thee the sacrifice of praise; that thou wouldst vouchsafe to admit him unto the fellowship of thy saints. Through.

P. Comm. Grant, we beseech thee, O Lord, that the soul of thy servant, the anniversary of whose burial we keep, may be cleansed by this Sacrifice, and alike obtain pardon and eternal rest. Through.

THE DAILY MASS FOR THE DEAD.*

The Office.

As above.

The Collects.

The first is for Bishops; the second for Brethren; the third for All the Faithful Departed.

At the Mass in the Chapter-house no incense is offered.

The Lesson. Rev. xiv. 13.

This last Lesson and Epistle are said alternately through the year.

Gradual. As above, but it is sung by the whole Choir sitting, the Precentor beginning it.

Tract. Psalm cxxx. Out of the deep have I called unto thee,

O Lord Lord, hear my voice.

V. O let thine ears consider well: the voice of my complaint. V. If thou, Lord, will be extreme to mark what is done amiss: O Lord, who may abide it?

V. For there is mercy with thee, therefore shalt thou be feared, O Lord.

* To be used at all times except on the above occasions.

SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

The Gospel.

As in the first Mass for the Dead.

TUESDAY.

The Gospel. John vi. 37-40.

At that time Jesus said to His disciples and to the multitude of the Jews, All that the Father giveth me

WEDNESDAY."

at the last day.

The Gospel. John v. 24-29.

At that time Jesus said to His disciples and to the multitude of the

At that time Jesus said to His disciples and to the multitude of the Jews, As the Father raiseth up the dead

from death unto

life.

FRIDAY.

The Gospel. John vi. 51-54.

At that time Jesus said to His disciples and to the multitude of the Jews, I am the Living Bread . . . . . at the last day.

SATURDAY.

The Gospel. John vi. 53, 54.

At that time Jesus said to His disciples and to the multitude of the Jews, Verily, verily

We offer thee is not said; Offert. as above.

Comm. Let light eternal shine upon them, O Lord, together with thy saints, for ever, for thou art holy.

V. Grant them, O Lord, eternal rest; and let light perpetual shine upon them, together with thy saints, for ever, for thou art holy.

In the last service before Easter, the Comm. is as in the first Mass for the Dead.

APPENDIX III.

THE OFFICE FOR THE DEAD.

According to the Roman Rite.

[Translated into English.*]

When the whole Office is used, it is said in the manner of a Double, viz., the Vespers on the Eve, and the Invitatory, Matins, and Lauds, on the following morning, concluding with one or more appropriate prayers; but at Vespers the Psalm Lauda anima, and at Lauds the Psalm De profundis, are omitted. On other occasions (when only one of the Nocturns and the Lauds are recited) there are but a few words of the Antiphon before each Psalm recited, and the whole Antiphon at the end thereof.

AT VESPERS.

Antiphon. I will walk before the Lord.

PSALM CXVI.

Dilexi quoniam.

I am well pleased: that the Lord hath heard the voice of my prayer;

In this translation, made because no such complete English form of the whole service exists, the Prayer-Book version of the Psalms has been used; while other parts of the service have been so rendered into English as to make them consimilar to the ordi

nary phraseology of the Book of Common Prayer, in some few in

stances at the expense of a strict literalness. The Harleian MS., 3166, lettered "Officium Defunctorum," is a large vellum folio, in which the writing is bold and clear, with rubrics and red initial letters, of fortyfour pages. It contains the First, Second, and Third Nocturns, and

Lauds.

That he hath inclined his ear unto me: therefore will I call

upon him as long as I live.

The snares of death compassed me round about: and the pains of hell gat hold upon me.

I shall find trouble and heaviness, and I will call upon the Name of the Lord: O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

Gracious is the Lord, and righteous: yea, our God is mer

ciful.

The Lord preserveth the simple: I was in misery, and he helped me.

Turn again then unto thy rest, O my soul: for the Lord hath rewarded thee.

And why? thou hast delivered my soul from death: mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

I will walk before the Lord: in the land of the living.

V. Eternal rest give them, O Lord.

R. And let perpetual light shine upon them.

Ant. I will walk before the Lord in the Land of the living.

When I was in trouble I called upon the Lord: and he heard

me.

Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips: and from a deceitful tongue.

What reward shall be given or done unto thee, thou false tongue: even mighty and sharp arrows, with hot burning coals. Woe is me, that I am constrained to dwell with Mesech and to have my habitation among the tents of Kedar.

:

My soul hath long dwelt among them: that are enemies unto peace.

I labour for peace, but when I speak unto them thereof: they make them ready to battle.

V. Eternal rest give them, O Lord.

R. And let perpetual light shine upon them.

Ant. Woe is me, that I am constrained to dwell with Mesech.

Ant. The Lord.

PSALM CXXI.

Levavi oculos.

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills: from whence cometh my help.

My help cometh even from the Lord who hath made heaven and earth.

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: and he that keepeth thee will not sleep.

Behold he that keepeth Israel: shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord himself is thy keeper: the Lord is thy defence upon thy right hand;

So that the sun shall not burn thee by day : neither the moon by night.

The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: yea, it is even he that shall keep thy soul.

The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and thy coming in: from this time forth for evermore.

V. Eternal rest give them, O Lord.

R. And let perpetual light shine upon them.

Ant. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil, yea, it is even he that shall keep thy soul.

Ant. If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme.

PSALM CXXX. De profundis.

Out of the deep have I called unto thee, O Lord Lord, hear my voice.