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, To comfort | all that | mourn; To give unto them 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 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; Surely our infirmities he hath | borne, 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; He was brought as a | lamb to the | slaughter; By oppression and judgment he was taken a way; His grave was appointed with the | wicked; mouth. It pleased the Lord to crush him with sorrow, Of the travail of his soul, he shall | see the | fruit, 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 Strengthen ye the | feeble | hands, God! eyes of the blind, shall he opened; burst forth waters, Then shall be unclosed the 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; 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 No more shall there be an infant | short | lived, And the sinner that dieth at a hundred years, | shall be held accursed. 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 ; 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. And while they are yet speaking, I will hear. The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, In all my holy mountain, | saith the Lord. ISAIAH. XXXV. LXV. 17-25. |