In these exults the HOLY GHOST, Through these rejoice the Heavenly host.

Redeemer, hear us of Thy Love,
That with this glorious band above,
Hereafter, of Thine endless grace,
Thy servants also may have place.
Amen.

V. They have declared His honour unto the heathen.

R. And His wonders unto all people.-Ps. xcvi. 3.

Antiphon to Benedictus, (if there be not one in the Proper Service of the Season).

They will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; and ye shall be brought before governors and kings for My sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. St. Matt. x. 17, 18.

The Collect from the Proper Service of the Season.

AT PRIME.

Antiphon (1). This is My commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you.—St. John xv. 12.

AT TERCE.

Antiphon (2). Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.-St. John xv. 13.

The Chapter, Eph. ii. 19, 20. Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the Saints, and of the household of God; and are built upon the Foundation of the Apostles and Prophets.

Ry. Their sound is gone out into

all lands. . And their words into the ends of the world. Ry. Into all lands. Y. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost. Ry. Their sound is gone out into all lands.-Ps. xix. 4.

y. Thou shalt make them princes in all lands.

R. They shall remember Thy Name, O Lord.-Ps. xlv. 17. The Collect from the Proper Service of the Season.

AT SEXT.

Antiphon (3). Ye are My friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. -St. John xv. 14.

The Chapter, Acts v. 12, 13.

By the hands of the Apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people: but the people magnified them.

R. Thou shalt make them princes in all lands. . They shall remember Thy Name, O Lord. R. In all lands. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost. R. Thou shalt make them princes in all lands.-Ps. xlv. 17.

y. How dear are Thy friends unto me, O God.

R. O how great is the sum of them.-Ps. cxxxix. 17.

The Collect from the Proper Service of the Season.

AT NONE.

Antiphon (5). In your patience possess ye your souls. St. Luke xxi. 19.

The Chapter, Acts v. 41. And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His Name.

Ry. How dear are Thy friends unto me, O God. V. O how great is the sum of them. Ry. Unto me, O God. . Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost. R. How dear are Thy friends unto me, O God. - Ps. cxxxix. 17.

. They have declared His Honour unto the heathen.

Ry. And His wonders unto all people.-Ps. xcvi. 3.

The Collect from the Proper Service of the Season.

AT THE SECOND VESPERS.

Antiphons. (1.) The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a Priest for ever.-Ps. cx. 4.

Ps. cx. Dixit Dominus, p. cxlviii. (2.) That He may set Him with the princes, even with the princes of His people.-Ps. cxiii. 7. Ps. cxiii. Laudate pueri, p. cxlix.

(3.) Thou hast broken my bonds in sunder. I will offer to Thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving.-Ps. cxvi. 14, 15.

Ps. cxvi. 10. Credidi, p. clii.

(4.) He that now goeth on his way weeping, and beareth forth good seed.-Ps. cxxvi. 7.

Ps. cxxvi. In convertendo, p. clvi. (5.) How dear are Thy friends unto me, O God: O how great is the sum of them.-Ps. cxxxix. 17. Ps. cxxxix. Domine probasti.

The Chapter, Eph. ii. 19. The Hymn, Annue Christe, as at the First Vespers, p. 185.

Antiphon to Magnificat.

In the regeneration, when the Son of Man shall sit in the throne of His glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.-St. Matt. xix. 28. The Collect from the Proper Service of the Season.

ALMIGHTY God, Who didst give such grace unto Thy holy Apostle Saint Andrew, that he readily obeyed the calling of Thy Son Jesus Christ, and followed Him without delay; Grant unto us all, that we, being called by Thy Holy Word, may forthwith give up ourselves obediently to fulfil Thy holy commandments; through the Same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

At Lauds and the other hours, everything as in the Common of Apostles, p. 186, until the

Antiphon to Benedictus.

Who for the joy that was set

before Him endured the cross, despising the shame.-Heb. xii. 2. The Collect as at the First Vespers.

AT THE SECOND VESPERS.

Antiphon to Magnificat as at the First Vespers.

DECEMBER XXI.

St. Thomas, Apostle and Martyr.
Holy-Day.

AT THE FIRST VESPERS.

Everything as in the Common of the Apostles till the Antiphon to Magnificat, O Oriens, as in the Proper Service of the Season, p. 10. The Collect.

ALMIGHTY and everliving God, who for the more confirmation of the faith didst suffer Thy holy Apostle Thomas to be doubtful in Thy Son's Resurrection; Grant us so perlieve in Thy Son Jesus Christ, that fectly, and without all doubt, to beour faith in Thy sight may never be reproved. Hear us, O Lord, through the Same Jesus Christ, to Whom, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, now and for evermore. Amen.

At Lauds, and the other hours, every

thing as in the Common of Apostles except the Collect, which shall be that said at the First Vespers. The Antiphon to Magnificat at the Second Vespers is O Rex gentium, as in the Proper Service of the Season, p. 10.

JANUARY XXV.

Conversion of St. Paul. Holy-Day.

AT THE FIRST VESPERS.

Antiphon. Suddenly there shined round about him a light from hea