3 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, Who prepareth rain for the earth, Who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. 4 He giveth to the beast his food, And to the young ravens which cry. 5 The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, In those that hope in his mercy. 6 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem! 7 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates, And filleth thee with the finest of the wheat. 9 He hath showed his word unto Jacob, His statutes and his judgments unto Israel. 10 He hath not dealt so with any nation: 11 And as for his judgments, they have not known them. 12 Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. MISSIONARY MEETINGS. SELECTION 47. Isa. lxii. 1-4, and lx. 20, 22. 1 FOR Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, And for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest; 2 Until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, And the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth. 3 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, And all kings thy glory: 4 And thou shalt be called by a new name, Which the mouth of the Lord shall name. 5 Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, And a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. 6 Thou shalt no more be termed forsaken: Neither shall thy land be any more desolate. 7 Thy sun shall no more go down; Neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: 8 For the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, And the days of thy mourning shall be ended. 9 A little one shall become a thousand, And a small one a strong nation : 10 I the Lord will hasten it in his time. SELECTION 48. Isa. lxii. 6, 7, 10-12. 1 I HAVE set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, Which shall never hold their peace day nor night; 2 Ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence; And give him no rest, till he establish, And till he make Jerusalem a praise in all the earth. 3 Go through, go through the gates; Prepare you the way of the people; 4 Cast up, cast up the highway; Gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people. 5 Behold the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; 6 Behold, his reward is with him, And his work before him. 7 And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the Lord: 8 And thou shalt be called, Sought out, a city not forsaken. FUNEREAL. SELECTION 49. From Ps. xxxix. 1 LORD, make me to know mine end, 2 That I may know how frail I am. 3 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth, And mine age is as nothing before thee. 4 Verily every man at his best estate Is altogether vanity. 5 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, Thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth 6 Surely, every man is vanity. Hear my prayer, O Lord, And give ear unto my cry; 8 Hold not thy peace at my tears. 9 And now, Lord, what wait I for? 10 My hope is in thee. SELECTION 50. Ps. xc. 1-4; 10-12. 1 LORD, thou hast been our dwelling-place In all generations. 2 Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, 3 Thou turnest man to destruction; And sayest, Return ye children of men. 4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night. 5 The days of our years are threescore years and ten,6 And if by reason of strength they be fourscore years,— Yet is their strength labor and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away. 7 Who knoweth the power of thine anger? Even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath. 8 So teach us to number our days That we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. SELECTION 51. Ps. ciii. 15-18. 1 As for man, his days are as grass; 3 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; 5 But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting To everlasting upon them that fear him, 6 And his righteousness unto children's children; To such as keep his covenant, 8 And to those that remember his commandments to do them. SELECTION 52. Rev. xiv. 13; xx. 6; i. 5. 1 BLESSED are the dead, Who die in the Lord from henceforth: 2 Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; And their works do follow them. 3 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: On such the second death hath no power; 4 But they shall be priests of God and of Christ, And shall reign with him a thousand years. |