1736. 1860. EVENING. 'O luce qui mortalibus.' The splendours of Thy glory, Lord, Here we in darkness sit forlorn, But night will wane and o'er our heads So bright a day for us prepared For us Thou hast in store, That this all glorious sun shall fade But ah! too long thou lingerest, Thou long expected day, And ere we see thee, we must cast This mortal coil away. But when her bonds are rent, my God, And see Thy face and praise Thee well, Grant us Thy peace, blest Trinity, CHARLES COFFIN (Paris Breviary). TWILIGHT HYMN. 'When Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations.' 1834. Now the stars are lit in heaven We must light our lamps on earth; From the God of our new birth; Every lamp an answer faint, Like the prayer of mortal saint. Mark the hour and turn this way, Watchers of the sacred flame, Sons of Aaron, serve in fear; Should the unhallowed enter here; There is One will bless your toil, Eve by eve, with holy fire. JOHN KEBLE. TWILIGHT HYMN, OR, CANDLE-HYMN OF THE ANCIENT CHRISTIANS. Φῶς ἱλαρὸν ἁγίας δόξης, Ἰησοῦ Χριστέ, ἐλθόντες ἐπὶ τὴν ἡλίου δύσιν, ἰδόντες φῶς ἑσπερινόν, *Αξιόν σε ἐν πᾶσι Before 4th cent. ὁ κόσμος σε δοξάζει. Author unknown. 1860. O goodly Light of the holy glory O Jesu Christ: We are come to the sunset, Worthy art Thou at all times Therefore the world glorifieth Thee. tr. by EDWARD WHITE BENSON, Archbishop. FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT. EVENING before and EVENING of the First 1820. 1812. 1802, Great God! what do I see and hear? The end of things created! The Judge of mankind doth appear. The trumpet sounds, the graves restore The dead in Christ shall first arise, On those prepared to meet Him. But sinners, filled with guilty fears, For they shall rise and find their tears The day of grace is passed and gone; Great God! what do I see and hear? The Judge of mankind doth appear, Beneath His cross I view the day When heaven and earth shall pass away, And thus prepare to meet Him. THOMAS COTTERILL, after WILLIAM BENGO COLLYER, VV. 2, 3, 4, and an unknown author, v. 1. |