sible lift them up in God's House; and in that highest service in which it is said,

Lift

up your hearts.

And thou repliest,

We lift them up unto the Lord.

Think not of earth, for Heaven is thine. Long for it, pant after it. There, is no more pain nor sorrow. There, is no more sin. There, you shall see the saints, and the holy Angels, and thy Blessed Saviour, yea God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost.

What is all earth compared with this? Strive only after Heaven. Reach up to it.

Ascend

thither now in heart and mind that hereafter thou mayest ascend in body and soul and dwell therein for ever.

Practise this doctrine,

1. By trying to think of Heaven, and to long for it.

2. By putting away all anxious and troubled thoughts by the thought of Heaven.

3. By praying more earnestly, because Christ is praying for us in Heaven.

4. By doing nothing which will unfit thee for Heaven, and every thing which comes into thy mind, which will prepare thee for it.

DEVOTIONS.

COLLECT for the day.

Psalms xlii., lxxxiv.

GOD, Who hast prepared for them that love

Thee such good things as pass man's understanding; pour into our hearts such love towards Thee, that we loving Thee above all things, may obtain Thy promises, which exceed all that we can desire; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

WHIT-SUNDAY.

THE Lord had promised that after He was ascended into Heaven He would send down the Comforter to dwell in His Church, so that it should not lose His Blessed Presence, but possess Him even more nearly and fully than when He was upon earth. For now He dwelleth unseen by us because within us; He is present in every Sacrament and means of grace, and in these He gives us by His Holy Spirit pardon of sin, and holiness, the sevenfold graces, the fruits of the Spirit. Yea, we are the temples of the Holy Ghost. Well may we be full of fear, for he that defileth the temple of God him shall God destroy. Well may we be full of joy also, and of hope, for we have Him in our hearts Who will make us to triumph over every affliction and temptation if only we follow His gracious influence; Who will conform us to the image of the Son of God, and make us fit for His everlasting Kingdom. On the eve of Whit-Sunday,

that is to say on the Saturday before, think over thy many sins against the Holy Ghost: by what evil tempers thou hast grieved Him; by what thoughts; by what words, by what deeds: how holy thou mightest have been, and art not.

These Psalms will help to prepare thee for this great Festival. Ps. xliii. xlviii. lxiii. cxliii. Be sure, if thou canst, to communicate upon WhitSunday, that being joined to thy Saviour by partaking of Him, His Spirit may flow into thee, and fill thee full of holy desires and resolutions, and grace to fulfil the same.

DEVOTIONS.

THOU Who didst send down upon Thy disciples Thy Thrice Holy Spirit, withdraw not the gift, O Lord, from us, but day by day renew it in us, who ask it of Thee, for Jesus Christ's sake Thine only Son our Lord. Amen.

GR

RANT us, O Lord, the fruits of Thy most Holy Spirit, love, joy, peace, gentleness, meekness, goodness, temperance, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

HYMN.

COME, Holy Ghost, eternal God,

Proceeding from above,

Both from the Father and the Son,

The God of peace and love.

Visit our minds, into our hearts
Thy heavenly grace inspire;
That truth and godliness we may
Pursue with full desire.

O Holy Ghost, into our minds
Send down Thy heavenly light;
Kindle our hearts with fervent zeal
To serve God day and night.

Grant us the grace that we may know
The Father of all might,

That we of His beloved Son

May gain the blissful sight.

And that we may with perfect faith
Ever acknowledge Thee,
The Spirit of Father and of Son,
One God in Persons Three.

To God the Father laud and praise,
And to His Blessed Son,
And to the Holy Spirit of grace,
Co-equal Three in One.

And pray we that our only Lord
Would please His Spirit to send,
On all that shall profess His Name,
From hence to the world's end.

Amen.

TRINITY.

THE Feast of the Holy Trinity finishes the number of the great days which celebrate the chief mysteries of the faith. Having now seen

how God the Father hath revealed Himself to us by His Son, through the Spirit, by the observation of those Feasts which shew forth our Redemption and Sanctification, we come now to put the whole of our faith together, and to worship God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Three Persons and One God, Trinity in Unity. This is a wonderful doctrine, past our finding out. We cannot understand it, but we can believe it. It was not likely that we men could comprehend God. We must believe now, and hereafter we shall understand. Trinity Sunday is a day of Faith, and a day of Humility, and a day of Hope for greater knowledge in Heaven, and a day of thankfulness to God for giving us this mystery to believe, and for making us partakers of the benefit: for into the Holy Trinity we were baptized; and in the name of the Holy Trinity the Blessing and the Absolution of the Church are given; and in the Holy Communion we are brought near to God the Father, by partaking of God the Son, through the operation of God the Holy Ghost; to which Holy Undivided Trinity, Three in one, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.