Sequence 27. St. Andrew

November 30TH.
LET us, shouts of gladness raising,
Now delighted to be praising
The Apostle Andrew be :
Whose faith, life, and doctrine precious,
With his mighty works for Jesus,
Should be honoured worthily.

He, who first the true light's glowing
Saw, at John the Baptist's showing,
Peter led the faith to see !

Then are Peter and his brother
Called along with one another
At the Sea of Galilee.

Fishermen till then, both preachers
Of the word become and teachers
Of the rules of righteousness :
Now a net to catch men loose they,
And a wary forethought use they
The young Church to guard and bless.

l66 S. ANDREAS.
A fratre dividitur
Andrew soon his brother leaves,
When commission he receives,
And is in Achaia placed :
Of which province a great part,
By God's grace convinced in heart,
To the nets of Andrew haste.

By his faith, life, signs, and speeches
This great, good, man's doctrine reaches
And reforms the people's heart.

When geas findeth out
x\ll that Andrew thus had wrought.

Forth his bitter wrath-stings start.
His staid heart and manly spirit,
Who in this life saw no merit,
Stronger from endurance grow.

Flattering or tormenting either.
His insensate judge by neither
Can his strength of mind o'erthrow.

When he sees the cross preparing.
Like his Master, suffering sharing,
The disciple longs to be ;
For Christ's death he pays his own,
And for its triumphal crown
On the cross seeks eagerly.

i6S i-. ANDREAS.
In cruce vixit biduum,
Victurus in perpetuum :
Nee vult, volente populo,
Deponi de patibulo.

Hora fere dimidia
Luce perfusus nimia,
Upon the cross he Hved two days,
Thenceforth to hve in heaven always ;
Nor, when the people wished, would he
Be lifted from the fatal tree.

Nigh half an hour upon that height
Bathed in a Hght exceeding bright,
In light, exulting at the sight,
He passes to the halls of light.

Andrew, crowned with endless glory !
Rich in prayer propitiatory !

Of whose brilliant death the story
Tis so sweet in thought to trace !

From this vale of woe exceeding
To that light such radiance shedding.

Loving shepherd, spirits feeding !
O transport us by thy grace ! Amen.