wards went into Ethiopia, where, or as some say, in Persia, he suffered Martyrdom. He wrote his Gospel in Judæa, according to the uniform testimony of the ancients, in the Hebrew or Syriac language; but the Greek version, which we read, is as old as the Apostolical times.

This Festival was instituted in 1090; and is kept upon the twenty-first of September.

SAINT MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS.

The Church observes a Feast in commemoration of the holy Angels; because they minister to us upon earth; and because they contend for us against Satan, by their prayers at the throne of grace.

Michael was the tutelar Angel of the Church of the Jews; as he was of the Christian Church To him has been imputed the greatest part of the most remarkable appearances in the Old and New Testament. His Festival was instituted in 487; and is commemorated upon the twenty-ninth of September.

SAINT LUKE THE EVANGELIST.

St. Luke was a native of Antioch, in Syria, and by profession a Physician. He was the intimate

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friend and companion of St. Paul, in his travels and labours. He wrote his Gospel about the year 53. The Acts of the Apostles, which contains a history of thirty years, was written by him in the year 63, and is a continuation of his Gospel. Of all the inspired writers of the New Testament, his works are written in the most elegant Greek. He died a violent death, either at Rome or in Achaia, in the year 74, in the 84th year of his age.

His Festival in the Christian Church was instituted in 1130, and is observed on the eighteenth of October.

SAINT SIMON AND SAINT JUDE, APOSTLES.

St. Simon was the Son of Cleophas or Alpheus, by Mary, the sister of our Lord's mother. He is said to have been chosen Bishop of Jerusalem, after the martyrdom of his brother James "the Less." In the language of the Jews, he was called the brother of our Saviour." He is said to have suffered martyrdom during the persecu

q Irenæus says, that St. Luke put into writing what St. Paul preached to the Gentiles. Gregory Nazianzen relates, that St. Luke wrote with the assistance of St. Paul.

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tion under Trajan; and was crucified in Syria in the year 107, in the 102d year of his age.

St. Jude, called also Thaddeus, was the brother of St. James "the Less." He preached in Mesopotamia, Arabia, Syria, Idumea, and died in Berytus for the profession of the Christian faith. He wrote that Epistle which is in his name in the New Testament, and was written after the death of most of the Apostles. He was cruelly murdered for reproving the superstition of the Magi.

This joint Festival was instituted in 1091, and is solemnized on the twenty-eight of October.

ALL-SAINTS' DAY.

It could not be that every Saint should be separately celebrated, the Church, therefore, appoints this day, in a general commemoration of them.

The origin of this Festival is referred to the year 607.

Thus the subjects of the Collects in the "Book of Common Prayer," are for ourselves, for our souls and for our bodies; and in a comprehensive sense, for others.

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With reference to the Holy Ghost, the author of grace, we pray for comfort, illumination, direction," and the right use of various gifts. ' We pray for the means of grace; for the improvements of hearing, reading, and fasting. We pray for grace to convert us from sin; and to obtain pardon and acceptance from God. We pray that we may be preserved from temptation; be enabled to do good, and be entitled to future glory and reward. We pray to be

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In the Collect for Whit-sunday.

"In the Collect for the nineteenth Sunday after Trinity,

In the Collect for St. Barnabas.

In the Collects for St. Bartholomew and St. Luke.

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In the Collects for the first Sunday in Lent, and for the tenth and twenty-third after Trinity.

a In the Collects for the first Sunday after Easter, for St. Andrew, St. James, and St. Matthew.

b In the Collects for the eleventh, the twenty-first, and twentyfourth Sundays after Trinity; for the Purification, and for the second Sunday after Epiphany.

In the Collects for the fourth Sundays in Advent, and after the Epiphany; and for the eighteenth Sunday after Trinity.

In the Collects for the fifth Sunday after Easter, and for the first, ninth, eleventh, thirteenth, seventeenth, and twenty-fifth Sundays after Trinity.

• In the Collects for the Epiphany, and the sixth Sunday after the Epiphany.

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renewed by the Holy Spirit; for charity," mortification, contrition, and sincerity; for the love of God and his laws; for heavenly desires; for faith; " imitation of Christ; and

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In the Collect for the Nativity of Christ.

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h In the Collects for the Circumcision of Christ, and for EasterEven.

In the Collect for Ash-Wednesday.

In the Collect for the third Sunday after Easter.

In the Collects for the fourth Sunday after Easter, and sixth and fourteenth after Trinity.

m In the Collect for the Ascension.

n In the Collects for Trinity Sunday; the seventh Sunday after Trinity; St. Thomas, and St. Mark.

o In the Collects for the Sunday next before Easter, and for the second Sunday after Easter.

P In the Collects for the Feasts of St. Stephen, St. Paul, St. Philip and St. James, St. John Baptist, All-Saints, and Inno

cents.

In the Collects for the second, third, fourth, and twentieth Sundays after Trinity.

In the Collect for St. Michael.

• In the Collect for the third Sunday in Lent.

t In the Collects for Sexagesima and Septuagesima Sundays, and for the fourth Sunday in Lent.

u In the Collects for the third and fourth Sundays of Epiphany.