AT THE VESPERS.

Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see Him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory, receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.-1 PETER i.

"Jactamur heu, quot fluctibus."

Now us with winds and waves at war
The world's dark deluge bears afar,
There shines in heav'n one lonely star;
Thither we lift our longing eyes,
And thither send our sighs.

A Father's help doth intervene,
And from on high an Hand is seen,

The o'erflowing water-floods between ;

Man's weakness grasps with trembling hold,

And grasping it grows bold.

What ills conspire, and work our fear,
But Thou than they art mightier ;-
The soul shall feel Thee standing near,
And lean on Thee the only good

To burst her servitude.

And this vile body Thou shalt change,
To be like Thine own Son's, to range
O'er the wide heav'ns, expanding strange;
But that immortal crown is won

By pain and toil alone.

Bless'd pain and toil, whose short-lived state

A change so glorious doth await,

And joys no thought can estimate:

Who would not bear the short-lived pain
Immortal bliss to gain!

To Him above, to Him below,
To Him, as was, and as is now,
To Him while endless ages flow,
To Father, Son, and Spirit raise
All glory, love, and praise.

THE THIRD DAY.

AT MIDNIGHT.

The sea is His, and He made it, and His hands prepared the dry land.-PSALM XCV.

"Jubes et in præceps aquis."

THE word is given,—and waters flow,

And to the heavenly gale,

The earth uplifts her from below,

And folds her humid sail.

Here hast Thou, Lord, Thy children set

To dwell in one abode :

May they be here together met
In holy brotherhood.

A brotherhood of exiles here,
But to His house above

Are gathered by a Father's care,

Who learn a brother's love.

Who hurt their neighbour with ill tongue,

Or arts of evil leaven,

Thou puttest far from Thee, from song,

And palace hall of Heaven.

Lo, earth herself in agony
The wicked scarce sustains,
And yearns in travail to be free
From dark corruption's chains.

And we, too, in our spirits groan,
And full adoption wait,
We, with the earnest of the Son
E'en now predestinate.

Be endless praise, and aye remain,
To God, both One and Three,

From whom in lowly hearts doth reign

Fraternal charity.

AT THE MATTINS.

A new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in Him and in you; because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth. He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.-1 JOHN ii.

"Te principem summo, Deus."

THOU first and chief dost, Lord, demand
Our love to Thee above,

And next to Thee, Thou dost command
That we our neighbour love :

Look down on Thine own Church below,
Which in Thy love would live and grow.

Though many members, we are one,
One body, heart, and soul,
And faith and truth together run,
And fill the mighty whole;

But envy sets us thence afar,

And strife that wakes internal war.

The God of peace, a Father's care
Such bonds must form and keep,
That we our brethren's joys may share,
And weep with them that weep;
Then may His praises never cease
Who builds us in His house of peace.