DUKE 
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 DIVINITY SCHOOL 
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MANUAL OF DEVOTION FOR 
 SISTERS OF MERCY. Eight Parts in 
 two vols. 16mo. 10s. Or separately, 
 as follows :—Part I. Prayers for Daily 
 Use, 1s. 6d. Part Il. For Different 
 Necessities, 1s. Part III. For Forgive- 
 ness of Sins, ls. Part 1V. On the Holy 
 Communion, 2s. Part V. Acts of 
 Adoration, etc., 1s. Part VI. Prayers 
 to our Lord Jesus Christ, 1s. Part VII. 
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 HOLY GHOST 
 
SHORT OFFICE 
 
 OF 
 
 The Holp Ghost 
 
 EDITED BY THE 
 
 REY. T. T. CARTER, M.A. 
 
 LATE WARDEN OF THE HOUSE OF MERCY, CLEWER 
 
 SEVENTH IMPRESSION 
 
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Formerly published by Masters & Co. 
 Re-issued by Longmans, Green & Co., 1897. 
 Reprinted 1898; July, 1906; May, 1908. 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 SPECIAL devotions, limiting the view of 
 the soul to particular objects, have a two- 
 fold effect. They tend to quicken the ap- 
 prehension of the object contemplated, and 
 through this deepened perception of .one 
 portion of the Faith, produce a clearer and 
 more comprehensive consciousness of the 
 whole. The effect resembies that which 
 results from the study of single stars, 
 which, while causing a more familiar ac- 
 quaintance with the particular luminary, 
 increases also the power of embracing the 
 whole circle of the heavenly bodies. 
 
 The effect of prayer addressed to One 
 Person of the Blessed Trinity, is not to put 
 aside from our view the other adorable 
 Persons, but rather while giving greater 
 prominence, and increased impressiveness, 
 to the contemplation of the One, to enhance 
 
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 the power of apprehending the mystery of 
 the whole Godhead. It gives occasion, 
 moreover, for the more vivid expression 
 of special needs and aspirations, as a 
 natural consequence of contracting, and so 
 intensifying, the soul’s energies. 
 
 A reason peculiar to our own times for 
 
 more definite and intent devotion to Gop 
 the Hoty Gupst,/is to be found in the 
 lamentable defect of faith in Him as a 
 Person, which prevails everywhere, and 
 the consequent absence of personal feelings 
 of devotion towards Him. 
 _ The Office is not intended to supersede 
 the ‘Day Hours,” nor for continual use, 
 but for special seasons, as Whitsuntide, or 
 the Ember Weeks, or for private exercise 
 at any time. 
 
 The plan of the Office is founded on an 
 ancient form;“biit the composition of its 
 details is new.—It will be seen that a spe- 
 cial intention founded on some particular 
 operation or gift of the Hoty Guosz, is 
 embodied in the devotion for each hour; 
 and that these intentions are so arranged, 
 as to form a sequence exhibiting the 
 
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 progressive. work of the Sprrir in our 
 sanctification. 
 
 The undersigned desires to bear witness 
 to the love which designed and executed 
 this little work, as well as the benefit 
 which he knows in numerous instances to 
 
 have resulted from its use. 
 era: 
 Ciewer Rectory, 
 1868. 
 
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CONTENTS. 
 
 PAGE 
 Martins. The Divinity of the Hoty Guost 1 
 Laups. The Operation of the Hoty Guost 
 in the Incarnation of the Son of Gop 7 
 Primus. The Co-operation of the Hoty 
 Guost in our Redemption o) baleen 2 
 Trerce. The Descent of the Hoty Guost 
 on the Day of Pentecost . . . 16 
 Srext. The Operation of the Hoty Guosr 
 in consecrating the Apostolic Ministry 23 
 Nongs. The Influence of the Hoty Guost 
 in individual souls. . . Pad 
 Vesrers. The Operation of the Hony 
 Guost in the Sacraments. . . . 32 
 Compiine. The Preparation of souls for 
 Eternal life through the grace of the’ 
 Hoty Guost . Xlte <i) See 
 Litany of the Hoty Guosr . OG egy RECO 
 Litany of the Hoty Guost, (for the use of 
 the Clergy) 5a eatin 4G 
 
SHORT OFFICE OF THE 
 HOLY GHOST. 
 
 Satins, 
 
 i the Name of the Farner, and of the 
 Son, and of the Hoty Guost. Amen. 
 
 Our FATHER. 
 
 ¥. O Gop, make speed to save us. 
 Ry. O Lorn, make haste to help us. 
 
 ¥. Glory be to the Faruer, &c. 
 RZ. As zt was in tlie beginning, &ec. 
 
 ALLELUIA. 
 The Womn, 
 
 Hoty Spirit, PaRACcLETE ! 
 By this Name we know Thee, 
 Love of Gop, and Gift of Gop, 
 O what thanks we owe Thee! 
 Tnward Unction, Holy Fire, 
 All true hearts inflaming, 
 May Thy sevenfold Gifts be ours, 
 Thus Thy work proclaiming. Amen. 
 
bo 
 
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 Antiphon. And he showed me a pure 
 river of Water of Life. 
 
 PSALM CIV. Benedic, anima mea. 
 
 PRAISE the Lorp, O my soul : O Lorp 
 
 my Gop, Thou art become exceeding 
 glorious ; Thou art clothed with majesty 
 and honour, 
 
 Thou deckest Thyself with light as it 
 were with a garment : and spreadest out 
 the heavens like a curtain. 
 
 Who layeth the beams of His chambers 
 in the waters : and maketh the clouds His 
 chariot, and walketh upon the wings of 
 the wind. : 
 
 He maketh His Angels Spirits : and His 
 ministers a flaming fire. 
 
 He laid the foundations of the earth : 
 that it never should move at any time. 
 
 Thou coveredst it with the deep like as 
 eis a garment : the waters stand in the 
 hills. 
 
 At Thy rebuke they flee : at the voice of 
 Thy thunder they are afraid. 
 
 They go up as high as the hills, and 
 down to the valleys beneath : even unto 
 the place which Thou hast appointed for 
 them. 
 
 Thou hast set them their bounds which 
 they shall not pass : neither turn again to 
 cover the earth. 
 
OF THE HOLY GHOST. 3 
 
 He sendeth the springs into the rivers : 
 which run among the hills. 
 
 All beasts of the field drink thereof : and 
 the wild asses quench their thirst. 
 
 Beside’ them shall the fowls of the air 
 have their habitation : and sing among the 
 branches. 
 
 He watereth the hills from above : the 
 earth is filled with the fruit of Thy works. 
 
 He bringeth forth grass for the cattle : 
 and green herb for the service of men. 
 
 That He may bring food out of the earth, 
 and wine that maketh glad the heart of 
 man : and oil to make him a cheerful 
 countenance, and bread to strengthen man’s 
 heart. 
 
 The trees of the Lorp also are full of 
 sap : even the cedars of Libanus which He 
 hath planted ; 
 
 Wherein the birds make their nests : and 
 the fir-trees are a dwelling for the stork. 
 
 The high hills are a refuge for the wild 
 goats : and so are the stony rocks for the 
 conies. 
 
 He appointed the moon for certain sea- 
 sons : and the sun knoweth his going down. 
 
 Thou makest darkness that it may be 
 night : wherein all the beasts of the forest 
 do move. 
 
 The lions roaring after their prey : do 
 seek their meat from Gop. 
 
 The sun ariseth, and they get them away 
 
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 together : and lay them down in their 
 dens. 
 
 Man goeth forth to his work, and to his 
 labour : until the evening. 
 
 O Lorp, how manifold are Thy works : 
 in wisdom hast Thou made them all ; the 
 earth is full of Thy riches, 
 
 So is the great and wide sea also : where- 
 in are things creeping innumerable, both 
 small and great beasts. 
 
 There go the ships, and there is that 
 Leviathan : whom Thou hast made to take 
 his pastime therein. 
 
 These wait all upon Thee : that Thou 
 mayest give them meat in due season. 
 
 When Thou givest it them they gather 
 it : and when Thou openest Thy hand they 
 are filled with good. 
 
 When Thou hidest Thy face they are 
 troubled : when Thou takest away their 
 breath they die, and are turned again to 
 their dust. 
 
 When Thou letiest Thy Breath go forth 
 they shall be made : and ‘Thou shalt renew 
 the face of the earth. 
 
 The glorious Majesty of the Lorp shall 
 
 endure for ever : the Lorp shall rejoice in 
 
 His works. 
 
 The earth shall tremble at the look of 
 Him : if He do but touch the hills, they 
 shall smoke. 
 
 I will sing unto the Lorp as long as I 
 
 — ey 
 
OF THE HOLY GHOST. 5 
 
 live ; I will praise my Gop while I have 
 my being. 
 
 And so shall my words please Him: my 
 joy shall be in the Lorp. 
 
 As for sinners, they shall be consumed 
 out of the earth, and the ungodly shall 
 come to an end : praise thou the Lorp, O 
 my soul, praise the Lorp. 
 
 Glory be to the Farumr, &c. 
 
 Antiphon. And he showed me a pure 
 river of Water of Life, clear as crystal, 
 proceeding out of the throne of Gop and ot 
 the Lamb. 
 
 ¥. And the Srrrrr of Gop moved, 
 Ry. Upon the face of the waters. 
 
 The Chapter. 
 1S. John v. 6, 7. 
 
 It is the Spirit that beareth witness, be- 
 cause the Sprrir is truth. For there 
 are Three that bear record in heaven, the 
 Farner, the Worn, and the Hoty Guost ; 
 and these Three are One. 
 
 Ry. Thanks be to Gop. 
 
 The Collect. 
 
 0 MOST Holy Trrvrry, in the everflow- 
 
 ing abundance of Thy Love sending 
 forth the Hoty Guost the PARACLETE, to 
 create and form Thy Church, the mystical 
 
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 Body of Curist; grant to us to be ever 
 fervent in the Unity of the Spirit, that 
 always abiding in Thy worship and service, 
 we may grow more and more steadfast in 
 Faith, Hope, and Charity, more and more 
 patient and active in all good works, to the 
 honour and glory of Thy Name, through 
 Jxesus Curist our Lorp. Amen. 
 
 Act of Adoration. 
 
 WE adore Thee, O Hoty Guosr, Eternal 
 Gop, Co-equal with the FarHer and 
 the Son, ever proceeding, yet ever reposing 
 in the Fulness of Thy Divine Beatitude. 
 We adore Thee in Thy works of creative 
 power and love, bidding the Angel hosts to 
 arise into joyous life ; causing light and life 
 to thrill through the dark void of chaos; 
 breathing into man the Breath of Thy Di- 
 vinity. Lorp and Giver of life, we adore 
 Thee, we bless Thee, and hour by hour we 
 will praise Thy most holy Name. Amen. 
 
 For the Spirit of WHisvom. 
 BLESSED Spirit, Almighty Gop, Thy- 
 self the Gift and yet the Giver of all 
 
 gifts, enrich us Thy servants with ever re- ~ 
 
 newed inflowi ¢ %;pf the Spirit of Wisdom, 
 that we may . the source and end of 
 all creatures, an lie purpose of their crea- 
 tion. Teach us che true value of all the 
 
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 works of Gop, in nature, in grace, in glory, 
 that we rising above what is seen and tem- 
 poral, through the power of Thy grace, 
 may attain to the full possession of what 
 is Unseen and Eternal. 
 
 Infuse into our hearts a pure love for 
 all that is holy and heavenly, that by faith 
 ever seeing the Invisible, we may live in 
 its power, and be satisfied with the blessed 
 hope of the Eternal Beatitude for which 
 we look and long : through Jesus Curist 
 our Lorp. Amen. 
 
 MAY Gop the Hoty Guost fill our souls 
 with His grace, and kindle in us the 
 undying fervour of His love. Amen. 
 
 Lands, 
 
 [N the Name of the Farner, and of the 
 Son, and of the Hoty Guost. Amen. 
 
 Our Fatuer. 
 
 ¥. O Gop, make speed to save us. 
 Ry. O Lory, make haste to help us. 
 V. Glory be to the Farris, &e. 
 RY. As zt was in the b (pling, &e. 
 
 ALLELUIA. 
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 The Homn. 
 May the Hoty Srrriv’s grace 
 Aid us at this hour, 
 Who o’ershadowed Mary blest 
 With Almighty power, 
 When the peerless Maiden heard 
 Gabriel’s salutation, 
 And within her Virgin Womb 
 Bore the world’s Salvation. Amen. 
 
 Antiphon. The Hoty Guost shall come 
 upon thee, and the Power of the Highest 
 shall overshadow thee. 
 
 PSALM XIX. Celi enarrant. 
 
 HE heavens declare the glory of Gop : 
 and the firmament showeth His 
 
 handy-work. 
 
 One day telleth another : and one night 
 certifieth another. 
 
 There is neither speech nor language : 
 but their voices are heard among them. 
 
 Their sound is gone out into all lands : 
 and their words into the ends of the world. 
 
 In them hath He set a tabernacle for the 
 sun : which cometh forth as a bridegroom 
 out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a giant 
 to run his course. 
 
 It goeth forth from the uttermost part of 
 the heaven, and runneth about unto the end 
 of it again : and there is nothing hid from 
 the heat thereof. 
 
OF THE HOLY GHOST. 9 
 
 The law of the Lorp is an undefiled law, 
 converting the soul ; the testimony of the 
 Lorp is sure, and giveth wisdom unto the ~ 
 simple. 
 
 The statutes of the Lorp are right and 
 rejoice the heart : the commandment of the 
 Lorp is pure, and giveth light unto the 
 eyes. 
 
 The fear of the Lorp is clean, and en- 
 dureth for ever ; the judgments of the Lorp 
 are true, and righteous altogether. 
 
 More to be desired are they than gold, 
 yea, than much fine gold : sweeter also 
 than honey, and the honeycomb. 
 
 Moreover, by them is Thy servant 
 taught : and in keeping of them there is 
 great reward. 
 
 Who can tell how oft he offendeth : O 
 cleanse Thou me from my secret faults, 
 
 Keep Thy servant also from presumptu- 
 ous sins, lest they get the dominion over 
 me : so shall I be undefiled, and innocent 
 from the great offence. 
 
 Let the words of my mouth, and the 
 meditation of my heart : be alway accept- 
 able in Thy sight, 
 
 O Lorp : my strength, and my Re- 
 deemer. 
 
 Glory be to the Farumr, &c. 
 
 Antiphon. The Hoty Guosr shall come 
 upon thee, and the Power of the Highest 
 
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 shall overshadow thee; therefore also that 
 Holy Thing Which shall be born of thee 
 shall be called the Son of Gop. 
 
 ¥. That which is conceived in her, 
 Ry. Js of the Hoty Guost. 
 
 The Chapter. 
 Isaiah xi. 2, 3. 
 
 HE Sririr of the Lorp shall rest upon 
 Him, the Spirit of Wisdom and Under- 
 standing, the Spirit of Counsel and Might, 
 the Spirit of Knowledge and of the Fear of 
 the Lorp; and shall make Him of quick 
 understanding in the Fear of the Lorp. 
 Ry. Thanks be to Gov. 
 
 The Collect. 
 O MOST Holy Trrrry, (as at Matins.) 
 
 Act of Avyoration. 
 
 WE adore Thee, O Hoty Guosr, Eternal 
 Gop, preparing and sanctifying Mary 
 to correspond with Thy Divine purpose, 
 and yield herself to Thy Will. We adore 
 Thee, descending upon her in Thy Power, 
 and enabling her to conceive the Eternal 
 Word made flesh within her sacred Womb, 
 yet preserving her Virginity. 
 Come upon us, we pray Thee, O Blessed 
 Spirit, overshadow us, sanctify *us, that 
 
OF THE HOLY GHOST. 11 
 
 Cuxist may be formed in us. Create Thy 
 perfect work within us, that we may will- 
 ingly correspond with Thy Callings, and 
 use Thy Gifts according to Thy Will, ever 
 following the Example of JESUS, nor fail 
 to awake up after His Likeness, to see 
 Him as He is in His Glory. Amen. 
 
 For the Spirit of Anverstanving. 
 
 LESSED Sprrrr, Lorp of Light, in- 
 crease in our souls, we beseech Thee, 
 the Spirit of Understanding; raise and 
 illuminate our faculties to apprehend the 
 Divine Nature and its operations, that our 
 hearts being enlarged, as the Mystery of 
 the Adorable Truytry unfolds to our view, 
 we may love even as we have been loved. 
 Reveal day by day to us, O Lorp, this 
 knowledge, for which alone we thirst, 
 teaching us all that Thy Love demands, and 
 the ways in which Thou wilt be glorified, 
 that casting away all that hinders us, we 
 may be knit eternally to Thee, and finally 
 be made partakers of Thy Beatitude. 
 Amen. 
 
 M4Y Gop the Hoty Guost fill our souls 
 with His Grace, and kindle in us the 
 undying fervour of His Love. Amen, 
 
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 Prime. 
 
 [N the Name of the Faruer, and of the 
 Son, and of the Hoty Guost. Amen. 
 
 Our FATHER. 
 
 ¥. O Gon, make speed to save us. 
 Ry. O Lorn, make haste to help us. 
 Y. Glory be to the Faruer, &c. 
 
 Ry. As it was in the beginning, &c. 
 
 ALLELUIA. 
 
 The Bymn, 
 
 On the Virgin Mother’s breast 
 See the CurisT reposing ; 
 On His Body, pierced to death, 
 See the tomb is closing; 
 Round Him, risen to glorious life, 
 See His servants bending, 
 See Him, far beyond their gaze, 
 Through the heavens ascending. Amen. 
 
 Antiphon. Curist also hath once suf- 
 fered for sins, the Just for the unjust. 
 
 PSALM XXXIII. LEeultate, justi. 
 
 REJOICE in the Lorv, O ye righteous : 
 for it becometh ‘well the just to be 
 thankful. 
 
 Praise the Lorp with harp : sing praises 
 
OF THE HOLY GHOST. 13 
 
 unto Him with the lute, and instrument of 
 ten strings. 
 
 Sing unto the Lorp a new song : sing 
 praises lustily unto Him with a good 
 courage. 
 
 For the word of the Lorp is true : and 
 all His works are faithful. 
 
 He loveth righteousness and judgment : 
 the earth is full of the goodness of the 
 Lorp. 
 
 By the word of the Lorp were the heavens 
 made : and all the hosts of them by the 
 Breath of His mouth. 
 
 He gathereth the waters of the sea to- 
 gether, as it were upon an heap : and layeth 
 up the deep, as in a treasure-house. 
 
 Let all the earth fear the Lorp : stand in 
 awe of Him, all ye that dwell in the world. 
 
 For He spake, and it was done : He com- 
 manded, and it stood fast. 
 
 The Lorp bringeth the counsel of the 
 heathen to nought : and maketh the devices 
 of the people to be of none effect, and casteth 
 out the counsels of princes. 
 
 The counsel of the Lorp shall endure for 
 ever : and the thoughts of His heart from 
 generation to generation. 
 
 Blessed are the people whose Gop is the 
 Lorp JEHOVAH : and blessed are the folk, 
 that He hath chosen to Him to be His 
 inheritance. 
 
 The Lorp looked down from heaven, and 
 
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 beheld all the children of men : from the 
 habitation of His dwelling He considereth 
 all them that dwell on the earth. 
 
 He fashioneth all the hearts of them : 
 and understandeth all their works. 
 
 There is no king that can be saved by the 
 multitude of an host : neither is any mighty 
 man delivered by much strength. 
 
 A horse is counted but a vain thing to 
 save a man: neither shall he deliver any 
 man by his great strength. 
 
 Behold, the eye of the Lorp is upon them 
 that fear Him : and upon them that put 
 their trust in His mercy ; 
 
 To deliver their soul from death : and to 
 feed them in the time of dearth. 
 
 Our soul hath patiently tarried for the 
 Lorp : for He is our help, and our shield. 
 
 For our heart shall rejoice in Him : be- 
 cause we have hoped in His Holy Name. 
 
 Let Thy merciful kindness, O Lorn, be 
 upon us: like as we do put our trust in 
 Thee. 
 
 Glory be to the Faruer, &c. 
 
 Antiphon. Curist also hath once suf- 
 fered for sins, the Just for the unjust, that 
 He might bring us to Gop, being put to © 
 death in the flesh, but quickened by the — 
 SPIRIT. 
 
 ¥. Who through the Eternal Spreit, 
 ly. Offered Himself without spot to Gop. 
 . 
 
 a 
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OF THE HOLY GHOST. 15 
 
 The Chapter. 
 Rom. viii. 10, 11. 
 
 F Curist be in you, the body is dead 
 because of sin; but the spirit is life 
 because of righteousness. But if the Sprrir 
 of Him that raised up Jmsus from the dead, 
 dwell in you, He that raised up Curis from 
 the dead shall also quicken your mortal 
 bodies by His Sprrir that dwelleth in you. 
 RY. Thanks be to Gov. 
 
 The Collect. 
 O MOST Holy Trowury, (as at Matins.) 
 
 Act of Avovration. 
 
 WE adore Thee, O Hoty Guost, Eternal 
 
 Gop, in Thy Love and Mercy towards 
 us, co-operating in the work of our redemp- 
 tion; anointing Jusus at His Baptism; 
 enfolding Him in purest radiance in His 
 Transfiguration; leading Him into the 
 wilderness to overcome the tempter; in 
 His Oblation of Himself on the Cross for 
 our sins, in His Resurrection from the dead 
 for our justification, and in His Glorious 
 Ascension to prepare a place for us,— 
 ministering to Him. 
 
 Shine on us now, Most Hoty Sprrrr, we 
 beseech Thee, and perfect in us the Life 
 of Jesus, quickening our failing energies, 
 reanimating our feebleness, that the same 
 
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 mind that was in Him may be also in us, 
 and all Thy holy Will be fulfilled in us, 
 Amen. 
 
 For the Spirit of Counsel, 
 
 BLESSED Sririt, Almighty Gop, forgive, 
 
 we beseech Thee, our waywardness, 
 and blindness of heart, and bestow on us 
 the Spirit of Counsel. In perplexities and 
 difficulties, be Thou our Light, teaching us 
 to discern the evil from the good, directing 
 us that our footsteps slip not. Instruct us 
 in all the ways of holiness, by mortification 
 to overcome our sins, by obedience to subdue 
 our selfishness, by spiritual discipline to 
 sanctify our thoughts, words, and actions, 
 that, ever going on to perfection, we may 
 attain unto the fellowship of Thy Saints in 
 bliss. Amen. 
 
 MAY Gop the Hoty Guosr fill our souls 
 " with His Grace, and kindle in us the 
 undying fervours of His Love. Amen. 
 
 Terce. 
 
 [N the Name of the Farner, and of the 
 Son, and of the Hory Guost. Amen. 
 Our Farner. 
 
 ¥. O Gop, make speed to save us. 
 RY. O Lorn, make haste to help us. 
 
OF THE HOLY GHOST. 17 
 
 ¥. Glory be to the Faruer, &c. 
 Wy. As it was in the beginning, &c. 
 
 ALLELUIA. 
 Che Momn. 
 
 See another PARACLETE, 
 Curist’s true love bestowing, 
 Pouring forth at Pentecost 
 Comfort overflowing, 
 He that told them, “ Orphaned ones, 
 I will leave you never,” 
 Made their souls, by tongues of flame, 
 Glow, and burn for ever. Amen. 
 
 Antiphon. I will pour out My Spirit 
 upon all flesh. 
 
 PSALM LXVIIl. Ewurgat Deus. 
 
 Lt Gop arise, and let His enemies be 
 scattered : let them also that hate 
 Him flee before Him. 
 
 Like as the smoke vanisheth, so shalt 
 Thou drive them away : and like as wax 
 melteth at the fire, so let the ungodly 
 perish at the presence of Gop. 
 
 But let the righteous be glad and 
 rejoice before Gop : let them also be 
 merry and joyful. 
 
 O sing unto Gop, and sing praises unto 
 His Name : magnify Him that rideth upon 
 the heavens, as it were upon an_horse; 
 praise Him in His Name JAH, and 
 rejoice before Him. 
 
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 He is a Faruerr of the fatherless, and 
 defendeth the cause of the widows : even 
 Gop in His holy habitation. 
 
 He is the Gop that maketh men to be 
 of one mind in an house, and bringeth the 
 prisoners out of captivity : but letteth the 
 Tunagates continue in scarceness. 
 
 O Gop, when Thou wentest forth before 
 the people : when Thou wentest through 
 the wilderness, 
 
 The earth shook, and the heavens 
 dropped at the presence of Gop : even as 
 Sinai also was moved at the presence of 
 Gop, Who is the Gop of Israel. 
 
 Thou, O Gop, sentest a gracious Rain 
 upon Thine inheritance : and refreshedst 
 it when it was weary. 
 
 Thy congregation shall dwell therein : 
 for Thou, O Gop, hast of Thy goodness 
 prepared for the poor. 
 
 The Lorp gave the word : great was 
 the company of the preachers. 
 
 Kings with their armies did flee, and 
 were discomfited : and they of the house- 
 hold divided the spoil. 
 
 Though ye have lien among the pots, 
 yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove : 
 that is covered with silver wings, and her 
 feathers like gold. ; 
 
 When the Almighty scattered kings for 
 their sake : then were they as white as 
 snow in Salmon. 
 
OF THE HOLY GHOST. 19 
 
 As the hill of Basan, so is Gon’s hill : 
 even an high hill, as the hill of Basan. 
 
 Why hop ye so, ye high hills? This is 
 Gop’s hill, in the which it pleaseth Him 
 to dwell : yea, the Lorp will abide in it 
 for ever. 
 
 The chariots of Gop are twenty thou- 
 sand, even thousands of Angels : and the 
 Loxp is among them, as in the holy place 
 of Sinai. 
 
 Thou art gone up, on high, Thou hast 
 led captivity captive, and received Gifts 
 for men : yea, even for Thine enemies, 
 that the Lorp Gop might dwell among 
 them. 
 
 Praised be the Lorp daily : even the 
 Gop Who helpeth us, and poureth His 
 benefits upon us. 
 
 He is our Gop, even the Gop of Whom 
 cometh salvation : Gop is the Lorn, by 
 Whom we escape death. 
 
 Gop shall wound the head of His ene- 
 mies : and the hairy scalp of such a one 
 as goeth on still in his wickedness. 
 
 The Lorp hath said, I will bring My 
 people again, as I did from Basan : Mine 
 own will I bring again, as I did sometime 
 from the deep of the sea. 
 
 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood 
 of thine enemies : and that the tongue of 
 thy dogs may be red through the same. 
 
 It is well seen, O Gop, how Thou goest : 
 
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 how Thou, my Gop and King, goest in the 
 sanctuary. 
 
 The singers go before, the minstrels fol- 
 low after : in the midst are the damsels 
 playing with the timbrels. 
 
 Give thanks, O Israel, unto Gop the 
 Lorp in the congregations : from the 
 ground of the heart. 
 
 There is little Benjamin their ruler, and 
 the princes of Judah their counsel : the 
 princes of Zabulon, and the princes of 
 Nephthali. 
 
 Thy Gop hath sent forth strength for 
 thee : stablish the thing, O Gop, that Thou 
 hast wrought in us, 
 
 For Thy temple’s sake at Jerusalem : 
 so shall kings bring presents unto Thee. 
 
 When the company of the spear-men, 
 and multitude of the mighty are scattered 
 abroad among the beasts of the people, so 
 that they humbly bring pieces of silver : 
 and when He hath scattered the people 
 that delight in war ; 
 
 Then shall the princes come out of 
 Egypt : the Morians’ land shall soon stretch 
 out her hands unto Gop. 
 
 Sing unto Gop, O ye kingdoms of the 
 earth : O sing praises unto the Lorp ; 
 
 Who sitteth in the heavens over all from 
 
 the beginning : lo, He doth send out His 
 Voice, yea, and that a mighty Voice. 
 Ascribe ye the power to Gop over 
 
OF THE HOLY GHOST. 21 
 
 Israel : His worship and strength is in 
 the clouds. 
 
 O Gop, wonderful art Thou in Thy holy 
 places : even the Gop of Israel; He will 
 give strength and power unto His people; 
 blessed be Gop. 
 
 Glory be to the Faturr, &c. 
 
 Antiphon. I will pour out My Sprarr 
 upon all flesh, and your sons and your 
 daughters shall prophesy; your old men 
 shall dream dreams, and your young men 
 shall see visions. 
 
 ¥. When the enemy shall come in like 
 a flood, 
 
 Ry. The Spirit of the Lorn shall lift up 
 a standard against him. 
 
 The Chapter. 
 Acts ii. 1—5. 
 
 AND when the Day of Pentecost was 
 fully come, they were all with one 
 accord in one place. And suddenly there 
 came a sound from Heaven as of a rushing 
 mighty Wind, and it filled all the house 
 where they were sitting. And there ap- 
 peared unto them cloven Tongues like as of 
 Fire, and it sat upon each of them. And 
 they were all filled with the Hoty Guosz, 
 and began to speak with other tongues, as 
 the Spirit gave them utterance. 
 RZ Thanks be to Gop. 
 
22 SHORT OFFICE 
 
 The Collect. 
 O MOST Holy Trinity, (as at Matins.) 
 
 Act of Avoration. 
 
 Most Hoty Sprrit, Almighty Gop, in 
 Whom the Personalities of the Di- 
 vine Nature close, in Whom the Love of 
 the Fatuer and the Son meet, and unite ; 
 the completeness, the Repose, the Ful- 
 ness, the Joy of the Eternal Godhead : 
 we adore, we bless, we glorify Thee ! 
 
 Love of Gop, we worship Thee, descend- 
 ing on the orphaned Church in the pleni- 
 tude of Thy Pentecostal Gifts, to abide in 
 her, to be her Ruler, her Teacher, her 
 Comforter, her Life, her Joy; and we 
 pray Thee that these our ceaseless acts of 
 praise and thanksgiving may be acceptable 
 unto Thee. Amen. 
 
 Act of Commemoration. 
 
 BLESSED Spreit, Gop of Love, Most 
 Holy ParacneTe, we most thankfully 
 commemorate the hour of Thy coming in 
 tremendous energy, as a rushing mighty 
 Wind, scattering Thyself in showers of 
 Flame, like cloven tongues, on all around. 
 Prostrate before Thee, we wait for Thy 
 lovingkindness, to renew our gifts, to. 
 strengthen us against sin, against the love 
 of self, and the pride of the world. Pour 
 
OF THE HOLY GHOST. ae 
 
 forth on us fresh streams of grace, and of 
 love both towards Gop and towards each 
 other. Reveal to our souls the love of 
 Jesus, and inflame us with quenchless 
 desires after Him, that we, remembering 
 all His lovingkindness, and the sweet 
 attractions of His grace, may be found 
 faithful to our Vocation, and true to Thy 
 Holy Inspirations. Amen. 
 
 M4Y Gop the Hoty Guosr fill our souls 
 with His Grace, and kindle in us the 
 undying fervours of His Love. Amen, 
 
 Sext. 
 
 [N the Name of the Faruer, and of the 
 Son, and of the Hory Gost. Amen. 
 
 Oor Fatuer. 
 
 ¥. O Gop, make speed to save us. 
 Ry. OLorp, make haste to help us. 
 ¥. Glory be to the Faruer, &c. 
 RY. As tt was in the beginning, ke. 
 ALLELUIA. 
 
 The Bomn. 
 Then endowed with Sevenfold Grace 
 Of Pentecostal blessing, 
 All the forms of human speech 
 Tn their minds possessing, 
 Cc 
 
24 SHORT OFFICE 
 
 See the Apostles o’er the earth 
 Bear the Spirit’s teaching, 
 One true Catholic Belief 
 Through the wide world preaching, 
 
 Antiphon. Ye shall receive Power after 
 that the Hoty Guost is come upon you. 
 
 PSALM XLVI. Deus noster refugium. 
 
 GOP is our hope and strength : a very 
 present help in trouble. 
 
 Therefore will we not fear, though the 
 earth be moved : and though the hills be 
 carried into the midst of the sea ; 
 
 Though the waters thereof rage and 
 swell : and though the mountains shake at 
 the tempest of the same. 
 
 The rivers of the flood thereof shall make 
 glad the city of Gop : the holy place of the 
 tabernacle of the most Highest. 
 
 Gop is in the midst of her, therefore shall 
 she not be removed : Gop shall help her, 
 and that right early. 
 
 The heathen make much ado, and the 
 kingdoms are moved : but Gop hath 
 showed His Voice, and the earth shall 
 melt away. 
 
 The Lorp of hosts is with us : the Gop 
 of Jacob is our Refuge. 
 
 O come hither, and behold the works 
 of the Lorp : what destruction He hath - 
 brought upon the earth. 
 
 He maketh wars to cease in all the world: 
 
OF THE HOLY GHOST. 25 
 
 He breaketh the bow, and knappeth the 
 spear in sunder, and burneth the chariots 
 in the fire. 
 
 Be still then, and know that I am Gop : 
 I will be exalted among the heathen, and 
 I will be exalted in the earth. 
 
 The Lorp of hosts is with us : the Gop 
 of Jacob is our Refuge. 
 
 Glory be to the Farner, &e. 
 
 Antiphon. Ye shall receive Power after 
 that the Hoty Guosr is come upon you : 
 and ye shall be witnesses unto Me, both 
 in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in 
 Samaria, and unto the uttermost parts of 
 the earth. 
 
 ¥. The Hoy Guost said, Separate Me 
 Barnabas and Saul, for the work where- 
 unto I have called them. 
 
 RY. So they, being sent forth by the 
 Hoty Guost, departed unto Seleucia. 
 
 Che Chapter. 
 S. John xx. 21—23. 
 THEN said Jesus unto them again, Peace 
 be unto you : as My Faruer 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 Hoty 
 
 _ Guost. Whosesoever sins ye remit, they 
 
 are remitted unto them; and whosesoever 
 sins ye retain, they are retained. 
 Ry. Thanks be to Gop. 
 
26 SHORT OFFICE 
 
 The Collect. 
 O MOST Holy Trixtry, (as at Matins.) 
 
 Act of Avoration. 
 
 O HOLY Guost, Eternal Gop. Life of 
 
 the Saiats, we adore Thee in Thy work 
 of power within the Church of the Elect, 
 forming the Ecclesiastical Orders, infusing 
 into them, even as Thou willest, the word 
 of Wisdom, the word of Knowledge, gifts 
 of healing, of discerning of spirits, powers 
 of government, and holy discipline, endu- 
 ing them with grace to save and bless all 
 whom Thou callest out of the world unto 
 salvation ; we adore Thee, we bless Thee. 
 
 Forgive, we beseech Thee, our negli- 
 gence, our abuses, of Thy manifold Gifts, 
 our wasted talents, and endue us henceforth 
 with lowly and obedient hearts, and with 
 generous devotion, that, watching for Thy 
 faintest inspirations, we may be always 
 ready to do or to suffer what Thou appointest 
 for us. Amen. 
 
 For the Spirit of Ghostly Strength. 
 BLESSED Sprrit, have pity, we beseech 
 Thee, on our infirmities and daily 
 failings, and fortify us with the Spirit of - 
 Ghostly Strength. Make us courageous 
 and strong to overcome our temptations, 
 
OF THE HOLY GHOST. 27 
 
 to extirpate at any cost the evil tendencies 
 of our nature, that increasing in Faith, in 
 Hope, in Charity, we may persevere in the 
 straight path of a perfect life. Mortify 
 in us all softness, and remove far from us 
 all allurements to ease, or self-indulgence, 
 that, unshaken in the hour of trial, we may 
 have our place in Thy Sanctuary with Thy 
 holy ones. 
 
 In sickness or suffering be Thou, O 
 Hoty Spirrr, our support ; when the 
 powers of darkness assail us, shield us 
 with Thy mighty protection, and keep us 
 faithful in our last hour, that we fall not 
 from Thee. Amen. 
 
 M4* Gop the Hoty Guost fill our souls 
 with His Grace, and kindle in us the 
 undying fervours of His Love. Amen. 
 
 Hones, 
 JX the Name of the Farner, and of the 
 ~ Son, and of the Hoty Guosr, Amen. 
 Our FATHER. 
 -¥. O Gon, make speed to save us. 
 RZ. O Lorn, make haste to help us. 
 
 Y. Glory be to the FaTuer, &c. 
 Ry. As wt was in the beginning, &c. 
 
 ALLELUIA. 
 
28 SHORT OFFICE 
 
 The Homn. 
 Now from sacred hour to hour, 
 Ho.y Guost, we praise Thee, 
 Hymns devout with worship due 
 Ceaselessly we raise Thee. 
 O that Thou wouldst o’er our souls 
 Shed Thine inspiration, 
 Fill them with the strength of love, 
 Crown them with Salyation. Amen. 
 
 Antiphon. The Comforter, Which is the 
 Hoty Guost, Whom the FatHeEr will send 
 in My Name. 
 
 PSALM XLVIII. Magnus Dominus. 
 
 GREAT is the Lorp, and highly to be 
 praised : in the city of our Gop, even 
 upon His holy hill. 
 
 The hill of Sion is a fair place, and the 
 joy of the whole earth : upon the north- 
 side lieth the city of the great King; Gop 
 is well known in her palaces as a sure 
 refuge. 
 
 For lo, the kings of the earth : are ga- 
 thered, and gone by together. 
 
 They marvelled to see such things : they 
 were astonished, and suddenly cast down. 
 
 Fear came there upon them, and sorrow : 
 as upon a woman in her trayail. 
 
 Thou shalt break the ships of the sea: 
 through the east-wind. 
 
 Like as we have heard, so have we seen 
 in the city of the Lorp of Hosts, in the 
 
OF THE HOLY GHOST. 29 
 
 city of our Gop : Gop upholdeth the same 
 for ever. 
 
 We wait for Thy lovingkindness, O 
 Gop : in the midst of Thy temple. 
 
 O Gop, according to Thy Name, so is 
 Thy praise unto the world’s end : Thy 
 right hand is full of righteousness. 
 
 Let the mount Sion rejoice, and the 
 daughter of Judah be glad : because of 
 Thy judgments. 
 
 Walk about Sion, and go round about 
 her : and tell the towers thereof. 
 
 Mark well her bulwarks, set up her 
 houses : that ye may tell them that come 
 after. 
 
 For this Gop is our Gop for ever and 
 ever : He shall be our guide unto death. 
 
 Glory be to the Faruer, &c. 
 
 Antiphon. The Comforter, Which is the 
 Hoty Guost, Whom the Faruer will 
 send in My Name, He shall teach you all 
 things, and bring all things to your remem- 
 brance, whatsoever I have said unto you. 
 
 ¥. Which things also we speak, 
 
 RZ. Not in the words which man’s wis- 
 dom teacheth, but which the Hoty Guosr 
 teacheth, 
 
 The Chapter. 
 1 Cor. xii. 4—11. 
 
 NOW there are diversities of Gifts, but 
 the same Spirit, And there are 
 
30 SHORT OFFICE 
 
 differences of administrations, but the same 
 Lorp. And there are diversities of ope- 
 rations, but it is the same Gop which 
 worketh all in all. But the manifestation 
 of the Sprrir is given to every man to 
 profit withal. For to one is given by the 
 Sprrit the word of Wisdom; to another 
 the word of Knowledge by the same 
 Sprrir; to another faith by the same 
 Sprait; to another the gifts of healing by 
 the same Spreir; to another the working 
 of miracles; to another prophecy; to 
 another discerning of spirits; to another 
 divers kinds of tongues; to another the 
 interpretation of tongues: but all these 
 worketh that one and the selfsame Sprarr, 
 dividing to every man severally as He will. 
 Ry. Thanks be to Gon. 
 The Collect. 
 O MOST Holy Trryrry, (as at Matins.) 
 
 Act of Avoration. 
 
 O HOLY Guost, Almighty Gop, we 
 
 adore Thee in the manifold manifes- 
 tations of Thy grace, diffusing Thyself in 
 richest profusion everywhere, teaching, 
 illuminating, attracting, sanctifying souls 
 sinful and miserable as ours. We adore 
 Thee perfecting the design of Thy predes- 
 tination, choosing each according to his 
 Vocation, directing Thy several Gifts and 
 works, sweetly disposing our lives for these 
 
OF THE HOLY GHOST. 31 
 
 ends, enabling Thy Elect to advance in‘ 
 their fulfilment. 
 
 We beseech Thee, O Gop, grant us 
 grace to receive profitably all Thy Inspi- 
 rations, readily to respond to Thy Will; 
 in gentleness, docility, and generosity to 
 follow as Thou leadest, through trial or 
 difficulty, through humiliation or tempta- 
 tion, that we may never lose Thy favour, 
 nor fall short of the sanctity to which Thou 
 hast called us. Amen. 
 
 For the Spirit of Knowledge. 
 
 BLESSED Sprrarr, stir within our souls, 
 
 we beseech Thee, and enlarge our 
 straitened hearts, enduing us with the in- 
 crease of the Spirit of Knowledge. Teach 
 us truly to know ourselves, our sins, and 
 our defects, that we may amend them,— 
 the meaning of Thy Voice and Thy Call- 
 ings, that we may obey them. Show us 
 the nothingness of the creatures, the vanity 
 of earthly things, that we may use all 
 only for Thy Glory, and never be brought 
 under the power of any. Hory Spirir, 
 we beseech Thee reveal to us Thy mind, 
 that growing continually in Thy Divine 
 illuminations, we may finally know even as 
 we are known. Amen. 
 
 M4Y Gop the Hoty Guost fill our souls 
 with His grace, and kindle in us the 
 undying fervours of His love. Amen. 
 
32 SHORT OFFICE 
 
 Despers. 
 
 JN the Name of the Farner, and of the 
 Son, and of the Hoty Guost. Amen. 
 
 Our FATHER. 
 
 ¥. O Gop, make speed to save us. 
 Rz. O Lorn, make haste to help us. 
 ¥. Glory be to the Faruur, &e. 
 
 Ry. As it was in the beginning, ce. 
 
 ALLELUIA. 
 
 The Womn. 
 With the might of Gop’s Right Hand 
 Balms benign Thou pourest, 
 As a healing Finger laid 
 Where the pain is sorest. 
 From the poison breath of hell 
 Shield us, lest we perish; 
 Warm and safe heneath Thy Wing 
 Still Thy weak ones cherish. Amen. 
 
 Antiphon. By one Spreir we are all 
 baptized into one Body. 
 
 PSALM CXLVII. Laudate Dominum. 
 
 O PRAISE the Lorp, for it is a good 
 thing to sing praises unto our Gop : 
 yea, a joyful and pleasant thing it is to be 
 thankful. 
 The Lorp doth build up Jerusalem : and 
 gather together the outcasts of Israel. 
 
OF THE HOLY GHOST. 33 
 
 He healeth those that are broken in 
 heart : and giveth medicine to heal their 
 sickness. 
 
 He telleth the number of the stars : and 
 calleth them all by their names. 
 
 Great is our Lorp, and great is His 
 power : yea, and His wisdom is infinite. 
 
 The Lorp setteth up the meek : and 
 bringeth the ungodly down to the ground. 
 
 O sing unto the Lorp with thanks- 
 giving : sing praises upon the harp unto 
 our GoD; 
 
 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, 
 and prepareth rain for the earth : and 
 maketh the grass to grow upon the moun- 
 tains, and herb for the use of men; 
 
 Who giveth fodder unio the cattle : and 
 feedeth the young ravens that call upon 
 Him. 
 
 He hath no pleasure in the strength of 
 an horse : neither delighteth He in any 
 man’s legs. 
 
 But the Lorn’s delight is in them that 
 fear Him : and put their trust in His mercy. 
 
 Praise the Lorp, O Jerusalem : praise 
 thy Gop, O Sion. 
 
 For He hath made fast the bars of thy 
 gates : and hath blessed thy children within 
 
 ee. 
 
 He maketh peace in thy borders : and 
 filleth thee with the flour of wheat. 
 
 He sendeth forth His commandment 
 
34 SHORT OFFICE 
 
 upon earth : and His word runneth very 
 swiftly. 
 
 He giveth snow like wool : and scattereth 
 the hoar-frost like ashes. 
 
 He casteth forth His ice like morsels : 
 who is able to abide His frost ? 
 
 He sendeth out His Word, and melteth 
 them : He bloweth with His Wind, and the 
 waters flow. 
 
 He showeth His word unto Jacob : His 
 statutes and ordinances unto Israel. 
 
 He hath not dealt so with any nation : 
 neither have the heathen knowledge of His 
 laws. 
 
 Glory be to the Farner, &c. 
 
 Antiphon. By one Sprrir we are all 
 baptized into one Body, whether we be 
 Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or 
 free; and have been all made to drink into 
 one SPIRIT. 
 
 ¥. It is the Sprrrr that quickeneth, 
 
 Ry. The flesh profiteth nothing. 
 
 The Chapter. 
 Ezekiel xxxyii. 5—10. 
 
 aus saith the Lorp Gop unto these 
 
 bones; Behold, I will cause Breath to 
 enter into you, and ye shall live: and I will 
 lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh 
 upon you, and cover you with skin, and put 
 
OF THE HOLY GHOST. 35 
 
 Breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye 
 shall know that Iam the Lorp. So I pro- 
 phesied 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 Lorp Gop ; Come from the four winds, 
 O 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. 
 Ry. Thanks be to Gov. 
 
 The Collect. 
 O MOST Holy Trrsiry, (as at Matins.) 
 
 Act of Avovation. 
 
 O HOLY Guost, Almighty Gop, we 
 adore Thee secretly, lovingly uniting 
 us with our Incarnate Lorp through Sacra- 
 ments, and many secret workings of Thy 
 erace; moving on the waters of Baptism, 
 descending in the sevenfold Gifts of Con- 
 firmation, cleansing our guilt away in 
 
36 SHORT OFFICE 
 
 Absolution, making the consecrated Ele- 
 ments the very Body and Blood of Curisr. 
 
 Quicken our souls, Blessed Sprrtr, we 
 beseech Thee, that with fervent love and 
 joy we may meet Jesus as He comes to us. 
 Purify, sanctify, perfect us, enabling us to 
 receive Him to our endless comfort. Thou 
 didst fill His Sacred Humanity with all 
 the Fulness of the Godhead; so prevent, 
 strengthen, and establish us, that we may 
 be able to partake of that same Fulness, 
 ever dying to ourselves, ever rising unto 
 Gop. Amen. 
 
 For the Spirit of Crodliness. 
 
 BLESSED Spirit, kindle in us, we be- 
 
 seech Thee, fresh fervour, and increase 
 in us the Spirit of Godliness. Fill us with 
 yearnings for all that is holy and Divine, 
 removing all self-love and self-compla- 
 cency, preserving us from carelessness 
 and distractions. Recall every wandering 
 thought, fix every wavering desire, shed 
 Thy purest light within us, caressing us 
 with Thy sweetness, delighting us with 
 Thy Love. O Blessed Sprert, entrance 
 us with the deepening consciousness of 
 perpetual communion with Thee, that 
 living only under Thy guidance, we may 
 be drawn more and more closely into the 
 peace and joy of an undisturbed contem- 
 plation of Gop. Amen. 
 
OF THE HOLY GHOST. 37 
 
 M4* Gop the Hoty Guosr fill our souls 
 - with His grace, and kindle in us the 
 undying fervours of His love. Amen. 
 
 Compline. 
 
 IX the Name of the Farner, and of the 
 Son, and of the Hoty Guosr. Amen. 
 
 Our FatHER. 
 
 ¥. O Gon, make speed to save us. 
 Ry. O Lorn, make haste to help us. 
 
 ¥. Glory be to the Faruer, &c. 
 Ry. As it was in the beginning, kc. 
 
 ALLELUIA. 
 
 Che Humn. 
 
 May the Holy ParacLEeTE 
 All our armour brighten, 
 
 Guide our footsteps evermore, 
 And our paths enlighten : 
 
 That the Day of Doom may bring 
 Nought that need appal us, 
 
 But the Judge to His Right Hand 
 Lovingly may call us. Amen. 
 
 Antiphon. Eye hath not seen, nor ear 
 heard, neither have entered into the heart 
 of man the things which Gop hath prepared 
 for them that love Him. 
 
38 SHORT OFFICE 
 
 PSALM CXLV. LEzaltabo Te, Deus. 
 
 I WILL magnify Thee, O Gop, my King: 
 and I will praise Thy Name for ever 
 and ever. 
 
 Every day will I give thanks unto Thee : 
 and praise Thy Name for ever and ever. 
 
 Great is the Lorp, and marvellous, wor- 
 thy to be praised : there is no end of His 
 greatness. 
 
 One generation shall praise Thy works 
 unto another : and declare Thy power. 
 
 As for me, I will be talking of Thy wor- 
 ship : Thy glory, Thy praise, and wondrous 
 works. , 
 
 So that men shall speak of the might of 
 Thy marvellous acts : and I will also tell 
 of Thy greatness. 
 
 The memorial of Thine abundant kind- 
 ness shall be showed : and men shall sing 
 of Thy righteousness. 
 
 The Lorp is gracious and merciful : long- 
 suffering, and of great goodness. 
 
 The Lorp is loving unto every man : and 
 His mercy is over all His works. 
 
 All Thy works praise Thee, O Lorp: 
 and Thy saints give thanks unto Thee. 
 
 They show the glory of Thy kingdom ; 
 and talk of Thy power ; 
 
 That Thy power, Thy glory, and mighti- 
 ness of Thy kingdom: might be known 
 unto men, 
 
OF THE HOLY GHOST. 39 
 
 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom : 
 and Thy dominion endureth throughout all 
 ages. 
 
 The Lord upholdeth all such as fall : and 
 lifteth up all those that are down. 
 
 The eyes of all wait upon Thee, O Lorn : 
 and Thou givest them their meat in due 
 season. 
 
 Thou openest Thine hand : and fillest all 
 things living with plenteousness. 
 
 The Lorp is righteous in all His ways : 
 and holy in all His works. 
 
 The Lorp is nigh unto all them that call 
 upon Him : yea, all such as call upon Him 
 faithfully. 
 
 He will fulfil the desire of them that fear 
 Him : He also will hear their cry, and will 
 help them. 
 
 The Lorp preserveth all them that love 
 Him : but scattereth abroad all the ungodly. 
 
 My mouth shall speak the praise of the 
 Lorp : and let all flesh give thanks unto 
 His holy Name for ever and ever. 
 
 Glory be to the Farurr, &c. 
 
 Antiphon. Eye hath not seen, nor ear 
 heard, neither have entered into the heart 
 of man the things which Gop hath prepared 
 for them that love Him. But Gop hath 
 revealed them unto us by His Spirit. 
 
 ¥. The Sprrrr searcheth all things, 
 RY. Yea, the deep things of Gon. 
 D 
 
40 SHORT OFFICE 
 
 The Chapter. 
 8. John xvi. 8—14. 
 
 WHEN the Comforter is come, He will 
 reprove the world of sin, and of righ- 
 teousness, and of judgment : of sin, because 
 they believe not on Me; of righteousness, 
 because I go to My Farner, and ye see 
 Me no more; of judgment, because the 
 Prince of this world is judged. I have 
 yet many things to say unto you, but ye 
 cannot bear them now. Howbeit, when 
 He the Sprrir of Truth is come, He will 
 guide you into all truth, for He shall not 
 speak of Himself, but whatsoever He shall 
 hear, that shall He speak, and He will show 
 you things to come. He shall glorify Me, 
 for He shall receive of Mine, and shall show 
 it unto you. 
 RZ. Thanks be to Gop. 
 
 The Collect, 
 O MOST Holy Trurxrry, (as at Matins.) 
 
 Act of Avoration, 
 
 O HOLY Guost, Almighty Gop, we 
 
 adore Thee preparing and strengthen- 
 ing us for the awful Judgment of the Last 
 Day; ever working within our hearts to 
 reprove, to rebuke, to convince us, even 
 though we still grieve and resist Thee; 
 
OF THE HOLY GHOST. 41 
 
 ever cleansing, and renewing our failing 
 lives. Stir ever more within us, we be- 
 seech Thee, revealing to us all the Right- 
 eousness of Gop, the nearness of Death, 
 the awfulness of the Eternal Judgment. 
 
 Reveal to us the full sight of our sinful- 
 ness, every fault that yet remains, all that 
 still displeases Thee, that by Thy Grace 
 our souls may be perfected, the desires of 
 Thy predestinating Love fulfilled, and Thy 
 Holy Name glorified in us. Amen. 
 
 Fx the Spirit of Bolv Fear. 
 
 BLESSED Spirit, remove from us all 
 
 pride and self-confidence, and increase 
 in us the Spirit of Holy Fear. Penetrate 
 our hearts with filial awe and reverence, 
 and guard our thoughts, words, and actions, 
 with the ceaseless consciousness of Thy 
 Presence, and the salutary dread of Thy 
 displeasure. Keep us, O Gop, in true 
 humility, submission, and watchfulness, that 
 ever seeking to please Thee, ever fearing 
 to offend Thee, we may be hidden with 
 Curist in Gop, finding in His Heart our 
 sweetest rest. 
 
 Grant that nothing may ever separate us 
 from Thee, that in the Day of our account, 
 mercy may triumph over Judgment, and 
 we may stand in our lot in the Joy of our 
 Lorp, blessed for evermore. Amen. 
 
42 LITANY 
 
 MAY Gop the Hoty Guosr fill our souls 
 with His Grace and kindle in us the 
 undying fervours of His Love. Amen. 
 
 Litany of the Holy Ghost. 
 
 LORD, have mercy upon us. 
 Curist, have mercy upon us. 
 Lorp, have mercy upon us. 
 
 ¥Y. O Curis, hear us. 
 Ry. O Curist, graciously hear us. 
 
 (GOD the Farner, of Heaven, 
 Gop the Son, Redeemer of the world, 
 
 Gop the Hoty Gnosz, 
 
 Hoty Triniry, One Gon, 
 
 Hoty Guost, proceeding from the 
 FATHER and the Son, 
 
 Hoty Guost, Co-equal with the 
 FATHER and the Son, 
 
 Promise of the Faraer, most loving 
 and most bounteous, 
 
 Gift of the Most High Gon, 
 
 Ray of Heavenly Licht, 
 
 Author of all good, 
 
 Source of Living Water, 
 
 Ever-Burning Love, 
 
 Spirit of Truth and Power, 
 
 Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding, 
 
 Spirit of Counsel and Might, 
 
 Ry. Have mercy upon us. 
 
OF THE HOLY GHOST. 43 
 
 Spirit of Knowledge and Piety, 
 
 Spirit of the Fear of the Lorn, 
 
 Spirit of Compunction and Repentance, 
 Spirit of Grace and Prayer, 
 
 Spirit of Charity, Peace, and Joy, 
 
 Spirit of Patience, Long-Suffering, and 
 Goodness, 
 
 Spirit of Mildness, Gentleness, and 
 
 Faith, 
 
 Spirit of Modesty, Purity, and Chas- 
 
 tity, 
 
 Spin of Adoption of the Sons of Gop, 
 Hoty Guost, the Comforter, 
 Hoty Guost, the Sanctifier, 
 Who in the Beginning didst move 
 upon the waters, 
 By Whose Inspiration spake the holy 
 men of old, 
 Who didst overshadow the Blessed Ss 
 Virgin, i 
 Who didst wonderfully co-operate in & 
 the miraculous Conception of the Son 
 of Gop, 
 Who didst descend upon Him at His 
 Baptism, 
 Who, on the Day of Pentecost, didst 
 come upon the Apostles in the likeness 
 of fiery tongues, 
 By Whom we also are born again, 
 Who dwellest in us, 
 Who governest the Church, 
 Who fillest the whole world, 
 
 ve mercy Upon Us. 
 
44 LITANY 
 
 OLY Guost, we beseech Thee to 
 hear us, : 
 
 That Thou wouldest renew the face 
 of the earth, 
 
 That Thou wouldest shed abroad Thy 
 Light in our hearts, 
 
 That Thou wouldest inflame our 
 hearts with the Fire of Thy Love, 
 
 That Thou wouldest open to us the 
 Treasures of Thy Grace, 
 
 That Thou wouldest teach us to seek 
 Thy Gifts according to Thy Will, 
 
 That Thou wouldest enlighten us with 
 Thy Heavenly Inspirations, 
 
 That Thou wouldest ever unite us to 
 Thyself by Thy powerful attraction, 
 
 That Thou wouldest grant us the 
 knowledge alone necessary, 
 
 That Thou wouldest help us to love, 
 and bear with each other, 
 
 That Thou wouldest lead us in the 
 way of Thy Commandments, 
 
 That Thou wouldest make us obedient 
 to Thy Inspirations, 
 
 That Thou wouldest teach us to pray, 
 and Thyself pray within us, 
 
 That Thou wouldest fill us with love 
 and compassion towards our brethren, 
 
 That Thou wouldest inspire us with a 
 horror of all evil, 
 
 That Thou wouldest direct us in the 
 practice of all good, 
 
 RY. We beseech Thee to hear us, Good orp. 
 
i 
 Or 
 
 OF THE HOLY GHOST. 
 
 That Thou wouldest give us the 
 grace of all virtues, 
 
 That Thou wouldest cause us to 
 persevere in righteousness, 
 
 That Thou wouldest be Thyself our 
 Everlasting Reward, 
 
 Thee, kc. 
 
 Ry. We beseech 
 
 y. Lams of Gop, That takest away the 
 sins of the world ; 
 Ry. Pour out Thy Hory Sprit upon us. 
 
 ¥. Lame of Gop, That takest away the 
 sins of the world ; 
 
 Ry. Send down Thy Houy Srreit upon 
 US. 
 
 ¥. Lamp of Gop, That takest away the 
 sins of the world; 
 Ry. Grant to us Thy Hoy Srreqt. 
 
 Y. Curisz, hear us. 
 Ry. Curist, graciously hear us. 
 
 y. Create in us a clean heart, O Gon. 
 Ry. And renew a right spirit within us. 
 
 Let us pray. 
 
 GRANT, O Merciful Faruer, that Thy 
 Divine Sririr may enlighten, inflame, 
 and cleanse our hearts, that penetrating 
 our souls with His Heavenly Grace, He 
 may make us fruitful in all good works, 
 through Jesus Curist our Lorp. Amen. 
 
46 LITANY 
 
 The Blessing. 
 
 AY Thy Blessing rest upon us, and Thy 
 gracious Presence evermore abide with 
 us. Amen. 
 
 Litany of the Holy Ghost. 
 (Intended for the use of the Clergy.) 
 
 LORD, have mercy upon us. 
 Curist, have mercy upon us. 
 Lorp, have mercy upon us. 
 
 O GOD the Fatuer, of Heaven, 
 RY. Have mercy upon us miserable 
 sinners. 
 
 O Gop the Son, Redeemer of the world, 
 Ry. Have mercy upon us miserable 
 sinners. 
 
 O Gop the Hoty Guoszt, proceeding from 
 the FaTHer and the Son, 
 Ry. Have mercy upon us miserable 
 simmers. 
 
 O Holy, Blessed, and Glorious Triiry, 
 Three Persons and One Gon, 
 Ry. Have mercy upon us miserable 
 sinners. 
 
OF THE HOLY GHOST. 47 
 
 HOLY Guosr, Who at the beginning 
 didst move upon the face of the 
 waters, and make them fruitful, 
 
 Hoty Guost, by Whose Power the 
 Lorp Jesus was conceived of the 
 Blessed Virgin Mary, His Mother, 
 
 Hoty Guost, by Whose Inspiration } 
 the Prophets and holy men of old spake § 
 as they were moved, S 
 
 Hoty Guosr, Who on the Day of § 
 Pentecost didst descend upon the Church s 
 to guide her into all truth, and to abide |. 
 in her for ever, fa 
 
 Hoty Guost, Who dividest unto every 
 man severally as Thou wilt, 
 
 Us. 
 
 upon 
 
 PROM all sin, 
 From presumption or despair, 
 From impenitence and obduracy, a 
 From envy, hatred, and malice, and = 
 . aS 
 all uncharitableness, S 
 
 > 
 From all impurity, whether of mind -S 
 or body, and from all that has ever de-'S 
 filed Thy Temple in our souls, a) 
 From the spirit of thoughtlessness and © 
 levity, i 
 From the spirit of covetousness ands 
 self-seeking, o 
 From the lust of honour and the pride , . 
 of life, 
 From deafness to Thy calls and 
 warnings, 
 
48 LITANY 
 
 From neglect of Thy Graces and’$ § 
 inspirations, oe 
 From that sin against Thee, which . 2 
 has no forgiveness, BS 
 Y Thy Eternal Procession from the 
 FaTuer and the Son, oa 
 By Thy glorious work in the miracle 5 
 of His Conception, S$ 
 
 By Thy descent at His Baptism, and‘ 
 on the day of Pentecost, 
 
 By Thy merciful renewal of our souls 
 in Holy Baptism, 
 
 By the Truth which Thou hast already Be 
 taught us, oe 
 
 By Thy help in past dangers and& 
 temptations, : 
 
 By Thy Gift of the means of Grace, a 
 and of the hope of Glory, 
 
 N our dealings with souls, 
 In success and in failure, 
 In the hour of death and in the Day 
 of Judgment, 
 
 WE sinners do beseech Thee to hear 
 us; 
 
 That it may please Thee to guide 
 the Holy Church Universal into all 
 truth, and to fill it with Thy Love; 
 
 That we may be careful to keep”. 
 the Unity of the Spirit in the bond of & 
 peace; 
 
 Ry. Good 
 Lorn, dc. 
 
 We beseech 
 
 Thee, &c. 
 
OF THE HOLY GHOST. 49 
 
 That as we live in the Spirit we may 
 also walk in the Spirit; 
 
 That we may renounce the world, the 
 flesh, and the devil; 
 
 That we may mortify the deeds of the 
 body ; 
 That we may grow in grace, and in the | 
 knowledge of our Lorp and Saviour fe 
 Jesus CHRIST; < 
 
 That we may, in all our thoughts, — 
 words, and works, be more conformed to $ 
 the Life and Passion of the Lorp Jesus; 
 
 That, despising all lower motives, we ¢ 
 may aim in all things at Gop’s greater 
 
 gl 
 
 S 
 SI 
 Se) 
 = 
 
 hat we may be filled with Thy seven- $ 
 fold Gifts, the Spirit of Wisdom ands 
 Understanding, the Spirit of Counsel, 
 and Ghostly Strength, the Spirit of 
 Knowledze and true Godliness, and the 5. 
 Spirit of Thy most holy Fear ; 
 
 That we may ever be enabled to show 
 forth Thy Light in the world, and be 
 holy examples to the flock of Crist; 
 
 That in our ministry we may not care 
 to please nor fear to displease any, but 
 Him, Who has called us to His service; 
 
50 LITANY - ; 
 
 That we may be ever mindful el 
 that awful account, which for ourselves 2s 
 and others we must one day give ats ~ 
 the Judgment-seat of Curist; is 
 
 That we may have grace to perse- 
 
 vere unto the end; > 
 
 O LAMB of Gop, That takest away the 
 sins of the world ; 
 Ry. Pour out upon us Thy Hoty 
 Sprit. 
 O Lams of Gop, That takest away the 
 sins of the world; 
 Ry. Send forth upon us the promised 
 Spirit of the FatHER. ‘ 
 O Lamp of Gop, That takest away the 
 sins of the world ; 
 R. Grant to us the perfect Spirit of 
 peace. 
 O CHRIST, hear us. 
 O Curist, graciously hear us. 
 LOB: have mercy upon us. 
 Curist, have mercy upon us. 
 Lorp, have mercy upon us. 
 Ovr Faruer, &e. 
 
 The Collect. 
 Gov. Who didst teach the hearts of Thy 
 faithful people, by the sending to them 
 the light of Thy Hoty Spimrr; Grant us 
 by the same Spmrr to have a right jude- 
 ment in all things, and evermore to rejoice 
 
OF THE HOLY GHOST. 51 
 
 in His holy Comfort, through the merits 
 of Curist Jesus our Saviour, Who liveth 
 and reigneth with Thee in the Unity of the 
 same Spirit, One Gop, world without end. 
 Amen. 
 
 y. Bless we the Lorn. 
 
 Ry. Thanks be to Gov. 
 
 The Blessing. 
 MAY the Blessing of Gop Almighty, the 
 
 Fatuer, Son, and Hoty Guost, be 
 with us now and for evermore. Amen. 
 
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