XXI

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GRATITUDE TO GOD

OW blest Thy creature is, O God,
When with a single eye

He views the lustre of Thy word,

The day-spring from on high.

Through all the storms that veil the skies,
And frown on earthly things,
The Sun of Righteousness he eyes
With healing on His wings.

Struck by that light, the human heart,
A barren soil no more,

Sends the sweet smell of grace abroad,
Where serpents lurked before.

The glorious orb, whose golden beams
The fruitful year control,

Since first, obedient to Thy word,
He started from the goal,

Has cheered the nations with the joys

His orient rays impart ;

But, Jesus, 't is Thy light alone

Can shine upon the heart.

W. Cowper

XXII

HYMN TO THE HOLY SPIRIT

RAISE be Thine, most Holy Spirit,

PRA

Honor to Thy Holy Name!

May we love it, may we fear it!

Set in everlasting fame.
Honor to Thee, praise, and glory,
Comforter, inspirer, friend;
Till these troubles transitory
End in glory without end.

By Thy hand, in secret working,
Like a midnight of soft rain,
Seeds that lay in silence lurking,
Spring up green, and grow amain.
Roots, which in their dusty bosoms
Hid an age of golden days
Stirring with a cloud of blossoms,

Clothe their barrenness for Thy praise.

As an island in a river

Vexed with endless rave and roar,

Keeps an inner silence ever

On its consecrated shore,

Flowered with flowers, and green with grasses :

So the poor through Thee abide ;

Every outer care that passes

Deepening more the peace inside.

When our heart is faint Thou warmest,

Justifiest our delight;

Thou our ignorance informest,
And our wisdom shapest right;
In the hour of doubt and strife,
Thou beginnest, and Thou endest,
All that Christians count of life.

Thos. Burridge

XXIII

LITANY TO THE HOLY SPIRIT

IN the hour of my distress,

I When temptations me oppress,

And when I my sins confess,

Sweet Spirit, comfort me.

When I lie within my bed,

Sick in heart, and sick in head,

And with doubts disquieted,

Sweet Spirit, comfort me.

When the house doth sigh, and weep,
And the world is drowned in sleep,

Yet mine eyes the watch do keep,
Sweet Spirit, comfort me.

When God knows I'm tossed about
Either with despair or doubt,

Yet before the glass be out,

Sweet Spirit, comfort me.

When the tempter me pursueth
With the sins of all my youth,

And reproves me for untruth,

Sweet Spirit, comfort me.

When the judgment is revealed
And that opened which was sealed,
When to Thee I have appealed,
Sweet Spirit, comfort me.

R. Herrick

XXIV

VENI CREATOR SPIRITUS

'OME, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire,
And lighten with celestial fire;

Thou the Anointing Spirit art,
Who dost Thy sevenfold gifts impart.
Thy blessed unction from above
Is comfort, life, and fire of love.
Enable with perpetual light
The dulness of our blinded sight;
Anoint and cheer our soilèd face
With the abundance of Thy grace;

Keep far our foes; give peace at home;
Where Thou art guide, no ill can come.
Teach us to know the Father, Son,
And Thee of both, to be but One:
That, through the ages all along,
This may be our endless song:
"Praise to Thy eternal merit,
"Father, Son, and Holy Spirit !"

Ordination Service

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THE HOLY TRINITY

OLY! Holy Holy! Lord God Almighty!

Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee,

Holy! Holy! Holy! Merciful and Mighty!

God in Three Persons, Blessed Trinity!

Holy! Holy! Holy! all the saints adore Thee, Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy

sea;

Cherubim and seraphim falling down before Thee,
Which wert, and art, and evermore shall be.

Holy! Holy! Holy! though the darkness hide Thee, Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see, Only Thou art Holy, there is none beside Thee Perfect in Power, in Love, and Purity !

Holy! Holy! Holy! Lord God Almighty!

All Thy works shall praise Thy Name, in earth, and sky, and sea;

Holy Holy Holy! Merciful and Mighty,

God in Three Persons, Blessed Trinity!

Bishop Reginald Heber