"Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of miue enemies: Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over."-Ps. xxiii. 5.

118 MY God, and is Thy Table spread,

And doth Thy cup with love o'erflow! Thither be all Thy children led,

And let them all Thy sweetness know. 2. Hail, holy feast, which Jesus makes, Rich banquet of His Flesh and Blood! Thrice happy he who here partakes That sacred stream, that heav'nly Food. 3. O! let Thy Table honoured be,

And furnish'd well with joyful guests;
And may each soul salvation see,
That here its sacred pledges tastes!
4. Renew in us Thy grace divine,

Dwell in our souls, and they shall live,
True branches of the living Vine,
Strong in the strength Thy life doth give.

5. To God the Father glory be,

And to His Sole-begotten Son;
Glery, Holy Ghost, to Thee,
While everlasting ages run.

Amen.

"This do in remembrance of Me."-S. Luke, xxii. 19.

119 God, unseen, yet ever near,
Thy Presence may we feel;

And thus, inspired with holy fear,
Before Thy Altar kneel.

2. Here may Thy faithful people know
The blessings of Thy love;

The Streams that through the desert flow,
The Manna from above.

3. We come, obedient to Thy word,
To feast on heavenly Food;
Our meat, the Body of the Lord;
Our drink, His precious Blood.
4. Thus may we all Thy words obey,
For we, O God, are Thine,
And go rejoicing on our way,
Renew'd with Strength divine.

5. Praise to the Father, and the Son,
Who dwells in highest heaven,
And to the Spirit,-Three in One,
For evermore be given. Amen.

Festivals and Seasons.

FESTIVALS.

CONVERSION OF S. PAUL.

"And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou Me? And I answered, Who art Thou, Lord? And He said unto me, I am Jesus on Nazareth, Whom thou persecutest."-Acts, xxii. 7, 8.

120 SMITTEN is the Shepherd good; And the wolf athirst for blood;

But the eye that never sleeps,
Still its guard on Israel keeps:
See him on the ground prostrate,
Who the fold would desolate !
2. Vainly thinks he to withstand
Longer now the Almighty hand?
Dares he now the sword unsheathe,
Threatenings still and slaughters breathe ?
No affrighted hear him sue,
"Ira, what wilt Thou have me do?”
3. Softened is the flinty rock,
See the wolf protect the flock;
See the Spoiler, captive now,
To the yoke submissive bow!
Lord, Thou dost the cedars rend,
And the harder spirit bend.

4. Shepherd good, defend Thy fold,
Now, as in the days of old;
From Thy Pastures lest we stray,
Ever guard our steps we pray;
Till in fields of endless peace
Sorrows and temptations cease.

Amen.

THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE,

COMMONLY CALLED

THE PURIFICATION OF S. MARY THE VIRGIN.

"The Lord, Whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His temple."-Mal. iii. 1.

121 IN His temple now behold Him,
See the long-expected Lord;
Ancient prophets had foretold Him,
God has now fulfill'd His word.
Now to praise Him, His redeemed
Shall break forth with one accord.
2. In the arms of her who bore Him,
Virgin pure, behold Him lie,
While His aged saints adore Him,
Ere in perfect Faith they die.
Alleluia! Alleluia !

'Tis th' Incarnate God most High.
3. Jesu, by Thy Presentation,

Thou Who cam'st in lowly mien,
Make us see our great Salvation,
Make our hearts all pure within;
O present us, in Thy glory,

To Thy Father pure and clean.
4. Prince and Author of Salvation !
Be Thy boundless love our theme!
Jesu! praise to Thee be given

By the world Thou didst redeem;
With the Father, and the Spirit,

Lord of Majesty supreme! Amen.

THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. "For He hath regarded the low estate of His handmaiden; for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed."-S. Luke, i. 48

OD left His everlasting throne,

122 GOD

To succour and to save His own;

And when th' appointed time was come
Did not abhor the Virgin's womb.

2. To-day the Angel nam'd her blest,
On whom the Holy Ghost should rest.
Thus spake the handmaid of the Lord,
"Be it according to Thy word."

3. Thenceforth the Church from shore to shore Proclaims her blessed evermore;

The stem of Jesse's promis'd Rod,S. Luke, i. 35,
The Mother of her Lord and God.

43. S. Matt.

4. Glory to God the Father be ;
Like glory, Virgin-born, to Thee;
And glory to the Holy Ghost,

i. 23.

From earthly choirs and heav'nly host!
Amen.

"Who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God; but made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men, and was found in fashion as a Man."— Phil. ii. 6, 7, 8.

123 CAST out from Eden's happy home,

Through earth's bleak wilderness to In deepest gloom our guilty race [roam, Wander'd afar from light and grace.

2. Lo, heav'n's own King doth heav'n forsake!
A Body to Himself doth take,

And thus to lead the exiles Hɔme,
To share their banishment is come.
3. The wanderers His hand doth guide,
Upholds them lest their footsteps slide;
Himself the Way their path to tend,
And bring them to Himself, the End.