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!
Praise thy God, O Zion!

7 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates,
He hath blessed thy children within thee.
8 He maketh peace in thy borders,

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,
And the measure of my days, what it is;

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,
Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

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;
2 As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth;

3 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone;
4 And the place thereof shall know it no more.

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.

5 Unto him that loved us,

And washed us from our sins in his own blood,

6 And hath made us kings and priests to God and his Father;

To him be glory and dominion forever and ever.

2 Holy! Holy! Holy! is the Lord of Hosts!
The whole earth is full of his glory. Amen.

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These Chants, and the accompanying Table, showing the adaptation of the Selections to the Chants, have been prepared for this work, by Mr. Lowell Mason, to whom the Committee are happy to acknowledge their obligation for this service.

CHANTS.