In _Hymns Ancient and Modern_, the following examples are found:--1, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 38, 45, 47, 55, 75, 85, 87, 88, 90, 95, 96, 97, 125, 128, 144, 152, 153, 156, 157, 158, 430, 483, 509, 622. The renderings are not equally close; but they give a good idea of the place in worship which they occupied in the Day Hours. They will be found to dwell on the thoughts of praise to God called forth (_a_) by the sunshine and the beauties of nature, (_b_) by the work of the Holy Spirit. When the Hymn followed the Capitulum, a Canticle came next. The Capitulum, or Little Chapter, was one or two verses from the Bible specially {62} chosen for the day; and the Hymn was directly connected in subject with it. Thus, at Lauds on Whitsunday, the Capitulum was, _When the Day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place_ (Acts ii. 1), and the Hymn which followed immediately was _Come, Holy Ghost_ (H. A. and M. 157); and _Benedictus_, which came next, had an Antiphon, _Receive ye the Holy Ghost_, &c. (S. John xx. 22, 23). These beautiful combinations show us that the Canticle after a Lesson is designed to respond to the message of the Lesson, and to make with it an act of Praise. We must dismiss from our minds all idea that our Services were put together in a zigzag fashion, introducing something different as soon as any Psalm or Lesson has been said. The Service-makers valued variety of expression and method within reasonable limits; but the Service itself proceeds from point to point in a regulated progress. When the metrical Hymns were struck out, the Canticles and the Lessons were left united together. The Canticles. The word Canticle means "little song" or "little chant," just as versicle means "little verse," and particle "little part." It has long been used to signify the Hymns from the Old and New Testaments which were introduced into the Christian Services. It will be seen that these Bible hymns are affixed {63} to the Lessons. They are commonly known by the words with which they begin in Latin: thus _Te Deum laudamus_=Thee God we praise. _Benedicite, omnia Opera_--Bless ye, O all Works. _Benedictus_=Blessed. _Jubilate_=O be joyful. _Magnificat_ (_mea anima_)=(My soul) doth magnify. _Cantate Domino_=O sing unto the Lord. _Nunc dimittis_=Now thou lettest depart. _Deus misereatur_=God be merciful. The 1st and 2nd chapters of S. Luke supply three of these; viz. Magnificat, Benedictus, and Nunc dimittis. The Psalms supply three, viz. Jubilate (100th), Cantate Domino (98th), and Deus misereatur (67th). _Benedicite, omnia, Opera_ is part of the Hymn given in the Apocrypha as sung by Shadrach (Ananias), Meshach (Misael), and Abed-nego (Azarias), when they walked in the burning fiery furnace. _Te Deum laudamus_ is a very ancient Latin Hymn which may have been already very old when it became associated with the name of S. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan (375-397). We show its Bible origins in Chapter VIII.