FRIDAY NOON. REPENTANCE. GODLY sorrow worketh repentance to salva tion not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter. 2 Corinth. vii. 10, 11. HYMN. LORD! have mercy when we strive F LORD! have mercy when we lie LORD! have mercy when we know O then have mercy! LORD! The Lesson.-Luke xv. 11–24. . A CERTAIN man had two sons: and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet and bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. : [Nicene Creed, as in p. 42.] [Litany, as on Sunday Noon, p. 43.] SATURDAY NOON. THE SHORTNESS OF LIFE. 'HE days of man are but as grass; for he flourisheth as a flower of the field. For as soon as the wind goeth over it, it is gone, and the place thereof shall know it no more.-Psalm ciii. 15, 16. HYMN. Beneath our feet and o'er our head Above us is the Heaven! Their names are graven on the stone, And ere another day is gone, Death rides on every passing breeze, Each season has its own disease, Our eyes have seen the rosy light Our eyes have seen the steps of age Turn, mortal, turn! thy danger know ; The earth rings hollow from below, Turn, Christian, turn! thy soul apply The bones that underneath thee lie The Lesson.-Luke xii. 16-21. THE ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: and he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. Psalm vi. LORD, rebuke me not in Thine indignation : neither chasten me in Thy displeasure. Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am weak: O Lord, heal me, for my bones are vexed. My soul also is sore troubled but, Lord, how long wilt Thou punish me? |