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O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into. the high mountains;

O Jerusalem that bringest good tidings, lift | up thy voice with strength;

Lift it up, be not a | fraid;

Say unto the cities of

Judah, Be | hold your | God!

He shall feed his flock

like a shepherd;

And carry them in his

bosom;

He shall gather the lambs | with his | arm,

And shall gently lead | those that | are with young.

How beautiful appear up on the | mountains The feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth | peace!

That bringeth good tidings of joy, that publisheth | salvation,

That saith unto Zion, | Thy | God | reigneth!

"The Spirit of the Lord is up on me,

Because the Lord hath anointed me:

To preach glad tidings to the meek | he hath sent

me;

To bind | up the | broken | hearted;

To proclaim liberty | to the | captives,

And the opening of the prison to them that are | bound;

To proclaim the acceptable | year of the | Lord,
And the day of vengeance | cf our | God;

To comfort | all that | mourn;

To give unto them
The oil of joy for
The garment of praise

beauty for | ashes, mourning,

The Lord God is our |

for the spirit of | heaviness."

strength and our | song;

He also is become our salvation,

Therefore with joy shall we | draw | water
Out of the wells of salvation.

80.

GOOD FRIDAY,

WHO hath believed | our re | port?

And to whom hath the arm of the | Lord | been re vealed?

He hath no form nor comeliness, that we should | look up on him ;

Nor beauty that we | should de | sire him.

He is despised and rejected of | men ;

A man of sorrows, and acquainted with | grief;
And we hid as it were our faces | from him;
He was despised, and we es teemed him | not.

Surely our infirmities he hath | borne,
And our sorrows, | he hath | carried them;
Yet we esteemed him striken from a | bove,
Smitten of God, | and afflicted.

But he was wounded for our transgressions;

He was bruised for | our in | iquities.

The chastisement, by which cur peace is effected, was laid up on him;

And by his stripes, we are

healed.

All we, like sheep, have | gone a stray;

We have turned, every | one to | his own | way;

And the Lord hath | laid on | him

The iniquity | of us | all.

He was oppressed, he was af | flicted;
Yet he opened not his mouth,

He was brought as a | lamb to the | slaughter;
And as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he |
opened not his | mouth.

By oppression and judgment he was taken a way;
And his manner of life, who would de clare?
For he was cut off from the | land of the living;
For the transgression of my people, he was smitten
to death.

His grave was appointed with the | wicked;
But with the rich man | was his | tomb.
Although he had done no | violence,
Neither was there any deceit | in his

mouth.

It pleased the Lord to crush him with sorrow,
But, since he gave his life a sacrifice for | sin,
He shall see a seed which shall pro | long their | days,
And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper | in
his hands.

Of the travail of his soul, he shall | see the | fruit,
And he shall be | satisfied.

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By the knowledge of him shall my servant lead many to righteousness,

For he shall bear | their in [iquities.

ISAIAH LIII.

81.

WHITSUNDAY.

THE wilderness and the solitary place | shall be glad
And the desert | shall re | joice and | flourish;
Like the rose shall it | blossom abundantly,
And rejoice even with joy and singing,

Strengthen ye the | feeble | hands,
And confirm the tottering | knees:
Say ye to the faint hearted, Be ye | strong!
Fear ye not; be | hold your

God!

eyes of the blind, shall he opened; burst forth waters,

Then shall be unclosed the
And the ears of the deaf
For in the wilderness shall
And torrents in the | desert.

And a highway shall be there; and it shall be called: the way of holiness;

The unclean shall not pass through it;

But he himself shall be with them, waiking | in the |

way;

And the foolish | shall not | err there | in..

No lion shall be | there;

Nor shall the tyrant cfti.e | beasts | come up thither; But the redemeishall walk | in it ;

Yea, the rans med of the | Lord | shall re | turn.

They shall come to | Zion with | triumph;
And perpetual joy shall | crown their heads:
Joy and gladness shail they ob | tain;
And sorrow and sighing shal | flee a | way.

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I create new heavens and a new | earth,

And the former ones shall not be remembered, Neither shall they be brought to mind | any | more..

For lo! I make Jerusalem full of joy, and her | people of gladness;

And will esult in Jerusalem, and rejoice in my pe. ple.

And there shall not be heard any | more there
The voice of weeping, and the | cry | of distress.

No more shall there be an infant | short | lived,
Nor an old man who hath not fulfilled his days:
For he that dieth at a hundred years, shall die a |
boy,

And the sinner that dieth at a hundred years, | shall be held accursed.

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They shall build houses, and | shall in | habit them; They shall plant vineyards, and shall eat the fruit thereof.

They shall not build, and an | other in | habit ;
They shall not plant, and an | other | eat.

For as the days of a tree, shall be the days of my f people;

Yea, long shall they enjoy the works of their own | hands.

My chosen shall not | labour in | vain;

Nor bring forth children | for | early death.

For they shall be a seed blessed

of the Lord;

They, and their offspring | after them.
Before they call, I will answer;

And while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

The wolf and the lamb shall feed together,
And the lion shall eat straw | like the ox.
They shall not hurt nor destroy

In all my holy mountain, | saith the Lord.

ISAIAH. XXXV. LXV. 17-25.

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