THE SLEEP
“He giveth His beloved sleep.” — Ps. cxxvii. 2. OF all the thoughts of God that are Borne inward unto souls afar Along the Psalmist’s music deep, Now tell me if that any is, For gift or grace, surpassing this:…
THE SINGERS
God sent His Singers upon earth With songs of sadness and of mirth, That they might touch the hearts of men And bring them back to heaven again. The first, a youth, with soul of fire, Held in his hand…
IN MEMORIAM
I SAW two flowers at morning: The one was a full-blown rose; And it lay at rest on a matron’s breast, Like a gleam from the sunset close. The other an opening rose-bud, As white as the sea-washed pearl; And…
ST. FRANCIS XAVIER
Lo! on the slope of yonder shore Beneath that lonely shed, A saint hath found his conflicts o’er, And laid his dying head! No gloom of fear hath glazed his eye, For, though loud billows roll, The Aurora of Eternity…
ROCK OF AGES
ROCK of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee; Let the water and the blood, From Thy wounded side which flowed, Be of sin the double cure; Save from wrath and make me pure. In my hand…
PRAYER OF THE CONTRITE SINNER
HAVE mercy Thou, most gracious God, And my remittance sign; The more Thy mercy shall accord, The greater glory Thine. Thou surely hast not said in vain: “More joy in heaven is made For the lost sheep that’s found again,…
JERUSALEM THE GOLDEN
JERUSALEM the golden, With milk and honey blest: Beneath thy contemplation Sink heart and voice oppressed. I know not, oh, I know not What joys await us there; What radiancy of glory, What bliss beyond compare. They stand, those halls…
MARY MAGDALEN
To the hall of that feast came the sinful and fair; She heard in the city that Jesus was there; She marked not the splendor that blazed on their board; But silently knelt at the feet of her Lord. The…
THE ASCENSION
WHY is thy face so lit with smiles, Mother of Jesus, why? And wherefore is thy beaming look So fixed upon the sky? From out thine overflowing eyes Bright lights of gladness part, As though some gushing fount of joy…
STARS OF THE MORNING
Stars of the morning, so gloriously bright, Filled with celestial resplendence and light; These that, where night never followeth day, Raise the Trishagion ever and aye: These are Thy counsellors: these dost Thou own, God of Sabaoth! the nearest Thy…