2 The task Thy Wisdom hath assigned In all my works Thy Presence find, And prove Thy good and perfect Will.* acceptable, orig. *Rom. xii. 2. 6 TO FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST,++ ++ The Doxology is added. The GOD Whom heaven and earth adore, From men and from the angel-host Be praise and glory evermore. Amen. CHARLES WESLEY, 1749. The Third Hour. HYMN 7. "It is but the third hour of the day."-Acts ii. 15. COME, HOLY GHOST, Who ever One NUNC SANCTE nobis SPIRITUS, Unum PATRI cum FILIO, Come, HOLY GHOST, our souls pos sess With Thy full flood of holiness.* 2 In word and deed, by heart and tongue, With all our powers, Thy praise be sung; May love enwrap our mortal frame, 3 Almighty FATHER, hear our cry most High, Who, with the HOLY GHOST and Doth live and reign eternally. Amen. Very Rev. JOHN H. NEWMAN, 1836 (altered, Doxology added). 66 Dignare promptus ingeri Nostró refusus pectori.* 2 Os, lingua, mens, sensus, vigor Flammescat igne caritas, 3 Praesta, PATER Piissime, PATRIque Compar UNICE, Cum SPIRITU PARACLITO Regnans per omne saeculum. Amen. From S. AMBROSE. At noon-day will I pray.”—Psalm lv. 18. O GOD of Truth, O LORD of Might, Who orderest time and change aright,* Brightening the morn with golden gleams, Kindling the noon-day's fiery beams; *Acts xvii. 26. RECTOR potens, verax DEUS, Splendore mane illuminas, Et ignibus meridiem. 2 Quench Thou in us the flames of From passion's heat preserve our life, 3 Almighty FATHER, hear our cry Who, with the HOLY GHOST and Doth live and reign eternally. Amen. Rev. JOHN MASON NEALE (altered). 2 Exstingue flammas litium,* Aufer calorem noxium, 3 Praesta, PATER Piissime, PATRIque Compar UNICE, Cum SPIRITU PARACLITO Regnans per omne saeculum. From S. AMBROSE. (Roman and Sarum Breviary, for Sext.) See also Hymn 256. The Ninth Hour. HYMN 9. "The hour of prayer, being the ninth hour."—Acts iii. 1. O GOD, of all the Strength and Power,* Who dost unmoved, each passing hour, Through all its changes guide the day, 2 Brighten life's eventide with light + Till we a holy death attain, And everlasting Glory gain. Heb. i. 3. 2 RERUM DEUS tenax Vigor* Immotus in Te permanens, Lucis diurnae tempora Sed praemium mortis sacrae See 3rd Collect for Evensong, "Lighten our darkness.” "He shall defend thee under His Wings."-Psalm xci. 4. GLORY to Thee, my GOD, this night 2 Forgive me, LORD, for Thy dear SON, 3 Teach me to live, that I may dread grave as little as my bed; Teach me to die, that So I may Rise glorious at the awful Day. All praise, orig. * Compare the Mozarabic Breviary Hymn, beginning, "Quieti tempus adest:" "Ut sub umbrâ Alarum Tutissimâ Tuarum Protecti maneamus Ad Tuasque Laudes surgamus." Also Hymn 82, last verse. To die, that this vile body may, orig. And may sweet sleep mine eyelids close, t + Prov. iii. 24. may, orig. |