The forty days of Lent.

The ember days at the four seasons, being the Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, of the first week in Lent; of Whitsun-week; after the 14th of September; and of the third week in Advent.

The Wednesdays and Fridays of all the four weeks of Advent.

The vigils or eves of Whitsunday; of the Saints Peter and Paul; of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin; of All Saints; and of Christmas day.

All Fridays throughout the year. The abstinence on Saturday is dispensed with, for the faithful throughout the United States, for the space of ten years (from 1833) except when a fast falls on Saturday.

Ash-Wednesday. Good-Friday.

Other Days of Fasting; on which the Church requires such a Measure of Abstinence, as is more especially suited to extraordinary Acts and Exercises of Devotion :

The Season of Lent.

The Ember-days at the FourSeasons, being the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, after the first Sunday in Lent, the Feast of Pentecost, September 14, and December 13.

The three Rogation Days, being the Monday, Tuesday, and Wedesday before Holy Thursday, or the Ascension of our Lord.

All the Fridays in the year, except Christmas-Day.

It is truly meet, and just, right and available, that we always, and in all places, give thanks to thee, O holy Lord, Father Almighty, eternal God: Through Christ our Lord; by whom the Angels praise thy Majesty, the dominations adore it, the powers tremble before it, the heavens and the heavenly virtues, and blessed Seraphim, with common joy, glorify t: With whom we beseech thee, that we may be admitted to join our voices; saying in an humble

manner :

Dearly beloved brethren, the scripture moveth us, in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness, and that we should not dissemble nor cloak them before the face of Almighty God, our heavenly Father, but confess them with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart; to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same, by his infinite goodness and mercy. And although we ought, at all times, humbly to acknowledge our sins

MASS BOOK.

[The Lord's Prayer often repeated.]

PRAYER BOOK.

before God; yet ought we chiefly so to do, when we assemble and meet together, to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands, to set forth his most worthy praise, to hear his most holy word, and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary, as well for the body as the soul. Wherefore I pray and beseech you, as many as are here present, to accompany me, with a pure heart and humble voice, unto the throne of the heavenly grace, saying

[The same wearisome repetitions.]

Gloria Patri.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.

Venite, exultemus Domino. Come let us praise the Lord with joy; let us joyfully sing to God our Saviour. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and let us make a jubilation to him with psalms.

For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all Gods; for the Lord will not reject his people. For in his hands are all the ends of the earth; and the heights of the mountains are his.

For the sea is his, and he made

Gloria Patri.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost.

As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be world without end.

["By this rubric," say the Commissioners of 1661, "the Gloria Patri is appointed to be said six times ordinarily, in every morning and evening service, frequently eight times in the morning and sometimes ten; which, we think carries with it, at least, an appearance of that vain repetition which Christ forbids."]

Venite, exultemus Domino. O come, let us sing unto the Lord, let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation.

Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and show ourselves glad in him with psalms.

For the Lord is a great God; and a great King above all gods.

In his hand are all the corners of the earth; and the strength of the hills is his also.

The sea is his, and he made it ;

MASS BOOK.

it; and his hands have formed the dry land. Come let us adore and fall down before God; let us weep before the Lord that made us. For he is the Lord our God; and we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

To-day, if you shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts. As in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the wilderness, where your fathers tempted me; they proved me, and saw my works.

Forty years long was I offended with that generation; and I said, these men always err in their hearts. And they have not known my ways; so I swore in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest.

Gloria in Excelsis.

Glory be to God on high, and peace on earth to men of good will; we praise thee; we bless thee; we adore thee; we glorify thee; we give thee thanks for thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty O Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son; O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father; who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy on us; who takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayer; who sittest at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us. For thou only art holy; thou only art the Lord; thou only, O Jesus Christ, together with the Holy Ghost, art most high in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

Te Deum laudamus. Thee, Sovereign God, our grateful accents praise;

COMMON PRAYER.

and his hands prepared the dry land.

O come, let us worship and fall down; and kneel before the Lord, our Maker.

For he is the Lord our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.

O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; let the whole earth stand in awe of him.

For he cometh, for h: cometh to judge the earth; and with righteousness to judge the world, and the people with his truth.

Gloria in Excelsis.

Glory be to God on high, and on earth peace, good will towards men. We praise thee, we bless thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee for thy great glory, O Lord_God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty.

O Lord, the only begotten Son, Jesus Christ; O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayer. Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father have mercy upon us.

For thou only art holy; thou only art the Lord; thou only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in the Glory of God the Father. Amen.

Te Deum laudamus.

We praise thee, O God; we acknowledge thee to be the Lord.

MASS BOOK.

We own thee, Lord, and bless

thy wond'rous ways.

To thee, eternal Father, earth's

whole frame

With loudest trumpets sound immortal fame.

Lord God of hosts! to thee the heav'nly pow'rs With sounding anthems fill thy vaulted tow'rs: Thy Cherubs, Holy, Holy, Holy cry;

Thrice, Holy, all the Seraphim reply.

Both heav'n and earth thy majesty display: They owe their beauty to thy glorious ray. Thy praises fill the loud Apostles' choir;

The train of Prophets in the song conspire; Legions of Martyrs in the chorus shine;

And vocal blood with vocal music join.

By these thy Church, inspir'd with heav'nly art, Around the world maintains a second part,

And tunes her sweetest notes, O God, to thee,

The Father of unbounded majesty,

The Son, ador'd co-partner of thy seat,

And equal, everlasting Paraclete. Thou King of glory, Christ, of

the Most High,

Thou co-eternal, filial Deity; Thou, to save the world from impending doom,

Vouchsaf"'st to dwell within a Virgin's womb;

Death thou hast conquer'd; from its fetters free,

The faithful in thy kingdom reign with thee.

At God's right hand, on a resplendent throne

Thou sitt'st; thy Father's glory is thy own.

COMMON PRAYER.

All the earth doth worship thee, the Father everlasting.

To thee all Angels cry aloud; the Heavens, and all the Powers therein.

To thee, Cherubim and Seraphim continually do cry, Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth.

Heaven and Earth are full of the Majesty of thy Glory.

The glorious company of the Apostles praise thee.

The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise thee.

The noble army of Martyrs praise thee.

The holy Church, throughout all the world, doth acknowledge thee,

The Father, of an infinite Majesty;

Thine adorable, true, and only

Son;

Also the Holy Ghost, the Comforter.

Thou art the King of Glory, O Christ.

Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father.

When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man, thou didst humble thyself to be born of a Virgin.

When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death, thou didst open the kingdom of heaven to all believers.

Thou sittest at the right hand of God, in the Glory of the Fath

er.

We believe that thou shalt come to be our Judge.

We therefore pray thee, help thy servants, whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood.

Make them to be numbered with thy saints, in glory everlasting.

O Lord, save thy people, and bless thine heritage.

Govern them and lift them up for ever.