NIGHT LESSONS
FROM SCRIPTURE.
COMPILED
BY THE AUTHOR OF "AMY HERBERT."
NEW YORK:. A -T'tON & CO., 90, 92 & 94 GRAND ST.
1869.








PREFACE.
IT is a highly beneficial, and, it is to be
hoped, not a very unusual practice, to read
some portion of the Holy Scriptures at the
hour of rest. Children, and persons not well
acquainted with every part of the Bible, are,
however, often at a loss what portion to
choose, and it is to meet this need that the
following compilation has been made.
The passages selected are short, for the
weariness of night does not admit of lengthened attention to reading, but meditation
upon a few verses will teach us more than a
hasty perusal of many, and it cannot but be
profitable to us all to endeavour to fix in our
minds some one definite lesson, gathered
from God's holy Word, which may remain
with us as our last waking thought at night;




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and may through the aid of the Holy Spirit
enable us to rise with a more earnest devotion to our duties on the morrow.
It can scarcely be necessary to add, that
such appointed lessons should never be allowed to interfere with the wish which all
are likely at times to feel, to turn to some
particular passage, suitable to the needs of
the moment.
BONOHracoH, December 10, 1859.




NIGHT LESSONS FROM SCRIPTURE.
First Sunday in Advent.
2 ST. PETER II. 8-13.
BELOVED, be not ignorant of this one
thing, that one day is with the Lord as a
thousand years, and a thousand years as one
day. The Lord is not slack concerning His
promise, as some men count slackness; but
is long suffering to us-ward, not willing that
any should perish, but that all should come
to repentance. But the Day of the Lord will
come as a thief in the night; in the which the
heavens shall pass away with a great noise,
and the elements shall melt with fervent
heat; the earth also, and the works that are
therein, shall be burned up.  Seeing then
that all these things shall be dissolved, what
manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy
conversation and godliness; looking for and
hasting unto the coming of the Day of God,
wherein the heavens, being on fire, shall be
dissolved, and the elements shall melt with
fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to
His promise, look for new heavens and a new
earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.




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Monday-First tWeek in Advent.
ZEPHANIAH i. 14-18; i. 1-3.
THE great Day of the LORD is near, it is
near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice
of the Day of the LORD: the mighty man
shall cry there bitterly. That Day is a day
of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day
of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness
and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick
darkness, a day of the trumpet and alarm
against the defenced cities, and against the
high towers. And I will bring distress upon
men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD; and
their blood shall be poured out as dust, and
their flesh as the dung. Neither their silver
nor their gold shall be able to deliver them
in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the
whole land shall be devoured by the fire of
His jealousy; for He shall make even a speedy
riddance of all them that dwell in the'land.
Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, 0 nation not desired; before the decree bring forth, before the Day pass as the
chaffbefore the fierce anger of the LORD come
upon you, before the Day of the LORD's anger
come upon you. Seek ye the LORD, all ye
meek of the earth, which have wrought His
judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness;
it may be ye shall be hid in the Day of the
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Tuesday-First Week in Advent.
REVELATION XX. 11-15.
AND I saw a great white throne, and Him
that sat on it, from whose face the earth
and the heavens fled away; and there was
found no place for them. And I saw the
dead, small and great, stand before God; and
the books were opened: and another book
was opened, which is the book of life: and the
dead were judged out of those -things which
were written in the books, according to their
works. And the sea gave up the dead which
were in it, and death and hell delivered up
the dead which were in them: and they were
judged every man according to their works.
And death and hell were cast into the lake of
fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life
was cast into the lake of fire.
Wednesday-First Week/ in- Advent.
ST. MATTHEW XXIV. 29-39.
IMMEDIATELY after the tribulation of
those days shall the sun be darkened, and
the moon shall not give her light, and the
stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers
of the heavens shall be shaken: and then
shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in
heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the
earth mourn, and they shall see- the Son of
Man coming in the clouds of heaven with




er  d great glory. And He shall send
power and great glory. And IHe shall send
His angels with a great sound of a trumpet,
and they shall gather together his elect from
the four winds, from one end of heaven to the
other. Now learn a parable of the fig-tree:
When his branch is yet tender, and putteth
forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
so likewise ye, when ye shall see all these
things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
Verily I say unto you, This generation shall
not pass till all these things be fulfilled.
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My
words shall not pass away. But of that day
and hour knowetl no man, no, not the angels
of heaven, but My Father only. But as the
days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of
the Son of Man be. For as in the days that
were before the flood, they were eating and
drinking, marrying and giving in marriage.
until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
and knew not until the flood came, and took
them all away; so shall also the coming of
the Son of Man be.
Thursday-First Week in Advent.
ST. MATTHEW XXV. 1-13.
THEN shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps,
and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And
five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
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took no oil with them: but the wise took oil
in their vessels with their lamps. While the
bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and
slept.  And at midnight there was a cry
made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye
out to meet him.   Then all those virgins
arose, and trimmed their lamps. And the
foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your
oil; for our lamps are gone out. But the
wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be
not enough for us and you, but go ye rather
to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
And while they went to buy, the bridegroom
came, and they that were ready went in with
him to the marriage, and the door was shut.
Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know
you not. Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of
Man cometh.
Friday-First Week in Advent.
2 COR. v. 1-10.'W  E know that if our earthly house of this
tabernacle were dissolved, we have a
building of God, an house not made with
hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we
groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon
with our house, which is from heaven: if so
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naked. For we that are in this tabernacle do
groan, being burdened: not for that we would
be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality
might be swallowed up of life. Now he that
hath wrought us for the self same thing is
God, who also hath given unto us the earnest
of the Spirit. Therefore we are always confident, knowing that whilst we are at home in
the body, we are absent from the Lord.
(For we walk by faith, not by sight.) We
are confident, I say, and willing rather to be
absent from the body, and to be present with
the Lord. Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of
Him. For we must all appear before the
judgment seat of Christ; that every one may
receive the things done in his body, according
to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
Saturdacy-First Week in Advent.
PSALM CXLV. 1-13.
IWILL extol Thee, my God, O King- and
I will bless Thy name for ever and ever.
Every day will I bless Thee; and I will praise
Thy name for ever and ever. Great is the
LORD, and greatly to be praised; and His
greatness is unsearchable. One generation
shall praise Thy works to another, and shall
declare Thy mighty acts. I will speak of the
glorious honour of Thy majesty, and of Thy
wondrous works. And men shall speak of the




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might of Thy terrible acts, and I will. declare
Thy greatness. They shall abundantly utter
the memory of Thy great goodness, and shall
sing of Thy righteousness. The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger,
and of great mercy. The LORD is good to all;
and His tender mercies are over all His works.
All Thy works shall praise Thee, O LORD; and
Thy saints shall bless Thee. They shall speak
of the glory of Thy kingdom, and talk of Thy
power; to make known to the sons of men
His mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of
His kingdom. Thy kingdom is an everlasting
kingdom, and Thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.
Second Sunday in Advent.
REVELATION XIX. 11-16.
AND I saw heaven opened, and behold a
white horse; and He that sat upon him
was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He doth judge and make war. His eyes
were as a flame of fire, and on His head were
many crowns; and He had a name written,
that no man knew but He Himself. And
He was clothed with a vesture dipped in
blood; and His name is called The Word of
God. And the armies which were in heaven
followed Him upon white horses, clothed in
fine linen, white and clean. And out of His
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should smite the nations: and He shall rule
them with a rod of iron: andi He treadeth
the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of
Almighty God. And He hath on His vesture
and on His thigh a name written, KING' Or
KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
Monday-Second Week in Advent.
ISAIAH XIII. 6-13.
HTOWL ye; for the Day of the LORD is at
hand; it shall come as a destruction from
the Almighty. Therefore shall all hands be
faint, and every man's heart shall melt: and
they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall
take hold of them; they shall be in pain as
a woman that travaileth; they shall be amazed
one at another; their faces'shall be as flames.
Behold, the Day of the LORD cometh, cruel
both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the
land desolate: and He shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. For the stars of
heaven and the constellations thereof shall
not give their light, the sun shall be darkened
in his going forth, and the moon shall not
cause her light to shine. And I will punish
the world fior their evil, and the wicked for
their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy
of the proud to cease, and, will lay low the
haughtiness of the terrible. I will make a
Man more precious than fine gold; even a
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fore I will shake the heavens, and the earth
shall remove out of her place, in the wrath
of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of His
fierce anger.
Tuesday-Second Week in Advent.
ST. LUKE XII. 42-48.
AND the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall
make ruler over his household, to give them
their portion of meat in due season? Blessed
is that servant, whom his lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing. Of a truth I say unto
you, that he will make him ruler over all that
he hath. But and if that servant say in his
heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall
begin to beat the men-servants and maidens),
and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; the
lord of that servant will come in a day when
he looketh not for him, and at an hour when.
he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder,,
and will appoint him his portion with the
unbelievers. And that servant which knewhis lord's will, and prepared not himself,,
neither did according to his will, shall be
beaten with many stripes. But he that knewnot, and did commit things worthy of stripes,.
shall be beaten with a few stripes. For unto.
whomsoever much is given, of him shall be.
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Wednesday-Second Week in Advent.
REVELATION I. 4-7.
TOHN to the seven churches which are in
Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace,
from Him which is, and which was, and which
is to come; and from the seven spirits which
are before His throne; and from Jesus Christ,
who is the faithful witness, and the first
begotten of the dead, and the prince of the
kings of the earth. Unto Him that loved us,
and washed us from our sins in His own
blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto
God and His Father: to Him be glory and
dominion for ever and ever. Amen. Behold.
He cometh with clouds; and every eye shall
see Him, and they also which pierced Him:
and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of Him. Even so, Amen.
Thursday-Second Week in Advent.
JOB xxxIV. 10-20.
HEARKEN       unto me; ye men of understanding: far be it from God that He
should do wickedness; and from the Almighty,
that He should commit iniquity. For the
work of a man shall He render unto him, and
cause every man to find according to his ways.
Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither
will the Almighty pervert judgment. Who
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who hath disposed the whole world? If He
set His heart upon man, if He gather unto
Himself His spirit and'His breath; all flesh
shall perish together, and man shall turn
again unto dust.  If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of
my words. Shall even he that hateth right
govern? and wilt thou condemn Him that is
most just? Is it fit to say to a king, Thou
art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?
How much less to Him that accepteth not
the persons of princes, nor regardeth the
rich more than the poor? for they all are the
work of His hands. In a moment shall they
die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall
be taken away without hand.
Friday-Second Week in Advent.
JOEL II. 11-16.
ASSEMBLE yourselves, and come, all ye
heathen, and gather yourselves together
round about: thither cause thy mighty ones
to come down,' O LORD. Let the heathen be
wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the
heathen round about. Put ye in the sickle, for
the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for
the press is full, the fats overflow; for their
wickedness is great. Multitudes, multitudes in
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is near in the valley of decision. The sun and
the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall
withdraw their shining. The LORD also shall
roar'out of Zion, and utter His voice from
Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth
shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of
His people, and the strength of the children
of Israel.
Saturday-Second Week in Advent.
ST. LUKE XIII. 23-30.
T/HEN said one unto Him, Lord, are there
few that be saved? And He said unto
them, Strive to enter in at the strait gate; for
many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in,
and shall not be able. When once the master
of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the
door, and ye begin to stand without, and to
knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open
unto us; and He shall answer and say unto
you, I know you not whence ye are: then
shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and
drunk in Thy presence, and Thou hast taught
in our streets. But He shall say, I tell you,
I know you not whence ye are, depart from
Me, all ye workers of iniquity. There shall
be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye
shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and
all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and
you yourselves thrust out. And they shall
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from the north, and from the south, and shall
sit down in the kingdom of God. And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and
there are first which shall be last.
Third Sunday in Advent.
ST. MATTHEW XXIV. 35-44
HEAVEN and earth shall pass away, but
My words shall not pass away. But of
that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not
the angels. of heaven, but My Father only.
But as the days of Noe were, so shall also
the coming of the Son of Man be. For at in
the days that were before the flood they were
eating and drinking, marrying and giving in
marriage, until the day that Noe entered into
the ark, and knew not until the flood came
and took them all away; so shall also the
coming of the Son of Man be. Then shall
two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and
the other left. Two women shall be grinding
at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the
other-left. Watch, therefore; for ye know
not what hour your Lord doth come. But
know this, that if the good man of the house
had known in what watch the thief would
come, he would have watched, and would not
have suffered his house to be broken up.
Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an
hour as ye think not the Son of Man
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Monday-Third Week in Advent.
ST. MATTHEW XXV. 31-46.
W   HTEN the Son of Man shall come in His
glory, and all the holy angels with
Him, then shall He sit upon the throne of
His glory: and before Ihim shall be gathered
all nations: and He shall separate them one
from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep
from the goats; and He shall set the sheep
on His right hand, but the goats on the left.
Then shall the King say unto them on Isis
right hand, Come, ye blessed of My Father,
inherit the kingdom prepared for you from
the foundation of the world: for I was an
hungered, and ye gave Me meat: I was thirsty,
and ye gave Me drink: I was a stranger, and
ye took Me in: naked, and ye clothed Me: I
was sick, and ye visited -[Ie: I was in prison,
and ye came unto Me. Then shall the righteous
answer Him, saying, Lord, when saw we Thee
an hungered, and fed Thee? or thirsty, and gave
Thee drink?: when saw we Thee a stranger, and
took Thee in? or naked, and clothed Thee;
or when saw we Thee sick, or in prison, and
came unto Thee.? And the King shall answer
and say unto them, Verily, I say unto you,
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the
least of these My brethren, ye have done it
unto Me. Then shall He say also unto them
on the left hand, Depart from Me, ye cursed,
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his angels: for I was an hungered, and ye
gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave
Me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took
Me not in: naked, and ye clothed Me not:
sick, and in prison, and ye visited Me not.
Then shall they also answer Him, saying,
Lord, when saw we Thee an hungered, or
athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in
prison, and did not minister unto Thee? Then
shall He answer them, saying, Verily, I say
unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of
the least of these, ye did it not to Me. And
these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Tuesday-Third Week in Advent.
ST. JOHN v. 22-29.
FOR the Father judgeth no man, but hath
committed all judgment unto the Son:
that all men should honour the Son, even as
they honour the Father.-He that honoureth
not the Son, honoureth not the Father which
hath sent Him. Verily, verily, I say unto you,
He that heareth My word, and believeth on
Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and
shall not come into condemnation; but is
passed from death unto life. Verily, verily, I
say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is,
when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son
of God, and they that hear shall live. For as
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given to the Son to have life in Himself; and
hath given Him authority to execute judgment
also, because He is the Son of Man. Marvel
not at this: for the hour is coming, in the
which all that are in the graves shall hear
Iis voice, and shall come forth; they that
have done good, unto the resurrection of life;
and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
l Wednesday-Third fWeek in Advent.
ROMANS II. 1-11.
rTHEREFORE thou art inexcusable, O man,
whosoever thou art that judgest: for
wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the
same things. But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against
them which commit such things. And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which
do such things, and doest the same, that thou
shalt escape the judgment of God! Or despisest thou the riches of His goodness, and
forbearance, and longsuffering; not knowing
that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath
against the day of wrath and revelation of
the righteous judgment of God; who will
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doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: but unto them that
are contentious, and do not obey the truth,
but obey unrighteousness, indignation and
wrath, tribulation and anguish, upon every
soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first,
and also of the Gentile; but glory, honour,
and peace to every man that worketh good,
to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile. For
there is no respect of persons with God.
Thursday-Third Week in Advent.
REVELATION XIV. 9-13.
AND the third angel followed them, saying
with a loud voice, If any man worship
the beast and his image, and receive his mark
in his forehead, or in his hand, the same
shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God,'which is poured out without mixture into the
cup of His indignation; and-he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the
presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: and the smoke of their
torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and
they have no rest day nor night, who worship
the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. Here is the
patience of the saints: here are they that
keep the commandments of God, and the faith
of Jesus. And I heard a voice from heaven,
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which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea,
saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their
labours; and their works do follow them,.
Friday-Third Week in Advent.
ST. MARK xIII. 24-37.
N. those days, after that tribulation, the sun
shall be darkened, and the moon shall not
give her light, and the stars of heaven shall
fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall
be shaken. And then they shall see the Son
of Man coming in the clouds with great power
and glory. And then shall He send His
angels, and shall gather together His elect
from the four winds, from the uttermost part
of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
Now, learn a parable of the figtree; When
her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth
leaves, ye know that summer is near i so ye"
in like manner, when ye shall see these things
come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at
the doors. Verily I say unto you, that this
generation shall not pass, till all these things
be done. Heaven and earth shall pass away;
but My words shall not pass away. But of
that day and that hour knoweth no man, no,
not the angels which are in heaven, neither
the Son, but the Father. Take ye heed,
watch and pray: for ye know not when the
time is. For the Son of Man is as a man
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gave authority to his servants, and to every
man his work, and commanded the porter to
watch. Watch ye, therefore; for ye know
not when the master of the house cometh, at
even, or at midnight, or at the cock-crowing,
or in the morning: lest, coming suddenly, he
find you sleeping. And what I say unto you,
I say unto all, Watch.
Saturday-Third Week in Advent.
ST. LUKE xII. 33-40.
SELL that ye have, and give alms; provide
yourselves bags which wax not old, a
treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where
no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth
For where your treasure is, there will your
heart be also. Let your loins be girded
about, and your lights burning; and ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord,
vwhen he will return from the wedding; that,
when- he cometh and knocketh, they may
open unto him immediately.   Blessed are
those servants whom  the lord, when he
cometh, shall find watching: verily I say unto
you,; that he shall gird himself, and make
them to sit down to meat, and will come forth
and serve them. And if he shall come in the
second watch, or come in the third watch,
and find them so, blessed are those servants.
And this know, that if the good man of the
house had known what hour the thief would




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come, he would have watched, and would not
have suffered his house to be broken through.
Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of
Man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
Fourth Sunday in Advent.
NAHUM I. 2-8.
GOD is jealous, and the LORD revengeth,
and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on His adversaries, and He reserveth
wrath for His enemies. The LORD is slow to
anger, and great in power, and will not at all
acquit the wicked: the LORD hath His way
in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the
clouds are the dust of His feet. He rebuketh
the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all
the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel
and the flower of Lebanon languisheth. The
mountains quake at Him, and the Hills melt,
and the earth is burned at His presence; yea,
the world and all they that dwell therein.
Who can stand before His indignation? and
who can abide in the fierceness of His anger?
His fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks
are thrown down by Him. The LORD is
good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and
He knoweth them that trust in Him. But
with an overrunning flood He will make an
utter end of the place thereof, and darkness
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Mlonday-Fourth Week in Advent.
MALACHI II. 1-6.
BEHOLD I will send my Messenger, and
he shall prepare the way before Me: and
the LORD whom ye seek shall suddenly come
to His temple; even the messenger of the
covenant whom ye delight in: behold, lie
shall come, saith the LORD of Hosts. But
who may abide the day of His coming? and
who shall stand when He appeareth? for He
is like a refiner's fire and like fuller's soap:
and He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of
silver: and He shall purify the sons of Levi,
and purge them as gold and silver, that they
may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. Then shall the offering of Judah
and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as
in the days of old, and as in former years.
And I will come near to you to judgment;
and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against
false swearers, and against those that-oppress
the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the
fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger
from his right, and fear not Me, saith the LORD
of hosts. For I am the LORD, I change not;
therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
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Tuesday-Fourth Week in Advent.
GALATIANS IV. 1-7.
NTOW I say, that the heir, as long as he is
a child, differeth nothing from a servant,
though he be lord of all; but is under tutors
and governors until the time appointed of,the
father. Even so we, when we were children,
were in bondage under the. elements of the
world; but when the fulness of the time was
come, God sent forth His Son, made of a
woman, made under the law, to redeem them
who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because ye
are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of
His Son into your hearts, crying, Abba,
Father. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of
God through Christ.
Wednesday-Fourth Week in Advent.
ISAIAH xxxv. 1-10.
THtE wilderness and the solitary place shall
1 be glad for them, and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly and rejoice, even with joy and
singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given
unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon,
they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the
excellency of our God. Strengthen ye the
weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be




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strong, fear not; behold your God will come
with vengeance, even God with a recompence; He will come and save you. Then
the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the
ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then
shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the
tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in
the desert. And the parched ground shall
become a pool, and the thirsty land springs
of water: in the habitation of dragons where
each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
And an highway shall be there, and a way 
and it shall be called The way of holiness;
the unclean shall not pass over it: but it shall
be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools,
shall not err therein. No lion shall be there,
nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon;
it shall not be found there; but the redeemed
shall walk there: and the ransomed of the
LORD shall return, and come to Zion with
songs of everlasting joy upon their heads:
they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Thursday-Fourth Week in Advent.
EPHESIANS V. 13-21.
ALL things that are reproved are made
manifest by the light; for whatsoever
doth make manifest is light. Wherefore IHe
saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise




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from the dead, and Christ shall give thee
light. See then that ye walk circumspectly,
not as fools, but as wise. Redeeming the
time, because the days are evil. Wherefore
be ye not unwise, but understanding what the
will of the Lord is. And be _not drunk with
wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with
the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms
and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and
making melody in your heart to the Lord;
giving thanks always for all things unto God
and the Father, in the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ; submitting yourselves one to
another in the fear of God.
Friday-Fourth Week in Advent.
ISAIAH XI. 1-9.
MHHERE shall come forth a Rod out of the
1 stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow
out of his roots. And the Spirit of the LORD
shall rest upon Him, the spirit of wisdom andunderstanding, the spirit of counsel and might,
the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the
LORD; and shall make Him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall
-not judge after the sight of His eyes, neither
reprove after the hearing of His ears: but
with righteousness shall He judge the poor,
and reprove with equity for the meek of the
earth: and I-He shall smite the earth with the
rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His




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lips shall He slay the wicked.  And righteousness shall be the girdle of His loins, and
faithfulness the girdle of His reins. The
wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the
leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the
calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
And the cow and the bear shall feed; their
young ones shall lie down together: and the
lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the
sucking child shall play on the hole of the
asp; and the weaned child shall put his hand
on the cockatrice' den. They shall not hurt
nor destroy in all My holy mountain: for the
earth shall be full of the knowledge of the
LORD as the waters cover the sea.
Christmas Eve-December 24.
ST. LUKE II. 8-20.
AND there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch
over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel
of the Lord came upon them, and' the glory
of the Lord shone round about them: and
they were sore afraid. And the angel said
unto them, Fear not: for, behold I bring you
good tidings of great joy, which shall be to
all people. For unto you is born this day, in
the city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ
the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you;
Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling
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clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly
there was with the angel a multitude of the
heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory
to God in the highest, and on earth peace,
good will towards men. And it came to pass,
as the angels were gone away f-om them into
heaven, the shepherds said one to another,
Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see
this thing-which is come to pass, which the
Lord hath made known unto us. And they
came with haste, and found Mary and Joseph,
and the babe lying in a manger. And when
they had seen it, they made known abroad
the saying which was told them concerning
this child. And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them
by the shepherds. But Mary kept all these
things, and pondered them in her heart. And
the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard
and seen, as it was told unto them.
Christmas Day-December 25.
PSALM LXXII. 1-19.
pIVE the King Thy judgments, O God, and
Thy righteousness unto the King's Son.
He shall judge Thy people with righteousness,
and Thy poor with judgment. The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the
little hills, by righteouness. He shall judge
the poor of the people, He shall save the chii



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dren of the needy, and shall break in pieces
the oppressor. They shall fear Thee as long
as the sun and moon endure, throughout all'
generations. Ie shall come down like rain
upon the mown grass: as showers that water
the earth. In His days shall the righteous
flourish; and abundance of peace so long as
the moon endureth. He shall have dominion
also from sea to sea, and from the river unto
the ends of the earth. They that dwell in the
wilderness shall bow before Him; and His
enemies shall lick the dust. The kings of
Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents:
the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer
gifts. Yea, all kings shall fall down before
Him. all nations shall serve Him. For Ile
shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the
poor also, and him that hath no helper. He
shall spare the poor and needy, and, shall save
the souls of the needy. He shall redeem
their souls from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in His sight. And
He shall live, and to Him shall be given of
the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made
for Him continually: and daily shall He be
praised. There shall be an handful of corn
in the earth upon the top of the mountains;
the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon:
and they of the city shall flourish like grass
of the earth. His name shall endure for ever:
His name shall be continued as long as the
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nations shall call Him  blessed. Blessed be
the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only
doeth wondrous things. And blessed be His
glorious name for ever: and let the whole
earth be filled with His glory; Amen, and
Amen.
St. Stephen's Day- December 26.
ST. MARK XIII. 3-13.
AS He sat upon the mount of Olives, over
against the temple, Peter and James and
John and Andrew asked hifn privately, Tell
us, when shall these things be? and what
shall be the' sign when all these things shall
be fulfilled? And Jesus answering them,
began to say, Take:heed lest any man deceive
you: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours
of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things
must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be
earthquakes in divers places, and there shall
be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows. But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to
councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be
beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers
and kings for My sake, for a testimony
against them. And the gospel must first be




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published among all nations. But when they
shall lead you and deliver you up, take no
thought beforehand what ye shall speak,
neither do ye premeditate; but whatsoever
shall be given you in that hour, that speak
ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy
Ghost. Now the brother shall betray the
brother to death, and the father the son; and
children shall rise up against their parents,
and shall cause them to be put to death. And
ye shall be hated of all men for My name's
sake: but he that shall endure unto the end,
the same shall be saved.
St. John the Evangelist's Day-December 27.
REVELATION XXII 6-12.
AND he said unto me, These sayings are
faithful and true: and the Lord God of
the holy prophets sent His angel to show
unto His servants the things which must
shortly be done. Behold, I come quickly;
blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the
prophecy of this book. And I John saw
these things, and heard them. And when I
had heard and seen, I fell down to worship
before the feet of the angel which showed me
these things. Then said he, See thou do it
not: for I am thy fellow-servant, and of thy
brethren the prophets, and of them which
keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
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the prophecy of this book: for the time is at
handI He that is;unjust, let him be unjust
still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy
still: and he that is righteous, let him be
righteous still: and he that is holy, let him
be holy still.. And, behold, I come quickly;
and My reward is with Me, to give every
man according as his work shall be.
The Innocents' Day-December 28.
ST, MATTHEW XVIII. 1-10.
AT the same time came the disciples to
Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the
kingdom  of heaven l And Jesus called a
little child unto Him, and set him in the
midst, and said, Verily I say unto you,
Except ye be converted and become as
little children, ye shall not enter into the
kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore
shall humble himself as this little child, the
same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
And whoso shall receive one such little child
in My name receiveth Me. But whoso shall
offend one of these little ones which believe in
Me, it were better for him that a millstone
were hanged about his neck, and that he were
drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe unto
the world because of offences! for it must
needs be that offences come; but woe to that
man by whom -the offence cometh! Wherefore, if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut




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them off and cast them  from thee: it is
better for thee to enter into life halt or
maimed, rather than having two hands or two
feet to be cast into everlasting fire. And if
thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast
it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into
life with one eye, rather than having two eyes
to be cast into hell fire. Take heed that ye
despise not one of these little ones; for I say
unto you, That in heaven their angels do
always behold the face of My Father which
is in heaven.
December 29.
MICAH IV. 1-15.
BUT in the last days it shall come to passe,
that the mountain of the house of the
LORD shall be established in the top of the
mountains, and it shall be exalted above the
hills; and people shall flow unto it. And
many nations shall come, and say, Come, and
let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and
to the house of the God of Jacob; and He
will teach us of His ways, and we will walk
in His paths; for the law shall go forth of
Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jer-'
salem. And He shall judge among many
people, and rebuke strong nations afar off;
and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks:
nation shall not lift up a sword against nation,




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neither shall they learn war any more. But
they shall sit every man under his vine, and
under his fig-tree; and none shall make them
afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts'hath spoken it. For all people will walk
every one in the name of his god, and we will
walk in the name of the LORD our God for
ever and ever.
December 30.
PHILIPPIANS IV. 4-8.
EJOICE in the Lord alway: and again
I say, Rejoice. Let your moderation be
known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
Be careful for. nothing; but in everything by
prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving,
let your requests be made known unto God.
And the peace of God, which ipasseth all
understanding, shall keep your hearts and
minds through Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever
things are honest, whatsoever things are
just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever tWings are lovely, whatsoever things are
of good report; if there be any virtue, and
if there be any praise, think on these things..December 31.  M  &,
EPHESIANS:I. 10-18.
FINALLY, my brethren, be strong in the
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Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may
be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood,
but against principalities, against powers,
against the rulers of the darkness of this
world, against spiritual wickedness in high
places. Wherefore take unto you the whole
armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to
stand. Stand, therefore, having your loins
girt about with truth, and having on the
breastplate of righteousness; and your feet
shod with the preparation of the gospel of
peace; above all, taking the shield of faith
wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the
fiery darts of the wicked. And take the
helmet of salvation, and the sword of the
Spirit, which is the word of God: praying
always with all prayer and supplication in the
Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perse —
verance and supplication for all saints.
The Circumcision-January 1.
DEUTERONOMY XXX. 1-6.
AND it shall come to pass, when all these,
things are come upon thee, the blessing
and the curse, which I have set before thee,
and thou,shalt call them to mind among all
the nations, whither the LORD thy'God hath'driven thee, and shalt return unto the LORD
thy God, and shalt obey His voice according
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to all that 1 command thee this day, thou
and thy children, with all thine heart, and
with all thy soul; that then the LORD thy God
will turn thy captivity, and have compassion
upon thee, and will return, and gather thee
from all -the nations, whither the LORD thy
God hath scattered thee. If any of thine be
driven out unto the utmost parts of heaven,
from thence will the LORD thy God gather
thee, and from  thence will He fetch thee.
And the LORD thy God will:bring thee into
the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou
shalt possess it; and He will do thee good,
and multiply thee above thy fathers. And
the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart,
and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD
thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy
soul, that thou mayest live.
January 2.
GALATIANS V. 16-26.
THIS I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and
ye shall not fulfil the lusts of the flesh.
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and
the Spirit against the flesh: and these are
contrary the one to the other: so that ye
cannot do the things that ye would. But if
ye be led by the Spirit, ye are not under the
law. Now, the works of the flesh are. manifest, which are these.; Adultery, fornication,
uncleanness lasciviousness, idolatry, witch



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craft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife,
seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which
I tell you before, as I have also told you in
time past, that they which do such things
shall not inherit; the kingdom of God. But
the' fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
lQngosuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
meekness, temperance: against, such there is
no law. And they that are Christ's have
crucifiedf the flesh with the affections and
lusts. If we live in the: Spirit, let us also
walk in the Spirit. Let;us not be desirous of
vain-glory, provoking one another, envying
one another.
January 3.
ROMANS VI. 7-18.
HE that is dead is freed from sin. Now if
we be dead with Christ, we believe that
we shall also live with Him: knowing that
Christ, being raised from the dead, dieth no
more; death hath no more dominion over
Him. For in that He died, He died unto
sin once; but in that He liveth, He liveth
unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive
unto God, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal
body, that ye should obey it in the lusts
thereof.- Neither yield ye your members as




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instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but
yield yourselves unto God, as those that are
alive from the dead, and your members as
instruments of righteousness unto God. For
sin shall not have dominion over you: for
ye are not under the law, but under grace.
What then? shall we sin, because we are not
under the law, but under grace? God forbid.
Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to
whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or
of obedience unto righteousness? But God
be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin;
but ye have obeyed from the heart that form
of doctrine which was delivered you. Being
then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
January 4.
ROMANS VIII. 1-10.
HERE is therefore now no condemnation
to them which are in Christ Jesus, who
walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
]For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ
Jesus hath made me free from the law of sil
and death. For what the law could not do,
in that it was weak through the flesh, God
sending His own Son, in the likeness of sinful
flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not -after the flesh, but




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after the Spirit. For they that are after the
flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they
that are after the Spirit the things of the
Spirit. For to be carnally-minded is death;
but to be spiritually-minded is life and peace.
Because the carnal mind is enmity against
God: for it is not subject to the law of God,
neither indeed can be. So then they that are
in the flesh cannot please God. But ye are
not in the' flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be
that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if
any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is
none of His. And if Christ be in you, the
body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is
life because of righteousness.
January 5.
GALATIANS VI. 7-16.
BE not deceived; God is not mocked: for
whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he
also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh,
shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that
soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap
life everlasting. And let us not be weary in
well-doing: for in due season we shall reap,
if:we faint not. As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially
unto them who are of the household of faith.
Ye see how large a letter I have written unto
you with mine own hand. As many as desire
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strain you to be circumcised; only lest they
should suffer persecution for the cross of
Christ. For neither they themselves who are
circumcised keep the law, but desire to have
you circumcised, that they may glory in your
flesh. But God forbid that I should glory,
save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,
by whom the world is crucified unto me, and
I unto the world. For in Christ Jesus neither
circumcision availeth anything nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. And as many as
walk according to this rule, peace be on them,
and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
The Epiphany-January 6.
ACTS xvI. 22-31.
I-IEN Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill,
and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive
that in all things ye are too superstitious.
For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription,
TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom
therefore ye ignorantly worship, Him declare
I unto you. God that made the world and
all things therein, seeing that He is Lord of
heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples
made with hands; neither is worshipped with
men's hands, as though He needed anything,
seeing He giveth to all life, and breath, and
all things; and hath made of one blood all
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the earth, and hath determined -the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; $that they should seek the Lord, if
haply they might feel after Him, and find
Him, though He be not far from every one of
us. For in him we live, and move, and have
our being; as certain also of your own poets
have said, For we are also His offspring. Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God,
we ought not to think that the Godhead is
like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by
art and man's device. And the times of this
ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent. Because He hath appointed a day, in the which
He will judge the world in righteousness by
that man whom He hath ordained; wherof
He hath given assurance unto all men, in thatHe hath raised Him from the dead.
January 7.
ISAIAH XLIX. 5-10.
AND now, saith the LORD that formed Me
from the womb to be His servant, to
bring Jacob again to Him, Though Israel be
not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the
eyes of the LORD, and My God shall be My
strength. And I said, It is a light thing
that Thou shouldst be My servant,, to raise
up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the
preserved of Israel. I will also give Thee for




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a Light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be
My salvation unto the end ofthe.earth. Thus
saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and
His Holy One, to Him whom man despiseth,
to Him whom the nation- abhorreth, to a Servant; of rulers, Kings shall.see and:arise,
princes also shall worship, because of the
LORD that is faithful, and the- Holy One of
Israel, and He shall choose Thee.. Thus saith
the LORD, In an acceptable time have I'heard
Thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped
Thee: and I will preserve Thee, and give Thee
for a covenant of the people to establish the
earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages.: that Thou mayest say to the prisoners,
Go forth; to them that are in darkness, -hew
yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and
their pasture shall be in all high places. They
shall not hunger nor' thirst; neither shall the
heat nor sun smite them: for He that hath
mercy on them shall lead them, even by the
springs of water shall He guide them.
January 8.
ACTS x. 34-43.
rTHEN Peter opened his mouth and said,
Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: but in every nation he
that feareth Him, and worketh righteousness,
is aceepted with Him. The word which God
sent- unto:the children of Israel, preaching




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peace by Jesus Christ: (IIe is Lord of all:)
that word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judea, and began from
Galilee, after thebaptism which John preached:
how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the
Ioly Ghost and with power: who went about
doing good, and healing all that were oppressed
of the devil; for God was with Him. And
we are witnesses of all things which lie did
both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem: Whom they slew and hanged on a tree:
Him God raised up the third day, and shewed
Him openly; not to all the people, but unto
witnesses chosen before of God, even to us,
who did eat and drink with Him after He rose
from the dead. And He commanded us to
preach unto the people, and to testify that it
is He which was ordained of God to be the
Judge of quick and dead. To Him give all
the prophets witness that through His name,
whosoever believeth in Him shall receive remission of sins.
January 9.
ACTS XI. 1-18.
AND the Apostles and brethren that were
in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also
received the word of God. And when Peter
was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of
the circumcision contended with him, saying,
Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and




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didst eat with them. But Peter rehearsed the
matter from the beginning, and expounded it
by order unto them, saying, I. was iin the
city of Joppa, praying: and in a: trance I
saw -a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it..
had been a great sheet, let down from heaven:
by four corners; and, it came even to me:
upon the which, when I had fastened mine:
eyes,, I-considered, and saw four-footed beasts
of the earth, and wild beasts,. and creeping
things, and-fowls of the air. And I heard a
voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter: slay and
eat.: But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing
common or unclean hath at any time entered
hiito"my mouth.'But the voice answered me
again from heaven, What God. hath cleansed,
that- call' not thou common. And this was
done three times:. and: all were drawn up
again into heaven. And, behold, immediately
there were threeimen already come unto the
house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto
me. And the Spirit bade me go with them,
nothing doubting. Moreover, these six brethren accompanied me; and we entered into the
man's house; and he shewed us how he had
seen an angel in his house, which stood and
said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call
for Simon, whose surname is Peter w ho shall
tell thee words whereby thou, and all thy
house shall be saved. And as I began to
speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us
at- the beginning. Then remembered I the




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word,:of the Lord, how that He said, John
indeed. baptized.with' water;'but ye -shall be
baptized with the ~Holy Ghost.: Forasmuch,
then, as God gave them the like gift as He.did to us- who believed on the Lord Jesus
~Christ;.what was I, that I' could withstand
God?! When they heard these things, they
held their peace, land glorified' God, saying,
Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted
repentance unto life.
January 10. 
ACTs XII.. 38 —48.
BE it known unto you therefore, men and
brethren, that through this Man    is
preached unto you the forgiveness of: sins;
and by Him all that believe are justified from
all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.- Beware, therefore,
lest that come upon you, which is spoken of
in the prophets; Behold,'ye despisers, and
wonder, and perish:' for I work a work in
your days, a work which ye shall in nowise
believe, though a man declare it.-unto you.
And when:the Jews were gone' out of the
synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these
words might be preached- to them the next
Sabbath. Now when the congregation was
broken up, many of the Jews and religious
proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who,
speaking to them, persuaded them to continue




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in the grace of God. And the next Sabbathday came almost the whole city together to
hear the word of God. But when the Jews
saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy,
and spake against those things which were
spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold,
and said, It was necessary that the word of
God should first have been spoken to you:
but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn
to the Gentiles. For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set Thee to be a
Light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be
for salvation unto the ends of the earth. And
when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad,
and glorified the word of the Lord; and as
many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
January 11.
ST. JOHN Iv. 43-54.
NOW     after two days He departed thence,
and went into Galilee. For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in,his own country. Then when He was come
into Galilee, the Galilseans received Him, having seen all the things that He did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the
feast. So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where He made the water wine. And




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there was a certain nobleman, whose son was
sick at Capernaum., When he heard that
Jesus was come up out of Judea into Galilee,
he went unto Him, and besought Him that
He: would come down, and heal his son;
for he was at the point of death. Then: said
Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe. The nobleman saith
unto Him, Sir, come down ere:my child die.
Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way, thy son
liveth. And the man believed the word that
Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his
way. And as he was now going down, his
servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy
son liveth. Then inquired- he of -them the
hour when he began: to amend. And.they
said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour
the fever left him. So the father knew that
it was at the same hour in the Which Jesus
said unto him, Thy son liveth, and himself
believed, and his whole house., This is again
the second miracle that Jesus did, when lHe
was come out of Judea into Galilee.
January 12.
EPHESIANS III. 1-12.
YE have heard of the dispensation of the
grace of God which is: given me to youward: how that by revelation He made known
unto me the mystery (as I wrote afore in few
words, whereby, when ye read, ye may un5




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derstand my knowledge in the mystery of
Christ), which in other ages was not made
known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto the holy Apostles and prophets
by the Spirit; That the Gentiles should be
fellow-heirs and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ by the Gospel: whereof I was made a minister, accdrding to the gift of the grace of God given unto
me by the effectual working of His power.
Unto me, who am less than the least of all
saints, is this grace given, that I should preach
among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches
of Christ; and to make all men see what is
the fellowship of the mystery, which from the
beginning of the world hath been hid in God,
who created all things by Jesus Christ: to
the intent that now unto the principalities and
powers in heavenly places might be known
by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
according to the eternal purpose which He
purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: in whom
we have boldness and access with confidence
by the faith of Him.
First Sunday after Epiphany.
ACTS XIV. 8-18.
AND there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from
his mother's womb, who never had walked:




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the same heard Paul speak: who steadfastly
beholding him, and perceiving that he had
faith to be healed, said with a loud voice,
Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped
and walked. And when the people saw what
Paul had done, they lifted up their voices,
saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods
are come down to us in the likeness of men.
And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul,
Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker.
Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before
their city, brought oxen and garlands unto
the gates, and would have done sacrifice
with the people. Which, when the Apostles,
Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their
clothes, and ran in among the people, crying
out, and saying, Sirs, why do ye these things?
We also are men of like passions with you,
and preach unto you that ye should turn
from these vanities unto the living God, which
made heaven and earth; and the sea and all
things that are therein: who in times past
suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.
Nevertheless, He left not Himself without
witness, in that He did good, and gave us rain
from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our
hearts with food and gladness. And with
these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done sacrifice unto
them.




Monday -First Week after Ehpipany.
ACTS XVIII.,1-11.
A FTER these things.Paul departed from
A   Athens, and came to Corinth; and found
a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus,
lately comne from Italy with his wife Priscilla;; (because that Claudius had commanded
all Jews to depart from  Rome:) and came
unto them. And because he was of the same
craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for
by their occupation they were tent-makers.
And he reasoned in the- synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
Anid when,Silas and Timotheus were come
from  Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the
spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus
was Christ. And when they opposed themselves, anid blasphemed, he shook his raiment,
and said unto them, Your blood be upon your
own heads;- I am clean: from henceforth I will
go unto the Gentiles. And he departed thence,
and entered into a certain man's house, named
Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house
joined hard to the synagogue. And Crispus,
the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on
the Lord with all his house; and many of the
Corinthians hearing, believed, and were baptized. Then:spake the Lord to Paul in the
night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak,
and hold not thy peace: for I am with thee,
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for I have much people in this city. And he
continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
Tuesday-First Week after Epiphany.
EPHESIANS II. 1-10.
AND you hath he quickened, who were
dead in trespasses and sins; wherein in
times past ye walked, according to the course.of this world, according to the prince of the
power of the air, the spirit that now worketh
in the children of disobedience: among whom
also we all had our conversation in times past,
in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of
the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
But God, who is rich in mercy, for His great
love wherewith he loved us, even when we
were dead in sins, hath quickened us together
with Christ, (by grace ye are saved); and
hath raised us up together, and made us sit
together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus;
that in the ages to come He might show the
exceeding riches of /Iis grace, in His kindness
to us, through Christ Jesus. For by grace
are ye saved through faith, and that not of
yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of
works, lest any man should boast. For we
are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus
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unto good works, which- God. hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Wednesday- First Week after Epiphany.
ROMANS x. 4-13.
CHRIST is the end of the law for righteousD nhess to every one that- believeth. For
Moses- describeth the righteousness which is
of the law, That the man which. doeth these
things' shall live by them. Buit the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise,
Say nbot'in thine heart, Who shall ascend into
heaven (tthatis, to -bring Christ'down from
above): or, Who shall descend into the deep?
(that:is,'to bring up-Christ again from the
dead): But what saiith it? The word is nigh
thee, even -in, thy mouth,- and in- thy heart;
that is, the word of:fiith, which- we preach.
That if thou shalt confess-with thy mouth the
Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thy heart that
God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt
be saved. - For with the heart man believeth
unto righteousness;:-and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. F:Por the scripture saith, Whosoever' believeth on- Him shall
not. be ashamed. For there is no difference
between the Jew and the Greek: for the same
Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon
Him. For whosoever shall call on the name
of the Lord shall be saved.




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Thursdayv-iirst Weekc after Epirhany,
EPHESIANS IV. 17 —-24.
THIS I say therefore, and testify in the
Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as
other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their
mind, having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the lifeof God through the
ignorance that is in them,: because-of. the
blindness of their; heart; who,.:being; past feel.
ing5 have:given themiselves over to: lasciviousness- to' work all tncleanness with ngreediness,
But ye. have not,:so- learned- Christ; if- so be
that;ye have,:heard;-.Hiimn, and, have been
taught-by Him,^as theh truth is in: Jesus: that
ye.put off concerning the former conversation,
the old man, which is:eorrupt according to the
deceitful- lusts; and be renewed in the spirit
of your mind; and that ye put on the new
man, which after God is —created in righteousness and true holiness..Friday-First Week after Epiphany.
ST:.LUKE XIIV. 16-,.24.:THEN said he unto::him, A certain -' man
made:a great.; supper, and bade many:
and -sent his servant at supper' time to say yto
them,that were bidden,.Come; for all things
are now ready,. And:they all withi one consent began — to make excuse. The first.said
unto him, I, have -bought a piece of ground,




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and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee
have me excused. And another said, I have
bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove
them: I pray thee have me excused. And
another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. So that servant came,
and shewed his lord these things. Then the
master of the house, being angry, said to his
servant, Go out quickly into the streets and
lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor,
and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
And the servant said; Lord, it is done as thou
hast commanded, and yet there is room.
And the lord said unto the servant, Go out
into the highways and hedges, and compel
them to come in, that my house may be filled. For I say unto you that none of those
men which were bidden shall taste Of my supper.
Saturday-First Week after Epiphany.
COLOSSIANS III. 12-17.
PUT on therefore, as the elect of God, holy
and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness,
humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any:
even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
And above all these things put on charity,
xyhich is the bond of perfectness. And let
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which also ye are called in- one! body  and be
ye thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in
you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms, and hymns,
and, spiritual songs, singing- with grace in
your hearts to the Lord..And-whatsoever
ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of
the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and
the -ather by him.
Second Sunday -after Epiphay.
ST. MAiRK vI, 24 L-380.
A: ND.'frorm thence he arose,- aind went into
A   the bordersl of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an: house, and would have no man
know it;' but He could -not be hid. For a
certain woman, whose young daughter had an
unclean spirit, heard of Him and came and
fell at' His fi6eet. The:oman was -a Greek, a
Syrophenician by nation;  -andi she besought
Him that:HeV would- ast forth the devil butf
of -her damghter. But- Jes.sus said unto her,
Lt -the: children:fist be filled:: for -it-is not:
meet to; take' the. children's bread, and to-cast
it: unto the dogs.:' And she answered and' said
unto -Him,: Yes, Lord.: -yet t-he dogs under the
table eat of the children's.crumbs. And He
said unto her, For this saying, go thy way;
the devil is: gone out of thy daughter. Andwhen she was come to her house, she found




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the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon
the bed.
Monday-Second Week after Epiphany.
EPHESIANS II. 13 —22.
NTOW   in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes
were far off are made nigh by the blood
of Christ. For He is our peace, who hath
made both one, and hath broken down the
middle wall of partition between us; having
abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the
law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in Himself of twain one
new man, so making peace; and that He
might reconcile both unto God in one body
by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby; and came and preached peace to you that
were afar off, and'to them that were nigh.7
For through Him we both have access by
one Spirit unto the Father. Now therefore
ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but
fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the
household of God; and are built upon the
foundation of the Apostles and prophets,
Jesus Christ Himself being the chief corner
stone: in whom all the building, fitly framed
together, groweth unto an holy temple in the
Lord: in whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the
Spirit.




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Tuesday-Second Week after Epiphany.
ST. LUKE XIX. 1-10.
AND Jesus entered and passed through
Jericho. And, behold, there was a man
named Zaccheus, which was the chief among
the publicans, and he was rich. And he
sought to see Jesus who He was; and could
not for the press, because he was little of
stature. And he ran before, and climbed up
into a sycamore tree to see Him: for He was
to pass that way. -And when Jesus came to
the place, He looked up and saw him, and
said unto him, Zaccheeus, make haste, and
come down; for to-day I must abide at thy
house. And he made haste, and came down,
and received Him joyfully. And when they
saw it, they all murmured, saying, That He
was gone to be guest with a man that is a
sinner. And Zaccheus stood, and said unto
the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods
I give to the poor; and if I have taken anything from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold. And Jesus said unto him,
This day is salvation come unto this house,
forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.'For the Son of Manl is come to seek and to
save that which was lost.
Wednesday-Second Week after Epiphany.
ST. JOHN I. 1-14.
IN the beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God, and the Word was




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God. The same. was in the beginning. with
God. All things were made by Him; and
without Him was not anything made that was
made. In Him was life; aid the-life was the
light of men. And the light'shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not.
There was a man sent from God, whose name
was John. The sam   ca ame for a witness, to
bear witness of the Light, that all men through
Him might believe. He was not that Light,
but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
That was the true Light, which lighteth every
man that cometh into the world. -He was
in the world, and the world' was made by
Him, and the world knew-' Him  not. He
came unto His own, and His own received
Him not. But as many as received Him, to
them gave: ie power to become the sons of
God, even:to them that believe on His name.
Which were,born, not of blood, nor -of the
will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but
of God. An d the Word was:made flesh, and
dwelt among us (and we beheld' His -glory,
the glory as of the only begotten of the
lather), full of grace and truth.
1Tursday-Second Week after. Epiphany.
ROMANS XI. 17-25.
IF some of the branches be broken off, and
thou, being a wild olive-tree, wert graffed
in among them; and with them partakest of




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the root and -fatness. of the olive-tree; boast
not against the,.branches -B ut if: thou. boast,
tlhou-bearest:not: he.root but the root thee..Thou- wlt: ay.then,:The.ranches: were::broken
o-f, tht- I migh:-t.be graffed in., Well; because
of unbelief they were. broken..of, and thou
standest iby; faih. Be:noit- high-minded, but
fear:.^'for R.if iGodi; spared not -:the:natural
branches,: take heed.lest:He; alo spare not
thee; Behold. herefore the goodness and se.
verity of God:.,on them wvhich fell severity;
but toward theej goodness, if thou: ontilue in
His goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be
cut off. And they.also, if they abide not
still in unbelief; shall' be graffed in::- for God
is able to graff them in again. For if thou
wert cut out,ofthe, olive-tree which is wild by
nature, and wert..grafed. copntrary to nature
into.agoodolive-tree: how nmuch -more shall
thes.e, which be.:the natural, branches. be
graffed ito thei r ownir.:olive-tree?.- For - I
would:,not, brethren-'that ye, -should. be, ignorant of this..my steryes. ye. should be. wise
in your own-onceitsi. that blindness. in. part
is:happened to. Israel; uuntilI the- fulness.of the
Gentiles -be come in.
riday-.dSecond: Weekafter:Epiphany.
ST, JOHN:X. 14-18.
Ji.AM Ihegood i'hepheprd,. and know My
1. sheep, a.nd:am.known of. Mine. As.the
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Father knoweth Me, even so know I the
Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
And other sheep I have, which are not of this
fold: them also I must bring, and they shall
hear My voice;, and there shall be one fold
and one Shepherd.    Therefore doth  My
Father love me, because I lay down My life,
that I might take it, again. No man taketh
it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I
have, power to lay it down, and I have power
to take it again. This commandment have I
received of my Father.
Saturday-Second Week after Epiphany.
ROMANS IV. 13-25.
THE promise, that lie should be the heir
of the world, was not to Abraham, or to
his seed, through the law, but through the
righteousness of faith. For if they which are
of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the
promise made of none effect: because the law
worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is
no transgression. Therefore it is of faith, that
it might be by grace; to the end the promise
might be sure to all the seed; not to that only
which is of the law, but to that also which is
of the faith of Abraham; who is the father
of us all (as it is written, I have made thee a
father of many nations), before Him whom he
believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead,
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they were.  Who against hope believed in
hope, that he might become the father of
many nations, according to that which was
spoken, So shall thy seed be. And being not
weak in faith,-he considered not his own body
now dead, when he was about an hundred
years old,-neither yet the deadness of Sarah's
womb: he staggered not at the promise of
God through unbelief; but was strong in
faith, giving glory to God; and being fully
persuaded that, what He had promised, He
was able also to perform. And therefore it
was imputed to him for righteousness. Now
it was not written for his sake alone, that it
was imputed to him; but for us also, to whom
it shall be imputed, if we believe on Him that
raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; who
was delivered for our offences, and was raised
again for our justification.
Third Sunday after Epiphany..
EPHESIANS I. 15-23.
ALSO, after I heard of your faith in the
Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
cease not to give thanks for you, making
mention of you in my prayers; that the God
of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory,
may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and
revelation in the knowledge of Him: the eyes
of your understanding being enlightened; that
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and what the- riches 6f the~ glory of His iinheritance: in -the saints,- and what is the exceeding greatness.of His:: power -to:uswardwho
believe,- according Ato- the working: of His
mighty power, which He wroughti in Christ,
when'He raised Him fromn the- dead,'and. set
Him at His own right. hand -in.:the heavenly
placesi, far.above all principality and power,
and might, and -dominion, and every name
that is named, not only in thiis world, but: also
in that which, is to come..:iand hath put all
things;under HHis feet, and gave Hi m: to; be
head over all things to the church,:which -is
His body, the fulness, "of Him.: that flleth all
in all.
Monday —Third Week after Epzphany. 
ISAIAH XL. 1-12...
POMFORT ye, comfort ye My people, saith
your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem and -cry unto her, that her warfare
is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned:
for, she. hath:received -of the -LoRD'S hand
double:for all.: her sins.The voice of'him
that erieth:in- the. wilderness,;Prepare. ye the
way -of the: LORD, make straight; -in the desert'a highway for our God. o:. Every:valley shall
be exalted, and every mountain aid hill- shall
be made low:::and the: crooked shall be made
straight,: and the rough- places: plaihi: and. the
glory of the- LORPD shall.berevealed, —and- all




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flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of
the: LORD hath spoken it. The voice said, Cry.
And he said, What shall I cry  - All flesh is
grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the
flower of the field: the grass withereth, the
flower fadeth: because the Spirit of the LORD
bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but
the word of our God shall stand forever. O
Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up
into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that
bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with
strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto
the cities of-Judah, Behold your God! Behold, the LORD GOD will come with strong
hand, and His arm shall rule for him: behold, His reward is with Him, and His work
before Him. He shall feed His flock like a
shepherd: He shall gather the lambs with
His arm, and shall gently lead those that are
with young.
Tuesday-Third Week after Epiphany.
ST. JOHN II. 1-8.
rTHERE was a man of the Pharisees, named
Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. The
same came to Jesus by night, and said unto
Him, Rabbi, we know that Thou art a teacher
come from God: for no man can do these
miracles that Thou doest, except God be with
him. Jesus answered and said unto him,
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Verily, verily, I' say unto thee, except a man
be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of
God.': Nicodemus saith unto Him, How can
a- man be born when he is ol-d? can he enter
the second: time:into his mother's womb, and
be born?: Jesus answered, erily verily, I
say unto thee, Except a- man be born of water
anid of the. Spirit,: he: cannot -enter:- into.the
kingdom of God.:-That which is born of the
flesh is flesh; and:that which -is'iborn of the
Spirit is spirit. M-arvel not that I said unto
thee, Ye must be'born again.;:The wind bloweth Where itWlisteth, and:thou:hearest the sound
thereof, but -canst not tell whence6 it cometh,
anrd whither it goeth;, -so is e very one that is
born ofrthe Spiriti.
Wednesday-Third Wee after tEpiphany.
COLOSSIANSi 3-14.. -. 
W   E give thanks to God, and the Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always
for you since we heard of your-faith in Christ
Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all
the saints; for the hope which is laid up for
you:in -heaven, whereof ye heard before in: the:
word of the: truth of the Gospel:;-which is
come unto you as it is in all the' world;:' and
bringeth forth fru it,:as itdo0th also in you,
since the day ye heard -f it, and knew the
grace-of God'in truth: as ye also learned of
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you a faithful minister- of Christ -who also
declared unto us your love in the- Spirit. For
this cause we also, since the day we heard it,
do not cease to pray for you, and to desire
that ye might be filled with the-knowledge of
His will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that ye might walk worthy of the
Lord:unto all pleasingi being fruitful in every
good work, and increasing- in the knowledge
of God; strengthened with all might, accord-,ing to His glorious power, unto all patience
and long-suffering with joyfulness; giving
thanks unto the Father, which hath made us
meet to be partakers of:the inheritance of the
saints:in light: who hath delivered us from
the power of darkness, and:hath translated us
into the kingdom of His dear Son; in whom
we have redemption through His; blood, even
the forgiveness of sins.'Th.urs"day —Third Week after' Epiphany.
ST. JOHN II. 1.6-21..  -
ODso loved the world that He gave His
only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in- Him -should not perish, but have
everlasting life. -For God sent not: His: Son
into the world to condemn the world, but that
the world-through Him might be saved. He
that believeth on Him is not condemned: but
he that believeth not is condemned already,
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the only begotten Son of God. And this is
the condemnation, that light has come into the
world, and men loved darkness rather than
light, because their deeds were evil. For
every one that doeth evil hateth the light,
neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds
should be reproved..,But he that doeth truth
cometh to the light, that his deeds may be
made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Friday —Third Week after Epiphany.
ISAIAH V. 1-7.
NOW    will I sing to my beloved a song
of my beloved touching His vineyard.
My well-beloved hath a vineyard in a very
fruitful hill: and He fenced it, and gathered
out the stones thereof, and planted it with the
choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst
of it, and also made a wine-press therein: and
He looked that it should bring forth grapes,
and it brought forth wild grapes. And now,
O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah,
judge, I pray you, betwixt Me and My vineyard. What could have been done more to
My vineyard, that I have not done in it?
Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring
grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? And
now, go to; I will tell you what I will do to
My vineyard: I will take away the hedge
thereof, and it shall be eaten up: and break
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down:! and I will lay it waste, it shall not
be pruned- nor digged; but- there shall come
up-briers and thorns: I-will also command
the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
For the vineyard of the, LORD,of hosts is the
house- of Israel, and the: men of Judah His
pleasant place:- and He looked for judgment,
but behold oppression; for righteousness, but
behold a cry.
Saturday-Third:bWeek after.Epiphany.
PSALM XII.
T is a good thing to give thanks unto the
LORD, and to sing praises unto Thy name,
0 Most High: to shew forth Thy lovingkindness in the morning; and Thy. faithfulness
every night, upon an instrument of ten strings,
and upon the psaltery; upon the harp wvith a
solemn sound,. iFor Thou, LORD, hast made
me glad through thy-work; I -will triumph- in
the works of Thy hands. 0 LoRD, how great
are Thy works! and Thy thoughts:are- very
deep. A briutish man knowet:h not,; neither
doth a fooliunderstand this. W:'When the wicked
spring as the grass, and when all the; workers
of iniquity do flourish, it is that they shall be
destroyed for ever. But Thou, LORD, art
most high for evermore. * For, lo, Thine enemies, 0 LORD, for, lo, Thine enemies shall
perish; all the; workers of iniquity shall be
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the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed
with fresh oil. Mine eye also shall see my
desire on mine enemies; and mine ears shall
hear my desire of the wicked that rise up
against me. The righteous shall flourish like
the palm-tree; he shall grow like a cedar in
Lebanon. Those that be pranted in the house
of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our
God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old
age; they shall be fat and flourishing; to
show that the LORD is upright: He is my
rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.'ourth Sud cay after Epiphany.
COLOSSIANS I. 15-23.
[HRIST is the Image of the invisible God,
the first-born of every creature: for by
Him were all things created that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions,
or principalities, or powers: all things were
created by Him, and for Him; and He is before all things, and by Him all things consist.
And He is the Head of the body, the Church:
who is the beginning, the first-born from -the
dead; that in all things He might have the
pre-eminence. For it pleased the Father that
in Him should all fulness dwell; and, having
made peace through the blood of His cross,
by Him to reconcile' all things unto Himself;
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earth, or things in heaven. And you, that
were sometime alienated, and enemies in your
mind by wicked works, yet now hath He reconciled in the body, of His flesh through
death, to present you holy and unblameable
and unreproveable in His sight; if ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and
be not moved away from the hope of the
Gospel, which ye have heard, and which was
preached to every creature which is under
heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister.
Monday-Fourth Week after Epiphany.
EPHESIANS IV. 1-13.
THEREFORE, the prisoner of the Lord,
beseech you that ye walk worthy of the
vocation wherewith ye are called, with all
lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering,
forbearing one another in love; endeavouring
to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of
peace. There is one body, and one Spirit,
even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one
God and Father of all, who is above all, and
through all, and in you all. But unto every
one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Wherefore he
saith,- When he ascended up on high, He led
captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
(Now that He ascended, what is it but that
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thei earth? He that descended.is the same
also that. ascended; up.far. aboveall heavens,
that.He might fill all things.) And He gave
some, apostles;and some, prophets,; and some,.evangelist.s;. and: some,,pastors and teachers,;
for the perfecting of the saints, for the.work
of the; ministry, for the. e.dfying-of the body
of Christ:. till we all come. in the.unity of the
faith, and of.the knowledge of.the Son of God,
unto. a,.perfect man, unto the. measure of the
stature, of. the fulness of.Christ..
Tuesday-Fourth Week after Epiphany.
I TIMOTHY II. 1-8.
EXHORT, therefore, that, first of all, sup-.plications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made-;for all men,; for kings,
and,.,fr all that are. in:authority,; that; we
may lead. a. quit -and: peaceable life in all god
liness and honesty.- For this -is. good and a.ceptable iin the: sight of God our Saviour;
who.- w. ill.have.all. men,:to. be,: saved, and
to /come. unto:the knowledge of the truth.
For. there is one God, -and one Mediator between, God and men, the Man.Christ' Jesus;
who gave Himself a ransom for -all, to be testified -in due time.::. Whereunto I am:ordained
a. preacher, and an apostle (I,'speak the truth
in, hrist, and lie not),;.a teacher of' the Gentilesd in.faith and verity.:I:will therefore that
men pray everywherey lifting up holy hands,
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Wednesday —Fourth Week after Epiphany.
ISAIAH XLV. 18-25.
THUS saith the LORD that created the heav yens:- God Himself that formed the earth,
and made it; He hath established it, iHe
created it not in vain, He formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD, and there is none
else. I have not spoken in secret,. in a dark
place of the earth: I said not unto the seed
of Jacob, Seek ye Me in vain:. the LORD
speak righteousness, I declare things that are
right. Assemble yourselves and come; draw
near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up
the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.  Tell ye, and
bring them near; yea, let them take counsel
together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time?:
Have not I the LORD? and there is no God
else beside Me; a just God, and, a Saviour;
there is none beside Me. Look unto Me, and.
be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I
am  God, and there is none else. I have
sworn by Myself, the word is gone out of My
mouth in righteousness, and shall not return,
That unto Me every knee shall bow, every
tongue shall swear. Surely, shall one say, In
the LORD have I righteousness and strength:.
even to Him shall men come; and all that
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In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
Thursday-Fourth Week after Epiphany.
ISAIAH LV. 1-7.
_0, every one that thirsteth, come ye to
11 the waters, and he that hath no monev;
come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine
and milk without money, and without price.
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which
is not bread? and your labour for that which
satisfieth not l hearken diligently unto Me,
and eat ye that which is good, and let your
soul delight itself in fatness. Incline your
ear, and come unto Me: hear, and your soul
will live; and I will make an everlasting
covenant with you, even the sure mercies of
David. Behold, I have given Him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander
to the people. Behold, Thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that
knew not Thee, shall run after Thee, because
of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One
of Israel; for He hath glorified Thee. Seek
ye the LORD while He may be found, call ye
upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked
forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his
thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD,
and He will have mercy upon him; and to
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Friday —Fourth Week after Epiphany.
HEBREWS V. 1-9.
EVERY     High Priest taken from  among
men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and
sacrifices for sins: who can have compassion
on the ignorant, and on them  that are out of
the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity. And by reason hereof
he ought, as for the people, so also for himself,
to offer for sins. And no man taketh this
honour unto himself, but he that is called of
God, as was Aaron. So also Christ glorified
not Himself, to be made an High Priest, but
He that said unto Him, Thou art My Son,
to-day have I begotten Thee. As He saith
also in another place, Thou art a Priest for
ever, after the order of Melchisedec. iWho
in the days of His flesh, when He had offered
up prayers and supplications, with strong crying and tears unto Him that was able to save
Him from death, and was heard in that He
feared; though He were a Son, yet learned
He obedience by the things which He suffered; and being made perfect, He became the
Author of eternal salvation unto all them that
obey Him.      __
Saturday-Fourth Week after Epiphany.
ISAIAH L. 7-11.
THE LORD GOD will help me; therefore
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I set my face like a flint, and I know that I
shall not be ashamed. He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us
stand together: who is mine adversary? let
him come near to me. Behold, the LORD
GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo,'they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up. Who is
among you that feareth the LORD; that obeyeth the voice of His servant, that walketh in
darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in
the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass
yourselves about with sparks: walk in the
light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye
have kindled. This shall.ye have of mine
hand, ye shall lie down in sorrow.
Fifth Sunday after Epiphany.
PSALM LXIII. 1-9.
GOD, Thou art my God; early will I
seek Thee: my soul thirsteth for Thee,
my flesh longeth for Thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; to see Thy power
and Thy glory, so as I have seen Thee in the
sanctuary. Because Thy loving-kindness is
better than life, my lips shall praise Thee.
Thus will I bless Thee while I live; I will
lift up my hands in Thy name. My soul
shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness;
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lips; when I remember Thee upon my bed,
and meditate on Thee in the night-watches.
Because Thou hast been my help, therefore in
the shadow of Thy wings will I rejoice. My
soul followeth hard after, Thee: Thy right
hand upholdeth me. But those that seek my
soul to destroy it, shall go into the lower
parts of the earth.
Monday —Fifth Week after Epiphany.
ISAIAH XLII. 1-7.
BEHOLD      My servant, whom I uphold;
Mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth:
I have put My Spirit upon Him; He shall
bring forth judgmeint to the Gentiles. He
shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause His voice
to be heard in the street. A bruised reed
shall He not break, and the smoking flax shall
He not quench: He shall bring forth judgment unto truth. He shall not fail nor be
discouraged, till He have set judgment in the
earth: and the isles shall wait for His law.
Thus saith God the LORD, He that created the
heavens, and stretched them out: He that
spread forth the earth, and that which cometh
out of it; He that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk
therein; I the LORD have called Thee in
righteousness, and will hold Thine hand, and
will keep Thee, and give Thee for a covenant
of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; to
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open the blind eyes, to bring out the prison-'
ers from the prison, and them that sit in
darkness out of the prison-house.
Tuesday-Fifth Week after Epiphany.
2 TIMOTHY II, 19-26.
THE foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that
are His. And, Let every one that nameth the
name of Christ depart from iniquity. But
in a great house there are not only vessels
of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of
earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour. If a man therefore purge himself
from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour,
sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and
prepared unto every good work. Flee also
youthful lusts; but follow righteousness,
faith, charity, peace, with them that call on
the Lord out of a pure heart. But foolish
and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that
they do gender strifes. And the servant of
the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto
all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness
instructing those that oppose themselves; if
God peradventure will give them repentance
to the acknowledging of the truth; and that
they may recover themselves out of the snare
of the devil, who are taken captive by him at
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Wednesday-Fifth Week after Epiphany.
ISAIAH LI. 9-15.
AWAKE, awake, put on strength, O arm
of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient'days, in the generations of old. Art Thou
not It that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the
dragon   Art Thou not It which hath dried
the sea, the waters of the great deep; that
hath made the depths of the sea a way for the
ransomed to pass over? Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come
with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy
shall be upon their head: they shall obtain
gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning
shall flee away. I, even I, am He that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest
be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the
son of man which shall be made as grass; and
forgettest the LORD thy Maker, that hath
stretched forth the heavens, and laid the
foundations of the earth; and hast feared
continually every day, because of the fury of
the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy?
and where is the fury of the oppressor? The
captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed,
and that he should not die in the pit, nor
that his bread should fail. But I am the
LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose
waves roared: The LORD of hosts is His
name.




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Thursday-Fifth week after Epiphany.
HEBREWS I. I-9.
G OD, who at sundry times and in divers
T manners spake in time past unto the
fathers by the prophets, hath in these last
days spoken unto us by His Son, whom He
hath appointed Heir of all things, by whom
also He made the worlds; Who being the
brightness of His glory, and the express
image of His person, and upholding all things
by the word of His power, when He had by
himself purged our sins, sat down on the
right hand of the Majesty on high; being
made so much better than the angels, as He
hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent
name than they. For unto which of the angels
said He at any time, Thou art My Son, this
day have I begotten Thee? And again, I will
be to Him a Father, and He shall be to Me a
Son? And again, when He bringeth in the
first-begotten into the world, He saith, And
let all the angels of God worship Him. And
of the angels He saith, Who maketh His angels
spirits, and His ministers a flame of fire. But
unto the Son He saith, Thy throne, O God,
is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of Thy kingdom. Thou
hast loved righteousness and hated iniquity;
therefore God, even Thy God, hath anointed
Thee with the oil of gladness above Thy
fellows.




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Friday —Fifth week after Epiphany.
ISAIAH LXIV. 4-9.
SINCE the beginning of the world men
have not heard, nor perceived by the ear,
neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside
Thee, what He hath prepared for him that
waiteth for Him. Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness; those
that remember Thee in Thy ways: behold,
Thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those
is continuance, and we shall be saved. But
we are all as an unclean thing, and all our
righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all
do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the
wind, have taken us away. And there is none
that calleth upon Thy name, that stirreth up
himself to take:hold of Thee: for Thou
hast hid Thy face from us, and hast consumed
us, because of our iniquities. But now, O
LORD, Thou art our Father: we are the clay,
and Thou our potter; and we all are the work
of Thy hand. *Be not wroth very sore, 0
LoRD, neither remember iniquity for ever:
behold, see, we beseech Thee, we are all Thy
people.
Saturday-Fifth Weele after Epiphany.
ST. JOHN XIIL 1-15.' OW before the feast of the passover, when
1 -Jesus knew t is h w o that His hour wascome that
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Father, having loved His own which were in
the world, He loved them unto the end. And
supper being ended, the devil having now put
into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son,
to betray Him; Jesus knowing that the
Father had given all things into His hands,
and that He was come from God, and went
to God; He riseth from supper, and laid aside
His garments; and took a towel, and girded
Himself. After that He poureth water into
a basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet,
and to wipe them with the towel wherewith
He was girded. Then cometh He to Simon
Peter: and Peter saith unto Him, Lord, dost
Thou wash my feet? Jesus answered and
saith unto him, What I do thou knowest not
now; but thou shalt know hereafter. Peter
said unto Him, Thou shalt never wash my
feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee
not, thou hast no part with AMe. Simon Peter
saith unto Him, Lord, not my feet only, but
also my hands and my head. Jesus saith to
him, He that is washed needeth not save to
wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and
ye are clean, but not all. For He knew who
should betray him, therefore said He, Ye
are not all clean. So, after he had washed
their feete and had taken His garments, and
was set down again, He said unto them, Know
ye what I have done to you? Ye call Me
Master and Lord: and ye say well: for so I
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washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one
another's feet. For I have given you an
example, that ye should do as I have done to
you.
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany.
ISAIAH V. 8-16.
OE unto them that join house to house,
that lay field to field, till there be, no
place, that they may be placed alone in the
midst of the earth! In Mine ears, said the
LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall
be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall
yield one bath, and the seed of an homer
shall yield an ephah. Woe unto them that
rise up early in the morning, that they may
follow strong drink; that continue until night,
till wine inflame them! And the harp, and
the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in
their feasts: but they regard not the work
of the LORD, neither consider the operation of
His hands. Therefore My people are gone
into captivity, because they have no knowledge; and their honourable men are famished,
and their multitude dried up with thirst.
Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and
opened her mouth without measure: and their
glory, and their multitude, and their pomp,
and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
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and the mighty man shall be humbled, and
the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled: but
the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified
in righteousness.
Monday-Sixth Week after Epiphany.
JEREMIAH X. 6-16.
THERE is none like unto Thee, O LORD;
Thou art great, and Thy name is great
in might. Who would not fear Thee, O King
of nations? for to Thee doth it appertain:
forasmuch as among all the wise men of the
nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is
none like unto Thee. But they are altogether
brutish and foolish; the stock is a doctrine of
vanities. Silver spread into plates is brought
from Tarshish, and gold from  Uphaz, the
work of the workman, and of the hands of
the founder: blue and purple is their clothing:
they are all the work of cunning men. But
the LORD is the true God, He is the living
God, and an everlasting King: at His wrath
the earth shall tremble, and: the nations shall
not be able to abide His indignation. Thus
shall ye say unto them, The gods that have
not made the heavens and the earth, even they
-shall perish from the earth, and from under
these heavens. He hath made the earth by
His power, He hath established the world by
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heavens by His discretion. When He uttereth
His voice, there is a multitude of waters in the
heavens, and He causes the vapours to ascend
from the ends of the earth; lHe maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind
out of His treasures. Every man is brutish
in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image
is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
They are vanity, and the work of errors: in
the time of their visitation they shall perish.
The portion of Jacob is not like them: for He
is the former of all things; and Israel is the
rod of His inheritance: the LORD of hosts is
his name.
Tuesday-Sixth Week after Epiphany.
I ST. JOHN III. 1-10.
B EHOLD, what manner of love the Father
D  hath bestowed upon us, that we should
be called the sons of God: therefore the
world knoweth us not, because it knew Him
not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God,
and it-doth not yet appear what we shall be:
but we know that, when He shall appear, we
shall be-like Him; for we shall see Him as
He is. And every man that hath this hope
in himpurifieth himself, even as He is pure.
Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also
the:law: for sin is the transgression of the
law. And ye know that He was manifested
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to take away our sins; and in Him is no sin.
Whosoever abideth in Him sinneth not; whosoever sinneth hath not seen Him, neither
known Him. Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is
righteous, even as He is righteous. He that
committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil
sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He
might destroy the works of the devil. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin;
for His seed remaineth in him: and he cannot
sin, because he is born of God. In this the
children of God are manifest, and the children
of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not
his brother.
Wednesday-Sixth Week after Epiphany.
ST. MATTHEW XV. 21-28.
TlHEN Jesus went thence, and departed into
the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the
same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have
mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David;
my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
But He answered her not a word. And His
disciples came, and besought Him, saying,
Send her away; for she crieth after us. But
He answered and said, I am not sent but unto
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came she, and worshipped Him, saying, Lord,
help me. But He answered and said, It is
not.meet to take the children's bread, and to
cast it to dogs. And she said, Truth, Lord:
yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall
from  their master's table. Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is
thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt.
And her daughter was made whole from that
very hour.
Thursday-Sixth Week after Epiphany.
PSALM xvI. 5-11.
THE LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: Thou maintainest
my lot. The lines are fallen unto me in
pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
I will bless the LORD, who hath given me
counsel; my reins also instruct me in the
night seasons. I have set the LORD always
before me: because He is at my right hand,
I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart
is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also
shall rest in hope. For Thou wilt not leave
my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer Thine
Holy One to see corruption. Thbu wilt show
me the path of life; in Thy presence is fulness
of joy; at Thy right hand there are pleasures
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Friday-Sixth Week after Epiphany.
JEREMIAH XXXI. 7-14.
THUS saith, the LORD; Sing with gladness
for Jacob, and shout among the chief of
the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say,
O LORD, save Thy people, the remnant of
Israel. Behold, I will bring them from the
north country, and gather them  from the
coasts of the earth, and with them the blind
and the lame, the woman with child and her
that travaileth with child together: a great
company shall return thither.  They shall
come with weeping, and with supplications
will'I lead them: I will cause them to walk
by the rivers of waters in a straight way,
wherein they shall not stumble; for I am a
Father to Israel, and Ephraim is M5y firstborn.
Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations,
and declare it in the isles afar off, and say,
He that scattered Israel will gather him, and
keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock. For
the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed
him from the hand of him that was stronger
than he. Therefore they shall come and sing
in the height of Zion, and shall flow together
to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and
for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the
flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be
as a watered garden;and they shall not sorrow any more at all. Then shall the virgin
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together: for I will turn their mourning into
joy, and will comfort them, and make them
rejoice from their sorrow. And I will satiate
the soul of the priests with fatness, and My
people shall be satisfied with My goodness,
saith the LORD.
Saturday-Sixth Week after Epiphany.
ISAIAH XLV. 5-12.
AM the LORD, and there is none else, there
is no God beside Me: I girded thee, though
thou hast not known Me: that they may
know from the rising of the sun, and from
the west, that there is none beside Me: I am
the LORD, and there is none else. I form the
light, and create darkness: I make peace, and
create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
Drop down, ye heavens from above, and let
the skies pour down righteousness; let the
earth open, and let them bring forth salvation,
and let righteousness spring up together: I
the LORD have created it. Woe unto him
that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth.
Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth
it, What makest thou? or Thy work, He
hath no hands? Woe unto him that saith
unto his father, What begettest thou? or to
the woman, What hast thou brought forth?
Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel,
and His Maker, Ask Me of things to come
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concerning My sons, and concerning the work
of My hands command ye Me. I have made
the earth, and created man upon it: I, even
My hands, have stretched out the heavens,
and all their host have I commanded.
Septuagesima- Sunday.
JOB xxxIV. 21 -32.
HIS eyes are upon the ways of man, and
He seeth all his goings. There is no
darkness, nor shadow of death, where the
-workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
For He will not lay upon man more than
right, that he should enter into judgmentwith
God. He shall break in pieces mighty men
without number, and set others in their stead.
Therefore he'knoweth'their works, and He
overturneth them in the night, so that they
are destroyed. He striketh them as wicked
men in the open sight of others; because they
turned back from Him, and would not consider any of His ways: so that they cause
the cry of the poor to come unto tHim, and
He heareth the cry of the afflicted. When
He giveth quietness, who then can make
trouble? and when He hideth his face, who
then can behold Him?' whether it be done
against a nation, or against a man only: that
the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be
ensnared. Surely it is meet to be said unto
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offend any more: that which I -see not, teach
Thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do
so no more.
Monday-Septuagesimoa.
ECCLESIASTES VII. 1-10.
A GOOD name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day
of one's birth. It is better to go to the house of
mourning than to go to the house of feasting:
for that is the end of all men, and. the living
will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than
laughter: for by the sadness of the ecountenance the heart is made better. The heart of
the wise is in the house of mourning: but the
heart of fools is in the house of mirth. It is
better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for
a man to hear the song of: fools. For as the
crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool.;p This also is vanity. Surely
oppression maketh a wise man mad;.and a
gift destroyeth the heart. Better is the end
of a thing than the beginning thereof; and the
patient in spirit than the proud in spirit. Be
not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger
resteth in the bosom of fools. Say not thou,
What is the cause that the former days were
better than these? for thou dost not inquire
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Tuesday-Septuagesima.
1 ST. JOHN I. 5-10.
THIS then is the message which we have
heard of Him, and declare unto you, that
God is light, and in Him is no darkness at
all. If we say that we have fellowship with
Him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do
not the truth: but if we walk in the light, as
He is in the light, we have fellowship one
with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ
His Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say
that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and
the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins,
He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins,
and to clease us from all unrighteousness. If
we say that we have not sinned, we make
Him a liar, and His word is not in us.
Wednesday-Sep tuagesima.
PROVERBS I. 20-33.
W   ISDOM crieth without; she uttereth her
voice in the streets; she crieth in the
chief place of concourse, in the opening of the
gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, How long, ye simple ones, will ye love
simplicity? and the scorners delight in their
scorning, and fools hate knowledge? Turn
you at My reproof: behold, I will pour out
My spirit upon you, I will make known My
words unto you. Because I have called, and
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and no man regarded; but ye have set at
naught all My counsel, and would none of My
reproof; I also will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when your fear cometh; when
your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you; then
shall they call upon Me, but I will not answer; they shall seek Me early, but they
shall not find Me: for that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
they would none of my counsel: they despised
all my reproof: therefore shall they eat of the
fruit of their own way, and be filled with their
own devices. For the turning away -of the
simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of
fools shall destroy them. But' whoso hearkeneth unto Me shall dwell safely, and shall be
quiet from.fear of evil.
Thursday-Septuagesima.
PSALM ix. 7-14.
Tr]HE LORD shall endure for ever: He hath
prepared His throne for judgment. And
He shall judge the world in righteousness, He
shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. The LORD also will be a refuge for
the oppressed, a refuge in timee of trouble.
And they that know Thy name will put their
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the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare
among the people His doings. When He
maketh inquisition for blood, He remembereth them: He forgetteth not the cry of the
humble. Have mercy upon me, 0 LORD;
consider my trouble which I suffer of them
that hate me, Thou that liftest me up from
the gates of death: that I may shew forth all
Thy praise in the gates of the daughter of
Zion: I will rejoice in Thy salvation.
Friday-Septuagesima.
2 TIMOTHY II. 3-13.
THOU therefore endure hardness, as a good
soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that
warreth, entangleth himself with the affairs of
this life, that he may please him who hath
chosen him to be a soldier. And if a man
also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned,
except he strive lawfully. The husbandman
that laboureth must be first partaker of the
fruits. Consider what I say; and the LORD
give thee understanding in all things. Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of
David was raised from the dead according to
my gospel: wherein I suffer trouble; as an
evil-doer, even unto bonds; but the word of
God is not bound. Therefore I endure all
things for the elect's sake, that they may also
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For if we be dead with Him, we shall also
live with Him: if we suffer, we shall also
reign with Him: if we deny Him, He also
will deny us: if we believe not, yet He abideth
faithful: He cannot deny Himself.
Saturday —Septuagesima.
HEBREWS VI. 10-20.
GOD is not unrighteous to forget your work
and labour of love which ye have showed
toward His name, in that ye have ministered
to the saints, and do minister. And we desire
that every one of you do show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the
end: that ye be not slothful, but followers of
them who through faith and patience inherit
the promises. For when God made promise
to Abraham, because He could swear by no
greater, He sware by Himself, saying, Surely
blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I
will multiply thee. And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
For men verily swear by the greater: and an
oath for confirmation is to them an end of all
strife. Wherein God, willing more abundartly to show unto the heirs of promise the
immutability of His counsel, confirmed it by
an oath: that by two immutable things, in
which it was impossible for God to lie, we
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fore us: which hope we have as an anchor of
the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which
entereth into that within the vail; whither the
forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made
an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
Sexagesima-Sunday.
EZEKIEL XX. 10-20.
CAUSED them to go forth out of the
land of Egypt, and brought them into the
wilderness: and I gave them My statutes,
and shewed them My judgments, which if a
man do, he shall even live in them. Moreover also, I gave them My sabbaths, to be a
sign between Me and them, that they might
know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.
But the house of Israel rebelled against Me
in the wilderness: they walked not in My
statutes, and they despised My judgments,
which if a man do, he shall even live inthem;
and My sabbaths they greatly polluted: then
I said I would pour out My fury upon them
in the wilderness, to consume them. But I
wrought for My name's sake, that it should
not be polluted before the heathen, in whose
sight I brought them out. Yet also I lifted
up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that
I would not bring them into the land which I
had given them, flowing with milk and honey,
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despised My judgments, and walked not in
My statutes, but polluted My sabbaths: for
their heart went after their idols. Nevertheless Mine eye spared them from destroying
them, neither did I make an end of them in
the wilderness. But I said unto their children
in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes
of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:
I am the LORD your God; walk in My statutes, and keep My judgments, and do them;
and hallow My sabbaths; and they shall, be a
sign between Me and you, that ye may know
that I am the LORD your God.
Monday-Sexagesima.
HEBREWS IX. 11-14.
CHRIST being come an high priest of good
things to come, by a greater and more
perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that
is to say, not of this building; neither by the
blood of goats and calves, but by His own
blood Ite entered in once into the holy place,
having obtained eternal redemption for us.
For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the
ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean,
sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh; how
much more shall the blood of Christ, who
through the eternal Spirit offered Himself
without spot to God, purge your conscience
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Tuesday-Sexagesima.
ROMANS VIII. 31-39.
W HAT shall we then say to these things?
If God be for us, who can be against
us  -He that spared not His own Son, but
delivered Him up for us all, how shall He
not with Him also freely give us all things.?
Who shall lay anything to the charge of
God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who
is He that condemneth? It is Christ that
died; yea, rather that is risen again, who is
even at the right hand of God, who also
maketh intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine,
or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is
written, For Thy sake we are killed all the
day long; we are accounted as sheep for the
slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are
more than conquerors, through Him that loved
us. -For I am persuaded, that neither death,
nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor
powers, nor things present, nor things to
come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other
creature, shall be able to separate us from the
love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our
Lord. 
Wednesday-Sexagesima.
ST. LUKE xiv. 25-33.
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them, If any man come to Me, and hate not
his father, and mother, and wife, and children,
and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own
life also, he cannot be My disciple. And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after
Me, cannot be My disciple. For which of
you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not
down first, and counteth the cost, whether he
have sufficient to finish it? Lest haply, after
he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to
finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
saying, This man began to build, and was notable to finish. Or what king, going to make
war against another king, sitteth not down
first, and consulteth whether he be able with
ten thousand men to meet him that cometh.
against him with twenty thousand? Or else,
while the other is a great way off, he sendeth
an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be My
disciple.
Thursday —Sexagesima.
ECCLESIASTES I. 1 —1.
THE words of the Preacher, the son of
David, king of Jerusalem. Vanity of
vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man
of all his labour which he taketh under the
sun? One generation passeth away, and an.




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other generation cometh: but the earth abideth
for ever. The sun also ariseth, and the sun
goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he
arose. The wind goeth toward the south, and
turneth about unto the north; it whirleth
about continually,- and the wind returneth
again according to his circuits. All the rivers
run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto
the place from whence the rivers come, thither
they return again. All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not
satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with
hearing. The thing that hath been, it is that
which shall be; and that which is done, is
that which shall be done: and there is no new
thing under the sun. Is there any thing
whereof it may be said, See, this is new? It
hath been already of old time, which was before us. There is no remembrance of former
things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those
that shall come after.
Friday-Sexagesima.
PSALM XXV. 1 —11.
TTNTO Thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.
O my God, I trust in Thee: let me not
be ashamed; let not mine enemies triumph
over me. Yea, let none that wait on Thee
be ashamed: let them be ashamed which
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ways, O LORD; teach me Thy paths. Lead
me in Thy truth, and teach me: for Thou
art the God of my salvation; on Thee do I
wait all the day. Remember, O LORD, Thy
tender mercies and Thy lovingkindnesses;
for they have been ever of old. Remember
not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to Thy mercy remember
Thou me for Thy goodness' sake, O LORD.
Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will
He teach sinners in the way. The meek will
He guide in judgment: and the meek will He
teach His way. All the paths of the LORD are
mercy and truth unto such as keep His covenant and His testimonies. For Thy name's
sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is
great.
Saturday-Sexagesima.
2 CORINTHIANS IX. 6 —11.
rTHIS I say,' He which soweth sparingly
shall reap also sparingly; and he which
soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
Every man according as he purposeth in his
heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of
necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
And God is able to make all grace abound
toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every
good work: (as it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor:
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his righteousness remaineth for ever. Now
he that ministereth seed to the sower both
minister bread for your food, and multiply
your seed sown, and increase the fruits of
your righteousness;) being enriched in everything to all bountifulness, which causeth
through us thanksgiving to God.
Quinquagesima Sunday.
ST. MATTHEW V. 1-12.
AND seeing the multitudes, He went up
into a mountain: and when He was set,
His disciples came unto Him. And He
opened His mouth, and taught them, saying,
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is
the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they
that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit
the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger
and thirst after righteousness: for they shall
be filled. Blessed are the merciful: for they
shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in
heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are
the peacemakers: for they shall be called the
children of God. Blessed are they which are
persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs
is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye,
when men shall revile you, and persecute you,
and shall say all manner of evil against you
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for so persecuted they the prophets which
were before you.
Monday-Quinquagesima.
1 ST. JOHN IV. 7-12.
BELOVED, let us love one another: for
love is of God; and every one that loveth
is born of God, and knoweth God. He that
loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
In this was manifested the love of God toward
us, because that God sent His only begotten
Son into the world, that we might live through
Him. Herein is love, not that we loved God,
but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be
the propitiation for our sins.!Beloved, if God
so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
No man hath seen God at any time. If we
love one another, God dwelleth in us, and His
love is perfected in us.
Tuesday- Quinquagesima.
1 ST. PETER IV. 7-1 1.
TEHE end of all things is at hand: be ye
therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
And, above all things, have fervent charity
among yourselves: for charity shall cover
the multitude of sins. Use hospitality one to
another without grudging. As every man
hath received the gift, even so minister the
same one to another, as good stewards of the
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him speak as the oracles of God; if any man
minister, let him do it-as of the ability which
God giveth: that God in all things may be
glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be
praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
A&h Wednesday.
ISAIAH LVIII. 1-8.
RY aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice, like
a trumpet, and shew My people their
transgressions, and the house of Jacob their
sins. Yet they seek:Me daily, and delight
to know My ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of
their God; they ask of Me the ordinances of
justice; they take delight in approaching to
God. Wherefore have we fasted, say they,
and Thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and Thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find
pleasure, and exact all your labours. Behold,
ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with
the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye
do this day, to make your voice to be heard
on high. Is it such a- fast that I have chosen 
a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to
bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread
sackcloth and ashes under him? Wilt thou
call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the
LORD? Is not this the fast that I have chosen,
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heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go
free, and that ye break every yoke? Is it not
to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou
bring the poor that are cast out to thy house?
when thou seest the naked, that thou cover
him: and that thou hide not thyself from
thine own flesh? Then shall thy light break
forth as the morning, and thine health shall
spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness
shall go before thee: the glory of the LORD
shall be thy rereward.
Thursday after Ash Wednesday.
HOSEA XIV. 1-9.
ISRAEL, return unto the LORD thy God;
for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
Take with you words, and turn to the LORD:
say unto Him, Take away all iniquity, and
receive us graciously; so will we render the
calves of our lips. Asshur shall, not save us;
we will not ride upon horses; neither will we
say any more to the work of our hands, Ye
are our gods: for in Thee the fatherless findeth mercy. I will heal their backsliding, I
will love them freely: for Mine anger is
turned away from him. I will be as the dew
unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and
cast forth his roots as Lebanon. His branches
shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the
olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. They
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they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the
vine: the scent thereof shall be as the'wine
of Lebanon. Ephraim shall say, What have
I to do any more with idols?  I have heard
him and observed him; I am like a green fir
tree. From Me is thy fruit found. Who is
wise, and he shall understand these things?
prudent, and he shall know them? for the
ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall
walk in them; but the transgressors shall fall
therein.
Friday after Ash Wednesday.
ST. MATTHEW XVI. 21-28.'FROM that time forth began Jesus to show
unto His disciples, how that He must go
unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of
the elders and chief priests and scribes, and
be killed, and be raised again the third day.
Then Peter took Him, and began to rebuke
Him, saying, Be it far from Thee, Lord: this
shall not be unto Thee. But He turned and
said unto Peter, Get thee behind Me, Satan;
thou art an offence unto Me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those
that be of men. Then said Jesus unto His
disciples, If any man will come after Me, let
him deny himself, and take up his cross, and
follow Me. For whosoever will save his life
shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his
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man profited, if he shall gain the whole world,
and lose his own soul? or what shall a man
give in exchange for his soul? I For the Son
of Man shall come in'the glory of His Father
with His angels,; and then He shall reward
every man according to his works. Verily I
say unto you, There be some standing here,
which'shall not taste of death, till they see
the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.
Saturday after Ash Wednesday.
PROVERBS XI. 1-9.
A  FALSE balance is abomination to the
LORD; but a just weight is His delight.
When. pride cometh, then cometh shame;
but with the lowly is wisdom. The integrity
of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them,
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but
righteousness delivereth from  death.  The
righteousness of the perfect shall direct his
way; but the wicked shall fall by his own
wickedness. The righteousness of the upright
shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be
taken in their own naughtiness. When a
wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and
the wicked cometh in his stead. An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge the just shall
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First Sunday in Lent.
JOB xxxvi. 5-12.
BEHOLD God is mighty;,and despiseth not
any; He is mighty in strength and wisdom. He prcserveth not the life of the wicked; but giveth right to the poor. He withdraweth not His eyes from the righteous: but
with kings are they on the throne; yea, He
doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted. And if they be bound in fetters, and
be holden in cords of affliction, then He shaweth them their work, and their transgressions
that they have exceeded. He openeth also
their ear to discipline, and commandeth that.
they return from iniquity. If they obey and
serve Him, they shall spend their days in
prosperity, and their years in pleasures. But
if they obey not, they shall perish by the
sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
Monday-First Week in Lent.
ST. JAMES I. 2-15.
ifY brethren, count it all joy when ye fall
II into divers temptations; knowing this,
that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
But let patience have her perfect work, that
ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. If any of you lack wisdom, let him
ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally,
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him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering..For he that wavereth is like a wave
of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord. A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways. Let the
brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: but the rich in that he is. made low:
because as the flower of the grass he shall
pass away. For the sun is no sooner risen
with a burning: heat, but it withereth the
grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the
grace.of:the fashion of it perisheth: so shall
also the rich man fade away in his ways.
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive
the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love'Him. Let no man
say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God;
for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither
tempteth He any man; but. every man is
tempted, when he is drawn away of his own
lust and enticed. Then when lust; hath con —
ceived, it bringeth forth sin; and sin, when it,
is finished, bringeth forth death.
Tuesday-F    Nirst Week i. Lent.
MICAH vI. 1-8.
HEAR ye now what the LORD saith; Arise,
contend thou before the mountains, and
let the hills hear thy voice.  Hear ye, 0
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rmountains, the LORD'S controversy,. and ye
Strong foundations of the, earth; for the LORD
hath a controversy with His -people, and He
will plead with Israel. O My people, what
ha veI done unto. thee.. and wherein have I
wearied thee?'. testify against'Me., For.I
brou.ghi; thee up'out of the land of Egypt,
a   re-id ":re demed' thee o the houseo h of:servants;'and'l sent. before thee Moses, Aaron,
id Miriam. -0     My   people, remember now
wh:at' Balak'king of Moab consulted, and what
Baiaa'm  the son of Ber'answered him from
Shittii unto- Gilgal; that ye may know the
righteousness of the LORD.-' Wherewith shall
I'cme'ibefore tho.LORD, and bow myself before -thHigh God? Shall I come before Him
withiburnt offerings, with i calves of a year
Ald'  Will the' LoRD be:plIeased -with thousands of rams,,or with. ten thousands of rivers
of oil?shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of
my soul?  He hath showed thee, O man,
what is good; and what- doth- the LorD require of thee, but to do justly, and to l6ve
mercy, and to'-walk humbly with thy God?
Wednesday-First Week in Lent.
DEUTERONOMY VII. 9-13.
E.NOW therefore that the LORD' thy God,: Hoe is God, the faithful God, which keep-th covenant and mercy with them that love




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Him and keep His commandments,:to a thousand generations; and repayeth them that
hate Him to their face, to destroy them: He
will not be slack to him that hateth Him, He
will repay him to his face. Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes,
and the judgments which I command this day,
to do them. Wherefore it shall come to pass,
if ye hearken to tlese judgments, and keep,
and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep
unto thee the covenant and the mercy which
He sware unto thy fathers. And He will
love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee:
He will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and
the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine,
and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the
flocks of thy sheep, in. the land which He
sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
Thursdayy-First Week in Lent.
ST. MATTHEW VI. 16-24.
MOREOVER, when-ye:fast, be not, as the
hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for
they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast.' Verily I say unto
you, They have their reward.  But thou,
when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and
wash thy face; that thou appear not unto
men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in
secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret,
shall reward, thee openly. Lay not up for




[  #x12  ]yourselves treasures- upon earth, where moth
and rust doth. corrupt, and where' thieves
break through and steal: but -lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,:where neither
moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves
do not break through nor steal;:: for where
your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore
thine eye be single, thy: hole body shall- be
full of light.:But if thine'eye be evil, thy
whole body shall- be full of darkness.  If
therefore the light that is in thee:be darkness,
how great is that darkness!'No man can
serve two masters-: for either he will hate
the one, and love the other;'-o else he will
hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye
cannot serve God and Mammon.
Friday-First Week in Lent.
ST. LUKE XV. 1-10.
THEN    drew near unto Him all the publicans and sinners fIor to hear Him. lAnad
the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying,
This Man receiv'eth sinners,:and eateth with
them.   And He spake -this- parable unto
them, saying, Wha't ma'n of you, having an
hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth
not leave the nniety'and:iine iii' the wilderness, and go after that wthich;ls lost, "'until he
find;it? And when he Lath fohund it, hte layeth it on his shouldersi rejoicing.- And when




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he. cometh home, he calleth together his
friends and neighbours, saying unto them,
Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep
which was lost. I say unto you, that likewise
jpy shall be in heaven over one sinner that
repenteth, more than over ninety and nine
just persons, which need no repentance.
Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently
till she find it? And when she hath found it,
she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have
found the piece which I had lost,. Likewise I
say unto you, there is joy in the presence of
the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
Saturday-First Week in Lent.
1 TIMOTHY VI. 13-19.
T GIVE thee charge in the sight of God,..who quickeneth all things, and before
Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession; that thou keep this
commandment without spot, unrebukable,
until the appearing of our: Lord Jesus Christ:
which in His times He shall shew, who is
the blessed and only Potentate, the King of
kings, and Lord of lords; who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man
can approach unto.; whom no man hath seen,
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nor can see: to whom be honour and power
everlasting.'Amen. i  Charge them that are
rich in. this' world, that they.be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in
the living God, who giveth us richly all things
to enjoy; that they do good, that they be
rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; laying up in store for
themselves a good foundation against the time
to come, that they > may lay hold on eternal
life.
Seco  Snd Sunday in Lent.
ROMANS xiv. 1-12.
HIM    that is weak iin the faith receive ye,
but not to doubtful disputations.  For
one believeth that:he may eat all things:
another, who is weak, eateth herbs... Let not
him that eateth despise him that eateth not;
and let not him which eateth not judge him
that eateth: for God hath received him. Who
art thou that judgest, another man's servant'?
to his own master; he standeth. or: falleth.
Yea,'he shall be holden up-::for God is able
to make him stand. One man esteemeth one
day above another: another esteemeth every
day alike.. Let every man be fully persuaded
in his own mind. He that regardeth the
day, regardeth it unto: the Lord;'. and he that
regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth
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Lord, for he giveth God thanks;- and he that
eateth not, to.the Lord he eateth not, and
giveth God thanks. For none of us liveth to
himself, and no man dieth to himself. For
whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and
whether we die, we die unto the. Lord-:
whether we live therefore, or die, we are the
Lord's. For to this end Christ both died, and
rose, and revived, that He might be- Lord
both of the dead and living. But why dost
thou judge thy brother?;or why dost thou
set at nought thy brother: for we shall all
stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord,
every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue
shall confess to God. So then every one of
us shall give account of himself to God.
Mfonday-Second Week:in Lent.
ST. JAMES i. 19-2T.
MIY beloved brethren, let every man -be
swift- to hear,:slow -to speak, slow to
wrath: for the wrath of man worketh not the
righteousness of God.:Wherefore lay apart
all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness,
and receive- with meekness; the engrafted
word, which is able to save your souls. -But
be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only,
deceiving your own selves. For if any man
be a hearer -of the word, and not a doer, he
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ina glass; for he beholdeth himself and goeth
his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man, he was..But whoso. looketh into
the perfect law of liberty, and, continueth
therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a
doer of,the work, this man shall be blessed
in his deed. If any man among you seem to
be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but
deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion
is, vain. Pure religion anndndefied; before
God and the, ather is this, to visit the fatherless arnd widows in their affliction, and to keep
himself unspotted from the world.
Tuesday-Second Wee/ in Lent.
JEREMIAH XVii. 5-10.
HUS saith the LORD; Cursed be the man
that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his
arm, and whose heart departeth from   the
LORD. For he shall be like the heath in the
desert, and shall not see when good cometh;
but shall inhabit the parched places? in the
wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the EoRD,
and whose hope the LORD is: for- he shall be
as a tree planted by the waters, and that:spreadeth out her roots by the river, and
shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf
shall be green; and:shall not be -careful in
the year of-drought, neither shall. cease from
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all things- and; desperately wicked: who can
know it? I the. LORD search the- heart, I try
the reins, even to:give. every man: according
to his ways, and according to the fruit.of 1fdoings.
Wednesday-Second Week' -'n Lent.
REVELATION III. 14-22.
TNTO     -the angel of the church of the
U  Laodiceans write: These things saith the
Amen, the faithful. and true Witness, the beginning of the creation: of God;.1 know thy
works, that thou art neither cold nor hot.
I'would thou wert cold or hot. So then
because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold
nor hot, I will spue- thee out of My mouth.
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased
with goods, and have need: of nothing, and
knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable,- and poor, and,blind, -and naked,- I
counsel: thee to- buy of Me gold tried: in the
fire, that thou:mayest be rich;.and white
raiment, that thou mayest. be clothed, and
that the shame of, thy nakedness do not appear,; and anoint thine: eyes- with:eye-salve,
that thou mayest see. As many as I:love, I
rebuke and chasten;' be zealous'therefore, and
reperit.- Behold, I'stand at the door -and
knocik: if any man hear my voice, and open
the door, I will'come into him, and will sup
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cometh will I grant to sit with. Me in My
throne, even as I also overcame, and am set
down with My Father in his throne.   He
that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
saith unto the churches.
Thursday —-Second Week in Lent.
ST. MATTHEW VI.. 21 —27.
Y7OT every one that saith unto Me,. Lord,
l{: Lord, shall enter into" the. kingdom of
heaven:. but he that doeth.the will of My
father which is in heaven. Many' will say
to.Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not
prophesied in Thy name;, and in Thy name
cast out devils?; and in Thy name done many
wonderful works? Anid then will I profess
unto them,- I. never knew you: depart from
Me, ye that -work iniquity. Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of Mine, and doeth
them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which
built his house upon. a rock: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds
blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell
not: for it was founded upon a rock. And
every one that heareth these sayings of Mine,
and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a
foolish man, which built his house upon the
sand: and the rain descended, and the floods
cameand the winds blew, and beat upon that
house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.




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Friday-Second Week in: Lent.
LAMENTATIONS III 22-33.
TT is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not
I consumed, because His compassions fail
not. They are new every morning: great is
Thy faithfulness. The LORD is my portion,
saith my soul; therefore will I hope in Him.
The LORD is good unto them that wait for
-im, to:the'soul that seeketh Him. It is
good.that a man should both hope and quietly
wait for the salvation of the LORD. It is good
for. a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because
he hath borne it upon him. Hee putteth his
mouth in the dust; if so be there may be
hope. He giveth his cheek to him that
smiteth him: he is filled full vwith reproach.
For the Lord will not cast off for ever: but
though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His
mercies. For He doth not afflict willingly,
nor grieve the children of men,
Saturday-Second Week in Lent.
ST. LKE xII. 13 —21.
AND one of the company said unto Him,
Master, speak: to my brother, that.he
divide the iheeritance with me., And He
said unto- him Man, who made Me a judge
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them, Take heed and beware of covetousness:
for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance
of the things which he possesseth. And He
spake a::parable unto.them, saying, The
ground. of,a certain.rich man brought forth
plentifully;. and he thought within himself,
saying; What: shall I do, because I have no
room -where to bestow my fruits?:- And: he
said, Thisi will I do: I will pull down my
barns,,and build. greater; and there will I
bestow all my: fruits and my goods.. And I
will say. to my'. soul, Soul, thouo hast much
goods laid.up for many years;,. take thine
ease, eat, drink, and: be merry.  But God
said- unto him, iThou fool! this night. thy soul
shall. be required of thee: then. whose shall
those things be,..which: thou hast provided?
So is he. that.layeth. up treasure for himself,
and is:not rich toward God.
-Third:Sunday in rLent.
DEUTERONOMY XX. 11 —20.'
THIS commandment which I command
thee this day, it is not hidden from thee,
neither is it far off. It is not in. heaven, that
thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to
heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may
hear it, and do it,;?.Neither is it beyond the
sea that thou: shouldest say, Who shall go
over the sea for us, an4dbring it unto us, that
we may hear it, and do it:? But the word is
very nigh unto thee, in thy. mouth, and in thy




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heart, that thou mayest do. it. See, I have
set before thee this day life and good, and
death and evil, in that I command thee this
day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in His
ways, and to keep His commandments, and
His statutes, and His judgments, that thou
mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy
God shall bless thee in the land whither thou
goest to possess it. But if thine heart turn
away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be
drawn away, and worship other gods, and
serve them; I denounce unto you this day,
that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall
not prolong your days upon the land, whither
thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.
I call heaven and earth to record this day
against you, that I have set before you life
and death, blessing and cursing: therefore
choose life, that both thou and thy seed may
live: that thou mayest love the LORD thy
God, and that thou mayest obey His voice,
and that thou mayest cleave unto Him; (for
He is thy life, and the length of thy days);
that thou mayest dwell in the land which the
LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to
Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
Monday-Third Week in Lent.
JOB xxI. 21-30.
ACQUAINT now thyself with Him, and be
at peace! thereby good shall come unto
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thee. Receive,; I pray thee, the law from
His mouth, and lay up His words in thine
heart. If- thou return to.the Almighty, thou
shalt- be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity
far from thy tabernacles. Then shalt thou
lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as
the stones'of the birooks. Yea, the Almighty
shall be- thy'defence, -and thou shalt have
plenty of silver. For then shalt thou have
thy delight in.the Almghthty, and shalt lift up
thy face unto God.  Thou shalt:make thy
prayer unto Him, and He shall. hear thee, and
thgu shalt' pay thy vows.:: Thou shalt also
decree a thing, and it shall be- established
unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy
ways.,. When men are cast down, then thou
shalt say' There is lifting'up; and He shall
save the humble. person. He:shall deliver
the island of the-innocent: and: it is delivered
by the pureness -of.thine hands.
Tuesday —Third Week in Lent.
ISAIAH I. 16-20. 
W   ASH' you, make you clean; put away
the evil of your doings from  before
Mine eyes; cease to do evil; learn to do
well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed,
judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Come now, and let; us reason together, saith
the LORD: though:your- sins be as scarlet,
they shall be as white ass snow;,though they




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be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the
good of the land: but if ye refuse and rebel,
ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the
mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
Wednesday-Third Week in:Lent.
ST. MARK X. 17-31.
A ND when He was gone forth into the way,
A     there came one running, and kneeled to
Him, and asked:Him, Good Master, what
shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou
Me good?there is none good but one, that
is God. Thou knowest the commandments,
Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not
steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not,
Honour thy father and mother..::And he
answered and said unto Him, Master, all
these have I observed from my youth. Then
Jesus beholding him, loved him, and said
unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy
way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to
the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in
heaven: a.nd come, take up the cross, and
follow Me.' And he was sad at that saying,
and went away grieved; for he:had great
possessions. And Jesus looked round about,
and:saith unto His disciples, How hardly
shall they that have riches enter into the
kingdom of God! And the disciples were




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astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how
hard is it for them that trist in riches to
enter into the kingdom of Gd! It is easier
for A camel to go through the eye of a needle,
than for a rich man-to enter into the kingdom
of God. And they were astonished out of
measure, saying -among themselves, Who
then can be saved? A nd Jesus looking upon
them, saith, With men it is impossible, but
not with God: for with God all things are
possible.  Then Peter began to say unto
Him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed
Thee. And Jesus answered and said, Verily
I say unto you, there is no man that hath left
house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or
mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for My
sake and the gospel's, but he shall receive an
hundredfold now in this time, houses, and
brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in
the world to come eternal life. But many
that are first shall be last; and the last first.
Thursday-Third Week in Lent.
ST. LUKE III. 7-18.
ltHEN said he to the multitude that came
JL forth to be baptized of him, O generation
of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from
the wrath to come? Bring forth therefore
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say within yourselves, We have Abraham to"
our father, for I say unto you, That God is
able of these stones to raise up children to
Abraham. And now also the axe is laid unto
the root of the trees; every tree therefore
which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn
down, and cast into the fire. And the people
asked him, saying, What shall we do then?
He answereth and saith unto them, He that
hath two coats, let him impart to'him that
hath none; and he that hath meat, let him
do likewise. Then came also publicans to be
baptized, and said unto him, Master, what
shall we do? And he said unto them, Exact
no more than that which is appointed you.
And the soldiers likewise demanded of him,
saying, And what shall we do? And he said
unto them, Do violence to no man, neither
accuse any falsely; and be content with your
wages. And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of
John, whether he were the Christ, or not;
John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed
baptize you with water; but One mightier
than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I
am. not worthy to unloose: He shall baptize
you with the Holy Ghost. and with fire:
whose fan is in His hand, and He will
throughly purge His floor, and will gather
the wheat into His garner, but the chaff He
will burn with fire unquenchable. And many
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other things in His exhortation preached He
unto the people.
Friday — Third Week in Lent.
ST. LUKE XV. 11-32.
AND He said, A certain man had two sons:
and the younger -of them said to his
father, Father, give me the portion of goods
that falleth to me.  And he divided unto
them'his.living. And not many days after,
the younger son gathered all together, and
took his journey into a far country, and there
wasted his substance with riotous living. And
when he -had spent all, there arose a mighty
famine in that land; and he began to be in
want. And he went and joined himself to a
citizen of that country; and he sent him into
his fields to feed swine. And he would fain
have filled his belly with the husks that the
swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
And when he came to himself, he said, How
many hired servants of my father's have
bread enough and to spare, and I perish with
hunger! I will arise and go to my father,
and will say unto him; Father, I have sinned
against heaven, and before thee, and am no
more worthy to be called thy son: make me
as one of thy hired servants. And he arose,
and came to his father. But when he was
yet a great way off, his father saw him and
had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck,




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and kissed him. And the son said unto him,
Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in
thy sight, and am no more worthy to be
called thy son. But the father said to his
servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put
it on him; and put a ring oci his hand, and
shoes on his feet: and bring hither the fatted
calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be
merry: for this my son was dead, and is
alive again; he was lost, and is found. And
they began to be merry. Now his elder son
was in the field: and as he came and drew
nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing: and he called one of the servants, and
asked what these things meant. And he said
unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy
father hath killed the fatted calf, because he
hath received him safe and sound. And he
was angry, and would not go in: therefore
came his father out, and entreated him. And
he, answering, said to his father, Lo, these
many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment;
and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I
might make merry with my friends: but as
soon as this thy son was come, which hath
devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast
killed for him the fatted calf. And he said
unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all
that I have is thine. It was meet that we
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thy brother was dead, and is.alive again;
and was lost, and is found.
Saturday after Third Sundy in Lent.
ST. MATTHEW XXV. 14-30.
FOR the kingdom of heaven is as a man
travelling into -a far country, who. called
his own servants, and delivered unto them
his goods. And unto one he gave five talents,
to another.two, and'to another one.; to every
man according to:his: several: ability; and
straightway took his journey. -Then he that
had received the five talents went and traded
withi. thei same,: and -made.; them  other five
talents.: And likewise he. that had received.
two,.he also gained other two.; But he.that
had'.received one:.went and:.digged in the
earth,: and:hid -his::lord's: money.- After a
long time the lord:of those ser.ants cometh,
and reckoneth with them. And' so he. that.
had received five talents: camei and brought
other five talents, saying,'Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents:.behold, I have gained
beside them five talents more. His lord said
unto him, Well done,.thou. good and faithful
servant; thou hast,been faithful over a few
things, I will make thee: ruler. over many
things:.enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
He also that had received two talents came
and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two
talents: behold, I have gained two other




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talents beside them. His lord said unto him,
Well done, good and faithful servant;thou
hast been faithful over a few things, I will
make thee ruler over many things: enter
thou into the joy of thy lord. Then he which
had received the one talent came and said,
Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man,
reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed. And I was
afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the
earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine. His
lord answered and said unto him, Thou
wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest
that I reap where I sowed not, and gather:
where I have not strawed: thou oughtest
therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should
have received mine own with usury. Take
therefore the talent from him, and give it
unto him which hath ten talents. For unto
every one that, hath shall be given, and he
shall have abundance: but from him that
hath not shall be taken away even that which
he hath. And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Fourth Sunday in Lent.
PSALM XXXIx. 4-1'3.
TORD, make me to know mine end, and
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that I. may know: how frail -I am.. Behold,
Thou hast made my days.as an.handbreadth;
and, mine. age:is as. nothing before Thee:
verily, every.man at his: best,state: is altogether vanity.- Surely- every man walketh in
a vain:shew: surely they are disquieted in
vain-: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not
who..shall gatherthem.-. And now, LORD,
what wait I for? my hope is in Thee.. Deliver me from, all my transgressions; make:
me- not the reproach of the foolish. I was
dumb, I opened not my. mouth; because
Thou didst it. Remove thy stroke away
from me: I am consumed by the blow of
Thine:hand. When Thou with rebukes dost
correct man for iniquity, Thou: makest: his
beauty to consume away like a. moth: surely
every man is vanity. -:Hear my prayer, O
LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not
Thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger
with Thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers
were. O   spare me, that I may:recover
strength before I go hence, and be no more.
Monday-Fourth-'Week in, Lent.
\EPHESIANS VI.i i-9.
CHILDREN, obey your parents in the
Lord: for -this is right. Honour thy
father and mother; -which is.the first commandment with promise.;: that it may be well
with thee, and thou mayest live long on the




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earth.'And, ye fathers, provoke not your
children to wrath: but bring them up in -the
nurture and admonition of the Lord.'Servants, be obedient to them that are your
masters according to the flesh, with fear and
trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto
Christ-;,not with eyeservice as menpleasers;
but as the servants of Christ, doing the will
of God from the heart;: with good will doing
service, asto'the Lord, and not to men:
knowing that whatsoever good. thing any man
doeth, the same shall he receive of the'Lord,
whether he be bond or free. And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening;:.knowing that your Master
also is in heaven; neither is there respect of
persons with Him.
Tuesday —Fourth Week in Lent.
ST. MARK V. 25 —34.
A ND a certain woman, which had an issue
f of'blood twelve years, and- had suffered
many things of many physicians, and had
spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse; when she had
heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and
touched His garment. For she said, If I may
touch but His clothes, I shall be whole. And
straightway the fountain of her blood wvas
dried up; and she felt in her body that she
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diately knowing in Himself that virtue had
gone out of Him, turned Him about in the
press, and said, Who touched My clothes?
And His disciples said unto Him, Thou seest
the multitude thronging Thee, and sayest
Thou, Who touched Me? And He looked
round about to see her that had done this
thing. But the woman, fearing and trembling,
knowing what was done in her, came and fell
down before Him, and told Him all the truth.
And He said unto her, Daughter, thy faith
hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be
whole of thy plague.
Wednesday-l-ourth Week in Lent.
ST. JAMES II. 13-18.
W   HO is a wise man, and endued with
knowledge among you? let him show
out of a good conversation his works with
meekness of wisdom. -But if ye have bitter
envying and strife in your hearts, glory not,
and lie not against the truth. This wisdom
descendeth not from above, but is earthly,
sensual, devilish. For where envying and
strife is, there is confusion and every evil
work. But the wisdom that is from above,
is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy
to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits,
without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in
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Thursday-Fourth Week in Lent.
ST. MARK vII. 31-38.
AND he began to teach them that the Son
of Man must suffer many things, and be
rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests
and scribes, and be killed, and after three
days rise again. And He spake that saying
openly. And'Peter took. Him, and began to
rebuke Him. But when iHe had turned about
and looked on His disciples, He rebuked
Peter, saying, Get thee behind Me, Satan;
for thou savourest not the things, that be of
God, but the things that be of men. And
when He had called the people unto Him
with His disciples also, He said unto them,
Whosoever will come after Me, let him deny
himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.
Fior whosoever will save his life shall lose it;
but whosoever shall lose his life for My sake
and the gospel's, the same shall save it. For
what shall it profit a man, if:he should gain
the whole world, and lose his own soul?  Or
what shall a man give in exchange for his
soulT?  Whosoever, therefore,  shall  be
ashamed of Me, and of My words, in this
adulterous and sinful generation; of him also
shall the Son of Man be ashamed, when He
cometh in the glory of His Father with the
holy angels.
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Friday-Fourth Week in Lent.
ST. LUKE VII. 37-50.
AND, behold, a woman in the city, which
was a sinner, when she heard that Jesus
satat meat in the Pharisee's house, brought
an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at
His feet, behind Him weeping, and began to
wash His feet with tears, and did wipe them
with the hairs of her head, and kissed His
feet, and anointed them'with the' ointment.
Now when the Pharisee which had bidden
Him saw it, he spake within himself, saying,
This Man, if' He were a prophet, would have
known who and what manner of woman this
is that toucheth Him: for she is a sinner.
And Jesus answering, said- unto him, Simon,
I have somewhat to say unto thee. And, he
saith, Master, say on. There was a certain
creditor which had two debtors: the one
owed five hundred, pence, and the other fifty.
And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly
forgave them both. Tell Me, therefore, which
of these will love him  most? Simon answered and said, I suppose, that he to whom
he forgave most. And He said unto him,
Thou hast rightly judged. And He turned
to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest
thou this woman? I entered into thine house,
thou gavest Me no water for My feet: but
she hath washed My feet with tears, and wiped
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Me no kiss: but this woman since the time I
came in hath not ceased to kiss My feet. My
head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this
woman hath anointed My feet with ointment.
Wherefore, I say unto thee, Her sins, which
are many, are forgiven; for she loved much:
but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth
little. And He said unto her, Thy sins are
forgiven. And they that sat at meat with
Him began to say within themselves, Who is
this that forgiveth sins also? And He said
to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go
in peace.
Saturday-Fourth Week in Lent.
JOB v. 17-26.
DEHOLD, happy is the man whom God
) correcteth; therefore despise not thou
the chastening of the Almighty; for He
maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth,
and His hands make whole. He shall deliver
thee in six troubles; yea, in seven there shall
no evil touch thee.- In famine He shall redeem thee from death; and in war from the
power of the sword. Thou shalt be hid from
the scourge of the tongue; neither shalt thou
be afraid of destruction when it cometh. At
destruction and famine thou shalt laugh;
neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of
the earth. For thou shalt be in league with
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field shall be at peace with thee. And thou
shalt know-that thy tabernacle shall be in
peace; and- thou shalt visit thy habitation,
and shalt i:no sin. Thou shalt know also that
thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring'as
the grass of the earth. -Thou shalt come to
thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn
cometh in his season.
Fifth Sunday in Lent.
EZEKIEL XVIII. 20-28.
THE soul that sinneth, it shall die. The
son shall not bear the iniquity of the
father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the
righteous shall be upon him, and the wickednessof:the wicked shall be upon him. But
if the wicked will turn from all his sins that
he hath committed, and keep all My statutes,
and do that which is lawful and right, he shall
surely live, he shall not die. All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall
not be mentioned unto him: in -his righteousness that he hath done, he shall live. Have I
any pleasure at all that the wicked should die.
saith the LoRD God; and not that he should
return from his ways, and live? But when
the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth
according to all the abominations that the
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righteousness that he hath done shall not be
mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in
them shall he die. Yet we say, The way of
the LORD is not equal. Hear now, O house
of Israel, Is not My way equal? are not your
ways unequal?, When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done, shall he die. Again,
when the wicked man turneth away from his
wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth
that which is lawful and right, he shall save
his soul alive. Because he considereth, and
turneth away from all his transgressions that
he hath committed, he shall surely live, he
shall not die.
Monday-Fifth Week in Lent.
PSALM CXIX. 9-16.
ITHEREWITHAL         shall a young man
I cleanse his way?      By taking heed.
thereto according to Thy word. With my
whole heart have I sought Thee: O let me
not wander from Thy commandments. Thy
word have I hid in mine heart, that I might
not sin against Thee. Blessed art Thou, O
LORD: teach me Thy statutes. With my
lips have I declared all the judgments of Thy
mouth. I have rejoiced in the way of Thy
testimonies, as much as in all riches. I will
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meditate in,' Thy precepts, and have respect
unto Thy;ways. I will delight myself in Thy
statutes: I will not forget Thy word.
Tuesday-Fifth Week in Lent.
ISAIAH LIX. 12-16.
OUR transgressions are multiplied before: Thee, and our sins testify against us:
for our transgressions are with us; and as for
our iniquities, we know them, in transgressing
and lying against the LORD, and departing
away from our God, speaking oppression and
revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart
words of falsehood. And judgment is turned
away backward, and jAustice standeth afar off:
for truth is fallen in the street,! and equity
cannot enter. Yea, truth faileth; and he that
departeth from evil maketh himself a prey:
and the LORD saw it, aid: it displeased Him
that there was /no' judgment.  And He saw
that there was no man, and wondered that
there was no intercessor: therefore: His arm
brought salvation unto Him, and His: righteousness it sustained Him.: 
Wednesday-Fifth Week in Lent.1 ST. JOHN II. 1-6.
MY little children, these things write I unto.  you, that ye sin not. And if any man
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Jesus Christ:the righteous-: and He is the
propitiation for our -sins; and not for ours
only, but, also for the sins of the whole world.
And hereby we do know that we know Him,
if we keep His commandments. He that
saith, I know Him, and keepeth not His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in
him. But whoso keepeth His word, in him
verily is the love of God perfected: hereby
know we that we: are in Him. He that saith Ihe
abideth in: Him, ought himself also: so-to walk,
even: as He walked,!
Thursday —Fith Week ini ent.:
HEBREWS IX. 24-28.-.
I: HRIST is not entered: into the holy places
\J made with; hands, which are the figures
of the true; but into heaven itself, now to
appear in the presence of God for us:; nor
yet that:He should offer: Himself often, as
the high priest entereth into the holy place
every year with blood:of others; -for then
must He often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end
of the world hath He appeared to put away
sin by the sacrifice of Himself. And as it is
appointed unto men once to die, but after this
the judgment: so Christ was once offered to
bear the sins of many; and unto them that
look for Him shall He appear the second time
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Friday-Fifth Week in Lent.
1 ST. PETER II. 18-25.
ERVANTS, be subject to your masters
k3 with all fear; not only to the: good and
gentle, but also to the froward. For this is
thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward
God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. For
what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted'for
your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if,
when ye do-well, and suffer for it, ye- take it
patiently, this is acceptable with God. For
even hereunto were ye called: because Christ
also suffered for us, leaving us an example,
that ye should follow His steps: who did no
sin, neither was guile found in' His mouth;
who, when He was reviled, reviled not again;
when He suffered, He threatened not; but
committed Himself to Him that judgeth righteously: who His own self bare our sins
ini His own body on the' tree, that we,' being
dead to sins, should live unto righteousness:
by whose stripes ye were healed. For ye
were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your
souls.
Saturday after Fifth Sunday in Lent.
1 ST. PETER IV. 12-19.
BELOVED, think it not strange concerning. the fiery trial which is to try you, as
though some strange thing happened unto




you:. but- rejoice, inasmuch as -ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings;- that, when His
glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad, also
with exceeding joy. If ye be reproached for
*the. name of Christ, happy are ye: for the
Spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you:
on their part He is evil. spoken of, but on
your part He is glorified. But:c let none of
you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as
an evil-doer, or as a busybody in other men's
matters. Y:et if any man suffer as a. Christian,
let him- not be ashamed, but let,him'glorify
God.on this behalf. For: t6he time is come
that'judgment:must begin- at the- house of
God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the
end be of them that obey not the gospel of
God? And ifthe righteous scarcely be saved,
where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear' Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their.souls to Him in well-doing, as unto a faithful. Creator.
Sunday before Easter.
PHILIPPIANS II. 5-13.
T ET this mind be in you, which was also in
1 Christ Jesus: who being in the form of
God, thought it not robbery to be equal with
God: 0but made Himself of no reputation, and
took upon Him the form.of a servant, and
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found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even
the death of the cross. Wherefore God also
hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a
name which is above every name: that at the
name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things
in heaven, and things in earth, and things under
the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of
God the Father. Wherefore, my beloved, as
ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence
only, but now much more in my absence, work
out your own salvation.with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you
both to will and to do of His good pleasure.
Monday in HEoly Week.
HEBREWS II. 8 —18.
W   E see not yet all things put under Him.
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the.suffering of
death, crowned with glory and honour; that
He by the grace of God should taste death for
every man...For it became Him for whom
are all things, and by whom are all things, in
bringing many sons unto glory, to make the
Captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. For both HIe that sanctifieth and
they who are sanctified are all of one; for
which cause He is not ashamed to call them
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to My brethren, in the midst of the church
will I sing praise unto Thee. And again, I
will put My trust in Him; and again, Behold
I and the children which God hath given Me,
Forasmuch then as the children are partakers
of flesh and blood, He also Himself likewise
took part of the same; that through death He
might destroy him that had the power of
death, that is, the devil; and deliver-them
who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage, For verily He took
not on Him the nature of angels; but He
took on Him the seed of Abraham. Wherefore in all things it behoved Him to be made
like unto His brethren, that He might be a
merciful and faithful High Priest in things
pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for
the sins of the people. For in that He Himself hath suffered being tempted, He is able to
succour them that are tempted
Tuesday in Holy Week.
REVELATION V. 6-14.
AND I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the'throne and of the four beasts, and in the
midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had
been slain, having seven horns and seven
eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent
forth into all the earth. And He came and
took the book out of the right hand of Him
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taken the book, the four beasts and four and
twenty elders fell down before the Lamb,
having every one of them harps, and golden
vials full of odours, which are the prayers of
saints.  And they sung a new song, saying,
Thou art: worthy to take the book, and to
open the, seals thereof: for Thou wast slain,
and hast redeemed us to God by Thy blood
out of every kindred, and tongue, and people,
and nation; and hast made us unto our God
kings and priests, and we shall reign on the
earth. And I beheld, and I heard the voice
of many angels round about the throne, and
the,beasts, and the elders: and the number
of them was ten thousand times ten thousand,
and thousands of  ousansands; saying with a
loud voice,  orthy.is the Lamb that was
slain to'receive power, and riches, and. wisdom,. and strength,: and honour, and glory,
and blessing. And.every creature which is
in heavens and on the earth, and under the
earth, and.such as are in the sea, and all that
are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and
honour, and glory,. and power, be unto Him
that sitteth.upon the throne, and unto the
Lamb for ever and ever.    And the four
beasts said, Amen.. And the four and twenty
elders fell diwn and worshipped, Him- that
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Wednesday in Holy Week.
ST. JOHN XII. 23-32.
AND    Jesus answered them, saying, The
hour is come, that the Son of Man should
be glorified. Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground
and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it
bringeth forth much fruit. He that loveth
his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his
life in this world, shall keep it unto life eternal. If any: man serve Me, let him follow
Me; and where I am, there shall also My servant be: if any man, serve Me, him will My
Father honour. Now is My soul troubled;
and what shall I say? Father, save Me from
this hour-: but for this cause came I unto this
hour. Father, glorify thy name. Then came.
there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both,
glorified it, and will glorify it again. The.
people therefore that stood b:y, and heard it,,
said that it thundered: others said, An angel.
spake to Him.   Jesus answered and said;.,
This voice came -not because of Me, but for
your sakes. Now is the judgment of this:
world: now shall the prince of this world be
cast out. And I, if I be lifted up from the
earth, will draw all men unto Me.
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Thursday in Holy Weeek.
ST. MATTHEW:XXVI. 36-46.
rTHEN cometh Jesus with them unto a place
called:Gethsemane, and said unto the disciples, Sit ye here, While I go and pray
yonder   And: He took with Him Peter and
the.tWo sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful a-nd very heavy.. Then& saith He unto
them, My sol is exceeding sorrowful, even
unto death: - tarry Eye here, and watch -with
Me..:And -te went a little ifarther, and fell
on: His face, and -prayed, saying, 0  My
Father,' if it:be possible, let this cup pass
from -Me: nevertheless not as- I will, but as
Thou wilt. A'nd He cometh unto the disciples, and': findeth — them  asleep, and.isaith
untod P'eter, What! could ye: not watch with
fe;: one hour?: Wath -and- pray, that ye
enter not into temptation-.- the -spirit indeed
is willing, but the flesh is weak.: He went
away again the second time, and prayed, saying,O:My Father, if this cup may not pass
away from Me, except I drink it, Thy will be
done. And He came and found them asleep
again' -for their eyes wiere heavy   -And -He
left them, and went away again, and prayed
the third time, saying: the same words. Then
cometh He to His disciples, and saith unto
them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the'Son of Man
is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise,




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let us be going: behold, he is at hand that
doth betray Me.
Good Friday.
l CORINTHIANS XV. 50-57.
NOW    this I say, brethren, that flesh and
blood cannot inherit the kingdomo of
God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I shew you a mystery;
We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be
changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an
eye, at the. last trump: for the trufmpet shall
sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this
mortal must put on immortality. So when
this corruptible shall have put on incorruption,
and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in
victory. O death, where is thy sting:? 0
grave, where is thy victory? The sting of
death is sin; and the strength of sin is the
law. But thanks be-to God, which giveth us
the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Easter Eve.
HEBREWS IV. 9 —16.
THERE remaineth therefore a rest to the
1 people of God. For he that is entered
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own works, as God did from His. Let us
labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest
any man fall after the same example of unbelief. For the Word'of God is quick, and
powerful, and sharper than any two-edged
sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder
of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and
intents of the heart. Neither is there any
creature that is not manifest in His sight:
but all things are naked and opened unto the
eyes of Him with whom we have to do.
Seeing then that we have a Great High Priest,
that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son
of God, let us hold fast our profession. For
we have not anh High Priest which cannot be
touched with the feeling of our infirmities;
but was in all points tempted like as we are,
yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly
unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain
mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Easter Day.
REVELATION VII. 9-17.
AFTER this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of
all nations, and kindreds, and people, and
tongues, stood before the throne, and before
the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and
palms in their hands. And cried with,a
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which sitteth upon the, throne, and unto the
Lamb. And all the angels stood round about
the throne, and about the elders and the four
beasts, and fell before the throne on their
faces, and worshipped God, saying, Amen:
Blessing,.and, glory, and.wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be
unto our God for ever and ever, Amen.
And one of the elders answered, saying unto
me, What are these which. are arrayed in
white: robes::and whence came they.' And
I said:unto him, Sir, thou nknowest..And he
said.to me, These are they which came out
of great tribulation, and have wrashed- their
robes, and made them white in the blood of
the' Lamb.:Theefreforeare they: before the
throne of God, and serve Him day and night
in His.temple:.and He that sitteth on the
throne shall dwell among them, They shall
hunger no.more, -neither thirst.any more,
neither:shall. the sun light on: them, nor any
heat. For'the Lamb.hich is in the midst
of the throne shall: feed them, and: shall lead
them unto living fountains of waters: and
God shall wipe away all. tears from their
eyes..
M2onday in Easter Week,
IAIAH xxv. 1-9.
LORD, Thou art my God; I will exalt
Thee, I will praise Thy name; for Thou
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hast done wonderful things; Thy counsels of
old are faithfulness and truth. For Thou
hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced
city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no
city; it shall never be built. Therefore shall
the strong people glorify Thee, the city of
the terrible nations shall fear Thee. For
Thou hast been a strength to the poor, a
strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge
from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when
the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm
against the wall. Thou shalt bring down the
noise of strangers as the heat in a dry place;
even the heat with the shadow of a cloud:
the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought
low. And in this mountain shall the LORD
of Hosts make unto all people a feast of fat
things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat
things full of marrow, of wines on the lees
well- refined. And He will destroy in this
mountain the face of the covering cast over
all people, and the vail that is spread over all
nations. He will swallow up death in victory; and the LORD God will wipe away
tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of
His people shall He take away from off all
the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it. And
it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our
God; we have waited for Him, and He will
save us: this is the LORD; we have waited
for Him, we will be glad and rejoice in His
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Tuesday in- Easter Week.
ISAIAH xxxIIi. 15-22.
HE that walketh righteously, and speaketh: uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of
oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes,qthat stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing e-vi; he shall dwell on high;'his place of
defence shall be munitions of the rocks; bread
shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
Thine eyes Shall see the King in:His beauty:
they'shall'behoid the land' that is.very far off.
Thlhie h'eart shall meditate terror.'Wfiere is
th;e scribe? where is the receiver? where is
he that counted the towers? Thou shalt not
see'a fierce people; a people of deeper speech
than thou canst perceive; of a stammering
tongue, that thou canst not understand. Look
upon Zion; the city of our solemnities: thine
eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a
tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not
one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof
be broken. But there the glorious LORD will
be unto us a place of broad rivers and
streams; wherein shall go no galley with
oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.
For the LORD is our'Judge, the LORD is our
Lawgiver, the LORD is our:King; He will
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Wednesday in:Easter Week.
ST. JOHN XI. 19-.27.
/[ANY of the Jews came to Martha and
L  Mary, to comfort them:concerning their
brother. Then Martha, as soon as she heard
that Jesus was coming, went and met Him:
but Mary sat still in the house. Then said
Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if Thou hadst been
here, my brother had not died. But I know,
thiat even now, whatsoever Thou wilt ask of
God, God will give it Thee. Jesus saith unto
her, Thy brother shall rise again. Martha
saith unto Him, I know that he shall rise
again in the resurrection at the, last day.
Jesus said unto her, I am the! Resurrection,
and the Life: he that believeth in Me, though
he were dead, yet shall he live: -and whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never
die. Believest thou this:?  She saith unto
Him, Yea, Lord: I believe that Thou art the
Christ, the Son of God, which should come
into the world.
Thursday in Easter Week.
HOSEA VI, 1-6.
/OME, and let us return unto -the LORD:
for He hath torn, and He will heal us;
He hath smitten, and He will bind us up.
After two-days will he revive us: in the third
day He will raise us up, and we shall live in
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on to know the LORD: His going forth is prepared as the morning; and He shall come
unto us as the rain, as the latter and former
rain unto the earth. 0 Ephraim, what shall
I do unto thee l O Judah, what shall I do
unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
Therefore have I shewed them    by the
prophets; I have slain them by the words
of My mouth; and thy judgments are as the
light that goeth forth. For I desired mercy,
and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God
more than burnt offerings.
Friday in Easter Week.
I ST. PETER I. 3-9.
B)LESSED be the God and Father of our') Lord Jesus Christ, which according to
His abundant mercy-hath begotten us again
unto a lively hope by the resurrection of
Jesus' Christ from the dead, to an inheritance
incorruptible and undefiled, and that fadeth
not away, reserved in heaven for you, who
are kept by the power of God through faith
unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last
time. Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though
now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: that the
trial of your faith, being much more precious
than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried
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honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus
Christ. Whom having not- seen, ye love; in
Whom, though now ye see Him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy-unspeakable and
full of glory: receiving the end of your faith,
even the salvation of your souls, j
Saturday: in Easter Week.: EPHAzSIAH III. 14 —20.
ING, 0 daughter' of Zion;. shout, 0 Israel;
be glad and rejoice with all the heart, 0
daughter of Jerusalem. -The LORD hath taken
away thy judgments, He.hath cast out thine
enemy;:the King of Israel, even the LORD, is
in the midst of thee; thou shalt hot see evil
any more. In that day it shall be said to Je1usaiem,: Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not
thine:hands be slack.. The LORD thy God in
the midst of thee is mighty; He will save,
He will rejoice over thee with joy.; He will
rest in His love, He.will joy over thee with
singing, I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee,
to whom the reproach of it was a burden. Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict
thee: and I will save her that halteth, and
gather her that was driven out; and I will
get them praise and fame in every land where
they have been put- to shame. At that time
will I bring you again, even in the time that I
gather you: for I will make you a name and




['I,5  ].a praise among al-l people,of- the earth,.when
I turn back your captivity before your eyes,
saith the LORD.
-:Frst Sunday aftre' Easter.' iEVlLATIOTN xix. 4 — 9.
Trt::E four -and twenty elders, and the four
bl'beasts fell-down and worshipped God that
sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.
And a voice cGame out of the throne, saying,
Praise our God all ye Hils servants, and ye
-thatfear frtim, both small and great.' And I
heard as it were, the voice of a great multitude, -and as the voice of many waters, and'as
the voice of mighy thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotentI reigneth.
Let us be glad and rej'oice, and give honour to
Him: for the marriage of the Lamb is.come,
and His wife hath made herself ready.' And
to her was granted'that she should be arrayed
in fiRne linen, -lean and, white: for-the fine
linen is the righteousness of saints. And he
saith.unto me, Write, Blessed are they which
are called unto the marriage supper of the
Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the,
true'sayings of Gqd.
h- nday —First Week after Easter.
PSALM XXVII. I —6.
TIHE LORD is- my light and my salvation;
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strength of my life; of whom shall I be
afraid? When the wicked, even mine enemies
and my foes, came upon me. to eat up my
flesh, they stumbled and fell. Though an
host should encamp against me, my heart
shall not fear; though war should rise against
me, in this will I be confident. One thing
have I desired of the "LORD, that will I seek
after; that I may dwell in the house of the
LORD all the days of my life, to behold the
beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in His
temple. For in the time of trouble He shall
hide me in His pavilion: in the secret of
His tabernacle shall He hide me; He shall
set me up upon a rock. And now shall mine
head be lifted up above mine enemies round
about me: therefore will I offer in His tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will
sing praises unto the LORD.
Tuesday-First Week' after Easter.
HEBREWS X. 11-25.
1VERY priest standeth daily ministering
and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: but
this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice
for sins forever, sat down on.the right hand
of God; from henceforth expecting till His
enemies be made His footstool. For by one
offering He hath perfected for ever them that
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is a witness to us; for after that He had said
before, This is the covenant that I will make
with them after those days, saith the Lord, I
will put My laws into their hearts, and in
their minds will I write them; and their sins
and their iniquities will I remember no more.
Now where remission of these is, there is no
more offering for sin.  Having- therefore,
brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by
the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way,
which He hath consecrated for us, through the
vail, that is to say, His flesh; and having an
High Priest over the house of God; let us
draw near with a true heart in full assurance
of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an
evil conscience, and our bodies' washed with
pure water.'Let us hold fast the profession
of our faith without wavering; (for He is
faithful that promised;) and let us consider
one another to provoke unto love and to good
works: not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is;
but exhorting one another: and so much the
more as ye see the day approaching.
Wednesday —-irst Week after Easter.
ISAIAH XXVI. 1 —11.
IN that day shall this song be sung in the
land of Judah; We have a strong city;
salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.' Open ye the gates that the righteous
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nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose
mind is stayed on Thee: because he trusteth
in; Thee. Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for
in the LORD JEHOVAH        is everlasting
strength; for he bringeth down them  that
dwell on high; the lofty city, He layeth it
low; He layeth it low, even to the ground;
lie bringeth it even to the dust. The foot
shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor,
and the steps of the needy. The way of the,just is uprightness: Thou, most upright, dost
weigh the path of the just. Yea, in the way
of Thy judgments, 0 LORD, have we waited
for Thee; the desire of our soul is to Thy
name, and. to the remembrance of Thee.
With my soul have I desired Thee in the
night; yea, with my spirit -within me will I
seek Thee early: for when Thy judgments
are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world
will learn righteousness.  Let favour be
shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn
righteousness: in the land of uprightness will
he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD. LORD, when Thy hand is
lifted up, they will not see: but they shall
see, and be ashamed for their envy at the
people; yea, the fire of Thine enemies shall
devour them.




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Thursday-First Week after Easter.
ST. JOHN vi. 35:-40.
TESUS said unto them, I am the bread of
t life: he that cometh to Me shall never
hunger; and he that believeth on Me shall
never thirst. But I said unto you, That ye
also have seen Me, and believe not. All that
the Father giveth Me shall come to Me; and
him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast
out. For I came down from heaven, not to
do Mine own will, but the will of Him that
sen:t Me. And this is the Father's will which
hath sent Me, that'.of all which He hath given
Me I;should lose nothing, but. should raise it
up, again at the last day. And this is the will
of Him that sent Me, that every one which
seeth the Son, and believeth on Him, may
have everlasting life: and I will raise him up
at, the last day..
Friday-First Week.after Easter.
PSALM xv.
T ORD, who shall abide in Thy tabernacle?
12 who shall dwell in Thy holy hill? - He
that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
He that backbiteth not with his tongue; nor
doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a
reproach against his neighbour. In whose
eyes a vile person is contemned; but he
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sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
He that putteth not out his money to usury,
nor taketh reward against the innocent.. He
that doeth these things shall never be moved.
Saturday-First Week after Easter.
ST. JOHN XI. 32-45.
W  HEN Mary was come where Jesus was,
and saw Him, she fell down at His feet,
saying unto Him, Lord, if Thou hadst been
here, my brother had not died. When Jesus,
therefore, saw her weeping, and the Jews also
weeping which came with her, He groaned in
the spirit, and was troubled, and said, Where
have ye laid him? They said unto Him,
Lord, come and see. Jesus wept. Then said
the Jews, Behold how He loved him. And
some of them said, Could not this Man, which
opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that
even this man should not have died? Jesus
therefore again groaning in Himself cometh
to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay
upon it. Jesus said, Take ye away the stone.
Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith
unto Him, Lord, by this time he stinketh:
for he hath been dead four days. Jesus saith
unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou
wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory
of God? Then they took away the stone
from the place where the dead was laid. And
Jesus lifted up His eyes, and said, Father, I




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thank Thee that Thou hast heard Me. And I
knew that Thou hearest Me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it,
that they may believe that Thou hast sent Me.
And when He thus had spoken, He cried with
a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth., And he
that was dead came forth, bound hand and
foot with graveclothes: and his face was
bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto
them, Loose him, and let him   go. Then
many of the Jews which came to Mary, and
had seen the things which Jesus did, believed
on Him.
Second Sunday after Easter.
PSALM CxLv. 14-21.
TlHE   LORD upholdeth all that fall, and
I raiseth up all those that be bowed jdown.
Thea eyes of all wait upon Thee; and Thou
givest them their meat in due season. Thou
openest Thine hand, and, satisfiest the desire
of every living thing. The LORD is righteous
in all His ways, and holy in all His works.
The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon
Him, to all that call upon Him in truth. He
will fulfil'the desire of them that fear Him:
He also will hear their cry, and will save
them. The LORD preserveth all them   that
love Him: but all the wicked will He destroy. My mouth shall speak the praise of
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the LORD: and let all flesh bless His holy
name for ever and ever.
Monday-Second Week after Easter.
ISAIAH LIX. 16-21.
HE saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor:
therefore His arm  brought salvation unto
Him; and His righteousness, it sustained
Him. For He put on righteousness as a
breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon
His head; and He put on the garments of
vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal
as a cloak. According to their deeds, accordingly He will repay, fury to His adversaries, recompence to His enemies; to the
islands He will repay recompence. So shall
they fear the name of the LORD from the
west, and His glory from the rising of the
sun. When the enemy shall come in like a
flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a
standard against him. And the Redeemer
shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn
from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.
As for Me, this is My covenant with them,
saith the LORD; My Spirit that is upon thee,
and My words which I have put in thy mouth,
shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of
the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth
of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.




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Tuesday —Second Week after Easter.
EZEKIEL XXXIV. 11-16.
T HUS saith the Lord GoD, Behold, I, even
I, will both search My sheep, and seek
them  out. As a shepherd seeketh out his
flock in the day that he is among his sheep
that are scattered; so will I seek out My
sheep, and-will deliver them out of all places
where they have been scattered in the cloudy
and dark day. And I will bring them out
from the people, and gather them from the
countries, and will bring them to their own
land, and feed them upon the mountains of
Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited
places of the country. I will feed them in a
good pasture, and upon the high mountains
of Israel shall their fold be; there shall they
lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall
they feed upon the mountains of Israel. I will
feed My flock, and I will cause them to lie
down, saith the Lord GOD. I will seek that
which was lost, and bring again that which
was driven away, and will bind up that which
was broken, and will strengthen that which
was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the
strong; I will feed them with judgment.,Wednesday-Second Week after Easter.
ST. LUKE VII. 11-17.
AND it came to pass the day after, that He
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of His disciples: went with Him, and much
people. Now when He came nigh to the gate
of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she
was a widow: and much people of the city
was with her. And when the Lord saw her,
he had compassion on her, and said' unto her
Weep not. And He came and touched the
bier: and they that bare him stood still.
And Hie said, Young man, I say unto thee,
Arise. And'he that was dead, sat up and
began to speak. And He delivered him to
his mother. And there came a fear on all:
and they.glorified God, saying, That a great
Prophet is risen up among us; and, That
God h'ath visited His people.  And this
rumour of Him went forth throughout all
Judea, and throughout all the: region round
about.
Thursday-Second Week after Easter.
ST. JOHN XIV. 26-31.
UT'the Comforter, which is the Holy
Ghost, whom te Father will send in My
name, He shall teach you all things, and bring
all things to0 your remembraie, whatsoever I
have said unto you. Peace I leave with you,
lMy peace I give unto you: not as the world
giveth, give I unto you. "Let not your heart
be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Ye have
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come again unto you. If ye loved Me, ye
would rejoice, because I said, 1 go unto the
Father: for My Father is greater than I.
And now I have told you before it come to
pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might
believe. Hereafter I will not talk much with
you: for the prince of this world cometh, and
hath nothing in Me. But that the world may
know that I love, the Father; and as the
Father gave me commandment, even so I do.
Arise, let us go hence.
Friday —Second Week after Easter.
ACTS II. 22-28.
YE men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus
of Nazareth, a man approved of God
among you by miracles and wonders and
signs, which God did by Him in the midst of
you, as ye yourselves also know: Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and
foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by
wicked hands have crucified and slain: whom.
God hath raised up, having loosed the pains
of death: because it was not possible that He
should be holden of it. For David speaketh
concerning Him, I foresaw the Lord always
before my face, for He is on my right hand,
that I should not be moved: therefore did
my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad;
moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
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neither wilt -Thou suffer thine Holy One to
see corruption..Thou hast- made known to
me the ways of life; Thou,,shalt: make me
full of joy with Thy countenance.Saturda.-Se'cond Week after Easter.
PSALM XXX.       -
J WILL extol Thee, Q LORD; for Thou hast
1 lifted me up,:and:hast not made my foes
to rejoice over me. O LORD my God, I cried
unto Thee, and Thou hast healed me. O
LORD, Thou hast brought up: my soul from
the grave:':Thou hast:kept-:me alive, that I
should hot go dobwn; to the pit. Sing unto
the.:LoRD,: ye:saints of His, and give thanks
at:,:the reemebrance: of: His,:holiness. For
Hi! anger' endure.th but-a moment: in IHis
favour: is life:: weeping may -endure for -a
night, but joy cometh in -the morning. And
in. my:.prosperity I said, I shall;never be
moved. LORD, by Thy favour Thou hast
made my mountain to stand: strong: Thou
didst hide Thy face, and I was troubled. I,
cried unto Thee, 0 LORD, and unto the LORD
I made supplication. W~hat pr6fit is there in
my blood, when.I go down to the pit? Shall
the- dust praise Thee? shall it declare Thy
Truth'?:Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon
me:-:LORD, be Thou my helper. Thou hast
turned for me my mourning into dancing:
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me with gladness; to the end that my glory
may sing praise to Thee, and not be silent.
O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto Thee
for ever.
Third Sunday after  aster.
ISAIAH  xxII. 1-8.
BEHOLD, a King shall reign in righteoushness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
And a man shall be as an hiding-place from
the wind, and a covert from the -tempest; as
rivers of water in a dry place, as the'shadow
of a great rock in a weary land. And the eyes
of them that see shal not be dim, and the ears
of them that hear shall hearken. The heart
also of the rash shall understand knowledge,
and the tongue of the stammerers shall be
ready to speak plainly. The vile person shall
be no more called liberal, nor the churl said
to be bountiful. For the vile person will
speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error
against the LORD, to make empty the soul of
the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the
thirsty to:fail. The instruments also of the
churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to
destroy the poor with lying words, even when
the needy speeketh right. But the liberal
deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things
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Monday-Third, Week after Easter.
ST. JOHN XIv. 1-7.
ET not your heart be troubled: ye believe
in God, believe also in Me. In My Father's house are many mansions: if it were
not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again,'and
receive you. unto Myself; that where I am,
there y'e may be also. And whither I go, ye
know, and the way' ye know. Thomas'saith
unto Him, Lord, we' know not whither Thou
goest, and how can we know the way? Jesus
saith unto him, I am the Way, the Truth, and'the Life:i no man cometh unto the Father,
but'by Me. If ye had known Me, ye should
have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know -Him, and have seen Him.
Tuesday-Third Week after Easter.
1 CORINTHIANS XV. 35-49.
SOME man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do, they
come? Thou fool! that which thou sowest is
not quickened, except it die: and that which
thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that
shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of
wheat, or of some other grain.: but God giveth it a body as it hath pleased' Him, and to
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the same flesh: but there is.one kind of flesh
of men, another flesh of..beasts, another of
fishes, and another of birds. There are also
celestial bodies,. and bodies terrestrial: but
the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory
of the terrestrial is another.. There is one
glory of'the sun, and another glory of the
moon, and another glory of the stars'; for one
star differeth from another star in glory. So
also. is the resurrection of the dead. It is
sown in corruption;- it is raised in incorrup-;tion.: it iss6own in dishonour,; it'is raised in
glory'; it is sown in'yeakness; it is raised in
power: it is sown a. natural body; it is
raised a spiritual body. There is a natural
body, and there is a spiritual body. And.so
it is written, The first man Adam was made
a living soul; the last Adam  was made a
quickening Spirit. Howbeit, that was not
-first. which is spiritual, but that which is
natural;. and afterward that which is spiritual.
The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second
Man is the Lord from. heaven. As -is the
earthy, such are they also that are earthy; and
as is the heavenly, such are they also that are
heavenly. And as we'have borne the image
of the earthy, we shall also bear the image
of the heavenly.
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Wednesday-Third Week after Easter.
MICAH VII. 18-20.
WHO is a God like unto Thee, that pa;doneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression, of the remnant of His heritage' He
retaineth not His anger forever, because He
delighteth in mercy. He will turn again, He
will have compassion upon us; He will subdue our iniquities: and Thou wilt cast all
their sins into the depths of the sea. Thou
wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the
mercy to Abraham, which Thou hast sworn
unto our fathers from the days of old.
Thursday-Third Week after Easter.
EZEKIEL xxxvii. 1-14.
THE hand of the LORD was upon me, and
carried me out in the Spirit of the LORD,
and set me down in the midst of the valley
which was full of bones, and caused me to
pass by them round about: and, behold, there
were very many in the open valley; and, lo,
they were very dry. And He said unto me,
Son of man, can these bones live? and I answered, O Lord GOD, Thou knowest. Again
He said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones,
and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the
word of the LoRD. Thus saith the Lord GOD
unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath
to enter into you, and ye shall live: and I




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will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up
flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and
put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye
shall know that I am the LORD. So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to
his bone. And when I beheld, lo, the sinews
and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin
covered them above: but there was no breath
in them. Then said He unto me, Prophesy
unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say
to the. wind, Thus saith the'Lord GOD;
Come from the- four winds, 0 breath, and
breathe upon these slain that they may live.
So I prophesied as He commanded me, and
the breath came into them, and they lived,
and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding
great army. Then He said unto me, Son of
man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried,
and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our
parts. Therefore prophesy and say unto
them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, 0
My people, I will open your graves, and cause
you to come up out of your graves, and bring
you into the land bf Israel. And ye shall
know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, 0 My people, and brought
you up out of your graves, and shall put My
Spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall
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know that -I, the LORD, haye spoken it, and
performed it, saith the LORD.
Friday-Third Week after Easter.
PHILIPPIANS III. 7-14.
WTHAT things were gain to me, those I
T counted loss for Christ. Yea, doubtless,
and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my
Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of
all things, and do count them but dung, that
I may win Christ, and be found in'Him, not
having -mine own righteousness, which is of
the law, but that which is through the faith of
Christ, the righteousness which is of God by
faith: that I may know Him, and the power
of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His
sufferings, being made conformable unto His
death; if by any means I might attain unto
the resurrection of the dead. Not as though
I had already attained, either were already
perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended
of Christ Jesus. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing
I do, forgetting those things'which are behind,
and reaching forth unto those things which
are before, I press toward the mark for the
prize of the high calling:of God in Christ
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Saturday-Third Week after Easter.
ISAIAH XII.
A ND in that day thou shalt say, 0 LORD, I
will praise Thee; though Thou wast angry with me, Thine anger is turned away,
and Thou comfortest me. Behold, God is
my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid:
for the LORD JEHOVAH is My strength and
My song; He also is become My salvation.
Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out
of'the wells of salvation. And in that day
shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon His
name, declare His doings among the people,
make mention that His name is exalted.
Sing unto the LORD; for He hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth.
Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion:
for great is the Holy One of Israel in the
midst of thee.
Fourth Sunday after Easter.
PSALM CXVI. 12-19.
TTHAT shall I render unto the LORD for all
TT His benefits toward me? I will take the
cup of salvation, and call upon the name of
the LORD. I will pay my vows unto the
LORD now in the presence of all His people.
Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death
of His saints. 0 LORD, truly I am Thy servant; I am Thy servant, and the'son of Thine
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handmaid: Thou hast loosed my bonds. I
will offer to Thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
and will call upon the name of the LORD. I
will pay my vows unto the LORD 1now in the
presence of all His people, in the courts of
the LORD'S house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
Monday-Fourth Weekc after Easter.
PSALM XXIII.
THE LORD is my Shepherd; I shall not
want.   He maketh me to lie down in
green pastures: He leadeth me beside the
still waters.  He restoreth my soul: He
leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for
His name's sake. Yea, though I walk through
the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear
no evil, for Thou art with Ine; Thy rod and
Thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest
a table before me in the presence of mine
enemies: Thou anointest my head with oil;
my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and
mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD -for
ever.
Tuesday-Fourth Week after Easter.
ISAIAH II. 2-5.
AND it shall come to pass in the last days,
that the mountain of the LORD'S house
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tains, and shall be exalted above the hills;
and all nations shall flow unto it. And many
people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us
go up to the mountain of the' LORD, to the
house of the God of Jacob; and He will teach
us of His ways, and we will walk in His
paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law,
and the word of'the LORD from Jerusalem.
And He shall judge among the nations, and
shall rebuke many people: and they shall
beat their swords into ploughshares, and their
spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift
up sword against nation, neither shall they
learn war any more. 0 house of Jacob, come
ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
Wednesday-Fourth Sunday after Easter.
ECCLESIASTES XII. 1-7.
1 EMEMBER now thy Creator in the days
l  of thy youth, while the evil days come
not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt
say, I have no pleasure in them; while the
sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be
not darkened, nor the clouds return after the
rain: in the day when the keepers of the
house shall tremble, and the strong men shall
bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they' are few, and those that look out of
the'windows be darkened, and the doors shall
be shut in the streets, when the sound of the
grinding is low, and he shall rise. up at the




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voice of the bird, and all the daughters of
music shall be brought low; also when they
shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears
shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall
flourish, and. the grasshopper shall be a burden,
and desire shall fail: because man goeth to
his long home, and the mourners go about
the streets: or ever the silver cord be loosed,
or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher
be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return
to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Thursday-Fourth Week after Easter.
1 CORINTHIANS II. 7-12.
W  E speak the wisdom of God in a mystery,
even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
which none of the princes of this world knew:
for had they known it, they would not have
crucified the Lord of glory. But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither
have entered into the heart of man, the things
which God hath prepared for them that love
Him. But God hath revealed them unto us
by His Spirit; f6r the Spirit searcheth all
things, yea, the deep things of God., For
what man knoweth the things of a man save
the spirit of man which is in him? even so
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Spirit of God. Now we have received, not
the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is
of God; that we might know the things that
are freely gien to us of God.
Friday-Fourth Week after Easter.
HEBREWS X. 28-38.
HE that despised Moses' law died without
mercy under two or three witnesses: of
how much sorer punishment, suppose ye,
shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden
under foot the Son of God, and hath counted
the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was
sanctified, an unholy thing, and: hath done
despite unto the Spirit of gracea? For we
know Him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto Me, I will recompense, saith the
Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge His
people. It is a fearful thing to fall into the
hands of the living God. But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye
were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of
afflictions; partly, whilst ye were made a
gazing stock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used. For ye
had compassion of me in my bonds, and took
joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing
irn yourselves that ye have in heaven a better
and an enduring substance. Cast not away
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recompense of reward. For ye have need of
patience, that, after ye have done the will of
God, ye might receive the promise. For yet
a little while, and He that shall come will
come, and will not tarry. Now the just shall
live by faith: but if any man draw back, my
soul shall have no pleasure in him.
Saturday-.Fourth Week after Easter.
1 CORINTHIANS XI. 23-29.
HAVE received of the Lord that which
also I delivered unto you, That the Lord
Jesus the same night in which He was betrayed took bread: and when He had given
thanks, He brake it, and said, Take, eat: this
is My body, which is broken for you: this do
in remembrance of Me.    After the same
manner also He took the cup, when He had
supped, saying, This cup is the New Testament in My blood: this do ye, as oft as ye
drink it, in remembrance of Me.  For as
often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup,
ye do shew the Lord's death till He come.
Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread,
and drink this-cup of the Lord, unworthily,
shall be guilty of the body and blood of the
Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so
let him eat of that bread, and drink of that
cup. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.




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Fifth Sunday after Easter.
1 THESSALONIANS IV. 13-18.
WOULD not have you to be ignorant,
brethren, concerning them which are asleep,
that ye sorrow not, even as others which have
no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died
and rose again, even so them also which sleep
in Jesus will God bring with Him. For this
we say unto you by the word of the Lord,
that we which are alive and remain unto the
coming of the Lord, shall not prevent them
which are asleep. For the Lord Himself
shall descend from heaven with a shout, with
the voice of the archangel, and with the trump
of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise
first, then we which are alive and remain
shall be caught up together with them in
the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and
so shall we ever be with the Lord, Wherefore
comfort one another with these words.
Rogation Monday.
PSALM XXXII. 1-7.
LESSED     is he whose transgression is
forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed
is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not
iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old
through my roaring all the day long. For
day and night Thy hand was heavy upon
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of summer. Selah. I acknowledged my sin
unto Thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid.
I said, I will confess my transgressions unto
the LORD: and Thou forgavest the iniquity
of my sin. Selah. For this shall every one
that is -godly pray unto Thee in a time when
Thou mayest be found; surely in the floods
of great waters they shall not come nigh unto
him. Thou art my hiding-place; Thou shalt
preserve me from trouble; Thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance.
Selah.
Rogation Tuesday.
PSALM XC. 1-12.
TORD, Thou hast been our dwelling-place
in all generations. Before the mountains
were brought forth, or ever Thou hadst formed
the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, Thou art God. Thou
turnest man to destruction, and sayest, Return, ye children of men. For a thousand
years in Thy sight are but as yesterday when
it is past, and as a watch in the night. Thou
carriest them away as with a flood; they are
as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass
which groweth up. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut
down, and withereth. - For we are consumed
by Thine anger, and by Thy wrath are we
troubled. Thou hast set our iniquities before




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Thee,: our secret sins in the light of Thy
countenance. For all our days are passed
away in Thy wrath: we spend our years as a
tale that is told. The days of our years are
threescore years and ten;, and if by reason
of strength they be: fourscore years, yet is
their strength labour and sorrow, for it is
soon cut off, and we fly away. Who knoweth
the power of Thine anger. even according
to Thy fear, so is Thy wrath. So teach us to
number our days, that we may apply our
hearts unto wisdom..Rogati6n Wednesday.
ST. JOHN xx. 11-18.
MIARY stood without at the sepulchre weep —
I  ing: and as she wept, she-stooped down,.
and looked into the sepulchre, and seeth two,
angels in white, sitting, the one at the head,,
and: the other at the feet, where the body of
Jesus had lain. And they say unto her,,
Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto
them, Because they have taken away my
Lord, and I know not where they have laid,
Him. And when she had thus said, she:
turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing,.
and knew not that it was Jesus. Jesus saith
unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom.
seekest thou? She, supposing Him to be the
gardener, saith unto Him, Sir, if Thou have
borne Him hence, tell me where Thou hast
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laid Him, and I will take Him away. Jesus
saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself,
and saith unto Him, Rabboni; which is to
say, Master. Jesus saith unto her, Touch Me
not; for I am not yet ascended to My
Father: but go to Mly brethren, and say unto
them, I ascend unto My Father, and your
Father; and to My God, and your God.
Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples
that she had seen the Lord, and that He had
spoken these things unto her.
Ascension Day.
HEBREWS VII. 24-vII. 2.
THIS Man, because He continueth ever, hath
an unchangeable priesthood. Wherefore
Ie is able also to save them to the uttermost
that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever
liveth to make intercession for them. For
such an High Priest became us, Who is
holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
Who needeth not daily, as those high priests,
to offer up sacrifice, first for His own sins,
and then for the people's: for this He did
once, when He offered up Himself. For the
law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was
since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore. Now of the things
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have such an High Priest, Who is set on the
right hand of the throne of the Majesty in
the heavens: a minister of the sanctuary, and
of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched,
and not man.
Friday after Ascension Day.
ST. JOHN xvII. 1-2.
THHESE words spake Jesus, and lifted up
I His eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the
hour is come; glorify Thy Son, that Thy Son
also may glorify Thee: as Thou hast given
Him power over all flesh, that Heshould give
eternal life to as many as Thou hast given
Him. And this is life eternal, that they might
know Thee the only true God, and Jesus
Christ, whom Thou hast sent. I have glorified Thee on the earth: I have finished the
work which Thou gavest Me to do. And
now,'O-ather, glorify Thou Me with Thine
Own Self, with the glory' which I had with
Thee before the world was.':I have manifested Thy name unto the men, which Thou
gavest Me out of the world: Thine they
were, and Thou gavest them Mie; and they
have kept Thyword. Now they have known
that all things whatsoever Thou hast given
Meare of Thee. For I have given unto them
the.words which Thou gavest Me; and they
have received them, and have known surely
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believed that Thou didst send Me. I pray for
them: I pray not for the world, but for them
which Thou hast given Me; for they are
Thine. And all Mine are Thine, and Thine
are Mine; and I am glorified in them. And
now I am no more in the world, but these are
in the world, and I come to Thee. Holy
Father, keep through Thine own name those
whom Thou hast given Me, that they may
be one, as we are.
Saturday after Ascension Day.
ST. JOHN XVI. 13-19.
AND now come I to thee; and these things
A  I speak in the world, that they might
have My joy fulfilled in themselves. I have
given them Thy word; and the world hath
hated them, because they are not of the world,
even as I am not of the world. I pray not
that Thou shouldest take.them out of the
world, but that. Thou. shouldest keep them
from the evil. They are not of the world,
even as I am: not of the world. Sanctify
them through Thy truth: Thy word is truth.
As Thou hast sent Me into the world, even
so have I also sent them into the world. And
for their sakes I sanctify Myself,. that they
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Sunday after Ascension Day.
ST. JOHN xvII. 20-26.
TEITHER pray I for these alone, but for
them   also which shall believe on Me
through their word;: that they all may be
one; as Thou, Father, art in Me and in Thee,
that they also may be one, in Us:' that the
world may believe that Thou hast sent Me.
And the glory which Thou gavest Me, I have
given them; that they may be one, even as
We are One: I in them, and Thou in Me, that
they may be made perfect in one; and that the
world may know that Thou hast sent Me, and
hast loved them, as Thou hast loved Me.
Father, I will that they also, whom Thou hast
given Me, be with Me where I am; that they
may behold My glory, which Thou hast given
Me; for Thou lovedst Me before the foundation of the world. 0 Righteous Father, the
world hath not' known Thee: but I have
known Thee, and these have known that Thou
hast sent Me. And I have declared unto
them Thy name, and will declare it: that the
love wherewith Thou hast loved Me may be
in them, and I in them.
M3onday- Week after Ascension Day.
ST. JOHN xv. 8-16.
HEREIN is My Father glorified, that ye
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ciples. As the Father hath loved Me, so
have I loved you: continue ye in My love.
If ye keep My commandments, ye shall abide
in My love; even as I have kept My Father's
commandments, and abide in His love. These
things have I spoken unto you, that My joy
might remain in you, and that your joy might
be full. This is My commandment, That ye
love one another, as I have loved you.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a
man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are
My friends, if ye do whatsoever I command
you. Henceforth I call you not servants;
for the- servant knoweth not what his lord
doeth: but I have called you friends; for all
things that I have heard from My Father I
have made known unto you. Ye have not
chosen Me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth
fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that
whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in My
name He' may give it you.
Tuesday- Week after Ascension Day.
CoLossIANS III. 1-11.
IF ye then be risen with Christ, seek those
things which are above, where Christ sitteth' on the right hand of God. Set your
affections on things above, not on things on
the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is
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is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. Mortify therefore
your members which are upon the earth;
fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection,
evil concupiscence, and. covetousness,- which
is idolatry: for which things'. sake the wrath
of God cometh on the. children: of disobedience: In the which ye also walked some
time, when ye lived in them. But now ye
also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice,
blasphemy, filthy communication out. of your
mouth. Lie not one to another, seeing that
ye have put off the old man with his -deeds;
and have put on. the new man, which is renewed inrknowledge after the image of Him
that created him; where there is neither
Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free:
but Christ is all, and in all.
Wednesday- Week after Ascension Day.
PHILIPPIANS III. 7-iv. 1.
BRETHREN, be followers together of me,
and mark them which walk, so as ye have
us for an ensample. For many walk, of
whom   I have told you often, and now tell
you even weeping, that they are the enemies
of the cross of Christ: whose end is destruction,.whose:God is their belly, and whose
glory is in their shame; who mind earthly
things. For our conversation is in heaven;




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from whence also, we look for the Saviour,
the Lord Jesus Christ; who shall change our
vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto
His glorious body, according ito the working
wherebyiHe is able even to subdue all things
unto Himself. Therefore, my brethren, dearly
beloved and longed for, my joy and crown,
so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.
Thursday-.Week after Ascension Day.::::  2 THESSALONIANS II. 13-III. 5.
TE are bound to. give thanks alway to
T  iGobd for you, brethren beloved of the
Lord, because God hath from the beginning
chosen you to salvation through sanctification
of theiSpirit aand: belief of~ the truth: whereunto-He called you by out gospel; to the obtaining of the glory of our jLord: Jesus Christ.
Therefore, brethren stand fast, and hold the
traditions which ye have been taught, whether
by word, or our epistle.  Now our Lord
Jesus Christ Himself'and God, even our
Father, which hath loved us, and bhath given
us everlasting: consolation and good hope
through.grace, comfort your hearts, and stablish'you..in.,every good. word and work.
Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word
of the Lord may have free course, and be
glorified, even as it is with you: and that ye
may, be delivered from,unreasonable and
wicked: men: for all men have not faith.




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But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish
you, and keep you from evil. And we have
confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye
both do and will do the things which we command you. And the Lord direct your hearts
into the love of God, and into the patient
waiting for Christ.
Friday- Week after Ascension Day.
ST. JAMES II. 14-26.
W   HAT doth it profit, my brethren, though
a man say he hath faith, and have not
works? Can faith save him? If a brother or
sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
And one of you say unto them, Depart in
peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are
needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead,
being alone. - Yea, a man may say, Thou hast
faith, and I have works shew me thy faith
without thy works, and I will shew thee my
faith by my works. Thou believest that there
is one God; thou doest well: the devils also
believe, and tremble. But wilt thou know, O
vain man, that faith without works is dead?
Was not'Abraham our father justified by
works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon
the altar? Seest thou how faith wrought
with his works, and by works was faith made
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saith, Abraham believed God, and it was im.
puted unto him for righteousness: and he was
called: the friend of God. Ye see then how,
that by works a man is justified, and not by
faith only. Likewise also was not Rahab the
harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out
another way? For. as the body without the
spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead
also.
Saturday- Week after Ascension Day.
ST. JOHN vi. 51-58.
T AM   the living bread which came down
from heaven: if any man eat of this bread,
he shall live for ever: and the bread that I
will give is My flesh,which I will give for the
life of the world. The Jews, therefore strove
among themselves, saying, How can this Man
give us His flesh to eat? Then Jesus said
unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Except ye eat the flesh of the son of Man, and
drink His blood, ye.have,no life in you.
Whoso eateth My. flesh, and drinketh, My
blood, hath eternal life, and I will raise him
up at the last day. For My: flesh is meat indeed, and My blood isdrink indeed. He that
eateth My. flesh,.and drinketh My blood,
dwelleth in Me, and I in him. As the living
Father hath sent Me, and I live by the Father:
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Me. This is that bread'which came: down
from -heaven: not as your fathers.did eat
manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this
bread shall live for ever...
-Whit Sunday. 
ROMANS VIIm. 11-17.
TF the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus
from the dead dwell in you, He that raised
up Christ from the dead shall also quicken
your mortal bodies by His Spirit that
dwelleth in you. Therefore, brethren, we are
debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
For if ye live after the fleshye shall die: but
if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds
of the body, ye shall live. For as many as
are led by the Spirit of God, theyare the sons
of God. For ye have not received the spirit
of bondage again to fear; but ye have received
the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba,
Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with
our spirit that we are the children of God:
and if children, then heirs'; heirs of God, and
joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer
with Him, that we may be also glorified together.
Whit Monday.
EZEKIEL XXXVI. 23-31.
WILL sanctify My great name, which was
profaned among the heathen, which ye




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have profaned in the midst of them; and the
heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith
the LORD GOD, when I shall be sanctified in
you before their eyes. For I will take you
from among the heathen, and gather you out
of all countries, and will bring you into your
own land. Then will I sprinkle clean water
upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all
your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I
cleanse you. A new heart also will I give
you, and a new spirit will I put within you:
and I will take away the stony heart out of
your flesh, and I will give you an heart of
flesh. And I will put My spirit within you,
and cause you to walk in My statutes, and ye
shall keep My judgments, and do them. And
ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your
fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I
will be your God. I will also save you from
all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the
corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine
upon you. And I will multiply the fruit of
the trees, and the increase of the field, that ye
shall receive no more reproach of famine
among the heathen. Then shall ye remember
your own evil ways, and your doings that
were not good, and shall loathe yourselves in
your own sight, for your iniquities, and for
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Tuesday in Whitsun Week.
REVELATION XXII. 13-17.
I AM Alpha and Omega, the beginning and
the end, the first and the last. Blessed
are they that do His commandments, that
they may have right to the tree of life, and
may enter in through the gates into the city.
For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and
whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters,,
and whosoever loveth and maketh a 4ie. I
Jesus have sent Mine angel to testify unto you
these things in the churches. I am the root
and the offspring of David, and the bright and
morning star. And the Spirit and the Bride
say, Come. And let him that heareth say,
Come. And let him that is athirst come.
And whosoever will, let him take the water
of life freely.
Wednesday in Whitsun Week.
PROVERBS II. 1-9.
Y son, if thou wilt receive my words, and
hide my commandments with thee: so
that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and
apply thine heart to understanding; yea, if
thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy
voice for understanding; if thou seekest her
as silver, and searchest for her as for hid
treasures; then shalt thou understand the
fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of
God. For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of
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His mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. He layeth up sound wisdom for
the righteous: He is a buckler to them that
walk uprightly.  He keepeth the paths of
judgment, and preserveth the way of His
saints. Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea,
every good path.
Thursday in Whitsun Week.
/  ~~, PSALM XCI.
tE that dwelleth in the secret place of the
Most High, shall abide under the shadow
of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, He
is my refuge, and my fortress: my God: in
Him will I trust.'Surely He shall deliver
thee from the snare of the fowler, and from
the noisome pestilence. He shall cover thee
with His feathers, and under His wings shalt
thou trust: His truth shall be thy shield and
buckler. Thou shalt not be afraid for the
terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth
by day, nor for the pestilence that walketh
in darkness, nor for the destruction that
wasteth at noonday. A thousand shall fall
at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right
hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. Only
with thine eyes shalt thou behold, and see the
reward of the wicked. Because thou hast
made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the
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evil befall tliee, neither shall any plague come
nigh thy dwelling. For He shall give His
angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all
thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their
hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder;
the young lion and dragon shalt thou trample
under feet. Because he hath set his love upon
Me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set
him on high, because He hath known My
name. He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him-, I will be with him in trouble; I
will deliver him, and honour him. With long
life'will I satisfy him, and shew him  my
salvation. 
Friday in Whitsun Week.
ISAIAH LXIII. 7-16.
T WILL mention the loving-kindnesses of the
LoRD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all'that the LORD hath bestowed on us,
and the great goodness toward the house of
Israel, which He hath bestowed on them
according to His mercies, and according to
the multitude of His loving-kindnesses. For
He said, Surely they are My people, children
that will not lie; so He was their Saviour.
In all their, affliction He was afflicted, and the
angel'of His presence saved them; in His
love and in His pity He redeemed them;
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days of old. But they rebelled, and vexed
His Holy Spirit: therefore He was turned
to be their enemy, and He fought against
them.  Then He remembered the days of
old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is
He that brought them up out of the sea with
the Shepherd of His flock? Where is He
that put His Holy Spirit within Him Q That
led them by the right hand of Moses with
His glorious arm, dividing the water before
them, to make Himself an everlasting name 
That led them through the deep, as an horse
in the wilderness, that they should not stumble? As a beast goeth down into the valley,
the Spirit of the Lord caused him to rest: so
didst Thou lead Thy people, to make Thyself
a glorious name. Look down from heaven,
and behold from the habitation of Thy holiness
and of Thy glory: where is Thy zeal and Thy
strength, the sounding of Thy bowels and of
Thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?
Doubtless Thou art our Father, though Abraham beignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge
us not! Thou, O Lord, art our Father, our
Redeemer; Thy name is from everlasting.
Saturday in Wthitsun Week.
EPHESIANS' IV. 29-v. 2.
LET no corrupt communication proceed out
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unto the hearers. And grieve not the Holy
Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the
day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and
wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
and be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted,
forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's
sake hath forgiven you. Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children: and walk in
love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath
given Himself for us an offering: and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour.
Trinity 7Sunday.
ST. JOHN XX. 19-29.
THEN the same day at evening, being th?
first day of the week, when the doors were
shut where the disciples were assembled for
fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the
midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto
you. And when He had so said He stowed
unto them  His hands and His side. Then
were the disciples glad, when they saw the
Lord. Then said Jesus to them again, Peace
be unto you: as My Father hath sent Me,
even so send I you. And when He had said
this, He breathed on them, and saith unto
them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: whose
soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto
them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they
are retained. But.Thomas, one of the twelve,
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called Didymus, was not with them  when
Jesus came. The other disciples therefore
said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But
he said unto them, Except I shall see in His
hands the print of the nails, and put my finger
into. the print of the nails, and thrust my hand
into His side, I will not believe. And after
eight days again His disciples were within,
and Thomas with them: then came Jesusj the
doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and
said, Peace be unto you. Then said He to
Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold
My, hands; and reach hither thy hand, and
thrust it into My side: and be not faithless,
but believing. And Thomas answered and
said unto  im, My'Lord and My God. Jesus
saith' unto him, Thomas, because thou hast
seen' Me, thou'hast-believed: blessed- are they
that have not seen, and yet have believed.
Monday after Trinity Sunday.
ST. JOHN I. 29-37.
THE next day John seeth Jesus coming unto
him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God,
which taketh away the sins of the world.
This is He of whom I said, After me cometh
a Man which is preferred before me; for He
was before me. And I knew Him not: but
that He should be made manifest to Israel,
therefore am I come baptizing with water.
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Spirit descending from heaven like a,dove,
and It abode upon Him. And I knew Him
not: but He that sent me to baptize with
water, the Same said unto me, Upon whom
thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaiinngg on Him, the Same is He which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. And I saw, and
bare record that this is the Son of'God.
Again, the next day after, John stood, and
two of his disciples; and looking upon Jesus,
as He walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of
God!   And the two disciples heard him
speak, and they followed Jesus.
Tuesday after'Trinity Sunday.
ACTS I.: 29-36.
EN and brethren, let me freely speak
unto you of the patriarch David, that he
is both dead -and buried, and his sepulchre is
with us unto this day. Therefore, being:a
prophet, and knowing that God had- sworn
with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his
loins, according to the flesh, He- would raise
up Christ to sit on His throne; He, seeing
this before, spake of the resurrection of Christ,
that His soul was not left in hell, neither His
flesh did -see corruption. This Jesus hath
God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and'having' received of the Father the
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forth this, which ye now see and hear. For
David is not ascended into the heavens: but
he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord,
Sit Thou on My right hand, until I make Thy
foes Thy footstool., Therefore let all, the
house of Israel know assuredly that God hath
made that same Jesus, Whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
Wednesday after Trinity Sunday.
ST. JOHN X. 22-30.
/ ND it' was at Jerusalem the feast of the
dedication, and it was winter. And Jesus
walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.
Then came the Jews round about Him, and
said unto Him, How long dost Thou make
us to doubt?  If Thou be the Christ, tell us
plainly. Jesus answered them, I told you,
and ye believed not: the works that I do in
My Father's name, they bear witness of Me.
But ye believe not, because ye are not of My
sheep, as I said unto you. My sheep hear
My voice, and I know them, and they follow
Me: and I give unto them eternal life; and
they shall never perish, neither shall any man
pluck them out of My hand. My Father,
which gave them Me, is greater than all; and
no man is able to pluck them out of My
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Thursday after Trinity Sunday.
JOB xi. 7- 20.:/ANST thou by searching find out God,?
\J Canst thou find out the Almighty unto
perfection? It is as high as heaven; what
canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst
thou know?' The measure thereof is longer
than the earth, and broader than the sea. If
He cut off, and shut up, or gather together,
then who can hinder Him? For He knoweth vain men; He seeth wickedness also;
will He not then consider it? For vain man
would be wise, though man'be born like a
wild ass's colt. If thou prepare thy heart,
and stretch out thine hands toward Him; if
iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and
let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
For then shalt thou lift up thy face without
spot; yea, thou shalt be steadfast, and shalt
not fear: because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass
away: and thine age shall be clearer than the
noon-day; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt
be as the morning. And thou shalt be secure,
because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig
about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in
safety.' Also thou shalt lie down, and none
shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make
suit unto thee. But the eyes of the wicked
shall fail, and, they shall not escape, and their
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Friday after Trinity Sunday.
REVELATION XI. 15-19.
AND the seventh angel sounded; and there
were great voices in heaven, saying, The
kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His. Christ; and
He shall reign for ever and ever. And the
four and twenty elders, which sat before God
on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, saying, We give Thee thanks,
0 Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast,
and art to come; because Thou hast taken to
Thee Thy. great power, and hast reigned.
And the nations were angry, and Thy wrath
is come, and the time of the dead, that they
should be judged, and that Thou shouldest
give reward unto Thy servants the prophets,
and to the saints, and them that fear Thy
name, small and great; and shouldest destroy
then  whichl destroy the earth.  And the
temple of God was opened in heaven, and
there was seen in His temple the ark of His
testament: and there'were lightnings, and
voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake,
and great hail.
Saturday after Trinity Sunday.
ISAIAH XLV. 18-24.
FOR thus saith the LORD that created the
heavens; God Himself that formed the
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He created it not in vain, He formed it to be
inhabited: I am the LORD, and there is none
else. I have not spoken in secret, in a dark
place of the earth: I said not unto the seed
of Jacob, Seek ye Me in vain: I the LORD
speak righteousness, I declare things that are
right. Assemble yourselves and come; draw
near together, ye that are escaped of the nationss: they have no knowledge that set up
the wood of their graven image, and pray
unto a god that cannot save. Tell ye, and
bring them near; yea, let them take counsel
together: who hath declared this fromancient
time? who hath told it from that time? have
not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside Me; a just God, and a Saviour; there is
none beside Me. Look unto Me, and be ye
saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am
God, and there is none else. I have sworn by
Myself, the word is gone out of My mouth in
righteousness, and shall not return, that unto
Me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall
swear. Surely, shall one say, in the LORD
have I righteousness and strength; even to
Him shall men come, and all that are incensed
against Him shall be ashamed.
First Sunday after Trinity.
LEVITICUS xxvI. 3-13.
IF ye walk in My statutes, and keep My
commandments, and do them, then I will
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yield her increase, and the trees of the field
shall yield their fruit. And your threshing
shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage
shall reach unLo the sowing time; iand ye
shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell -in
your land safely. And: [will give peace in
the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall
make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts
out of the, land, neither shall the sword go
through your land. And ye shall chase your
enemies, and they shall fall before you by the
sword. And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten
thousand to flight: and your enemies shall
fall before you by' the sword. For I will
have.respect unto you, and make you fruitful,
and multiply you, and establish My covenant
with you. And ye shall eat old store, and
bring forth the old because of the new. And
I will set -My tabernacle among you, and My
soul shall not abhor you. And I will walk
among you, and will be your God, and ye
shall be My people. I am the LORD your
God,' which brought you forth out of the land
of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen: and I have broken the bands of your
yoke, and made you go upright.
Mlonday-First Week after Trinity.
ST. JAMES III. 2-8.
IF any man offend not in word, the same is
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whole:body. Behold, we put bits in the
horses'- mouths, that theymay obey us,; and
we turn about their whole body..Behold also
the ships, which though they be so great, and
are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned
about with a very small helm, whithersoever
the governor listeth. Even so the tongue is
a-, little member, and boasteth great things.
Behold, how: great a. matter-a,little fire
kindleth,! And. the tongue is a fire, a world
of iniquity: so is ithe, tongue am:ong our
members,, that it defileth the whole body, and
setteth on fire the course of nature.; and it tis
set: on fi`reof hell.,.For every kiad of:beasts,
and of birds, and- of serpents, and of things
in the: sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of
mankind: but the tongue can no man tame;
it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
Therewith bless we God, even the Father;
and therewith curse we men, which are made
after the.similitude of God. Out of the aine
mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing... My
brethren, these. things ought not so; to be.
Tuesday-First Week after Trinity.
1 PETEr v. 5-11.
T IKEWISE, ye'younger, submit yourselves
i- unto the.elder. Yea, allofyou besubject
one to another, and be clothed with humility:
for God resisteth the proud,, and giveth grace
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fore under the mighty hand of God, that He
may exalt you in due time: casting all your, care upon Him; for He careth for you. Be
sober, be vigilant; because your adversary
the devil, as a roaring.lion, walketh about,
seeking whom he may devour: whom resist,
stedfast:in the faith, knowing that the same
afflictions are accomplished in your brethren
that- are in the world. -But the God of all
grace, who hath called us unto- His eternal
glory by- Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered awhile, make you perfect, stablish,
strengthen, settle you. To Him  be glory
and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Wednesday-First Week after Trinity.
1 ST. JOHN Iv. 12-21.
NO man hath seen God at any time. If we
love one another; God dwelleth in us, and
His love is perfected in us. Hereby know
we that we dwell in Him and He in us, because He hath given us of His Spirit. And
we have seen and do testify that the Father
sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son
of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
And we have known and believed the love
that God' hath to us. God is love; and he
that dwelleth'in love dwelleth in God, and
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judgmeit: because as He is, so are we in
this world. There is no fear in. love.; but
perfect love casteth out fear: because fear
hath torment. He that feareth is not made
perfect in love. We love. Him, because He
first loved us. If a man say, I love God, and
hateth his brother, he is a liar:.for- he that
loveth not his brother whom he hath seen,
how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
And this commandment have we from Him,
That he who loveth God love his brother also.
Thursday-First Week after Trinity.
ST. MATTHEW XIV. 22-33.
AND    straightway Jesus constrained His
disciples to get into a ship, and to go before Him unto the other side, while Hle sent
the multitudes away. And when He had sent
the multitudes away, He went up into amountain apart to pray.: and when the evening was
come, He was there alone. But the ship was
now in the midst of the sea, tossed with
waves: forthe wind.was contrary. And in
the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto
them, walking on the sea. And when the
disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they
were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they
cried out for fear.. But straightway Jesus
spoke unto them, saying, Be of good cheer;
it is; I be not afraid. And Peter answered
Him -and said, LORD, if it be'Thou, bid me




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come unto Thee on the water. And he said,
Come. And when Peter was come down out
of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to
Jesus. But when he saw the wind boisterous,
he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried,
saying, Lord, save me. And immediately
Jesus stretched forth His hand, and caught
him, and said unto him, 0 thou of little faith,
wherefore didst thou doubt'? And when they
were come into the ship, the- wind ceased.
Then they that were in -the- ship came and
worshipped Him, saying, Of a truth, Thou
art the Son of God. 
Friday-First Week after Trinity.
HEBREWS xII. 1 —6.
(WTIHEREFORE seeiilg we also are com~V  passed about with so great a cloud of
witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and
the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let
us run with patience the race that is set before
us, looking unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our faith; Who for the joy that was
set before Him endured the cross, despising
the shame, and is set down-at the right hand
of the throne of God. For consider Him that
endured such contradiction of sinners against
Himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your
minds. Ye have not yet resisted unto blood,
striving against sin. And ye have forgotten
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unto children, My son, despise not thou the
chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou
art rebuked of Him: for whom the Lord
loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every
son whom He receiveth.
Saturday-First Week after Trinity.. ST. MARK XII. 28-34.
A ND one of the scribes came, and having
-   heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that He had answered them well,.asked
Him, Which is the first commandment of
all? And. Jesus answered- him, The first of
all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel;The Lord our God is one Lordd: and thou
shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy
mind, and with all thy strength. -This is the
first commandment. And the second'is like,
namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour
as::thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. And the scribe said
unto Him, Well, Master, Thou hast said the
truth: for there is one God;'and; there is
none other but He: and to love Him with all
the heart, and with all the understanding, and
with all the soul, and with all the strength,
and to love his neighbour as himself, is more
than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, He said unto him, Thou art not far
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from the kingdom of God. And no man after
that durst ask Him any question.
Second Sunday after Trinity.
1 THESSALONIANS V. 12-23.
AND we beseech you, brethren, to know
them which labour among you, and are
over you in the Lord, and admonish you; and
to esteem them very highly in love for their
work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves. Now we exhort: you, brethren,.warn
them  that are unruly, comfort the feeble-,minded, support the weak, be patient toward
all: men. See that none render evil for evil
unto any man.; but ever follow that which is
good, both among yourselves, and to all men.
Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In
everything give thanks: for this is the will
of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
Quench not the Spirit. Despise not prophesyings.  Prove all things; hold fast that
which is good. Abstain from all appearance
of evil. And the very God of peace sanctify
you wholly,; and, I pray God your whole
spirit and soul and body be preserved blame,
less unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Monday-Second Week after Trinity.
ECCLESIASTES XI. 1-6.
CAST thy bread upon the waters: for thou
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tion:to -seven, and also to eight; for thou
knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and -if the tree fall
toward the south, or toward the north, in the
place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
He that observeth the wind shall not sow;
and he that regardeth the clouds shall not
reap. As thou knowest not what is the way
of'the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in
the womb of her that is with child: even so
thou' knbowest'not the works of God who
maketh all.'Ii the- morning sow thy seed,
and in the evening withhold not- thine hand:
for thou.knowest not whether shall prosper,
either this or that, or whether they both shall
be alike good.
Tuesday-Second Week after Trinity.
ST. MATTHEW VI. 25-34.
HEREFORE I say unto you,, Take no
1 thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or
what ye shall drink; nor yet fo'r your body,
what ye shall put on. Is'not the life more
thanimeat, -and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not,
neither do they reap, nor gather into barns;
yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are
ye not much better than they?'' Which of
you-by taking thought can add one cubit unto
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raiment?  Consider the lilies of the, field,
how they grow; they toil not, neither do they
spin: and yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like
one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe
the grass of the field, which to-day is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall He not
much more clothe you, 0 ye of little faith?
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall
we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all
these things do the Gentiles seek>) for your
heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need
of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all
these things shall be added unto you. Take
therefore no thought for the morrow: for the
morrow shall take thought for the things of
itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil
thereof.
Wednesday-Second Week after Trinity.
ST. JOHN xiv. 8-14.
PHILIP saith unto Him, Lord, show us the
I  Father, and it- sufficethus. Jesus saith
unto him, Have I been so long time with you,
and yet hast thou not known Me, Philip?
He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father;
and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father?  Believest thou not that I am in the
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that I speak unto:you, I speak not of Myself:
but the Father that dwelleth in Me, He doeth
the works. Believe me:that I Sam in the
Father, and the Father in Me:: -or else believe
Me for the very works' sake. Verily, verily,
I say unto you, He that believeth on Me, the
works that I do shall he do also; and greater
works than these shall he do; because I go
unto My Father.; And whatsoever ye shall
ask in My name, that will I do, that the
Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye
shall ask /anything in My:name, L will do;it.
Thursday-Second Week after Trinity.
lROMANS xiv. 13 —23.
T ET us not therefore judge one another any
t:more: but judge this rather, that no man
put a stumbling-block, or an occasion to fall,
in his brother's way. I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean. But if thy brother be grieved with
thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably.
Destroy not him with -thy meat for whom
Christ died. Let not then your good be evil
spoken of: for the kingdom of God is not
meat and drink;; but righteousness, and peace,
and joy in the Holy Ghost. For he that in
these things serveth Christ, is. acceptable to
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follow after the things which make for peace,
and things wherewith one may,edify another.
For meat destroy not the work of God. All
things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that
man who eateth with offence. It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor anything whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is
offended, or is made weak. Hast-thou faith 2
have it to thyself before God. Happy is he
that condemneth not himself in that thing
which he alloweth. And he that doubteth is
damned if he eat, because he eateth not of
faith; for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
Friday-Second Week after Trinity.
2 CORINTHIANS IV. 17-v. 10.
OUR light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. While we
look not at the things which are seen, but at
the things which are not seen: for the things
which are seen are temporal; but the things
which are not seen are eternal. For we know
that if our earthly house of this tabernacle
were dissolved, we have a building of God, an
house not made with hands, eternal in the
heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house
which is from heaven: if so be that being
clothed we shall not be found naked. For
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burdened: not for that we would be unclothed,
but:clothed upon, that mortality might be
swallowed up of life.:Now *he that hath
wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who
also: hath given- unto us the earnest of the
Spirit. Therefore we are always confident,
knowing that, whilst we are at home in the
body, we are absent from the Lord (for we
walk by faith, not by sight): we are confident,
I say, and;willing rather to be absent from the
body, aind to be present with the Lord.
Wherefore we labour, that, whether:present
or absent, we may be accepted of Him. For
we must all appear before the judgment seat
of Christ; that every one may receive the
things done in his body,-according to that he
hath done, whether it be good or bad.
Saturday —.Second. Week after Trinity.
ECCLESIASTES -V. 1 —8..
-[EEP thy foot when thou goest to the house
j  of God, and be more ready to hear than
to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider
not that they do evil. Be not rash with thy
mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to,
utter anything before God: for God- is in
heaven, and thou upon earth:- therefore let
thy words be few. For a dream    cometh
through the multitude of business;, and a
fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
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to pay it; for He hath no pleasure in fools:
pay that which thou hast vowed. -Better is it
that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou
shouldest vow and not pay" Suffer not thy
mouth to- cause thy flesh to sin; neither say
thou before the angel that it was: an error:
wherefore should God be angry at'thy voice,
and destroy the work' of thine hands l  Fror
inl the multitude of dreams; and many words
there are also divers vanities-: but fear thou:
God. If. thou seest the oppression of the
poor, and violent perverting of judgment and
justice in a province,-marvel not at the matter; for He that is higher than the highest
regardeth; and there be higher' than they.
Third Sunday after. Trinity.
1 ST. PETER IIl 8 —13.
TINALLY, be ye all of one mind, having
compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: not rendering
evil for evil, or railing for railing; but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should- inherit a blessing..
For he that will love life, and see good days,
let him. refrain his tongue from evil, and. his
lips that they speak no guile: let him eschew
evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and
ensue it. For the eyes of the Lord are over
the righteous, and I-is ears -are open unto
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against them that do evil. And who is he
that will harm you, if ye be followers of that
which is good?
Monday-Third Week after Trinity.
ST. LUKE XII. 22-32.
AND He said unto His disciples, Therefore
I say unto you, Take no thought for your
life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body,
what ye shall put on. The life.is more than
meat, and the body is more than raiment.
Consider the ravens: for they neither sow
nor reap; which neither have store-house nor
barn; and God feedeth them. How much
more are ye better than the fowls? And
which of you with taking thought can add to
his stature one cubit? If ye then be not able
to do that thing which is least, why take ye
thought for the rest? Consider the lilies howthey grow: they toil not, they spin not; andc
yet I say unto you, that Solomon, in all his;
glory, was not arrayed like one of these. If
then God so clothe the grass, which is to-day,
in the field, and to-morrow is cast into the,
oven; how much more will le clothe you,
O ye of little faith? And seek not, ye what
ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither
be ye of doubtful mind. For all these things
do the nations of the world seek after: and
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dom of God'; and all these things shall be
added unto-you. Frear not, little flock; for it
is your Father's good pleasure to give you
the kingdom. 
Tuesday-Third Week after Trinity.
ST. MARK IV. 35-41.
ND the. same day, when the, even was.,,come, He saith unto them, Let us pass
over unto, the other side. And when they
had sent away the multitude, they took Him
even as He was in the ship: and there were
also with Him other little ships. And there
arose a great storm of'wind, and the waves
beat into. the ship, so that it was now full.
And He was in.the hinder part of the ship,
asleep on ia.pillow; and they awake Him,
and say unto Him, Master, carest Thou not
that we perish?. And He arose, and rebuked
the- wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be
still. And the wind ceased, and there was a
great calm. And' He said unto them, Why
are.ye so fearful t How is it that ye have no
faith?.And they feared exceedingly, and said
one. to. another, What manner of Man is this,
that. even the wind and the sea obey him?
Wednesday- Third:Week after Trinity.
c ECCLESIASTES V. O10- 17.
H     hE that loveth silver shall not be satisfied
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dance with increase. This is also vanity.
When goods increase, they are, increased that
eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with
their eyes 2 The sleep of a labouring man is
sweet, whether he eat, little or much: but the
abundance of the rich will not suffer him to
sleep. There is a sore.evil which I have seen
under the sun, namely, riches kept for the
owners thereof to their hurt. But those riches
perish by evil travail; and-he begettetha son,
and there is nothing in his hand. As he came
forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he
return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away
in his hand. And this also is a sore evil, that
in all points as he came, so shall he go: and
what profit hath he that hath laboured for the
wind? All his days also he eateth in darkness: and he hath much sorrow and wrath
with his sickness.
Thursday-Third Week after Trinity.
ISAIAH XL. 12-24.
TIHO hath measured the waters in the hol,
low of Ulis hand, and meted out heaven
with the span, and comprehended the dust of
the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales,; and the hills in a balance?
Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or
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whom took He counsel, and who instructed
Him, and taught Him in the path of judgment,
and taught Him knowledge, and shewed to
Him the way of understanding? Behold, the
nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are
counted as the small dust of the balance;
behold, He taketh up the isles as a-very little
thing. And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn,
nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt
offering. All nations before Him are as nothing; and they are counted to Him less than
nothing, and vanity. To whom then will ye
liken God? or what likeness will ye compare
unto Him? The workman melteth a graven
image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over
with gold, and casteth silver chains. He that
is so impoverished, that he hath no oblation,
chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh
unto him a cunning workman to prepare a
graven image, that shall not be moved. Have
ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it
not been told you from the beginning? have
ye not understood from the foundations of the
earth? It is He that sitteth upon the circle
of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are
as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the
heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out
as a tent to dwell in; that bringeth the princes to nothing: He maketh the judges of the
earth as vanity. Yea, they shall not be
planted; yea, they shall not be sown; yea,
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and: He shall also.blow. upon them, and they
shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them
away as stubble.
Friday-T —hird - Week after Trinity.
STi. LuEr ix. 18 —26.
A ND it came to pass as.He was al.one prayi. ing, His -disciples were..withi. Him,: and
He asked them, saying,:Whom say the people
t.iat I am  They answeri ng sai, John t.he
Btapist; but some. say Eliasa;.nd others say
that. one of the "old prophets Iis isen again...
He said unto them, But whom "isay.ye that I
am? Peter answering.said, The Christ of
God. And He: straitly; charged the.m, and'
commanded them to tell no man that thing;
saying, The Son of Man must suffer.many
things, and. be rejected. of the elders and chief
priests and scribes, and be slain,and be raised
the, third day.; And. He said to them all, If
any man will come, after Me, let him deny
himself, and take up his, cross daily, annd follow
Me. For whosoever will save, his life shall
lose it; but whosoever will lose his. life for
S:y sake, the. same shall save it. For what
is,;-a man advant'aged, if he gain the,whole.world, and lose himself, qr be, cast away?
F.or whosoever shall be ashamed of Me, and
of My words, of him shall the So.,of Man be
ashamed, when He, shall come i`n His own
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glory,-and in His Father's, and of the holy
angels.
Saturday-Third Week after Trinity.
PSALM XXXIV. 3-19.
MAGNIFY the LORD with me, and letus exalt His name together. I sought the
LORD, and He heard me, and delivered me
from all my fears. They looked unto Him
and were lightened; and their faces were not
ashamed., This poor man cried, and the LORD
heard him, and' saved him out of all his
troubles. The Angel of/the LORD encampeth
round about them that fear Him, and delivereth them. O taste and see that the LORD is
good: blessed is the man that trusteth in
Him. 0 fear the LORD, ye his saints; for
there is no want to them that fear Him. The
young lions do lack and suffer hunger: but
they that seek the LORD shall not want any
good thing. Come, ye children, hearken unto
me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
What man is he that desireth life, and loveth
many days, that he may see good? Keep
thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good;
seek peace, and pursue it. The eyes of the
LORD are upon the righteous, and His ears
are open unto their cry. The face of the
LORD'is against them that do evil, to cut off
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The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and
delivereth them out of all their troubles. The
LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken
heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite
spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of
them all.
Fourth Sunday after Trinity.
PSALM. XXIX.
GIVE unto the LORD, 0 ye mighty, give
unto the LORD glory and strength. Give
unto the LORD the glory due unto His name;
worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
The voice of the LORD is upon the waters:
the God of glory thundereth; the LORD is
upon many waters. The voice of the LORD
is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of
majesty. The voice of the LORD breaketh
the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the
cedars of Lebanon. He maketh them also to
skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a
young unicorn. The voice of the LORD
divideth the flames of fire. The voice of the
LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD
shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.  The
voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve,
and discovereth the forests; and in His temple doth every one speak of is Hglory. The
LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD
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strength unto. His people; the LORD- will
bless His people with peace.. 
Monday-Fourth 7lWeek after Trinity.
PSALM CXIX. 113-120.
J HATE vain thoughts; but Thy law do I
love. Thou art my hiding-place and my
shield: I hope in Thy word. Depart from
me, ye evil-doers: for I will keep the commandments of my God..:Uphold me according unto Thy word, that I may live: and let
me: not be ashamed of my hope. Hold Thou
me.up, and I shall be safe: and i will have
respect unto Thy statutes continually. Thou
hast trodden down all them that err from Thy
statutes:: for theirdeceit is falsehood. Thou
puttest away all the wicked of th earth like
dross: therefore Ilove Thy testimonies. My
flesh trembleth for fear of Thee; and I am
afraid of Thy judgments.
Tuesday-Fourth Week after Trinity.
HEBREWS XI. 1-6.
T3OWi-, faith is the substance of things hoped
for,'the evidence of things not seen.
F]or by it the elders obtained: a good report.
Through faith we understand that the worlds
were framed by the word of God;.so that
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offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice
than Cain, by which he obtained witness that
he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts:
and by it he, being dead, yet speaketh. By
faith Enoch was translated that he should not
see death; and was not found, because God
had translated him: for before his transla.
tion he had this testimony, that he pleased
God. But without faith it is impossible to
please Him: for he that cometh to God must
believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder
of them that diligently seek Him.
Wednesday-Fourth Week after Trinity.
ST. JAMES I. 9-15.
LET the brother of low degree rejoice in
that he is exalted: but the rich, in that
he is made low: because as the flower of the
grass he shall pass away. For the sun is no
sooner risen with a burning heat, but it
withereth the grass, and the flower thereof
falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away
in his ways. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall
receive the crown of life, which the LORD hath
promised to them that love Him. Let no
man say when he is tempted, I am tempted
of God: for God cannot be tempted with
evil, neither tempteth he any man: but every
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his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust
hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin; and sin,
when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Thursday —Fourth Weec after Trinity..,1 ST. JOHN V. 11-15.
TIHIS is the record, that God hath given to
l: us eternal life, and this. life is in His Son.
He t    hat h the Son hath life: and he that
hath not the Son of God hath not life. These
things have I written unto you that believe
on the name of the Son of God: that ye may
know that ye have eternal life, and that ye
may believe on the name of the Son -of God.
And this is the confidence that we have in
Him,i that if we ask: anything according to
His will, He heareth us: and if we know that
He hear us, whatsoever we ask,:we know that
we have the petitions that we desired of Him.
Friday-Fourth Week after Trinity.
2 ST. PETER I. 5 —11.
AND besides this, giving all diligence, add:to your faith; virtue: and; to virtue,
knowledge; and to knowledge, temperance;
and to temperance, patience; and to patience,
godliness: and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, charity.
For' if these things be in -you, and abound,
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nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord
Jesus- Christ.'But he that lacketh:these
things is blind, and cannot see afar of, and
hath forgotten that he was purged from his
old sins.  Wherefore the rather, brethren,.
give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things ye shall
never fall: for so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting
kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Saturday-Fourth Week after Trinity.
ROMANS III. 18-25.
j RECKON that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared
with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
For the earnest expectation of the creature
waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of
God. For the creature was made subject to
vanity, not willingly, but by reason of Him
who hath subjected the same in hope, because
the creature itself also shall be delivered from
the bondage of:corruption into the glorious
liberty of the children of God. For we know
that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only
they, but ourselves also, which have the first
fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves. groan
within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to
wit, the redemption of our body.'For we are
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hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet
hope for? But if we hope for that we see
not, then do we with patience wait for it.
Fifth Sunday after Trinity.
REVELATION XV. 1-4.
AND I saw another sign in heaven, great
and marvellous, seven angels having the
seven last plagues; for in them is filled up
the wrath of God. And I saw as it were a
sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that
had gotten the victory over the beast, and
over his image, and over his mark, and over
the number of his name, stand on the sea of
glass, having the harps of God. And they
sing the song of Moses the servant of God,
and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and
marvellous are Thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are Thy ways, Thou
King of saints. Who shall not fear Thee, O
Lord, and glorify Thy nanme? for Thou only
art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before Thee; for Thy judgments are
made manifest..Nonday-Fifth Week after Trinity.
ST. LURE vi. 37-42.
JUDGE not, and ye shall not be judged:
ccondemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
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measure pressed down, and shaken together,
and running over, shall men give unto your
bosom. For with the same measure that ye
mete withal, it shall be measured to you
again., And HIe spake a parable unto them,
Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not
both fall into the ditch? The disciple-is not
above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's
eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in
thine own eye? Either how canst thou say
to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the
mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself
beholdest not the beam that is in thine own
eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam
out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see
clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy
brother's eye.
Tuesday-Fifth Week after Trinity.
ST. MATTHEW VII. 6-14.
GIVE not that which is holy unto the dogs,
neither cast ye your pearls before swine,
lest they trample them under their feet, and
turn again and rend you. Ask, and it shall
be given you; seek, and ye shall find;
knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for
every one that asketh receiveth; and he that
seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it
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you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give
him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give
him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know
how to give good gifts unto your children,
how much more shall your Father which is
in heaven give good things to them that ask
Him? Therefore all things whatsoever ye
would that men should do to you, do ye even
so to them: for this is the law and the prophets: Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide
is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth
todestruction, and many there be.which go in
thereat: because strait is the gate and narrow
is- the way which leadeth unto life, and few
there be that find it.
Wednesday-.ifth Week after Trinity.
ST. JAMES II. 1-9.
M]Y brethren, have not the faith of our Lord
I.Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with
respect of persons. For if there corme unto
your assembly a man with a gold ring, in
goodly apparel, and there come in. also a poor
man in vile raiment; and ye have respect to
him that weareth the gay clothing, and say
unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and
say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here
under my footstool: are ye not then partial
in yourselves, and are become judges of evil
thoughts?  Hearken, my beloved brethren,
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rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which
He hath promised to them that love Him?
But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich
men oppress you, and draw you before the
judgment-seats? Do they not blaspheme that
worthy name by the which ye are called 
If ye fulfil the royal law according to the
Scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as
thyself, ye do well: but if ye have respect to
persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of
the law as transgressors.
Thursday-Fifth Week after Trinity.
PSALM LXII. 5-12.
Y soul, wait thou only upon God; for my
expectation is from Him. He only is
my rock and my salvation; He is my defence; I shall not be moved. In God is my
salvation and my glory: the rock of my
strength, and my refuge, is in God. Trust in
Him at all times, ye people; pour out your
heart before Him: God is a refuge for us.
Selah. Surely men of lowV degree are vanity,
and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid
in the balance, they are altogether lighter
than vanity. Trust not in oppression, and
become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them. God
hath spoken once; twice have I heard this;
that power belongeth unto God. Also unto
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renderest to every man according to his
work.
Friday-Fifth Week after Trinity.
1 ST. PETER i. 13-19.
THEREFORE gird up the loins of your
mind, be sober, and hope to the end for
the grace that is to be brought dnto you at
the revelation of Jesus Christ; as obedient
children, not fashioning yourselves according
to the former lusts in your ignorance: but as
He which hath -called you is holy, so be ye
holy in all manner of conversation; because
it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
And if ye call on the' Father, who without
respect of persons judgeth according to every
man's work, pass the time of your sojourning
here in fear-: forasmuch as ye know that ye
were not redeemed with corruptible things,
as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a
lamb without blemish and without spot.
Saturday-Fifth Week after Trinity.
PSALM XxxvII. 1-11.
RET not thyself because of evil-doers,
neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut
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herb. Trust in the LORD, and do good: so
shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou
shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the
LORD; and He shall give thee the desires of
thine heart. Commit thy way unto the: LORD;
trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to
pass. And He shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the
noon-day. Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him: fret not thyself because of
him who prospereth: in his way, because of
the man. who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Cease from  anger and forsake wrath; fret
not thyself in any: wise to do evil. For evildoers shall be: cut off;: but those that wait
upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
For yet a little while, and the wicked shall
not:be; yea, thou shalt diligently consider
his place, and it shall not be. But the meek
shall inherit the earth, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
-Sixth Sunday after Trinity.
REVELATION VI. 12; VII. 1-3.
AND    I beheld when he had opened the
sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
and the stars of heaven fell unto the earth,
even as a fig-tree casteth her untimely figs,
when she is shaken of a mighty wind. And
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the heaven departed as a scroll when it is
rolled together; and every mountain and
island were moved out of their places. And
the kings. of the earth, and the great men, and
the rich men, and the chief captains, and the
mighty men, and every bond-man, and every
free-man, hid themselves in the dens and in'the rocks of the mountains; and. said to the
mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us
from  the face of Him that sitteth on the
throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: for
the great day of His wrath is come; and who
shall be able to stand? And after these things
I saw four angels standing on the four corners
of the earth, holding'the:four winds of the
earth, that the wind should not blow on the
earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. And
I-saw another angel ascending from the east,
having the seal of the living God: and he
cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to
whom it was given to hurt the earth and the
sea, saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the
sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
Mionday-Sixthl Week after Trinity.
PROVERBS xv, 1-11.
A  SOFT answer turneth away wrath: but
grievous words stir up anger.   The
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ness. The eyes of the LoRD are in every
place, beholding the evil and the good. A
wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. A
fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he
that regardeth reproof is prudent. In the
house of the righteous is much treasure: but
in the revenues' of the wicked is trouble.
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but
the heart of the foolish doeth not so. The
sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to
t:he LOR: but heprayer of the upright is
His delight. The way of the wicked is an
abomination unto the LORD: but He loveth
him that followeth after righteousness. Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh
the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.
Hell and destruction are before the LORD;
how much more then the hearts of the children of men? 
Tuesday-Sith Week after Trinity.
ISAIAH LV. 6-11.
SEEK ye the LORD while He may be found,
call ye upon Him while He is near. Let
the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return
unto the LORD; and He will have mercy upon
him; and to our God, for He will abundantly
pardon.  For My thoughts are not your
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saith the LORD. For as the heavens are
higher than the earth, so are My ways higher
than your ways, and My thoughts;than your
thoughts.' For as the rain cometh down, and
the.snow, from heaven, and returneth- not
thither, but watereth the earth, and -maketh
it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed
to the sower, and bread to the eater; so shall
My word be- that goeth forth out of My
mouth: it shall not return unto Me void;
but it. shall accomplish that which I please,
and it shall.-:prosper in- the thing whereto I
sent it.:
W- ednesday-Sixth Weeek after Trinity.
I:ST. PETER-II. 11-17.
DEARLY      beloved, I beseech  you   as
strangers and pilgrims; abstain:from
fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
having your conversation honest among the
Gentiles: that whereas they speak against
you as evildoers, they may by your good
works, which they shall behold, glorify God
in:the day of visitation. Submit yourselves
to every ordinance of man -for the Lord's
sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
or unto governors, as unto them that are sent
by him for the punishment of evildoers, and
for the praise of them that do well. For so
is the will of God, that with well-doing ye
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men: as free, and not using your liberty for
a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants
of God. Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Vear God. Honour the king.
Thursday-Sixth Week after Trinity.
ST. LUKE Vi. 43-49.
A  GOOD tree bringeth not forth corrupt
fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring
forth good fruit. For every tree is known
by his own fruit: for of thorns men do not
gather figs, nor of a bramble-bush gather they
grapes. A good man out of the good treasure
of his heart bringeth forth that which is good;
and an evil man out of the evil treasure of
his heart bringeth forth that which is evil:
for of the abundance of the heart his mouth
speaketh. And why call ye Me, Lord, Lord,
and do not the things which I say' Whosoever cometh to Me, and heareth My sayings,
and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he
is like: he is like a man which built an house,
and digged deep, and laid the foundation on
a rock; and when the flood arose, the stream
beat vehemently upon that house, and could
not shake it: for it was founded upon a-rock.
But-he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a
man that without a foundation, built an house
upon the earth; against which the stream did
beat vehemently, and immediately it fell;
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Friday-Sixth Week after Trinity.
REVELATION III. 1-5.
UNTO     the angel of the church in Sardis
write: These things saith He that hath
the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars;
I know thy works, that-thou hast a name that
thou livest, and art dead. Be watchful, and
strengthen the things which remain, that are
ready to die: for I have not found thy works
perfect before God.  Remember therefore
how thou hast received and heard; and hold
fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not
watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and
thou shalt not know what hour I will come
upon thee. Thou hast a few names even in
Sardis, which have not defiled their garments;
and they shall walk with me in white:: for
they are worthy. He that overcometh, the
same shall be clothed in white raiment; and
I will not blot out his name out of the book
of life, but I will confess his name before My
Father, and before His angels.
Saturday —Sixth Week after Trinity.
ST. JAMES IV. 13-17.
0 to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow, we will:go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get
gain: Whereas, ye know not what shall be
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is even a vapour, that appeareth..for a little
time, and then vanisheth away,. For that ye
ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live,
and do this, or that. But now ye rejoice in
your boastings; all such rejoicing is evil.
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good,
and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Seventh Sunday after Trinity.
ST. MATTHEW XX. 20-28.
THEN came to Him the mother of Zebedee's children, with her sons, worshipping
Him, and desiring a certain thing of Him.
And He said unto her, What wilt thou? She
saith unto Him,:Grant that these my two
sons may sit, the one on Thy right hand, and
the other on the left, in Thy kingdom. But
Jesus answered, and said, Ye know not what
ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that
I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the
baptism that I am baptized with? They say
unto Him, We are able. And He saith unto
them, Ye shall drink indeed of My cup, and
be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with; but to sit on My right hand, and
on My left, is not Mine to give, but it shall
be given to them for whom it is prepared of
My Father.   And when: the ten heard it,
they were moved'with indignation against the
two brethren. But Jesus called them unto
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the Gentiles exercise dominion over them,
and they that are great exercise authority
upon them. But it shall not be so among
you: but whosoever will be great among
you, let him be your minister; and whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your
servant: even as the Son of Man came not
to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to
give His life a ransom for many.
Monday-Seventh Week after Trinity.
ISAIAH LI. 4-8.
HEARKEN       unto Me, My people, and
give ear unto Me, 0 My nation: for a
law shall proceed from Me, and I will make
My judgment to rest for a light of the people.
My righteousness is near; My salvation is
gone forth, and Mine arm  shall judge. the
people: the isles shall wait upon Me, and on
Mine arm shall they trust. Lift up your
eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth
beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away
like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a
garment, and they that dwell therein shall
die in like manner; but My salvation shall
be for ever, and My righteousness shall not
be abolished.  Hearken unto Me, ye that
know righteousness, the people in whose
heart is My law; fear ye not the reproach of
men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
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ment, and the worm shall eat them like wool:
but My righteousness shall be for ever, and
My salvation from generation to generation.
Tuesday-Seventh Week after Trinity.
1 ST. PETER I. 20-25.
CHRIST verily was fore-ordained before
the foundation of the world, but was
manifest in these last times for you, who by
Him do believe in God, that raised Him up
from the dead, and gave him  glory; that
your faith and hope might be in God. Seeing
ye have purified your souls in obeying the
truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love
of the brethren, see that ye love one another 
with a pure heart fervently: being born again,
not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible,
by the word of God, which liveth and abideth
for ever. For /all flesh is as grass, and all
the glory of man as the flower of grass. The
grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth
away: but the word of the Lord endureth
for ever. And this is the word which by the
gospel is preached unto you.
Wednesday-Seventh Week after Trinity.
PSALM XLIX. 6-20.
THEY that trust in their wealth, and boast
themselves in the multitude of their
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deem-his brother,. nor give to God a ransom
for him  (for the redemption of their soul is
precious, -and it ceaseth for ever;) that he
should still live for ever, and not see corruption. For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool, and the brutish person perish,
and leave their wealth to others. Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue. for ever, and their dwelling-places to
all generations: they call their lands after
their own names. Nevertheless, man being
in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts
that perish. This their way is their folly:
yet their posterity approve their sayings.
Selah. Like sheep they are laid in the grave;
death shall feed on them: and the upright
shall have dominion over them in the morning; and-their beauty shall consume in the
grave from their dwelling. But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave;
for He shall receive me. Be not thou afraid
when one is made rich, when the glory of his
house is increased; for when he dieth, he
shall carry nothing away; his glory shall not
descend after him. Though, while he lived,
he blessed his soul: (and men will praise
thee when thou doest well to thyself:) he
shall go to the generation of his fathers: they
shall never see light. Man that is in honour,
and understandeth not, is like the beasts that
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Thursday-Seventh Week after Trinity.
EZEKIEL XXXIV. 22-!31.
TlHIEREFORE: will I,save My, flock, and
J they shall no mqre be a prey.; and I will
judge between cattle and cattle. And I will
set up one shepherd over them, even My servant David, he shall feed them, and he shall
be their shepherd. And I the LORD' will be
their God, and My servant David a prince
among.them-; I -.the- LORD have. spoken' it.
And I will make with them a covenant of
peace, and will cause the evil beasts -to. cease
out of the land:: and-they shall Idwell safely
in the wilderness, and sleep in:the woods.
And I will. make them: and the places round
about My hill a blessing; and I will cause
the shower to come down in his season; there
shall be showers of blessing. And the tree
of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth
shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe
in their land, and shall know that I am the
LORD, when I have broken the bands of their
yoke and delivered them out of the hand of
those that served themselves of them.' And
they shall no more be a prey to the heathen,
neither shall the beast of the land devour
them; but they shall dwell safely, and none
shall make them afraid.. And I will raise up
for them a plant of renown, and they shall be
no more consumed with hunger in the land,
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more. Thus shall they know that I the LORD
their God am with them, and that they, even
the house of Israel, are My people, saith the
LORD GOD. And ye My flock, the flock of
My pasture, are men, and I am- your God,
saith the LORD GOD.
Friday-Seventh Week after Trinity.
1 ST. PETER IV. 12-19.
1ELOVED, think it not strange concerning
the fiery trial which is to try you, as
though some strange thing happened unto
you: but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when His
glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also
with exceeding joy. If ye be reproached for
the Name of Christ, happy are ye; for the
Spirit of Glory and of God resteth upon you:
on their part He is evil spoken of, but on
your part He is glorified. But let none
of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or
as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other
men's matters. Yet if any man suffer as a
Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let
him glorify God on this behalf. For the time
is come that judgment must begin at the
house of God: and if it first begin at us, what
shall the end be of them that obey not the
Gospel of God? And if the righteous scarcely
be saved, where shall the ungodly and the
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suffer according to the will of God, commit
the keeping of their souls to Him in well
doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
Saturday-Seventh Week after Trinity.
i ST. JOHN II. 7-11.
BRETHREN, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment
which ye had from the beginning. The old
commandment is the word which ye have
heard from  the beginning. Again, a new
commandment I write unto you;. which thing
is true in Him and:in you, because the
darkness is past, and the true light now
shineth. He:that saith he is in the light, and
hateth his brother, is in darkness even until
now. He that loveth his brother abideth in
the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. But he that hateth his brother
is in darkness, and walketli in darkness, and
knoweth liot whither he goeth, because that
darkness hath blindeth his eyes.
Eighth Sunday after Trinity.
PSALM xcvI. 4-13.
THE    LORD is great, and greatly to be
praised: He is to be feared above all
gods. For all the gods of the nations are
idols:: but the LORD made the heavens. Honour and majesty are before Him: strength
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and beauty are in His sanctuary. Give unto
the LORD, 0 ye kindreds of the people, give
unto the LORD glory and strength. Give unto
the LORD the glory due unto His name: bring
an offering, and come into His courts. O
worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness:
fear before him, all the earth. Say among
the heathen, that the LORD reigneth: the world
also shall be established that it shall not be
moved: He shall judge the people righteously. -Let the heavens rejoice, and let the
earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness
thereof. Let the field be joyful, and all that
is therein: then shall all the trees of the
wood rejoice before the LORD, for He cometh,
He cometh to judge the earth: He shall judge
the world with righteousness, and the'people
with His truth.
Monday-Eighth Week after Trinity.
ST. MARIK. 46-52.
AND they came to Jericho: and as He
went out of Jericho with His disciples
and a great number of people, blind Bartimeus, the son of Timeus, sat by the highway
side begging. And when he heard that it was
Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and
say, Jesus, Thou Son of David, have mercy
on me. And many charged him that he
should hold his peace: but he cried the more
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on me. And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the
blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; He calleth thee. And he, casting
away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus.
And Jesus answered and said unto him, What
wilt thou that I should do unto thee. The
blind man said unto Him, Lord, that I might
receive my sight. And Jesus said: unto him,
Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole.
And immediately he received his sight, and
followed Jesus in the way.
Tuesday-Eighth Week after Trinity.
PROVERBS III. 1-10.
MY son, forget not My law; but let thine
T heart keep My commandments.    For
length of days, and long life, and peace, shall
they add to thee. Let not mercy and truth
forsake' thee; bind them about thy neck;
write them upon the table of thine heart: so
shalt thou find favour and good understanding
in the sight of God and man. Trust in the
LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto
thine own understanding. In all thy ways
acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy
paths., Be not wise in thine own eyes': fear
the- LoRD, and depart from evil. It shall-be
health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
Honour the LORD with thy substance, and
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shall thy barns be-filled with plenty, and thy
-presses shall burst out with new wine.
Wednesday-.Eighth Week after Trinity..I:.. AM'os v. 4-8.
THUS saith the LORD unto the house of
Israel, Seek ye Me, and ye shall live.
But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal,
and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall
surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come
to nought. Seek the LORD, and ye shall live;
lest He break-out like fire in the house of
Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to
quench it in Bethel. Ye who- turn judgment
to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in
the earth, seek Him that maketh the seven
stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of
death into the morning, and maketh the day
dark with night: that calleth for the waters
of the sea, and poureth them out upon the
face of the earth: the LORD is His name.
Thursday-Eighth Week after Trinity.
HAGGAI I. 3-11.
THEN     came the word of the LORD by. Haggai the prophet, saying, Is it time for
you, 0 ye, to dwell in your ceiled houses, and
this house lie waste'? Now therefore thus
saith the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways.
Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye




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eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but
ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you,
but there is none warm; and he that earneth
wages, earneth wages to put it into a bag with
holes. Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. Go up to the mountain,
and bring wood, and build the house; and I
will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified,
saith the LORD. Ye looked for much, and lo,
it came to little; and when ye brought it
home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the
LORD of hosts. Because of Mine house that
is waste, and ye run every man unto his own
house. Therefore the heaven over you is
stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from
her fruit. And I called for a drought upon
the land, and upon the mountains, and upon
the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon
the oil, and upon that which the ground
bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle,
and upon all the labour of the hands.
Ftriday —Eighth Week after Trinity.
PSALM ci.
WILL sing of mercy and judgment: unto
Thee, 0 LORD, will I sing. I will behave
myself wisely in a perfect way. 0 when wilt
Thou come unto me-? I will walk within my
house with a perfect heart. I will set no
wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the
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cleave to me. A froward heart shall depart
from me: I will not know a wicked person.
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him
will I cut off: him that hath an high look
and a proud heart will not I' suffer. Mine
eyes shall be;upon the faithful'of the land,
that they may dwell with me::he that walketh
in a: perfect way, she shall serve me. He
that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my
house;: he that telleth lies shall not tarry, in
my sight. I will early destroy all the wicked
of the land; that I may cut off all wicked
doers from the city of the LORD.
Saturday —Eighth Week after Trinity.
H EBREWS XII. 10-21.
WTE have. an altar, whereof they have no
* T. right to eat which serve the tabernacle.
For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood
is brought into the sanctuary by the High
Priest for sin, are burned without the camp.
Wherefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify
the people with His own blood, suffered without the gate. Let us go forth therefore unto
Him without the camp, bearing His reproach.
For here have we no continuing city, but we
seek one to come. By Him therefore let us
offer the:sacrifice of praise to God continually,
that is, the fruit, of our lips giving thanks
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God is well pleased. Obey them that have
the rule over you, and submit yourselves:
for they watch for your souls, as they that
must give account; that they may do it with
joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you. Pray for us: for we trust we
have a good conscience, in all things willing
to live honestly. But I' beseech you the
rather to do this, that I may be restored to
you the sooner. Now the God of peace, that
brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus,
that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the
blood of the everlasting covenant, make you
perfect in every good work to do His will,
working in you that which is well-pleasing in
His sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be
glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Ninth Sunday after Trinity.
REVELATION XXI. 1-8.
AND I saw a new heaven and a new earth:
for the first heaven and the first earth
were passed away; and there was no more
sea. And I John saw the holy city, new
Jerusalem, coming down from God out of
heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her
husband. And I heard a great voice out of
heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God
is with men, and He will dwell with them,
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And God shall wipe away all tears from their
eyes; and there shall be no more death,
neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there
be any more pain: for the former things are
passed away.' And He that sat upon the
throne, said, Behold, I make all things new.
And He said unto me, Write: for these words
are true and faithful. And He said unto me,
It is done, I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that
is athirst of the fountain of the water of life
freely. He that overcometh shall inherit all
things; and I will be his God, and he shall be
My son. But the fearful, and unbelieving, and
the abominable, and'murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all
liars, shall have their:part in the lake which
burneth'with fire and brimstone: which is
the second death.
Monday-Ninth Week after Trinity.
ST. MATTHEW XIX. 16-21.
AND behold, one came -and said unto Him,
Good Master, what good thing shall I do,
that I may have eternal life? And He said
unto him, Why callest thou Me good? There
is none good but One, that is God: but if
thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandmerits. He saith unto Him, Which.? Jesus
said, Thou shalt do no murder, thou shalt not
commit adultery, thou shalt not steal, thou




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shalt not bear false witness; honour thy
father and thy mother; and thou shalt love
thy neighbour as thyself. The young man
saith unto Him, All these things have I kept
from my youth up: what lack I yet? Jesus
said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and
sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and
thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come
and follow Me. But when the young man
heard that saying, he went away sorrowful:
for he had. great possessions.
Tuesday-Ninth Week after Trinity.
ST. MARK II 1-12.
AND again He entered into Capernaum after
some days; and it was noised that He
was in -the house. And straightway many
were gathered together, insomuch that there:
was no room to receive them, no, not so much
as about the door: and He preached the word
unto them. And they come unto Him, bring-.
ing one sick of' the palsy, which was borne
of four. And wheni they could not come
nigh unto Him for the press, they uncovered
the- roof where He was: -and when they had:
broken it up, they let down the bed wherein;
the sick of the palsy lay. When Jesus saw
their faith, He said unto the sick of the palsy,
Son, thy sins be forgiven thee. But there,
were'certain of the scribes sitting there, and
reasoning in their hearts, Why doth this man
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thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins
but God only? And immediately when Jesus
perceived, in His spirit that they so reasoned
within themselves, He said unto'them, Why
reason ye these things in your hearts'?
Whether is it easier to say to the sick of
the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee,; or to
say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
But that ye may know that the Son of Man
hath power on earth to forgive sins, (He
saith to the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee,
Arise, take up thy bed, and go thy way into
thine house. And immediately he arose, took
up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified
God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.
Wednesday-Ninth Week after Trinity.
PROVERBS III. 1118.
[Y son, despise not the chastening of -the
LORD; neither be weary of His correction: for whom the LORD loveth He correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he
delighteth. Happy is the man that findeth
wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is, better than
the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than
rubies: and all the things thou canst desire
are not be compared unto her. Length of
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riches and honour. Her ways are ways of
pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
She is:a tree of life to them that lay hold
upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
Thursday-Ninth Week aftere Trinity.
ST. JOHN III. 13-17.
MARVEL not, my brethren, if the world
t hate you. We know that we have passed
from death unto life, because we love the
brethren. He that loveth not his brother
abideth in death.  Whosoever hateth his
brother is a murderer: and ye know that no
murderer hath eternal life abiding...in him.
Hereby perceive we the love of God, because
He laid down His life for us: and we ought
to lay down our lives for the brethren. But
whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his
brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels
of compassion from him, how dwelleth the
love of God in him?'
Friday-Ninth Week after Trinity.
PSALM CIII. 6-18.
TrHE LORD executeth righteousness and judgJL ment for all that are oppressed. He made
known His ways unto Moses, his acts unto
the-children of Israel. The LORD is merciful
and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in
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will He keep His anger for ever. He hath
not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded
us according to our iniquities. For as the
heaven is high above the earth, so great is
His mercy toward them that fear Him. As
far as the east is from the west, so far hath
He removed our transgressions from us.
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the
LORD pitieth them that fear Him. For He
knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we
are dust. As for man, his days are as grass:
as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For
the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and
the place thereof shall know it no more. But
the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to
everlasting upon them  that fear Him, and
His righteousness unto children's children; to
such as keep His covenant, and to those that
remember His commandments to do them.
Saturday —Ninth Teek after Trinity.
PROVERBS VIII. 1-17.
DOTH not wisdom cry? and understanding
put forth her voice  She standeth in the
top of high places, by the way in the places
of the paths. She crieth at the gates, at the
entry of the city, at the coming in at the
doors. Unto you, 0 men, I call; and my voice
is to the sons of man. O ye simple, understand wisdom: and ye fools, be ye of an
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of excellent things; and the opening of my
lips shall be right things. For my mouth
shall speak truths; and wickedness is an
abomination to my lips. All the words of
my mouth are in righteousness; there is
nothing froward or perverse in them. They
are all plain to him that understandeth, and
right to them that find knowledge. Receive
my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge
rather than choice gold.  For wisdom  is
better than rubies; and all the things that
may be desired are not to be compared to it.
I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out
knowledge of witty inventions. The fear of
the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward
mouth, do I hate.   Counsel is mine, and
sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have
strength. By Me kings reign, and princes
decree justice. By Me princes rule, and
nobles, even all the judges of the earth. I
love them that love Me; and those that seek
Me early shall find Me.
Tenth Sunday after Trinity,
PSALM CXIX. 73-80.
THY hands have made me, and fashioned
1 me: give me understanding, that I may
learn Thy commandments. They that fear
Thee will be glad when they see me; because
I have hoped in Thy word. I know, O LORD,
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that Thy judgments are right, and that Thou
in faithfulness hast afflicted me. Let, I pray
Thee, Thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to Thy word unto Thy servant.
Let Thy tender mercies come unto me, that I
may live: for Thy law is my delight. Let
the proud be ashamed; for they-dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will
meditate in Thy precepts. Let those that fear
Thee turn unto me, and those that have
known Thy testimonies. Let my heart be
sound in Thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.
Monday-Tenth Week after Trinity.
PSALM VIII.
LORD our LORD, how excellent is Thy
name in all the earth!  Who hath set
Thy glory above the heavens. Out of the
mouth of babes and sucklings hast Thou ordained strength because of Thine enemies,
that Thou mightest still the enemy and the
avenger. When I consider Thy heavens, the
work of Thy fingers, the moon and the stars
which Thou hast ordained; what is man, that
Thou art mindful of him l and the son of
man, that Thou visitest him? For Thou hast
made him a little lower than the angels, and
hast crowned him with glory and honour.
Thou madest him to have dominion over the
works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things
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the beasts of the field; the fowl of the air, and
the fish of the sea, and: whatsoever passeth
through the paths of the seas. 0 LORD our
LORD, how excellent is Thy name in all the
earth!
Tuesday-Tenth Week after Trinity.
PSALM LXII. 5-12.
MY soul, wait thou only upon God; for my
expectation is from  Him. He only is
my rock and my salvation: He is my
defence; I shall not be moved. In God is
my salvation and my glory: the rock of my
strength and my refuge, is in God. Trust in
Him at all times: ye people, pour out your
heart before Him: God is a refuge for us.
Selah. Surely men of low degree are vanity,
and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid
in the balance, they are altogether lighter
than vanity. Trust not in oppression, and
become not.vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them. God
hath spoken once; twice have I heard this,
that power belongeth unto God. Also unto
Thee, O LORD, belongeth mercy: for Thou
renderest to every man according to his work.
Wednesday-Tenth Week after Trinity.
PROVERBS III. 19-26.
THE LORD by wisdom      hath founded the
earth: by understanding hath He estab



[ 260 ]lished the heavens. By His knowledge the
depths are broken up, and the clouds drop
down the dew. MYy son, let lnot them depart
from thine eyes; keep sound wisdom and discretion. So shall they be life unto thy soul,
and grace to thy neck. -Then shalt thou walk
in thy' way safely, and thy foot shall not
stumble. When thou liest down thou shalt
not be afraid; yea, thou shalt lie down, and
thy sleep shall be sweet. Be' not afraid of
sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the
wicked, when it cometh. For the LoRD shall
be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot
from being taken.
Thursday-Tenth Week after Trinity.
ST. LvUE X.. 25-37. 
AND, behold, a certain lawyer stood up,
and tempted Him, saying, Master, what
shall I do to inherit eternal lifee? He said unto Him, What' is written in the law? how
readest thou? And he answering said, Thou
shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy
strength', and with all tlhy'mind, aid thy
neighbour as thyself.- And He said unto him,
Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou
shalt live. But he, willing to justify himself,
said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
And Jesus answering said, A certain man
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fell among thieves, which stripped him of his
raiment, and wounded him, and departed,
leaving him half dead. And by chance there
came down a certain priest that way: and
when he saw him, he passed by on the other,side. And likewise a Levite, when he was at
the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was:
and when he saw him, he had compassion on
him, and went to him and bound up his
wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him
on his own beast, and brought him to an inn,
and took care of him. And on the morrow
when he departed, he took out two pence, and
gave them to the host, and said unto him,
Take care of him; and whatsoever thou
spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee. Which now of these three, thinkest
thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among
the thieves? And he said, He that showed
mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him,
Go, and do thou likewise.
Friday —Tenth Week after Trinity.
1 CORINTHIANS x. 1-13.
[OREOVER, brethren, I would not that ye
1TJ should be ignorant, how that all our
fathers were under the cloud, and all passed
through the sea; and were all baptized unto
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all eat the same spiritual meat; and did all
drink the same spiritual. drink: for they
drank of that spiritual Rock that followed
them: and that Rock was Christ. But with
many ofthem God was not well pleased: for
they were overthrown in the wilderness.
Now, these things were our examples, to the
intent we should not lust:after evil things, as
they also lusted. Neither be ye idolaters, as
were some of them; as it is written, The peo-.ple sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to
play. Neither let us commit bfrnication, as
some of them committed, and fell in- one day
three and twenty thousand. Neither let us
tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted,
and were destroyed of serpents.   Neither
murmur ye; as some of them also murmured,
and were destroyed of the destroyer. -Now,
all these things happened:unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are
come. Wherefore let him that thinketh he
standeth take heed lest he fall. There hath
no temptation taken you but such as is commoni to man; but God is faithful, Who will
not suffer you to be tempted above that ye
are able; but will with the temptation also
make a way to escape, that ye: may be able
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Saturday-Tenth Week after Trinity.
ISAIAH xxix. 13-20.
WTHEREFORE the LORD said, Forasmuch
as this people draw near Me with their
mouth, and with their lips do honour Me, but
have removed their heart far from Me, and
their fear toward Me is taught by the precept
of men: therefore, behold, I will proceed to
do a marvellous work among this people, even
a marvellous work and a wonder: for the
wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and
the understanding of their prudent men shall
be hid. Woe unto them that seek deep to
hide their counsel from the LORD, and their
works are in the dark, and they say, Who
seeth us? and who knoweth us?    Surely
your turning of, things upside down shall be
esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the
work say of him that made it, He made me'not or shall the thing framed say of him
that framed it, He had -no: understanding?
Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon
shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the
fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest 
And in that day shall the deaf hear the words
of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall
see out of obscurity and out of darkness.
The meek also shall increase their joy in the
LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice
in the Holy One of Israel. For the terrible
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consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are
cut off.
Eleventh Sunday after Trinity.
ST. LUEE V. 1-11.
A ND it came to pass, that, as the people
pressed upon Him to hear the word of
God, He stood by the lake of Gennesaret, and
saw two ships standing by the lake: but the
fishermen were gone'out of them, and were,washing their nets.  And He entered into
one of the ships, which was Simon's, and
prayed Him that He would thrust out a little
from  the land.  And He sat down, and
taught the people out of the ship.  Now
when He had left speaking, He said unto
Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let
down your nets for a draught. And Simon
answering said unto Him, Master, we have
toiled all the night and have taken nothing:
nevertheless, at Thy word I will let down the
net. And when they had done this, they inclosed: a great multitude of fishes: and their
net brake. And they beckoned unto their
partners, which were in the other ship, that
they should come and help them. And they
came and filled both the ships, so that they
began to sink. When Simon Peter saw it,
he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart
from me, for I am a sinful man, 0 Lord.
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him, at the draught of the fishes which they
had taken; and so was also James and John,
the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with
Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear
not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.
And when they had brought their ships to
land, they forsook all, and followed Him.
2Mondday —Eleventh W eeJ after Trinity.
PSAELM CxvIII. 1-9.'GIVE thanks unto the: LORD; for He is
good: because His mercy endureth for
ever. Let Israel now say, that His mercy
endureth for ever. Let the house of Aaron
now say,.that His mercy endureth for ever.
Let them now that fear the LORD say, that
His mercy endureth for ever. I called upon
the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me,
arid set me in a large place. The LORD is on
my side; I will not fear: what can man do
unto me'? The LORD taketh my part with
them that help me: therefore shall I see: my
desire upon them that hate me.'Itis better
to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in
man. It is better to trust in the LORD than to
put confidence in princes.
Tuesday-Eleventh Week after T.rinity.;EPHESIANS I. 3-7.
BbLESSED    be the God.and Father of our' Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us
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with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places
in Christ: according as He hath chosen us'in
Him before the foundation of the world, that
we should be holy and without blame before
Him in love: having predestinated us unto
the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to
Himself, according to the good pleasure of
His will, to the praise of the glory of His
grace, wherein He hath made us accepted in
the Beloved: in whom we have redemption
through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.
Wednesday-Eleventh ]Week after Trinity.
PROVERBS IV. 1-18.
HEAR, ye children, the instruction of a
father, and attend to know understanding.
For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not
my law. For I was my father's son, tender
and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
He taught me also, and said unto me, Let
thine heart retain my words; keep my commandments and live: get wisdom, get understanding; forget it not, neither decline from
the words of my mouth. Forsake her not,
and she shall preserve thee; love her, and she
shall keep thee. Wisdoim is the principal
thing, therefore get wisdom: and with all thy
getting get understanding.  Exalt her, and
she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee
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shall give to thine head an ornament of grace;
a'crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
Hear, 0 my son, and receive my sayings;
and the years of thy life shall be many. I
have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I
have led- thee in right paths. When thou
goest, thy steps shall not be straitened;
and when thou runnest thou shalt not stumble. Take fast hold of instruction; let her
not go; keep her; for she is thy life. Enter
not into the path of the wicked, and go not in
the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by
it, turn from it, and pass away. For they
sleep not except they have done mischief;
and their sleep is taken away, unless they
cause some to fall. For they eat the bread
of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
But the path of the just is as. the shining
light, that shineth more and more unto the
perfect day.
Thursday-Eleventh Week after Trinity.
ST. MARK vi. 34-44.
AND Jesus, when He came out, saw much
people, and was moved with compassion
toward them, because they were as sheep not
having a shepherd: and He began to teach
them many things. And when the day was
now far spent, His disciples came unto Him,
and said, This is a desert place, and now the
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they may go- ito the country round about,
and into the- villages, and'buy themselves
bread: for they have nothing to eat.  He
answered:and said unto them, Give ye them
to eat. And they: say- unto Him, Shall we
go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread
and give them to eat? He saith: unto them,
How many loaves have ye 2: go and see., And
when they knew, they say, Five, and two
fishes. And He commanded them to make
all sit down by companies upon. the green
grass. And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties. And when He had.taken
the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked
up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the
loaves, and gave them to His disciples-to setbefore them; and' the two fishes divided- He
among them all. And they did- all eat and
were filled. And: they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments and of the fishes..
And they that did eat of the loaves were
about five thousand men.
Friday-Eleventh Week after- Trinity.
ST. JOHNsXIV. 15 —24
JF ye love Me, keep My commandments.
And I will pray the- Father, and'He shall
give you another Comforter, that He may
abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of
truth; Whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him  not, neither knoweth




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Him: but ye know Him; for He dwelleth
with you, and shall be in you. I.will not
leave you comfortless; I will come to you.
Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no
more; but ye see Me: because I live, ye
shall live also. At that day ye shall know
that I am in my Father, and ye in Me, and I
in you. He that hath My commandments,
and keepeth them, he it is that loveth Me:
and he that loveth Me shall be loved of My
Father, and I will love him, and will manifest
Myself to him. Judas saith unto Hini, not
Iscariot, Lord, how is it that Thou wiltmgnifest Thyself unto us, and not unto the world 
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man
love Me, he will keep My words:- and My
Father will love him, and We will come unto
him, and make Our abode with him.    He
that loveth Me not keepeth not My sayings:
and the word which ye hear is not Mine, but
the Father's which sent Me.
Saturday-Eleventh Week after Trinity.
PSALM cvII. 8-21.
OH that men would praise the LORD for
His goodness, and for His wonderful
works to the children of men! For I-e satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry
soul with goodness. Such as sit in darkness
and in the shadow of death, being bound in
affliction and iron; because they rebelled
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against the words of God, and contemned the
counsel of the Most High: therefore He
brought down their heart- with labour; they.
fell down, and there was none to help. Then
they cried unto the LORD in their trouble,
and; He saved them out- of their distresses.,He brought them out of darkness and the
shadow of death, and brake' their bands in
sunder. 0- that men would praise the LORD
for His goodness, and for His wonderful works
to the children of men:! for He- hath broken
the gites of brass, and cut the- bars of iron in
sunder. Fools, because of their transgression,
and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and
they draw near unto the gates of death. Then
they cry unto the LoRD in their trouble, and
He saveth them out of their distresses. He
sent His word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction. Oh that
men would praise the LORD for His goodness,
and for His wonderful works to the children
of men!
Twelfth Sunday after Trinity.
JOBn iv. 7. —21.
REMEMBER, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were
the righteous cut off?':  Even as I have seen,
they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness,
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perish, and by the breath of His nostrils are
they consumed. The roaring of the lion, and
the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of
the young lions,, are.broken. The old lion
perisheth.for lack of prey, and the stout lion's
whelps are scattered, abroad. Now a thing
was secretly -brought to-me,, and mine ear received a -little thereof. In thoughts from the
visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth
on. men, fear came upon. rme, a;nd trembling,
which! made, all: my: bones to shalke. Then a
spirit passed before my face; the hair of my
flesh stood up: it stood still, but I could not
discern the form thereof a nrimage was before
mine eyes; there was silence, and; I heard a
voice, saying, ShallH mortal- man:be more just
than God?:. shall a.man be: more pure than
his M-aker.?- Behold,: He- put no trust in. His
servants;;. andf His angels he charged with
folly:: how.: much; less; in, them that dwell in
houses! of clay whose. foundation, is in:. the
dust, whicik are crushed, before the. moth:?
They are, destroyed from mor    eening toevening:
they perish for ever, without any regarding it.
Doth not their excellency which is- in them
go away-: they die, even without-wisdom.:Monday —Twelfth Week after Trinity.
PROVERBS iv. 20 —27.
lIY-son,:attend to my words, incline thine
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part from thine eyes; keep them in the midst
of thine heart: for they are life unto those
that find them, and health to all their flesh.
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of
it are the issues of life. Put away from thee
a froward mouth, ahd perverse lips put far
from thee. Let thine eyes look right on, and
let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy
ways be established. Turn not to the right
hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from
evil.
Tuesday-Twelfth Week after Trinity.
EZEKIEL XVIII. 25-32.
VET ye say, The way of the LORD is not
1  equal. Hear now, 0 house of Israel;
Is not My way equal? are not your ways
unequal? When a righteous man turneth
away from his righteousness, and committeth
iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity
that he hath done shall he die. Again, when
the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed,-and doeth that
which is lawful and right, he shall save his
soul alive. Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he
hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall
not die. Yet saith the house of Israel, The
way of the LORD is not equal. 0 house of
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ways unequal. i Therefor I:will judge you,
0 house.of Israel, every one according to his
ways, saith the Lord GoD. Repent, and turn
yourselves from, all your..transgressions.; so
iniquity shall not be your ruin. C ast away
from  you all your transgressions, whereby
ye have transgressed; and make you a:new
heart and a new spirit, for why will ye die,O 
house of Israel. F  IorI.'have no.pleasure. in
the death of him.that dieth, saith the Lord
GOD-: wherefore turn- yourselves, and liveye.
Wednesday-Twelfth Week after:Trinity.
ST. uLu;R xvi. 19-31 L
rTHERE was~ a certain- rich man, which was.; clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared
sumptuously every day: and there was a certain:beggar named Lazarus, which was laid:at
his gate, full of sores, and desiring to be fed
with the crumbs which fell from  the rich
man's table; moreover, the dogs came and
licked his sores. And it came to pass that
the beggar died.; and was- carried by the
angels.. into Abraham's- bosom: the rich man
also died- and was buried;a and:in hell. he lift
up his eyes, being in torments, and. seth.
Abraham afar off and' Lazarus in his bosom.
And he:cried and: said, Father Abraham, have
mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that:he may
dip: the tip of his finger in water,.and cool my
tongue:-;: for I. am. tormented. inr this flame.




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But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou
in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things,
and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now
he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
And beside all this, between us and you there
is a great gulf fixed: so that they- which
would pass from hence to you cannot; neither
can they pass to us, that would come from
thence. Then he said, I pray thee, therefore,
father, that thou wouldest send him to my
father's house: for I have five brethren; that
he may testify unto them, lest they also come
into this place of torment. Abraham saith
unto him, They have Moses and the prophets;
let them hear them. And he said, Nay, father
Abraham: but if one went unto them from
the dead, they will repent. And he said unto
him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets,
neither will they be persuaded, though one
rose from the dead.
Thursday-Twelfth Week after Trinity.
ST. JAMES IV. 5-12.
DO ye think that the Scripture saith in vain,
The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to
envy? But He giveth more grace. Wherefore He saith, God resisteth the proud, but
giveth grace unto the humble. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil,
and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to
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your hands, ye sinners; and purify your
hearts, ye double-minded. Be afflicted, and
mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned
to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord,
and He shall lift you up. Speak not evil one
of another, brethren. He that speaketk evil
of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but
if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of
the law, but a judge. There is one Lawgiver,
who is able to save and to destroy: who art
thou that judgest another?
Friday-Twelfth Week after Trinity.
JOB vniI. 3-13.
DOTH God pervert judgment? or doth the
Almighty pervert justice? If thy children have sinned against Him, and He have
cast them away for their transgression; if
thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and
make thy supplication to the Almighty; if
thou wert pure and upright; surely now He
would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. Though
thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end
should greatly increase. For inquire, I pray
thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself
to the search of their fathers: (for we are but
of yesterday, and know nothing, because our
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teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out
of their heart? Can -the rush grow- up with-:out mire? can the flag grow without water?
Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and,not cut
down, it:.withereth:before -any other herb.
So: are the paths. of;all -that forget God:..and
the hypocrite's hope:shall perish.:-Saturday —Twelfth:Week after Trinity.
_PSALM I.
BLESSED is the man that walketh not in
) the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth
in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat
of the scornful. But his delight is in the law
of the LORD; and in His law doth he meditate day and night. And he. shall be like a
tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth its fruit in hisi season; his- leaf also
shall. not withe; -and whatsoever he doeth
shall prosper. The ungodly are not so: but
are like the chaff which the wind driveth
away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand
in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the LORD knoweth
the-way of the righteous: but the way of the
ungodly shall perish.
Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity.
ST. JOHN Vi. 27-33.
T ABOUR not for the meat which perisheth,
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everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall
give unto you: for Him hath God the Father
sealed. Then said they unto Him, What shall
we do, that we might work the works of God.
Jesus answered and said unto them, This is
thei work of God, that ye believe on him
whom   He hath sent. They said therefore
unto Him, What sign shewest Thou then,
that we may see and believe Thee   What
dost thou work? Our fathers did eat manna
in the desert; as it is written, He gave them
bread from heaven to eat. Then Jesus said
unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Moses gave you not that bread from heaven;
but My Father giveth you the true bread
from heaven. For the bread of God is He
which cometh down from, heaven, and giveth
life unto the world.
2Mfonday-Thirteenth Week after Trinity.
PROVERBS vi. 6-15.
G O to the antththou sluggard; consider her
ways, and be wise: which having no
guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat
in the summer, and gathereth her food in the
harvest. How long wilt thou sleep, 0 sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep; so shall thy-poverty
come:as one that travelleth, and thy want as
an armed man. A naughty person, a wicked
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man, walketh with a froward mouth. He
winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his
feet, he teacheth with his fingers; frowardness
is in his heart; he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. Therefore shall his
calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he
be broken without remedy.
Tuesday-Thirteenth Week after Trinity.
COLOSSIANS III. 20-25.
CHILDREN, obey your parents in all
things: for this is well-pleasing unto the
Lord. Fathers, provoke not your children to
anger, lest they be discouraged. Servants,
obey in all things your masters according to
the flesh; not with eye-service, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing
God: and whatsoever ye do, do it heartily,
as to the Lord, and not unto men; knowing
that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward
of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord
Christ.'But he that doeth wrong shall receive
for the wrong which he hath done: and there
is no respect of persons.
Wednesday-Thirteenth Week after Trinity.
1 TIMOTHY VI. 6-12.
BUT godliness with contentment is great
gain. For we brought nothing into this
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out. And having food and raiment, let us
be; therewith content But they that will be
rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into
many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown
men in destruction and perdition. For the
love of money is the root of all evil; which
while some coveted after, they have erred
from the faith, and pierced themselves through
with many sorrows. But thou, O man of
God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold
on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called,
and hast professed a good profession before
many witnesses.
Thursday-Thirteenth Week after Trinity.
ST. JOHN xv. 1. 7.
I AM the true Vine, and My Father is the
Husbandman. Every branch in Me that
beareth not fruit He taketh away: and every
branch that beareth fruit, He purgeth it, that
it may bring forth more fruit. Now ye are
clean through the word which I have spoken
unto you. Abide in Me, and I in you. As
the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except
it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except
ye abide in Me. I am the Vine, ye are thebranches: He that abideth in Me, and I in
him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for
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abide not in Me, he is cast forth as a branch,
and is withered; and men gather them, and
cast them into the fire, and: they are burned.
If ye abide in Me, and My words abide in
you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it-shall be
done unto: you.
Friday-Thirteenth Week after Trinity.
PSALM CXIX. 33-40.
TEACH     me, O LORD, the way of Thy
J statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
Give me understanding, and I shall keep Thy
law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole
heart. SMake me to go in the path of Thy
commandments; for therein do I delight.
Incline My heart unto Thy testimonies, and
not to covetousness. Turn away mine eyes
from beholding vanity; and quicken Thou me
in Thy way. Stablish Thy word unto Thy
servant, who is devoted to Thy fear. Turn
away my reproach which I fear: for Thy
judgments are good. Behold, I have longed
after Thy precepts: quicken me in Thy righteousness.
Saturday-Thirteenth Week after Trinity.
1 CORINTHIANS XIII.
THOUGH I speak with the tongues of men
and of angels, and have not charity, I am
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bal. And though I have the gift of prophecy,
and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I
could remove mountains, and have not charity,
I am nothing. And though I bestow all my
goods to feed the poor, and though I give my
body to be burned, and have not charity, it
profiteth me nothing. Charity suffereth long,
and is kind; charity envieth not; charity
vaunteth not. itself, is not puffed up, doth not
behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own,
is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the
truth; beareth all things, believeth all things,
hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be
tongues, they shall cease; whether there be
knowledge, it shall vanish away. For we
know in part, and we prophesy in part. But
when that which is perfect is come, then that
which is in part shall be done away. When I
was a child, I spake as a child, I understood
as a child, I thought as a child: but when I
became a man, I put away childish things.
For now we see through a glass, darkly; but
then face to face: now I know in part; but
then shall I know even as also I am known.
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these
three; but the greatest of these is charity.
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Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity.
JOB IX. 1-15.
TrHEN Job answered and said, I know it is
1 so of a truth: but how should man be just
with God? If he will contend with Him, he
cannot answer Him one of a thousand. He
is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who
hath hardened himself against Him, and hath
prospered? Which removeth the mountains,
and they know not; Which overturneth them
in His anger; Which shaketh the earth out
of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble;
Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not,
and sealeth up the stars; Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the
waves of the sea; Which maketh Arcturus,
Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the
south; Which doeth great things past finding
out; yea, and wonders without number. Lo,
He goeth by me, and I see Him not: He
passeth on also, but I perceive Him not.. Behold,'He taketh away, who can hinder Him?
who will say unto Him, What doest Thou?
If God will not withdraw His anger, the proud
helpers do stoop under Him. How much less
shall I answer Him, and choose out my words
to reason with Him? Whom, though I were
righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would
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Monday-Fourteenth Week after Trinity.
ST. MATTHEW xxvI. 6-13.
WHEN Jesus was in Bethany, in the house
of Simon the leper, there came unto Him
a woman having an alabaster box of very
precious ointment, and poured it on His head,
as He sat at meat. But when His disciples
saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what
purpose is this waste? For this ointment
might have been sold for much, and given to
the poor. When Jesus understood it, He
said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman?
for she hath wrought a good work upon Me.
For ye, have the poor always with you; but
Me ye have not always. For in that she hath
poured this ointment on My body, she did
it for My burial. Verily I say unto you,
Wheresoever this gospel shall'be preached in
the whole world, there shall also this, that
this voman hath done, be told for a memorial
of her.
Tuesday-Fourteenth Week after Trinity.
PROVERBS VI. 16-23.
rTHESE six things doth the LORD hate; yea,
seven- are an abomination unto Him: a
proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that
shed innocent blood, an heart that deviseth
wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in
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eth lies, and him that soweth discord among
brethren. My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy
mother: bind them continually upon thine
heart, and tie them about thy neck. When
thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou
sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou
awakest, it shall talk with thee. For the
commandment is a lamp, and the law is
light; and reproofs of instruction are the
way of life.
Wednesday-Fourteenth Week after Trinity.
1 ST. JOHN I. 12-17.
WRITE unto you, little children, because
your sins are forgiven you for His name's
sake. I write unto you, fathers, because ye
have known Him that is from the beginning.
I write unto you, young men, because ye have
overcome the wicked one. I write unto you,
little children, because ye have known the
Father. I have written unto you, fathers,
because ye have known Him that is from the
beginning. I have written unto you, young
men, because ye are strong, and the word of
God abideth in you, and ye have overcome
the wicked one. Love not the world, neither
the things that are in the world. If any man
love the world, the love of the Father is not
in him. For all that'is in the world, the lust
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pride of life, is not of the Father, but-is of the
world. And the world passeth away, and the
lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of
God abideth for ever.
Thursday-Fourteenth Week after Trinity.
ST. LUKE XIV. 7-14.
AND He put forth a parable to those which
were bidden, when He marked how they
chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,
When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; -lest
a more honourable man than thou be bidden
of him; and he that bade thee and him come
and say to thee, Give~ this man place; and
thou begin with shame to take the lowest
room. But when thou art bidden, go and sit
down in the lowest room; that when he that
bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee,
Friend, go up higher; then shalt thou have
worship in the presence of them that sit at
meat with thee. For whosoever exalteth
himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. Then said He
also to him that bade Him, When thou
makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy
friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also
bid thee again, and a recompence be made
thee. - But when thou makest a feast, call the
poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: and




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thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee; for thou shalt be recompensed at
the resurrection of the just.
Friday —Fourteenth Week after Trinity.
REVELATION X. 1-7.
AND I saw another mighty angel come
down from heaven, clothed with a cloud:
and a rainbow was upon his head, and his
face was as it were the sun, and his feet as
pillars of fire: and he had in his hand a little
book open: and he set his right foot upon
the sea, and his left foot on the earth, and
cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders
uttered their voices. And w    hen the seven
thunders had uttered their voices, I was about
to write: and I heard a voice from heaven
saying unto me, Seal up those things which
the seven thunders uttered, and write them
not. And the angel which I saw stand upon
the sea, and upon the earth, lifteth up his hand
to heaven, and sware by Him that liveth for
ever and ever, who created heaven, and the
things that therein are, and the earth, and the
things that therein are, and the sea, and the
things which are therein, that there should be
time no longer: but in the days of the voice'
of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to
sound, the mystery of God should be finished,
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Saturday-Fourteenth Week after Trinity.
1 ST. JOHN III. 18-24.
JY little children, let us not love in word,
neither in tongue; but in deed and in
truth. And hereby we know that we are of
the truth, and shall assure our hearts before
Him. For if our heart condemn us, God is
greater than our heart, and knoweth all
things. Beloved, if our heart condemn us
not, then have we confidence toward God.
And whatsoever we ask, we receive of Him,
because we keep His commandments, and do
those things that are pleasing in His sight.
And this is His commandment, That we
should believe on the name of His Son Jesus
Christ, and love one another, as he gave us
commandment. And he that keepeth His commandments dwelleth in Him, and He in him:
and hereby we know that He abideth in us,
by the Spirit which He hath given us.
Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity,
JEREMIAH XXXII. 17-19.
AH  LORD GOD! behold, Thou hast made
A the heaven and the earth by Thy great
power and stretched out arm, and there is
nothing too hard for Thee: Thou shewest
loving-kindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the
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great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts is
His name; great in counsel, and mighty in
work; for Thine eyes are open upon all the
ways of the sons of men: to give every one
according to his ways, and according to the
fruit- of his doings.
Monday-Fifteenth Week after Trinity.
JOB xiv. 1-14.
lAN that is born of a woman, is of few
IT1 days, and full of trouble. He cometh
forth like a flower,:and is cut down: he fleeth
also as a shadow, and continueth not. And
dost Thou open Thine eyes upon such an one,
and bringest me into judgment with Thee?
Who can bring a clean thing out -of an unclean? not one. Seeing Ehis days are determined, the number of his months are with'Thee, Thou hast appointed his bounds that he:cannot'pass; turn from him, that he may
rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling,
his day. For there is hope of a tree, if it be.cut down, that it will sprout again, and that
^the tender branch thereof will not cease.
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth,
and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet
through the'scent of water it will bud, and
bring forth boughs like a plant. But man
*dieth, and wasteth away; yea, man giveth up
the ghost, and where is he? As the waters
fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and




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drieth up:. so man lieth down, and riseth not;
till the heavens be no more, they shall not
awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. O
that Thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that
Thou wouldest keep me secret, until Thy
wrath be past, that Thou wouldest appoint
me a set time, and remember me! If a man
die, shall he live again? all the days of my
appointed time will I wait, till my change
come.
Tuesday-,Fifteenth Week after Trinity.
PROVERBS X. 1-9.
A WISE son maketh a glad father: but a
A foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but
righteousness delivereth from  death.  The
LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous
to famish: but He casteth away the substance 
of the wicked. He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the
diligent maketh rich. He that gathereth int
summer is a wise son: but he that sleepethi
in harvest is a son that causeth shame. Bless —
ings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. The
memory of the just is blessed: but the name
of the wicked shall rot. The wise in heart
will receive commandments: but a prating fool
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e h surely; but he that perverteth his ways
shall be known.
Wednesday-Fifteenth Week after Trinity.
PSALM CXIX. 129-135.
flHY testimonies are wonderful: therefore
T doth my soul keep them. The entrance
of Thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple. I opened my
mouth, and panted: for I longed for Thy
commandments. Look thou upon me, and
be merciful unto me, as Thou usest to do unto
those that love Thy name. Order my steps
in Thy word: and let not any iniquity, have
dominion over me. Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep Thy precepts.
Make Thy face to shine upon Thy servant;
and teach me Thy statutes.
Thursday-Fifteenth Week after Trinity.
TITUS II. 11 -. 2.
THE grace of God that bringeth salvation
hath appeared to all men, teaching us that,
denying ungodliness, and worldly lusts, we
should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in
this present world; looking for that blessed
hope, and the glorious appearing of the great
God and our Saviour Jesus Christ, who gave
Himself for us, that He might redeem us from
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liar people, zealous of good works. These
things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all
authority. Let no man despise thee. Put
them in mind to be subject to principalities
and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready
to every good work, to speak evil of no man,
to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all
meekness unto all men.
Friday-Fifteenth Week after Trinity.
PSALM cxxx.
OUT of the depths have I cried unto Thee,
0 LORD. Lord, hear my voice: let Thine
ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. If Thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand l But there is
forgiveness with Thee, that Thou mayest be
feared. I wait for the LORD, my soul doth
wait, and in His word do I hope. Mly soul
waiteth for the LORD more than they that
watch for the morning; I say, more than they
that watch for the morning. Let Israel hope
in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy,
and with Him is plenteous redemption. And
He shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
Saturday-Fifteenth Week after Trinity.
PROVERBS X. 11-21.
HTE mouth of a righteous man is a well of
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the wicked. Hatred stirreth up strifes: but
love covereth all sins. -In the lips of him
that hath understanding wisdom  is found:
but a rod is for the back of him that is void
of understanding. Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction. The rich man's wealth is his strong
city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty. The labour of the righteous tendeth to
life: the fruit of the wicked to sin. He is in
the way of life that keepeth instruction: but
he that refuseth reproof erreth. He that
hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. In the multitude
of words there wanteth not sin: but he that
refraineth his lips is wise. The tongue of the
just is as choice silver: the heart of the
wicked is little worth. The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of
wisdom.
Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity.
Jon xv. 14-31.
W THAT is man that he should be clean?
T and he which is born of a woman, that
he should be righteous. Behold, He putteth
no trust in His saints; yea, the heavens are
not clean in His sight.  How much more
abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh
iniquity like water  I will shew thee, hear
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dare; which wise men have told from their
fathers, and have not hid it: unto whom alone
the earth was given, and no stranger passed
among them. The wicked man travaileth
with pain all his days, and the number of
years is hidden to the oppressor. A dreadful
sound is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. He believeth
not that he shall return out of darkness, and
he is waited for of the sword. He wandereth
abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? He
krioweth that the day of darkness is ready at
his hand. Trouble and anguish shall make
him afraid; they shall prevail against him,
as a king ready to the battle.   For he
stretcheth out his hand against God, and
strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
He runneth upon Him, even on His neck,
upon the thick bosses of His bucklers: because he covereth his face with his fatness,
and maketh collops of fat on his flanks. - And
he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses
which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to
become heaps. He shall not-be rich, neither
shall his substance continue, neither shall he
prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
He shall not depart out of darkness: the
flame shall dry up his branches, and by the
breath of his mouth shall he go away. Let
not him that is deceived trust in vanity; for
vanity shall be his recompence.
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ilfonday-Sixteenth Week after Trinity.
ST. JAMES V. 7-11.
BE patient, therefore, brethren, unto the
) coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the
earth, and hath long patience for it, until he
receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also
patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming;
of the Lord draweth nigh. Grudge not one
against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the Judge standeth before
the door. Take, my brethren, the prophets,
who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for
an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. Behold, we count them happy which
endure. Ye have heard of the patience of
Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that
the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Tuesday-Sixteenth Week after Trinity.
ST. LUKE XI. 5-13.
AND He said unto them, Which of you
shall have a friend, and shall go unto him
at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend
me three loaves; for a friend of mine in his
journey is come to me, and I have nothing to
set before him? And he from within shall
answer and say,) Trouble me not: the door is
now shut, and my children:are with me in
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you, Though he will not rise and give him
because he is his friend, yet because of his
importunity he will rise and give him as many
as he needeth. And I say unto you, Ask, and
it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find;
knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For
every one that asketh receiveth; and- he that
seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it
shall be opened. If a son shall ask bread of
any of you that is a father, will he give him
a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish
give him a serpent? or if he shall ask an egg,
will lhe offer him a scorpionl? If ye then,
being evil, know how to give good gifts unto
your children, how much more shall your
heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them,that ask Him.
Wednesday-Sixteenth Week after Trinity.
HEBREWS XI. 7-16.
BY faith Noah,' being warned of God of
things not seen as yet, moved with fear,
prepared an ark to the saving of his house;
by the which he condemned the world, and
became heir of the righteousness which is by
faith. By faith Abraham, when he was called
to go out into a place which he should after
receive for an.-inheritance, obeyed; and he
went out, not knowing whither he went. By
fiuith he sojourned in the land of promise, as
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with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of
the same promise: for he looked for a city
which hath foundations, whose Builder and
Maker is God. Through faith also Sarah
herself conceived strength to conceive seed,
and was delivered of a child when she was
past age, because she judged him faithful who
had promised. Therefore sprang there even
of one, and him as good as dead, so many as
the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the
sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
These all died in faith, not having received
the promises, but having seen them afar off,
and were persuaded of them, and embraced
them, and confessed that they were strangers
and pilgrims on the earth. For they that
say such things declare plainly that they seek
a country. And truly, if they had been
mindful of that country from whence they
came out, they might have had opportunity
to have returned: but now they desire a
better country, that is, an heavenly; wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their
God; for He hath prepared for them, a city.
Thursday-Sixteenth Week after Trinity.
PROVERBS XI. 17-28.
HE merciful man doeth good to his own
soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his
own flesh. The wicked worketh a deceitful
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shall be a sure reward. As righteousness
tendeth to life; so he that pursueth evil pursuethit to hs own death. They that are of
a froward heart are abomination to the LORD:
but such as are upright in their way are His
delight.  Though hand join in hand, the
wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed
of the righteous shall be delivered. As a
jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair
woman which is without discretion. The desire of the righteous is only good: but the
expectation of the wicked is wrath. There is
that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there
is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it
tendeth to poverty. The liberal soul shall be
made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.  He that withhoideth
corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth
it. He that diligently seeketh good procureth
favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall
come unto him. He that trusteth in his
riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
Friday-Sixteenth Week after Trinity.
REVELATION II. 1-7.
TNTO the angel of the church of Ephesus
write; These things saith He that holdeth
the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh
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I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy
patience, and how thou canst not bear them
which are evil; and thou hast tried them
which say they are apostles, and are not, and
hast found them liars; and hast borne, and
hast patience, and for My name's sake hast
laboured, and hast not fainted. Nevertheless
I have somewhat against thee, because thou
hast left thy first love. Remember therefore
from whence thou art fallen; and repent, and
do the first works; or else. I will come unto
thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick
out of his place, except thou repent. But this
thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the
Nicolaitanes, which I also hate. He that hath
an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto
the churches; To him that overcometh will
I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the
midst of the paradise of God.
Saturday-Sixteenth Week after Trinity.
JOB XXII. 12-18.
IS not God in the height of heaven? and
behold the height of the stars, how high
they are! And thou sayest, How doth God
know? can He judge through the dark cloud?
Thick clouds are a covering to Him, that He
seeth not; and He walketh in the circuit of
heaven. Hast thou marked the old way which
wicked men have trodden? Which were Cut
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flowed with a flood: which said unto God,
Depart from us: and what can the Almighty
do for them! Yet He' filled their houses
with good things: but the counsel of the
wicked is far from me.
Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity.
PSALM LXXXIV.
HIOW amiable are Thy tabernacles, O LORD
of hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even
fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart
and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and
the swallow a nest for herself, where she may
lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of
hosts, my King, and my God. Blessed are
they that dwell in Thy house: they will be
still praising thee. Selah. Blessed is the
man whose strength is in Thee; in whose
heart are the ways of them. Who passing
through the valley of Baca make it a well;
the rain also filleth the pools. They go from
strength to strength, every one of them in Zion
appeareth before God. O LORD God of hosts,
hear my prayer: give ear, 0 God of Jacob.
Selah. Behold, O God our shield, and look
upon the face of thine anointed. For a day
in Thy courts is better than a thousand. I
had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of
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the LORD will give grace and glory; no good
thing will He withhold from them that walk
uprightly. 0 LORD of hosts, blessed is the
man that trusteth in Thee.
Monday-Seventeenth Week after Trinity.
ST. MATTHEW VIII. 5-13.
ND when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto Him a centurion,
beseeching Hinm, and saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously
tormented. And Jesus saith unto him, I will
come and heal him. The centurion answered
and said, Lord, I am not worthy that Thou
shouldest come under my roof: but speak
the word only, and my servant shall be
healed. For I am a man under authority,
having soldiers under me: and I say to this
man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come,
and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this,
and he doeth it. When Jesus heard it, He
marvelled, and said to them that followed,
Verily I say unto you, I have not found so
great faith, no, not in Israel. And I say unto
you, That many shall come from the east and
west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and
Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
But the children of the kingdom shall be cast
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unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou
hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And
his servant was healed in the;self-same hour.
Tuesday-Seventeenth Week after Trinity.
-- POVERS XII. 13 —23.
THE wicked is snared by the transgression
of his lips: but the just- shall come out
of trouble. A man shall be satisfied with
good by the fruit of his mouthi and the recompenee of a man's hands shall bebrendered
unto him. The way of a fool. is right in his
own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise. A   fool's wrath' is presently
known: but a prudent man covereth shame.,He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.' There
is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword:
~but the tongue of the wise is health. The lip
of truth shall be established for -ever: but a
lying tongue is but for a momentl- Deceit is
in the heart of them' that imagine evil: but
to the counsellors of peace is joy.: There shall
no evil happen to the just: but the-wicked
shall be filled with mischief. Lying lips are
abomination to the LoRD: but' they that deal
truly are His delight. A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools
proclaimeth foolishness.
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Wednesday-Seventeenth Week after Trinity.
JEREMIAH III. 21-IV. 2.
VOICE was heard upon the high places,
A   weeping and supplications of the children
of Israel: for they have perverted their way,
and they have forgotten the LORD their God.
Return, ye backsliding children, and I will
heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto
Thee: for Thou art the LORD our God. Truly
in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills,
and from the multitude of mountains: truly
in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.
For shame hath devoured the labour of our
fathers from our youth; their flocks and their
herds, their sons and their daughters. We
lie down in our shame, and our confusion
covereth us: for we have sinned against the
LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our
youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed
the voice of the LORD our God. If thou wilt
return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto
Me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of My sight, then shalt thou not
remove. And thou shalt swear, The LORD
liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves
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Thursday-Seventeenth Week after Trinity.
JOB XXVIII. 12-28.
HERE shall wisdom      be found? and
where is the place of understanding?
Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither
is it found in the land of the living. The
depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith,
It is not with me. It cannot be gotten for
gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the
price thereof. It cannot be valued with the
gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the
sapphire. The gold and the crystal cannot
equal it: and the exchange of it shall 7-'t be
for jewels of fine gold. No mention shall be
made of coral, or of pearls: for the price. of
wisdom is above rubies. The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be
valued with pure gold. Whence then cometh
wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? Seeing it is hid from the eyes of
all living, and kept close from the fowls of
the air. Destruction and death say, We have
heard the fame thereof with our ears. God
understandeth the way thereof, and He knoweth the place thereof. For he looketh to the
ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole
heaven; to make the weight for the winds;
and He weigheth the waters by measure.
When He made a decree for the rain, and a
way for the lightning of the thunder: then
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yea, and-searched it out; And unto man He
said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Friday-Seventeenth Week after Trinity.
PSALM LXXVII. 1-13.'CRIED  unto God with my voice, even
unto God with my voice; and He gave
ear unto me. In the day of my trouble I
sought the LORD: my sore ran in the night
and ceased not: my soul refused to.be comforted; I remembered God, and was troubled:
I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed.
Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so
troubled that I cannot speak. I have considered: the days of old,: the years of ancient
times. I call to rememberance my song in
the night: I commune with mine own heart:
and my spirit made diligent search. Will
the LORD cast off for ever'? and will He be
favourable no more? Is His mercy clean
gone for ever? doth His promise fail for evermore? Hath God forgotten to be gracious?
hath Helin anger shut up His tender mercies?
And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will
remember the years of the right hand of the
Most High. I will'remember the works of
the LORD: surely I will remember Thy
woniders of old.'I will: meditate also of all
Thy work, and talk of' Thy doings. Thy




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way, 0 God, is in the sanctuary; who is so
great a God as our God!
Saturday-Seventeenth Week after Trinity.
TITUS III. 3-8.
FOR we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers
lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy,
hateful, and hating one another. But after
that the kindness and love of God our Saviour
toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according
to: His mercy He saved us, by the washing
of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy
Ghost; which IIe shed on us abundantly
through Jesus Christ our Saviour: that being
justified by His grace, we should be made
heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
This is a faithful saying, and these things I
w;ill that thou affirm constantly, that they
which have believed in God might be careful
to maintain good works. These things are
good and profitable unto men.
Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity.
PSALM CXLI.
T ORD, I cry unto Thee: make haste unto
l  me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry
unto Thee. Let my prayer be set forth before Thee as incense; and the lifting up of
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my:hands as the evening sacrifice. Set a
watch, 0 LORD, before my mouth; keep the
door of my lips. Incline not my heart to any
evil thing, to practise wicked works with men
that work iniquity: and let me not eat of
their dainties. Let the- righteous smite me;
it shall be a:kindness:- and let him. reprove
me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not
break my. head:: for yet my prayer also shall
be in their, calamities. When their judges
are overthrown in.stony: places, they shall
hear my words; for they are sweet. Our
bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as
when one, cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the
earth. But mine eyes are unto Thee, 0 God
the LORD:: in: Thee is my trust: leave not my
soul destitute. Keep- me. from  the snares
which they have: laid for: me, and the gins of
the workers of iniquity. Let the wicked fall
into their. own nets, whilst, that I withal
escape.
Monday-Eighteenth Week after Trinity.
1 ST. JOHN v. 16-21.
IF any man see his brother sin a sin which is
not unto death, he shall ask, and He shall
give him life for them that sin not unto death.
There is a sin unto death; I.do not say that he
shall pray for it. - All unrighteousness is sin:
and there is a sin not unto.death. We know
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but He that is begotten of God keepeth'Himself, and that wicked one toucheth Him not.
And we know that we are of God, and the
whole world lieth in wickedness. And we
know that the Son of God is come, and hath
given us an understanding, that we may know
Him that is true, and we are in Him that is
true, even in His Son Jesus Christ...- This is
the, true God, and- eternal life. Little children,;keep yourselves from idols.. Amen.
Tuesday- -Eighteenth Week afte'r Trinity.
ST. LUKE -XVI.11 1- 9.
iAND it- came" to pass,'as He went to Jerusalem,.that He passed through the midst
of Samaria and Galilee.. And as He entered
into a, certain village, there: met:Him ten men
that were lepers,: which stood afar off: and
they'lifted.:up their voices, and said, Jesus,
Master, have mercy on us.; And when He
saw them, He:said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass
that, as they went, they were cleansed. And
one of them, when he saw that he was healed,
turned.back, and with a; loud voice glorified
God, and fell down on his face at His feet,
giving Him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.
And- Jesus'answering said, Were there not
ten cleansed. but where are the nine? There
are:not found that returned to give glory to
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him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made
thee whole.
Wednesday-Eighteenth Week after Trinity.
PROVERBS XIV. 7-14.
GO from the presence of a foolish man,
when thou perceivest not in him the lips
of knowledge. The wisdom of the prudent
is to understand his way: but the folly of
fools is deceit. Fools make a mock at sin:
but among the righteous there is favour.
The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a
stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown:
but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish. There is a way which seemeth right unto
a man, but the end thereof are the ways of
death. Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his
own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied
from himself.
Thursday-Eighteenth Week after Trinity.
JOB xxxi. 13-28.
F I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maid-servant, when they
contended with me; what then shall I do
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what shall I -answer Him, D'. -Did not IHe that
made me in the womb make him? and did
not One fashion us in the womb? If I have
withheld the poor from their desire, or have
caused the eyes of the widow to fail, or have
eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; s(for from my
youth he was brought up with me, as ith a
father, and I have guided her'from. my
mother' womb;) if I' have seen any perish
for want of clothing, or any poor without
covering; if his loins have not blessed me,
and if he were not warmed with the fleece of
my. sheep; if I have lifted up my hand
against the fatherless, when I saw my help
in the gate: then let mine arm fall from my
shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from
the bone. For destruction from God was a
terror to me, and by reason of His highness
I could not endure. If I have made gold my
hope, or - have;said to the fine gold, Thou
art' my. confidence';':if I rejoice'd because my
wealth was great,:and because mine hand
had gotten much; if I beheld the sun when
it shined, or the -moon: walking in brightness; and my heart hath'been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
this also were an iniquity to be punished by
the judge:' for I should have denied -the God
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Friday-Eighteenth Week after Trinity.
EZEKIEL XI. 16-21.
THUS saith the LORD God, Although I
have cast them far off among the heathen,
and although I have scattered them among
the countries, yet will I be to them as a little
sanctuary in the countries where they shall
come. Therefore say, Thus saith the LORD
God, I will even gather you from the people,
and assemble you out of the countries where
ye have been scattered, and I will give you
the land of Israel. And they shall come
thither, and they shall take away all the
detestable things thereof, and all the abominations thereof from thence. And I will give
them one heart, and I will put a new spirit
within you; and I will take the stony heart
out of their flesh, and will give them an heart
of flesh: that they may walk in My statutes,
and keep Mine ordinances, and do them: and
they shall be My people, and I will be their
God. But as for them whose heart walketh
after the heart of their detestable things and
their abominations, I will recompense their
way upon their own heads, saith the LORD
God.
Saturday-Eighteenth Week after Trinity.
PROVERBS XVI. 1-9.
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the LORD. All the ways of a man are clean
in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the
spirit. Commit thy works unto the LORD,
and thy thought shall be established. The
LORD hath made all things for Himself; yea,
even the wicked for the day of evil. Every
one that is proud in heart is an abomination
to the LORD; though hand join in hand, he
shall not be unpunished. By mercy and
truth iniquity is purged; and by the fear of
the LORD men depart from evil. When a
man's ways please the LORD, He maketh even
his enemies to be at peace with him. Better
is a little with righteousness, than great
revenues without right. A man's heart deviseth his way.; but the LORD directeth his
steps.
Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity.
ST. JAMES v. 13-20.
IS any among you afflicted? let him pray.
Is any merry? let him sing psalms. Is
any sick among you? let him call for the elders
of the church; and let them pray over him,
anointing him with oil in the name of the
Lord. And the prayer of faith shall save the
sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if
he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may
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righteous man availeth much. Elias was a
man subject to like passions as we are, and he
prayed earnestly that it might not rain; and
it rained not on the earth by the space of
three. years and six months.. And he prayed
again;; and the heaven,: gave rain, and the
earth brought forth her fruit. Brethren, if
any of you do err from the truth, and one
convert him, let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way,
shall save a soul fromm death, and hide a multitude of sins.
Monday —Nineteenth iWeek after Trinity.
PROVERBS XXIII. 15-26.
MY son, if thine heart be wise, my heart
shall rejoice, even mine. Yea, my veins
shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be
thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off. H-ear thou, my
son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in
the way. Be not among winebibbers; among
riotous. eaters of flesh:: for the drunkard and
the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. Hearken
unto thy father that begat thee, and despise
not thy mother when she is old. Buy the
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the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he
that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of
him. Thy father and thy mother shall be
glad, and she that-bare thee shall rejoice.
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine
eyes observe my ways.
Tuesday-Nineteenth Week after Trinity.
ST. MATTHEW XIV. 22-33.
AND    straightway Jesus constrained His
disciples to get into a ship, and to go before Him unto the other side, while He sent
the multitudes away. And when He had
sent the multitudes away, He went up into a
mountain apart to pray; and when the evening was come, He was there alone. But the
ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed
with waves; for the wind was contrary. And
on the fourth watch of the night Jesus went
unto them, walking on the sea. And when
the disciples saw Him walking on the sea,
they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and
they cried out for fear. But straightway
Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good
cheer;, it is I; be not afraid. And Peter
answered Him and said, Lord, if it be Thou,
bid me come unto Thee on the water. And
IHe said, Come. And when Peter was come
down out of the ship, he walked on thewater,
to go to Jesus. But when he saw the wind
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sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. And
immediately Jesus stretched forth His hand,
and caught him, and said unto him, O thou
of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?
And when they were come into the ship, the
wind ceased. Then they that were in the
ship came and worshipped Him, saying, Of a
truth Thou art the Son of God.
Wednesday-Nineteenth Week' after Trinity.
ROMANS- xI. 9-21.
ET love be without dissimulation. Abhor
that which is evil; cleave to that which
is good. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; not slothful in business:
fervent in spirit; serving the Lord: rejoicing
in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing
instant in prayer; distributing to the necessity of the saints; given to hospitality. Bless
them which persecute you: bless, and curse
not. Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and
weep with them that weep. Be of the same
mind one toward another. Mind not high
things, but condescend to men of low estate.
Be not wise in your own conceits. Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things
honest in the sight of all men. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably
with all men. Dearly beloved, avenge not
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for it is written, Vengeance is Mine; I will
repay, saith the Lord. Therefore if thine
enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give
him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap
coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome
of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Thursday-Nineteenth Week after Trinity.
2 CORINTHIANS VI. 14; VII. 1.
BE ye not unequally yoked together with
unbelievers: for what fellowship hath
righteousness with unrighteousness? and what
communion hath light with darkness? And
what concord hath Christ with Belial? or
what part hath he that believeth with. an
infidel?.And what agreement hath the
temple of God with idols? for ye are the
temple of the living God; as God hath said,
I will dwell in them, and walk in them, and I
will be their God, and they shall be My
people. Wherefore come out from among
them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and
touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. And will be a Father unto you,
and ye shall be My sons and daughters, saith
the Lord Almighty. Having therefore these
promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from  all filthiness of the flesh and
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Friday-Nineteenth Week after Trinity.
JOB xXXIII. 8-30.
SURELY thou hast spoken in mine hearing,
and I have heard the voice of thy words,
saying, I am clean without transgression, I
am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.
Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he
counteth me for his enemy: he putteth my
feet in the stocks; he marketh all my paths.
Behold in this thou art not just: I will answer
thee, that God is greater than man. Why
dost thou strive against Him? for He giveth
not account of any of His matters. For God
speaketh once, yea twice; yet man perceiveth
it not. In a dream, in a vision of the night,
when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed, then He openeth the ears
of men, and sealeth all their instruction, that
He may withdraw man from his purpose, and
hide pride from man. He keepeth back his
soul from the pit, and his life from perishing
by the sword. He is Chastened also with
pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his
bones with strong pain: so that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat. His
flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen,
and his bones that were not seen, stick out.
Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and
his life to the destroyers. If there be a messenger with HIim, an interpreter, one among a
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then He is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit; I have
found a ransom. His flesh shall be fresher
than a child's: he shall return to the days of
his youth: he shall pray unto God, and He
will be favourable unto him; and he shall see
His face with joy: for He will render unto
man His righteousness. H-e looketh upon
men; and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profiteth
me not; He will deliver his soul from going
into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes
with man, to bring back his soul from the
pit, to be enlightened with the light of the
living.
Saturday-Nineteenth Week after Trinity.
ISAIAH LVIII. 9-14.
IF thou take away from the midst of thee
the yoke, the putting forth of the finger,
and speaking vanity; and if thou draw out
thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted
soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity,
and thy darkness be as the noon-day: and
the LORD shall guide thee continually, and
satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy
bones; and thou shalt be like a watered
garden, and like a spring of water, whose
waters fail not. And they that shall be
of thee shall build the old waste places:
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thou shalt raise up the foundations of many
generations: and thou shalt be called, The
repairer of the breach, the restorer of paths
to dwell in. If thou turn away thy foot from
the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on My
holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, the
Holy of the LORD, Honourable; and shalt
honour Him, not doing thine own ways, nor
finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking
thine own words; then shalt thou delight
thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee
to ride upon the high places of the earth, and
feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy
father: for the mouth of the LORD hath
spoken it.
Twentieth Sunday after Trinity.
2 ST. PETER i. 13-21.
THINK it meet, as long as I am in this
tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you
in remembrance: knowing that shortly I
must put off this my tabernacle, even as our
Lord Jesus Christ hath showed me. Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able
after my decease to have these things always
in remembrance. For we have not followed
cunningly devised fables, when we made
known unto you the power and coming of our
Lord Jesus Christ, but were eye-witnesses of
His majesty. For He received from God the
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such a voice to Him from the excellent glory,
This is my beloved Son, in Whom I am well
pleased. And this voice which came from
heaven we heard, when we were with Him in
the holy mount. We have also a more sure
word of prophecy: whereunto ye do well that
ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in
a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day
star arise in your hearts: knowing this first,
that no prophecy of the Scripture is of any
private interpretation.  For the prophecy
came not in old time by the will of man: but
holy men of God spake as they were moved
by the Holy Ghost.
Monday-Twentieth Week after Trinity.
1 ST. JOHN v. 1-5.
T HOSOEVER believeth that Jesus is the
Christ is born of God: and every one
that loveth Him  that begat, loveth Him
also that is begotten of Him. By this we
know that we love the children of God, when
we love God, and keep His commandments.
For this is the love of God, that we keep His
commandments; and His commandments are
not grievous. For whatsoever is born of God
overcometh the world; and this is the victory
that overcometh the world, even our faith.
Who is he that overcometh the world, but he
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Tuesday-Twentieth Week after Trinity.
ST. JOHN XII. 44-50.
TESUS cried and said, He that believeth on
i Me, believeth not on Me, but on Him
that sent Me. And he that seeth Me seeth
Him that sent Me. I am come a light into
the world, that whosoever believeth on Me
should not abide in darkness. And if any
man hear My words, and believe not, I judge
him not, for I came not to judge the world,
but to save the world. He that rejecteth Me,
and receiveth not My words, hath One that
judgeth him: the word that I have spoken,
the same shall judge him in the last day.
For I have not spoken of Myself; but the
Father which sent Me, He gave Me a commandment, what I should say, and what I
should speak. And I know that His commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I
speak, therefore, even as the Father said unto
Me, so I speak.
WVednesday-Twentieth Week after Trinity.
HEBREWS XI. 32-40.
ND what shall I more say? for the time
A  ould fail me to tell of Gideon, and of
Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephtha; of
David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought
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mouths of lions, quenched the violence of
fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of
weakness were made strong, waxed valiant
in fight, turned to flight the armies of the
aliens. Women received their dead raised
to life again: and others were tortured,
not accepting deliverance; that they might
obtain a better resurrection:' and others had
trial of cruel mockings.and scourgings, yea,
moreover of bonds and imprisonment: they
were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were
tempted, were slain with the sword: they
wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins;
being destitute, afflicted, tormented; (of whom
the world was not worthy:) they wandered
in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and
caves of the earth. And these all, having
obtained a good report through faith, received
not the promise: God having provided some
better thing for us, that they without us
should not be made perfect.
Thursday-Twentieth Week after Trinity.
PROVERBS XXIV. 1-12.
E not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. For their
heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk
of mischief. Through wisdom is an house
builded; and by understanding it is established: and by knowledge shall the chambers
be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.




[  322  ]A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not
his mouth in the gate. He that deviseth to
do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
The thought of foolishness is sin: and the
scorner is an abomination to men. If thou
faint in the day of adversity, the strength is
small. If thou forbear to deliver them that
are drawn unto death, and those that are
ready to be slain; if thou sayest, Behold, we
knew it not; doth not He that pondereth the
heart consider it? and He that keepeth thy
soul doth not He know it? and shall not He
render to every man according to his works?
Friday-Twentieth Week after Trinity.
ST. JOHN IV. 6-14.
XTOOW Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with His journey, sat
thus on the well: and it was about the sixth
hour. There cometh a woman of Samaria to
draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give Me
to drink. (For His disciples were gone away
unto the city to buy meat.) Then saith the
woman of Samaria unto Him, How is it that
Thou, being a Jew, askest drink of Me, which
ant a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have
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swered and said unto her, If thou knewest the
gift of God, and Who it is that saith to thee,
Give Me to drink; thou wouldest have asked
of Him, and He would have given thee living
water. The woman saith unto Him, Sir, Thou
hast nothing to draw with and the well is
deep: from whence then hast Thou that living
water? Art Thou greater than our father
Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank
thereof himself, and his children and his cattle? Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
but whosoever drinketh of the water that I
shall give him shall never thirst; but the
water that I shall give him shall be in'him a
well of'water springing up into everlasting
life.
Saturday-Twentieth Week after Trinity.
JOB xxxvI. 26; xxxvii. 13.
B EHOLD, God is great, and we know Him
not, neither can the number of His years
be searched out. For He maketh small the
drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof: which the clouds
do drop and distil upon man abundantly.
Also can any understand the spreading of the
clouds, as the noise of His tabernacle'? Behold, He spreadeth His light upon it, and
covereth the bottom of the sea. For by them
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abundance.  With clouds he covereth the
light: and commandeth it not to shine by the
cloud that cometh betwixt. The noise thereof
sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour. At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place. Hear
attentively the noise of His voice, and the
sound that goeth out of His mouth. He
directeth it under the whole heaven, and His
lightning unto the ends of the earth. After
it a voice roareth: He thundereth with the
voice of His excellency; and He will not stay
them when His voice is heard. God thundereth marvellously with His voice; great
things doeth He, which we cannot comprehend. For He saith to the snow, Be thou
on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and
to the great rain of His strength. He sealeth
up the hand of every man; that all men may
know His work. Then the beasts go into
dens, and remain in their places. Out of the
south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of
the north. By the breath of God frost is
given: and the breadth of the waters is
straitened. Also by watering He wearieth
the thick cloud: He scattereth His bright
cloud: and it is turned round about by His
counsels: that they may do whatsoever He
commandeth them upon the face of the world
in the earth. He causeth it to come, whether
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Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity.
REVELATION XXI. 22-27.
A ND I saw no temple therein: for the Lord
God Almighty and the Lamb are the
temple of it. And the city had no need of
the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it:
for the glory of God did lighten it, and the
Lamb is the light thereof. And the nations
of them which are saved shall walk in the
light of it: and the kings of the earth do
bring their glory and honour into it. And
the gates of it shall not be shut at all by
day: for there shall be no night there. And
they shall bring the glory and honour of the
nations into it. And there shall in no wise
enter into it anything that defileth, neither
whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh
a lie: but they which are written in the
Lamb's book of life.
Monday-Twenty-first Week after Trinity..
PSALM OXII.
RAISE ye the LORD. Blessed is the man
that feareth the LORD, that delighteth
greatly in His commandments. His seed
shall be mighty upon earth: the generation
of the upright shall be blessed. Wealth andl
riches shall be in His house: and his righteousness endureth for ever. Unto the upright
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cious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he
will guide his affairs with discretion. Surely
he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.
He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his
heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD. His heart
is established, he shall not be afraid, until he
sees his desire upon his enemies. He hath
dispensed, he hath given to the poor; his
righteousness endureth forever; his horn shall
be exalted with honour. The wicked shall
see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with
his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the
wicked shall perish.
Tuesday-lTwenty-first Week after Trinity.
PROVERBS xxvI. 12-20.
SEEST thou a man wise in his own conceit?
there is more hope of a fool than of him.
The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the
way; a lion is in the streets. As the door
turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful
upon his bed. The slothful hideth his hand
in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it
again to his mouth. The sluggard- is wiser
in his own conceit than seven men that can
render a reason. lie that passeth by, and
meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is
like one that taketh a dog by the ears. As a
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death, so is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport? Where
no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where
there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
Wednesday-Twenty-first Week after Trinity.
ISAIAH XL. 25-31.
TO whom then will ye liken Me, or shall I
be equal? saith the Holy One. Lift up
your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host
by number: He calleth them all by names
by the greatness of His might, for that He is
strong in power; not one faileth. Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, 0 Israel, my
way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment
is passed over from my God? Hast thou
not known? hast thou not heard, that the
Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the
ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is
weary? there is no searching of His understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and
to them that have no might He increaseth
strength. Even the youths shall faint and be
weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
but they that wait upon the LoRD shall renew
their strength; they shall mount up with
wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be
weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.




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Thursday-Twenty-first Week after Trinity.
JOB XXXVII. 14-24.
HEARKEN unto this, 0 Job: stand still,
and consider the wondrous works of God.
Dost thou know when God disposed them,
and caused the light of His cloud to shine?
Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds,
the wondrous works of Him Which is perfect
in knowledge? How thy garments are warm,
when He quieteth the earth by the south
wind? Hast thou with Him spread out the
sky; which is strong, and as a molten looking
glass? Teach us what we shall say unto
Him; for we cannot order our speech by
reason of darkness. Shall it be told Him
that I speak'? if a man speak, surely he shall
be swallowed up. And now men see not the
bright light which is in the clouds: but the
wind passeth, and cleanseth them.   Fair
weather cometh out of the north; with God
is terrible majesty. Touching the Almighty,
we cannot find Him out: He is excellent in
power, and in judgment, and in plenty of
justice: He will not afflict. Men do therefore fear Him: He respecteth not any that
are wise of heart.
Flriday- Twenty-ftrst Week after Trinity.
HEBREWS III. 5-14.
MOSES verily was faithful in all his house,
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things which were to be spoken- after; but
Christ as a Son over His own house; Whose
house are we, if we hold fast the confidence
and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the
end. Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith,
To-day if ye will hear His voice, harden not
your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day
of temptation'in the wilderness: when your
fathers tempted Me, proved Me, and saw My
works forty years. Wherefore I was grieved
with that generation, and said, They do always
err in their heart; and they have not known.My ways. So I sware in My-wrath, They
shall not enter into My rest.). Take heed,
brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil
heart of unbelief, in departing from the living
God. But exhort one another daily, while it
is called to-day; lest any of you be hardened
through the deceitfulness of sin. For we are
made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the
end.
Saturday-Twenty-first Week after Trinity.
ECcLESIASTES vII. 19-26.
W   ISDOM   strengtheneth the wise more
-Y than ten mighty men which are in the
city. For there is not a just man upon earth,
that doeth good, and sinneth not. Also take
no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest
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times also thine own heart knoweth that thou
thyself likewise hast cursed others. All this
have' I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be
wise; but'it is far from ine. That which is
far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it
out? I applied' mine heart to know, and to
search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason 0of things, and to know the wickedness of
folly, even of foolishness and madness: and I
find more bitter than death the woman whose
heart is snares and nets, and her hands as
bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from
her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
Twenty-second Sunday after Trinity.
REVELATION XIV. 1-7.
AND I looked, and lo, a Lamb stood on the
mount Sion, and with Him an hundred
forty and four thousand, having His Father's
name written in their foreheads. And I heard
a voice from heaven, as the voice of many
waters, and as the voice of a great thunder;
and I heard the voice of harpers, harping
with their harps: and they sung as it were a
new song before the throne, and before the
four beasts, and the elders: and no man could
learn that song but the hundred forty and four
thousand, which were redeemed from the
earth. These are they which were not defiled
with women; for they are virgins., These
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ever He goeth. These were redeemed from
among men, being the first fruits unto God
and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was
found no guile: for they are without fault
before the throne of God. And I saw another
angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the
everlasting gospel to preach unto them that
dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and
kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with
a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to
Him; for the hour of His judgment is come:
and worship Him that made heaven, and
earth, and the sea, and the foundations of
waters..lMonday- Twenty-second Week after Trinity.
PSALM CXXXIX. 1-12.
ORD, Thou hast searched me, and known
me. Thou knowest my down-sitting and
mine up-rising; Thou understandest my
thought afar off.  Thou compassest my
path, and my lying down, and art acquainted
with all my ways. For there is not a word
in my tongue, but lo, O LORD, Thou knowest
it altogether. Thou hast beset me behind
and before, and laid Thine hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it
is high, I cannot attain unto it. Whither
shall I go from Thy Spirit. or whither shall
I flee from Thy presence  If I ascend up
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bed in hell, behold Thou art there. If I take
the wings of the morning, and dwell in the
uttermost parts of the sea; even there shall
Thy hand lead me, and Thy right hand shall
hold me. If I say, Surely the darkness shall
cover me; even the night shall be light about
me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from Thee;
but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to Thee.
Tuesday-Twenty-second Week after Trinity.
PROVERBS xxx. 1-9.
T HE words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even
the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel,
even unto Ithiel and Ucal, Surely I am more
brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.   I neither learned
wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? Who hath gathered the wind in
His fists? Who hath bound the waters in a
garment? Who hath established all the ends
of the earth? What is His name, and what
is His Son's name, if thou canst tell? Every
word of God is pure: He is a shield unto
them that put their trust in Him. Add thou
not unto His words, lest He reprove thee, and
thou be found a liar. Two things have I required of Thee; deny me them not before I
die: remove far from me vanity and lies:
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with food convenient for me: lest I be full,
and deny Thee, and say, Who is the LORD?
or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name
of my God in vain.
Wednesday-Twenty-second Week after
Trinity.
ST. MATTHEW XVII 14-21.
AND when they were come to the multitude, there came to Him a certain man,
kneeling down to Him, and saying, Lord,
have mercy on my son, for he is lunatic, and
sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the
fire, and oft into the water. And I brought
him to Thy disciples, and they could not cure
him. Then Jesus answered and said, 0 faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I
be with you? how long shall I suffer you?
bring him hither to Me. And Jesus rebuked
the devil; and he departed out of him: and
the child was cured from  that very hour.
Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and
said, Why could not we cast him out? And
Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have
faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say
unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder
place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall
be impossible unto you. Howbeit this kind
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Thursday-Twenty-second Week after Trinity.
JOB V. 8-16.
WOULD seek unto God, and unto God
would I commit my cause: which doeth
great things and unsearchable; marvellous
things without number: Who giveth rain
upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the
fields: to set up on high those that be low;
that those which mourn may be exalted to
safety. He disappointeth the devices of the
crafty,, so that their hands cannot perform
their enterprise. He taketh the wise in their
own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. They meet with
darkness in the daytime, and grope in the
noonday as in the night. But He saveth the
poor from the sword, from their mouth, and
from the hand of the mighty. So the poor
hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
Friday-Twenty-second Week after Trinity.
ST. LUKE XVIII. 9-14.
AND He spake this parable unto certain
which trusted in themselves that they
were righteous, and despised others: Two
men went up into the temple to pray; the
one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with
himself: God, I thank Thee, that I am not as
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ers, or even as this publican. I fast twice in
the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
And the publican, standng afar off, would not
lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but
smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. I tell you, this man went
down to his house justified rather than the
other: for every one that exalteth himself
shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall'be exalted.
Saturday-Twenty-second Week after Trinity.
lHlEBREWS XII. 7-12.,
IF ye endure chastening, God dealeth with
you as with sons; for what son is he whom
the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers,
then are ye bastards, and not sons. Furthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh, which
corrected us, and we gave them reverence:
shall we not much rather be in subjection
unto the Father of spirits, and live? For
they verily for a few days chastened us after
their own pleasure; but He for our profit,
that we might be partakers of His holiness.
Now no chastening for the present seemeth to
be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousnes unto them which are exercised thereby. Wherefore lift up the hands which hang
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Twenty-third Sunday after Trinity.
JOB XL. 1-14.
OREOVER, the LORD answered Job, and
said, Shall he that contendeth with the
Almighty instruct Him? he that reproveth
God, let him answer it. Then Job answered
the LORD, and said, Behold, I am vile; what
shall I answer Thee? I will lay mine hand
upon my mouth. Once have I spoken; but I
will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further. Then answered the LORD
unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said, Gird
up thy loins now like a man; I will demand
of thee, and declare thou unto Me. Wilt thou
also disannul My judgment? wilt thou condemn Me,, that thou mayest be righteous?
I-Iast thou an arm like God? or canst thou
thunder with a voice like Him? Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and
array thyself with glory and beauty. Cast
abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold
every one that is proud, and abase him.
Look on every one that is proud, and bring
him low; and tread down the wicked in their
place. Hide them in the dust together; and
bind their faces in secret. Then will I also
confess unto thee that thine own right hand
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Monday-d -Twenty-third Week after Trinity.
MALACHI III. 7-12.
EVEN from the days of your fathers ye are
gone away from   Mine ordinances, and
have not kept them. Return unto Me, and I
will return unto you, saith the LORD of Hosts.
But ye said, Wherein shall we return? Will
a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed Me.
But ye say, Wherein have we robbed Thee?
In tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with a
curse: for ye have robbed Me, even this whole
nation. Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in Mine house,
and prove Me now herewith, saith the LORD
of Hosts, if I will not open you the windows
of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that
there shall not be room enough to receive it.
And I will rebuke the devourer for your
sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of
your ground; neither shall your vine cast her
fruit before the time in the field, saith the
LORD of Hosts. And all nations shall call
you blessed: for ye shall, be a delightsomel
land, saith the LORD of Hosts.
Tuesday-Twenty-third Week after Trinity.
ST. MATTHEW X. 28-39.
FEAR not them which kill the body, but
are not able. to kill the soul: but rather
fear Him which is able to destroy both soul
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and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold
for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall
on the ground without your Father. But the
very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Fear ye not therefore; ye are of more value
than many sparrows. Whosoever therefore
shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father Which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny Me before
men, him will I also deny before My Father
which is in heaven. Think not that I am come
to send peace on earth: I came not to send
peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a
man at variance against his father, and the
daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a
man's foes shall be they of his own household.
He that loveth father or mother more than
Me is not worthy of Me. And he that loveth
son or daughter more than Me is not worthy
of Me. And he that taketh not his cross, and
followeth after Me, is not worthy of Me. He
that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that
loseth his life for My sake shall find it.
Wednesday-Twenty-third Week after
Trinity.
ST. JOHN VIII. 28-36.
TIHEN said Jesus unto them, When ye have
lifted up the Son of Man, then shall ye
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Myself; but as My Father hath taught Me, I
speak these things. And He that sent Me is
with Me; the Father hath not left Me alone;
for I do always those things that please Him.
As He spake these words, many believed on
Him. Then said Jesus to those Jews which
believed on Him, If ye continue in My word,
then are ye My disciples indeed; and ye shall
know the truth, and the truth shall make you
free. They answered Him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any
man: how sayest Thou, Ye shall be made
free? Jesus answered them, Verily, verily,
I.say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is
the servant of sin. And the servant abideth
not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth
ever. If the Son therefore shall make vou
free, ye shall be free indeed.
Thursday-Twtenty-third Week after Trinity.
PSALM cxxxix. 14-24.
WILL praise Thee; for I am fearfully and
wonderfully made: marvellous are Thy
works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
My substance was not hid from Thee, when I
* was made in secret, and curiously wrought in
the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes did
see my substance, yet being unperfect; and
in Thy book all my members were written,
which in continuance were fashioned, when as
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also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God! how
great is the sum of them! If I should count
them, they are more in number than the sand:
when I awake, I am still with Thee. Surely
Thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart
from me, therefore, ye bloody men. For
they speak against Thee wickedly, and Thine
enemies take Thy name in vain. Do not I
hate them, O LORD, that hate Thee? and am
not I grieved with those that rise up against
Thee? I hate them with perfect hatred: I
count them mine enemies. Search me, 0
God, and know my heart: try me, and know
my thoughts: and see if there be any wicked
way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Friday-Twenty-third Week after Trinity.
ZECHARIAH vII. 4-14.
T"HEN came the word of the LORD of Hosts
1 unto me, saying, Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying,
When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and
seventh month, even those seventy years, did
ye at all fast unto Me, even to Me? And
when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did
not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves? Should ye not hear the words which
the LORD hath cried by the former prophets,
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when men inhabited the south and the plain?
Arid the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of Hosts,'saying, Execute true judgment, and shew
mercy and compassion every man to his
brother: and oppress not the widow, nor the
fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let
none of you imagine evil against his brother
in your heart. But they refused: to hearken,
and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped
their ears, that they should not hear. Yea,
they made their hearts as an adamant stone,
lest they should hear the law, and the words
which the LORD of Hosts hath sent in His
Spirit by the former prophets: therefore
came a great wrath from the LORD of Hosts.
Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried,
and they would not hear; so they cried, and
I would not hear, saith the LORD of Hosts.
But I scattered them with a whirlwind among
all the nations whom they knew not. Thus
the land was desolate after them, that no man
passed through nor returned: for they laid
the pleasant land desolate.
Saturday-Twenty-third Week after Trinity.
MALACHI III. 13-18.
YOUR words have been stout against Me,
J saith the LORD. Yet'ye say, What have
we spoken so much against Thee? Ye have
said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit
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is it that we have kept His ordinance, and
that we have walked mournfully before the
LORD of Hosts? And now we call the proud
happy; yea, they that work wickedness are
set up; yea, they that tempt God are even
delivered. Then they that feared the LORD
spake often one to another: and the LORD
hearkened and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him for them that
feared the LORD, and that: thought upon His
name. And they shall be Mine, saith the
LORD of Hosts, in that day when I make up
My jewels; and I will spare them, as a man
spareth his own son that serveth him. Then
shall ye return, and discern between the
righteous and the wicked, between him that
serveth God and him that serveth him not.
Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity.
REVELATION XXII. 1-5.
AND he showed me a pure river of water
of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of
the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the
midst of the street of it, and on either side of
the river, was there the tree of life, which
bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her
fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree
were for the healing of the nations. And
there shall be no more curse: but the throne
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His servants shall serve Him: and they shall
see His face; and His name shall be in their
foreheads. And there shall be no night there:
and they need no candle, neither light of the
sun; for the Lord God giveth them light:
and they shall reign for ever and ever.
Monday-Twenty-fourth Week after Trinity.
HEBREWS' XII. 18-24.
E are not come unto the mount that might
be touched, and that burned with fire, nor
unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of
words; which voice they that heard, entreated that the word should not be spoken to
them any more: (for they could not endure
that which was commanded, And if so much
as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be
stoned, or thrust through with a dart: and so
terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:) but ye are come
unto Mount Sion, and unto the city of the
living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to
an innumerable company of angels, to the
general assembly and church of the Firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to
God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of
just men made perfect, and to Jesus the
Mediator of the new covenant, and to the
blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better
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Tuesday-Twenty-fourth Week after Trinity.
ST. LUIE i. 68-79.
B)LESSED be the Lord God of Israel; for. He hath visited and redeemed His people,
and hath raised up an horn of salvation for
us in the house of his servant David; as He
spake by the mouth of His holy prophets
which have been since the world begau: that
we should be saved from our enemies, and
from the hand of all that hate us; to perform
the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember His holy covenant, the oath which
He sware to our father Abraham, that He
would grant unto us, that we, being delivered
out of the hand of our enemies, might serve
Him without fear, in holiness, and righteousness before Him, all the days of our life.
And Thou, child, shalt be called the Prophet
of the Highest: for Thou shalt go before the
face of the Lord to prepare His ways; to
give knowledge of salvation unto His people
by the remission of their sins, through the
tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, to give
light to them that sit in darkness and in the
shadow of death, to guide our feet into the
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Wednesday-Twenty-fourth Week after
Trinity.
PSALM CXLIV. 1-9.
1LESSED be the LORD my strength, Which
teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers
to fight: my goodness, and my fortress; my
high tower, and my deliverer; my shield,
and He in Whom'I trust; Who subdueth my
people under me.'LORD, what is man, that
Thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of
man! that Thou makest account of him!
Man is like to vanity: his days are as a
shadow that passeth away. Bow Thy heavens,
O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out Thine
arrows, and destroy them. Send Thine hand
from above: rid me, and deliver me out of
great waters, from the hand of strange children; whose mouth speaketh vanity, and
their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
I will sing a new song unto Thee, O God:
upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten
strings will I sing praises unto Thee.
Thursday-Twenty-fourth Week after
Trinity.
IIABACKUK I. 12; II. 4.
ART Thou not from everlasting, 0 LORD
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die. 0 LORD, Thou hast ordained them for
judgment; and, 0 mighty God, Thou hast
established them for correction. Thou art of
purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not
look on iniquity: wherefore lookest Thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest
Thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the
man that is more righteous than he? and
makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the
creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
They take up all of them with the angle; they
catch them in their net, and gather them in
their drag: therefore they rejoice and are
glad. Therefore they sacrifice unto their net,
and burn incense unto their drag; because by
them their portion is fat, and their meat
plenteous. Shall they therefore empty their
net, and not spare continually to slay the nations? I will stand upon my watch, and- set
me upon the tower, and will watch to see
what He will say unto me, and what I shall
answer when I am reproved. And the LORD
answered me, and said, Write the vision, and
make it plain upon tables, that he may run
that readeth it. For the vision is yet for an
appointed time, but at the end it shall speak,
and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him, but the just shall live by his
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Friday-Twenty-fourth Week after Trinity.
JEREMIAH IX. 12-24.
W1HO is the wise man, that may understand this;? And who is he to whom
the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that He
may declare it, for what the land perisheth
and is burned up like a wilderness, that none
passeth through? And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken My law.which I set
before them, and have not obeyed My voice,
neither walked therein, but have walked after
the imagination of their own heart, and after
Baalim, which their fathers taught them:
therefore thus saith the LORD of Hosts, the
God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even
this people, with wormwood, and give them
water of gall to drink. I will scatter them
also among the heathen, whom neither they
nor their fathers have known: and I will
send a sword after them, till I have consumed
them. Thus saith the LORD of Hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women,
that they may come; and send for cunning
women that they may come: and let them
make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that
our eyes may run down with tears, and our
eyelids gush out with waters. For a voice
of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we
spoiled!  We are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our
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word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your
ear receive the word of His mouth, and teach
your daughters wailing, and every one her
neighbour lamentation: for death is come up
into our windows, and is entered into our
palaces, to'cut off the children from without,
and the young men from the streets. Speak,
Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcasses of
men shall fall as dung upon the open field,
and as the handful after the harvestman, and
none shall gather them. Thus saith the LORD,
Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom,
neither let the mighty man glory in his might,
let not the rich man glory in his riches: but
let him that glorieth glory in this, that he
understandeth and knoweth Me, that I am
the,LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in
these things I delight, saith the LORD.
Saturday-Twenty-fourth Week after
Trinity.
PROVERBS xvI. 16-24.
OW much better is it. to get wisdom than
gold? and to get understanding, rather
to be chosen than silver?  The highway of
the upright is to depart from evil; he that
keepeth his way preserveth his soul. Pride
goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit
before a fall. Better is it to be of an humble
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with the proud. He that handleth a matter
wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth
in the LORD, happy is he. The wise in heart
shall be called prudent; and the sweetness of
the lips increaseth learning. Understanding
is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it:
but the instruction of fools is folly. The heart
of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth
learning to his lips. Pleasant words are as
an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health
to the bones.
Tzwenty-fifth Sunday after Trinity.
MALACHI I. 10-14.
W   HO is there even among you that would
shut the doors for nought? neither do
ye kindle fire on Mine altar for nought. I
have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of
Hosts, neither will I accept an offering at
your hand. For from the rising of the sun
even unto the going down of the same My
name shall be great among the Gentiles; and
in every place incense shall be offered unto
My name, and a pure offering: for My name
shall be great among the heathen, saith the
LORD of Hosts. But ye have profaned it, in
that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even His meat,
is contemptible. Ye said also, Behold, what
a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it,
saith the LORD of Hosts; and ye brought
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that which was torn, and the lame, and the
sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I
accept this of your hand? -saith the LORD.
But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his
flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto
the LORD a corrupt thing: for I- am a:great
King, saith the LORD of Hosts, and My name
is dreadful among the heathen..
Monday- Twenty-fifth Week after Trinity.
PROVERBS XVI. 25-33.
THERE is a way that seemeth right unto a. man, but the end thereof are the ways of
death.. He that laboureth laboureth for himself;:for his mouth craveth it of him. An
ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips
there is a burning fire. A froward man
soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth
chief friends. A violent man enticeth his
neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that
is not good. He shutteth his eyes to devise
froward things: moving his lips, he bringeth
evil to pass. The hoary head is a crown of
glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness. He that is slow to: anger is better than
the mighty-; and he that ruleth his spirit than
he that taketh a city. The lot is cast- into the
lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the
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Tuesday- Twenty-fifth Week after Trinity.
-  ST. MATTHEW V. 43-48.
YE have heard that it hath been said, Thou
shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine
enemy. But I say unto you, Love your
enemies, bless them that curse you, do good
to them that hate you, and pray for them
which,despitefully use you,' and persecute
you; that ye may be the children of your
Father Which is in heaven: for He maketh
His sun to rise on the evil and on the good,
and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you,
what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do
not even the publicans so? Be ye therefore
perfect, even as your Father which is in
heaven is perfect.
WFednesday —Twenty-fifth Week after Trinity.
ST. JOHN xvI. 23-33.
TN that day ye shall ask Me nothing.
L Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in My name, He
wil;l give it you. Hitherto have ye asked
nothing in My name: ask, and ye shall receive, that -your joy may be full. These
things have I spoken unto you in proverbs:
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speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew
you plainly of the Father. At that day ye
shall ask in My name: and I say not unto
you, that I will pray the Father for you: for
the Father Himself loveth you, because ye
have loved Me, and have believed that I came
out from God, I came forth from the Father,
and am come into the world: again, I leave
the world and go to the Father. His disciples said unto Him, Lo, now speakest Thou
plainly, and speakest no proverb. Now are
we sure that Thou knowest all things, and
needest not that any man should ask Thee:
by this we believe that Thou camest forth
from God. Jesus answered them, Do ye now
believe?  Behold the hour cometh, yea, is
now come, that ye shall be scattered, every
man to his own, and shall leave Me. alone:
and yet I am not alone, because the Father
is with Me. These things have 1 spoken unto
you, that in Me ye might have peace. In the
world ye shall have tribulation: but be of
good cheer: I have overcome the world.
Thursday-Twenty-fifth Week after Trinity.
1 THESSALONIANS V. 1-10,
OF the times and the seasons, brethren, ye
have no need that I write unto you.
For yourselves know perfectly that the day
of the Lord so cometh, as a thief in the night.
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then sudden destruction cometh upon them,
as travail upon a woman with child; and
they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are
not in darkness, that that day should overtake
you as a thief. Ye are all the children of
light, and the children of the day: we are
not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore
let us not sleep, as do others; but let us
watch and be sober. For they that sleep,
sleep in the night; and they that be drunken,
are drunken in the night. But let us, who
are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet,
the hope of salvation. For God hath not
appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died
for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we
should live together with Him.
Friday-Twenty-ffth Week after Trinity.
HEBREWS XII. 25-29.
SEE that ye refuse not Him that speaketh.
For if they escaped not who refused Him
that spake on earth, much more shall we not
escape, if we turn away from Him that speaketh from-heaven: whose voice then shook the
earth: but now He hath promised, saying,
Yet once more I shake not the earth only,
but also heaven. And this word, Yet once
more, signifieth the removing of those things
that are shaken, as of things that are made,
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that those things which cannot be shaken may
remain. Wherefore we receiving a kingdomwhich cannot be moved, let us have grace,
whereby we may serve God acceptably with
reverence and godly fear: for our God is a
consuming fire.
Saturday-Twenty-fifth Week after Trinity.
ISAIAH LVII. 15-21.
THUS saith the high and lofty. One that
inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy;
I dwell in the high and holy place, with him
also that is of a contrite and humble spirit,
to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.  For I
will not contend for ever, neither will I be
always wroth: for the spirit should fail before Me, and the souls which I have made.
For the iniquity of his covetousness was I
wroth, and smote him: I hid Me, and was
wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way
of his heart. I have seen his ways, and will
heal him: I will lead him also, and restore
comforts unto him and to his mourners. I
create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to
him that is far off, and to him that is near,
saith the LORD; and I will heal him. But the
wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
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Twenty-sixth Sunday after Trinity.
ZECHARIAH VIII. 13-17.
AND it shall come to pass, that as ye were
a curse among the heathen, 0 house of
Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save
you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but
let your hands be strong. For thus saith the
LORD of Hosts; As I thought to punish you,
when your fathers provoked Me to wrath,
saith the LORD of Hosts, and I repented not:
so again have I thought in these days to do
well unto Jerusalem and to the house of
Judah: fear ye not. These are the things
that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the
truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment
of truth and peace in your gates: and let
none of you imagine evil in your hearts'
against his neighbour; and love no false oath:
for all these are things that I hate, saith the
LORD.
Monday-Twenty-sixth Week after Trinity.
EccESIASTES VII. 8-14.
THERE is no man that hath power over
the spirit to retain the spirit; neither
hath he power in the day of death: and there
is no discharge in that war; neither shall
wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
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there is a time wherein one man ruleth over
another to his own hurt. And so I saw the
wicked buried, who had come and gone from
the place of the holy, and they were forgotten
in the city where they had so done. This is
also vanity. Because sentence against an evil
work is not executed speedily, therefore the
heart of the sons of men is fully set in them
to do evil. Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet
surely I know that it shall be well with them
that fear God, which fear before Him. But
it shall not be well with the wicked, neither
shall he prolong his days, which are as a
shadow; because he feareth not before God.
Tuesday-Twenty-sixth Week after Trinity.
PROVERBS XXVII. 1 —11.
BOAST not thyself of to-morrow; for thou
knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Let another man praise thee, and not thine
own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own
lips. A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty;
but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous: but
who is able to stand before envy? Open rebuke is better than secret love. Faithful are
the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an
enemy are: deceitful. The full soul loatheth
an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every
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dereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place. Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; so doth the sweetness
of a man's friend by hearty counsel. Thine
own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake
not: neither go into thy brother's house in
the day of thy calamity: for better is a
neighbour that is near, than a brother far off.
My son be wise, and make my heart glad,
that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
Wednesday-Twenty-sixth Week after
Trinity.
MALACHI IV.
BEHOLD, the day cometh, that shall burn
as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and
all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and
the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith
the LORD of Hosts, that it shall leave them
neither root nor branch. But unto you that
fear My name shall the Sun of Righteousness
arise with healing in His wings; and ye shall
go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
And ye shall tread down the wicked; for
they shall be ashes under the soles of your
feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the
LORD of Hosts.. Remember ye the law of
Moses My servant, which I commanded unto
him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes
and judgments. Behold, I will send you
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great and dreadful day of the LORD. And he
shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their
fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with
a curse.
Thursday —Twenty-sixth Week after Trinity.
PSALM CXLVI.
pRAISE ye the LORD. Praise the LORD,
0 my soul. While I live will I praise
the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God
while I have any being. Put not your trust
in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom
there is no help. His breath goeth forth, he
returneth to his earth; in that very day his
thoughts perish. Happy is he that hath the
God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in
the LORD his God: Which made heaven and
earth, the sea, and all that therein is; which
keepeth truth for ever; which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to
the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners.
The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the
LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the
LORD loveth the righteous: the LORD preserveth the strangers; He relieveth the fatherless
and widow: but the way of the wicked He
turneth upside down. The LORD shall reign
for ever, even thy God, 0 Zion, unto all
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Friday-Twenty-sixth Week after Trinity.
JUDE 17 —25.
BELOVED,r remember ye the words which'  were spoken before of the apostles of our
Lord Jesus Christ; how that they told you
there should be mockers in the last time,
who should walk after their own ungodly
lusts. These be -they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. But ye,
beloved, building up yourselves on your most
holy faith, praying in.the Holy Ghost, keep'
yourselves in the. love of God, looking for the
mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal
life. And of some have compassion, making
a difference: and others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. Now unto Him
that is able to keep you from falling, and to
present you faultless before the presence:of
His glory with exceeding joy, to the only
wise God our Saviour, be glory, and majesty,,dominion and power, both now and for ever.
Amen.
Saturday-Twenty-sixth Week after Trinity.
HEBREWS XIII. 5-9.
ET your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as
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thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not
fear what man shall do unto me. Remember
them which have the rule over you, who have
spoken unto you the Word of God: whose
faith follow, considering the end of their conversation: Jesus Christ the same yesterday,
and to-day, and for ever.  Be not carried
about with divers and strange doctrines: for
it is a good thing that the heart be established
with grace; not with meats, which have not
profited them that have been occupied therein.
Twenty-seventh Sunday after Trinity.
PSALM CXXIV. 
IF it had not been the LORD who was on our
side, now may Israel say; If it had not
been the LORD who was on our side, when
men rose up against us; then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was
kindled against us: then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our
soul: then the proud waters had gone over
our soul. Blessed be the LORD, Who hath
not given us as a prey to their teeth. Our
soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of
the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are
escaped. Our help is in the name of the. LORD,
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Monday-Twenty-seventh Week after Trinity.
PSALM CXLVII. 1-12.
)RAISE ye the LORD: for it isgood to sing
praises unto our God; for it is pleasant;
and praise is comely. The LORD doth build
up Jerusalem; He gathereth together the
outcasts of Israel. He healeth the broken in
heart, and bindeth up their'wounds. He
telleth the number of the stars; He calleth
them all by their names. Great is our LORD,
and of great power: His understanding is infinite. The LORD lifteth up the meek: He
casteth the wicked down to the ground. Sing
unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise
upon the harp unto our God; Who covereth
the heaven with clouds, Who prepareth rain
for the earth, Who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. He giveth to the beast
his food, and to the young ravens which cry..
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse;;;
He taketh not pleasure,in the legs of a man...
The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear
Him, in those that hope in His mercy..
Praise the LORD, Q Jerusalem; praise thyGod, 0 Zion.
Tuesday-Twenty-seventh Week after Trinity.
JONAH II. 2-9.
CRIED by reason of mine affliction unto
the LORD, and He heard me; out of the
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belly of hell cried I, and Thou heardest my
voice. For Thou hadst cast me into the
deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods
compassed me about: all Thy billows and
waves passed over me. Then I said, I am
cast out of Thy sight; yet I will look again
toward Thy holy temple. The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth
closed me round about, the weeds were
wrapped about my head. I went down to
the, bottoms of the mountains: the earth with
her bars was about me for ever: yet hast
Thou brought up my life from corruption, O
LORD my God. When my soul fainted within me 1 remembered the LORD: and my
prayer came in unto Thee, into Thine holy
temple.  They that observe lying vanities
forsake their own mercy. But I will sacrifice
unto Thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I
will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation
is of the LORD.
Wednesday-Twenty-seventh Week after
Trinity.
2 ST. JOHN 5-11.
ND    now I beseech thee, lady, not as
though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. And this
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ye have heard from the beginning, ye should
walk in it. For many deceivers are entered
into the world, who confess not that Jesus
Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.  Look to yourselves,
that we lose not those things which we have
wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in
the doctrine of Christ, hath: not God. He
that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath
both the Father and the Son. If there come
any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid
him God speed: for he that biddeth him God
speed is partaker of his evil deeds..
Thursday-Twenty-seventh Week after
Trinity.
HABArKUK II. 9-14.
W   OE to him that coveteth - an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his
nest on high, that he may be delivered from
the power of evil!  Thou hast consulted
shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul. For
the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the
beam out of the timber shall answer it. Woe
to him that buildeth a town with blood, and
establisheth a city by iniquity! Behold, is it
not of the LORD of Hosts that the people shall
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weary themselves for very vanity? For the
earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the
glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
Friday-Twenty-seventh Week after Trinity.
ECCLESIASTES XI. 7-10.
TRULY the light is sweet, and a pleasant
thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
but if a man live many years, and rejoice in
them all; yet let him remember the days of
darkness; for they shall be many. All that
cometh is vanity. Rejoice, 0 young man, in
thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in'the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways
of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes:
but know thou that for all these things God
will bring thee into judgment. Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away
evil from thy flesh; for childhood and youth
are vanity.
Saturday-Twenty-seventh Week after
Trinity.
HABAKKUX III. 17-19.
A LTHOUGH the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines:
the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields
shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off
from the fold, and there shall be no herd in
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will joy in the God of my salvation. The
LORD God is my strength, and He will make
my feet like hinds' feet, and He will make
me to walk upon mine high places. 
For Vigils.
HEBREWS XI. 13-16.
THHESE all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them
afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were
strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For
they that say such -things declare plainly that
they seek a country. And truly, if they had
been mindful of that country from whence
they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. But now they desire
a better country, that is, an heavenly; wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their
God: for He hath prepared for them a city.
For Festival Days.
HEBREWS XII. 22-29.
VE are come unto Mounjt Sion, and unto the
city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of an —
gels, to the general assembly and church of
the: firstborn, which are written in heaven,
and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits
of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the
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Mediator of the newv covenant, and to the
blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better
things than that of Abel. See that ye refuse
not Him that speaketh. For if they escaped
not who refused Him that spake on earth,
much more shall not we escape, if we turn
away from Him that speaketh from heaven:
whose voice then shook the earth: but now
He hath promised, saying, Yet once more I
shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the
removing of those things that are shaken, as
of things that are made, that those things
which cannot be shaken may remain: wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be
moved, let us have grace, whereby we may
serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. For our God is a consuming fire.
DAILY PRAYER FOR MORNING AND EVENING.'Morning Prayer.
ALMIGHTY Father, infinite in mercy
and love, I thank Thee for having preserved me during the past night, and brought
me in safety to the beginning of another day.
Lord, I beseech Thee to guard me still.
Grant me the grace of Thy Holy Spirit, that
amidst the business and the pleasures of life,
1 may be enabled to watch against the sins
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evil and vain thought, to subdue every proud
and angry feeling. May. I strive to live only
to Thy glory, and may I never forget the unspeakable love of my Redeemer; but teach
me to give myself in humble gratitude
wholly to Him; and grant that being
strengthened to keep the vow of my baptism,
I may so pass through the waves of this
troublesome world, that finally I may come
to the land of everlasting life, fbr His merits,
who died and rose again for me, Jesus Christ
our IJord. Amen.
Lord, to Thee 1 commend all who are
near and dear to me, especially [here name
any particular persons].  I pray Thee to
guide and strengthen all Christian people, and
to bring the heathen to the knowledge of the
truth; and I entreat Thee to comfort and aid
the suffering and the afflicted, the ignorant
and the tempted, and to give us all rest in Thy
eternal kingdom, for the sake of Jesus Christ,
our blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen.
Our Father, &c.
Evening Prayer.
BLESSED God, full of pity and love,
hear, I beseech Thee, the prayer of Thy
unworthy servant. Lord, I confess myself
most sinful; especially I would own before
Thee the offences of this day [here name any
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for Jesus Christ's sake; forgive the sins
which I know, and those of which I am ignorant. Look with compassion on my coldness,
and give me a penitent and contrite heart.
Receive me again into Thy favour, and let me
lie down under Thy watchful care. And
grant, Lord, that whether I live, I may live
unto Thee, or whether I die, I may die unto
Thee; for His sake who for us laid Himself
in the grave, and rose again in glory, Jesus
Christ, our merciful Redeemer. Amen.
Lord, to Thee I commend, &c.
Our Father, &c.




INDEX
OF THE
DAYS OF THE YEAR.
First Sunday in Advent...2 St. Peter iii. 8-13
Monday, 1st Wk. in Advent.. Zephaniah i. 14-18, ii. 1-3
Tuesday, 1st Wk. in Advent. Revelation xx. 11-15
Wednesday, 1st Wk. in Advent St. Matthew xxiv. 29-39
Thursday, 1st Wk. in Advent. St. Matthew xxiv. 1-13
Friday, 1st Wk. in Advent..2 Corinthians v. 1-10
Saturday, 1st Wk. in Advent. Psalm cxlv. 1-13
Second Sunday in Advent.. Revelation xix. 11-16
Monday, 2nd Wk. in Advent. Isaiah xiii. 6-13
Tuesday, 2nd Wk. in Advent. St. Luke xii. 42-48
Wednesday, 2nd Wk. in Advent Revelation i. 4-7
Thursday, 2nd Wk. in Advent. Job xxxiv. 10-20
Friday, 2nd Wk. in Advent.. Joel iii. 11-16 
Saturday', 2nd Wk. in Advent. St. Luke xiii. 23-30
Third Sunday in Advent... St. Matthew xxiv. 35-44
Monday, 3rd Wk. in Advent. St. Matthew xxv. 31-46
Tuesday 3rd Wk. in Advent. St. John v. 22-29
Wednesday, 3rd Wk. in Advent Romans ii. 1-11
Thursday, 3rd Wk. in Advent. Revelation xiv. 9-13
Friday, 3rd Wk. in Advent.. St. Mark xiii. 24-37
Saturday, 3rd Wk. in Advent. St. Luke xii. 33-40
Fourth Sunday in Advent.. Nahum i. 2-8
Monday, 4th Wk. in Advent. Malachi iii. 1-6
Tuesday, 4th Wk. in Advent. alatians iv. 1-7
Wednesday, 4th Wk. in Advent Isaiah xxxv. 1-10
Thursday, 4th Wk. in Advent. Ephesians v. 13-21
Friday, 4th Wk. in Advent.. Isaiah xi, 1-9
Saturday, Christmas Eve... St. Luke ii. 8-20
Christmas Day...... Psalm lxxii. 1-19
December 26 (St. Stephen).. St. Mark xiii. 3-13
December 27 (St. John Evnglst) Revelation xxii. 6-12
December 28 (Innocents)...St. Matthew xviii. 1-10
December 29......          Micah iv. 1-5
December 30......Philippians iv. 4-8




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December 31. Ephesians vi. 10-18
The Circumcision (January 1). Deuteronomy xxx. 1-6
January 2........ Galatians v. 16-26
January 3........ Romans vi. 7-18
January 4....... Romans viii. 1-10
January 5'.....            Galatians vi. 7-16
The Epiphany (January 6).. Acts xvii. 22-31
January 7........ Isaiah xlix. 5-10
January 8....... Acts x. 34-43
January 9'...... Acts xi. 1-18
January 10........ Acts xii. 38-48
January 11........ St. John iv. 43-54
January 12.....         Ephesians iii. 1-12
First Sunday aft. Epiph... Acts xiv. 8-18
Monday. 1st Wk. aft. Epiph. Acts xviii. 1-11
Tuesday, 1st Wk. aft. Epiph.  Ephesians ii. 1-10
Wednesday, 1stWk. aft. Epiph. Romans x. 4-13
Thursday, 1st Wk. aft. Epiph.. Ephesians iv. 17-24
Friday, 1st Wk. aft. Epiph.. St. Luke xiv. 16-24
Saturday, 1st Wk. aft. Epiph.. Colossians iii. 12-17
Second Sunday aft. Epiph... St. Mark vii. 24-30
Monday, 2nd Wk. aft. Epiph.. Ephesians ii. 13-22 
Tuesday, 2nd Wk. aft. Epiph. St. Luke xix. 1-10
Wednesday, 2nd Wk. aft. Eph. St. John i. 1-14
Thursday, 2nd Wk. aft. Epiph. Romans xi. 17-25
Friday, 2nd Wk aft. Epiph. St. John x. 14-18
Saturday, 2nd Wk. aft. Epiph. Romans iv. 13-25
Third Sunday aft. Epiph..  Ephesians i. 15-23
Monday, 3rd Wk. aft. Epiph.. Isaiah xl. 1-12
Tuesday, 3rd Wk. aft. Epiph.. St. John iii. 1-8
Wednesday, 3rd Wk. aft. Eph. Col. i. 3-14
Thursday, 3rd Wk. aft. Epiph. St. John iii. 16-21
Friday, 3rd Wk. aft. Epiph.. Isaiah v. 1-7
Saturday, 3rd Wk. aft. Epiph. Psalm xcii. 
Fourth Sunday aft. Epiph... Colossians i. 15-23
Monday, 4th Wk. aft. Epiph.. Ephesians ii. 1-13
Tuesday, 4th Wk. aft. Epiph.1 Tim. ii. 1-8
Wednesday, 4th Wk. aft. Epiph Isaiah xlv. 18-25
Thursday, 4th Wk. aft. Epiph. Isaiah Iv. 1-7
Friday, 4th Wk. aft. Epiph.. Hebrews v. 1-9
Saturday, 4th Wk. aft. Epiph. Isaiah i. 7-11
Fifth Sunday aft. Epiph...  Psalm lxiii. 1-9
Monday, 5th Wk. aft. Epiph.. Isaiah xlii. 1-7
Tuesday, 5th Wk.,aft. Epiph. 2 Tim. ii. 19-26
Wednesday, 5th Wk. aft. Eph. Isaiah ii. 9-15
Thursday, 5th Wk. aft. Epiph. Hebrews i. 1-9
Friday, 5th Wk. aft. Epiph.. Isaiah lxiv. 4-9
Saturday, 5th Wk. aft. Epiph. St. John xiii. 1-15
Sixth Sunday aft. Epiph... Isaiah v. 8-16
Monday, 6th Wk. aft. Epiph.  Jeremiah x. 6-16
Tuesday, 6th Wk. aft. Epiph.1 St. John iii. 1-10
Wednesday, 6th Wk. aft. Eph. St. Matthew xv. 21-28




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Thursday, 6th Wk. aft. Epiph. Psalm xvi. 5-11
Friday, 6th Wk. aft. Epiph.. Jeremiah xxxi. 7-14
Saturday 6th Wk. aft. Epiph. Isaiah xlv. 5-12
Septuagesima Sunday.... Job xxxiv. 21-32
Monday, Septuagesima... Ecclesiastes vii. 1-10
Tuesday, Septuagesima;. 1 St. John i. 5-10
Wednesday, Septuagesima. Proverbs i. 20-33
Thursday, Septuagesima..Psalm ix. 7-14
Friday, Septuagesima.... 2 Timothy ii. 3-13
Saturday, Septuagesima.   Hebrews vi. 10-20
Sexagesima Sunday..     Ezekiel xx. 10 —20
Monday, Sexagesima...   Hebrews ix. 11-14
Tuesday, Sexagesima... Romans viii. 31-39
Wednesday, Sexagesima... St. Luke xiv. 25-33.
Thursday, Sexagesima.... Ecclesiastes i. 1-11
Friday, Sexagesima....Psalm xxv. 1-11
Saturday, Sexagesima....2 Corinthians ix. 6-11
Quinquagesima Sunday.... St. Matthew v. 1-12
Monday, Quinquagesima...1 St. John iv. 7-12
Shrove Tuesday...... 1 St. Peter iv. 7-11
Ash Wednesday...... Isaiah lviii. 1-8
Thursday aft. Ash Wednesday. Hosea xiv. 1-9
Friday aft. Ash Wednesday. St. Matthew xvi. 21-28
Saturday aft. Ash Wednesday. Proverbs xi. 1-9
First Sunday in Lent.. Job xxxvi. 5-12
Monday, 1st Wk. in Lent.. St. James i. 2-15
Tuesday, 1st Wk. in Lent.. Micah vi. 1-8
Wednesday, 1st Wk. in Lent. Deuteronomy vii. 9-13
Thursday, 1st Wk. in Lent..St. Matthew vi. 16-24
Friday, 1st Wk. in Lent... St. Luke xv. 1-10
Saturday, 1st Wk. in Lent.. 1 Tim. vi. 13-19
Second Sunday in Lent..  Romans xiv. 1-12
Monday, 2nd Wk. in Lent.. St. James 1. 19-27
Tuesday, 2nd Wk. in Lent.. Jeremiah xvii. 5-10
Wednesday, 2nd Wk. in Lent. Revelation iii. 14-22
Thursday, 2nd Wk. in Lent.  St. Matthew vii. 21-27
Friday, 2nd Wk in Lent.. Lamentations iii. 22-33
Saturday, 2nd Wk. in Lent.. St. Luke xii. 13-21
Third Sunday in Lent... Deut. xxx. 11-20
Monday, 3rd Wk. in Lent... Job xxii. 21-30
Tuesday, 3rd Wk. in Lent... Isaiah i. 16-20
Wednesday, 3rd Wk. in Lent. St. Mark x. 17-31
Thursday, 3rd Wk. in Lent.. St. Luke iii. 7-18
Friday, 3rd Wk. in Lent...St. Luke xv. 11-32
Saturday, 3rd Wk. in Lent.. St. Matthew xxv. 14-30
Fourth Sunday in Lent... Psalm xxxix. 4-13
Monday, 4th Wk. in Lent.. Ephesians vi. 1-9
Tuesday, 4th Wk. in Lent..St. Mark v. 25-34
Wednesday, 4th Wk. in Lent. St. James iii. 13-18
Thursday 4th Wk. in Lent.. St. Mark viii. 31-38
Friday, 4th Wk. in Lent..  St. Luke vii. 37-50
Saturday, 4th Wk. in Lent.. Job. v. 17-26




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Fifth Sunday in Lent....Ezekiel xviii. 20-28
Monday, 5th Wk. in Lent...Psalm cxix. 9-16
Tuesday, 5th Wk. in Lent.. Isaiah lix. 12-16
Wednesday, 5th Wk. in Lent.1 St. John ii. 1-6
Thursday, 5th Wk. in Lent. Hebrews ix. 24-28
Friday, 5th Wk. in Lent.. 1 St. Peter ii. 18-25
Saturday, 5th Wk. in Lent..1 St. Peter iv. 12-19
Sunday next before Easter..Philippians ii. 5-13
Monday in Holy Week..       Hebrews ii. 8-18
Tuesday in Holy Week... Revelation v. 6-14
Wednesday in Holy Week. St. John xii. 23-32
Thursday in Holy Week..St. Matthew xxvi. 36-46
Good Friday....       1 Corinthians xv. 50-57
Easter Eve.....       Hebrews iv. 9-16
Easter Day.....          Revelation vii. 9-17
Easter Monday.....    Isaiah xxv. 1-9
Easter Tuesday.....        Isaiah xxxiii. 15-22
Wednesday in Easter Week.    St. John xi. 19-27
Thursday in Easter Week. Hosea vi. 1-6
Friday in Easter Week..   1 St. Peter i. 3-9
Saturday in Easter Week.. Zephaniah iii. 14-20
First Sunday after Easter.. Revelation xix. 4-9
Monday, 1st Wk. aft. Easter. Psalm xxvii. 1-6
Tuesday, 1st Wk. aft. Easter. Hebrews x. 11-25
Wednesday, 1st Wk. aft. Easter Isaiah xxvi. 1-11
Thursday, 1st Wk.'aft. Easter. St. John vi. 35-40
Friday, 1st Wk. aft. Easter.. Psalm xv.
Saturday, 1st Wk. aft. Easter. St. John xi. 32-45
Second Sunday aft. Easter.. Psalm cxlv. 14-21
Monday, 2nd Wk. aft. Easter. Isaiah lix. 16-21
Tuesday, 2nd Wk. aft. Easter. Ezekiel xxxiv. 11-16
Wednesday, 2nd Wk. aft. Easter St. Luke vii. 11-17
Thursday, 2nd Wk. aft. Easter. St. John xiv. 26-31
Friday, 2nd Wk. aft. Easter.. Acts ii. 22-28
Saturday, 2nd Wk. aft. Easter. Psalm xxx.
Third Sunday after Easter.. Isaiah xxxii. 1-8
Monday, 3rd Wk. aft. Easter. St. John xiv. 1-7
Tuesday, 3rd Wk. aft. Easter. 1 Cor. xv. 35-49
Wednesday, 3rd Wk. aft. Easter Micah vii. 18-20
Thursday, 3rd Wk. aft. Easter. Ezekiel xxxvii. 1-14
Friday, 3rd Wk. aft. Easter.. Phil. iii. 7-14
Saturday, 3rd Wk. aft. Easter. Isaiah xii.
Fourth Sunday after Easter.. Psalm cxvi. 12-19
Monday, 4th Wk. aft. Easter. Psalm xxiii.
Tuesday, 4th Wk. aft. Easter. Isaiah ii. 2-5
Wednesday, 4th Wk. aft. Easter Eccles. xii. 1-7
Thursday, 4th Wk. after Easter 1 Corinthians ii. 7-12
Friday, 4th Wk. aft. Easter.. Hebrews x. 28-38
Saturday, 4th Wk. aft. Easter. 1 Corinthians xi. 23-29
Fifth Sunday after Easter. 1 Thessalonians iv. 13-18
Rogation Monday..... Psalm xxxiii. 1-7
Rogation Tuesday... Psalm xc. 1-12




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Rogation Wednesday....St. John xx. 11-18
Ascension Day..... Hebrews vii. 24; viii. 2
Friday after Ascension Day.. St. John xvii. 1-11
Saturday after Ascension Day. St. John xvii. 13-19
Sunday after Ascension Day.St. John xvii. 20-26
Monday, Wk. aft. Ascen. Day. St. John xv. 8-16
Tuesday, Wk. after Ascen. Day Colossians iii. 1-11
Wednesday,Wk. aft. Ascen.Day Philemon iii. 17; iv. 1
Thursday, Wk. aft. Ascen. Day 2 Thessalonians ii. 13; iii. 5
Friday, Wk. aft. Ascension Day St. James ii. 14-26
Saturday, Wk. aft. Ascen. Day St. John vi. 51 —58
Whit Sunday......     Romans viii. 11-17
Whit; Mornday....... Ezekiel xxxvi. 23-31
Whit Tuesday...    R. Revelation xxii. 13-17
Wednesday, Whitsun Week. Proverbs ii. 1-9
Thursday, Whitsun Week.. Psalm xci.
Friday, Whitsun Week..   Isaiah lxiii. 7-16
Saturday, Whitsun Week.. Ephesians iv. 29; v. 2
Trinity Sunday...St. John xx. 19-29
Monday aft. Trinity Sunday. St. John i. 29-37
Tuesday aft. Trinity Sunday..Acts ii. 29-36
Wednesday aft. Trinity Sunday St. John x. 22-30
Thursday aft. Trinity Sunday. Job xi. 7-20
Friday aft. Trinity Sunday.. Revelation xi. 15-19'
Saturday aft. Trinity Sunday. Isaiah xlv. 18-24
First Sunday aft. Trinity... Leviticus xxvi. 3-13
Monday, 1st Wk. aft. Trinity. St. James iii. 2-8
Tuesday, 1st Wk. aft. Trinity. 1 St. Peter v. 5-11
Wednesday, 1st Wk. aft. Trinity 1 St. John iv. 12-21
Thursday, 1st Wk. aft. Trinity. St. Matthew xiv. 22-33
Friday, 1st Wk. aft. Trinity.. Hebrews xii. 1-6
Saturday, 1st Wk. aft. Trinity. St. Mark xii. 28-34
Second Sunday aft. Trinity..1 Thessalonians v. 12-23
Monday, 2nd Wk. aft. Trinity. Ecclesiastes xi. 1-6
Tuesday, 2nd Wk. aft. Trinity. St. Matthew vi. 25-34
Wednesday, 2nd Wk. aft.Trinity St. John xiv. 8-14
Thursday, 2nd Wk. aft. Trinity Romans xiv. 13-23
Friday, 2nd Wk., aft. Trinity. 2 Corinthians iv. 17; v. 10
Saturday, 2nd Wk. aft. Trinity Ecclesiastes v. 1-8
Third Sunday aft. Trinity.. 1 St. Peter iii. 8-13
Monday, 3rd Wk. aft. Trinity. St. Luke xii. 22-32
Tuesday 3rd Wk.'aft. Trinity. St. Mark iv. 35-41
Wednesday, 3rd Wk. aft.Trinity Ecclesiastes v. 10-17
Thursday, 3rd Wk. aft. Trinity Isaiah xl. 12-24
Friday, 3rd Wk. aft. Trinity.. St. Luke ix. 18-26
Saturday, 3rd Wk. aft. Trinity. Psalm xxxiv. 3-19
Fourth Sunday aft. Trinity.. Psalm xxix.
Monday, 4th Wk. aft. Trinity. Psalm cxix. 113-120
Tuesday, 4th Wk. aft. Trinity. Hebrews xi. 1-6
Wednesday, 4th Wk. aft. Trinity Psalm cxxv.
Thursday, 4th Wk. aft. Trinity 1 St. John v. 11-15
Friday, 4th Wk. aft. Trinity. 2 St. Peter i. 5-11
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Saturday, 4th Wk. aft. Trinity. Romans viii. 18-25
Fifth Sunday aft. Trinity... Revelation xv. 1-4
Monday, 5th Wk. aft. Trinity. St. Luke vi. 37-42
Tuesday, 5th Wk. aft. Trinity. St. Matthew vii. 6-14
Wednesday, 5th Wk. aft.Trinity St. James ii. 1-9
Thursday, 5th Wk. aft. Trinity Psalm lxii. 5-12,
Friday, 5th Wk. aft. Trinity. 1 St. Peter i. 13-19
Saturday, 5th Wk. aft. Trinity. Psalm xxxvii. 1-11
Sixth Sunday aft. Trinity... Revelation vi. 12; vii. 3
Monday, 6th Wk. aft. Trinity. Proverbs xv. 1-11
Tuesday, 6th Wk. aft. Trinity. Isaiah Iv. 6-11
Wednesday, 6th Wk. aft. Trinity 1 St. Peter ii. 11-17
Thursday, 6th Wk. after Trinity St. Luke vi. 43-49
Friday, 6th Wk. aft. Trinity.. Revelation iii. 1-5
Saturday, 6th Wk. aft. Trinity. St James iv. 13-17
Seventh Sunday aft. Trinity.  St. Matthew xx. 20-28
Monday, 7th Wk. aft. Trinity. Isaiah li. 4-8
Tuesday, 7th Wk. aft. Trinity. 1 St. Peter i. 20-25
Wednesday, 7th Wk. aft. Trinity Psalm xlix. 6-20
Thursday, 7th Wk. aft. Trinity Ezekiel xxxiv. 22-31
Friday, 7th Wk. aft. Trinity. St. John xiii. 34-38
Saturday, 7th'Wk. aft. Trinity. 1 St. John ii. 7-11
Eighth Sunday after Trinity. Psalm xcvi. 4-13
Monday, 8th Wk. aft. Trinity. St. Mark x. 46-52
Tuesday, 8th Wk. aft. Trinity. Proverbs iii. 1-10
Wednesday, 8th Wk. aft. Trinity Amos v. 4-8
Thursday, 8th Wk. aft. Trinity Haggai i. 3-11
Friday, 8th Wk. aft. Trinity.. Psalm ci.
Saturday, 8th Wk. aft. Trinity. Hebrews xiii. 10-21
Ninth Sunday after Trinity.. Revelation xxi. 1-8
Monday, 9th Wk. aft. Trinity. St. Matthew xix. 16-21
Tuesday, 9th Wk. aft. Trinity. St. Mark ii. 1-12
Wednesday, 9th Wk. aft. Trinity Proverbs iii. 11-18
Thursday, 9th Wk. aft. Trinity 1 St. John iii. 13-17
Friday, 9th Wk. aft. Trinity. Psalm ciii. 6-18
Saturday, 9th Wk. aft. Trinity. Proverbs viii. 1-17
Tenth Sunday after Trinity.. Psalm cxix. 73-80
Monday, 10th Wk. aft. Trinity. Psalm viii.
Tuesday, 10th Wk. aft. Trinity. Psalm cxxi.
Wednesday, 10thWk. aft.TrinityProverbs iii. 19-26
Thursday, 10th Wk. aft. Trinity St. Luke x. 25-37
Friday, 10th Wk. aft. Trinity. 1 Corinthians x. 1-13
Saturday, 10th Wk. aft. Trinity Isaiah xxix. 13-20
Eleventh Sunday after Trinity. St. Luke v. 1-11
Monday, 11th Wk. aft. Trinity. 1 Corinthians ix. 24-27
Tuesday, 11th Wk. aft. Trinity Ephesians i. 3-7
Wednesday, llthWk. aft.Trinity Proverbs iv. 1-18
Thursday, l1th Wk. aft. Trinity St. Mark vi. 34-44
Friday, 11th Wk. aft. Trinity. St. John xiv. 15-24
Saturday, 11th Wk. aft. Trinity Psalm cvii. 3-21
Twelfth Sunday after Trinity. Job iv. 7-21
Monday, 12th Wk. aft. Trinity. Proverbs iv. 20-27




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Tuesday 12th Wk. aft. Trinity. Ezekiel xviii. 25-32
-Wednesday, 12th Wk. aft. Trinity St. Luke xvi. 19-31
Thursday, 12th Wk. aft. Trinity. St. James iv. 5-12
Friday, 12th Wk. aft. Trinity. Job viii. 3-13
Saturday, 12th Wk. aft. Trinity. Psalm i.
Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity. St. John vi. 27-83
Monday, 13th Wk. aft. Trinity. Proverbs vi. 6-15
Tuesday, 13th Wk. aft. Trinity. Colossians iii. 20-25
Wednesday, 13th Wk. aft. Trinity 1 Timothy vi. 6-12
Thursday, 13th Wk. aft. Trinity. St. John xv. 1-7
Friday, 13th Wk. aft. Trinity.  Psalm cxix. 33-40
Saturday, 13th Wk. aft. Trinity. 1 Corinthians xiii.
Fourteenth Sunday aft. Trinity. Job ix. 1-15
Monday, 14th Wk. after Trinity. St. Matthew xxvi. 6-13
Tuesday, 14th Wk. aft. Trinity. Proverbs vi. 16-23
Wednesday, 14th Wk. aft. Trinity 1 St. John ii. 12-17
Thursday, 14th Wk. aft. Trinity. St. Luke xiv. 7-14
Friday, 14th Wk. aft. Trinity.  Revelation x. 1-7
Saturday, 14th Wk. aft. Trinity. 1 St. John iii. 18-24
Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity. Jeremiah xxxii. 17-19
Monday, 15th Wk. aft. Trinity. Job xiv. 1-14
Tuesday, 15th Wk. aft. Trinity. Proverbs x. 1-9
Wednesday, 15th Wk. aft. Trinity Psalm cxix. 129-135
Thursday, 15th Wk. aft. Trinity: Titus ii. 11; iii. 2
Friday, 15th Wk. aft. Trinity. Psalm exxx.
Saturday, 15th Wk. aft. Trinity. Proverbs x. 11-21
Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity. Job xv. 14-31
Monday, 16th Wk. aft. Trinity. St. James v. 7-11
Tuesday, 16th Wk. aft. Trinity. St. Luke xi. 5-13
Wednesday, 16th Wk. aft. Trinity Hebrews xi. 7-16
Thursday, 16th Wk. after Trinity Proverbs xi. 17-28
Friday, 16th Wk. aft. Trinity. Revelation ii. 1-7
Saturday, 16th Wk. aft. Trinity. Job xxii. 12-18
Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity Psalm lxxxiv.
Monday, 17th Wk. aft. Trinity. St. Matthew viii. 5-13
Tuesday, 17th Wk. aft. Trinity. Proverbs xii. 13-23
Wednesday, 17th Wk. aft. Trinity Jeremiah iii. 21; iv. 2
Thursday, 17th Wk. aft. Trinity. Job xxviii. 12-28
Friday, 17th Wk. aft. Trinity.. Psalm lxxvii. 1-13
Saturday, 17th Wk. aft. Trinity. Titus iii. 3-8
Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity. Psalm cxli.
Monday, 18th Wk. aft. Trinity. 1 St. John v. 16-21
Tuesday, 18th Wk. aft. Trinity. St. Luke xvii. 11-19
Wednesday, 18th Wk. aft. Trinity Proverbs xiv. 7-14
Thursday, 18th Wk. after Trinity Job xxxi. 13-28
Friday, 18th Wk. aft. Trinity.. Ezekiel xi. 16-21
Saturday, 18th Wk. aft. Trinity. Proverbs xvi. 1-9
Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity. St. James v. 13-20
Monday, 19th Wk. aft. Trinity. Proverbs xxiii. 15-26
Tuesday, 19th Wk. aft. Trinity. St. Matthew xiv. 22-33
Wednesday, 19th Wk. aft. Trinity Romans xii. 9-21 




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Thursday, 19th Wk. aft. Trinity. 2 Corinthians vi. 14; vii. 1
Friday, 19th Wk. aft. Trinity.  Job xxxiii, 8-30
Saturday 19th Wk. aft. Trinity. Isaiah lviii. 9-14
Twentieth Sunday after Trinity. 2 St. Peter'i. 13-31
Monday, 20th Wk. aft. Trinity.1 St. John v. 1-5
Tuesday, 20th Wk. aft. Trinity. St. John xii. 44-50
Wednesday, 20th Wk. aft. Trinity Hebrews xi. 32-40
Thursday, 20th Wk. aft. Trinity. Proverbs xxiv. 1-12
Friday, 20th Wk. aft. Trinity.. St. John iv. 6-14
Saturday, 20th Wk. aft. Trinity. Job xxxvi. 26; xxxvii. 13
Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity Revelation xxi. 22-27
Monday, 21st Wk. aft. Trinity. Psalm cxii.
Tuesday, 21st Wk. aft. Trinity. Proverbs xxvi. 12-20
Wednesday, 21st Wk-.aft. Trinity Isaiah xl. 25-31
Thursday, 21st Wk. aft. Trinity. Job xxxvii. 14-24
Friday, 21st Wk. aft. Trinity.  Hebrews ii. 5-14
Saturday, 21st Wk. aft. Trinity.Eccles. vii. 19-26
Twenty-second Sunday aft.Trinity Revelation xiv. 1-7
Monday, 22nd Wk. aft. Trinity. Psalm cxxxix. 1-12
Tuesday, 22nd Wk. aft. Trinity. Proverbs xxx. 1-9
Wednesday, 22nd Wk. aft. Trinity St. Matthew xvii. 14-21
Thursday, 22nd Wk. aft. Trinity. Job v. 8-16
Friday, 22nd Wk. aft. Trinity.. St. Luke xviii. 9-14
Saturday, 22nd Wk. aft. Trinity. Hebrews xii. 7-12
Twenty-third Sunday aft. Trinity Job xi. 1-14
Monday, 23rd Wk. aft. Trinity. Malachi iii. 7-12
Tuesday, 23rd Wk. aft. Trinity. St. Matthew x. 28-39
Wednesday, 23rd Wk. aft. Trinity St. John viii. 28-36
Thursday, 23rd Wk. aft. Trinity. Psalm cxxxix. 14-24
Friday, 23rd Wk. aft. Trinity.  Zechariah vii. 4-14
Saturday, 23rd Wk. aft. Trinity. Malachi iii. 13-18
Twenty-fourth Sunday aft.Trinity Revelation xxii. 1-5
Monday, 24th Wk. aft. Trinity. Hebrews xii. 18-24
Tuesday 24th Wk. aft. Trinity. St. Luke i. 68-79
Wednesday, 24th Wk. aft. Trinity Psalm cxliv. 1-9
Thursday, 24th Wk. aft. Trinity. Habakkuk i. 12; ii. 4
Friday, 24th Wk. aft. Trinity.. Jeremiah ix. 12-24
Saturday, 24th Wk. aft. Trinity. Proverbs xvi. 16-24
Twenty-fifth Sunday afterTrinity Malachi i. 10-14
Monday, 25th Wk. aft. Trinity. Proverbs xvi. 25-33
Tuesday, 25th Wk. aft. Trinity. St. Matthew v. 43-48
Wednesday, 25th Wk. aft. Trinity St. John xvi. 23-33
Thursday, 25th Wk. aft. Trinity. 1 Thessalonians v. 1-10
Friday, 25th Wk. aft. Trinity.. Hebrews xii. 25-29
Saturday, 25th Wk. aft. Trinity. Isaiah lvii. 15-21
Twenty-sixth Sunday aft. Trinity Zechariah viii. 13-17
Monday, 26th Wk. aft. Trinity. Eccles. viii. 8-14
Tuesday, 26th Wk. aft. Trinity. Proverbs xxvii. 1-11
Wednesday, 26th Wk. aft. Trinity Malachi iv.
Thursday, 26th Wk. aft. Trinity. Psalm cxlvi.
Friday, 26th Wk. aft. Trinity.. St. Jude 17-25




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Saturday, 26th Wk. aft. Trinity. Hebrews xiii. 5-9
Twenty-seventh Sund. aft. Trinity Psalm cxxiv.
Monday, 27th Wk. aft. Trinity. Psalm cxlvii. 1-12
Tuesday, 27th Wk. aft. Trinity. Jonah i. 2-9
Wednesday, 27th Wk. aft. Trinity 2 St. John 5-11
Thursday, 27th Wk. aft. Trinity. Habakkuk ii. 9-14
Friday, 27th Wk. aft. Trinity.. Ecclesiastes xi. 7-10
Saturday, 27th Wk. aft. Trinity. Habakkuk iii. 17-19




INDEX OF PASSAGES.
LEVITICUS.
1st Sunday after Trinity...... xxvi. 3-13
DEUTERONOMY.
Wednesday, 1st Week in Lent.... vii. 9-13
The Circumcision........ xxx. 1-6
Third Sunday in Lent....     xxx. 11-20
JOB.
Twelfth Sunday after Trinity.... iv. 7-20
Thursday, 22nd Week after Trinity   v. 8 —16
Saturday, 4th Week in Lent... vi. 17-26
Friday, 12th Week after Trinity.  viii. 3-13
Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity... ix. 1-15
Twenty-third Sunday after Trinity. xi. 1-14
Thursday, after Trinity Sunday... xi. 7-20
Monday, 15th Week after Trinity... xiv. 1-14
Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity... xv. 14-31
Saturday, 16th Week after Trinity.. xxii. 12-18
Monday, 3rd Week in Lent...   xxii. 21-30
Thursday, 17th Week after Trinity..xxviii. 12-18
Thursday, 18th Week after Trinity..xxxi. 13-28
Friday, 19th Week after Trinity...  xxxiii. 8-30
Thursday, 2nd Week in Advent... xxxiv. 10-20
Septuagesima Sunday....... xxxiv. 21-32
First Sunday in Lent...xxxvi. 5-12
Saturday, 20th Week after Trinity.. xxxvi. 6. xxxvii.13
Thursday, 21st Week after Trinity..xxxvii. i4-24
Twonty-third Sunday after Trinity..xl. 1-14
PSALM.
Saturday, 12th Week after Trinity. i.
Monday, 10th Week after Trinity..viii.
Thursday, Septuagesima....       ix. 7-14
Friday, 1st Week after Easter....xv.




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Thursday, 6th'Week after Epiphany. xvi. 5-11
Monday, 4th Week after Easter... xxiii.
Friday, Sexagesima....... xxv. 1-11
Fourth Sunday after Trinity...   xxix.
Saturday, 2nd Week after Easter.. xxx.
Rogation Monday........ xxxiii. 1-7
Saturday, 5th Week after Trinity.. xxxvii. 1-11
Fourth Sunday in Lent..... xxxix. 4-13
Wednesday, 7th Week after Trinity    xlix. 6-20
Thursday, 5th Week after Trinity.  Ixii. 6-12
Fifth Sunday after Epiphany...    Ixiii. 1-9
Christmas Day......     lxxii. 1-19
Friday, 17th Week after Trinity... lxxvii. 1-13
Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity.. lxxxiv.
Rogation Tuesday......... 1-12
Thursday in Whitsun Week..     xci.
Saturday, 3rd Week after Epiphany   xcii.
Eighth Sunday after Trinity.... xcvi. 4-13
Friday, 8th Week after Trinity..  cii.
Friday, 9th Week after Trinity.. cii. 6-18
Saturday, 11th Week after Trinity.  vil. 8-21
Monday, 21st Week after Trinity...  xii.
Fourth Sunday after Easter.... cxvi. 12-19
Monday, 5th Week in Lent... cxix. 9-16
Friday, 13th Week after Trinity..  cxix. 33-40
Tenth Sunday after Trinity..    cxix. 73-80
Monday, 4th-Week after Trinity.. cxix. 113-120
Wednesday, 15th Week after Trinity.cxix. 129-135
Tuesday, 10th Week after Trinity..cxxi.
Twenty-seventh Sunday after Trinity  cxxiv.
Wednesday, 4th Week after Trinity   cxxv.
Friday, 15th Week after Trinity... cxxx.
Saturday; 3rd Week after Trinity..xxxiv. 3-19
Monday, 22nd Week after Trinity.   cxxxix. 1-12
Thursday, 23rd Week after Trinity.. cxxxix. 14-21
Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity...cxli.
Wednesday, 24th Week after Trinity  cxliv. 1-9
Saturday, 1st Week in Advent..   cxlv. 1-13
Second Sunday after Easter.... cxlv. 14-21
Thursday, 26th Week after Trinity..cxlvi. 
Monday, 27th Week after Trinity..cxlvii. 1-12.
PROVERBS.
Wednesday, Septuagesima....       i. 20-33
Sunday after Ash Wednesday....ii. 1-9
Tuesday, 8th Week after Trinity... iii. 1-10
Wednesday, 9th Week after Trinity. iii. 11-18
Wednesday, 10th Week after Trinity. iii. 19-26
Wednesday, 11th Week after Trinity. iv. 1-18
Monday, 12th Week after Trinity.. iv. 20-27




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Monday, 13th Week after Trinity..  i. 6-15
Tuesday, 14th Week afterTrinity. vi. 16-23
Saturday, 9th Week after Trinity.  viii. 1-17
Tuesday, 15th Week after Trinity.  x. 1-9
Saturday, 15th Week after Trinity.  x. T1-21
Saturday after Ash Wednesday..   xi. 1-9
Thursday, 16th Week after Trinity. xi. 17-28
Tuesday, 17th Week after Trinity. xii. 13-23
Wednesday, 18th Week after Trinity  xiv. 7-14
Monday, 6th Week after Trinity..   xv. 1-11
Saturday, 18th Week after Trinity. xvi. 1-9
Saturday, 24th Week after Trinity.  xvi. 16-24
Monday, 25th Week after Trinity.   xvi. 25-33
Thursday, 20th Week after Trinity.  xxiv. 1-12
Tuesday, 21st Week after Trinity.  xxvi. 12-20
Tuesday, 26th Week after Trinity.xxvii. 1-11
Tuesday, 22nd Week after Trinity.  x-xx. 1-9
ECCLESIASTES. 
Thursday, Sexagesima...          i. 1-11
Saturday, 2nd Week after Trinity.  v. 1-8
Wednesday, 3rd Week after Trinity.v. 10-17
Monday, Septuagesima...... vii. 1-10
Saturday, 21st Week after Trinity.. vii. 19-26
Monday, 26th Week after Trinity.. viii. 8-14
Monday, 2nd Week after Trinity       xi. 1-6
Friday, 27th Week after Trinity... xi. 7-10
Wednesday, 4th Week after Easter     xi. ii 1-7
ISAIAH.
Tuesday, 3rd Week in Lent.....      i. 16-20
Tuesday, 4th Week after Easter...ii. 2-5
Friday, 3rd Week after Epiphany.   v.1 —7
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany...   v. 8-16
Friday, 4th Week in Advent.        xi. 4-9
Saturday, 3rd Week after Easter..  xii.
Monday, 2nd Week in Advent..    xiii. 6-13
Easter Monday......... xxv. 1-9
Wednesday, 1st Week after Easter..xxvi. 1-11
Saturday, 10th Week after Trinity..xxix. 13-20
Third Sunday after Easter...        xxxii. 1-8
Easter Tuesday...xxxiii. 15-22
Wednesday, 4th Week in Advent..xxxv. 1-10
Monday, 3rd Week after Epiphany..xl. 1-12
Thursday, 3rd Week after Trinity.  xl. 12-24
Wednesday, 21st Week after Trinity   xl. 25-31
Monday, 5th Week after Epiphany.    xlii. 1-7
Friday, 5th Week after Epiphany.   xliv. 4-6
Saturday, 6th Week after Epiphany. xlv. 5-12




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Wednesday, 4th Week after Epiphany. xlv. 18-25
January 7......... xlix. 5-10
Saturday, 4th Week after Epiphany.  1. 7-11.
Monday, 7th Week after Trinity.         li. 4-8
Wednesday, 5th Week after Epiphany   li. 9-15
Thursday, 4th Week after Epiphany. Iv. 1-7
Tuesday, 6th Week after Trinity... lv. 6-11
Saturday, 25th Week after Trinity.. lvii. 15-21
Ash Wednesday....  lviii. 1-8
Saturday, 19th Week after Trinity.. lviii. 9-14.
Tuesday, 5th Week in Lent....      lix. 12-16
Wednesday, 2nd Week after Easter.. lix. 16-21
Friday in Whitsun Week..... lxiii. 7-16
JEREMIAH.
Wednesday, 17th Week.after Trinity. iii. 21; iv. 2
Friday, 24th Week after Trinity..  ix. 12-24
Monday, 6th Week after Epiphany. x. 6-16
Tuesday, 2nd Week in Lent...    xvii. 5-10
Friday, 6th Week after. Epiphany.  xxxi. 7-14
Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity..  xxxii. 17 —19
LAMENTATIONS.
Friday, 2nd Week in Lent..... iii. 22-33
EZEKIEL.
Friday, 18th Week after Trinity... xi. 16-21
Fifth Sunday in Lent....... xviii. 20-28
Tuesday, 12th Week after Trinity.. xviii. 25-32
Sexagesima Sunday..... xx. 10-20
Tuesday, 2nd Week after Easter... xxxiv.11-16
Thursday, 7th Week after Trinity.. xxxiv. 22-31
Whit Monday,.......                xxxvi. 23-31
Thursday, 4th Week after Easter.. xxxvii. 1-14
HOSEA.
Thursday in Easter Week.....vi. 1-6
Thursday after Ash Wednesday... xiv. 1-9
JOEL.
Friday, 2nd Week in Advent.... iii. 11-16
AMOS.
Wednesday, 8th Week after Trinity. v. 4-8
JONAH.
Tuesday, 27th Week after Trinity.. ii. 2-9




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MICAH.
Fourth Sunday in Advent..        i..2-8
December 29.......... iv. 1-5
Tuesday, 1st Week in Lent.... vi. 1-8
Wednesday, 1st Week after Easter.    vii. 18-20
NAHUM.
Fourth Sunday in Advent..... i 2-8
I HIABAKKUK.
Thursday, 24th Week after Trinity.   i. 12; ii. 4.
Thursday, 27th Week after Trinity.. ii. 9-14
Saturday, 27th Week after Trinity.. iii. 17-19
ZEPHANIAH.
Monday, 1st Week in Advent.... i. 14-18; ii. 3
Saturday in Easter Week.      iii. 14-20
HIAGGAI.
Thursday, 8th Week after Trinity.. i. 3-11
ZECHARIAH.
Friday, 23rd Week after Trinity... vii. 4-14
Twenty-sixth Sunday after Trinity. viii. 13-17
MALACHI.
Twenty-fifth Sunday after Trinity.. i. 10-14
Monday 4th Week in Advent.... iii. 1-6
Monday, 23rd Week after Trinity.. iii. 7-12
Saturday, 23rd Week after Trinity.. iii. 13-18
Wednesday, 26th Week after Trinity    iv.
ST. MATTHEW.
Quinquagesima Sunday...... v 1-12
Tuesday, 25th Week after Trinity..v. 43-48
Thursday, 1st Week in Lent...      vi. 16-24
Tuesday, 2nd Week after Trinity... vi. 25-34
Tuesday, 5th Week after Trinity...vii. 6-14
Thursday, 2nd Week in Lent...       ii. 21-27
Monday, 17th Week after Trinitv..    viii. 5-13
Tuesday, 23rd Week after Trinity.   x. 28-39
Thursday, 1st Week after Trinity.   xiv. 22-33
Wednesday, 6th Week after Epiphany. xv. 21-28
Friday after Ash Wednesday.... xvi. 21-28
Wednesday, 22nd Week after Trinity.xvii. 14-21
December 28th (Holy Innocents)..    xviii. 1-10
Monday, 9th Week after Trinity..    xix. 16-21
Seventh Sunday after Trinity.... xx. 20-28




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Wednesday, 1st Week in Advent..  xxiv. 29-39
Thursday, 1st Week in Advent...xxv. 1-13
Saturday, 3rd Week in Lent.... xxv. 14-30
Monday, 3id Week in Advent.... xxv. 31-46
Monday, 4th Week after Trinity... xxvi. 6-13
Thursday in Holy Week.               xxvi. 36-46
Third Sunday in Advent...         xxxiv. 35-44
ST. MARK.
Tuesday, 9th Week after Trinity... ii. 1-12
Tuesday, 3rd Week after Trinity... iv. 35-41. Tuesday, 4th Week in Lent..... v. 25-34
Thursday, 11th Week after Trinity..vi. 34-44
*Second Sunday after Epiphany..   vii. 24-30
Thursday, 4th Week in Lent..       viii. 31-38
Wednesday, 3rd Week inLent..  x. 17-31
Saturday, 1st Week after Trinity...xii. 28-34
December 6th (St. Stephen).... xiii. 3-13
Friday, 3rd Week in Advent...        xiii. 24-37
ST. LUKE.
Tuesday, 24th Week after Trinity.  i.68-79
December 24th (Christmas Eve)..   ii. 8-20
Thursday, 3rd Week in Lent..      iii. 7-18
Eleventh Sunday after Trinity....v. 1-11
Monday, 5th Week after Trinity...vi. 37-42
Thursday, 6th Week after Trinity.   vi. 43-49
Wednesday, 2nd Week after Easter.   vii. 11-17
Friday, 4th Week in Lent..... vii. 37-50
Friday, 3rd Week after Trinity... ix. 18-26
Thursday, 10th Week after Trinity.. x. 25-31
Tuesday, 16th Week after Trinity..xi. 5-13
Monday, 3rd Week after Trinity...xii. 22-32
Saturday, 3rd Week in Advent... xii. 33-40
Tuesday, 2nd Week in Advent..      xii. 42-48
Saturday, 2nd&Week in Advent...xiii. 23-30
Thursday, 14th Week after Trinity.. xiv. 7-14
Friday, 1st Week after Epiphany..  xiv. 16-24
Wednesday, Sexagesima...... xiv. 25-33
Friday, 1st Week in Lent....   xv. 1-10
Friday, 3rd Week in Lent..... xv. 11-32
Wednesday, 12th Week after Trinity. xvi. 19-21
Tuesday, 18th Week after Trinity..xvii. 11-19
Friday, 22nd Week after Trinity..  xviii. 9-14
Tuesday, 2nd Week after Epiphany.  xix. 1-10
ST. JOHN.
Wednesday, 2nd Week after Epiphany  i. 1-14
Monday, after Trinity Sunday.... i. 29-37
Tuesday, 3rd Week after Trinity.. iii. 1-8




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Thursday, 3rd Week after Epiphany. iii. 16-21
Friday, 20th Week after Trinity...iv. 6-14
January 11.......        iv. 43-54
Tuesday, 3rd Week in Advent..   v. 22-29
Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity..  vi. 27-33
Thursday, 1st Week after Easter... vi. 35-40
Saturday, Week after Ascension Day.vi. 51-58
Wednesday, 23rd Week after Trinity.viii. 28-36
Friday, 2nd Week after Epiphany.    x. 14-18
Wednesday after Trinity Sunday..     x. 22-30
Wednesday in Easter Week....     xi. 19-27
Saturday, 1st Week after Easter... xi. 82-45
Wednesday in Holy Week.          xii. 23-32
Tuesday, 20th Week after Trinity.. xii. 44-50
Saturday, 5th Week after Epiphany.. xiii. 1-15
Friday, 7th Week after Trinity... xiii. 34-38
Monday, 3rd Week after Easter... xiv. 1-7
Wednesday, 2nd Week after Trinity.xiv. 8-14
Friday, 11th Week after Trinity...xiv. 15-24
Thursday, 2nd Week after Easter.   xiv. 26-31
Thursday, 13th Week after Trinity.   xv. 1-7
Monday, Week after Ascension Day.xv. 8-16
Wednesday, 25th Week after Trinity.xvi. 23-33
Friday after Ascension Day.....xvii. 1-11
Saturday after Ascension Day.... xvii. 13-19
Sunday after Ascension Day.... xvii. 20-26
Rogation Wednesday....... xx. 11-18
Trinity Sunday........             xx. 19-29
THE ACTS.
Friday, 2nd Week after Easter..    ii. 22-28
Tuesday after Trinity Sunday...    ii. 29-36
January 8..........  x. 34-43
January 9...........xi. 1-18
January 10.....         xii. 38-48
First Sunday after Epiphany..      xiv. 8-18
The Epiphany...  xvii. 22-31
Monday, 1st Week after Epiphany..xviii. 1-11
ROMANS.
Wednesday, 3rd Week in Advent. ii. 1-11
Saturday, 2nd Week after Epiphany.    iv. 13-25
January 3...........vi. 7-18
January 4.                 viii. 2-10
Whit Sunday..... viii. 11-17
Saturday, 4th Week after Trinity... viii. 18-25
Tuesday, Sexagesima....... viii. 31-39
Wednesday, 1st Week after Epiphany.x. 4-13
Thursday, 2nd Week after Epiphany     xi. 17-25
Wednesday, 19th Week after Trinity.xii. 9-21
Second Sunday in Lent... xiv. 1-12
Thursday, 2nd Week after Trinity.. xiv. 13-23




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1 CORINTHIANS.
Thursday, 4th Week after Easter.. ii. 7-12
Monday, 11th Week after Trinity..  ix. 24-27
Friday,l10th Week after Triniity... x. 1-13
Saturday, 4th Week after Easter... xi. 23-29
Saturday, 13th Week after Trinity.. xiii.
Tuesday, 3rd Week after Easter..   xv. 35-49
Good Friday..........             xv. 50-57
2 CORINTHIANS.
Friday, 2nd Week after Trinity.     iv. 17; v. 10
Friday 1st Week in Advent...    v. 1-10
Thursday, 19th Week after Tiinity.. vi. 14; vii. 1
Saturday, Sexagesima...... ix. 6-11
GALATIANS.
Tuesday, 4th Week in Advent...  iv. 1-7
January 2....     v. 16-26
January 7..........i. 7-16
] EPHESIANS.
Tuesday, 11th Week after Trinity..  i. 3-7
Third Sunday after Epiphany...   i.15-23
Tuesday, 1st Week after Epiphany.  ii. 1-10
Monday, 2nd Week after Epiphany.   ii.13-22
January 12........     iii. 1-12
Monday, 4th Week after Epiphany.. iv. 1-13
Thursday, 1st Week after Epiphany   iv. 17-24
Saturday, in Whitsun Week..      iv. 29; v. 2
Monday, 4th Week in Advent.... v. 13-21
Monday, 4th Week in Lent....       vi. 1-9
December 31.........   vi; 10-18
PHILIPPIANS.
Sunday before Easter... ii.5-13
Friday, 3rd Week after Easter... iii. 7-14
Wednesday, Week after Ascension Day iii. 17-iv. 1
December 30....... iv. 4-8
COLOSSIANS.
Wednesday, 3rd Week after Epiphany.:i. 3-14
Fourth Sunday after Epiphany..   i. 13-23
Tuesday, Week after Ascension Day.iii. 1-11
Saturday, 1st Week after Epiphany.. iii. 12-17
Tuesday, 13th Week after Trinity. iii. 20-25
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1. THESSALONIANS.
Fifth Sunday after Easter i.....     iv. 13-18
Thursday, 25th Week after Trinity.. v. 1-10
Second Sunday after Trinity.... v. 12-23
2 THESSALONIANS.
Thursday, Week after Ascension Day. ii. 13; iii. 5
1 TIMOTHY.
Tuesday, 4th Week after Epiphany.. ii. 1-8
Wednesday, 13th Week after Trinity    vi. 6-12
Saturday, 1st Week in Lent..... vi. 13-19
2 TIMOTHY.
Friday, Septuagesima.....       ii. 3-13
Tuesday, 5th Week after Epiphany.. ii. 19-26
TITUS.
Thursday, 15th Week after Trinity.. ii. 11; iii. 2
Saturday, 17th Week after Trinity.. iii 3-8
HEBREWS.
Thursday, 5th Week after Epiphany. i. 1-9
Monday in Holy Week....    ii. 8-18
Friday, 21st Week after Trinity... iii. 5-14
Easter Eve......... iv. 9-16
Friday, 4th Week after Epiphany.. v. 1-9
Saturday, Septuagesima...... vi. 10-20
Ascension Day......    vii. 24; viii. 2
Monday, Sexagesima....... ix. 11-14
Thursday, 5th Week in Lent.... ix. 24-28
Tuesday, 1st Week after Easter... x. 11-25
Friday, 4th Week after Easter...   x. 28-38
Tuesday, 4th Week after Trinity... xi. 1-6
Wednesday, 16th Week after Trinity. xi. 7-16
Vigils....... xi.13-16
Wednesday, 20th Week after Trinity. xi. 32-40
Friday, 1st Week after Trinity... xii. 1-6
Saturday, 22nd Week after Trinity..xii. 7-2
Monday, 24th Week after Trinity.     xii. 18-24
Festivals.........     xii. 22-29
Friday, 25th Week after Trinity.. xii. 25-29
Saturday, 26th WTeek after Trinity..xiii. 5-9
Saturday, 8th Week after Trinity... xiii. 10-21
ST. JAMES.
Monday, 1st Week in Lent..... i. 2-15
Wednesday, 4th Week after Trinity.   i. 9-15
Monday, 2nd Week in Lent..    i. 19-27




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Wednesday, 5th Week after Trinity.. ii. 1-9
Friday, Week after Ascension Day..ii. 14-26
Monday, 1st Week after Trinity.    iii. 2-8
Wednesday, 4th Week in Lent...      iii. 13-18
Tuesday, 12th Week after Trinity. iv. 5-12
Saturday, 6th Week after Trinity.. iv. 13-17
Monday, 16th Week after Trinity... v. 7-11
Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity... v. 13-20
1 ST. PETER.
Friday in Easter Week.....       i. 3-9
Friday, 5th Week after Trinity... i. 13-19
Tuesday 7th Week after Trinity... i. 20-25
Wednesday 6th Week after Trinity.   ii. 11-17
Friday, 5th Weekin Lent.... ii. 18-25
Third Sunday after Trinity....    iii. 8-13
Shrove Tuesday......... iv. 7-11
Saturday, 5th Week in Lent..        iv. 12-19
Tuesday 1st Week after Trinity.     v. 5-11
2 ST. PETER.
Friday, 4th Week after Trinity... i. 5-11
Twentieth Sunday after Trinity..   i. 13-21
First Sunday in Advent.... iii. 8-13
1 ST. JOHN.
Tuesday, Septuagesima.....        i 5-10
Wednesday, 5th Week in Lent... ii. 1-6
Saturday, 7th Week after Trinity.. ii. 7-11
Wednesday, 14th Week after Trinity. ii 12-17
Tuesday, 6th Week after Epiphany.  iii. 1-10
Thursday, 9th Week after Trinity.. iii. 13-17
Saturday, 14th Week after Trinity.. iii. 18-24
Monday, Quinquagesima..  iv. 7-12
Wednesday, 1st Week after Trinity. iv. 12-21
Monday, 20th Week after Trinity... v. 1-5
Thursday, 4th Week after Trinity.  v. 11-15
Monday, 18th Week after Trinity.. v. 16-21
2 ST. JOHN.
Wednesday, 27th Week after Trinity. -5-11
ST. JUDE.
Friday, 26th Week after Trinity... -17-25
REVELATION.
Wednesday, 2nd Week in Advent.. i. 4-7
Friday, 16th Week after Trinity... ii. 1-7
Friday, 6th Week after Trinity... iii. 1-5




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Wednesday, 2nd Week in Lent.... iii.14-22
Tuesday in Iloly Week......v. 6-14
Sixth Sunday after Trinity...     vi. 12; vii. 3
Easter Day........             ii. 9-17
Friday, 14th Week after Trinity...x. 1-7
Friday after Trinity Sunday..      xi. 15-19
Twenty-second Sunday after Trinity.xiv. 1-7
Thursday, 3rd Week in Advent..    xiv. 9-13
Fifth Sunday after Trinity.....xv. 1-4
First Sunday after Easter..... xix. 4-9
Second.Sunday in Advent..... xix. 11-16
Tuesday, 1st Week in Advent..   xx. 11-15
Ninth Sunday after Trinity.... xxi. 1-8
Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity.. xxi 22-27
Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity.. xxii. 1-5
December 27th (St. John the Evangelist) xxi'. 6-12
Whit Tuesday.........xxii. 13-17
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