Be Thou our guardian while we sleep, Praise God, &c. 5. Evensong Hymn. (L. M.) BLESS ye the Lord, the God of peace; In Him is everlasting rest, And they who trust in Him are blest : 6. A Closing Hymn. (C. M.) WE thank Thee, Lord, for all thy grace Our faults in word or deed, O cleanse, For Jesus' sake away. What we have read, what we have heard, Let it be fixed within; And keep us back, O blessed Lord, From every kind of sin. O set our hearts and minds on heaven, FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT. (The Sunday nearest to 30th Nov.) Epistle, Rom. xiii. 8-14. Gospel, Matt. xxi. 1—13. Evensong, Isaiah ii. Matins, Isaiah i. 7. The Coming of the lowly Jesus. (7's.) ONCE there came a little child, Poor and feeble, weak and mild, Yet that babe was God most high, Neither was there other way Praise the Son of God, who came 8. Messiah's Advent. He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, And the world knew Him not. He came unto his own, and his own received Him not. But as many as received Him, To them gave He power to become the sons of God, Even to them that believe on his name: Nor of the will of the flesh, but of God. And dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, The glory as of the only begotten of the Father, Full of grace and truth. Amen.—John i. 10. SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT. Epist. Rom. xv. 4-13. Gosp. Luke xxi. 25-33. Matins, Isaiah v. Evensong, Isaiah xxiv. 9. The Written Word of God. (7's.) As the rain comes down from heaven, So his holy, precious Word, In his ways it is the Guide Watch lest ye, untaught, unhealed, 10. The Living Word of God. In the beginning was the | Word: The same was in the beginning • with | All things were | made by | Him : And without Him was not anything | made· that was made. In Him was life: and the life | was the light of men. And the light shineth · in | darkness: And the darkness | comprehended it | not. That was the true | light: Which lighteth every man that | cometh · in | to the world.-(John i. 1—9.) THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT. Epistle, 1 Cor. iv. 1-5. Gospel, Matt. xi. 2-10. Evensong, Isaiah xxvi. Matins, Isaiah xxv. 11. The constant Means of Grace. (L.M.) Forgive our inattention, Lord, prayer. Our looks and thoughts that went astray; Forgive our carelessness abroad, At home, our idleness or play. May all we heard and understood So when our lives are finished here, 12. The Saviour's gracious Words. |