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In witness of his Lord,

In humble following of his Saviour dear.
This is the man to wield the unearthly sword,
Warring unharmed with sin and fear.

But who can e'er suffice

What mortal-for this more than angel's task,
Winning or losing souls, thy life-blood's price?
The gift were too divine to ask,

But thou hast made it sure

By thy dear promise to thy Church and Bride,
That thou, on earth, wouldst aye with her endure,
Till earth to heaven be purified.

KEBLE.

A GOOD PRIEST.

GIVE me the priest these graces shall possess ;·
Of an ambassador the just address;

A father's tenderness; a shepherd's care;
A leader's courage, which the cross can bear;
A ruler's awe; a watchman's wakeful eye;
A pilot's skill, the helm in storms to ply;
A fisher's patience; and a laborer's toil;
A guide's dexterity to disembroil;

A prophet's inspiration from above;

A teacher's knowledge, and a Saviour's love.

BP. KENN.

SAINT PHILIP AND SAINT JAMES'S* DAY.

MAY 1.

COLLECT. O Almighty God, whom truly to know is everlasting life; grant us perfectly to know thy Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life, that following the steps of thy holy Apostles Saint Philip and Saint James, we may steadfastly walk in the way that leadeth to eternal life, through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

HYMN.

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,

*James the Less.

All unequal to the strife;

Thou to aid us art the LIFE.

Who would reach his heavenly home;
Who would to the Father come;
Who the Father's presence see;
Jesus, he must come by thee.

BP. MANT

SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST'S DAY.

JUNE 24.

COLLECT. Almighty God, by whose providence thy servant John Baptist was wonderfully born, and sent to prepare the way of thy Son, our Saviour, by preaching repentance; make us so to follow his doctrine and holy life, that we may truly repent according to his preaching; and, after his example, constantly speak the truth, boldly rebuke vice, and patiently suffer for the truth's sake; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

HYMN.

HARK through the lonely waste,

By foot of man unpaced,

"Prepare the way," a warning voice resounds! "Level the opposing hill,

The hollow valley fill,

Make straight the crooked, smooth the rugged grounds; Prepare a passage, form it plain and broad;

And through the desert make a highway for our God!"

Thine, BAPTIST, was the cry,

In ages long gone by,

Heard in clear accents by the prophet's ear;
As if 't were thine to wait,

And with imperial state

Herald some Eastern monarch's proud career;
Who thus might march his host in full array,
And speed through trackless wilds his unresisted way.

But other task hadst thou

Than lofty hills to bow,

Make straight the crooked, the rough places plain.
Thine was the harder part

To smooth the human heart,

The wilderness where sin had fixed his reign;
To make deceit his mazy wiles forego,

Bring down high-vaulting pride, and lay ambition low.

Such, Baptist, was thy care,

That no obstruction there

Might check the progress of the King of kings;
But that a clear highway

Might welcome the array

Of heavenly graces which his presence brings;
And where repentance had prepared the road,
There faith might enter in, and love to man and God.

BP. MANT.

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