ALL SAINTS' DAY.

Lessons: Wisdom iii. 1—10, v. 1—17; Heb. xi. 33 and xii. 1-7; Rev. xix. 1-17.

For the Epistle: Rev. vii. 2-13. Gospel: St. Matt. V. I--13.

THE COLLECT.

O ALMIGHTY God, who hast knit together Thine elect in one communion and fellowship, in the mystical body of Thy Son Christ our Lord; Grant us grace so to follow Thy blessed Saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those unspeakable joys which Thou hast prepared for them that unfeignedly love Thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

"Alleluia, for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth : let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to Him; for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and His wife hath made herself ready."-Rev. xix. 6, 7.

"Them which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him. Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we ever be with the Lord." -1 Thess. iv. 14, 17.

Now, in this our pilgrim day,
Brothers, it is we and they:
We upon the weary road,
They at rest with Christ in God.

We with conflicts compass'd round,
Victors they with glory crown'd;
We mid shadows of the tomb,
They within the light of home.

Yet with quicken'd steps we press
Through the thorny wilderness,
While on earth we sing of them
Singing in Jerusalem.

For the angels to and fro
Ply their tasks above, below,
And by countless ministries
Knit our tents and Paradise.

Nearer yet, One Spirit bears Witness in our hearts and theirs ; Day by day we kneel and meet, Children at One Father's feet;

Nearer yet, the Bridegroom's voice Bids His drooping ones rejoice: Tears are dried and grief is dumb Listening His "Behold, I come."

Then no longer we and they,
Former things all past away:
Then no more that world and this,
One abode of perfect bliss.

We the circle of His own;
We the Bride upon His Throne;
One indissoluble we,

Ever, Jesu Lord, with Thee.

HOLY COMMUNION.

WE do not presume to come to this Thy table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in Thy manifold and great mercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under Thy table. But Thou art the same Lord, whose property is always to have mercy: Grant us therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh of Thy dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink His blood, that our sinful bodies may be made clean by His body, and our souls washed through His most precious blood, and that we may evermore dwell in Him, and He in us. Amen.

"I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom."--St. Matt. xxvi. 29.

The hour is come; the feast is spread :
Behold My body given;
Behold My life-blood freely shed

To ransom souls for heaven.

When of this cup I drink again,
In glory and with you,

No tears its perfect joy shall stain,

A joy for ever new.

Ere then ten thousand thousand times
My table shall be spread,

And countless souls in distant climes
Be comforted and fed.

Grace, mercy, peace be multiplied
To those who commune there :
While seated by My Father's side
Their mansions I prepare.

But now these lips a different cup
For you must taste and drain,
And unrepiningly drink up

The dregs of bitter pain.

The griefs ye know not that are Mine,
Nor yet My glories see;

But break the bread and drink the wine,

And thus remember Me.

See also hymns for the Fourth Sunday in Lent, the Wednesday before Easter, the Thursday before Easter, St. Simon and St. Jude's Day, and the Communion of the Sick.

PUBLIC BAPTISM OF INFANTS.

WE receive this Child into the congregation of Christ's flock, and do sign him with the sign of the Cross, in token that hereafter he shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified, and manfully to fight under His banner, against sin, the world, and the devil; and to continue Christ's faithful soldier and servant unto his life's end. Amen.

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Suffer the little children to come unto Me, and forbia them not; for of such is the kingdom of God."-St. Mark

x. 14.

O God our strength, our hope, our rock,
Whose promise faileth never,

Into Thy chosen blood-bought flock
Receive this child for ever.

Now seal'd with Thy thrice holy Name
In these baptismal waters,

For him a place we humbly claim
Among Thy sons and daughters.

We stamp the cross upon his brow,
The symbol of Thy passion ;
O Christ, vouchsafe his earliest vow
May be his life's confession.

This banner over him unfurl'd,
May he fight on, subduing

The flesh, the devil, and the world,-
His strength in Thee renewing.