The hymns and songs of the Church. With an introd. by Edward Farr

246 HYMNS AND SONGS
ST.
MATTHEW.
]T. MATTHEW, otherwise called LEVI,
was a publican, that is, a customgatherer
from which course of life
;
(being hateful in those countries) he
was called to the Apostleship, and became also one
of the four Evangelists ;
to his religious memory,
therefore, and to honour God, for the favour
vouchsafed (both to him and us) by his ministry
this day is observed by the Church's authority.
SONG LXXV.
Sing this as the Forty-fourth Song.
WHY should unchristian censures pass
On men, or that which they profess
A publican St. Matthew was,
Yet God's beloved ne'ertheless :
And was elected one of Christ's
1.
Apostles and Evangelists ;