THE

CHRISTIAN YEAR.

Yes, if the intensities of hope and fear
Attract us still, and passionate exercise
Of lofty thoughts, the way before us lies
Distinct with signs-through which, in fixed career,
As through a zodiac, moves the ritual year
Of England's Church-stupendous mysteries!
Which whoso travels in her bosom, eyes
As he approaches them, with solemn cheer.
Enough for us to cast a transient glance
The circle through.

WORDSWORTH.

THE

CHRISTIAN YEAR;

THOUGHTS IN VERSE

For the Sundays and Holydays

THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength.-ISAIAH Xxx. 15.

Third American Edition.

PHILADELPHIA:

LEA & BLANCHARD.

......

1842.

Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1834, by LEA & BLANCHARD, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

WM. S. YOUNG, Printer.

то

MY NEXT FRIEND

AND MORE THAN BROTHER,

THE REV. WILLIAM CROSWELL,

RECTOR OF CHRIST CHURCH, BOSTON,

THESE PIOUS BREATHINGS

OF

A KINDRED SPIRIT

ARE MOST AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED.

G. W. D.

St. Mary's Parsonage,

Burlington, May 27, 1834.