22 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people; thou hast covered all their sin.

23 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.

24 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.

25 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations ?

26 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee? 27 Show us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation. I will hear what God the Lord will speak.

28 For he will speak peace to his people and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.

29 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him :

30 That glory may dwell in our land.

31 Mercy and truth are met together:

32 Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

33 Truth shall spring out of the earth:

34 And righteousness shall look down from heaven.

35 Yea, the Lord shall give that which is good, and our land shall yield her increase.

36 Righteousness shall go before him and shall set us in the way of his steps.

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THE SABBATH

I REMEMBER the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work:

2 But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God:

3 In it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day:

4 Wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it. 5 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of rest, a holy convocation: ye shall do no work therein.

6 Ye shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord. 7 For it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you.

8 Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it.

9 All that join themselves to the Lord to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, every one that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant,

10 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer.

11 If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day;

12 And call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honorable :

13 And shalt honor him, not doing thy own ways, nor finding thy own pleasure, nor speaking thy own words: then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord:

14 And I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

15 AND Jesus, as nis custom was, went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day. And behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. 16 And they asked him saying, Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day? that they might accuse him.

17 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep; and if it fall into a pit on the Sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? How much then is a man better than a sheep?

18 Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the Sabbath days.

19 Then said he to the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth;

20 And it was restored whole, like as the other.

21 And he said unto them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.

22 Therefore, the Son of Man is Lord also of the Sabbath.

23 IN the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

24 And behold, there was a great earthquake.

25 And the angel answered, and said unto the women, Fear not ye : for I know that ye seek Jesus which was crucified. is risen, as he said.

He is not here; for he

26 Go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead.

27 The same day at evening, being the first day of the week, came Jesus and stood in the midst of the disciples, and saith unto them, Peace

be unto you.

28 Then were the disciples glad when they saw the Lord.

29 Blessed be God, who hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead;

30 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you.

31 Wherefore, let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is, but exhorting one another.

32 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom:

33 Teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

34 Thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.

I BE strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus: endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

2 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

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3 Ye are the light of the world. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

4 Every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. 5 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven:

6 But he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

7 Be not conformed to this world but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.

8 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit: serving the Lord.

9 As we have therefore opportunity let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

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10 And let us not be weary in welldoing for in due season we shall reap if we faint not.

II In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

12 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

13 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit: so shall ye be my disciples.

14 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.

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HE that winneth souls is wise. He that converteth a sinner from the error of his way, shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

16 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness, as the stars for ever and

ever.

17 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. 18 Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. 19 Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

20 Stand, therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness:

21 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

22 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked:

23 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

24 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints. 25 And may God grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man ;

26 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith:

27 That ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge;

28 That ye might be filled with all the fullness of God.

29 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

30 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus, throughout all ages, world without end. AMEN.

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A RIGHTEOUS LIFE.

I LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?

2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.

3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbor,

4 Nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor.

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In whose eyes a vile person is contemned, but he honoreth them that fear the Lord.

6 He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.

7 He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent.

8 He that doeth these things shall never be moved.