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CCCCLXV.

OSSIAN.

As ocean rolls its billows to the shore,
The distant waves impelling those before;
As leaves luxuriant which the woods supply,
In summer flourish, and in autumn die;
So generations pass; at Nature's call
They rise successive, and successive fall.

1 O GOD, the Lord of place and time,
Who orderest all things prudently;
Brightening with beams the opening prime,
And glowing in the mid-day sky:

2 Quench thou the fires of hate and strife,
The wasting fever of the heart;
From perils guard our feeble life,
And to our souls thy peace impart.

CCCCLXVIII.

BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER.

O LORD, who hast taught us that all our doings, without charity, are nothing worth: send thy good Spirit, and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift, the gift of charity, the very bond of peace and of all virtues, without which whosoever liveth is counted dead before thee. Grant this of thine infinite goodness. Amen.

CCCCLXIX.

LUKE XV. 18, 19.

I WILL arise, and go to my father; and will say unto him, "Father, I have sinned against Heaven and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son."

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CCCCLXX.

MILTON.

THEN round about the starry throne

Of Him who ever rules alone,

The heavenly-guided soul shall climb,
Of all this earthly grossness quit,

With glory crowned for ever sit,

And triumph over Death, and thee, O Time!

CCCCLXXI.

FATHER of all! to thee we pray,
By night, in secret, insecure;
But the darkness is like day,

If the heart within be pure.
What they do, thou dost permit—
We endure, and pardon it.

As glows through smoke the bursting light, Bid faith thus strengthen, day by day; And then, though dimmed each ancient rite, Oh, who thy light can take away?

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CCCCLXXII.

PSALM CXXXV.

O GIVE thanks unto the Lord,

For he is gracious,

And his

mercy endureth for ever!

CCCCLXXIII.

WHEN mild winds shake the elder-brake,

Then the wandering herdsmen know
That the white-thorn soon will blow :
Wisdom, justice, love, and peace,
When they struggle to increase,
Are to us as soft winds be

To shepherd-boys-a prophecy.

CCCCLXXIV.

LIGHT, light in darkness; the daylight dawns, raising the soul to the hope of glory. Truth comes to mortals, brighter than sunshine. Man is advancing, led by the Most High, to endless ages of joy, and blessing infinite.

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INDEX OF FIRST LINES.

Page

Above, below, where'er I gaze.

104

Acquaint thee, O spirit, acquaint thee with God

Again our weekly labours end.

A little child, in bulrush ark

All before us lies the way
All men are equal in their birth
All-seeing God, 'tis thine to know
Almighty Former of creation's plan
Almighty Maker God

Am I a soldier of the cross.

Amidst a world of hopes and fears

292

As meadows parched, brown groves, and withering flowers 432

As ocean rolls its billows to the shore

445

162

432