Collect Hymns (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877 edition. Excerpt: ...we beseech Thee, leave us not comfortless; but send to us Thine Holy Ghost to comfort us, and exalt us unto the same place whither our Saviour Christ is gone before, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. THE SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION DAY. King of glory, Thy dear Son, Thou hast raised to Thy throne, And a glorious triumph given, In the royal realms of Heaven. To His honour Angels raise Ceaseless anthems, songs of praise; Hallelujahs rend the skies, And " Hosanna' earth replies. Orphans comfortless and lone, Father, leave us not to moan; Neither let our souls be left, Of Thy precious grace bereft. But Thy Holy Spirit send Us to comfort to the end; And when we complete the race, To exalt us to that place Where our Lord is gone before, Reigning now and evermore With Thee and the Holy Ghost, O'er the praise-proclaiming Host. AMENi WHITSUN-DAY. This Feast, which corresponds with the Jewish Pentecost, has been observed from the most ancient times, according to the testimony of very early Fathers. The Festival is called by us Whitsunday, of which word the derivation is doubtful. (1). Whit has been supposed to be the same as White, and the name to have been given to the day, because the newly baptized wore then white garments; Passover and Pentecost being the only seasons on which the Sacrament of Baptism was administered in the Early Church. (2). Another explanation is derived from the same word, that gifts at this season were made to the poor, of milk, commonly called Whites, or White meat.. (3). // has been traced to the French huit or eighth, it being the eighth Sunday after Easter. (4). The word has been, considered as equivalent to Wit or Wisdom's Day in remembrance of the Wisdom from above...