young Children with very little alteration: The Collects for the fifth Sunday after Easter, the sixth, seventh, ninth, eleventh, fourteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first Sundays after Trinity; and the first Collect of the Communion Service. The Children may be taught the rest of the Collects as they grow older.

HOLY BAPTISM.

"The Temple," by George Herbert.

As he that sees a dark and shady grove,
Stays not, but looks beyond it on the sky;
So when I view my sins, mine eyes remove
More backward still, and to that water fly,

Which is above the heavens, whose spring and vent
Is in my dear Redeemer's pierced side.
O blessed streams! either ye do prevent
And stop our sins from growing thick and wide,

Or else give tears to drown them as they grow.
In you Redemption measures all my time,
And spreads the plaster equal to the crime:
You taught the book of life my name, that so,
Whatever future sins should me miscall,

Your first acquaintance might discredit all.

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There shall be a root of Jesse, and He that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in Him shall the Gentiles trust.-Rom. xv.

What is that which shines afar

Fairer than the Sun at morn?

'Tis a glorious star,

Which a rising King doth harbinger, And marks a cradle low, where God on earth is born. Faithful spake ye, seers of old,

From Jacob doth a Star arise,

The East is stirred to behold.

A little star keeps watch without,

'Tis let down from the skies;

But a nobler Star within

Doth it's march begin,

Which on their distant rout,

To Him with gentle power doth lead the Wise.
The toil and perils what are they?

Faithful love knows no delay:

Kindred, and home, and country holds not them; 'Tis God that calls, and they obey.

Star of Bethlehem,

Star of Grace, that lead'st the way,

Let not the mists of our dark soul

Obstruct Thy heavenly light, and guiding soft controul. Father, Light of lights, to Thee,

To Holy Spirit, and to Son,

In whom Thou to the world hast shone,

Everlasting glory be!

Translation by the Author of "The Cathedral."

THE EPIPHANY,

Or the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles.

COLLECT FOR THE DAY, JAN. 6.

O God, who by the leading of a star didst manifest thy only-begotten Son to the Gentiles; mercifully grant, that we, which know thee now by faith, may after this life have the fruition of thy glorious Godhead; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

DAILY SERVICE.

Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.-The Lord's Prayer.

All the Earth doth worship thee: the Father everlasting.

The holy Church throughout all the world doth acknowledge thee.

Thou art the King of Glory, O Christ.

When thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death thou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers.-Te Deum.

ye

Children of Men, bless ye

the Lord: praise

him and magnify him for ever.-Benedicite.

The day spring from on high hath visited us; to give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death; and to guide our feet into the way of peace.-St. Luke i.

O be joyful in the Lord; all ye lands: serve the Lord with gladness, and come before his presence with a song.-Psalm c.

All the ends of the world have seen the salvation of our God. Shew yourselves joyful unto the Lord, all ye lands: sing, rejoice, and give thanks.-Psalm xcviii.

Mine eyes have seen thy salvation, which thou hast prepared, before the face of all people; to be a light to lighten the Gentiles and to be the glory of thy people Israel.—St. Luke ii.

God be merciful unto us, and bless us and shew us the light of his countenance, and be merciful unto us that thy way may be known upon earth thy saving health among all nations. God shall bless us; and all the ends of the world shall fear him. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son; and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be; world without end. Amen.-Psalm lxvii.

LITANY.

That it may please thee to give to all nations, unity, peace, and concord;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to have mercy upon all men;

We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

PROPER LESSONS.

Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. For behold, the