4. For my thoughts are not your thoughts,

Neither are your ways my ways, saith JEHOVAH.
5. For as the heavens are | higher than the earth,
So are my ways higher than your ways,
And my thoughts than your thoughts.

SELECTION 219.

[Is. lv. 10.]

1. For as the rain cometh down, and the | snow from hea

ven,

And returneth not | thither, but watereth the earth, 2. And maketh it bring | forth and bud,

[eater: That it may give | seed to the sower, and bread to the 3. So shall my word be, that goeth forth out of my mouth:

It shall not return unto me void,

4. But it shall accomplish that which I please, And it shall prosper in that whereto Î sent it.

5. For ye shall go out with joy,

And be led forth with peace:

6. The mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing,

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

7. Instead of the thorn, shall | come up the fir tree,

And instead of the | brier, shall come up the myrtle tree:

8. And it shall be to JEHOVAH for a name,

For an everlasting | sign, that shall not be cut off.

SELECTION 220.

[Is. lviii. 13.]

1. If thou turn away thy | foot from the sabbath, From doing thy pleasure on my holy day;

2. And call the sabbath | a delight,

The holy of JEHOVAH, honorable;

3. And shalt honor him, not doing | thine own ways, Nor finding thine own | pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:

4. Then shalt thou delight thyself in JEHOVAH;

And I will cause thee to ride up on the high places of

the earth,

5. And feed thee with the heritage of | Jacob thy father: For the mouth of JEHOVAH hath spoken it.

1. Who is a GOD | like to thee!
That pardoneth iniquity!

2. And passeth | by the transgression
Of the remnant of his heritage!
3. He retaineth not his | anger for ever;
Because he de lighteth in mercy.

4. He will turn again;

He will have compassion upon us:

5. He will subdue | our iniquities:

[sea.

And thou wilt cast all their sins into the | depths of the

6. Thou wilt perform the | truth to Jacob,

And the mercy to Abraham,

7. Which thou hast sworn | unto our fathers,

From the days of old.

SELECTION 222.

1. O JEHOVAH! how long | shall I cry, And thou wilt not hear!

2. Even cry out unto thee of violence, And thou wilt not save!

3. Why dost thou | show me iniquity,

And cause me to behold grievance ?

[Hab. i.]

4. For spoiling and violence are before me:
And there are that raise up | strife and contention.
5. Therefore the law is slacked,

And judgment doth | never go

forth:

6. For the wicked doth compass about the righteous; Therefore wrong | judgment proceedeth.

CHANT 83. SINGLE.

SELECTION 223.

[Is. ix. 2.]

1. The people that I walked in darkness,

Have seen a great light:

2. They that dwell in the land of the shadow of death,

Upon them hath the light shined.

3. For unto us a | Child is born,

Unto us a | Son is given :

4. And the government shall be upon his shoulder:

And his name | shall be called

5. Wonderful, Counseller, | GOD, the Mighty,

Father of Eternity, | Prince of Peace.

[be no end,

6. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall Upon the throne of David and up on his kingdom;

7. To order it, and | to establish it, With judgment and with justice,

8. From henceforth, | even for ever:

The zeal of JEHOVAH of hosts | will perform this.

SELECTION 224.

1. Thus speaketh JEHOVAH of hosts,

[Zech. vi. 12.]

Behold! the man whose | name is The Branch;

2. And he shall grow up | out of his place,

And he shall build the temple | of JEHOVAH: 2Even he shall build the temple | of JEHOVAH :

3. And he shall bear the glory,

And shall sit and rule up on his throne.

4. And he shall be a priest up on his throne:

And the counsel of peace shall be between them both.

CHANT 84. SINGLE.

SELECTION 225.

[Mic. vi. 6.]

1. Wherewith | shall I come before JEHOVAH,
And bow my self before the high GOD?
2. Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
With calves of a year old?

3. Will JEHOVAH be | pleased with thousands of rams,
With ten thousands of rivers of oil?

4. Shall I give my first-born for my transgressions,
The fruit of my body | for the sins of my soul?
5. He hath showed thee, | O man! what is good;
And what doth JEHOVAH require of thee,

6. But to do justly, and to love mercy,
And to walk | humbly with thy God?

SELECTION 226.

1. Let favor | be showed to the wicked, Yet will he not learn righteousness:

[Is. xxvi. 10.]

2. In the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly,
And will not behold the | majesty of JEHOVAH.
3. Come, my people! | enter thou into thy chambers,
And shut thy doors about thee:

4. Hide thyself as it were for a little moment,

Until the indignation be overpast.

5. For behold! JEHOVAH Cometh out of his place,

To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity:

6. The earth also shall disclose her blood,

And shall no more cover her slain.

CHANT 85. SINGLE.

SELECTION 227.

1. I will declare thy | name to my brethren:

[Ps. xxii. 22.]

In the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

2. Ye that fear JEHOVAH, praise him;

'All ye the seed of Jacob, | glorify him; And fear him, all ye the seed of Israel: 3. For he hath not despised nor abhorred The affliction of the afflicted;

4. Neither hath he hid his | face from him; But when he cried unto him, he heard.

5. My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.[Dox. 7.]

SELECTION 228.

1. The meek shall | eat and be satisfied:

'They shall praise JEHOVAH that seek him :

Your heart shall live for ever:

[Ps. xxii. 26.]

[JEHOVAH :

2. All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to And all the kindreds of the | nations shall worship before thee.

3. For the kingdom | is JEHOVAH'S:

And he is the Governor among the nations.

4. All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: 'All they that go down to the dust shall | bow before him: And none can keep alive his own soul.

5. A seed shall serve him;

It shall be accounted to the | Lord for a generation.

6. They shall come, and declare his righteousness

To a people that shall be born, that he hath done it.