Fair vessel of our daily light, whose proud
And previous glories gild that blushing cloud,
Know I have got a greater light than thine,
A light whose shade and back parts thee
outshine;

Then get thee down, then get thee down-
I have a Sun now of my own.

January 12.*

THE LAMB is the Light thereof.

Rev. xxi. 23.

Hail, gladdening Light! of His pure glory

poured,

Who is th' immortal Father, heavenly, blest,
Holiest of Holies-Jesus Christ our Lord!

Now we are come to the sun's hour of rest,
The lights of evening round us shine,

We hymn the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit divine;

Worthiest art Thou at all times to be sung

With undefiled tongue,

Son of our God, Giver of Life, alone!

Therefore in all the world, Thy glories, Lord, they own.

*If it fall before the First Sunday after the Epiphany.

First Sunday after Epiphany.

BEHOLD, I make all things new.

What is this silent might,
Making our darkness light,

Rev. xxi. 5.

New wine our waters, heavenly Blood our wine? Christ, with His Mother dear,

And all His Saints, is here;

And where they dwell is Heaven, and what they touch divine.

Monday.

WAKE, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and CHRIST shall give thee light. Eph. v. 14.

Stay with us, Lord, and with Thy kindly ray Enlighten our dark spirits, at whose birth Dark shades shall flee the opening eye of day, And sweetness shall revive the drooping earth.

He whom Thy love makes glad as with new wine,

He knows that knowledge which is from above; Full blest is he; that fulness is divine,

And there is nothing else that he can love.

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COME

Tuesday.

(OME unto Me, all ye that labour and
unto all la
are heavy laden, and I will give you
S. Matt. xi. 28.

rest.

Behold I come, Thy gentle call obeying,
And lay my sins and sorrows at Thy Feet;
On everlasting strength my weakness staying,
Clothed in Thy robe of righteousness complete ;
Then rising and refreshed, I leave Thy Throne,
And follow on to know as I am known.

Wednesday.

HOU hast been my helper; therefore

I rejoice.

Psalm lxiii. 8.

If on my watchful bed I stay,
Forsook by sleep and waiting day,
Be God for ever in my view,
And never He forsakes me too;
But still as day concludes with night,
To break again with new-born light,
His wondrous bounty let me find
With a still more enlightened mind.
If thoughts on Thee my soul employ,
My darkness will afford me joy;
Till Thou shalt call, and I shall soar,
And part with darkness evermore.

Thursday.

CALL to remembrance my song: and in the night I commune with mine own heart, and search out my spirits.

Psalm lxxvii. 6.

Speak Peace unto our souls, and tell
Of heavenly joys with Thee that dwell;
So shall our spirit, all night long,
Sing to our God her thankful song.
Thus, as the dying day grows dim,
To God we raise our evening hymn,
And laud, with Heaven's bright angel host,
The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

Friday.

FOXES have holes, and birds of the air

have nests; but the Son of man hath

not where to lay His Head.

S. Luke ix. 58.

'Oh, weary not! I watched for thee
On mountains lone all night;
Athirst for love of thee I toiled
All through the hours of light;
In meekness and in lowliness,
In weariness and pain,

I spent My Life, I died My Death,
Thy dead lost soul to gain;

And on My Heart I bear thee still,
That thou with Me may'st reign.'
'Lord of Life Who lovest me,
Parce mihi, Domine!'

Saturday.

ET us go on unto perfection.

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Heb. vi. 1.

The day is past, with joy or sorrow
Charging life's uncertain length;
May Thy Spirit for the morrow,

Teach us hope, and give us strength!
Not to vague though powerful feeling,
Not to false though visioned trance,
Not to words the substance stealing
From the purpose they advance:
Be that coming strength devoted
But to works of daily good,
Our brethren or ourselves promoted
Homeward on the narrow road.

Second Sunday after Epiphany.

UNTO

NTO you which believe He is precious. 1 S. Peter ii. 7.

Jesu! the very thought is sweet!

In that dear Name all heart-joys meet:
But oh! than honey sweeter far
The glimpses of Thy presence are.