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PRAYER
FOR
ADVENT.
what:
wards
of
eternal
life
‘are
contained
in
this
gospel!
Full
of
deep
meaning
and
of
tlie
-
holy
Spirit,
be
penetrates,—a
child
of
dust
as
I
am,
a
breath
of
God,—he
penetrates:
the
depths
of
eternity,
the
profound
abyss:
of
the
Being
of
beings.—
Yes,
from
eternity
was
the
Word—and
the
Word
was
God.
'Thau,
©
Jesus!
art
the
truth
and
the
life!
(St.
John;
xiv.
v.06.)
O
Jesus
Christ!
thou
the
wisdom
of
the
Father—thou,
his
eternal
and
substan-
tial
efflulgence—thou,
the
only-begotterSon,
who
art
in
the
bosom
of
the
Father.
By
hin
‘all
things
were
made,
and
without
him
was
inade
nothing
that
was
made.
Not
only
were
all
‘things
made
by
the
Word:
but
by
the
Word
also
they
consist.
By
him
oll
things
consist,
says
thy
Apostle
Paul.—(Col.
1.
¥.
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«
In
him
was
life,
and
the
life
was
the
light
s¢
of
men.
And
the
light
shineth
in
darkness,
s«
and
the
darkness
did
not
comprehend
it.”
—
1
read
further
in
the
Oth
verse
:
*
that
was
thie
«¢-true-
light,
which
enlighteneth
every
man
«¢
that
cometh
into
this
world.”
Thou,
my
Jesus,
givest
me
the
divine
ray
of
reason;
and
thou
also
givest
me
the
spiritual
monitor,
conscience.
He
that
giveth
himself
up
to
thy
guidance,
thou
leadest
him
to
the
Father.
All
that
‘1
possess,
I
have
from
thee.
-
“Jn
him
we
live
and
move
and
be.”
(Acts’xvii.
v.28.)
But
to
how
mary
baptized
unbelievers
dust
thon
remain
an
unknown
God!
Oto
how
PRAYER
FOR
ADVENT.
SL.
many
of
us,
who
are
baptized
.in'
thy
name,
may.
be
applied
that
sentence
of
the
evange-
list:
“he.
came
unto
his
.own,.
and
his
own
réceived.
him
uot.”
.
O
that
this
pride,
tha
sensuality
may
never
so-possess
my
soul,
that
the
words
of
the
prophet
may
be
applied.
to
me,
where
he
says:
*
your
:iniquities
have
“
divided
between
you
and
your
God,
and
“your
sins
have
hid
his
face.
from
youn.”
(Isaias,
lix..
v..
2.)
.
Thy
light
is
ever
shining,
for
thou
art
the
Sun
of
Justice,
which
never
sets.
But
how
often
have
I
opposed
thy
.
light!
I
must
absolutely
renounce
all
pride
and
sensuality,
and
then
thou,
O
Jesus,
wilt
.
|
open
my
eyes
and.
in
the
gracious
splendour
1
of
thy
divine
light,
I
shall
behold
the
way.
and
the
truth,
which
will
conduct
me
to
thee.
.
.-
+.»
%
Bat
as
many
as
received
him,
to
them
he
«.gave
power
to
be
made
the
sons
of
God,
to
:
1
«
them
that
believe
in
his.
name.”
To
what
an
exalted
dignity
does
my
Saviour
raise
me.
From
creatures
loaded
with
the
malediction
of
God,
thou
changest
us,
O.my
Jesus,
to
-
children
of
God.—O
what
grace!
But.
it
is
by
thee
alone.that
we
became
such
children,
for
.without
thee,
.
we.
can
do
nothing;
thou
alone
art
the
mighty,
the
sole-powerful!
Bat
‘what
love!
From
the
glory
of
thy
throne,
whose
footstool
is
the
earth
and
all
the
firma:
_ment,
from
the
height
of
thy
Godhead.
thou
-
|
debasest
thyself
to
become
man,—from
the
.
|
J