Bishop Ken’s day
[For Social or Private Devotion.]
O Lord, open Thou my lips.
And my mouth shall show forth Thy praise.
O God, make speed to save me.
O Lord make haste to help me.
Glory be, &c.
As it was, &c. Amen.
Praise to Thee, O Lord, King of eternal glory.
(a) Invitatory with
Psalm 95.
Vide pp. 17 & 21.
O come, let us worship the Lord, the King of Confessors.
O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us heartily re-
joice, &c.
(b) Hymn
In witness of his Lord,
In humble following of his Saviour dear,
This is the man to wield the unearthly sword,
Warring unharmed with sin and fear.
Who, Lord, uncalled by Thee,
Dare touch Thy Spouse, Thy very self below?
Or who dare count him summoned worthily,
Except Thine hand and seal he show?
Where can Thy seal be found,
But on the chosen seed from age to age,
By Thine anointed heralds duly crowned,
As kings and priests, Thy war to wage?
Or this.
Lord, and what shall this man do?
Ask'st thou, Christian, for thy friend?
If his love for Christ be true,
Christ hath told thee of his end:
This is he whom God approves,
This is he whom Jesus loves.
Ask not of Him more than this,
Leave it to his Saviour's breast,
Whether early called to bliss,
He in youth shall find his rest,
Or armed at his station wait,
Till his Lord be at the gate.
Gales from heaven, if so He will,
Sweeter melodies can wake,
On the lonely mountain rill,
Than the meeting waters make,
Who hath the Father and the Son,
May be left, but not alone.
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Nocturn I.
(c) Antiphon
Blessed is the man whose delight is in the law of the
Lord.
Psalm 1. (1)
Blessed is the man that, &c.
(c) Antiphon
Blessed is the man whose delight is in the law of the Lord,
who hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor
stood in the way of sinners, and hath not sat in the seat of
the scornful.
(d) Antiphon
Desire of me, and I will give thee the heathen for thine
inheritance.
Psalm 2. (2)
Why do the heathen, &c.
(d) Antiphon
Desire of me, and I will give thee the heathen for thine
inheritance, and the utmost parts of the earth for thy pos-
session. Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron.
(e) Antiphon
Thou, O Lord, art my worship.
Psalm 3. (3)
Lord, how are they, &c.
(e) Antiphon
Thou, O Lord, art my worship, and the lifter up of my
head. I did call upon the Lord with my voice, and He
heard me out of His holy hill.
(1) Verse and
Response
The Lord loved him and adorned him.
*And clothed him in a robe of glory*.
The Lord’s Prayer
(privately.)
Our Father, &c.
And lead us not into temptation.
*But deliver us from evil*.
Absolution 1.
O Lord Jesus Christ, mercifully hear the supplications of
Thy people, and grant us Thy peace all the days of our life,
who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost,
world without end. Amen.
Benediction 1.
*Reader*.—Sir, be pleased to bless us.
*Minister*.—The Lord bless us and keep us. *Amen*.
Lesson 1.
1 Tim. iii. 1-6.
This *is* a true saying, If a man desire the office of a Bishop,
he desireth a good work.
A Bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife,
vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to
teach;
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre;
but patient, not a brawler, not covetous:
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in
subjection with all gravity;
(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how
shall he take care of the Church of God?)
Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into
the condemnation of the devil.
But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us.
Thanks be to God.
Response 1.
*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*.
Lord, Thou deliveredst unto me five talents, behold, I have