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4 Nought to this seat approacheth Their sweet peace to molest ; They sing their God for ever, Nor day nor night they rest.†

5 Sure Hope doth thither lead us; Our longings thither tend ;— May short-lived toil ne'er daunt us § For joys that cannot end.

6 TO CHRIST the Sun that lightens His Church above, below ;||

TO FATHER and to SPIRIT

All things created bow. Amen.

Rev. ISAAC WILLIAMS (slightly altered).

4 Hac sede, quo datur frui Nil dulce turbat otium : * Hic unus est Sanctis labor DEI vacare laudibus.+

5 Hic certa nos spes evocat,
Huc vota tendant omnia :‡
Nec terreat brevis labor, §
Aeterna quos merces manet.
6 Perennis O Sol Patriae,||
JESU, Tibi sit gloria,

Cum PATRE cumque SPIRITU,
In sempiterna saecula. Amen.

From PARIS BREVIARY.

(Vigil of All Saints' Day, at Lauds. See also Hymns 142, 169, 262, 263.)

(Nov. 30; Dec. 21, 27; Feb. 24; May 1; June 29; July 25; Aug. 24; Sept. 21; Oct. 28.)

HYMN 257.

"And the wall of the City had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve Apostles of the LAMB."

THE eternal Gifts of CHRIST the KING,
The Apostles' glory, let us sing;*
And all, with hearts of gladness, raise
Due hymns of thankful Love and
praise.†

Phil. i. II.

Rev. xxi. 14.

AETERNA CHRISTI Munera,
Apostolorum gloriam,*
Palmas, et hymnos debitos
Laetis canamus mentibus.+

+ Eph. v. 19 and Col. iii. 16. See Hymn 160, ver. 4.

* See Hymn 259, ver. I and references.

2 Cor. iv. 16. Gal. vi. 9.

|| I John iv. 2 & 13.

+ Acts ii. 42.

§ John xii. 31. Eph. i. 20-22. THeb. xii. 22.

** The Doxology is taken from the "Aeterna CHRISTI Munera," for Martyrs. See

Hymn 272.

HYMN 258.

"Their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world."—Rom. x. 18.

DISPOSER Supreme,

And JUDGE of the earth, Who choosest for Thine

The weak and the poor; To frail earthen vessels

And things of no worth, Entrusting Thy Riches Which aye shall endure ;* 2 Those vessels soon fail,

Though full of Thy Light, And at Thy decree

Are broken and gone ; †
Thence brightly appeareth

Thy Truth in its might,
As through the clouds riven
The lightnings have shone. ‡
3 Like clouds § are they borne
To do Thy great Will,
And swift as the winds

About the world go ; ||
The WORD with His Wisdom
Their spirits doth fill,¶—
They thunder,** they lighten,

The waters o'erflow.

I Cor. i. 27. 2 Cor. iv. 7. See Luke xvi. II.

Judges vii. 16—20.

Job xxxviii. 25.

§ Compare S. Augustine (on Psalm lxxxviii. 7), who refers Isa. v. 6 to the Apostles

turning from the Jews to the Gentiles (Acts xiii. 46). So Adam of S. Victor, "de SPIRITU ‚" "Pluunt VERBO,

SANCTO,"

"Hi sunt nubes coruscantes,

Terram cordis irrigantes,

tonant minis ;" and of SS. Peter and Paul :—

Nunc rore, nunc pluviâ."

|| Psalm civ. 3, 4.

TI Cor. i. 30. See Psalm cxix. 130.

** Mark iii. 17.

HYMN 259.

"Ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel."-Matt. xix. 28.

CAPTAINS of the saintly band,*
Lights who lighten every land,t
Princes who with JESUS dwell,
Judges of His Israel; +

2 On the nations sunk in night
Ye have shed the Gospel Light; §
Sin and error flee away,
Truth is shining on our way. ||

3 Not by warrior's spear and sword,
Not by art of human word,¶
Preaching but the Cross of shame,**
Rebel hearts for CHRIST ye tame.
4 Earth, that long in sin and pain
Groaned in Satan's deadly chain,††
Now to serve its GOD is free
In the Law of Liberty. ‡‡

COELESTIS Aulae Principes,"
Sacri Duces exercitûs,
Bissena mundi Lumina,†
Olim futuri judices ; ‡
2 Mersis gravi caligine
Per vos dies renascitur ; §
Quos vanus error luserat,
Illustrat alma Veritas. ||

3 Non vi, nec armis militum,
Fandi nec ullis artibus; ¶
Verbo sed irrisae Crucis,**
CHRISTO rebelles subditis.

4 Quibus gemebat subditus,++
Rumpuntur orbis vincula:
Jam gaudet, excusso jugo,
Liber DEI sub Legibus.#
5 Vulgata terris omnibus
Per vos DEI mysteria : ||||
Sic vestra terris omnibus

Praeclara facta personant. §§

5 Distant lands with one acclaim
Tell the honour of your name, §§
Who, wherever man has trod,
Teach the mysteries of GOD. ||||
6 Glory ¶¶ to the THREE IN ONE
While eternal ages run,
Who from deepest shades of night
Called us to His glorious Light. Amen.
Rev. Sir H. W. BAKER, Bart., 1861.
(Common for Apostles, at Lauds.)
Matt. v. 14. Phil. ii. 15.
|| Psalm xliii. 3.

* See Hymn 257, ver. 2.
§ Acts xxvi. 17, 18. Hymn 61, ver. I.

6 UNI ¶¶ sit et TRINO DEO Suprema laus, summum decus, De nocte Qui nos ad Suae Lumen vocavit Gloriae. Amen. From PARIS BREVIARY.

Luke xxii. 30.
TI Cor. ii. I & 4.

**I Cor. i. 23. Gal. v. II. See Hymn 85, ver. 1; 165, ver. 3. ++ Heb. ii. 15. 2 Tim. ii. 26.

Gal. v. I. James i. 25; ii. 12. Eph. vi. 19.

§§ Rom.x. 18. Matt. xxviii. 19.

¶¶ Isa. xlii. 6, 7. See Doxologies to Hymns 258, 260.

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