is finish'd now; All that He lett His Throne above To do for us below. No work is left undone Of all the FATHER will'd; p His toil, His sorrows, one by one, er The Scripture have fulfill'd. p No pain that we can share But He has felt its smart: All forms of human grief and care Have pierced that tender Heart. And on His thorn- crown'd Head, And on His sinless Soul, Our sins in all their guilt were laid, cr That He might make us whole. p In perfect love He dies: For me He dies, for me: cr O all- atoning Sacrifice, I cling by faith to Thee. mf In every time of need, Before the judgment- throne.[ plead. er Thy work, O LAMB of God, I'll Thy merits,( dim) not my own. mf Yet work, O LORD, in me As Thou for me hast wrought; cr And let my love the answer be To grace Thy love has brought. Amen. " Father, into Thy hands I commend My 121 Spirit." P AND now, belovèd LORD, Thy Soul resigning Into Thy FATHER'S arms with conscious Will Calmly, with reverend grace, Thy Head inclining, pp The throbbing Brow and labouring Breast grow still. mf Freely Thy life Thou yieldest, meekly bending E'en to the last beneath our sorrows' load, cre dim Yet strong in death, in perfect peace commending[ GOD. Thy Spirit to Thy FATHER and Thy mf Sweet Saviour, in mine hour of mortal anguish, earth grows dim, and round me falls the night, dim When credim O breathe Thy peace, as flesh and spirit languish; cr At that dread eventide let there be light. p To Thy dear Cross turn Thou mine eyes in dying; Lay but my fainting head upon Thy Breast; Those outstretch'd Arms receive my latest sighing; cr And then, oh! then, Thine everlasting Rest. Amen. 122 " In Paradise." p IT is finish'd! Blessèd JESUS, Thou hast breathed Thy latest sigh, cr Teaching us the sons of Adam How the Son of GOD( dim) can die. p Lifeless lies the broken Body, Hidden in its rocky bed, Laid aside like folded garment: Where is now the Spirit fled? mf In the gloomy realms of darkness Shines a light unknown before, For the LORD of dead and living Enters at the open door. p See! He comes a willing Victim, Unresisting hither led: Passing from the Cross of sorrow To the mansions of the dead. ( 35) mf Lo! the heavenly light around Him As He draws His people near; cr All amazed they stand rejoicing At the gracious Words they hear. mf For Himself proclaims the story Of His own Incarnate life, And the death He died to save us, Victor in that awful strife. Patriarch and Priest and Prophet Gather round Him as He stands, cr In adoring faith and gladness, dim Hearing of the piercèd Hands. Oh, the bliss to which He calls them, Ransom'd by His precious Blood, From the gloomy realm of darkness To the Paradise of GOD! mf There in lowliest joy and wonder Stands the robber at His side, cr Reaping now the blessèd promise dim Spoken by the Crucified. C HYMNS ON p JESUS, LORD of dead and living, Let Thy mercy rest on me; Grant me too, when life is finish'd, Rest in Paradise with Thee. Amen. " Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where He was 123 laid." 2 BY JESUS' grave on either hand, While night is brooding o'er the land, The sad and silent mourners stand. At last the weary life is o'er, The agony and conflict sore Of Him Who all our sufferings bore. THE PASSION. For Judah's Lion bursts His chains, Crushing the serpent's head;[ mains And cries aloud through death's doTo wake the imprison'd dead. Devouring depths of hell their prey At His command restore: His ransom'd hosts pursue their way Where JESUS goes before. Triumphant in His glory now To Him all power is given; mf To Him in one communion bow All saints in earth and Heav'n. While we, His soldiers, praise our dim His mercy we implore,[ King, cr Within His palace bright to bring And keep us evermore. Deep in the rock's sepulchral shade The LORD, by Whom the worlds were The Saviour of mankind, is laid.[ made, mf0 hearts bereaved and sore dis- All glory to the FATHER be, All glory to the SON, All glory, HOLY GHOST, to Thee, While endless ages run. tress'd, Here is for you a place of rest; p Here leave your griefs on JESUS' Breast. Amen. " And when Joseph had taken the Body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock. ... And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting 124 over against the sepulchre." mf RESTING from His work to- day In the tomb the Saviour lay Still He slept from Head to Feet, Shrouded in the winding- sheet, Lying in the rock alone, Hidden by the sealed stone. Late at even there was seen Watching long the Magdalene; Early, ere the break of day, p Sorrowful she took her way To the holy garden glade, Where her buried LORD was laid. mf So with Thee, till life shall end, I would solemn vigil spend; Let me hew Thee, LORD, a shrine In this rocky heart of mine, Where in pure embalmèd cell None but Thou may ever dwell. Myrrh and spices will I bring, True affection's offering: 2 Close the door from sight and sound Of the busy world around; And in patient watch remain cr Till my LORD appear again. Amen. Caster. " O death, where is thy sting? O grave, 125 where is thy victory?" YE choirs of new Jerusalem, Your sweetest notes employ, The Paschal victory to hymnn, In strains of holy joy." Alleluia! Amen. " The Lord is King, and hath put on 126 glorious apparel." f LIGHT's glittering morn bedecks the sky: Heaven thunders forth its victor- cry; The glad earth shouts her triumph high, And groaning hell makes wild reply: While He, the King, the mighty King, Despoiling death of all its sting, And, trampling down the powers of night, [ light. Brings forth His ransom'd Saints to mf His tomb of late the threefold guard [ barr'd; Of watch and stone and seal had f But now, in pomp and triumph high He comes from death to victory. The pains of hell are loosed at last; The days of mourning now are past; An Angel robed in light hath said, " The LORD is risen from the dead." PART 2. 2 Th' Apostles' hearts were full of pain For their dear LORD so lately slain, By rebel servants doom'd to die A death of cruel agony. mf With gentle voice the Angel gave The women tidings at the grave; " Fear not, your Master shall ye see; He goes before to Galilee." er Then, hastening on their eager way The joyful tidings to convey,[ LORD, Their LORD they met, their living dim And falling at His Feet adored. mf Th' Eleven, when they hear, with To Galilee forthwith proceed,( speed That there once more they may behold The LORDS dear Face, as He foretold. ( 36) EASTER. PART 3. fThat Easter- tide with joy was bright, The sun shone out with fairer light, When, to their longing eyes restored, Th' Apostles saw their risen LORD. mf He bade them see His Hands, His Side, Where yet the glorious Wounds abide; The tokens true which made it plain" f Their LORD indeed was risen again. mf JESU, the King of Gentleness, Do Thou Thyself our hearts possess, That we may give Thee all our days The tribute of our grateful praise. The following may be sung at the end of each Part. mf 0 LORD of all, with us abide In this our joyful Easter- tide; From every weapon death can wield Thine own redeem'd for ever shield. All praise be Thine, O risen LORD, From death to endless life restored; All praise to GOD the FATHER be And HOLY GHOST eternally. Amen. " Sing ye to the Lord, for He hath 127 triumphed gloriously." fAT the LAMB's high feast we sing Praise to our victorious King, mf Who hath wash'd us in the tide Flowing from His piercèd Side: f Praise we Him, Whose love Divine Gives His Sacred Blood for wine, Gives His Body for the feast, CHRIST the Victim, CHRIST the Priest. mf Where the Paschal blood is pour'd, Death's dark Angel sheathes his sword; f Israel's hosts triumphant go[ foe. Through the wave that drowns the Praise we CHRIST, Whose Blood was Paschal Victim, Paschal Bread;[ shed, mf With sincerity and love Eat we Manna from above. f Mighty Victim from the sky, Hell's fierce powers beneath Thee lie; Thou hast conquer'd in the fight, Thou hast brought us life and light; Now no more can death appal, Now no more the grave enthral; Thou hast open'd Paradise, And in Thee Thy Saints shall rise. Easter triumph, Easter joy, mf Sin alone can this destroy: From sin's power do Thou set free Souls new- born, O LORD, in Thee. f Hymns of glory and of praise, Risen LORD, to Thee we raise; Holy FATHER, praise to Thee, With the SPIRIT, ever be. Amen. " Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us; 128 therefore let us keep the feast." ( 37) THE LAMB's high banquet call'd to share, Array'd in garments white and fair, The Red Sea past, we fain would sing To JESUS our triumphant King. mf Upon the Altar of the Cross His Body hath redeem'd our loss; And, tasting of His precious Blood, Our life is hid with Him in GOD. Protected in the Paschal night From the destroying Angel's might, In triumph went the ransom'd free From Pharaoh's cruel tyranny. Now CHRIST our Passover is slain, The LAMB of GOD without a stain; His Flesh, the true unleaven'd Bread, Is freely offer'd in our stead. O all- sufficient Sacrifice, Beneath Thee hell defeated lies; Thy captive people are set free, And crowns of life restored by Thee. fWe hymn Thee rising from the grave, From death returning, strong to save; Thine own Right Hand the tyrant And Paradise for man regains.[ chains, ff All praise be Thine, O risen LORD, From death to endless life restored;. All praise to GOD the FATHER be And HOLY GHOST eternally. Amen. " Buried with Him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with Him through the faith of the operation of God, Who hath raised Him from the 129 dead." mf 0 CHRIST, the heavens' Eternal Creator, unto Thee we sing, [ King, With GOD the FATHER ever ONE, Co- equal, co- eternal SON, Thy Hand, when first the world began, Made in Thine own pure Image man, And link'd to fleshly form of earth A living soul of heavenly birth. And when the envious crafty foe Had marr'd Thy noblest work below, Thou didst our ruin'd state repair By deigning flesh Thyself to wear. Once of a Virgin born to save,[ grave, And now new- born from death's dark O CHRIST, Thou bidd'st us rise with From death to immortality. [ Thee Eternal Shepherd, Thou art wont To cleanse Thy sheep within the font, That mystic bath, that grave of sin, Where ransom'd souls new life begin. 22 Divine Redeemer. Thou didst deign To bear for us the Cross of pain, And freely pay the precious price Of all Thy Blood in sacrifice. 02 EASTER. mf JESU, do Thou to every heart Unceasing Paschal joy impart: From death of sin and guilty strife Set free the new- born sons of life. All praise be Thine, O risen LORD, From death to endless life restored; All praise to GOD the FATHER be And HOLY GHOST eternally. Amen. " This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad 130 in it." fALLELUIA! ALLELUIA! ALLELUIA! O sons and daughters, let us sing! The King of Heav'n, the glorious King, O'er death to- day rose triumphing. Alleluia! mf That Easter morn, at break of day, The faithful women went their way To seek the tomb where JESUS lay. Alleluia! An Angel clad in white they see, Who sat, and spake unto the three, " Your LORD doth go to Galilee." Alleluia! p That night th' Apostles met in fear: er Amidst them came their LORD most dear, [ here." And said,( p)" My peace be on all Alleluia! mf When Thomas first the tidings heard, How they had seen the risen LORD, He doubted the disciples' word. mf For the sheep the LAMB hath bled, Sínless in the sinner's stead; CHRIST is risen," to- day we cry; Now He lives no more fCHRIST, the Victim undefilcd, Man to GoD hath reconciled; Whilst in strange and awful strife Met together Death and Life: Christians, on this happy day Haste with joy your vows to pay; " CHRIST is risen," to- day we cry; Now He lives no more to die. Alleluia! p" My piercèd Side, O Thomas, see; My Hands, My Feet I show to thee; Not faithless, but believing be." Alleluia! mf No longer Thomas then denied; He saw the Feet, the Hands, the Side: f" Thou art my LORD and GOD," he Alleluia! cried. CHRIST the LORD is risen to- day; Christians, haste your vows to pay; Offer ye your praises meet At the Paschal Victim's feet. mf CHRIST, Who once for sinners bled, f Now the first- born from the dead, Throned in endless might and power, Lives and reigns for evermore. Hail, Eternal Hope on high! Hail, Thou King of victory! Hail, Thou Prince of life adored! mf Help and save us, gracious LORD. Amen. How blest are they who have not seen, And yet whose faith hath constant For they eternal life shall win.[ been, 132" Jesus met them, saying, All ho!" f THE Day of Resurrection! Earth, tell it out abroad; The Passover of gladness, The Passover of GOD! From death to life eternal, From earth unto the sky, Our CHRIST hath brought us over With hymns of victory. On this most holy day of days, To GoD your hearts and voices raise In laud, and jubilee, and praise. Alleluia! Amen. " Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and 131 glory, and blessing." mf Our hearts be pure from evil, That we may see aright The LORD in rays eternal Of resurrection- light; And, listening to His accents, May hear so calm and plain His own All hail," and, hearing, May raise the victor strain. Alleluia! 133 f Now let the heav'ns be joyful, And earth her song begin, The round world keep high triumph, And all that is therein; Let all things seen and unseen Their notes of gladness blend, For CHRIST the LORD is risen, Our Joy that hath no end. Amen. " Lo, the winter is past." f COME, ye faithful, raise the strain Of triumphant gladness: GOD hath brought His Israel Into joy from sadness: mf Loosed from Pharaoh's bitter yoke Jacob's sons and daughters; f Led them with unmoisten'd'foot Through the Red Sea waters. " Tis the Spring of souls to- day; CHRIST hath burst His prison, And from three days' sleep in death As a sun hath risen; ( 38) mf All the winter of our sins, Long and dark, is flying f From His Light, to Whom we give Laud and praise undying. Now the Queen of seasons, bright With the Day of splendour, With the royal Feast of feasts, Comes its joy to render; Comes to glad Jerusalem, Who with true affection Welcomes in unwearied strains JESU's Resurrection. Alleluia now we cry To our King Immortal, Who triumphant burst the bars Of the tomb's dark portal; Alleluia, with the SON GOD the FATHER praising; Alleluia yet again To the SPIRIT raising. Amen. 134" The Lord is risen indeed." JESUS CHRIST is risen to- day, Our triumphant holy day, mf Who did once, upon the Suffer to redeem our loss. EASTER. Alleluia! Alleluia! Cross, Alleluia! Alleluia! us sing Alleluia! Alleluia! But the pain which He endured f Our salvation hath procured: f Hymns of praise then let Unto CHRIST, our heavenly King, mf Who endured the Cross and grave, Alleluia! Sinners to redeem and save. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Now above the sky He's King, Alleluia! Where the Angels ever sing. Alleluia! Amen. " O sing unto the Lord a new song; for 135 He hath done marvellous things." fALLELUIA! ALLELUIA! ALLELUIA! The strife is o'er, the battle done; Now is the Victor's triumph won; # 0 let the song of praise be sung. Alleluia! f Death's mightiest powers have done their worst, And JESUS liath His foes dispersed; Let shouts of praise and joy outburst. Alleluia! fOn the third morn He rose again Glorious in majesty to reign; O let us swell the joyful strain. Alleluia! P LORD, by thestripes which wounded Thee [ free, From death's dread sting Thy servants f That we may live, and sing to Thee Alleluia! Amen. " Alleluia! for the Lord God Omnipotent 136 reigneth." fCHRIST the LORD is risen again; CHRIST hath broken every chain; Hark! Angelic voices cry, Singing evermore on high, Alleluia! ( 39) mf He, Who gave for us His life, Who for us endured the strife, Is our Paschal LAMB to- day: f We too sing for joy, and say Alleluia! mf He, Who bore all pain and loss Comfortless upon the Cross, f Lives in glory now on high, Pleads for us, and hears our cry: Alleluia! mf He, Who slumber'd in the grave, f Is exalted now to save; ff Now through Christendom it rings That the LAMB is King of kings. Alleluia! mf Now He bids us tell abroad How the lost may be restored, How the penitent forgiven, How we too may enter Heav'n. Alleluia! Thou, our Paschal LAMB indeed, CHRIST, Thy ransom'd people feed: Take our sins and guilt away, f Let us sing by night and day Alleluia! Amen. " Now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first- fruits of them that 137 slept." f ALLELUIA! Alleluia! Hearts to Heav'n and voices raise; Sing to GoD a hymn of gladness. Sing to GoD a hymn of praise; p He, Who on the Cross a Victim For the world's salvation bled, f JESUS CHRIST, the King of glory, Now is risen from the dead. CHRIST is risen, CHRIST the firstOf the holy harvest field,[ fruits Which will all its full abundance At His second coming yield; Then the golden ears of harvest Will their heads before Him wave, Ripen'd by His glorious sunshine, From the furrows of the grave. mf CHRIST is risen, we are risen; Shed upon us heavenly grace, Rain, and dew, and gleams of glory From the brightness of Thy Face; EASTER. That we, with our hearts in Heav'n, Here on earth may fruitful be, And by Angel- hands be gather'd, And be ever, LORD, with Thee. Alleluia! Alleluia! Glory be to GOD on high; Alleluia to the Saviour, Who has gain'd the victory; Alleluia to the SPIRIT, Fount of love and sanctity; Alleluia! Alleluia! To the TRIUNE Majesty. Amen. 138 " He is risen." fCHRIST is risen! CHRIST is risen! He hath burst His bonds in twain; CHRIST is risen! CHRIST is risen! Alleluia! swell the strain! mf For our gain He suffer'd loss By Divine decree; P He hath died upon the Cross, But our GoD is He. CHRIST is risen! CHRIST is risen? He hath burst His bonds in twain; CHRIST is risen! CHRIST is risen! Alleluia! swell the strain! mf See the chains of death are broken; Earth below and heaven above Joy in each amazing token Of His rising, LORD of love; J He for evermore shall reign By the FATHER's side, dim Till He comes to earth again, Comes to claim His Bride. CHRIST is risen! CHRIST is risen! He hath burst His bonds in twain; CHRIST is risen! CHRIST is risen! Alleluia! swell the strain! mf Glorious Angels downward throngHail the LORD of all the skies;[ ing Heav'n, with joy and holy longing For the WORD Incarnate, cries, " CHRIST is risen! Earth, rejoice! Gleam, ye starry train! All creation, find a voice; He o'er all shall reign." CHRIST is risen! CHRIST is risen! He hath burst His bonds in twain; CHRIST is risen! CHRIST is risen! O'er the universe to reign. Amen. 139" The First- begotten of the dead." mf COME see the place where JESUS And hear Angelic watchers say,[ lay, f" He lives, Who once was slain: mfWhy seek the living'midst the dead? Remember how the Saviour said fThat He would rise again." O joyful sound! O glorious hour, When by His own Almighty power He rose, and left the grave! Now let our songs His triumph tell, Who burst the bands of death and And ever lives to save. [ hell, f The First- begotten of the dead, For us He rose, our glorious Head, Immortal life to bring;[ die What though the saints like Him shall They share their Leader's victory, And triumph with their King. mf No more they tremble at the grave, For JESUS will their spirits save, And raise their slumbering dust: f0 risen LORD, in Thee we live, dim To Thee our ransom'd souls we give, p To Thee our bodies trust. Amen. " I am He that liveth, and was dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell 140 and of death." f JESUS lives! no longer now Can thy terrors, death, appal us; JESUS lives! by this we know Thou, O grave, canst not enthral us. Alleluia! JESUS lives! henceforth is death But the gate of life immortal; p This shall calm our trembling breath, When we pass its gloomy portal. mf Alleluia! JESUS lives!( p) for us He died; mf Then, alone to JESUS living, Pure in heart may we abide, Glory to our Saviour giving. Alleluia: JESUS lives! our hearts know well Nought from us His love shall sever; Life, nor death, nor powers of hell Tear us from His keeping ever. Alleluia! JESUS lives! to Him the Throne Over all the world is given; mf May we go where He is gone, er Rest and reign with Him in Heaven. Alleluia! Amen. " When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid; yea, thou shalt lie down, 141 and thy sleep shall be sweet." FOR A LATE EVENING SERVICE. mf JESU, the world's redeeming LORD, The FATHER'S co- eternal WORD, Of Light invisible true Light, Thine Israel's Keeper day and night; Our great Creator and our Guide, Who times and seasons dost divide, Refresh at night with quiet rest Our limbs by daily toil oppress'd: That while in this frail house of clay A little longer here we stay, pOur flesh in Thee may sweetly sleep. Our souls with Thee their vigils keep. ( 40) ROGATION DAYS. mf We pray Thee, while we dwell below, Preserve us from our ghostly foe; Nor let his wiles victorious be D'er them that are redeem'd by Thee. O LORD of all, with us abide In this our joyful Easter- cide; From every weapon death can wield Thine own redeem'd for ever shield. fAll praise be Thine, O risen LORD, From death to endless life restored; All praise to GOD the FATHER be, And HOLY GHOST eternally. Amen. The following Hymns are suitable for this season: 197 The King of love my Shepherd is. 232 Light's abode, celestial Salem. 302 Come, ye faithful, raise the anthem. Rogation Days. " Lord, Thou art become gracious unto 142 Thy land." mf To Thee our GOD we fly For mercy and for grace; O hear our lowly cry, And hide not Thou Thy Face. f0 LORD, stretch forth Thy mighty hand, [ land. mf And guard and bless our Fatherf Arise, O LORD of hosts! Be jealous for Thy Name, And drive from out our coasts The sins that put to shame. 0 LORD, stretch forth Thy mighty hand, [ land. mf And guard and bless our FatherThy best gifts from on high In rich abundance pour, That we may magnify And praise Thee more and more. f0 LORD, stretch forth Thy mighty hand, [ land. mf And guard and bless our FatherThe powers ordain'd by Thee With heavenly wisdom bless: May they Thy servants be, And rule in righteousness. ƒ0 ORD, forth Thy mighty hand, [ land. mf And guard and bless our FatherThe Church of Thy dear SON Inflame with love's pure fire, Bind her once more in one, And life and truth inspire. 0 LORD, stretch forth Thy mighty hand, [ land. mf And guard and bless our Father The Pastors of Thy fold With grace and power endue, That faithful, pure, and bold, f0 LORD, stretch forth Thy mighty They may be Pastors true. hand, [ land. mf And guard and bless our FatherO let us love Thy house, And sanctify Thy day, Dring unto Thee our vows, And loyal homage pay. f0 LORD, stretch forth Thy mighty hand, [ land. mf And guard and bless our FatherP Give peace, LORD, in our time; O let no foe draw nigh, Nor lawless deed of crime Insult Thy Majesty. f0 LORD, stretch forth Thy mighty hand, [ land. mf And guard and bless our Fatherp Though vile and worthless, still Thy people, LORD, are we; cr And for our GOD we will f0 None other have but Thee. LORD, stretch forth Thy mighty hand, And guard and bless our Fatherland. Amen, This Hymn may also be sung at other seasons. " The eyes of all wait upon Thee, O Lord; and Thou givest them their meat in 143 due season." mf LORD, in Thy Name Thy servants plead, And Thou hast sworn to hear: Thine is the harvest, Thine the seed, The fresh and fading year. Our hope, when Autumn winds blew We trusted, LORD, with Thee:[ wild, And still, now Spring has on us smiled, We wait on Thy decree. The former and the latter rain, The summer sun and air, The green ear, and the golden grain, All Thine, are ours by prayer. Thine too by right, and ours by grace, The wondrous growth unseen, The hopes that soothe, the fears that The love that shines serene.[ brace, So grant the precious things brought By sun and moon below.[ forth That Thee in Thy new Heav'n and earth We never may forego. Amen The following Hymn is suitable for this season: 468 Litany for the Rogation Days. ASCENSIONTIDE. Ascensiontide. " All power is given unto Me in heaven 144 and in earth." mf 0 LORD most High, Eternal King. By Thee redeem'd Thy praise we sing; The bonds of death are burst by Thee, And grace has won the victory. Ascending to the FATHER'S Throne Thou claim'st the kingdom as Thine own; Thy days of mortal weakness o'er, All power is Thine for evermore. To Thee the whole creation now Shall, in its threefold order, bow, Of things on earth, and things on high, And things that underneath us lie. p In awe and wonder Angels see How changed is man's estate by Thee, How Flesh makes pure as flesh did stain, [ reign. And Thou, True GoD, in Flesh dost f Be Thou our Joy, O mighty LORD, As Thou wilt be our great Reward; Let all our glory be in Thee Both now and through eternity. All praise from every heart and tongue To Thee, ascended LORD, be sung; All praise to GOD the FATHER be And HOLY GHOST eternally. Amen. " This same Jesus, Which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen Him 145 go into heaven." fO CHRIST our Joy, gone up on high To fill Thy Throne above the sky, How glorious dost Thou shine! Thy Sovereign rule the worlds obey, And earthly joys all fade away In that pure light of Thine. p To Thee in prayer Thy people bow; O may our sins Thy pardon know, The cleansing of Thy grace; cr Then lift our hearts to Thee above, On wings of faithfulness and love, To seek Thy holy place. mf So, when the sudden call shall sound, And with Thy robe of clouds around Thou, CHRIST, shalt come once more, dim Thyself our Judge may'st turn away The penalty our sins should pay, er And our lost crowns restore. f Ascended up from mortal sight, JESU, we praise Thee in the height, Our Joy, our great Reward; Whom with the FATHER we confess, And with the HOLY SPIRIT bless, ONE ever- glorious LORD. Amen. " By His own Blood He entered in once 146 into he holy place." mf OSAVIOUR. Who for man hast trod The winepress of the wrath of GOD, Ascend. and claim again on high Thy glory left for us to die. A radiant cioud is now Thy seat.[ Feet; And earth lies stretch'd beneath Thy Ten thousand thousands round Thee sing, And share the triumph of their King. The Angel- host enraptured waits: " Lift up your heads, eternal gates!" 0 GOD- and- MAN! the FATHER'S Throne Is now for evermore Thine own. Our great High Priest and Shepherd Thou Within the veil art enter'd now, mf To offer there Thy precious Blood P Once pour'd on earth a cleansing flood mf And thence the Church, Thy chosen Bride, With countless gifts of grace supplied, Through all her members draws from Her hidden life of sanctity.[ Thee O CHRIST, our LORD, of Thy dear care Thy lowly members heaven- ward bear; Be ours with Thee to suffer pain, With Thee for evermore to reign. fAll praise from every heart and tongue To Thee, ascended LORD, be sung; All praise to GOD the FATHER be, And HOLY GHOST eternally. Amen. " Lift up your heads, 0 ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; 147 and the King of glory shall come in." fHAIL the day that sees Him rise To His Throne above the skies: Alleluia! Alleluia! p CHRIST, the LAMB for sinners given, Alleluia! Enters now the highest Heav'n. Alleluia! There for Him high triumph waits; Alleluia! Alleluia! Lift your heads, eternal gates; He hath conquer'd death and sin; Alleluia! Take the King of glory in. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Lo! the Heav'n its LORD receives, Yet He loves the earth He leaves: ( 42) ASCENSIONTIDE. Though returning to His Throne, Still He calls mankind His own. Now He plants the tribes of Israel In their promised resting- place; Now our great Elijah offers Double portion of His grace. He has raised our human nature On the clouds to God's right hand; There we sit in heavenly places, There with Him in glory stand: f JESUS reigns, adored by Angels; MAN with GOD is on the Throne; Mighty LORD, in Thine Ascension p We by faith behold our own. PART 2. mf HOLY GHOST, Illuminator, p Still for us He intercedes, His prevailing Death He pleads, er Near Himself prepares our place, f He the first- fruits of our race. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Shed Thy beams upon our eyes, Help us to look up with Stephen, And to see, beyond the skies, Where the SON of Man in glory Standing is at GOD's right hand, Beckoning on His Martyr army, Succouring His faithful band; P LORD, though parted from our sight fSee Him, Who is gone before us, Alleluia! cr Far above the starry height, Alleluia! Grant our hearts may thither rise, Alleluia! f Seeking Thee above the skies. Alleluia! Amen. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! See! He lifts His Hands above; P See! He shows the prints of love; Alleluia! f Hark! His gracious Lips bestow Alleluia! Blessings on His Church below. Alleluia! " Thou art gone up on high, Thou hast led captivity captive, and received 148 gifts for men.' fSEE the Conqueror mounts in See the King in royal state[ triumph, Riding on the clouds His chariot To His heavenly palace gate; Hark! the choirs of Angel voices Joyful Alleluias sing, And the portals high are lifted To receive their Heavenly King. mf Who is this that comes in glory, With the trump of jubilee? f LORD of battles, GOD of armies, He has gain'd the victory; p He Who on the Cross did suffer, mf He Who from the grave arose, He has vanquish'd sin and Satan, He by death has spoil'd His foes. mf While He lifts His Hands in blessHe is parted from His friends:[ ing, While their eager eyes behold Him, He upon the clouds ascends;[ Him, He Who walk'd with Gop, and pleased Preaching truth and doom to come, He, our Enoch, is translated To His everlasting home. p Now our heavenly Aaron enters, With His Blood, within the veil; mf Joshua now is come to Canaan, And the kings before Him quail; Heavenly mansions to prepare, p See Him. Who is ever pleading For us with prevailing prayer, fSee Him, Who with sound of trumpet And with His Angelic train, Summoning the world to judgment, On the clouds will come again. mf Lift us up rom earth to Heaven, Give us wings of faith and love, Gales of holy aspirations Wafting us to realms above; That, with hearts and minds uplifted, We with CHRIST our LORD may dwell, Where He sits enthroned in glory In His heavenly citadel. So at last, when He appeareth, We from out our graves may spring, With our youth renew'd like eagles, Flocking round our Heavenly King, er Caught up on the clouds of Heaven, And may meet Him in the air, Rise to realms where He is reigning, And may reign for ever there. The following Doxology may be sung at the end of either Part. f Glory be to GOD the FATHER; Glory be to GOD the SON, Dying, risen, ascending for us, ( 43) Who the heavenly realm has won: Glory to the HOLY SPIRIT; To ONE GOD in Persons THREE Glory both in earth and Heaven, Glory, endless glory be. Amen. 149" Who is gone into heaven." f THOU art gone up on high, To mansions in the skies; And round Thy Throne unceasingly The songs of praise arise; ASCENSIONTIDE. p But we are lingering here, With sin and care oppress'd; er LORD, send Thy promised Com[ forter, And lead us to Thy rest. f Thou art gone up on high; p But Thou didst first come down, Through earth's most bitter misery tr To pass unto Thy Crown; p And girt with griefs and fears Our onward course must be; er But only let this path of tears Lead us at last to Thee. f Thou art gone up on high; But Thou shalt come again, With all the bright ones of the sky Attendant in Thy train. mf LORD, by Thy saving power So make us live and die,[ hour er That we may stand in that dread f At Thy right Hand on high. Amen. " Who being the Brightness of His Glory, and the express Image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on 150 high." mf JESU, our Hope, our heart's DeThy work of grace we sing:[ sire, Redeemer of the world art Thou, Its Maker and its King. p How vast the mercy and the love, Which laid our sins on Thee, And led Thee to a cruel death, To set Thy people free! f But now the bonds of death are The ransom has been paid;[ burst; And Thou art on Thy FATHER'S In glorious robes array'd.[ Throne, mf O may Thy mighty love prevail Our sinful souls to spare! O may we stand around Thy Throne, And see Thy glory there! JESU, our only Joy be Thou, As Thou our Prize wilt be; In Thee be all our glory now. And through eternity. f All praise to Thee Who art gone up Triumphantly to Heav'n; All praise to GOD the FATHER'S Name And HOLY GHOST be given. Amen. The following Hymns are suitable for this season: 201 Where high the heavenly temple stands. 202 Rejoice, the LORD is King. 300 All hail the power of Jesus' Name. 301 The Head that once was crown'd with thorns. 301 Crown Him with many crowns. 463 Litany of Jesus Glorified. Whitsun- Even. " If I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I 151 will send Him unto you." mf RULER of the hosts of light. Death hath yielded to Thy might; And Thy Blood hath mark'd a road Which will lead us back to GOD. From Thy dwelling- place above, From Thy FATHER'S Throne of love, With Thy look of mercy bless p Those without Thee comfortless. Bitter were Thy throes on earth, Giving to the Church her birth From the spear- wound opening wide In Thine own life- giving Side. f Now in glory Thou dost reign Won by all Thy toil and pain; mf Thence the promised SPIRIT send, While our prayers to Thee ascend. JESU, praise to Thee be given With the FATHER high in heaven; HOLY SPIRIT, praise to Thee, Now and through eternity. Amen. Whitsuntide. " And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one 152 accord in one place." mf ABOVE the starry spheres, To where He was before, CHRIST had gone up, the FATHER'S Upon the Church to pour.[ gift At length had fully come, On mystic circle borne Of seven times seven revolving days, The Pentecostal morn: When, as the Apostles knelt At the third hour in prayer, er A sudden rushing sound proclaim'd p That GoD Himself was there. light, mf Forthwith a tongue of fire Is seen on every brow, Each heart receives the FATHER'S The WORD's enkindling glow; The HOLY GHOST on all Is mightily outpour'd, Who straight in divers tongues declare The wonders of the LORD. While strangers of all climes Flock round from far and near, And their own tongue, wherever born, All with amazement hear. But Judah faithless still, Denies the hand Divine[ CHRIST, And, mocking, jeers the saints of As full of new- made wine. ( 44) WHITSUNTIDE. Till Peter, in the midst, By Joel's ancient word Rebukes their unbelief,( cr) and wins Three thousand to the LORD. f The FATHER and the SONY And SPIRIT we adore; O may the SPIRIT's gifts be pour'd On us for evermore. Amen. " I will pour out My Spirit upon all 153 flesh." f Joy! because the circling year Brings our day of blessings here, Day when first the light Divine. On the Church began to shine. mf Like to quivering tongues of flame Unto each the SPIRIT came, Tongues, that earth might hear their Fire, that love might burn in all.[ call, fSo the wondrous works of GOD Wondrously were spread abroad; Every tribe's familiar tone Made the glorious marvel known. mf Harden'd scoffers vainly jeer'd; Listening strangers heard and fear'd, Knew the prophet's word fulfill'd, Own'd the work which GoD had will'd. Still Thy SPIRIT's fulness, LORD, On Thy waiting Church be pour'd; 2 Grant our burden'd hearts release; Grant us Thine abiding peace. Amen. " And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty 154 wind." mf WHEN GOD of old came down from Heav'n, In power and wrath He came; Before His feet the clouds were riven, Half darkness and half flame: p But, when He came the second time, He came in power and love; Softer than gale at morning prime Hover'd His holy Dove. mf The fires, that rush'd on Sinai In sudden torrents dread,[ down Now gently light,( er) a glorious On every sainted head.[ crown, And as on Israel's awe- struck ear The voice exceeding loud,[ hear, The trump, that Angels quake to Thrill'd from the deep, dark cloud; So, when the SPIRIT of our GOD Came down His flock to find, A voice from Heav'n was heard A rushing, mighty wind.[ abroad, mf It fills the Church of GoD; it fills The sinful world around: Only in stubborn hearts and wills No place for it is found. ( 45) p Come, LORD, come Wisdom, Love, Open our ears to hear;[ and Power, Let us not miss the accepted hour; Save, LORD, by love or fear. Amen. " And the same day there were added unto them about three thousand 155 souls." mf SPIRIT of mercy, truth, and love, O shed Thine influenee from above; And still from age to age convey The wonders of this sacred day. fIn every clime, by every tongue, Be GOD's surpassing glory sung; Let all the listening earth be taught The acts our great Redeemer wrought. mf Unfailing Comfort, Heavenly Guide, Still o'er Thy Holy Church preside; Still let mankind Thy blessings prove, SPIRIT of mercy, truth, and love. Amen. " When Thou lettest Thy breath go forth they shall be made, and Thou shalt 156 renew the face of the earth." mf COME, Thou HOLY SPIRIT, come; And from Thy celestial home Shed a ray of light Divine; Come, Thou Father of the poor, Come, Thou source of all our store, Come, within our bosoms shine: Thou of Comforters the best, Thou the soul's most welcome guest, 2 Sweet refreshment here below; In our labour rest most sweet, Grateful coolness in the heat, Solace in the midst of woe. mf 0 most Blessèd Light Divine, Shine within these hearts of Thine, And our inmost being fill; p Where Thou art not, man hath nought, Nothing good in deed or thought, Nothing free from taint of ill. mf Heal our wounds; our strength renew: On our dryness pour Thy dew; Wash the stains of guilt away: Bend the stubborn heart and will; Melt the frozen, warm the chill; Guide the steps that go astray. On the faithful, who adore And confess Thee, evermore In Thy sevenfold gifts descend:" Give them virtue's sure reward, er Give them Thy salvation, LORD, f Give them joys that never end. Amen. This Hymn may also be sung at other seasons. WHITSUNTIDE. " The Comforter which is the Holy Ghost." 157 mf COME, HOLY GHOST, our souls inspire, And lighten with celestial fire; Thou the anointing SPIRIT art, Who dost Thy seven- fold gifts impart: Thy blessèd unction from above Is comfort, life, and fire of love; Enable with perpetual light The dulness of our blinded sight: Anoint and cheer our soilèd face With the abundance of Thy grace: Keep far our foes, give peace at home: Where Thou art Guide no ill can come. Teach us to know the FATHER, SON, And THEE, of Both, to be but ONE;" That through the ages all along This may be our endless song, f Praise to Thy eternal merit, FATHER, SON, and HOLY SPIRIT. Amen. This Hymn may also be sung at other seasons. The following Hymns are suitable for this season: 207 Our Blest Redeemer, ere He breathed. 208 0 HOLY SPIRIT, LORD of grace. 209 Come, gracious SPIRIT, heavenly Dove. 210 Gracious SPIRIT, HOLY GHOST. 211 O HOLY GHOST, Thy people bless. 212 To Thee, O Comforter Divine. 470 Litany of the HOLY GHOST. Trinity Sunday. " And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of 158 hosts." f ALL hail, Adorèd TRINITY; All hail, Eternal UNITY; O GOD the FATHER, GOD the SON, And GoD the SPIRIT, ever ONE. mf Behold to Thee, this festal day, We meekly pour our thankful lay; O let our work accepted be, That sweetest work of praising Thee. f THREE Persons praise we evermore, ONE Only GOD our hearts adore; In Thy sure mercy ever kind May we our true protection find. P O TRINITY! O UNITY! Be present as we worship Thee; cr And with the songs that Angels sing [ Amen. Unite the hymns of praise we bring. 159" O praise God in His holiness." mf WITH hearts renew'd and cleansed from guilt of sin, Send we our voices pealing to the skies; Let a pure conscience echo joy within, And all our powers in emulation rise: TO FATHER, SON, and HOLY SPIRIT'S praise, THREE Whom One Essence joins, one anthem here we raise. Maker of all, the FATHER uncreate, Of Him from everlasting born, the SON, And the Blest SPIRIT of co- equal state From Both proceeding, are of Substance One: So in this TRINITY the Persons THREE One Perfect Being are, ONE GOD, One Majesty. Yet, none the less, each Person of the Trine GOD, in His attributes distinct, we own; Vainly would reason grasp the things Divine, p Man can but bend adoring at GOD's Throne: er O may the FATHER, SON, and SPIRIT be Our help in time of need, our joy eternally. Amen. The following Hymns are suitable for this Festival: 160 Holy, Holy, Holy! LORD GOD Almighty. 161 Bright the vision that delighted. 162 Have mercy on us, Gon most High. 163 THREE in ONE, and ONE in THREE. General Hymns. " They rest not day and night, saying, Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is 160 to come." p HOLY, Holy, Holy!( mf) LORD GOD Almighty! Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee: p Holy, Holy, Holy!( mf) Merciful and Mighty! f GOD in THREE Persons, Blessèd TRINITY! p Holy, Holy, Holy!( mf) all the Saints adore Thee, Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea; Cherubim and Seraphim falling down before Thee, ( 46) Which wert, and art, and evermora shalt be. GENERAL p Holy, Holy, Holy! though the darkness hide Thee, Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see, mf Only Thou art Hoiy, there is none beside Thee Perfect in power, in love, and purity. p Holy, Holy, Holy!( mf) LORD GOD Almighty! ff All Thy works shall praise Thy Name, in earth, and sky, and sea: mf Holy, Holy, Holy! Merciful and Mighty! f GOD in THREE Persons, Blessèd TRINITY! Amen. " And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, hosts; the whole earth is full of 161 His glory." mf BRIGHT the vision that delighted Once the sight of Judah's seer; Sweet the countless tongues united To entrance the prophet's ear. Round the LORD in glory seated Cherubim and Seraphim Fill'd His temple, and repeated Each to each th' alternate hymn; f" LORD, Thy glory fills the Heaven; Earth is with its fulness stored; Unto Thee be glory given, 2 Holy, Holy, Holy, LORD." f Heav'n is still with glory ringing, Earth takes up the Angels cry, p" Holy, Holy, Holy,"- singing, er" LORD of hosts, The LORD most High." mf With His seraph train before Him, With His holy Church below, Thus unite we to adore Him, Bid we thus our anthem flow; f" LORD, Thy glory fills the Heaven; Earth is with its fulness stored; Unto Thee be glory given, p Holy, Holy, Holy, LORD." Amen. " Thou art God from everlasting, and 162 world without end." p HAVE mercy on us, GOD most High, Who lift our hearts to Thee; Have mercy on us worms of earth, Most Holy TRINITY. Most ancient of all mysteries! Before Thy Throne we lie; Have mercy now, most Merciful, Most Holy TRINITY. mf When heaven and earth were yet unmade, When time was yet unknown, Thou, in Thy bliss and majesty, Didst live and love alone. HYMNS. How wonderful creation is, The work that Thou didst bless: And oh, what then must Thou be like, Eternal Loveliness! Most ancient of all mysteries! 2 Low at Thy Throne we lie; Have mercy now, most Merciful, Most Holy TRINITY. Amen. " Sing unto the Lord, and praise His 163 Name." mf THREE in ONE, and ONE in THREE, Ruler of the earth and sea. Hear us, while we lift to Thee Holy chant and psalm. Light of lights! with morning shine; Lift on us Thy Light Divine; And let charity benign p Breathe on us her balm. Light of lights! when falls the even, Let it close on sin forgiven; Fold us in the peace of Heav'n; Shed a holy calm. mf THREE in ONE and ONE in THREE, Dimly here we worship Thee; cr With the Saints hereafter we Hope to bear the palm. Amen. " Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in 164 time of need." mf FATHER of Heav'n, Whose love profound A ransom for our souls hath found, p Before Thy Throne we sinners bend, mf To us Thy pardoning love extend. Almighty SON, Incarnate WORD, Our Prophet, Priest, Redeemer, LORD, p Before Thy Throne we sinners bend, mf To us Thy saving grace extend. Eternal SPIRIT, by Whose breath The soul is raised from sin and death, p Before Thy Throne we sinners bend, mf To us Thy quickening power extend. ( 47) Thrice Holy! FATHER, SPIRIT, SON: Mysterious GODHEAD, THREE in ONE p Before Thy Throne we sinners bend, mf Grace, pardon, life to us extend. Amen. " Lord, The hast been our refuge from 165 one generation to another." fO GOD, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home; mf Beneath the shadow of Thy Throne, Thy Saints have dwelt secure; Sufficient is Thine Arm alone, And our defence is sure. GENERAL HYMNS. Before the hills in order stood, Or earth received her frame, er From everlasting Thou art GOD, To endless years the Same. p A thousand ages in Thy sight Are like an evening gone; Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. Time, like an ever- rolling stream, Bears all its sons away; They fly forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day. f0 GOD, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Be Thou our guard while troubles last, And our eternal home. Amen. " O be joyfel in the Lord, all ye lands." 166 f ALL people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the LORD with cheerful voice; Him serve with fear, His praise forth tell, Come ye before Him, and rejoice. mf The LORD, ye know, is GOD indeed; Without our aid He did us make; We are His flock, He doth us feed, And for His sheep He doth us take. f0 enter then His gates with praise, Approach with joy His courts unto; Praise, laud, and bless His Name For it is seemly so to do.[ always, of For why? the LORD our GOD is His mercy is for ever sure;[ good; His truth at all times firmly stood, And shall from age to age endure. To FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST, The GOD Whom Heav'n and earth adore, From men and from the Angel- host Be praise and glory evermore. Amen. " Praise the Lord, O my soul: 0 Lord my God, Thou art become exceeding glorious; Thou art clothed with 167 majesty and honour." f0 WORSHIP the King All- glorious above; O gratefully sing His power and His love; Our Shield and Defender, The Ancient of days, Pavilion'd in splendour, And girded with praise. O tell of His might, O sing of His grace, Whose robe is the light, Whose canopy space; His chariots of wrath The deep thunder clouds form, And dark is His path On the wings of the storm. mf The earth with its store Of wonders untold, Almighty, Thy power Hath founded of old; Hath stablish'd it fast By a changeless decree, And round it hath cast, Like a mantle, the sea. Thy bountiful care What tongue can recite?. It breathes in the air, It shines in the light: It streams from the hills, It descends to the plain, And sweetly distils In the dew and the rain. p Frail children of dust, And feeble as frail, In Thee do we trust, Nor find Thee to fail; cr Thy mercies how tender! How firm to the end!! Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend. O measureless Might, Ineffable Love, While Angels delight To hymn Thee above, Thy ransom'd creation, Though feeble their lays, f P cr With true adoration Shall sing to Thy praise. Amen. " The invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things 168 that are made." mf THERE is a book, who runs may read, Which heavenly truth imparts, And all the lore its scholars need, Pure eyes and Christian hearts. The works of God above, below, Within us and around. Are pages in that book, to show How GOD Himself is found. The glorious sky, embracing all, Is like the Maker's love, Wherewith encompass'd, great and In peace and order move.[ small The Moon above, the Church below, A wondrous race they run; But all their radiance, all their glow, Each borrows of its Sun. The Saviour lends the light and heat That crown His holy hill; The Saints, like stars, around His seat Perform their courses still. p The dew of heaven is like Thy grace, It steals in silence down; er But where it lights, the favour'd By richest fruits is known.[ place ( 48) GENERAL HYMNS. fOne Name, above all glorious names, With its ten thousand tongues The everlasting sea proclaims, Echoing Angelic songs. The raging fire, the roaring wind Thy boundless power display: p But in the gentler breeze we find Thy SPIRIT's viewless way. mf Two worlds are ours:' tis only sin Forbids us to descry The mystic Heav'n and earth within, Plain as the sea and sky. Thou, Who hast given me eyes to see And love this sight so fair, Give me a heart to find out Thee, And read Thee everywhere. Amen. " Thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, Whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a 169 contrite and humble spirit." mf MY GOD, how wonderful Thou art, Thy majesty how bright, How beautiful Thy mercy- seat, In depths of burning light! p How dread are Thine eternal years, O everlasting LORD, By prostrate spirits day and night Incessantly adored!" mf How wonderful, how beautiful, The sight of Thee must be, Thine endless wisdom, boundless And awful purity! [ power, p Oh, how I fear Thee, Living GOD, With deepest, tenderest fears, And worship Thee with trembling And penitential tears! [ hope, er Yet I may love Thee too, O LORD, Almighty as Thou art, For Thou hast stooped to ask of me dim The love of my poor heart. mf No earthly father loves like Thee, No mother, e'er so mild, Bears and forbears as Thou hast done With me Thy sinful child. FATHER OF JESUS, love's reward, What rapture will it be, Prostrate before Thy Throne to lie, 1 And gaze and gaze on Thee. Amen. " In the beginning was the Word. and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. All things were made by 170 Him." JESUS is GOD:( mf) the solid earth, The ocean broad and bright, The countless stars, like golden dust, That strew the skies at night, f The wheeling storm, the dreadful fire, mf The pleasant wholesome air, The summer's sun, the winter's frost, His own creations were. fJESUS is GoD:( mf) the glorious Of golden Angels sing[ bands Songs of adoring praise to Him, Their Maker and their King. He was true GoD in Bethlehem's crib, On Calvary's Cross true GoD; He, Who in heaven Eternal reign'd, In time on earth abode. JESUS is GOD:( p) let sorrow come, And pain, and every ill, cr All are worth while, for all are His glory to fulfil; [ means my Worth while a thousand years of To speak one little word,[ woe If by that" I believe" we own f The GODEEAD of our LORD. Amen. " Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and 171 glory, and blessing. f FROM highest Heav'n the Eternal SON, وو With GOD the FATHER ever ONE, P Came down to suffer and to die; mf For love of sinful man He bore Our human griefs and troubles sore, P Our load of guilt and misery. Rejoice, ye Saints of GoD, and praise The LAMB Who died, His flock to raise From sin and everlasting woe; With Angels round the Throne above O tell the wonders of His love. The joys that from His mercy flow. p In darkest shades of night we lay, Without a beam to guide our way, Or hope of aught beyond the grave: mj But He has brought us life and light, And open'd Heaven to our sight, And lives for ever strong to save. ff Rejoice, ye Saints of GOD, rejoice; Sing out, and praise with cheerful voice [ adore; The LAMB Whom Heav'n and earth To Him Who gave His only SON, To GOD the SPIRIT, with Them ONE, Be praise and glory evermore. Amen. " The second Man is the Lord from 172 heaven." f PRAISE to the Holiest in the height, And in the depth be praise; In all His words most wonderful, Most sure in all His ways. ( 49) GENERAL HYMNS. mf 0 loving wisdom of our GOD! p When all was sin and shame, cr A second Adam to the fight f And to the rescue came. mf 0 wisest love! that flesh and p Which did in Adam fail. [ blood, er Should strive afresh against the foe, f Should strive and should prevail; mf And that a higher gift than grace Should flesh and blood refine, p GOD's Presence and His very Self, And Essence all- divine. mf0 generous love! that He, Who In Man for man the foe, The double agony in Man For man should undergo; [ smote p And in the garden secretly, And on the Cross on high. cr Should teach His brethren, and To suffer and to die. [ inspire f Praise to the Holiest in the height, And in the depth be praise: In all His words most wonderful, Most sure in all His ways. Amen. " The love of Christ which passeth 173 knowledge." mf 0 LOVE, how deep! how broad! how high! It fills the heart with ecstasy, That GOD, the SON of GOD, should take Our mortal form for mortals' sake.. He sent no Angel to our race Of higher or of lower place, 22 But wore the robe of human frame Himself, and to this lost worid came. f For us He was baptized, and bore His holy fast, and hunger'd sore; For us temptations sharp He knew; mf For us the tempter overthrew. For us He pray'd, for us He taught, For us His daily works He wrought, By words, and signs, and actions, thus Still seeking not Himself but us. p For us to wicked men betray'd, Scourged, mock'd, in purple robe array'd, He bore the shameful Cross and death; For us at length gave up His breath. f For us He rose from death again, For us He went on high to reign, For us He sent His SPIRIT here To guide, to strengthen, and to cheer. To Him Whose boundless love has won Salvation for us through His SON, To GoD the FATHER, glory be Both now and through eternity. Amen. " Blessed are they that have not seen, and 174 yet have believed." mf WE saw Thee not when Thou didst come [ death, Nor e'er beheld Thy cottage- home To this poor world of sin and In that despised Nazareth; f But we believe Thy footsteps trod Its streets and plains, Thou SON of GOD. mf We did not see Thee lifted high Amid that wild and savage crew, dim Nor heard Thy meek, imploring [ do; cry, " Forgive, they know not what they Yet we believe the deed was done, dim Which shook the earth and veil'd the sun. mf We stood not by the empty tomb Where late Thy sacred Body lay, cr Nor sat within that upper room, Nor met Thee in the open way; f But we believe that Angels said, " Why seek the living with the dead?" mf We did not mark the chosen few, When Thou didst thro' the clouds ascend, [ view, First lift to Heav'n their wondering p Then to the earth all prostrate bend: fYet we believe that mortal eyes Beheld that journey to the skies. And now that Thou dost reign on high, And thence Thy waiting people bless, mf No ray of glory from the sky Doth shine upon our wilderness; ff But we believe Thy faithful Word, And trust in our Redeeming LORD. Amen. " Thou shalt call His Name Jesus, for He shall save His people from their 175 sins." mfCONQUERING kings their titles take From the foes they captive make: f JESUS, by a nobler deed. From the thousands He hath freed. mf Yes: none other name is given Unto mortals under heaven, Which can make the dead arise, And exalt them to the skies. That which CHRIST so hardly wrought, That which He so dearly bought, That salvation, brethren, say, Shall we madly cast away? Rather gladly for that Name Bear the cross, endure the shame; Joyfully for Him to die Is not death but victory. ( 30) GENERAL 2 JESU, Who dost condescend To be called the sinner's Friend, Hear us, as to Thee we pray, cr Glorying in Thy Name to- day. f Glory to the FATHER be, Glory, Holy SON, to Thee, Glory to the HOLY GHOST, From the Saints and Angel- host. Amen. " Unto you therefore which believe He is 176 precious." It mf How sweet the Name of JESUS In a believer's ear! [ sounds soothes his sorrows, heals his And drives away his fear.[ wounds, It makes the wounded spirit whole, And calms the troubled breast; " Tis manna to the hungry soul, p And to the weary rest. mf Dear Name! the rock on which I My shield and hiding- place,[ build, My never- failing treasury fill'd With boundless stores of grace. JESUS! my Shepherd, Husband, Friend. My Prophet, Priest, and King, My Lord, my Life, my Way, my End, Accept the praise I bring. p Weak is the effort of my heart, And cold my warmest thought; er But when I see Thee as Thou art, I'll praise Thee as I ought. f Till then I would Thy love proclaim With every fleeting breath; dim And may the music of Thy Name p Refresh my soul in death. Amen. " Thy Name is as ointment poured 177 forth." P JESU! the very thought is sweet; In that dear Name all heart- joys meet: cr But oh! than honey sweeter far The glimpses of His Presence are. mf No word is sung more sweet than this, No sound is heard more full of bliss, No thought brings sweeter comfort nigh, Than JESUS, SON of GOD most High. JESU, the hope of souls forlorn, How good to them for sin that mourn! To them that seek Thee, oh how kind! er But what art Thou to them that find? mf No tongue of mortal can express, No pen can write the blessedness, He only who hath proved it knows What bliss from love of JESUS flows. HYMNS. fO JESU, King of wondrous might! O Victor, glorious from the fight! mf Sweetness that may not be exAnd altogether loveliest.[ press'd, p Abide with us, O LORD, to- day, Fulfil us with Thy grace, we pray; cr And with Thine own true sweetness feed Our souls from sin and darkness freed. Amen. " Thy Name is as ointment poured forth." 178 mf JESU, the very thought of Thee With sweetness fills the breast; But sweeter far Thy Face to see, And in Thy Presence rest. No voice can sing, no heart can frame, Nor can the memory find A sweeter sound than JESU's Name, The Saviour of mankind. 0 Hope of every contrite heart, O Joy of all the meek, To those who ask how kind Thou art, How good to those who seek! But what to those who find? Ah! this Nor tongue nor pen can show; The love of JESUS, what it is None but His loved ones know. fJESU, our only Joy be Thou, As Thou our Prize wilt be: In Thee be all our glory now, And through eternity. PART 2. f0 JESU, King most wonderful, Thou Conqueror renown'd, ( 51) mf Thou Sweetness most ineffable, In Whom all joys are found! When once Thou visitest the heart, Then truth begins to shine, Then earthly vanities depart, Then kindles love Divine. O JESU, Light of all below, Thou Fount of living fire, Surpassing all the joys we know, And all we can desire; mf JESU, may all confess Thy Name, Thy wondrous love adore, And, seeking Thee, themselves inflame To seek Thee more and more. Thee, JESU, may our voices biess, Thee may we love alone, And ever in our lives express The image of Thine Own. PART 3. mf 0 JESU, Thou the Beauty art Of Angel- worlds above; Thy Name is music to the heart Inflaming it with love GENERAL HYMNS. Celestial sweetness unalloy'd, Who eat Thee hunger still; Who drink of Thee still feel a void Which only Thou canst fill. p0 most sweet JESU, hear the sighs Which unto Thee we send; To Thee our inmost spirit cries, To Thee our prayers ascend. Abide with us, and let Thy Light er Shine, LORD, on every heart; Dispel the darkness of our night, And joy to all impart. fJESU, our Love and Joy, to Thee, The Virgin's Holy Son, All might, and praise, and glory be, While endless ages run. Amen. " There is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must 179 be saved." f To the Name of our Salvation Laud and honour let us pay, p Which for many a generation Hid in GOD's foreknowledge lay, f But with holy exultation We may sing aloud to- day. mf JESUS is the Name we treasure, Name beyond what words can tell; Name of gladness, Name of pleasure, Ear and heart delighting weli; Name of sweetness passing measure, Saving us from sin and hell. ' Tis the Name for adoration, Name for songs of victory, Name for holy meditation In this vale of misery, Name for joyful veneration By the citizens on high. ' Tis the Name that whoso preacheth Speaks like music to the ear; ? Who in prayer this Name beseecheth Sweetest comfort findeth near; cr Who its perfect wisdom reacheth mf Heavenly joy possesseth here. JESUS is the Name exalted Over every other name; In this Name, whene'er assaulted, We can put our foes to shame; Strength to them who else had halted, Eyes to blind, and feet to lame. " The everlasting Father, the Prince of 180 peace." mfTo CHRIST, the Prince of peace, And Son of GOD most High, The FATHER of the world to come, We lift our joyful cry. P Therefore we in love adoring This most blessèd Name revere, er Holy JESU, Thee imploring So to write it in us here, That hereafter heavenward soaring We may sing with Angels there. Amen. p Deep in His Heart for us The wound of love He bore, er That love which He enkindles still In hearts that Him adore. mf 0 JESU, Victim Blest, What else but love Divine Could Thee constrain to open thus That sacred Heart of Thine? O wondrous Fount of love, O Well of waters free, O heavenly Flame, refining Fire, O burning Charity! p Hide us in Thy dear Heart, JESU, our Saviour Blest,[ grace, mf So shall we find Thy plenteous And Heav'n's eternal rest. Amen. " Thou hast been my succour: leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of 181 my salvation." mfWE know Thee Who Thou art, LORD JESUS, Mary's Son: We know the yearnings of Thy Heart To end Thy work begun. That sacred Fount of grace, ' Mid all the bliss of heaven, Has joy whene'er we seek Thy Face, And kneel to be forgiven. p Brought home from ways perverse, At peace Thine Arms within, We pray Thee, shield us from the curse Of falling back to sin. mf We dare not ask to live Henceforth from trials free: But oh! when next they tempt us, give More strength to cling to Thee. 182" Thou art a place to hide me in." PJESU, grant me this, I pray, Ever in Thy Heart to stay; Let me evermore abide Hidden in Thy wounded Side. mf If the evil one prepare, Or the world, a tempting snare, er I am safe when I abide p In Thy Heart and wounded Side. mf If the flesh, more dangerous still, Tempt my soul to deeds of ill, er Nought I fear when I abide In Thy Heart and wounded Side. ( 52) We know Thee Who Thou art, Our own redeeming LORD; Be Thou by will, and mind, and heart, Accepted, loved, adored. Amen. GENERAL Death will come one day to me: mf JESU, cast me not from Thee; 2 Dying let me still abide In Thy Heart and wounded Side. Amen. 183" Lord, to whom shall we go?" 14 p WHEN wounded sore the stricken Lies bleeding and unbound,[ heart er One only Hand,( p) a piercèd Hand, mf Can salve the sinner's wound. p When sorrow swells the laden And tears of anguish flow,[ breast, er One only Heart,( p) a broken Heart, mf Can feel the sinner's woe. 2 When penitential grief has wept Over some foul dark spot,[ Blood, er One only Stream,( p) a Stream of mf Can wash away the blot. ' Tis JESUS' Blood that washes white, His Hand that brings relief, joys, er His Heart is touch'd with all our p And feels for all our grief. mf Lift up Thy bleeding Hand, O LORD. Unseal that cleansing Tide; We have no shelter from our sin p But in Thy wounded Side. Amen. me, 184" That rock was Christ." mf Rock of ages, cleft Let me hide myself in Thee; Let the Water and the Blood, From Thy riven Side which flow'd, Be of sin the double cure, Cleanse me from its guilt and power Not the labours of my hands Can fulfil Thy law's demands; Could my zeal no respite know, Could my tears for ever flow, All for sin could not atone; Thou must save, and Thou alone. p. Nothing in my hand I bring, Simply to Thy Cross I cling; Naked, come to Thee for dress: Helpless, look to Thee for grace; Foul, I to the Fountain fly; er Wash me, Saviour,( p) or I die. mf While I draw this fleeting breath, p When my eyelids close in death, cr When I soar through tracts unknown, See Thee on Thy Judgment Throne p Rock of ages, cleft for me, pp Let me hide myself in Thee. Amen. O look Thou upon me, and be merciful 185 unto me." p LORD JESUS, think on me, [ free, And purge away my sin; cr From earthborn passions set me And make me pure within. HYMNS. p LORD JESUS, think on me, With many a care opprest; cr Let me Thy loving servant be, And taste Thy promised rest. mf LORD JESUS, think on me, Nor let me go astray: Through darkness and perplexity er Point Thou the heavenly way. p LORD JESUS, think on me, That, when the flood is past cr I may the eternal Brightness see, And share Thy joy at last. mf LORD JESUS, think on me, er That I may sing above f Praise to the FATHER, and to THEE, And to the HOLY DOVE. Amen. 186" Without Me ye can do nothing." mf I COULD not do without Thee, O Saviour of the lost, dim At such tremendous cost: cr Whose precious Blood redeem'd me mf Thy righteousness, Thy pardon, Thy precious Blood must be My only hope and comfort, My glory and my plea. I could not do without Thee, I cannot stand alone, I have no strength or goodness, No wisdom of my own; er But Thou, belovèd Saviour, Art all in all to me, And weakness will be power If leaning hard on Thee. mf I could not do without Thee, p For, oh, the way is long, And I am often weary, And sigh replaces song; How could I do without Thee? I do not know the way; er Thou knowest, and Thou leadest, And wilt not let me stray. mf I could not do without Thee, O JESUS, Saviour dear; E'en when my eyes are holden, I know that Thou art near; How dreary and how lonely This changeful life would be Without the sweet communion, The secret rest with Thee. I could not do without Thee; No other friend can read The spirit's strange deep longings, Interpreting its need; ( 53) [ it, No human heart could enter Each dim recess of mine, dim And soothe, and hush, and calm er 0 Blessèd LORD, but Thine. mf I could not do without Thee, p For years are fleeting fast, And soon in solemn loneness The river must be pass'd; GENERAL er But Thou wilt never leave me, And though the waves roll high, I know Thou wilt be near me, Amen. p And whisper," It is I." " Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh 187 away the sin of the world." mf BEHOLD the LAMB of GOD! PO Thou for sinners slain, Let it not be in vain That Thou hast died: mf Thee for my Saviour let me take, My only refuge let me make p Thy piercèd Side. mf Behold the LAMB of GOD! p Into the sacred flood Of Thy most precious Blood My soul I cast: [ within, mf Wash me and make me clean And keep me pure from every sin, p Till life be past. mf Behold the LAMB of GOD! All hail, Incarnate WORD, Thou everlasting LORD, Saviour most Blest; Fill us with love that never faints, Grant us with all Thy blessèd Saints p Eternal rest. mf Behold the LAMB of GOD! f Worthy is He alone To sit upon the Throne Of GoD above; One with the Ancient of all days, One with the Comforter in praise, All Light and Love. Amen. " I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will 188 draw all men unto Me." mf JESU, meek and lowly, Saviour, pure and holy, On Thy love relying Hear me humbly crying. P Prince of life and power, My sal vation's tower, On the Cross I view Thee Calling sinners to Thee. mf There behold me gazing At the sight amazing; P Bending low before Thee, Helpless I adore Thee. By Thy red Wounds streaming, With Thy Life- blood gleaming, Blood for sinners flowing, Pardon free bestowing; By that Fount of blessing, Thy dear love expressing, All my aching sadness cr Turn Thou into gladness. HYMNS. mf LORD, in mercy guide me, Be Thou e'er beside me; In Thy ways direct me, ' Neath Thy wings protect me. Amen. " I have loved thee with an everlasting love; therefore with loving- kind189 ness have I drawn thee." mf JESU, Thy mercies are untold Through each returning day; Thy love exceeds a thousandfold Whatever we can say; p That love which in Thy Passion For us Thy precious Blood:[ drain'd, mf That love whereby the Saints have The vision of their GOD.[ gain d Tis Thou hast loved us from the Pure Source of all our bliss,[ womb, Our only hope of life to come, Our happiness in this. p LORD, grant us, while on earth we er Thy love to feel and know:[ stay, p And, when from hence we pass away, mf To us Thy glory show. Amen. " He is altogether lovely." 190 mf JESU, Thou Joy of loving hearts! Thou Fount of life, Thou Light of men! From the best bliss that earth imparts We turn unfill'd to Thee again. Thy truth unchanged hath ever stood; Thou savest those that on Thee call: To them that seek Thee Thou art good; To them that find Thee All in all. We taste Thee, O Thou Living Bread, And long to feast upon Thee still; We drink of Thee. the Fountain- head, And thirst our souls from Thee to fill. 2 Our restless spirits yearn for Thee, Where'er our changeful lot is cast; er Glad when Thy gracious smile we [ fast. Blest, when our faith can hold Thee see, PO JESU, ever with us stay:[ bright; Make all our moments calm and er Chase the dark night of sin away; Shed o'er the world Thy holy light. Amen. " Whom have I in heaven but Thee? and there is none upon earth that I 191 desire in comparison of Thee." mf JESU, my LORD, my GOD, my All, Hear me, Blest Saviour, when I call; Hear me, and from Thy dwelling- place Pour down the riches of Thy grace; JESU, my LORD, I Thee adore, er O make me love Thee more and more. ( 54) GENERAL 2 JESU, too late I Thee have sought, How can I love Thee as I ought? And how extol Thy matchless fame, mf The glorious beauty of Thy Name? JESU, my LCRD, I Thee adore. er O make me love Thee more and more. n JESU, what didst Thou find in me, That Thou hast dealt so lovingly? How great the joy that Thou hast brought, So far exceeding hope or thought! mf JESU, my LORD, I Thee adore, cr O make me love Thee more and more. JESU, of Thee shall be my song, To Thee my heart and soul belong; All that I have or am is Thine, And Thou, Blest Saviour, Thou art mine. mf JESU, my LORD, I Thee adore, er O make me love Thee more and more. Amen. 192 " God is Love." mf 0 LOVE, Who formedst me to wear The image of Thy GODHEAD here: P Who soughtest me with tender care Thro' all my wanderings wild and drear: cr O LOVE, I give myself to Thee, mf Thine ever, only Thine to be." O LOVE, Who ere life's earliest dawn On me Thy choice hast gently laid; p0 LOVE, Who here as Man wast born. And wholly like to us wast made; er O LOVE, I give myself to Thee, my Thine ever, only Thine to be. p0 Love, Who once in time wast slain, [ woe: Pierced thro' and thro' with bitter 0 Love, Who wrestling thus didst gain That we eternal joy might know; er O LOVE, I give myself to Thee, mf Thine ever, only Thine to be." O LOVE, Who lovest me for aye, Who for my soul dost ever plead; pO LOVE, Who didst that ransom pay Whose power sufficeth in my stead; cr O LOVE, I give myself to Thee, mf Thine ever, only Thine to be. O LOVE, Who once shalt bid me rise From out this dying life of ours; O LOVE, Who once o'er yonder skies Shalt set me in the fadeless bowers; er 0 LOVE, I give myself to Thee, Thine ever, only Thine to be. Amen. HYMNS. " A Man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the 193 tempest." P JESU, Lover of my soul, Let me to Thy Bosom fly, cr While the gathering waters roll, While the tempest still is high: mf Hide me, O my Saviour, hide, Till the storm of life is past: dim Safe into the haven guide, po receive my soul at last. mf Other refuge have I none: Hangs my helpless soul on Thee; p Leave, ah! leave me not alone, Still support and comfort me. er All my trust on Thee is stay'd, All my help from Thee I bring; Cover my defenceless head P With the shadow of Thy wing. mf Plenteous grace with Thee is found, Grace to cleanse from every sin; er Let the healing streams abound; f Make and keep me pure within; Thou of Life the Fountain art; Freely let me take of Thee; Spring Thou up within my heart, Rise to all eternity. Amen. 194 P mf Give us holy freedom, Fill our hearts with love, Draw us, Holy JESUS, To the realms above. Lead us on our journey, Be Thyself the Way Through terrestrial darkness To celestial day. p JESU, meek and gentle, SON of GOD most High, Pitying, loving Saviour, Hear Thy children's cry. Amen. p " Lord, save us." JESU, meek and gentle, SON of GOD most High, Pitying, loving Saviour, Hear Thy children's cry. Pardon our offences, Loose our captive chains, Break down every idol Which our soul detains. er " Mary hath chosen that good part, which 195 shall not be taken away from her." mf0 Love Divine, how sweet thou art! When shall I find my willing heart All taken up by thee? er I thirst, I faint, I die to prove The greatness of redeeming love, The love of CHRIST to me. ( 55) GENERAL HYMNS. mf Stronger His love than death or Its riches are unsearchable;[ hell; The first- born sons of light Desire in vain its depths to see; They cannot reach the mystery, The length, and breadth, and height. GOD only knows the love of GOD; O that it now were shed abroad In this poor stony heart! For love I sigh, for love I pine: This only portion, LORD, be mine, Be mine this better part. For ever would I take my seat With Mary at the Master's feet: Be this my happy choice: My only care, delight, and bliss,[ this, cr My joy, my heaven on earth, be To hear the Bridegroom's voice. Amen. " This God is our God for ever and ever; 196 He shall be our guide unto death." mf GUIDE me, O Thou great Redeemer Pilgrim through this barren land; p I am weak, but( f) Thou art mighty, Hold me with Thy powerful hand; Bread of Heaven, P cr Feed me now and evermore. mf Open now the crystal fountain, Whence the healing streams do Let the fiery cloudy pillar [ flow: Lead me all my journey through; Strong Deliverer, f Be Thou still my Strength and Shield. When I tread the verge of Jordan, Bid my anxious fears subside:[ tion, f Death of death, and hell's DestrucLand me safe on Canaan's side; I will ever give to Thee. Amen. 197" The Lord is my Shepherd." mf THE King of love my Shepherd is Whose goodness faileth never; I nothing lack if I am His And He is mine for ever. Where streams of living water flow My ransom'd soul He leadeth, And, where the verdant pastures grow With food celestial feedeth. p Perverse and foolish oft I stray'd, er But yet in love He sought me, dim And on His Shoulder gently laid, f And home, rejoicing, brought me. p In death's dark vale I fear no ill cr With Thee, dear LORD, beside me; Thy rod and staff my comfort still, Thy Cross before to guide me. my Thou spread'st a Table in my sight; Thy Unction grace bestoweth; f And oh, what transport of delight From Thy pure Chalice floweth! mf And so through all the length of Thy goodness faileth never:[ days er Good Shepherd, may I sing Thy praise Within Thy house for ever. Amen. " Behold, I stand at the door and knock," 198 PO JESU, Thou art standing Outside the fast- closed door, In lowly patience waiting To pass the threshold o'er: f Shame on us, Christian brethren, His Name and sign who bear, Oh shame, thrice shame upon us p To keep Him standing there! O JESU, Thou art knocking: And lo! that Hand is scarr'd, And thorns Thy Brow encircle, And tears Thy Face have marr'd: cr O love that passeth knowledge So patiently to wait! dim O sin that hath no equal p So fast to bar the gate! O JESU, Thou art pleading In accents meek and low, " I died for you, My children, er And will ye treat Me so?" mf 0 LORD, with shame and sorrow We open now the door: Dear Saviour, enter, enter, And leave us never more. Amen. " Jesus saith unto him, I am the Way, the 199 Truth, and the Life." mf THOU art the Way; by Thee alone From sin and death we flee: And he who would the FATHER seek Must seek Him, LORD, by Thee. Thou art the Truth: Thy Word alone True wisdom can impart; Thou only canst inform the mind, And purify the heart. [ tomb Thou art the Life;( f) the rending Proclaims Thy conquering arm; mf And those who put their trust in Nor death nor hell shall harm.[ Thee Thou art the Way, the Truth, the Life, 2. Grant us that Way to know, That Truth to keep, that Life to win, mf Whose joys eternal flow. Amen. 200 the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ." " God forbid that I should glory, save in mf WE sing the praise of Him Who died, p Of Him Who died upon the Cross; cr The sinner's hope let men deride, For this we count the world but loss. ( 56) GENERAL mf Inscribed upon the Cross we see In shining letters," God is Love;" p He bears our sins upon the Tree; er He brings us mercy from above. The Cross! it takes our guilt away; It holds the fainting spirit up: It cheers with hope the gloomy day, And sweetens every bitter cup. It makes the coward spirit brave, And nerves the feeble arm for fight: It takes its terror from the grave, And gilds the bed of death with light; The balm of life, the cure of woe, The measure and the pledge of love, The sinner's refuge here below, The Angels' theme in Heav'n above. mf To CHRIST Who won for sinners grace p By bitter grief and anguish sore, f Be praise from all the ransom'd race For ever and for evermore. Amen. " Who also maketh intercession for 201 us." mf WHERE high the heavenly temple stands, [ hands, The house of GoD not made with A great High- Priest our nature wears, The Guardian of mankind appears. He Who for men their Surety stood, p And pour'd on earth His precious Blood [ plan, er Pursues in Heav'n His mighty The Saviour and the Friend of man. mf Though now ascended up on high, He bends on earth a brother's eye; Partaker of the human name, He knows the frailty of cur frame. Our fellow- sufferer yet retains A fellow- feeling of our pains; And still remembers in the skies p His Tears, His Agonies, and Cries. mf In every pang that rends the heart The Man of Sorrows had a part; He sympathizes with our grief, And to the sufferer sends relief. With boldness therefore at the Throne Let us make all our sorrows known; And ask the aid of heavenly power To help us in the evil hour. Amen. " Rejoice in the Lord alway, and again I 202 say, rejoice." HYMNS. mf JESUS, the Saviour, reigns, The GOD of truth and love: p When He had purged our stains, er He took His seat above: Rejoice, again I say, rejoice. f Lift up your heart, lift up your voice; mf His Kingdom cannot fail; He rules o'er earth and Heav'n; The keys of death and hell Are to our JESUS given: f Lift up your heart, lift up your voice: Rejoice, again I say, rejoice. mf He sits at GOD's right hand Till all His foes submit, And bow to His command, And fall beneath His feet: Lift up your heart, lift up your voice, Rejoice, again I say, rejoice. Amen. " He... saith, Surely I come quickly. 203 Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus." f THOU art coming, O my Saviour, Thou art coming, O my King, mf In Thy beauty all- resplendent, er In Thy glory all- transcendent; f Well may we rejoice and sing; p Coming!( er) In the opening east Herald brightness slowly swells; p Coming!( er) O my glorious Priest, dim Hear we not Thy golden bells? mf Thou art coming, Thou art coming; We shall meet Thee on Thy way, We shall see Thee, we shall knowThee, cr We shall bless Thee, we shall show Thee All our hearts could never say; mf What an anthem that will be Ringing out our love to Thee, Pouring out our rapture sweet er At Thine own all- glorious Feet. mf Thou art coming; at Thy Table We are witnesses for this; p While remembering hearts Thou meetest In communion clearest, sweetest, er Earnest of our coming bliss, mf Showing not Thy death alone, And Thy love exceeding great, er Eut Thy coming, and Thy Throne, dim All for which we long and wait. mf Thou art coming; we are waiting With a hope that cannot fail, Asking not the day or hour, Resting on Thy word of power, Anchor'd safe within the veil. p Time appointed may be long, er But the vision must be sure; Certainty shall make us strong, Joyful patience can endure. f REJOICE, the LORD is King, dim Your LORD and King adore; cr Mortals, give thanks and sing, And triumph evermore: Lift up your heart, lift up your voice; Rejoice, again I say, rejoice. ( 57) GENERAL 10 the joy to see Thee reigning, Thee, my own belovèd LORD! Every tongue Thy Name confessing, Worship, honour, glory, blessing Brought to Thee with one accord, 2 Thee, my Master, and my Friend, f Vindicated and enthroned, cr Unto earth's remotest end Glorified, adored, and own'd. Amen. " He... saith Surely I come quickly. 204 Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus." mf O QUICKLY come, dread Judge of all; [ be, p For, awful though Thine Advent cr All shadows from the truth will fall, dim And falsehood die, in sight of Thee: er O quickly come: for doubt and fear Like clouds dissolve when Thou art near. mf 0 quickly come, great King of all; Reign all around us, and within; Let sin no more our souls enthral, Let pain and sorrow die with sin: cro quickly come: for Thou alone Canst make Thy scatter'd people one. mf 0 quickly come, true Life of all; 2 For death is mighty all around; On every home his shadows fall, On every heart his mark is found: er 0 quickly come: for grief and pain fCan never cloud Thy glorious reign. mf0 quickly come, sure Light of all, 2 For gloomy night broods o'er our And weakly souls begin to fall[ way; With weary watching for the day: cr O quickly come: for round Thy Throne No eye is blind, no night is known. Amen. " Take ye heed, watch and pray, for ye 205 know not when the time is." P THOU Judge of quick and dead, Before Whose bar severe mf With holy joy, or( p) guilty dread, We all shall soon appear; mf Our waken'd souls prepare For that tremendous day, And fill us now with watchful care, And stir us up to pray; To pray, and wait the hour, p The awful hour unknown, er When, robed in majesty and power, Thou shalt from Heav'n come down, mf Th' immortal Son of Man, To judge the human race, With all Thy FATHER S dazzling train, With all Thy glorious grace. HYMNS. p To sober earthly joys, To quicken holy fears, cr For ever let the Archangel's voice Be sounding in our ears: p The solemn midnight cry, f" Ye dead, the Judge is come! Arise, and meet Him in the sky And meet your instant doom!" p0 may we thus be found Obedient to His Word, cr Attentive to the trumpet's sound, And looking for our LORD. mf O may we thus insure Our lot among the blest, And watch a moment, to secure An everlasting rest. Amen. " The day of the Lord will come as a thief 206 in the night." mf THAT day of wrath, that dreadful day, [ away, When heaven and earth shall pass What power shall be the sinner's stay? How shall he meet that dreadful day? When, shrivelling like a parchèd scroll, The flaming heavens together roll; cr When louder yet, and yet more dread, the dead: ff Swells the high trump that wakes p Oh, on that day, that wrathful day, When man to judgment wakes from clay, [ stay. cr Be Thou, O CHRIST, the sinner's dim Tho' heaven and earth shall pass away. Amen. " If I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I 207 will send Him unto you." POUR Blest Redeemer, ere He breathed His tender last farewell, A Guide, a Comforter, bequeath'd With us to dwell. mf He came sweet influence to imA gracious willing Guest, Ipart, While He can find one humble heart Wherein to rest. p And His that gentle voice we hear, Soft as the breath of even, That checks each fault, that calms And speaks of Heav'n.[ each fear, cr And every virtue we possess, And every conquest won, And every thought of holiness, mf Are His alone. SPIRIT of purity and grace, Our weakness, pitying, see: Omake our hearts Thy dwelling- place, And worthier Thee. Amen. ( 58) GENERAL HYMNS. " The communion of the Holy Ghost." 208 mf 0 HOLY SPIRIT, LORD of grace, Eternal Fount of love, Inflame, we pray, our inmost hearts With fire from Heav'n above. As Thou in bond of love dost join The FATHER and the SON, So fill us all with mutual love And knit our hearts in one. All glory to the FATHER be, All glory to the SON, All glory, HOLY GHOST, to Thee, While endless ages run. Amen. " As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God." 209 mf COME, gracious SPIRIT, heavenly Dove, With light and comfort from above; Be Thou our Guardian, Thou our Guide, O'er every thought and step preside. The light of truth to us display, And make us know and choose Thy p Plant holy fear in every heart,[ way; cr That we from GOD may ne'er depart. mf Lead us to CHRIST, the living Way, Nor let us from His pastures stray; Lead us to holiness, the road That we must take to dwell with GOD. Lead us to Heav'n, that we may share Fulness of joy for ever there: Lead us to GOD, our final rest; To be with Him for ever blest. Amen. " And now abideth faith, hope, charity. these three; but the greatest of these 210 is charity." mf GRACIOUS SPIRIT, HOLY GHOST, Taught by Thee, we covet most Of Thy gifts at Pentecost, Holy, heavenly love. Love is kind, and suffers long, Love is meek, and thinks no wrong. Love than death itself more strong; Therefore give us love. Prophecy will fade away, Melting in the light of day; Love will ever with us stay; Therefore give us love. [ bright: Faith will vanish into sight; Hope be emptied in delight; er Love in Heav'n will shine more Therefore give us love. mf Faith and hope and love we see Joining hand in hand agree: cr But the greatest of the three, And the best, is love. p From the overshadowing 1 Of Thy gold and silver wing Shed on us, who to Thee sing, Holy, heavenly love. Amen. " Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that 211 the spices thereof may flow out." mf0 HOLY GHOST, Thy people bless Who long to feel Thy might, And fain would grow in holiness As children of the light. To Thee we bring, Who art the LORD, Our selves to be Thy throne; Let every thought, and deed, and word Thy pure dominion own. Life- giving SPIRIT, o'er us move, dim As on the formless deep; er Give life and order, light and love, Where now is death or sleep. Great Gift of our ascended King, His saving truth reveal; Our tongues inspire His praise to sing, Our hearts His love to feel. mf True Wind of Heav'n, from south or north, For joy( dim) or chastening, blow; er The garden- spices shall spring forth If Thou wilt bid them flow. fo HOLY GHOST, of sevenfold might, All graces come from Thee: p Grant us to know and serve aright ONE GOD in Persons THREE. Amen. 212" He is faithful." mf To Thee, O Comforter Divine, For all Thy grace and power benign, f Sing we Alleluia, To Thee, Whose faithful love had place In God's great covenant of grace, Sing we Alleluia! [ win mf To Thee, Whose faithful voice doth The wandering from the ways of sin, f Sing we Alleluia! To Thee, Whose faithful power doth Enlighten, sanctify, and seal,[ heal, Sing we Alleluia! mf To Thee, Whose faithful truth is shown By every promise made our own, f Sing we Alleluia! To Thee, our Teacher and our Friend, Our faithful Leader to the end, Sing we Alleluia! mf To Thee, by JESUS CHRIST sent down, f Of all His gifts the sum and crown, Sing we Alleluia! f To Thee, Who art with GOD the SON And GoD the FATHER ever ONE, Sing we Alleluia! Amen. ( 59) GENERAL HYMNS. " And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the Throne of God 213 and of the Lamb." mf A LIVING stream, as crystal clear, Welling from out the Throne Of GoD and of the LAMB on high, The LORD to man hath shown. This stream doth water Paradise, It makes the Angels sing: er One precious drop within the heart Is of all joy the spring: fJoy past all speech, of glory full, dim But stored where none may know, As manna hid in dewy heaven, As pearls in ocean low. mmf But by His SPIRIT He to us The secret doth reveal: cr Faith sees and hears: but O for wings That we might taste, and feel; Wings like a dove to waft us on High o'er the flood of sin! P LORD of the Ark, put forth Thine And take Thy wanderers in.[ hand, f0 praise the FATHER, praise the SON, The LAMB for sinners given, And HOLY GHOST, through Whom alone Our hearts are raised to Heav'n. Amen. " Help us, O God of our salvation, for 214 the glory of Thy Name." of LORD of our life, and GoD of our salvation Star of our night, and Hope of every nation, Hear and( er) receive Thy Church's supplication, Eye hath not seen, nor ear hath PP And for her life He died. heard, mf Elect from every nation, Nor to man's heart hath come What for those loving Thee in truth Thou hast in love's own home. Yet one o'er all the earth, Her charter of salvation f LORD GOD Almighty. mf See round Thine ark the hungry billows curling; See how Thy foes their banners are unfurling; mf Grant us Thy help till foes are backward driven, P LORD, while their( er) darts envenom'd they are hurling f Thou canst preserve us. mf LORD, Thou canst help when earthly armour faileth, LORD, Thou canst save when deadly sin assaileth, p LORD, o'er Thy( cr) Church nor death nor hell prevaileth; P Grant us Thy peace, LORD. Grant them Thy truth, that they may be forgiven, P Grant peace on earth,( cr) and, after we have striven, pp Peace in Thy Heav'n. Amen. " He is the Head of the body, the Church." 215 mf THE Church's one foundation IS JESUS CHRIST her LORD; She is His new creation By water and the Word: From Heav'n He came and sought her To be His holy Bride: p With His own Blood He bought her, One LORD, one Faith, one Birth, One Holy Name she blesses, Partakes one Holy Food, And to one hope she presses With every grace endued. p Though with a scornful wonder Men see her sore opprest, By schisms rent asunder, By heresies distrest, er Yet Saints their watch are keeping, Their cry goes up," How long?" mf And soon the night of weeping cr Shall be the morn of song. mf Mid toil, and tribulation, And tumult of her war, She waits the consummation p Of peace for evermore; cr Till with the vision glorious Her longing eyes are blest, And the great Church victorious dim Shall be the Church at rest. mf Yet she on earth hath union With GoD the THREE in ONE, And mystic sweet communion With those whose rest is won: fo happy ones and holy! p LORD, give us grace that we, Like them, the meek and lowly, er On high may dwell with Thee. Amen. " That they all may be one." 39 216 P WHAT time the evening shadows fali Around the Church on earth, When darker forms of doubt appal, And new false lights have birth; cr Then closer should her faithful For Truth together hold,[ band Hell's last devices to withstand, And safely guard her fold. ( 60) GENERAL PO FATHER, in that hour of fear The Church of England keep, mf Thine Altar to the last to rear, And feed Thy fainting sheep; May she the holy truths attest Apostles taught of yore, Nor quit the Faith by saints confest, Though tempted ne'er so sore. PO CHRIST, Who for Thy flock didst That all might be as one,[ pray mf Unite us all ere fades the day, Thou Sole- Begotten SON; The East, the West, together bind In love's unbroken chain; er Give each one hope, one heart, one mind, One glory, and one gain. fO SPIRIT, LORD of light and life, The Church with strength renew, p Compose the angry voice of strife, All jealousies subdue: er Do Thou in ever- quickening streams Upon Thy saints descend, And warm them with reviving beams, And guide them to the end. mf Great THREE in ONE, Great ONE in THREE, Our hymns of prayer receive, And teach us all from sin to flee, And live as we believe; cr So, pure in faith, our thoughts and speech And acts that faith shall own; So shall we to Thy Presence reach, And know as we are known. Amen. 217 Thy Kingdom come." mf THY kingdom come, O GOD, Thy rule, O CHRIST, begin; Break with Thine iron rod The tyrannies of sin. p Where is Thy reign of peace, 1 And purity, and love? When shall all hatred cease, As in the realms above? When comes the promised time That war shall be no more, And lust, oppression, crime Shall flee Thy Face before? mf We pray Thee, LORD, arise, And come in Thy great might; Revive our longing eyes, Which languish for Thy sight. p Men scorn Thy sacred Name, And wolves devour Thy fold; By many deeds of shame We learn that love grows cold. HYMNS. O'er heathen lands afar Thick darkness broodeth yet: er Arise, O morning Star, f Arise, and never set. Amen. " God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and shew us the light of His coun 218 tenance." mf GoD of mercy, GoD of grace, Show the brightness of Thy Face; Shine upon us, Saviour, shine, Fill Thy Church with light Divine; And Thy saving health extend Unto earth's remotest end. f Let the people praise Thee, LORD; Be by all that live adored; Let the nations shout and sing Glory to their Saviour King: P At Thy feet their tribute pay, And Thy holy Will obey. f Let the people praise Thee, LORD; Earth shall then her fruits afford; GOD to man His blessing give, Man to GoD devoted live; All below, and all above, [ Amen. One in joy, and light, and love. " All the earth shall be filled with His 219 Majesty." fHAIL to the LORD's Anointed, Great David's greater Son! Hail, in the time appointed, His reign on earth begun! He comes to break oppression, To set the captive free, To take away transgression, And rule in equity. mf He shall come down like showers Upon the fruitful earth, And joy and hope, like flowers, Spring in His path to birth; Before Him on the mountains p Shall peace, the herald, go; cr From hill to vale the fountains Of righteousness o'erflow. ( 61) mf Kings shall bow down before Him, And gold and incense bring; All nations shall adore Him, His praise all people sing; To Him shall prayer unceasing And daily vows ascend; His kingdom still increasing, A kingdom without end. fO'er every foe victorious, He on His Throne shall rest; From age to age more glorious, All- blessing and all- blest: The tide of time shall never His covenant remove; His Name shall stand for ever, p His changeless Name of love. Amen, GENERAL " The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ; and He shall reign for 220 ever and ever." f JESUS shall reign where'er the sun Doth his successive journeys run; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more. m People and realms of every tongue Dwell on His love with sweetest song, p And infant voices shall proclaim er Their early blessings on His Name. fBlessings abound where'er He reigns; The prisoner leaps to lose his chains; dim The weary find eternal rest, er And all the sons of want are blest. f Let every creature rise and bring Peculiar honours to our King; Angels descend with songs again, And earth repeat the loud Amen. Amen. " Of Whom the whole family in heaven 221 and earth is named." mf LET saints on earth in concert sing With those whose work is done; For all the servants of our King In Heav'n and earth are one. One family, we dwell in Him, One Church, above, beneath: dim Though now divided by the stream, p The narrow stream of death. mf One army of the living GOD, To His command we bow; Part of the host have cross'd the flood, 2 And part are crossing now E'en now to their eternal home There pass some spirits blest; While others to the margin come, Waiting their call to rest. mfJESU, be Thou our constant Guide; Then, when the word is given, Bid Jordan's narrow stream divide, cr And bring us safe to Heav'n Amen. " God shall wipe away all tears from 222 their eyes." fTEN thousand times ten thousand, In sparkling raiment bright, The armies of the ransom'd Saints Throng up the steeps of light: mf Tis finish'd! all is finish'd, Their fight with death and sin: f Fling open wide the golden gates, And let the victors in. HYMNS. What rush of Alleluias Fills all the earth and sky! What ringing of a thousand harps Bespeaks the triumph nigh! O day, for which creation And all its tribes were made! O joy, for all its former woes A thousand- foid repaid! mf Oh, then what raptured greetings On Canaan's happy shore, What knitting sever'd riendships up, Where partings are no more! Then eyes with joy shall sparkle p That brimm'd with tears of late; er Orphans no longer fatherless, Nor widows desolate. p Bring near Thy great Salvation, Thou LAMB for sinners slain, er Fill up the roll of Thine elect, f Then take Thy power and reign: mf Appear, Desire of nations, p Thine exiles long for home; er Show in the heavens Thy promised sign: [ Amen. f Thou Prince and Saviour, come. " The night is far spent, the day is at hand." 223 mf HARK! hark, my soul! Angelic songs are swelling O'er earth's green fields, and ocean's wave- beat shore: How sweet the truth those blessèd strains are telling Of that new life when sin shall be no more. p Angels of JESUS,( er) Angels of light, f Singing to welcome( p) the pilgrims of the night! mf Onward we go, for still we hear them singing, P " Come, weary souls, for JESUS bids you come:" cr And through the dark, its echoes sweetly ringing, The music of the Gospel leads us home. P Angels of JESUS,( cr) Angels of light, f Singing to welcome( p) the pilgrims of the night! p Far, far away, like bells at evening pealing, The voice of JESUS sounds o'er land and sea, And laden souls, by thousands meekly stealing, er Kind Shepherd, turn their weary steps to Thee. P Angels of JESUS,( er) Angels of light, f Singing to welcome( 2) the pilgrims of the night! ( 62) • GENERAL HYMNS. mf Rest comes at length; though life be long and dreary, The day must dawn, and darksome night be past; Faith's journey ends in welcome to the weary, And Heav'n, the heart's true home, will come at last. p Angels of JESUS,( cr) Angels of light, f Singing to welcome( p) the pilgrims of the night! mf Angels! sing on, your faithful watches keeping, Sing us sweet fragments of the songs above; Till morning's joy shall end the night of weeping, cr And life's long shadows break in cloudless love. P Angels of JESUS,( cr) Angels of light, f Singing to welcome the pilgrims of the night! Amen. 224" The fellowship of His sufferings." mf 0 HAPPY band of pilgrims, If onward ye will tread With JESUS as your Fellow To JESUS as your Head! O happy if ye labour As JESUS did for men: happy if ye hunger As JESUS hunger'd then! 2 The Cross that JESUS carried He carried as your due: f The Crown that JESUS weareth. He weareth it for you. mf The faith by which ye see Him, The hope in which ye yearn, The love that through all troubles To Him alone will turn, 2 The trials that beset you, The sorrows ye endure, The manifold temptations That death alone can cure, cr What are they but His jewels Of right celestial worth? What are they but the ladder Set up to Heav'n on earth? f0 happy band of pilgrims, Look upward to the skies. dim Where such a light affliction Shall win so great à prize. Amen. " Here have we no continuing city, but 225 we seek one to come. P BRIEF life is here our portion; Brief sorrow, short- lived care; cr The life that knows no ending, The Learless life, is there. mf0 happy retribution! Short toil, eternal rest; For mortals and for sinners A mansion with the blest! And now we fight the battle, f But then shall wear the crown Of full and everlasting And passionless renown; p And now we watch and struggle, And now we live in hope, And Sion in her anguish" With Babylon must cope; mf But He, Whom now we trust in, Shall then be seen and known; And they that know and see Him Shall have Him for their own. cr The morning shall awaken, The shadows shall decay. And each true- hearted servant Shall shine as doth the day. f There GOD, our King and Portion, In fulness of His grace, Shall we behold for ever, p And worship face to face. mf 0 sweet and blessèd country, The home of God's elect! O sweet and blessèd country That eager hearts expect! ( 63) p JESU, in mercy bring us To that dear land of rest; mf Who art, with Gop the FATHER And SPIRIT, ever Blest. Amen. " The nations of them which are saved 226 shall walk in the light of it." mf THE world is very evil. The times are waxing late, p Be sober and keep vigil, The Judge is at the gate; cr The Judge Who comes in mercy, The Judge Who comes with might, Who comes to end the evil, f Who comes to crown the right. mf Arise, arise, good Christian, Let right to wrong succeed; p Let penitential sorrow er To heavenly gladness lead, To light that has no evening, That knows nor moon nor sun, The light so new and golden, The light that is but one. mf 0 home of fadeless splendour, Of flowers that bear no thorn, Where they shall dwell as children p Who here as exiles mourn: mf' Midst power that knows no limit, Where wisdom has no bound, p The Beatific Vision er Shall glad the Saints around. GENERAL mf 0 happy, holy portion, Refection for the blest, True vision of true beauty, True cure of the distrest! f Strive, man, to win that glory; Toil, man, to gain that light; Send hope before to grasp it, Till hope be lost in sight. mf 0 sweet and blessèd country, The home of GOD's elect! O sweet and blessèd country That eager hearts expect! P JESU, in mercy bring us To that dear land of rest; mf Who art, with Gop the FATHER And SPIRIT, ever Blest. Amen. " A better country, that is, an heavenly." 227 mf For thee, O dear, dear country, Mine eyes their vigils keep; For very love, beholding Thy happy name, they weep. The mention of thy glory Is unction to the breast, And medicine in sickness, And love, and life, and rest. O one, O only mansion! O Paradise of joy! Where tears are ever banish'd, And smiles have no alloy; f The LAMB is all thy splendour; The Crucified thy praise; His laud and benediction Thy ransom'd people raise. With jasper glow thy bulwarks, Thy streets with emeralds blaze; The sardius and the topaz Unite in thee their rays; Thine ageless walls are bonded With amethyst unpriced; The Saints build up thy fabric, And the corner- stone is CHRIST. mf Thou hast no shore, fair ocean! Thou hast no time, bright day! Dear fountain of refreshment To pilgrims far away! fUpon the Rock of ages They raise thy holy tower; Thine is the victor's laurel, And thine the golden dower. mf 0 sweet and blessèd country, The home of GOD's elect! O sweet and blessèd country That eager hearts expect! PJESU, in mercy bring us To that dear land of rest; mf Who art, with God the FATHER And SPIRIT, ever Blest. Amen. HYMNS. 228" And the city was pure gold." mf JERUSALEM the golden, With milk and honey blest, Beneath thy contemplation dim Sink heart and voice opprest. er I know not, oh, I know not What joys await us there, What radiancy of glory, p What bliss beyond compare. f They stand, those halls of Sion, All jubilant with song, And bright with many an Angel, And all the Martyr throng; The Prince is ever in them, The daylight is serene, The pastures of the blessed P Are deck'd in glorious sheen. mf There is the throne of David; And there, from care released, The shout of them that triumph, The song of them that feast; f And they, who with their Leader, Have conquer'd in the fight, For ever and for ever p Are clad in robes of white. mf 0 sweet and blessèd country, i The home of GOD's elect! O sweet and blessèd country That eager hearts expect! P JESU, in mercy bring us To that dear land of rest; mf Who art, with GoD the FATHER And SPIRIT, ever Blest. Amen. " The things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen 229 are eternal." mf THE roseate hues of early dawn, The brightness of the day, The crimson of the sunset sky, dim How fast they fade away! cr Oh, for the pearly gates of Heav'n, Oh, for the golden floor, Oh, for the Sun of righteousness That setteth nevermore! P The highest hopes we cherish here, How fast they tire and faint; How many a spot defiles the robe That wraps an earthly saint! er Oh, for a heart that never sins, Oh, for a soul wash'd white, Oh, for a voice to praise our King, Nor weary day or night! mf Here faith is ours, and heavenly And grace to lead us higher;[ hope, cr But there are perfectness and peace, Beyond our best desire. p Oh, by Thy love and anguish, LORD, And by Thy life laid down,[ grace, cr Grant that we fall not from Thy Nor cast away our crown. Amen. ( 64) GENERAL " There remaineth therefore a rest to the 230 people of God." mf THERE is a blessèd home Beyond this land of woe, Where trials never come, Nor tears of sorrow flow; cr Where faith is lost in sight, And patient hope is crown'd, And everlasting light Its glory throws around. p There is a land of peace, Good Angels know it well; er Glad songs that never cease Within its portals swell; mf Around its glorious Throne Ten thousand Saints adore CHRIST, with the FATHER ONE And SPIRIT, evermore. O joy all joys beyond, To see the LAMB Who died, p And count each sacred Wound In Hands, and Feet, and Side; mf To give to Him the praise Of every triumph won, cr And sing through endless days The great things He hath done. mf Look up, ye saints of GOD, Nor fear to tread below The path your Saviour trod Of daily toil and woe; P cr Wait but a little while In uncomplaining love, mf His own most gracious smile Shall welcome you above. Amen. " And so shall we ever be with the 231 Lord." mf FOR ever with the LORD!" p Amen; so let it be; cr Life from the dead is in that word, " Tis in mortality. p Here in the body pent, Absent from Him I roam, er Yet nightly pitch my moving tent, A day's march nearer home. mf My FATHER's house on high, Home of my soul, how near At times to faith's foreseeing eye Thy golden gates appear! P Ah! then my spirit faints To reach the land I love, cr The bright inheritance of Saints, Jerusalem above. f" For ever with the LORD!" mf FATHER, if' tis Thy Will, The promise of that faithful word Even here to me fulfil. Be Thou at my right hand, Then can I never fail; er Uphold Thou me, and I shall stand, Fight, and I must prevail. HYMNS, p So when my latest breath Shall rend the veil in twain, er By death I shall escape from death, f And life eternal gain. mf Knowing as I am known, How shall I love that word, cr And oft repeat before the Throne, " For ever with the LORD!" Amen. ( 65) " Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him. But God hath revealed them unto us by His 232 Spirit." mf LIGHT's abode, celestial Salem, Vision whence true peace doth spring, Brighter than the heart can fancy, Mansion of the Highest King; f Oh, how glorious are the praises Which of thee the prophets sing! mf There for ever and for ever Alleluia is out- pour'd; For unending, for unbroken Is the feast- day of the LORD; P All is pure and all is holy That within thy walls is stored. There no cloud nor passing vapour Dims the brightness of the air; mf Endless noon- day, glorious noonFrom the Sun of suns is there;[ day, There no night brings rest from labour, For unknown are toil and care. fOh, how glorious and resplendent, Fragile body, shalt thou be, When endued with so much beauty, Full of health, and strong, and free, Full of vigour, full of pleasure That shall last eternally![ courage, mf Now with gladness, now with Bear the burden on thee laid, p That hereafter these thy labours May with endless gifts be paid; cr And in everlasting glory Thou with brightness be array'd. f Laud and honour to the FATHER, Laud and honour to the SON, Laud and honour to the SPIRIT, Ever THREE and ever ONE, Consubstantial, Co- eternal, While unending ages run. Amen. 233" Our conversation is in heaven." mf JERUSALEM on high My song and city is, My home whene'er I die, The centre of my bliss: f0 happy place! When shall I be, My Gon, with Thee, p To see Thy Face? GENERAL P mf There dwells my LORD, my King, Judged here unfit to live; mf There Angels to Him sing, And lowly homage give: O happy place! When shall I be, My GOD, with Thee, p To see Thy Face? mf The Patriarchs of old There from their travels cease; The Prophets there behold Their long'd- for Prince of peace: f0 happy place! When shall I be. My GOD, with Thee, p To see Thy Face? mf The LAMB's Apostles there I might with joy behold, The harpers I might hear Harping on harps of gold: f0 happy place! When shall I be, My GOD, with Thee, p To see Thy Face? The bleeding Martyrs, they Within those courts are found, er Clothèd in pure array, Their scars with glory crown'd: f0 happy place! When shall I be, My GOD, with Thee, p To see Thy Face? cr Ah me! ah me! that I In Kedar's tents here stay; No place like that on high; LORD, thither guide my way; 10 happy place! When shall I be, My GOD, with Thee, p To see Thy Face? Amen. 234 " The Paradise of God." mf 0 PARADISE! O Paradise! Who doth not crave for rest? Who would not seek the happy land Where they that loved are blest; f Where loyal hearts and true HYMNS. mf 0 Paradise! O Paradise! p" Tis weary waiting here; er I long to be where JESUS is, To feel, to see Him near; f Where loyal hearts and true Stand ever in the light, All rapture through and through, dim In GOD's most holy sight. mf 0 Paradise! O Paradise! I want to sin no more, I want to be as pure on earth As on thy spotless shore; Where loyal hearts and true Stand ever in the light, All rapture through and through, dim In GOD's most holy sight. Stand ever in the light, All rapture through and through, dim In God's most holy sight? mf 0 Paradise! O Paradise! p The world is growing old; er Who would not be at rest and free Where love is never cold; f Where loyal hearts and true Stand ever in the light, All rapture through and through, dim In GOD's most holy sight? mf 0 Paradise! O Paradise! I greatly long to see The special place my dearest LORD In love prepares for me; f Where loyal hearts and true Stand ever in the light, All rapture through and through, dim In GOD's most holy sight. P LORD JESU, King of Paradise, O keep me in Thy love, er And guide me to that happy land Of perfect rest above; f Where loyal hearts and true Stand ever in the light. All rapture through and through, dim In GOD's most holy sight. Amen. " There remaineth therefore a rest to the 235 people of God." mf OH, what the joy and the glory must be, Those endless Sabbaths the blessèd ones see; Crown for the valiant,( p) to weary [ Blest. ones rest; er GOD shall be All and in all ever mf What are the Monarch, His Court, and His Throne? What are the peace and the joy that they own? [ share, O that the blest ones, who in it have All that they feel could as fully declare! Truly Jerusalem name we that shore, p Vision of peace,( cr) that brings joy [ ne'er, evermore; mf Wish and fulfilment can sever'd be Nor the thing pray'd for come short of the prayer. p There, where no troubles distraction [ sing, can bring, er We the sweet anthems of Sion shall While for Thy grace, LORD, their voices of praise Thy blessèd people eternally raise. ( 66) CORN LA MADONNA DEL ROSARIO Murillo GENERAL HYMNS. mf There dawns no Sabbath, no Sabbath is o'er, [ more; Those Sabbath- keepers have one ever✓ One and unending is that triumph[ belong song Which to the Angels and us shall p Now in the meanwhile, with hearts raised on high, We for that country must yearn and must sigh; Seeking Jerusalem, dear native land, Thro' our long exile on Babylon's strand. mf Low before Him with our praises we fall, Of Whom, and in Whom, and thro Whom are all; fOr Whom, the FATHER; and in Whom, the SON; Thro' Whom, the SPIRIT, with Them ever ONE. Amen. " When shall I come to appear before the 236 presence of God?" mf JERUSALEM, my happy home, Name ever dear to me. When shall my labours have an end? Thy joys when shall I see? When shall these eyes thy heavenbuilt walls And pearly gates behold? Thy bulwarks with salvation strong, And streets of shining gold? f Apostles, Martyrs, Prophets, there Around my Saviour stand; And all I love in CHRIST below Will join the glorious band. mf Jerusalem, my happy home, When shall I come to thee? When shall my labours have an end? Thy joys when shall I see? PO CHRIST, do Thou my soul prepare For that bright home of love; er That I may see Thee and adore, With all Thy Saints above. Amen. " O how amiable are Thy dwellings, Thou 237 Lord of hosts." mf 0 GoD of hosts, the mighty LORD, How lovely is the place, Where Thou, enthroned in glory. show'st The brightness of Thy Face! p My longing soul faints with desire To view Thy blest abode; My panting hear and flesh cry out For Thee the living GOD. mf For in Thy courts one single day Tis better to attend, Than, LORD, in any place besides A thousand days to spend. O LORD of hosts, my King and GOD, How highly blest are they Who in Thy temple always dwell, And there Thy praise display! " Like as the hart desireth the water. brooks, so longeth my soul after 238 Thee, O God." P As pants the hart for cooling streams ' e et To FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST, f The GOD Whom we adore, Be glory, as it was, is now, 1, d And shall be evermore. Amen. When heated in the chase. So longs my soul, O GOD, for Thee, And Thy refreshing grace. soul? er Hope still, and thou shalt sing f The praise of Him Who is thy GOD, Thy health's eternal Spr For Thee my GOD, the living GOD, My thirsty soul doth pine: er O when shall I behold Thy Face, Thou Majesty Divine? p Why restless, why cast down, my k To FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST, The GOD Whom we adore, Be glory, as it was, is now, And shall be evermore. Amen. cr ( 67) mf CHRIST is our corner- stone, On Him alone we build; With His true Saints alone The courts of Heav'n are fill'd: On His great love Our hopes we place Of present grace And joys above. f Oh, then with hymns of praise These hallow'd courts shall ring Our voices we will raise p mf mf Here, gracious GOD, do Thou For evermore draw nigh; Accept each faithful vow, And mark each suppliant sigh: In copious shower On all who pray Each holy day Thy blessings pour. " The Lord said unto him,... I have nd hallowed this house.. to put My Name there for ever, and Mine eyes re, and Mine heart shall be there per re 239 petually." The THREE in ONE to sing; And thus proclaim In joyful song, Both loud and long, That glorious Name. te D 19• y n, 8 nt or en. tine ght ght, yer; are, [ see, ts to and eep, jeep, ya GENERAL HYMNS. Here may we gain from Heav'n The grace which we implore; And may that grace, once given, Be with us evermore, Until that day When all the blest To endless rest ? ??" lim Are call'd away. Amen. " O how amiable are Thy dwellings, Thou 240 Lord of hosts." mf PLEASANT are Thy courts above In the land of light and love; p Pleasant are Thy courts below In this land of sin and woe: er Oh, my spirit longs and faints For the converse of Thy Saints, For the brightness of Thy Face, For Thy fulness, GOD of grace. mf Happy birds that sing and fly Round Thy Altars, 0 most High; p Happier souls that find a rest In a heavenly FATHER'S breast: Like the wandering dove that found No repose on earth around, er They can to their ark repair, And enjoy it ever there. f To GoD the FATHER, GOD the SON, And GoD the SPIRIT, THRFE in ONE, er Be honour, praise, and glory given By all on earth and all in heaven. ff Hosanna in the highest! Amen. " Lord, I have loved the habitation of Thy house; and the place where Thine 242 honour dwelleth." mf WE love the place, O GOD, Wherein Thine honour dwells; The joy of Thine abode All earthly joy excels. It is the house of prayer, Wherein Thy servants meet; And Thou, O LORD, art there Thy chosen flock to greet. We love the sacred Font; For there the HOLY DOVE To pour is ever wont His blessing from above. We love Thine Altar, LORD; Oh, what on earth so dear? p For there, in faith adored, cr We find Thy Presence near. mf We love the Word of life, The Word that tells of peace, p Of comfort in the strife, er And joys that never cease. f We love to sing below For mercies freely given; er But, oh, we long to know The triumph- song of heaven. p LORD JESUS, give us grace On earth to love Thee more, f In Heav'n to see Thy Face, dim And with Thy Saints adore. Amen. mf Happy soals, their praises flow p Even in this vale of woe; er Waters in the desert rise, Manna feeds them from the skies; fOn they go from strength to strength, Till they reach Thy Throne at length, Fall. p At Thy feet adoring fall, my Who hast led them şafe through DLORD, be mine this prize to win, Guide me through a world of sin, Keep me by Thy saving grace, Give me at Thy side a place; nf Sun and Shield alike Thou art, Guide and guard my erring heart; Grace and glory flow from Thee; lim Shower, O shower them, LORD, on me. Amen. 41" Hosanna in the highest." of HOSANNA to the living LORD! osanna to the Incarnate WORD, CHRIST, Creator, Saviour, King, et earth, let heaven Hosanna sing, Hosanna in the highest! O Saviour, with protecting care bide in this Thy house of prayer, here we Thy parting promise claim, ssembled in Thy sacred Name. f Hosanna in the highest! f But, chiefest, in our cleansed breast, TERNAL, bid Thy SPIRIT rest; nd make our secret soul to be temple pure and worthy Thee. Hosanna in the highest! " Thy Word is a lantern unto my feet, 243 and a light unto my paths." mf LORD, Thy Word abideth, And our footsteps guideth; Who its truth believeth Light and joy receiveth. p When our foes are near us, er Then Thy Word doth cheer us, Word of consolation, Message of salvation. P When the storms are o'er us, And dark clouds before us, cr Then its light directeth, And our way protecteth. mf Who can tell the pleasure, Who recount the treasure By Thy Word imparted To the simple- hearted? Word of mercy, giving Succour to the living: Word of life, supplying Comfort to the dying! p ( 68) GENERAL HYMNS. mf 0 that we discerning Its most holy learning, LORD, may love and fear Thee, Evermore be near Thee. Amen. " A broken and contrite heart, O God, 244 shalt Thou not despise." P LORD, when we bend before Thy And our confessions pour,[ Throne, Teach us to feel the sins we own, And hate what we deplore. Our broken spirits pitying see; True penitence impart; er Then let a kindling glance from Beam hope upon the heart.[ Thee mf When we disclose our wants in [ prayer, May we our wills resign, And not a thought our bosoms share Which is not wholly Thine. May faith each weak petition fill, And waft it to the skies, And teach our hearts' tis goodness still That grants it or denies. Amen. " If any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the 245 Righteous." P WHEN at Thy footstool, LORD, I bend, And plead with Thee for mercy there, er Think of the sinner's dying Friend, And for His sake receive my prayer. PO think not of my shame and guilt, My thousand stains of deepest dye: cr Think of the Blood which JESUS spilt, And let that Blood my pardon buy. mf Think, LORD, how I am still Thine [ hand; own, p The trembling creature of Thy Think how my heart to sin is prone, And what temptations round me stand. mf O think upon Thy holy Word, And every plighted promise there; How prayer should evermore be heard, And how Thy glory is to spare. p0 think not of my doubts and fears, My strivings with Thy grace Divine; Think upon JESUS' woes and tears, er And fet His Merits stand for mine. mf Thine eye, Thine ear, they are not dull; " Men ought always to pray, and not te 246 faint." mf WHAT various hindrances we In coming to the Mercy- seat;[ meet Yet who, that knows the worth of But wishes to be often there?[ prayer, Prayer makes the darken'd cloud withdraw, Prayer climbs the ladder Jacob saw, Gives exercise to faith and love, Brings every blessing from above. pRestraining prayer, we cease to fight; er Prayer makes the Christian's armour bright; Thine arm can never shorten'd be; Behold me here; my heart is full;" 2 Behold, and spare, and succour me. Amen. And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees. mf When Moses stood with arms spread wide, Success was found on Israel's side; 2 But when through weariness they fail'd, That moment Amalek prevail'd. mf Have we no words? ah, think again; Words flow apace when we complain, And fill our fellow- creature's ear With the sad tale of all our care. Were half the breath thus vainly spent To Heav'n in supplication sent, Our cheerful song would oftener be, f" Hear what the LORD hath done for me." mf 0 LORD, increase our faith and love, That we may all Thy goodness prove, And gain from Thy exhaustless store The fruits of prayer for evermore. Amen. " Thou preparest their heart, and Thine ear hearkeneth thereto." 247 mf LORD, teach us how to pray aright With reverence and with fear; p Though dust and ashes in Thy sight, er We may, we must draw near. mf We perish if we cease from prayer; O grant us power to pray; And, when to meet Thee we prepare, LORD, meet us by the way. GOD of all grace, we bring to Thee p A broken contrite heart; [ see, mf Give, what Thine eye delights to Truth in the inward part; Faith in the only Sacrifice That can for sin atone; To cast our hopes, to fix our eyes, cr On CHRIST, on CHRIST alone; p Patience to watch, and wait, and Though mercy long delay;[ weep, er Courage our fainting souls to keep, And trust Thee though Thou slay D2 ( 69) GENERAL mf Give these, and then Thy Will be done; Thus, strengthen'd with all might, We, through Thy SPIRIT and Thy SON, Shall pray, and pray aright. Amen. " And he said, I will not let thee go, except 248 thou bless me" mf SHEPHERD Divine, our wants reIn this our evil day; [ lieve To all Thy tempted followers give The power to watch and pray. p Long as our fiery trials last, Long as the cross we bear, cr 0 let our souls on Thee be cast In never- ceasing prayer. mf The Spirit of interceding grace Give us in faith to claim; To wrestle till we see Thy Face, And know Thy hidden Name. Till Thou Thy perfect love impart, Till Thou Thyself bestow, Be this the cry of every heart, " I will not let Thee go.' I will not let Thee go, unless Thou tell Thy Name to me; With all Thy great Salvation bless, And make me all like Thee. Then let me on the mountain- top Behold Thine open Face; Where faith in sight is swallow'd up, And prayer in endless praise. Amen. " Have mercy upon me, O God, after Thy great goodness: according to the multitude of Thy mercies do away 249 mine offences." p HAVE mercy, LORD, on me, As Thou wert ever kind: Let me, opprest with loads of guilt, Thy wonted mercy find. Wash off my foul offence, And cleanse me from my sin; For I confess my crime, and see How great my guilt has been. mf The joy Thy favour gives Let me again obtain. And Thy free SPIRIT'S firm support My fainting soul sustain. f To GoD the FATHER, SON, And SPIRIT glory be, As' twas, and is, and shall be so To all eternity. Amen. " Out of the deep have I called unto Thee, 250 O Lord." pOUT of the deep I call To Thee, O LORD, to Thee; Before Thy Throne of grace I fall; Be merciful to me. HYMNS. Out of the deep I cry, The woful deep of sin, Of evil done in days gone by, Of evil now within. Out of the deep of fear, And dread of coming shame, From morning watch till night is near cr I plead the Precious Name. mf LORD, there is mercy now, As ever was, with Thee Before Thy Throne of grace I bow; p Be merciful to me. Amen. 251" Jesus, Master, have mercy on us 2 SAVIOUR, when in dust to Thee Low we bow the adoring knee; When, repentant, to the skies Scarce we lift our weeping eyes, Oh, by all Thy pains and woe Suffer'd once for man below, Bending from Thy Throne on high, Hear our solemn litany. mf By Thy helpless infant years, By Thy life of want and tears, By Thy days of sore distress In the savage wilderness; By the dread mysterious hour Of the insulting tempter's power, Turn, O turn a favouring eye; p Hear our solemn litany. mf By the sacred griefs that wept O'er the grave where Lazarus slept; By the boding tears that flow'd Over Salem's loved abode; By the mournful word that told Treachery lurk d within Thy fold; From Thy Seat above the sky p Hear our solemn litany. By Thine hour of whelming fear, By Thine agony of prayer; By the cross, the nail, the thorn, Piercing spear, and torturing scorn; By the gloom that veil'd the skies O'er the dreadful Sacrifice; Listen to our humble cry, Hear our solemn litany. pp By Thy deep expiring groan; By the sad sepulchral stone; By the vault whose dark abode er Held in vain the rising GoD: JOh, from earth to Heav'n restored, Mighty, re- ascended LORD, mf Listen, listen to the cry p Of our solemn litany. Amen. ( 70) " In Whom we have redemption through 252 His Blood, the forgiveness of sins." p WEARY of earth and laden with my sin, I look at Heav'n and long to enter in; But there no evil thing may find a home, [ me," Come." er And yet I hear a voice that bids GENERAL p So vile I am, how dare I hope to stand In the pure glory of that holy land? Before the whiteness of that Throne appear? cr Yet there are Hands stretch'd out to draw me near. p The while I fain would tread the heavenly way, Evil is ever with me day by day; er Yet on mine ears the gracious tidings fall, " Repent, confess, thou shalt be loosed from all." mf It is the voice of JESUS that I hear, His are the Hands stretch'd out to draw me near, [ atone, And His the Blood that can for all And set me faultless there before the Throne. " Twas He Who found me on the deathly wild, And made me heir of Heav'n, the FATHER'S child, And day by day, whereby my soul may live, Gives me His grace of pardon, and will give. PO great Absolver, grant my soul may wear The lowliest garb of penitence and prayer, er That in the FATHER'S courts my glorious dress [ ness. May be the garment of Thy righteousmf Yea, Thou wilt answer for me, Righteous LORD; Thine all the merits, mine the great reward; p Thine the sharp thorns, and( mf) mine the golden crown; Mine the life won, and( p) Thine the life laid down. mf Nought can I bring, dear LORD, for all I owe, Yet let my full heart what it can bestow; [ prove, er Like Mary's gift, let my devotion Forgiven greatly, how I greatly love. Amen. " When he thought thereon, he wept." 253 PO JESU CHRIST, if aught there be That more than all beside, In ever- painful memory Must in my heart abíde, It is that deep ingratitude Which I to Thee have shown, Who didst for me in Tears and Blood Upon the Cross atone. HYMNS. Alas, how with my actions all Has this defect entwined: How has it poison'd with its gall My spirit, heart, and mind! mf Alas, through this, how many a I've rudely cast away, [ gem That might have form'd my diadem In everlasting day! p Yet though the time be past and Though little more remains;[ gone, Though nought is all that can be done, E'en with my utmost pains; mf Still will I strive, O Saviour mine, To do what in me lies; For never did Thy glance Divine, A contrite heart despise. Amen. " Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give 254 you rest." P ART thou weary, art thou languid, Art thou sore distrest? mf" Come to Me," saith One," and coming p Be at rest!" mf Hath He marks to lead me to Him, If He be my Guide? " In His Feet and Hands are Wound- prints, And His Side." mf Hath He diadem as Monarch That His Brow adorns? " Yea, a Crown, in very surety, p But of thorns." mf If I find Him, if I follow, What His guerdon here? p" Many a sorrow, many a labour, Many a tear. mf If I still hold closely to Him, What hath He at last? f" Sorrow vanquish'd, labour ended, Jordan past." mf If I ask Him to receive me, Will He say me nay? f" Not till earth, and not till Heav'n Pass away." mf Finding, following, keeping, strugIs He sure to bless?" ( gling, " Angels, Martyrs, Prophets, Virgins, Answer, Yes!" Amen. " Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise 255 cast out." P JUST as I am, without one plea But that Thy Blood was shed for me, And that Thou bidd'st me come to Thee, O LAMB of GOD, I come. Just as I am, though toss'd about With many a conflict, many a doubt, Fightings and fears within, without, O LAMB of GOD, I come. ( 71) GENERAL HYMNS. Just as I am, poor, wretched, blind; cr Sight, riches, healing of the mind, Yea all I need, in Thee to find, PO LAMB of GOD, I come. Just as I am,( mf) Thou wilt receive, Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve: cr Because Thy promise I believe, O LAMB of GOD, I come. pJust as I am,( mf)( Thy love unknown Has broken every barrier down), er Now to be Thine, yea, Thine alone, O LAMB of GOD, I come. p Just as I am,( mf) of that free love The breadth, length, depth, and height to prove, cr Here for a season, then above, PO LAMB of GOD, I come. Amen. " Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise 256 cast out." mf" COME unto Me, ye weary, And I will give you rest." P O blessèd voice of JESUS, cr Which comes to hearts opprest; mf It tells of benediction, Of pardon, grace, and peace, f Of joy that hath no ending, Of love which cannot cease. mf" Come unto Me, ye wanderers, And I will give you light." P O loving voice of JESUS, er Which comes to cheer the night: p Our hearts were fill'd with sadness, And we had lost our way; f But He has brought us gladness And songs at break of day. mf" Come unto Me, ye fainting, And I will give you life." O cheering voice of JESUS, er Which comes to aid our strife; mf The foe is stern and eager, The fight is fierce and long; f But He has made us mighty, And stronger than the strong. mf" And whosoever cometh, I will not cast him out." O welcome voice of JESUS, er Which drives away our doubt; mf Which calls us very sinners, p Unworthy though we be, er Of love so free and boundless, p To come, dear LORD, to Thee Amen. " He that cometh to Me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on 257 Me shall never thirst." p I HEARD the voice of JESUS say, mf" Come unto Me and rest;[ down er Lay down, thou weary one, lay Thy head upon My Breast:' p I came to JESUS as I was, Weary, and worn, and sad; er I found in Him a resting- place, And He has made me glad. p I heard the voice of JESUS say, mf" Behold, I freely give cr The living water, thirsty one, Stoop down, and drink, and live:" p I came to JESUS, and I drank er Of that life- giving stream;[ vived, My thirst was quench'd, my soul reAnd now I live in Him. p I heard the voice of JESUS say, mf" I am this dark world's Light; er Look unto Me, thy morn shall rise, And all thy day be bright: p I look'd to JESUS, and I found er In Him my Star, my Sun; And in that Light of life I'll walk dim Till travelling days are done. Amen. " When he hath found it, he layeth it on 258 his shoulders rejoicing." p I WAS a wandering sheep, I did not love the fold, I did not love my Shepherd's voice, I would not be controll'd. I was a wayward child, I did not love my home, I did not love my FATHER's voice, I loved afar to roam. mf The Shepherd sought His sheep, The FATHER sought His child, They follow'd me o'er vale and hill, O'er deserts, waste and wild; They found me( p) nigh to death, Famish'd, and faint, and lone; cr They bound me with the bands of love, They saved the wandering one. mf They spoke in tender love, They raised my drooping head, They gently closed my bleeding wounds, My fainting soul they fed; They wash'd my filth away, They made me clean and fair; er They brought me to my home in peace, dim The long- sought wanderer. f JESUS my Shepherd is, ' Twas He that loved my soul, ' Twas He that wash'd me in His Blood, ' Twas He that made me whole; ' Twas He that sought the lost, dim That found the wandering sheep, cr' Twas He that brought me to the fold, ' Tis He that still doth keep. ( 72) GENERAL p I was a wandering sheep, I would not be controll'd; f But now I love my Shepherd's voice, I love, I love the fold. P I was a wayward child, I once preferr'd to roam; But now I love my FATHER'S Voice, I love, I love His home. Amen. " What reward shall I give unto the Lord for all the benefits that He hath 259 done unto me?" p THY Life was given for me, Thy Blood, O LORD, was shed, cr That I might ransom'd be, And quicken'd from the dead; p Thy Life was given for me; What have I given for Thee? Long years were spent for me In weariness and woe, cr That through eternity Thy glory I might know: p Long years were spent for me; Have I spent one for Thee? mf Thy FATHER'S Home of light, Thy rainbow- circled Throne, dim Were left for earthly night, For wanderings sad and lone; 2 Yea, all was left for me; Have I left aught for Thee? Thou, LORD, hast borne for me More than my tongue can tell Of bitterest agony, To rescue me from hell; Thou suff'redst all for me; What have I borne for Thee? mf And Thou hast brought to me Down from Thy Home above er Salvation full and free, Thy pardon and Thy love; mf Great gifts Thou broughtest me; p What have I brought to Thee? mf 0 let my life be given, My years for Thee be spent; World- fetters all be riven, And joy with suffering blent; er Thou gav'st Thyself for me, I give myself to Thee. Amen. 260 " Lovest thou Me?" mf HARK, my soul! it is the LORD; ' Tis thy Saviour, hear His Word:JESUS speaks, and speaks to thee. p" Say, poor sinner, lov'st thou Me? mf" I deliver'd thee when bound, And, when bleeding, heal'd thy wound: Sought thee wandering, set thee right, Turn'd thy darkness into light. HYMNS. " Can a woman's tender care Cease towards the child she bare? p Yes, she may forgetful be, er Yet will I remember thee. mf" Mine is an unchanging love, Higher than the heights above, Deeper than the depths beneath, er Free and faithful, strong f" Thou shalt see My glory soon, mf When the work of grace is done; cr Partner of My Throne shalt be: p Say, poor sinner,( cr) lov'st thou Me? death. mf LORD, it is my chief complaint That my love is weak and faint; er Yet I love Thee,( dim) and adore; cr O for grace to love Thee more. Amen. " Blessed are the pure in heart, for they 261 shall see God." mf BLESS'D are the pure in heart, For they shall see our GOD: The secret of the LORD is theirs, Their soul is CHRIST' s abode. p The LORD, Who left the heavens Our life and peace to bring, To dwell in lowliness with men, Their Pattern and their King; Still to the lowly soul He doth Himself impart,[ Throne cr And for His dwelling and Hia Chooseth the pure in heart. ( 73) P LORD, we Thy Presence seek; May ours this blessing be; er Give us a pure and lowly heart, A temple meet for Thee. Amen. " Now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is 262 charity." mf GREAT MOver of all hearts, Whose Hand Doth all the secret springs command Of human thought and will,[ bless Thou, since the world was made, dost Thy Saints with fruits of holiness, Their order to fulfil. [ chain; Faith, hope, and love here weave one But love alone shall then remain When this short day is gone: f0 Love, O Truth, 0 endless Light, When shall we see Thy Sabbath bright With all our labours done? p We sow mid perils here and tears; er There the glad hand the harvest bears, dim Which here in grief hath sown: mf Great THREE in ONE, the increase give; Thy gifts of grace, by which we live, cr With heavenly glory crown. Amen. GENERAL HYMNS. " If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his 263 cross, and follow Me." mf TAKE up thy cross, the Saviour said, If thou wouldst My disciple be; Deny thyself, the world forsake, And humbly follow after Me. Take up thy cross; let not its weight Fill thy weak spirit with alarm; His strength shall bear thy spirit up, And brace thy heart, and nerve thine arm. Take up thy cross, nor heed the shame, Nor let thy foolish pride rebel; p Thy LORD for thee the Cross endured, cr To save thy soul from death and hell. mf Take up thy cross then in His strength, And calmly every danger brave; Twill guide thee to a better home, cr And lead to victory o'er the grave. mf Take up thy cross, and follow CHRIST, Nor think till death to lay it down; For only he who bears the cross er May hope to wear the glorious crown. f To Thee, Great LORD, the ONE in THREE, All praise for evermore ascend; dim O grant us in our Home to see f The heavenly life that knows no end. Amen. 264 " Thy will be done." mf MY GOD, my FATHER, while I stray, Far from my home, on life's rough way, O teach me from my heart to say, p" Thy Will be done." Though dark my path, and sad my lot. Let me be still and murmur not, Or breathe the prayer divinely taught, Thy Will be done." What though in lonely grief I sigh For friends beloved longer nig Submissive would I still reply, " Thy Will be done." If Thou shouldst call me to resign What most I prize, it ne'er was mine; I only yield Thee what is Thine; " Thy Will be done." mf Let but my fainting heart be blest With Thy sweet SPIRIT for its guest, My GoD, to Thee I leave the rest; P" Thy Will be done." mf Renew my will from day to day, Blend it with Thine, and take away All that now makes it hard to say, '" P" Thy Will be done." Amen. 265" Not as I will, but as Thou wilt." mf THY way, not mine, O LORD, However dark it be; Lead me by Thine own Hand, Choose out the path for me. Smooth let it be or rough, It will be still the best; Winding or straight, it leads Right onward to Thy rest. p I dare not choose my lot; I would not if I might; mf Choose Thou for me, my GOD, So shall I walk aright. Р mf Take Thou my cup, and it p The kingdom that I seek Is Thine, so let the way That leads to it be Thine, Else I must surely stray. cr f With joy or sorrow fill, As best to Thee may seem; Choose Thou my good and ill. Choose Thou for me my friends, My sickness or my health; Choose Thou my cares for me, My poverty or wealth. mf Not mine, not mine the choice In things or great or small; Be Thou my Guide, my Strength, My Wisdom, and my All. Amen. " In the day time also He led them with a cloud, and all the night through 266 with a light of fire." mf LEAD, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, [ home, Lead Thou me on; p The night is dark, and I am far from Lead Thou me on. er Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant scene;( p) one step enough for me. mf I was not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou Shouldst lead me on; I loved to choose and see my path; ( er) but now Lead Thou me on. cr I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears, Pride ruled my will:( p) remember not past years. ( 74) GENERAL mf So long Thy power hath blest me, sure it still Will lead me on,[ rent,( p) till O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torThe night is gone; er And with the morn those Angel faces smile, Which I have loved long since,( p) and lost awhile. Amen. " Let this mind be in you, which was also 267 in Christ Jesus." P LORD, as to Thy dear Cross we flee, And plead to be forgiven, er So let Thy Life our pattern be, And form our souls for Heav'n. mf Help us, through good report and Our daily cross to bear; ( ill, Like Thee, to do our FATHER's Will," p Our brethren's griefs to share. mf Let grace our selfishness expel, Our earthliness refine; And kindness in our bosoms dwell, As free and true as Thine. If joy shall at Thy bidding fly, 2 And grief's dark day come on, We in our turn would meekly cry, pp" FATHER, Thy Will be done." mf Kept peaceful in the midst of Forgiving and forgiven,[ strife, cr O may we lead the pilgrim's life, And follow Thee to Heav'n. Amen. " Blessed are those servants whom the Lord when He cometh shall find 268 watching." mf YE servants of the LORD, Each in his office wait, Observant of His heavenly Word, And watchful at His gate. Let all your lamps be bright, And trim the golden flame; Gird up your loins as in His sight, For awful is His Name. Watch!' tis your LORD's command, And while we speak. He's near; Mark the first signal of His Hand, And ready all appear. Oh, happy servant he, In such a posture found! He shall his LORD with rapture see, And be with honour crown'd. CHRIST shall the banquet spread With His own royal Hand, And raise that faithful servant's head Amid the Angelic band. f All glory, LORD, to Thee, Whom Heav'n and earth adore, TO FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST, ONE GOD for evermore. Amen. HYMNS. 269" Watch and pray." mf" CHRISTIAN! seek not yet repose," p Hear thy guardian Angel say; mf Thou art in the midst of foes; p" Watch and pray." mf Principalities and powers, Mustering their unseen array, Wait for thy unguarded hours: p" Watch and pray.' mf Gird thy heavenly armour on, Wear it ever night and day; cr Ambush'd lies the evil one; P" Watch and pray." Hear the victors who o'ercame; dimStill they mark eachwarrior's way; cr All with one sweet voice exclaim, " Watch and pray." mf Hear, above all, hear thy LORD, Him thou lovest to obey; p Hide within thy heart His Word, " Watch and pray." mf Watch, as if on that alone Hung the issue of the day; Pray, that help may be sent down " Watch and pray." A Amen. 270" Put on the whole armour of God." f SOLDIERS of CHRIST, arise, And put your armour on;[ plies, Strong in the strength which GOD supThrough His Eternal SON. Strong in the LORD of Hosts, And in His mighty power: p Who in the strength of JESUS trusts er Is more than conqueror. .f Stand then in His great might, With all His strength endued; mf And take, to arm you for the fight, The panoply of GOD. ( 75) From strength to strength go on, Wrestle, and fight, and pray; cr Tread all the powers of darkness down, And win the well- fought day. mf That having all things done, And all your conflicts past, Ye may obtain, through CHRIST alone, cr A crown of joy at last. p JESU, Eternal SON, er We praise Thee and adore, f Who art with GOD the FATHER ONE And SPIRIT evermore. Amen. " If any man serve Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there shall 271 also My servant be." mf 0 JESUS, I have promised To serve Thee to the end; Be Thou for ever near me, My Master and my Friend; GENERAL HYMNS. p That will not murmur nor complain Beneath the chastening rod; cr But in the hour of grief or pain Can lean upon its GOD; mf A faith that shines more bright and clear When tempests rage without; That when in danger knows no fear, In darkness feels no doubt; A faith that keeps the narrow way Till life's last spark is fled, And with a pure and heavenly ray Lights up the dying bed. P LORD, give me such a faith as this, And then, whate'er may come, cr I taste e'en now the hallow'd bliss Of an eternal home. Amen. 279 " Lord, help me." PO HELP US, LORD; each hour of need Thy heavenly succour give;[ deed, mf Help us in thought, and word, and Each hour on earth we live. po help us, when our spirits bleed With contrite anguish sore;[ dead, And when our hearts are cold and er O help us, LORD, the more. mf 0 help us, through the prayer of More firmly to believe;[ faith For still the more the servant hath, The more shall he receive. O help us, JESU, from on high, We know no help but Thee; O help us so to live and die cr As Thine in Heav'n to be. Amen. " And they shall be Mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make 280 up My jewels." mf THINE for ever! GOD of love, Hear us from Thy Throne above;" Thine for ever may we be Here and in eternity. Thine for ever! LORD of life, Shield us through our earthly strife; Thou the Life, the Truth, the Way, Guide us to the realms of day. Thine for ever! oh, how blest They who find in Thee their rest! Saviour, Guardian, Heavenly Friend, O defend us to the end. Thine for ever! Saviour, keep p Us Thy frail and trembling sheep; Safe alone beneath Thy care, cr Let us all Thy goodness share. mf Thine for ever; Thou our Guide, All our wants by Thee supplied, All our sins by Thee forgiven, cr Lead us, LORD, from earth to Heav'n. Amen. " I am the Lord thy God.... Which leadeth thee by the way that thou 281 shouldest go."" mf LEAD us, Heavenly FATHER, lead us O'er the world's tempestuous sea; Guard us, guide us, keep us, feed us, For we have no help but Thee; Yet possessing every blessing, If our GoD our FATHER be. PSAVIOUR, breathe forgiveness o'er us, All our weakness Thou dost know; Thou didst tread this earth before us, Thou didst feel its keenest woe; Lone and dreary, faint and weary, Through the desert Thou didst go. mf SPIRIT of our Gop, descending, Fill our hearts with heavenly joy, Love with every passion blending, Pleasure that can never cloy; Thus provided, pardon'd, guided, Nothing can our peace destroy. Amen. " O hold Thou up my goings in Thy 282 paths; that my footsteps slip not." mf BE Thou my Guardian and my And hear me when I call;[ Guide, Let not my slippery footsteps slide, And hold me lest I fall. p The world, the flesh, and Satan [ dwell Around the path I tread; cr O save me from the snares of hell, f Thou Quickener of the dead. p And if I tempted am to sin, And outward things are strong, cr Do Thou, O LORD, keep watch within, And save my soul from wrong. mf Still let me ever watch and pray, 2 And feel that I am frail; That if the Tempter cross my way, cr Yet he may not prevail. Amen. 283" Lord, remember me." mf 0 THOU, from Whom all goodness I lift my heart to Thee;[ flows, p In all my sorrcws, conflicts, woes, Good LORD, remember me. When on my aching burden'd heart My sins lie heavily, [ part'; er Thy pardon grant, Thy peace imp Good LORD, remember me. When trials sore obstruct my way, And ills I cannot flee, [ day; mf Then let my strength be as my p Good LORD, remember me. If worn with pain, disease, and grief This feeble frame should be,[ lief; er Grant patience, rest, and kind rep Good LORD, remember me. ( 78) GENERAL HYMNS. And, oh, when in the hour of death I bow to Thy decree, JESU, receive my parting breath; pp Good LORD, remember me. Amen. " My soul thirsteth for Thee, my flesh also longeth after Thee; in a barren and dry land where no 284 water is." p FAR from my heavenly home, Far from my FATHER'S breast, Fainting I cry." Blest SPIRIT, come, er And speed me to my rest." my My spirit homeward turns, And fain would thither flee; dim My heart, O Sion, droops and yearns, When I remember thee. mf To thee, to thee I press, PA dark and toilsome road; When shall I pass the wilderness, cr And reach the Saints' abode? mf GOD of my life, be near; On Thee my hopes I cast; p O guide me through the desert here, er And bring me home at last. Amen. ▸ " And He arose and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be 285 still." f FIERCE raged the tempest o'er the deep, [ keep, Watch did Thine anxious servants dim But Thou wast wrapp'd in guileless sleep, pp Calm and still. mf" Save, LORD, we perish," was their cry, " O save us in our agony!" er Thy Word above the storm rose high, p" Peace, be still." pp The wild winds hush'd;( f) the angry deep dim Sank, like a little child, to sleep; The sullen billows ceased to leap, cr At Thy Will. mf So, when our life is clouded o'er, And storm- winds drift us from the shore, Say, lest we sink to rise no more, pp" Peace, be still." Amen. " Our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of 286 glory." mf 0 LET him, whose sorrow No relief can find, Trust in GOD, and borrow Ease for heart and mind. er Where the mourner weeping Sheds the secret tear, GoD His watch is keeping, dim Though none else be near. P mf GOD will never leave thee, P cr P cr All thy wants He knows, Feels the pains that grieve thee, Sees thy cares and woes. Raise thine eyes to Heav'n When thy spirits quail, When, by tempests driven, Heart and courage fail. All our woe and sadness, In this world below, Balance not the gladness We in heaven shall know. JESU, Holy Saviour, P cr In the realms above mf Crown us with Thy favour, When in grief we languish, He will dry the tear, Who His children's anguish Soothes with succour near. Fill us with Thy love. Amen. " Let my supplication come before Thee; deliver me, according to Thy 287 Word." ( 79). mf JESUS, LORD of life and glory, Bend from Heav'n Thy gracious ear; While our waiting souls adore Thee, Friend of helpless sinners, hear: p By Thy mercy, O deliver us, good LORD. mf From the depths of nature's blindness, From the hardening power of sin, From all malice and unkindness, From the pride that lurks within, By Thy mercy, p O deliver us, good LORD. When temptation sorely presses, In the day of Satan's power, In our times of deep distresses, In each dark and trying hour, By Thy mercy, O deliver us, good LORD. mf When the world around is smiling, In the time of wealth and ease, Earthly joys our hearts beguiling, In the day of health and peace, By Thy mercy, p O deliver us, good LORD. In the weary hours of sickness, In the times of grief and pain, When we feel our mortal weakness, When the creature's help is vain, By Thy mercy, O deliver us, good LORD. GENERAL In the solemn hour of dying, In the awful judgment day, cr May our souls, on Thee relying, Find Thee still our Hope and Stay: By Thy mercy, p O deliver us, good LORD. Amen. 288 " The time is short." P [ rest mf A FEW more years shall roll, A few more seasons come, dim And we shall be with those that Asleep within the tomb: Then, O my LORD, prepare( cr) My soul for that great day; cr e dim 0 wash me in Thy precious P And take ny sins away.[ Blood, mf A few more suns shall set O'er these dark hills of time, And we shall be where suns are not, A far serener clime: 2 Then, O my LORD, prepare( cr) My soul for that bright day; er e dim 0 wash me in Thy precious P And take my sins away. [ Blood, mf A few more storms shall beat On this wild rocky shore, cr And we shall be where tempests And surges swell no more:[ cease, Then, O my LORD, prepare( cr) My soul for that calm day; 20 P er e dim 0 wash me in Thy precious And take my sins away.[ Blood, A few more struggles here, A few more partings o'er, A few more toils, a few more tears, cr And we shall weep no more: Then, O my LORD, prepare( cr) My soul for that blest day; cr e dim 0 wash me in Thy precious And take my sins away.[ Blood, P P mf' Tis but a little while And He shall come again, p Who died that we might live,( f) Who lives P That we with Him may reign: Then, O my LORD, prepare( cr) My soul for that glad day:[ Blood, er e dim 0 wash me in Thy precious 2 And take my sins away. Amen. " So soon passeth it away, and we are 289 gone." mf DAYS and moments quickly flying Blend the living with the dead; p Soon will you and I be lying Each within our narrow bed. Soon our souls to GOD Who gave them Will have sped their rapid flight: er Able now by grace to save them, Oh, that while we can we might! HYMNS. mf JESU, Infinite Redeemer, Maker of this mighty frame, dim Teach, O teach us to remember What we are, and whence we came; Whence we came, and whither wending; P Soon we must through darkness go, f To inherit bliss unending, p Or eternity of woe. we mf 0 by Thy power grant, LORD, that [ Thee; dim At our last hour( p) fall not from er Saved by Thy grace, Thine may we be All through the days of( dim) eternity. Amen. " I will alway give thanks unto the Lord: His praise shall ever be in my mouth." 290 mf THROUGH all the changing scenes In trouble and in joy,[ of life, The praises of my GoD shall still My heart and tongue employ. O magnify the LORD with me, With me exalt His Name; p When in distress to Him I call'd, He to my rescue came. mf The Hosts of GoD encamp around The dwellings of the just; Deliverance He affords to all Who on His succour trust. O make but trial of His love, Experience will decide How bless'd are they, and only they, Who in His truth confide. Fear Him, ye saints, and you will then Have nothing else to fear; Make you His service your delight, Your wants shall be His care. fTo FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST, The GOD Whom we adore, Be glory, as it was, is now, And shall be evermore. Amen. " Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold 291 on eternal life." mf OFT in danger, oft in woe, Onward, Christians, onward go; Bear the toil, maintain the strife, Strengthen'd with the Bread of Life! Let not sorrow dim your eye, er Soon shall every tear be dry; mf Let not fears your course impede, f Great your strength, if( dim) great your need. mf Let your drooping hearts be glad; March in heavenly armour clad; Fight, nor think the battle long, f Soon shall victory wake your song. ( 80.) GENERAL HYMNS. Onward then in battle move; More than conquerors ye shall prove; dim Though opposed by many a foe, f Christian soldiers, onward go! Hymns of glory and of praise, mf FATHER, unto Thee we raise: Holy JESUS, praise to Thee With the SPIRIT ever be. Amen. " O praise the Lord of heaven, praise Him 292 in the height." PRAISE the LORD! ye heavens, adore Him, Praise Him, Angels, in the height; Sun and moon, rejoice before Him, Praise Him, all ye stars and light: fPraise the LORD! for He hath spoken, Worlds His mighty voice obey'd; ff Laws, which never shall be broken, For their guidance He hath made. f Praise the LORD! for He is glorious; Never shall His promise fail; GOD hath made His Saints victorious, Sin and death shall not prevail. Praise the GOD of our salvation; Hosts on high, His power proclaim; Heav'n and earth, and all creation, Laud and magnify His Name! Amen. " O that men would therefore praise the 293 Lord for His goodness." SING praise to GOD Who reigns [ above, The GOD of all creation, The GOD of power,( p) the GOD of love, f The GoD of our salvation;[ fills, mf With healing balm my soul He And every faithless murmur stills; f To GOD all praise and glory. mf The Angel- host, O King of kings, Thy praise for ever telling, In earth and sky all living things Beneath Thy shadow dwelling, Adore the wisdom which could span, And power which form'd creation's f To GoD all praise and glory.[ plan: mf What GOD's Almighty power hath His gracious mercy keepeth;[ made cr By morning glow( p) or evening shade His watchful eye ne'er sleepeth; mf Within the kingdom of His might Lo! all is just, and all is right; f To GoD all praise and glory. mf The LORD is never far away, p But, through all grief distressing, er An ever- present help and stay, Our peace and joy and blessing; dim As with a mother's tendei hand, er He leads His own, His chosen band; f To GoD all praise and glory. mf Thus all my toilsome way along er I sing aloud Thy praises, That men may hear the grateful song: My voice unwearied raises: f Be joyful in the LORD, my heart; Both soul and body bear your part; ffTo GOD all praise and glory. Amen. " Who led His people through the wilderness for His mercy endureth for 294 ever." f0 PRAISE our Great and Gracious And call upon His Name;[ LORD To strains of joy tune every chord, His mighty acts proclaim; mf Tell how He led His chosen race To Canaan's promised land; Tell how His covenant of grace Unchanged shall ever stand. mf He gave the shadowing cloud by The moving fire by night; [ day, To guide His Israel on their way, He made their darkness light; And have not we a sure retreat, A Saviour ever nigh, [ feet, er The same clear light to guide our The Day- spring from on high? ( 81) mf We too have Manna from above, The Bread that came from Heav'n; To us the same kind hand of love Hath living waters given; A Rock we have, from whence the That Rock is CHRIST, our Priest, our In rich abundance flows;[ spring King, Who life and health bestows. mf O may we prize this blessed Food, And trust our heavenly Guide; p So shall we find death's fearful flood Serene as Jordan's tide, er And safely reach that happy shore, p The land of peace and rest, cr Where Angels worship and adore In GOD's own Presence blest. Amen. " All Thy works praise Thee, O Lord." 295 fTHE strain upraise of joy and praise, Alleluia! To the glory of their King Let the ransom'd people sing Alleluiaf And the choirs that dwell on high Swell the chorus in the sky, Alleluia! mf Ye, through the fields of Paradise that roam, Ye blessèd ones, repeat through that bright home Alleluia! GENERAL HYMNS. Ye planets glittering on your heavenly way, Ye shining constellations, join and say f Alleluia! p Ye clouds that onward sweep, Ye winds on pinions light, fYe thunders, echoing loud and deep, Ye lightnings, wildly bright, 2 In sweet consent unite your Alleluia! mf Ye floods and ocean billows, Ye storms and winter snow, Ye days of cloudless beauty, Hoar frost and summer glow, Ye groves that wave in spring, And glorious forests, sing, f Alleluia! p First let the birds, with painted plumage gay, Exalt their great Creator's praise, and f Alleluia! say Then let the beasts of earth, with varying strain, Join in creation's hymn, and cry again Alleluia! f Here let the mountains thunder forth sonorous Alleluia! p There let the valleys sing in gentler chorus Alleluia! mf Thou jubilant abyss of ocean, cry Alleluia! Ye tracts of earth and continents, reply Alleluia! To GOD, Who all creation made, The frequent hymn be duly paid, f Alleluia! This is the strain, the eternal strain, the LORD of all things loves, Alleluia! This is the song, the heavenly song, that CHRIST Himself approves, Alleluia! Wherefore we sing, both heart and voice awaking, Alleluia! p And children's voices echo, answer making, Alleluia! Now from all men be outpour'd, Alleluia to the LORD: With Alleluia evermore The SON and SPIRIT we adore. f Praise be done to the THREE in ONE. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Ainen. " And all her streets shall say, Alleluia." 296 fSING Alleluia forth in duteous praise, Ye citizens of Heav'n; Osweetly raise ff An endless Alleluia. mf Ye Powers who stand before the Eternal Light, cr In hymning choirs re- echo to the height f An endless Alleluia. mf The Holy City shall take up your strain, [ wake again cr And with glad songs resounding f An endless Alleluia. mf In blissful antiphons ye thus rejoice [ voice To render to the LORD with thankful f An endless Alleluia. my Ye who have gain'd at length your palms in bliss, er Victorious ones, your chant shall still be this, f An endless Alleluia. There, in one grand acclaim, for ever ring The strains which tell the honour of your King, An endless Alleluia. p This is sweet rest for weary ones brought back, This is glad food and drink which ne'er shall lack, mf An endless Alleluia: While Thee, by Whom were all things made, we praise For ever, and tell out in sweetest lays f An endless Alleluia. Almighty CHRIST, to Thee our voices sing Glory for evermore; to Thee we bring An endless Alleluia. Amen. " When I laid the foundations of the earth.... when the morning stars sang together, and all the 297 sons of God shouted for joy." mf SONGS of praise the Angels sang, Heaven with Alleluias rang, When creation was begun, When GOD spake and it was done. Songs of praise awoke the morn p When the Prince of peace was born; er Songs of praise arose when He f Captive led captivity. p Heav'n and earth must pass away, mf Songs of praise shall crown that day: GOD will make new heavens and earth, f Songs of praise shall hail their birth. ( 82) GENERAL p And will man alone be dumb Till that glorious kingdom come? cr No, the Church delights to raise f Psalms and hymns and songs of praise. mf Saints below, with heart and voice, Still in songs of praise rejoice; Learning here, by faith and love, Songs of praise to sing above. f Hymns of glory, songs of praise, FATHER, unto Thee we raise, JESU, glory unto Thee, With the SPIRIT, ever be. Amen. " Praise the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me praise His Holy 298 Name." mf PRAISE, my soul, the King of Heaven, To His feet thy tribute bring; Ransom'd, heal'd, restored, forgiven, Evermore His praises sing; f Alleluia! Alleluia! Praise the everlasting King. mf Praise Him for His grace and favour To our fathers in distress; Praise Him still the same as ever, Slow to chide, and swift to bless; f Alleluia! Alleluia! Glorious in His faithfulness. 2 Father- like, He tends and spares us, Well our feeble frame He knows; In His hands He gently bears us, Rescues us from all our foes; Alleluia! Alleluia! f Widely yet His mercy flows. Angels in the height, adore Him; Ye behold Him face to face; Saints triumphant, bow before Him, Gather'd in from every race; ff Alleluia! Alleluia! Praise with us the GoD of grace. Amen. " I heard the voice of many angels saying,... Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and bless299 ing." fCOME, let us join our cheerful songs With Angels round the Throne; Ten thousand thousand are their tongue, But all their joys are one. [ cry, " Worthy the LAMB that died," they To be exalted thus; " Worthy the LAMB," our lips reply, P" For He was slain for us." HYMNS. mf JESUS is worthy to receive Honour and power Divine; cr And blessings, more than we can Be, LORD, for ever Thine. [ give, f Let all creation join in one To bless the sacred Name ( 83) Of Him that sits upon the Throne, p And to adore the LAMB. Amen. 300" King of kings, and Lord of lords. fALL hail the power of JESUS' Name; dim Let Angels prostrate fall; cr Bring forth the royal diadem And crown Him LORD of all. mf Crown Him, ye morning stars of light, Now hail, the Strength of Israel's Who fix'd this floating ball; might, And crown Him LORD of all. mf Crown Him, ye Martyrs of your Who from His Áltar call; Extol the Stem- of- Jesse's Rod, [ GOD, And crown Him LORD of all. Ye seed of Israel's chosen race, Ye ransom'd of the fall, [ grace, er Hail Him Who saves you by His And crown Him LORD of all. mf Hail Him, ye heirs of David's line Whom David LORD did call, p The GOD Incarnate, Man Divine, And crown Him LORD of all. Sinners, whose love can ne'er forget The wormwood and the gall, cr Go spread your trophies at His feet, And crown Him LORD of all. f Let every tribe and every tongue Before Himi prostrate fall, And shout in universal song The crownèd LORD of all. Amen. " To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down 301 with My Father in His throne." P THE Head that once was crown'd with thorns, f Is crown'd with glory now: A royal diadem adorns The mighty Victor's Brow. The highest place that Heav'n affords Is His, is His by right, The King of kings, and LORD of lords, And Heav'n's eternal Light. mf The Joy of all who dwell above, The Joy of all below, To whom He manifests His love, And grants His Name to know. GENERAL HYMNS. p To them the Cross, with all its shame, er With all its grace, is given: Their name an everlasting name, Their joy the joy of Heav'n. P They suffer with their LORD below, They reign with Him above; mf Their profit and their joy to know The mystery of His love. The Cross He bore is life and health, Though shame and death to Him; His people's hope, His people's wealth, f Their everlasting theme. Amen. " The four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, 302 which are the prayers of saints." f COME, ye faithful, raise the anthem, Cleave the skies with shouts of praise; Sing to Him Who found the ransom, Ancient of eternal days, GOD of GOD, the WORD Incarnate, Whom the Heav'n of Heav'n obeys. mf Ere He raised the lofty mountains, Form'd the seas, or built the sky, Love eternal, free, and boundless, p Moved the LORD of Life to die, er Fore- ordain'd the Prince of princes p For the Throne of Calvary. There, for us and our redemption, See Him all His Life- blood pour! er There He wins our full salvation, Dies that we may die no more; fThen, arising, lives for ever, ff Reigning where He was before. fHigh on yon celestial mountains Stands His gem- built Throne, all bright, Midst unending Alleluias Bursting from the sons of light; Sion's people tell His praises, Victor after hard- won fight. 303" In everything give thanks." mf WHEN morning gilds the skies, My heart awaking cries, May JESUS CHRIST be praised: Alike at work and prayer To JESUS I repair; May JESUS CHRIST be praised. mf Whene'er the sweet church bell Peals over hill and dell, f P er f May JESUS CHRIST be praised: PO hark to what it sings, cr As joyously it rings, May JESUS CHRIST be praised. mf My tongue shall never tire Of chanting with the choir, May JESUS CHRIST be praised: This song of sacred joy, It never seems to cloy, May JESUS CHRIST be praised. When sleep her balm denies, My silent spirit sighs, May JESUS CHRIST be praised: When evil thoughts molest, With this I shield my breast, May JESUS CHRIST be praised. p Does sadness fill my mind? er A solace here I find, mf May JESUS CHRIST be praised: p Or fades my earthly bliss? er My comfort still is this, f P f May JESUS CHRIST be praised. mf The night becomes as day, When from the heart we say, May JESUS CHRIST be praised: The powers of darkness fear, cr When this sweet chant they hear, May JESUS CHRIST be praised. In Heav'n's eternal bliss The loveliest strain is this, May JESUS CHRIST be praised: fLet earth, and sea, and sky cr From depth to height reply, May JESUS CHRIST be praised. mf Be this, while life is mine, My canticle Divine, #f J May JESUS CHRIST be praised: Be this the eternal song Through ages all along, May JESUS CHRIST be praised. Amen. f P mf Bring your harps, and bring your odours, Sweep the string and pour the lay; f Let the earth proclaim His wonders, King of that celestial day; p He the LAMB once slain is worthy, Who was dead,( f) and lives for aye. ff Laud and honour to the FATHER, Laud and honour to the SON, Laud and honour to the SPIRIT, Ever THREE and ever ONE, Consubstantial, Co- eternal, While unending ages run. Amen. cr Р mf P cr cr " And on His Head were many crowns." 304 f CROWN Him with many crowns, The LAMB upon His Throne; Hark! how the heavenly anthem [ drowns All music but its own: Awake, my soul, and sing p Of Him Who died for thee,[ King cr And hail Him as thy matchless Through all eternity. ( 84) 20 mf Crown Him the LORD of love; Behold His Hands and Side, er Those Wounds yet visible above In beauty glorified: No Angel in the sky Can fully bear that sight, pp rit But downward bends his burnf Crown Him the Virgin's Son, P The Gop Incarnate born,[ won er Whose Arm those crimson trophies Which now His Brow adorn: Fruit of the mystic Rose, p er As of that Rose the Stem;[ flows, mf The Root whence mercy ever Р The Babe of Bethlehem. GENERAL mf Crown Him the LORD of peace, cr Whose power a sceptre sways From pole to pole, that wars may " C ing eye At mysteries so bright. cease, P And all be prayer and praise: f His reign shall know no end, And round His piercèd Feet Fair flowers of Paradise extend cr Their fragrance ever sweet. Crown Him the LORD of years, The Potentate of time, Creator of the rolling spheres, Ineffably Sublime: All hail, Redeemer, hail! p For Thou hast died for me; Thy praise shall never, never fail Throughout eternity. Amen. p f P Every day will I give thanks unto Thee. and praise Thy Name for ever and 305 ever." mf SAVIOUR, Blessèd Saviour, Listen whilst we sing. Hearts and voices raising Praises to our King; All we have we offer; All we hope to be, Body, soul, and spirit, All we yield to Thee. Nearer, ever nearer, CHRIST, we draw to Thee, Deep in adoration Bending low the knee; Thou for our redemption Cam'st on earth to die; f Thou, that we might follow, Hast gone up on high. mf Great and ever greater Are Thy mercies here; True and everlasting Pº Are the glories there: Where no pain, nor sorrow, Toil, nor care, is known, f Where the Angel- legions Circle round Thy Throne. P f mf HYMNS. Dark and ever darker Was the wintry past, Now a ray of gladness O'er our path is cast: Every day that passeth, Every hour that flies, Tells of love unfeignèd, Love that never dies. Clearer still and clearer Dawns the light from Heav'n, In our sadness bringing News of sin forgiven; Life has lost its shadows, Pure the light within; Thou hast shed Thy radiance On a world of sin. P cr Brighter still and brighter Glows the western sun, Shedding all its gladness P O'er our work that's done; Time will soon be over, Toil and sorrow past, mf May we, Blessèd Saviour Find a rest at last. Onward, ever onward, Journeying o'er the road Worn by Saints before us, Journeying on to GOD; Leaving all behind us, May we hasten on. Backward never looking Till the prize is won. cr p cr f Bliss, all bliss excelling, When the ransom'd soul, Earthly toils forgetting, Finds its promised goal; Where in joys unheard of Saints with Angels sing, Never weary raising f P cr f " Wherefore God also hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a Name which is above every name: that at the Name of Jesus every knee should 306 bow." cr mf AT the Name of JESUS cr ( 85) f mf Praises to their King. Amen. Every knee shall bow, Every tongue confess Him King of glory now; ' Tis the FATHER'S pleasure We should call Him LORD, Who from the beginning Was the Mighty WORD. At His voice creation Sprang at once to sight, All the Angel faces, All the hosts of light, Thrones and Dominations, Stars upon their way, All the heavenly Orders, In their great array. P cr f Bore it up triumphant With its human light, Through all ranks of creatures, To the central height; To the Throne of GODHEAD, To the FATHER's breast, Fill'd it with the glory dim Of that perfect rest. f P er f P PP P mf GENERAL HYMNS. Humbled for a season, To receive a Name From the lips of sinners Unto whom He came, Faithfully He bore it Spotless to the last, Brought it back victorious, When from death He pass'd: He is CHRIST the LORD, cr Ever to be worshipp'd, Trusted, and adored. cr f Name Him, brothers, name Him, With love as strong as death, But with awe and wonder, And with bated breath; He is GOD the Saviour, own Him as your Captain In temptation's hour; Let His Will enfold you In its light and power. Brothers, this LORD JESUS Shall return again, With His FATHER'S glory, With His Angel train; For all wreaths of empire Meet upon His Brow, And our hearts confess Him rall King of glory now. Amen. In your hearts enthrone Him There let Him subdue All that is not holy, All that is not true: " So shall the King have pleasure in thy beauty: for He is thy Lord God 307 and worship thou Him." mf 0 SAVIOUR, precious Saviour, Whom yet unseen we love, f In Thee all fulness dwelleth, All grace and power Divine; The glory that excelleth, O SON of GOD, is Thine; P f mf O grant the consummation Of this our song above In endless adoration, [ Thee f And everlasting love; Then shall we praise and bless Where perfect praises ring, And evermore confess Thee Our Saviour and our King, Amen. cr O Name of might and favour, All other names above! P 1 We praise Thee, and confess Thee Our holy LORD and King. [ Thee, We worship Thee,( er) we bless To Thee alone we sing; mf0 Bringer of salvation, Who wondrously hast wrought, Thyself the revelation 2 Of love beyond our thought;[ Thee, We worship Thee,( er) we bless To Thee alone we sing; 308 f Р cr f f We praise Thee, and confess Thee dim Our gracious LORD and King. [ Thee, We worship Thee,( er) we bless To Thee alone we sing; We praise Thee, and confess Thee Our glorious LORD and King. f " O praise the Lord." O PRAISE ye the LORD! Praise Him in the height; Rejoice in His Word, Ye Angels of light; Ye heavens, adore Him By Whom ye were made, And worship before Him, In brightness array'd. O praise ye the LORD! Praise Him upon earth, In tuneful accord, [ you Ye sons of new birth: Praise Him Who hath brought His grace from above, Praise Him Who hath taught you To sing of His love. mf Р O praise ye the LORD, All things that give sound; Each jubilant chord, Re- echo around; Loud organs, His glory Forth tell in deep tone, And sweet harp, the story Of what He hath done. O praise ye the LORD! Thanksgiving and song To Him be outpour'd All ages along: mf For love in creation, f For heaven restored, For grace of salvation O praise ye the LORD! Amen. Holy Communion. " The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the Blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the Body 309 of Christ?" f cr mf Now, my tongue, the mystery Of the glorious Body sing,[ telling And the Blood, all price excelling, Which the Gentiles' LORD and King, p In a Virgin's womb once dwelling Shed for this world's ransoming. ( 86) HOLY COMMUNION. mf Given for us, and condescending p To be born or us below, er He, with men in converse blending, Dwelt the seed of truth to sow, Till He closed with wondrous ending p His most patient life of woe. mf That last night, at supper lying, Mid the Twelve, His chosen band, JESUS, with the law complying, Keeps the feast its rites demand; Then, more precious Food supplying, Gives Himself with His own Hand. P WORD- made- Flesh true bread He maketh er By His Word His Flesh to be; p Wine His Blood;( mf) which whoso taketh Must from carnal thoughts be free; f Faith alone, though( dim) sight forsaketh, mf Shows true hearts the mystery. PART 2. p Therefore we, before Him bending, This great Sacrament revere; cr Types and shadows have their ending, For the newer rite is here; mf Faith, our outward sense befriending, Makes our inward vision clear. f Glory let us give, and blessing To the FATHER, and the SON, Honour, might, and praise addressing, While eternal ages run; Ever too His love confessing, Who from Both with Both is ONE. Amen. 310" So man did eat angels' food." mf Lo! the Angels' Food is given To the pilgrim who hath striven; See the children's Bread from Heaven, Which on dogs may ne'er be spent: Truth the ancient types fulfilling, Isaac bound, a victim willing, Paschal Lamb its life- blood spilling, Manna to the fathers sent. [ us; pp Very Bread, Good Shepherd, tend JESU, of Thy love befriend us; er Thou refresh us, Thou defend us, Thine eternal goodness send us f In the land of life to see: p Thou Who all things canst and knowest, Who on earth such Food bestowest, er Grant us with Thy Saints, though lowest, Where the heavenly Feast Thou showest, Fellow heirs( dim) and guests to be. Amen. " As the living Father hath sent Me, and I live by the Father; so he that eateth Me, even he shall live by 311 Me." mf THE Heavenly WORD proceeding forth, Yet leaving not the FATHER's side, Accomplishing His work on earth p Had reach'd at length life's eventide. mf By false disciple to be given To foemen for His life athirst, Himself, the very Bread of Heav'n, He gave to His disciples first. He gave Himself in either kind, His precious Flesh, His precious Blood, er In love's own fulness thus design'd Of the whole man to be the Food. p By Birth their Fellow- man was He; er Their Meat, when sitting at the Board; p He died, their Ransomer to be; f He ever reigns, their great Reward. PART 2. ( 87) PO Saving Victim,( er) opening wide mf The gate of heaven to( dim) man below, er Our foes press on from every side, mf Thine aid supply, Thy strength ( dim) bestow. mf All praise and thanks to Thee ascend For evermore, Blest ONE in THREE; p O grant us life that shall not end er In our true native land with Thee. Amen. " Jesus said unto them, I am the Bread of 312 Life." P THEE we adore, 0 hidden Saviour, Thee, [ be: Who in Thy Sacrament dost deign to Both flesh and spirit at Thy Presence fail, Yet here Thy Presence we devoutly hail. mf 0 blest Memorial of our dying LORD, Who living Bread to men doth here afford! O may our souls for ever feed on Thee, And Thou, O CHRIST, for ever precious be. Fountain of goodness, JESU, LORD and GOD, p Cleanse us, unclean, with Thy most cleansing Blood: er Increase our faith and love, that we may know The hope and peace which from Thy Presence flow. HOLY COMMUNION. PO CHRIST, Whom now beneath a veil we see, May what we thirst for soon our portion be, er To gaze on Thee unveil'd, and see Thy Face, f The vision of Thy glory and Thy grace. Amen. " Wisdom saith, Come eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have 313 mingled." P DRAW nigh and take the Body of the LORD, And drink the holy Blood for you outpour'd. Saved by that Body and that holy Blood, er With souls refresh'd, we render thanks to GOD. Salvation's Giver, CHRIST, the Only SON. By His dear Cross and Blood the victory won. pOffer'd was He for greatest and for least, Himself the Victim, and Himself the Priest. Victims were offer'd by the law of old, Which in a type this heavenly mystery told. mf 0 Fount of love, O cleansing Tide, p Which from the Saviour's piercèd And Sacred Heart dost flow,[ Side cr Be ours to drink of Thy pure rill, Which only can our spirits fill, And all our need bestow. LORD JESU, Whom, by power Divine Now hidden' neath the outward sign, We worship and adore, mf Grant, when the veil away is roll'd, cr With open face we may behold Amen. Thyself for evermore. mf He, Ransomer from death, and Light from shade, Now gives His holy grace His saints to aid. p Approach ye then with faithful hearts sincere, er And take the safeguard of salvation here. mf He, that His saints in this world rules and shields, To all believers life eternal yields; With heavenly bread makes them that [ soul. hunger whole, Gives living waters to the thirsting 315 " We have an Altar." mf ONCE, only once, and once for all, His precious life He gave; Before the Cross our spirits fall, And own it strong to save. p Alpha and Omega, to Whom shall bow All nations at the Doom, is with us now. Amen. " He that eateth My Flesh, and drinketh My Blood, dwelleth in Me, and I in 314 him.' " One offering, single and complete," With lips and heart we say; But what He never can repet He shows forth day by day. For, as the priest of Aaron's line Within the Holiest stood, And sprinkled all the mercy- shrine With sacrificial blood; So He, Who once atonement wrought, Our Priest of endless power, Presents Himself for those He bought p In that dark noontide hour. mf 0 FooD that weary pilgrims love, O Bread of Angel- hosts above, O Manna of the Saints, The hungry soul would feed on Thee; cr Ne'er may the heart unsolaced be Which for Thy( dim) sweetness faints. mf His Manhood pleads where now It On heaven's eternal Throne,[ lives And where in mystic rite He gives Its Presence to His own. And so we show Thy death, O LORD, [ Board, Till Thou again appear; And feel, when we approach Thy We have an Altar here. f All glory to the FATHER be, All glory to the SON, All glory, HOLY GHOST, to Thee, While endless ages run. Amen. 316" Thou art a Priest for ever." ALLELUIA! sing to JESUS! His the Sceptre, His the Throne; Alleluia! His the triumph, His the victory alone; p Hark! the songs of peaceful Sion er Thunder like a mighty flood; f JESUS out of every nation Hath redeem'd us( p) by His Blood. mf Alleluia! not as orphans Are we left in sorrow now; Alleluia! He is near us, Faith believes, nor questions how: Though the cloud from sight received Him, When the forty days were o'er, cr Shall our hearts forget His promise, " I am with you evermore?" ( 88) HOLY mf Alleluia! Bread of Angels, Thou on earth our Food, our Stay; Alleluia!( p) here the sinful Flee to Thee from day to day; Intercessor, Friend of sinners, cr Earth's Redeemer, plead for me, Where the songs of all the sinless Sweep across the crystal sea. mf Alleluia! King Eternal, Thee the LORD of lords we own; Alleluia( p) born of Mary,[ Throne: er Earth Thy footstool, Heav'n Thy mf Thou within the veil hast enter'd, Robed in flesh, our great High Priest; Thou on earth both Priest and Victim In the Eucharistic Feast. COMMUNION. f Alleluia! sing to JESUS! His the Sceptre, His the Throne; Alleluia! His the triumph, His the victory alone; p Hark! the songs of peaceful Sion er Thunder like a mighty flood; JESUS out of every nation Hath redeem'd us( p) by His Blood. Amen. " Come, for all things are now ready." 317. P MY GOD, and is Thy Table spread, And doth Thy Cup with love o'erflow? er Thither be all Thy children led, And let them all Thy sweetness know. mf Hail, sacred Feast, which JESUS makes, Rich banquet of His Flesh and Blood! er Thrice happy he who here partakes That sacred Stream, that heavenly Food. mf Why are its dainties all in vain Before unwilling hearts display'd? Was not for them the Victim slain? Are they forbid the children's Bread' 0 let Thy Table honour'd be, And furnish'd well with joyful guests; And may each soul salvation see, That here its sacred pledges tastes. fTo FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST, The GOD Whom heaven and earth adore, From men and from the Angel- host Be praise and glory evermore. Amen. 318" This do in remembrance of Me." mf BREAD of Heav'n, on Thee we feed, For Thy Flesh is meat indeed; Ever may our souls be fed With this true and living Bread; er Day by day with strength supplied dim Through the life of Him Who died. mf Vine of Heav'n Thy Blood supplies This blest Cup of Sacrifice; 2 LORD, Thy Wounds our healing give, To Thy Cross we look and live: er JESUS, may we ever be Grafted, rooted, built in Thee. Amen. 319" The Lord's Table." mf AUTHOR of life Divine, Who hast a Table spread, Furnish'd with mystic Wine And everlasting Bread, And feed and train us up for Heav'n. cr Preserve the life Thyself hast given mf Our needy souls sustain With fresh supplies of love, Till all Thy life we gain, And all Thy fulness prove, cr And, strengthen'd by Thy perfect grace, dim Behold without a veil Thy Face. Amen. 320 " My Flesh is meat indeed, and My Blood is drink indeed." ( 89) P O GOD, unseen yet ever near, Thy Presence may we feel; And, thus inspired with holy fear, Before Thine Altar kneel." mf Here may Thy faithful people The blessings of Thy love,[ know The streams that through the desert The manna from above. [ flow, We come, obedient to Thy Word,' To feast on heavenly Food: Our meat the Fody of the LORD, Our drink His precious Blood. p Thus may we all Thy Word obey, er For we, O GOD, are Thine; f And go rejoicing on our way, Renew'd with strength Divine. Amen, " I love them that love Me: and those that 321 seek Me early shall find Me." mf WE pray Thee, heavenly FATHER, To hear us in Thy love, And pour upon Thy children The unction from above; That so in love abiding, From all defilement free. cr We may in pureness offer Our Eucharist to Thee. mf Be Thou our Guide and Helper, O JESU CHRIST, we pray; So may we well approach Thee, If Thou wilt be the Way: cr Thou, very Truth, hast promised To help us in our strife, dim Food of the weary pilgrim, cr Eternal Source of Life. HOLY COMMUNION. mf And Thou, Creator SPIRIT, Look on us, we are Thine; Renew in us Thy graces Upon our darkness shine: er That, with Thy benediction Upon our souls outpour'd, We may receive in gladness The Body of the LORD. P mf 0 TRINITY of Persons! O UNITY most High! On Thee alone relying Thy servants would draw nigh: p Unworthy in our weakness. On Thee our hope is stay'd, mf And bless'd by Thy forgiveness We will not be afraid. Amen. cr " In every place incense shall be offered uno My Name, and a pure offer322 ing." P AND now, O FATHER, mindful of the love That bought us, once for all, on [ above, Calvary's Tree, And having with us Him that pleads cr We here present, we here spread [ Thine eyes, forth to Thee mf That only Offering perfect in The one true, pure, immortal Sacrifice. on His p Look, FATHER, look anointed Face, And only look on us as found in Him: " The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldest come under my roof; but speak the word only, and my servant shall be 323 healed." PIAM not worthy, Holy LORD, That Thou shouldst come to me; er Speak but the Word, one gracious Word Can set the sinner free. grace, Look not on our misusings of Thy [ so dim; Our prayer so languid, and our faith cr For lo! between our sins and their reward We set the Passion of Thy SON our LORD. p I am not worthy; cold and bare The lodging of my soul; How canst Thou deign to enter there? cr LORD, speak, and make me whole. p I am not worthy;( cr) yet, my GoD, Blood How can I say Thee nay; My ransom- price to pay? Thee, Who didst give Thy Flesh and p And then for those, our dearest and our best, By this prevailing Presence we [ breast, appeal; er 0 fold them closer to Thy mercy s O do Thine utmost for their souls' true weal; From tainting mischief keep them white and clear, and crown Thy gifts with strength to persevere. mf 0 come! in this sweet morning hour Feed me with Food Divine; And fill with all Thy love and power p This worthless heart of mine. Amen. " He that eateth Me, even he shall live by Me." 324 P JESU, gentlest Saviour, Thou art in us now, cr Fill us with Thy Goodness, Till our hearts o'erflow. p And so we come; O draw us to Thy Feet, P Multiply our graces. Chiefly love and fear, cr And, dear LORD, the chiefest, Grace to persevere. The following Hymns are suitable: Glory be to JESUS. 107 177 JESU! the very thought is sweet. 178 JESU! the very thought of Thee. 182 JESU, grant me this, I pray. 187 Behold the LAMB of GOD! 190 191 JESU, Thou joy of loving hearts! JESU, my LORD, my Gon, my All. 192 O Love, Who formedst me to wear. 193 JESU, Lover of my soul. 197 The King of love my Shepherd is. 260 Hark, my soul! it is the LORD. 307 0 Saviour, precious Saviour. ( 90) Most patient Saviour, Who canst love us still; cr And by this Food, so awful and so sweet, Deliver us from every touch of ill: f In Thine own service make us glad and free, And grant us never more to part with Thee. Amen. mf Oh, how can we thank Thee For a Gift like this, Gift that truly maketh Heav'n's eternal bliss! P Ah! when wilt Thou always Make our hearts Thy home? cr We must wait for Heaven; Then the day will come. Amen. HOLY Holy Baptism. " Ask, and it shall be given you; seek and ye shall find; knock, and it 325 shall be opened unto you." mf O FATHER, Thou Who hast created In wisest love, we pray, Lall Look on this babe, who at Thy gracious call Is entering on life's way: p Bend o'er him in Thy tenderness, Thine image on his soul impress; cr O FATHER, hear! PO SON of GOD, Who diedst for us, behold, We bring our child to Thee; Thou tender Shepherd, take him to Thine own for aye to be;[ Thy fold, er Defend him through this earthly strife, And lead him on the path of life, f 0 SON of GOD! mf 0 HOLY GHOST, Who broodedst o'er the wave, Descend upon this child; Give him undying life, his spirit lave With waters undefiled; Grant him, while yet a babe, to be cr A child of GOD, a home for Thee, O HOLY GHOST! mf 0 TRIUNE GOD, what Thou command'st is done: We speak, but Thine the might; This child hath scarce yet seen our earthly sun, Yet pour on him Thy light, er In faith and hope, in joy and love, f Thou Sun of all below, above, O TRIUNE GOD! Amen. " Baptizing them in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the 326 Holy Ghost." mf WITHIN the Church's sacred fold, By holy Sacrament enroll'd, Another lamb we lay: p An heir before of sin and shame, er Now in the Holy TRIUNE Name His guilt is wash'd away. mf 0 loving FATHER, Thee we pray Look on this babe new- born to- day, Thine own adopted child; An Angel guard do Thou bestow To lead him in Thy paths below, And guide him through the wild. BAPTISM. Blest SPIRIT, Whose indwelling grace Has given this little one a place Among the heirs of life; O breathe Thy sevenfold gifts within, And keep Thy temple pure from sin In midst of worldly strife. So, Holy TRINITY, by Thee Divinely train'd this babe may be In faith and hope and love; cr So may he gain, earth's waves o'erHis bright inheritance at last[ past, With all Thy Saints above. Amen. 327" The washing of regeneration." mf' Tis done! that new and heavenly birth, Which re- creates the sons of earth. Has cleansed from guilt of Adam's sin A soul which JESUS( p) died to win. mf" Tis done! the Cross upon the brow Is mark'd for weal or sorrow now, cr To shine with heavenly lustre bright, pp Or burn in everlasting night. mf 0 ye who came that babe to lay Within a Saviour's Arms to- day, Watch well and guard with careful The heir of immortality. [ eye Teach him to know a FATHER's love, And seek for happiness above, To CHRIST his heart and treasure give, And in the SPIRIT ever live; er That so before the judgment- seat In joy and triumph ye may meet: f The battle fought, the struggle o'er, The kingdom yours for evermore. Praise GoD from Whom all blessings flow, Praise Him, all creatures here below, Praise Him above, Angelic host, Praise FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST. Amen. " Be not thou therefore ashamed of the 328 testimony of our Lord." mf IN token that thou shalt not fear CHRIST Crucified to own, We print the Cross upon thee here, And stamp thee His alone, In token that thou shalt not blush To glory in His Name. We blazon here upon thy front His glory( dim) and His shame. mf In token that thou shalt not flinch CHRIST's quarrel to maintain, But' neath His banner manfully Firm at thy post remain; O GOD the SON, Thou heavenly Vine, Protect this tender branch of Thine Through all that may betide; For ever nourish'd may he be With sap Divine that flows from Thee, Endure the cross, despise the shame, In Thee for aye abide. er And sit thee down on high; In token that thou too shalt tread The path He travell'd by, ( 91) HOLY BAPTISM. mf Thus outwardly and visibly [ Cross We seal thee for His own; And may the brow that wears His cr Hereafter share His Crown. Amen. This Hymn may also be sung when a child who has been privately baptized is received into the congregation; and at the baptism of an adult. For the young. 329 " The Child Jesus." mf ONCE in royal David's city Stood a lowly cattle shed, p Where a Mother laid her Baby In a manger for His bed; mf Mary was that Mother mild, P JESUS CHRIST her little Child. He came down to earth from Heaven Who is GOD and LORD of all, p And His shelter was a stable, And His cradle was a stall; With the poor, and mean, and lowly Lived on earth our Saviour Holy. mf And, through all His wondrous Childhood, He would honour and obey, Love, and watch the lowly Maiden, In whose gentle arms He lay; Christian children all must be Mild, obedient, good as He. For He is our childhood's pattern, Day by day like us He grew, p He was little, weak, and helpless, Tears and smiles like us He knew; And He feeleth for our sadness, er And He shareth in our gladness. f And our eyes at last shall see Him, Through His own redeeming love, p For that Child so dear and gentle f Is our LORD in Heav'n above; And He leads His children on To the place where He is gone. mf Not in that poor lowly stable, With the oxen standing by, We shall see Him;( f) but in Heav'n, Set at GoD's right hand on high; When like stars His children crown'd All in white shall wait around. Amen. I'm glad my Blessed SAVIOUR Was once a Child like me, To show how pure and holy His little ones might be; And if I try to follow His footsteps here below, He nevor will forget me, Because He loves me so.. I love to hear the story Which Angel voices tell, How once the King of glory Came down on earth to dwell. f To sing His love and mercy My sweetest songs I'll raise: mf And though I cannot see Him I know He hears my praise; For He has kindly promised That even I may go er To sing among His Angels, Because He loves me so. I love to hear the story Which Angel voices tell, How once the King of glory Came down on earth to dwell. Amen. f р 330 st The love of Christ." mf I LOVE to hear the story Which Angel voices tell, p How once the King of glory Came down on earth to dwell. I am both weak and sinful, er But this I surely know, The LORD came down to save me, Because He loved me so. mmf I love to hear the story Which Angel voices tell, How once the King of glory Came down on earth to dwell. " Even a child is known by his doings." 331 mf WE are but little children weak, Nor born in any high estate: What can we do for JESUS' sake, cr Who is so High and Good and Great! mf We know the Holy Innocents Laid down for Him their infant life, And Martyrs brave, and patient Saints Have stood for Him in fire and strife. We wear the cross they wore of old, Our lips have learn'd like vows to make; We need not die; we cannot fight; What may we do for JESUS' sake? Oh, day by day, each Christian child Has much to do, without, within; A death to die, for JESUS' sake, A weary war to wage with sin. p When deep within our swelling hearts The thoughts of pride and anger rise, When bitter words are on our tongues, And tears of passion in our eyes; er Then we may stay the angry blow, Then we may check the hasty word, p Give gentle answers back again, f And fight a battle for our LORD. mf With smiles of peace, and looks of love, Light in our dwellings we may make, Bid kind good humour brighten there, p And still do all for JESUS sake. ( 92) mf There's not a child so small and But has his little cross to take,[ weak His little work of love and praise p That He may do for JESUS' sake. Amen. " While we were yet sinners, Christ died 332 for us." mf THERE is a green hill far away, Without a city wall, p Where the dear LORD was crucifled, Who died to save us all. FOR THE YOUNG.. We may not know, we cannot tell What pains He had to bear, But we believe it was for us He hung and suffer'd there. mf He died that we might be forgiven, He died to make us good, er That we might go at last to Heav'n, p Saved by His precious Blood. mf There was no other good enough To pay the price of sin, He only could unlock the gate Of Heav'n, and let us in. Oh, dearly, dearly has He loved, And we must love Him too, And trust in His redeeming Blood, And try His works to do. Amen. 333" He took them up in His Arms." f CHRIST, Who once amongst us As a Child did dwell, Is the children's SAVIOUR, And He loves us well; mf If we keep our promise Made Him at the Font, He will be our Shepherd, And we shall not want. mf There it was they laid us Р f In those tender Arms, Where the lambs are carried Safe from all alarms; If we trust His promise, He will let us rest In His Arms for ever, Leaning on His Breast. Though we may not see Him For a little while, We shall know He holds us, Often feel His smile; Death will be to slumber In that sweet embrace, And we shall awaken To behold His Face. mf He will be our Shepherd After as before, By still heavenly waters Lead us evermore, P cr Make us lie in pastures Beautiful and green, Where none thirst or hunger, And no tears are seen. JESUS, our good Shepherd, Laying down Thy life, Lest Thy sheep should perish In the cruel strife, Help us to remember All Thy love and care, Trust in Thee, and love Thee Always, everywhere. Amen. " My sheep hear My voice, and I know 334 them, and they follow Me." mf LovING Shepherd of Thy sheep, Nothing can Thy power withstand, Keep Thy lamb, in safety keep; None can pluck me from Thy Hand Loving Saviour, Thou didst give Thine own life that we might live, And the Hands outstretch'd to bless p Bear the cruel nails' impress. f I would praise Thee every day, Gladly all Thy Will obey, Like Thy blessèd ones above Happy in Thy precious love. ( 93) mf Loving Shepherd, ever near, Teach Thy lamb Thy voice to hear, Suffer not my steps to stray From the straight and narrow way. Where Thou leadest I would go, Walking in Thy steps below, er Till before my FATHER'S Throne I shall know as I am known. Amen. " He shall give His angels charge over thee, 335 to keep thee in all thy ways." mf AROUND the Throne of GOD a band Of glorious Angels ever stand; er Bright things they see, sweet harps they hold, [ gold. f And on their heads are erowns of mf Some wait around Him, ready still To sing His praise and do His Will; And some, when He commands them, To guard His servants here below.[ go LORD, give Thy Angels every day Command to guide us on our way, And bid them every evening keep p Their watch around us while we sleep. mf So shall no wicked thing draw To do us harm or cause us fear;[ near, cr And we shall dwell, when life is past, f With Angels round Thy Throne at last. Amen. FOR THE Praise our God all ye His servants, and ye that fear Him, both small 336 and great." mf ABOVE the clear blue sky. In heaven's bright abode, The Angel host on high Sing praises to their GOD: Alleluia! mf They love to sing To GoD their King f Alleluia! mf But GoD from infant tongues On earth receiveth praise; cr We then our cheerful songs In sweet accord will raise: f Alleluia! mf We too will sing To GOD our King f Alleluia! 2 O Blessèd LORD, Thy Truth To us Thy babes impart. cr And teach us in our youth To know Thee as Thou art. f Alleluia! mf Then shall we sing To GOD our King f Alleluia! mf 0 may Thy holy Word Spread all the world around; And all with one accord Uplift the joyful sound, f Alleluia! mf All then shall sing To GoD their King f Alleluia! Amen. YOUNG. There's a crown for little children Above the bright blue sky. mf And all who look for JESUS Shall wear it by and by; f A crown of brightest glory, Which He will then bestow mf On those who found His favour And loved His Name below. There's a song for little children Above the bright blue sky, A song that will not weary, Though sung continually; mf A song which even Angels Can never, never sing: They know not CHRIST as SAVIOUR, But worship Him as King. " Jesus... took a child, and set him by Him." 337 mf THERE'S A Friend for little children Above the bright blue sky. A Friend Who never changes, Whose love will never die; p Our earthly friends may fail us. And change with changing years, f This Friend is always worthy Of that dear Name He bears. mf There's a rest for little children Above the bright blue sky. Who love the Blessèd Saviour, And to the FATHER cry; PA rest from every turmoil, From sin and sorrow free, Where every little pilgrim Shall rest eternally. mf There's a home for little children Above the bright blue sky, fWhere JESUS reigns in glory, A home of peace and joy; mf No home on earth is like it, Nor can with it compare; f For every one is happy, Nor could be happier, there. There's a robe for little children Above the bright blue sky; And a harp of sweetest music, And palms of victory. All, all above is treasured, And found in CHRIST alone; P LORD, grant Thy little children To know Thee as their own. Amen. " Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear 338 children." mf HEAVENLY FATHER, send Thy blessing On Thy children gather'd here. May they all, Thy Name confessing, Be to Thee for ever dear: May they be, like Joseph, loving. Dutiful, and chaste, and pure; f And their faith, like David, proving, Steadfast unto death endure. p Holy SAVIOUR, Who in meekness Didst vouchsafe a Child to be, cr Guide their steps, and help their weakness, Bless and make them like to Thee; p Bear Thy lambs, when they are weary, In Thine Arms and at Thy Breast: cr Through life's desert, dry and dreary. Bring them to Thy heavenly rest. mf Spread Thy golden pinions d'e HOLY SPIRIT, from above,[ them, Guide them, lead them, go before them, Give them peace, and joy, and love Thy true temples, HOLY SPIRIT, er May they with Thy glory shine, f And immortal bliss inherit, And for evermore be Thine. Amen " Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of 339 thy ripe fruits." mf FAIR waved the golden corn In Canaan's pleasant land, [ morn, cr When full of joy, some shining Went forth the reaper- band. ( 94) FOR THE YOUNG. f To GoD so good and great Their cheerful thanks they pour; Then carry to His temple- gate The choicest of their store. mf Like Israel, LORD, we give Our earliest fruits to Thee, And pray that, long as we shall live, We may Thy children be. Thine is our youthful prime, And life and all its powers; Be with us in our morning time, p And bless our evening hours. er In wisdom let us grow, As years and strength are given, That we may serve Thy Church below, And join Thy Saints in Heav'n. Amen. " The children crying in the temple, and 340 saying Hosanna." HOSANNA we sing, like the children dear, [ lived here, In the olden days when the LORD p He bless'd little children, and smiled on them, cr While they chanted His praise in Jerusalem. Alleluia we sing, like the children bright pp With their harps of gold and their raiment white, cr As they follow their Shepherd with loving eyes f Through the beautiful( dim) valleys of( rall) Paradise. ear, f Hosanna we sing, for He bends His [ hear; And rejoices the hymns of His own to p We know that His Heart will never wax cold cr To the lambs that He feeds in His earthly fold. Alleluia we sing in the Church we love, [ above; pp Alleluia resounds in the Church er To Thy little ones, LORD, may such grace be given, That we lose not our( dim) part in the( rall) song of Heav'n. Amen. " My song shall be alway of the loving341 kindness of the Lord." f COME, sing with holy gladness, High Alleluias sing, Uplift your loud Hosannas To JESUS, LORD and King; Sing, boys, in joyful chorus Your hymn of praise to- day, p And sing. ye gentle maidens, cr Your sweet responsive lay. mf" Tis good for boys and maidens Sweet hymns to CHRIST to sing, ' Tis meet that children's voices Should praise the children's King; For JESUS is salvation, And glory, grace, and rest; To babe, and boy, and maiden The one Redeemer Blest. O boys, be strong in JESUS, To toil for Him is gain, And JESUS wrought with Joseph With chisel, saw, and plane; O maidens, live for JESUS, Who was a maiden's Son; Be patient, pure, and gentle, And perfect grace begun. f Soon in the golden city The boys and girls shall play, And through the dazzling mansions Rejoice in endless day; PO CHRIST, prepare Thy children er With that triumphant throng f To pass the burnish'd portals, And sing th' eternal song. Amen. " He shall feed His flock like a shepherd; He shall gather the lambs with His 342 arm, and carry them in His bosom." m GRACIOUS SAVIOUR, gentle Shepherd, Little ones are dear to Thee; Gather'd with ThineArms, and carried In Thy Bosom may we be; P Sweetly, fondly, safely tended, er From all want and danger free. mf Tender Shepherd, never leave us From Thy fold to go astray; By Thy look of love directed May we walk the narrow way; Thus direct us, and protect us, Lest we fall an easy prey. Cleanse our hearts from sinful folly In the stream Thy love supplied, Mingled stream of Blood and Water, Flowing from Thy wounded Side: cr And to heavenly pastures lead us, dim Where Thine own still waters glide. mf Let Thy holy Word instruct us; Guide us daily by its light: Let Thy love and grace constrain us To approve whate'er is right, Take Thine easy yoke, and wear it, cr Strengthen'd with Thy heavenly might. mf Taught to lisp the holy praises Which on earth Thy children sing, Both with lips and hearts unfeignèd May we our thank- offerings bring; f Then with all the Saints in glory Join to praise our LORD and King. Amen ( 95) FOR THE e Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings 343 Thou hast perfected praise." f GoD Eternal, Mighty King, Unto Thee our praise we bring All the earth doth worship Thee, We amid the throng would be. pp Holy, Holy, Holy! cry p Angels round Thy Throne on high: er LORD of all the heavenly powers, Be the same loud anthem ours. f Glorified Apostles raise Night and day continual praise; mf Hast not Thou a mission too For Thy children here to do? With the Prophets' goodly line We in mystic bond combine; For Thou hast to babes reveal'd Things that to the wise were seal'd. Martyrs, in a noble host, Of the Cross are heard to boast; po that we our cross may bear, f And a crown of glory wear. ff God Eternal, Mighty King, Unto Thee our praise we bring; To the FATHER, and the SON, And the SPIRIT, THREE in ONE. 344" Thy Holy Child Jesus," FOR A SCHOOL FEAST. mf LORD JESUS, GoD and Man, For love of man a Child, The Very GoD, yet born on earth Of Mary undefiled; Amen. LORD JESUS, GoD and Man, cr In this our festal day To Thee for precious gifts of grace dim Thy ransom'd people pray. mf We pray for childlike hearts, For gentle holy love, For strength to do Thy Will below As Angels do above. We pray for simple faith, For hope that never faints, cr For true communion evermore With all Thy blessed Saints. f mf On friends around us here [ well, Olet Thy blessing fall; cr We pray for grace to love them But Thee beyond them all. O joy to live for Thee! O joy in Thee to die! O very joy of joys to see Thy Face eternally! YOUNG. " In Him was Life, and the Life was the 345 Light of men.' "" mf 0 LIGHT, Whose beams illumine all From twilight dawn to perfect day, Shine Thou before the shadows fall dim That lead our wandering feet astray: mf At morn and eve Thy radiance [ adore. pour, er That youth may love, and age mf 0 Way, through Whom our souls draw near To yon eternal home of peace,[ fear, f Where perfect love shall cast out And earth's vain toil and wandering [ see cease; mf In strength or weakness may we cr Our heavenward path, 0 LORD, through Thee. P LORD JESUS, GOD and Man, cr We praise Thee and adore, Who art with GOD the FATHER ONE And SPIRIT evermore. Amen. mf 0 Truth, before Whose shrine we bow. Thou priceless pearl for all who seek, To Thee our earliest strength we vow, Thy love will bless the pure and meek; p When dreams or mists beguile our sight, er Turn Thou our darkness into light. mf 0 Life, the well that ever flows To slake the thirst of those that faint, f Thy power to bless what Seraph knows? Thy joy supreme what words can paint? p In earth's last hour of fleeting breath er Be Thou our Conqueror over death. f0 Light, O Way, O Truth, O Life, 0 JESU, born mankind to save, p Give Thou Thy peace in deadliest strife, [ wave; Shed Thou Thy calm on stormiest f Be Thou our Hope, our Joy, our Dread, LORD of the living( dim) and the dead Amen. " When thou liest down thou shalt not be afraid; yea, thou shalt lie down 346 and thy sleep shall be sweet." EVENING. ( 96) p Now the day is over, Night is drawing nigh, Shadows of the evening Steal across the sky. Now the darkness gathers, Stars begin to peep, Birds, and beasts, and flowers Soon will be asleep. FOR THE YOUNG. mf JESU, give the weary Calm and sweet repose; p With Thy tenderest blessing May mine eyelids close. Grant to little children cr Visions bright of Thee; Guard the sailors tossing On the deep blue sea. p Comfort every sufferer Watching late in pain; Those who plan some evil From their sin restrain. cr cr p Through the long night watches May Thine Angels spread Their white wings above me, Watching round my bed. mf When the morning wakens, Then may I arise Pure, and fresh, and sinless In Thy Holy Eyes. f Glory to the FATHER, Glory to the SON, And to Thee, Blest SPIRIT, Whilst all ages run. Amen. Confirmation. " The Comforter Which is the Holy Ghost." 347 mf COME, HOLY GHOST, Creator Blest, Vouchsafe within our souls to rest; Come with Thy grace and heavenly aid, And fill the hearts which Thou hast made. p To Thee, the Comforter, we cry, To Thee, the Gift of GoD most High, The Fount of life, the Fire of love, The soul's Anointing from above. mf 0 Finger of the Hand Divine, The sevenfold gifts of grace are Thine; True promise of the FATHER Thou, Who dost the tongue with power endow. er Thy light to every sense impart, And shed Thy love in every heart f Thine own unfailing might supply dim To strengthen our infirmity. mf Drive far away our ghostly foe, And Thine abiding peace bestow; If Thou be our preventing Guide, No evil can our steps betide. Grant us through Thee, O HOLY ONE, To know the FATHER and the Sox; And this be our unchanging creed, That Thou dost from Them Both proceed. f Praise we the FATHER, and the Sox, And HOLY SPIRIT with Them ONE: p And may the SON on us bestow cr The gifts that from the SPIRIT flow. Amen. " Then laid they their hands on them, and 348 they received the Holy Ghost." mf BEHOLD Us, LORD, before Thee met Whom each bright Angel serves and fears, Who on Thy Throne rememberest yet p Thy spotless Boyhood's quiet years: Whose Feet the hills of Nazareth trod, cr Who art true Man and perfect GOD. mf To Thee we look, in Thee confide, Our help is in Thine own dear Name; er For who on JESUS e'er relied, And found not JESUS still the same? mf Thus far Thy love our souls hath brought: [ wrought. cr O stablish well what Thou hast mf From Thee was our baptismal grace, The holy seed by Thee was sown; And now before our FATHER'S Face We make the three great vows our own, And ask, in Thine appointed way, Confirm us in Thy grace to- day. We need Thee more than tongue can speak, Mid foes that well might cast us down; er But thousands,( dim) once as young and weak, crHave fought the fight, and won the crown; p We ask the help that( cr) bore them through; We trust the Faithful and the True. mf So bless us with the gift complete By hands of Thy chief Pastors given, p That awful Presence kind and sweet Which comes in sevenfold might from Heav'n; pp Eternal CHRIST, to Thee we bow: cr Give us Thy SPIRIT here and now. Amen. " With my whole heart have I sought Thee; O let me not go wrong out of 349 Thy commandments." mf MY GOD, accept my heart this day, And make it always Thine, That I from Thee no more may stray, No more from Thee decline. p Before the Cross of Him Who died, Behold, I prostrate fall; Let every sin be crucified, cr And CHRIST be All in all. Anoint me with Thy heavenly grace, And seal me for Thine own; f That I may see Thy glorious Face, p And worship near Thy Throne. ( 97) CONFIRMATION. mf Let every thought, and work, and To Thee be ever given: [ word Then life shall be Thy service, LORD, er And death the gate of Heav'n. f All glory to the FATHER be, All glory to the SON, All glory, HOLY GHOST, to Thee, While endless ages run. Amen. The following Hymns are suitable: 156 Come, Thou HOLY SPIRIT, come. 157 Come, HOLY GHOST, our souls inspire. 207 Our Blest Redeemer, ere He breathed. Soldiers of CHRIST, arise. 270 271 O JESUS, I have promised. 280 Thine for ever! GoD of love. Holy Matrimony. " A threefold cord is not quickly broken." 350 mf THE voice that breathed o'er Eden, That earliest wedding day, The primal marriage blessing, It hath not pass'd away: Still in the pure espousal Of Christian man and maid The Holy THREE are with us, The threefold grace is said, For dower of blessèd children, For love and faith's sweet sake, For high mysterious union Which nought on earth may break. p Be present, awful FATHER, er To give away this bride, As Eve Thou gav'st to Adam Out of his own pierced side; p Be present, Son of Mary, er To join their loving hands, As Thou didst bind two natures In Thine Eternal bands; p Be present, Holiest SPIRIT, er To bless them as they kneel, As Thou for CHRIST, the Bridegroom, The heavenly spouse dost seal. mf 0 spread Thy pure wing o'er them, Let no ill power find place, When onward to Thine Altar The hallow'd path they trace, To cast their crowns before Thee In perfect sacrifice, Till to the home of gladness With CHRIST's own Bride they rise. Amen. " Both Jesus was called, and His disciples, 351 to the marriage." mf How welcome was the call, And sweet the festal lay, cr When JESUS deign'd in Cana's hall To bless the marriage day! mf And happy was the Bride, And glad the Bridegroom's heart, For He Who tarried at their side Bade grief and ill depart. His gracious power Divine The water vessels knew; er And plenteous was the mystic wine The wondering servants drew. p O LORD of life and love, Come Thou again to- day; cr And bring a blessing from above That ne'er shall pass away. mf 0 bless, as erst of old, The Bridegroom and the Bride; Bless with the holier stream that flow'd p Forth from Thy piercèd Side. Before Thine Altar- throne This mercy we implore; cr As Thou dost knit them, LORD, in one, f So bless them evermore. Amen. Ember Days. " As My Father hath sent Me, even so 352 send 1 yout.' mf CHRIST is gone up; yet ere He pass'd From earth, in Heav'n to reign. He form'd one holy Church to last Till He should come again. His twelve Apostles first He made His ministers of grace; And they their hands on others laid, To fill in turn their place. So age by age, and year by year, His grace was handed on; And still the holy Church is here, Although her LORD is gone. p Let those find pardon, LORD, from Thee, Whose love to her is cold: [ be er Bring wanderers in, and let there One Shepherd and one fold. Amen. " He gave some Apostles and some Pastors and Teachers, for the perfecting of the Saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of 353 the Body of Christ." mf 0 THOU Who makest souls to shine With light from lighter worlds above, And droppest glistening dew Divine On all who seek a Saviour's love; Do Thou Thy benediction give On all who teach, on all who learn, That so Thy Church may holier live, And every lamp more brightly burn. ( 98) THE RAISING OF LAZARUS Sebastiano del Piombo EMBER Give those, who teach, pure hearts and wise, [ prayer; Faith, hope, and love, all warm'd by Themselves first training for the skies, They best will raise their people there. Give those, who learn, the willing ear, The spirit meek, the guileless mind; Such gifts will make the lowliest here Far better than a kingdom find. cro bless the shepherd; bless the sheep; That guide and guided both be one, One in the faithful watch they keep, Until this hurrying life be done. mf If thus, Good LORD, Thy grace be given, In Thee to live,( p) in Thee to die, er Before we upward pass to Heav'n, f We taste our immortality. Amen. " The harvest truly is plenteous, but the 354 labourers are few." mf THE earth. O LORD, is one wide Of all Thy chosen seed;[ field The crop prepared its fruit to yield; p The labourers few indeed. We therefore come before Thee now With fasting, and with prayer, cr Beseeching of Thy love that Thou Wouldst send more labourers there. mf Not for our land alone we pray, Though that above the rest; The realms and islands far away, O let them all be blest. Endue the Bishops of Thy flock With wisdom and with grace, er Against false doctrine, like a rock, To set the heart and face. mf To all Thy Priests Thy truth reveal, And make Thy judgments clear; Make Thou Thy Deacons full of zeal, And humble and sincere: And give their flocks a lowly mind To hear and to obey; That each and all may mercy find At Thine appearing- day. Amen. " Let Thy priests be clothed with righteous355 ness." mf LORD, pour Thy SPIRIT from on high, ness. Within Thy temple when they stand, To teach the truth as taught by Thee, er Saviour, like stars in Thy right hand, Let all Thy Church's Pastors be. DAYS. mf Wisdom, and zeal, and faith impart, Firmness with meekness, from above, To bear Thy people in their heart, And love the souls whom Thou dost love: p To watch, and pray, and never faint, By day and night their guard to keep, To warn the sinner, cheer the saint, To feed Thy lambs, and tend Thy sheep. mf So, when their work is finish'd here, May they in hope their charge resign; er So, when their Master shall appear, May they with crowns of glory shine. Amen. These Hymns for Ember Days are also suitable for meetings of Clergy. Lay Helpers. 356" My helpers in Christ Jesus." mf LORD, speak to me, that I may speak In living echoes of Thy tone; As Thou hast sought, so let me seek Thy erring children lost and lone. O lead me, LORD, that I may lead The wandering and the wavering feet: O feed me, LORD, that I may feed Thy hungering ones with manna sweet. O strengthen me, that while I stand Firm on the Rock, and strong in Thee, I may stretch out a loving hand To wrestlers with the troubled sea. O teach me, LORD, that I may teach The precious things Thou dost impart; And wing my words, that they may reach The hidden depths of many a heart. p0 give Thine own sweet rest to me, That I may speak with soothing power A word in season, as from Thee, To weary ones in needful hour. f0 fill me with Thy fulness, LORD, Until my very heart o'erflow In kindling thought and glowing word, love to tell, Thy praise to show. mf 0 use me, LORD, use even me, Just as Thou wilt, and when, and where; er Until Thy Blessèd Face I see, Thy rest, Thy joy, Thy glory share. Amen. And Thine ordainèd servants bless; Graces and gifts to each supply, And clothe Thy Priests with righteous- Thy ( 99) E LAY HELPERS. " If any man serve Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there shall 357 also My servant be." mf How blessèd, from the bonds of And earthly fetters free, [ sin In singleness of heart and aim] Thy servant, LORD, to be; The hardest toil to undertake With joy at Thy command, p The meanest office to receive With meekness at Thy hand. [ eyes mf With willing heart and longing To watch before Thy gate, Ready to run the weary race, To bear the heavy weight; No voice of thunder to expect, 2 But follow calm and still: er For love can easily divine The One Belovèd's Will. mf Thus may I serve Thee, gracious Thus ever Thine alone, [ LORD; My soul and body given to Thee, The purchase Thou hast won, Through evil or through good report Still keeping by Thy side, By life or death, in this poor flesh, Let CHRIST be magnified. f How happily the working days In this dear service fly, p How rapidly the closing hour, The time of rest, draws nigh, er When all the faithful gather home, f A joyful company, And ever where the Master is Shail His blest servants be. Amen. Missions. 358" Come over.... and help us." mf FROM Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand, Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand, From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect pleases dim And only man is vile, mf In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of GOD are strown, 2 The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. mf Can we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Can we to men benighted The lamp of life deny? Salvation! oh, salvation! The joyful sound proclaim, Till each remotest nation Has learn'd Messiah's name. ff Waft, waft, ye winds, His story. And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole; p Till' o'er our ransom'd nature The LAMB for sinners slain, er Redeemer, King, Creator, f In bliss returns to reign. Amen. " So shall He sprinkle many nations." 359 mf SAVIOUR, sprinkle many nations, Fruitful let Thy sorrows be; By Thy pains and consolations Draw the Gentiles unto Thee: Of Thy Cross the wondrous story, Be it to the nations told; f Let them see Thee in Thy glory, And Thy mercy manifold." ling, mf Far and wide, though all unknowPants for Thee each mortal breast; p Human tears for Thee are flowing, Human hearts in Thee would rest; Thirsting, as for dews of even, As the new- mown grass for rain, cr Thee they seek, as GOD of Heaven, dim Thee, as Man, for sinners slain. mf Saviour, lo! the isles are waiting, Stretch'd the hand, and strain'd the sight. For Thy SPIRIT new creating, Love's pure flame and wisdom's light; er Give the word, and of the preacher Speed the foot, and touch the tongue, f Till on earth by every creature Glory to the LAMB be sung. Amen. " And God said, Let there be light; and 360 there was light." mf THOU, Whose Almighty Word Chaos and darkness heard, And took their flight; Hear us, we humbly pray, cr And where the Gospel- day Sheds not its glorious ray, Let there be light. P mf Thou, Who didst come to bring On Thy redeeming wing Healing and sight, Health to the sick in mind, er f mf SPIRIT of truth and love, Life- giving, HOLY DOVE, Speed forth Thy flight: Move on the waters' face, Bearing the lamp of grace, And in earth's darkest place Let there be light. P cr Sight to the inly blind, Oh! now to all mankind Let there be light. f ( 100) MISSIONS. ny Holy and Blessèd THREE, Glorious TRINITY, f Wisdom, Love, Might; Boundless as ocean's tide Rolling in fullest pride, er Through the earth, far and wide, ff Let there be light. Amen. " Come over into Macedonia, and help 361 us." P THROUGH midnight gloom from Macedon The cry of myriads as of one, The voiceful silence of despair, Is eloquent in awful prayer, er The soul's exceeding bitter cry, " Come o'er and help us,( d.m) or we die." 2 How mournfully it echoes on! For half the earth is Macedon; mf These brethren to their brethren call, [ all, And by the Love which loved them And by the whole world's Life they cry, [ die!" cro ye that live,( dim) behold we mf By other sounds the world is won Than that which wails from Macedon; The roar of gain is round it roll'd, Or men unto themselves are sold, And cannot list the alien cry, p" O hear and help us, lest we die!" mf Yet with that cry from Macedon The very car of CHRIST rolls on; " I come; who would abide My day In yonder wilds prepare My way; My voice is crying in their cry: Help ye the dying, lest ye die.' JESU, for men of Man the Son, Yea, Thine the cry from Macedon; cr O by the kingdom and the power And glory of Thine Advent hour, Wake heart and will to hear their cry; Help us to help them, lest we die! Amen. " Waiting for the coming of our Lord 362 Jesus Christ." P LORD, her watch Thy Church is keeping: er When shall earth Thy rule obey? When shall end the night of weeping? When shall break the promised day? p See the whitening harvest languish, Waiting still the labourers toil; cr Was it vain, Thy SoN's deep anguish? Shall the strong retain the spoil? p Tidings, sent to every creature, Millions yet have never heard; er Can they hear without a preacher? LORD Almighty, give the Word: mf Give the Word; in every nation Let the Gospel- trumpet sound, Witnessing a world's salvation cr To the earth's remotest bound. f Then the end: Thy Church comAll Thy chosen gather'd in,[ pleted, With their King in glory seated, Satan bound, and banish'd sin; p Gone for ever parting, weeping, Hunger sorrow, death, and pain; er Lo! her watch Thy Church is keeping; Come, LORD JESUS, come to reign. Amen. 363" Turn us then, O God our Saviour." mf ALMIGHTY GOD, Whose only SON O'er sin and death the triumph won, And ever lives to intercede For souls who Thy sweet mercy need; In His dear Name to Thee we pray For all who err and go astray, For sinners, wheresoe'er they be, Who do not serve and honour Thee. p There are who never yet have heard The tidings of Thy blessèd Word, But still in heathen darkness dwell, Without one thought of Heav'n or hell; And some within Thy sacred fold To holy things are dead and cold, And waste the precious hours of life In selfish ease, or toil, or strife: And many a quicken'd soul within There lurks the secret love of sin, A wayward will, or anxious fears, Or lingering taint of bygone years. mf 0 give repentance true and deep To all Thy lost and wandering sheep, er And kindle in their hearts the fire Of holy love and pure desire. f That so from Angel- hosts above May rise a sweeter song of love, And we, with all the Blest, adore Thy Name, O GOD, for evermore. Amen. " That Thy way may be known upon earth, Thy saving health among all 364 nations."* p GoD of grace, O let Thy light Bless our dim and blinded sight; cr Like the day- spring on the night, Bid Thy grace to shine. mf To the nations led astray Thine eternal love display; Let Thy truth direct their way cr Till the world be Thine. f Praise to Thee, the faithful LORD; Let all tongues in glad accord Learn the good thanksgiving word, Ever praising Thee. E 2 ( 101) MISSIONS. mf Let them moved to gladness sing, Owning Thee their Judge and King; Righteous truth shall bloom and spring Where Thy rule shall be, ff Praise to Thee, all faithful LORD; Let all tongues in glad accord Speak the good thanksgiving word, Heart- rejoicing praise. mf So the fruitful earth's increase, Bounty of the GOD of peace, Never in its course shall cease Through the length of days; While His grace our life shall cheer, Furthest lands shall own His fear, Brought to Him in worship near," Taught His mercy's ways. Amen. The following Hymns are suitable: 217 Thy kingdom come, O GOD. 218 GoD of mercy, God of grace. 220 JESUS shall reign where'er the sun. Almsgiving. " Freely ye have received, freely give." 365 fO LORD of Heav'n, and earth, and sea, To Thee all praise and glory be; How shall we show our love to Thee, Who givest all? mf The golden sunshine, vernal air, Sweet flowers and fruit, Thy love declare; When harvests ripen, Thou art there, Who givest all. For peaceful homes, and healthful days For all the blessings earth displays, cr We owe Thee thankfulness and praise, Who givest all. p Thou didst not spareThine Only SON, But gav'st Him for a world undone, er And freely with that Blessèd One Thou givest all. mf Thou giv'st the HOLY SPIRIT'S dower, SPIRIT of life, and love, and power, And dost His sevenfold graces shower Upon us all. For souls redeem'd, for sins forgiven, For means of grace and hopes of Heav'n, er FATHER, what can to Thee begiven, Who givest all? p We lose what on ourselves we spend, We have as treasure without end Whatever, LORD, to Thee we lend, Who givest all. mf Whatever, LORD, we lend to Thee cr Repaid a thousandfold will be; fThen gladly will we give to Thee, Who givest all; To Thee, from Whom we all derive Our life, our gifts, our power to give; PO may we ever with Thee live, Who givest all. Amen. " Whoso hath this world's good, and sèeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God 366 in him?" mf WE give Thee but Thine own, Whate'er the gift may be: All that we have is Thine alone, A trust, O LORD, from Thee. May we Thy bounties thus As stewards true receive, And gladly, as Thou blessést us, To Thee our first- fruits give. p Oh, hearts are bruised and dead, And homes are bare and cold, And lambs, for whom the Shepherd Are straying from the fold.[ bled, er To comfort and to bless, To find a balm for woe, To tend the lone and fatherless, Is Angels' work below. The captive to release, To GoD the lost to bring, To teach the way of life and peace, It is a Christ- like thing. And we believe Thy Word, dim Though dim our faith may be; cr Whate'er for Thine we do, O LORD, We do it unto Thee. f All might, all praise be Thine, FATHER, Co- equal SON, And SPIRIT, Bond of love Divine, While endless ages run. Amen. " Ye ought... to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how He said, It is 367 more blessed to give than to receive." mf LORD of glory, Who hast bought us With Thy Life- blood as the price, Never grudging for the lost ones That tremendous Sacrifice, And with that hast freely given Blessings, countless as the sand, To the unthankful and the evil With Thine own unsparing hand; Grant us hearts, dear LORD, to yield Thee Gladly, freely of Thine own; With the sunshine of Thy goodness Melt our thankless hearts of stone; A 102) ALMSGIVING. p Till our cold and selfish natures, cr Warm'd by Thee, at length believe That more happy and more blessed ' Tis to give than to receive. mf Wondrous honour hast Thou given To our humblest charity In Thine own mysterious sentence, " Ye have done it unto Me." p Can it be, O gracious Master, Thou dost deign for alms to sue, or Saying by Thy poor and needy, " Give as I have given to you?' p Yes: the sorrow and the suffering, Which on every hand we see, Channels are for tithes and offerings Due by solemn right to Thee;[ Thee, cr Right of which we may not rob Debt we may not choose but pay, dim Lest that Face of love and pity Turn from us another day. mf LORD of glory, Who hast bought us With Thy Life- blood as the price, Never grudging for the lost ones That tremendous Sacrifice, er Give us faith, to trust Thee boldly, Hope, to stay our souls on Thee; f But 0, best of all Thy graces, dim Give us Thine own charity. Amen. The following Hymn is suitable: 259 Thy life was given for me. Hospitals. " They brought unto Him all sick people that were taken with divers dis368 eases,... and He healed them." mf THOU to Whom the sick and dying Ever came, nor came in vain. Still with healing word replying To the wearied cry of pain. P Hear us, JESU, as we meet Suppliants at Thy mercy- seat. Still the weary, sick, and dying Need a brother's, sister's care, er On Thy higher help relying May we now their burden share, mf Bringing all our offerings meet Suppliants at Thy mercy- seat. May each child of Thine be willing ,. Willing both in hand and heart, All the law of love fulfilling, Ever comfort to impart; Ever bringing offerings meet Suppliant to Thy mercy- seat. So may sickness, sin, and sadness To Thy healing virtue yield, cr Till the sick and sad, in gladness, Rescued, ransom'd, cleansèd, heal'd, One in Thee together meet, Pardon'd at Thy judgment- seat. f Amen. " They brought unto Him all that were diseased, and besought Him that they might only touch the hem of His garment; and as many as 369 touched were made perfectly whole." f THINE arm, O LORD, in days of old Was strong to heal and save; It triumph'd o'er disease and death, O'er darkness and the grave; p To Thee they went, the blind, the dumb, The palsied and the lame, The leper with his tainted life, The sick with fever'd frame. mf And lo! Thy touch brought life and health, Gave speech, and strength, and sight; cr And youth renew'd and frenzy calm'd Own'd Thee, the LORD of light; f And now, O LORD, be near to bless, Almighty as of yore, In crowded street, by restless couch, As by Gennesareth's shore. mf Be Thou our great Deliverer still, Thou LORD of life and death; Restore and quicken, soothe and bless With Thine Almighty Breath; To hands that work, and eyes that see, Give wisdom's heavenly lore, f That whole and sick, and weak and strong May praise Thee evermore. Amen. For those at Sea. " These men see the works of the Lord, and 370 His wonders in the deep." mf ETERNAL FATHER, strong to save, Whose arm hath bound the restless wave, Who bidd'st the mighty ocean deep Its own appointed limits keep: po hear us( cr) when we cry to Thee dim For those in peril on the sea. mf 0 CHRIST, Whose voice the waters heard p And hush'd their raging at Thy word, cr Who walkedst on the foaming deep. dim And calm amid the storm didst sleep: po hear us( er) when we cry to Thee dim For those in peril on the sea. mf 0 HOLY SPIRIT, Who didst brood Upon the waters dark and rude, And bid their angry tumult cease, And give, for wild confusion.( p) peace; O hear us( cr) when we cry to Thee dim For those in peril on the sea. ( 103A FOR THOSE AT SEA. mf 0 TRINITY of love and power, Our brethren shield in danger's hour; From rock and tempest, fire and foe, Protect them wheresoe'er they go; er Thus evermore shall rise to Thee f Glad hymns of praise from land and sea. Amen. " Thou shalt shew us wonderful things in Thy righteousness, O God of our salvation: Thou that art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of 371 them that remain in the broad sea." mf ALMIGHTY FATHER, hear our cry, As o'er the trackless deep we roam; Be Thou our haven always nigh, On homeless waters Thou our home. 20 JESU, Saviour, at Whose Voice The tempest sank to perfect rest, er Bid Thou the fearful heart rejoice, And cleanse and calm the troubled breast. mf 0 HOLY GHOST, beneath Whose Power The ocean woke to life and light, Command Thy blessing in this hour, Thy fostering warmth, Thy quickening might. f Great GoD of our salvation, Thee We love, we worship, we adore: Our Refuge on time's changeful sea, Our Joy on Heav'n's eternal shore. Amen. " They willingly received Him into the 372 ship." p On the waters dark and drear, JESUS, Saviour, Thou art near, er With our ship where'er it roam, As with loving friends at home. mf Thou hast walk'd the heaving f Thou art mighty still to save;[ wave; p With one gentle word of peace Thou canst bid the tempest cease. mf Safely from the boisterous main Bring us back to port again: In our haven we shall be, JESU, if we have but Thee. Only by Thy power and love Fit us for the port above; dim Still the deadly storm within, Gusts of passion, waves of sin. f So, when breaks the glorious dawn Of the Resurrection morn, p When the night of toil is o'er, er We shall see Thee on the shore. f Holy FATHER, Holy SON, Holy SPIRIT, THREE in ONE, Praise unending unto Thee, Now and evermore shall be. Amen. The following Hymn is suitable: 285 Fierce raged the tempest o'er the deep. In Times of Trouble. " What I do thou knowest not now; but 373 thou shalt know hereafter." mf GoD moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants His footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm. Deep in unfathomable mines He treasures up His bright designs, Of never- failing skill And works His sovereign Will. Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take; The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head. Judge not the LORD by feeble sense, But trust Him for His grace; p Behind a frowning providence er He hides a smiling face. mf Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan His work in vain; er GoD is His own interpreter, And He will make it plain. Amen. " God is our hope and strength, a very 374 present help in trouble. P GOD of our lite, to Thee we call, Afflicted at Thy feet we fall; When the great water- floods prevail, Leave not our trembling hearts to fail. Friend of the friendless and the faint, Where should we lodge our deep complaint? [ door er Where but with Thee, Whose open Invites the helpless and the poor? p Did ever mourner plead with Thee, er And Thou refuse that mourner's plea? [ main, mf Does not the Word still fix'd reThat none shall seek Thy Face in vain? p Then hear, O LORD, our humble cry, And bend on us Thy pitying eye: To Thee their prayer Thy people make, Hear us for our REDEEMER's sake. Amen. " Thou that hearest the prayer; 375 shall all flesh come." unto Thee p GREAT King of nations, hear our While at Thy feet we fall, [ prayer, And humbly with united cry To Thee for mercy call; The guilt is ours, but grace is Thine, O turn us not away: er But hear us from Thy lofty Throne, And help us when we pray. ( 104) IN TIMES OF TROUBLE. p Our fathers' sins were manifold, And ours no less we own, mf Yet wondrously from age to age Thy goodness hath been shown; dim When dangers, like a stormy sea, Beset our country round,[ cried, cr To Thee we look'd, to Thee we And help in Thee was found. 2 With one consent we meekly bow Beneath Thy chastening hand, And, pouring forth confession meet, Mourn with our mourning land; er With pitying eye behold our need, As thus we lift our prayer:[ LORD, p Correct us with Thy judgments, er Then let Thy mercy spare. Amen. " The Lord shall give His people the 376 blessing of peace." WAR. mf 0 GoD of love, O King of peace, Make wars throughout the world to cease; The wrath of sinful man restrain, p Give peace, O GOD, give peace again. mf Remember, LORD, Thy works of old, The wonders that our fathers told, Remember not our sin's dark stain, pGive peace, O GOD, give peace again. mf Whom shall we trust but Thee, O LORD? Where rest but on Thy faithful Word? er None ever call'd on Thee in vain, p Give peace, O GOD, give peace again. f Where Saints and Angels dwell above. All hearts are knit in holy love; O bind us in that heavenly chain, p Give peace, O God, give peace again. Amen. " Thou shalt not be afraid... for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the sickness that destroyeth 377 in the noon- day." PESTILENCE. P IN grief and fear to Thee, O LORD, We now for succour fly: Thine awful judgments are abroad, cre dim 0 shield us lest we die. p The fell disease on every side Walks forth with tainted breath; And pestilence, with rapid stride, Bestrews the land with death. mf 0 look with pity on the scene Of sadness and of dread; And let Thine Angel stand between dim The living and the dead. p With contrite hearts to Thee, our King, We turn who oft have stray'd; cr Accept the sacrifice we bring, And let the plague be stay'd. Amen. In time of Famine or Scarcity the following Hymn is suitable: 389 What our FATHER does is well. Thanksgiving. " O praise the Lord, laud ye the Name of 378 of the Lord." the Lord; praise it, 0 ye servants REJOICE to- day with one accord, Sing out with exultation; Rejoice and praise our mighty LORD, Whose arm hath brought salvation; His works of love proclaim The greatness of His Name; For He is GoD alone Who hath His mercy shown; dim Let all His saints adore Him! p When in distress to Him we cried, He heard our sad complaining; cr O trust in Him, whate'er betide, His love is all- sustaining; Triumphant songs of praise To Him our hearts shall raise; Now every voice shall say, " O praise our GoD alway;" dim Let all His saints adore Him! Rejoice to- day with one accord, Sing out with exultation: Rejoice and praise our mighty LORD, Whose arm hath brought salvation; His works of love proclaim The greatness of His Name; For He is GOD alone Who hath His mercy shown; Let all His saints adore Him! Amen " O clap your hands together. all ye people; O sing unto God with the voice of 379 melody." f Now thank we all our GOD, With heart, and hands, and voices, Who wondrous things hath done, In Whom His world rejoices; Who from our mother's arms Hath bless'd us on our way With countless gifts of love, And still is ours to- day. mf 0 may this bounteous GOD Through all our life be near us, With ever joyful hearts And blessèd peace to cheer us; And keep us in His grace ,, And guide us when perplex'd, And free us from all ills In this world and the next. ( 105) THANKSGIVING. All praise and thanks to GOD The FATHER now be given, The SON, and HIM Who reigns With Them in highest Heaven, The ONE Eternal GoD, Whom earth and Heav'n adore, For thus it was, is now, And shall be evermore. Amen. Friendly Societies. " Bear ye one another's burdens, and so 380 fulfil the law of Christ." f0 PRAISE Our GoD to- day, His constant mercy bless, Whose love hath help'd us on our way, And granted us success. mf His arm the strength imparts Our daily toil to bear; His grace alone inspires our hearts Each other's load to share. O happiest work below, Earnest of joy above, To sweeten many a cup of woe By deeds of holy love! LORD, may it be our choice This blessed rule to keep, cr" Rejoice with them that do rejoice, dim And weep with them that weep. f O praise our GoD to- day, His constant mercy bless, Whose love hath help'd us on our way, And granted us success. Amen. The following Hymns are suitable: 273 O LORD, how joyful' tis to see. 274 Through the night of doubt and sorrow. Harvest. " Who giveth food to all flesh; for His 381 mercy endureth for ever." PRAISE, O praise our GoD and King; Hymns of adoration sing; For His mercies still endure Ever faithful, ever sure. mf Praise Him that He made the sun Day by day his course to run; For His mercies still endure Ever faithful, ever sure; p And the silver moon by night, Shining with her gentle light; f For His mercies still endure Ever faithful, ever sure. mf Praise Him that He gave the rain To mature the swelling grain; f For His mercies still endure Ever faithful, ever sure; mf And hath bid the fruitful field Crops of precious increase yield; f For His mercies still endure Ever faithful, ever sure. ff Praise Him for our harvest- store, He hath fill'd the garner- floor; For His mercies still endure Ever faithful, ever sure; p And for richer Food than this, cr Pledge of everlasting bliss; f For His mercies still endure Ever faithful, ever sure. ff Glory to our Bounteous King; Glory let creation sing; Glory to the FATHER, SON, And Blest SPIRIT, THREE in ONE. Amen. " They joy before Thee according to the 382 joy in harvest." f COME, ye thankful people, come, Raise the song of Harvest- home: All is safely gather'd in, Ere the winter- storms begin; mf GoD, our Maker, doth provide For our wants to be supplied; f Come to GOD's own Temple, come; Raise the song of Harvest- home. ( 106) mf All this world is God's own field, Fruit unto His praise to yield; Wheat and tares therein are sown, Unto joy or sorrow grown; er Ripening with a wondrous power Till the final Harvest- hour: p Grant, 0 LORD of life, that we Holy grain and pure may be. mf For we know that Thou wilt come, And wilt take Thy people home; From Thy field wilt purge away All that doth offend, that day; 2 And Thine Angels charge at last In the fire the tares to cast, f But the fruitful ears to store In Thy garner evermore. mf Come then, LORD of mercy, come, Bid us sing Thy Harvest- home: er Let Thy Saints be gather'd in, Free from sorrow, free from sin; f All upon the golden floor Praising Thee for evermore: Come, with all Thine Angels come; Bid us sing Thy( rall) Harvest- home. Amen. " The eyes of all wait upon Thee, O Lord, and Thou givest them their meat in 383 due season." mf WE plough the fields, and scatter The good seed on the land, But it is fed and water'd By GOD's Almighty Hand; HARVEST. He sends the snow in winter, The warmth to swell the grain, The breezes, and the sunshine, 7 And soft refreshing rain. All good gifts around us f Are sent from Heav'n above, Then thank the LORD, O thank the LORD, For all His love. mf He only is the Maker Of all things near and far; He paints the wayside flower, He lights the evening star: er The winds and waves obey Him, 2 By Him the birds are fed: er Much more to us, His children, He gives our daily bread. f All good gifts around us Are sent from Heav'n above. Then thank the LORD, O thank the LORD, For all His love. mf We thank Thee then, O FATHER, For all things bright and good, The seed- time and the harvest, Our life, our health, our food; Accept the gifts we offer For all Thy love imparts, And, what Thou most desirest, p Our humble, thankful hearts All good gifts around us Are sent from Heav'n above, Then thank the LORD, O thank the LORD, For all His love. Amen. " Thou crownest the year with Thy good384 ness." [ raise f To Thee, O LORD, our hearts we In hymns of adoration, To Thee bring sacrifice of praise With shouts of exultation; mf Bright robes of gold the fields adorn, The hills with joy are ringing. The valleys stand so thick with corn f That even they are singing. mf And now, on this our festal day, Thy bounteous Hand confessing, Upon Thine Altar, LORD, we lay The first- fruits of Thy blessing: p By Thee the souls of men are fed With gifts of grace supernal, Thou, Who dost give us earthly bread, Give us the Bread Eternal. Oh, blessèd is that land of GOD, Where Saints abide for ever; Where golden fields spread far and broad, Where flows the crystal river: p The strains of all its holy throng With ours to- day are blending; f Thrice blessèd is that harvest- song Which never hath an ending. Amen. " While the earth remaineth, seed- time and 385 harvest... shall not cease." mf GoD the FATHER! Whose Creation Gives to flowers and fruits their birth, Thou, Whose yearly operation Brings the hour of harvest mirth, Here to Thee we make oblation Of the August- gold of earth. GOD the WORD! the Sun, maturing With his blessèd ray the corn, er Spake of Thee, O Sun enduring, Thee, O everlasting Morn! p Thee in Whom our woes find curing, er Thee that liftest up our horn mf GoD the HOLY GHOST! the showers That have fatten'd out the grain, Types of Thy celestial powers, Symbols of baptismal rain, Shadow'd out the grace that dowers All the faithful of Thy train. When the harvest of each nation Severs righteousness from sin, And Archangel- proclamation Bids to put the sickle in, And each age and generation Sink to woe, or glory win: p Grant that we, or young, or hoary, Lengthen'd be our span or brief, Whatsoe'er the life- long story mf We bear the burden of the day, And often toil seems dreary; But labour ends with sunset ray, And rest comes for the weary; May we, the Angel- reaping o'er, Stand at the last accepted. CHRIST's golden sheaves for evermore To garners bright elected. ( 107) Of our joy or of our grief, cr May be garner'd up in glory As Thine own elected sheaf. f Laud to Him to Whom Supernal Thrones and Virtues bend the knee; Laud to Him from Whom infernal Powers and Dominations flee; Laud to Him the Co- eternal Paraclete, for ever be. Amen. 386" Behold a sower went forth to sow." mf THE Sower went forth sowing, Through weeks of faith and patience, p The seed in secret slept cr Till out the green blade crept; And warm'd by golden sunshine, And fed by silver rain, At last the fields were whiten'd To harvest once again. fO praise the heavenly Sower, Who gave the fruitful seed, And watch'd and water'd duly, And ripen'd for our need. mf Behold! the heavenly Sower Goes forth with better seed, The Word of sure Salvation, HARVEST. p With Feet and Hands that bleed: mf Here in His Church' tis scatter'd, Our spirits are the soil; Then let an ample fruitage Repay His pain and toil. fOh, beauteous is the harvest Wherein all goodness thrives, And this the true thanksgiving, The first- fruits of our lives. pWithin a hallow'd acre He sows yet other grain, When peaceful earth receiveth The dead He died to gain; For though the growth be hidden, cr We know that they shall rise; Yea even now they ripen In sunny Paradise. f0 summer land of harvest, O fields for ever white With souls that wear CHRIST's raiWith crowns of golden light! [ ment, mfOne day the heavenly Sower Shall reap where He hath sown, cr And come again rejoicing, And with Him bring His own; p And then the fan of judgment Shall winnow from His floor The chaff into the furnace That flameth evermore. mf0 holy, awful Reaper, 2 Have mercy in the day Thou puttest in Thy sickle, rall e pp And cast us not away. Amen. 387" The harvest is the end of the world, and the reapers are the Angels." mf LORD of the harvest, once again We thank Thee for the ripen'd grain; For crops safe carried, sent to cheer Thy servants through another year; For all sweet holy thoughts supplied By seed- time, and by harvest- tide. p The bare dead grain, in autumn sown, er Its robe of vernal green puts on; mf Glad from its wintry grave it springs, [ kings: Fresh garnish'd by the King of p So, LORD, to those who sleep in Thee cr Shall new and glorious bodies be. mf Nor vainly of Thy Word we ask A lesson from the reaper's task: So shall Thine Angels issue forth; The tares be burnt;( cr) the just of earth, So wind and storm exposed no more, Be gather'd to their FATHER's store. mf Daily, O LORD, our prayers be said, As Thou hast taught, for daily bread; But not alone our bodies feed, Supply our fainting spirits' need: cr0 Bread of life, from day to day Be Thou their Comfort, Food, and Stay. Amen. 388" Thou visitest the earth, and blessest it; Thou makest it very plenteous." mf FATHER of mercies, GOD of love, Whose gifts all creatures share, The rolling seasons as they move Proclaim Thy constant care. p When in the bosom of the earth The sower hid the grain, [ birth, er Thy goodness mark'd its secret And sent the early rain. mf The spring's sweet influence, LORD, was Thine, The seasons knew Thy call; Thou mad'st the summer sun to shine, The summer dews to fall. Thy gifts of mercy from above Matured the swelling grain;[ love, f And now the harvest crowns Thy And plenty fills the plain. mf0 ne'er may our forgetful hearts O'erlook Thy bounteous care, But what our FATHER'S Hand imparts Still own in praise and prayer. fTo FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST, The GOD Whom we adore, Be glory, as it was, is now, And shall be evermore. Amen. " Although.. the fields shall yield no meat... yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my 389 salvation." mf WHAT our FATHER does is well; Blessèd truth His children tell! dim Though He send, for plenty, want, Though the harvest- store be scant, cr Yet we rest upon His love, Seeking better things above. mf What our FATHER does is well; Shall the wilful heart rebel? dim If a blessing He withhold In the field, or in the fold, er Is it not Himself to be All our Store eternally? mf What our FATHER does is well; p Though He sadden hill and dell, er Upward yet our praises rise For the strength His Word supplies; He has call'd us sons of GOD, p Can we murmur at His rod? ( 108) mf What our FATHER does is well: May the thought within us dwell; dim Though nor milk nor honey flow In our barren Canaan now, cr GoD can save us in our need, GOD can bless us, GoD can feed. f Therefore unto Him we raise Hymns of glory, songs of praise; To the FATHER, and the Son, And the SPIRIT, THREE in ONE, Honour, might, and glory be Now, and through eternity. Amen. This Hymn may be sung when there is a deficiency in the crops, Processional. " Behold, I have given Him for... a leader and commander to the 390 people." f BRIGHTLY gleams our banner Pointing to the sky, Waving wanderers onward To their home on high. Journeying o'er the desert, Gladly thus we pray, And with hearts united P cr HARVEST. mf JESU, LORD and Master, At Thy sacred Feet, Here with hearts rejoicing See Thy children meet; p Often have we left Thee, Often gone astray: Keep us, mighty SAVIOUR, In the narrow way. f Brightly gleams,& c. mf All our days direct us In the way we go, Lead us on victorious Over every foe: Bid Thine Angels shield us When the storm- clouds lour, Pardon, LORD, and save us In the last dread hour. f Brightly gleams,& c. mf Then with Saints and Angels May we join above, Offering prayers and praises At Thy Throne of love; When the toil is over ,, Then comes rest and peace, JESUS in His beauty, Songs that never cease. Brightly gleams,& c. P cr P p er f Take our heavenward way. f Brightly gleams our banner Pointing to the sky, Waving wanderers onward To their home on high. Amen. i " Be strong and of a good courage.... And the Lord, He it is that doth go 391 before thee." f ONWARD, Christian soldiers, Marching as to war, With the Cross of JESUS Going on before. CHRIST the Royal Master Leads against the foe; Forward into battle, ( 100 f See, His banners go! Onward, Christian soldiers, Marching as to war, With the Cross of JESUS Going on before. f At the sign of triumph Satan's host doth flee; On then, Christian soldiers, Un to victory. Heil's foundations quiver At the shout of praise; Brothers, lift your voices, Loud your anthems raise. f Onward,& c. f Like a mighty army Moves the Church of GOD; mf Brothers, we are treading Where the Saints have trod; We are not divided, All one body we, cr One in hope and doctrine, One in charity. ff Onward,& c. p Crowns and thrones may perish, Kingdoms rise and wane, cr But the Church of JESUS Constant will remain; f Gates of hell can never ' Gainst that Church prevail; We have CHRIST's own promise, And that cannot fail. f Onward,& c. f Onward, then, ye people, Join our happy throng, Blend with ours your voices In the triumph song; Glory, laud, and honour Unto CHRIST the King, This through countless ages Men and Angels sing. " Speak unto the children of Israel that 392 they go forward." Unward,& c. Amen. mf FORWARD! be our watchword, Steps and voices join'd; ) Seek the things before us, Not a look behind; Burns the fiery pillar At our army's head; Who shall dream of shrinking, By our Captain led? f PROCESSIONAL. S Forward through the desert, Through the toil and fight; Jordan flows before us, Sion beams with light. mf Forward, when in childhood Buds the infant mind; All through youth and manhood, Not a thought behind; Speed through realms of nature, Climb the steps of grace; Faint not, till in glory Gleams our FATHER'S Face. Forward, all the life- time, Climb from height to height; Till the head be hoary, Till the eve be light. mf Forward, flock of JESUS, Salt of all the earth, Till ea h yearning purpose Spring to glorious birth; p Sick, they ask for healing, Blind, they grope for day: er Pour upon the nations Wisdom's loving ray. Forward, out of error, Leave behind the night: Forward through the darkness, Forward into light. Glories upon glories Hath our GOD prepared, By the souls that love Him One day to be shared; mf Eye hath not beheld them, Ear hath never heard; Nor of these hath utter'd Thought or speech a word; Forward, marching eastward. Where the Heav'n is bright, Till the veil be lifted, 1 Till our faith be sight. 3 mf Far o'er yon horizon Rise the city towers, Where our GOD abideth; That fair home is ours: Flash the streets with jasper, Shine the gates with gold; Flows the gladdening river Shedding joys untold. Thither, onward thither, In the SPIRIT's might; Pilgrims to you country, Forward into light. mf Into God's high temple Onward as we press. Beauty spreads around us, orn of holiness; Arch, and vault, and carving, Lights of varied tone, p Soften'd words and holy, Prayer and praise alone: mf Nought that city needeth Of these aisles of stone; Where the GODHEAD dwelletb, Temple there is none; All the Saints, that ever S In these courts have stood, p Are but babes, and feeding On the children's food. On through sign and token, Stars amidst the night, Forward through the darkness, Forward into light. ff To the Eternal FATHER Loudest anthems raise; To the SON and SPIRIT Echo songs of praise; To the LORD of glory, Blessèd THREE in ONE, Be by men and Angels Endless honours done: Weak are earthly praises: Dull the songs of night; Forward into triumph, P Every thought upraising To our city bright. Where the tribes assemble Round the Throne of light. cr f Forward into light! Amen. " Young men and maidens, old men and children, praise the Name of the 393 Lord." f REJOICE, ye pure in heart.. Rejoice, give thanks, and sing; Your festal banner wave on high, The Cross of CHRIST your King. mf Bright youth and snow- crown'd age, Strong men and maidens meek, Raise high your free exulting song, GOD's wondrous praises speak. Yes onward, onward still, With hymn, and chant, and song, Thro' gate, and porch, and column'd aisle, The hallow'd pathways throng. With all the Angel choirs, With all the saints on earth, Pour out the strains of joy and bliss, True rapture, noblest mirth. f Your clear Hosannas raise, And Alleluias loud; Whilst answering echoes upward float, Like wreaths of incense cloud. ( 110) With voice as full and strong As ocean's surging praise, Send forth the hymns our fathers The psalms of ancient days.[ loved, mf Yes on, through life's long path, Still chanting as ye go, From youth to age, by night and day, In gladness and in woe. PROCESSIONAL. Still lift your standard high, Still march in firm array, As warriors through the darkness toil Till dawns the golden day. At last the march shall end, The wearied ones shall rest. cr The pilgrims find their FATHER'S Jerusalem the blest. [ house, Then on, ye pure in heart, Rejoice, give thanks, and sing; Your festal banner wave on high, The Cross of CHRIST your King. fPraise Him Who reigns on high, The LORD Whom we adore, The FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST, ONE GOD for evermore. Amen. The following Hymns are suitable: 96 The Royal Banners forward go. 179 To the Name of our Salvation. The Church's one foundation. O happy band of pilgrims. Through the night of doubt and sor215 224 274 row. 302 Come, ye faithful, raise the anthem. 305 Saviour, Blessèd Saviour. 306 At the Name of JESUS. " The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the 394 place of My sanctuary." mf 0 LORD of hosts, Whose glory fills The bounds of the eternal hills, And yet vouchsafes, in Christian lands, To dwell in temples made with hands; Grant that all we, who here to- day Rejoicing this foundation lay, May be in very deed Thine own, Built on the precious Corner- stone. Endue the creatures with Thy grace, That shall adorn Thy dwelling- place; The beauty of the oak and pine, The gold and silver, make them Thine. To Thee they all belong; to Thee The treasures of the earth and sea; And when we bring them to Thy Throne, We but present Thee with Thine own. p The heads that guide endue with skill, The hands that work preserve from ill, er That we, who these foundations lay, May raise the topstone in its day. mf Both now and ever, LORD, protect The temple of Thine own elect; f Be Thou in them, and they in Thee, O Ever- blessèd TRINITY. Amen. ( 111 Festival of the Dedication of a Church. " This is none other but the house of God, 395 and this is the gate of Heaven." fO WORD of GoD above, Who fillest all in all, Hallow this house with Thy sure love, And bless our Festival. Laping the Foundation Stone Against this holy home of a Church. mf Here from the Font is pour'd Grace on each sinful child; The blest Anointing of the LORD Brightens the once defiled. Here CHRIST to faithful hearts p His Body gives for food; er The LAMB of GoD Himself imparts p The Chalice of His Blood. ) Here guilty souls that pine May health and pardon win; er The Judge acquits, and grace Restores the dead in sin.[ Divine mf Yea, GoD enthroned on high Here also dwells to bless: Here trains adoring souls that sigh His mansions to possess. Rude tempests harmless beat, And Satan's angels fiercely come But to endure defeat. ff All might, all praise be Thine, FATHER, Co- equal SON, And SPIRIT. Bond of love Divine, While endless ages run. Amen. " I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned 396 for her husband." mf BLESSED city, heavenly Salem, Vision dear of peace and love, f Who of living stones art builded In the height of heav'n above, mf And, with Angel hosts encircled As a bride doth earthward move; cr From celestial realms descending, Bridal glory round thee shed, p Meet for Him Whose love espoused thee, er To thy LORD shalt thou be led; All thy streets, and all thy bulwarks Of pure gold are fashionèd. mf Bright thy gates of pearl are They are open evermore;[ shining, cr And by virtue of His merits Thither faithful souls do soar, p Who for CHRIST's dear Name in this world Pain and tribulation bore. FESTIVAL OF THE DEDICATION OF A CHURCH. mf When the years had wrought their changes, He, our own unchanging GOD, Thought on this His Habitation, Look'd on His decay'd abode: Heard our prayers, and help'd our counsels, Many a blow and biting sculpture Polish'd well those stones elect. er In their places now compacted By the heavenly Architect, Who therewith hath will'd for ever That His Palace should be deck'd. PART 2. JCHRIST is made the sure Foundation, CHRIST the Head and Corner- stone, mf Chosen of the LORD, and precious, Binding all the Church in one, f Holy Sion's help for ever, And her confidence alone. mf All that dedicated city, Dearly loved of GoD on high, f In exultant jubilation Pours perpetual melody, P GOD the ONE in THREE adoring er In glad hymns eternally. mf To this Temple, where we call Thee, Come, O LORD of hosts, to- day; With Thy wonted loving- kindness Hear Thy servants, as they pray: cr And Thy fullest benediction Shed within its walls alway. The following may be sung at the end of each Part: Bless'd the silver and the gold,[ ing cr Till once more His House is standf Firm and stately as of old. mf Entering then Thy gates with praises, p Here vouchsafe to all Thy servants What they ask of Thee to gain, er What they gain from Thee for everf With the Blessed to retain, f And hereafter in Thy glory Evermore with Thee to reign. f Laud and honour to the FATHER, Laud and honour to the SON, Laud and honour to the SPIRIT Ever THREE, and ever ONE, Consubstantial, Co- eternal, While unending ages run. Amen. The following Hymns are suitable: 215 The Church's one foundation. 228 Jerusalem the golden. 237 0 GoD of hosts, the mighty LORD. 239 CHRIST is our corner- stone. 240 Pleasant are Thy courts above. 241 Hosanna to the living LORD! 242 We love the place, O Gon. The Restoration of a Church. " We are the servants of the God of Heaven and earth, and buil the house that 397 was builded these many years ago." fLIFT the strain of high thanksgiving! Tread with songs the hallow'd way! Praise our fathers' GoD for mercies LORD, be ours Thine Israel's prayer; cr" Rise into Thy place of resting, Show Thy promised Presence there!" p Let the gracious Word be spoken. er Here, as once on Sion's height, " This shall be My rest for ever, This My dwelling of delight. Fill this latter house with glory Greater than the former knew: mf Clothe with righteousness its Priesthood, Guide its Choir to reverence true; Let Thy Holy One's anointing Here its sevenfold blessings shed: Spread for us the heavenly Banquet, Satisfy Thy poor with Bread. Praise to Thee, Almighty FATHER, Praise to Thee, Eternal SON, Praise to Thee, all- quickening SPIRIT Ever- blessèd THREE in ONE; p Threefold Power and Grace and Wisdom, er Moulding out of sinful clay f Living stones for that true Temple Which shall never know decay. New to us their sons to- day: mf Here they built for Him a dwelling, er Served Him here in ages past, f Fix'd it for His sure possession, Holy ground, while time shall last. Amen. Burial of the Dead. 398" He cometh to judge the earth." mfDAY of Wrath! O day of mourning! See fulfill'd the prophets' warning! Heav'n and earth in ashes burning! f Oh, what fear man's bosom rendeth p When from Heav'n the Judge descendeth, [ pendeth! f On Whose sentence( dim) all deff Wondrous sound the trumpet flingeth, Through earth's sepulchres it ringeth, All before the Throne it bringeth. Death is struck, and nature quaking, All creation is awaking, To its Judge an answer making. mf Lo! the Book exactly worded, Wherein all hath been recorded; Thence shall judgment be awarded. When the Judge His seat attaineth, And each hidden deed arraigneth,.. Nothing unavenged remaineth. ( 112) BURIAL OF p What shall I, frail man, be pleading, Who for me be interceding, When the just are mercy needing? King of Majesty tremendous, mf Who dost free salvation send us, Fount of pity.( p) then befriend us! Think, good JESU, my salvation Caused Thy wondrous Incarnation; Leave me not to reprobation. Faint and weary Thou hast sought me, On the Cross of suffering bought me; Shall such grace be vainly brought me? mf Righteous Judge! for sin's polluGrant Thy gift of absolution,[ tion Ere that day of retribution. Guilty, now I pour my moaning, All my shame with anguish owning: Spare, O GOD, Thy suppliant groaning. Thou the sinful woman savedst; Thou the dying thief forgavest; cr And to me a hope vouchsafest. 2 Worthless are my prayers and sighing; Yet, good LORD, in grace complying, Rescue me from fires undying. With Thy favour'd sheep O place me, er Nor among the goats abase me, rall But to Thy right hand upraise me. f While the wicked are confounded, Doom'd to flames of woe unbounded, Pp Call me with Thy Saints surrounded. Low I kneel, with heart- submission, See, like ashes, my contrition; Help me in my last condition. Ah! that day of tears and mourning! er From the dust of earth returning f Man for( ff) judgment must prepare him; [ him! dim Spare, O GOD, in mercy spare pp LORD, all pitying, JESU Blest, er Grant them Thine( dim) eternal rest.( pp) Amen. " Surely" He hath borne our griefs and 399 carried our sorrows." 2 WHEN our heads are bow'd with When our bitter tears o'erflow,[ woe, When we mourn the lost, the dear, JESU, Son of Mary, hear. mf Thou our throbbing flesh hast worn. Thou our mortal griefs hast borne, Thou hast shed the human tear; JESU, Son of Mary, hear. p When the solemn death- bell tolls For our own departed souls, When our final doom is near, JESU, Son of Mary, hear. THE DEAD. mf Thou hast bow'd the dying head, Thou the blood of life hast shed, Thou hast fill'd a mortal bier; JESU, Son of Mary, hear. p When the heart is sad within With the thought of all its sin, When the spirit shrinks with fear, JESU, Son of Mary, hear. mf Thou the shame, the grief, hast known, Though the sins were not Thine own; cr Thou hast deign'd their load to bear; JESU, Son of Mary, hear. Amen. " Where I am there shall also My servant 400 be." 2 CHRIST will gather in His own To the place where He is gone, mf Where their heart and treasure lie, Where our life is hid on high. 2 Day by day the voice saith," Come, Enter thine eternal home;' Asking not if we can spare This dear soul it summons there. Had He ask'd us, well we know We should cry." O spare this blow!" Yes, with streaming tears should pray, " LORD, we love him, let him stay." mf But the LORD doth nought amiss, And, since He hath order'd this, We have nought to do but still PP Rest in silence on His Will. mf Many a heart no longer here, Ah! was all too inly dear; er Thou wilt be our All in all. Amen. Yet, O Love,' tis Thou dost call, " The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no 401 torment touch them." p Now the labourer's task is o'er; Now the battle day is past; er Now upon the farther shore Lands the voyager at last. p FATHER, in Thy gracious keeping Leave we now Thy servant sleeping. There the tears of earth are dried; There its hidden things are clear; er There the work of life is tried By a juster Judge than here. 2 FATHER, in Thy gracious keeping Leave we now Thy servant sleeping. There the sinful souls, that turn To the Cross their dying eyes, cr All the love of CHRIST shall learn At His Feet in Paradise. 2 FATHER, in Thy gracious keeping Leave we now Thy servant sleeping. ( 113) BURIAL OF my There no more the powers of hell Can prevail to mar their peace; cr CHRIST the LORD shall guard them well, He Who died for their release. P FATHER, in Thy gracious keeping Leave we now Thy servant sleeping. " Earth to earth, and dust to dust," Calmly now the words we say, Leaving him to sleep in trust cr Till the Resurrection- day. P FATHER, in Thy gracious keeping Leave we now Thy servant sleeping. Amen. 402" They are in peace." FOR A CHILD. p TENDER Shepherd. Thou hast still'd Now Thy little lamb's brief weepOh, how peaceful, pale, and mild,[ ing; In its narrow bed' tis sleeping, And no sigh of anguish sore Heaves that little bosom more. cr P mf In a world of pain and care, LORD, Thou wouldst no longer leave To Thy meadows bright and fair[ it; Lovingly Thou dost receive it; Clothed in robes of spotless white Now it dwells with Thee in light. cr P Ah, LORD JESU, grant that we There may live where it is living, er And the blissful pastures see That its heavenly food are giving; Lost awhile our treasured love, Gain'd for ever, safe above. Amen. p cr The following Hymns are suitable: 140 JESUS lives! no longer now. 225 Brief life is here our portion. 235 Oh, what the joy and the glory must be. 264 My God, my FATHER, while I stray. 286 0 let him whose sorrow. 288 A few more years shall roll. 289 Days and moments quickly flying. St. Andrew the Apostle. followed Him " One of the two which.. 403 was Andrew." THE DEAD. p JESUS calls us( cr) from the worship Of the vain world's golden store, From each idol that would keep us. Saying,( p)" Christian, love Me more." mf In our joys and in our sorrows, Days of toil and hours of ease, Still He calls, in cares and pleasures. That we love Him more than these. p JESUS calls us:( er) by Thy mercies, SAVIOUR, make us hear Thy call, Give our hearts to Thine obedience, Serve and love Thee best of all. Amen. St. Thomas the Apostle. 404" Be not faithless, but believing." mf How oft, O LORD, Thy Face hath shone On doubting souls whose wills were true! Thou CHRIST of Cephas and of John, Thou art the CHRIST of Thomas too. He loved Thee well, and calmly said. dim" Come, let us go, and die with Him:" er Yet when Thine Easter- news was spread, ' Mid all its light( p) his eyes were dim. mf His brethren's word he would not take, But craved to touch those Hands of Thine: p The bruisèd reed Thou didst not break; cr He saw, and hail'd his LORD Divine. f He saw Thee risen; at once he rose To full belief's unclouded height; And still through his confession flows To Christian souls Thy life and light. mf 0 Saviour, make Thy Presence known To all who doubt Thy Word and Thee; And teach them in that Word alone To find the truth that sets them free. And we who know how true Thou art, And Thee as GOD and LORD adore, Give us, we pray, a loyal heart, er To trust and love Thee more and more. Amen. my JESUS calls us:( er) o'er the tumult The Conversion of St. Paul. Of our life's wild restless sea Day by day His sweet voice soundeth, Saying,( p)" Christian, follow Me:" my As of old Saint Andrew heard it [ kindred, By the Galilean lake, Turned from home, and toil, and Leaving all for His dear sake. " The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedar trees; yea the Lord breaketh the 405 cedars of Libanus." mf THE Shepherd now was smitten; The wolf was ravening near; The scatter'd flock he threaten'd, But knew not Whose they were. ( 114) THE CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL er In zealous fury seeking To bind and crucify, A sudden voice withheld him, A loud and startling cry: mf" Saul! Saul! why blindly daring To persecute thy LORD? p' Tis JESUS Whom thou hatest, er Rebel not at My Word." mfThen forth in prayer he stretcheth Those hands prepared to slay: " What wouldst Thou with Thy serMy LORD and Master, say."[ vant? CHRIST's foe becomes His soldier, The wolf destroys no more, PA gentle lamb he enters The sheepfold by the door. f 0 voice of GOD Almighty, What wonders hath it wrought! It rends the lofty cedars, It bends the haughty thought. JESU, our Shepherd, cease not, Thy flock from harm to free, And, when Thy sheep are wandering, O lead them back to Thee. f To FATHER, SON, and SPIRIT All glory, praise, and might, mf Who call'd us out of darkness f To His own glorious light. Amen. " He which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once 406 he destroyed." f WE sing the glorious conquest Before Damascus' gate, my When Saul, the Church's spoiler, Came breathing threats and hate; The ravening wolf rush'd forward Full early to the prey; f But lo! the Shepherd met him, And bound him fast to- day. Oh, glory most excelling That smote across his path! Oh, light that pierced and blinded The zealot in his wrath! p Oh, voice that spake within him The calm reproving word! er Oh, love that sought and held him The bondman of his LORD! mf0 Wisdom, ordering all things In order strong and sweet. cr What nobler spoil was ever Cast at the Victor's feet? mf What wiser master- builder E'er wrought at Thine employ Than he, till now so furious Thy building to destroy? P LORD, teach Thy Church the lesson, Still in her darkest hour Of weakness and of danger To trust Thy hidden power: cr Thy Grace by ways mysterious The wrath of man can bind, And in Thy boldest foeman Thy chosen Saint can find. Amen Presentation of Christ in the Temple COMMONLY CALLED The Purification of St. Mary the Virgin. " The Lord, Whom ye seek, shall suddenly 407 come to His temple." mf O SION, open wide thy gates, Let figures disappear: A Priest and Victim, both in one, The Truth Himself, is here. No more the simple flock shall bleed; er Behold, the FATHER'S SON Himself to His own Altar comes, dim For sinners to atone. p Conscious of hidden Deity, The lowly Virgin brings Her new- born Babe, with two young Her tender offerings. [ doves, mf The aged Simeon sees at last His LORD so long desired, cr And Anna welcomes Israel's Hope, With holy rapture fired. p But silent knelt the Mother blest Of the yet silent WORD,[ heart, And, pondering all things in her With speechless praise adored. f All glory to the FATHER be, All glory to the SON, All glory, HOLY GHOST, to Thee, While endless ages run. Amen. The following Hymns are suitable: 449 The GoD, Whom earth, and sea, and sky. 450 Shall we not love t.ee, Mother dear." St. Matthias the Apostle. " And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was 408 numbered with the eleven Apostles." mf BISHOP of the souls of men, p When the foeman's step is nigh, When the wolf lays wait by night For the lambs continually, cr Watch, O LORD, about us keep, Guard us, Shepherd of the sheep. p When the hireling flees away, Caring only for his gold, And the gate unguarded stands At the entrance to the fold, f Stand, O LORD, Thv flock before, Thou the Guardian, Thou the Door, ( 115) ST. MATTHIAS mf LORD, Whose guiding finger ruled In the casting of the lot, That Thy Church might fill the throne Of the lost Iscariot, p In our trouble ever thus Stand, good Master, nigh to us. mf When the Saints their order take In the New Jerusalem, f And Matthias stands p Give us part and lot with him, er Where in Thine own dwelling- place We may witness face to face. Amen. The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. " Behold, a Virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a Son, and they shall call His Name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with 409 us." f PRAISE we the LORD this day, This day so long foretold, Whose promise shone with cheering On waiting saints of old. [ ray mf The Prophet gave the sign For faithful men to read; A Virgin, born of David's line, Shall bear the promised Seed. Ask not how this should be, 2 But worship and adore: Like her, whom Heaven's Majesty Came down to shadow o'er. Meekly she bow'd her head To hear the gracious word, mf Mary, the pure and lowly maid, The favour'd of the LORD. Blessèd shall be her name In all the Church on earth,[ came, Through whom that wondrous mercy The Incarnate SAVIOUR's birth. JESU, the Virgin's SON, We praise Thee and adore, Who art with GOD the FATHER ONE And SPIRIT evermore. Amen. The following Hymns are suitable: 449 The Gon, Whom earth, and sea, and sky. 450 Shall we not love thee, Mother dear. St. Mark the Evangelist. " The face of a lion on the right side." 410 mf FROM out the cloud of amber light, Borne on the whirlwind from the north, [ bright Four living creatures wing'd and Before the Prophet's eye came forth. THE APOSTLE. f The voice of GoD was in the Four p Beneath that awful crystal mist, cr And every wondrous form they wore Foreshadow'd an Evangelist. f The lion- faced, he told abroad The strength of love, the strength of faith; He show'd the Almighty SON of GOD, The Man Divine Who won by death. O Lion of the Royal Tribe, Strong Son of GOD, and strong to save, All power and honour we ascribe To Thee Who only makest brave. mf For strength to love, for will to speak, f For fiery crowns by Martyrs won, p For suffering patience, strong and meek, f We praise Thee, LORD, and Thee alone. Amen. St. Philip and St. James the Apostles. " Philip saith unto Him, Lord, shew us the Father and it sufficeth us. 411" James, a servant of God." mf THERE is one Way, and only one, Out of our gloom, and sin, and care, To that far land where shines no sun Because the Face of GOD there. There is one Truth, the Truth of GOD, That CHRIST came down from heaven to show One life that His redeeming Blood Has won for all His saints below. The jore from Philip once conceal'd, We know its fulness now in CHRIST; In Him the FATHER is reveal'd, And all our longing is sufficed. And still unwavering faith holds sure The words that James wrote sternly down; Except we labour and endure, We cannot win the heavenly crown. fo Way Divine, through gloom and strife, Bring us Thy FATHER'S Face to see; O heavenly Truth, O precious Life, p At last, at last, we rest in Thee. Amen. St. Barnabas the Apostle. " He was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost, and of faith; and much 412 people was added unto the Lord." mf BRIGHTLY did the light Divine From his words and actions shine, Whom the Twelve, with love unblamed, " Son of consolation" named. ( 116) ST. BARNABAS THE APOSTLE. Full of peace and lively joy Sped, he on his high employ, By his mild exhorting word Adding many to the LORD. 2 Blessèd SPIRIT, Who didst call Barnabas and holy Paul, er And didst them with gifts endue, Mighty words and wisdom true, mf Grant us, LORD of life, By their pattern full of Thee; be er That beside them we may stand In that day on CHRIST's right Hand. Amen. " Joses, who by the Apostles was surnamed Barnabas, which is, being inter413 preted, The son of consolation." mf O SON of GoD, our Captain of Salvation, Thyself by suffering school'd to human grief, [ solation, er We bless Thee for Thy sons of conWho follow in the steps of Thee their Chief; mf Those whom Thy SPIRIT's dread vocation severs To lead the vanguard of Thy conquering host; Whose toilsome years are spent in brave endeavours To bear Thy saving Name from coast to coast; Those whose bright faith makes feeble hearts grow stronger, And sends fresh warriors to the great campaign,[ no longer, p Bids the lone convert feel estranged cr And wins the sunder'd to be one again; • mf And all true helpers, patient, kind, and skilful, Who shed Thy light across our darken'd earth, Counsel the doubting, and restrain the wilful, dim e cr Soothe the sick bed, and share the children's mirth. f Such was Thy Levite, strong in selfoblation [ feet; To cast his all at Thine Apostles' He whose new name, through every Christian nation, From age to age our thankful strains repeat. mf Thus, LORD, Thy Barnabas in memory keeping, Still be Thy Church's watchword, " Comfort ye;" Till in our FATHER'S House shall end our weeping, cr And all our wants be satisfied in Thee. Amen.. " Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is 414 at hand." mf Lo! from the desert homes, Where he hath hid so long, The new Elias comes, The Nativity of St. John Baptist. In sternest wisdom strong; cr The voice that cries Of CHRIST from high dim_And judgment nigh From opening skies. mf Your GoD e'en now doth stand At heaven's opening door; His fan is in His hand, And He will purge His floor; The wheat He claims f P f f Ye haughty mountains, bow Your sky- aspiring heads; p Ye valleys, hiding low, cr Lift up your gentle meads; Make His way plain Your King before, For evermore He comes to reign. And with Him stows, The chaff He throws To quenchless flames. mf May thy dread voice around, Thou harbinger of Light, On our dull ears still sound, dim Lest here we sleep in night, Till judgment come, And on our path Shall burst the wrath, And deathless doom. mf 0 GOD, with love's sweet might, Who dost anoint and arm CHRIST'S Soldier for the fight f With grace that shields from harm, Thrice Blessèd THREE, Heav'n's endless days Shall sing Thy praise Eternally. Amen. " Behold, I will send My messenger, and he shall prepare the way before 415 Me." mf THE great forerunner of the morn, The herald of the WORD, is born: And faithful hearts shall never fail With thanks and praise his light to hail. With heavenly message Gabriel came, That John should be that herald's name, ( 117) And with prophetic utterance told His actions great and manifold. THE NATIVITY OF John, still unborn, yet gave aright His witness to the coming Light; cr And CHRIST, the Sun of all the earth, Fulfill'd that witness at His Birth. fOf woman- born shall never be A greater Prophet than was he, Whose mighty deeds exalt his fame To greater than a Prophet's name. mf But why should mortal accents raise [ praise? The hymn of John the Baptist's Of whom, or e'er his course was run, Thus spake the FATHER to the SON: p" Behold, My herald, who shall go Before Thy Face Thy way to show, And shine, as with the day- star's gleam, Before Thine own eternal beam." f All praise to GOD the FATHER be, All praise, Eternal SON, to Thee, Whom with the SPIRIT we adore For ever and for evermore. Amen. St. Peter the Apostle. 416 " Lovest thou Me?" p FORSAKEN once, and thrice denied, cr The risen LORD gave pardon free, Stood once again at Peter's side, And ask'd him,( p)" Lov'st thou Me?" How many times with faithless word Have we denied His holy Name, How oft forsaken our dear LORD, And shrunk when trial came! ST. JOHN BAPTIST. " Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living 417 God." f" THOU art the CHRIST, O LORD, The Son of GOD most high!" For ever be adored That Name in earth and sky, dim In which, though mortal strength may fail, cr The Saints of GoD at last prevail! mf Oh, surely he was blest With blessedness unpriced, Who, taught of GoD, confess'd The GODHEAD in the CHRIST! For of Thy Church, LORD, Thou didst my Saint Peter, when the cock crew clear, Went out, and wept his broken faith; f Strong as a rock through strife and fear, He served his LORD till death. p How oft his cowardice of heart We have without his love sincere, The sin without the sorrow's smart, The shame without the tear! mf 0 oft forsaken, oft denied, Forgive our shame, wash out our sin; Look on us from Thy FATHER S side Р And let that sweet look win. mf Hear when we call Thee from the deep, Still walk beside us on the shore, Give hands to work,( p) and eyes to weep, CT And hearts to love Thee more. Amen. own Thy Saint a true foundation- stone. p Thrice was he put to shame, Thrice did the dauntless fall; But, oh, that look that came cr From out the judgment- hall! It pierced and broke the spell- bound heart, f And foil'd the tempter's sifting art. p Thrice fallen, thrice restored! The bitter lesson learnt, cr That heart for Thee, O LORD, With triple ardour burnt. The cross he took he laid not down Until he grasp'd the Martyr's crown. f Oh, bright triumphant faith! Oh, courage void of fears! Oh, love most strong in death! p Oh. penitential tears! mf By these, LORD, keep us lest we fall, And make us go where Thou shalt call. Amen. St. James the Apostle. " He killed James, the brother of John, 418 with the sword." mf For all Thy Saints, a noble throng, Who fell by fire and sword, Who soon were call'd, or waited long, We praise Thy Name, O LORD; For him who left his father's side, Nor linger'd by the shore, p When, softer than the weltering tide, Thy summons glided o'er; Who stood beside the maiden dead, er Who climb'd the mount with Thee, And saw the glory round Thy Head, One of Thy chosen three; p Who knelt beneath the olive shade, Who drank Thy cup of pain, And pass'd from Herod's flashing blade er To see Thy Face again. ( 118) ST. JAMES THE APOSTLE. mf LORD, give us grace, and give us Like him to leave behind[ love, Earth's cares and joys, and look above With true and earnest mind. So shall we learn to drink Thy cup, So meek and firm be found,[ up cr When Thou shalt come to take us Where Thine elect are crown'd. Amen. St. Bartholomew the Apostle. " The Lord knoweth them that are His." 419 mf KING of Saints, to Whom the number Of Thy starry host is known, Many a name, by man forgotten, Lives for ever round Thy Throne; Lights, which earth- born mists have darken'd, er There are shining full and clear, Princes in the court of Heaven, dim Nameless, unremember'd here. mf In the roll of Thine Apostles One there stands, Bartholomew, He for whom to- day we offer, Year by year, our praises due; p How he toil'd for Thee and suffer'd None on earth can now record; cr All his saintly life is hidden In the knowledge of his LORD. mf Was it he, beneath the fig- tree Seen of Thee, and guileless found; He who saw the good he long'd for Rise from Nazareth's barren ground; He who met his risen Master On the shore of Galilee; He to whom the Word was spoken, " Greater things thou yet shalt see?" p None can tell us;( cr) all is written In the LAMB's great book of life, All the faith, and prayer, and patience, All the toiling, and the strife; f There are told Thy hidden treasures; Number us, O LORD, with them, er When Thou makest up the jewels f Of Thy living Diadem. Amen. St. Matthew the Apostle. " Lay up for yourselves treasures in 420 heaven." mf DEAR LORD, on this Thy servant's day, Who left for Thee the gold and mart, Who heard Thee whisper," Come away, And follow'd with a single heart, Give us, amid earth's weary moil, And wealth for which men cark and care, ' Mid fortune's pride, and need's wild toil, And broken hearts in purple rare, Give us Thy grace to rise above The glare of this world's smelting fires; Let God's great love put out the love Of gold, and gain, and low desires. 2 Still, like a breath from scented lime Borne into rooms where sick men faint, His voice comes floating thro' all time, Thine own Evangelist and Saint. er Still sweetly rings the Gospel strain Of golden store that knows not rust: f The love of CHRIST is more than gain, And heavenly crowns than yellow dust. Amen. St. Michael and all Angels. " O praise the Lord, all ye His hosts; ye servants of His that do His plea421 sure." fPRAISE to GOD Who reigns above, Binding earth and Heav'n in love; All the armies of the sky Worship His dread sovereignty. mf Seraphim His praises sing, Cherubim on fourfold wing, Thrones, Dominions, Princes, Powers, Marshall'd Might that never cowers. Speeds the Archangel from His Face, Bearing messages of grace; Angel hosts His words fulfil, Ruling nature by His Will. Yet on man they joy to wait, All that bright celestial state, For in Man their LORD they see, CHRIST, the Incarnate DEITY. dim On the Throne their LORD Who died er Sits in Manhood glorified; p Where His people faint below cr Angels count it joy to go. mf Oh, the depths of joy Divine Thrilling through those Orders nine, When the lost are found again, When the banish'd come to reign! Now in faith, in hope, in love, We will join the choirs above, f Praising, with the heavenly Host, FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST. Amen. ( 113) ST. MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS. " There was war in heaven; Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his 422 angels." f CHRIST, in highest Heav'n enthronèd, Equal of the FATHER'S Might, By pure spirits, trembling, owned, GOD of GOD, and LIGHT of LIGHT, Thee' mid Angel hosts we sing, Thee their Maker and their King. enf All who circling round adore Thee, All who bow before Thy Throne, Burn with flaming zeal before Thee, Thy behests to carry down; To and fro,' twixt earth and Heaven, Speed they each on errands given. f First of all those legions glorious, Michael waves his sword of flame, Who of old in war victorious Did the Dragon's fierceness tame; Who with might invincible Thrust the rebel down to hell, mf Strong to aid the sick and dying, Call'd from Heav'n they swiftly fly, Grace Divine and strength supplying p In their mortal agony: Souls released from bondage here Safe to Paradise they bear. To the FATHER praise be given By the unfallen Angel- host, Who in His great war have striven With the legions of the lost; Equal praise in highest Heav'n To the SON and HOLY GHOST. Amen. " When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for 423 joy." STARS of the morning. so gloriously bright, Fill'd with celestial virtue and light, These that, where night never followeth day, p Raise the" Trisagion"* ever and aye: mf These are Thy ministers, these dost Thou own, LORD GOD of Sabaoth, nearest Thy Throne; These are Thy messengers, these dost Thou send, Help of the helpless ones! man to defend. These keep the guard amidst Salem's dear bowers, Thrones, Principalities, Virtues, and Powers, In Greek, from which this Hymn is ranslated," Tragion" is the same as the Latin" Tersanctus" and the English " Thrice- Holy. Where, with the Living Ones, mystical Four, Cherubim, Seraphim( p) bow and adore. mf Then, when the earth was first poised in mid space, Then, when the planets first sped on their race, Then, when were ended the six days' employ, f Then all the Sons of GOD shouted for joy. mf Still let them succour us; still let them fight, LORD of Angelic hosts, battling for right; Till, where their anthems they ceaselessly pour, We with the Angels may( p) bow and adore. Amen. " Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who 424 shall be heirs of salvation?" mf THEY come, GoD's messengers of love, They come from realms of peace above, From homes of never- fading light, From blissful mansions ever bright. They come to watch around us here, To soothe our sorrow, calm our fear: Ye heavenly guides, speed not away, GOD willeth you with us to stay. p But chiefly at its journey's end Tis yours the spirit to befriend, And whisper to the faithful heart, rall pp" O Christian soul, in peace depart." P Blest JESU, Thou Whose groans and tears Have sanctified frail nature's fears, To earth in bitter sorrow weigh'd, Thou didst not scorn Thine Angel's aid; cr An Angel guard to us supply, When on the bed of death we lie; And by Thine own Almighty power P O shield us in the last dread hour. f To GoD the FATHER, GOD the SON, And GoD the SPIRIT, THREE in ONE, From all above and all below Let joyful praise unceasing flow. Amen. These Hymns on the ministry of Angels may be sung, if desired, at other times. ( 120). ST. LUKE THE EVANGELIST. St. Luke the Evangelist. " The brother, whose praise is in the 425 gospel." fWHAT thanks and praise to Thee we O Priest and Sacrifice Divine, Lowe, For Thy dear Saint through whom we know So many a gracious Word of Thine; mf Whom Thou didst choose to tell the tale Of all Thy Manhood's toils and tears, And for a moment lift the veil That hides Thy Boyhood's spotless years. p How many a soul with guilt oppress'd er Has learn'd to hear the joyful sound In that sweet tale of sin confess'd, The FATHER's love, the lost and found! p How many a child of sin and shame er Has refuge found from guilty fears Through her, who to the Saviour came With costly ointments and with tears! mf What countless worshippers have In lowly fane or lofty choir, [ sung, The song that loosed the silent tongue Of him who was the Baptist's sire! cr And still the Church through all her days Uplifts the strains that never cease, The Blessed Virgin's hymn of praise, p The aged Simeon's words of peace. f0 happy Saint! whose sacred page, So rich in words of truth and love, Pours on the Church from age to age mf This healing unction from above; The witness of the Saviour's life, The great Apostle's chosen friend p Through weary years of toil and strife, cr And still found faithful to the end. mf So grant us, LORD, like him to live, Beloved by man, approved by Thee, Till Thou at last the summons give, And we, with him, Thy Face shall see. Amen. St. Simon and St. Jude, Apostles. " Just and true are Thy ways, Thou King 426 of Saints." mf THOU Who sentest Thine Apostles Two and two before Thy Face, Partners in the night of toiling, Heirs together of Thy grace, Throned at length, their labours ended, Each in his appointed place; f Praise to Thee for those Thy champions Whom our hymns to- day proclaim; mf One, whose zeal by Thee enlighten'd Burn'd anew with nobler flame; One, the kinsman of Thy Childhood, Brought at last to know Thy Name. f Praise to Thee! Thy fire within ther Spake in love, and wrought in power; Seen in mighty signs and wonders In Thy Church's morning hour: Heard in tones of sternest warning When the storms began to lower. p Once again those storms are breaking; Hearts are failing, love grows cold; Faith is darken'd, sin abounding; Grievous wolves assail Thy fold: er Save us, LORD, our One Salvation; Save the Faith reveal'd of old. mf Call the erring by Thy pity: Warn the tempted by Thy fear; Keep us true to Thine allegiance, Counting life itself less dear, er Standing firmer, holding faster, dim As we see the end draw near. mf Till, with holy Jude and Simon And the thousand faithful more, We, the good confession witness'd And the lifelong conflict o'er, cr On the sea of fire and crystal Stand, and wonder,( p) and adore. f GOD the FATHER, great and won drous In Thy works, to Thee be praise; KING of Saints, to Thee be glory,. Just and true in all Thy ways; Praise to Thee, from Both proceeding, HOLY GHOST, through endless days. Amen. All Saints' Day. " What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came 427 they?" mf WHо are these like stars appearing, [ stand? These, before God's Throne who Each a golden crown is wearing, Who are all this glorious band? Alleluia, hark! they sing, f Praising loud their heavenly King. mf Who are these in dazzling brightness, Clothed in GOD's own righteousness, These, whose robes of purest whiteness Shall their lustre still possess, Still untouch'd by time's rude hand? [ band? Whence came all this glorious ( 121) ALL SAINTS' DAY. These are they who have contended For their SAVIOUR's honour long, Wrestling on till life was ended, Following not the sinful throng; These, who well the fight sustain'd, Triumph by the LAMB have gain'd. p These are they whose hearts were riven, Sore with woe and anguish tried, Who in prayer full oft have striven With the GoD they glorified; cr Now, their painful conflict o'er, GOD has bid them weep no more. mf These, the ALMIGHTY contemplating, Did as priests before Him stand, Soul and body always waiting f Day and night at His command: Now in GOD's most holy place Blest they stand before His Face. Amen. " That they may rest from their labours," 428 mf THE Saints of GoD! their conflict past, And life's long battle won at last, No more they need the shield or sword, They cast them down before their LORD: er O happy Saints for ever blest, p At JESUS' feet how safe your rest! mf The Saints of GOD! their wanderings done, No more their weary course they run, No more they faint, no more they fall, No foes oppress, no fears appal; er 0 happy Saints! for ever blest, In that dear home how sweet your rest! mf The Saints of GOD! life's voyage o'er. Safe landed on that blissful shore, No stormy tempests now they dread, No roaring billows lift their head: er 0 happy Saints! for ever blest, p In that calm haven of your rest! The Saints of GoD their vigil keep While yet their mortal bodies sleep. er Till from the dust they too shall rise And soar triumphant to the skies: O happy Saints! rejoice and sing; He quickly comes, your LORD and King. " And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it; for the glory of God did lighten it, 429 and the Lamb is the Light thereof." mf 0 HEAVENLY Jerusalem, Of everlasting halls, cr Thrice blessèd are the people dim Thou storest in thy walls. f Thou art the golden mansion, Where Saints for ever sing, The seat of GOD's own chosen, The palace of the King. cr There GoD for ever sitteth, Himself of all the Crown; The LAMB, the Light that shineth, And never goeth down. mf 0 GOD of Saints, to Thee we cry: O SAVIOUR, plead for us on high; O HOLY GHOST, our Guide and Friend, p Grant us Thy grace till life shall end; er That with all Saints our rest may be f In that bright Paradise with Thee. Amen. p Nought to this seat approacheth Their sweet peace to molest; f They sing their GoD for ever, Nor day nor night they rest. mf Sure hope doth thither lead us; Our longings thither tend; cr May short- lived toil ne'er daunt us For joys that cannot end. f To CHRIST the Sun that lightens His Church above, below, To FATHER, and to SPIRIT, All things created bow. Amen. The Hymns for this Festival may be used on other days. The following Hymns are suitable for this Festival: 222 Ten thousand times ten thousand. 228 Jerusalem the golden. 233 Jerusalem on high. 235 Oh, what the joy and the glory must be. 435 Lo! round the Throne, a glorious band. 436 Hark! the sound of holy voices. 438 How bright those glorious spirits shine! 447 Soldiers, who are CHRIST's below. Festivals of Apostles. " And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names 430 of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb." TH' eternal gifts of CHRIST the King, The Apostles glory, let us sing; And all, with hearts of gladness, raise Due hymns of thankful love and praise. For they the Church's Princes are, Triumphant Leaders in the war, In heavenly courts a warrior band, True lights to lighten every land. mf Theirs is the steadfast faith of Saints, And hope that never yields nor faints, And love of CHRIST in perfect glow That lays the prince of this world low ( 122) FESTIVALS In them the FATHER'S glory shone, In them the Will of GoD the SON, In them exults the HOLY GHOST, er Through them rejoice the heavenly Host. f p To Thee, Redeemer, now we cry, That Thou wouldst join to them on high Thy servants, who this grace implore, mf For ever and for evermore. Amen. " Their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the 431 world." mf DISPOSER Supreme, And Judge of the earth, Who choosest for Thine The weak and the poor; To frail earthen vessels And things of no worth Entrusting Thy riches Which aye shall endure; Those vessels soon fail, Though full of Thy light, And at Thy decree Are broken and gone; cr Thence brightly appeareth Thy truth in its might, As through the clouds riven The lightnings have shone. Like clouds are they borne To do Thy great Will, And swift as the winds About the world go; The WORD with His wisdom Their spirits doth fill, They thunder, they lighten, The waters o'erflow. Their sound goeth forth, " CHRIST JESUS the LORD; Then Satan doth fear, P His citadels fall: As when the dread trumpets Went forth at Thy Word, And one long blast shatter'd The Canaanite's wall. O loud be their trump, And stirring their sound mf To rouse us, O LORD, From slumber of sin; The lights Thou hast kindled In darkness around, O may they illumine Our spirits within. All honour and praise, Dominion and might, To GOD, THREE in ONE, Eternally be, Who round us hath shed His own marvellous light, And call'd us from darkness His glory to see. Amen. OF APOSTLES. ' Ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, 432 judging the twelve tribes of Israel." mf CAPTAINS of the saintly band, Lights who lighten every land, Princes who with JESUS dwell, Judges of His Israel, On the nations sunk in night Ye have shed the Gospel light; erSin and error flee away, Truth reveals the promised day. mf Not by warrior's spear and sword, Not by art of human word, p Preaching but the Cross of shame, crRebel hearts for CHRIST ye tame. p Earth, that long in sin and paint Groan'd in Satan's deadly chain, f Now to serve its GOD is free In the law of liberty. mf Distant lands with one acclaim Tell the honour of your name, Who, wherever man has trod, Teach the mysteries of GOD. f Glory to the THREE in ONE While eternal ages run, Who from deepest shades of night Call'd us to His glorious light. Amen. Festivals of Evangelists. " Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that 433 publisheth peace." ( 123) mf BEHOLD the messengers of CHRIST, Who bear to every place The unveil'd mysteries of GOD, The Gospel of His grace. p The things thro' mists and shadows By holy prophets seen, [ dim er in the full light of day they saw With not a cloud between. p What CHRIST, True Man, divinely wrought, What GOD in Manhood bore[ words mf They wrote, as GoD inspired, in That live for evermore. Although in space and time apart. One SPIRIT ruled them all; And in their sacred pages still We hear that SPIRIT's call. f To Gon, the Blessèd THREE in ONE, Be glory, praise, and might, Who call'd us from the shades of death To His own glorious light. Amen. FESTIVALS OF EVANGELISTS. " And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was 434 parted, and became into four heads." vnf COME, pure hearts, in sweetest measures Sing of those who spread the treasures In the holy Gospels shrined; Blessèd tidings of salvation, 2 Peace on earth, their proclamation, er Love from GoD to lost mankind. mf See the Rivers four that gladden With their streams the better Eden Planted by our LORD most dear; fCHRIST the Fountain,( mf) these the waters: Drink, O Sion's sons and daughters, Drink and find salvation here. enf O that we Thy truth confessing, And Thy holy Word possessing, JESU, may Thy love adore; Unto Thee our voices raising, er Thee with all Thy ransom'd praising Ever and for evermore. Amen. The Hymn No. 126, Parts 2 and 3, may be used on the Festivals of Apostles or Evangelists between Easterday and Trinity Sunday. Festivals of Martyrs and other Holy Days, " Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night 435 in His temple." Lo! round the Throne, a glorious band, The Saints in countless myriads stand, Of every tongue redeem'd to God, dim Array'd in garments wash'd in Blood. Through tribulation great they came; cr They bore the cross, despised the shame: From all their labours now they rest, In GOD's eternal glory blest. mf They see their Saviour face to face, And sing the triumphs of His grace: Him day and night they ceaseless praise, To Him the loud thanksgiving raise: " Worthy the LAMB, for sinners slain, [ reign; Through endless years to live and p Thou hast redeem'd us by Thy Blood, fAnd made us kings and priests to GOD." mf0 may we tread the sacred road er That Saints and holy Martyrs trod; Wage to the end the glorious strife, f And win, like them, a crown of life. Amen. " After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations and kindreds and people and tongues, stood before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their 436 hands." f HARK! the sound of holy voices, Chanting at the crystal sea, p Alleluia,( f) Alleluia, Alleluia, LORD, to Thee: p Multitude, which none can number, er Like the stars in glory stands, Clothed in white apparel, holding Palms of victory in their hands. mfPatriarch, and holy Prophet, Who prepared the way of CHRIST, King, Apostle, Saint, Confessor, Martyr, and Evangelist, p Saintly Maiden, godly Matron, er Widows who have watch'd to prayer, Join'd in holy concert, singing To the LORD of all, are there. p They have come from tribulation, And have wash'd their robes in Blood, Wash'd them in the Blood of JESUS; cr Tried they were, and firm they stood; p Mock'd, imprison'd, stoned, tormented, Sawn asunder, slain with sword, cr They have conquer'd death and Satan f By the might of CHRIST the LORD. Unis Marching with Thy Cross their banner, They have triumph'd following Thee, the Captain of salvation, Thee their Saviour and their King; dim Harm Gladly, LORD, with Thee they suffer'd; Gladly, LORD, with Thee they died, And by death( er) to life immortal They were born, and glorified. Unis Now they reign in heavenly glory, Now they walk in golden light, Now they drink, as from a river, Holy bliss and infinite; [ for ever. p Harm Love and peace they taste er And all truth and knowledge see In the Beatific Vision Of the Blessèd TRINITY. f GoD of GOD, the One- begotten, LIGHT of LIGHT, Emmanuel, In Whose Body join'd together All the Saints for ever dwell; p Pour upon us of Thy fulness, er That we may for evermore GOD the FATHER, GOD the SON, and GOD the HOLY GHOST adore. Amen. ( 124) FESTIVALS OF MARTYRS AND OTHER HOLY DAYS. " Compassed about with so great a cloud p Lo! these are they from sufferings 437 of witnesses." great Who came to realms of light: f For all the Saints who from their labours rest, cr And in the Blood of CHRIST have wash'd Who Thee by faith before the world confess'd, Thy Name, O JESU, be for ever blest. Alleluia! Thou wast their Rock, their Fortress, and their Might: Thou, LORD, their Captain in the well- fought fight; Thou in the darkness drear their one true Light. Alleluia! O may Thy soldiers, faithful, true, and bold, Fight as the Saints who nobly fought of old, And win, with them, the victor's crown of gold. Alleluia! mf 0 blest communion! fellowship Divine! We feebly struggle, they in glory shine; er Yet all are one in Thee, for all are Thine. Alleluia! 2 And when the strife is fierce, the warfare long, Steals on the ear the distant triumph. song, cr And hearts are brave again, and arms are strong. Alleluia! mf The golden evening brightens in the west; Soon, soon to faithful warriors comes their rest: 2 Sweet is the calm of Paradise the blest. Alleluia! f But lo! there breaks a yet more glorious day; The Saints triumphant rise in bright array: The King of glory passes on His way. Alleluia! From earth's wide bounds, from ocean's farthest coast. Through gates of pearl streams in the countless host, Singing to FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST. Alleluia! Amen. " These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the 438 Blood of the Lamb." f How bright these glorious spirits shine! mf Whence all their white array? How came they to the blissful seats Of everlasting day? Those robes that shine so bright. f Now with triumphal palms they Before the Throne on high,[ stand And serve the GoD they love amidst The glories of the sky. mf Hunger and thirst are felt no more, Nor suns with scorching ray; er GOD is their Sun, Whose cheering Diffuse eternal day. [ beams ( 125) mf The LAMB, Which dwells amidst the Throne, p Feed them Shall o'er them still preside, with nourishment Divine, er And all their footsteps guide. p' Midst pastures green He'll lead His flock, Where living streams appear: er And GoD the LORD from every eye Shall wipe off every tear. fTo FATHER. SON, and HOLY GHOST, The GOD Whom we adore, Be glory, as it was, is now, And shall be evermore. Amen. " Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on 439 eternal life." THE SON of GOD goes forth to war, A Kingly crown to gain; His blood- red banner streams afar! Who follows in His train? mf Who best can drink his cup of woe, f Triumphant over pain, Who patient bears his cross below, f He follows in His train. mf The Martyr first, whose eagle eye Could pierce beyond the grave; Who gaw his Master in the sky, er And call'd on Him to save. dim Like Him, with pardon on his In midst of mortal pain,[ tongue Who follows in his train?[ wrong; mf He pray'd for them that did the A glorious band, the chosen few On whom the SPIRIT came, Twelve valiant Saints, their hope they knew, And mock'd the cross and flame. They met the tyrant's brandish'd steel, The lion's gory mane, [ to feel: p They bow'd their necks, the death Who follows in their train? A noble army, men and boys, The matron and the maid, Around the SAVIOURS Throne rejoice In robes of light array'd. FESTIVALS OF MARTYRS AND OTHER HOLY DAYS. They climb'd the steep ascent of mf Never flinch'd they from the flame, Heav'n From the torture never; mf Through peril, toil, and pain; P O GOD, to us may grace be given To follow in their train. Amen. Vain the foeman's sharpest aim, Satan's best endeavour: crFor by faith they saw the land Deck'd in all its glory, " They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword;... being destitute, afflicted, tormented; of whom the 440 world was not worthy." mf BLESSED feasts of blessèd Martyrs, Holy days of holy men, With affection's recollections Greet we your return again. f Worthy deeds they wrought and wonders, Worthy of the Name they bore; We with meetest praise and sweetest Honour them for evermore. mf Faith prevailing, hope unfailing, JESUS loved with single heartThus they glorious and victorious Bravely bore the Martyr's part. mf Rack'd with torture, haled to slaughter, Fire, and axe, and murderous sword, f Chains and prison, foes' derision They endured for CHRIST the LORD. p So they pass'd through pain and sorrow, Till they sank in death to rest; cr Earth's rejected, GoD's elected, Gain'd a portion with the blest. mf By contempt of worldly pleasures, And by deeds of valour done, f They have reach'd the land of Angels, And with them are knit in one. Made co- heirs with CHRIST in glory, His celestial bliss they share: p May they now before Him bending Help us onward by their prayer; That, this weary life completed, And its fleeting trials past, f We may win eternal glory In our FATHER's home at last. Amen. " Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake; 441 is the kingdom of heaven." for theirs f LET our Choir new anthems raise, Wake the song of gladness: GOD Himself to joy and praise Turns the Martyrs' sadness: Bright the day that won their crown, Open'd Heaven's bright portal, dim As they laid the mortal down cr.To put on the immortal. f Where triumphant now they stand With the victor's story. Up and follow, Christian men! Press through toil and sorrow; Spurn the night of fear, and then, Oh, the glorious morrow! mf Who will venture on the strife? f Blest who first begin it: mf Who will grasp the land of life? Warriors, up and win it! Amen. " Blessed is the man that endureth temptation, for when he is tried he shall 442 receive the crown of life." mf O GOD, Thy soldiers' great Reward, Their Portion, Crown, and faithful LORD, From all transgressions set us free Who sing Thy Martyr's victory. By wisdom taught he learn'd to know The vanity of all below, The fleeting joys of earth disdain'd, And everlasting glory gain'd. Right manfully his cross he bore, And ran his race of torments sore: dim For Thee he pour'd his life away, cr With Thee he lives in endless day. p We therefore pray Thee, LORD of Love, Regard us from Thy Throne above: er On this Thy Martyr's triumph- day p Wash every stain of sin away. f All praise to Gop the FATHER be, All praise, Eternal SON, to Thee, Whom with the SPIRIT we adore For ever and for evermore. Amen. " Be thou faithful unto death, and I will 443 give thee a crown of life." p For man the Saviour shed His all- atoning Blood, cr And oh, shall ransom'd man refuse To suffer for his GOD? mf Ashamed who now can be To own the Crucified? cr Nay, rather be our glory this To die for Him Who died. mf So felt Thy Martyr, LORD; By Thy right hand sustain'd, He waged for Thee the battle's strife, And threaten'd death disdain'd. Upon the golden crown Gazing with eager breath, He fought as one who fain would die, And, dying, conquer death. ( 126) FESTIVALS OF MARTYRS Alone he stood unmoved Amid his cruel foes; f On, wondrous was the might that Above his torturers rose! [ then P LORD, give us grace to bear Like him our cross of shame, To do and suffer what Thou wilt, Fo love of Thy dear Name. f JESU, the King of Saints, We praise Thee and adore, Who art with GOD the FATHER ONE And SPIRIT evermore. Amen. " Of whom the world was not worthy." 444 fYE servants of our glorious King. To Him your thankful praises bring; And tell the deeds that grace has done, The triumphs by His Martyrs won. mf Since they were faithful to the last, Their holy struggles now are past; The bitterness of death is o'er, f And theirs is bliss for evermore. p The flame might scorch, the knife lay bare, And cruel beasts their members tear; cr No powers of earth, no powers of hell [ quell. The souls that loved their LORD could f For ever broken is the chain[ vain: That sought to bind them, but in mf 0 let us strive like them to win Our freedom from the bonds of sin. 20 Saviour, may our portion be With those who gave themselves to Thee, f Through all eternity to sing All praise to Thee the Martyrs' King. Amen. " Clothed with white robes, and palms in 445 their hands." f PALMS of glory, raiment bright, Crowns that never fade away, Gird and deck the Saints in light, Priests, and kings, and conquerors they. mf Yet the conquerors bring their palms To the LAMB amidst the Throne, er And proclaim in joyful psalms Victory through His Cross alone. mf Kings their crowns for harps resign, Crying, as they strike the chords, er" Take the Kingdom, it is Thine, King of kings, and LORD of lords. 2 Round the Altar Priests confess, If their robes are white as snow, " Twas the Saviour's Righteousness, And His Blood, that made them so. AND OTHER HOLY DAYS. mf They were mortal too like us; O, when we like them must die, er May our souls translated thus Triumph, reign, and shine on high. Ainen. " I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be 446 revealed in us. mf OH! what, if we are CHRIST'S, Is earthly shame or loss? er Bright shall the crown of glory be dim When we have borne the cross. 2 Keen was the trial once, [ blood, Bitter the cup of woe, When martyr'd Saints, baptized in CHRIST's sufferings shared below: Bright is their glory now, Boundless their joy above, Where, on the bosom of their GOD, They rest in perfect love. mf LORD, may that grace be ours, Like them in faith to bear p All that of sorrow, grief, or pain May be our portion here; mf Enough if Thou at last The word of blessing give, And let us rest beneath Thy feet, Where Saints and Angels live. f All glory, LORD, to Thee, Whom Heav'n and earth adore; To FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST, ONE GOD for evermore. Amen. 447" To him that overcometh." f SOLDIERS, who are CHRIST's below, Strong in faith resist the foe: Boundless is the pledg'd reward Unto them who serve the LORD. mf 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, er Where the Blessèd evermore Tread, on high, the starry floor. ( 127) P Passing soon and little worth Are the things that tempt on earth; mf Heavenward lift thy soul's regard; GOD Himself is thy Reward. f FATHER, Who the crown dost give, SAVIOUR. by Whose Death we live, SPIRIT, Who our hearts dost raise, THREE in ONE, Thy Name we praise. Amen. FESTIVALS OF MARTYRS 448" And they glorified God in me." mf FOR Thy dear Saint, O LORD, Who strove in Thee to live, Who follow'd Thee, obey'd, adored, Our grateful hymn receive. p For Thy dear Saint, O LORD, Who strove in Thee to die, cr And found in Thee a full reward, Accept our thankful cry. mf 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. f All might, all praise, be Thine, FATHER, co- equal SON, And SPIRIT, Bond of love Divine, While endless ages run. Amen. " Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou 449 among women." FOR THE B. V. MARY. mf THE GOD, Whom earth, and sea, and sky Adore, and laud, and magnify, Whose might they own, Whose praise they swell, p In Mary's womb vouchsafed to dwell. mf The LORD, Whom sun and moon obey, Whom all things serve from day to day, p Was by the HOLY GHOST conceived Of her who through His grace believed. mf How blest that Mother, in whose shrine The world's Creator, LORD Divine, Whose Hand contains the earth and sky, p Once deign'd, as in His ark, to lie; f Blest in the message Gabriel brought, Blest by the work the SPIRIT wrought; From whom the great Desire of earth p Took human flesh and human birth. AND OTHER HOLY DAYS. 450" Mary, the Mother of Jesus." FOR THE B. V. MARY. mf SHALL we not love thee, Mother Whom JESUS loves so well?[ dear, And, to His glory, year by year, Thy joy and honour tell? 10 LORD, the Virgin- born, to Thee Eternal praise and glory be, Whom with the FATHER we adore And HOLY GHOST for evermore. Amen. p Bound with the curse of sin and We helpless sinners lay. [ shame er Until in tender love He came To bear the curse away. mf And thee He chose from whom to True flesh His Flesh to be; [ take p in It to suffer for our sake, f By It to make us free. p Thy Babe He lay upon thy breast To thee He cried for food; Thy gentle nursing sooth'd to rest Th Incarnate SON of GOD. mf 0 wondrous depth of grace Divine That He should bend so low! er And, Mary, oh, what joy' twas thine In His dear love to know; fJoy to be Mother of the LORD, And thine the truer bliss, In every thought, and deed, and word To be for ever His. mf And as He loves thee, Mother dear, We too will love thee well; cr And, to His glory, year by year, Thy joy and honour tell. f JESU, the Virgin's Holy Son, We praise Thee and adore, WHO art with GOD the FATHER ONE And SPIRIT evermore. Amen. " Whosoever therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father Which is in 451 heaven." FOR A CONFESSOR. mf Nor by the Martyr's death alone The Saint his crown in Heav'n has won, There is a triumph robe on high For bloodless fields of victory. What though he was not call'd to feel The cross, or flame, or torturing wheel, er Yet daily to the world he died; His flesh, through grace, he crucified. p What though nor chains, nor scourges sore, Nor cruel beasts his members tore, er Enough if perfect love arise To CHRIST a grateful sacrifice. ( 128) FESTIVALS OF MARTYRS LORD, grant us so to Thee to turn That we through life to die may learn, er And thus, when life's brief day is o'er, May live with Thee for evermore mnf 0 Fount of sanctity and love, O perfect Rest of Saints above, All praise, all glory be to Thee Both now and through eternity. Amen. " If a man desire the office of a bishop, he 452 desireth a good work." FOR A BISHOP. mf O THOU Whose all- redeeming [ fight, might Crowns every Chief in faith's true On this commemoration day Hear us, good JESU, while we pray. In faithful strife for Thy dear Name Thy servant earn'd the saintly fame, Which pious hearts with praise revere In constant memory year by year. 2 Earth's fleeting joys he counted nought, er For higher, truer joys he sought, fAnd now, with Angels round Thy Throne, Unfading treasures are his own. 20 grant that we, most gracious GOD, May follow in the steps he trod; er And, freed from every stain of sin, As he hath won may also win. To Thee, O CHRIST, our loving King, All glory, praise, and thanks we bring; Whom with the FATHER we adore And HOLY GHOST for evermore Amen. " The memory of the just is blessed." 453 FOR A BISHOP mf 0 SHEPHERD of the sheep, High Priest of things to come Who didst in grace Thy servant keep, p And take him safely home. f Accept our song of praise For all his holy care. His zeal unquench'd through length The trials that he bare. [ of days, mf Chief of Thy faithful band, He held himself the least, Though Thy dread keys were in his O everlasting Priest. [ hand, f So, trusting in Thy might, He won a fair renown: So, waxing valiant in the fight, He trod the lion down. AND OTHER HOLY DAYS. p Then render'd up to Thee The charge Thy love had given, And pass'd away( er) Thy Face to see Reveal'd in highest Heav'n. mf On all our Bishops pour The SPIRIT of Thy grace; That, as he won the palm of yore, So they may run their race; That, when this life is done, They may with him adore er The ever Blessèd THREE in ONE, In bliss for evermore. Amen. ( 129) " He gave some 454 FOR A DOCTOR. mf JESU, for the beacon- light By Thy holy Doctors given, p When the mists of error's night Gather'd o'er the path to Heav'n; mf For the witness that they bare er To the truth they learn'd of Thee, f For the glory that they share, Let our praise accepted be. mf In Jerusalem below They were workmen at Thy call, er Each with one hand met the foe, With the other built the wall; fWatchmen on the mountain set, Scribes instructed in Thy Word, dim Fishers with the Gospel net er Drawing souls to Thee their LORD. mf Like Thy learnèd sons of yore, JESU, may Thy Pastors still Teachers." Pastors and er Know and teach Thy sacred lore With brave heart and patient skill; p In these latter days of strife er Keep, O keep them true to Thee, Till beside the well of life Light in Thine own Light they see. Amen. " Thy Name is as ointment poured forth, 455 therefore do the virgins love Thee." FOR A VIRGIN. mf JESU, the Virgins' Crown, do Thou Accept us as in prayer we bow, Born of that Virgin whom alone The Mother and the Maid we own. Amongst the lilies Thou dost feed. And thither choirs of Virgins lead; Adorning all Thy chosen brides With glorious gifts Thy love provides. And whither, LORD, Thy footsteps wend, The Virgins still with praise attend, For Thee they pour their sweetest song. And after Thee rejoicing throng. FESTIVALS OF MARTYRS p0 gracious LORD, we Thee implore Thy grace on every sense to pour; From all pollution keep us free, And make us pure in heart for Thee. f All praise to GOD the FATHER be, All praise, Eternal SON, to Thee, Whom with the SPIRIT we adore For ever and for evermore. Amen. " My Beloved is mine, and I am His." 456 AND OTHER HOLY DAYS. p She learn'd, through fasting, to control The flesh that weigheth down the soul, or And then, by prayer's sweet food sustain'd, To seek the joys she now has gain'd. mf 0 CHRIST, from Whora all virtue springs, Who only doest wondrous things, To Thee, the King of Saints, we pray, Accept and bless Thy flock to- day. f All praise to GOD the FATHER be, All praise, Eternal SON, to Thee, Whom with the SPIRIT we adore For ever and for evermore. Amen. FOR A VIRGIN. 20 LAMB of GOD, Whose love Divine Draws Virgin- souls to follow Thee: er And bids them earthly joys resign If so they may Thy beauty see; mf The Saint of whom we sing to- day Was faithful to Thy loving call, And, casting other hopes away, Took Thee to be her GOD, her All. To Thee she yielded up her will, Her heart was drawn to Thine above; Content if Thou wouldst deign to fill Thine handmaid with Thy perfect love. p Beneath Thy Cross she loved to stand, Like Mary in Thy dying hour, That blessings from Thy piercèd Hand er Might clothe her with undying power; mf With power to win the crown of light For Virgin- souls laid up on high, And ready keep her lamp at night To hail the Bridegroom drawing nigh. p And surely Thou at last didst come To end the sorrows of Thy bride, ppAnd bear her to Thy peaceful home er With Thee for ever to abide. f All glory, JESU, for the grace That drew Thy Saint to follow Thee; 2 Grant us too in Thy love a place Both now and through eternity. Amen. " Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies: the heart of her husband doth safely 457 trust in her." FOR A HOLY MATRON. [ dued mf How blest the matron, who, enWith holy zeal and fortitude, Has won through grace a saintly fame, And owns a dear and honour'd name. Such holy love inflamed her breast She would not seek on earth her rest, But, strong in faith and patience, trod The narrow way that leads to GOD. " I John, who also am your brother and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the Word of God, and 458 for the testimony of Jesus Christ." ST. JOHN BEFORE THE LATIN GATE. mf AN exile for the faith Of his Incarnate LORD, Beyond the stars, beyond all space, er His soul in vision soar'd: mf There saw in glory Him Who liveth, and was dead, There Judah's Lion, and the LAMB p That for our ransom bled: mf There of the Kingdom learn'd [ faith The mysteries sublime; p How, sown in Martyrs' blood, the er Should spread from clime to clime. D LORD, give us grace, like him, In Thee to live and die; er To spurn the fleeting things of earth, And seek for joys on high. f JESU, our risen LORD, We praise Thee and adore, Who art with GOD the FATHER ONE And SPIRIT evermore. Amen. " Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had 459 cast seven devils." ST. MARY MAGDALENE. mf SON of the Highest, deign to cast On us a pitying eye, Thou Who repentant Magdalene er Didst call to joys on high. mf Thy long- lost coin is stored at In treasure- house Divine, Dength The jewel from pollution cleansed Doth now the stars outshine. JESU, the balm of every wound, The sinner's only stay, p Grant us, like Magdalene, to weep In this Thy mercy's day: ( 130) CHRIST WALKING ON THE SEA R. S. Lander. R.S.A. FESTIVALS OF MARTYRS er Absolve us by Thy gracious Word, Fulfil us with Thy love, And guide us through the storms of life To perfect rest above. f All praise, all glory be to Thee, O everlasting LORD, Whose mercy doth our souls forgive, Whose bounty doth reward. Amen. " His Face did shine as the sun, and His 460 raiment was white as the light" TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD. f IN days of old on Sinai The LORD Almighty came cr In majesty of terror, In thunder- cloud and flame: mf On Tabor, with the glory Of sunniest light for vest, The excellence of beauty In JESUS was express'd. p All light created paled there, And did Him worship meet; The sun itself adored Him, And bow'd before His Feet; c While Moses and Elias, Upon the Holy Mount, The co- eternal glory Of CHRIST our GOD recount. P O holy, wondrous vision! er But what when, this life past, The beauty of Mount Tabor Shall end in Heav'n at last? f But what when all the glory Of uncreated light Shall be the promised guerdon Of them that win the fight? Amen. 461" Lord, it is good for us to be here." TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD. mf FOR ever we would gaze on Thee, O LORD, upon the Mount; With Moses and Elias see f That light from Light's own Fount; mf For ever with the chosen three Would stand upon that height, And in that blessèd company Be plunged in pure delight. For ever would we train the ear To that celestial Voice: er In Thee, the Son of GOD, so near, For evermore rejoice. mf Here would we pitch our constant For ever here abide; [ tent, And dwell in peace and full content, Dear Master, at Thy side. AND OTHER HOLY DAYS. p But no! not yet to man' tis given To rest upon that height: ' Tis but a passing glimpse of Heav'n; We must descend and fight. mf Beneath the Mount is toil and pain; er O CHRIST, Thy strength impart; f Till we, transfigured too, shall reign For ever where Thou art. Amen. " And Herod sent and beheaded John in 462 the prison." THE BEHEADING OF ST. JOHN BAPTIST mf HERALD, in the wilderness Breaking up the road, Sinking mountains, raising plains, For the path of GOD; Prophet, to the multitudes Calling to repent, In the way of righteousness Unto Israel sent; Messenger, GOD's chosen One Foremost to proclaim, Proffer'd titles passing by, Pointing to the LAMB; Captive, for the word of truth Boldly witnessing; dim Then in Herod's dungeon- cave Faint and languishing; p Martyr, sacrificed to sin At that feast of shame: cr As his life foreshow'd the LORD, In his death the samep Holy JESUS, when He heard, Went apart to pray: cr Thus may we our lesson take From His Saint to- day. Amen. Litany of the Four Last Things. 463 mf GOD the FATHER, GOD the SON, GOD the SPIRIT, THREE in ONE, Hear us from Thy heavenly Throne, p Spare us, Holy TRINITY. ( 131) mf JESU, Life of those who die, Advocate with GoD on high, Hope of immortality, Hear us, Holy JESU. Thou Whose Death to mortals gave Power to triumph o'er the grave, Living now from death to save, Hear us, Holy JESU. p Thou before Whose great white Throne All our doings must be shown, Pleading now for us Thine own, Hear us, Holy JESU. P LITANY OF THE FOUR LAST THINGS. VIE From the lusts that none can tame, From the fierce mysterious flame, From the everlasting shame, Save us, Holy JESU. Thou Whose Death was borne that From the power of Satan free,[ we, Might not die eternally, Hear us, Holy JESU. mf Thou Who dost a place prepare That in heavenly mansions fair Sinners may Thy glory share, Hear us, Holy JESU. DEATH. 2 We are dying day by day; Soon from earth we pass away; LORD of life, to Thee we pray: Hear us, Holy JESU, Ere we hear the Angel's call, And the shadows round us fall, er Be our SAVIOUR, be our All: Hear us, Holy JESU. mf Wean our hearts from things below, Make us all Thy love to know, Guard us from our ghostly foe: Hear us, Holy JESU. 2 Shelter us with Angel's wing, To our souls Thy pardon bring; So shall death have lost its sting: Hear us, Holy JESU. In the gloom Thy light provide; Safely through the valley guide; Thee we trust, for Thou hast died: Hear us, Holy JESU. JUDGMENT. 2 When Thy summons we obey On the dreadful Judgment Day, Let not fear our soul dismay: Hear us, Holy JESU. While the lost in terror fly, cr May we see with joyful eye Our Redemption drawing nigh: Hear us, Holy JESU. mf May we see Thee on Thy Throne As the SAVIOUR we have known, And have follow'd as our own: Hear us, Holy JESU. May we then, among the blest Who Thy Name on earth confess'd, Hear Thee calling us to rest: Hear us, Holy JESU. HELL, p From the awful place of doom, Where in rayless outer gloom Dead souls lie as in a tomb, Save us, Holy JESU. From the black, the dull despair Ruin'd men and Angels share, From the dread companions there, Save us, Holy JESU. From the unknown agonies Of the soul that helpless lies. From the worm that never dies, Save us, Holy JESU. HEAVEN. fWhere Thy Saints in glory reign, Free from sorrow, free from pain, Pure from every guilty stain, Bring us, Holy JESU. mf Where the captives find release, Where all foes from troubling cease, Where the weary rest in peace, Bring us, Holy JESU. cr Where the pleasures never cloy, Where in Angels' holy joy Thy redeem'd their powers employ, Bring us, Holy JESU. Where in wondrous light are shown All Thy dealings with Thine own ,. Who shall know as they are known, Bring us, Holy JESU. fWhere, with loved ones gone before, We may love Thee and adore In Thy Presence evermore, Bring us, Holy JESU. Amen. Litany of the Incarnate Word. 464 mf GoD the FATHER, GOD the SON, GOD the SPIRIT, THREE in ONE, Hear us from Thy heavenly Throne, p Spare us, Holy TRINITY.. mf SON of GOD, for man decreed, To be born the woman's Seed, Very GoD and Man indeed, Hear us, Holy JESU. Thou Whose Wisdom all things plann'd, Held by Whose Almighty Hand All things in their order stand, Hear us, Holy JESU. GOD with us, Emmanuel, Coming here as Man to dwell, Saving us when Adam fell, Hear us, Holy JESU. SAVIOUR, full of truth and grace, Leaving Thine eternal place To restore our fallen race, Hear us, Holy JESU. Image of the GOD unseen, Still what Thou hadst ever been, Though in form of Infant mean, Hear us, Holy JESU. WORD, by Whom the worlds were [ made, In a lowly manger laid, Taught on earth an humble trade, Hear us, Holy JESU. ( 132) LITANY OF THE 2 JESU, led by love to share All the forms of grief and care, That we sinful mortals bear, Hear us, Holy JESU. mf Good Physician, come to cure All the ills that men endure, And to make our nature pure, Hear us, Holy JESU. p Man of Sorrows, weak and worn With Thy woes for sinners borne, Lest we should for ever mourn, Hear us, Holy JESU. mf Shepherd, Who Thy watch dost keep, Guarding still Thy chosen sheep From the spoiler's malice deep, Hear us, Holy JESU. P LAMB, from earth's foundation slain, By Whose bitter stripes of pain We are freed from guilty stain, Hear us, Holy JESU. mf Only Victim we can plead, Our High Priest to intercede, Advocate in all our need, Hear us, Holy JESU. Standing now before the Throne, Pleading that which can alone For the sin of man atone, Hear us, Holy JESU. Only Hope of those who pray, Only Help while here we stay, Life of those who pass away, INCARNATE WORD. p We Thy call have disobey'd, Into paths of sin have stray'd, And repentance have delay'd: 465 Hear us, Holy JESU. Amen. Litanies of Penitence, No. 1. PART 1. mf GoD the FATHER, GOD the SON, GOD the SPIRIT, THREE in ONE, Hear us from Thy heavenly Throne, p Spare us, Holy TRINITY. FATHER, hear Thy children's call: Humbly at Thy feet we fall, Prodigals, confessing all: We beseech Thee, hear us. CHRIST, beneath Thy Cross we blame All our life of sin and shame, Penitent we breathe Thy Name: We beseech Thee, hear us. HOLY SPIRIT, grieved and tried, Oft forgotten and defied, Now we mourn our stubborn pride: We beseech Thee, hear us. mf Love, that caused us first to be p Love, that bled upon the Tree, cr LovE, that draws us lovingly: We beseech Thee, hear us. We beseech Thee, hear us. Sick, we come to Thee for cure, Guilty, seek Thy mercy sure, Evil, long to be made pure: We beseech Thee, hear us. Blind, we pray that we may see, Bound, we pray to be made free, Stain'd, we pray for sanctity: We beseech Thee, hear us. mf Thou Who hear'st each contrite Bidding sinful souls draw nigh,[ sigh Willing not that one should die, We beseech Thee, hear us. PART 2. mf By the gracious saving call Spoken tenderly to all Who have shared in Adam's fall, We beseech Thee, hear us. p By the nature JESUS wore, By the Stripes and Death He bore, cr By His Life for evermore, We beseech Thee, hear us. mf By the love that longs to bless, Pitying our sore distress, Leading us to holiness, We beseech Thee, hear us. By the love so calm and strong, Patient still to suffer wrong And our day of grace prolong, We beseech Thee, hear us. By the love that speaks within, Calling us to flee from sin And the joy of goodness win, We beseech Thee, hear us. By the love that bids Thee spare, cr By the Heav'n Thou dost prepare, By Thy promises to prayer, We beseech Thee, hear us. PART 3. 2 Teach us what Thy love has borne, That with loving- sorrow torn Truly contrite we may mourn: We beseech Thee, hear us. mf Gifts of light and grace bestow, Help us to resist the foe, Fearing what alone is woe: We beseech Thee, hear us. Let not sin within us reign, May we gladly suffer pain, If it purge away our stain: We beseech Thee, hear us. May we to all evil die, Fleshly longings crucify. Fix our hearts and thoughts on high; We beseech Thee, hear us. F2 ( 138) LITANIES OF PENITENCE. Grant us faith to know Thee near, Hail Thy grace, Thy judgment fear, And through trial persevere: We beseech Thee, hear us. Grant us hope from earth to rise, And to strain with eager eyes Towards the promised heavenly prize: We beseech Thee, hear us. Grant us love Thy love to own, Love to live for Thee alone, And the power of grace make known: We beseech Thee, hear us. All our weak endeavours bless, As we ever onward press, Till we perfect holiness: We beseech Thee, hear us. er Lead us daily nearer Thee, Till at last Thy Face we see, Crown'd with Thine own purity: We beseech Thee, hear us. Amen. 466 No. 2. mf GOD the FATHER, GOD the SON, GOD the SPIRIT, THREE in ONE, Hear us from Thy heavenly Throne, p Spare us, Holy TRINITY." Thou Who leaving Crown and Throne Camest here, an outcast lone, That Thou mightest save Thine own, Hear us, Holy JESU. mf Thou with sinners wont to eat, Who with loving Words didst greet Mary weeping at Thy Feet, Hear us, Holy JESU. Thou Whose sadden'd look did chide Peter when he thrice denied, Till with bitter tears he cried, Hear us, Holy JESU. Thou Who hanging on the Tree To the thief saidst," Thou shalt be To- day in Paradise with Me," Hear us, Holy JESU. p Thou, despised, denied, refused, And for man's transgressions bruised, Sinless, yet of sin accused, Hear us, Holy JESU. mf Thou Who on the Cross didst reign, Dying there in bitter pain, Cleansing with Thy Blood our stain, Hear us, Holy JESU. Shepherd of the straying sheep, Comforter of them that weep, Hear us crying from the deep, Hear us, Holy JESU. That in Thy pure innocence We may wash our souls' offence, And find truest penitence, We beseech Thee, JESU. That we give to sin no place, That we never quench Thy grace, That we ever seek Thy Face, We beseech Thee, JESU. That denying evil lust, Living godly, meek, and just, In Thee only we may trust, We beseech Thee, JESU. That to sin for ever dead We may live to Thee instead, And the narrow pathway tread, We beseech Thee, JESU. f When shall end the battle sore, When our pilgrimage is o'er, p Grant Thy peace for evermore, We beseech Thee, JESU. Amen. Litany of the Passion. 467 mf GoD the FATHER, GOD the SON, GOD the SPIRIT, THREE in ONE. Hear us from Thy heavenly Throne, p Spare us, Holy TRINITY. JESU, Who for us didst bear Scorn and sorrow, toil and care, Hearken to our lowly prayer; Hear us, Holy JESU. pp By that hour of Ageny, Spent while Thine Apostles three Slumber'd in Gethsemane, Hear us, Holy JESU. cr By the prayer Thou thrice didst pray That the cup might pass away, So Thou mightest still obey, Hear us, Holy JESU. p By the kiss of treachery To Thy foes betraying Thee, By Thy harsh captivity, Hear us, Holy JESU. By the scourging Thou hast borne, By the purple robe of scorn, By the reed and crown of thorn, Hear us, Holy JESU. By the insult of the Jews, When Barabbas they would choose, And did Thee their King refuse, Hear us, Holy JESU. By Thy going forth to die, When they raised the wicked cry, " Crucify Him, crucify!" Hear us, Holy JESU. By the Cross which Thou didst bear By the cup they bade Thee share, Mingled gall and vinegar, Hear us, Holy JESU. ( 134) LITANY OF THE PASSION. P JESU! JESU! f By Thy glorious Resurrection, Earnest of our own perfection, By Thy nailing to the Tree, By the title over Thee, By the gloom of Calvary, Hear us, Holy JESU. By the parting of Thy clothes, By the mocking of Thy foes, As they watch'd Thy dying woes, Hear us, Holy JESU. By Thy seven Words then said, pp By the bowing of Thy Head, By Thy numbering with the dead, Hear us, Holy JESU. mf When temptation sore is rife, When we faint amidst the strife, Thou, Whose Death hath been our life, Save us, Holy JESU. While on stormy seas we toss, Let us count all things as loss But Thee only on Thy Cross: Save us, Holy JESU. So, with hope in Thee made fast. p When death's bitterness is past er We may see Thy Face at last: Save us, Holy JESU. Amen. Litang for the Rogation Days. 468 mfGoD the FATHER, from ThyThrone, Hear us, we beseech Thee;" GOD the co- eternal SON, Hear us, we beseech Thee; GOD, the SPIRIT, mighty LORD, Hear us, we beseeck Thee; THREE in ONE, by all adored, Hear us, we beseech Thee. p JESU!( er) JESU! mf By Thy wondrous Incarnation, By Thy Birth for our salvation, p We beseech Thee,( er) we beseech mf From every ill defend us, [ Thee, Thy grace and mercy send us. P JESU! JESU! mf By Thy Fasting and Temptation, By Thy nights of supplication, p We beseech Thee, we beseech Thee, mf From every ill defend us, Thy grace and mercy send us. PJESU! JESU! mf By Thy works of sweet compassion, By Thy Cross and bitter Passion, p We beseech Thee, we beseech Thee, mf From every ill defend us, Thy grace and mercy send us. 2 JESU! JESU! By Thy Blood for sinners flowing, er By Thy Death true life bestowing, p We beseech Thee, we beseech Thee, mf From every ill defend us, Thy grace and mercy send us. p We beseech Thee, we beseech Thee, mf From every ill defend us, Thy grace and mercy send us. P JESU! JESU! f To the FATHER S Throne ascended, All Thy pain and sorrows ended, p We beseech Thee, we beseech Thee, mf From every ill defend us, Thy grace and mercy send us. 2 JESU! JESU! mf Advocate for sinners pleading, With the FATHER interceding, p We beseech Thee, we beseech Thee, mf From every ill defend us, Thy grace and mercy send us. Amen. This Litany may also be sung in any time of special supplication. Litany of Jesus Glorified. 469 mf GOD the FATHER, throned on high, SAVIOUR, Who didst come to die, SPIRIT, Who dost sanctify, p Save us, Holy TRINITY. mf JESU, Prince of life and light, Dwelling now in glory bright, Ruling all things by Thy might, p Hear us, Holy JESU. Thou Whose Death did death destroy, er Who through pain didst pass to [ joy Endless and without alloy, Hear us, Holy JESU. f Thou Who didst to Heav'n ascend Still to be the sinner's Friend, Still Thy people to defend, Hear us, Holy JESU. JESU, raised to GOD's right hand, Round Whose Throne the Angel band Waits Thy Word of dread command, Hear us, Holy JESU. Thou Who dost the Sceptre bear, And in Heav'n a place prepare That we may be with Thee there, Hear us, Holy JESU. Thou Who must in glory reign, Conqueror of sin and pain, Till no enemy remain, Hear us, Holy JESU. mf JESU, Who art glorified In the very Flesh that died, p With the piercèd Hands and Side, Hear us, Holy JESU. mf JESU, though enthroned on high Still for our infirmity Touch'd with human sympathy, Hear us, Holy JESU. ( 135) LITANY OF JESUS GLORIFIED. JESU, in our time of need Our High Priest to intercede, Living still Thy Death to plead, Hear us, Holy JESU. JESU, able to bestow On Thy struggling Church below More than we can ask or know, Hear us, Holy JESU. JESU, Who to Heav'n upborne Didst not leave Thy Church to mourn, p Orphan'd, comfortless, forlorn, Hear us, Holy JESU. mf Thou Who, still our Saviour Didst the HOLY SPIRIT send[ Friend, To be with us to the end, Hear us, Holy JESU. PJESU, Who Thy Flesh and Blood, Offer'd once upon the Rood, Givest for Thy children's Food Hear us, Holy JESU. mf Only Balm for souls distress'd, Happiness of all the bless'd, Peace of those who long for rest, Hear us, Holy JESU. f Thou Who, as Thou once didst rise, Shalt be seen by human eyes Coming through the parted skies, Hear us, Holy JESU. 2 Thou Who then on quick and dead, All for whom Thy Blood was shed, Shalt pronounce the judgment dread, Hear us, Holy JESU. mf JESU, GOD's Incarnate SON, By Thy work for sinners done, By the gifts for sinners won. Hear us, Holy JESU. That while pilgrims toiling here We Thy Name may love and fear, And to death may persevere, Hear us, Holy JESU. er That when earthly toil is o'erWe, in rest for evermore May behold Thee and adore, Hear us, Holy JESU. Amen. Litany of the Holy Ghost. 470 mf GOD the FATHER, GOD the SON, GOD the SPIRIT, THREE in ONE, Hear us from Thy heavenly Throne, p Spare us, Holy TRINITY. mf HOLY SPIRIT, heavenly Dove, Dew descending from above, Breath of life, and Fire of love, p Hear us, Holy SPIRIT. Source of strength, of knowledge clear, Wisdom, godliness sincere, Understanding, counsel, fear, Hear us, Holy SPIRIT. Source of meekness, love, and peace, Patience, pureness, faith's increase, Hope and joy that cannot cease, Hear us, Holy SPIRIT. SPIRIT guiding us aright, SPIRIT making darkness light, cr SPIRIT of resistless might, Hear us, Holy SPIRIT. p Thou by Whom the Virgin bore Him Whom heaven and earth adore, Sent our nature to restore, Hear us, Holy SPIRIT. mf Thou Whom JESUS from His Throne, Gave to cheer and help His own, That they might not be alone, Hear us, Holy SPIRIT. COMFORTER, to Whom we owe All that we rejoice to know Of our Saviour's work below. Hear us, Holy SPIRIT. Thou Whose sound Apostles heard, Thou Whose power their spirit stirr'd, Giving them the living Word, Hear us, Holy SPIRIT. Thou, Whose grace the Church doth fill, Showing her GOD's perfect Will, Making JESUS present still, Hear us, Holy SPIRIT. Coming with Thy power to save, Moving on Baptismal wave, Raising us from sin's dark grave, Hear us, Holy SPIRIT. 2 All our evil passions kill, Bend aright our stubborn will, Though we grieve Thee, patient still; Hear us, Holy SPIRIT. mf Come to raise us when we fall, And, when snares our souls enthral, Lead us back with gentle call; Hear us, Holy SPIRIT. Come to strengthen all the weak, Give Thy courage to the meek, Teach our faltering tongues to speak; Hear us, Holy SPIRIT. Come to aid the souls who yearn More of truth Divine to learn, And with deeper love to burn; Hear us, Holy SPIRIT. Keep us in the narrow way, Warn us when we go astray, Plead within us when we pray; Hear us, Holy SPIRIT. er Holy, loving, as Thou art, All Thy sevenfold gifts impart, Never more from us depart; ( 136) Hear us, Holy SPIRIT. Amen. LITANY OF 471 Litany of the Church. mf GoD the FATHER, GOD the SON, GOD the SPIRIT, THREE in ONE, Hear us from Thy heavenly Throne, 2 Spare us, Holy TRINITY. mf JESU, with Thy Church abide, Be her SAVIOUR, LORD, and Guide, While on earth her faith is tried: We beseech Thee, hear us. Arms of love around her throw, Shield her safe from every foe, dim Comfort her in time of woe: We beseech Thee, hear us. mf Keep her life and doctrine pure, Grant her patience to endure, Trusting in Thy promise sure: We beseech Thee, hear us. May her voice be ever clear, Warning of a judgment near, Telling of a Saviour dear: We beseech Thee, hear us. All her fetter'd powers release, Bid our strife and envy cease, Grant the heavenly gift of peace: We beseech Thee, hear us, All that she has lost restore, May her strength and zeal be more Than in brightest days of yore: We beseech Thee, hear us. May she one in doctrine be, One in truth and charity, Winning all to faith in Thee: We beseech Thee, hear us. May she guide the poor and blind, Seek the lost until she find, And the broken- hearted bind; We beseech Thee, hear us. Save her love from growing cold, Make her watchmen strong and bold, Fence her round, Thy peaceful fold: We beseech Thee, hear us. May her Priests Thy people feed, Shepherds of the flock indeed, Ready, where Thou call'st, to lead: We beseech Thee, hear us. 2 Judge her not for work undone, Judge her not for fields unwon, cr Bless her works in Thee begun: We beseech Thee, hear us. p For the past give deeper shame, er Make her jealous for Thy Name, Kindle zeal's most holy flame: We beseech Thee, hear us. f Raise her to her calling high, Let the nations far and nigh Hear Thy heralds' warning cry: We beseech Thee, hear us. THE CHURCH. ATLE May her lamp of truth be bright, Bid her bear aloft its light Through the realms of heathen night; We beseech Thee, hear us. mf May her scatter'd children be From reproach of evil free, Blameless witnesses for Thee; We beseech Thee, hear us. Arm her soldiers with the Cross, Brave to suffer toil or loss, Counting earthly gain but dross: We beseech Thee, hear us. cr May she holy triumphs win, Overthrow the hosts of sin, Gather all the nations in: We beseech Thee, hear us. f May she soon all glorious be, Spotless and from wrinkle free, Pure, and bright, and worthy Thee: We beseech Thee, hear us. Fit her all Thy joy to share In the home Thou dost prepare, And be ever blessèd there: We beseech Thee, hear us. Amen. Litany of the Blessed Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ. 472 mf GOD the FATHER, GOD the SON, GOD the SPIRIT, THREE in ONE, p Spare us, Holy TRINITY. fGoD of GOD, and Light of Light, King of glory, LORD of might, Hear us, Holy JESU. 2 Very Man, Who for our sake Didst true Flesh of Mary take, Hear us, Holy JESU. mf Shepherd, Whom the FATHER gave His lost sheep to find and save, Hear us, Holy JESU. Priest and Victim, Whom of old Type and prophecy foretold, Hear us, Holy JESU. King of Salem, Priest Divine, Bringing forth Thy Bread and Wine, Hear us, Holy JESU. Paschal Lamb, Whose sprinkled Blood Saves the Israel of God, Hear us, Holy JESU. Manna, found at dawn of day, Pilgrim's Food in desert- way, Hear us, Holy JESU. Offering pure, in every place Pledge and means of heavenly grace, Hear us, Holy JESU. ( 137) LITANY OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT. PART 2. P. By the mercy, that of yore Shadow'd forth Thy gifts in store, Save us, Holy JESU. cr By the love, on that last night That ordain'd the better rite, Save us, Holy JESU. 2 By the Death, that could alone For the whole world's sin atone, Save us, Holy JESU. By the Wounds, that ever plead For our help in time of need, Save us, Holy JESU. PART 3. That we may remember still Kedron's brook and Calvary's hill, Grant us, Holy JESU. mf That our thankful hearts may glow As Thy precious Death we show, Grant us, Holy JESU. That, with humble contrite fear, We may joy to feel Thee near, Grant us, Holy JESU. er That in faith we may adore, Praise, and love Thee more and more. Grant us, Holy JESU. p That Thy Sacred Flesh and Blood Be our true life- giving Food, Grant us, Holy JESU. mf That in all our words and ways We may daily show Thy praise, Grant us, Holy JESU. er That, as death's dark vale we tread, Thou mayst be our strengthening Bread, Grant us, Holy JESU. mf That, unworthy though we be, We may ever dwell with Thee, Grant us, Holy JESU. Amen. 473 Litany for Children. mf GoD the FATHER, GOD the SON, GOD the SPIRIT, THREE in ONE, Hear us from Thy heavenly Throne. p Spare us, Holy TRINITY. p JESU, Saviour ever mild, Born for us a little Child Of the Virgin undefiled, Hear us, Holy JESU. JESU, by the Mother- Maid In Thy swaddling clothes array'd, And within a manger laid. Hear us, Holy JESU. JESU, at Whose Infant Feet Shepherds, coming Thee to greet, Knelt to pay their worship meet, Hear us, Holy JESU. mf JESU, unto Whom of yore Wise men, hastening to adore, Gold and myrrh and incense bore, Hear us, Holy JESU. JESU, to Thy Temple brought, Whom, by Thy good SPIRIT taught, Simeon and Anna sought, Hear us, Holy JESU. p JESU, Who didst deign to flee From King Herod's cruelty In Thy earliest Infancy, Hear us, Holy JESU. er JESU, Whom Thy Mother found ' Midst the doctors sitting round, Marvelling at Thy Words profound, Hear us, Holy JESU. PART 2. 2 From all pride and vain conceit From all spite and angry heat, From all lying and deceit, Save us, Holy JESU. From all sloth and idleness, From not caring for distress, From all lust and greediness, Save us, Holy JESU. From refusing to obey, From the love of our own way, From forgetfulness to pray, Save us, Holy JESU. PART 3. mf By Thy Birth and early years, By Thine Infant wants and fears, By Thy sorrows and Thy tears, Save us, Holy JESU. By Thy Pattern bright and pure, By the pains Thou didst endure Our salvation to procure, Save us, Holy JESU. 2 By Thy Wounds and thorn- crown'd By Thy Blood for sinners shed,[ Head mf By Thy Rising from the dead, Save us, Holy JESU. By the Name we bow before, Human Name, which evermore All the hosts of Heav'n adore, Save us, Holy JESU. By Thine own unconquer'd might, By Thy glory in the height, By Thy mercies infinite, Save us, Holy JESU. Amen ( 138) SUPPLEMENTAL HYMNS. Morning. " I laid me down and slept, and rose up 474 again for the Lord sustained me." mfAWAKED from sleep we fall Before Thee, GoD of love, And chant the praise the Angels raise, O GOD of might, above; Holy, Holy, Holy! Thou art GOD adored! p In Thy pitying mercy show us mercy, LORD. mfThou wakedst me from sleep; Shine on this mind and heart, And touch my tongue, that I among Thy choir may take my part; Holy, Holy, Holy! TRINITY adored! p In Thy pitying mercy show me mercy, LORD. mf The Judge will come with speed, And each man's deeds be known; dim Our trembling cry shall rise on high At midnight to Thy Throne; Holy, Holy, Holy! King of Saints adored! p In the hour of judgment show us mercy, LORD. Amen. Mid- day- for a City Church. 475 " A House of rest." mf BEHOLD US, LORD, a little space From daily tasks set free, And met within Thy holy place To rest awhile with Thee. Around us rolls the ceaseless tide Of business, toil, and care; p And scarcely can we turn aside For one brief hour of prayer. Yet these are not the only walls Wherein Thou may'st be sought; cr On homeliest work Thy blessing falls, In truth and patience wrought. Thine is the loom, the forge, the mart, The wealth of land and sea: The worlds of science and of art, Reveal'd and ruled by Thee. mf Then let us prove our heavenly In all we do and know;[ birth And claim the kingdom of the earth For Thee, and not Thy foe. Work shall be prayer, if all be wrought As Thou wouldst have it done; And prayer, by Thee inspired and taught, Itself with work be one. Amen. Evening. " The Lord shall be thine everlasting 476 light." mf BEHOLD the sun, that seem'd but Enthronèd overhead, [ now Beginneth to decline below The globe whereon we tread: And he, whom yet we look upon With comfort and delight, dim Will quite depart from hence p And leave us to the night. [ anon, Thus time, unheeded, steals away The life which nature gave; Thus are our bodies every day Declining to the grave; Thus from us all our pleasures fly Whereon we set our heart;[ nigh, And when the night of death draws Thus will they all depart. cr LORD! though the sun forsake our And mortal hopes are vain;[ sight, mf Let still Thine everlasting light Within our souls remain: And in the nights of cur distress Vouchsafe those rays Divine,[ ness er Which from the Sun of Righteous. For ever brightly shine. Amen. " The Lord's Name is praised from the rising up of the sun unto the going 477 down of the same." mf THE day Thou gavest, LORD, is ended, The darkness falls at Thy behest; To Thee our morning hymns ascended, cr Thy praise shall sanctify our rest. mf We thank Thee that Thy Church unsleeping, While earth rolls onward into light, Through all the world her watch is keeping, And rests not now by day or night. ( 139) EVENING. As o'er each continent and island The dawn leads on another day, The voice of prayer is never silent, Nor dies the strain of praise away. The sun that bids us rest is waking Our brethren' neath the western sky, And hour by hour fresh lips are making Thy wondrous doings heard on high. er So be it, LORD; Thy Throne shall never, Like earth's proud empires, pass away; Thy Kingdom stands, and grows for ever, Till all Thy creatures own Thy sway. Amen. . Hosanna to th' anointed King, To David's Holy SON! [ and bring dim Make haste to help us, LORD, cr Salvation from Thy Throne. Bless'd be the LORD, Who comes to men With messages of grace: Who comes, in GOD His Father's Name, dim To save our sinful race. fHosanna in the highest strains The Church on earth can raise; The highest Heavens in which He reigns Shall give Him nobler praise. Amen. 479" There shall be no night there." EVENING. mf GREAT GOD, Who, hid from mortal sight, Dost dwell in unapproachèd light, Before Whose Throne with veiled brow, Friday. Sunday. " A good day." 480" The marks of the Lord Jesus." PO JESU, crucified for man, 478 0 Lamb, all glorious on Thy Throne. mfTHIS is the day the LORD hath er Teach Thou our wond'ring souls to made, scan He calls the hours His own; Let Heav'n rejoice, let earth be glad, And praise surround the Throne. To- day He rose and left the dead, And Satan's empire fell; To- day the saints His triumphs spread, And all His wonders tell. Thy sinless Angels trembling bow. dim Awhile in darkness here below We lie oppress'd with sin and woe; er But soon the everlasting day Shall chase the night of gloom away;p Too long, alas! it still delays, It lingers yet, that day of days; The flesh, with all its load of sin, Must perish, ere its joy we win. The day prepared for us by Thee; The day reserved for us to see A day but faintly imaged here By brightest sun at noontide clear. cr Then from these earthy bonds set free The soul shall fly, O GOD, to Thee; To see Thee, love Thee, and adore, Her blissful task for evermore. mf All bounteous TRINITY! prepare Our souls Thy hidden joy to share, That our brief daytime, used aright, May issue in eternal light. Amen. The mystery of Thy love unknown. We pray Thee, grant us strength to take Our daily cross, whate'er it be, mf And gladly, for Thine own dear sake, p In paths of pain to follow Thee. mp As on our daily way we go, Through light or shade, in calm or strife, Oh! may we bear Thy marks below In conquer'd sin and chasten'd life. And week by week this day we ask That holy memories of Thy Cross May sanctify each common task, And turn to gain each earthly loss. Grant us, dear LORD, our cross to bear Till at Thy Feet we lay it down, er Win through Thy Blood our pardon there, And through the Cross attain the crown. Amen. Saturday. " There remaineth a rest to the people of God." 481 EVENING, mf Now the busy week is done, Now the rest- time is begun Thou hast brought us on our way, Kept and led us day by day; er Now there comes the first and best, Day of worship, light and rest. 2 Hallow, LORD, the coming day!, When we meet to praise and pray, er Hear Thy Word, Thy Feast attend, Hours of happy service spend; To our hearts be manifest, LORD of labour and of rest! ( 140) SATURDAY. For Thy children gone before We can trust Thee and adore; p All their earthly week iş past, Sabbath- time is theirs at last; Fold them, FATHER, to Thy breast, dim Give them everlasting rest. mfGuide us all the days to come, Till Thy mercy call us home: All our powers do Thou employ, Be Thy work our chiefest joy; Then, the promised land possest, p Bid us enter into rest. Amen. Christmas. 482" We are come to worship Him." mf ANGELS, from the realms of glory, Wing your flight o'er all the earth; Ye who sang creation's story, Now proclaim Messiah's birth: er Come and worship, Worship CHRIST, the new- born King mf Shepherds, in the field abiding, Watching o'er your flocks by night, GOD with man is now residing, Yonder shines the Infant Light; er Come and worship, Worship CHRIST, the new- born King. mf Sages, leave your contemplations, Brighter visions beam afar; Seek the great Desire of nations, Ye have seen His natal star; Come and worship, Worship CHRIST, the new born King. mf All creation, join in praising C1° GOD the FATHER, SPIRIT, SONEvermore your voices raising To th' Eternal THREE in ONE; cr Come and worship, fWorship CHRIST, the new- born King. Amen. " Who being in the form of God.... made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness 483 of men." 1 fFROM east to west, from shore to shore, Let every heart awake and sing dim The HOLY CHILD Whom Mary bore. fThe CHRIST, the everlasting King. mf Behold! the world's Creator wears The form and fashion of a slave; Our very flesh our Maker shares, His fallen creature, man, to save. For this how wondrously He wrought! dim A maiden, in her lowly place, Became, in ways beyond all thought, The chosen vessel of His grace. She bow'd her to the Angel's word Declaring what the FATHER will'd, And suddenly the promised LORD That pure and hallow'd temple fill'd. 2 He shrank not from the oxen's stall, He lay within the manger bed, And He Whose bounty feedeth all At Mary's breast Himself was fed. cr And while the Angels in the sky Sang praise above the silent field, mf To shepherds poor the LORD Most High, The one great Shepherd, was reveal'd. fAll glory for this blessèd morn To GOD the FATHER ever be; All praise to Thee, O Virgin- born, All praise, O HOLY GHOST, to Thee. Amen. 484" Jesus Christ is come in the flesh." CHRISTIANS, sing out with exultation, And praise your Benefactor's Name! To- day the Author of Salvation, The Father's well beloved came. my Of undefilèd Virgin Mother An Infant, all Divine, was born, er And GOD Himself became your Brother Upon this happy Christmas morn. mf In Him eternal might and power To human weakness hath inclined; And this poor Child brings richest. dower Of gifts and graces to mankind. dim While here His Majesty disguising, A servant's form the Master wears, cr Behold the beams of glory rising E'en from His poverty and tears. pA stable serves Him for a dwelling, And for a bed a manger mean; cr Yet o'er His Head, His Advent telling, A new and wondrous star is seen. Angels rehearse to men the story, The joyful story of His birth; To Him they raise the anthem-() " Glory [ earth! To GOD on high, and peace on For through this holy Incarnation The primal curse is done away; dim And blessed peace o'er all creation. Hath shed its pure and gentle ray. er Then, in that heavenly concert joining, O Christian men, with one accord, fYour voices tunefully combining, Salute the Birthday of your LORD! Amen. ( 141) NEW YEAR'S DAY. New Year's Day. " They will go from strength to 485 strength." fFROM glory unto glory! Be this our joyous song. As on the King's own highway, we bravely march along! From glory unto glory! O word of mf As dawns the solemn brightness of another glad New Year. f From glory unto glory! What great things He hath done, What wonders He hath shown us, what triumphs He hath won! From glory unto glory! What mighty blessings crown The lives for which our LORD hath laid His own so freely down! The fulness of His blessing encompasseth our way; The fulness of His promises crowns every bright'ning day; The fulness of His glory is beaming from above, While more and more we learn to know the fulness of His love. And closer yes and closer the golden boids shall be, Uniting all who love our LORD in pure sincerity: And wider yet and wider shall the circling glory glow, As more and more are taught of GOD that mighty Love to know. mf 0 let our adoration for all that He hath done, Peal out beyond the stars of GOD, while voice and life are one; dim And let our consecration be real, deep, and true; Oh, even now our hearts shall bow, and joyful vows renew. fNow onward, ever onward, from strength to strength we go, While grace for grace abundantly shall from His fulness flow, To glory's full fruition, from glory's foretaste here, Until His very presence crown our happiest New Year. Amen. Epiphany. " The kindness and love of God our 486 Saviour toward man appeared." mfTHE FATHER'S sole- begotten SON dim Was born, the Virgin's Child, on earth; His Cross for us adoption won, mf The life and grace of second birth. Forth from the height of Heav'n He came, dim In form of man with man abode; mf Redeem'd His world from death and shame, The joys of endless life bestow'd. p Redeemer, come with power benign, Dwell in the souls that look for Thee; O let Thy light within us shine That we may Thy salvation see. Abide with us, O LORD, we pray, Dispel the gloom of doubt and woe; Wash every stain of guilt away, Thy tender healing grace bestow. mf LORD, Thou hast come, and well That Thou wilt likewise come again; Thy Kingdom shield from every foe, Thy honour and Thy rule maintain. fEternal glory, LORD, to Thee, Whom, now reveal'd, our hearts adore; To GoD the FATHER glory be, And HOLY SPIRIT evermore. Amen. 487" He was baptized." mfTHE Son of Man from Jordan rose, And pray'd to GoD above; When fo, the op'ning Heav'ns disclose A swift- descending Dove. The SPIRIT, lighting on His Brow, Anoints the Holy One:The FATHER's voice declaring-" Thou Art My Beloved SON." So when, through His Baptizing bless'd The Font new birth conveys, Man kneels a son of GoD confess'd, Heav'n opens as he prays. p Fair innocency, like the dove's. Invests him, purged from sin: For GoD the brooding SPIRIT moves, Directs and rules within. mfO CHRIST, Whose mercy cleansed our stain With streams of grace Divine; Let us not soil the robes again Made white in Blood of Thine. Redeemer of a world undone, We praise Thee and adore;JESU, with GOD the FATHER ONE, And SPIRIT evermore. Amen. This Hymn is suitable for an Adult Baptism. " The Lord shall suddenly come to His 488 temple.' mfWITHIN the FATHER's house The SON hath found His home; er And to His temple suddenly, The LORD of life hath come. ( 142) EPIPHANY. mf The doctors of the law Gaze on the wondrous Child, And marvel at His gracious words Of wisdom undefiled. 2 Yet not to them is giv'n The mighty truth to know, To lift the fleshly veil which hides Incarnate GoD below. The secret of the LORD Escapes each human eye, cr And faithful pond'ring hearts await The full Epiphany. p LORD, visit Thou our souls, And teach us by Thy grace Each dim revealing of Thyself With loving awe to trace; cr Till from our darken'd sight The cloud shall pass away, And on the cleansèd soul shall burst mf The everlasting day; Till we behold Thy Face, And know, as we are known, fThee, FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST, Co- equal THREE in ONE. Amen. Septuagesima. " God Who created all things by Jesus 489 Christ." mf 0 GOD, the joy of Heav'n above, Thou didst not need Thy creatures love, When from Thy secret place of rest Thy Word the earth's foundations blest. Thou spakest- worlds began to be; They bow before Thy Majesty:. And all to their Creator raise A wondrous harmony of praise. But ere, O LORD, this lovely earth From Thy creative will had birth, Thou in Thy counsels didst unfold Another world of fairer mould. cr That realm shall our Redeemer frame, And build upon His mighty Name; His Hand the word of power shall sow, That all the earth His truth may know. When time itself has pass'd away, His Church, secure in Heaven for aye, Shall share His Table and His Throne, And GoD the FATHER reign alone. fO FATHER, SON, and SPIRIT BLEST, One GOD in Heav'n and earth confest, Preserve, direct, and fill with love. Thy realm on earth, Thy realm above. Amen. The following Hymn is suitable for this season: 533 Oh how fair that morning broke. Lent. " Hear my crying, O God: give ear unto 490 my prayer." mf SWEET SAVIOUR! in Thy pitying grace Thy sweetness to our souls impart; Thou only Lover of our race Give healing to the wounded heart; p Oh! hear Thy contrite servants' cry, pp And save us, JESU! lest we die. p Long- suffering JESU! hear our prayer Who weep before Thee in our shame; We have no hope but Thee; O spare, LORD, spare us from th' undying flame; Oh! hear Thy contrite servants' cry, pp And save us, JESU! lest we die. p All we have broken Thy command: LORD, help us for Thy mercies' sake; Deliver us from Satan's hand, And safely to Thy Kingdom take; Oh! hear Thy contrite servants' cry, pp And save us, JESU! lest we die. p We flee for refuge to Thy love, er Salvation of the helpless soul; Pour down Thy radiance from above, And make these sin- worn spirits whole; p Good LORD, in mercy hear our cry, pp And save us, JESU! lest we die. Amen. " Is there no balm in Gilead; is there 491 no physician there?" p FAIN would I, LORD of grace, With penitential tears The record of my sins efface, That in Thy book appears:( 143 Fain would I journey hence, In garb of stainless white, cr And made by mine own penitence Well pleasing in Thy sight. p Fond idle dream! the foe But lures and fools my soul; Not all my tears can peace bestow;Thou only makest whole. ) Hath ever sailor tost, Or sufferer rack'd in pain, LENT. cr Within Thine anchorage been lost, Or found Thy Gilead vain? P mf Maker and Hope of all! Wounded and sick am I: Great Healer, save me, lest I fall And perish utterly. cr Can boundless love reject? Shall mercy say me nay, Who cry with all Thine own elect Before Thee, night and day? mf Thine be glory, CHRIST Most High, dim Have compassion,( p) or we die. Amen. 492" Redeeming the time." mf Lo! now the time accepted peals Its tidings of release; A time that with salvation heals, And to repentant tears reveals p The mercy- seat of peace. Then let us wisely now restrain Our food, our drink, our sleep; From idle word and jest refrain, And steadfastly begin again A stricter watch to keep. er Now heaven- taught love will haste And seek the cheerless bed,[ to rise Where cold and wan the sufferer lies, And CHRIST Himself to heedful eyes Is hungering for bread. " Tis now that zealous charity Her goods more largely spends, Lays up her treasure in the sky, And freely yields, ere death draw nigh, To GoD the wealth He lends. p Then consecrate us, LORD, anew, And fire our hearts with love; That all we think, and all we do, Within, without, be pure and true, Rekindled from above. mf Now fuller praise and glory be To Thee, the First and Last; And make us, Blessèd TRINITY, More faithful soldiers, worthier Thee, Through this our chastening fast. Amen. " Resist the devil, and he will flee from you; draw nigh to God, and He 493 will draw nigh to you." FOR A LATE EVENING SERVICE. mf FATHER, Most High, be with us, Unseen, Thy goodness showing, And CHRIST the WORD Incarnate, And SPIRIT grace bestowing. cro Trinity, O Oneness Of light and power exceeding; O GOD of GOD Eternal, O GOD, from Both proceeding! mf While daylight hours are passing, We live and work before Thee; dim Now, ere we rest in slumber, We gather to adore Thee. Our Christian name and calling Of our new birth remind us; The SPIRIT's gifts and sealing To firm obedience bind us. mf Begone, ye powers of evil With snares and wiles unholy! Disturb not with your temptings The spirits of the lowly. Depart! for CHRIST is present, Beside us, yea, within us; Away! His sign, ye know it, The victory shall win us. p Awhile the body resteth; The spirit, wakeful ever, cr Abideth in communion With CHRIST, Who sleepeth never. fTo GoD, th' Eternal FATHER, To CHRIST, our sure salvation, To GoD, the HOLY SPIRIT, Be endless adoration. Amen. The following Hymns are suitable for this season: 528 Not for our sins alone. 638 O Gop, know that Thou art just. Hymns on the Passion. " Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise 494 with the same mind." mf MY LORD, my Master, at Thy Feet adoring, [ of woe; I see Thee bow'd beneath Thy load For me, a sinner, is Thy Life- Blood pouring; dim For Thee, my SAVIOUR, scarce my tears will flow. mfThine own disciple to the Jews has sold Thee With friendship's kiss and loyal word he came; How oft of faithful love my lips have told Thee,[ hood and my shame! dim While Thou hast seen my falsemf With taunts and scoffs they mock what seems Thy weakness, With blows and outrage adding pain to pain; Thou art unmoved and steadfast in Thy meekness;[ I complain! dim When I am wrong'd how quickly p My LORD, my SAVIOUR, when I see Thee wearing. [ of thorn Upon Thy bleeding brow the crown cr Shall I for pleasure live, or shrink from bearing [ scorn? Whate'er my lot may be of pain or ( 144) HYMNS ON THE PASSION. mf0 Victim of Thy love! O pangs most healing! I adore! dim O saving Death! O wounds that mf0 shame most glorious! CHRIST, before Thee kneeling, PI pray Thee keep me Thine for evermore. Amen. Weep not for Me, but weep for your. 495 selves." PWEEP not for Him Who onward His Cross to Calvary; [ bears He does not ask man's pitying tears, Who wills for man to die. The awful sorrow of His Face, The bowing of His Frame, Come not from torture or disgrace; He fears not Cross or shame. There is a deeper pang of grief, An agony unknown. In which His Love finds no relief; He bears it all alone. He thinks of all for whom His Life Of lowliness and pain, And weariness and care and strife, Will be alas! in vain. He sees the souls for whom He dies Yet clinging to their sin, And heirs of mansions in the skies Who will not enter in. cr Ah! this, my SAVIOUR, was the shame That bow'd Thy Head so low! These were the wounds that rack'd Thy Frame, And made Thy Tears to flow. pOh! may I in Thy sorrow share, And mourn that sins of mine Should ever wound with grief or care That loving Heart of Thine. Amen. " A very scorn of men, and the outcast 496 of the people." mf 0 SCORN'D and outcast LORD, beneath Thy burden meekly bending, Thou, our true Isaac, to Thy death Art wearily ascending. dim And soon, with nail- pierced Feetand Hands Upon the Cross they raise Thee: The Cross, which there uplifted stands, To all the earth displays Thee. mf Oh! wondrous love of GoD on high, The sinful thus to cherish! He gave His guiltless SoN to die, dim Lest guilty man should perish p Our sin's pollution to remove His Blood was freely given; cr So mighty was the SAVIOUR's love, So just the wrath of Heaven. Yes!' tis the Cross that breaks the rod And chain of condemnation,[ GoD cr And makes a league' twixt man and For our entire salvation. f Opraise the FATHER, praise the SON. The Lamb for sinners given, Jalone And HOLY GHOST, through Whom Our hearts are raised to Heaven. Amen. Caster. 437 " Let us keep the Feast." mf" WELCOME, happy morning!" age to age shall say Hell to- day is vanquish'd! Heav'n is won to- day! [ evermore! Lo! the Dead is living, Gop for Him, their true Creator, all His works adore:[ to age shall say. " Welcome, happy morning!" age Earth with joy confesses, clothing her for Spring, [ ing King; All good gifts return with her returnBloom in every meadow, leavés onevery bough, [ triumph now: Speak His sorrows ended, hail His Hell to- day is vanquish'd! Heav'n is won to- day! mf Months in due succession, days of length'ning light, Hours and passing moments praise Thee in their flight; Brightness of the morning, sky and fields and sea,[ praise to Thee: Vanquisher of darkness, bring their " Welcome, happy morning!" age to age shall say. Maker and Redeemer, Life and Health of all, [ abasing fall, Thou from Heav'n beholding man's Of th' Eternal FATHER true and only SON, [ put on: Manhood to deliver, manhood didst Hell to- day is vanquish'd! Heav'n is won to- day! Thou, of life the Author,( dim) death didst undergo, Tread the path of darkness,( cr) saving strength to show; mf Come then, True and Faithful, now fulfil Thy word; ' Tis Thine own Third Morning! rise, O buried LORD![ to age shall say. f" Welcome, happy morning!" age ( 145) Loose the souls long prison'd, bound with Satan's chain; [ again; All that now is fallen raise to life Show Thy Face in brightness, bid the nations see! [ with Thee; Bring again our daylight: day returns Hell to- day is vanquish'd! Heav'n is won to- day! Amen. EASTER. " Sing ye to the Lord, for He hath 498 triumphed gloriously." THE foe behind, the deep before, Our hosts have dared and past the sea: And Pharaoh's warriors strew the shore, And Israel's ransom'd tribes are free. Lift up, lift up your voices now! The whole wide world rejoices now; The LORD hath triumph'd gloriously! The LORD shall reign victoriously! mf Happy morrow, Turning sorrow Into peace and mirth! Bondage ending, Love descending O'er the earth. f Seals assuring, Guards securing, Watch His earthly prison: Seals are shatter'd, Guards are scatter'd;CHRIST is risen! longer must the mourners ff mf No weep, Nor call departed Christians dead; -dim For death is hallow'd into sleep, And every grave becomes a bed. er Now once more Eden's door Open stands to mortal eyes;[ rise. For CHRIST hath risen, and man shall Now at last, Old things past. Hope, and joy, and peace begin: For CHRIST hath won, and man shall win. dim It is not exile, rest on high: It is not sadness, peace from strife; To fall asleep is not to die; To dwell with CHRIST is better life. Where our banner leads us We may safely go; Where our Chief precedes us, We may face the foe. His right arm is o'er us, He our Guide will be: CHRIST hath gone before us, Christians, follow ye! Amen. " When I awake up after Thy likeness, 499 I shall be satisfied with it." fOn the Resurrection morning Soul and body meet again; No more sorrow, no more weeping, no more pain! parted, p Here awhile they must And the flesh its Sabbath keep, Waiting in a holy stillness, wrapt in sleep. For a while the tired body Lies with feet toward the morn: er Till the last and brightest Easter day be born. But the soul in contemplation Utters earnest prayer and strong, mf Bursting at the Resurrection into song. cr Soul and body reunited Thenceforth nothing shall divide, Waking up in CHRIST's own likeness, satisfied. fOh! the beauty, Oh! the gladness Of that Resurrection day, Which shall not through endless ages pass away! mfOn that happy Easter morning All the graves their dead restore; Father, sister, child, and mother, meet once more. To that brightest of all meetings dim Bring us, JESU CHRIST, at last: By Thy Cross, through death( cr) and judgment, holding fast. Amen. " My Beloved spoke and said unto me, Rise up, My love, My fair one, and For the winter is come away. past; the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear upon the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is 500 heard in our land." mf0 VOICE of the Beloved! Thy Bride hath heard Thee say ," Rise up, My love, My fair one, Arise and come away. For lo,' tis past, the winter, The winter of thy year; The rain is past and over, The flowers on earth appear. " And now the time of singing Is come for every bird; And over all the country The turtle dove is heard: The fig her green fruit ripens, The vines are in their bloom: Arise and smell their fragrance, My love. My fair one, come!" ( 146) EASTER. p Yea, LORD! Thy Passion over, We know this life of ours er Hath pass'd from death and winter To leaves and budding flowers: No more Thy rain of weeping In drear Gethsemane; No more the clouds and darkness, p That veil'd Thy bitter Tree. mf Our Easter Sun is risen! dim And yet we slumber long, And need Thy Dove's sweet pleading To waken prayer and song. p Oh breathe upon our deadness, Oh shine upon our gloom; cr LORD, let us feel Thy Presence, f And rise and live and bloom. Amen. " Thanks be to God, Who giveth us the 501 victory." mf FAR be sorrow, tears, and sighing! Waves are calming, storms are dying; Moses hath o'erpass'd the sea, Israel's captive hosts are free; Life by death slew death and saved us, In His Blood the Lamb hath laved us, Clothing us with victory. JESUS CHRIST from death hath risen, Lo! His Godhead bursts the prison," While His Manhood passes free, } Vanquishing our misery. mf Rise we free from condemnation; dim Through our Gon's humiliation, f Ours is now the victory. mf Vain the foe's despair and madness! See the dayspring of our gladness! Slaves no more of Satan we; Children, by the SON set free; fRise, for Life with death hath striven, All the snares of hell are riven, Rise and claim the victory. Amen. " Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in His apparel, travelling in the greatness of His 502 strength?" mf To Thee and to Thy CHRIST, O GOD, We sing- we ever sing; For He the lonely winepress trod, Our cup of joy to bring.[ tain'd, cr His glorious Arm the strife mainHe march'd in might from far; His robes were with the vintage stain'd, Red with the wine of war. To Thee and to Thy CHRIST, O GOD, We sing- we ever sing; dim For He invaded Death's abode, er And robbed him of his sting. The house of dust enthrals no more, For He, the Strong to save, Himself doth guard that silent door, Great Keeper of the grave. miTo Thee and to Thy CHRIST, O We sing we ever sing;[ GOD, For He hath crush'd beneath His rod The world's proud rebel king. He plunged in His imperial strength To gulfs of darkness down; He brought His trophy up at length, The foil'd usurper's crown. To Thee and to Thy CHRIST, O GOD, We sing- we ever sing:[ Blood dim For He redeem'd us with His From every evil thing.[ upbore, mf Thy saving strength His Arm The Arm that set us free; f Glory, O GOD, for evermore Be to Thy CHRIST and Thee. Amen. 503" Being seen of them forty days." mf FORTY days Thy seer of old Communed with Thee, O Most High; Fain Thy goings to behold And Thy glory passing by. p In the rocky cleft he bow'd; Thou, as mortal gaze might bear, Part reveal'd and part in cloud, cr Didst Thy secret Name declare. mf Forty days of Easter- tide[ own; Thou didst commune with Thine Now by glimpses, LORD, descried, Handled now and proved and known;p Known, Most Merciful, yet veil'd; Else before the awful sight Surely heart and flesh had fail'd, Smitten with exceeding light. mf Risen Master, fain would we, Sharing those unearthly days, Morn and eve, on shore and sea, Watch Thy movements, mark Thy ways;Catch by faith each glad surprise Of Thy footstep drawing nigh, Hear Thy sudden greeting risedim" Peace be to you! It is I;"mf Secrets of Thy Kingdom learn, Read the vision open spread, Feel Thy Word within us burn, Know Thee in the broken Bread. So Thy glory's skirts beside Gently led from grace to grace, We Thy coming may abide, dim And adore Thee face to face. ( 147) Amen. EASTER. 504" Risen with Him." THE LORD is risen indeed; Now is His work perform'd; Now is the mighty Captive freed, And death's strong castle storm'd. The LORD is risen indeed; Then Hell has lost his prey; With Him is risen the ransom'd seed To reign in endless day. The LORD is risen indeed; He lives, to die no more; He lives, the sinner's cause to plead, dim Whose curse and shame He bore. The LORD is risen indeed; Attending Angels, hear! Up to the Courts of Heav'n with speed The joyful tidings bear. Then take your golden lyres, And strike each cheerful chord; Join, all ye bright celestial choirs, To sing our risen LORD. Amen. Rogation Days. " The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness. 505 thereof." mf0 THRONED, O crown'd with all renown, Since Thou the earth hast trod, Thou reignest, and by Thee come down Henceforth the gifts of GOD. [ By Thee the suns of space, that burn Unspent, their watches hold; The hosts that turn, and still return, Are'sway'd, and poised, and roll'd. The powers of earth, for all her ills. An endless treasure yield;[ hills, The precious things of the ancient Forest, and fruitful field.J Thine is the health, and Thine the That in our halls abound;[ wealth And Thine the beauty and the joy With which the years are crown'd. dim[ And as, when ebbed the flood, our sires Kneel'd on the mountain sod, While o'er the new world's altar fires Shone out the bow of GoD; And sweetly fell the peaceful spellWord that shall aye avail" Summer and winter shall not cease, Seed time nor harvest fail;"] er Thus in their change let frost and And winds and dews be given;[ heat All fostering power, all influence sweet, Breathe from the bounteous heaven. The parts within[ brackets may be omitted, if the Hymn be thought too long. Attemper fair with gentle air The sunshine and the rain, That kindly earth with timely birth May yield her fruits again; mf That we may feed Thy poor aright, And, gath'ring round Thy Throne, Here in the holy Angels' sight Repay Thee of Thine own. For so our sires in olden time Spared neither gold nor gear, Nor precious wood, nor hewen stone, Thy sacred shrines to rear. cr For there to give the second birth In mysteries and signs, The Face of CHRIST o'er all the earth On kneeling myriads shines. mf And if so fair beyond compare Thine earthly houses be. [ Face cr In how great grace shall we Thy In Thine own Palace see? Amen. Ascension. " Knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy Master from thy head 506 to- day? mf KNow ye the LORD hath borne away Your Master from your head to- day? Yea, we know it; yet we raise Joyous strains of hope and praise! He is gone, but not before All His earthly work is o'er. Alleluia! Know ye the LORD hath borne away Your Master from your head to- day? Yea, we know it stand afar; Mark His bright triumphal car, Mighty end of mighty deeds, Clouds His chariot, winds His steeds! Alleluia! Know ye the LORD hath borne away Your Master from your head to- day? Yea, we know it; ere He left, Jordan's stream in twain was cleft: With that glorious act in view, We shall one day cleave it too! Alleluia! Know ye the LORD hath borne away Your Master from your head to- day? Yea, we know it; wondrous love Bids Him seek His Home above: dim He hath said' tis better so; See His mantle dropt below! Alleluia! mf Know ye the LORD hath borne away Your Master from your head to- day? ( 148) ASCENSION. Yea, we know it; lo! we trace Plenteous portions of His grace, Sent to all whose hearts can soar Whither He has gone before. Alleluia! Know ye the LORD hath borne away Your Master from your head to- day? Yea, we know it; search would fail, er If ye pass'd through mount and vale: [ wide: Earth contains Him not, though Seek Him at His FATHER's side! Alleluia! Amen. Whitsuntide. " The Spirit of the Lord filleth the world." 507 mf BOUNTEOUS SPIRIT, ever shedding Life the world to fill! [ ing, Swarms the fruitful globe o'erspreadShoals their ocean pathway threading, cr Own Thy quick'ning thrill: Author of each creature's birth, Life of life beneath the earth, Everywhere, O SPIRIT Blest, Thou art motion,( p) Thou art rest. mf* Come, Creator! grace bestowAll Thy sevenfold dower![ ing ,Come, Thy peace and bounty strowing, Earth's Renewer! Thine the sowing, Thine the gladd'ning shower. Comforter! what joy Thou art To the blest and faithful heart; But to man's primeval foe Uttermost despair and woe. O'er the waters of creation Moved Thy Wings Divine: When the world, to animation Waking' neath Thy visitation, Teem'd with powers benign: Thou didst man to being call, Didst restore him from his fall; Pouring, like the latter rain, Grace to quicken him again." er Thine the Gospel voices, crying As with trumpet sound; Till the world, in darkness lying. Rose from deathly sleep, descrying Heavenly light around. Man, to reach that prize reveal'd, Arm'd with Thee as with a shield, Nerved and girt his fight to win, Quells the prince of death and sin. mf* Lowliest homage now before Thee Let the ransom'd pay: For Thy wondrous gifts adore Thee, By Thy holiness implore Thee, While in love they pray: * These verses may be omitted, if the Hymn be thought too long. dim Holy! Holy! we repeat, Kneeling at Thy mercy- seat; There unbosom every woe, Groanings Thou alone canst know. mf Fount of grace for every nation, Refuge of the soul! Strengthen Thou each new creation, With the waters of salvation Make the guilty whole: Rule on earth the powers that be; Give us priests inspired of Thee; Through Thy Holy Church increase Purest unity and peace. * Purge and sanctify us wholly From the leaven of ill; Save from Satan's grasp unholy; To a living faith and lowly Mould the upright will; Till the olden zeal return, And with mutual love we burn; Till in peace, no more to roam, All the flock be gather'd home. Amen. " The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost." 508 mf COME, HOLY GHOST, Eternal GOD. Proceeding from above, Both from the FATHER and the SON, The GOD of peace and love; Visit our minds, into our hearts Thy heavenly grace inspire; That truth and godliness we may Pursue with full desire. Thou in Thy gifts art manifold; By them CHRIST's Church doth stand; [ law, In faithful hearts Thou writ'st Thy The Finger of God's hand. According to Thy promise, LORD, Thou givest speech with grace, cr That through Thy help GOD's praises may Resound in every place. dim 0 HOLY GHOST, into our minds Send down Thy Heavenly Light: er Kindle our hearts with fervent zeal To serve GOD day and night. Our weakness strengthen and confirm, For, LORD, Thou know'st us frail; That neither devil, world, nor flesh, dim Against us may prevail. mf Put back our enemy from us, And help us to obtain Peace in our hearts with Gop and man.The best, the truest gain; ( 149) WHITSUNTIDE. Of strife and of dissension Dissolve, O LORD, the bands, And knit the knots of peace and love Throughout all Christian lands. Grant us the grace that we may know The FATHER of all might, That we of His belovèd SON May gain the blissful sight; And that we may with perfect faith Ever acknowledge Thee, The Spirit of FATHER, and of SON, One GOD in Persons Three. To GoD the FATHER laud and praise, And to His Blessed SON, And to the HOLY SPIRIT of grace, Co- equal THREE in ONE. Amen. Trinity Sunday. " I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning 509 and the end, the first and the last." mf BE near us, Holy TRINITY, One Light, one only Deity! er All things are Thine, on Thee depend, f Who art Beginning without end. The myriad armies of the sky Praise, bless, adore Thy Majesty: Earth's triple frame- land, air, and seaUpraise their canticle to Thee. dim We too, Thy suppliant servants Before Thy feet adoring fall:[ all, To Thee our vows and prayers we bring, [ sing. With hymns that Saints and Angels er One we believe Thee, Light Divine, And worship in a glorious Trine: mf0 First and Last, we humbly cry, And all things having breath reply. f Praise to the FATHER, made of none, Praise to His sole- begotten SON, Praise to the HOLY SPIRIT be ,Mysterious Godhead, ONE in THREE! Amen. From Thee, through an eternal Now, Springs Thy co- equal SON; An everlasting FATHER Thou, Ere time began to run. General Hymns. 510" Lo, these are parts of His ways." mf HAIL, FATHER, Whose creating call Unnumber'd worlds attend; Who art in all and over all, Thyself both Source and End: In light unsearchable enthroned, Whom Angels dimly see, The Fountain of the GODHEAD Own'd, First- named among the THREE. p Not quite display'd to worlds above, Nor quite on earth conceal'd, cr By wondrous, unexhausted love To mortal man reveal'd When Nature's outworn robe shall be Exchanged for new attire: And earth, which rose at Thy decree, Dissolve before Thy fire; Thy Name, O GOD, be still adored Through ages without end,[ WORD Whom none but Thine essential And SPIRIT comprehend. Amen. This glorious and fearful Name, the Lord thy God." 511 f GLORIOUS is Thy Name, O LORD! Heav'n and earth with one accord Tell Thy greatness, part reveal'd, But the larger part conceal'd. dim How shall we poor sinners dare Seek Thy face in praise and prayer? f Fearful is Thy Name, O LORD! Dread Thy voice, and sharp Thy sword; Thunders roll around Thy path: None can stand before Thy wrath! dim How shall trembling sinners dare Lift their voice in praise and prayer? mf Yet with all Thy wondrous might Far beyond our mortal sight, Perfect wisdom, boundless powers, er Thou, O glorious GoD! art ours. dim So, though fill'd with awe, we dare ( prayer. Name Thy Name in praise and 2 Since, to save a world undone, Thou didst give Thine only SON, cr All Thy greatness, LORD Most High, Brings Thee to our hearts more nigh. Thus in faith and hope we dare f Claim Thy love in praise and prayer. Amen. " Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the Lord 512 be my God.". mf 0 GoD of Jacob, by Whose hand Thy people still are fed, Who through this weary pilgrimage Hast all our fathers led; ( 150) GENERAL Our vows, our prayers, we now present Before Thy Throne of grace: GOD of our fathers, be the GOD Of their succeeding race. Through each perplexing path of life Our wandering footsteps guide; Give us each day our daily bread, And raiment fit provide. cr 0 spread Thy covering wings around, Till all our wanderings cease, And at our FATHER'S loved abode Our souls arrive in peace. Amen. " Strive for the truth to the death, and the Lord shall fight for thee.- Thou requirest truth in the inward 513 parts." mf 0 GoD of Truth, Whose living word. Upholds whate'er hath breath, dim Look down on Thy creation, Enslaved by sin and death.[ LORD, mf Set up Thy standard, LORD, that Who claim a heavenly birth[ they May march with Thee to smite the That vex Thy ransom'd earth.[ lies dim Ah! would we join that blest And follow in the might[ array, Of Him, the Faithful and the True, In raiment clean and white? cr Then, GOD of Truth, for Whom we longThou Who wilt hear our prayerDo Thine own battle in our hearts, And slay the falsehood there. Yea, come! then, tried as in the fire, From every lie set free, Thy perfect truth shall dwell in us, mf And we shall live in Thee. Amen. 514" Our Father, which art in Heaven." mp FATHER of all, to Thee With loving hearts we pray, Through Him, in mercy given, The Life, the Truth, the Way; cr From Heav'n, Thy Throne, in mercy shed Thy blessings on each bended head. FATHER of all, to Thee Our contrite hearts we raise, Unstrung by sin and pain, Long voiceless in Thy praise; Breathe Thou the silent chords along, Until they tremble into song. FATHER of all, to Thee We breathe unutter'd fears, Deep- hidden in our souls, That have no voice but tears; HYMNS. Take Thou our hand, and through the wild Lead gently on each trustful child. mfFATHER of all, may we In praise our tongues employ, When gladness fills the soul With deep and hallow'd joy; In storm and calm give us to see The path of peace which leads to Thee. Amen. " Jabez called on the God of Israel, sayin7, Oh that Thou wouldest bless me indeed. and that Thine hand might be with me, and that Thou wouldest keep me from evil... And God granted him that which he 515 requested." P FATHER, whate'er of earthly bliss Thy sovereign will denies, Accepted at Thy Throne of grace Let this petition rise:Give me a calm and thankful heart, From every murmur free; The blessings of Thy grace impart, And let me live to Thee. er Let the sweet hope that Thou art My path of life attend;[ mine Thy presence through my journey shine, mf And crown my journey's end. Amen. " O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands." 516 mf BEFORE JEHOVAH's awful Throne, Ye nations, bow with sacred joy; fKnow that the LORD is GOD alone; my He can create, and He destroy. His sov'reign power, without our aid, dim Made us of clay, and form'd us Jstray'd, And when like wand'ring sheep we He brought us to His fold again. fWe'll crowd Thy gates with thankful men; songs; High as the heav'ns our voices raise: And earth, with her ten thousand tongues, praise. Shall fill Thy courts with sounding Wide as the world is Thy command; Vast as eternity Thy love; Firm as a rock Thy truth shall stand, When rolling years shall cease to move. Amen. 517" The multitude of His mercies." mf WHEN all Thy mercies, O my GOD, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise. ( 151) GENERAL Unnumber'd comforts to my soul Thy tender care bestow'd, Before my infant heart conceived From Whom those comforts flow'd. » When in the slippery paths of youth With heedless steps I ran, er Thine arm unseen convey'd me safe, And led me up to man. Through every period of my life Thy goodness I'll pursue, cr And after death in distant worlds. The glorious theme renew. fThrough all eternity to Thee A joyful song I'll raise; But oh! eternity's too short To utter all Thy praise. Amen. " I have gone astray like a sheep that is 518 lost; O seek Thy servant." mf WE have not known Thee as we [ power; ought, Nor learn'd Thy wisdom, grace, and The things of earth have fill'd our thought, And trifles of the passing hour. P LORD, give us light Thy truth to [ Thee. And make us wise in knowing see, mf We have not fear'd Thee as we [ eye, ought, Nor bow'd beneath Thine awful Nor guarded deed, and word, and thought, Remembering that GOD was nigh. P LORD, give us faith to know Thee near, HYMNS. " Yea, Lord, I believe that Thou art the 519 Christ, the Son of God," And grant the grace of holy fear. mf We have not loved Thee as we [ Thee; ought, Nor cared that we are loved by Thy presence we have coldly sought, And feebly long'd Thy Face to see. P LORD, give a pure and loving heart To feel and own the love Thou art. mf We have not served Thee as we ought, Alas! the duties left undone, dim The work with little fervour wrought ,The battles lost, or scarcely won! LORD, give the zeal, and give the might, For Thee to toil, for Thee to fight. mf When shall we know Thee as we ought. And fear, and love, and serve aright! When shall we out of trial brought cr Be perfect in the land of light! LORD, may we day by day prepare To see Thy Face, and serve Thee there. Amen. mf GoD the FATHER's only SON, And with Him in glory ONE, ONE in wisdom, ONE in might, Absolute and Infinite; JESU, I believe in Thee, Thou art LORD and GoD to me. mf Preacher of eternal peace, CHRIST Anointed to release, Setting wide the dungeon door Unto sinners chain'd before; fJESU, I believe in Thee, CHRIST the Prophet sent to me. p Low in deep Gethsemane, er High on dreadful Calvary, In the Garden, on the Cross, Making good our utter loss; fJESU, I believe in Thee, Priest and Sacrifice for me. mf Ruler of Thy ransom'd race, And Protector by Thy grace, Leader in the way we wend, And Rewarder at the end; JESU, I believe in Thee, CHRIST, the King of kings to me. Amen. 520" Visit me with Thy salvation." mf Love Divine, all loves excelling, Joy of Heav'n, to earth come down, Fix in us Thy humble dwelling, All Thy faithful mercies crown. P JESU, Thou art all compassion, Pure unbounded love Thou art; cr Visit us with Thy salvation, Enter every trembling heart. Come, Almighty to deliver, Let us all Thy grace receive; Suddenly return, and never, Never more Thy temples leave. Thee we would be always blessing, Serve Thee as Thy Hosts above; p Pray, and( cr) praise Thee, without Glory in Thy perfect love.[ ceasing, mf Finish then Thy new creation, Pure and spotless let us be: Let us see Thy great salvation, Perfectly restored in Thee. er Changed from glory into glory, Till in Heav'n we take our place, Till we cast our crowns before Thee, Lost in wonder, love, and praise. Amen, ( 152) GENERAL 521" The Name of the Lord Jesus." mf THRICE- HOLY Name! that sweeter sounds Than streams which down the valley run, And tells of more than human love, And more tha uma power, in one: First from the gracious herald heard, cr Heard since through all the choirs on high; O Child of Mary, SON of GOD, Eternal, hear Thy children's cry! p While at the blessèd Name we bow, LORD JESUS, be among us now! mf Within our dim- eyed souls call up The vision of Thine earthly years; The Mount of the transfigured Form; p The Garden of the bitter Tears; The Cross uprear'd in darkening skies; The thorn- wreath'd Head, the bleeding Side; And whisper in the heart," For you ,, For you, I left the Heav'ns, and died," While at the blessèd Name we bow, LORD JESUS, be among us now! mf Ah! with faith's inward piercing eye The riven rock- hewn bed we see, Whence Thou in triumph hast gone forth By death from death to make us free! And when on earth's last awful day The Judgment- seat of GoD shall shine, Lift Thou our trembling eyes to read In Thy dear Face the mercy- sign. p While at the blessèd Name we bow, A LORD JESUS, be among us now. Amen. " When ye glorify the Lord, exalt Him as much as ye can: for even yet will He far exceed: and when ye exalt Him, put forth all your strength, and be not weary: for ye can never 522 go far enough." f0 FOR a thousand tongues to sing My blest Redeemer's praise, The glories of my GoD and King, The triumphs of His grace! dim JESUS- the Name that charms our fears, That bids our sorrows cease; " Tis music in the sinner's ears, ' Tis life, and health, and peace. HYMNS. mf He speaks;-and, list'ning to His New life the dead receive,[ Voice, The mournful broken hearts rejoice, The humble poor believe. Hear Him, ye deaf; His praise, ye dumb, Your loosen'd tongues employ; Ye blind, behold your SAVIOUR come; And leap, ye lame, for joy! My gracious Master and my GOD, Assist me to proclaim fabroad And spread through all the earth f The honours of Thy Name. Amen, 523 " Who is this?" P WHO is this so weak and helpless, Child of lowly Hebrew maid, Rudely in a stable shelter'd, Coldly in a manger laid? f" Tis the LORD of all creation, Who this wondrous path hath trod; He is GoD from everlasting, And to everlasting GOD." p Who is this- a Man of Sorrows, Walking sadly life's hard way. Homeless, weary, sighing, weeping Over sin and Satan's sway? f'Tis our GOD, our glorious SAVIOUR, Who above the starry sky Now for us a place prepareth, Where no tear can dím the eye. p Who is this- behold Him shedding Drops of Blood upon the ground? Who is this- despised, rejected, Mock'd, insulted, beaten, bound? f" Tis our GOD, Who gifts and graces On His Church now poureth down; Who shall smite in righteous judgment All His foes beneath His Throne. p Who is this that hangeth dying, While the rude world scoffs and scorns; Number'd with the malefactors. Torn with nails, and crown'd with thorns? f'Tis the GOD Who ever liveth ' Mid the shining ones on high, cr In the glorious golden city Reigning everlastingly, Amen. " The Spirit also helpeth our infirmitics." 524 mf COME to our poor nature's night With Thy blessèd inward light, HOLY GHOST the Infinite. Comforter Divine. p We are sinful,-cleanse us, LORD, Sick and faint,-Thy strength afford, er Lost, until by Thee restored, Comforter Divine. ( 153) GENERAL p Orphan are our souls and poor, Give us from Thy Heavenly store cr Faith, love, joy for evermore, Comforter Divine. Like the dew Thy peace distil; Guide, subdue our wayward will, cr Things of CHRIST unfolding still, Comforter Divine. With us, for us, intercede, And with voiceless groaning plead Our unutterable need, Comforter Divine. Earnest of the bliss on high Seal of immortality, In us" Abba, Father," cry, Comforter Divine. er Search for us the depths of GOD! Upward, by the starry road, Bear us to Thy high abode, Comforter Divine. Amen " When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together, and they were all filled 525 with the Holy Ghost." mp LORD GOD the HOLY GHOST, In this accepted hour, As on the day of Pentecost, Descend in all Thy power. We meet with one accord In our appointed place, And wait the promise of our LORD, The SPIRIT of all grace. cr Like mighty rushing wind Upon the waves beneath, Move with one impulse every mind, One soul, one feeling breathe: mf The young, the old inspire With wisdom from above; And give us hearts and tongues of fire, To pray and praise and love. SPIRIT of light, explore, And chase our gloom away ,, With lustre shining more and more Unto the perfect day. SPIRIT of truth, be Thou In life and death our Guide; O SPIRIT of adoption, now "" May we be sanctified. Amen. " The Lord is in this place. 526 dreadful is this place." mf Lo! GoD is here! let us adore, And own how dreadful is this place! Let all within us feel His power, And silent bow before His face; dim Who know His power, His grace who prove, p Serve Him with awe, with reverence love. how HYMNS. mf Lo! GoD is here! Him day and night The united choirs of Angels sing: To Him, enthroned above all height, The hosts of Heaven their praises bring; dim Disdain not, LORD, our meaner song, Who praise Thee with a falt'ring tongue. mf Being of beings! may our praise Thy courts with grateful fragrance fill; Still may we stand before Thy face, Still hear and do Thy sovereign will; To Thee may all our thoughts arise A true and ceaseless sacrifice. Amen. 527" Ask what I shall give thee." mp COME, my soul, thy suit prepare, JESUS loves to answer prayer; er He Himself has bid thee pray, Therefore will not say thee nay. er Thou art coming to a King, Large petitions with thee bring; For His grace and power are such, None can ever ask too much. p With my burden I begin; LORD, remove this load of sin; Let Thy Blood, for sinners spilt, Set my conscience free from guilt. LORD, I come to Thee for rest; Take possession of my breast; There Thy blood- bought right mainAnd without a rival reign.[ tain, While I am a pilgrim here, Let Thy love my spirit cheer; er Be my Guide, my Guard, my Friend, Lead me to my journey's end. Amen. " All our righteousnesses are as filthy 528 rags." mf NOT for our sins alone Thy mercy, LORD, we sue: dim Let fall Thy pitying glance On our devotions too, What we have done for Thee, And what we think to do. mf The holiest hours we spend In prayer upon our knees, The times when most we deem Our songs of praise will please, Thou Searcher of all hearts p Forgiveness pour on these. mf And all the gifts we bring, And all the vows we make, And all the acts of love We plan for Thy dear sake. p Into Thy pard'ning thought, O GOD of mercy, take. ( 154) GENERAL HYMNS. mp And most, when we, Thy flock, Before Thine Altar bend, And strange bewild'ring thoughts With those sweet moments blend, pp By Him Whose death we plead, Good LORD, Thy help extend. p Bow down Thine ear and hear! cr Open Thine eyes and see! Our very love is shame, And we must come to Thee mf To make it of Thy grace What Thou would'st have it be. Anien. " In all places where I record My Name, I will come unto thee, and I will 529 bless thee." mp JESUS, where'er Thy people meet, There they behold Thy mercy- seat; Where'er they seek Thee Thou art found, And every place is hallow'd ground. For Thou, within no walls confined, Inhabitest the humble mind; Such ever bring Thee when they come, And going, take Thee to their home. er Great Shepherd of Thy chosen few, Thy former mercies here renew; Here to our waiting hearts proclaim The sweetness of Thy saving Name.. Here may we prove the power of prayer, To strengthen faith and sweeten care, To teach our faint desires to rise, And bring all Heav'n before our eyes. p LORD, we are few, but Thou art near, Nor short Thine arm, nor deaf Thine ear: er rend the Heav'ns, come quickly down, And make a thousand hearts Thine own. Amen. " The entrance of Thy word giveth 530 ligh." mf THE Voice of GOD's Creation found me dim Perplex'd midst hope and fear, mf For though His sunshine flash'd around me, dim His storms at times drew near: And I saidmf Oh! that I knew where He abideth! For doubts beset our lot, dim And lo! His glorious face He hideth, And men perceive it not! mf The Voice of God's Protection told me: He loveth all He made; I seem'd to feel His arms enfold me, p And yet was half afraid: And I saidmf Oh! that I knew where I might find Him! His eye would guide me right: He leaveth countless tracks behind Him, p Yet passeth out of sight. mf The Voice of Conscience sounded nearer, It stirr'd my inmost breast; But though its tones were firmer, clearer, dim' Twas not the voice of rest: And I saidOh that I knew if He forgiveth! My soul is faint within, Because in grievous fear it liveth Of wages due to sin. mf It was the Voice of Revelation That met my utmost need: The wondrous message of salvation er Was joy and peace indeed: And I saidOh how I love the sacred pages From which such tidings flow, As monarchs, patriarchs, poets, sages, dim Have long'd in vain to know! fFor now is life a lucid story, And death( dim) a rest in Him, er And all is bathed in light and glory That once was dark or dim: And I saidmf 0 Thou Who dost my soul deliver, And all its hopes uplift; Give me a tongue to praise the Giver, f A heart to prize the gift. Amen. 531" O how sweet are Thy words." mf FATHER of mercies, in Thy Word What endless glory shines! For ever be Thy Name adored For these celestial Enes. ( 155) Here may the blind and hungry come, And light and food receive; Here shall the lowliest guest have room, And taste and see and live. Here springs of consolation rise To cheer the fainting mind, And thirsting souls receive supplies, And sweet refreshment find. GENERAL Here the Redeemer's welcome Voice Spreads heavenly peace around, And life and everlasting joys Attend the blissful sound. Oh, may these heavenly pages be My ever dear delight, And still new beauties may I see, And still increasing light. Divine Instructor, gracious LORD, Be Thou for ever near; Teach me to love Thy sacred Word, And view my SAVIOUR here. Amen. " Thy word is tried to the uttermost; and 532 Thy servant loveth it." mf CHURCH of the Living GOD, Pillar and ground of truth, Keep the old paths the fathers trod In thy illumined youth. Lo, in thy bosom lies The touchstone for the age; Seducing error shrinks, and dies At light from yonder page. Woe to the hands that dare, By lust of power enticed, To mingle with the doctrine there The frauds of Antichrist. [ Heav'n, Once to the saints was given All blessèd gospel lore; There, written down in words from Thou hast it evermore. Fear not, though doubts abound, And scoffing tongues deride; Love of GOD's Word finds surer ground When to the utmost tried. Toil at thy sacred text: More fruitful grows the field; Each generation for the next , Prepares a richer yield. GOD'S SPIRIT in the Church Still lives unspent, untired, Inspiring hearts that fain would search The truths Himself inspired. er Move, HOLY GHOST, with might Amongst us as of old; Dispel the falsehood, and unite In true faith the true fold. Amen. " He that sat on the Throne said, Behold I 533 make all things new." mfOH how fair that morning broke, When in Eden man awoke! Beast and bird and insect bright Revell'd in the gladsome light; er GOD look'd down from Heav'n above, All was life and joy and love. HYMNS. 2 Ah! the doleful change when sin Darkly, subtly enter'd in! War and pestilence and dearth Mar and sadden GOD's fair earth; Human sorrow fills the air; Death is reigning everywhere. mf Yet rejoice; for GoD on high f Hath not left His world to die! GOD's dear SON, with dying breath, Broke the power of sin and death; CHRIST the Tempter overthrew, CHRIST is making all things new. P LORD, in me be sin subdued, So may I with heart renew'd, er Fight the fight and run the race, Work in my appointed place, mf Waiting for the glad new birth Of Thy perfect Heav'n and earth. Amen. " Verily when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer 534 tribulation." mf FAR down the ages now, Her journey well- nigh done, The pilgrim Church pursues her way, And longs to reach her crown. mp No wider is the gate, No broader is the way, No smoother is the ancient path That leads to light and day. mf No feebler is the foe, No slacker grows the fight, Nor less the need of armour tried, Of shield and helmet bright. er Thus onward still we press, Through evil and through good, Through pain, or poverty, or want, Through peril or through blood." Still faithful to our GOD, And to our Captain true, cr We follow where He leads the way, The Kingdom still in view. Amen. " To me to live is Christ and to die is gain." 535 p LORD, it belongs not to my care Whether I die or live; er To love and serve Thee is my share, And this Thy grace must give. If life be long, oh make me glad The longer to obey; If short, no labourer is sad To end his toilsome day. p CHRIST leads me through no darker rooms Than He went through before: He that unto GoD's kingdom comes Must enter by this door. ( 153) GENERAL HYMNS, Come, LORD, when grace hath made Thy blessèd Face to see:[ me meet er For if Thy work on earth be sweet, What will Thy glory be! Then I shall end my sad complaints And weary sinful days,[ Saints mf And join with the triumphant That sing my SAVIOUR'S praise. p My knowledge of that life is small, The eye of faith is dim;[ all, But' tis enough that CHRIST knows er And I shall be with Him. Amen. " For now they desire a better country, 536 that is a heavenly." mf THERE is a land of pure delight, Where Saints immortal reign; Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. There everlasting spring abides, And never- withering flowers; dim Death, like a narrow sea, divides That heavenly land from ours. cr Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood Stand dress'd in living green; So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan roll'd between. p But timorous mortals start and To cross the narrow sea,[ shrink, And linger shivering on the brink, And fear to launch away.. mf Oh, could we make our doubts - remove, Those gloomy doubts that rise, And see the Canaan that we love With unbeclouded eyes: cr Could we but climb where Moses stood, And view the landscape o'er; Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood, Should fright us from the shore. Amen. " Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, 537 whose mind is stayed on Thee." mf PEACE, perfect peace, in this dark world of sin? p The Blood of JESUS whispers peace within. mf Peace, perfect peace, by thronging duties press'd? p To do the will of JESUS, this is rest. mf Peace, perfect peace, with sorrows surging round? 2 On JESUS' Bosom nought but calm is found. mfPeace, perfect peace, with loved ones far away? p In JESUS' keeping we are safe and they. mp Peace, perfect peace, our future all unknown? JESUS we know, and He is on the Throne. mp Peace, perfect peace, death shadowing us and ours? fJESUS has vanquish'd death and all its powers, p It is enough:( mf) earth's struggles soon shall cease, And JESUS call us to Heaven's perfect peace. Amen. " That whether we wake or sleep we should 538 live together with Him." p THEY whose course on earth is o'er, Think they of their brethren more? They before the Throne who bow, Feel they for their brethren now? We, by enemies distrestThey in Paradise at rest; We the captives- they the freedWe and they are one indeed. One in all we seek or shun, One because our LORD is one; One in heart and one in loveWe below, and they above. Those whom many a land divides, Many mountains, many tides, Have they with each other part, Fellowship of heart with heart? Each to each may be unknown, Wide apart their lots be thrown: Diff'ring tongues their lips may speak, One be strong, and one be weak;er Yet in Sacrament and prayer Each with other hath a share; dim Hath a share in tear and sigh, Watch, and Fast and Litany. mf Saints departed even thus Hold communion still with us; Still with us, beyond the veil Praising, pleading without fail. cr With them still our hearts we raise, Share their work and join their praise, Rend'ring worship, thanks, and love To the TRINITY above. Amen. " Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things 539 shall be added unto you.' mp TAKE not thought for food or raiment, Careful one, so anxiously; er For the King Himself provideth Food and clothes for thee. ( 157) GENERAL He Who daily feeds the sparrows, He Who clothes the lilies bright, More than birds and flowers holds Precious in His sight. [ thee dim Would'st thou give a stone, a serpent To thy pleading child for food? crAnd shall not thy Heavenly FATHER Give thee what is good? mf On the heart that careth for thee Rest thou then from sorrow free; For of all most tender fathers None so good as He. Seek thou first His gracious promise, Treasure stored in Heav'n above; So thou may'st entrust all other Safely to His love. Unto Thee, O bounteous FATHER, Glory, honour, praise be done; With the SoN and HOLY SPIRIT, GOD for ever ONE. Amen. 540" Fight the good fight." mf FIGHT the good fight with all thy might, CHRIST is thy Strength, and CHRIST thy Right; Lay hold on life, and it shall be Thy joy and crown eternally. Run the straight race through God's good grace, Lift up thine eyes, and seek His Face; Life with its way before us lies, cr CHRIST is the path, and CHRIST the prize. mf Cast care aside, lean on thy Guide; His boundless mercy will provide; Trust, and thy trusting soul shall prove er CHRIST is its life, and CHRIST its love. mf Faint not nor fear, His Arms are near, He changeth not, and thou art dear; er Only believe, and thou shalt see That CHRIST is all in all to thee. Amen. " With one mind striving together... and in nothing terrified by your 541 adversaries." mf We are soldiers of CHRIST, Who is mighty to save, And His Banner the Cross is unfurl'd; We are pledged to be faithful and stedfast and brave Against Satan, the flesh, and the world. HYMNS. We are brothers and comrades, we stand side by side, And our faith and our hope are the same; p And we think of the Cross on whicli JESUS has died, When we bear the reproach of His Name. mf At the font we were mark'd with the Cross on our brow, Of our grace and our calling the sign: And the weakest is strong to be true to his vow, For the armour we wear is Divine. We will watch ready arm'd if the Tempter draw near, If he come with a frown or a smile: We will heed not his threats, nor his flatteries hear, Nor be taken by storm or by wile. We will master the flesh, and its longings restrain, We will not be the bond- slaves of sin, The pure Spirit of God in our nature shall reign, And our spirits their freedom shall win. For the world's love we live not, its hate we defy, And we will not be led by the throng; We'll be true to ourselves, to our FATHER on high, And the bright world to which we belong. Now let each cheer his comrade, let hearts beat as one, While we follow where CHRIST leads the way; " Twere dishonour to yield, or the battle to shun, We will fight, and will watch, and will pray. dim Though the warfare be weary the trial be sore, cr In the might of our GoD we will stand; mf Oh! what joy to be crown'd and be pure evermore, In the peace of our own Fatherland. Amen. 542" Quit you like men; be strong." mf STAND up!-stand up for JESUS! Ye soldiers of the Cross: Lift high His royal banner, It must not suffer loss. ( 158) GENERAL HYMNS. er From victory unto victory His army He shall lead, Till every foe is vanquish'd, f And CHRIST is LORD indeed. mf Stand up- stand up for JESUS! dim The solemn watchword hear; If while ye sleep He suffers, er Away with shame and fear; Where'er ye meet with evil, Within you or without, Charge for the God of battles, And put the foe to rout. mf Stand up!-stand up for JESUS! The trumpet call obey: Forth to the mighty conflict In this His glorious day. Ye that are men now serve Him Against unnumber'd foes; Let courage rise with danger And strength to strength oppose. Stand up!-stand up for JESUS! Stand in His strength alone; dim The arm of flesh will fail you, Ye dare not trust your own. cr Put on the Gospel armour, Each piece put on with prayer; When duty calls or danger Be never wanting there! mf Stand up!-stand up for JESUS! The strife will not be long; This day the noise of battle, The next the victor's song. cr To him that overcometh, A crown of life shall be; fHe with the King of Glory Shall reign eternally. Amen. " When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall 543 lift up a standard against him." PTHERE's peace and rest in Paradise, In weary hours we say; And oh that we had wings like doves That we might flee away! mp For here so strong the evil seems, So weak appears the good, Our standard wavers in the rush Of evil, like a flood. At times, through the long lonely watch, Nor sun nor moon appears; Without, incessant fightings are, Within, incessant fears. Then for the quiet land we long, And the abode of Peace; And for the word,( er)" Come, weary From war and vigil cease! [ soul, cr But in our stronger hours we grasp The warrior's sword again, And burn the good fight yet to fight. The faithful watch maintain. mf We fain would tread the famous Martyrs and saints have trod;[ way The hours ebb fast of this one day Of noblest war for GOD! The LORD Himself hath need of us; er On! till the fight be won; f And the King's words shall thrill the heart: " Servant of GOD, well done!" Amen. 544 " O praise God." fPRAISE the LORD, His glories show, Saints within His courts below, Angels round His Throne above, All that see and share His love. Earth to Heav'n, and Heav'n to earth, Tell His wonders, sing His worth; Age to age, and shore to shore, Praise Him, praise Him, evermore. Praise the LORD, His mercies trace; Praise His providence and grace, All that He for man hath done, Ail He sends us through His SON: Strings and voices, hands and hearts, In the concert bear your parts; All that breathe, your LORD adore, Praise Him, praise Him, evermore. Amen. " Glorious things are spoken of thee, O 545 thou city of God." f GLORIOUS things of thee are spoken, Zion, city of our GoD; He Whose word cannot be broken Form'd thee for His own abode. On the Rock of ages founded, What can shake thy sure repose? With salvation's walls surrounded, Thou may'st smile at all thy foes. mf See, the streams of living waters, Springing from eternal love, Well supply thy sons and daughters, And all fear of want remove. Who can faint while such a river Ever flows their thirst to assuage: Grace, which like the LORD the Giver, Never fails from age to age? Round each habitation hov'ring, See the cloud and fire appear, For a glory and a cov'ringShowing that the LORD is near. Thus they march, the pillar leading, Light by night and shade by day: Daily on the manna feeding[ pray. Which He gives them when they ( 159) GENERAL p SAVIOUR, since of Zion's city I, through grace, a member am, Let the world deride or pity, I will glory in Thy Name. Fading is the world's best pleasure, All its boasted pomp and show; f Solid joys and lasting treasure None but Zion's children know. Amen. " Praise the Lord from the heavens, Praise 546 the Lord from the earth." fYE holy Angels bright," Who wait at GOD's right hand, Or through the realms of light Fly at your LORD'S command, Assist our song, Or else the theme Too high doth seem For mortal tongue. mf Ye blessèd souls at rest, Who ran this earthly race, And now, from sin released, Behold the SAVIOUR'S Face, His praises sound, As in His light With sweet delight Ye do abound. Ye saints, who toil below, Adore your heavenly King, And onward as ye go Some joyful anthem sing; Take what He gives And praise Him still, Through good and ill, Who ever lives! My soul, bear thou thy part, Triumph in GOD above, And with a well- tuned heart Sing thou the songs of love! Let all thy days f Till life shall end, Whate'er He send, Be fill'd with praise, Amen. " The ransomed of the Lord shall return 547 and come to Zion with songs." mf CHILDREN of the Heavenly King, As ye journey, sweetly sing; Sing your SAVIOUR's worthy praise, Glorious in His works and ways. pWe are travelling home to GOD In the way the fathers trod; cr They are happy now, and we Soon their happiness shall see. mf Lift your eyes, ye sons of light, Sion's city is in sight; There our endless home shall be, There our LORD we soon shall see. HYMNS. Fear not, brethren, joyful stand On the borders of your land; JESUS CHRIST, your FATHER'S SON, Bids you undismay'd go on. LORD, obedient we would go, Gladly leaving all below; er Only Thou our Leader be, fAnd we still will follow Thee. Amen. " His name only is excellent, and His 548 praise above Heaven and earth." f LET all the world in every corner sing, My GoD and King! The heav'ns are not too high, His praise may thither fly; dim The earth is not too low, cr His praises there may grow. f Let all the world in every corner sing, My GoD and King! Let all the world in every corner sing. My GoD and King! The Church with psalms must shout, No door can keep them out; But above all the heart Must bear the longest part. Let all the world in every corner sing, My GoD and King! Amen. 549 " A perfect heart." mf 0 FOR a heart to praise my GOD, A heart from sin set free; A heart that's sprinkled with the So freely shed for me: [ Blood A heart resign'd, submissive, meek, My great Redeemer's Throne; Where only CHRIST is heard to speak, Where JESUS reigns alone: A humble, lowly, contrite heart, Believing, true, and clean, Which neither life nor death can part From Him that dwells within: A heart in every thought renew'd, And full of love Divine; Perfect, and right, and pure, and good, A copy, LORD, of Thine. Thy nature, gracious LORD, impart, Come quickly from above; Write Thy new Name upon my heart, Thy new best Name of Love. Amen ( 180) GENERAL " The Lord hath giren me a tongue.. 550 and I will praise Him therewith." mf ANGEL- VOICES, ever singing, Round Thy Throne of light, Angel- harps for ever ringing, Rest not day nor night; Thousands only live to bless TheeAnd confess Thee f LORD of might! mf Thou, Who art beyond the farthest Mortal eye can scan ,Can it be that Thou regardest Songs of sinful man? Can we know that Thou art near us, cr And wilt hear us? f Yea, we can! mf Yea, we know that Thou rejoicest O'er each work of Thine; Thou didst ears and hands and voices For Thy praise design; Craftsman's art and music's measure For Thy pleasure All combine. In Thy House, Great GOD, we offer Of Thine own to Thee; And for Thine acceptance proffer All unworthily [ voices, Hearts and minds and hands and In our choicest Psalmody. fHonour, glory, might, and merit, Thine shall ever be, FATHER, SON, and HOLY SPIRIT, Blessèd TRINITY! Of the best that Thou hast given, Earth and Heaven Render Thee. Amen. " The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion 551 of the Holy Ghost be with you all." mf MAY the grace of CHRIST our SAVIOUR, And the FATHER's boundless love, With the HOLY SPIRIT's favour, Rest upon us from above. Thus may we abide in union With each other and the LORD, And possess, in sweet communion, Joys which earth cannot afford. Amen. Volp Communion. 552" It is the Spirit that quickeneth." ? Look down upon us, GoD of grace, And send from Thy most holy place The quickening SPIRIT all Divine On us and on this bread and wine. HYMNS. O may His overshadowing Make now for us this bread we bring The Body of Thy SON our LORD, This cup His Blood for sinners pour'd. Amen. 553" That they all may be one." mf THOU, Who at Thy first Eucharist didst pray That all Thy Church might be for ever one, p Grant us at every Eucharist to say With longing heart and soul," Thy will be done. [ be, Oh, may we all one Bread, one Body pp Through this blest Sacrament of Unity. mp For all Thy Church, O LORD, Wę intercede; Make Thou our sad divisions soon to cease; 1 cr Draw us the nearer each to each, we plead, By drawing all to Thee, O Prince of peace; [ be, Thus may we all one Bread, one Body pp Through this blest Sacrament of Unity. p We pray Thee too for wanderers from Thy Fold; O bring them back, Good Shepherd of the sheep, Back to the Faith which Saints believed of old, Back to the Church which still that Faith doth keep; Soon may we all one Bread, one Body be, pp Through this blest Sacrament of Unity. 3 mp So, LORD, at length when Sacraments shall cease, May we be one with all Thy Church above, One with Thy Saints in one unbroken peace, One with Thy Saints in one unbounded love: mf More blessèd still, in peace and love to be pp One with the TRINITY in Unity. P Amen. " In the midst of the Throne... stood a 554 Lamb as it had been slain." 2 mp 0 THOU, before the world began, Ordain'd a sacrifice for man, And by th' Eternal SPIRIT made An Offering in the sinner's stead; mf Our everlasting Priest art Thou, dim Pleading Thy Death for sinners now. ( 161) HOLY COMMUNION. mp Thy Offering still continues new Before the Righteous FATHER'S View; er Thyself the Lamb for ever slain, Thy Priesthood doth unchanged remain; mf Thy years, O GOD, can never fail, Nor Thy blest work within the veil. p0 that our faith may never move, But stand unshaken as Thy love! cr Sure evidence of things unseen, Now let it pass the years between, p And view Thee bleeding on the Tree, My LORD, my GOD, Who dies for me." Amen. " Verily Thou art a God that hidest Thyself, O God of Israel, the 555 Saviour." mf LORD, enthroned in heavenly splendour, First begotten from the dead, Thou alone, our strong Defender, Liftest up Thy people's head. Alleluia, JESU, True and Living Bread! p Here our humblest homage pay we; Here in loving reverence bow: Here for Faith's discernment pray we, Lest we fail to know Thee now. mf Alleluia, Thou art here, we ask not how. p Though the lowliest form doth veil Thee As of old in Bethlehem, cr Here as there Thine Angels hail Thee, Branch and Flower of Jesse's stem mf Alleluia, We in worship join with them. Paschal LAMB, Thine Offering, finish'd Once for all when Thou wast slain, In its fulness undiminish'd Shall for evermore remain, Alleluia, Cleansing souls from every stain. er Life- imparting Heavenly Manna, Stricken Rock with streaming Side, fHeav'n and earth with loud Hosanna, Worship Thee, the LAMB Who died, Alleluia, Risen, Ascended, Glorified! Amen. " The Blood of sprinkling, which speaketh." 556 p VICTIM Divine, Thy grace we claim While thus Thy precious Death we show: Once offer'd up, a spotless Lamb, In Thy great temple here below, er Thou didst for all mankind atone, mf And standest now before the Throne, Thou standest in the holiest place, As now for guilty sinners slain; Thy Blood of sprinkling speaks and prays All- prevalent for helpless man; p Thy Blood is still our ransom found, cr And spreads salvation all around. GOD still respects Thy sacrifice, Its savour sweet doth always please; The Offering smokes through earth and skies, Diffusing life and joy and peace; To these Thy lower courts it comes, And fills them with Divine perfumes. cr We need not now go up to Heav'n To bring the long- sought SAVIOUR down; Thou art to all that seek Thee given, Thou dost e'en now Thy banquet crown: p To every faithful soul appear, mf And show Thy Real Presence here. Amen. 557" The Body and Blood of the Lord." mp HAIL, Body true, of Mary born, and in the manger laid, That once with thorn and scourging torn wast on the Cross display'd, P That every eye might there descry th' uplifted Sacrifice, mf Which once for all to GOD on high paid our redemption's price! Hail, precious Blood, by true descent drawn from our own first sire, Yet innocent of that fell taint which fills our veins with fire, Once from the side of Him that died for love of us His kin Drain'd an atonement to provide and wash away our sin! Still Thou art there amidst us, LORD, unchangeably the same, When at Thy board with one accord Thy promises we claim; But lo! the way Thou com'st to- day is one where bread and wine Conceal the, Presence, they convey. both human and Divine. cr How glorious is that Body now, throned on the Throne of Heav'n! dimThe Angels bow, and marvel how to us on earth' tis given; mf Oh, to discern what splendours burn within these veils of His ,That faith could into vision turn. and see Him as He is 1 ( 102) " SPEAK, LORD, FOR THY SERVANT HEARETH." 1. Sant, R.A. HOLY COMMUNION.. How mighty is the Blood that ran for sinful nature's needs! cr It broke the ban, it rescued man; it lives, and speaks, and pleads; And all who sup from this blest Cup in faith and hope and love, f Shall prove that death is swallow'd up in richer life above. Amen. Thanks be to God for His unspeakable 558 gift." mf 0 JESU, Blessèd LORD, to Thee My heartfelt thanks for ever be, Who hast so lovingly bestow'd On me Thy Body and Thy Blood. f Break forth, my soul, for joy, and say, What wealth is come to me to- day! p My SAVIOUR dwells within me now; cr How blest am I!( p) how good art Thou! Amen. " They took knowledge of them, that they 559 had been with Jesus." mp 0 CHRIST, our GOD, Who with Thine own hast been, Our spirits cleave to Thee, the Friend unseen. Vouchsafe that all who on Thy bounty feed May heed Thy Love, and prize Thy gifts indeed Make every heart that is Thy dwellingplace A water'd garden fill'd with fruits of grace. pEach holy purpose help us to fulfil; Increase our faith to feed upon Thee still. cr Illuminate our minds, that we may see In all around us holy signs of Thee. And may such ness our lives appear, That all may know Thou hast been with us here. P O grant us peace, that by Thy peace possess'd. Thy life within us we may manifest. cr So shall we pass our days in holy fear, In joyful consciousness that Thou art near. mf So shalt Thou be for ever, loving LORD, Our Shield and our exceeding great Reward. Amen. 560" The Lord shall give thee rest." FOR GATHERINGS OF CLERGY OR CHURCH- WORKERS. mp WITH weary feet and sadden'd heart, From toil and care we flee, p And come, 0 dearest LORD, apart To rest awhile with Thee. The courts of Heav'n were lost to view, The world had come between; cr But here the veil is rent in two; We see the things unseen. p Our sins, in Thy pure light descried, Stand out in dread array; cr But here in Love's absolving tide Their guilt is wash'd away. p With strife of tongues distraught and worn Our troublous way we trod; But cast ourselves, this holy morn, Into the peace of GOD. mf And oh! what depth of joy, as thus We bend the trembling knee ,, To know that Thou art one with us, And we are one with Thee. Amen. The following Hymns are suitable: 520 Love Divine, all loves excelling. 528 Not for our sins alone. Holy Baptism. " Buried with Him in Baptism, wherein 561 also ye are risen with Him." P WITH CHRIST we share a mystic grave, With CHRIST we buried lie; But' tis not in the darksome cave By mournful Calvary. The pure and bright baptismal flood Entombs our nature's stain: cr New creatures from the cleansing With CHRIST we rise again.[ wave Thrice blest, if through this world of And sin, and selfish care,[ strife, Our snow- white robe of righteousness We undefilèd wear. mfThrice blest, if through the gate of All glorious and free [ death We to our joyful rising pass, O risen LORD, with Thee. Amen. G ( 163) HOLY BAPTISM. " Baptizing them in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the 562 Holy Ghost." mf0 FATHER, bless the children Brought hither to Thy gate; Lift up their fallen nature, Restore their lost estate; Renew Thine image in them, And own them, by this sign, Thy very sons and daughters, dim New born of birth Divine. 10 JESU LORD, receive them; Thy loving Arms of old Were open'd wide to welcome The children to Thy fold; p Let these, baptized, and dying, er Then rising from the dead, f Henceforth be living members Of Thee, their living Head. PO HOLY SPIRIT, keep them; Dwell with them to the last, Till all the fight is ended, And all the storms are past. cr Renew the gift baptismal, From strength to strength, till each mf The troublous waves o'ercoming, The land of life shall reach. O FATHER, SON, and SPIRIT, O Wisdom, Love, and Power, We wait the promised blessing In this accepted hour! p We name upon the children The Threefold Name Divine; cr Receive them, cleanse them, own them, 1 mf And keep them ever Thine. Amen. " If any man be in Christ, he is a new 563 creature." FOR AN ADULT. p FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST, In solemn power come down, Present with Thy heavenly host cr Thy Sacrament to crown: See a sinful child of earth; Bless for him the cleansing flood; Make him by a second birth mf One with the life of GOD. p Let the promised inward grace Accompany the sign, On his new- born soul impress The glorious Name Divine; er FATHER, all Thy love reveal, JESUS, all Thy mind impart, mf HOLY GHOST, renew, and dwell For ever in his heart. Amen. The following Hymn is suitable: 487 The Son of Man from Jordan rose. For the Young. " Now therefore, our God, we thank Thee, 564 and praise Thy glorious Name." SUNDAY EVENING. mf AND now this holy day Is drawing to its end, Once more, to Thee, O LORD, Our thanks and prayers we send. We thank Thee for this rest From earthly care and strife; We thank Thee for this help To higher, holier life. We thank Thee for Thy House; It is Thy Palace- gate Where Thou, upon Thy Throne Of mercy, still dost wait. We thank Thee for Thy Word, Thy Gospel's joyful sound; Oh, may its holy fruits Within our hearts abound! dim Yet, ere we go to rest, FATHER, to Thee we pray, Forgive the sins that stain E'en this Thy holy day. Through JESUS let the past Be blotted from Thy sight, And let us all now sleep p At peace with Thee this night. f To GoD the FATHER, SON, And SPIRIT glory be, From all in earth and Heav'n, Through all eternity. Amen. " The Son of Man shall come in His Glory, 565 and all the holy Angels with Him. mf Up in Heaven, up in Heaven, In the bright place far away, He Whom bad men crucified, Sitteth at His Father's side, Till the Judgment Day. And He loves His little children, And He pleadeth for them there, Asking the great GoD of Heav'n dim That their sins may be forgiven, And He hears their prayer. cr Never more a helpless Baby, Born in poverty and pain, mf But with awful glory crown'd, With His Angels standing round, He shall come again. ( 164) Then the wicked souls shall tremble, And the good souls shall rejoice; Parents, children, every one, Then shall stand before His Throne, And shall hear His voice, FOR THE YOUNG. cr And all faithful holy Christians, Who their Master's work have done, Shall appear at His right hand And inherit the fair land That His love has won. Amen. 566" Partakers of the Divine nature." mf MEMBERS of CHRIST are we; He is our living Head, [ be dimThat henceforth we should ever By His good SPIRIT led In the same narrow path Our LORD and SAVIOUR trodThe path that leadeth by the Cross cr To glory and to GOD." [ words, mf Children of GoD are we; Such grace to us is given, To kneel and pray in CHRIST'S Own " FATHER, Which art in Heav'n; Seeking to do His will As Angels do above, And walking in obedient ways Of holy truth and love. [ robe Of Heaven's kingdom we Inheritors were made; Each at the Font in CHRIST's own Of spotless white array'd. dim Upon our forehead now Is traced the suffering sign, cr That one day on each saintly brow A glorious crown may shine. mf CHRIST's little ones are we; And unto us are given Angelic guards, who ever see Our FATHER's face in Heav'n. p To walk in folly now We may not, must not, dare, cr Mindful Whose seal is on our brow, Whose holy Name we bear. Amen. " It shall be well with them that fear 567 God." mp0 MY GOD, I fear Thee! Thou art very high, er Yet to us, Thy children, Thou art always nigh, Far removed from mortal sight, Dwelling in eternal light. P O my GOD, I fear Thee! Yet I come in prayer, For my SAVIOUR tells me I need not despair; cr Tells me of a FATHER's love, And a home prepared above. Never earthly father Loveth like to Thee; Thou dost guide and pardon Guilty ones like me; Sending down Thy Holy SON That all sinners might be won. mp O my GOD, I fear Thee, Holy, just, and true; er But, my Heavenly FATHER, I will love Thee too; Guide me till this life be past, Take me to Thyself at last. Ámen. 568" Looking unto Jesus." mf LAMB of GOD, I look to Thee, Thou shalt my example be: Thou art gentle, meek, and mild, Thou wast once a little child. Fain I would be as Thou art; Give me Thy obedient heart; dim Thou art pitiful and kind, Let me have Thy loving mind." Meek and lowly may I be; Thou art all humility: Let me to my betters bow, Subject to Thy parents Thou. mf Let me above all fulfil GOD my Heavenly Father's will; Never His good SPIRIT grieve, Only to His glory live. Thou didst live to GoD alone, Thou didst never seek Thine own, Thou Thyself didst never please, GOD was all Thy happiness. p Loving JESU, gentle Lamb, In Thy gracious Hands I am; Make me, SAVIOUR, What Thou art; cr Live Thyself within my heart. mf I shall then show forth Thy praise, Serve Thee all my happy days; Then the world shall always see CHRIST, the Holy Child, in me. Amen. 569" Cease to do evil, learn to do well." mf Do no sinful action, Speak no angry word; Ye belong to JESUS, Children of the LORD. CHRIST is kind and gentle, CHRIST is pure and true; dim And His little children Must be holy too. There's a wicked spirit Watching round you still, And he tries to tempt you To all harm and ill. cr But ye must not hear him, Though' tis hard for you To resist the evil, And the good to do. mf For ye promised truly, In your infant days, To renounce him wholly, And forsake his ways. 2 ( 166) FOR THE YOUNG. Ye are new- born Christians, Ye must learn to fight With the bad within you, And to do the right. CHRIST is your own Master, He is good and true, And His little children Must be holy too. Amen. " Thine eyes shall see the King in His beauty; they shall behold the land 570 that is very far off." my EVERY morning the red sun Rises warm and bright; dim But the evening cometh on, And the dark, cold night. cr There's a bright land far away, Where' tis never- ending day. mf Every spring the sweet young flowers Open bright and gay, dim Till the chilly autumn hours Wither them away. er There's a land we have not seen, Where the trees are always green. my Little birds sing songs of praise All the summer long, dim But in colder, shorter days They forget their song. cr There's a place where Angels sing Ceaseless praises to their King. mf CHRIST our LORD is ever near Those who follow Him; dim But we cannot see Him here, For our eyes are dim; er There is a most happy place, Where men always see His face. p Who shall go to that bright land? cr All who do the right: mf Holy children there shall stand In their robes of white; For that Heav'n, so bright and blest, dim Is our everlasting rest. Amen. " To Him that is able to keep you from 571 falling." my SING to the LORD the children's hymn, His gentle love declare, Who bends amid the Seraphim To hear the children's prayer. pHe at a mother's breast was fed, Though GoD's own Son was He; Helearnt the first small words He said At a meek mother's knee. cr Close to His loving Heart He press'd The children of the earth: He lifted up His hands and bless'd The babes of human birth. mf Lo! from the stars His Face will turn On us with glances mild; The Angels of His Presence yearn To bless the little child. mp Keep us, O JESUS, LORD, for Thee, That so, by Thy dear grace, We, children of the Font, may see Our Heavenly FATHER's face. Amen. " God who helpeth us, and poureth His 572 benefits upon us." mf LORD, I would own Thy tender care, And all Thy love to me; The food I eat, the clothes I wear, Are all bestow'd by Thee. ' Tis Thou preservest me from death And dangers every hour; p I cannot draw another breath er Unless Thou give me power. Kind Angels guard me every night, As round my bed they stay: Nor am I absent from Thy sight In darkness or by day. My health, and friends, and parents dear, To me by GOD are given: I have not any blessing here But what is sent from Heav'n. mf Such goodness, LORD, and constant care I never can repay; But may it be my daily prayer, To love Thee and obey. Amen. 573" The Lord made all things." fALL things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful, The LORD GOD made them all. mf Each little flower that opens, Each little bird that sings, He made their glowing colours, He made their tiny wings. The rich man in his castle, The poor man at his gate, GOD made them, high or lowly, And order'd their estate. The purple- headed mountain, The river running by, The sunset and the morning, That brightens up the sky;The cold wind in the winter, The pleasant summer sun, The ripe fruits in the garden ,He made them every one; ( 166) FOR THE YOUNG. The tall trees in the greenwood, The meadows where we play, The rushes by the water, We gather every day;He gave us eyes to see them, And lips that we might tell, f How great is GOD Almighty, Who has made all things well. Amen. " Speak, Lord, for Thy servant heareth.' 574 PHUSH'D was the evening hymn, The temple courts were dark; dim The lamp was burning dim Before the sacred ark; mf When suddenly a Voice Divine Rang through the silence of the shrine. p The old man, meek and mild, The priest of Israel, slept; His watch the Temple child, The little Levite kept; cr And what from Eli's sense was seal'd, The LORD to Hannah's son reveal'd. p Oh! give me Samuel's ear, The open ear, O LORD, cr, Alive and quick to hear Each whisper of Thy word; Like him to answer at Thy call, And to obey Thee first of all. p Oh! give me Samuel's heart, A lowly heart, that waits Where in Thy house Thou art, Or watches at Thy gates, er By day and night, a heart that still Moves at the breathing of Thy will. p Oh! give me Samuel's mind, A sweet unmurmuring faith, Obedient and resign'd To Thee in life and death: cr That I may read with child- like eyes mf Truths that are hidden from the wise. Amen. 575" Thy brother shall rise again." P WITHIN the churchyard, side by side, Are many long low graves; And some have stones set over them, On some the green grass waves. Full many a little Christian child, Woman, and man, lies there; And we pass near them every time When we go in to prayer. They cannot hear our footsteps come, They do not see us pass; They cannot feel the warm bright sun That shines upon the grass. cr They do not hear when the great bell Is ringing overhead; They cannot rise and come to Church dim With us, for they are dead. But we believe a day shall come cr When all the dead will rise, When they who sleep down in the grave 1 Will ope again their eyes. For CHRIST our LORD was buried once, mf He died and rose again, He conquer'd death, He left the grave; dim And so will Christian men. mp So when the friends we love the best Lie in their churchyard bed, We must not cry too bitterly Over the happy dead; cr Because, for our dear SAVIOUR'S sake, Our sins are all forgiven; And Christians only fall asleep my To wake again in Heav'n. Amen. For School and College Use. " The fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is under 576 standing." BEGINNING OF TERM mf LORD, behold us with Thy blessing Once again assembled here; Onward be our footsteps pressing In Thy love, and faith, and fear; dim Still protect us cr By Thy Presence ever near. mf For Thy mercy we adore Thee, For this rest upon our way; p LORD, again we bow before Thee, Speed our labours day by day; er Mind and spirit With Thy choicest gifts array. mf Keep the spell of home affection Still alive in every heart: May its power, with mild direction, Draw our love from self apart, Till Thy children Feel that Thou their Father art. Break temptation's fatal power, Shielding all with guardian care, Safe in every careless hour, Safe from sloth and sensual snare; Thou, our SAVIOUR, Still our failing strength repair. ( 167). Amen. FOR SCHOOL AND COLLEGE USE. " Stablish the thing, O God, that Thou 577 hast wrought in us." END OF TERM. mf LORD, dismiss us with Thy blessing, Thanks for mercies past receive; dim Pardon all, their faults confessing; Time that's lost may all retrieve; er May Thy children Ne'er again Thy SPIRIT grieve. mf Bless Thou all our days of leisure; Help us selfish lures to flee; Sanctify our every pleasure; Pure and blameless may it be; May our gladness Draw us evermore to Thee. By Thy kindly influence cherish All the good we here have gain'd; May all taint of evil perish By Thy mightier power restrain'd; Seek we ever Knowledge pure and love unfeign'd. Let Thy father- hand be shielding All who here shall meet no more; May their seed- time past be yielding Year by year a richer store; Those returning, Make more faithful than before. Amen. Holy Matrimony. " The Lord do so to me and more also, if 578 ought but death part thee and me. mf 0 PERFECT Love, all human thought transcending, p Lowly we kneel in prayer before Thy Throne, cr That theirs may be the love which knows no ending, Whom Thou for evermore dost join in one. O perfect Life, be Thou their full assurance Of tender charity and steadfast faith, Of patient hope, and quiet brave en durance, With childlike trust that fears nor pain nor death. Grant them the joy which brightens earthly sorrow, p Grant them the peace which calms all earthly strife; mf And to life's day the glorious unknown morrow That dawns upon eternal love and life. Amen. " Except the Lord build the house, their 579 labour is but lost that build it." mf 0 FATHER all creating, Whose wisdom, love, and power First bound two lives together In Eden's primal hour, dim To- day to these Thy children Thine earliest gifts renew,-- cr A home by Thee made happy, A love by Thee kept true. mp O SAVIOUR, Guest most bounteous Of old in Galilee, Vouchsafe to- day Thy presence With these who call on Thee; cr Their store of earthly gladness Transform to heavenly wine, And teach them, in the tasting, To know the gift is Thine. mp 0 SPIRIT of the FATHER, Breathe on them from above, So mighty in Thy pureness, So tender in Thy love; crThat guarded by Thy presence From sin and strife kept free, Their lives may own Thy guidance, Their hearts be ruled by Thee. mfExcept Thou build it, FATHER, The house is built in vain; Except Thou, SAVIOUR, bless it, The joy will turn to pain; But nought can break the marriage Of hearts in Thee made one, And love Thy SPIRIT hallows Is endless love begun. Amen. For a Teachers' Meeting. " The word that I shall speak unt, thee, 580 that thou shalt speak." mf SHINE Thou upon us, LORD, True Light of men, to- day; And through the written word Thy very self display; That so from hearts which burn With gazing on Thy Face, The little ones may learn The wonders of Thy grace. mp Breathe Thou upon us, LORD, Thy Spirit's living Flame, er That so with one accord Our lips may tell Thy Name; Give Thou the hearing ear, Fix Thou the wandering thought, That those we teach may hear The great things Thou hast wrought. mf Speak Thou for us, O LORD, In all we say of Thee; According to Thy Word Let all our teaching be; ( 168) FOR THEOLOGICAL COLLEGES. That so Thy lambs, may know Their own true Shepherd's voice, Where'er He leads them go, cr And in His love rejoice. mf Live Thou within us, LORD; Thy mind and will be ours; Be Thou beloved, adored, And served, with all our powers; That so our lives may teach Thy children what Thou art, dim And plead, by more than speech, For Thee with every heart. Amen. For Theological Colleges. " Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will 581 Here am I; send me." go for us? Then said I, mf LORD of life, Prophetic SPIRIT, In sweet measure evermore To the holy children dealing Each his gift from Thy rich store; p Bless Thy family, adoring cr As in Israel's schools of yore. Holy JESUS, Eye most loving On each young disciple bent; Voice that, seeming earthly, summon'd Samuel to the awful tent; Hand that cast Elijah's mantle; Thine be all Thy Grace hath lent. mf As to Thine own seventy scholars Thou of old Thine Arm didst reach, Under Thy majestic shadow Guiding them to do and teach, Till their hour of solemn unction; dim So be with us all and each. mfGoD and FATHER of all Spirits, Whose dread call young Joshua knew, dim Forty days in darkness waiting With Thy servant good and true, er Thence to wage Thy war descending, Own us, LORD, Thy champions too. One Thy Light, the Temple filling, Holy, Holy, Holy, Three: Meanest men and brightest Angels Wait alike the word from Thee; Highest musings, lowliest worship, Must their preparation be. p Now Thou speakest- hear we tremblingFrom the glory comes a Voice. Who accepts th' Almighty's mission? Who will make CHRIST's work his choice? Who for Us proclaim to sinners, Turn, believe, endure, rejoice? er Here are we, REDEEMER, send us! dim But because Thy work is fire, And our lips, unclean and earthly, Breathe no breath of high desire; cr Send Thy Seraph from the Altar Veil'd, but in his bright attire. mf Cause him, LORD, to fly full swiftly With the mystic coal in hand, Sin- consuming, soul- transforming dim( Faith and love will understand); Touch our lips, Thou awful Mercy, With Thine own keen healing brand. mf Thou didst come that fire to kindle: Fain would we Thy torches prove, Far and wide Thy beacons lighting With the undying spark of love: dim Only feed our flame, we pray Thee, With Thy breathings from above. Now to GOD, the soul's Creator, To His WORD and Wisdom sure, To His all- enlightening SPIRIT, Patron of the frail and poor, THREE in ONE, be praise and glory Here and while the Heav'ns endure. Amen. If the Hymn be thought too long, it may be divided at the end of Stanza 4. 582" Make full proof of thy ministry." mfTHOU, Who didst call Thy Saints of old Thy chosen flock to teach, Who mad'st the fearful- hearted bold, And quick the slow of speech; Still Thou dost ask whom Thou shalt send And who will go for Thee, To feed Thy lambs, Thy sheep to tend; " LORD, here am I; send me." O send us- e'en as Thou, O LORD, Wast by the FATHER sentp To speak Thine own absolving word To sinners penitent; To wash Thy chosen in the flood Whereby new birth is given; cr To minister the sacred Food, The Bread of Life from Heav'n. mf And Thou, Who didst by prophets deign To speak the will Divine, That we may never speak in vain, May all our words be Thine; pOh, teach us, HOLY GHOST, that we Thine heritage may teach; er Bid us to prophesy for Thee, And in Thy power to preach. ( 169) FOR CHURCH WORKERS AND GUILDS. mf So may we, though unworthy still, Most HOLY TRINITY, Thy prophets, pastors, priests, fulfil Our sacred ministry: p That, when beside the crystal sea We lay our office down, cr The souls that we have train'd for Thee f May be our joy and crown. Amen. For Church Workers and Guilds. " Stand fast in one spirit, striving to583 gether for the faith of the Gospel." mfTHE call to arms is sounding, The foemen muster strong, dim While Saints beneath the Altar Are crying" LORD, how long?" myThe living and the loving CHRIST'S royal Standard raise, And marching on to conflict Shout forth their Captain's praise. No time for self- indulgence, For resting by the way; dim Repose will come at even, But toil is for the day: Work, like the blessed JESUS, Who from His earliest youth Would do His FATHER's business And witness for the truth. mf For the one Faith, the true Faith, The Faith which cannot fail, For the one Church, the true Church, ' Gainst which no foes prevail; Made one with GoD Incarnate, We in His might must win The glory of self- conquest, Of victory over sin. f Behold! upon Mount Sion A glorious people stand, A crown on every forehead, A palm in every hand; p Lo! these are they who boldly The Name of CHRIST confess'd, fAnd now triumphant praise Him In Heav'n's unresting rest. PO JESU! Who art waiting Thy faithful ones to crown, Vouchsafe to bless our conflict, mf Our loving service own; Come in each heart for ever cr As King adored to reign, Till we with Saints triumphant Uplift the victor strain. Amen. " Do all in the Name of the Lord 584 Jesus." mfSONS of Labour, dear to JESUS, To your homes and work again; cr Go with brave hearts back to duty, dim Face the peril, bear the pain. p Be your dwellings ne'er so lowly, cr Yet remember, by your bed, mfThat the SON of GOD most Holy dim Had not where to lay His head. mf Sons of Labour, think of JESUS As you rest your homes within, dim Think of that sweet Babe of Mary In the stable of the Inn. Think how in the sacred story For a Service for Working Men. JESUS took a humble grade, mf And the LORD of Life and Glory dim Work'd with Joseph at his trade. mf Sons of Labour, pray to JESUS, dim Oh, how JESUS pray'd for you! In the moonlight, on the mountain, Where the shimmering olives grew. cr When you rise up at the dawning, Ere to toil you wend your way, Pray, as He pray'd, in the morning, Long before the break of day. mf Sons of Labour, be like JESUS, Undefiled, chaste, and pure; And, though Satan tempt you sorely, By His grace you shall endure. Husband, father, son, and brother, Be ye gentle, just, and true ,Be ye kind to one another, As the LORD is kind to you. Sons of Labour, seek for JESUS, Where He tells you ye shall find, dim In the children,' mid the mourners, In the sick, poor, lame, and blind ,' Search the Scriptures," He entreats ( 6 you, " For of Me they testify;" Love His Altar, where He meets you, p Saying," Fear not- It is I" mf Sons of Labour, go to JESUS, dim In your sorrow, shame, and loss; He is nearest, you are dearest, cr When you bravely bear His Cross. Go to Him, Who died to save you, And is still the sinner's Friend; And the great love, which forgave you, dim Will forgive you to the end. mf Sons of Labour, live for JESUS, Be your work your worship too; In His Name, and to His glory, Do whate'er you find to do; ( 170) FOR A SERVICE FOR WORKING MEN. Till this night of sin and sorrow Be for ever overpast; And we see the golden morrow, Home with JESUS, home at last! Amen. Missions. He shall testify of Me, and ye also shall 585 bear witness." my O SPIRIT of the Living GOD! In all the fulness of Thy grace, Where'er the foot of man hath trod, Descend on our apostate race. Give tongues of fire and hearts of love To preach the reconciling word; Give power and unction from above, Whene'er the joyful sound is heard. Be darkness, at Thy coming, light, Confusion order in Thy path); Souls without strength inspire with might; Bid mercy triumph over wrath. mp 0 Spirit of the LORD! prepare All the round earth her GoD to meet; [ air, er Breathe Thou abroad like morning Till hearts of stone begin to beat. mf Baptize the nations; far and nigh The triumphs of the Cross record; f The Name of JESUS glorify Till every kindred call Him LORD. Amen. " He shall set up an ensign for the nations." 586 mf LIFT up your heads, ye gates of brass; Ye bars of iron, yield; And let the King of Glory pass; The Cross is in the field. That banner, brighter than the star That leads the train of night, Shines on the march, and guides from far His servants to the fight. A holy war those servants wage; In that mysterious strife, The powers of Heaven and hell engage For more than death or life. Ye armies of the living GOD, Sworn warriors of CHRIST's host, Where hallow'd footsteps never trod, Take your appointed post. p Though few and small and weak your bands, cr Strong in your Captain's strength, Go to the conquest of all lands; All must be His at length. The spoils at His victorious Feet You shall rejoice to lay, And lay yourselves as trophies meet, In His great judgment day. mf Then fear not, faint not, halt not now; In JESUS' Name be strong! To Him shall all nations bow, And sing the triumph song:f Uplifted are the gates of brass, The bars of iron yield; Behold the King of Glory pass; The Cross hath won the field. Amen. Thanksgiving for Missions. " Blessed be His glorious Name for ever, and let the whole earth be filled with 587 His glory; Amen and Amen." mf LORD of the harvest! it is right and meet That we should lay our first- fruits at Thy feet With joyful Alleluia. Sweet is the soul's thanksgiving after prayer; Sweet is the worship that with Heav'n we share, Who sing the Alleluia! Lowly we pray'd,( er) and Thou didst hear on highmf Didst lift our hearts and change our suppliant cry To festal Alleluia. So sing we now in tune with that great song, That all the age of ages shall prolong, The endless Alleluia. To Thee, O LORD of Harvest, Who hast heard, And to Thy white- robed reapers given the word, We sing our Alleluia. dim O CHRIST, Who in the wide world's ghostly sea cr Hast bid the net be cast anew, to Thee We sing our Alleluia. To Thee, Eternal SPIRIT, Who again Hast moved with life upon the slumbrous main, We sing our Alleluia. cr Yea, West and East the companies go forth: We come!" is sounding to the South and North: To GoD sing Alleluia. ( 171) THANKSGIVING FOR MISSIONS. p The fishermen of JESUS far away Seek in new waters an immortal prey: mf To CHRIST sing Alleluia. p The Holy Dove is brooding o'er the deep, And careless hearts are waking out of sleep; mf To Him sing Alleluia. Yea, for sweet hope new- born- blest work begunSing Alleluia to the THREE in ONE, Adoring Alleluia. f Glory to GOD! the Church in patience cries; Glory to GOD! the Church at rest replies, With endless Alleluia. Amen. Home Missions. " Take the sword of the Spirit, which is the 588 word of God." mf SOLDIERS of the Cross, arise! Gird you with your armour bright; er Mighty are your enemies, Hard the battle ye must fight. mf0'er a faithless fallen world Raise your banner in the sky; Let it float there wide unfurl'd; Bear it onward; lift it high. Imp'Mid the homes of want and woe Strangers to the living word, cr Let the SAVIOUR'S herald go, Let the voice of hope be heard. p Where the shadows deepest lie, er Carry truth's unsullied ray; dim Where are crimes ofblackest dye, cr There the saving sign display. mp To the weary and the worn Tell of realms where sorrows cease; To the outcast and forlorn Speak of mercy and of peace. Guard the helpless; seek the stray'd; Comfort troubles, banish grief; In the might of GOD array'd, Scatter sin and unbelief. cr Be the banner still unfurl'd, Still unsheathed the SPIRIT S sword, Till the kingdoms of the world Are the kingdom of the LORD. Amen. For a Service of Farewell to Missionaries or Emigrants. " The Lord of peace Himself give you 589 peace always by all means." P WITH the sweet word of Peace We bid our brethren go; Peace as a river to increase, And ceaseless flow. With the calm word of Prayer We earnestly commend er Our brethren to Thy watchful care, Eternal Friend! mf With the dear word of Love We give our brief farewell: Our love below, and Thine above, With them shall dwell. With the strong word of Faith We stay ourselves on Thee, That Thou, O LORD, in life and death, Their help shalt be; Then the bright word of Hope Shall on our parting gleam, And tell of joys beyond the scope Of earth- born dreami. p Farewell! in hope and love, In faith and peace and prayer; cr Till He Whose Home is curs above, mf Unite us there! Amen. Missions to the Jews. " The gifts and calling of God are without 590 repentance," mf UNCHANGING GOD, hear from eternal Heav'n: We plead Thy gifts of grace, for ever given, Thy call, without repentance, calling still, The sure election of Thy sovereign will. Out of our faith in Thee, who canst not lie, Out of our heart's desire, goes up our cry, From hope's sweet vision of the thing to be, From love to those who still are loved by Thee. p Bring Thy beloved back, Thine Israel, Thine own elect who from Thy favour fell, But not from Thine election!-0 forgive, Speak but the word, and, lo! the dead shall live. ( 172) MISSIONS TO THE JEWS. Father of mercies! these the long-| astray, These in soul- blindness now the faraway, er These are not aliens, but Thy sons of yore, Oh, by Thy Fatherhood, restore, restore! Breathe on Thy Church, that it may greet the day, Stir up her will to toil, and teach, and pray, mf Till Zionward again salvation come, And all her outcast children are at home. Triune JEHOVAH, Thine the grace and power, Thine all the work, its past, its future hour, O Thou, Who failest not, Thy gifts fulfil, And crown the calling of Thy changeless will. Amen. If the Hymn be thought too long the first four stanzas may be sung. " God is able to graft them in again.' 591 mfTHOU, The CHRIST for ever one, Mary's Child and Israel's GOD, Daniel's Prince and David's SON, Jacob's Star and Jesse's Rod, Thou of Whom the Prophets spake, Thou in Whom their words came true, Hear the pleading prayer we make, Hear the Gentile for the Jew! Knowing what the SPIRIT saith. Sure of Thee, our CHRIST Divine, Lo, we stand, by right of faith, Heirs of Abraham's charter'd line: p Can we then his sons forget, Branches sever'd from their tree, Exiles from their homes, and yet Kismen, LORD, in flesh to Thee? Though the Blood betray'd and spilt, On the race entail'd a doom, Let its virtue cleanse the guilt, Melt the hardness, chase the gloom; cr Lift the veil from off their heart, Make them Israelites indeed, mf Meet once more for lot and part With Thy household's genuine seed. Thou that didst Thy dews outpour, Crowning alien grafts with fruit, Soun the native growths restore, Making glad the parent root: mfAh! but let not pride ensnare Souls that need to mourn their sin: Still the boughs adopted spare And the outcasts- graft them'in! cr Speed the day of union sweet When, with us in faith allied, Israel's heart shall turn to greet Thee, Whom Israel crucified; Thee, in all Thy truth and grace, Own'd at last as Salem's King, mf While her children find their place, Gather'd safe beneath Thy wing. Amen. For those at Sea. 592 " The sea is His." pO LORD, be with us when we sail Upon the lonely deep, Our guard when on the silent deck The midnight watch we keep. We need not fear, though all around ' Mid rising winds we hear The multitude of waters surge, er For Thou, O GOD, art near. The calm, the breeze, the gale, the storm, That pass from land to land, All, all are Thine, are held within The hollow of Thy hand. mfIf duty calls from threaten'd strife To guard our native shore, And shot and shell are answering fast The booming cannon's roar, dim Be Thou the mainguard of our host, Till war and danger cease: Defend the right, put up the sword, And through the world make peace. To Thee the FATHER, Thee the SON, Whom earth and sky adore, And SPIRIT, moving o'er the deep, Be praise for evermore. Amen. " The Lord sitteth above the waterfloods." 593 mf 0 GOD, Who metest in Thine hand The waters of the mighty sea, And barrest ocean with the sand By Thy perpetual decree: What time the floods lift up their voice And break in anger on the shore, When deep to deep calls with the noise Of waterspouts and billows' roar; ( 173) FOR THOSE AT SEA. When they who to the sea go down, And in the waters ply their toil, Are lifted on the surge's crown, And plunged where seething eddies boil; p Rule then, 0 LORD, the ocean's wrath, [ will: And bind the tempest with Thy Tread, as of old, the water's path, And speak Thy bidding," Peace, be still." or So with Thy mercies ever new Thy servants set from peril free, And bring them, Pilot wise and true, mf Within the port where they would be. Amen. 594" Save, Lord, or we perish." IN STORMY WEATHER. mp WHEN through the torn sail the wild tempest is streaming, When o'er the dark wave the red lightning is gleaming, Nor hope lends a ray the poor seaman to cherish, We fly to our Maker,( mf)" Save, LORD, or we perish." mp0 JESUS, once rock'd on the of the billow, cast Aroused by the shriek of despair from Thy pillow, er Now seated in glory, the mariner cherish, Who cries in his anguish,( mf)" Save, LORD, or we perish." mp And O! when the whirlwind of passion is raging, Rebuke the destroyer;-( mf)" Save, LORD, or we perish." Amen. p When in sorrow, when in danger, When in loneliness, In Thy love look down and comfort Their distress. FOR ABSENT FRIENDS. mf HOLY FATHER, in Thy mercy Hear our anxious prayer, Keep our loved ones, now far absent, ' Neath Thy care. cr May the joy of Thy salvation Be their strength and stay; May they love and may they praise Thee Day by day. p HOLY SPIRIT, let Thy teaching Sanctify their life; cr Send Thy grace, that they may conquer In the strife. mf FATHER, SON, and HOLY SPIRIT, GOD the ONE in THREE, Bless them, guide them, save them, keep them Near to Thee, Amen. When sin in our hearts his wild warfare is waging, er Then send down Thy grace Thymf Then through Thy merits, wash'd redeemed to cherish, and clean From sin's polluting stain, JESUS, SAVIOUR, let Thy presence Be their light and guide, dim Keep, oh, keep them, in their weakness, At Thy Side. 596" Pray that ye enter not into temptation." mfQ SAVIOUR! when Thy loving Hand Has brought us o'er the sea. Through perils many, safe to landThe land we long'd to see; Oh, help us, for Thy help we need Each moment more and more, dimin perils that we scarcely heed, More deadly, on the shore. LORD, save us! and the Christian name Oh, help us pure to keep, cr On sea or land, alike the same, P Till we in death shall sleep. In raiment white may we be seen With all Thy Saints to reign. " The Lord watch between me and thee, 595 another." when we are absent one from 597" So He bringeth them unto the haven where they would be." mf As near the wish'd- for port we draw, We lift our hearts in praise to Thee, Almighty FATHER, loving LORD, Our Pilot on the troubled sea. Amen. By Thy good care in peace we come, From fire and foe securely kept, And after tempest, at Thy word, dim The waves have laid them down and slept. ( 174) FOR THOSE AT SEA. mf As Thou hast given us outward calm, So, LORD, within us may there be d'm A peace Divine, a peace in Him, Through Whom alone we live to Thee. cr Give us more light, direct our course, Cleanse us from guile, our hearts renew; Let not dark clouds of sin shut out The Star of JESUS from our view. mf And then, our long life voyage o'er, And past the perils of the sea, Receive us on the blissful shore, dim To everlasting rest with Thee. fTo FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST, The GOD Whom Heav'n and earth adore, De glory as it was of old, Is now, and shall be evermore. Litany 624 may also be used. Amen. For a Flower Service. 598" Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly." mf HERE, LORD, we offer Thee all that is fairest, Flowers in their freshness from garden and field; Gifts for the stricken ones- knowing Thou carest More for the love than the wealth that we yield. p Speak, LORD, by these to the sick and the dying, Speak to their hearts with a message of peace, Comfort the sad who in weakness are lying, Grant the departing a gentle release. cr Raise, LORD, to health again those who have sicken'd, Fair be their lives as the roses in bloom; Give of Thy grace to the souls Thou hast quicken'd, Gladness for sorrow, and brightness for gloom. p We, LORD, like flowers in our Autumn must wither; We, like these blossoms, must fade and must die: er Gather us, LORD, to Thy bosom for ever, Grant us a place in Thy home in the sky. Amen. For a Bible Class. 599" Holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost." mf COME, HOLY GHOST, our hearts inspire, Let us Thy influence prove; Source of the old prophetic fire, Fountain of life and love. Come, HOLY GHOST, for moved by Thee, The prophets wrote and spoke; Unlock the Truth, Thyself the Key, Unseal the Sacred Book. GOD through Himself we then shall know If Thou within us shine, And sound, with all Thy saints below, The depths of Love Divine, Amen. The following Hymns are suitable: 530 The Voice of Gop's Creation found me. 531 FATHER of mercies, in Thy Word. 532 Church of the Living God. Jor a Retreat or Quiet Bay. " I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless 600 in me I live, yet not I, but Christ liveth mf THOU hidden love of God, whose height, Whose depth unfathom'd, no man knows; I see from far Thy beauteous light, Inly I sigh for Thy repose; cr My heart is pain'd, nor can it be dim At rest, till it finds rest in Thee. mf'Tis mercy all, that Thou hast brought My mind to seek her peace in Thee; Yet, while I seek but find Thee not, No peace my wandering soul shall see; crO when shall all my wanderings end, dim And all my steps to Thee- ward tend? mf Is there a thing beneath the sun That strives with Thee my heart to share? Ah, tear it thence, and reign alone, The LORD of every motion there i Then shall my heart from earth be free, dim When it hath found repose in Thee. ( 175) FOR A RETREAT OR QUIET DAY. mf 0 hide this self from me, that I No more, but CHRIST in me, may live; My vile affections crucify, Nor let one hidden lust survive! er In all things nothing may I see, dim Nothing desire, apart from Thee p Each moment draw from earth away My heart, that lowly waits Thy call; cr Speak to my inmost soul, and say, " I am thy Love, thy GoD, thy All!" To feel Thy power, to hear Thy voice, To taste Thy love, be all my choice. Amen. Hymn 560 is also suitable. Processional. " Now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God." 601 f* THE GOD of Abraham praise Who reigns enthroned above, Ancient of everlasting days, And GoD of Love: JEHOVAH, Great I AM, By earth and Heaven confest; We bow and bless the Sacred Name For ever blest. p Though nature's strength decay, And earth and hell withstand," cr To Canaan's bounds we urge our way At His command. The watery deep we pass, With JESUS in our view; And through the howling wilderness Our way pursue. mf The goodly land we see, With peace and plenty blest; A land of sacred liberty p And endless rest; mf There milk and honey flow, And oil and wine abound, And trees of life for ever grow, With mercy crown'd. f There dwells the LORD, our King, The LORD our Righteousness, Triumphant o'er the world of sin, The Prince of Peace: On Sion's sacred height His Kingdom He maintains, And glorious with His saints in light For ever reigns. The God of Abraham praise, mf Before the SAVIOUR'S Face The ransom'd nations bow, From earth we rise, and seek the joys O'erwhelm'd at His Almighty grace At Whose supreme command At His right Hand: dim We all on earth forsake, For ever new:p He shows His prints of love ,They kindle to a flame! Its wisdom, fame, and power; fAnd Him our only Portion make, Our Shield and Tower. cr And sound through all the worlds above p The slaughter'd Lamb. These verses may be omitted, if the Hymn be thought too long. mf He keeps His own secure, He guards them by His side, Arrays in garment white and pure His spotless Bride: With streams of sacred bliss, Beneath serener skies, With all the fruits of Paradise, He still supplies. * Before the great Three- One They all exulting stand, And tell the wonders He hath done Through all their land: The listening spheres attend, And swell the growing fame; And sing, in songs which never end, The wondrous Name. f* The GOD Who reigns on ligh The great Archangels sing; dim And" Holy, Holy, Holy," cry, f" Almighty King! Who was, and is the same, And evermore shall be; JEHOVAH, FATHER, Great I AM, p We worship Thee." ✓ The whole triumphant host Give thanks to GOD on high; " Hail! FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST," They ever cry: Hail! Abraham's GOD, and mine! ( I join the heavenly lays), ff All might and majesty are Thine, And endless praise. Amen. Restoration of a Church. " To give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desola. 602 tions thereof." f0 JERUSALEM the blissful, Home of gladness yet untold; Thou whose countless throngs trium phal fill with joy thy street of gold; Graven on thee, new and glorious, they the King's own Name behold ( 176) RESTORATION m/ Many are thy sons, O Mother, yon august and shining band! p Gentle Peace in all thy borders makes thee glad, 0 happy land! Perfect is thy Restoration, bright in holiness to stand. cr Here, a figure of the Heavenly, shines our temple, worthier grown By its richer restoration on the old foundation stone, With a majesty and beauty to the former house unknown. OF A CHURCH. dim Like the night mists from the valley, mp LORD, we pray Thee, MasterBuilder, Great and Holy, enter in, Fill Thy sanctuary quickly, as our hallowing rites begin, And Thyself its Consecrator rest for evermore therein. Make Thy servants, though unworthy, temples of Thy grace to be; Let us not in flesh or spirit prove disloyal unto Thee, But in dedicated service praise Thy Name adoringly. mf Make, O Royal Priest, Thine Altar here henceforth a Throne of light, Ever held in highest honour, and with many a gift made bright, Ever blessèd, ever peaceful, ever precious in Thy sight. Yea, our hearts, for these Thou judgest, as Thy cleansèd Altars bless, By Thy SPIRIT's grace renew us unto perfect holiness, And the sevenfold gifts from Heaven grant us ever to possess. Now to Thee, through endless ages, Omost HOLY TRINITY, Highest honour, power unmeasured, everlasting glory be: GOD for ever and for ever, THREE in ONE and ONE in THREE. Amen. For Church Defence. " God is in the midst of her, therefore shall she not be removed; God shall help 603 her, and that right early." P ROUND the Sacred City gather Egypt, Edom, Babylon; All the warring hosts of error, Sworn against her, move as one: Vain the leaguer! her foundations Are upon the holy hills, er And the love of the Eternal All her stately temple fills. mf Get thee, watchman, to the rampart! Gird thee, warrior, with thy sword! Be ye strong as ye remember That amidst you is the LORD: These shall vanish one by one, Egypt's malice, Edom's envy, And the hate of Babylon. mf But be true, ye sons and daughters, Lest the peril be within; Watch to prayer, lest, while ye slumber, Stealthy foemen enter in: cr Safe the mother and the children, If their will and love be strong, While their loyal hearts go singing Prayer and praise for battle song. mf Church of GOD! if we forget thee Let His blessing fail our hand, When our love shall not prefer thee Let His love forget our land:Nay! to thee shall we be steadfast, Though the world's foundations shake, Love of thee is love for ever, Love of thee for JESUS' sake. dim Church of CHRIST! upon thy banner, Lo, His Passion's awful sign; By that seal of His Redemption Thou art His, and He is thine: cr From the depth of His Atonement Flows thy Sacramental tide: mf From the height of His Ascension Flows the grace which is thy guide. GOD the SPIRIT dwells within thee, His Society Divine, His the living word thou keepest, His thy Apostolic line. Ancient prayer and song liturgic. Creeds that change not to the end, cr As His gift we have received them, As His charge we will defend. Alleluia, Alleluia, To the FATHER, SPIRIT, SON, In Whose will the Church at warfare With the Church at rest is one; So to Thee we sing in union ,, God in earth and Heav'n adored, f Alleluia, Alleluia, dim Holy, Holy, Holy LORD. Amen. " One body, and one Spirit,. 604 Lord, one faith." mfTHY Hand, O GOD, has guided Thy flock, from age to age; The wondrous tale is written, Full clear, on every page; Our fathers own'd Thy goodness, And we their deeds record; ... one And both of this bear witness, f One Church, one Faith, one LORD. ( 177) FOR CHURCH DEFENCE. mfThy heralds brought glad tidings To greatest, as to least; They bade men rise, and hasten To share the great King's feast; And this was all their teaching, In every deed and word, To all alike proclaiming f One Church, one Faith, one LORD. p When shadows thick were falling, And all seem'd sunk in night, cr Thou, LORD, didst send Thy servants, Thy chosen sons of light. mf On them and on Thy people Thy plenteous Grace was pour'd, And this was still their message, f One Church, one Faith, one LORD. p Through many a day of darkness, Through many a scene of strife, The faithful few fought bravely, To guard the Nation's life. er Their Gospel of redemption, Sin pardon'd, man restored, Was all in this enfolded, f One Church, one Faith, one LORD. mf And we, shall we be faithless? Shall hearts fail, hands hang down? Shall we evade the conflict, And cast away our crown? cr Not so: in GOD's deep counsels Some better thing is stored; We will maintain, unflinching, One Church, one Faith, one LORD. mf Thy Mercy will not fail us, Nor leave Thy work undone; cr With Thy right Hand to help us, The Victory shall be won And then, by men and angels Thy Name shall be adored, And this shall be their anthem, f" One Church, one Faith, one LORD." Amen. For Temperance Meetings. 605" He that is begotten of God keepeth himself." mf 0 LORD, our strength in weakness, We pray to Thee for grace; For power to fight the battle, For speed to run the race; When Thy baptismal waters Were pour'd upon our brow, We then were made Thy children, And pledged our earliest vow. CHRIST with His own Blood bought And made the purchase sure;[ us, His are we; may He keep us Sober, and chaste, and pure. He, GoD in Man, has carried Our nature up to Heaven; And thence the HOLY SPIRIT To dwell in us has given. p Conform'd to His own likeness, May we so live and die, That in the grave our bodies In holy peace may lie: mf And at the Resurrection Forth from those graves may spring Like to the glorious Body Of CHRIST, our LORD and King. p The pure in heart are blessèd, For they shall see the LORD, For ever and for ever By Seraphim adored; cr And they shall drink the pleasures, Such as no tongue can tell, From the clear crystal river, And Life's eternal well. mf Sing therefore to the FATHER, Who sent the SON in love: And sing to GOD the SAVIOUR, Who leads to realms above; fSing we with Saints and Angels, Before the Heavenly Throne, To GOD the HOLY SPIRIT; Sing to the THREE in ONE. Amen. " This kind goeth not out but by prayer 606 and fasting." mp O FATHER, in Whose great design Our human love is made Divine, Teach us to give our love to those By sin beset and all its woes; On Thee for them to cast our care, By fasting and by lowly prayer. P LORD JESU, grant us eyes to see In our poor brethren Thine and TheeTo give ourselves where others need; Where others sin to intercede; And thus, by fasting and by prayer, Our brethren's burden seek to bear. O SPIRIT, by Whose grace alone The many members are made one; er 0 warm our hearts, inspire our will, That we Thy purpose may fulfil; And thus, by fasting and by prayer, Through Thee" the glorious Church" prepare. mp 0 GOD, All- loving THREE in ONE, Whom we shall see beyond the sun; Where walk in white the blood- bought throng, Where soars to Thee the sweet new song, Grant that we find the brethren there We sought by fasting and by prayer. Amen. ( 178). FOR TEMPERANCE MEETINGS. The Lord hath done great things for 607 us already." PO THOU before Whose Presence Nought evil may come in, Yet Who dost look in mercy Down on this world of sin; cr O give us noble purpose To set the sin- bound free, And CHRIST- like tender pity To seek the lost for Thee. Fierce is our subtle foeman: The forces at his hand With woes that none can number Despoil the pleasant land; All they who war against them, In strife so keen and long, mf Must in their SAVIOUR'S armour Be stronger than the strong. So hast Thou wrought among us The great things that we see! For things that are we thank Thee And for the things to be: For bright Hope is uplifting Faint hands and feeble knees, To strive beneath Thy blessing For greater things than these. er Lead on, O Love and Mercy, O Purity and Power! Lead on till Peace Eternal Shall close this battle- hour: Till all who pray'd and struggled To set their brethren free; In triumph meet to praise Thee, Most HOLY TRINITY. Amen.. The following Hymn is suitable: 541 We are soldiers of CHRIST. Burial of the Dead. 608 " All live unto Him." mp GoD of the living, in Whose eyes Unveil'd Thy whole creation lies; All souls are Thine; we must not say That those are dead who pass away; From this our world of flesh set free, cr We know them living unto Thee. 2 Not spilt like water on the ground, Not wrapp'd in dreamless sleep profound, Not wandering in unknown despair, Beyond Thy Voice, Thine Arm, Thy care; Not left to lie like fallen tree.cr Not dead, but living unto Thee. mf Thy word is true, Thy will is just; To Thee we leave them, LORD, in trust; And bless Thee for the love which gave Thy SoN to fill a human grave, That none might fear that world to see, Where all are living unto Thee. 0 Giver unto man of breath, O Holder of the keys of death, O Quickener of the life within, p Save us from death, the death of sin; er That body, soul, and spirit be mf For ever living unto Thee! Amen. " Cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished." 609 mf SAFE home, safe home in port! Rent cordage, shatter'd deck, Torn sails, provision short, And only not a wreck: er But oh! the joy upon the shore To tell our voyage- perils o'er! mf The prize, the prize secure! dim The athlete nearly fell; Bare all he could endure, And bare not always well: on er But he may smile at troubles gone Who sets the victor- garland on. mf No more the foe can harm; No more of leaguered camp, And cry of night alarm, And need of ready lamp; dim And yet how nearly had he fail d How nearly had that foe prevail'd! mp The lamb is in the fold, In perfect safety penn'd; The lion once had hold, And thought to make an end; er But One came by with wounded Side, And for the sheep the Shepherd died. The exile is at home! O nights and days of tears, p O longings not to roam, O sins and doubts and fears: cr What matters now grief's darkest day? f The King has wiped those tears away. Amen. " Is it well with the child?... It is 610 well." FOR A CHILD. P SAFELY, safely gather'd in, Far from sorrow, far from sin, No more childish griefs or fears, No more sadness, no more tears; er For the life so young and fair Now hath pass'd from earthly care; mf GoD Himself the soul will keep, Giving His beloved- sleep. ( 179.) BURIAL OF THE DEAD. Safely, safely gather'd in, Far from sorrow, far from sin, er Pass'd beyond all grief and pain, Death for thee is truest gain; For our loss we must not weep, Nor our loved one long to keep From the home of rest and peace, Where all sin and sorrow cease. The following Hymns are also suitable: 498 The foe behind, the deep before. 499 On the Resurrection morning. Presentation of Christ in the Temple, COMMONLY CALLED The Purification of St. Mary the Virgin. p Safely, safely gather'd in, Far from sorrow, far from sin; er GOD has saved from weary strife, In its dawn, this fresh young life; Now it waits for us above, Resting in the SAVIOUR's love; P JESU, grant that we may meet We have not seen, we cannot see dim The Cross our Master bore, There, adoring at Thy Feet Amen. With all its pains,( cr) that we might be The slaves of sin no more; f HAIL to the LORD Who comes, Comes to His Temple gate! dim Not with His Angel host, Not in His Kingly state; No shouts proclaim Him nigh, No crowds His coming wait. St. Thomas the Apostle. " Blessed are they that have not seen, and 612 yet have believed." p But borne upon the throne Of Mary's gentle breast, Watch'd by her duteous love, In her fond arms at rest; er Thus to His FATHER's House He comes, the Heavenly Guest. There Joseph at her side In reverent wonder stands; And, fill'd with holy joy, Old Simeon in his hands Takes up the promised Child, The Glory of all lands. mf WE have not seen, we cannot see, The happy land above, From sin and death and suffering free, Where all is peace and love; mf Hail to the Great First- born, Whose ransom- price they pay! The SoN before all worlds; dim The Child of man to- day; er That He might ransom us Who still in bondage lay. mf0 Light of all the earth, Thy children wait for Thee! Come to Thy temples here, That we, from sin set free, Before Thy FATHER'S face May all presented be! Amen. We only see the path is long By which we have to go; We only feel the foes are strong Who seek to work us woe. mf We only think it hard to part With every pleasant sin, And give to GOD a perfect heart, And make Him LORD within. " The Lord whom ye seek shall suddenlyf 611 come to His Temple." We walk by faith, and not by sight; And, blessèd Saint, like thee, We sometimes doubt if faith tells right, Because we cannot see. Upon the promise we would lean Thy doubting heart received: Blessèd are they that have not seen, And that have yet believed. Amen. St. Matthias the Apostle. " He was numbered with the eleven 613 apostles." mf PRAISE to the Heavenly Wisdom Who knows the hearts of allThe saintly life's beginnings, The traitor's secret fall; Our own ascended Master, Who heard His Church's cry, Made known His guiding presence, And ruled her from on high. Elect in His foreknowledge, To fill the lost one's place; He form'd His chosen vessel By hidden gifts of grace, Then, by the lot's disposing, He lifted up the poor, cr And set him with the Princes On high for evermore. mf For on the golden breastplats Of our great Priest above, Twelve are the stones that glisten As throbs that Heart of Love; Ad tv elve the fair foundations Of Salem's jasper wall; And twelve the thrones predestined Within her judgment- hall. ( 180) ST. MATTHIAS THE APOSTLE No mystic gem is lacking In that Divine array; No empty throne shall darken The glory of that day: For lo! on Twelve the SPIRIT, The FATHER'S Promise, came; And Twelve went forth together To preach the saving Name. [ herd, Still guide Thy Church, Chief ShepHer losses still renew; Be Thy dread keys entrusted To faithful hands and true; Apostles of Thy choosing May all her rulers be, That each with joy may render His last account to Thee! Amen. St. Matthew the Apostle. " And as He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphæus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto 614 him, Follow Me." mf BEHOLD, the Master passeth by! dim Oh, seest thou not His pleading eye? p With low sad voice He calleth thee;cr Leave this vain world and follow Me. po soul, bow'd down with harrowing care, Hast thou no thought for Heav'n to spare? cr From earthly toils lift up thine eye;mf Behold, the Master passeth by! One heard Him calling long ago, And straightway left all things below, Counting his earthly gain as loss For JESUS and His blessèd Cross. That" Follow Me" his faithful ear Seem'd every day afresh to hear: Its echoes stirr'd his spirit still, And fired his hope, and nerved his will. p GoD sweetly calls us every day: er Why should we then our bliss delay? He calls to Heav'n and endless light: Why should we love the dreary night? mf Praise, LORD, to Thee for Matthew's call, At which he left his earthly all; er Thou, LORD, e'en now art calling me ,I will leave all, and follow Thee. Amen. 615" Matthew the publican." mf HE sat to watch o'er customs paid, A man of scorn'd and hard'ning trade; Alike the symbol and the tool Of foreign masters' hated rule. But grace within his breast had stirr'd; There needed but the timely word; cr It came, true LORD of souls! from Thee, That royal summons," Follow Me." Enough, when Thou wert passing by, To hear Thy voice, to meet Thine eye: He rose, responsive to the call, And left his task, his gains, his all. mf 0 wise exchange! with these to part, And lay up treasure in Thy heart; With twofold crown of light to shine Amid Thy servants' foremost line! p Come, SAVIOUR, as in days of old; cr Pass where the world has strongest hold, And faithless care and selfish greed Are thorns that choke the holy seed. mf Who keep Thy gifts, O bid them claim The steward's, not the owner's name; Who yield all up for Thy dear sake, Let them of Matthew's wealth partake. Amen. St. Michael and all Angels. 616" I am thy fellow servant." fLIFE and strength of all Thy servants, Brightness of the FATHER's light; Men with Angels, earth with Heaven, In Thy praise their songs unite. Thousand thousand warrior princes In Thine Angel army stand; Flames the victor Cross before them, Grasp'd in Michael's dauntless hand. my Hurling back from Heav'n the rebels With the lifting of his sword, In the might of GOD he tramples On the Dragon's head abhorr'd. dim LORD of Angels, CHRIST, we pray Thee, Bid them aid us in our strife, Chase afar the hosts of evil, cr Till we reach the land of life. fGoD the FATHER, GOD Immortal, GOD the SON, for us Who died, GOD the Comforter, the SPIRIT, Evermore be glorified! Amen. ( 181) ST. MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS. " And all the Angels stood round about the throne...and fell before the throne on their faces, and wor 617 shipped God." mf FATHER, before Thy throne of light The guardian Angels bend, And ever in Thy Presence bright 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. 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; cr 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 come.' 618 mf BRIDE of CHRIST, whose glorious warfare Here on earth hath never rest; Lift 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 Heav'n together blending In one solemn harmony. First the blessed 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. 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, 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; cr 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. ( 182) 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 umber'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 quar ters, 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 Gop, true Man, united With GOD eternally! Amen. Festivals of the Blessed Virgin Mary. " Blessed is the womb that bare Thee." 622 mf VIRGIN- BORN, we bow before Thee; Blessed 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. ( 183) FESTIVALS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. Blessèd she by all creation, Who brought forth the world's Salvation, dim And blessèd they- for ever blest, tr Who love Thee most and serve Thee best. nf Virgin- Born, we bow before Thee; Blessèd was the womb that bore Thee; Mary, Maid and Mother mild, Blessed was she in her Child. Amen. Commemoration of Saints. ( 6 623 A great cloud of witnesses." m/ GIVE us the wings of faith to rise Within the veil, and see The Saints above, how great their How bright their glories be.[ joys, pOnce they were mourning here below, And wet their couch with tears'; They wrestled hard, as we do now, With sins, and doubts, and fears. We ask them, whence their victory came: er They, with united breath, mf Ascribe the conquest to the Lamb, Their triumph to His Death. p They mark'd the footsteps that He trod, His zeal inspired their breast: And, following their incarnate GOD, They reach'd the promised rest. [ Our glorious Leader claims our praise For His own pattern given; While the great cloud of witnesses Show the same path to Heaven. 124 Amen. Litang for those at Sea. PART 1. FATHER, Whose creating hand Made the ocean and the land; All Thy creatures are Thy care, Thou art present everywhere. Hear us, we beseech Thee. CHRIST, Who didst of old appear On the waters, drawing near; Thou art able still to save. Calmly ruling wind and wave. Hear us, we beseech Thee. HOLY GHOST, Whose presence shed Life where all was dark and dead; By Thy breath we move and live, Thou dost light and order give. Hear us, we beseech Thee. GOD, to Whom our life we owe, GOD, Whose Blood forman did flow, GOD, Who dost within us dwell ,Keep us Thine, and all is well. Hear us, we beseech Thee. When the deep in slumber lies Under bright and peaceful skies, When the winds in fury rave, Lifting high the rushing wave, Hear us, we beseech Thee. All our honest labour bless, Give each lawful aim success; In our time of need draw nigh, Saying," Fear not, it is I." Hear us, we beseech Thee. Guard the loved ones left behind, Give them peace in heart and mind: Keep us all' in union sweet, At our FATHER's mercy- seat. Hear us, we beseech Thee. Safe from what might work our woe, Rock and shoal, and fire and foe, May we home and kindred see, And the glory give to Thee. Hear us, we beseech Thee. PART 2. 2 May Thy Church our shelter be, Ark in mercy built by Thee, Refuge from the storms of life, From the wearing toil and strife. Hear us, we beseech Thee. When temptations round us roll, Threatening shipwreck to the soul, Grant us faith and holy fear, By Thy will our course to steer. Hear us, we beseech Thee. Through the gloom of sorrow's night, Show Thy cheering, guiding light: cr Waft us homeward, LORD, we pray, Nearer Heave day day. p Hear us, we beseech Thee. Bid the storms of passion cease, Bid the power of love increase, Bid each tossing doubt be still, Bid us trust and do Thy will. Hear us, we beseech Thee. Mark our course, and keep us true, Till the haven fair we view, Grant us on that peaceful shore Home and friends for evermore. Hear us, we beseech Thee. ( 181) LITANY FOR Where there is no night or sea, May we praise and worship Thee, Glad because we are at rest In Thy presence with the blest. Hear us, we beseech Thee. Amen. Litany of the Seven Words from the Cross. 625 mp" FATHER, FORGIVE THEM, FOR THEY KNOW NOT( dim) WHAT THEY( pp) DO." 2 JESU, in Thy dying woes, Even while Thy life- blood flows, Craving pardon for Thy foes, cr Hear us, Holy JESU. 2 SAVIOUR, for our pardon sue, When our sins Thy pangs renew, For we know not what we do:cr Hear us, Holy JESU. 2 Oh! may we, who mercy need, Be like Thee in heart and deed, When with wrong our spirits bleed. cr Hear us, Holy JESU. mp" To- DAY SHALT THOU BE WITH ME IN PARADISE." JESU, pitying the sighs Of the thief who near Thee dies, Promising him Paradise, Hear us, Holy JESU. May we, in our guilt and shame, Still Thy love and mercy claim, Calling humbly on Thy Name. Hear us, Holy JESU. Oh I remember those who pine, Looking from their cross to Thine; Cheer their souls with hope Divine. Hear us, Holy JESU. mp" WOMAN, BEHOLD THY SON." " BEHOLD THY MOTHER." JESU, loving to the end Her whose heart Thy sorrows rend, And Thy dearest human friend, cr Hear us, Holy JESU. May we in Thy sorrows share, For Thy sake all peril dare, Ever know Thy tender care. Hear us, Holy JESU. May we all Thy loved ones be ,All one holy family, Loving for the love of Thee. Hear us, Holy JESU. THOSE AT SEA. mp" MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME?" p Jesu, whelm'd in fears unknown, With our evil left alone, While no light from Heaven is shown, cr Hear us, Holy JESU. When we seem in vain to pray, And our hope seems far away, In the darkness be our stay. Hear us, Holy JESU. Though no Father seem to hear, Though no light our spirits cheer, May we know that GOD is near. Hear us, Holy JESU. mp" I THIRST." PJESU, in Thy thirst and pain, While Thy wounds Thy life- blood drain Thirsting more our love to gain; cr Hear us, Holy JESU. mp Long for us in mercy still; May we Thy desires fulfil ,Satisfy Thy loving will. cr Hear us, Holy JESU. May we thirst Thy love to know; Lead us worn with sin and woe Where the healing waters flow. Hear us, Holy JESU. mp" IT IS FINISHED." JESU, all our ransom paid, All Thy FATHER'S will obey'd ,By Thy sufferings perfect made; Hear us, Holy JESU. 2 Save us in our soul's distress, Be our help to cheer and bless, While we grow in holiness. cr Hear us, Holy JESU. mp Brighten all our heavenward way With an ever holier ray, Till we pass to perfect day. Hear us, Holy JESU. mp" FATHER, INTO THY HANDS I COMMEND MY SPIRIT." JESU.- all Thy labour vast, All Thy woe and conflict past ,dim Yielding up Thy soul at last; Hear us, Holy JESU. p When the death- shades round na lour, Guard us from the tempter's power, Keep us in that trial hour. Hear us, Holy JESU. ( 185) LITANY OF THE SEVEN WORDS FROM THE CROSS. mp May Thy life and death supply Grace to live and grace to die, cr Grace to reach the Home on High. Hear us, Holy JESU. Amen. For Mission Services and Instructions. So shall I make answer unto my blasphemers: for my trust is in 626 Thy word." mf APPROACH, my soul, the mercyseat, Where JESUS answers prayer; dim There humbly fall before His feet, For none can perish there. p Thy promise is my only plea, With this I venture nigh: Thou callest burden'd souls to Thee, cr And such, O LORD, am I. p Bow'd down beneath a load of sin, By Satan sorely press'd, By war without, and fears within, cr I come to Thee for rest. p Be Thou my Shield and Hiding Place, That, shelter'd near Thy side, cr I may my fierce accuser face, And tell him, Thou hast died. my Oh wondrous love, to bleed and To bear the Cross and shame,[ die, That guilty sinners, such as I, Might plead Thy gracious Name! Amen. " Thou hast destroyed thyself; but in Me 627 is thy help found." mf GoD made me for Himself, to serve Him here With love's pure service and in filial fear; To show His praise, for Him to labour now: Then see His glory where the Angels bow. All needful grace was mine, through His dear SON, Whose life and death my full salvation won; The grace that would have strengthen'd me, and taught; Grace that would crown me when my work was wrought. 2 And I, poor sinner, cast it all away; Lived for the toil or pleasure of each day; As if no CHRIST had shed His precious Blood, As if I owed no homage to my GOD. mf0 HOLY SPIRIT, with Thy fire Divine, Melt into tears this thankless heart of mine; Teach me to love what once I seem'd to hate, And live to GOD, before it be too late. Amen. " Return unto the Lord thy God: for thou 628 hast fallen by thine iniquity.' mf RETURN, O wanderer, to thy home, Thy FATHER calls for thee; No longer now an exile roam, In guilt and misery: Return, return! P Too long the loathsome fields of sin Thy fruitless toil have known: No wholesome bread! no voice of kin! No home to call thine own! cr Return, return! Thy FATHER stands with outstretch'd He gave His SON for thee:[ hands, Poor soul, from sin's enthralling bands He longs to set thee free. Return, return! [ turn, mf Arise, stand up and homeward No longer dwell apart; His mighty love will never spurn One humble contrite heart. dim Return, return! mfOur FATHER's house is full of bliss, And there is room for all; He welcomes with forgiving kiss; O, hear His loving call! dim Return, return! mf The feast of joys awaits thee there, The precious robe and ring; O haste thy FATHER's gifts to share, O haste His praise to sing: Return, return! Amen. " There shall be showers of blessing." 629 mf LORD, I hear of showers of blessing Thou art scattering full and free, Showers the thirsty land refreshing; Let some drops descend on me Even me. Pass me not, O gracious FATHER, 2 Sinful though my heart may be; Thou might'st leave me, but the rather Let Thy mercy light on me- Even me. Pass me not, O gracious SAVIOUR! Let me love and cling to Thee; cr I am longing for Thy favour; Whilst Thou'rt calling, oh call meEven me. ( 186) FOR MISSION SERVICES AND INSTRUCTIONS. Pass me not, O mighty SPIRIT! Thou canst make the blind to see; Witnesser of JESU's merit, Speak the word of power to meEven me. p Have I long in sin been sleeping, Long been slighting, grieving Thee? Has the world my heart been keeping? O forgive and rescue me- Even me. cr Love of GOD, so pure and changeless; Blood of CHRIST, so rich and free; Grace of GOD, so strong and boundless, Magnify it all in me- Even me. er Pass me not; but, pardon bringing, Bind my heart, O LORD, to Thee; Whilst the streams of life are springing. Blessing others, O bless me- Even me. Amen. " Oh that I were as in months 630 past." mf0 FOR a closer walk with GOD, A calm and heavenly frame; A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the LAMB! p What peaceful hours I once enjoy'd! How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill. Return, O holy Dove, return, Sweet messenger of rest: I hate the sins that made Thee mourn, And drove Thee from my breast. The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol be, cr Help me to tear it from Thy Throne, And worship only Thee. So shall my walk be close with GOD, Calm and serene my frame; So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the LAMB. Amen. " He died for all that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves." 631 mf On, the bitter shame and sorrow, That a time could ever be 2 When I let the SAVIOUR's pity Plead in vain, and proudly answer'd, " All of self, and none of Thee.' er Yet He found me:( dim) I beheld Him Bleeding on the accursèd tree, p Heard Him pray," Forgive them, FATHER;" And my wistful heart said faintly, pp" Some of self, and some of Thee." cr Day by day His tender mercy, Healing, helping, full and free, Sweet and strong, and ah! so patient, Brought me lower, while I whisper'd, " Less of self, and more of Thee." mf Higher than the highest heavens, Deeper than the deepest sea, LORD, Thy love at last hath conquer'd; cr Grant me now my soul's desire, f" None of self, and all of Thee." Amen. 632" He was lost, and is found." mf REDEEM'D, restored, forgiven Through JESUS' precious Blood, Heirs of His home in Heaven, cr O praise our pardoning GOD! Praise Him in tuneful measures, Who gave His SON to die; fPraise Him Whose sevenfold trea 1 sures Enrich and sanctify! p Once on the dreary mountain We wander'd far and wide, Far from the cleansing Fountain, Far from the piercèd Side; cr But JESUS sought and found us, And wash'd our guilt away; With cords of love He bound us To be His own for aye. Dear Master, Thine the glory Of each recover'd soul; Ah! who can tell the story p Of love that made us whole? Not ours, not ours the merit; mf Be Thine alone the praise, cr And ours a thankful spirit To serve Thee all our days. p Now keep us, Holy SAVIOUR, In Thy true love and fear; And grant us of Thy favour The grace to persevere; cr Till, in Thy new creation, Earth's time- long travail o'er, We find our full salvation, f And praise Thee evermore. Amen. ( 187) " In that day there shall be a fountain opened for sin and for un633 cleanness." mf THERE is a fountain fill'd with Blood, Drawn from Emmanuel's veins, And sinners plunged beneath that flood Lose all their guilty stains. FOR MISSION SERVICES AND INSTRUCTIONS. The dying thief rejoiced to see That fountain in his day; dim And there may I, as vile as he, cr Wash all my sins away. Dear dying LAMB, Thy precious Blocd Shall never lose its power, cr Till all the ransom'd Church of GOD Be saved to sin no more. E'er since by faith I saw the stream Thy flowing Wounds supply, Redeeming love has been my theme, And shall be till I die. Then in a nobler, sweeter song, I'll sing Thy power to save, When this poor lisping, stammering tongue Lies silent in the grave. P LORD, I believe Thou hast prepared, Unworthy though I be, For me a Blood- bought free reward, A golden harp for me. cr' Tis strung and tuned for endless years, And torm'd by power Divine, To sound in GOD the FATHER's ears No other name but Thine. Amen. " I came not to judge the world, but to 634 save the world." mf SOULS of men! why will ye scatter Like a crowd of frighten'd sheep? Foolish hearts! why will ye wander From a love so true and deep? p Was there ever kindest shepherd Half so gentle, half so sweet, As the SAVIOUR Who would have us Come and gather round His Feet? mp Pining souls! come nearer JESUS, And oh! come not doubting thus, cr But with faith that trusts more bravely His huge tenderness for us. cr There's a wideness in GOD's mercy, Like the wideness of the sea; There's a kindness in His justice, Which is more than liberty. mf There is plentiful redemption In the Blood that has been shed; There is joy for all the members In the sorrows of the Head. There is no place where earth's sorrows Are more felt than up in Heaven: p There is no place where earth's failings Have such kindly judgment given. If our love were but more simple, We should take Him at His word; mf And our lives would be all sunshine In the sweetness of our LORD. Amen. For the love of GOD is broader Than the measures of man's mind; And the Heart of the Eternal Is most wonderfully kind. " O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do Thou it for Thy Name's sake; for our backslidings are mny." 635 p WEARY of wandering from my GOD, And now made willing to return, I hear, and bow me to the rod; cr For Thee, not without hope, I mourn: I have an Advocate above, A Friend before the Throne of Love. pO JESUS, full of pardoning grace, More full of grace than I of sin, Yet once again I seek Thy Face; er Open Thine Arms, and take me in, Ard freely my backslidings heal, And love the faithless sinner still. Tho know'st the way to bring me My fallen spirit to restore:[ back, PO for Thy truth and mercy's sake Forgive, and bid me sin no more; The ruins of my soul repair, And make my heart a house of prayer. The stone to flesh again convert, The veil of sin once more remove; Sprinkle Thy Blood upon my heart, And melt it with Thy dying love; er This rebel heart by love subdue, And make it soft, and make it new. Ah, give me. LORD, the tender heart That trembles at the approach of [ sin; A godly fear of sin impart, Implant, and root it deep within, That I may dread Thy gracious power, And never dare offend Thee more. Amen. " Yield yourselves unto God... and your members as instruments of 636 righteousness." mf FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST, ONE in THREE, and THREE in ONE, As by the celestial host, Let Thy Will on earth be done; Praise by all to Thee be given, Glorious LORD of earth and Heaven. [( 188) FOR MISSION SERVICES AND INSTRUCTIONS. p If a sinner such as I May to Thy great glory live, All my actions sanctify, All my words and thoughts receive; er Claim me for Thy service, claim All I have, and all I am. p Take my soul and body's powers; Take my memory, mind, and will, All my goods, and all my hours, All I know, and all I feel, cr All I think, or speak, or do; Take my heart;-but make it new! mf0 my GOD, Thine own I am, Let me give Thee back Thine own; Freedom, friends, and health, and Consecrate to Thee alone;[ fame, Thine to live, thrice happy 1; Happier still if Thine I die. FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST, ONE in THREE, and THREE in ONE, As by the celestial host, Let Thy Will on earth be done; fPraise by all to Thee be given, Glorious LORD of earth and Heaven. Amen. " Be of good comfort; rise, He calleth 637 thee." mf ОH! come to the merciful SAVIOUR Who calls you, Oh! come to the LORD Who forgives and forgets; dim Though dark be the fortune on earth that befalls you, er There's a bright Home above, where the sun never sets. Oh! come then to JESUS, Whose Arms are extended To fold His dear children in closest embrace: Oh! come, for your exile will shortly be ended, And JESUS will show you His beautiful Face. mf Yes, come to the SAVIOUR, Whose mercy grows brighter The longer you look at the depth of His love; And fear not!' tis JESUS! and life's cares grow lighter As you think of the Home and the Glory above. p Have you sinn'd as none else in the world have before you? Are you blacker than all other creatures in guilt? cr Oh, fear not, and doubt not! the mother who bore you mf Loves you less than the SAVIOUR Whose Blood you have spilt! Come, come to His Feet, and lay open your story Of suffering and sorrow, of guilt and of shame: For the pardon of sin is the crown of His glory, And the joy of our LORD to be true to His Name. Amen. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 638 PO GOD, to know that Thou art just Gives hope and peace within; We could not in a mercy trust Which takes no count of sin. I fain would open to Thy sight My utmost wickedness; Set, LORD, in Thy most searching light What I have done amiss. No stern and needless law was Thine Hard to be understoodBut plainly read in every line, Holy, and just, and good. Though basely weak my fallen race And masterful my foes, I had th' omnipotence of grace To conquer, if I chose. Well did I know the tender Heart I outraged by my sin, Yet with the world I would not part, Nor rein my passions in. My fault it was, O LORD Most High, And not my fate alone: Thou canst not suffer sin, nor I In any way atone. ( 189) Yet there's a plea that I may trustCHRIST died that I might live! Cleanse me, my GoD, for Thou art just; Be faithful, and forgive. Amen. INDEX OF FIRST LINES. Any questions concerning the copyright of these Hymns should be addressed to the CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE OF HYMNS A.& M., care of WM. CLOWES& SONS, Limited, 23, Cockspur Street, London, S. W. HYMN 288 213 A few more years shall roll. A living stream, as crystal clear Abide with me; fast falls the eventide Above the clear blue sky Above the starry spheres Again the Lord's own day is here All glory, laud, and honour. All hail, Adoréd Trinity All hail the power of Jesus' Name All people that on earth do dwell All things bright and beautiful All ye who seek for sure relief. Alleluia! Alleluia! . to hearts heaven and voices raise Alleluia! sing to Jesus Alleluia, song of sweetness. Almighty Father, hear our cry Almighty God, Whose only Son. An exile for the faith And now, beloved Lord, Thy soul resigning And now, O Father, mindful of the love 3. At Thy feet, O Christ, we lay Author of life Divine Awaked from sleep we fall Awake, my soul, and with the sun 27 330 322 32 564 550 And now the wants are told And now this holy day Angels, from the realms of glory. 482 Angel- voices, ever singing Approach, my soul, the mercy- seat 626 Around the Throne of God a band 335 Art thou weary, art thou languid 254 As near the wish'd- for port we draw As now the sun's declining rays As pants the hart for cooling streams As with gladness men of old At even ere the sun was set Be near us, Holy Trinity Be Thou my Guardian and my Guide.. 152 35 98 158 300 166 573 112 137 316 82 371 363 458 121 238 79 20 At the Cross her station keeping. 117 At the Lamb's high feast we sing 127 At the Name of Jesus 306 6 319 474 3 509 282 597 13 IK ROT Before Jehovah's awful Throne Before the ending of the day Behold the Lamb of God Behold, the Master passeth by Behold the messengers of Christ Behold the sun, that seem'd but HYMN 516 15 Brief life is here our portion Bright the vision that delighted Brightly did the light Divine Brightly gleams our banner By Jesus' grave on either hand By precepts taught of ages past . now. Behold us, Lord, a little space Behold us, Lord, before Thee met Bishop of the souls of men. Bless'd are the pure in heart Blessèd city, heavenly Salem Blessèd feasts of blessed Martyrs. Blest Creator of the light. .. Bounteous Spirit, ever shedding Bread of Heav'n, on Thee we feed Bride of Christ, whose glorious warfare . ( 190) . Captains of the saintly band. Children of the Heavenly King Christ, in highest Heav'n enthronèd Christ is gone up; yet ere He pass'd Christ is made the sure Foundation . PART 2 Christ is our corner- stone Christ is risen! Christ is risen! Christ the Lord is risen again Christ the Lord is risen to- day. Christ, Who once amongst us. Christ, Whose glory fills the skies Christ will gather in His own. Christian, dost thou see them. Christian! seek not yet repose Christians, awake, salute the happy morn Christians, sing out with exulta • tion Church of the Living God Come, gracious Spirit, heavenly 187 614 438 476 475 348 408 261 896 440 38 507 318 618 225 161 412 390 123 85 432 547 422 352 396 239 138 136 181 333 7 400 91 269 61 484 532 Dove 209 Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest 347 Come, Holy Ghost, Eternal God. Come, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire Come, Holy Ghost, Who ever One Come, let us join our cheerful songs Come, pure hearts, in sweetest HYMN 508 599 INDEX. 299 measures. 434 Come, my soul, thy suit prepare. 527 Come see the place where Jesus lay 139 Come, sing with holy gladness. Come sing, ye choirs exultant. 341 621 156 Come, Thou Holy Spirit, come Come to our poor nature's night. Come unto Me, ye weary. 524 256 Come, ye faithful, raise the anthem Earth has many a noble city Eternal Father, strong to save Every morning the red sun. . . 157 9 382 Come, ye faithful, raise the strain Come, ye thankful people, come Conquering kings their titles take Creator of the starry height. Creator of the world, to Thee. Crown Him with many crowns. 304 175 45 83 302 133 Day of Wrath! O day of mourning 398 Days and moments quickly flying 289 Dear Lord, on this Thy servant's day Disposer Supreme Do no sinful action. Draw nigh and take the Body of the Lord 420 431 569 313 76 370 570 Fain would I, Lord of grace Fair wayed the golden corn. Far be sorrow, tears, and sighing Far down the ages now Far from my heavenly home Father, before Thy throne of light Father, let me dedicate 493 Father, Most High, be with us Father of all, from land and sea. 275 Father of all, to Thee 514 Father of Heav'n, Whose love profound. 164 388 531 563 Father of mercies, God of love Father of mercies, in Thy Word Father, Son, and Holy Ghost Father, Son, and Holy Ghost Father, whate'er of earthly bliss. Fierce raged the tempest o'er the deep. 636 515 285 Fight the good fight with all thy might 5/0 First of Martyrs, thou whose name 65 For all the Saints who from their labours rest. 437 491 339 501 534 284 617 74 HYMN For all Thy Saints, a noble throng 418 For ever we would gaze on Thee. For ever with the Lord 461 231 115 Forgive them, O My Father For man the Saviour shed 443 Forsaken once, and thrice denied 416 For thee, O dear, dear country 227 For Thy dear Saint, O Lord 448 For Thy mercy and Thy_grace Forth in Thy Name, O Lord, I go Forty days and forty nights Forty days Thy seer of old Forward! be our watchword From east to west, from shore to shore From glory unto glory! Be this our joyous song From Greenland's icy mountains From highest Heav'n the Eternal 171 Son From out the cloud of amber light 410 . 623 511 Give us the wings of faith to rise Glorious is Thy Name, O Lord Glorious things of thee are spoken Glory be to Jesus 545 107 Glory to Thee, my God, this night 23 Glory to Thee, O Lord. 69 Glory to Thee Who safe hast kept PART 2 Go to dark Gethsemane God Eternal, Mighty King. God from on high hath heard.. God made me for Himself, to serve Him here God moves in a mysterious way. God of grace, 0 let Thy Light. God of mercy, God of grace. God of our life, to Thee we call . . Great God, what do I see and hear Great God, Who, hid from mortal sight Great King of nations, hear our ● 78 8 92 503 89% 488 485 358 . 874 God of the living, in Whose eyes, 608 God the Father's only Son.. 519 God the Father! Whose Creation 885 God, that madest earth and heaven 26 Good it is to keep the fast 89 Gracious Saviour, gentle Shepherd 842 Gracious Spirit, Holy Ghost 210 52 3 P 110 843 58 627 878 364 218 prayer. 375 Great Mover of all hearts 262 Guide me, O Thou great Redeemer 196 Hail, Body true, of Mary born, and in the manger laid 557 Hail, Father, Whose creating call 510 Hail, gladdening Light, of His pure glory pour'd. Hail the day that sees Him rise. Hail to the Lord's Anointed 18 147 219 Hail to the Lord Who comes.. 611 Hark! a thrilling voice is souding 47 191) Hark! hark, my soul Hark, my soul! it is the Lord. Hark the glad sound! the Saviour comes Hark! the herald- angels sing Hark! the sound of holy voices. Have mercy, Lord, on me Have mercy on us. God, most high Heavenly Father, send Thy blessing. Herald, in the wilderness He sat to watch o'er customs paid He, Who once in righteous vengeance Here, Lord, we offer Thee all that is fairest His are the thousand sparkling HYMN 223 260 rills Holy Father, cheer our way. Holy Father, in Thy mercy Holy Ghost, Illuminator Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty. PART 2 Hosanna to the living Lord. Hosanna we sing, like the children dear. How blessed, from the bonds of sin How blest the matron, who, endued. How bright these glorious spirits shine How oft, O Lord, Thy Face hath shone How sweet the Name of Jesus sounds How vain the cruel Herod's fear. How welcome was the call Hush'd was the evening hymn I am not worthy, Holy Lord. I could not do without Thee I heard the voice of Jesus say Jerusalem, my happy home Jerusalem on high Jerusalem the golden Jesu, for the beacon- light Jesu, gentlest Saviour. Jesu, grant me this, I pray Jesu, Lover of my soul I love to hear the story I was a wandering sheep In days of old on Sinai In grief and fear to Thee, O Lord. In royal robes of splendour. In the Lord's atoning grief. In token that thou shalt not fear It is finish'd! Blessèd Jesus Jesu, meek and gentle. Jesu, meek and lowly, . . INDEX. . 53 60 436 249 162 338 462 615 102 598 119 22 595 148 Jesu, my Lord, my God, my All Jesu, our Hope, our heart's Desire Jesu, our Lenten fast of Thee.. 160 241 340 357 457 438 404 176 75 351 574 823 186 257 330 258 460 377 620 105 328 122 236 233 228 454 324 182 193 194 188 HYMN 177 178 455 141 190 189 403 134 170 140 Jesu, the very thought is sweet Jesu, the very thought of Thee Jesu, the Virgins' Crown, do Thou Jesu, the world's redeeming Lord Jesu, Thou Joy of loving hearts. Jesu, Thy mercies are untold. Jesus calls us: o'er the tumult Jesus Christ is risen to- day Jesus is God: the solid earth Jesus lives! no longer now. Jesus, Lord of life and glory Jesus shall reign where'er the sun Jesus, where'er Thy people meet Joy! because the circling year Just as I am, without one plea • King of Saints, to Whom the number Know ye the Lord hath borne away 419 506 Lamb of God, I look to Thee. 568 Lead, kindly Light 266 Lead us, Heavenly Father, lead us 281 Let all the world in every corner sing. Let our Choir new anthems raise Let saints on earth in concert sing Life and strength of all Thy servants Lift the strain of high thanksgiving Lift up your heads, ye gates of brass. Light's glittering morn bedecks the sky Light's abode, celestial Salem Lo! from the desert homes. Lo! God is here! let us adore Lo! He comes with clouds descending. . Lo! now is our accepted day Lo! now the time accepted peals Lo! round the Throne, a glorious 287 220 529 191 150 90 ( 192) 153 255 splendour. Lord God the Holy Ghost Lord, her watch Thy Church is 548 441 221 616 897 586 126 232 414 526 51 88 band 435 Lo! the Angels' food is given 310 Look down upon us, God of grace 552 Lord, as to Thy dear Cross we flee 267 Lord, behold us with Thy blessing 576 Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing 577 Lord, enthroned in heavenly 492 555 525 keeping 362 Lord, I hear of showers of blessing 629 Lord, I would own Thy tender care 572 Lord, in this Thy mercy's day.. 94 Lord, in Thy Name Thy servants plead Lord, it belongs not to my care Lord Jesus, God and Man Lord Jesus, think on me. 143 535 344 185 HYMN 581 Lord of glory, Who hast bought us 367 Lord of life, Prophetic Spirit. Lord of our life, and God of our salvation 214 Lord of the harvest! it is right and meet. 587 387 356 Lord of the harvest, once again. Lord, speak to me, that I may speak Lord, pour Thy Spirit from on high 355 Lord, teach us how to pray aright 247 Lord, Thy Word abideth. 243 Lord, when Thy Kingdom comes, remember me 116 Lord, when we bend before Thy Throne. 244 520 334 Love Divine, all loves excelling Loving Shepherd of Thy sheep May the grace of Christ our Saviour 33 5 349 Members of Christ are we Morn of morns, and day of days. My Father, for another night My God, accept my heart this day My God, and is Thy Table spread My God, how wonderful Thou art My God, I love Thee; not because 106 My God, my Father, while I stray 264 My Lord, my Master, at Thy Feet adoring 317 169 494 Nearer, my God, to Thee... New every morning is the love New wonders of Thy mighty hand Not by the Martyr's death alone Not for our sins alone. Now, my soul, thy voice upraising Now, my tongue, the mystery telling Now thank we all our God Now that the daylight dies away. Now that the daylight fills the sky Now the busy week is done.. Now the day is over Now the labourer's task is o'er Now the thirty years accomplish'd. PART 2 . INDEX. O blessèd day, when first was pour'd. O Christ, our God, Who with Thine own hast been . O Christ our Joy, gone up on high O Christ, Redeemer of our race O Christ, the heavens' Eternal King O Christ, Who art the Light and Day O come, all ye faithful. 0 come and mourn with me awhile O come, O come, Emmanuel 551 566 277 4 41 451 528 103 309 379 16 1 481 346 401 97 71 559 145 57 129 95 59 114 49 O come, Redeemer of mankind, appear. O day of rest and gladness O Father all creating O Father, bless the children O Father, in Whose great design O Father, Thou Who hast created all O Father, Who didst all things make O Food that weary pilgrims love. O for a closer walk with God O for a faith that will not shrink O for a heart to praise my God O for a thousand tongues to sing O God, of all the Strength and Power HYMN 11. O God of hosts, the mighty Lord. 237. O God of Jacob, by Whose hand. 512 O God of love, O King of peace 376 10 O God of truth, O Lord of might. O God of Truth, Whose living word O God, our help in ages past. O God, the joy of Heaven above O God, Thy soldiers' great Reward O God, to know that Thou art just O God, unseen yet ever near O God, Who metest in Thine hand O happy band of pilgrims O heavenly Jerusalem. O heavenly Word, Eternal Light. O help us, Lord; each hour of need. O Holy Ghost, Thy people bless O Holy Spirit, Lord of grace 0 Jerusalem the blissful, Home of gladness yet untold O Jesu, Blessed Lord, to Thee. O Jesu Christ, if aught there be . 0 Jesu, Lord of light and grace O Jesu, Thou art standing O Jesu, Thou the Beauty art . O Jesu, crucified for man 0 Jesu, King most wonderful PART 2 0 . ( 193) ● PART 3 O let him, whose sorrow O Light, Whose beams illumine all O Lord, be with us when we sail. O Lord, how happy should we be O Lord, how joyful' tis to see. O Lord most High, Eternal King O Lord of Heav'n, and earth, and 56 36 579 562 606 325 29 814 630 278 549 522 sea O Lord of hosts, Whose glory fills 513 165 489 442 638 320 503 224 429 46 178 271 O Jesus, I have promised O Lamb of God, Whose love Divine 456 279 211 208 602 558 253 480 179 2 198 286 345 592 276 273 144 365 394 605 O Lord, our strength in weakness O Lord, turn not Thy Face from me 93 O love Divine, how sweet thou art 195 O love, how deep! how broad! how high... 173 O Love, Who formedst me to wear 0 merciful Creator, hear.. O my God, I fear Thee. O Paradise! O Paradise . . . HYMN 192 87 567 234 120 O perfect life of love O perfect Love, all human thought transcending O praise our God to- day O praise our Great and Gracious Lord. O praise ye the Lord O quickly come, dread Judge of all O sacred Head, surrounded O Saving Victim, opening wide PART 2 O Saviour, Lord, to Thee we pray O Saviour, may we never rest. O Saviour when Thy loving Hand O Saviour, precious Saviour. O Saviour, Who for man hast trod O scorn'd and outcast Lord, beneath O Shepherd of the sheep. O sinner, lift the eye of faith O Sion, open wide thy gates O Son of God, our Captain of Salvation O sons and daughters, let us sing O Spirit of the Living God O Strength and Stay upholding all creation 0 Thou, before the world began. O Thou, before Whose Presence 0 Thou, from Whom all goodness flows O Thou Who dost to man accord. O Thou Who makest souls to shine 0 Thou Whose all- redeeming might O throned,' O crown'd with all renown O Trinity, most Blessed Light: O Voice of the Beloved O Word of God above. O worship the King. O'erwhelm'd in depths of woe Of the Father's Love begotten. Oft in danger, oft in woe Oh! come to the merciful Saviour Who Oh how fair that morning broke: Oh, the bitter shame and sorrow Oh! what, if we are Christ's Oh, what the joy and the glory must be On Jordan's bank the Baptist's INDEX. cry On the Resurrection morning. On the waters dark and drear. On this day, the first of days Once in royal David's city Once more the solemn season calls Once, only once, and once for all, 578 580 294 308 201 111 311 63 272 596 307 146 496 453 104 407 413 130 585 12 554 607 283 86 353 452 505 14 500 395 167 101 56 291 637 533 631 446 HYMN .391 Onward, Christian soldiers Our Blest Redeemer, ere He breath'd Our day of praise is done Out of the deep I call. 207 30 250 445 Palms of glory, raiment bright. Peace, perfect peace, in this dark world of sin 537 Pleasant are Thy courts above.240 Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven Praise, O praise our God and King Praise the Lord, His glories show Praise the Lord! ye heavens, adore Him Praise to God Who reigns above Praise to the Heavenly Wisdom. Praise to the Holiest in the height.. Praise we the Lord this day Redeem'd, restored, forgiven Rejoice, the Lord is King Rejoice to- day with one accord Rejoice, ye pure in heart Resting from His work to- day Return, O wanderer, to thy home Ride on! ride on in majesty Rock of ages, cleft for me Round the Sacred City gather Ruler of the hosts of light 172 . 409 . • Safe home, safe home in port. Safely, safely gather'd in. Saviour, again to Thy dear Name we raise Saviour, Blessed Saviour. Saviour, sprinkle many nations. Saviour, when in dust to Thee See the Conqueror mounts in triumph . See the destined day arise Shall we not love thee, Mother dear Shepherd Divine, our wants relieve Shine Thou upon us, Lord Sing Alleluia forth in duteous 298 381 544 above Sing to the Lord the children's 292 421 613 235 50 499 hymn Sing we the glory of our God Sion's Daughter, weep no more Six days of labour now are past Soldiers of Christ, arise Soldiers of the Cross, arise Soldiers, who are Christ's below Son of the Highest, deign to cast. Sons of Labour, dear to Jesus 372 34 329 84 . 315 Songs of praise the Angels sang. ( 194) 632 202 378 393 124 628 99 184 603 151 609 610 31 305 359 251 148 113 praise 296 Sing, my tongue, the glorious battle 97 Sing praise to God Who reigns 293 450 248 580 571 39 100 44 270 588 447 459 584 297 Songs of thankfulness and praise. Souls of men! why will ye scatter Spirit of mercy, truth, and love Stand up!-stand up for Jesus. Stars of the morning, so gloriously bright. Sun of my soul, Thou Saviour dear Sweet flow'rets of the martyr band Sweet Saviour, bless us ere we go. Sweet Saviour! in Thy pitying grace . Sweet the moments, rich in blessing.. The Advent of our King The ancient law departs HYMN 81 684 155 542 The Apostles' hearts were full of PART 2 pain The call to arms is sounding The Church's one foundation Take not thought for food or raiment 539 Take up thy cross, the Saviour said 263 Ten thousand times ten thousand 222 Tender Shepherd, Thou hast still'd 402 That day of wrath, that dreadful day 206 That Easter- tide with joy was bright PART 3 The day is past and over The Day of Resurrection The day Thou gavest, Lord, is ended INDEX. and sky The great forerunner of the morn The Head that once was crown'd with thorns The Heav'nly Child in stature 423 24 68 28 490 109 . 21 132 477 354 The' earth, O Lord, is one wide field Th'eternal gifts of Christ the King 430 The Father's sole- begotten Son The fish in wave, the bird on wing The foe behind, the deep before. 498 The God of Abraham praise The God, Whom earth, and sea, 486 42 601 The Shepherd now was smitten The Son of God goes forth to war. 126 48 70 126 583 215 grows 78 The Heavenly Word proceeding forth. 311 The King of love my Shepherd is. 197 The Lamb's high banquet called to share 128 The life, which God's Incarnate Word 66 504 449 415 301 The Lord is risen indeed: The people that in darkness sat. 80 The radiant morn hath pass'd away 19 The roseate hues of early dawn 229 The Royal Banners forward go The Saints of God! their conflict past 96 428 405 489 The Son of Man from Jordan rose The sower went forth sowing The strain upraise of joy and praise 295 The strife is o'er, the battle done: 135 17 HYMN 487 366 The sun is sinking fast The Voice of God's Creation found me 530 The voice that breathed o'er Eden 350 The world is very evil 226 The year is gone, beyond recall Thee we adore, 0 hidden Saviour, Thee. 318 There is a blessed home 230 There is a book, who runs may read 168 There is a fountain fill'd with Blood 633 332 536 There is a green hill far away There is a land of pure delight. There is one Way, and only one. 411 There's a Friend for little children 837. There's peace and rest in Paradise 543 They come, God's messengers of love • .. They whose course on earth is o'er Thine arm, O Lord, in days of old Thine for ever! God of love. This is the day of light This is the day the Lord hath made Thou art coming, O my Saviour Thou art gone up on high Thou art the Christ, O Lord. Thou art the Way: by Thee alone Thou hidden love of God, whose height . Thou Judge of quick and dead. Thou spakest, Lord, and into one Thou, the Christ for ever one Thou to Whom the sick and dying Thou, Who at Thy first Eucharist . Thy Hand, O God, has guided Thy kingdom come, O God didst pray Thou, Who didst call Thy Saints of old Thy Life was given for me Thy way, not mine, O Lord. ( 195) . Thron'd upon the awful Tree Through all the changing scenes of life Through midnight gloom from Macedon Through the day Thy love has spared us Through the night of doubt and sorrow 582 360 Thou Who sentest Thine Apostles 426 Thou, Whose Almighty Word Three in One, and One in Three. Thrice- Holy Name! that sweeter sounds. 163 424 538 369 280 37 478 203 149 417 199 600 205 40 591 368 553 521 118 290 361 25 274 604 217 259 265 HYMN Tis done! that new and heavenly birth. To Christ, the Prince of peace. To the Name of our Saivation. To Thee and to Thy Christ, O God To Thee, O Comforter Divine To- day, O Lord, a holier work. To Thee, O Lord, our hearts we raise. To Thee our God we fly Unchanging God, hear from eternal Heaven... Up in Heaven, up in Heaven . 179 502 212 43 Victim- Divine, Thy grace we claim Virgin- born, we bow before Thee INDEX. We are but little children weak We are soldiers of Christ, Who is mighty to save We give Thee but Thine own We have not known Thee as we ought We have not seen, we cannot see We know Thee Who Thou art. We love the place, O God We plough the fields, and scatter We pray Thee, heavenly Father. We saw Thee not when Thou didst 327 180 come We sing the glorious conquest We sing the praise of Him Who died Weary of earth and laden with 384 142 590 565 556 622 331 541 366 518 612 181 242 383 321 174 406 200 my sin. 252 Weary of wandering from my God 635 Weep not for Him Who onward bears. 495 Welcome, happy morning! age to age shall say. 497 What our Father does is well 389 What star is this, with beams so bright.. 77 425 What thanks and praise to Thee we owe 216 What time the evening shadows fall What various hindrances we meet 246 When all Thy mercies, O my God When at Thy footstool, Lord, I bend... 517 245 HYMN When God of old came down from 154 Heav'n When I survey the wondrous Cross 108 When morning gilds the skies . 303 When our heads are bow'd with 399 54 594 183 201 While shepherds watch'd their flocks by night. 62 Who are these like stars appearing 427 With Christ we share a mystic 561 woe When shades of night around us ciose. When through the torn sail the wild tempest is streaming, When wounded sore the stricken heart Where high the heavenly temple stands grave With hearts renew'd, and cleansed from guilt of sin With the sweet word of Peace With weary feet and sadden'd heart Within the Church's sacred fold Within the churchyard, side by side .. Within the Father's house Who is this so weak and helpless Who the multitudes can number Word Supreme, before creation. LITANTES. Of the Four Last Things Of the Incarnate Word. Of Penitence( No. 1) Of Penitence( No. 2) Of the Passion Ye choirs of new Jerusalem 125 Ye holy Angels bright.. 546 Ye servants of our glorious King: 444 Ye servants of the Lord Yesterday, with exultation 268 64 For the Rogation Days Of Jesus Glorified Of the Holy Ghost Of the Church Of the Blessed Sacrament For Children For those at Sea ● 159 589 . 560 326 575 488 523 619 67 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 624 Of the Seven Words from the Cross 625 Applications for grants of books to poor parishes( giving particulars of population, congregation, etc.), and for permission to print copyright HYMNS and TUNES for Chora! Festivals, should be addressed to the CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE OF HYMNS A.& M. care of WM. CLOWES&. SONS, Limited, 23, Cockspur Street, London, S.W.. ( 196) REFERENCE TABLE OF THE HYMNS IN THE OLD AND NEW EDITIONS. 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NEW OLD NEW OLD NEW 509 1880 510 314 511 320 OLD 421 242 422 240° 423 241* 465 466 634° 467 6350 468 641 469 470 6370 471 639° 424 243 425 426 427 215 428 221 429 244* 430 192* 431 193 432 195* 476 433 1960 477 28 434 198 435 218 436 216 437 220* 478 41 479 42* 480 35 481 438 214 482 65 439 217 483 560 440 203* 484 66 441 204* 485 442 200 443 444 202° 445 219 446 206 447 413 448 213 449 2220 450 223 472 638 473 642° 474 475 13 1 486 80° - 487 488 87 489 490 102 491 492 99 493 108° - 494 123* 451 207° 495 125 452 209* 496 453 210* 497 454 208* 498 159 455 212° 499 157* 456 211 500 160 457 501 147* 458 71+ 502 459 248* 503 158 460 504 161 461 250 505 164 462 506 175* 463 6320 507 1830 464 508 512 419 513 440 514 515 418 556 276 557 268 558 270 559 272 560 561 291 562 288 563 292* 564 565 577 566 567 1 568 579 525 359*+ 569 583 526 391 570 581 516 317 517 404 518 465 519 520 498 521 522 501 523 524 365* 527 460 528 461 529 392 530 531 398 532 3960 533 534 535 420 536 385 537 620 538 386 539 540 619 541 618 542 436 543 544 545 366 546 408 547 411 548 318 549 450 550 551 313 552 265 OLD NEW 553 279 554 282 555 2750 ( 199) 571 565 572 573 585 574 584 575 576 577 578 300 579 301 580 541 581 553 582 583 537 584 585 525 586 528 587 532 588 535 589 558 590 533 591 534 592 563 593 594 595 560 596 564 OLD 597 598 NEW 599 399 600 614 601 628 602 603 368 604 605 554 606 555* 607 556 608 609 610 611 230* 612 613 614 615 238 616 617 618 245° 619 620 194° 621 197* 622 224 623 624 643° 625 626 597 627 613 628 5940 629 593 630 612 631 605* 632 624 633 601 634 611 635 600 636 615 637 599 638 596 REFERENCE TABLE OF THE HYMNS FOR THE NEW AND OLD EDITIONS. At the right- hand side of the number of any hymn in the New Edition will be found the number of the same hymn if it has been in the Old Edition. NEW OLD NEW OLD 1 40 36 2 41 478 3 42* 479 7 43* 45 4 44° 46 45 46 47 48 10* 11° 12 17 18 19f 20 21* 8569 13 14 12 15° 38 16 13 17 18 21 23 19 26 27 30 31 32 10 11 22 23 24 24 25+ 28 26 25 27 28 29 NEW OLD NEW OLD NEW OLD 112 157* 499 503 79⁰ 75 80° 486 107 158 81° 108 159 498 30 31 82 83 1 47 49 48 49 50 50 51 53 475 52 51 53* 52 54* 54 93 55° 55 94* 56° 483 95* 57* 57 96° 58° 56 97* 59 59 98* 84 137⁰ 60 58 99 492 138 61 100 92 139 62* 60 101 91 140 63 61 102 64 62 103* 65 482 104* 66 484 105° 477 67⁰ 95 63 106*+ 96 65 107° 97 20 69*+ 66 108° 493 22 68° 75* 76° 84 85 86* 87 88 89 90* 91 77 120 76 121* 109 160 80 122* 111 161 79 123* 494 162 163* 124 78 125 495 164 505 488 126 110 165 143 118 119* 81 127 113 166 82 83 128° 114 167* 144 129 168° 145 130 115 169 86 132° 117 171 131* 116 170° 146 301 118 172* 147 88 134 173 148 89 135 120 174* 149 87 133 - 90 136 175* 506 150 151 152 153 157 347 92*+ 85 122 176* 124 177* 123 178 125 179° 490 141° 125 180 93 142* 126 181° 94 143*+ 128 182 1830 ( 200) 50.0 504 136 141 144 145* 129 146* 130 185 184 147* 501 186* 155 67 109 33 32 72° 68 70 148+ 135 187* 207 71+ 458 110* 98 149 127 188° 509 111* 99 150 132 189 112* 101 151* 133 190* 158 74* 69 113* 103 152* 134 191 70 114° 104 153 34° 15 35 480 36° 14 37° 35 73 192* 430 71 115 102 154 137 193 431 38* 34 77*+ 72 116* 105 155 139 194° 620 39+ 37 781 73 117* 106 156* 140 195* 432 1 507 156 154 These hymns are so altered that the two editions cannot be used together. * These hymns are more or less altered; in some cases the editions may be used together. + A verse or verses added. A verse or verses omitted. REFERENCE TABLE OF THE HYMNS FOR THE NEW AND OLD EDITIONS. NEW OLD NEW OLD NEW OLD NEW OLD 196° 433 242 421 288 562 334 197* 621 243 424 289 198 434 244 429 290 199 335 328 336 245° 618 291 561 337 292 563 338° 200 442 246 201 247 293* 294 349 202° 444 248* 459 203* 440 249 295 204*+ 441 250 461 296 205 251 206 446 252 - 341 342 2970 280 343 298 350 344 299*+ 351 345 300 578 346 301 579 347 302* 398 348 303 401 349 304 448 259 397 305 177 253° 396 254 255 209* 452 210* 453 256° 395 211 456 257 394 207° 451 208* 454 212 455 258 213 214 215 427 261 216 436 262* 321 217 439 263 218 435 264 219 445 265 552 312 312 220* 437 266° 221 428 267 322 313 222°+ 449 268 557 314 223 450 269° 313 315 224 622 270 558 316 225 403 271° 324 317 226 404 272 559 318 227 273° 310 319 274 314 320 228 229* 407 275° 555 321 230* 611 276 556 322 318 323 231 408 277 232 409 278 233 413 279 234* 414 280 235° 415 281 236 237 238 615 284 239 285 240° 422 286 323 241* 423 287* 325 438 260° 309 311 - NEW 380 171 381* 173 382* 172 383 179 384 348 339* 170 385 340* 174 386 175 387* 180 388 299 389 199 390 201 391 202 392 306 393 394 304 395 300 396 350 351 302 397 352* 203 398 306 307* 402 353 222 399 308 160 354 205 400 309 355 206 401 310 161 356 208 402 311 163 357 212 403 164 358 319 324 553 325 317 326 320 327 282 554 328 283 315 329 316 ( 201) OLD 232 235 233 296 230. 536 538 221 237 240 239 526 529 241 242 532 243 531 599 294 298 213 404 510 551 359* 525 405 360 361* 209 407 406 169 166 362 516 363 548 364 297 365* 524 411 511 366 367 368 603 414° 369*+ 214 415 370* 217 416 371 204 417 167 372 218 418 292 373 220 419 295 374*+ 219 420 512 535 375 236 421 197 330 331+ 168 3770 226 423 281 376+ 225 422 196 332 378 227 424 276 333 379 228 425 264 165 517 290 293 211 408 546 210 409+ 373 410 547 545 412 291 215 413 447 224 - - 278 515 REFERENCE TABLE OF THE HYMNS FOR THE NEW AND OLD EDITIONS. NEW OLD NEW OLD NEW OLD NEW OLD NEW 426 265 470 188 514 382 558 589 602 427 471 428 288 472° 254 515 384 559 256 516 387 560 429 289 473 286 517 375 561 430 474 562 277 518 374 519 431 475+ 563 432 285 520 376 564 279 521 377 565 476 433 268 477 434 269 478 435 263 479 436 542 480 238 522 283 523 185 524 437 270 481 438 482 439 483* 440 513 484 441 40 485 442 274 486 443 444 273 445* 261 489 446 345 490 447 262 491 448 267 492 449 450 451 229 495* 452 272 496 453 454 455 456 457 - 493 549 494 284 525 266 526 282 529 181 530 487+ 271 531 488 † 193 532 287 533 497 498 244 499 247 500 194 527 182 528 399 534 176 535 190 536 178 537 538 192 539 260 540 195 541 520 542 - 573 574 575 587 576 590 577 591 578* 588 579 580 583 581 - 582 363 583 356 584 580 585 352 586 358 566 329 359 567* 330 611 361 568 612 585 569 613 360 570* 332 614 362 571 615 586 572 333 616 334 617 335 618 336 619 191 543 259 544 501+ 522 545 458 246 502* 200 546 590 593 366 594° 368 595 459* 248 503 303 547 365 591 460 527 504° 305 548 367 592 461 528 505 378 549 462 249 506 463* 250 507 464* 252 508 465 518 509 466 416 510* 467 184 511 468 187 512 469 251 513 369 596 581 597 598 353 587 354 588 355 589 OLD 245 603 255 379 550 551 552 553 386 554 605 383 555* 606 599 388 556 607 600 381 557 380 601 595 604 370 605* 631 371 606 592 607 596 608 571 609 610 337 620 565 621 331 622 186 198 634 630 627 600 636 573 629 630 257 541 540 537 231 568 623 223 341 624 632 570 625 626* 391 569 627 392 574 628 601 631 338 632° 463 339 633 344 634° 466 635° 467 346 636 142 629 637° 470 628 638 47 639° 471 638 640 626 641 468 642° 473 637 6430 624 635 633 WM. 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