ST. JOHN xix. 6. Then unto them said Pilate, Take ye Him and crucify Him, for I cannot find a fault in Him. 7. The Jews answering, said: We have a sacred law, guilty by that law, let Him suffer! He hath made Himself the Son of GOD the LORD. § III.-Nos. 13-15 ST. JOHN xix. 16, 17. Then unto them he delivered Him, that they might crucify Him. They then took JESUS, and straightway to Golgotha they led Him. ST. LUKE xxiii. 27. There followed after Him a multitude of men and women, bewailing and lamenting for Him. * ST. JOHN xix. 28 Daughters of Zion, weep for yourselves and your children. 29, 30. For surely the days are coming, when they shall exclaim to the mountains, Fall down on us; and to the hills, Hide us. 28. Daughters of Zion, weep for yourselves and your children.* *He leaves His heavenly portals, Though earth be dark and dreary, If contrite we believe. Then humbly bow before Him, Who dies for man, that man may live.* MENDELSSOHN. Sometimes sung as separate Anthems. 752 2 KINGS XIX. 16. LORD! bow Thine ear to our prayer. LAMENTATIONS i. 17. Zion spreadeth her hands for aid, and there is neither help nor comfort. (From "Elijah," No. 2.) Mendelssohn. 753 JOEL ii. 12, 13. Ye people, rend your hearts, and not your garments, for your transgressions; even as Elijah hath sealed the heavens through the word of GOD. I therefore say to ye, Forsake your idols, return to GOD; for He is slow to anger, and merciful, and kind, and gracious, and repenteth Him of the evil. DEUTERONOMY iv. 29. If with all your hearts ye truly seek Me, ye shall ever surely find Me. Thus saith our GOD. JOB Xxiii. 3. O that I knew where I might find Him! that I might even come before His presence! * PSALM lv. 22. Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and He shall sustain thee. He never will suffer the righteous to fall. xvi. 8. He is at thy right hand. cviii. 5. Thy mercy, LORD, is great, and far above the heavens. xxv. 3. Let none be made ashamed that wait upon Thee.* (From "Elijah," Nos. 3, 4, 15.) MENDELSSOHN. * Sometimes sung as a separate Anthem. PSALM XCI. 754 II. For He shall give His angels charge over thee, that they shall protect thee in all the ways thou goest; 12. That their hands shall uphold and guide thee, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. (From "Elijah," No. 7.) MENdelssohn. 755 I KINGS Xviii. 30. Draw near, all ye people: come to me. 36. LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, this day let it be known that Thou art GOD, and I am Thy servant. O shew to all this people that I have done these things according to Thy word. 37. O hear me, LORD, and answer me, and shew this people that Thou art LORD GOD, and let their hearts again be turned. PSALM lv. 22. Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and He shall sustain thee. He never will suffer the righteous to fall. xvi. 8. He is at thy right hand. cviii. 5. Thy mercy, LORD, is great, and far above the heavens. XXV. 3. Let none be made ashamed that wait upon Thee. (From "Elijah," Nos. 14, 15.) MENDELSSOHN. 756 Look down on us from heaven, O LORD; regard the distress of Thy people! Open the heavens and send us relief! Help, help Thy servant, now, O GOD! (From Elijah," No. 19.) MENDELSSOHN. 757 ISAIAH xlviii. 1, 18. Hear ye, Israel; hear what the LORD speaketh: O hadst thou heeded My commandments! liii. 1. Who hath believed our report? to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? xlix. 7; li. 12; xli. 10. Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and His Holy One, to him oppressed by tyrants: I am He that comforteth: Be not afraid, for I am thy GOD, I will strengthen thee. li. 12, 13. Say, who art thou, that thou art afraid of a man that shall die; and forgettest the LORD thy Maker, Who hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the earth's foundations? 【SAIAH xli. 10. Be not afraid, saith GOD the LORD. Be not afraid, thy help is near. GOD, the LORD thy GOD, saith unto thee "Be not afraid!" PSALM Xci. 7. Though thousands languish and fall beside thee, and tens of thousands around thee perish; yet still it shall not come nigh thee. (From "Elijah," Nos. 21, 22.) MENDELSSOHN. 758 *PSALM CXxi. 1. Lift thine eyes to the mountains, whence cometh help. 2. Thy help cometh from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. 3. He hath said, Thy foot shall not be moved: thy keeper will never slumber.* * 4. He watching over Israel slumbers not, nor sleeps. cxxxviii. 7. Shouldst thou, walking in grief, languish, He will quicken thee.* (From "Elijah," Nos. 28, 29.) MENDELSSOHN. Sometimes sung as a separate Anthem. 759 PSALM XXXVII. 7, 4. O rest in the LORD; wait patiently for Him, and He shall give thee thy heart's desires. 5, 1. Commit thy way unto Him, and trust in Him, and fret not thyself because of evil-doers. * ST. MATTHEW xxiv. 13. He that shall endure to the end, shall be saved.* (From " Elijah," Nos. 31, 32.) MENDELSSOHN. * Sometimes sung as a separate Anthem. 760 I KINGS XIX. II. Behold, GOD the LORD passed by! And a mighty wind rent the mountains around, brake in pieces the rocks, brake them before the LORD. But yet the LORD was not in the tempest. Behold, GOD the LORD passed by! And the sea was upheaved, and the earth was shaken. But yet the LORD was not in the earthquake. 12. And after the earthquake there came a fire. But yet the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire there came a still small voice. And in that still voice, onward came the LORD. * ISAIAH vi. 2, 3. Above Him stood the Seraphim, and one cried to another; Holy, Holy, Holy is GOD the LORD, the LORD Sabaoth. Now His glory hath filled all the earth.* (From "Elijah," Nos. 34, 35.) MENDELSSOHN. * Sometimes sung as a separate Anthem. 761 ISAIAH liv. 10. For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but Thy kindness shall not depart from me; neither shall the covenant of Thy peace be removed. ST. MATTHEW xxiv. 13. He that shall endure to the end shall be saved. (From "Elijah," Nos. 37, 32.) MENDELSSOHN. 762 ST. MATTHEW xiii. 43. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in their heavenly Father's realm. ISAIAH XXXV. 9, 10. Joy on their head shall be for everlasting, and all sorrow and mourning shall flee away for ever. * PSALM CXXviii. 1. Blessed are the men who fear Him, they ever walk in the ways of peace. cxii. 4. Through darkness riseth light to the upright. He is gracious, compassionate; He is righteous.* (From "Elijah," Nos. 39, 9.) MENDELSSOHN. * Sometimes sung as a separate Anthem. 763 MALACHI iv. 5. Behold, GOD hath sent Elijah the prophet, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD. 6. And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children unto their fathers, lest the LORD shall come and smite the earth with a curse. *ISAIAH xli. 25. But the LORD from the north hath raised one, who, from the rising of the sun, shall call upon His Name and come on princes. |