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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
In this world free from blame.

Few are the words to us vouchsafed
To tell how pass'd His time,
While He in wisdom grew, and height,
Up to His manhood's prime.

Yet though but few, a perfect rule
They give, our ways to guide,
Obedience to our parents teach,
And love to all beside.

Exactness to fulfil the Law,

And do our work with zeal,
But oh, how sadly we fall short
We must with anguish feel.

O may we strive, ourselves to walk
In His most holy way;

And for God's help to keep us right

Let us devoutly pray.

Pray we for thankful hearts to feel
The value of His gift;

That, where our Lord has gone before,
He may our spirits lift!

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
His vow to cleanse his soul from ill,
And raise on high his baptism-light,
Like Aaron's seed in ritual white,
And holy-tempered Nazarite?

First, let him shun the haunts of vice,
Sin-feast, or heathen sacrifice;

Fearing the board of wealthy pride,
Or heretic, self-trusting guide,

Or where the adulterer's smiles preside.

men,

Next, as he threads the maze of
Aye must he lift his witness, when
A sin is spoke in Heaven's dread face,
And none at hand, of higher grace,
The Cross to carry in his place.

But if he hears, and sits him still,
First, he will lose his hate of ill;
Next, fear of sinning, after hate;
Small sins his heart then desecrate;

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.

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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,
By all the heart's deep fountains stirred,
By conscience, and the written word;
Come, wanderers, home again."

The Bride repeats the call;
By high thanksgiving, lowly prayer,
By days of rest, and fostering care,
By holy rites that all may share,

She whispers "Come,” to all.

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