Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow His steps., 1 PET. ii. 21. Not only as a sacrifice Our blessed Saviour came, But to shew forth how we may live Few are the words to us vouchsafed Yet though but few, a perfect rule Exactness to fulfil the Law, And do our work with zeal, O may we strive, ourselves to walk And for God's help to keep us right Let us devoutly pray. Pray we for thankful hearts to feel That, where our Lord has gone before, Gospel. And He went down with them, and came unto Nazareth, and was subject unto them. ST. LUKE ii. 51. Second Sunday after the Epiphany. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. ROM. xii. 2. How shall a child of God fulfil First, let him shun the haunts of vice, Fearing the board of wealthy pride, Or where the adulterer's smiles preside. men, Next, as he threads the maze of But if he hears, and sits him still, And last, despair persuades to great. Epistle. Blessed is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in His law will he exercise himself day and night. BEATI PAUPERES ANIMO. Third Sunday after the Epiphany. And the Spirit and the Bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst And whosoever will, let him take the water of come. life freely. REV. xxii. 17. SWEET is the Spirit's strain, Breathed by soft pleadings inly heard, The Bride repeats the call; She whispers "Come,” to all. |