Do Thou Thy gracious comfort give, And grant Thy servants, Lord! we pray, FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT. Oн Thou whom neither time nor space And Thou that from Thy bright abode, And Thou, whose unction from on high Dread Spirit! art for ever one! Great First and Last! Thy blessing give! And grant us faith, Thy gift alone, To love and praise Thee while we live, And do whate'er Thou wouldst have done! SIXTH SUNDAY IN LENT. THE Lord of Might, from Sinai's brow, Outstretch'd in fear and wonder. The Lord of Love, on Calvary, For us He bore the weight of woe, The Lord of Love, the Lord of Might, Shall back return to claim His right, O'er death and hell defeated! GOOD FRIDAY. Он more than merciful! whose bounty gave When sin with flowery garland hides her dart, And, chiefest then, when Nature yields the strife, EASTER DAY. GOD is gone up with a merry noise With His own right hand and His holy arm F Now empty are the courts of death, And he hath tamed the strength of Hell, God is gone up with a merry noise With His own right hand and His holy arm FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER LIFE nor Death shall us dissever Sin may seek to snare us, Doubt and Fear, and grim Despair, Their fangs against us try; But His might shall still defend us, And His Holy Spirit send us Comfort ere we die ! ASCENSION DAY AND SUNDAY AFTER. SIT Thou on my right hand, my Son!" saith the Lord. "Sit Thou on my right hand, my Son! cr c Till in the fatal hour Of my wrath, and my power, Thy foes shall be a footstool to Thy throne!" Prayer shall be made to Thee, my Son!" saith the Lord. Prayer shall be made to Thee, my Son! From earth and air and sea, And all that in them be, Which Thou for thine heritage hast won!" Daily be Thou praised, my Son!" saith the Lord. "Daily be Thou praised, my Son! And all that live and move, Let them bless Thy bleeding love, And the work which Thy worthiness hath done!' WHITSUNDAY. SPIRIT of Truth! on this Thy day To guide us through the dreary way |