Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts.

Show the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole.

(ddd) Text. Capitulum.)

Gen. xlix. 10.

Нутп.

(fff) Verse and Res

ponse.

(ggg) Antiphon.

The Magnificat.
Antiphon.

(hhh) The Collect

VESPERS.

O God, make speed, &c.

O Lord, make haste, &c.

He hath inclined.

I am well pleased, &c. Glory, &c.
He hath inclined His ear unto me.

I believed

... and therefore will I speak, &c. Glory, &c. I believed, and therefore will I speak.

O Praise the Lord.

....

all ye heathen, &c. Glory, &c. O Praise the Lord, all ye heathen.

I called upon the Lord.

When I was in trouble, &c. Glory, &c.

I called upon the Lord, and He heard me.

From whence cometh.

I will lift up, &c. Glory, &c.

From whence cometh my help.

The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto Him shall the gathering of the people be.

Creator alme siderum, &c.

Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down Righteousness.

Let the earth open, and let them bring forth Salvation.

Lift up thine eyes, O Jerusalem.

My soul doth magnify, &c.

Lift up thine eyes, O Jerusalem, and behold the greatness of thy king. Behold, the Saviour comes to loose thee from thy chain.

(Then follow the same Sentences with Psalm 51, instead of Psalm 130, which are inserted in Lauds.)

(as before.)

for the week.

The Lord be with you.

And with Thy spirit.

Let us bless the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

May the souls of the faithful rest in peace.

Amen.

COMPLINE.

This office is invariable throughout the year, except in the Anthems to the Virgin at the end.

Instead of the Salve Regina as after Pentecost, in Advent is used the Alma Redemptoris.

§ 4. PART OF THE SERVICE FOR AUGUST 6TH.

The Feast of the Transfiguration.

MATINS.

O Lord, open Thou my lips.

And my mouth shall show forth Thy praise.

O God, make speed to save me.

O Lord, make haste to help me.

Glory be, &c.

As it was, &c. Amen. Hallelujah.

(a) Invitatory.

Psalm 95.

VOL. III.-75.

Let us worship Christ Most High, the King of Glory.
Let us worship, &c.

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 shew ourselves glad in him with psalms.

Let us worship Christ, &c.

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 King of glory.

The sea is his, and he made it: 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.

Let us worship Christ, &c.

To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts: as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness;

When your fathers tempted me: proved me, works.

The King of glory.

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and saw my

Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said: It is a people that do err in their hearts; for they have not known my ways.

Unto whom I sware in my wrath: that they should not enter into my rest.

Let us worship Christ, &c.

Glory be, &c.

The King of glory.

Let us worship Christ Most High, the King of glory.

(c) Antiphon.

Psalm 8. (1)

NOCTURN 1.

Thou madest Him a little lower than the Angels, to crown Him with glory and worship. Thou makest Him to have dominion of the works of Thy hands.

O Lord our Governor, how excellent is thy Name in all the world: thou that hast set thy glory above the heavens!

(c) Antiphon.

(d) Antiphon.

Psalm 29. (2)

Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength, because of thine enemies: that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

For I will consider thy heavens, even the works of thy fingers: the moon and the stars which thou hast ordained. What is man, that thou art mindful of him: and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

Thou madest him lower than the angels: to crown him with glory and worship.

Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands and thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet;

All sheep and oxen: yea, and the beasts of the field;

The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea : and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas.

O Lord our Governor: how excellent is thy Name in all the world! Glory be, &c.

Thou madest Him a little lower than the Angels, to crown Him with glory and worship. Thou makest Him to have dominion of the works of Thy hands.

The Lord discovereth the thick bushes: in His temple doth every man speak of His honour.

Bring unto the Lord, O ye mighty, bring your rams unto the Lord: ascribe unto the Lord worship and strength.

Give the Lord the honour due unto his Name: worship the Lord with holy worship.

It is the Lord that commandeth the waters: it is the glorious God that maketh the thunder.

It is the Lord that ruleth the sea; the voice of the Lord is mighty in operation: the voice of the Lord is a glorious voice.

The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedar trees: yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Libanus.

He maketh them also to skip like a calf: Libanus also, and Sirion like a young unicorn.

The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire; the voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness: yea, the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Cades.

The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to bring forth young, and discovereth the thick bushes: in his temple doth every man speak of his honour.

The Lord sitteth above the water-flood: and the Lord remaineth a King for ever.

The Lord shall give strength unto his people: the Lord shall give his people the blessing of peace. Glory be, &c.