HAIL, Mary, full of grace; the Lord is with

Thee: blessed art Thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of Thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.

AVE, Maria, gratia plena; Dominus tecum;

benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Jesus. Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostræ. Amen.

136. AVE MARIS STELLA.

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THIS is probably the oldest, — it dates from the ninth century, - best-known, most-used, and therefore, most helpful of all the hymns to the Mother of Jesus, which edify the Roman, and scandalise the Protestant, who forgets that if the spirit of the prayer or hymn be instinct with love, there are resources in the Chancery of Heaven for re-addressing petitions that may have been wrongly directed by mistake.

HA

TAIL, bright Star of ocean,
God's own Mother blest,

Ever-sinless Virgin,

Gate of heavenly rest;

Taking that sweet Ave

Which from Gabriel came,
Peace confirm within us,
Changing Eva's name.

Break the captive's fetters;
Light on blindness pour;

All our ills expelling,
Every bliss implore.

Show thyself a mother;
May the Word Divine,
Born for us thine Infant,

Hear our prayers through thine.

Virgin all excelling,

Mildest of the mild,

Freed from guilt, preserve us

Meek and undefiled;

Keep our life all spotless,

Make our way secure,

Till we find in Jesus

Joy for evermore.

Through the highest Heaven
To the Almighty Three,
Father, Son, and Spirit,
One same glory be.

VE maris stella,

A Dei Mater alma,

Atque semper virgo,
Felix cœli porta.

Sumens illud Ave,

Virgo singularis,
Inter omnes mitis,
Nos culpis solutos,
Mites fac et castos.

Vitam præsta puram
Iter para tutum,
Ut videntes Jesum,
Semper collætemur.

Sit laus Deo Patri
Summo Christo decus,
Spiritui Sancto,

Tribus honor unus.

137-FAITH OF OUR FATHERS.

THE following Roman Catholic hymn is a kind of defiant war-song, the note of which endears it much to the faithful.

(The words in Italics apply to Ireland, and may be substituted for the text below when fitting.)

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AITH of our Fathers! living still,
In spite of dungeon, fire, and sword:
Oh, how our
Ireland's

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hearts beat high with joy

Whene'er they hear that glorious word:

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Faith of our Fathers! Holy Faith!
We will be true to thee till death.

Our Fathers, chained in prisons dark,
Were still in heart and conscience free;
How sweet would be their children's fate,
If they, like them, could die for thee!
Faith of our Fathers, etc.

Faith of our Fathers! Mary's prayers
Shall keep our country fast to thee;
Shall win our country back to thee;
And through the truth that comes from God,
Oh, we shall prosper and be free.
England shall then indeed be free.
Faith of our Fathers, etc.

Faith of our Fathers! we will love
Both friend and foe in all our strife:
And preach thee too, as love knows how,
By kindly words and virtuous life.

Faith of our Fathers, etc.

TUNE "SWISS AIR."

This hymn, with the change of a word or two in the third verse, is used by the American Unitarians as a metrical embodiment of their history and aspirations.

138-ETERNAL FATHER, STRONG TO SAVE.

THIS is one of Sir Evelyn Wood's favourites. It was written by the late William Whiting, choirmaster of Winchester College, and is much used at sea; and, when the wind blows hard, by those on land.

TERNAL Father, strong to save,

ETERNAL the restless wave,

Who bidd'st the mighty ocean deep
Its own appointed limits keep :

Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee
For those in peril on the sea.

O Christ, Whose voice the waters heard
And hush'd their raging at Thy word,
Who walkedst on the foaming deep,
And calm amid the storm didst sleep;

Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee
For those in peril on the sea.
O Holy Spirit, Who didst brood
Upon the waters dark and rude,
And bid their angry tumult cease,
And give, for wild confusion, peace;
Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee
For those in peril on the sea.
O Trinity of love and power,
Our brethren shield in danger's hour;
From rock and tempest, fire and foe,
Protect them wheresoe'er they go;

Thus evermore shall rise to Thee

Glad hymns of praise from land and sea. Amen.
TUNE "MELITA."

139.-THE LORD'S SUPPER.

GEORGE RAWSON wrote this Communion hymn for the Baptists in 1857. It has been appropriated extensively by other denominations, whose use of it is the best testimony to its helpfulness.

Y Christ redeemed, in Christ restored,

BY We keep the memory adored

And show the death of our dear Lord,
Until He come.

His body broken in our stead
Is here, in this memorial bread,
And so our feeble love is fed,

Until He come.

The drops of His dread agony,
His life-blood shed for us, we see;
The wine shall tell the mystery,

Until He come.