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Lamb of God, to thee I cry!
By thy bitter agony;

By the blood thy flesh distill'd;
By thy soul with anguish thrill'd ;
By thy visage, marr'd and soil'd;
By thy form, of beauty spoil'd,
In the robe of scorn array'd,'
Taunted, mock'd, revil'd, betray'd,
Smitten, bound, with scourges torn,
Griding nails, and platted thorn;
By thy lip all parch'd and dry;
By thy loud desponding cry;
By thy spirit's parting groan;
By thy pangs to us unknown,
Felt by thee, and thee alone :"
Lord, thy presence let me see,
Manifest thyself to me!

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Man of sorrows, hear me cry!
By thy great humility;
By thy meekly-bowed head;

By thy gentle spirit fled

To the mansions of the dead;

By the wound, whence issuing flow'd
Water mingled with thy blood;

By thy breathless body laid
In the rock's sepulchral shade,
Where man ne'er before repos'd,
Straitly watch'd, securely clos'd:
Lord, thy presence let me see,
Manifest thyself to me!

Prince of life, to thee I cry!

By thy glorious majesty ;

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By the earthquake's powerful shock;
By the opening of the rock;
By thy triumph o'er the grave,
Meek to suffer, strong to save;
By the serpent's bruised head;
By thy captors captive led;
By thy re-ascent to heaven;
By thy Holy Spirit given,
When on thy Apostles came
Rushing wind, and tongues of flame:
Lord, thy presence let me see,
Manifest thyself to me!

Lord of glory, God most high,
Man exalted to the sky,

God and man, to thee I cry!
With thy love my bosom fill;
Prompt me to perform thy will;
Grant me, what thou bidd'st, to do;
What thou proffer'st, to pursue :
So may He, the Sire above,
Guard me with a parent's love!
So may He, the Spirit blest,
Whisper comfort, hope, and rest!
So mayst Thou, my Saviour, come,
Make this froward heart thy home,
And manifest thyself to me
In the triune Deity!

ALL SAINTS.

The spirits of just men made perfect. HEB. xii. 23.

HISTORICAL NOTICE OF ALL SAINTS' DAY.

THE Church, having in the course of her annual services commemorated those individuals whom she esteems worthy of singular honour, and having now arrived nearly at the end of the ecclesiastical year, brings her series of commemorative festivals to a close, by devoting one to the memory of "All Saints."

The Saints, intended to be commemorated on this occasion, are those holy persons, who having been sanctified by their admission into the Christian Church, and having under the influence of the Spirit of holiness endeavoured to serve God on earth in a manner corresponding to their holy vocation, are removed hence in order to their admission into a state of superior holiness and happiness.

For the term "Saints" is commonly used in the New Testament, particularly in St. Paul's Epistles, to denote Christians in general, because they are set apart and separated from the world for sacred purposes, and consecrated to the service of God, and so lie under a necessary obligation to be true and real saints: so that in this comprehensive sense it is as large as the word "Christians;" and stands opposed not to the unsound members of the Church of Christ, but to the world in general. In a more limited sense however it signifies those persons, who are "holy," not by profession only, but in practice: who are Christians, not only in name but in deed. And in a sense still more limited it is confined to those, who having fulfilled their part in the Church militant here on earth, are gone, in the character of "the spirits of just men made perfect," to increase the number of the Church triumphant in heaven. It is for the commemoration of these holy persons, that the festival of this day is intended.

That we may have a clearer view however of the intention of the Church in this provision, as well as of her admirable moderation and judgment in making it, we will take an historical survey of the circumstances which led to this appointment, thus supplying the place of our biographical notices on former oc

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