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WAS glad when my companions said unto me, Come, it is our holy day; Let us go into the house of the Lord: let us take sweet counsel together;

Let our feet stand within his gates, and heart and voice give thanks unto him.

Blessed be the temple hallowed by his name: pray for peace within its walls,

Peace to young and old that enter there, peace to every soul abiding therein.

For friends' and brethren's sake, I will never cease to say, Peace be within thee!

What though for Him who filleth heaven and earth, there can be no dwelling made with hands;

What though his way is in the deep, and his knowledge too wonderful for us, and before him we are as children that cannot speak:

Yet, touched by the altar's living glow, we learn, as an infant, to lisp his name;

And try the wings that beat for his refuge, and flee as a bird to the mountain.

O Lord, when we cry unto

thee from the deep, and wait for thee as they that wait for the morning,

Thou wilt have regard to our entreaty: the sigh of the lowly thou wilt not despise.

Not long, O Lord, shall we feel after thee in these courts below; not long wilt thou hearken to these faltering lips.

Our fathers thou hast called to thy higher praise; and gathered to their fathers must all the children be.

Let the dead and living praise thee, O God, above, below; let all the generations praise thee.

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Let the glorified company the first-born, whose names are in the book of life;

Let angels in the height praise thee, who dwellest in the heavens;

Let thy Church on earth praise praise thee, the delight of whose Wisdom is in the children of men.

O House of the Lord's praise, peace be to them that love thee!

Glory be to God most High, the ever-blessed Father,

Who is and was and shall be, world without end. Amen.

III.

SING no more the song of

Moses, lift on high the song of the Lamb:

For the former things have passed away, and heaven and earth have become new.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thy children refused to be gathered; But a Zion of heavenly pattern descends, whose builder and maker is God.

The tabernacle of God is

with men: he dwelleth not in temples made with hands.

The temple of our holy Jerusalem are the Lord God himself and the Lamb:

They are the light that lighten it, though sun and moon should fail.

All day its gates are open, and no night shuts the way of mercy.

Come to the river of God in the midst: to him that is athirst he giveth of its living waters freely.

Come to the tree of life, whose leaves are for the healing of the nations.

Blessed be the Lord that draweth nigh, and openeth deep things of the Spirit to them that love him;

And calleth the kingdoms. of this world to be the kingdoms of our God and of his Christ.

Now unto the God of grace, for the might of his Spirit and the love of Christ,

Be glory in the Church throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

IV.

HOLY is thy name, O God, and glorious in the

heavens.

Thou art the one true God, and there is none other like thee.

Thou hast visited and redeemed thy people, through Jesus Christ our Lord;

By whom we have access to thy throne of grace, as children to the presence of a father.

In him did the fulness of thy Spirit dwell, that he might impart thereof to all mankind.

Though tempted as we are, he sinned not; neither was guile found in his mouth.

In him was thy Word made flesh, to be a word of life to all the earth.

He became obedient to the

And having passed through death to life, hath entered into his rest and glory.

O God, for the sake of thy dear love in him, make us, we beseech thee, of thy kingdom.

To the Only Holy, the First and the Last, be thanksgiving and praise,

From all kindreds and tongues on earth, and the voices of saints in heaven. Amen.

V.

O! at length the True
Light,-light for every

man born into the world;

Kindling the face of them that receive it, till they become the sons of God.

Cease, blinding glories of the heavens, which none could see and live!

Cease, gross darkness of the earth, where the righteous put forth their hands, and fear!

The veil between is taken away, and the mingling dayspring comes;

No longer is the dwelling of

The Son of God hath dwelt among us, full of grace and truth;

The Son of Man hath gone up on high, made perfect through suffering for the holy of holies.

He is our peace, giving us access by one spirit to the Father;

No more strangers and exiles, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God.

O Lord Almighty, we had said of thee, "Thy thoughts are not as our thoughts;"

But thou hast looked on us as with the pity of a man, and raised us to think the thoughts of God.

We had said, “Our righteousness reacheth not unto thee, or to the holy ones of thy pres

ence;

But thou hast made one family, there and here; living communion of seen and

unseen.

We had said, "Thou layest men fast in everlasting sleep; " but, lo! they sleep into everlasting waking.

Blessed be the Lord God, that giveth beauty for ashes; and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.

Now unto the God of grace, for the might of his Spirit and the love of Christ,

Be glory in the Church throughout all all ages, world without end. Amen.

BENEDICTUS.

Luke i. 68.

BLESSED be the Lord God

of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed 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 began;

To perform the mercy promised to our forefathers, and to remember his holy covenant;

That we might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness, all the days of our life;

To give knowledge of salvation unto his people, for the remission of their sins,

Through the tender mercy

ORD, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,

Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;

To be a light to lighten the Gentiles, and to be the glory of thy people Israel.

Now unto the God of grace, for the might of his Spirit and the love of Christ,

Be glory in the Church throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

upon us;

And grant us thy salvation. O Lord, make clean our hearts within us;

And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.

GOD, who art the author of peace and lover of concord, in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life, whose service is perfect freedom grant us, thy servants, we humbly beseech thee, that peace which the world can neither give nor take away; that we, who in all our dangers rely on thy goodness, may, under thy fatherly protection, be defended against all adversities, and evermore rejoice in thy blessed service. Amen.

LORD, our heavenly Father, almighty and everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day: defend us in the same with thy mighty power and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger; but that all our doings, being

ordered by thee, may be righteous in thy sight, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

O LORD, our heavenly

Father, Lord of lords and King of kings, most heartily do we beseech thee to look with favor upon our beloved country. So replenish this people with the grace of thy Holy Spirit that they may always incline to thy will and walk in thy way. Endue them plenteously with heavenly gifts. By escaping from the bondage of sin may they become free indeed.

By brotherly love and the practice of righteousness may they become truly exalted among the nations, and be known as a people whose God is the Lord. And may the blessings of peace, good order, and national union more and more abound. Amen.

ALMIGHTY God, from

whom cometh every good and perfect gift, send down on all ministers of the gospel, and on all congregations committed to their