When the priest with holy unction
Prays for mercy and for grace,
May the tears of deep compunction
All my guilty stains efface.
Jesus! Jesus!

Let me find in Thee a refuge,
In Thy Heart a resting-place.

Oh, by all that Thou didst suffer,
Grant me mercy in that day!
Let Thy Blood and let Thy Body
Be, at that last hour, my stay.
Jesus! Jesus!

For my soul let Saints, and Angels,
And Thy glorious Mother, pray. Amen.

The Order for the Unction of the Sick. (From the Book of Common Prayer, 1549.) If the sick person desire to be anointed, then shall the Priest anoint him upon the forehead or breast only, making the Sign of the Cross, saying thus :

S with this visible oil thy body outwardly is anointed, so our heavenly Father, Almighty God, grant of His infinite goodness that thy soul inwardly may be anointed with the Holy Ghost, Who is the Spirit of all strength, comfort, relief, and gladness; and vouchsafe for His great mercy (if it be His blessed will) to restore unto thee thy bodily health, and strength to serve Him; and send thee release of all thy pains, troubles, and diseases, both in body and mind. And howsoever His goodness, by His divine and unsearchable

providence, shall dispose of thee, we, His unworthy Ministers and Servants, humbly beseech the Eternal Majesty to do with thee according to the multitude of His innumerable mercies, and to pardon thee all thy sins and offences committed by all thy bodily senses, passions, and carnal affections; Who also vouchsafe mercifully to grant unto thee ghostly strength, by His Holy Spirit, to withstand and overcome all temptations and assaults of thine adversary, that in no wise he prevail against thee, but that thou mayest have perfect victory and triumph against the devil, sin, and death, through Christ our Lord, Who by His death hath overcome the prince of death, and with the Father and the Holy Ghost evermore liveth and reigneth God, world without end. Amen.

Psalm xiii.-Usque quo, Domine!

How long wilt

ever how long wilt Thou hide Thy face from me?

How long shall I seek counsel in my soul, and be so vexed in my heart: how long shall mine enemies triumph over me?

Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, that I sleep not in death.

Lest mine enemy say,

have prevailed against him for if I be cast down, they that trouble me will rejoice at it.

But my trust is in Thy mercy and my heart is joyful in Thy salvation.

I will sing of the Lord, because He hath dealt so lovingly with me yea, I will praise the Name of the Lord most Highest.

:

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be world without end. Amen.

:

THE LAST FAREWELL.

COME, my soul, and let us dwell

On each lingering last farewell,

Which, at no far distant day,
Thou perforce wilt have to pay,
To whatever here below

Shall have made thy joy or woe.

"Fare ye well," I hear thee sigh,

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Fare ye well, O earth and sky!
Morning's golden-tissued ray;
Changing hours of night and day!
Wood and valley, sea and shore,
I may see your face no more!

Fare ye well, affections vain,
Full of pleasure, full of pain!
Home and friends and kindred dear,
All that was my comfort here!
These poor eyes are closing fast
Now I look on you my last."

Dimmer, dimmer grows the light,
Now 'tis thick descending night;
Oh, when next again I see,
What a sight awaiteth me,-
Speechless standing, all alone,

Right before the Judgement Throne: Amen.

Prayers for the Dying.

When a soul is just departing, if no Priest be there,
let one of those present say these prayers ··

LORD, have mercy upon him (or her).
Christ, have mercy upon him.

Lord, have mercy upon him.

Be merciful.

From Thy wrath,

From the perils of death,

From a bad death,

From the pains of hell,
From all evil,

From the power of the Devil,
By Thy Nativity,

By Thy Cross and Passion,
By Thy Death and Burial,
By Thy glorious Resurrection,
By Thy wonderful Ascension,

By the Grace of the Holy Ghost, the
Comforter,

In the Day of Judgment,

We, sinners, beseech Thee to hear us,
That Thou wouldest spare him,

We beseech Thee to hear us.

Lord, have mercy upon him.
Christ, have mercy upon him.
Lord, have mercy upon him.

Good Lord, deliver him (or her).

Go forth, Christian soul, from this world, in the Name of God, the Father Almighty, Who created thee; in the Name of Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, Who suffered for thee; in the Name of the Holy Ghost, Who was poured out upon thee; in the name of the Angels and Archangels,

and of all the host of heaven; in the name of the Patriarchs, Prophets, Apostles, Evangelists, Martyrs, Confessors, Virgins, and of all the Saints of God; let thine habitation to-day be in peace, and thine abode in holy Sion. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

I commend thee to Almighty God, dearly beloved brother, and commit thee to Him Whose creature thou art, that when thou shalt have paid the debt of human nature by passing through death, thou mayest return unto thy Maker Who formed thee from the dust of the earth.

Therefore, when thy soul shall have gone forth from thy body, let the glorious bands of Angels hasten towards thee; the council of the Aposties meet thee; the noble army of,Martyrs greet thee; the company of Confessors surround thee; the joyous quires of Virgins receive thee; so mayest thou gain a peaceful rest upon the bosom of the Patriarchs.

Let the face of Christ Jesus appear gentle and joyful unto thee; may He place thee for evermore among those who stand in His presence.

Mayest thou never know aught of the terror in darkness, the gnashing of teeth in the fire, the agonies among the torments. Let foulest Satan and his evil ones give place before thee, and tremble at thy coming in company of the Angels.

Let God arise, and let His enemies be scattered; let them also that hate Him flee before Him; like as smoke vanisheth, so shalt Thou drive them away.

Christ, Who was crucified for thee, deliver thee from torment.

Christ, Who vouchsafed to die for thee, deliver thee from death everlasting.