My faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him, and in my name shall he be exalted.

I will set his dominion in the seas, and his right hand in the rivers.

He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father, my God, and the rock of my sal

vation.

Also I will make him my first-born, higher than the kings of the earth.

My mercy shall keep him forevermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. His seed also will I make to endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul, and why art thou disquieted within me?

Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him who is the health of my countenance and my God.

Thou wilt not leave my soul in the grave: thou wilt show me the path of life.

In thy presence is fulness of joy: at thy right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Blessed be the Lord God that giveth beauty for ashes, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.

Blessed be the dawn of his everlasting light.

Kesponsive Reading For Easter

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WE SHALL NOT DIE, BUT LIVE

E praise Thee, O God, we magnify Thee. Heaven and earth are full of the majesty of Thy glory.

Blessed be the name of the Lord forever, for He hath visited and redeemed His people.

Hadst Thou not remembered our low estate, and bent to us with Thy testimonies from of old,

We had been in darkness and the shadow of death, and the light of Thy countenance had been hid.

When Thou gavest the earth for the abode of man, Thou didst portion his days in Thy wisdom and mercy.

Thou holdest in Thy right hand his years, and their record beareth witness.

Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

We shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord.

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Sing, O heavens, and rejoice, O earth; for the former things have passed away, all things have become new.

The Son of man hath gone up on high, made perfect through suffering for the holy of holies. In him did the fulness of Thy spirit dwell; and of his fulness we may all partake.

In him was the light, and whoso followeth him shall not walk in darkness.

He came unto the world bearing witness of the truth.

And every one that is of the truth heareth his

voice.

He became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

Being found worthy to receive the crown of everlasting life.

We are no more strangers and exiles, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God.

Thou hast made one family, there and here; one living communion of seen and unseen.

Not long, O Lord, shall we feel after Thee in these courts below; not long wilt Thou hearken to these faltering lips.

Our fathers Thou hast called to Thy higher praise, and gathered to their fathers must all the children be.

We therefore pray Thee, O Lord, help Thy servants whom Thou hast created in Thy image.

Make them to be numbered with Thy saints in glory everlasting.

Let the dead and living praise Thee, O God, above, below: let all the generations praise Thee.

Let the glorified company of the first-born praise Thee who dwellest in the heavens. Blessed be the Eternal One who giveth us the victory.

And calleth us by His spirit to become the Sons of God.

Blessed be the Lord our God who maketh us heirs of immortality and joint heirs with Christ in heaven.

If so be we suffer with him that we may be also glorified together.

Blessed be the Lord God, that giveth beauty for ashes, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.

Blessed be the dawn of His everlasting light. Thou wilt not leave my soul in the grave: Thou wilt show me the path of life. In Thy presence is fulness of joy; at Thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.

THE PSALMS FOR THE DAY

The First Day of the Month

PSALM I

LESSED is the man who walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful;

But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in His law doth he meditate day and night.

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth its fruit. in due season: its leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

The wicked are not so; but are like the chaff, which the wind driveth away.

Therefore the wicked cannot stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

PSALM IV

Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness; Thou hast enlarged me when