Hear what comfortable words our Saviour Christ saith unto all that truly turn to Him. JOME unto Me all that travail and are heavy laden, and So God loved the world, that He gave His only-begotten Son, to the end that all that believe in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.-S. John iii. 16. Hear also what Saint Paul saith. This is a true saying, and worthy of all men to be received, That Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.-1 Tim. i. 15. Hear also what Saint John saith. If any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and He is the propitiation for our sins.' I S. John ii. 1, Lift up your hearts. We lift them up unto the Lord. Let us give thanks unto our Lord God. It is meet and right so to do. “When ye glorify the Lord, exalt Him as much as ye can; for even yet will He far exceed : and when ye exalt Him, put forth all your strength and be not weary; for ye can never go far enough."-Ecclus. xliii. 30. T is very meet, right, and our bounden duty, that we ΤΗ "HEREFORE with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of Heaven, we laud and magnify Thy glorious Name; evermore praising Thee, and saying : Holy, Holy, Holy, LORD GOD OF HOSTS, HEAVEN AND EARTH ARE FULL OF THY GLORY: GLORY BE TO THEE, O LORD MOST HIGH. Amen. UPON Christmas Day AND SEVEN DAYS AFTER. B ECAUSE Thou didst give Jesus Christ Thine only Son to be born as at this time for us; Who, by the operation of the Holy Ghost, was made very man of the substance of the Virgin Mary His Mother; and that without spot of sin, to make us clean from all sin. Therefore with Angels, &c. |