TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. A MERCY. PARAPHRASE OF PSALM IV. NSWER me when I call, And set at large; now spare, Now pity me, and hear, my earnest prayer. In peace at once will I Both lay me down and sleep; For Thou alone dost keep Me safe where'er I lie; As in a rocky cell Thou Lord, alone, in safety mak'st me dwell. Milton. T HE quality of Mercy is not strain'd; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice bless'd; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes. 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown: His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, And earthly power doth then show likest God's, Shakspeare. "Be ye merciful, even as your Father which is in Heaven is merciful." WH HY, all the souls that were, were forfeit once, Found out the remedy. How would Shakspeare. PARAPHRASE OF JEREMIAH, CHAP. IX., VEKSES 23, 24. ET not the wise man glory in his wisdom,Let not the rich man glory in his riches,Let not the mighty glory in his might But in only this: let him that glorieth, glory That he knoweth the Lord, the Lord of infinite Mercy, Who executeth on the earth His loving-kindness and His righteousness. Southey. THE LORD'S PRAYER. THOU HOU to whom all power is given, Jesus! Saviour! mighty Lord! In our hearts all sovereign reign; Thou who dost the ravens feed, Pardon us our sins confessing, 220 SUNDAY READINGS. May we pardon one another, Archbishop Whately. GOD, EVENING HYMN. IOD, that madest earth and heaven, Who the day for toil hast given, May Thine angel-guards defend us; Guard us waking, guard us sleeping; May we, in Thy mighty keeping, All peaceful lie. When the last dread trump shall wake us, But to reign in glory take us With Thee on high. FINIS. |