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SELECTION 83. [Joel 2. 1-3, 10-13.]

ye the trumpet in Zion,

And sound an alarm in my | holy mountain:
Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble;

For the day of the LORD | cometh..it is | nigh at | hand.

A day of darkness, and of gloominess,

3 A day of clouds and of thick darkness,

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As the morning spread up- on the | mountains;
A great people and a strong;

There hath not been ever the like,

Neither shall be any more after it,

Even to the | years of | many..gene-| rations.

A fire devoureth before them;

And behind them a | flame | burneth:

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The land is as the garden of Eden before them,
And be-| hind..them a | deso-late | wilderness.

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The sun and the moon shall be dark,

And the stars..shall with- draw their | shining.

And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army;

9 For his camp is very great:

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For he is strong that executeth..his | word:

For the day of the LORD is great and very terrible;
And who who..can a- bide it? (SVM.)
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Therefore also now, saith the LORD,

heart.

12 { And with fasting, and with weeping,..and with mourn

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And read your heart, and not your garments, And turn unto the LORD your God; (For he is gracious and merciful,

14 Slow to anger, and of great kindness,

And re- penteth..him of the | evil.

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SELECTION 84.

[Ps. xxxvii. 1-6. 8, 9.]

Fret not thyself because of evil doers,

Neither be thou envious against the workers..of in-Jiquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, 2{And wither..as the green

Trust in the LORD and do good,

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3 So shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou | shalt be fed.

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Delight thyself also in the LORD, {And he shall give thee the desires of thine

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Commit thy way unto the LORD;

heart.

Trust also in him, and he shall | bring..it to pass:
And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light.
And thy | judgment | as the | noon-day.

Cease from anger and forsake wrath;

{Fret not thyself in any wise to do

For evil doers shall be cut off,

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8 But those that wait upon the LORD, | they..shall in- | herit

the earth.

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SELECTION 85.

[Ezekiel xviii. 26.]

(When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, And committeth iniquity, and | dieth..in | them;

2 For his iniquity that he hath done, | shall - | he― | die. (SYM.)

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When the wicked man turneth away from his wicked

ness that he hath committed,

And doeth that which is | lawful..and | right,

He shall save his soul

Shall save his | soul a- live.

Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his

6 He shall surely live, | he shall not die. (SYM.)

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I will judge you, O house of Israel,

Every one according to his ways, | saith the..LORD God.
Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions,
So iniquity shall not be your | ruin.

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Cast away from you all your transgressions,

9 Whereby ye have trans- gressed;

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For why will ye | die, O | house of | Israel?

11 { For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth,

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Wherefore turn ye-
Turn | ye and live.

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O fear the LORD, ye his saints,

{For there is no want to them that | fear

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger;

2 But they that seek the LORD,

Shall not want | any..good | thing.

Come, ye children, hearken unto me;

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And liveth many days, that | he may | see

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1 Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul:

(O my God,

2 I trust in thee: let me not be asham'd;

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Let not mine | ene-mies | triumph over me.

Yea, let none that wait on thee be asham'd:

Let them be asham'd which trans- gress with. out | cause.
Show me thy ways, O LORD;

Teach me thy

paths.

Lead me in thy truth, and teach me:

5 For thou art the God of my salvation; On thee do I wait | all the day.

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Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies,

And thy loving-kindness; for they..have been ever..of old.

Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions;

7 According to thy mercy remember thou me,

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For thy goodness' | sake, O LORD.

Good and upright is the LORD;

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The meek will he guide in judgment:

And the meek will he | teach his way.

All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth,

Unto such as keep his | cove-nant | and his | testimonies.

1 His foundation is in the | holy | mountains. The LORD loveth the gates of Zion

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More than all the | dwellings..of | Jacob.

3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O | city..of | God. 4 Glorious things are spoken of thee, Olcity, Olcity..of God.

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I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon

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To them that know me;

Behold, Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia;

This man was | born there.

And of Zion it shall be said,

6 This and that man was born in her;

And the Highest him- self..shall es- tablish | her.

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As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there:

| All my | springs..are in thee.

SELECTION 89. [From Ps. lxxxix.]

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Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound:

They shall walk, O LORD, in the light..of thy countenance.

In thy name shall they rejoice all the day:

And in thy righteousness | shall they be ex- alted.

For thou art the glory of their strength;

{And in thy favor our horn shall be exalted.
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For the LORD is our defence;
And the Holy One of | Israel | is our | King.