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82.

IT shall come to pass in the future | days,
That the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be
established above all the mountains,

And it shall be exalted above the hills;
And the people | shall flow | to it.

And many nations shall go, saying,
'Come, let us go up to the
That he may teach us his
And that we may walk in his paths."

mountain | of the | Lord,

ways,

For from Zion shall go | forth a | law,

And the word of the Lord | from Jerusalem.
He shall be a judge of many | nations,

And an umpire of many | kingdoms a | far | off.

Thy shall beat their swords into | plough-shares,
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And their spears | into | pruning-hooks;
Nation shall not lift up sword against | nation,
Neither shall they learn | war | any more.

But they shall sit every man | under his | vine,
And un der his | fig tree;

And none shall make them a | fraid:

For the mouth of the

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Lord hath | spoken it.

Violence shall no more be heard in thy | land: Wasting nor destruction with | in thy borders. But thou shalt call thy walls, Sal | vation,

And thy gates, Praise.

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The sun shall no more be thy | light by day, Nor shall the brightness of the moon by night en lighten thee.

For the Lord shall be unto thee an ever | lasting | light,

And thy God shall be thy | glory.

Thy sun shall no | more go | down,

Neither shall thy moon be | hid:
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For the Lord shall be thine ever lasting | light,
And the days of thy | mourning shall be | ended.

MICAH IV. 1--4. ISAIAH LX. 18—20. (I1. 2—4:)

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IT is of the Lord's mercies that we are not con sumed;

Because his com | passions | fail not.

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They are new every morning;

Great

is thy faithfulness.

The Lord is my portion, | saith_my | soul;
Therefore will I hope in him.

The Lord is good unto him that | waiteth | for him,
To | - the | soul that | seeketh him.

It is good for a man to wait with | silent | hope
For the salvation of the Lord.

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yoke | in his | youth.

For the Lord will not cast off för | ever:

But though he cause grief,

passion,

yet will he | have com |

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According to the multitude of his mercies.

For he taketh no pleasure in afflicting or grieving

the children of men.

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Who is he that saith, and it | cometh to pass,
When the Lord com mandeth it not?
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Doth not evil and good proceed

At the command of the most | high?

Wherefore should a living | man com | plain,
On account of his suffering for sin?
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Let us search and try our ways,

And turn a | gain unto the Lord.

LAMENTATIONS III. 22-27,31-33,37-40.

84.

WHEREWITH shall I come before the | Lord,
And bow myself before the high | God?

Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of | rams;
Or with ten thousands of rivers of | oil?

He doth shewed thee, O man | what is

good : And what doth the Lord require | of thee, sut to do justice, and to love mercy, And to walk humbly | with thy Go

To the Lord our God belong mercies and for give

nesses,

Though we have rebelled against him;

Neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our | God, |

To walk in his laws.

Cf old hast thou laid the foundations of the earths And the heavens are the | work | of thine | hands.

hey shall perish,

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But thou shalt endure:

Yea, all of them shall wax old as | doth a | garment ; As a vesture shalt thou change them, and they i shall be changed :

But thou art the same,

And thy years shall have no end.

Fear thou not, | saith the

For I am with thee:

Lord,

I will correct thee in measure,

Yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished

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Though the flocks shall be cut off from the fold And there shall be no | herd | in the | stalls ;

Yet will I rejoice in the | Lord,

will joy in the God of my sal | vation.

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MY soul doth magnify the Lord,

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And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my | Saviour.

For he hath regarded

The lowliness of his hand | maiden..

For behold! from | hence | forth

All generations shall call me | blessed.
For he that is mighty hath magnified me,.
And holy is his name.

And his mercy is on them that fear him,...
Through out all generations.

He hath shewed strength with his | arm; He hath scattered the proud in the imaginations of their hearts.

He hath put down the mighty | from their | seat,
And hath exalted the humble and meek.
He hath filled the hungry with good | things,
And the rich he hath sent | empty a | way.

He, remembering his mercy,
Hath | helped his
As he promised to
Abraham | and his

servant | Israel;
our forefathers,
| seed for | ever.

LUKE I. 46-55,

86.

BLESSED be the Lord

For he hath visited

God of Israel,

and re | deemed his people ; And hath raised up a mighty salvation | for us, In the house of his servant | David;

As he spake by the mouth of his | holy | prophets,
Which have been since the world be | gan;
That we should be saved | from our enemies,
And from the hands of all that | hate us;

To perform the mercy promised to our fore | fathers.
And to remember his holy | covenant;

To perform the oath which he sware to our fore | father Abraham,

That he would | grant un | to us;

That we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies,

Might serve him without fear,

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