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FROM THE LIBRARY OF 
 
 REV. LOUIS FITZGERALD BENSON, D. D. 
 
 BEQUEATHED BY HIM TO 
 
 THE LIBRARY OF 
 
 PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 
 
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ANCIENT HYMNS, Etc. 
 
RIVINGTO N S 
 
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ANCIENT 
 
 JFrom tfje Botnan Brcbtato 
 
 TO WHICH ARE ADDED 
 
 ORIGINAL HYMNS 
 
 
 By RICHARD MANT, D.D. 
 
 SOMETIME LORD BISHOP OF DOWN AND CONNOR 
 
 RIVING TONS 
 
 3L-onion, ©xforti, ani (Eambrttigc 
 1S71 
 
 Edition 
 
Contents. 
 
 I. MORNING AND EVENING HYMNS FOR EACH 
 DAY IN THE WEEK 
 
 FIRST SERIES 
 
 PAGE 
 
 i. Morning Hymn for Sunday, 3 
 
 Primo die qno Trinitas. 
 11. Evening Hymn for Sunday, ..... 6 
 
 Lncis Creator Optime. 
 in. Morning Hymn for Monday, ..... 8 
 
 Jcun htcis orto sidere. 
 IV. Evening Hymn for Monday, 10 
 
 Immense cceli Conditor. 
 v. Morning Hymn for Tuesday, 12 
 
 Ales diet nuntius. 
 vi. Evening Hymn for Tuesday, 14 
 
 Telhtris alme Conditor. 
 vii. Morning Hymn for Wednesday, . ... 16 
 
 Consors paterjri lumi?iis. 
 in. Evening Hymn for Wednesday, 18 
 
 Cceli Dens sanctissi7iie. 
 IX. Morning Hymn for Thursday, 20 
 
 SEterna cceli gloria. 
 x. Evening Hymn for Thursday, 22 
 
 Magiicp. Dens potent ice . 
 
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 xi. Morning Hymn for Friday, 24 
 
 Splendor Paternet Glorue. 
 
 XII. Evening Hymn for Friday, 27 
 
 Hominis supcme Condi tor. 
 xiii. Morning Hymn for Saturday, ..... 29 
 
 Nox et tenebrw et uubila. 
 
 xiv. Evening Hymn for Saturday, 31 
 
 Jain Sol rccedit igneus. 
 
 [I. MORNING AND EVENING HYMNS FOR EACH 
 DAY IN THE WEEK 
 
 xv. Morning 
 
 xvi. Evening 
 xvil. Morning 
 
 xviii. Evening 
 
 xix. Morning 
 
 xx. Evening 
 
 XXI. Morning 
 
 xxii. Evening 
 
 XXIII. Morning 
 
 SECOXD SERIES 
 
 Hymn for Sunday, 
 
 Sol salutis intimis. 
 Hymn for Sunday. — [Original , 
 Hymn for Monday, 
 
 Node snrgentes vigilemus omnes. 
 
 Ecce jam noctis touiatur umbra. 
 Hymn for Monday, 
 
 Rector poteus, verax Deus. 
 Hymn for Tuesday, 
 
 So m no refect is ar tubus. 
 Hymn for Tuesday, 
 
 A" ox atra rerum contigit. 
 Hymn for Wednesday, 
 
 Lux ecce surgit aurea. 
 Hymn for Wednesday, 
 
 Rerum Deus teuax vigor. 
 Hymn for Thursday, . 
 
 JEteme rerum Condi tor. 
 
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 xxiv. Evening Hymn for Thursday, . . 53 
 
 Te lucis ante terminum. 
 xxv. Morning Hymn for Friday, ..... 55 
 
 Aurora jam spar git polum. 
 xxvi. Evening Hymn for Friday, ..... 57 
 
 ALterne Rector siderum. 
 xxvii. Morning Hymn for Saturday, .... 59 
 
 Tu Triuitatis U?iitas. 
 XXVIII. Evening Hymn for Saturday. — 'Original, . . 61 
 
 III. HYMNS FOR OUR LORD'S HOLY DAYS 
 
 :ix. Hymn for Advent (1.), 65 
 
 Verbnm super)ium prodietis. 
 xx. Hymn for Advent (2.), . . . . . . 67 
 
 En clara vox redarguit. 
 xi. Hymn for our Lord's Nativity (1.), ... 69 
 
 Jesu Redemptor omnium. 
 KII. Hymn for our Lord's Nativity (2.), . . . 71 
 
 A so lis or his cardine. 
 in. Hymn for the Circumcision, ..... 73 
 
 Creator ahne siderum. 
 :iv. Hymn for the Epiphany (1.), . . . . 75 
 
 sola jnagnarum urbium. 
 xv. Hymn for the Epiphany (2.), . . . . 77 
 
 Crudelis I/erodes, Deum. 
 [VI. Hymn for Christ's Presentation in the Temple, . 79 
 
 gloriosa Virgiuum. 
 vii. Hymn for Lent ( 1.), 81 
 
 Ex more docti mystico. 
 in. Hymn for Lent (2.), ..... .84 
 
 Audi, benigne Couditor. 
 [IX. Hymn for the Annunciation (1.), . . . . 86 
 
 Quern terra, pontus, sidera. 
 
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 xl. Hymn for the Annunciation (2.) — [Original, 88 
 
 xi.i. Hymn for Palm Sunday (1.), 90 
 
 Jesu dulcis memoria. 
 xlii. Hymn for Palm Sunday 2.', ..... 92 
 ycsu Rex admirabilis. 
 xliii. Hymn for Good Friday 1., ..... 94 
 Lustra sex qui jam peregit. 
 Pange lingua gloriosi. 
 
 XLIV. Hymn for Good Friday (a.), 96 
 
 Stabat water dolorosa. 
 
 xlv. Hymn for Easter 1.', 98 
 
 Aurora coslum purpurat. 
 XLVI. Hymn for Easter {2.], ...... 100 
 
 Ad regias A gut dapes. 
 xi. vii. Hymn for Easter 3.', ...... 103 
 
 Rex sejnpiterne ccclituvi. 
 
 xlviii. Hymn for the Ascension (1/, 105 
 
 JEtcrne Rex altissime. 
 
 xlix. Hymn for the Ascension (2. , 108 
 
 Salutis humance Sator. 
 1.. Hymn for Whit Sunday (1.;, ..... no 
 Vent, Creator Spiritus. 
 
 1.1. Hymn for Whit Sunday [2.) 112 
 
 Nunc saucie nobis Spiritus. 
 lii. Hymn for Trinity Sunday i.\ .... 113 
 
 Sumnuz Parens dementia*. 
 Lin. Hymn for Trinity Sunday [2.] — [Original. . 115 
 
 IV. HYMNS FOR SAINTS' DAYS 
 
 liv. Hymn on the Holy Angels (i.), 
 
 Christe, sanctorum decus Augelorum. 
 i.v. Hymn on the Holy Angels [2.), 
 
 Te splendor et virtus Patris. 
 
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 LVI. Hymn on the Holy Prophets, 123 
 
 Quicumque Christian quceritis. 
 LVII. Hymn on the Holy Apostles (1.), .... 125 
 
 ALterna Christi munera. 
 lviii. Hymn on the Holy Apostles (2.), .... 127 
 Exult et or bis gaudiis. 
 lix. Hymn on the Holy Evangelists (1.), .... 129 
 
 Ch ris ti fierennes nuntti* 
 lx. Hymn on the Holy Evangelists (2.), . . . . 131 
 
 Since sub alto vertice* 
 lxi. Hymn on the Holy Martyrs (1.), .... 133 
 
 Sanctorum merit is inclyta gaudia. 
 LXII. Hymn on the Holy Martyrs (2.), .... 135 
 Invicte Martyr unicitm. 
 
 lxiii. Hymn on All Saints (1.), 137 
 
 Saint is ceteriuc Da tor. 
 lxiv. Hymn on All Saints (2.) — [Original], . . 139 
 
 * From the Parisian Breviary. 
 
ORIGINAL HYMNS 
 
 PRINCIPALLY OF 
 
 COMMEMORATION AND THANKSGIVING FOR 
 CHRIST'S HOLY ORDINANCES 
 
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 i.xv. Hymn of Thanksgiving for the one Holy, Catholic, 
 
 and Apostolic Church, 143 
 
 lxvi. Hymn commendatory of Prayer for the Church, 145 
 lxvii. Hymn of Thanksgiving for an Apostolical Ministry, 147 
 Lxviii. Hymn commemorative of the Ministerial Com- 
 mission, 149 
 
 LXIX. Hymn of Thanksgiving for God's Presence in 
 
 His Church, 151 
 
 Alto ex Olymfii vert ice. 
 lxx. Hymn commemorative of the Pleasure of Social 
 
 Worship, 153 
 
 lxxi. Hymn commemorative of Christ's Presence in 
 
 Social Worship, . . . . . .155 
 
 lxxii. Hymn commemorative of God's House of Prayer, 157 
 LXXI 1 1. Hymn commendatory of the Reverence due to 
 
 Holy Places, . . . . . . .159 
 
 lxviv. Hymn commendatory of the Reverence due to 
 
 Holy Things, 161 
 
 lxxv. Hymn of Thanksgiving for Holy Baptism, . 163 
 
 lxxvi. Hymn commemorative of the Church Militant, . 165 
 lxxvii. Hymn commemorative of the Church's Instruc- 
 tion of her Children, ..... 167 
 
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 i. xxyiii. Hymn commendatory of Family Worship, . . i6g 
 LXXIX. Hymn of Thanksgiving for the Church's Scrip- 
 tural Worship, 171 
 
 lxxx. Hymn of Thanksgiving for the Church's Liturgy, 173 
 lxxxi. Hymn of Thanksgiving for the Church's Primitive 
 
 Character, . . . . . . 175 
 
 Lxxxir. Hymn commendatory of taking part in Worship, 177 
 lxxxiii. Hymn commemorative of the object of Christian 
 
 Worship, 179 
 
 LXXXIV. Hymn commendatory of Christian Fellowship, . 181 
 LXXXV. Hymn commemorative of Prayer in, and to, 
 
 Christ, 183 
 
 LXXXVI. Hymn commendatory of the Church's Signs of 
 
 Reverence, . . . . . . .185 
 
 lxxxvii. Hymn commemorative of the Confession of Sins, 187 
 
 lxxxviii. Hymn of Thanksgiving for the Remission of Sins, 189 
 
 lxxxix. Hymn commendatory of our Daily Prayers, . 191 
 
 xc. Hymn commemorative of Singing Praises to God, 193 
 
 xci. Hymn commemorative of Thanksgiving to God, . 195 
 
 xcu. Hymn of Thanksgiving for the Holy Scriptures, . 197 
 
 xciii. Hymn of Thanksgiving for the Church's Creeds, 200 
 
 xciv. Hymn of Thanksgiving for the Pure Faith, . 202 
 
 xcv. Hymn commendatory of Faith and Good Works, 204 
 
 xcvi. Hymn of Thanksgiving for Spiritual Instructors, 206 
 
 XCVII. Hymn commemorative of hearing God's Ministers, 208 
 
 XCVIII. Hymn of Thanksgiving for the Holy Communion, 211 
 
 xcix. Hymn commendatory of the Holy Communion, . 213 
 
 c. Hymn commemorative of the 'Thrice Holy,' . 216 
 
 ci. Hymn commemorative of the Day of Holy Rest, 219 
 
 ci 1. Hymn of Thanksgiving for the Day of Holy 
 
 Rest, .221 
 
 CHI. Hymn commemorative of the Church's Greater 
 Festivals, 
 
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 CIV. Hymn commemorative of 'The Way. the Truth, 
 
 and the Life,'* 
 
 CV. Hymn to the Comforter for 'Faith, Hope, and 
 Charity,' *........ 
 
 cvi. Hymn commendatory of the Church's Minor Festi- 
 vals, 
 
 CVII. Hymn of Thanksgiving for the First Preachers of 
 
 the Gospel, 
 
 cvin. Hymn of Thanksgiving for the Church's Reformers, 
 cix. Hymn of Thanksgiving for the Church's Mode- 
 ration, . ...... 
 
 ex. Hymn commendatory of Church Union, 
 CXI. Hymn condemnatory of Schism, 
 cxi i. Hymn commemorative of the Punishment of Schis 
 cxi 1 1. Hymn commendatory of Religious Zeal, 
 cxiv. Hymn condemnatory of False Zeal, 
 cxv. Hymn of General Thanksgiving, 
 cxvi. Hymn commemorative of God's Blessing, 
 cxvn. Hymn commemorative of Sickness, 
 cxvin. Hymn commemorative of Death, 
 cxix. Hymn commemorative of a Departed Friend, 
 cxx. Hymn commemorative of the Day of Judgment, 
 
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 1 From the Author's ' Holy Days of tiie Church.' 
 
itt anting attb (Etonting 3§Ktnnjs 
 
 FOR EACH DAY IN THE WEEK 
 
 FIRST SERIES 
 
iHftnrtuttg f^gmn for Suntiarj 
 
 Primo die qiio Trinitas 
 
 On this first clay, when heaven and earth 
 Rose at the Triune' s word to birth ; 
 The day when He, who gave us breath, 
 Revived our souls and vanquish'd death ; 
 
 Why close in sleep your languid eyes 1 
 Shake off dull slumber, wake, arise ; 
 And, mindful of the Prophet's voice, 
 Right early in our God rejoice. 
 
 That He may hear the ascending cry ; 
 That He may stretch His hand from high; 
 That He may cleanse, and make us meet 
 To join Him in yon heavenly seat : 
 
That, while each consecrated hour 
 We praise and sing His glorious power, 
 The offerings of this day of rest 
 May with His choicest gifts be blest. 
 
 Paternal Glory, Sire of all, 
 Thee with o'erflowing hearts we call, 
 That we this day may serve Thee, freed 
 From guilty thought and sinful deed : 
 
 That no foul passion's lawless flame 
 May injure this corporeal frame ; 
 Nor the unhallow'd heart's desire 
 Plunge us in flames of fiercer fire. 
 
 Saviour of men, whose blood alone 
 Can for a ruin'd world atone, 
 Cleanse Thou our hearts, and upward lift 
 To share in Thy perennial gift. 
 
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 To Thee, most Holy Sire ; to Thee, 
 Co-equal only Son, we flee : 
 With Him, the union to complete, 
 The Spirit blest, the Paraclete. 
 
ffbwfng fL?gmn for Sunfoarj 
 
 Lucis Creator Optime 
 
 O Thou, of light Creator best, 
 Who didst the days with light invest ; 
 And bid its new-born radiance shine 
 To glad creation's origin : 
 
 Thou, who the morn to evening join'd 
 For day's formation hast assign'd \ 
 Lo, round us spreads a gloomy shade, 
 Thy suppliants hear, their sorrows aid ! 
 
 The soul, in sin's hard bondage held, 
 Oh, be she not from life expell'd; 
 While yet to things eternal blind, 
 In bands of wilful guilt confined. 
 
Grant to heaven's portal she may rise, 
 And claim the everlasting prize ; 
 But first, from sin's oppression free, 
 Grant her on earth to walk with Thee ! 
 
 Such favour, Lord, of Thee we pray, 
 Thy blessing on this closing day ; 
 Sole Sovereign of the heavenly host, 
 Thee Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 
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 fHomhtg ^gntn far fHantoag 
 
 Jam lucis or to side re 
 
 Brightly shines the morning-star : 
 Pray we God His grace to give, 
 
 That from sin and danger far 
 We the coming day may live. 
 
 That the tongue, by Him withheld, 
 May from sounds of strife refrain ; 
 
 That the eye, from roving quell'd, 
 Seek not sights corrupt or vain : 
 
 That the heart, with pureness fraught, 
 May from folly turn aside ; 
 
 And the flesh, by temperance taught, 
 Calm its lusts, and veil its pride : 
 
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 That, when He the day shall close, 
 And the night successive bring, 
 
 We, triumphant o'er our foes, 
 May our hymn of glory sing ; 
 
 Glory, Sire of all, to Thee ; 
 
 And to Thee, Co-equal Son, 
 With the Spirit, glory be \ 
 
 One in Three, and Three in One. 
 
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 IV 
 
 (Eliciting 5?gmn for fHontiag 
 
 Immense cccli Conditor 
 
 All-present Framer of the sky, 
 Who spread'st the firmament on high, 
 And badest the parted waters flow, 
 The broad expanse above, below ; 
 
 Each to the space, for each assign' d, 
 By Thee in heaven and earth confined, 
 The heats by moisture to allay, 
 Lest earth's parch'd soil they waste away 
 
 Pour out Thy Spirit, and embue 
 Our hearts with Thy perpetual dew ; 
 Lest the deep taint of early time 
 Wear out the soul with recent crime. 
 
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 Let Faith her growing light supply, 
 A sunbeam to the clouded eye ; 
 O'er falsehood's mists exalt her head, 
 And on the world's vain follies tread. 
 
 So be Thy will, O Father, done ; 
 And Thine, Co-equal only Son ; 
 With Him combined in union meet, 
 The Holy Ghost, the Paraclete. 
 
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 V 
 
 JKotmng Jt?gmn for (Eutstiajj 
 
 Ales diei mint ins 
 
 The bird, the harbinger of light, 
 
 Has sung his morning strain : 
 Hear ye not Christ our minds excite, 
 
 And call to life again ? 
 
 * Arise,' He cries, ' your beds forsake, 
 
 Nor slothful, slumbering, lie ! 
 Chaste, upright, temperate, wake, awake ; 
 
 For I, behold, am nigh.' 
 
 With prayer, and praise, and minds sedate 
 
 We, too, the Saviour rouse : 
 For holy hearts delight to wait 
 
 On God with holy vows. 
 
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 Do Thou, O Christ, our souls awake, 
 Burst Thou the chains of night ; 
 
 Of ancient sin the bondage break, 
 And shine with new-form' d light ! 
 
 To God the Father be addrest, 
 
 And to the only Son, 
 All glory, with the Spirit blest, 
 
 Eternal Three in One ! 
 
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 VI 
 
 (Surnintj Jtjnmn far (Cucstiag 
 
 Tdluris alme Conditor 
 
 All-bounteous Framer of the earth, 
 Thou who the seas, her kindred birth, 
 Didst drive apart ; and give to stand 
 High o'er the flood the solid land : 
 
 That thence might spring the tender shoot, 
 The colour' d flower, the pleasant fruit ; 
 The grass, her future tribes to feed ; 
 And, wrapt in each, its genial seed : 
 
 The wounds of the diseased soul 
 Make thou with gracious freshness whole : 
 That she her sins in tears may steep, 
 Her lusts in due subjection keep ; 
 
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 To Thy commands allegiance pay ; 
 From all that 's evil turn away ; 
 At all that 's good with pleasure glow ; 
 Nor the keen sting of dying know. 
 
 So be Thy will, O Father, done ; 
 
 And Thine, Co-equal only Son ; 
 
 And Thine, who sharest the imperial seat, 
 
 Spirit of life, blest Paraclete. 
 
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 VII 
 
 fHorninrj p?gmn for CEIctnusfcag 
 
 Consors paterni luminis 
 
 Consort of paternal light, 
 Light of Light, essential day, 
 
 Bidding farewell to the night, 
 Lo ! to Thee we sing and pray. 
 
 Chase the darkness from the mind, 
 Chase the powers of night afar ; 
 
 Let not sleep our senses bind, 
 Nor the sluggish spirit mar. 
 
 Christ, behold with kind regard, 
 What to Thee in faith we bear ; 
 
 Let the morning hymn be heard, 
 Herald to the morning prayer. 
 
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 Prayer and hymn receive, addrest 
 To Thy Father, and to Thee, 
 
 And Thy Holy Spirit blest, 
 Reigning to eternity. 
 
 
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 VIII 
 
 Cfonung Pjgmn fox JHctnustoag 
 
 Cali Deus scuictissime 
 
 Thrice Holy Sovereign of the sky, 
 Who o'er the lucid tracts on high 
 Thy fleecy brightness dost diffuse, 
 And paint them with thy beauteous hues : 
 
 Thou who along the expanse of air 
 Didst wheel the sun's refulgent car, 
 Ordain the moon's perpetual course, 
 And curb the planets' wandering force : 
 
 Apt in their motions to divide 
 
 The morning from the evening tide ; 
 
 And by each season's noted sign 
 
 The days, and months, and years define : 
 
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 Our darken'd hearts illume with day, 
 Our souls' defilements purge away, 
 The band of conscious guilt unbind, 
 And lighten the sin -burden' d mind. 
 
 Such favour, Lord, of Thee we pray, 
 Thy blessing on this closing day, 
 Sole Sovereign of the heavenly host, 
 Thee Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 
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 IX 
 
 fEornhtfl ffcjumn for (CJjurstiarj 
 
 JEterna cocli gloria 
 
 O eternal praise of heaven, 
 Blessed Hope to mortals given, 
 Partner of the Father's throne, 
 Thou the Virgin-born alone ; 
 
 Grant us, as from sleep we rise, 
 Healthful thoughts to scale the skies, 
 And to God with ardour raise 
 Due return of thankful praise. 
 
 By the star of morning led, 
 Lifts the sun his orient head : 
 Rescued from the gloom of night. 
 Lighten us with holy light 
 
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 Grant it in our hearts to dwell, 
 Thence the world's dark shades expel ; 
 And through each succeeding time 
 Cleanse our breasts from taint of crime. 
 
 There may Faith first strike her root, 
 Hope, with joy's delightful fruit, 
 And, the greatest of the three, 
 Thine own handmaid, Charity. 
 
 Hymning thus our matin lay, 
 
 Son of God, to Thee we pray : 
 
 And join with Thine through endless days 
 
 The Father's and the Spirit's praise. 
 
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 (Erjcntnrj Pfgtnn for (JTIjutstian 
 
 Magna Dens potentuv 
 
 God of all nature, great and good, 
 Who gavest the flood-engender' d brood, 
 Some in their liquid bed to lie, 
 And some to soar the lofty sky ; 
 
 Form'd or beneath the wave to swim, 
 Or the thin air uplifted skim, 
 Sprung from one stock, each varied race 
 Fills his appointed dwelling-place. 
 
 Meet grace to all Thy servants show ; 
 Be theirs no lapse of guilt to know, 
 Cleansed by the blood, salvation's spring, 
 Nor bear of death the lingering sting. 
 
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 Be none deprest by wilful fault, 
 Let none vain-glorious thoughts exalt, 
 Lest the weak mind, destruction's thrall, 
 O'erburden'd sink, o'ervaulting fall. 
 
 So be Thy will, Great Father, done, 
 And Thine, the well-beloved Son ; 
 And Thine, who reign'st in union meet, 
 Spirit of life, blest Paraclete. 
 
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 fHorntrttj Pfgmn far JrttJag 
 
 Splendor Pater na Gloria 
 
 Image of the Father's might, 
 Of His light essential ray, 
 Source of splendour, Light of light, 
 
 Day that dost illume the day \ 
 Shining with unsullied beam, 
 Sun of truth, descending stream ; 
 And upon our clouded sense 
 Pour thy Spirit's influence. 
 
 Father, Thee too we implore ; 
 
 Father, of almighty grace ; 
 Father, of eternal power ; 
 
 Taint of sin from us efface. 
 
Each innocuous act advance, 
 Turn to good each evil chance, 
 Blunt the sting of envy's tooth, 
 Keep us in the ways of truth. 
 
 Rule our minds, our actions form, 
 
 Cleanse our hearts with chastity, 
 Give us love sincere and warm, 
 
 Uprightness from falsehood free. 
 Christ, our living spring and meat, 
 Freely let us drink and eat ; 
 And our gladden'd souls embue 
 With the Spirit's healthful dew. 
 
 Joy be ours the passing day, 
 
 Pureness like the morning's glow, 
 
 Faith as clear as noontide ray, 
 May the mind no twilight know. 
 
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 Welcoming the dawning bright, 
 Thus we pray a holier light, 
 From the eternal Fountain drawn, 
 On our waken'd souls may dawn. 
 
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 XII 
 
 ©betting pjgmn far jFrtiag 
 
 Hominis super ue Conditor 
 
 Father of men, whose sovereign will 
 Thy works, ordain' d by Thee, fulfil ; 
 Who badest the earth to being bring 
 Cattle, and beast, and creeping thing ; 
 
 And, as to life call'd forth by Thee, 
 Those mighty forms began to be, 
 Badest them, as time should onward roll, 
 Obey Thy favour 1 d man's control : 
 
 Do Thou the impulse strong defeat. 
 If lawless lust our steps beset, 
 Or thought of inward evil breed, 
 Or mingle with the outward deed. 
 
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 Do Thou Thy promised blessings give, 
 Grant us beneath Thy grace to live ; 
 Dissension's hateful bands unbind, 
 And stablish peace with all mankind. 
 
 Such favour, Lord, of Thee we pray, 
 Thy blessing on this closing day, 
 Sole Sovereign of the heavenly host, 
 Thee Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 
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 fRonting p?2tnn Ux Saturtiag 
 
 A r ox et tenebra ct nubila 
 
 Lo, night and clouds and darkness wrapp'd 
 
 The world in dense array, 
 The morning dawns, the light breaks forth, 
 
 Hence, hence, ye shades, away. 
 Pierced by the sun's resistless shafts 
 
 Disparts the embattled gloom. 
 And all things, lighten' d by his face, 
 
 Their wonted hues resume. 
 
 Thee, Christ, our only hope, we seek, 
 
 With meek and simple heart, 
 With prayers and hymns that Thou wilt deign 
 
 Thy daily grace impart : 
 
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 Dark is the soul, and needs Thy light, 
 
 To make her pure and clean ; 
 That light, which shines in heaven, show forth, 
 
 And smile with face serene. 
 
 So may our minds the radiant beams 
 
 Of Thy enlightening know ; 
 So may our hearts by Thee inflamed 
 
 With holy transport glow ; 
 So may our tongues, inspired by Thee, 
 
 Still sing the Eternal One ; 
 The Father, and the Holy Ghost, 
 
 With Thee, begotten Son. 
 
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 (Erjerting Pjgmn for Saturtiag 
 
 yam Sol reccdit igjicus 
 
 Now sinks in night the flaming sun : 
 
 O Thou, our everlasting day, 
 Thrice holy Godhead, Three in One, 
 
 Thy brightness to our hearts display : 
 To Thee we hymn the morning lay, 
 
 To Thee our evening vows are given ; 
 Grant us, as here to Thee we pray, 
 
 To praise Thee in the courts of heaven. 
 
 No shadows there nor clouds impede 
 The view with visions of affright : 
 
 Nor sun nor moon those mansions need, 
 The Lamb is their perpetual light. 
 
Oh, yet unseen by mortal sight, 
 
 May in our souls that scene endure, 
 
 That we, through hope of that delight, 
 May purer grow as Thou art pure. 
 
 And when the day shall come, that we 
 
 Shall know no more, as now, in part, 
 May we unveiled Thy presence see, 
 
 Be like, and know Thee as Thou art : 
 And evermore with voice and heart 
 
 Join concert with Thy heavenly host, 
 And bear, in praising Thee, our part, 
 
 Thee Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 
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 iftormttg anb (B bating ^gmtus 
 
 FOR EACH BAY IN THE WEEK 
 
 SECOXD SERIES. 
 
JD 
 
 XV 
 
 fronting p?gmu for Suntiag 
 
 O Sol salutis iiitimis 
 
 Salvation's Sun, the inward gloom 
 That veils our hearts, do Thou illume : 
 Now that the night is driven away, 
 And lovelier shines this holy day. 
 
 Behold, the accepted time is here ! 
 Grant us to wash with contrite tear 
 The heart's vow'd offering, and above 
 Present it on the fire of love. 
 
 The fount, which wont with sin to teem, 
 Shall weep with grief a living stream, 
 If the hard rock's reluctant side 
 Repentance' potent rod divide. 
 
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 The day, Thine own blest day, appears, 
 When a fresh bloom all nature wears ; 
 And we, whom Thy right hand and voice 
 Now guide aright, may we rejoice ! 
 
 May the world's transitory frame, 
 All-bounteous Triad, bless Thy Name ; 
 And, by Thy grace renew'd, may we 
 New songs of glory sing to Thee. 
 
 To Thee, whose name, as heretofore, 
 Now and for ever shall adore 
 Thy Church on earth, Thy heavenly host, 
 Thee Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 
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 XVI 
 
 (Erjtnfnrj p?gmn Ear Suntiag 
 
 [original] 
 
 The day declines : but, ere it part, 
 The day that glads the Christian's heart, 
 For all the good, its course conveys, 
 Sing we to God our evening praise. 
 
 Praise Him, that we this day have trod 
 With reverent feet the house of God ; 
 Our sins with lowly hearts confest, 
 And by His pardoning word been blest. 
 
 Praise Him, that we have sought Him there 
 By His commission'd minister \ 
 And, kneeling at His mercy's throne, 
 Have made our wants and wishes known. 
 
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 Praise Him, that we have raised our voice 
 In our Salvation to rejoice, 
 And blest His name, His Church among, 
 In psalm, and hymn, and holy song. 
 
 Praise Him, that we this day have heard 
 The truths of His most holy word : 
 Which leads us, prone, alas ! to stray, 
 Thro' earth's dark snares the heavenward way. 
 
 Praise Him, that we our thanks have paid 
 For blessings to mankind display'd ; 
 For all the good this life can prove, 
 But most for His redeeming love. 
 
 Praise Him, that thus we've sought His face, 
 His day by His own means of grace : 
 Praise Him for night's approaching rest, 
 Praise Father, Son, and Spirit blest. 
 
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 XVII 
 
 iHorning f^gmn for fHcmtiarj 
 
 Node sutgentes vigilemus omnes, etc. 
 Eccejam noctis tenuatur umbra, etc. 
 
 Awaking with the waken'd day, 
 The morning anthem raise ; 
 
 And to our God the tribute pay, 
 The hymn of tuneful praise. 
 
 O may the theme our souls prepare 
 To join the angels' throng ; 
 
 And sing with them our Maker there 
 In never-ending song. 
 
 Away the night and darkness fly, 
 Light brightens in the east ; 
 
 Hear, Lord of all, our suppliant cry. 
 To Thee in faith addrest. 
 
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 Our souls o'erspent with guilt release, 
 
 Our load of sin forgive ; 
 And grant us evermore in peace 
 
 And health with Thee to live. 
 
 Paternal Godhead, hear the hymn, 
 And grant the meek request, 
 
 With Him, Thy Glory's Filial Beam, 
 And Him, the Spirit blest. 
 
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 XVIII 
 
 ©betting P?s mn ^ or fHontiau 
 
 Rector polens, verax Detts 
 
 Mighty Sovereign, God supreme, 
 
 Ruler of the varied day, 
 Who send'st forth the morning beam, 
 
 Whom the noontide heats obey ; 
 
 Who the hours, as on they glide, 
 Givest, to Thee as seemeth best, 
 
 And the peaceful eventide 
 
 Hast ordain'd for welcome rest : 
 
 Quench dissension's baneful fire, 
 Bid each noxious heat depart, 
 
 To our bodies health inspire, 
 Peace and comfort to the heart. 
 
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 To Thy care Thy servants take, 
 From all nightly ills preserve ; 
 
 That to-morrow we may wake, 
 
 Thee with strength renew' d to serve. 
 
 Holy Father, grant our prayer, 
 Grant it, sole co-equal Son, 
 
 Grant it, blessed Comforter, 
 
 One in Three, and Three in One. 
 
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 XIX 
 
 fRomfng f£?gmrt for JEuestiag 
 
 Somno refcctis artubus 
 
 Our limbs refresh'd with wholesome sleep, 
 We scorn the bed of sloth to keep, 
 But rise, and Thee, our Father, pray, 
 To hear and bless our morning lay. 
 
 To Thee the voice be first addrest, 
 By Thee the waking thought possest, 
 That each succeeding act may be 
 Commenced, pursued, fulfiU'd in Thee ! 
 
 Now darkness fades before the light. 
 Yields to the dawn the gloom of night ; 
 If aught of ill the night conceal'd, 
 So may it to Thy brightness yield. 
 
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 O grant that thus our hearts within 
 May still be clean from taint of sin ; 
 And still our outward lips may raise 
 To Thee the voice of deathless praise. 
 
 So be Thy will, Great Father, done ; 
 And Thine, the Father's only Son ; 
 And Thine, who sharest the imperial seat, 
 Spirit of life, blest Paraclete ! 
 
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 (Srjentng f^gmn for STttestiag 
 
 A T ox atra rerum contigit 
 
 Dark night arrays in hueless vest 
 This undistinguished scene ; 
 
 To Thee we fly, our sins confest, 
 Judge of the hearts of men. 
 
 Do Thou our former faults atone, 
 Wash Thou our minds impure ; 
 
 And by Thy mercy's sovereign boon 
 From guilt's assaults secure. 
 
 The soul, to conscious sin a prey, 
 
 In unblest torpor weak : 
 Fain would she cast her slough away, 
 
 And Thee, her Saviour, seek. 
 
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 The gloom, but chief that gloom expel, 
 Which clouds the mental sight, 
 
 That the glad soul her bliss may feel, 
 And bless Thy saving light. 
 
 Such grace, Eternal One in Three, 
 
 We seek this hour of rest, 
 Of Thee, O Father ; Son, of Thee ; 
 
 And Thee, O Spirit blest ! 
 
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 XXI 
 
 fBartthtjj f^gmtt for JJEetotustiag 
 
 Lux ecce surgit a urea 
 
 Behold, it shines, the golden light ! 
 Haste, waning shadows, haste your flight ; 
 That we, through danger's devious way, 
 No more may blindly, darkly, stray. 
 
 Shine, blessed light, serenely shine, 
 And show our brightness pure as thine ; 
 Obscured in lips or heart by naught 
 Of crafty word, or fraudful thought. 
 
 So pass the day entire along ; 
 
 Nor treacherous hand, nor lying tongue, 
 
 Nor roving eyes, betray to sin 
 
 The outward form or soul within. 
 
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 See from above the watchman's ej 
 To Him our days all open lie : 
 By Him are all our deeds survey'd. 
 From opening dawn to evening shade. 
 
 And so to Him be praise addrest, 
 To Father, Son, and Spirit blest, 
 Now. as it was through ages past, 
 And shall through endless ai^es last. 
 
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 XXII 
 
 ©benitrrj P?gmtt for ®S!E£tmcstJarj 
 
 Rertim Deiis tenax vigor 
 
 Nature's God, all-ruling Power, 
 
 Who, Thyself exempt from change, 
 Dost for each successive hour 
 Its diurnal course arrange : 
 Cheer our darkness with Thy light, 
 Succour us the approaching night, 
 From our homes all perils keep, 
 Nourish us with wholesome sleep. 
 
 Lord, my spirit to Thy care, 
 Sleeping, waking, I commend : 
 
 Thou canst its decays repair. 
 Thou from injury defend. 
 
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 Grant me life, if life Thou will. 
 Thy commandments to fulfil ; 
 Or, if death be Thy decree, 
 Grant me such as leads to Thee. 
 
 Living, dead, Thy succour give, 
 
 Grant me, Lord, Thy saving grace ; 
 Living, still with Thee to live, 
 
 Dead, that I may see Thy face ; 
 Evermore with Thee to dwell, 
 Evermore Thy praise to tell, 
 Singing with Thy heavenly host 
 Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 
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 XXIII 
 
 iHctninjj f^gmn for Cfjtirstiag 
 
 ALtenie rerum Cojtditor 
 
 Maker of all, enthroned above, 
 
 Whose laws the day and night arrange, 
 
 And cause the seasons round to move, 
 Ordain'd in grateful interchange ; 
 
 Soon as the morn's enlightening ray 
 
 Calls on the slumbering world to wake, 
 
 The lurking tribes, that roam'd for prey, 
 Their haunts of wickedness forsake : 
 
 Smooth o'er the waves to glide is seen, 
 With new-strung force the seaman's bark ; 
 
 And, holding on her course serene, 
 Hails the fresh light the Church's ark. 
 
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 O Jesus, Sun of righteousness, 
 
 Do Thou thy cloudless face reveal ; 
 
 'T is Thine the darken'd soul to bless, 
 'T is Thine the ills of night to heal. 
 
 The lapse of sin do Thou repair, 
 With renovating lustre shine : 
 
 Thine be the early morning prayer, 
 The morning hymn of glory Thine ! 
 
 Glory, incarnate Son, to Thee, 
 The life and light of men confest ; 
 
 And, join'd in trinal unity, 
 
 Thy Sire supreme, Thy Spirit blest ! 
 
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 XXIV 
 
 (Evening f^gntn far (EfjurstJag 
 
 Te lucis ante termini tin 
 
 Ere the waning light decay, 
 God of all, to Thee we pray, 
 Thee Thy healthful grace to send, 
 Thee to guard us and defend. 
 
 Guard from dreams that may affright ; 
 Guard from terrors of the night ; 
 Guard from foes, without, within ■ 
 Outward danger, inward sin. 
 
 Mindful of our only stay, 
 Duly thus to Thee we pray ; 
 Duly thus to Thee we raise 
 Trophies of our grateful praise. 
 
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 Hear the prayer, Almighty King ! 
 Hear Thy praises while we sing, 
 Hymning with Thy heavenly host, 
 Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 
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 XXV 
 
 fHotnfng Sfgntn for jFrttiag 
 
 A urora jam spargit polum 
 
 With dawn's faint streaks the heaven is sown, 
 
 O'er earth glides on the day, 
 Abroad the shafts of light are thrown, 
 
 Hence, vain deceits, away ! 
 
 Away, each phantom of the night, 
 
 Dread of the conscious sense : 
 Whate'er of fault hath lent affright 
 
 To gloomy darkness, hence ! 
 
 That the last morn each gloomy shade, 
 
 Which here we pray to shun, 
 Quench'd in that glorious light may fade, 
 
 Before that cloudless sun : 
 
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 While purged from sin, that o'er the sight 
 Now throws its shadows dim, 
 
 We walk abroad in heaven's pure light, 
 And chant our thankful hymn. 
 
 All Glory to the Eternal One 
 
 Be evermore add rest, 
 To God, the Father, and the Son, 
 
 Joined with the Spirit blest. 
 
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 XXVI 
 
 (Evening p?gmn for Jtttiag 
 
 JEterne Rector sideuun 
 
 Almighty God, whose sceptre sways 
 
 The earth and starry sky, 
 Whose will the world beneath obeys, 
 
 Nor less the world on high : 
 
 In order meet about Thy throne 
 Unnumber'd angels stand, 
 
 Prepared where'er Thou wilt to run, 
 And act by Thy command. 
 
 O from that host of heavenly powers 
 Some friendly spirit send, 
 
 To watch us in our lonely hours, 
 And in our sleep defend ; 
 
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 To guard us from our ghostly foe, 
 
 The serpent's subtle wile, 
 Lest secret fraud our steps o'erthrow, 
 
 And specious arts beguile. 
 
 Night comes : and, wrapt in nightly shade 
 
 Lurks many a fearful snare : 
 But none Thy wisdom can evade, 
 
 And Thy protecting care. 
 
 Still be Thy care, O God, our shield ; 
 
 Still may thy wisdom guide 
 Us, whom Thy Holy Ghost has seal'd 
 
 For whom Thy Son has died. 
 
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 XXVII 
 
 fHorrtfnrj ^gtrrn fox Saturtiau 
 
 Tu Trinitatis Unitas 
 
 Holy Being, One and Three, 
 Ruler of the world, to Thee, 
 In this hour of morning calm, 
 Hark ! we chant the wakeful psalm. 
 
 Calm is yet the hour of prime ; 
 Hear us, mindful of the time, 
 Holy Being, Thee implore, 
 Balm on all our wounds to pour. 
 
 If this night the foe has wrought 
 Evil deed, or noxious thought, 
 Far from us the snare of hell 
 May Thy heavenly power repel ! 
 
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 May no sin our bodies stain, 
 May our hearts no dulness chain ; 
 Nor the lukewarm spirit faint, 
 Sickening by corruption's taint. 
 
 Rather Thou, Most Holy, shine 
 On our hearts with light divine ; 
 That each day, as round it goes, 
 Guiltless pass, and peaceful close : 
 
 And again at evening dim 
 We may wake the grateful hymn, 
 Ruler of the world, to Thee, 
 Holy Being, One and Three. 
 
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 XXVIII 
 
 (Efrerttnrj Pfgtnn fcr Saturtiag 
 [original] 
 
 Another day is well-nigh done, 
 Another week its course hath run : 
 But who the next, or week or day, 
 Shall see conclude, what tongue can say i 
 
 Praise God for all the time He lent ; 
 His pardon pray for time misspent ; 
 And beg that we may better spend 
 Whate'er His bounty yet shall lend. 
 
 So, if we see the morrow's beam, 
 May we our former loss redeem : 
 Commencing while to God we pay 
 The duties of that holy day. 
 
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 Or, if the day, the week, that \s past, 
 Be of our time ordain'd the last, 
 May our rapt souls His grace convey 
 To wake in His eternal day ! 
 
 To Thee, in whom we live and move, 
 Father of comfort, God of love ; 
 From whom at first our being flow'd. 
 Thy gift, and still to Thee is owed : 
 
 To Thee, Thrice Holy, thus we raise 
 Our even song of prayer and praise ; 
 And aye our matin offering be, 
 Thrice Holy Being, paid to Thee ! 
 
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 30pms for our |Corb's 3§oIg. Says. 
 
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 XXIX 
 
 pfgmn fur ati&ent (i.) 
 
 Verbum supermini prodiens 
 
 Word uncreate, Beloved One, 
 The eternal Sire's Co-equal Son, 
 Who in the course mature of time 
 Camest forth to bless this world of crime ; 
 
 Illume our minds Thy truth to see, 
 Our souls inflame with love of Thee, 
 That, spurning earth's deceitful toys, 
 Our hearts may soar to heavenly joys. 
 
 So when Thy dreadful doom proclaims, 
 ' Hence, sinners, to eternal flames ;' 
 And milder tones the just invite 
 To mansions of serene delight : 
 
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 Not ours may be the whirling storm. 
 The quenchless fire, the deathless worm ; 
 But heavenly bliss to dwell with Thee, 
 And God with open face to see. 
 
 All blessing, honour, glory, power, 
 To Him whom all His saints adore, 
 His Church below, His heavenly host, 
 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 
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 XXX 
 
 p?gmn for gUbcnt (2.) 
 
 En clara vex redarguit 
 
 Hark ! a voice of warning, hark ! 
 Sounds it through the nations dark. 
 Hence, ye baseless visions, fly ! 
 Jesus lightens from on high. 
 
 From the ground, where sunk it lies, 
 Let the torpid mind arise. 
 Banishing all evil far, 
 O'er us shines a new-born star. 
 
 Lo, the Lamb, before us set, 
 Freely cancels all our debt : 
 Lowly all with tears His face 
 Seek we, and implore His grace. 
 
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 So when He shines forth again, 
 Striking dread in guilty men, 
 He may from our sins forbear 
 Vengeance, and in mercy spare. 
 
 Hymns of glory, notes of praise, 
 Through eternal ages raise, 
 To the Father, and the Son, 
 And the Spirit, Three in One. 
 
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 XXXI 
 
 Pignut for ©ur ILcrVs Nattintrj (i.) 
 
 Jesn Redcmptor omnium 
 
 Redeemer, Jesus, Life of man, 
 Begotten ere the light began, 
 Of the Paternal Light supreme, 
 Co-equal, co-eternal Beam : 
 
 Bright Image of the Father's mind, 
 Perennial Hope of all mankind, 
 Hear Thou the vows, by land, by sea, 
 Which all Thy servants pour to Thee. 
 
 Maker of all, Thy flock regard ; 
 And think, with us to dwell prepared, 
 How Thou didst once our form assume, 
 Born of the Virgin's holy womb. 
 
Bear witness this auspicious morn, 
 Which ages past beheld Thee born, 
 That Thou to save us earnest alone 
 Forth issuing from Thy Fathers throne. 
 
 Him stars, and earth, the wat'ry main, 
 Him all that heaven's broad belts contain, 
 That new salvation's Author praise, 
 With welcoming of new-made lays. 
 
 And we, for whom thy holy blood 
 Has pourd a sanctifying flood, 
 To Thee, on this Thy natal day, 
 Our tributary anthem pay. 
 
 Jesus, to Thee be glory paid, 
 Blest Offspring of the spotless Maid ; 
 Thee with thy Sire, His glory's Heir, 
 And Him, the gracious Comforter. 
 
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 XXXII 
 
 pjgmn for ©ttr ILorVs flatibttu (2.) 
 
 A so lis ortus car dine 
 
 From the faint dayspring's eastern goal 
 
 Far as the utmost west, 
 Come, sing we Christ, the Saviour born 
 
 Of Virgin Mother blest : 
 The Father of the age to come, 
 
 In servant's form array* d, 
 That man He might for man atone, 
 
 And ransom whom He made. 
 
 Within that Mother's spotless frame 
 
 Celestial favour reigns, 
 A secret load, she ween'd not of, 
 
 The maiden pure sustains : 
 Her bosom chaste at once becomes 
 
 The temple of her God, 
 
And she, who knew not man, is made 
 A heavenly Babe's abode. 
 
 He comes, He comes, the Virgin-born 
 
 To Gabriel's promise true ; 
 He whom, as yet unborn, o'erjoy'd 
 
 The unborn Baptist knew ; 
 Nor recks He of His bed of hay, 
 
 Nor He the manger heeds ; 
 Enough the milky breast for Him, 
 
 Who the young ravens feeds. 
 
 A shepherd to the shepherds' fold 
 
 The Lord of all is show'd, 
 Celestial choristers rejoice, 
 
 And angels sing to God. 
 Xow glory, Jesus, be to Thee, 
 
 Whom a pure Virgin bore, 
 With Father, and with Holy Ghost, 
 
 Henceforth for evermore. 
 
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 XXXIII 
 
 J^gmtt for tfje ©trcumctsfon 
 
 Creator aline siderum 
 
 Creator of yon circles bright, 
 Redeemer, Saviour, Lord of all, 
 
 Thy faithful servants' life and light, 
 Hear, hear us, Jesus, when we call. 
 
 Mankind when Satan captive held 
 To save us from his fraudful lure, 
 
 Thou earnest, by mighty love impell'd, 
 A fainting world's support and cure. 
 
 When sunk in sin, our common loss, 
 Alas ! we knew not to repair, 
 
 Thou earnest, of woman made, the cross, 
 A sinless sacrifice, to bear. 
 
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 Soon as Thy name is heard to sound. 
 
 Heir of paternal sovereignty, 
 Celestial potentates uncrown'd 
 
 And fiends infernal bow the knee. 
 
 Thee Lord of all our tongues confess. 
 
 Judge of the world when time shall end ; 
 O with Thy grace Thy servants bless. 
 
 And with Thy sheltering arm defend. 
 
 To Him in whom His saints delight, 
 
 His Church on earth, His heavenly host, 
 
 Be blessing, honour, glory, might, 
 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 
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 XXXIV 
 
 ?i?gmrt fox tfje (Eptpfjartg (i.) 
 
 O sola magnarum urbiiim 
 
 First of cities, Bethlehem, 
 
 Hail, most favour'd ! When He came, 
 
 Saviour of the human race, 
 
 Thee the Godhead deign'd to grace. 
 
 Brighter than the sun's bright car, 
 And more glorious was the star, 
 Which in Thee new-born from high 
 Told the incarnate Deity. 
 
 Him what time the Magians saw, 
 Forth their orient gifts they draw ; 
 Prostrate they with vows unfold 
 Myrrh, and frankincense, and gold. 
 
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 Frankincense and gold they bring, 
 To announce their God and King : 
 Spice of aromatic myrrh, 
 To announce His sepulchre. 
 
 Jesus, let Thy name be blest, 
 To the Gentiles manifest ; 
 To the Father glory be, 
 With the Spirit, and with Thee ! 
 
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 XXXV 
 
 pjgmrt tv* ^ e ©ptpfjang (2.) 
 
 Cmdelis Her odes, Deum 
 
 Why, Herod, why the Godhead fear, 
 When told Judea's King was near? 
 Not earthly crowns away to bear 
 He came, but heavenly to confer. 
 
 Led by the star, which ruled their sights 
 To seek and find the Lord of Light, 
 The Magi spread their gifts abroad, 
 And prostrate own the present God. 
 
 The present God the heavens proclaim, 
 When to the laver pure He came, 
 The spotless Lamb ; and on Him bore 
 Our sins, who knew not sin before. 
 
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 The God the blushing waters own 
 By mighty sign, unheard, unknown ; 
 When the pure spring, pour'd forth in wine, 
 Confest the present power divine. 
 
 Now unto Him, the incarnate Son, 
 Whose glory to the world was shown, 
 With God the Father glory be, 
 And, holy Comforter, with Thee ! 
 
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 XXXVI 
 
 ^gmrt for Christ's ^resmtatfon m tije 2umple 
 
 gloriosa I r irg in it m 
 
 Eternal Glory of the skies, 
 Who didst not our low earth despise, 
 From breasts, by Thee with life endued, 
 Content to draw Thy milky food : 
 
 The Eden, lost by woman's sin, 
 Thou, made of woman, didst re-win ; 
 And Mary's holy Son retrieve 
 The sad incontinence of Eve. 
 
 As to Thy Father, throned in heaven, 
 Thou in His earthly house wast given, 
 Offering most meet, a holy Child, 
 By nature sinless, undented \ 
 
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 So to God's house may we repair, 
 And strive our best to offer there, 
 With Thee our welcome to secure. 
 Hearts pure and clean as Thou art pure. 
 
 The way, the gate, art Thou alone, 
 That leads us to the Fathers throne ; 
 Thee virgin-born, their life's sole spring, 
 By Thee redeem'd the nations sing. 
 
 Jesus, to Thee be glory paid, 
 The Son of God, incarnate made : 
 Thee with Thy Sire, His glory's heir, 
 And join'd with both the Comforter ! 
 
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 XXXVII 
 
 ^2 mn f° x 5L^ttt (i.) 
 
 Ex more docti mystico 
 
 Of sacred usage old 
 
 The lenten fast appears ; 
 The Church attends, and calls her fold 
 
 To penitence and tears. 
 
 Such rite in days of yore 
 
 The law, the prophets show'd : 
 
 Christ to the rite His witness bore, 
 And sanctified the mode. 
 
 In food, in sport, in sleep, 
 'Gainst o'er-indulgence guard ; 
 
 And e'en in sinless pleasures keep 
 A stricter watch and ward. 
 
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 But chief each act of sin. 
 
 Each wish, each thought control, 
 Xor give the tempter place to win 
 
 Dominion o'er the soul. 
 
 Avenging wrath appease, 
 
 Draw nigh the mercy-seat, 
 And with meek voice on bended knees ! 
 
 The Judge for grace entreat. 
 
 i O God, Thy tender love 
 
 We by our sins offend ; 
 O pour Thy mercy from above, 
 
 On us Thy pardon send. 
 
 ' Think Thou, though weak our frame. 
 
 Thy workmanship are we : 
 O give not to another name 
 
 The honour due to Thee. 
 
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 ' Correct the ill we've done. 
 The good we seek improve, 
 
 That here and ever we may run 
 The way to gain Thy love. 
 
 ' Thrice Holy One, Thy face 
 
 To us propitious show, 
 That we Thy servants may the grace 
 
 Of true repentance know.' 
 
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 XXXVIII 
 
 f^gmn for ILcnt (2.) 
 
 Audi benigtu condiiot 
 
 Hear, our all-gracious Father, hear 
 The prayers which mix'd with many a tear, 
 Deprest by sense of conscious crime, 
 We offer in this lenten time. 
 
 Kind Searcher of the hearts, alone 
 To Thee our feeble strength is known : 
 To Thee we turn : Thy favour show. 
 And pardon on our sins bestow. 
 
 Great are our sins, and numberless : 
 O spare us, who our sins confess ! 
 Give medicine to the languid soul, 
 And make us for Thy glory whole. 
 
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 Grant us to curb the wandering sense, 
 Subdued by wholesome abstinence ; 
 That temperate food without, within 
 May conquer lust and banish sin. 
 
 So be Thy will, Thrice Holy, done, 
 In person Three, in nature One • 
 So spring there from our wills subdued 
 A fruitage holy, just, and good. 
 
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 XXXIX 
 
 Pfgtntt for tfjc 9nnunctatton (i.) 
 
 Quern terra, pontus, sidera 
 
 Him whom the skies, the earth, the sea 
 
 Confess, adore, declare 
 Lord of that threefold regency, 
 
 Behold a Virgin bear ! 
 
 Him whom the light, and time, and space 
 
 Obey, and own His reign, 
 Behold, endued with heavenly grace, 
 
 An earthly Maid contain ! 
 
 O blest was she, that Virgin bland, 
 
 Whom He, the Lord of all, 
 That grasps yon concave in His hand, 
 
 His mother deism d to call : 
 
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 Blest, whom the Angel hail'd, on whom 
 The Holy Ghost came clown ; 
 
 Whose Son. desired their health to come, 
 Their health the nations own ! 
 
 But blest, more blest than she, are they 
 
 By whom His will is done, 
 Who hear His precepts, and obey 
 
 The Father in the Son. 
 
 To Thee, Eternal Son of God, 
 
 Here born of lowly maid, 
 Is glory in the Godhead owed, 
 
 To Thee be glory paid ! 
 
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 XI. 
 
 pjumn far tljc Annunciation (2.) 
 [original] 
 
 Hark ! heard ye not the ancient seer, 
 While thus the wondrous promise ran 1 
 
 ' A Virgin shall conceive, and bear 
 A Son, Immanuel — God with man !' 
 
 Hark ! hear ye not the Angel bring 
 His answering message from the sky ? 
 
 t Hail, Virgin blest, from whom shall spring 
 A Son, the Son of God most High ! ' 
 
 O Thou, who didst not scorn below, 
 The Son of man, with us to dwell, 
 
 And us Thy Fathers glory show, 
 The Son of God, Immanuel ; 
 
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 Thou, for our sake incarnate made, 
 Thy Godhead, lo ! with faith we own, 
 
 Or in a servant's form array 'd, 
 
 Or partner of Thy Father's throne. 
 
 O Jesus, glory be to Thee, 
 Return'd to Thy celestial rest, 
 
 Throned with Thy Father's majesty, 
 In union with the Spirit blest. 
 
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 XLI 
 
 JDgmn for |3alm Stinting (i.) 
 
 JtSH dulcis memoria 
 
 Sweet, and with enjoyment fraught, 
 Is Jesus to the grateful thought : 
 Far more sweet His presence deem 
 Than the liquid honey's stream. 
 
 By the ear or tuneful tongue 
 Naught so sweet is heard or sung ; 
 Naught the heart can muse upon, 
 Sweet as God's incarnate Son. 
 
 Thou, the contrite sinner's stay, 
 Who Thy goodness can display ? 
 How to those, who seek Thee, kind \ 
 What, ah what ! to those who find ! 
 
 
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 Tongue can speak not their delight, 
 Nor can pen of man indite, 
 None can know, but they who prove. 
 What it is their Lord to love ! 
 
 O be Thou our joy, O Lord ! 
 Thou our future great reward : 
 And through endless ages be 
 All our glory but in Thee ! 
 
 Hymns of glory, notes of praise. 
 Through eternal ages raise, 
 To the Father, and the Son, 
 And the Spirit, Three in One ! 
 
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 XI. II 
 
 lllomn for ^alm Suntiag (2.) 
 
 Jfef* AV.r admirabilis 
 
 O Jesus, King of Saints adored, 
 O'er all Thy foes triumphant Lord, 
 Delightful more than tongue can tell, 
 Beyond all thought desirable : 
 
 If Thou within the heart repair, 
 Truth shines with noontide lustre there ; 
 All worldly pomp to vileness turns, 
 And love with lively ardour burns. 
 
 Hail, Saviour ! Thou the heart's delight, 
 To the dim mind irradiance bright ; 
 The living fount, whence pleasure flows, 
 Which the vain world nor seeks nor knows. 
 
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 Own ye His name ; and seek to prove. 
 Seek, one and all, the Saviour's love : 
 With fervour seek ; and, as ye go, 
 Deep and more deep your fervour grow ! 
 
 Lord, may my tongue Thy name confess 
 My life Thy holiness express ; 
 My heart in love of Thee excel, 
 And ever, ever, with Thee dwell. 
 
 O Jesus, whose exalted name 
 O'er all pre-eminence may claim, 
 All glory be ascribed to Thee 
 In the undivided Trinity. 
 
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 XI. Ill 
 
 Sfgmu for @ootJ jFrftag 
 
 Lustra sex qui jam pcregit, etc. 
 Pange lingua gloriosi x etc. 
 
 See the destined day arise ! 
 See, a willing sacrifice, 
 To redeem our fatal loss, 
 Jesus hangs upon the cross. 
 
 From a tree our loss began 
 Fatal to primeval man ; 
 Health attends us from a tree, 
 God and man, vouchsafed by Thee. 
 
 Jesus, who but Thou had borne, 
 Lifted on that tree of scorn, 
 Every pang and bitter throe, 
 Finishing thy life of woe ? 
 
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 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? 
 
 Thence pour'd forth the water flow'd, 
 Mingled from Thy side with blood, 
 Sign to all attesting eyes 
 Of the finished sacrifice. 
 
 Holy Jesus, grant us grace 
 In that sacrifice to place 
 All our trust for life renew'd, 
 Pardon'd sin, and promised good. 
 
 Grant us grace to sing to Thee. 
 In the trinal Unity, 
 Ever with the sons of light. 
 Blessing, honour, glory, might. 
 
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 XLIV 
 
 ftjgmn for ©ootJ Jritian (2.) 
 
 Stabat mater dolorosa 
 
 By the cross, sad vigil keeping, 
 Stood the Mother, doleful, weeping, 
 
 Where her Son extended hung ; 
 For her soul, of joy bereaved, 
 Smit with anguish, deeply grieved, 
 
 Lo ! the piercing sword had wrung. 
 
 Oh how sad and sore distressed 
 Now was she, that Mother blessed 
 
 Of the sole begotten One ! 
 YVoe-begone, with heart's prostration. 
 Mother meek, the bitter passion 
 
 Saw she of her glorious Son. 
 
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 Who on Christ's fond Mother looking, 
 Such extreme affliction brooking, 
 
 Born of woman, would not weep ? 
 Who on Christ's fond Mother thinking, 
 With her Son in sorrow sinking, 
 
 Would not share her sorrow deep 
 
 For His people's sins rejected, 
 She her Jesus, unprotected, 
 
 Saw with thorns, with scourges rent : 
 Saw her Son from judgment taken, 
 Her beloved in death forsaken, 
 
 Till His spirit forth He sent. 
 
 With Thy Mother's deep devotion, 
 Make me feel her strong emotion, 
 
 Fount of love, Redeemer kind ! 
 That my heart, fresh ardour proving, 
 Thee my God and Saviour loving, 
 
 May with Thee acceptance find ! 
 
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 XLV 
 
 ftjomn for Caster (i.) 
 
 Aurora ccelum purpurat 
 
 Morning spreads her crimson rays, 
 Heaven resounds with hymns of praise, 
 Through the earth loud anthems swell, 
 Heard with rage in vanquish'*] hell. 
 
 From the dark sepulchral gloom 
 See the King of Glory come : 
 See Him now from bondage freed 
 All His saints to daylight lead. 
 
 Vain the tomb securely barr'd, 
 Sealed stone, and armed guard : 
 Death is crush'd, and finds his bier 
 In the Conqueror's sepulchre. 
 
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 Hence with mourning, hence with tears, 
 Hence with anxious griefs and fears ; 
 1 Death's subduer is not here,' 
 Cries His angel minister. 
 
 That these thoughts of paschal joy 
 Ever may our minds employ, 
 Dead to sin, Thy servants give, 
 Lord, in holiness to live. 
 
 Now be God the Father praised, 
 With the Son in triumph raised 
 From the Grave, His Glory's Heir, 
 And the blessed Comforter. 
 
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 XLVI 
 
 Jjninn for Caster (2.) 
 
 Ad regias Agni dopes 
 
 Now at the Lamb's imperial feast, 
 In robes of snowy whiteness drest, 
 The Red Sea pass'd, high songs we sing 
 Of triumph to the Anointed King. 
 
 For us His charity divine 
 The blood-cup drank of bitter wine : 
 For us His limbs extended lay, 
 A sacrifice for love to slay. 
 
 With blood the sprinkled door-posts red 
 The avenging Angel sees with dread : 
 Apart the startled waves divide, 
 Pours o'er the foe the refluent tide. 
 
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 Now Christ our Passover we claim : 
 The same the sacrifice ; the same, 
 Pure to the pure of heart and dear, 
 The unleaven'd bread of truth sincere. 
 
 O Thou, true sacrifice from heaven, 
 To whom the key of hell is given, 
 By whom the thralls of death unchain'd, 
 By whom the prize of life regain'd ! 
 
 Victor of hell's infernal holds, 
 His trophies Christ revived unfolds ; 
 And to the heavens' admiring gaze 
 The captive king of night displays. 
 
 That with delight our hearts may burn, 
 Lord, at Thy paschal feast's return, 
 Oh, dead to sin, Thy servants give 
 New born in righteousness to live. 
 
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 Be the Almighty Father praised ; 
 The Son, who from the dead was raised 
 And, the full Godhead to complete, 
 The Holy Ghost, the Paraclete ! 
 
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 XLVII 
 
 l^gmn for (Easter (3.) 
 
 Rex sempiterne call turn 
 
 Thou, whom their Maker heaven and earth, 
 
 Their King the angels own, 
 Son, who through boundless ages sharest 
 
 The Almighty Father's throne \ 
 Who Adam, in Thy image made, 
 
 Call'dst forth at nature's birth, 
 And man became a living soul 
 
 With body form'd of earth : 
 
 When Satan's envy and deceit 
 
 Efad human-kind defaced, 
 By Thee was man's primeval form, 
 
 Incarnate Lord, replaced ; 
 Thee, of the Virgin born of old, 
 
 Now new-born from the tomb, 
 
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 Wlio bidd'st us buried from the grave 
 With Thee reviving come. 
 
 Thou, living Shepherd, dost Thy flock 
 
 In bath baptismal lave, 
 The cleansing laver of our souls, 
 
 And of our sins the grave : 
 By Thee was borne the cross, the debt 
 
 For our transgressions owed ; 
 From Thee, the price of our release, 
 
 The blood spontaneous flow'd. 
 
 That Thou each year our paschal joy 
 
 Mayst be, Thy servants give, 
 Regenerate from the death of sin, 
 
 In holiness to live : 
 So in perpetual hymns shalt Thou, 
 
 Who from the dead wast raised, 
 The Father, and the Holy Ghost, 
 
 Eternally be praised. 
 
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 XLVIII 
 
 ?ljgmn for tfje Ascension (i.) 
 
 ALterne Rex altissime 
 
 Eternal King of heaven on high, 
 Hope of Thy Saints beneath, 
 
 Crown'd with triumphant majesty, 
 The Vanquisher of death : 
 
 Thou dost ascend the starry spheres, 
 Prompt at the heavenly call, 
 
 Which, all unheard by mortal ears, 
 Salutes Thee Lord of all : 
 
 That of the world, where'er they dwell, 
 The tribes may worship Thee ; 
 
 And things in heaven, in earth, in hell, 
 May bow the subject knee. 
 
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 Angels behold the change with awe : 
 
 How sin with flesh began, 
 And sin by flesh subdued they saw, 
 
 The Conqueror God in man ! 
 
 Do Thou from Thy celestial heights 
 Our prize, our pleasure, prove ! 
 
 The world Thy subject; Thy delights 
 All worldly joys above. 
 
 Thence for our sins the prayer attend, 
 Thy pardoning grace supply, 
 
 And down Thy healthful Spirit send 
 To lift our hearts on high. 
 
 That when around Thy judgment-seat 
 The skies their radiance pour, 
 
 Thou may st remit our penal debt, 
 Our forfeit crowns restore. 
 
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 Jesus, Glory be to Thee, 
 
 In Thy celestial rest, 
 Throned with Paternal Majesty, 
 
 And with the Spirit blest ! 
 
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 XLIX 
 
 fijgmn for tljc Ascension (2.) 
 
 Salittis humana Sator 
 
 Saviour of men, our joy supreme, 
 The heart's desire and pure delight ; 
 
 Who by Thy love didst those redeem, 
 Whom Thou createdst by Thy might : 
 
 What unknown love could Thee constrain, 
 
 Our sins, all sinless, to sustain ? 
 
 And the sharp sting of death to try, 
 
 That we might live and never die ? 
 
 Thou break'st through Chaos' old domain, 
 Unbind'st the prison'd captive's band, 
 
 And with triumphant state dost reign 
 In glory on Thy Sire's right hand. 
 
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 Oh, for our woes benignly feel ; 
 Our wounds with gentle mercy heal ; 
 Our eyes, which long Thy face to see, 
 Glad with the blissful sight of Thee ! 
 
 Be Thou our heavenward guide and way, 
 Thou of our hearts the aim and goal ; 
 Wipe Thou our tears with joy away, 
 
 Revive and gladden Thou the soul ! 
 To Thee, ascended up to heaven, 
 Triumphant Son, be glory given \ 
 And, girt with heaven's adoring host, 
 Thee, Sire of all ; Thee, Holy Ghost ! 
 
I IO 
 
 jijgmn for Offfjtt Stinting, (i.) 
 
 Venij Creator Spiritus 
 
 Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest, 
 Come, visit Thou each willing breast ; 
 And with Thy grace celestial aid 
 Those whom Thy genial influence made. 
 
 O Comforter, Thy grace supply, 
 Stupendous gift of God most High : 
 The Fount of life, the Fire of love, 
 The inward Unction from above. 
 
 The gifts of sevenfold grace are thine, 
 Finger of God, the Father's sign ; 
 The Father's promise, who didst speech 
 Unknown to lips untutor'd teach. 
 
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 Lighten our minds with wisdom's beam,- 
 Pour on our hearts affection's stream ; 
 Our bodies' feeble strength prepare, 
 With courage, what Thou will'st, to bear. 
 
 Far from our home the foe repel : 
 Make peace within and near us dwell : 
 Cause that, with Thee to lead and guide, 
 We turn from evil ways aside. 
 
 Confirm our faith, and grant us so 
 The Father and the Son to know, 
 That Thee of both we may receive, 
 And in the triune Name believe. 
 
 Be the Eternal Father praised, 
 From death the Filial Godhead raised ; 
 And Holy Ghost, Creator, Thou, 
 Through endless ages even as now. 
 
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 LI 
 
 Iljgmn for SBHjit Suntiag 
 
 Nunc san etc nobis Spiritus 
 
 Thou with the Father and the Son 
 
 United, Spirit blest, 
 To us Thy healthful grace be shown, 
 
 And foster' d in our breast. 
 By lips, by mind, by heart exprest, 
 
 May meek confession sound ; 
 May love's bright flame within us rest, 
 
 And spread its warmth around. 
 
 Our souls with peace and comfort bless, 
 
 Dissension's heats allay, 
 And lead us on to righteousness 
 
 By truth's unerring way. 
 So night by night, and day by day, 
 
 Thy holy will be done, 
 While Thee we seek, and with Thee pray 
 
 The Father and the Son. 
 
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 LII 
 
 Pjgmn for ^Crtnftg Suntiag (i.) 
 
 Summce Parens dementia 
 
 Parent of all, whose love display'd 
 Still rules the world Thy bounty made, 
 Fain would we raise the hymn to Thee, 
 In substance One, in person Three. 
 
 Fain would we chant to Thee the song, 
 Which through the ages all along 
 Is chanted by Thy heavenly train, 
 And earth resounds to heaven again. 
 
 Taught by Thy word this festal day 
 Our homage of true faith we pay : 
 Oh, in that faith preserve us still, 
 And shield us evermore from ill : 
 
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 That still our lips Thy praise may show, 
 And with Thy holy Church below, 
 Above with Thy angelic host, 
 Sing Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 
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 LIII 
 
 f^gmtt for JErtnttg Sutttiag (2.) 
 
 [original] 
 
 Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord 
 
 God of hosts, essential Good ! 
 God in highest heaven adored, 
 Hear our hymn of gratitude. 
 When in heathen night we lay, 
 Thou didst o'er us pour Thy ray, 
 Thee to know, and worship Thee, 
 In Thy Trinal Unity. 
 
 Thou Thy Gospel badest proclaim, 
 
 Thou Thy new-born Church didst lave, 
 
 Baptized into Thy threefold name, 
 In Thy sanctifying wave : 
 
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 Thou, from whom the worlds began ; 
 Thou, redeeming Hope of man ; 
 Thou, whose hallowing grace is shed 
 On each chosen faithful head. 
 
 O be Thou our strength and stay ! 
 
 Save us, we in Thee believe : 
 By Thee we bless, to Thee we pray, 
 
 And to Thee all glory give. 
 Holy, Holy, Holy Lord, 
 Be Thy name in earth adored, 
 As by Thy celestial host, 
 Father, Son. and Holv Ghost ! 
 
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 3§Btnns for Saints' Bnvs 
 
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 LIV 
 
 P?gmn on tfje p?alg Angels (i.) 
 
 Christe, sanctorum deats Angelorum 
 
 Christ, of Thy Angel host the grace, 
 
 The Saviour of mankind, 
 Grant us on high a blessed place 
 
 With that blest host to find. 
 
 But first on us below to wait 
 Be those blest spirits given, 
 
 The court of Thy imperial state, 
 The ministry of heaven. 
 
 Angel of peace, let Michael come 
 From heaven, and hell-ward send 
 
 Disastrous war, and here at home 
 In one all spirits blend ! 
 
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 Angel of strength, let Gabriel join 
 
 To quell our ancient foes ; 
 And visit, pleased, each heaven-loved shrine. 
 
 Which erst his trophies rose ! 
 
 Angel of health, let Raphael speed 
 
 Thy herald from on high, 
 To guide aright each dubious deed, 
 
 And light each languid eye. 
 
 Grant us such aid, Eternal King, 
 
 That we with Thy blest host, 
 May Thee, Paternal Godhead, sing, 
 
 Thy Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 
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 LV 
 
 Jijgmn on tfje p?oIg atiflela (2.) 
 
 7> splendor et virtus Patris 
 
 Thee, the Father's power and light, 
 Jesus, Thee, our heart's delight, 
 Thee, whose lips our life sustain, 
 Praise we 'mid Thy angel train. 
 
 Thousand thousand chiefs at hand 
 Round Thy throne embattled stand : 
 Sign of weal to their array, 
 Michael's hands the cross display. 
 
 He, the ancient dragon fell 
 Smote and drove to nether hell : 
 He both chief, and rebel crew, 
 Victor from heaven's rampart threw. 
 
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 Oh, against that chief of pride 
 By us be Michael's banner tried ; 
 And a crown of glory won 
 From the Lamb's imperial throne. 
 
 Glory to the Father be, 
 Glory, only Son, to Thee, 
 Glory to the Spirit blest, 
 Now and evermore addrest. 
 
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 LVI 
 
 pjgmn on tTje P?alg Ptopljets 
 
 Quicumque Christum quceritis 
 
 Ye who Messiah seek, 
 
 Aloft your eyes incline, 
 And see yon ' holy mount ' bespeak, 
 
 His deathless glory's sign. 
 
 There faith may One behold, 
 
 Majestic, vast, sublime ; 
 Who ne'er began, ne'er ends ; controll'd 
 
 By neither space nor time. 
 
 'Tis Judah's King, decreed 
 The Gentiles' crown to wear, 
 
 The faithful Abraham's promised seed, 
 The royal David's heir. 
 
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 The Prophets Him record, 
 
 Of Him the signals give ; 
 The Father witnesses the word, 
 
 And bids us ' hear, believe.' 
 
 Jesus, be glory Thine, 
 
 To babes and sucklings known ; 
 While in the midst Thy symbols shine 
 
 Of heaven's triunal throne. 
 
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 LVII 
 
 P?gmn on tfje Pjalg Apostles (i.) 
 
 ALlema Christi iminera 
 
 Lord, who didst bless Thy chosen band, 
 And forth commission'd send 
 
 To spread Thy name from land to land, 
 To Thee our hymns ascend. 
 
 The princes of Thy Church were they, 
 
 Chiefs unsubdued in fight, 
 Soldiers on earth of heaven's array, 
 
 The world's unerring light. 
 
 Theirs the firm faith of holy birth, 
 
 The hope that looks above, 
 And, trampling on the powers of earth, 
 
 Their Saviour's perfect love. 
 
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 In them the Heavens exulting own 
 The Father's might reveal'd, 
 
 Thy triumph gain'd, begotten Son, 
 Thy Spirit's influence seal'd. 
 
 Then to Thy Father, and to Thee, 
 
 And to Thy Spirit blest, 
 All praise for these Thy servants be 
 
 By all Thy Church addrest. 
 
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 LVIII 
 
 . P?gmn an tlje p?oIg Apostles (2.) 
 
 Exultet orbis gaudiis 
 
 Let the round world with songs rejoice ; 
 
 Let heaven return the joyful voice \ 
 
 All mindful of the Apostles' fame, 
 
 Earth, sky, their Sovereign's praise proclaim ! 
 
 Thou, at whose word they bore the light 
 Of gospel truth o'er heathen night, 
 Oh, still to us that light impart, 
 To glad our eyes and cheer our heart. 
 
 Thou, at whose will to them was given 
 The key that shuts and opens heaven, 
 Our chains unbind, our loss repair, 
 O grant us grace to enter there. 
 
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 Thou, at whose will they preach'd the word. 
 Which cured disease, which health conferral, 
 To us its healing power prolong, 
 The weak support, confirm the strong ! 
 
 That when Thy Son again shall come, 
 And speak the world's unerring doom. 
 He may with them pronounce us blest, 
 And place us in Thy endless rest. 
 
 To Thee, O Father ; Son, to Thee ; 
 To Thee, blest Spirit, glory be ! 
 So was it aye for ages past, 
 So shall through endless ages last. 
 
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 LIX 
 
 l^gmn on tfjre P?ols ffi&anrj'eltsts (i.) 
 
 Ch risti percii nes n until 
 
 Praise for Thy Saints to Thee, O Lord, 
 Whose heavenly Scriptures, wide unfurl'd 
 
 Thy sacred mysteries record, 
 
 And spread them o'er the wondering world. 
 
 The darkness far away expell'd, 
 
 The things, which, wrapt in shades of night, 
 Of old Thy holy seers beheld, 
 
 These now have seen in open light. 
 
 Hence, taught by Thee, their records show'd, 
 From age to age those records run, 
 
 What human things were borne by God, 
 By man what things divine were done. 
 
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 Distinct in place, in time remote, 
 The selfsame Spirit ruled them all, 
 
 Nor fails He, from the rolls they wrote, 
 On us with warning voice to call. 
 
 And so to God, the One and Three, 
 Who calls us from the gloom of night, 
 
 His glory's beams reveal'd to see, 
 
 Be praise supreme and sovereign might. 
 
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 LX 
 
 flfgnttt on tfje P?oIg (E&angelists (2.) 
 
 Since sub alio vertice 
 
 From thundering skies at Sinai's rock 
 
 Of old the law was given : 
 And trumpet loud and lightnings spoke 
 
 The present God of heaven. 
 
 But now He loves with temper'd might 
 
 A veil of flesh to wear, 
 And, suited to our feeble sight, 
 
 In milder form appear. 
 
 Engraved on stone, the Law defined 
 Rules, but no strength convey'd ; 
 
 Writ on the heart, the Gospel join'd 
 Its rules with power to aid. 
 
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 This was by voice and faithful pen, 
 
 This by the lives reveal'd, 
 Answering the voice of sainted men, 
 
 And by their life-blood seal'd. 
 
 O Thou, by whose good Spirit taught, 
 The words of life they bear, 
 
 Plant Thou their records in our thought, 
 And ever root them there. 
 
 So be, Thrice Holy God, to Thee, 
 Whose voice from shades of night 
 
 Caird us Thy glory's beams to see, 
 High praise and sovereign might ! 
 
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 LXI 
 
 Pfgmn on tfje f^olg fHartgrs (i.) 
 
 Saiidortim meritis inclyta gaudia 
 
 The triumphs of the martyr'd saints 
 
 The joyous lay demand, 
 The heart delights in song to dwell 
 
 On that victorious band : 
 Those whom the senseless world abhorr'd, 
 
 Who cast the world aside, 
 Deem'd fruitless, worthless, for the sake 
 
 Of Christ, their Lord and Guide. 
 
 For Thee they braved the tyrant's rage, 
 
 The scourge's cruel smart; 
 The wild-beast's claw their bodies tore, 
 
 But vanquish'd not the heart : 
 
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 Like lambs before the sword they fell, 
 
 Nor cry nor plaint exprest ; 
 For patience kept the conscious mind, 
 
 And arm'd the fearless breast. 
 
 What tongue can tell Thy crown prepared 
 
 To wreathe the martyr's head 1 
 What voice Thy robe of white to clothe 
 
 His limbs with torture red ? 
 Vouchsafe us, Lord, if such Thy will, 
 
 Clear skies and seasons calm : 
 If not, the martyr's cross to bear, 
 
 And win the martyr's palm. 
 
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 LXII 
 
 ??gmn on tlje f^olg fHartgts (2.) 
 
 Invicte Martyr unicum 
 
 Great God, whose strength Thy martyrs steel'd 
 
 To follow Thy unrivall'd Son, 
 By whom they braved the battle-field, 
 
 By whom the palm of conquest won : 
 
 Thy strength, by sin assail'd, we pray, 
 
 To shield us in our mortal strife, 
 To drive the taint of guilt away, 
 
 To guard us from the ills of life. 
 
 The chains by Thee were loosed, that held 
 Thy martyr'd Saints in thrall below : 
 
 O be it ours, by Thee upheld, 
 
 Away the world's vile bonds to throw ! 
 
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 O be it ours like them to win 
 
 The vesture white, the branching palm ; 
 And, free from sorrow as from sin, 
 
 To chant to Thee the holy psalm. 
 
 To Thee, above Thy heavenly host, 
 O Father, on Thy glory's throne; 
 
 And join d with Thee, Thy Holy Ghost, 
 And, virgin-born, the incarnate Son. 
 
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 LXIII 
 
 Pfgttttt on 3111 Saints (i.) 
 
 Sahitis (zterncB Dator 
 
 O Jesus, source of sanctity, 
 In whom Thy servants live, 
 
 All glory for Thy Saints to Thee, 
 Saviour of men, we give. 
 
 All glory for Thy angel train, 
 
 Who heaven's high temple throng ; 
 
 All glory for those ancient men, 
 Bards of prophetic song : 
 
 All glory for the messenger, 
 Who came Thy face before ; 
 
 For the blest Maid all glory, her 
 Who Thee incarnate bore : 
 
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 All glory for Thy chosen band, 
 To whom the charge was given, 
 
 To publish peace from land to land, 
 And keep the keys of heaven. 
 
 For Thy meek priests, a goodly choir : 
 For them, whose annals boast 
 
 Youth, maiden mild, and hoary sire, 
 Thy martyrs' noble host. 
 
 For these, for all Thy Saints, Thy name 
 
 We laud, and pray that we, 
 Strong in Thy strength, may follow them, 
 
 As They have follow'd Thee : 
 
 But not to them or hymn or prayer 
 
 Present we, due alone 
 To Thee, and those with Thee who share 
 
 The everlasting throne. 
 
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 LXIV 
 
 p?2tntt on ail Saints (2.) 
 [original] 
 
 For all Thy Saints, O Lord, 
 Who strove in Thee to live, 
 
 Who follow'd Thee, obey'd, adored, 
 Our grateful hymn receive. 
 
 For all Thy Saints, O Lord, 
 
 Accept our thankful cry, 
 Who counted Thee their great reward, 
 
 And strove in Thee to die. 
 
 They all in life and death, 
 
 With Thee, their Lord, in view, 
 
 Learn'd from Thy Holy Spirit's breath 
 To suffer and to do. 
 
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 Thy mystic members, fit 
 To join Thy Saints above, 
 
 In one unmix'd communion knit, 
 And fellowship of love. 
 
 For this Thy name we bless, 
 And humbly beg that we 
 
 May follow them in holiness, 
 And live and die in Thee : 
 
 With them the Father, Son, 
 And Holy Ghost to praise, 
 
 As in the ancient days was done, 
 And shall through endless days. 
 
(Dvigimil Ihjmns 
 
 PRINCIPALLY OF 
 
 COMMEMORATION AND THANKSGIVING FOR 
 CHRIST S HOLY ORDINANCES 
 
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 LXV 
 
 P?rjmrt of Efjanfcsgibfntj far' tfje ©ne, p?olg, 
 Catholic, anto Spastolic Cfjurrfj* 
 
 We bless Thee for Thy Church, O Lord, 
 
 Call'd from the world, and seal'd Thine own, 
 
 One by the faith of Thy pure word, 
 By Thy baptismal laver one. 
 
 We bless Thee for Thy Church, ordain' d 
 
 To sanctify the soul from sin, 
 And cleanse Thine image, erst profaned, 
 
 By holy rite from guilt within. 
 
 We bless Thee for Thy Church, which sends 
 Thy truth remotest tribes among, 
 
 And scatter'd members comprehends 
 From every people, kindred, tongue. 
 
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 We bless Thee for Thy Church, which placed 
 Aloft, by signs conspicuous known, 
 
 Is on Thine own Apostles based, 
 And Jesus Christ the corner-stone. 
 
 Lord, for this Church by men design'd 
 Thy builders, hallow'd by Thy grace, 
 
 One, but to no lone spot confined, 
 We bless Thee, and Thy gift embrace. 
 
 And pray, that on that sacred site, 
 In symbols pure, with guardians true, 
 
 Our souls may evermore unite, 
 
 And peace, where Thou ordain'st, ensue. 
 
 To Thee, in whom Thy Saints delight, 
 Thy Church on earth, Thy heavenly host, 
 
 Be blessing, honour, glory, might, 
 Thee, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 
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 LXVI 
 
 p?gmrt contmrntfatotg of Stager for tije (Cfjutcrj 
 
 O pray we for the Church's weal, 
 Though earth and hell oppose, 
 
 Of good the token and the seal, 
 Which God on man bestows. 
 
 Pray we, her guides may never cease 
 
 To rule with holy sway ; 
 Her people still in love and peace 
 
 And loyalty obey ! 
 
 Pray we, that he, who round her lurks 
 
 With craft and subtle wile, 
 May not, to aid his hostile works, 
 
 The heart of man beguile ! 
 
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 Pray we, dissension may in vain 
 
 With unbelief combine, 
 By open force her towers to gain, 
 
 Or sap with secret mine ! 
 
 Pray we, that no injurious foe, 
 
 Or rash mistaken friend, 
 Without may plot her overthrow, 
 
 Within her union rend ! 
 
 Pray we, that no opprobrious spot, 
 Home-bred or brought from far, 
 
 The pureness of her faith may blot, 
 Her holy worship mar ! 
 
 O Thou, whose love in man's distress 
 
 Thy Church for refuge gave ; 
 Do Thou the Church, Thy household, bless, 
 
 And for Thy glory save ! 
 
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 LXVII 
 
 Pfgtmt cif JZTTjankscjt&mrj fox an Apostolical 
 fHmtstrg 
 
 All praise to Thee, who didst command 
 The twelve Thy word to preach, 
 
 And willing flocks from every land 
 Collect, baptize, and teach. 
 
 By them Thy Church's fabric fair 
 
 We hail securely framed, 
 Thy holy rites establish'd there, 
 
 And there Thy truth proclaim'd. 
 
 And still as they to other lands 
 By Thee commission'd went, 
 
 On other heads they laid their hands. 
 And on Thy mission sent. 
 
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 Transmitted thus from age to age 
 
 In one unbroken line, 
 Ours is each sacramental pledge 
 
 Of grace and strength divine. 
 
 Lord, give us faithful hearts to keep 
 
 Thy own appointed fold, 
 And with the shepherds of Thy sheep 
 
 Secure communion hold. 
 
 To Thee, O Father ; Son, to Thee ; 
 
 To Thee, O Spirit blest ; 
 All glory in one Godhead be 
 
 By all Thy Saints addrest. 
 
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 LXVIII 
 
 Plgnm cmnmnnotatiue of tfje £BtmstErial 
 Commission 
 
 Who gives the needful power to man, 
 Abroad the means of grace to deal, 
 
 Release the sinner from his ban, 
 His guilt remit, his pardon seal ? 
 
 He who with consecrated pall 
 His chosen Aaron's limbs array'd, 
 
 And e'en on Christ with outward call 
 The honour of the Priesthood laid. 
 
 O dare not then with touch profane, 
 That honour on thyself to take j 
 
 Nor, oh ! pretend with pretext vain, 
 A priest unduly call'd to make ! 
 
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 For self-commission^ who may choose 
 
 To seize on God's prerogative, 
 Heaven's keys without heaven's warrant use, 
 
 ( )r, what he has received not. give ? 
 
 Lord, by whose care Thy Church arose 
 A goodly frame, Thy Church defend : 
 
 And bless her Pastors, sent by those 
 
 Whom Thou hast given the power to send. 
 
 To Thee, whom all Thy Saints adore, 
 
 Thy Church on earth, Thy heavenly host, 
 
 Be blessing, honour, glory, power, 
 Thee, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 
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 LXIX 
 
 Pjumn of Kfjanftsgibmg for ©otTs presence in 
 ffiis Cfjurcfjf 
 
 .-///^ tu" Olympi vertice 
 
 Lo, the Almighty Father's Son 
 Quits for earth His heavenly rest. 
 
 As a stone descending down 
 
 Sever'd from the mountain's breast. 
 
 Of both dwellings He alone 
 
 Is the uniting corner-stone. 
 
 Ever sounds with holy hymn 
 That abode of Saints on high, 
 
 Echoing to the Seraphim 
 God in Trinal Unity : 
 
 Join'd with that, in hymns of praise 
 
 We our rival voices raise. 
 
O'er our Temples, Lord of all, 
 Thy benignant light extend, 
 
 There be present to our call, 
 There Thy people's vows attend 
 
 And our fainting souls imbue 
 
 Ever with Thy heavenly dew. 
 
 There may still the meek request 
 Of the faithful heart obtain 
 
 Foretaste of those mansions blest, 
 And enjoy the precious gain, 
 
 Till from bonds corporeal free 
 
 We those blessed mansions see. 
 
 Now be to the Father done 
 Homage, as at all times meet, 
 
 To the Father's only Son, 
 To the Holy Paraclete \ 
 
 Homage such as all things owe, 
 
 Saints above, and men below. 
 
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 LXX 
 
 p?rjmu comnumoratirje of ti}t pleasure oi 
 Social HEcrsfjtp 
 
 Glad is Thy sound, O Sabbath bell, 
 Which calls the church-ward road 
 
 All who within Thy summons dwell, 
 " Come, seek the House of God." 
 
 O there 'tis joy in one to meet 
 Whom one communion blends, 
 
 Hold council there in converse sweet, 
 And walk therein as friends. 
 
 'T is joy to think the angel-train, 
 Who 'mid heaven's temple shine, 
 
 To seek our earthly temples deign, 
 And in our anthems join. 
 
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 But chief 'tis joy to think that He, 
 To whom His Church is dear, 
 
 Delights her gather'd flock to see, 
 Her joint devotions hear. 
 
 Then who would choose to walk abroad 
 While here such joys are given? 
 
 ' This is indeed the House of God, 
 And this the gate of heaven !' 
 
 Who may refuse the proffer'd grace, 
 Nor rue with conscious thought, 
 
 ' Full sure it was the Saviour's place, 
 But. ah ! I knew it not !' 
 
1 3D 
 
 LXXI 
 
 J^gum cotntnnnoratibe of (Christ's Presnuc 
 in Social SKEor^ip 
 
 How good and pleasant is the sight, 
 
 How great the bliss they share, 
 When Christ's assembled flock unite 
 
 In his own House of Prayer ! 
 God thither with paternal care 
 
 His face benignant bends ; 
 And Jesus by His Spirit there 
 
 On faithful hearts descends. 
 
 To such, by hallow'd lips exprest, 
 His grace confirms His word, 
 
 As once Cornelius' house it blest, 
 From holy Peter heard : 
 
 On prayer and praise in faith preferr'd 
 His heavenly dew is shed ; 
 
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 And He, for all who come prepared, 
 Dwells in die mystic bread. 
 
 In pure devotion's sacred hours, 
 
 Bound by baptismal sign, 
 With our companions loved be ours 
 
 In fellowship to join. 
 And Thou, who bidd'st in rites divine 
 
 Thy Church united meet, 
 Lord, by Thy presence be it Thine 
 
 Their union to complete ! 
 
 To God adored in ages past, 
 
 Eternal One in Three, 
 To God, whose worship aye shall last 
 
 In Trinal Unity ; 
 To Thee, O Father ; Son, to Thee ; 
 
 To Thee, O Holy Ghost ; 
 Here in Thy Church all glory be, 
 
 And with Thy heavenly host. 
 
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 LXXII 
 
 Jlgmn commemorative of ©oti's Jljousc of 
 Praucr 
 
 The House of God ! What fittest name 
 May best its noblest use proclaim ? 
 Attend, and hear Himself declare 
 The House of God, the House of Prayer ! 
 
 To kneel before Thy mercy's throne ; 
 To make our wants and wishes known ; 
 For what our souls, our bodies, need, 
 Thy love, not our deserts, to plead : 
 
 Thy pardon for the past to pray, 
 Thy bounty for the coming day, 
 Yet not unmix'd with grateful songs 
 To Thee, to whom the House belongs ! 
 
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 Such use, O God, befits it best ; 
 
 By us be such its use profest : 
 
 Nor fail we in our minds to bear, 
 
 Thou call'st Thy House the House of Prayer. 
 
 () there be present Thou ! Do Thou 
 Receive the prayer, attend the vow, 
 Which in Thy house we pay to Thee, 
 One God in Trinal Unity ! 
 
159 
 
 LXXIII 
 
 pjgtrut cnmmcntiatcitg ot tlje JoUrmencc 
 tme to f^olg Place* 
 
 ' Put off thy shoes, 't is holy ground ! ' 
 
 A voice to Moses said : 
 1 Nor with unhallow'd things confound 
 
 What God has holy made.' 
 
 Whene'er we tread Thy courts, O Lord, 
 
 May no irreverent stain, 
 In dress or gesture, deed or word, 
 
 Thy sanctuary profane ! 
 
 Be banish'd thence all mixture base 
 
 Of worldly wish or aim ; 
 Nor earthly dross defile the place 
 
 Where Thou hast fixt Thy name ! 
 
I Go 
 
 But still may holy hearts be there, 
 
 And holy offerings found ; 
 And still Thy voice be heard, ' Beware, 
 
 Ye tread on holy ground ! ' 
 
 To Thee, O Father ; Son, to Thee ; 
 
 To Thee, O Spirit blest ; 
 All glory in one Godhead be 
 
 By all Thy Church addrest I 
 
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 LXXIV 
 
 5t]gmn commcntiatorrj of tfje &eberetuc 
 tjue to pjolg Cfjtncjs 
 
 O Lord, whate'er belongs to Thee, 
 May we with reverence greet ; 
 
 Nor dare Thy holy property 
 As things unhallow'd treat ! 
 
 Thy name no lip with jesting light, 
 
 Or idle speech, profane ! 
 Thy word no ear neglectful slight, 
 
 Or haughtily disdain ! 
 
 Thy house— may there no reckless foot 
 
 The heedless mind betray ! 
 Nor worldly toils or gauds pollute 
 
 Thy peaceful sacred day ! 
 
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 May no vain heart the servants spurn, 
 
 Who Thy commission bear ; 
 Nor proudly from Thy table turn, 
 
 Nor venture rashly there ! 
 
 Lord, grant us grace each holy thing 
 
 Occasion meet to make 
 Of praise for Thee, our heavenly King, 
 
 And prize it for Thy sake ! 
 
 Thy name, Thy word, Thy house, Thy day, 
 
 Thy priests, and rites divine, 
 The honour for Thy sake we pay, 
 
 That honour, Lord, is Thine. 
 
 Thou seest the duteous heart, when we 
 Touch but Thy garment's hem ; 
 
 And Thou hast said, ' Who honour me, 
 Lo ! I will honour them !' 
 
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 LXXV 
 
 ^gmtt of &fjanhsjjtrjtruj for pjolg Baptism 
 
 God of our health, our Life and Light, 
 That Thou hast purified our sight, 
 The truth, Thy sacred words express, 
 To hear, receive, believe, confess ; 
 Accept the thanks we hymn to Thee, 
 Lord God Almighty, One and Three ! 
 
 That, wash'd in Thy thrice Holy Xame, 
 A new relation thence we claim. 
 And, born by nature sons of earth, 
 Thence share by grace a heavenly birth ; 
 Accept the thanks we hymn to Thee, 
 Lord God Almighty, One and Three ! 
 
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 That thence we worship Thee alone, 
 And, whom our vows baptismal own, 
 To Thee the prayer of faith we bring, 
 To Thee the song of glory sing : 
 Accept the thanks we hymn to Thee, 
 Lord God Almighty, One and Three ! 
 
 That thence the course we're train'd to run 
 Of goodness at Thy font begun, 
 Our Saviour's cross to keep in view, 
 His faith confess, his steps pursue ; 
 Accept the thanks we hymn to Thee, 
 Lord God Almighty, One and Three ! 
 
 O Holy, Holy, Holy, Thou, 
 
 God of our health, preserve us now 
 
 Firm in Thy worship, fear, and love ; 
 
 That we may see Thy face above, 
 
 And there our thanks still hymn to Thee, 
 
 Lord God Almighty, One and Three ! 
 
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 LXXVI 
 
 p?gmrt commemorati&e of fyz (Biuret) fEtlitant 
 
 The earth it is a battle-field, 
 Where combatants of might 
 
 On either side their weapons wield 
 Opposed in mortal fight. 
 
 Here lust of flesh, and lust of eye, 
 And pomp and pride of life, 
 
 By Satan led, for mastery 
 Maintain unceasing strife. 
 
 There soldiers of the incarnate Word 
 In God's proof-armour stand, 
 
 Girt with the Spirit's shield and sword, 
 A firm and faithful band. 
 
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 With her commission'd chiefs to lead, 
 The Church that band arrays, 
 
 And sign of conquest overhead 
 The banner'd Cross displays. 
 
 Thus arm'd and marshall'd, in thy sight 
 Keep fast that banner'd sign ; 
 
 And, Christian, in thy foes' despite 
 The triumph shall be thine. 
 
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 LXXVII 
 
 i^gmn commnnoratiue of t\)z (Efjurcfj'a 
 Instruction of p?ct Cfjflform 
 
 Who that hath grace to walk abroad 
 In light and liberty divine, 
 
 Would leave his children far from God 
 In thraldom and in gloom to pine ! 
 
 To Thee no such reproofs belong, 
 City of God, our Mother dear ! 
 
 Thy care betimes to train the young, 
 Thy Master's will to read and hear : 
 
 With heavenly lore enrich the mind ; 
 
 In precepts pure the footsteps lead, 
 In means, for inward grace design'd. 
 
 In holy prayer and sacred creed. 
 
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 Then on ! unmoved by hate or scorn, 
 By bitter foe, or lukewarm friend ; 
 
 Intent the children, thou hast borne, 
 Thy babes and sucklings still to tend. 
 
 And He who made thee, He who bought, 
 And He who hallows thee and thine, 
 
 Bless all thy works in duty wrought, 
 And make His face on thee to shine ! 
 
 To Him be praise, in earth and heaven, 
 With His redeem'd, His angel host, 
 
 By thee and all thy children given, 
 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost ! 
 
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 LXXVIII 
 
 5£?gnm rammmtiatorg of Jamtlg OEorgJjtp 
 
 O 't is a scene the heart to move, 
 When households day by day, 
 
 Whom God unites in social love, 
 Unite His grace to pray ! 
 
 What though the number be but small, 
 
 Whenever two or three 
 Join On the Saviour's name to call, 
 
 There in the midst is He. 
 
 When faithful and repentant hearts 
 
 His heavenly grace ensue, 
 His grace entreated He imparts 
 
 To many or to few. 
 
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 O come then, and with joint accord 
 In household worship meet ; 
 
 And mindful of the Saviour's word, 
 The Saviour's boon entreat ! 
 
 To Him, and those with Him who dwell 
 
 In fellowship entire, 
 O let our tongues our wishes tell, 
 
 O let our hearts aspire ! 
 
 To Him, with God the Father join'd, 
 
 And God the Spirit blest, 
 By all in social bands combined 
 
 Be glory joint addrest. 
 
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 LXXIX 
 
 pjgmtt of (Efjanftsgibmg for tfje (Efjurrfj'ss 
 Scriptural JKEorsfjfp 
 
 Lord, not to us, we claim it not, 
 
 To Thee be all the praise, 
 That no profane inveterate spot 
 
 Our mother Church o'erlays ; 
 That, as in her primeval days, 
 
 From intermediate stain 
 Cleansed by Thy word, to Thee she pays 
 
 Unsullied rites again. 
 
 To no material form confined, 
 
 A spirit pure alone, 
 We serve Thee not in likeness shrined 
 
 Of bread, or wood, or stone : 
 Nor saint nor angel at Thy throne 
 
 We crave to intercede, 
 
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 With Thee for our misdeeds atone, 
 With Thee for mercy plead. 
 
 But far remote we seek Thy face, 
 
 Hid in Thy heavenly seat ; 
 And, sole transmitter of Thy grace, 
 
 The Saviour's name entreat : 
 And thus to Thee with honour meet 
 
 We hymn the grateful lay, 
 Whose word recall'd our erring feet, 
 
 And warn'd us how to pray. 
 
 To Thee, adored in ages past, 
 
 Eternal One and Three, 
 To Thee, whose worship aye shall last, 
 
 In trinal Unity : 
 To Thee, O Father; Son, to Thee ; 
 
 And Thee, O Spirit blest ; 
 By Saints on earth all glory be 
 
 With Saints in heaven addrest ! 
 
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 LXXX 
 
 f^gtnn of ^Jjanftsgibttuj for fyz (Ejjurrfj's 
 Satargg 
 
 O Lord, with ever-varying phrase 
 We kneel not at Thy throne ; 
 
 More fain the Church her homage pays 
 In language tried and known. 
 
 Such worship to Thy name of old 
 Thy chosen people brought ; 
 
 Such worship to His infant fold 
 The incarnate Saviour taught. 
 
 Such worship, as her cords she spread, 
 The growing Church instill' d ; 
 
 By Thy own heaven-taught Pastors f^d, 
 And with Thy Spirit fill'd. 
 
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 Still by the self-same Spirit train'd 
 
 In her reviving day, 
 We bless Thee that Thy Church retain'd 
 
 Thy worship's ancient way : 
 
 That still she loves Thy grace to seek 
 
 In language still the same, 
 Most meet her own desires to speak, 
 
 Most worthy of Thy name. 
 
 To Thee, O Father ; Son, to Thee ; 
 
 To Thee, O Spirit blest ; 
 All glory in one Godhead be 
 
 By all Thy Church addrest ! 
 
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 LXXXI 
 
 p?2trm of JEjjanftggi&huj for tfje (Cfuvtrij's 
 Prtrmtirje (Character 
 
 When first divine Religion blest 
 The islands of our distant West, 
 From lips apostolic she bore 
 The truth to our benighted shore : 
 
 The temples of our heathen waste 
 With rites apostolic she graced : 
 And from Apostles' hands convey'd 
 The Mitre to the hallow'd head. 
 
 Blest be our gracious God, that we, 
 From dreams of man's invention free, 
 Still in His own Apostles' fold, 
 Their creed, their rites, their orders hold 
 
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 The truth, proclaim' d by them, believe ; 
 The rites, by them consign'd, receive ; 
 And welcome what God's word commands, 
 From duly consecrated hands. 
 
 By self-form'd ways, who will, may go : 
 Enough for us, O God, to know, 
 Thy Church how Thy first stewards led ; 
 And in those ancient pathways tread. 
 
 Praise God, adored in ages past ; 
 Praise God, whose praise shall ever last ; 
 His Church on earth, His heavenly host, 
 Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 
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 LXXXII 
 
 fjfgnm cammenftatotg oi tafu'ruj part ttt 
 
 O come, and let the assembly all 
 
 To serve our God unite ; 
 And, mindful of the social call, 
 
 Partake the social rite ! 
 
 In token of the common vow, 
 
 Be ours with one consent 
 The worship of the lowly brow, 
 
 And knees devoutly bent ! 
 
 Be ours the worship of the tongue, 
 In self-same sounds agreed, 
 
 The meek confession, holy song, 
 Pure prayer, and faithful creed ! 
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i 7 8 
 
 But chief inflamed with heavenly fire, 
 
 Devotion's better part, 
 Be ours, instinct with one desire, 
 
 The worship of the heart ! 
 
 Let each, let all, their prayers above 
 
 In one oblation blend : 
 And God, the God of peace and love, 
 
 On all, on each, descend ! 
 
 To Thee, O Father \ Son, to Thee ; 
 
 To Thee, O Spirit blest : 
 All glory in one Godhead be 
 
 By all Thy Saints addrest ! 
 
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 LXXXI1I 
 
 f^gmtt commEtnoratiije ot tfje ©bject of 
 Christian SSEorsfjtp 
 
 Arise, your voices all unite, 
 
 And lift your hearts above, 
 To God, the Lord of power and might, 
 
 To God, whose name is Love. 
 
 To Him, who us, and earth, and skies, 
 With all their armies made, 
 
 From us, from all, let anthems rise, 
 To God the Father paid. 
 
 To Him, for us and all mankind 
 Whose death redemption won, 
 
 By us, by all, be hymnings join'd 
 Of praise to God the Son. 
 
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 To Him, who us and all His fold 
 
 With sanctity arrays, 
 To God, from all, His saints enroll'd, 
 
 The Holy Ghost be praise. 
 
 To God, whose name His word reveals, 
 Whom all His saints confess, 
 
 Whose grace His faithful promise seals 
 To save, to cleanse, and bless ; 
 
 To God, from whom all blessings flow 
 
 Eternal One in Three, 
 From all His saints above, below, 
 
 Eternal glory be ! 
 
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 LXXXIV 
 
 $jgmn cmnmnvbatorg of Christian JWIatosfjip 
 
 Father of all, from whom we trace 
 
 Our universal kind, 
 Teach us to all of human race 
 
 To show a brother's mind. 
 
 Saviour of men, 7 t was Thine the pain 
 
 Of death for all to bear, 
 In concord all Thy followers train, 
 
 Meet for the name they share. 
 
 Spirit of grace, God's chosen fold 
 Who lavest with heavenly dew, 
 
 O grant that all, the truth that hold, 
 May peace with all ensue. 
 
I<S2 
 
 O might mankind in love agree, 
 Sons of one parent stock ! 
 
 But chief may Christian verity 
 Connect the Christian flock ! 
 
 May truth to all, that hear its sound, 
 
 A bond of union prove ; 
 And fellowship of faith be crown 'd 
 
 With fellowship of love ! 
 
 Paternal Godhead, praise to Thee, 
 Thy Spirit, and Thy Son ! 
 
 And keep Thy Church in unity, 
 As Thou with them art one ! 
 
i83 
 
 LXXXV 
 
 l^gmn commemoratirje of ^raget m, anb 
 to fitjjrfet 
 
 Holy Jesus, in whose name 
 Thou hast bid Thy servants claim 
 Of the Father's love, to grant 
 All the good they wish or want : 
 Trusting in Thy name alone, 
 Draw we near Thy Father's throne. 
 
 Holy Jesus, at whose name, 
 Through this universal frame, 
 By the Almighty Sire's decree 
 All its dwellers bow the knee : 
 To Thy Father's name we join 
 In co-equal worship Thine. 
 
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 Son of man, to whom is given, 
 With the Majesty of heaven, 
 Partner Thou of man's estate, 
 For mankind to mediate : 
 Hear us, when to Thee we plead 
 For Thy flock to intercede ! 
 
 Son of God, to whom of right, 
 Partner of Thy Father's might, 
 ' Sole, adorable, and true,' 
 Empire o'er the world is due : 
 Hear us, when on Thee we call 
 For Thy blessing, Lord of all ! 
 
 Saviour of the world, to Thee 
 Ever bows the Church her knee ; 
 Thee, her only Advocate ; 
 Thee, exalted to Thy state, 
 With the Holy Ghost most high 
 In the Father's majesty. 
 
.8 5 
 
 LXXXVI 
 
 p?rjmtt wmmeniatorg of tfje Cfjurrfj'a 
 &i$n& at Eeformce 
 
 In bath baptismal who can know 
 By Christ repair'd our primal loss, 
 
 Yet grudge the new-born Christian's brow, 
 Sign of His faith, the Saviour's Cross 2 
 
 Who at Christ's mystic board can feel 
 The value of His heavenly food, 
 
 Yet grudge in lowly guise to kneel, 
 In memory of the Saviour's Blood ? 
 
 Who can in thought to heaven ascend, 
 Whence man the Son of God became, 
 
 Yet grudge the head, the knee, to bend, 
 In honour of the Saviour's Name ? 
 
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 Such honour deem we justly Thine : 
 
 Such honour, Lord, wilt Thou approve : 
 
 Xor slight in each expressive sign 
 
 Thy Church's reverence, faith, and love. 
 
 Lord, to Thy name for ever be 
 
 From us, as from Thy heavenly host, 
 
 All glory paid ; and one with Thee, 
 The Father, and the Holv Ghost. 
 
1 87 
 
 LXXXVII 
 
 ^gmrt commemoratt&e of tfje (Confession 
 of Smjs 
 
 Before Thy mercy's throne 
 
 Thy succour, Lord, we seek, 
 For Thou art good and great alone, 
 
 All helpless we and weak. 
 
 Like sheep, that go astray, 
 
 Our wilful course we've run, 
 From what Thou wouldst, have turn'd away, 
 
 And what Thou wouldst not, done. 
 
 To us belong dismay 
 
 Of heart and shame of face : 
 To Thee our sorrows to allay, 
 
 Our guiltiness efface. 
 
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 To us confession meek, 
 
 The penitential prayer : 
 To Thee the words of peace to speak, 
 The contrite heart to spare. 
 
 O spare our sins confest, 
 
 The penitents restore : 
 On them, who turn to Thee for rest, 
 
 Thy healthful Spirit pour ! 
 
 Pour, for the Saviour's sake, 
 Thy blessing's heavenly dew, 
 
 On those who fain would sin forsake, 
 And Thy pure ways pursue. 
 
 While at Thy mercy's throne 
 
 In His prevailing name, 
 Who died for sinners to atone, 
 
 Thy promised grace we claim. 
 
1 89 
 
 LXXXVIII 
 
 Pfgmn of SCfjanfegflt&mg for tTje Bcmfssian 
 of Sins 
 
 God of our health, all praise to Thee, 
 
 Whose goodness to Thy Church has given, 
 
 Wrought by Thy Son, the golden key, 
 That opes the eternal gates of heaven. 
 
 When hallow' d lips, by Thee ordain'd, 
 Pronounce Thy mercy's pardoning seal, 
 
 Repentant hearts, which faith hath train'd, 
 A peace, the world can give not, feel. 
 
 But to the sinner's reckless ear 
 
 No joy those sounds of love impart : 
 
 The undiscerning mind they sear, 
 The worldly soul, the harden'd heart. 
 
i go 
 
 God of our health, whose word empowers 
 Thy Church offences to remit, 
 
 Thy pardon, lo, we crave ! Be ours 
 In faith our former sins to quit : 
 
 So on our hearts may pardon light, 
 Our lives be holy, pure, and good ; 
 
 Strong in Thy Spirit's quickening might, 
 Cleansed by a sinless Saviours blood ! 
 
i9i 
 
 LXXXIX 
 
 J^gtrm nmtnuntjatorg of nut Satlg ^ragtrs 
 
 As kneeling at Thy mercy's throne 
 
 Our daily prayers we lay, 
 With hearts sincere, and humble tone \ 
 
 Lord, hear us when we pray. 
 
 When from whate'er may hurt or harm 
 
 We Thy deliverance crave ; 
 Hear Thou, and stretch Thy gracious arm, 
 
 And us from evil save. 
 
 When what supply our wants demand, 
 Of Thee our tongues require ; 
 
 Hear Thou, and ope Thy bounteous hand, 
 And grant the meek desire. 
 
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 When for our kind's or country's wealth 
 
 We plead, for friend or foe ; 
 Hear Thou, and what may tend to health 
 
 Of each, on each bestow. 
 
 Hear, Lord, the vows Thy servants make, 
 Naught can their merits claim : 
 
 'T is all for Thy great mercies' sake, 
 And in their Saviour's name. 
 
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 xc 
 
 pfumn commemorattue of Singing praises 
 to (Sob 
 
 Praise we our God ! our voices raise 
 The Lord of hosts, our God, to praise ! 
 To Him, by whom our lips unclose, 
 The mouth her richest homage owes. 
 
 Who, 'mid glad anthems pealing high, 
 Would wait in lifeless silence by ? 
 When worship claims the posture fit, 
 Who in irreverent ease would sit ? 
 
 Rise, rise, and act the angels' part, 
 In gesture, voice, and holy heart ; 
 Who loud their Hallelujahs sing, 
 With crowns cast off, and folded wing. 
 
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194 
 
 () may we here our homage pay, 
 Like angels in the realms of day ; 
 That we in future worlds may hymn 
 God's praises with the Cherubim. 
 
 Praise Him, adored in ages past ; 
 Praise Him, whose praise shall ever last : 
 Praise him amid his heavenly host ; 
 Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 
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 xci 
 
 intn commentfltatitoe tst 2Tfjanftsgfbtng 
 
 to ©OtJ 
 
 What can the heart more pleasant feel, 
 What more befits the generous thought, 
 
 Than the warm glow of grateful zeal, 
 For acts of love undue, unsought 1 
 
 What sounds, the sense or soul to move, 
 More tuneable can tongue express, 
 
 Than, mindful of such acts of love, 
 The strains of holy thankfulness ? 
 
 Lord, as with wondering eyes we scan 
 Of all Thy love the countless sum ; 
 
 But most the ransom paid for man, 
 The present grace, the bliss to come : 
 
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 O prompt us Thou, the sovereign Good, 
 Thy undeserved, unask'd for, care 
 
 To feel with lively gratitude, 
 
 And with our thankful lips declare. 
 
 And ne'er, oh ! ne'er may we forget 
 Deep in our inmost hearts to lay : 
 
 And. as we can, the mighty debt 
 With pure and holy lives to pay ! 
 
 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
 For all His mercy's boundless store, 
 
 For His redeeming love the most, 
 Be glory now and evermore. 
 
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 xcn 
 
 ^gmn af &Jjanksgi&mg for tfje pjolg 
 Scriptures 
 
 Accept, O Lord, thy servants' thanks 
 
 For Thy enlivening word, 
 By Thy most Holy Spirit taught, 
 
 By holy Prophets heard : 
 That word in Thy recording book 
 
 From age to age descends, 
 Her teaching here Thy Church begins, 
 
 And here her teaching ends. 
 
 Whate'er of truth the soul can need 
 To clear her darkling sight, 
 
 Whate'er to check the wandering feet 
 And guide their course aright \ 
 
Whatever of fear the bad to daunt. 
 
 Of hope the good to cheer ; 
 All that may profit man, O Lord, 
 
 Thy bounty gives us here. 
 
 Join'd with our household's little church, 
 
 And in our lonely hours, 
 And in the assembly of the Saints, 
 
 That sacred word be ours, 
 To read and hear, to mark and learn, 
 
 And inwardly digest ; 
 And He, who gave the word, may He 
 
 On those who learn it rest ! 
 
 Thence on our hearts may lively faith 
 
 Celestial comfort pour, 
 With patience, tightener of our ills. 
 
 And hope that looks before : 
 
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 That we, with Thy united Church, 
 
 May lift our souls above, 
 And with one mind and mouth proclaim 
 
 Thy glory, God of love ! 
 
200 
 
 XCIII 
 
 Jfgtmt of Ojanfesst&mg far tfje C^urrij's 
 Creeps 
 
 Of frail and fluctuating mind 
 
 Is man, and apt to stray ; 
 And baseless objects, ill defined, 
 
 His sight and steps betray. 
 
 And though Thy word, O God, be true, 
 And beam with heavenly light, 
 
 Of those it oft deceives the view, 
 Who scan it not aright. 
 
 We deem it then Thy act of grace 
 
 And providential care, 
 That not alone we're left to trace 
 
 Thy truths unfolded there : 
 
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 Which widely scattered o'er Thy roll, 
 And thence in one combined, 
 
 Thy Church presents, unmix'd and whole, 
 Arranged, secured, denned. 
 
 Hence raised she in her ancient days 
 
 The symbols of her creed, 
 To guard her sons from error's maze, 
 
 Their feet aright to lead. 
 
 And we those forms of wholesome words 
 
 Maintain from days of old ; 
 And what the Church her faith records, 
 
 We still unshaken hold. 
 
 Then glory to our gracious God, 
 
 The Three in One, be paid, 
 As ever by His Church avow'd, 
 
 And by His word display'd. 
 
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 XCIV 
 
 Ptgtttn of Cfjani^rjibing for tfjc ^ttrc JJFaftTb 
 
 That Thou Thy servants hast not placed. 
 To roam by reason's glimmering ray 
 
 Through nature's unenlighten'd waste. 
 Thee, God of love, our thanks we pay ! 
 
 That Thou with Thy celestial lore 
 
 Illumin'st our benighted sight, 
 To know, confess Thee, and adore, 
 
 Our thanks we pay Thee, God of light ! 
 
 To find Thee, passes reason's reach : 
 But taught Thy Godhead to discern 
 
 Reveal'd, what Thou hast deign'd to teach, 
 She prompts the humble heart to learn. 
 
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 O may no love of worldly joys, 
 
 Or worldly cares, Thy truth neglect ; 
 
 Nor human wisdom's specious toys, 
 Nor pride of human power reject ! 
 
 For Thou hast said, and we receive 
 Thy word as law, Thy will as fate, 
 
 Who will Thy Gospel not believe, 
 On him Thy penal doom shall wait. 
 
 God, in whose name by mystic sign 
 Baptized Thy saints Thy faith confess, 
 
 To keep us in Thy faith be Thine, 
 Be ours Thy triune name to bless ! 
 
 To Thee, whom all Thy saints adore, 
 Thy Church below, Thy heavenly host, 
 
 Be blessing, honour, glory, power, 
 Thee, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost ! 
 
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 xcv 
 
 lljrjmn comment! ator u of JJFaitfj anti ©oofc 
 ffiBorfa 
 
 In God's own garden stands a tree, 
 
 Fast fix'd in earth its root, 
 Bathed in heav'n's dews, and fair to see, 
 
 And charged with goodly fruit. 
 
 Like that fair tree's no fruitage grows, 
 
 So pleasant and so good : 
 What else a specious semblance shows, 
 
 Affords no wholesome food. 
 
 But should that tree unfruitful wax 
 Of good, like thorn or brier, 
 
 Tis doom'd to feel the hewer's axe, 
 And feed the vengeful fire. 
 
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 The tree that God's own garden breeds. 
 
 Faith is that goodly tree : 
 The fruits, it genders, are the deeds 
 
 Of Christian charity. 
 
 God, may Thy Church, that cultured field 
 Which Thou hast fenced around, 
 
 Such trees in rich profusion yield, 
 With such good fruit abound. 
 
 For deeds, though fair, Thou wilt not own, 
 
 Save of Thy Spirit bred ; 
 And faith, unfruitful and alone, 
 
 By Thee is counted dead. 
 
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 XCVI 
 
 ftjgmn of Cfjanfesgibing for Spiritual 
 Instructors 
 
 We thank Thee for the truths, O Lord, 
 Which Thy unerring rolls record ; 
 Nor less we thank Thee for the aid, 
 By Thine appointed guides convey'd. 
 
 Apt are those rolls the steps to lead, 
 That ofttimes he who runs may read ; 
 Yet oft awaits a harder part, 
 The mind unleanrd, the unstable heart. 
 
 Not vain the tale, by Thee enroll'd, 
 Of that illustrious student told, 
 By Philip's sapient teaching won 
 To see and own Thy promised Son. 
 
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 Nor vain Thy warning of the minds, 
 Blown here and there by wavering winds, 
 Which read Thy word, alas ! unblest, 
 And to their own destruction wrest. 
 
 Then thanks to Thee, whose care provides 
 Thy Church's help, our priestly guides ; 
 Light from their urns that we may draw, 
 And read undimm'd Thy perfect law. 
 
 To Thee, O Father ; Son, to Thee ; 
 To Thee, blest Spirit, glory be ; 
 For all the good Thy creatures prove, 
 But most for Thy redeeming love. 
 
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 XCVII 
 
 ??gmn commcmoratt&c of Rearing (Soft's 
 fHmfetcts 
 
 Oft as in God's own house we sit, 
 
 And hear the Preacher there, 
 Precursive to the grave discourse, 
 
 The holy text declare ; 
 Bethink we well, whose name he bears, 
 
 And whence his word is given, 
 The steward of God's mysteries, 
 
 The minister of heaven. 
 
 Away then with the itching ear, 
 That craves the pleasant tongue ; 
 
 Away the eyes that for the sight 
 Of art theatric long ; 
 
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 Away for simple phrase sincere 
 The judgment too refined ; 
 
 But most away the o'erweening heart 
 And self-sufficient mind. 
 
 Be rather ours to bear our part 
 
 With awe and godly fear ; 
 CVerlook the frailties of the man, 
 
 And God's high message hear : 
 Be from our hearts, howe'er disguised. 
 
 The pride of life exiled ; 
 And heaven's best gift ingraft instead, 
 
 The meekness of a child. 
 
 O God, to Thy ambassador 
 Thus speaking in Thy name, 
 
 Aid us to show the deep respect 
 Thy messenger may claim ; 
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 To listen, ponder, and digest 
 Each truth and law divine, 
 
 And prize Him for His office sake, 
 And. Lord of all, for Thine ! 
 
M I 
 
 XCVIII 
 
 P?gmn of HTfjanksirjtbtnrj for tlje ?t?oIg 
 Communion 
 
 Thy house each day of hallow'd rest 
 With joyful heart, O Lord, I tread ; 
 
 Most joyful, for the holy feast 
 
 When Thy mysterious board is spread. 
 
 When in Thy house Thy servants meet, 
 There always in the midst art Thou : 
 
 To offer at the mercy seat 
 
 The humble heart, the fervent vow. 
 
 But most, when holy hands dispense, 
 Ordain'd by Thee, salvation's sign, 
 
 Thy presence glads the inward sense, 
 Thy Spirit, and Thy grace divine ; 
 
2 I 2 
 
 Sweet peace and comfort to impart, 
 Beyond this lower world's control ; 
 
 To cleanse and sanctify the heart, 
 To strengthen and refresh the soul. 
 
 O ever there, a willing guest, 
 May I, and not unworthy be : 
 
 And there, with Thy communion blest, 
 My Lord and Saviour, dwell with Thee ! 
 
 For all Thy bounty to mankind, 
 For Thy redeeming love the most, 
 
 All praise to Thee, and with Thee join'd, 
 The Father and the Holv Ghost ! 
 
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 XCIX 
 
 Jtjgmn tommcntiatorg ot tfj£ Pjalg 
 (Communion 
 
 No ! when He bids me seek His face, 
 
 Away I will not turn : 
 Nor His appointed means of grace 
 
 With proud self-wisdom spurn. 
 The pathway to remember Him, 
 
 Which He vouchsafes to show, 
 I will not leave, and lightly deem, 
 
 That I may blameless go. 
 
 True : I'm a sinner ; but His blood 
 For sinners once was shed : 
 
 For sinners now this heavenly food, 
 His mystic feast, is spread. 
 
2I 4 
 
 For sinners, who their sins would quit, 
 
 And to His succour fly, 
 Their past offences to remit, 
 
 And future strength supply. 
 
 Forgive me, Lord ! my heart incline 
 
 To run the Christian race, 
 And first beneath Thy stated sign 
 
 To seek Thy promised grace : 
 Thy grace with thankful heart to seek, 
 
 With faith that soars above, 
 Repentance true, obedience meek, 
 
 And universal love. 
 
 Though much unworthy, Lord, of Thee, 
 Yet no presumptuous guest, 
 
 May these my wedding-garment be, 
 To deck me for Thy feast ! 
 
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 The willing heart wilt Thou receive, 
 Who didst for sin atone ; 
 
 And not for our deserts forgive, 
 But, Saviour, for Thine own. 
 
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 Ifjram commemorattbe d tfje ' JCfrrice ftfolg ' 
 
 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. 
 
 ' Lord, Thy glory fills the heaven, 
 Earth is with its fulness stored ; 
 
 Unto Thee be glory given, 
 Holy, Holy, Holy Lord ! ' 
 
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 Heaven is still with glory ringing, 
 Earth takes up the angels' cry, 
 
 ' Holy, Holy, Holy,' singing, 
 
 1 Lord of Hosts, the Lord most high 
 
 Ever thus in God's high praises, 
 
 Brethren, let our tongues unite ; 
 Chief the heart when duty raises 
 
 God-ward at His mystic rite : 
 With His Seraph train before Him, 
 
 With His holy Church below, 
 Thus conspire we to adore Him, 
 
 Bid we thus our anthem flow ! 
 
 ' Lord, Thy glory fills the heaven, 
 Earth is with its fulness stored ; 
 
 Unto Thee be glory given, 
 Holy, Holy, Holy Lord ! 
 
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 Thus Thy glorious name confessing, 
 We adopt Thy angels' cry, 
 
 Holy, Holy, Holy ! blessing 
 
 Thee the Lord of Hosts most high 
 
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 CI 
 
 fffgntn rommemorattfre of tije Bag of 
 pfolg Eest 
 
 Blest day, by God in mercy given, 
 To soothe, refresh, and cheer, 
 
 We greet thee best of all the seven, 
 And hold thee doubly dear. 
 
 We prize thee as the day of rest, 
 Which toil nor travail knows ; 
 
 The Sabbath Day, when man and beast 
 From week-day works repose. 
 
 We prize thee as the day design'd 
 
 From worldly studies freed, 
 The holy Day, to train the mind 
 
 To holy thought and deed. 
 
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 We prize Thee as God's living sign, 
 Join'd with His faithful word, 
 
 How man was form'd by power divine, 
 By power divine restored. 
 
 Blest day, by God's commandment made 
 
 The goodliest of the seven, 
 Type of the heavenly rest, our aid 
 
 In journeying to heaven : 
 
 May holy thoughts and holy rites 
 
 Thy peaceful hours employ, 
 Till we through love of such delights 
 
 God's endless rest enjoy ! 
 
 There hymn, amid His heavenly host, 
 
 The praise on earth begun, 
 Of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
 
 The Uncreated One ! 
 
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 CII 
 
 P?gmn of JZHjanfesgibhuj for tjje Dag of 
 P?olg Etst 
 
 O come, and for His day of rest 
 Praise Him, who hallowed it and blest, 
 And gave the law, when time began, 
 Memorial of His works to man. 
 
 Praise Him, who to the chosen seed 
 Confirmed the law at first decreed : 
 And 'mid His statutes, graved on stone, 
 Renew'd, and made His Sabbath known. 
 
 Praise Him who to His twelve consigned, 
 And will'd His Church to bear in mind, 
 The day, her buried Saviour rose, 
 Her day for sanctified repose. 
 
Praise Him, that, still with sacred awe, 
 His Church maintains His primal law ; 
 And keeps for man, from death released, 
 Redemption's with creation's feast. 
 
 To keep this primal law of Thine, 
 In mercy, Lord, our hearts incline : 
 To us Thy holy day be blest, 
 And lead us to Thy heavenly rest ! 
 
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 CIII 
 
 l^gmn tomvxzmoxatibz of tfje CJjurdj's 
 ©rcatu tfesttrjals 
 
 Saviour of men, our hope and rest, 
 As round the yearly seasons run, 
 
 Train'd by Thy Church, each solemn feast 
 We hail Thee, God's incarnate Son ! 
 
 Week after week Thy Advent told, 
 At length we hail Thee Virgin-born, 
 
 While Angels to the Shepherds' fold 
 
 Announce with chants redemption's morn. 
 
 When, guided by the new-formed star, 
 Their gifts the eastern sages bring, 
 
 In Thee, the Gentiles' light from far, 
 We hail Judea's promised King. 
 
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 We hail Thee, to the temple brought, 
 The temple's Glory and its Lord : 
 
 Thy conflict in the desert fought, 
 
 We hail Thee King o'er fiends abhorr'd. 
 
 Dark scenes of sorrow come : and lo ! 
 
 In Salem's courts, in Kedron's vale, 
 On that sad hill of shame and woe, 
 
 Thee sufferer for our sins we hail. 
 
 Loosed from the tomb that held Thee dead. 
 
 Ascended to Thy seat on high, 
 And thence Thy Holy Spirit shed, 
 
 We hail Thee crown'd with majesty. 
 
 All hail, our Saviour ! as we store 
 Thy acts in mind each solemn feast, 
 
 Still more we love Thee, and adore 
 In Thee the Father's form exprest. 
 
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 CIV 
 
 p?jnnri commemoratt&e of * 8H)e TOag, tfje 
 &ru% an* tfj* SLffe' 
 
 Holy Jesus, Saviour blest, 
 As by passion strong possest, 
 Through this world of sin we stray, 
 Thou to guide us art ' the Way.' 
 
 Holy Jesus, when the night 
 Of error blinds our clouded sight, 
 Round the cheering day to throw, 
 Saviour, then ' the Truth ' art Thou. 
 
 Holy Jesus, when our power 
 Fails us in temptation's hour, 
 All unequal to the strife, 
 Thou to aid us art ' the Life.' 
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 Who would reach His heavenly home, 
 Who would to the Father come, 
 Who the Father's presence see, 
 Jesus, he must come by Thee. 
 
 Channel of the Father's grace, 
 Image of the Father's face, 
 Saviour blest, incarnate Son, 
 With the Father Thou art one. 
 
 Glory to the Father be, 
 Glory, only Son, to Thee ; 
 And, of equal power confest, 
 Glory to the Spirit blest. 
 
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 cv 
 
 pfgmtx to tijc Comforter far ' jFattfj, p?ope, anto 
 (Efjaritg' 
 
 * Come, Holy Ghost, my soul inspire ! ' 
 Spirit of the Almighty Sire, 
 Spirit of the Son Divine, 
 Comforter, Thy gifts be mine ! 
 
 Holy Spirit, in my breast 
 Grant that lively L faith' may rest, 
 And subdue each rebel thought 
 To believe what Thou hast taught ! 
 
 When around my sinking soul 
 Gathering waves of sorrow roll, 
 Spirit blest, the tempest still, 
 And with ' hope' my bosom fill ! 
 
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 Holy Spirit, from my mind 
 Thought, and wish, and will unkind. 
 Deed and word unkind remove, 
 And my bosom fill with Move !' 
 
 Faith, and hope, and charity, 
 Comforter, descend from Thee, 
 ' Thou th' anointing Spirit art.' 
 These Thy gifts to us impart ; 
 
 Till our faith be lost in sight, 
 Hope be swallow'd in delight, 
 And love return to dwell with Thee 
 In the threefold Deity ! 
 
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 CVI 
 
 f^gtntt comnuntoatorg at t|)c (Sturdy* 
 fHtnor JFesttrjals 
 
 What more befits the Church's name, 
 Than to uphold the saintly fame 
 Of those, who in the Saviour's might 
 Fought for His sake the Christian fight ? 
 
 What more befits the Church's care, 
 Than to provoke her sons to share 
 In rival deeds and rival praise, 
 By monuments of festal days ? 
 
 Through perils they, and toil, and strife, 
 Held fast ' the way, the truth, the life ;' 
 Weigh'd heavenly gain with earthly loss, 
 And chose and bore the Saviour's cross. 
 
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 Led by Thy Church be ours, O God, 
 To tread the path Thy servants trod ; 
 Ourselves with Thine elect acquaint, 
 And love the Master in the Saint ! 
 
 All blessing, honour, glory, power, 
 To Thee, whom all Thy saints adore, 
 Thy Church on earth, Thy heavenly host : 
 Thee, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 
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 CVII 
 
 p?gmn of ©janftsflfbtiuj for tjje <ftrst Preachers 
 of tije (Sospcl 
 
 For those, who first proclaim' d Thy word, 
 Accept Thy Church's thanks, O Lord ! 
 For Andrew's prompt obedience, free 
 From worldly lures, in following Thee ; 
 For Thomas' noble creed avow'd 
 In owning Thee his Lord and God ; 
 For the bright beams of light which shone 
 From him, Thy own beloved John. 
 
 For martyr'd Stephen's meek appeal ; 
 Repentant Paul's well-temper'd zeal ; 
 For him, the Pastor true, whose call 
 Supplied the faithless traitors fall ; 
 
And him, thrice charged to feed Thy flock, 
 Whose faith is aye Thy Church's rock ; 
 And him. of Thy commission^ band 
 The first to feel the murderous brand ! 
 
 For him. that faithful man and good, 
 With Thy blest Spirit's gifts endued ; 
 For them, through all Thy Churches known. 
 Whose praise is in the gospel shown : 
 For these, for all, who spread Thy word. 
 Accept Thy Church's thanks, O Lord ; 
 And grant that she like sons may bear, 
 Meet for Thy work, and worthy her ! 
 
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 CVIII 
 
 Jfgmtt of Efjanftsgt&mg far tjje Cfjutcfj's 
 
 While for Thy Saints, who pour'd abroad 
 
 Thy gospel's glorious light 
 Through heathen lands, we bless, O God, 
 
 Thy wisdom, love, and might \ 
 We fain would their loved names unite, 
 
 Who pierced the clouds obscure, 
 Which hid from our forefathers' sight 
 
 That gospel's radiance pure. 
 
 To clear Thy truth their heart's desire, 
 
 Their life's pursuit and aim, 
 They mark'd unmoved the martyr's pyre, 
 
 Unmoved they felt the flame : 
 
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 There lit, the fire a sign became 
 
 Through all the land to prove, 
 How they could bear Thy cross and shame. 
 
 Who for Thy glory strove. 
 
 Hence in Thy truth Thy Church delights, 
 
 From old corruptions freed ; 
 Unblemish'd worship, spotless rites, 
 
 And un adulterate creed : 
 Hence Thy pure words her children lead 
 
 To speak the united prayer, 
 Their Saviour's name alone to plead, 
 
 His cup of blessing share. 
 
 God, whose love our country's guides 
 Once nerved with courage strong, 
 
 And still o'er us their sons presides, 
 Accept our grateful song. 
 
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 And oh ! the truth, revived among 
 Our sires from times of old. 
 
 Do Thou to future times prolong, 
 And grant our sons to hold 1 
 
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 (IX 
 
 ]i)rimn of 3Efjank*jjtbms for tljc (Cljurri/s 
 fHarjcratton 
 
 We deem and own it, Lord, a proof 
 
 Of Thy peculiar grace, 
 That from intemperate zeal aloof, 
 
 With calm, considerate pace, 
 Our Mother Church aye runs her race, 
 
 Unsway'd by fancies new, 
 And in Thy vineyard holds her place, 
 
 A fruitful branch and true. 
 
 T is of Thy grace, that long beguiled 
 From Thy straight path to stray, 
 
 She scann'd Thy volume undefiled 
 For truth's unerring way : 
 
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 Nor fail'd to note, for truth's essay, 
 
 How, in her clays of yore, 
 Thy universal Church the sway 
 
 Through scatter' d nations bore. 
 
 "T is of Thy grace that thus we hold 
 
 Sound forms of faith divine ; 
 That thus Thy shepherds rule Thy fold 
 
 In one unbroken line ; 
 That thus each sacramental sign 
 
 Thy flock together binds ; 
 And thus our common voices join 
 
 To speak consentient minds. 
 
 Blest, who, by Thy enlivening grace, 
 
 With meek obedience run 
 And faith unfeign'd their Christian race, 
 
 As by the Church was done, 
 
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 When, by Thy chosen twelve begun, 
 She first Thy blessing sought. 
 
 Established by Thy only Son, 
 And by Thy Spirit taught. 
 
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 ex 
 
 p?gnm wmmenliatflts of (Ejjurcfj 33nfon 
 
 Blest with unearthly bliss were they, 
 Who saw the Church's infant day, 
 And strove their Christian part to bear, 
 By birth baptismal join'd with her. 
 
 The truth, which Christ's Apostles taught, 
 Then ruled each faithful convert's thought; 
 Each aim'd in unity to keep 
 Unrent the Apostles' fellowship : 
 
 The bread, with rites harmonious broke, 
 The union of all hearts bespoke ; 
 And prayer, with lips united pray'd, 
 The union of all minds display'd. 
 
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 thus that Christians still would live, 
 And thus delightful witness give, 
 How well the debt of love they know, 
 To Christ and to His Church they owe 
 
 Lord, train us still on earth to join 
 Thy holy Church in acts divine ! 
 Till we a closer union prove, 
 Join'd to Thy unseen Church above. 
 
 There all at once Thy first-born sing 
 Joint Hymns to Thee, Eternal King ; 
 And with one voice Thy angel host 
 Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 
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 CXI 
 
 fffgmn contiemnatorg of Scfjfsm 
 
 A sin there was in ancient days, 
 
 The Apostle names its name, 
 And marks its nature with dispraise, 
 
 The Church's bane and shame. 
 Who form'd without her factions new, 
 
 Or nourish' d feuds within, 
 Or scorn upon her rulers threw, 
 
 Were guilty of that sin. 
 
 Observant of the Apostle's word, 
 The Church its guilt discerns, 
 
 Against it prays her gracious Lord, 
 And for deliverance yearns. 
 Q 
 
242 
 
 Nor falsehood, for celestial truth, 
 
 By her accuser spread, 
 Nor heresy's envenom'd tooth, 
 
 Awakes a livelier dread. 
 
 Alas, that we with little care 
 
 Her supplications heed ; 
 But, though our lips pronounce the prayer, 
 
 Too oft commit the deed : 
 Too oft against Thee, God of love, 
 
 And Thy command offend ; 
 And to Thy name our right disprove, 
 
 While we Thy body rend. 
 
 () might we all, Thy name who bear, 
 
 Beneath one sovereign Head 
 One body own, one faith declare, 
 
 Partake one mystic bread ; 
 
243 
 
 By all might one pure worship be 
 To Thee, One God, addrest \ 
 
 To Thee, O Father ; Son, to Thee ; 
 And Thee, O Spirit blest. 
 
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 cxii 
 
 Ptgtttn commnnotatibc of tlje ^unfsfimcnt of 
 
 What means that loud portentous cry 
 
 Of terror strange from yonder tent ? 
 From Korah, and his company, 
 
 That strange portentous cry is sent. 
 A Levite, priestly power he sought, 
 
 And Aaron, saint of God, opposed : 
 Her prey the opening earth has caught, 
 
 And o'er the rash intruder closed. 1 
 
 What means the hateful brand, that springs 
 On yon desponding victim's brow I 
 
 'T is great Uzziah's ; 't is the king's : 
 All clean of late, — a leper now. 
 
 1 Numb. xvi. 
 
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 A monarch he with hand profane 
 To burn the hallow'd incense chose : 
 
 By warning voices check'd in vain, 
 Till on his front the plague-spot rose. 1 
 
 What means the record, but to tell 
 
 To ears that hear, and eyes that read, 
 By that dread doom, which each befell, 
 
 How sinful each presumptuous deed ? 
 To warn God's people, how they claim 
 
 The honour to his priesthood due ; 
 Which stamp'd a Monarch's brow with shame. 
 
 By death unknown a Levite slew ! 
 
 1 2 Chron. xxvi. 
 
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 CXIII 
 
 pjnmn commcntiatorg of ftelijjious Zeal 
 
 What livelier force the hand can sway. 
 
 The heart what holier feel, 
 Than that which all God's saints obey, 
 
 For God a fervent zeal ? 
 
 The love of God its ample base, 
 Thence springs each godly plan, 
 
 Nor aught within its scope has place 
 To mar the love of man. 
 
 God's glory still it keeps in sight, 
 God's will its motions guides ; 
 
 Truth o'er it sheds a calm clear light, 
 And soberness presides. 
 
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 Such zeal in all thy actions shown, 
 
 Paul, in thy bosom dwelt : 
 Such zeal, than thou a holier One, 
 
 The Great Exemplar felt. 
 
 Fain would we aye his perfect zeal 
 
 With heart sincere ensue ; 
 Strive what our Saviour felt, to feel, 
 
 And, as He did, to do. 
 
 Like Him with zeal the obedient frame, 
 
 As with a cloak, invest ; J 
 And feed the animating flame 
 
 Perennial in the breast. 2 
 
 1 Isa. lix. 17. 2 John ii. 17. 
 
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 CXIV 
 
 ?t?gmn contocmnatorjj of JFalsc Seal 
 
 Alas, that vice its guilt should slur 
 
 Beneath religion's mien ; 
 Or error's cloud-form'd shadows blur 
 
 The light of truth serene ! 
 
 By Jezebel's feign' d zeal for God 
 
 Was Naboth's ruin plann'd : 
 Her course was fraud, her means were blood, 
 
 Her end was Naboth's land. 1 
 
 ' Come, and my zeal,' proud Jehu cried, 
 
 ' See for Jehovah shown ! ' 
 But Bethel's calves the boast belied ; 
 
 His aim was Israel's throne. 2 
 
 1 i Kings xxi. 2 2 Kings x. 
 
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 Zeal for the Lord from John and James 
 Fierce words of vengeance drew : 
 
 They knew not what their Master's aims, 
 Nor what their spirit knew. 1 
 
 The Jews a zeal of God possest ; 
 
 But knowledge with clear light 
 Was wanted, to inform the breast, 
 
 And guide their steps aright. 2 
 
 Lord, with thy zeal our souls inspire 
 
 To worship at Thy shrine ; 
 No strange, profane, unhallow'd fire, 
 
 But holy fire of Thine. 3 
 
 A zeal by no intemperance ruled, 
 
 From worldly passions free, 
 By Thy directing wisdom school'd, 
 And sanctified by Thee ! 
 Luke ix. 55, 56. 2 Rom. x. 2. :] Lev. x. 
 
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 cxv 
 
 %}m\m of ©metal Ojanfogibmg 
 
 O praise we the Lord ! 
 
 Vouchsafed her, my soul 
 For health and for vigour 
 
 Each evening's refreshment 
 
 Fo'r motion and speech, 
 Each blessing bestow'd, 
 
 Defence from the terror, 
 Nor less from the arrow, 
 
 But chiefly we laud 
 The signs of Thy love 
 
 The bath whence commences 
 With strength to enliven, 
 
 The truth by Thy Word 
 The food at Thy board 
 The pastors commission'd 
 
 My God for each good 
 her gratitude owes : 
 each morning renew'd, 
 of rest and repose. 
 
 for hearing and sight, 
 each ill turn'd away ; 
 that walketh by night, 
 that flieth by day. 
 
 Thy pledges of grace, 
 vouchsafed to the soul : 
 our spiritual race, 
 to guide, and control : 
 
 within us convey'd ; 
 our sustenance given ; 
 by Thee for our aid, 
 
 And the Church's communion to lead us to heaven. 
 
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 For these, and for all the gifts of our God, 
 
 To man's sinful race abundantly shown, 
 
 The praise of His bounty proclaim we abroad, 
 
 His mercy reveal' d for the sake of His Son. 
 
 O praise we the Lord ! To God; who alone 
 
 Is God of our health, all praise be addrest ! 
 
 All praise to the Father, all praise to the Son, 
 
 And the Spirit of goodness, eternally blest ! 
 
CXVI 
 
 JUgnm rommcmoratibc of ©otj's Blowing 
 
 Who would enjoy the highest bliss 
 
 To man in mercy given, 
 The blessing of our God be his, 
 
 The peace that comes from heaven. 
 
 This casts the things of sense behind, 
 
 This lifts the thoughts above, 
 With heavenly knowledge guards the mind. 
 
 The heart with heavenly love. 
 
 Oft as prepares the holy man 
 
 The Church's rites to end, 
 And bid on her departing train 
 
 ' The peace of God ' descend : 
 
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 With bended knees and head inclined, 
 And meek and silent prayer, 
 
 May we to God's high will resign'd 
 His heavenly blessing share. 
 
 So may we find in that blest place, 
 And, thence departing, keep, 
 
 The Father's love, the Son's dear grace, 
 The Spirit's fellowship : 
 
 So fail not in God's peace to live, 
 
 And with allegiance true 
 To Father, Son, and Spirit give 
 
 Praise to the Godhead due. 
 
 Praise to the Father ; to the Son 
 Be praise, the incarnate Word ; 
 
 And to the Spirit ; Three and One, 
 The Church's God and Lord ! 
 
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 CXVII 
 
 J^gmn commcmoratibc of Siriuuss 
 
 Yes : 'on some fond,' some friendly 'breast 
 
 The parting soul relies;' 
 Yet craves she a more lasting rest, 
 
 A Friend above the skies. 
 In that dread hour from human eyes 
 
 When fades each earthly view, 
 Rise, O my soul, to God arise, 
 
 And peace with Him ensue ! 
 
 Oh, then, o'er all bethink thee how 
 
 His mercy-seat to find, 
 By meek confession's contrite vow, 
 
 With fervent prayer combined ; 
 
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 By faith to His high will resign'd, 
 
 By penitence profound, 
 And love for all of human kind 
 
 With fruits of mercy crown' d ! 
 
 Nor then from hallow'd lips neglect 
 
 The words of peace divine ; 
 Nor then from hallow'd hands reject 
 
 Salvation's mystic sign : 
 Nor vain presumptuous thought be thine, 
 
 Nor self-sufficient claim ; 
 But on Thy Father's love recline, 
 
 And plead Thy Saviour's name. 
 
 Thus, O my soul, by sickness prest, 
 
 On God for peace rely \ 
 Prepared to part, thus seek for rest 
 
 The Holy One and High ! 
 
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 ( ) ( iori, to Thee my soul would fly, 
 Her refuge Thee she knows : 
 
 O heal her wounds, her wants supply, 
 And grant her Thy repose ! 
 
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 CXVIII 
 
 fifgnm t0mmemoratt&0 cf Seatlj 
 
 God of the spirits of mankind, 
 As o'er the fading form inclined, 
 We watch a brother's fleeting breath, 
 Fix in our minds the thought of death ! 
 
 Oft as the bell with solemn toll 
 Informs us of a parting soul, 
 Teach us to think how short the space 
 Ere ours must quit its resting-place ! 
 
 When to the earth the corpse we trust, 
 Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, 
 Remind us of the coming day 
 When ours must join its native clay ! 
 
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258 
 
 And when we hear the awful word 
 That speaks of doom and life restored, 
 Prompt each to ponder, ' What shall be 
 That doom, that future life, to me !' 
 
 God of our life, whose records give 
 Thy flock instruction how to live, 
 That, through Thy Son our sins forgiven, 
 Our death may be the gate of heaven : 
 
 O may each act, when others die, 
 Prove to ourselves a warning cry, 
 Advance us on our heavenward road, 
 And fit us more to meet our God ! 
 
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 CXIX 
 
 pjgmn commetncrattbe of a QcpartetJ jFrtcnti 
 
 And is thy trial o'er ? 
 
 Have all thy hours been told ? 
 And shall we never, never more 
 
 That pleasant face behold 1 
 
 That sweetly smiling cheek, 
 
 That mildly beaming eye, 
 Which wont the mind's clear thought to speak, 
 
 The heart's benignity? 
 
 And shall we never hear 
 
 Again that cheerful tongue, 
 On whose soft tones the willing ear 
 
 As on sweet music hung'? 
 
2 Go 
 
 Yes ; thou art gone, and we 
 
 Remain behind to tell 
 How soothing is the thought of thee, 
 
 Beloved so long, so well. 
 
 Yet not beyond the scope 
 Of faith's keen sight art thou, 
 
 As with a ' sure and certain hope,' 
 Beside Thy grave we bow : 
 
 With certain hope and sure, 
 That they, in Christ who rest. 
 
 The meek, the merciful, the pure, 
 Shall aye in Christ be blest. 
 
 Then take our fond regret, 
 Withal, dear friend, our trust, 
 
 That thou from us art gone to meet 
 The assembly of the just. 
 
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 O come that blissful tide, 
 When we may worthy prove, 
 
 By His dear might for all who died, 
 To dwell with thee above I 1 
 
 1 These stanzas (and it is probable that the observation 
 may be applied to some others likewise) are perhaps 
 inappropriately called a Hymn. But having been com- 
 posed whilst this volume was in the press, on intelligence 
 of the death of an old and much valued friend, they are 
 inserted here as agreeing in substance with the other poems 
 with which they are associated. 
 
2 r J2 
 
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 Saviour, awful was the word, 
 In Patmos' island lone, 
 
 By him in holy vision heard, 
 Thy own beloved John. 
 
 1 Behold ! I come, I come with speed : 
 
 With me is my reward : 
 And then of every man the meed 
 Shall with his work accord.' 
 
 ' Come then !' from every faithful breast 
 
 The Holy Spirit cries ; 
 And ' Come !' in spotless raiment drest, 
 
 The Church, Thy Bride, replies. 
 
263 
 
 O blest are they, whose bosoms share 
 
 The Spirit's gifts serene : 
 Blest, who the bridal garment wear, 
 
 That vesture white and clean : 
 
 Blest, who in Thy communion erst 
 Have loved, O Christ, to dwell ; 
 
 Have freely drunk and slaked their thirst 
 From Thy enlivening well : 
 
 And when at length Thy warnings show 
 
 At hand the hour of doom, 
 Can meekly answer, ' Even so, 
 
 Yea come, Lord Jesus, come !' 
 
INDEX TO THE LATIN HYMNS. 
 
 A so Lis ortus cardine, 
 Ad regias Agni dapes, . 
 ^Eterna Christi munera, . 
 Sterna coeli gloria, 
 /Eterne Rector siderum, 
 JEterne rerum Conditor, 
 iEterne Rex altissime, 
 Ales diei nuntius, 
 Alto ex Olympi vertice, . 
 Audi, benigne Conditor, 
 Aurora coelum purpurat, 
 Aurora jam spargit polum, 
 
 Christe, sanctorum decus Angelorum, 
 
 Christi perennes nuntii, . 
 
 Coeli Deus sanctissime, . 
 
 Consors paterni luminis, 
 
 Creator alme siderum, . 
 
 Crudelis Herodes, Deum, 
 
 Ecce jam noctis tenuatur umbra, 
 En clara vox redarguit, . 
 Ex more docti mystico, . 
 Exultet orbis gaudiis, 
 
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 100 
 
 125 
 20 
 57 
 5i 
 
 105 
 12 
 
 151 
 
 55 
 
 119 
 
 129 
 
 18 
 
 16 
 
 73 
 
 77 
 
 39 
 
 67 
 
 81 
 
 127 
 
266 
 
 [INK superne Conditor, 
 
 Immense coeli Conditor, 
 Invicte Martyr Unicom, . 
 
 Jam lucis orto sidere, 
 Jam Sol recedit igneus, . 
 Jesu Redemptor omnium, 
 Jesu dulcis memoria, 
 Jesu Rex admirabilis, 
 
 Luces Creator Optime, . 
 Lustra sex qui jam peregit, 
 Lux ecce surgit aurea, 
 
 Magn.e Deus potential, 
 
 Nocte surgentes vigilemus omnes, 
 Nox atra rerum contigit, . 
 Nox et tenebrce et nubila, 
 Nunc sancte nobis Spiritus, 
 
 O GLORIOSA Virginum,. . 
 
 O Sol salutis intimis, 
 
 O sola magnarum urbium, 
 
 Paxge lingua gloriosi, . 
 Primo die quo Trinitas, . 
 
 Or km terra, pontus, sidera, 
 Quicumque Christum quceritis, 
 
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 27 
 
 135 
 
 31 
 69 
 90 
 92 
 
 6 
 94 
 47 
 
 39 
 
 45 
 
 29 
 
 112 
 
 79 
 35 
 
 75 
 
 94 
 3 
 
 86 
 123 
 

 26/ 
 
 Rector potens, verax Deus, 
 Rerum Deus tenax vigor, 
 Rex sempiterne coelitum, 
 
 Salutis sterna? Dator. 
 Salutis humanae Sator, 
 Sanctorum mentis inclyta gaudia 
 Sinae sub alto vertice, 
 Somno refectis artubus, 
 Splendor Paternae Gloria?, 
 Stabat mater dolorosa, 
 Summse Parens Clementiae, 
 
 Te lucis ante terminum, 
 Te splendor et virtus Patris, 
 Telluris alme Conditor, . 
 Tu Trinitatis Unitas, 
 
 VENI, Creator Spiritus, . 
 Verbum supernum prodiens, 
 
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 103 
 
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 10S 
 
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 131 
 
 43 
 24 
 96 
 
 113 
 
 53 
 121 
 
 14 
 
 59 
 
 no 
 
 65 
 
INDEX TO THE ENGLISH HYMNS. 
 
 A six there was in ancient days, 
 Accept, O Lord, Thy sen-ants' thanks, 
 Alas, that vice its guilt should slur, 
 All praise to Thee, who didst command, 
 All-bounteous Framer of the earth, 
 All-present Framer of the sky, . 
 Almighty God, whose sceptre sways, 
 And is thy trial o'er, 
 Another day is well-nigh done, . 
 Arise, your voices all unite, 
 As kneeling at Thy mercy's throne, 
 Awaking with the waken'd day, 
 
 Before Thy mercy's throne, 
 Behold, it shines, the golden light, 
 Blest day, by God in mercy given, 
 Blest with unearthly bliss were they, 
 Bright the vision that delighted, 
 Brightly shines the morning star, 
 By the cross sad vigil keeping, . 
 
 Christ, of Thy angel host the grace, 
 Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest, 
 Come, Holy Ghost, my soul inspire, 
 
 241 
 
 197 
 248 
 
 147 
 14 
 10 
 
 57 
 259 
 
 61 
 179 
 191 
 
 39 
 
 187 
 
 47 
 219 
 
 239 
 
 216 
 
 8 
 
 96 
 
 119 
 no 
 
 227 
 
269 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Consort of paternal light, . . 16 
 
 Creator of yon circles bright, . . -73 
 
 Dark night arrays in hueless vest, . . 45 
 
 Ere the waning light decay, . . -53 
 
 Eternal Glory of the skies, . . -79 
 
 Eternal King of heaven on high, . . 105 
 
 Father of all, from whom we trace, . . 181 
 
 Father of Men, whose sovereign will, . 27 
 
 First of cities, Bethlehem, . . -75 
 
 For all Thy saints, O Lord, . . . 139 
 
 For those who first proclaim'd Thy word, . 231 
 
 From the faint dayspring's eastern goal, . 71 
 
 From thundering skies at Sinai's rock, . . 131 
 
 Glad is thy sound, O Sabbath bell, . .153 
 
 God of all nature, great and good, . . 22 
 
 God of our health, all praise to Thee, . .189 
 
 God of our health, our life and light, . .163 
 
 God of the spirits of mankind, . . .257 
 
 Great God, whose strength Thy martyrs steel'd, 135 
 
 Hark ! a voice of warning, hark ! 
 Hark ! heard ye not the ancient seer, . 
 Hear, our all-gracious Father, hear, 
 Him whom the skies, the earth, the sea, 
 Holy Being, One and Three, 
 Holy, Holy, Holy Lord, 
 Holy Jesus, in whose name, 
 
 67 
 
 88 
 84 
 86 
 
 59 
 115 
 
 18; 
 
270 
 
 Holy Jesus, Saviour blest, 
 
 How good and pleasant is the sight. 
 
 Image of the Father's might, 
 
 In bath baptismal who can know, 
 
 In God's own garden stands a tree, 
 
 Let the round world with songs rejoice, 
 
 Lo, night and clouds and darkness wrapp'd, 
 
 Lo, the Almighty Father's Son, 
 
 Lord, not to us, we claim it not, 
 
 Lord, who didst bless Thy chosen band, 
 
 Maker of all, enthroned above, 
 Mighty Sovereign, God Supreme, 
 Morning spreads her crimson rays, 
 
 Nature's God, all-ruling power, 
 No, when He bids me seek His face, 
 Now at the Lamb's imperial feast, 
 Now sinks in night the flaming sun, 
 
 O come, and for His day of rest, 
 
 O come and let the assembly all, 
 
 O eternal Praise of heaven, 
 
 O Jesus, King of Saints adored, 
 
 O Jesus, source of sanctity, 
 
 O Lord, whene'er belongs to Thee, 
 
 O Lord, with ever-varying phrase, 
 
 O praise we the Lord my God for each good, 
 
 O pray we for the Church's weal, 
 
271 
 
 FAGE 
 
 O Saviour, awful was the word, . . 262 
 
 O Thou, of light Creator best, ... 6 
 
 O 'tis a scene the heart to move, . .169 
 
 Of frail and fluctuating mind, . . . 200 
 
 Of sacred usage old, . . . .81 
 
 Oft as in God's own house we sit, . . 208 
 
 On this first day when heaven and earth, . 3 
 
 Our limbs refresh'd with wholesome sleep, . 43 
 
 Parent of all, whose love displayed, 
 Praise for Thy Saints to Thee, O Lord, 
 Praise we our God, our voices raise, 
 Put off thy shoes, 't is holy ground, 
 
 Redeemer, Jesus, Life of man, 
 
 Salvation's sun, the inward gloom, 
 Saviour of men, our hope and rest, 
 Saviour of men, our joy supreme, 
 See the destined day arise, 
 Sweet, and with enjoyment fraught, 
 
 113 
 129 
 
 193 
 159 
 
 69 
 
 35 
 223 
 108 
 
 94 
 90 
 
 That Thou Thy servants hast not placed, . 202 
 
 The bird the harbinger of light, . . . 12 
 
 The day declines, but ere it part, . . 37 
 
 The earth, it is a battle-field, . . .165 
 
 The House of God ! What fittest name, . 157 
 
 The triumphs of the martyr'd Saints, . . 133 
 
 Thee, the Father's Power and Light, . . 121 
 
 Thou, whom their Maker heaven and earth, . 103 
 Thou with the Father and the Son, 
 
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 Thrice Holy Sovereign of the sky, 
 Thy house each day of hallow'd rest, 
 
 We bless Thee for Thy Church, O Lord, 
 We deem and own it, Lord, a proof, 
 We thank Thee for the truths, O Lord, 
 What can the heart more pleasant feel, 
 What livelier force the hand can sway, 
 What means that loud portentous cry, 
 What more befits the Church's name, 
 When first divine religion blest, . 
 While for Thy Saints who pour'd abroad, 
 Who gives the needful power to man, 
 Who that hath grace to walk abroad, 
 Who would enjoy the highest bliss, 
 Why, Herod, why the Godhead fear, 
 With dawn's faint streaks the heaven is 
 Word uncreate, Beloved One, 
 
 Ye who Messiah seek, . 
 
 Yes, on some fond, some friendly breast 
 
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 CHRIST'S PRESENCE AMID THEOLOGICAL 
 
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 A New and Uniform Edition of 
 A DEVOTIONAL COMMENTARY 
 
 ON THE 
 
 GOSPEL NARRATIVE. 
 
 BY THE 
 
 Rev. ISAAC WILLIAMS, B.D. 
 
 FORMERLY FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, OXFORD. 
 00 
 
 THOUGHTS ON THE STUDY OF THE HOLY GOSPELS. 
 
 Characteristic Differences in the Four Gospels — Our Lord's Manifestations of 
 Himself — The Rule of Scriptural Interpretation Furnished by Our Lord 
 — Analogies of the Gospel— Mention of Angels in the Gospels — Places of 
 ( )ur I ord's Abode and Ministry — Our Lord's Mode of Dealing with His 
 Apostles— Conclusion. 
 
 A HARMONY OF THE FOUR EVANGELISTS. 
 
 Our Lord's Nativity — Our Lord's Ministry Second Year — Our Lord's Ministry 
 Third Year — The Holy Week — Our Lord's Passion — Our Lord's Resur- 
 rection. 
 
 OUR LORD'S NATIVITY. 
 
 The Birth at Bethlehem — The Baptism in Jordan — The First Passover. 
 
 OUR LORD'S MINISTRY. SECOND YEAR. 
 
 The Second Passover— Christ with the Twelve — The Twelve sent Forth. 
 
 OUR LORD'S MINISTRY. THIRD YEAR. 
 
 Teaching in Galilee — Teaching at Jerusalem — Last Journey from Galilee to 
 Jerusalem. 
 
 THE HOLY WE EH. 
 
 The Approach to Jerusalem — The Teaching in the Temple — The Discourse on 
 the Mount of Olives — The Last Supper. 
 
 UR L ORD' S PA SSION 
 
 The Hour of Darkness — The Agony — The Apprehension — The Condemnation — 
 The Day of Sorrows — The Hall of Judgment — The Crucifixion — The 
 Sepulture. 
 
 OUR LORD'S RESURRECTION. 
 
 y of Days— The Grave Visited — Christ Appearing— The Goin^ r to 
 Kmmaus — The Forty Days — The A] 'led — The Lake in 
 
 ralnVte — The Mountain in Galilee — The Return from Galilee. 
 
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Richard Mant. 
 
 1776-1I 
 
 Richard MaNT, a devout Churchman and re- 
 fined Christian poet, was born at Southampton, 
 on the 1 2th of February, [776. His father, the Rev. 
 Rirhnrd Mant. D.D.. Rector of All Saints Church,