My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, And with joyful lips my mouth shall praise thee; When I think of thee upon my bed, And meditate upon thee in the night-watches. PRA (Gloria Patri.) Third Sunday. RAISE ye the Lord! Praise, O ye servants of Praise his holy name! From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, Jehovah's name is to be praised. Praise him, all ye his angels; Praise him, all ye stars of light! Young men and maidens; old men and children; Let them praise the name of Jehovah ! For his name alone is exalted; His glory is above the earth and heavens. (Gloria Patri.) Fourth Sunday. OW amiable are thy tabernacles, HOW O Lord of hosts! My soul longeth, yea even fainteth for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. As the sparrow findeth an house, And the swallow a nest where she may lay her young, So let me dwell at thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God. Blessed are the men whose strength is in thee; In whose heart are thy ways. They will go from strength to strength, Till every one of them appeareth in Zion before God. O Lord of hosts, Blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. THY (Gloria Patri.) Fifth Sunday. HY word is a lamp unto my feet, My tongue shall speak of thy word, For all thy commandments are righteousness. For I have chosen thy precepts. I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord! And thy law is my delight. Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; And let thy judgments help me. I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant! For I do not forget thy commandments. (Gloria Patri.) PRAYER. Prayer follows the Introduction, and may be, according to the order of each church, from the Evening Prayer, or one of the Litanies, when not in the Minister's own words. VOLUNTARY BY THE CHOIR. It is desirable that this Voluntary should be a Sacred Song, giving devout and audible words with a melody that touches the heart, and with a somewhat freer movement than is usual in our worship. RESPONSIVE READING OF PSALMS. The Psalm selected should be distinctly named by the Minister, and read as far as practicable according to the parallelisms, the first lines by the Minister and the second by the People. The reading will end with this Doxology: Minister. Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God; Answer. Be honor and glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever and for ever. Amen. The same Doxology will be used after each Vesper Psalm, unless the Gloria Patri is substituted. FIRST READING FROM SCRIPTURE.-OLD TESTAMENT. At the close the Minister will say: "Here endeth this Reading of the Old Testament ;" and the Vesper Psalm will be said or sung in the order of the Month, or the corresponding Hymn. Psalms 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, and 117 have a devotional and musical interest as being the regular Vesper chants for ages. VESPER PSALMS. IN THE ORDER OF THE MONTH. First Sunday. Cantate Domino.-Psalm xcviii. SING unto the Lord a new song; for he hath done marvellous things. With his own right hand, and with his holy arm, hath he gotten himself the victory. The Lord declared his salvation; his righteousness hath he openly showed in the sight of the heathen. He hath remembered his mercy and truth toward the house of Israel; and all the ends of the world have seen the salvation of our God. Show yourselves joyful unto the Lord, all ye lands; sing, rejoice, and give thanks. Praise the Lord upon the harp; sing to the harp with a psalm of thanksgiving. With trumpets also and shawms, O show yourselves joyful before the Lord, the King. Let the sea make a noise, and all that therein is; the round world, and they that dwell therein. Let the floods clap their hands, and let the hills be joyful together before the Lord; for he cometh to judge the earth. With righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity. Or this Hymn : PRAISE. AUDED be thy name forever, LA Thou of life the Guard and Giver! God of evening's yellow ray; Second Sunday. Bonum est confiteri.- Psalm xcii. 8s. is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy Name, O Most Highest; To tell of thy loving-kindness early in the morn ing, and of thy truth in the night season; Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the lute; upon a loud instrument, and upon the harp. For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy works; and I will rejoice in giving praise for the operations of thy hands. |