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1 O Zion, that | bringest good | tidings || get thee up into the high | mountain.

2 O Jerusalem, that | bringest - good | tidings || lift up thy voice with strength.

3 Lift it up be not a | fraid || say unto the cities of Judah be | hold your | God.

4 Behold, the Lord God will come with | strong hand and his | arm shall | rule | for him. 5 Behold, his reward is with him || and his work before him.

6 He shall feed his flock | like a | shepherd || He' shall | gather - the | lambs - with his arm. 7 And carry them | in his | bosom || and shall gently lead those that | are with young.

8 How beautiful up on the mountains || are the feet' of him that | bringeth - good | tidings. 9 That publisheth peace, that bringeth good | ti - dings of good || that publisheth salvation, that saith unto Zion thy God | reigneth. 10 Break forth into joy, I sing together || ye waste places of Je | ru salem.

11 For the Lord hath comfort | ed his | people || he hath redeemed - Je | ru salem. 12 The Lord hath made bare his | ho - ly | arm || in the eyes of | all the | nations.

13 And all the | ends of the | earth || shall see the sal va tion of our | God.

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From Isaiah 1, 55.

1 Come now, and let us reason together | saith the Lord || though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; I

2 Though they be | red like | crimson || they | shall be as | wool.

3 Incline your ear, and come un | to me || hear and your soul shall | live.

4 And I will make an everlasting | covenant | with you || even the sure | mercies of | Da | vid. 5 Seek ye the Lord' while he | may be | found || call ye up on him | while he is near. 6 Let the wicked for | sake his | way || and the righteous | man his | thoughts.

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7 And let him return un to the | Lord || and will have mercy - up on him.

8 And to our God || for he will a | bundant ly | par | don.

9 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed | but my kindness shall not depart from thee.

10 Neither shall the covenant of my peace | be removed saith the Lord' that hath mercy | on thee.

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From Isaiah 9—60.

1 Arise shine, for thy | light is | come || and the glory of the Lord' is risen

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2 For behold, the darkness shall | cover earth || and gross darkness the people. 3 But the Lord'shall a | rise up on thee || and his glory shall be | seen up on thee.

4 And the Gentiles shall come-to thy light || and kings to the brightness of thy | rising. 5 The people that walked in | dark | ness || have seen a great light.

6 They that dwell in the land of the shadow of death || upon them | hath the | light | shined. 7 For unto us a child is | born || unto | us a | son is given;

8 And the government shall be up | on his | shoulder || and his | name | shall be called Voci unis.f

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9 Wonderful, Counsellor, the might - y | God || the everlasting Father the Prince of peace.

10 of the increase of his government and peace, there shall be no | end || upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom - to order | it.

11 And to establish it with | judgment || and with justice from | hence - forth | even - for ever. Verses 10 and 11 to be sung as verses 1 to 3.

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From Luke 1.

1 Blessed be the Lord God of | Israel || for he hath visit | ed-and re | deemed-his | people. 2 And hath raised up an horn' of sal va

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5 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember his ho covenant,

6 The oath which he sware to our | father | Abraham || that | he would | grant un to us. 7 That we being delivered out of the | hand of our enemies || might | serve | him with ¦ out fear,

8 In holiness and righteousness be fore him || all the days of our | life.

9 And thou child, shalt be called.the prophet | of the Highest || for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord - to pre | pare his | ways. 10 To give knowledge of salvation un to his | people || by the re | mission of their sins. I 11 Through the tender | mercy of our God | whereby the day spring from on | high hath | visited | us.

12 To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death || to guide our | feet in to the way of - peace.

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From Luke 1.

1 My soul doth magni | fy the | Lord || and my spirit hath rejoiced - in | God my | Saviour. 2 For he hath regarded || the low es | I tate of his hand | maiden.

3 For behold, from hence | forth || all gene | rations shall call me | blessed.

4 For he that is mighty, hath done to me great things || and | holy | is his name.

5 And his mercy is on | them that | fear him || from generation - to gen eration.

6 He hath shewed strength with his arm || he hath scattered the proud' in the imagin | a tion of their hearts.

7 He hath put down the mighty | from their | seat || and exalted | them of | low de | gree. 8 He hath filled the hungry | with good | things || and the rich he hath sent empty 1 away.

9 He hath holpen his servant | Israel | in re❘ mem brance of his mercy;

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10 As he spake to our | fathers || to Abraham, and to his seed for | ever.