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St. Philip & St. James's Day.

Almighty God, truly to choose our part, to love Thee much, to serve with lowly heart, to wage with sin everconquering strife: This is the Christian’s joy and everlasting life. O Lord our God! grant unto us this day to know Thy Son, the Life, the Truth, the Way; all sin, all sorrows in ourselves rife, in Him we seek, we find our everlasting life. Thy Church this day her sacred feast proclaims in memory of Saints Philip and James; we seek their steps to follow their trod the path of peace that leads through Christ to God. In the blest path teach our souls so to tread; be sin our sorrow, and or sorest dread. our enemy, our most hated foe, for vanquishment of which brought Christ such woe. Temptations come, the struggle is so long, and we are weak, but Thou, O God, how strong! Thy love, Thy grace, Thy strength us afford, and keep us steadfast in the Christ our Lord.

1 Almighty God, truly to choose our part,
to love Thee much, to serve with lowly heart,
to wage with sin everconquering strife:
This is the Christian’s joy and
everlasting life.
2 O Lord our God! grant unto us this day
to know Thy Son, the Life, the Truth, the Way;
all sin, all sorrows in ourselves rife,
in Him we seek, we find our
everlasting life.
3 Thy Church this day her sacred feast proclaims
in memory of Saints Philip and James;
we seek their steps to follow their trod
the path of peace that leads through
Christ to God.
4 In the blest path teach our souls so to tread;
be sin our sorrow, and or sorest dread.
our enemy, our most hated foe,
for vanquishment of which brought
Christ such woe.
5 Temptations come, the struggle is so long,
and we are weak, but Thou, O God, how strong!
Thy love, Thy grace, Thy strength us afford,
and keep us steadfast in the
Christ our Lord.

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Text attr. Eliza Humphreys,
ad. R. Pryor III
Tune Spring
Jacob French (1754-1817);
ad. R. Pryor III, A. Coles

St. Philip & St. James's Day.

O Almighty God, whom truly to know is everlasting life; grant us perfectly to know thy Son Jesus Christ to be the way, the truth, and the life; that, following the steps of thy holy Apostles, Saint Philip and Saint James, we may steadfastly walk in the way that leadeth to eternal life; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.