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 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. This is he whom Jesus loves. Ask not of him more than this; He in youth shall find his rest, Or armed in his station wait Whether in his lonely course, Cheat the toil and cheer the way; Who doth hearts as streams command.* "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, In witness of his Lord, In humble following of his Saviour dear. But who can e'er suffice What mortal-for this more than angel's task, But thou hast made it sure By thy dear promise to thy Church and Bride, KEBLE. A GOOD PRIEST. GIVE me the priest these graces shall possess; A father's tenderness; a shepherd's care; 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, Holy Jesus, when the night Of error blinds our clouded sight, Holy Jesus, when our power * James the Less. |