HYMNS AND HOMILIES

OF

EPHRAEM SYRUS.

Translated from the original Syriac,

WITH AN

INTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL NOTES,

BY

THE REV. HENRY BURGESS, PH.D.,

OF GOTTINGEN, A PRESBYTER OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, TRANSLATOR OF THE
FESTAL LETTERS OF ATHANASIUS FROM AN ANCIENT SYRIAC VERSION.

837
39

· ISO NO : So So 125 250.

"The Church listens to all words: But is not drawn away after them."

London:

ROBERT B. BLACKADER, 13 PATERNOSTER
SAMPSON LOW, SON AND CO.,

AGENTS FOR THE UNITED STATES.

BERLIN: ASHER AND CO.

1853.

Isaac Magnus.

DIVINITY SCHOOL

LIBRARY

HARVARD

UNIVERSITY

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TO THE DIGNITARIES,

THE CLERGY IN GENERAL,

AND THE LAY MEMBERS

OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND;

AND TO THE MEMBERS

OF OTHER RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES;

THE PATRONS OF THIS ATTEMPT

TO ILLUSTRATE SYRIAN METRICAL LITERATURE,

This Volume

IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.