AT THE MATTINS.

He shewed Himself alive after His passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God; and, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father.-ACTs i.

"Regnis paternis debitus."

Now hath He oped afar the golden bars
Of the eternal Heav'ns, and hath set wide
The skyey gates behind the glittering stars ;—
Why doth He thus so long on earth abide ?
"Tis to unfold His kingdom's mysteries,
In semblances of yore;
To show prophetic eyes

That look'd before:

How hidden lay in ancient shadows dim
The wings of Seraphim,

All bright-bedropp'd with colours of the skies.

Lo, where the boy up old Moriah's hill,

The wood upon his shoulders lain,

Is climbing to be slain,

Obedient to his father's will:

Or, in the dark Egyptian land,

Where the blood marks the lintel high,
In armed haste and staff in hand
Doth ready-harness'd Israel stand,
And death's dread angel passes by.
To you, His chosen band,

O pledge of love! to tend and keep
He doth bequeath His scatter'd sheep;
To you to loose and bind is given,
What He shall loose and bind in Heav'n.

O Lord, 'tis he who with Thee dies,
With Thee shall rise above;
May we the things of earth despise,
The things of Heav'n to love.

Praise to the Father, and the Son
Who bursts death's prison-bars,

Praise to the Spirit, ever One,

Who leads us to the stars.

ST. JOHN IN THE ISLAND OF PATMOS.

I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the Isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.-REV. i.

"Jussu tyranni pro fide."

JOHN, by a tyrant's stern command,
Is exiled on a sea-girt strand ;
But his free spirit takes her flight
Into the regions of the light.

And there his awestruck soul before
Stands He who lives for evermore,
Who as a lamb gave up His breath,
And as a lion vanquish'd death.

And now before his ravish'd eyes,
He brings His kingdom's mysteries;
The faith sown by His martyrs' blood,

Which through all lands shall spread abroad.

O Lord, the power baptismal give
With Thee to die, with Thee to live,
To tread on earthly things, and love
The better things that are above.

All glory and dominion

To God the Father, Spirit, Son,
Who hath broke through our prison-bars,
And leads us to the happy stars.

ST. BARNABAS THE APOSTLE.

Blessed is he who considereth the poor and needy, the Lord

shall deliver him in the time of trouble.-PSALM xli.

"Cœlo datur quiescere."

CROWN'D with immortal jubilee

Thy soul this day set free,

To the calm Heav'ns from earth did pass,

O holy Barnabas!

He, for whose sake, at whose dear call,

Thou gavest up thine all:

He shall thine all, thy treasure be,

Lasting eternally.

'Mid fasting, prayer, and holy hands,
Lo, 'mid the saints he stands,

The Spirit's high behest to bear,
Christ's Heav'n-sent messenger.

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