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 FEAST OF ALL-SAINTS

Christ in the holy Eucharist as head of all the Saints.

"O God, my God! to Thee I watch from the morning light." (Ps. lxii. 2.)

I. Imagine yourself among the blessed angels and Saints in heaven, contemplating the face of God: and consider, 1. How great are the glory, riches, beauty, and majesty of that infinite Being. "Thousands of thousands minister to Him, and ten thousand times a hundred thousand stand before Him." (Dan. vii. 10.) 2. Think how great is His power; for " whatsoever the Lord pleased He hath done in heaven, in earth, in the sea, and in all the depths." (Ps. cxxxiv. 6.) 3. How great is His wisdom. "Great is our Lord, and great is His power, and of His wisdom there, is no number." (Ps. cxlvi. 5.) 4. How great, too, is His immensity; "for He is higher than the heaven; deeper than hell; longer than the earth; and broader than the sea." (Job xi. 8.)

II. This Majesty so great, this Head of all the Saints, whose memory you celebrate this day, does not disdain