3. We praise Thee, we bless Thee, we worship Thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to Thee for Thy great glory; 4. O Lord King, heavenly God, Father Almighty, O Lord, only begotten Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit. 5. O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that taketh away the sin of the world; have mercy upon us, Thou that takest away the sins of the world. 6. Accept our prayer; Thou that sittest at the Father's right hand, have mercy on us: 7. For Thou only art holy; Thou only, Lord Jesus Christ, art in the glory of God the Father. Amen. 8. Day by day I bless Thee, and I praise Thy name for ever, and for all eternity. 9. Vouchsafe, Lord, this day to keep me sinless. 10. Blessed art Thou, Lord, the God of our fathers; and praised and glorified be Thy name for ever. Amen. 11. Lord, let Thy mercy be on us, as we trust in Thee. 12. Blessed art Thou, Lord; teach me Thy statutes. 13. Lord, Thou hast been our refuge from one generation to another. 14. I said, Lord be merciful unto me; heal my soul, for I have sinned against Thee. 15. Lord, I fly to Thee; teach me to do Thy will, for Thou art my God; 16. For with Thee is a well of life, in Thy light shall we see light. 17. Extend Thy mercy to them that know Thee. 18. O holy God, holy Strength, holy Immortal, have mercy on us. Amen. Verses 2. to 7. are identical with the _Gloria in Excelsis_, or the Angelic Hymn, sung at the conclusion of the Lord's Supper in the Anglican Church, but which commences the Mass in the Romish Church. It is of great antiquity, being attributed to Telesphorus, A.D. 139, and is found in the _Apostolic Constitutions_, vii. c. 48. Verses 8, 9. 11. are the same as in the Latin _Te Deum_. Verse 12. is from Psalm cxix. 12. Verse 13. is from Psalm xc. 1. Verse 14. is from Psalm xli. 4. Verse 15. is from Psalm cxliii. 9, 10. Verse 16. is from Psalm xxxvi. 9. Verse 17. is from Psalm xxxvi. 10. T. J. BUCKTON. Lichfield. In answer to your correspondent HONORÉ DE MAREVELLE'S Query regarding the _Te Deum_ as sung in Russia, I beg to inform him that in whatever language the Emperor Nicholas is most familiar with this hymn, it is sung in all their churches in Sclavonic, which is only intelligible to the priests and a _very small_ number of the laity, the mass of the people being quite ignorant of this old language. All the services in Russian churches are performed in Sclavonic. The _Old_ Testament is not permitted to be read by the people in modern Russ, by command of the Emperor; it is circulated sparingly in Sclavonic, which is of course useless to most of the people, for the reason named above. The _New_ Testament is, however, allowed to circulate in modern Russ, and not _half_ the population read that, perhaps not more than a third.