Many a blow and biting sculpture
Polish'd well those stones elect,
er In their places now compacted
By the heavenly Architect,
Who therewith hath will'd for ever
That His Palace should be deck'd.
PART 2.

CHRIST is made the sure Foundation, CHRIST the Head and Corner-stone, my Chosen of the LORD, and precious, mf

Binding all the Church in one, Holy Sion's help for ever, And her confidence alone. m/ All that dedicated city, Dearly loved of GoD on high. fIn exultant jubilation,

Pours perpetual melody,

P GOD the ONE in THREE adoring er In glad hynins eternally. myTo this Temple, where we call Thee,

Come, O LORD of hosts, to-day; With Thy wonted loving-kindness Hear Thy servants, as they pray: er And Thy fullest benediction

Shed within its walls alway. pHere vouchsafe to all Thy servants What they ask of Thee to gain, er What they gain from Thee for ever With the Blessed to retain, And hereafter in Thy glory Evermore with Thee to reign.

The following may be sung at the end of each Part:

Laud and honour to the FATHER, Laud and honour to the Sox, Laud and honour to the SPIRIT Ever THREE, and ever ONE, Consubstantial, Co-eternal, While unending ages run. Amen.

The following Hymns are suitable: 215 The Church's one foundation. 228 Jerusalem the golden.

237 O GoD of hosts, the mighty LORD. 239 CHRIST is our corner-stone. 240 Pleasant are Thy courts above. 241 Hosanna to the living LoRD! 242 We love the place, O God,

The Restoration of a Church. "We are the servants of the God of Heaven

and earth, and build the house that 897 was builded these many years ago." LIFT the strain of high thanksgiving! Tread with songs the hallow'd way! Praise our fathers' GoD for mercies

m When the years had wrought their changes,

He, our own unchanging GOD, Thought on this His Habitation, Look'd on His decay'd abode: Heard our prayers, and help'd our counsels,

Bless'd the silver and the gold, '[ing er Till once more His House is standFirm and stately as of old.

my Entering then Thy gates with praises,

LORD, be ours Thine Israel's prayer; er "Rise into Thy place of resting. Show Thy promised Presence there!" p Let the gracious Word be spoken. er Here, as once on Sion's height, "This shall be My rest for ever, This My dwelling of delight." Fill this latter house with glory Greater than the former knew; my Clothe with righteousness Ita Priesthood,

Guide its Choir to reverence true; Let Thy Holy One's anointing

Here its sevenfold blessings shed: Spread for us the heavenly Banquet, Satisfy Thy poor with Bread.

Praise to Thee, Almighty FATHER,
Praise to Thee, Eternal SON,
Praise to Thee, all-quickening SPIRIT
Ever-blessed THREE in ONE;
p Threefold Power and Grace and
Wisdom,

er Moulding out of sinful clay
Living stones for that true Temple
Which shall never know decay.
Amen.

Burial of the Dead.

398" He cometh to judge the earth."

DAY of Wrath! O day of mourning! See fulfill'd the prophets' warning! Heav'n and earth in ashes burning! Oh, what fear man's bosom rendeth p When from Heav'n the Judge descendeth, [pendeth! On Whose sentence (dim) all deWondrous sound the trumpet flingeth,

Through earth's sepulchres it ringeth,
All before the Throne it bringeth.
Death is struck, and nature quaking
To its Judge an answer making.
All creation is awaking.
mf Lo! the Book exactly worded,
Wherein all hath been recorded;
Thence shall judgment be awarded.
When the Judge His seat attaineth,
And each hidden deed arraigneth,
Nothing unavenged remaineth

New to us their sons to-day: my Here they built for Him a dwelling, er Served Him here in ages past, Fix'd it for His sure possession, Holy ground, while time shall last.

What shall I, frail man, be pleading, Who for me be interceding, When the just are mercy needing?

King of Majesty tremendous, my Who dost free salvation send us, Fount of pity, (p) then befriend us! Think, good JESU, my salvation Caused Thy wondrous Incarnation; Leave me not to reprobation.

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Faint and weary Thou hast sought me, On the Cross of suffering bought me ; Shall such grace be vainly brought me? mf Righteous Judge! for sin's pollu Grant Thy gift of abeolution, Ere that day of retribution. Guilty, now I pour my moaning, All my shame with anguish owning: Spare, O GOD, Thy suppliant groaning. Thou the sinful woman savedst; Thou the dying thief forgavest; er And to me a hope vouchsafest. p Worthless are my prayers sighing;

and

Yet, good LORD, in grace complying, Rescue me from fires undying. With Thy favour'd sheep O place me, er Nor among the goats abase me, rall But to Thy right hand upraise me. While the wicked are confounded, Doom'd to flames of woe unbounded, pp Call me with Thy Saints surrounded.

g Low I kneel, with heart-submission, See, like ashes, my contrition; Help me in my last condition. Ah! that day of tears and mourning! er From the dust of earth returning Man for judgment must prepare him; [him! dim Spare, O God, in mercy spare pp LORD, all pitying, Jesu Blest, er Grant them Thine (dim) eternal rest. (pp) Amen.

Surely He hath borne our griefs and 399 carried our sorrows." P WHEN our heads are bow'd with When our bitter tears o'erflow, [woe, When we mourn the lost, the dear, JESU, Son of Mary, hear.

my Thou our throbbing flesh hast

my Thou hast bow'd the dying head,
Thou the blood of life hast shed,
Thou hast fill'd a mortal bier;
JESU, Son of Mary, hear.

p When the heart is sad within
With the thought of all its sin,
When the spirit shrinks with fear,
JESU, Son of Mary, hear.

mf Thou the shame, the grief, hast known,

Though the sins were not Thine own; cr Thou hast deign'd their load to bear; Jau, Son of Mary, hear. Amen.

Where I am there shall also My servan be."

400

CHRIST will gather in His own To the place where He is gone, nf Where their heart and treasure lie, Where our life is hid on high.

2 Day by day the voice saith, "Come Enter thine eternal home;" Asking not if we can spare

This dear soul it summons there. Had He ask'd us, well we know We should cry. "O spare this blow!" Yes, with streaming tears should pray, "LORD, we love him, let him stay." mf But the LORD doth nought amiss, And, since He hath order'd this, We have nought to do but still PP Rest in silence on His Will. my Many a heart no longer here, Ah! was all too inly dear; cr Yet, O Love, 'tis Thou dost call, f Thou wilt be our All in all. Amen.

"The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall ne 401 torment touch them." p Now the labourer's task is o'er; Now the battle day is past; cr Now upon the farther shore

Lands the voyager at last. PFATHER, in Thy gracious keeping Leave we now Thy servant sleeping. There the tears of earth are dried;

There its hidden things are clear; cr There the work of life is tried

By a juster Judge than here. p FATHER, in Thy gracious keeping Leave we now Thy servant sleeping There the sinful souls, that turn To the Cross their dying eyes, cr All the love of CHRIST shall learn At His Feet in Paradise.

p FATHER, in Thy gracious keeping Leave we now Thy servant sleeping

There no more the powers of hell Can prevail to mar their peace; CHRIST the LORD shall guard them Well,

He Who died for their release. PFATHER, in Thy gracious keeping Leave we now Thy servant sleeping.

"Earth to earth, and dust to dust," Calmly now the words we say, Leaving him to sleep in trust er Till the Resurrection-day, P FATHER, in Thy gracious keeping Leave we now Thy servant sleeping. Amen

403

"They are in peace."

FOR A CHILD. TENDER Shepherd. Thou hast still'd Now Thy little lamb's brief weepOh, how peaceful, pale, and mild, [ing In its narrow bed 'tis sleeping, cr And no sigh of anguish sore

p Heaves that little bosom more. my In a world of pain and care, LORD, Thou wouldst no longer leave To Thy meadows bright and fair (it; Lovingly Thou dost receive it;

Clothed in robes of spotiess white Now it dwells with Thee in light. Ab, LORD JESU, grant that we There may live where it is living, er And the blissful pastures see That its heavenly food are giving: Lost awhile our treasured love, Gain'd for ever, safe above. Amen.

The following Hymns are suitable: 140 Jesus lives! no longer now. 225 Brief life is here our portion.

235 Oh, what the joy and the glory must

be.

264 My Gop, my FATHER, while I stray. 286 O let him whose sorrow. 288 A few more years shall roll. 339 Days and moments quickly flying.

St. Andrews the Apostle.

"One of the two which...followed Him 403 was Andrew.'

P JESUS calls us (er) from the worship
Of the vain world's golden store,
From each idol that would keep us,
Saying. (p) "Christian, love Me
more."

mf In our joys and in our sorrows,
Days of toil and hours of ease,
Still He calls, in cares and pleasures,
That we love Him more than these
P JESUS calls us: (er) by Thy mercies
SAVIOUR, make us hear Thy call,
Give our hearts to Thine obedience,
Serve and love Thee best of all.

Amen

St. Thomas the Apostle. 404 "Be not faithless, but believing." my How oft, O LORD, Thy Face hath shone

On doubting souls whose wills were true!

Thou CHRIST of Cephas and of John, Thou art the CHRIST of Thomas too. He loved Thee well, and calmly said, dim "Come, let us go, and die with

Him:"

cr Yet when Thine Easter-news wa spread,

'Mid all its light (p) his eyes were dim. my His brethren's word he would not take,

But craved to touch those Hands of Thine:

p The bruised reed Thou didst not break;

cr He saw, and hail'd his LORD Divine f He saw Thee risen; at once he rose To full belief's unclouded height; And still through his confession flows To Christian souls Thy life and light. mf O Saviour, make Thy Presence known

To all who doubt Thy Word and Thee:
And teach them in that Word alone
To find the truth that sets them free.
And we who know how true Thou art
And Thee as GOD and LORD adore,
Give us, we pray, a loyal heart,
er To trust and love Thee more and
more. Amen.

Of our life's wild restless sea Day by day His sweet voice soundeth, Saying. (p) "Christian, follow Me:"

my As of old Saint Andrew heard it By the Galilean lake, [kindred, urned from home, and toil, and Leaving all for His dear sake.

"The voice of the Lord breaketh the ceda trees; yea the Lord breaketh the 405 cedars of Libanue."

mf THE Shepherd now was smitten;
The wolf was ravening near;
The scatter'd flock he threaten'd,
But knew not Whose they were

er In zealous fury seeking

To bind and crucify,

A sudden voice withheld him,
A loud and startling cry:

mf"Saul! Saul! why blindly daring To persecute thy LORD?

Tis JESUS Whom thou hatest, cr Rebel not at My Word." m/Then forth in prayer he stretcheth Those hands prepared to slay: "What wouldst Thou with Thy serMy LORD and Master, say." [vant? CHRIST's foe becomes His soldier, The wolf destroys no more, p A gentle lamb he enters The sheepfold by the door. O voice of God Almighty, What wonders hath it wrought i It rends the lofty cedars,

It bends the haughty thought. PJESU, our Shepherd, cease not Thy flock from harm to free, And, when Thy sheep are wandering, O lead them back to Thee.

TO FATHER, SON, and SPIRIT All glory, praise, and might, my Who call'd us out of darkness

To His own glorious light. Ainen.

"He which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once 406 he destroyed."

WE sing the glorious conquest
Before Damascus' gate,

When Saul, the Church's spoiler, Came breathing threats and hate; The ravening wolf rush'd forward Full early to the prey:

But lo the Shepherd met him,
And bound him fast to-day.

Oh, glory most excelling

That smote across his path! Oh, light that pierced and blinded The zealot in his wrath! p Oh, voice that spake within him The calm reproving word! er Oh, love that sought and held him The bondman of his LORD! m/O Wisdom, ordering all things In order strong and sweet, cr What nobler spoil was ever Cast at the Victor's feet? my What wiser master-builder B'er wrought at Thine employ Than he, till now so furious Thy building to destroy?

er Thy Grace by ways mysteriou The wrath of man can bind, And in Thy boldest foeman

Thy chosen Saint can find. Amen.

Presentation of Christ in the Temple

The

COMMONLY CALLED

Purification of St. Mary the Virgin.

"The Lord, Whom ye seek, shall suddenly
407 come to His temple."
mf O SION, open wide thy gates,
Let figures disappear:

A Priest and Victim, both in one,
The Truth Himself, is here.

No more the simple flock shall bleed;
cr Behold, the FATHER'S SON
Himself to His own Altar comes,
dim For sinners to atone.
p Conscious of hidden Deity,
The lowly Virgin brings [deves,
Her new-born Babe, with two young
Her tender offerings.

mf The aged Simeon sees at last His LORD so long desired,

cr And Anna welcomes Israel's Hope, With holy rapture fired.

p But silent knelt the Mother blest
Of the yet silent WORD, [heart,
And, pondering all things in her
With speechless praise adored.
All glory to the FATHER be,
All glory to the Sox,

All glory, HOLY GHOST, to Thee,
While endless ages run. Amen.

The following Hymns are suitable: 440 The Gon, Whom earth, and sea, and sky. 450 Shall we not love thee, Mother dear.

St. Matthias the Apostle. "And they gave forth their lots; and the

lot fell upon Matthias; and he was 408 numbered with the eleven Apostles." mf BISHOP of the souls of men, p When the foeman's step is nigh, When the wolf lays wait by night

For the lambs continually,
er Watch, O LORD, about us keep,
Guard us, Shepherd of the sheep.
When the hireling flees away,
Caring only for his gold.

Still in her darkest hour

Of weakness and of danger

To trust Thy hidden power:

At the entrance to the fold, Stand, O LORD, Thy flock before, Thou the Guardian, Thou the Door