9 He was oppressed, and He i was af- | -flicted: yét He opened not His 1 mouth. 12 For he was cut off out of the land of the living for the transgression of my people was He stricken. 13 And He made His grave with the wicked: and with the rich in His death: 14 Because He had done no violence: neither was any de- |-ceit | in His | mouth. 15 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him: yéa He hath put | Him to grief; 16 When Thou shalt make His soul an offering for sin : He shall see His seed Hé shall pro- | -long His days, 17 And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand. 18 He shall see of the trávail of His soul and shall be satisfied: 19 By His knowledge shall my righteous sérvant | justify many : for Hé shall | bear their in--iquities. 20 Therefore will I divide Him a pórtion with the great the spoil with the strong; and He shall divíde 21 Because He hath poured out His sóul unto death: And He was numbered with the trans--gressors; 22 And He bare the sin of many : and måde inter- |-cession | for the trans-I gressors. HO, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters: and he that hath no money come ye buy and eat; 2 Yea cóme buy wine and milk without money and with- |-out | price. 3 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not labour for that which satis--fieth I not? 4 Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is sóul de- |-light it--self in fatness. bread and your good: and let your 5 Incline your ear, and come unto me hear and your soul shall live; 6 And I will make an everlasting cóve- |-nant with you: éven the sure | mercies of David. 7 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people: a leader and commander to the people. 8 Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest | not: and nations that knew not thée shall run unto thee. 9 Because of the Lord thy God and for the Holy One of Israel: for Hé hath glori- |-fied Thee. 10 Seek ye the Lord while He may be found call ye upon Him while | He is near: 11 Let the wicked for- |-sake his way and the un- |-righteous man his | thoughts: 12 And let him return unto the Lord and He will have | mercy up- |-on him : and to our God for Hé will a--bundant- |-ly | pardon. * * 13 For My thoughts are not your thoughts: neither are your ways | My ways] saith the Lord. 14 For as the heavens are higher than the earth so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts. 15 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven: and returneth not thither but I water- I-eth the earth, 16 And maketh it bring forth and | bud: that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater: 17 So shall My word be that goeth fórth | out of My mouth : it shall not return unto Me void, 18 But it shall accomplish that which I please and it shall prósper in the thing where--to II sent it. 19 For ye shall go out with joy and be led forth with peace: 20 The mountains and the hills shall break forth before you | into I singing: and all the trees of the field shall | clap their hands. 21 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree : 22 And it shall be to the Lord | for a name for an everlasting sígn that shall} not be cut off. 1024 * ISAIAH LX. 1, 2, 3; IX. 2, 6, 7. ARISE, shine for thy | light is come: and the glory of the | Lord is \risen • up--on thee. 2 For behold, the darkness shall cover. the earth and gróss | dark- I -ness the people. 3 But the Lord shall a--rise up- -on thee: and His glóry | shall be seen up- I -on thee. 4 And the Gentiles shall come to thy | light and kíngs to the brightness of thy rising. 5 The people that I walked in darkness: håve | seen a great | light. 6 They that dwell in the land of the shadow of death: upon them | hath the light shined. 7 For unto us a Child is born, unto ús a | Son is given and the government shall be up--on His shoulder: peace there shall be no end upon kingdom to order it. 8 And His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the mighty God: the everlasting Father the | Prince of Peace. 9 Of the increase of His government and the throne of David and upón His 10 And to establish it with judgment even for ever. and with jústice from henceforth) 1025 IT LAMENTATIONS III. 22-27, 31-33, 39-41. is of the Lord's mercies that we are not con- I -sumed because | His com--passions | fail not. 2 They are new every morning: gréat | is Thy faithful - | -ness. 3 The Lord is my pórtion, I saith my soul: therefore will I Him. 4 The Lord is good unto them that I wait for eth Him. 5 It is good that a man should both hope and vation of the Lord. hope in Him: to the soul that I seek I quietly I wait for the sal- | yoke in his youth. 6 It is good for a man that he béar the 7 For the Lord will not cast off for ever: but though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His * mercies. 8 For He doth not af- -flict | willingly : nór | grieve the | children men. of 1 9 Wherefore doth a living | man com- |-plain: a mán for the punishment of his sins? 10 Let us search and I try our ways: and túrn a- | -gain to the Lord : 11 [2 pt.] Let us lift up our heart with our hands: únto | God in the I heavens. 1026 HABAKKUK III. 2-6, 10, 11, 13, 17, 18. and I was a- | -fraid : O Lord, revive 0 3 Gód came from Teman: and the known in wrath re- I -member | Paran. Holy One from mount 5 And His brightness was as the light: He had rays coming forth from His hand and there was the hiding of His power. * 6 Before Him I went the pestilence and burning coals went | forth at His | feet. 7 He stood and I measured the earth: He beheld and I drove a- | -sunder the nations; 8 And the everlasting mountains were scattered the perpétual hills did bow: His ways are ever- |-lasting. 9 The mountains saw Thee, I and they trembled: the overflowing of the i water passed by: hands on | high. 10 The deep uttered his voice and lifted up his 11 The sun and moon stood still in their habi- |-tation at the light of Thine arrows they went and at the shining of Thy glittering spear. 12 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of Thy people even for salvation ! with Thine an- I -ointed. 13 Although the fig tree | shall not blossom : néither shall fruit be in the vines. 14 The labour of the olive · shall | fail: and the fields shall yield no meat. 15 The flock shall be cut off from the fold and there shall be no I herd in the stalls. 16 Yet I will rejoice in the Lord : I will jóy in the God of my sal- ! -vation. SELECTIONS FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT. 1027 BLESSED heaven. MATTHEW V. 3-12. are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom 2 Blessed are they that mourn fór | they shall be 3 Blessed are the meek for they shall in- |-herit 4 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after they shall be filled. of I comforted. the earth. righteousness: fór | 5 Blessed are the merciful for they shall ob- -tain mercy. 6 Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. 7 Blessed are the 1 peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted theirs is the kingdom of heaven. * 9 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you shall say all manner of evil against you for righteous- I -ness sake for and perse--cute you and falsely for My sake. 10 Rejoice and be ex--ceeding glad for gréat is your re--ward in heaven. 1028 ÍF ROMANS VIII. 31-39. I God be for us: whó | - can be a- | -gainst us? 2 He that spared not His own Son but delivered Him úp | for us all : how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? 3 Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's e--lect it is God that justifieth who is he that con- I -demneth? * 4 It is Christ that died yea rather that is risen * a--gain who is even at the right hand of God who also máketh inter--cession for us. 5 Who shall separate us fróm the love of Christ: shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril, or sword? 6 As it is written, For Thy sake we are killed all the day long we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter: 7 Nay, in all these things we are that loved us. more than conquerors: through | Him 8 For I am persuaded, that néither | death nor | life nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers nor things present nor things to come, 9 [2 pt.] Nor height, nor depth nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. 1029 1 CORINTHIANS XV. 20-23; 51-57. NOW is Christ risen | from the dead and become the | first fruits of I them that slept. 2 For since by man came death by man came also the résur--rection | of the dead. 3 For as in Ádam | all die even so in Christ shall all be made a- | -live. order: Christ the first-fruits 4 But every man in his own that are Christ's at His coming. afterward they 5 Behold, I shéw you a mystery wé shall not all sleep, 6 Bút we shall all be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an éye | at the last trump: 7 For the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised incorruptible and we shall be changed. 8 For this corruptible must put ón incor- |-ruption: and this mortal múst put on immor--tality. 9 So when this corruptible shall have put ón | incor- |-ruption: and this mortal shall have put on immor--tality, 10 Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: déath is swallowed up in | victory. 11 O death, whére | is thy sting: O gráve, where is thy | victory? 12 The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is the law. * 13 [2 pt.] But thanks be to God: which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1030 1 COR. V. 7-8; Rom. VI. 9-11; 1 Cor. XV. 20-22. CHRIST our passover is sacri- | -ficed for us: therefore | let us keep the * 2 Not with the old leaven neither with the léaven of malice and wickedness but with the unleavened bréad of sin- |-ceri- I-ty and I truth. 3 Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more death hath no móre do- -minion | over Him. |