THE NINTH. The Versicle. ORD, by Thy sweet and saving sign, The Responsor. Defend us from our foes and Thine. Ver. Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord; Res. And my mouth shall declare Thy praise. Res. O Lord, make haste to help me. Res. As it was in, &c. The Hymn. The ninth with awful horror hark'ned to those groans His own love's and our sin's great sacrifice. The sun saw that, and would have seen no more; The centre shook, her useless veil th' inglorious temple tore. The Antiphon. O, strange mysterious strife When on the Cross my King did bleed The Versicle. Lo, we adore Thee, Thus low before Thee; The Responsor. 'Cause by the covenant of Thy Cross Thou hast saved at once the whole world's loss. The Prayer. O, my Lord Jesu Christ, Son of the living God! interpose, I pray Thee, Thine own precious death, Thy Cross and Passion, betwixt my soul and Thy judgment, now and in the hour of my death. And vouchsafe to grant me Thy grace and mercy; to the living and dead, remission and rest; to Thy Church, peace and concord; to us sinners, life and glory everlasting. Who livest and reignest with the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. EVENSONG. The Versicle. ORD, by Thy sweet and saving sign, The Responsor. Defend us from our foes and Thine. Ver. Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord; Res. O Lord, make haste to help me. Res. As it was in, &c. The Hymn. But there were rocks would not relent at this. Superfluous spear! but there's a heart stands by The Antiphon. O sad, sweet tree! Both weep and sing in shade of thee: And graft into thy gracious stock The hope, the health, The worth, the wealth Of all the ransom'd world, thou hadst the power, And prove In that propitious hour, To poise each precious limb, how light the world was when it weigh'd with Him. Wide may'st thou spread Thine arms; and with thy bright and blissful head The King Himself is; thou His humble throne. The Versicle. Lo, we adore Thee, Dread Lamb! and bow thus low before Thee; The Responsor. 'Cause by the covenant of Thy Cross Thou hast saved the world from certain loss. The Prayer. O, my Lord Jesu Christ, Son of the living God! interpose, I pray Thee, Thine own precious death, Thy Cross and Passion, betwixt my soul and Thy judgment, N now and in the hour of my death. And vouchsafe to grant me Thy grace and mercy; to the living and dead, remission and rest; to Thy Church, peace and concord; to us sinners, life and glory everlasting. Who livest and reignest with the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. COMPLIN. The Versicle. ORD, by Thy sweet and saving sign, The Responsor. Defend us from our foes and Thine. Ver. Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord; Res. And my mouth shall declare Thy praise. Ver. O God, make speed to save me. Res. O Lord, make haste to help me. Ver. Glory be to, &c. Res. As it was in, &c. The Hymn. The complin hour comes last, to call Us to our own life's funeral. Ah, heartless task! yet hope takes heed, |