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1. We praise thee, O GOD, we acknowledge Thee to be the LORD.

2. All the earth doth worship Thee, the Father everlasting. 3. To Thee all Angels cry aloud, the Heavens, and all the Powers therein.

4. To Thee Cherubin, and Seraphin, continually do cry, 5. Holy, Holy, Holy, LORD GOD of Sabaoth;

6. Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of Thy Glory. 7. The glorious company of the Apostles praise Thee. 8. The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise Thee. 9. The noble army of Martyrs praise Thee.

10. The holy Church throughout all the world, doth acknowledge Thee,

II. The Father, of an infinite Majesty;
12. Thine honourable, true, and only Son;
13. Also the Holy Ghost, the Comforter.
14. Thou art the King of Glory, O CHRIST.
15. Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father.

16. When Thou tookest upon Thee to deliver man, Thou didst not abhor the Virgin's womb.

17. When Thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death, Thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers. 18. Thou sittest at the right hand of GOD, in the Glory of the Father.

19. We believe that Thou shalt come to be our Judge. 20. We therefore pray Thee, help Thy servants, whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy precious Blood. 21. Make them to be numbered with Thy Saints, in glory everlasting.

22. O LORD, save Thy people, and bless Thine heritage. 23. Govern them, and lift them up for ever.

24. Day by day we magnify Thee,

25. And we worship Thy Name, ever world without end. 26. Vouchsafe, O LORD, to keep us this day without sin. 27. O LORD, have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us. 28. O LORD, let Thy mercy lighten upon us, as our trust is in Thee.

29. O LORD, in Thee have I trusted: let me never be confounded. HANDEL, HENSCHEL, SULLIVAN.

(The following words are sometimes added.)

O LORD, save the Queen,

And mercifully hear us when we call upon Thee.

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DEUTERONOMY vii. 9. Know then, the LORD thy GOD is a faithful GOD, Which sheweth mercy to them that love Him, and keep His commandments.

13. He will love thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thee,

19. Whose mighty hand, and Whose arm outstretched, hath brought thee out.

21. The LORD is with thee, a mighty GOD, and terrible. F. J. HAYDN.

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Lo, my Shepherd is divine;

Can I want when He is mine?

By the streams that wander slow,
Thro' the meads where flow'rets blow,
He doth lead me to rest,

Still with peace and comfort blest.

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F. J. HAYDN.

Father, we adore Thee, and worship Thee,
O GOD most high:

Holy LORD, Mighty GOD,

We worship Thee.

Glorify His Name for evermore,

And tell of all His wondrous works:

Holy, mighty, glorious GOD,

We worship Thy Name evermore.

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F. J. HAYDN.

COLLECT

For the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity.

LORD, we pray Thee that Thy grace may always prevent and follow us, and make us continually to be given to all good works; through JESUS CHRIST our LORD. Amen.

F. J. HAYDN, Roberts.

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THE PASSION.

No. I

ST. LUKE xxiii. 34. "FATHER, FORGIVE THEM; FOR

THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO."

Lamb of GOD! Surely Thou hast borne our sorrows; with Thy stripes we are healed.

Lamb of GOD! Thou blessest them that persecute Thee, and prayest for them who despitefully use Thee. Vengeance is Mine, saith the LORD, I will repay.

A lamb before her shearers is dumb, so Thou openest not Thy mouth.

Thou art cut off from the land of the living; for our transgressions art Thou smitten.

Thou art oppressed; Thou art afflicted; O Lamb of GOD!

But Thou didst no violence, nor was deceit in Thy mouth.

Lamb of GOD! Thou blessest them that persecute Thee; with Thy stripes we are healed. Thou didst no evil.

Thou, when reviled, reviledst not again; Thou, suffering, threatenedst not.

Thou bearest our sins in Thy Body on the tree.

Thou art not overcome of evil; but Thou overcomest evil with good.

Reviled, Thou blessest, defamed, entreatest, O Lamb of GOD!

No. 2

ST. LUKE Xxiii. 43. "VERILY I SAY UNTO THEE, THIS DAY SHALT THOU BE WITH ME IN PARADISE."

PSALM li. I. LORD, have mercy on me after Thy great goodness; I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.

Cast me not away from Thy presence, and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me.

Wash me throughly from my wickedness, and cleanse me from my sin.

Hide Thy face from my sins.

Against Thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in Thy sight.

My sin is ever before me; I acknowledge my transgression.

Thou shalt purge me, and I shall be clean: Thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness, that the bones which Thou hast broken may rejoice.

No. 3

ST. JOHN xix. 26, 27. "WOMAN, BEHOLD THY SON. SON, BEHOLD THY MOTHER."

ST. LUKE Xxiii. 27. There followed Him a great company of people, and of women which also bewailed and lamented Him.

28. But JESUS said: "Weep not, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for Me, weep for yourselves and for your children.”

JOEL ii. 12. Turn ye unto Me, saith the LORD, with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.

13. Rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your GOD; for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great kindness, and repenteth Him of the evil. The LORD your God is

merciful.

No. 4

ST. MATTHEW xxvii. 46. "ELI, ELI, LAMA SABACTHANI?"

O My God, look upon Me, Why hast Thou forsaken Me? Why art Thou so far from My health, and from the words of My complaint? Go not from Me.

All they that see Me laugh Me to scorn.

Hide not Thou Thy face from Me.

Thou hast been My succour, leave Me not: forsake Me not, O GOD.

Turn Thee unto Me; for I am desolate and in misery. My hope hath been in Thee, O LORD. LORD, in Thee have I trusted; I have said, Thou art My GOD.

ST. JOHN xix. 28.

No. 5

THAT THE SCRIPTURE MIGHT BE

Fulfilled, JESUS SAITH, "I THIRST."

REVELATION xix. 15. He treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty GOD.

PSALM lxix. 21. Thy rebuke hath broken His heart: He is full of heaviness.

He looked for some to have pity on Him, but there was no man: Neither found He any to comfort Him.

22. They gave Him gall to eat; and when He was thirsty they gave Him vinegar to drink.

vi. 38. He came down from Heaven, not to do His own will, but the will of Him that sent Him.

HEBREWS X. 5. "Sacrifice and offering Thou wouldest not, but a body hast Thou prepared Me; in burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin Thou hast had no pleasure. Then said I, Lo, I come to do Thy will, O God.

PSALM xl. 10. In the volume of the book it is written of Me that I should fulfil Thy will, O GOD: I am content to do it; yea, Thy law is within My heart.

ST. JOHN Xvii. 4, 3. Holy Father, righteous Father, I have finished the work which Thou gavest Me to do; and now I come to Thee."

No. 7

ST. LUKE xxiii. 46. "FATHER, INTO THY HANDS I COMMEND MY SPIRIT."

Into Thy hands, O LORD, I commend My spirit.

Hereby perceive we the love of GOD, that He laid down His life for us.

He tasted death for every man: He poured out His soul unto death; He made intercession for the transgressors.

He died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him.

Thou hast redeemed us, O LORD, Thou GOD of Truth.