Then  come  the  six  remaining  Psalms,  followed  by  a
lesson  from  the  New  Testament,  and  the  Kyrie
Eleison.  On  Sunday  tliis  vigil  service  is  deemed
insufficient.  After  the  Detis  in  adjutorium  and  six
Psalms,  come  four  lessons  and  four  responses,  after
the  lasf  all  rising  to  chant  the  Gloria :  next  come
six  Psalms  with  the  antiphony,  and  four  other  lessons
with  the  responses;  then  three  canticles  from  the
prophets,  the  HaUdujahy  the  Detis  in  adjutorium^  and
the  Benedicite.  Four  lessons  more  from  the  New
Testament,  with  their  responses,  are  followed  by  the
Te  Deum^  which  the  abbot  commences;  and  the
same  dignitary  reads  the  Gospel,  all  standing  de-
voutly, and  then  begins  to  chant,  Te  laus  decet.  The
service  ends  with  the  Benediction  by  the  abbot,  bat
only  to  commence  with  matins.  On  Sunday,  this
second  service  commences  with  the  sixty-sixth
Psalm,  then  the  fiftieth,  with  the  HcMdujah :  next
come  the  one  hundred  and  seventeenth,  and  the
sixty-second,  followed  by  the  Benedicite^  the  Laus,  a
lesson  from  the  Apocalypse,  the  Response,  the  Hymn
of  St.  Ambrose,  an  article  from  the  Gospel,  and  the
Kyrie  Eleison^  which  concludes  the  service.  But
the  services,  besides  the  vigils,  were  seven,  in  con-


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formity  Mith  the  practice  of  the  Psahnist,  Septies  in
die  laudem  tibi  din.  At  primes,  tierce,  sexts,  nones,
vespers,  and  complines,  which,  as  the  names  import,
are  celebrated  at  the  first,  third,  sixth,  and  ninth
hours,  at  sunset,  and  before  retiring  to  rest,  hours
corresponding  to  six,  nine,  twelve,  three,  half-past
four,  and  about  six  o'clock,  and  which  are  called  the
diunial  hours,  a  certain  number  of  psalms,  canticles,
and  responses  are  chanted,  in  such  manner  that  the
whole  Psalter  is  read  once  a  week.  This  (says  St.
