Not the beloved John could rest With more delight upon that breast, Nor THOMAS pry into those wounds with more intense de sire. Kindly he opens me his ear, And bids me pour my sorrow there, And tell him all my pains. Thus while I ease my burdened heart, In every woe he bears a part, His arms embrace me, and his hand my drooping head sus tains. WATTS. SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST'S DAY. DECEMBER 27. COLLECT. Merciful Lord, we beseech thee to cast thy bright beams of light upon thy Church, that it, being enlightened by the doctrine of thy blessed Apostle and Evangelist Saint John, may so walk in the light of thy truth, that it may at length attain to the light of everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Be ours to mark His portrait fair To note thy life; to see thee fling The beams of sacred truth abroad; And view unblamed the throne of God. And may our faith, blest Saint, like thine 66 'Disciples by our Master loved." BP. MANT. ANOTHER. "Peter, seeing him, saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me." John xxi. 21, 22. "LORD, and what shall this man do?”. If his love for Christ be true, Christ hath told thee of his end. Ask not of him more than this; He in youth shall find his rest, * "The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord as the rivers of water; he turneth it whithersoever he will." Prov xxi. 1. N COLLECT. SAINT MATTHIAS'S DAY. FEBRUARY 24. O Almighty God, who into the place of the traitor Judas didst choose thy faithful servant Matthias to be of the number of the twelve apostles; grant that thy Church, being always preserved from false apostles, may be ordered and guided by faithful and true pastors, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. HYMN. WHO is God's chosen priest? He who on Christ stands waiting day and night, From Jordan banks to Bethphage height; Who hath learned lowliness From his Lord's cradle, patience from his cross; Who both in agony Hath seen him, and in glory; and in both Body and soul to live and die, |