Thou Judge of justice, holy God,
O turn a little while away,
Turn aside Thine avenging rod,
And give us time and hearts to pray.
O Three in One, bless'd God above,
O One in Three, great God of love,
Bless and make fruitful this our fast,
Lest that repentance need when it hath gone

and past.

AT THE VESPERS.

If the wicked walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity, he shall surely live, he shall not die. None of the sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him.-EZEK. xxxiii.

"Audi, benigne Conditor."

MERCIFUL Maker, hear our call,

On idle winds O let not all

Our prayers and tears be spent

In sacred Lent.

Thou who dost know each hidden part,
And with Thy sunbeam search the heart,

We unto Thee return,

O, do not spurn.

Much have we sinned, we confess,
Spare us! O, for our helplessness,
Upon us pity take,

For Thy Name's sake.

May the stern rein of abstinence
So bring the body down, that thence
The soul may watch and pray
Her stains away.

Grant, One in Three, blest Trinity,
Grant, Three in One, blest Unity,
Our Lent may blessed prove
In fruits of love.

AT THE COMPLINE.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary, the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour; whom resist stedfast in the faith.-1 PETER V.

"O splendor æterni Patris."

O CHRIST, blest effluence Divine,

True Day, true Light, of lights the Light
That on the heart doth shine,
Scattering the spirit's night.

Lo, the tired sun hath gone to rest,
As night's alternate brow arose,

Thou, who the day hast blest,
Bless us in our repose.

That, though our eyes to slumber yield,
The yearning soul may be above;
We hide us 'neath Thy shield,
We hang upon Thy love.

That, though this outward weary gloom
Weigh us, the soul may find a wing,

And to its holy home

For ever soar and sing.

Hear us, our only Help and Health, Whom Thou hast purchased to be good, Paying the countless wealth

Of Thine own holy blood.

To God the Father, God the Son,
And God the Spirit, glory be,
Co-equal Three in One,

To all eternity.

ON THE FIRST FRIDAY IN LENT.

AT THE VESPERS.

I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications; and they shall look upon Me whom they have pierced.-ZECH. xii.

"Prome vocem, mens, canoram."

DRAW out, sad heart, thy melody,
And tell with plaintive cry

The sorrows of the Crucified,

The wounds of Him that died,
Him, who a willing victim came
To die a spotless Lamb.

By that unpitying fury kill'd,
Our ransom He fulfill'd;

We drink health from His bitter cup,

His Cross doth lift us up,

His stripes for us a balm have found,

"Tis He our wounds hath bound.