Scripture. Service of Becket

1.  O thou that hearest prayer,       1.  For they sake, O Thomas,
unto thee shall all flesh come.—­    let the right hand of God embrace
Ps. lxv. [vulg. lxiv.] 2.            us.

By prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God.—­Phil. iv. 6.

2.  Lord, be thou my helper.—­ 2.  Send help to us, O Thomas; Ps. xxx. [xxix.] 10.

3.  Thou shalt guide me by thy 3.  Guide thou those who stand; counsel.—­Ps. lxxiii. [lxxii.] 24.

He, The Holy Spirit, shall guide
you into all truth.—­John xvi. 13.

4.  The Lord upholdeth all that 4.  Raise up those who fall; fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.—­Psalm cxlv. [cxliv.] 14.

5.  Create in me a clean heart,       5.  Correct our morals, actions
O God.—­Ps. li. [l.] 10.             and life;

6.  The steps of a good man are 6.  And guide us into the way ordered by the Lord.  Though of peace. he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down, for the Lord upholdeth him.—­Ps. xxxvii. [xxxvi.] 23.

The day-spring from on high hath visited us, to guide our feet into the way of peace.—­Luke i. 78, 79.

And then again, in celebrating the praises of a mortal {223} man, recourse is had to language which can fitly be used only in our hymns and praises to the supreme Lord of our destinies, the eternal Creator, Redeemer, and Comforter, the only wise God our Saviour.

Address to Thomas. Language of Scripture.

1.  Hail, Thomas, Rod of Justice! 1.  There shall come a rod out
                                     of the stem of Jesse.  Ye denied
                                     the Holy One, and the Just—­Isaiah
                                     xi. 1.  Acts iii. 14.

2.  The brightness of the world. 2.  The brightness of his glory. 
                                     I am the light of the world—­Heb.
                                     i. 3.  John viii. 12.

3.  The strength of the Church. 3.  I can do all things through
                                     Christ, that strengthened me. 
                                     Christ loved the Church, and
                                     gave himself for it.—­Phil. iv. 13. 
                                     Eph. v. 25.

4.  The love of the people:  the 4.  Grace be with all them that
delight of the Clergy. love our Lord Jesus Christ in
                                     sincerity.  Delight thyself in the
                                     Lord.—­Eph. vi. 24.  Ps. xxxvii. 4.