HYMNS AND
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.

• ISO No : So So 145 15500

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

Isaac Magnus.

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AGENTS FOR THE UNITED STATES.

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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.