Lo, a new creation, Rising into view, And in order'd station, Drinking heavenly dew: Good Spirit, with Thy love make Thou me anew. Praise to Holy Spirit, To Father and to Son, By whom we inherit The Eternal One, With hearts woke from the dead by the living Sun. AT THE COMPLINE. If the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance, which glory was to be done away: how shall not the ministration of the Spirit be rather glorious.-2 COR. iii. "Adsis superne Spiritus." HAIL Father of the poor, and Friend benign, Immortal Spirit Divine, From out Thine own prolific bosom pour Thy promised blessings on the barren earth, Here, where night comes from Heav'n's alternate door To muffle up the blooming eye of day, Shine forth, cease not to shine, Shine in our hearts, good Spirit, evermore. Thou of the inner heart art guest and friend, The cup of sorrow at Thy bidding flows; Thou art the fount of grace: Grant us with holy hardness to contend, And ever sing in the undefiled place, E'en our dull hearts may catch the light and shine. ON TRINITY SUNDAY. AT THE FIRST VESPERS. O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out !-ROM. xi. "Ter sancte, ter potens Deus." THRICE holy, thrice Almighty Three, O uncreated Light all One, O ever very Unity, O ever triune Verity, O all-upholding Charity! Where the thickest clouds surround The unapproached ray is found, Angels, bending to the ground, We Thee confess in Thine own light, Faith, kindling into charity, Hath dared to raise her thoughts to Thee, What Thou dost teach give us to know, And to approve what Thou dost love, AT MIDNIGHT. There are Three that bear record in Heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost; and these Three are One.-JOHN V. "Sublime Numen, ter potens, ter maximum." ALL-good, all-great, all-mighty, Three in One, Sublimęst Name! all-holy, boundless rays, Father, Thou art the inexhaustive well, Where the mysterious Trinity doth dwell— All One in substance, One in Majesty ; From both proceeds, with both is glorified : And each is in the Holy Spirit found; None after in the Three, and none before,Shall be as they are now, and were of yore, Equal in power and Godhead evermore. Praise equal to the Father aye we raise, And always to the Spirit equal praise. Amen. |