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COME, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire,
And lighten with celestial fire:
Thou the anointing Spirit art,
Who dost Thy seven-fold gifts impart.
Thy blessed unction from above,
Is comfort, life, and fire of love.
Enable with perpetual light
The dulness of our blinded sight.
Assist and cheer our soiled face
With the abundance of thy grace.
Keep far our foes, give peace at home:
When Thou art guide, no ill can come.
Teach us to know the Father, Son,
And Thee, of both, to be but One;
That, through the ages all along,
This be our endless song:
may

Praise to Thy eternal merit,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

G. J. ELVEY. HANDEL. TALLIS.

ISAIAH XL.

1 COMFORT ye, comfort ye My people, saith your God.

2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned.

3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill made low: the crooked straight, and the rough places plain.

5 And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. HANDEL.

45 DELIVER us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the heathen; that we may give thanks unto Thy holy Name, and make our boast of Thy praise.

46 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, from everlasting, and world without end: and let all the people say, Amen.

BATTEN. BATTISHILL.
CROFT.

2. ENTER not into judgment with Thy servant, O Lord for in Thy sight shall no man living be justified.

ATTWOOD. CLARKE WHITFELD.

2 FOR, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and His glory shall be seen upon

thee.

3 And the Gentiles shall come to Thy light, and kings to the brightness of Thy rising.

ix. 2. The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

6 For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, and the government shall be upon His shoulder: and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.

HANDEL.

1 GIVE ear unto me, Lord, I beseech thee, for I have walked in Thy commandments: let me be judged with righteous judgment.

2 O let my sentence come forth from Thy pre

sence.

5 O hold thou me up; guide me in the path of Thy commandments. I am Thy servant, teach me Thy statutes: hold up my goings in all Thy paths, so that my steps may not be moved.

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PSALM LXXII.

MARCELLO.

1 GIVE the King Thy judgments, O God, and Thy righteousness unto the King's son.

2 Then shall He judge Thy people according unto right, and defend the poor.

3 The mountains also shall bring peace, and the little hills righteousness unto the people.

5 They shall fear Thee, as long as the sun and moon endureth; from one generation to another. 11 All kings shall fall down before Him, all nations shall do Him service. Amen.

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PSALM XXIX.

BOYCE.

2 GIVE the Lord the honour due unto His Name: worship the Lord with holy worship.

3 It is the Lord that commandeth the waters: it is the glorious God that maketh the thunder.

4 It is the Lord that ruleth the sea; the voice of the Lord is mighty in operation: the voice of the Lord is a glorious voice.

9 The Lord sitteth above the water-flood: and the Lord remaineth a king for ever.

10 The Lord shall give strength unto His people the Lord shall give His people the blessing of peace. Hallelujah. Amen.

ARNOLD. KENT.

49 From the Communion Service.

GLORY be to God on high, and on earth peace, good will towards men. We praise Thee, we bless Thee, we worship Thee, we glorify Thee, we give thanks to Thee, O Lord God, the Father Almighty.

O Lord, the only-begotten Son Jesus Christ; O Lord God, Son of the Father, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayer.

Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us.

For Thou only art holy; Thou only art the Lord: Thou only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in the glory of God the Father. LOOSEMORE. NOVELLO. PRATT from HAYDN.

Amen.

9 Go not far from me, O God; cast me not away in the time of age: forsake me not when my strength faileth me.

8 O let my mouth be filled with Thy praise, that I may sing of Thy glory and honour all the day long. ZINGARELLI.

1 God be merciful unto us, and bless us: and shew us the light of His countenance, and be merciful unto us. Hallelujah. Amen.

NOVELLO. PEREZ.

5 GOD is gone up with a merry noise: and the Lord with the sound of the trumpet.

6 O sing praises, sing praises unto our God: O sing praises, sing praises unto our King.

7 For God is the King of all the earth: O sing ye praises with understanding.

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PSALM XLVI.

CROFT.

1 GOD is our hope and strength: a very present help in trouble.

2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth be moved and though the hills be carried into the midst of the sea.

4 Though the waters thereof rage and swell: and though the mountains shake at the tempest of the same.

11 The Lord of hosts is with us: the God of Jacob is our refuge.

8 O come hither and behold the works of the Lord: what destruction He hath brought upon the earth.

9 He maketh wars to cease in all the world.

AMPS.

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PSALM XLVI.

1 GOD is our hope and strength: a very present help in trouble.

2 Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be moved;

3 Though the waters rage and swell.

xxii. 4. Our fathers hoped in Thee: they trusted in Thee, and Thou didst deliver them.

lx. 11. O be Thou our help in trouble: for vain is the help of man.