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which his school festival passed over, even though celebrated late in October. A long procession of more than four hundred children proceeded in excellent order to the church, with banners with appropriate mottoes floating gaily in the breeze. Lines of flags were also to be seen in various parts of the streets. They were placed in the new chancel. The service, we are happy to say, was choral. The surpliced choir sang most heartily, and from joining therein ourselves, we soon discovered that it was a place in which acoustics had been regarded as of some moment. We could not but wish that those who talk about the want of clearness in choral service had been present, to hear the distinct manner in which God's praises were rendered on this occasion. The clear and careful enunciation of the boys showed that no ordinary pains had been taken in preparing them for the adequate discharge of the duties devolving upon them. sermon on the occasion was preached by the Vicar, who was particularly happy in his remarks to the children, teachers, and choristers. Immediately after service, a procession was formed, and a visit paid to Castle Cary, the residence of G. Thorne, Esq., R.N. Subsequently a most substantial dinner of roast beef and plum pudding was eagerly partaken of by the hungry juveniles, who did not fail to show their appreciation of the fare in a most practical manner. Appropriate addresses were delivered by the Rev. the Vicar, and the Rev. W. B. Flower, and cheers, hearty and long continued, were given for Church and Queen, the Bishop, the Vicar, the Curates, &c. The English sports of merrie old England followed, and a right happy day ended right merrily.

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The festival celebration at S. Paul's, Brighton, was this year most effective, and we heartily bid GoD speed to our fellow labourers in that important town.

Church building and Church restoration, are going on throughout the country in a most successful manner, and we have recently seen the influence of the Archæological Societies plainly shown where least expected.

Of literature we have but little; the following brochures by Mr. MONSELL will be acceptable.

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Not on the heights of Alma,

O'er all that blood-stain'd ground,
Where Ancient valour lived again,
Could braver hearts be found:
There man met man in living fight,
Ye meet a viewless foe;

GOD help you, and GoD prosper you,
Wherever ye may go.

Through nights of weary watchfulness,
Through days of ceaseless care:
When ye smooth the sufferer's pillow,
When ye kneel with him in prayer :
When ye bind his wounded body,
And his broken-hearted woe;
GOD bless you, and GOD strengthen you,
Wherever ye may go.

Women of happy England,

Who live at home in ease,
Thank God that ye have Sisters,

Who 'mid anguish and disease,
Go forth with English hearts and hands,
True Christian love to show :

And pray,-GOD bless and prosper them,
Wherever they may go.

LITANY IN THE TIME OF WAR.

O God of all Power and Might:

"Hear Thou in Heaven Thy Dwelling-Place :"
Behold our Armies and Navies :

Save them

and deliver them for ever!

O GOD of all Wisdom and Grace:

"Hear Thou in Heaven Thy Dwelling-Place :"
Behold the Leaders of our Hosts:

Guide them and bless them for ever!

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O GOD of all Unity and Love:

"Hear Thou in Heaven Thy Dwelling-Place:"
Behold our Allies in the field :

Keep them and preserve them for ever!

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O FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST:

Three Persons in One GOD:

Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier of men :

Look down with favour on those who strive for the right
Save them and sanctify them for ever.

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From all sin and wickedness:

From all faithlessness and fear:

From trust in self: and forgetfulness of Thee:
Good LORD, deliver them.

From all deadness of soul:

From all impurity of heart:

From idle words: and filthy deeds:

Good LORD, deliver them.

From all hatred of their enemies :

From all malice, and revenge:

From wrong and rapine: and every wicked thing:
Good LORD, deliver them.

From all treachery and snare:

From all ambush and surprise:

From faithless friends: and false-hearted foes,

Good LORD, deliver them.

In all time of their trial:

In all peril of Death:

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In the nightly watch and in the Battle-field,
Good LORD, deliver them.

In toil and weariness: In heat and cold:

In hunger and thirst: In sickness and sorrow :

Good LORD, deliver them.

We sinners do beseech Thee, O LORD GOD, to hear our supplications and prayers and that it may please Thee to defend and save Thy People everlastingly, for JESUS' sake:

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We beseech Thee to hear us, Good LORD.

That it may please Thee to forgive them all their sins: to give them all Thy Grace to purify every heart: to strengthen every hand: and to grant them in Life or Death a happy issue out of all their trials : We beseech Thee to hear us, Good LORD.

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That it may please Thee to give them Victory over all their enemies to bring them home in safety and honour to keep them mindful of Thy mercies: and to stablish on earth the Blessings of Peace: We beseech Thee to hear us, Good LORD.

That it may please Thee to strengthen all our sick to comfort all our afflicted to relieve the captive: provide for the fatherless: and plead for the widow :

We beseech Thee to hear us, Good LORD.

That it may please Thee to bless our enemies to lighten their sorrows to blot out their sins: to turn away Thine anger from them : and save them for Thy mercy's sake:

We beseech Thee to hear us, Good Lord.

SON of GOD: we beseech Thee to hear us.
SON of GOD: we beseech Thee to hear us.

O Lamb of GoD: that takest away the sins of the world;
Grant us Thy Peace.

O Lamb of GoD: that takest away the sins of the world;
Have mercy upon us.

O CHRIST, hear us.

O CHRIST, hear us.

LORD, have mercy upon us.

LORD, have mercy upon us.
CHRIST, have mercy upon us.
CHRIST, have mercy upon us.
LORD, have mercy upon us.

LORD, have mercy upon us.

Our FATHER, Which art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil : For Thine is the kingdom, The power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen.

The Blessing of God Almighty, the FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST, be amongst us, and remain with us always. Amen.

The Bishop of Oxford is now delivering his charge, and the following passages are taken from the John Bull:

"As to the circumstances which have given a present prominence to this matter, or the particulars of the pending controversy, you will well understand my silence. But the doctrine in question, and the mode in which we should treat of it in our instructions to our several parishes, are so important that no private feeling would justify me in passing them over without notice. The teaching of the Church of England as to this great mystery, in strict agreement with the Holy Scripture and primitive antiquity, is, I apprehend, simply this-first, that there is a peculiar and supernatural presence of CHRIST with His people in that holy Sacrament-that in it He does, in and by the due reception of the consecrated elements, convey to the faithful receiver a real partaking of His Body and of His Blood, whereby the souls of His faithful people are nourished and refreshed, but that He has not revealed to us the mode or the condition of that presence, which, being divine and supernatural, is not to be thought of or made the subject of argument, as if it either were governed by the law or entailed the consequences, of a material presence. To the main questions, therefore, which may be raised touching the condition or mode of this presence, our Church gives no answer, but protests against their discussion as being curious and dangerous-as being likely to lead, and as having led those who entertained them into many and fearful errors, and as therefore to be discouraged as attempts to be wise above what is written. Further, as to the sum of the error into which many have been led by such discussions, she

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