O Death where is thy sting?

O Grave, where is thy | victory!

Thanks be unto God, who giveth | us the victory, Through Jesus Christ our

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Lord.

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O ALL ye works of the Lord, bless | ye the | Lord!
Praise him, and magnify | him for | ever.

Ove angels of the Lord, bless | ye the Lord!
Praise him, and magnify him for ever.

Oye heavens, bless ye the Lord!
Praise him, and | magnify | him for ever.

O ye powers of the Lord, bless | ye the | Lord !
Praise him, and magnify him for ever.

ye sun, and moon, and stars of heaven, bless | ye the Lord!

Praise him, and | magnify | him for ever.

O let the earth bless the | Lord!

Yea, let it praise him, and

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magnify | him for ever.

ye the | Lord!

ye children of men, bless
Praise him, and magnify | him for ever.

Oye servants of the Lord, bless | ye the | Lord!
Praise him, and | magnify | him for ever.

O ye spirits and souls of the righteous, bless ye

the

Lord!

Praise him, and | magnify | him for ever.

Oye holy and humble men of heart, bless ye the [

Lord!

Praise him, and | magnify | him for | ever.

SONG OF THE THREE CHILDREN.

92.

WE praise thee, O God:

We acknowledge | thee to be the Lord.
All the earth doth worship | thee,

The Father ever | lasting.

To thee all angels cry a loud:

The heavens, and all the powers there | in.
To thee Cherubim and Seraphim
Continually do | cry:--

The holy church throughout all the world
Doth acknowledge | thee.

The Father, of an infinite | majesty,

The only wise | GOD.
Thine honourable, true, and
Also the Holy Spirit, the

only | Son.
comforter.

Thou art the king of glory, O| Christ!
Thou art the everlasting Son
When thou hadst overcome the
Thou didst open the kingdom of

lievers.

of the Father,
sharpness of death,
heaven to all be
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Thou sittest at the right hand of God,

In the glory of the | Father.

We believe that thou shalt | come

To be our judge.

We therefore pray thee, O God help thy servants,
Whom he hath redeemed with his precious blood,
Make them to be numbered with thy | saints
In glory ever | lasting.

Vouchsafe, O | Lord,

To keep us this day with out | sin.
O Lord, have | mercy upon us,

Have mercy upon us.

O Lord, let thy mercy lighten up on us,,

As our trust | is in thee.

O Lord, in thee have I trusted,
Let me never be con founded..

AMBROSE

93.

THE rose is sweet, but it is surrounded with thorns;

The lily of the valley is fragrant, but it springeth 1 up among the brambles.

The spring is pleasant, but it is soon | past;

The summer is bright, but the winter destroyeth the beauty there | of.

The rainbow is very glorious, but it soon vanish | eth

a way;

Life is good, but it is quickly swallowed up in | death.

There is a land where the roses are with out | thorns, Where the flowers are not mixed with | brambles. In that land there is eternal | spring,

And light without any cloud.

The tree of life groweth in the

midst there of: Rivers of pleasure are there, and flowers that | never fade.

Myriads of happy | spirits are | there,

And surround the throne of God with a perpetual | hymn.

The angels with their golden harps sing | praises continually,

And the cherubim | fly on | wings of fire.

This country is | Heaven:

It is the country of those that are | good;
And nothing that is wicked

Must | inhabit | there.

The toad must not spit its venom among | turtle |

doves;

Nor the poisonous henbane | grow amongst sweet | flowers.

Neither must any one that | doeth | ill,
Enter into that good | land.

This earth is pleasant, for it is | God's earth,
And it is filled with | many de | lightful | things.
But that country is | far better;

There we shall not grieve any more, nor be sick any more, nor do wrong any more.

There the cold of winter | shall not wither us,
Nor the heats of summer | scorch us.

In that country there are no wars or quarrels,
But all love one another | with dear | love.

When our parents and friends die, we see them [

here no

more;

But there we shall embrace them again, and | live with them for ever.

There we shall meet

all good | men,

Whom we read of in | holy books.

They loved God on earth;

They praised him on

earth;

But in that country they will praise him | better,
And will love him | more.
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There we shall see Jesus, who is gone before us to

that happy place;

And there we shall behold the glory | of the | high |

God.

We cannot see him here, but we will | love him | here; We must be now on earth, but we will | often ❘ think of heaven.

That happy land | is our home;

We are to be here but | for a little while,

And there for | ever,

Even for ages of eternal | years.

BARBAULD.