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Rejoice, O young man, in thy childhood,

And let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy

youth,

And walk in the ways of thy heart,
And in the sight of thine | eyes:-

But know thou that for | all these things
God will bring thee into judgment.
Therefore remove sorrow | from thy | heart,
And put away | evil from thy flesh.

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy L youth,

While the days of evil | come not,

Nor the years arrive in which thou wilt | say,
I have no pleasure in them."

Vanity of vanities, saith the | Preacher,
All is vanity.

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Let us hear

The conclusion | cf the whole | matter:

Fear God, and keep his commandments,
For this is the whole duty of man.

For God will bring every work into judgment, with

every secret | thing,

Whether it be good, or whether it be

evil.

ECCLESIASTES XI. 1,2,6-10. XII. 1,8,13,14.

77.

WOE unto them that call evil good and | good | evil; That put darkness for | light, and light for dark

ness;

That put bitter for sweet,
And sweet for bitter!

Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, And prudent | in their | own con | ceit !

Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, And men of strength to | mingle | strong | drink!

Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning To follow strong | drink;

Who sit late in the night,

That wine may in

flame them.

And the lyre and the harp, the tabret | and the pipe,

And wine are | at their feasts,

But they regard not the work of the Lord,

Nor attend to the operation | of his | hands.

Therefore shall my people be | led | captive,

When they | think not of it;

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Their honourable men shall be | famished with | hunger,

And their rich men | parched with | thirst.

Therefore doth the grave enlarge his greedy | threát,
And stretch open his mouth without measure:
And down go her nobility | and her | wealth,
Her busy throng, and all that was joy | ful with |
in her.

The mean man shall be bowed down, and the great man shall be brought | low,

And the eyes of the | haughty | shall be | humbled; And the Lord God of hosts shall be exalted in | judgment,

Yea, God, the Holy One, shabe | sanctified through righteousness.

ISAIAH V. 20-22,11-16.

78.

HO! every one that thirsteth, come ye | to the

waters!

And he that hath no money, | come ye, | buy and

eat;

Yea, come, buy wine and
Without money, and with

milk,

out | price.

Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not | bread?

And your labour for that which will not satisfy. Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good,

And your soul shall de | light it | self with | fatness.

Incline your ear, and | come unto | me;

Hear, and your soul shall | live;

And I will make with you an ever | lasting | cove

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Behold, the nation whom thou knewest not, thou shalt call;

And the nation which knew not | thee, shall | run un | fo thee,

For the sake of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy | One of Israel,

For he hath glori | fied | thee.

Behold I have given him for a witness to the

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people,

For a leader and lawgiver to the nations.
Seek ye the Lord, while he may be"] found;

Call ye up on him, while he is near.

Let the wicked for | sake his way,

And the unrighteous | man his thoughts; And let him return to the Lord, for he will have mercy up on him,

And to our God, for | he will abundantly | pardon.

For my thoughts | are not your thoughts,

Neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
For as the heavens are higher than the | earth;
So are my ways higher than your ways, and my |
thoughts than your thoughts.

For, as the rain cometh down, and the | snow from heaven,

And returneth not | thither a | gain,

But watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and | bud,

That it may give seed to the sower, and | bread | to the eater:

So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my

mouth;

It shall not return un to me | void;

But it shall accomplish that which I please,
And it shall prosper in

sent it.

the thing where | to I

For ye shall go out with

joy,

And be led forth with peace;

The mountains and the hills shall burst forth before you into singing,

And all the trees of the field shall | clap their | hands.

Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree; And instead of the bramble | shall come up the | myrtle;

And it shall be to the Lord | for a name,
For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

ISAIAH LV.

79.

CHRISTMAS DAY,

COMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, saith your
God:

Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, | and | cry un|

to her,

That her warfare is accomplished, that her in | iquity is pardoned,

That she shall receive at the Lord's hand | double

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In the wilderness prepare ye the way of the Lord; Make straight in the desert a

God.

highway | for our |

Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be | made | low,

And the crooked shall be made straight, and the [ rough | places | plain.

And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed;
And all flesh shall see together

The salvation of our | God:

For the mouth of the Lord hath | spoken it.

All flesh is grass,

And all the goodliness thereof as the flower | of the field;

The rass withereth, the | flower | fadeth;

But the word of our | God shall stand for ever.

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