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PSALM li. 1. Have mercy upon me, O GOD, after Thy great goodness: according to the multitude of Thy mercies do away mine offences.

2. Wash me throughly from my wickedness, and cleanse me from my sin.

3. For I acknowledge my faults, and my sin is ever before me.

[8. Thou shalt make me hear of joy and gladness: that the bones which Thou hast broken may rejoice.]

9. Turn Thy face from my sins, and put out all my misdeeds.

10. Make me a clean heart, O GOD, and renew a right spirit within me.

[II. Cast me not away from Thy presence, and take not Thy holy Spirit from me.]

17. The sacrifice of GOD is a troubled spirit: a broken and contrite heart, O GOD, shalt Thou not despise.

1730 WHITE, vv. 1, 8.

1731 BATSON, VV. IO, II.

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SHAW.

ST. MATTHEW XXviii. 1. As it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the Sepulchre.

2. For behold, there was a great earthquake: and the angel of the LORD descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

3. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:

4. And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.

5. And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek JESUS, Which was crucified.

6. He is not here: for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the LORD lay.

7. And go quickly, and tell His disciples that He is

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I CORINTHIANS XV. 20. CHRIST is risen from the dead.

Amen.

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MARTIN.

ISAIAH xlix. 23. Kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

TE DEUM. We praise Thee, O GOD.

PSALM lxi. 6. Thou shalt grant the Queen a long life: that her years may endure throughout all generations.

7. She shall dwell before God for ever: O prepare Thy loving mercy and faithfulness that they may preserve her. TE DEUM. We praise Thee, O GOD.

PSALM 1xxii. 7. In her time let the righteous flourish : and let peace be in all our borders.

TE DEUM. We praise Thee, O God.

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MARTIN.

ECCLESIASTICUS xxxix. 15. Magnify His Name, and shew forth His praise with the songs of your lips, and with harps.

PRAYER OF MANASSES. For He is a most high LORD. PSALM XXXIV. 3. O praise the LORD with me: let us magnify His Name together. (He is a most high LORD). 4. I sought the LORD, and He heard me: yea, He delivered me out of my fear.

PRAYER OF MANASSES. He is a most high LORD: of great compassion, longsuffering, very merciful, and repenteth of the evil of men.

PSALM XXXIV. 3. O praise the LORD with me: let us magnify His Name together.

ECCLESIASTICUS xxxix. 15. Magnify His Name, and shew forth His praise with the songs of your lips, and with harps.

Praise the LORD! ye heavens, adore Him,
Praise Him, Angels, in the height;
Sun and moon, rejoice before Him,
Praise Him, all ye stars and light:
Praise the LORD! for He hath spoken,
Worlds His mighty voice obeyed;
Laws, which never shall be broken,

For their guidance He hath made.
Praise the LORD! for He is glorious;
Never shall His promise fail;
GOD hath made His saints victorious,
Sin and death shall not prevail.
Praise the GOD of our salvation;
Hosts on high, His power proclaim;
Heaven and earth, and all creation,
Laud and magnify His Name!

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MARTIN.

ZEPHANIAH i. 14. The Great Day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD.

ii. 3. Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek upon earth, which have wrought His judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be we shall be hid in the day of the LORD's anger.

i. 14. The Great Day of the LORD is near.

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MARTIN.

ISAIAH xlii. 1. Behold My Servant, Whom I uphold, mine Elect, in Whom My soul delighteth, I have put My Spirit upon Him, and He shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

lxii. 11. Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold thy salvation cometh; behold, His reward is with Him, and His work before Him.

ST. LUKE i. 68. Blessed be the LORD GOD of Israel: for He hath visited and redeemed His people.

ST. MATTHEW xxi. 9. Blessed is He that cometh in the Name of the LORD. To God on high be glory, to God on high in heaven, and peace on earth. Hallelujah. J. F. BRIDGE.

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REVELATION XV. 3. Great and marvellous are Thy works, LORD GOD ALMIGHTY; just and true are Thy ways, Thou King of saints.

JEREMIAH V. 24. Let us now fear the LORD our God. He reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest. Let us now fear the LORD our GOD.

ACTS xiv. 17. He giveth us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and glad

ness.

JEREMIAH V. 24. Let us now fear the LORD our GOD. PSALM CXXXVi. 3. O thank the LORD of all lords: for His mercy endureth for ever.

25. Who giveth food to all flesh: for His mercy endureth for ever.

Amen.

J. F. BRIDGE.

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"HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP."

What would we give to our beloved?
The hero's heart to be unmoved,

The poet's star-tuned harp to sweep,
The patriot's voice to teach and rouse,
The monarch's crown to light the brows?
"He giveth His beloved sleep."

O earth, so full of dreary noises!
O men, with wailing in your voices!
O delved gold, the wailer's heap!
O strife, O curse, that o'er it fall!
GOD strikes a silence through you all,
And "giveth His beloved sleep."

His dews drop mutely on the hill,
His cloud above it saileth still,

Though on its slopes men sow and reap:
More softly than the dew is shed,
Or cloud is floated overhead,
"He giveth His beloved sleep."

J. F. BRIDGE.

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EZEKIEL Xxxiv. 15. I will feed My flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the LORD GOD.

27, 28. And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land; they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.

30. Thus shall they know that I the LORD their GOD am with them, and that they are My people, saith the LORD GOD. J. F. BRIDGE.

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ISAIAH xlii. 10. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and His praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.

PROVERBS ix. 10. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

II. By wisdom thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

WISDOM Vii. 25, 26. For she is a breath of the power of GOD, a pure stream flowing from the glory of the Almighty, and the image of His goodness.

PSALM CXlV. 8. The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.

9. The LORD is good to all: and His tender mercies are over all His works.

13. Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.

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Sunset and evening star,

And one clear call for me!

J. F. BRIDGE.

And may there be no moaning of the bar

When I put out to sea.

But such a tide as moving seems asleep,

Too full for sound and foam,

When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.

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