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.

5. Hail, glorious Guardian of 5. Our Lord Jesus, that great
the Flock. Save those who rejoice Shepherd of the sheep. Give ear,
in thy glory. O Shepherd of Israel; come and
save us. He that glorieth, let him
glory in the Lord.--Heb. xiii. 20.
Psalm lxxx. [lxxix.] 1. 1 Cor.
i. 31.

Can that worship become the disciples of the Gospel and the Cross, which
addresses such prayers and such praises to the spirit of a mortal man?
Every prayer, and every form of praise here used in honour of Thomas
Becket, it would well become Christians to offer to the Giver of all
good, trusting solely and exclusively to the mediation of Christ Jesus
our Lord for acceptance; and pleading-only the merits of his most
precious blood. {224} And yet I am bound to confess, that in principle,
in spirit, and in fact, I can find no substantial difference between
this service of Thomas of Canterbury, and the service which all in
communion with the Church of Rome are under an obligation to use even at
the prese