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E'en so in Baptism, thou who diest
Dost rise again in Jesus Christ
To a new life; all virtue then

Shall mark thy ways with God and men;
Each day's course be a path of light,
A blessed sunset every night;

And well thy calling thou shalt keep,
At home, abroad, awake, asleep.

Wednesday.

IN all their affliction He was aflicted

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and the Angel of His presence saved them in His love and in His pity He redeemed them; and He bare them, and carried them all the days of old.

Isaiah lxiii. 9.

O Lord, who by Thy presence hast made light The heat and burden of the toilsome day,

Be with me also in the silent night,

Be with me when the daylight fades away.

As Thou hast given me strength upon the way,
So deign at evening to become my Guest;
As Thou hast shared the labours of the day,
So also deign to share and bless my rest.

THOU

Thursday.

HOUGH now ye see Him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy un

speakable and full of glory; receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. 1 S. Peter i. 8.

The crowd of cares, the weightiest cross,

Seem trifles less than light;

Earth looks so little and so low,

When Faith shines full and bright.

Oh, happy, happy that I am!

If thou canst be, O Faith,
The treasure that thou art in life,
What wilt thou be in death?

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Friday.

F any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. S. Luke ix. 23.

The only way to Life and Peace internal,
Way of the Holy Cross, though steep, most

sure!

Seek where thou wilt, none other so secure, Leads to the untravelled realms of bliss supernal.

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Saturday.

IS left Hand is under my head, and
His right Hand doth embrace me.

Cant. ii. 6.

Now God be with us, for the day is closing,
The light and darkness are at His disposing,
And 'neath His shadow here to rest we yield us,
For He will shield us.

Let evil thoughts and spirits flee before us;
The morning cometh,-Watch, O Master, o'er

us;

In soul and body Thou from harm defend us,
Thine Angels send us.

Fourth Sunday after Epiphany.

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E are the temple of the living GOD: as GOD hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their GOD, and they shall be My people. 2 Cor. vi. 16.

With pure desire-implanted there by Thee-
Within my soul Thy welcome have I stored;
In mercy come, and now inhabit me,
Unworthy-yet Thy temple, gracious Lord.

Enter, I pray, and mould me to Thy Will, Whom Thou hast formed, and loving, formed again!

So shall Thy seal-to death, and onward stillUpon my heart eternally remain.

Monday.

ORD, I am not high-minded; I have no proud looks; I do not exercise myself in great matters which are too high for me; but I refrain my soul, and keep it low. Psalm cxxxi. 1.

O vain and earthly wish, that would be great
In over serving! rather may we lie
In meekest self-devotion at Thy feet,
And watch the quiet hours as they pass by,
Content and thankful for occasion shown,
To make old service and old faith our own.

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Tuesday.

EAD me, O LORD, in Thy righteousness, because of mine enemies; make

Thy way plain before my face.

Psalm v.

And now, my God, whether I rise,

Or still lie down in dust,

Both I submit to Thy blest will,

And both on Thee I trust.

Guide then my way, who art Thyself
My everlasting End;

That every step, or swift or slow,

Still to Thyself may tend.

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Wednesday.

WE glory in tribulations also: knowing

that tribulation worketh patience;

and patience, experience; and experience, hope and hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of GOD is shed abroad in our hearts by the HOLY GHOST, which is given unto us. Romans v. 3.

From bearing right

Our sorest burdens, comes fresh strength to bear; And so we rise again towards the light,

And quit the sunless depths for upper air:

The rocks have bruised us sore; but angels' wings Grow best from bruises-hope from anguish springs.

Thursday.

N this was manifested the love of GOD

His only begotten SoN into the world, that we might live through Him.

1 S. John iv. 9.

If 'tis Thy sentence I should part

With the most precious treasure of my heart, I freely that and more resign;

My heart itself, as its best gifts, are Thine; My little all I give to Thee

Thou gav'st a greater gift, Thy Son, to me.