necessities of the saints: practising hospitality. Bless them that persecute you: bless, and curse not. Rejoice with them that rejoice: weep with them that weep: being mutually of the same mind, not high-minded, but condescending to the humble. Be not wise in your own conceits. Render to no man evil for evil. Be solicitous to do well, not only before God, but in the sight of all men. If it be possible, as much as is in you, live peaceably with every one. Revenge not yourselves, most dearly beloved, but give place to wrath; for it is written: vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith our Lord. But if thy enemy be hungry, give him to eat; if he thirst, give him to drink; for doing this, thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

Нутп.

Why do we seek felicity,

Where 'tis not to be found?

And not, dear Lord! look up to thee
Where all delights abound?

O world! how little do thy joys
Concern a soul that knows,

It was not made for such low toys
As thy poor hand bestows!

How adverse thou to that design
For which we had our birth!

Man who was made in heav'n to shine, Thou bowest down to earth,

Nay, unto hell; for thither sink

All that to thee submit:

Thou strew'st some flowers on the brink, To drown us in the pit.

World! take away thy tinsel wares,

That dazzle here our eyes:

Let us go up above the stars,
Where all our treasure lies.

The way we know; our dearest Lord
Himself, is gone before:

And solemnly has pledged his word
To op'n to us the door.

But, O my God! reach down thy hand,

And take us up to thee:

That we about thy throne may stand;
And all thy glories see.

All glory to the sacred Three,
One ever living Lord:

As at the first, still may he be
Beloved, obeyed, adored. Amen.

V. How lovely are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!

R. My soul longeth and fainteth for the courts of the Lord.

Ant. O glorious God! thy infinite perfections excite our highest admiration, and thy bounteous promises inspire us with a filial confidence in thee; thy incomparable beauty ravishes our hearts; and the joys thou hast prepared for us, transcend all our wishes. Alleluia.

MAGNIFICAT.

My soul doth magnify the Lord;

And my spirit hath rejoiced in God, my Saviour.

Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid: for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

For he that is mighty hath done great things to me, and holy is his name.

And his mercy is from generation to generation to them that fear him.

He hath shewed might in his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the conceit of their heart.

He hath put down the mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble.

He hath filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he hath sent empty away.

He hath received Israel his servant, being mindful of his mercy.

As he spoke to our fathers; to Abraham, and to his seed forever.

Glory be to the Father, &c.

Ant. O glorious God! thy infinite perfections excite our highest admiration, and thy bounteous promises inspire us with a filial confidence in thee: thy incomparable beauty, ravishes our heart, and the joys thou hast prepared for us, transcend all our wishes. Alleluia. V. O Lord! hear my prayer,

R. And let my cry come unto thee.

Let us pray.

O God! who graciously drawest us to our eternal inheritance, by placing before us its inexpressible glories, in every way calculated to impress them deeply on our minds, and to render their attractions victorious over our hearts; grant that, by frequently recalling them to our thoughts, they may become the principal object of our affections, and our souls disengaged from the vanities of the world, may long only for those lasting enjoyments, which thou hast reserved for thy faithful servants; through our Lord Jesus Christ, thy Son, &c. V. O Lord hear my prayer,'

R. And let my cry come unto thee.