4 Alas! his wilful heart rebels

Against Thy gentle sway;-
Proud dust of earth would fain be like
The GOD whom all obey.

5 O griefs, O sorrows numberless,
Which hence the world o'erspread !
JESU! Thy Mercy succoured us,
Or every hope had fled. +

6 O praise the FATHER, and the SON
Who saved us by His Death;
And HOLY GHOST Who quickens us
With His life-giving Breath.

Amen.

4 Heu! caeca* cordis pravitas!
Jugum rebellis excutit ;-
DEO Superbus nec timet
Aequare pulvis verticem.

5 Hinc quanta luctuum cohors
Incumbit orbi perdito!
O CHRISTE, ni feras opem,
Spes ipsa sontes deseret.+

6 Qui nos creavit, laus PATRI ;
Qui nos redemit, FILIO;
Cujus movemur Halitu,
Par sit Tibi laus, SPIRITUS.

Amen.

He had made."-Gen. ii. 2.

Six days of labour now are past;
Thou restest, HOLY GOD;
And with approving Eye hast seen
That all is very good.*

2 Blest is the seventh morn of light,
Hallowed for rest Divine ; †
Yet, LORD, a new creation needs
That mighty Power of Thine.
* Gen. i. 31.

TANDEM peractis, O DEUS,
Sexto dierum limite,
Ponis modum laboribus,
Orbique plaudis condito.*

2 At dum perenni septimam
Lucem quieti consecras, †
En Te reposcit denuo
Novus Creatorem labor.

+ Exod. xx. H.

D

But fallen man by sin has marred

The blissful harmony. †

4 Come, LORD, create his heart anew ;

His heart of stone remove: + Then hymns of praise again shall rise,

The fruits of holy Love.

5 Oh! forthe songs that Thou wilt bless, § Where heart and voice agree; || Oh! for the prayers that plead aright

With Thy dread Majesty.

6 All praise to GOD, the THREE in ONE, Who high in Glory reigns;

Who by His Word hath all things made,
And by His Word sustains. Amen.

COMPILERS.

*

3 Te cuncta nempe praedicant,
Te terra, pontus, sidera,
Cantu celebrant aemulo ;—
Peccator unus dissonat. †

4 Tu pectus aufer saxeum;
Tu carneum pectus crea:‡
Et Caritatis uberes
Fructus canent hymnum Tibi.
5 Haec Te juvant praeconia, §
Si facta voci consonent: :||
Sic efficaci flectitur
Divina Majestas prece.

6 Aeterna laus et gloria

UNI sit et TRINO DEO,
Qui cuncta Nutu condidit,
Nutuque servat condita. Amen.
From PARIS BREVIARY.

Hymn 68, ver. 2. || 1 Cor. xiv. 15.

chamber."-Psalm xix. 5.

CREATOR of the starry height,*
Thy people's everlasting Light, †
JESU, REDEEMER of us all,

Hear Thou Thy servants when they

call.

* Gen. i. 16.

CONDITOR Alme siderum, * Aeterna Lux credentium, + CHRISTE REDEMPTOR omnium, Intende votis supplicum.

+ John i. 4 & 9.

3 And when as Judge Thou drawest nigh,

The secrets of all hearts to try; + When sinners meet their awful doom, And saints attain their heavenly Home;

4 O let us not, for evil past,

Be driven from Thy Face at last;
But with the blessèd evermore
Behold and love Thee and adore.‡

5 To GOD the FATHER, GOD the SON,
And GOD the SPIRIT, THREE in ONE,
Praise, honour, might, and glory be,
From age to age eternally.

2 Illumina nunc pectora, Tuoque Amore concrema; Audito ut praeconio *

Sint pulsa tandem lubrica.

3 Judexque quum post aderis,

Rimari facta pectoris,+ Reddens vicem pro abditis, Justisque Regnum pro bonis;

4 Non demum artemur malis,
Pro qualitate criminis ;
Sed cum beatis compotes
Simus perennes coelibes.+

5 PATRI, simulque FILIO, Tibique SANCTE SPIRITUS, Sicut fuit, sit jugiter

Saeclum per omne gloria.§

Amen.

Hymn 164, end; 180, end.

HARK! a thrilling voice is sounding;* "CHRIST is nigh," it seems to say ;

"Cast away the dreams of darkness,

O ye children of the day!" +

* Isa. xl. 3.

EN clara vox redarguit, * Obscura quaeque personans : "Procul fugentur somnia: Ab alto JESUS promicat!"+