(Le Mans Breviary.) Amen. From Latin Hymn. + Compare John xiv. 23 with 1 Cor. vi. 19, & Hymn 15, ver. 7. Sunday. HYMN 22. "This is the Day which the LORD hath made." "There shall be no night there.”—Rev. xxi. 25 ; & xxii. 5. GREAT GOD, Who, hid from mortal sight, Dost dwell in unapproachèd Light,* Before Whose presence angels bow, With faces veiled,† in homage low; 2 Awhile in darkness we remain, And round us yet are sin and pain ; ‡ O LUCE Qui mortalibus Lates inaccessâ, DEUS!* 2 Hic, ceu profundâ conditi + Isa. vi. 2. Isa. lix. 9-12. I Tim. vi. 16. Rom. xiii. 12. 3 For Thou hast promised, gracious 3 Hunc nempe nobis praeparas, * Isa. xxx. 26. Rev. vi. 10. I Cor. xv. 50. § Rom. vii. 25. | Psalm xvi. 11. HYMN 24. "The day is Thine, the night also is Thine." BLEST Creator of the light,* Making day with radiance bright, Thou didst o'er the forming earth Give the golden light its birth. * Gen. i. 3. Psalm lxxiv. 16. (B. V.) LUCIS* Creator Optime, Lucem dierum proferens, Primordiis lucis novae Mundi parans originem : 2 Shade of eve with morning ray Took from Thee the name of Day: Now again the shades are nigh, Listen to our humble cry. 3 May we ne'er, by guilt depressed, 4 Rather may we heavenward rise t * 5 HOLY FATHER, hear our cry Through Thy SON, our LORD most High: Whom our thankful hearts adore, With the SPIRIT evermore. 2 Qui mane junctum vesperi Diem* vocari praecipis ;Tetrum Chaos illabitur ; Audi preces cum fletibus. 3 Ne mens gravata crimine Vitae sit exsul munere, Dum nil perenne † cogitat, Seseque culpis illigat. 4 Coelorum pulset ostium ; ‡ Vitale tollat praemium: § Vitemus omne noxium : Purgemus omne pessimum. 5 Praesta, PATER Piissime, PATRIque Compar UNICE, Amen. Cum SPIRITU PARACLITO Regnans per omne saeculum. Amen. COMPILERS, from S. AMBROSE or GREGORY, but Dr. Neale attributes "And GOD made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which And the evening and were above the firmament. the morning were the second day."-Gen. i. 7, 8. COME, let us praise the Name of GOD, Who on the second day DEI Canamus gloriam, Coelum secundo Qui die Spread out the firmament above, His Glory to display. 2 Slow floating on the blue expanse The watery clouds we view, Whence fruitful showers at His Command The thirsty soil bedew.* 3 How fair an image of the Grace 4 And when the faithful soul drinks in 5 O happy saints, on whom are poured But render love for Love. 6 To GOD, Who freely loved us first, ¶ 6 DEO PATRI sit gloria, * This is probably meant as a picture of the present condition of the skies, not of their creation; else it would scarcely be in harmony with Gen. ii. 5, where it is expressly stated that GOD had not caused it to rain upon the earth. The first line, the second verse of this hymn, and much of the fifth are taken from Rev. J. Chandler's translation. Heb. vi. 7. Isa. lv. 10. Psalm lxxii. 6. § John iv. 14. |