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They said no more till they reached home, and the whole family met, much later than usual, at the evening meal. "You are late," said Hilda to her lord. "We were returning home from the meadows on the water, whence the last load of hay has been carried, and we tarried for the compline at the priory. The bell sounded as we were passing." "Did you see the bonfire on the hills?
In fact, to end this Office of a besieged town, to take its last dispositions and try to repose in shelter from a violent attack, the Church built up again a few prayers, and placed her parishes under the tutelage of the Virgin, to whom it chanted one of the four antiphons which follow, according to the Proper. "At La Trappe Compline was evidently less solemn, less interesting than at St.
At night, under the conduct of my kind Irishman, I took my place in the gallery to hear compline and Salve Regina, with which the Cistercians bring every day to a conclusion. There were none of those circumstances which strike the Protestant as childish or as tawdry in the public offices of Rome. A stern simplicity, heightened by the romance of the surroundings, spoke directly to the heart.
This was also the case, in many instances, with regard to Matins, for the number of psalms to be recited thereat was not definitely fixed. As regards the little hours Prime, Terce, Sext, None and Compline the freedom of the competent ecclesiastical authorities was as yet unconfined by canonical restrictions.
It was time for Compline, the last service of the day, and the brothers formed in procession and passed out of the house, across the courtyard, into the little church. The old place was dimly lighted, but the brothers occupied the chancel only.
"Take care of the precious lad, Father Kenelm; remember thou hast the hope of Aescendune with thee." They entered the little "punt" very quietly. The night was warm, but fortunately obscure. They unmoored, and dropped down the stream in perfect silence, listening to the bell as it tolled for compline. At length they reached the place the prior had indicated.
"Nay, I must return to compline; I may be wanted tonight, and ought to be at my post," said I. We arrived at the old home, dear familiar place! stronger and better built than most such houses, because, being burnt down in my father's younger days, it had been rebuilt in a more substantial manner, and was capable of sustaining a formidable attack successfully.
They said the well-known compline psalms, familiar then in England from their nightly use. Then, replenishing the fire at the expense of some rude oaken benches, and barring the door, they all strove to sleep. A watch seemed needless. The fear was that they would all be found watching when they should be sleeping. But yet whether from extreme fatigue or any other cause, they did all fall asleep.
This Hour is recited after None and before Compline. In structure, it resembles Lauds, Pater Noster, Ave, Gloria, Five Psalms with antiphons, Capitulum, Hymn, Versicle, antiphon, Magnificat, antiphon and collect. It had several synonymous names.
He was always smiling, or laughing, or talking, or working, or sleeping. Though quite ignorant, he was a devout Hindu according to his lights. It was pathetic to hear him in his hut calling loudly on his gods, just about the time we went to Compline.
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