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Let the people praise thee, O God! yea, let all the people praise thee.

Then shall the earth bring forth her increase; and God, even our own God, shall give us his blessing. God shall bless us, and all the ends of the world shall fear him.

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Twentieth Canticle.

Psalm C.

BE joyful in the Lord, all ye lands: serve the Lord with gladness, and come before his presence with a song.

Be ye sure that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasturė.

O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise; be thankful unto him, and speak good of his name.

For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth from generation to generation.

PRAISE

Twenty-First Canticle.

From Psalı CIII.

RAISE the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, praise his holy name.

Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:

Who forgiveth all thy sin, and healeth all thine infirmities;

Who saveth thy life from destruction, and crowneth thee with mercy and loving-kindness.

O praise the Lord, ye angels of his, ye that excel in strength; ye that fulfil his commandment, and hearken unto the voice of his word.

O praise the Lord, all ye his hosts; ye servants of his that do his pleasure.

O speak good of the Lord, all ye works of his, in all places of his dominion: praise thou the Lord, O my soul.

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PRAISE God in his holiness: praise him in the firmament of his power.

Praise him in his noble acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.

Praise him in the sound of the trumpet: praise him upon the lute and harp.

Praise him in the cymbals and dances: praise him upon the strings and pipe.

Praise him upon the well-tuned cymbals: praise him upon the loud cymbals.

Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord.

Canticles for Boly Days and for Particular

Occasions.

Twenty-Third Canticle.

SING

FOR THE EVE OF THE NATIVITY.

ING unto the Lord a new song: let his praise be declared throughout the earth and in the sea. Let the wilderness and the cities lift up their voice: let them rejoice with songs of triumph.

Let them give glory unto the Lord: let them make known his praises among the isles.

The Lord hath comforted his people: and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. Say ye to the Daughter of Zion: behold, thy Saviour cometh: behold, his reward is with him.

Unto you, that fear my name, shall the Sun of Righteousness arise, with healing in his wings.

The glory of the Lord shall be revealed: and all flesh shall see it together.

Death shail be swallowed up in victory: and the Lord God will wipe away all tears from our eyes.

In that day shall it be said: Lo! this is our God: we have waited for him, and he will save us.

Lo! this is the Lord: we will rejoice in his salvation.

Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

Glory be, &c.

Twenty-Fourth Canticle.

FOR THE DAY OF THE NATIVITY.

EHOLD! I bring you good tidings of great joy.

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For unto you is born this day, in the city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ, the Lord!

Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will towards men.

Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government shall be on his shoulders;

And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.

God hath remembered his covenant: he hath sent redemption unto his people.

Israel hath been saved in the Lord, with an everlasting salvation.

This is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes.

This is the day, which the Lord hath made: we will rejoice and be glad in it.

Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.

Let it be said throughout the earth, the Lord reigneth; let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad.

For with righteousness will he judge the world, and the people with his truth.

Blessed be he, that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosannah in the highest.

Glory be, &c.

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Twenty-Fifth Canticle.

FOR THE DAY OF THE NATIVITY.

LESSED be the Lord God of Israel, for he hath visited and redeemed his people ;

And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us, in the house of his servant David.

As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, that we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;

To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant :

The oath which he sware unto our father Abraham,

That he would grant unto us, that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, might serve him, without fear,

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