...the sixth of our Lord's Crucifixion, the ninth of His Death, and early morning of His Resurrection. The glorious company of the Apostles, the goodly fellowship of the Prophets, the noble army of Martyrs, are presented to us, wherever we are, by the days appointed for their memory. And if the bell does not...

...they speak to acquit their own souls ; that they protest, in order to be on the side of God's host, of the glorious company of the Apostles, the goodly fellowship of the Prophets, the noble army of Martyrs, in order to be separate from the congregation of His enemies. " Blessed is the man that hath not walked...

...teems with saintly forms, each in its own fair niche, all invested with the same holy repose : there is the glorious company of the Apostles : the goodly...fellowship of the Prophets : the noble army of Martyrs : the shining band of the Confessors : the jubilant chorus of the Virgins : there are Kings, who have...

...have entered, and are running. While " in the body," she mingled her prayers and praises with those of the " glorious company of the Apostles, the goodly...fellowship of the Prophets, the noble army of Martyrs, and the Holy Church throughout the world." And now " present with the Lord," her occupation may vary...

...great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the LAMB,J and who with the " glorious company of the apostles, the goodly...fellowship of the prophets, the noble army of martyrs, and all the holy Church throughout all the world " are ever to be before the throne of GOD, serving...

...to receive you into everlasting habitations. Come, and by one, or all of these means, unite with " the glorious company of the apostles, the goodly fellowship of the prophets, and the noble army of martyrs," and confessors of every age and clime, in maintaining the cause and...

...Powers therein, the Cherubim and Seraphim, continually cry Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God ofSabaoth.—That the glorious company of the Apostles, the goodly fellowship of the Prophets, and the noble army of Martyrs, continually praise Him ; and that the Holy Church throughout all the...

...ASSEMBLY. Lo, the heavens are opened, and the habitations of the blessed disclose themselves to view. The glorious company of the apostles, the goodly fellowship of the prophets, the noble army of martyrs, — all that have departed hence, from the beginning of the world, in the faith and fear of God, a...

...of the universe to come over to us; the inhabitants of heaven, the numberless creations of Angels, the glorious company of the Apostles, the goodly fellowship of the Prophets, the noble army of Martyrs, the holy Church universal, the Will and Attributes of GOD, these are fixed. We must go over to them....

...evangelists, confessors, solitaries, founders of monastic orders, doctors, and the like. Of all these, the glorious company of the Apostles, the goodly fellowship of the Prophets, the noble army of martyrs, Elisha is the type. Let us go through some points of the resemblance. 1. Though Elijah was so great...