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Shall man alone be mute?
Have we no griefs, or fears?

Come, old and young, come, all mankind,
And bathe those feet in tears.

Come, fall before His Cross,
Who shed for us His Blood,
Who died, the Victim of pure love,
To make us sons of God.

Jesu, all praise to Thee,
Our joy and endless rest;

Be Thou our guide while pilgrims here,
Our crown amid the blest.

Amen.

Life, and health, and peace possessing
From the sinner's dying Friend.

Here I rest, for ever viewing

Mercy poured in streams of Blood;
Precious drops, my soul bedewing,
Plead and claim my peace with God.

Truly blessed is the station,
Low before His Cross to lie,
Whilst I see divine compassion
Beaming in His languid eye.

Lord, in ceaseless contemplation
Fix my thankful heart on Thee,
Till I taste Thy full salvation
And Thine unveiled glory see.

Amen.

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ROGATION DAYS.

LORD, in Thy name Thy servants plead,

And Thou hast sworn to hear;

Thine is the harvest, Thine the seed,
The fresh and fading year.

Our hope, when autumn winds blew wild,
We trusted, Lord, with Thee;

And still, now spring has on us smiled,
We wait on Thy decree.

The former and the latter rain,

The summer sun and air,

The green ear, and the golden grain,
All Thine, are ours by prayer.

Thine too by right, and ours by grace,
The wondrous growth unseen,

The hopes that soothe, the fears that brace,
The love that shines serene.

So grant the precious things brought forth
By sun and moon below,

That Thee in Thy new heaven and earth
We never may forego.

To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
The God Whom we adore,
Be glory, as it was, is now,

And shall be evermore.

Amen.

ASCENSION DAY.

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AIL the day that sees Him rise Alleluia! To His throne above the skies; Alleluia! Christ, the Lamb for sinners given, Alleluia! Enters now the highest heaven.

Alleluia!

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There for Him high triumph waits; Alleluia!
Lift your heads, eternal gates; Alleluia!
He hath conquered death and sin, Alleluia!
Take the King of Glory in.

Alleluia!

Alleluia!

Lo, the heaven its Lord receives,

Yet He loves the earth He leaves; Alleluia !
Though returning to His throne,
Still He calls mankind His own.

Alleluia!
Alleluia!

Alleluia!
Alleluia!
Alleluia !

See, He lifts His hands above;
See, He shows the prints of love;
Hark, His gracious lips bestow
Blessings on His Church below. Alleluia!

Still for us He intercedes, Alleluia!
His prevailing death He pleads, Alleluia!
Near Himself prepares our place, Alleluia!
He the first-fruits of our race. Alleluia!

Lord, though parted from our sight Alleluia!
Far above the starry height, Alleluia!
Grant our hearts may thither rise, Alleluia!
Seeking Thee above the skies. Alleluia!

JEST

ESU, our hope, our heart's desire,
Redemption's only spring,

Creator of the world art Thou,

Its Saviour and its King.

How vast the mercy and the love
Which laid our sins on Thee,

And led Thee to a cruel death

To set Thy people free!

But now the bonds of death are burst,
The ransom has been paid;

And Thou art on Thy Father's thronę
In glorious robes arrayed.

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Amen.

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O may Thy mighty love prevail
Our sinful souls to spare!

O may we stand around Thy Throne,
And see Thy glory there!

Jesu, our only Joy be Thou,
As Thou our Prize wilt be;
In Thee be all our glory now
And through eternity.

All praise to Thee Who dost ascend
Triumphantly to heaven;

All praise to God the Father's Name
And Holy Ghost be given. Amen.

TRINITY.

THREE in One, and One in Three,
of the earth and sea,

Hear us, while we lift to Thee

Holy chant and psalm.

Light of lights! with morning, shine:
Lift on us Thy Light divine;

And let charity benign

Breathe on us her balm.

Light of lights! when falls the even,
Let it close on sin forgiven;

Fold us in the peace of heaven,
Shed a holy calm.

Three in One and One in Three,

Dimly here we worship Thee;
With the saints hereafter we

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Hope to bear the palm. Amen.

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BRIGHT the vision that delighted

the sight of Judah's seer;
Sweet the countless tongues united
To entrance the prophet's ear.

Round the Lord in glory seated
Cherubim and Seraphim
Filled His temple, and repeated
Each to each the alternate hymn;

"Lord, Thy glory fills the heaven,
Earth is with its fulness stored;
Unto Thee be glory given,

Holy, Holy, Holy Lord."

Heaven is still with glory ringing,
Earth takes up the angels' cry,

"Holy, Holy, Holy," singing,

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"Lord of hosts, Lord God most High.”

With His seraph train before Him,

With His holy Church below,
Thus unite we to adore Him,

Bid we thus our anthem flow;

"Lord, Thy glory fills the heaven,

Earth is with its fulness stored;
Unto Thee be glory given,

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Holy, Holy, Holy Lord." Amen.

EMBER DAYS.

YHRIST is gone up; yet ere He passed
From earth, in heaven to reign,

He formed one Holy Church to last
Till He should come again.

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