As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.

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Or this:

The Magnificat. Luke i.

Amen.

Y soul doth magnify the Lord: and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For He hath regarded: the low estate of His handmaiden.

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For behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

For He that is mighty hath done to me great things: and holy is his name.

And His mercy is on them that fear him: from generation to generation.

He hath showed strength with his arm: He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.

He hath put down the mighty from their seats and exalted them of low degree.

He hath filled the hungry with good things: and the rich He hath sent empty away.

He hath holpen His servant Israel, in remembrance of His mercy: as He spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed, forever.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.

Amen.

The Minister then readeth a Lesson from the New
Testament. And after that followeth,
Hymn or Anthem.

¶ After the benediction, the Congregation, still stand ing, should offer silent prayer.

Know that the Lord is God alone:
He can create, and He destroy.

2 His sov'reign power, without our aid,
Made us of clay, and form'd us men,
And, when like wand'ring sheep we stray'd,
He brought us to His fold again.

3 We are His people, we His care,

Our souls and all our mortal frame:
What lasting honors shall we rear,
Almighty Maker, to Thy name!

4 We'll crowd Thy gates with thankful songs,
High as the heavens our voices raise;
And earth, with her ten thousand tongues,
Shall fill Thy courts with sounding praise.

5 Wide as the world is Thy command; Vast as eternity Thy love;

Firm as a rock Thy truth must stand, When rolling years shall cease to move.

2 (53).

OH, bless the Lord, my soul!

Let all within me join,

S. M.

And aid my tongue to bless His name
Whose favors are divine.

2 Oh, bless the Lord, my soul!
Nor let his mercies lie
Forgotten in unthankfulness,
And without praises die.

3 'Tis He forgives thy sins;
'Tis He relieves thy pain;
'Tis He that heals thy sicknesses,
And gives thee strength again.

4 He crowns thy life with love,

When rescued from the grave,
He, that redeem'd our souls from death,
Hath boundless power to save.

5 He fills the poor with good;
He gives the suff'rers rest.
The Lord hath justice for the proud,
And mercy for the oppress'd.

6 His wondrous works and ways
He made by Moses known;

But sent the world His truth and grace
By His beloved Son.

3 (36).

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Y soul, repeat His praise
Whose mercies are so great;
Whose anger is so slow to rise,
So ready to abate.

2 God will not always chide;

And, when His wrath is felt,
His strokes are fewer than our crimes,
And lighter than our guilt.

3 High as the heavens are raised
Above the ground we tread,
So far the riches of His grace
Our highest thoughts exceed.

4 His grace subdues our sins,
And His forgiving love
Far as the east is from the west
Doth all our guilt remove.

5 The pity of the Lord,

To those who fear His name,
Is such as tender parents feel;
He knows our feeble frame.

6 Our days are as the grass,

Or like the morning flower!

S. M.

If one sharp blast sweep o'er the field,
It withers in an hour.

7 But Thy compassions, Lord,

To endless years endure;

And children's children ever find
Thy words of promise sure.