and of peace there shall be no end. Upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom,

And faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

And the wolf shall dwell with the

SELECTION 64

SUITABLE FOR THE FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT

EVENING WORSHIP

ISAIAH 11:1-9

AND there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse,

And a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit:

And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him,

The spirit of wisdom and understanding,

The spirit of counsel and might, The spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;

And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes,

Neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:

But with righteousness shall he judge the poor,

And reprove with equity for the meek of the earth:

And he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth,

And with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

And the leopard shall lie down with the kid;

And the calf and the young lion and the fatling together;

And a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed: their young ones shall lie down together:

And the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp,

And the weaned child shall put his hand on the basilisk's den.

They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain:

For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.

SELECTION 65

SUITABLE FOR THE SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT

MORNING WORSHIP ISAIAH 26:1-7

girdle of his loins,

Thou wilt keep him in perfect

peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: Because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the LORD forever: For in the Lord Jehovah is an everlasting rock.

ISAIAH 32:1-4; 16-18

SELECTION 66

SUITABLE FOR THE SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT

EVENING WORSHIP

ISAIAH 35: 1-10

And the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

It shall blossom abundantly, and

place from the wind,

And a covert from the tempest; As rivers of water in a dry place, As the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim,

And the ears of them that hear shall hearken.

The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge,

And the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. Then justice shall dwell in the wilderness,

And righteousness shall abide in the fruitful field.

And the work of righteousness shall be peace;

And the effect of righteousness quietness and confidence for ever. And my people shall abide in a peaceable habitation,

And in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.

The glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it,

The excellency of Carmel and Sharon:

They shall see the glory of the Lord, the excellency of our God. Strengthen ye the weak hands, And confirm the feeble knees. Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not;

Behold your God will come with vengeance, with the recompence of God; he will come and save you.

Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,

And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing;

For in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

And the glowing sand shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water:

In the habitation of jackals,

Behold, the LORD God will come as a mighty one, and his arm shall rule for him:

Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompence before him.

He shall feed his flock like a shepherd,

He shall gather the lambs in his

arm,

And carry them in his bosom,

And shall gently lead those that have their young.

Why sayest thou, O Jacob,
And speakest, O Israel,
My way is hid from the LORD,

And the justice due to me is passed away from my God?

Hast thou not known?

Hast thou not heard?

The everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary;

There is no searching of his understanding.

He giveth power to the faint; And to him that hath no might he increaseth strength.

Even the youths shall faint and be weary,

And the young men shall utterly fall:

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength;

They shall mount up with wings as eagles;

They shall run and not be weary;
They shall walk and not faint.

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SUITABLE FOR THE THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT

EVENING WORSHIP

ISAIAH 42:1-16

BEHOLD my Servant, whom I uphold;

My chosen, in whom my soul delighteth:

I have put my spirit upon him; He shall bring forth justice to the Gentiles.

He shall not cry, nor lift up his voice,

Nor cause it to be heard in the street.

A bruised reed shall he not break, And the smoking flax shall he not quench:

He shall bring forth justice in truth.

He shall not fail nor be discouraged till he have set justice in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law.

Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them forth;

He that spread abroad the earth and that which cometh out of it;

He that giveth breath unto the people upon it,

And spirit to them that walk therein:

I the LORD have called thee in righteousness,

And will hold thine hand, and will keep thee,

And give thee for a covenant of the people,

For a light of the Gentiles;

To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,

And them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.

I am the LORD; that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another,

Neither my praise unto graven images.

Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare:

Before they spring forth I tell you of them.

Sing unto the LORD a new song, And his praise from the end of the earth;

Ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein,

The isles, and the inhabitants thereof.

Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice,

The villages that Kedar doth inhabit;

Let the inhabitants of Sela sing, Let them shout from the top of the mountains.

He shall stir up his zeal like a man of war:

He shall cry, yea, he shall shout aloud;

He shall do mightily against his enemies.

And I will bring the blind by at way that they know not;

In paths that they know not will I lead them:

I will make darkness light before them,

And crooked places straight.

SELECTION 69

SUITABLE FOR THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT

MORNING WORSHIP

ISAIAH 55

Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money;

Come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread?

And your labor for that which satisfieth not?

Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good,

And let your soul delight itself

Incline your ear, and come unto

me;

Hear, and your soul shall live: And I will make an everlasting covenant with you,