Te Deum. (Continued.)

A men.

1. The glorious company of the | God, || in the glory of the Father. 4. Apostles | praise | Thee. The goodly fellowship of the | Prophets | praise |

Thee. 2.

2. The noble army of Martyrs | praise Thee. The holy Church throughout all the world | doth ac-| knowledge

Thee. 1.

1. The | Father || of an | infinite Majesty. 2.

4. We believe that | Thou || shalt | come to be our | Judge.

We therefore pray Thee, | help Thy servants, whom Thou hast redeemed | with Thy | precious | blood.

Make them to be numbered with Thy saints, in | glory | ever-lasting. O Lord, save Thy people, and bless Thine | heritage. || Govern them, and | lift them up for- | ever. 1.

2. Thine adorable, true, and I onthe 1. Day by day | we | magni- | fy]

only Son. Also the Holy Ghost, the Comfort er. 4.

4. Thou art the King of Glory, | O Christ. Thou art the everlasting | Son of the Father.

When Thou tookest upon Thee to de- liver man, || Thou didst humble Thyself to be born | of a | Virgin. 1. 1. When Thou hadst overcone the sharpness of death, || Thou didst open the kingdom of heaven to | all be- | lievers. 2.

Thee. 2.

Lord, let Thy mercy | be up- | on as our | trust | is in Thee.

O Lord, in | Thee.. have I trusted, || let me never be con- founded. 2. Thou sittest at the right | hand of || A- | men.

BLESSED: be the Lord rael; | for He hath visited deemed His people,

The Benedictus.

God of | Is- Him | without | fear,
and re- IN holiness and righteousness be-
fore Him, || all the days of our

AND HATH raised up a horn of sal-life. vation | 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 be- | gan:

THAT we should be saved | from our ene-mies, || and from the hand of all that hate us;

TO PER form 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 ene-mies, || might | serve

AND THOU, child, shalt be called the prophet of the | Highest: || for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord.. to pre- | pare His ways;

TO GIVE knowledge of salvation | unto His | people || by the re- | mission | of their sins,

THROUGH THE tender mercy | of our | God; || whereby the dayspring from on] high hath | visit-ed | us,

TO GIVE light to them that sit in darkness and in the | shadow of death, || to guide our feet into the way of peace.

GLORY be to the Father, etc.
AS IT was, etc.

When the Antiphon is omitted, this Chant may be used for the Benedictus.

O ALL ye works of the Lord, Yea, let it praise Him, and | magni -bless.. ye the Lord; || praise Him and|fy| Him for ever. magnify Him for- ever. Ŏ ye Angels of the Lord, bless.. ye the Lord; || Oye Heavens, | bless | ye

When the Antiphon is omitted, this Chant may be used.

The Prayer.

¶ The organist must avoid an abrupt transition here, either by modulating, or by using a Kyrie from the Vespers or Morning Service.