2 mf When the hireling flees away,
Caring only for his gold,
And the gate unguarded stands
At the entrance to the fold,

cres Stand, O Lord, Thy flock before, Thou the Guardian, Thou the Door. 3 mf Lord, Whose guiding Finger ruled In the casting of the lot,

That Thy Church might fill the place
Of the lost Iscariot,

In all trouble ever thus

cres Stand, Good Master, nigh to us.

4 mf When the saints their order take
In the New Jerusalem,
And Matthias stands elect,

Give us part and lot with him,

cres Where in Thine own dwelling-place We may see Thee face to face. Amen.

Also the following :

Christ is gone up: yet ere He passed

Gerard Moultrie.

Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 481 Being found in fashion as a man.. Phil. ii. 8.

1 LONG time the fallen human race In sinful darkness laid;

And, knowing not the way to life,
In hopeless wanderings strayed;—

2 mf But now their King to earth descends
To teach the way to heaven,

P

To fetch poor exiles back to God,
Himself to exile given.

C.M.

3 cres He comes to wanderers here below
His succour to afford;

Himself the Way, Himself the Life,
Himself their great reward.

4 mf Eternal God, within the veil
Of human flesh confined,

Oh, may Thy truth its beams unfold
To every faithful mind.

5 All praise to Thee, through Whom alone Our stains of guilt are lost,

Like praise be to the Father given,
And to the Holy Ghost. Amen.

Paris Breviary (1736); tr. J. Chandler (1806–1876).

1 m TAUGHT by St. Mark, the Morians' land
Now lifts her hands in prayer;

He bears Thy light to Egypt's gloom,"
And makes a Goshen there.

2 mƒ He sheds the Spirit's sevenfold grace
In evangelic beams,

Like sevenfold Nile, which cheers that land
With fertilizing streams.

3 m Thy living streams on Afric's sands

He

pours, a holy flood;

And what the evangelist had preached
The martyr seals with blood.

4 Praise to the Holy Spirit's love,
For all the gifts of grace,

Which cheer the saint and martyr's heart,
And speed them in the race.

5 my Take from us fear; give power and love, Sound mind and constant soul,

cres That we, O Lord, with them may run, And with them reach the goal.

6 Praise to the Father and the Son,
Praise to the Holy Ghost,

Who makes the Christian's life to be
A Day of Pentecost.

483

Amen.

Bishop Chr. Wordsworth.

St. Philip and St. James's Day.

Philip saith unto Him, Lord, show us the
Father, and it sufficeth us. John xiv. 8.

1 mƒ O JESU, Lord, the Way, the Truth,
The Life, the Crown of all

Who here on earth confess Thy Name;
O hear us when we call!

2 mf We bring to mind with grateful joy
Thy servants who of old

Withstood the snares of earth and hell,
And now Thy Face behold;-

3 mf Who sought on earth the joys of prayer,
And that communion knew,

4

Ρ

Which saints and angels share above

With those who seek it too.

Vouchsafe us, Lord, we pray Thee now,
To us it may be given,

cres Like them to live and die in Thee,
f And with Thee rise to heaven.

C.M.

5 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
The God Whom we adore,
Be glory as it was, is now,
And shall be evermore.

Amen.

Anon. Denton's Church Hymnal (1853); alt. by J. A. Johnston.

Also the following:

Thou art the Way ;-to Thee alone.

484

St. Barnabas the Apostle.

Comfort ye, comfort ye My people.

Isa. xl. 1.

(432)

11.10.11.10.

1 mf O SON of God, our Captain of salvation, Thyself by suffering schooled to human grief,

cres

We bless Thee for Thy sons of consolation,
Who follow in the steps of Thee their
Chief:-

2 mf Those whom Thy Spirit's dread vocation

severs

To lead the vanguard of Thy conquering

host;

Whose toilsome years are spent in brave endeavours

To bear Thy saving Name from coast to coast:

3 cres Those whose bright faith makes feeble hearts grow stronger,

And sends fresh warriors to the great campaign,

my Bids the lone convert feel estranged no longer,

And wins the sundered to be one again :

4

And all true helpers, patient, kind, and skilful,

Who shed Thy light across our darkened earth,

Counsel the doubting, and restrain the wilful, Soothe the sick bed, and share the children's mirth.

5 m Such was Thy Levite, strong in self-oblation To cast his all at Thine apostles' feet;

cres

He whose new name, through every Christian nation,

From age to age our thankful strains repeat.

6 mf Thus, Lord, Thy Barnabas in memory keeping,

Still be Thy Church's watchword, "Comfort ye';

cres Till in our Father's house shall end our

1 PO HEAVENLY Father, cleanse our lips, And loosen each sin-fettered tongue, cres That all Thy wonders of this day

L.M.

May by Thy Church be fitly sung :-
How from Thy throne the angel came
To tell the marvels of the birth
Of Thy Son's herald, give his name,
And trace his glorious course on earth :—