THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER THE Lessons: Isaiah li., lii. 13. and liii., liv. THE COLLECT. O LORD, we beseech Thee mercifully to receive the prayers of Thy people which call upon Thee; and grant that they may both perceive and know what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil the same; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. "Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion."-Isaiah li. II. "He shall see of the travail of His soul, and shall be satisfied."-Isaiah liii. II. "I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia."-Rev. xix. 6. Hark, creation's Alleluia, rising from a thousand shores, Vibrates sweet as angel voices, loud as many waters roars, "Blessing, glory, power, salvation to our God upon the Throne, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, infinite, supreme, alone." On and on, from dawn to sunset, borne on every changeful wind, From the myriad-minded peoples of the hoary climes of Ind, From the ransom'd sons of Afric, from old Sinim's crowded lands, From the freeborn wanderers roaming Araby's unconquer'd sands. From the coasts of ice to regions where perpetual summer smiles, From the sunny-hearted children of the far Pacific isles, From the numbers without number of rejoicing Christendom, From the watchers for His advent who will soon to Zion come. Gathering strength from every nation, every kindred, tribe, and tongue, Hark, that everlasting anthem, hark that glorious tide of song, Floods the valleys with its music, echoes from the lasting hills, Onward, upward, till the temple of the living God it fills. Hark, it mingles with the raptures of the armies of the sky, Who have pass'd through tribulation into perfect rest on high, Clothed in robes of spotless beauty, palms of triumph in their hand, Harping on their harps Hosannas, as before His face they stand : "Glory unto Him who loved us, Him who wash'd us with His blood, Kings and priests henceforth for ever to our Father and our God. Alleluia! saints and angels, raise your loudest loftiest strains : Alleluia! hell is vanquish'd: God the Lord Almighty reigns." THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. Lessons Isaiah lv., lvii., lxi. Epistle Rom. xii. 6—17. Gospel St. John ii. 1—12. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who dost govern all things in heaven and earth; Mercifully hear the supplications of Thy people, and grant us Thy peace all the days of our life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. "This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee and manifested forth His glory.”—St. John ii. 11. A MARRIAGE HYMN. Ere the words of peace and love, Seal the nuptial benison. Hear our prayer: this union be This another link entwined Hearts and homes and heaven to bind Holding us, but held above; Three in One, and One in Three, We with all the white-robed throngs THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER THE Lessons Isaiah lxii., lxv., lxvi. Epistle Rom. xii. 16. Gospel: St. Matt. viii. 1—14. THE COLLECT. ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, mercifully look upon our infirmities, and in all our dangers and necessities stretch forth Thy right hand to help and defend us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. "I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence, and give Him no rest till He establish and till He make Jerusalem a praise in the earth."-Isaiah lxii. 6, 7. O brothers, lift your voices, O Christian brothers, glorious |