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 Friday Evening Service 
 
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Scriptural 
 
 For Silent Reading. 
 
 Lord is nigh unto all that call upon Him, 
 to all that call upon Him in truth. 
 
 (Psalm cxlv, 18.) 
 
 Wherewith shall I come before the Lord and 
 bow myself before the Most High? He hath 
 showed thee, O man, what is good ; and what doth 
 the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, to love 
 mercy and to walk humbly with thy God. 
 
 (Micah vi, 8.) 
 
 Thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabit- 
 eth eternity, whose name is Holy : Though I dwell 
 in the high and holy place, yet am I with him who 
 is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the 
 spirit of the lowly and to quicken the heart of the 
 contrite. 
 
 (Isaiah Ivii, 15.) 
 
 The strangers that join themselves to the Lord, 
 to serve and to love Him, them will I bring to my 
 holy mountain and make them rejoice in my house 
 of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacri- 
 fices shall be accepted upon mine altar, for my 
 house shall be called a house of prayer for all na- 
 tions. 
 
 (Isaiah Ivi, 6-7.) 
 
 Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel. 
 
 (Amos iv, 12.) 
 
 The place whereon thou standest is holy ground. 
 
 (Exodus iii, 5.) 
 
As the hart pants after the water brooks, so 
 longeth my soul for Thee, O God. My soul thirst- 
 eth for God, for the living God. 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 for the help of his countenance. 
 
 (Psalm xlii, 1-2-5.) 
 
 O send Thy light and Thy truth ; let them lead 
 me, let them bring me unto Thy holy hill and to 
 Thy tabernacles ; then will I go unto the altar of 
 God, unto the God of my exceeding joy. 
 
 (Psalm xliii, 3-4. 
 
 And Abraham said : " Behold now, I who am 
 but dust and ashes have taken upon me to speak 
 unto the Lord." 
 
 (Genesis xviii, 27 ) 
 
 Thus saith the Lord : The heaven is my throne 
 and the earth is my footstool ; yet will I look to 
 this man, even to him that is poor and of a contrite 
 spirit, and obeyeth my word. 
 
 (Isaiah Ixvi, 1-2.) 
 
 Guard thy foot when thou goest to the house of 
 God and be more ready to hear instruction than 
 to give the sacrifice of fools; for they consider not 
 that they do evil. Be not rash with thy mouth, 
 and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything 
 before God ; for God is in heaven and thou art up- 
 on earth : therefore, let thy words be few. 
 
 (Ecclesiastes iv, 17 v, i.) 
 
Service for the 
 Sabbatb. 
 
 Choir : 
 
 (Psalm xcii.) 
 
 It is good to give thanks to the Lord, and to sing 
 praises to Thy name, O most High. To show forth 
 Thy loving kindness in the morning, and Thy faith- 
 fulness every night ; upon stringed instruments 
 and upon the psaltery, upon the harp with solemn 
 sound. For Thou, O Lord, hast made me glad by 
 Thy doings ; in the works of Thy hands I greatly 
 rejoice. How great are Thy works, O Lord, how 
 deep Thy purposes ! The righteous shall flourish 
 like the palm tree> he shall grow like a cedar in 
 Lebanon. Planted in the house of the Lord, they 
 shall blossom in the courts of our God. They shall 
 still bring forth fruit in old age, full of sap shall 
 they be and flourishing. To make known that the 
 Lord is upright ; truly, He is my rock ; there is no 
 unrighteousness in Him. 
 
Responsive Reading. 
 
 flinister. 
 
 f~\ COME, let us sing unto the Lord ; let us raise 
 ^-^ the voice of joy to the rock of our salvation. 
 
 Congregation . 
 
 Let us come into His presence with thanksgiv- 
 ing, and sing joyfully to Him with psalms. 
 
 For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised, 
 and beside Him there is no God. 
 
 In His hand are the depths of the earth ; the 
 strength of the hills is His also. 
 
 The sea is His, and He made it ; and His hands 
 formed the dry land. 
 
 O come, let us worship and bow down, let us 
 adore the Lord, our Maker. 
 
 For He is our God, and we are the people of His 
 pasture and the flock of His hand. 
 
 O sing to the Lord a new song ; sing to the Lord, 
 all the earth. 
 
 Sing to the Lord ; praise His name, show forth His 
 salvation from day to day. 
 
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 Honor and majesty are before Him, strength and 
 beauty are in His sanctuary. 
 
 Give unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the people, 
 give unto the Lord the glory due to His name. 
 
 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness, 
 reverence Him all the inhabitants of the earth. 
 
 The Lord reigneth, He hath established the world 
 that it shall not be moved. 
 
 Let the heavens rejoice and the earth be glad ; 
 let the fields be joyful and all that is therein. 
 
 He judges the world with righteousness and nations 
 with His truth. 
 
 They that love the Lord hate evil ; He will pre- 
 serve the souls of His servants. 
 
 Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the 
 upright in heart. 
 
 Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous, and give 
 thanks at the remembrance of His holiness. 
 
 He hath remembered His mercy and His truth 
 toward the house of Israel ; 
 
 And all the ends of the earth have seen His sal- 
 vation. 
 
 Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at His 
 footstool. 
 
 The Lord our God is holy. 
 
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 (Congregation Standing.) 
 
 Minister: 
 Praise ye the Lord, to whom all praise is due ! 
 
 Choir and Congregation : 
 Praised be the Lord from this time forth arid forever. 
 
 (Congregation Sitting.) 
 
 Minister: 
 
 pRAISE be unto Thee, O Eternal, Ruler of the 
 world, at whose word the shades of evening 
 fall, and by whose will the gates of morn are opened. 
 Thy wisdom established the changes of times and 
 seasons, and ordered the ways of the stars in their 
 heavenly courses. Creator of day and night, Lord 
 of hosts is Thy name. Thou, ever-living God, wilt 
 rule over us forever. Praise be unto Thee, O God, 
 for the day and its work and for the night and its 
 rest. 
 
 Infinite as is Thy power, even so is Thy love. 
 Thou didst manifest it unto Israel, Thy servant. 
 By laws and commandments, by statutes and ordi- 
 nances hast Thou led us into the way of righteous- 
 ness and brought us to the light of truth. There- 
 fore, at our lying down and our rising up we 
 meditate on Thy teachings and, at all times, rejoice 
 in Thy laws. In them is true life and length of 
 days. O, that Thy love may never depart from our 
 hearts. Praise be to thee, O God, who hast re- 
 vealed Thy love unto Israel. 
 
(Congregation standing.) 
 
 Minister, then Choir and Congregation : 
 
 Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One. 
 Praised be His glorious name forever and ever. 
 
 (Congregation sitting ) 
 
 'T^HOU shalt love the Lord, thy God, with all thy 
 A heart, with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 
 And these words, which I command thee this day, 
 shall be in thy heart. Thou shalt teach them dili- 
 gently unto thy children, and shalt speak of them 
 when thou sittest in thy house, when thou walkest 
 by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou 
 risest up. Bind them as a sign upon thy hand, and 
 let them be as frontlets between thine eyes. Write 
 them upon the doorposts of thy house and upon thy 
 gates. 
 
 To the end that ye may remember to do accord- 
 ing to all my commandments and your life be hal- 
 lowed unto the Lord. I am the Lord your God. 
 
 Responsive Reading or Chanting : 
 
 Minister. 
 
 TERNAL truth it is that Thou alone art God, 
 and there is none besides ; 
 
 Congregation. 
 
 And through Thy power alone, has Israel been 
 
 redeemed from the hands of oppressors. 
 Wonders without number hast Thou wrought for 
 us, and hast protected us to this day. 
 
 Thou hast preserved pur soul for life, and hast 
 not suffered our feet to stumble. 
 
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 Thy love has watched over us in the night of op- 
 pression ; and Thy mercy has sustained us 
 in the hour of trial. 
 
 And now that we live in a land of freedom, may 
 we continue to be faithful to Thee and Thy 
 word. 
 
 May Thy law rule in the hearts of all Thy children, 
 and Thy truth unite them in the bonds of 
 fellowship. 
 Let the righteous of all nations rejoice in Thy 
 
 grace, and exult in Thy justice. 
 O God, Thou art our refuge and our hope ; we 
 glorify Thy name now as did our fathers in 
 ancient days. 
 
 Choir : 
 
 Who is like unto Thee, O God, among the mighty ? 
 Who is like unto Thee, glorious in holiness, ex- 
 tolled in praises, working wonders ? 
 God reigneth for ever and ever. 
 
 Minister: 
 
 As Thou hast redeemed Israel and saved him 
 from arms stronger than his, so mayest Thou re- 
 deem all who are oppressed and persecuted. 
 Blessed art Thou, O God, Redeemer of Israel. 
 
 Choir; 
 
 The children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, and 
 observe it throughout all generations : It is a 
 sign of an everlasting covenant between me 
 and the children of Israel for ever, saith the 
 Lord. 
 
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 Minister: 
 
 RAISE be to Thee, O Eternal, our God, God 
 of our fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the 
 great, mighty and most high God. Thou bestow- 
 est loving kindness upon all Thy creatures ; Thou 
 rememberest the goodness of the fathers, and Thou 
 sendest redemption to their descendants for the 
 sake of Thy name. Thou art our help, our re- 
 deemer and protector. Praise be to Thee, O God, 
 shield of Abraham. 
 
 Thou art mighty, O Lord ; Thine is the power to 
 save. In Thy kindness Thou sustainest the living, 
 upholdest the falling, healest the sick, and settest 
 captives free. Thou wilt, of a surety, fulfill Thy 
 promise of immortal life unto those who sleep in 
 the dust. Who is like unto Thee, Almighty, author 
 of life and death, source of salvation. Praise be to 
 Thee, O God, who hast implanted within us im- 
 mortal life. 
 
 Grant, O God, that our rest on this Sabbath may 
 be acceptable to Thee. May we, sanctified through 
 Thy commandments, become sharers in the bles- 
 sings of Thy word. Teach us to be satisfied with 
 the gifts of Thy goodness and gratefully to rejoice 
 in all Thy mercies. Purify our hearts that we may 
 serve Thee in truth. O help us to preserve the 
 Sabbath as Israel's heritage from generation to 
 generation, that it may ever bring rest and joy, 
 peace and comfort to the dwellings 'of our brethren, 
 and through it Thy name be hallowed in all the 
 earth. Choir: Amen. 
 
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 i r irst Sabbath of 
 
 Responsive Reading : 
 
 Minister. 
 
 /^\ LORD, how manifold are Thy works ; in wis- 
 ^-^ dom hast Thou made them all ; the earth is 
 full of the riches of Thy bounty. 
 
 Congregation. 
 
 From the rising of the sun, even unto the going 
 down thereof, the name of the Lord is 
 praised. 
 
 With God are wisdom and strength, His are coun- 
 sel and understanding. 
 The heavens are the Lord's, the earth also and 
 
 all that is therein. 
 He made the great lights, the sun to rule by day, 
 
 the moon and the stars to rule by night. 
 He spake and they were made, He gave a law 
 
 they cannot transgress. 
 He covereth the heavens with clouds and prepar- 
 
 eth rain for the earth. 
 He causeth grass to grow for cattle, and herbs 
 
 for the service of man. 
 He bringeth forth food from the earth ; wine also 
 
 to gladden the heart of man. 
 Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labor 
 until the evening. 
 
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 God ruleth the pride of the roaring sea ; when the 
 
 waves thereof rise, He stilleth them ; 
 He saith : Thus far shalt thou come, and here 
 
 shall thy proud waves be stayed. 
 The everlasting God hath laid the foundations of 
 the world ; He hath placed the corner-stone 
 thereof. 
 
 The Creator of the ends of the earth fainteth 
 not, neither is He weary ; there is no search- 
 ing of His wisdom. 
 The way of the Lord is perfect, His word is tried, 
 
 His counsels stand forever. 
 
 The Lord liveth. Blessed be the God of our" sal- 
 vation. 
 
 Minister : 
 
 TTEAVENLY Father, we rejoice that amidst 
 - * the ceaseless cares and anxieties, the vain 
 desires and wearisome struggles of our earthly life, 
 Thy holy Sabbath has been given to us as a day of 
 rest and refreshment of soul. It takes the burden 
 from our shoulders, calls us to the restfulness of 
 Thy house and the joy of Thy worship, and com- 
 forts us by Thy gracious message : peace, peace be 
 to those that are far and to those that are near. 
 
 We thank Thee for all Thy benefits towards us 
 in the past week ; for the preservation of our lives, 
 of our health and our strength ; for the blessings 
 of home, of love, of friendship, and for all other 
 good influences which support us in the hour of 
 
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 trial and temptation. Thou sendest us the joys 
 that brighten our days ; from Thy hand, also, come 
 the sorrows that cast their shadows over them. In 
 all our experiences we recognize Thy guidance 
 and praise Thy wisdom. O, may this Sabbath 
 bring rest to every disquieted heart and be as a 
 healing balm to every bruised soul. 
 
 Thou who hearest prayer, we beseech Thee to 
 endow us with the grace of a contented disposi- 
 tion ; and when we pray for new blessings may we 
 ask of Thee in the spirit of humility and submis- 
 sion, remembering that we cannot know if what 
 we ask is really for our good ; that Thou alone 
 knowest the future and orderest all things well, 
 whether Thou grantest our petitions or deniest 
 them. When we sing Thy praise, may our souls 
 rise with our songs to Thee, and when we render 
 Thee our homage may we consider that it is only 
 by obedience to Thy commandments, by faithful- 
 ness to our duties, by the goodness of our actions 
 that we can make our worship acceptable to Thee. 
 
 Look with compassion upon Thy children and 
 grant us that strength of love and purity of pur- 
 pose that shall enable us to live together in unity, 
 and work together in peace and concord, so that 
 the well-being of all may be promoted, and Thy 
 name, O God, glorified in all the earth. Amen. 
 
 ANTHEM. 
 Turn to Page 31. 
 
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 i r or th^ Second Sabbat^ of the SHoitth. 
 
 (Psalm viii.) 
 
 Minister : 
 
 God, our Lord, how excellent is Thy name in 
 all the earth ; Thou hast set Thy glory in the 
 heavens. When I consider Thy heavens, the work 
 of Thy hands, the moon and the stars which Thou 
 hast ordained : what is man that Thou art mindful 
 of him, and the son of man that Thou visitest 
 him ? Yet hast Thou made him but little lower 
 than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory 
 and honor. Thou madest him to have dominion 
 over the works of Thy hands ; Thou hast put all 
 things under his feet. O God, our Lord, how ex- 
 cellent is Thy name in all the earth ! 
 
 Responsive Reading : 
 
 flinister. 
 
 TTAPPY is the man that findeth wisdom, and 
 * the man that increaseth knowledge. 
 
 Congregation. 
 
 Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, 
 and to depart from evil, that is true under- 
 standing. 
 The possession thereof is better than silver, and 
 
 rather to be sought than gold. 
 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing : the 
 Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous 
 to famish. 
 
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 The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich ; and no 
 
 sorrow is added thereto. 
 Honor the Lord with thy substance, and with 
 
 the first fruits of all thine increase. 
 Blessed is the man that considereth the poor: in 
 
 the evil day the Lord will be his refuge. 
 If thou enjoy the fruit of the labor of thy hand, 
 blessed art thou, and it will be well with thee. 
 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee ; bind them 
 as an ornament about thy neck ; write them 
 upon the tablets of thy heart. 
 So shalt thou find favor in the eyes of God and 
 
 man. 
 Trust in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not 
 
 on thine own understanding. 
 In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall 
 
 direct thy paths. 
 
 Hope in the Lord : be of good courage, and He 
 shall strengthen thy heart. 
 
 Minister : 
 
 /^ATHERED together in Thy house, O God, 
 ^* now that the shadows of evening fall around 
 us, we open our hearts to the sweet and comforting 
 influences of the day blessed by Thee and hallowed 
 for Thy worship. 
 
 We thank Thee from our hearts, for all Thy 
 blessings and for the dispensations of Thy provi- 
 dence and the tokens of Thy goodness towards us. 
 Every day we receive of the fulness of Thy bounty; 
 by Thy protection we have passed safely through 
 
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 the dangers that beset our paths. If we were tried 
 by sorrow and days of anguish were allotted to us, 
 it was not that Thou hadst forsaken us. Thine 
 eye is ever upon us and Thine arm still guides us. 
 In Thine own time, O God, we shall surely say with 
 the ancient seer : I thank Thee, that Thou hast 
 tried me ; for now that Thy visitation is past, Thou 
 comfortest me, and I draw waters of joy from the 
 wells of salvation. 
 
 We pray for all people who at this hour are in 
 tribulation, in sickness, in want, in danger of body 
 or soul. We name in our hearts those that are 
 nearest to us, and in whose afflictions we are af- 
 flicted. Let them see Thy help ; and grant them a 
 blessed release from their trials. 
 
 May we do what in us lies to lead into the right 
 way the erring and the wayward. May we see in 
 their sins rather the frailty of our common nature 
 than guilt of will ; and reach out our hand to the 
 fallen brother. Enlighten our minds that we put 
 to its highest use every gift of Thy hand ; that we 
 cherish a good conscience above worldly gains, 
 and a healthy soul above sensual gratification. 
 May we be enabled, by Thy grace, so to order our 
 whole life, that at its eventide we shall look back 
 with a tranquil mind upon the world we leave, and 
 find in the world we enter that perfect rest which 
 Thou hast prepared for the righteous among the 
 children of men. 
 
 ANTHEM. 
 
 Turn to Page 31. 
 
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 Tor the iT(tir& Snbbatlj of 
 
 (Psalm xxiii.) 
 
 Minister : 
 
 HPHE Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. 
 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures ; 
 He leadeth me beside still waters ; He restoreth 
 my soul ; and guideth me in the path of righteous- 
 ness for His name's sake. Yea, though I walk 
 through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear 
 no evil ; Thy rod and Thy staff, O Lord, they will 
 comfort me. Thou preparest a table for me in the 
 sight of my adversaries ; Thou anointest my head 
 with oil ; my cup of joy runneth over. Surely, 
 goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of 
 my life ; and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord 
 at all times. 
 
 Responsive Reading : 
 
 Hinister. 
 
 "D EH OLD, how good and how pleasing it is for 
 brethren to dwell together in unity. 
 
 Congregation. 
 
 For there the Lord commandeth His blessing, 
 
 even life for evermore. 
 Except the Lord build the house, they that build 
 
 it labor in vain. 
 Except the Lord guard the city, the watchmen 
 
 watch in vain. 
 Better is a dry morsel and quiet therewith, than a 
 
 house full of feasting with strife. 
 Better is the little gotten in the fear of God, 
 
 than great treasure and trouble therewith. 
 
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 My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and 
 
 forsake not the teaching of thy mother. 
 For the commandment is a lamp and the law is 
 
 a light, to guide thee in the way of life. 
 I will walk within my house, in the integrity of my 
 
 heart. 
 I will set no wicked thing before me, it shall not 
 
 cleave to me. 
 Fret not thyself because of evil-doers to do evil 
 
 likewise ; cease from anger and forsake 
 
 wrath. 
 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright 
 
 one ; for there is a future for the man of 
 
 peace. 
 Lord, my heart is not haughty, and my eyes are 
 
 not lofty ; neither do I exercise myself in 
 
 things too high for me. 
 I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait for the 
 
 Lord ; and in His promise do I hope. 
 My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that 
 
 watch for the morning. 
 Let Israel hope in the Lord ; for with Him there 
 
 is mercy, and plenteous redemption. 
 I have set the Lord always before me ; He is with 
 
 me, I shall not be moved. 
 Therefore my heart is glad and my glory re- 
 
 joiceth, my flesh also shall dwell in safety. 
 For Thou wilt not leave my soul in the grave, Thou 
 
 wilt show me the path of life. In Thy pres- 
 ence is fulness of joy. 
 
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 Minister : 
 
 "\T OW that the daily task is laid aside and we 
 * are gathered in the house of God, the hush of 
 solemnity comes over us, and we feel a refreshing 
 rest in the holy quiet of the sanctuary. Softer 
 than the twilight cairn is that peace that comes to 
 us here with healing on its wings. Like the dew 
 of Mount Hermon falling upon the hills of Zion, it 
 instills new vigor into the tired frame ; and the 
 soul, weary from life's stern combats, is refreshed 
 out of the abundance of God's grace. Our daily 
 work is blessed and hallowed by the Sabbath-rest, 
 and dignity is given to labor and to life by Sab- 
 bath hours of worship. 
 
 When the shades of night veil from our eyes the 
 beauties of the earth, a world of holier splendor 
 opens up before the mind. At eventide, behold 
 there is light. The brightness of the fireside shines 
 forth to tell that a divine spirit of love holds sway. 
 How solemn life with its joys and its trials appears 
 in the light of the duties and affections of home, 
 how greatly all-blessings are enriched ; how much 
 all cares and sorrows are softened. It is at this 
 hour, O God, that Thy messenger of peace de- 
 scends from on high to turn the hearts of the par- 
 ents to the children, and the hearts of the children 
 to the parents, strengthening the bonds of devotion 
 in the household, and making it a temple worthy 
 of Thy presence. 
 
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 We thank Thee, O God, for the sanctity of this 
 day, which ever fostered moderation, purity and 
 fidelity in the souls of Israel. The Sabbath light 
 shone into the life of our fathers as a beacon across 
 a storm-tossed sea ; it sent its comforting rays into 
 Judah's tents when they were wrapped in the dark- 
 ness of persecution, and the iron had entered the 
 souls of the martyred race. 
 
 Let the day not be less welcome to us, now, that 
 our lot has fallen in brighter times and pleasanter 
 places. Children of happier lands may we never- 
 theless prize and preserve Israel's heritage that it 
 bring comfort and joy to us and to future genera- 
 tions. May the Sabbath cup be to us a cup of sal- 
 vation, which we lift up calling upon the name of 
 the Lord. And as this weekly day of rest and wor- 
 ship enjoined by Thy Law has brought blessing 
 to many nations, may it at last unite all men in a 
 covenant of peace and holy fellowship. Amen. 
 
 Choir : 
 
 How goodly are Thy tents, O Jacob, Thy dwellings, 
 O Israel ! 
 
 Lift up the cup of salvation and call upon the 
 name of the Lord. 
 
 Turn to Page 31. 
 
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 tit* ^aurtft anft IPiftfi Sabbaths of 
 tfc* SRatttft* 
 
 (Psalin 1.) 
 
 Minister : 
 
 TT APPY the man that walketh not in the coun- 
 sel of the unrighteous, nor standeth in the 
 way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers ; 
 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and 
 who meditateth on His precepts day and night. 
 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, that 
 bringeth forth its fruit in its season, whose leaves 
 do not wither ; all that he doeth shall prosper. Not 
 so the unrighteous ; they are like chaff, which the 
 wind driveth away. Therefore the wicked shall not 
 stand in judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of 
 the just. For the Lord knoweth the way of the 
 righteous, but the way of the wicked leadeth to 
 ruin. 
 
 Responsive Reading: 
 
 Minister. 
 
 HTRULY my soul waiteth upon God, from him 
 cometh my help. 
 
 Congregation. 
 
 God is my refuge and my glory ; He is my 
 
 strength and my safety. 
 Trust in Him at all times ; pour out your hearts 
 
 before Him. 
 
 Commit thy ways unto the Lord and He will 
 order all things well. 
 
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 Show me Thy way, O Lord, teach me Thy paths 
 
 and lead me in Thy truth. 
 
 Whom have I in heaven but Thee, and there is 
 
 none upon earth that I desire beside Thee. 
 
 When my flesh and my heart fail, God is still my 
 
 strength and my portion forever. 
 Wait on the Lord, be of good courage and He 
 
 shall strengthen thy heart. 
 Create in me a pure heart and renew a right spirit 
 
 within me. 
 When many thoughts perplex me, Thy comforts 
 
 delight my soul. 
 My times are in Thy hands, and Thou wilt guide 
 
 and sustain me even unto the end. 
 How precious is Thy loving-kindness, O God, 
 therefore the children of men hide under 
 Thy wings. 
 With Thee is the fountain of life ; in Thy light 
 
 shall we see light. 
 
 Continue Thy mercy unto them that know Thee, 
 and Thy righteousness to the upright in 
 heart. 
 
 Minister : 
 
 A LMIGHTY and merciful God! Thou hast 
 ^ called Israel to Thy service and found him 
 worthy to be Thy witness to the peoples of the 
 earth. Give us grace to fulfill this mission with 
 zeal tempered by wisdom and guided by due 
 regard for other men's faith. May our lives prove 
 
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 the strength of our own belief in the truths we 
 proclaim. May our bearing towards our neighbors, 
 our faithfulness in every sphere of duty, our com- 
 passion with the suffering, and our patience under 
 trial, show that He whose law we obey is indeed 
 the God of all goodness, the Father of all men ; 
 that His service is perfect freedom, and His wor- 
 ship the soul's purest happiness. 
 
 Open Thou, O God, our eyes that we may see 
 and welcome all truth, whether shining from the 
 annals of ancient revelations or reaching us through 
 the seers of our own time ; for Thou hidest not 
 Thy light from any generation of Thy children 
 that feel after Thee and seek Thy guidance. 
 
 We pray for the masters and teachers in Israel ; 
 that they may dispense Thy truth with earnestness 
 indeed, yet not wanting in charity. May the law 
 of love be found on their lips, and may they by 
 precept and example lead many in the ways of 
 righteousness. 
 
 Bless, O God, all endeavors, wherever made, to 
 lift up the fallen, to redeem the sinful, to bring back 
 those who wander from the right path and restore 
 them to a worthy life. Truly, O God, we long to 
 adore Thee in the temple of holiness, at the altar of 
 truth and with the offerings of our love. O satisfy 
 us early with Thy mercy, that we may rejoice and 
 be glad all our days. Amen. 
 
 ANTHEM. 
 Turn to Page 31. 
 
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 Hanukkah tft* 3teast of 
 
 (Psaltn xxx.) 
 
 Minister: 
 
 T WILL extol Thee, O Lord, for Thou hast raised 
 me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice 
 over me. O Lord, my God, I cried unto Thee and 
 Thou hast healed me, and kept me alive that I 
 should not go down to the grave. Sing unto the 
 Lord, O ye pious ones, and give thanks to His holy 
 name. For His anger is but for a moment, His 
 favor is for a lifetime ; weeping may endure for a 
 night, but joy cometh in the morning. Thou hast 
 turned my mourning into joy ; Thou hast put off 
 my sackcloth and girded me with gladness ; to the 
 end that my soul may sing praise to Thee, and not 
 be silent. O Lord, my God, I will give thanks unto 
 Thee forever. 
 
 Responsive Reading: 
 
 Minister. 
 
 THE Lord is my light and my salvation, whom 
 shall I fear ? 
 
 Congregation. 
 
 The Lord is the strength of my life, of whom 
 
 shall I be afraid ? 
 
 When evil-doers come upon me to destroy me, 
 Even mine adversaries and foes, they stumble 
 
 and fall. 
 
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 Though a host should encamp against me, my 
 
 heart shall not fear. 
 Though war should rise agai-nst me, even then 
 
 will I be confident. 
 If the Lord had not been on our side, let Israel 
 
 now say ; 
 If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, 
 
 when men rose up against us ; 
 Then had they swallowed us up alive, when their 
 
 wrath was kindled against us ; 
 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream 
 
 had gone over our soul. 
 Blessed be the Lord who has not given us a prey 
 
 to their teeth. 
 
 Our soul is escaped out of the snare of the fowler. 
 The snare is broken and we are escaped. 
 
 Our help is in the name of the Lord who made 
 
 heaven and earth. 
 Thou savest the afflicted people and the haughty 
 
 Thou bringest low. 
 Thou lightest my lamp, the Lord my God lighteth 
 
 my darkness. 
 For who is God save the Lord, and who is a rock 
 
 besides our God ? 
 God girdeth me with strength and maketh my 
 
 way perfect. 
 The Lord liveth, blessed and exalted be the rock 
 
 of my salvation. 
 I will sing praise unto Thy name forevermore. 
 
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 Minister : 
 
 (From II. Maccabees.) 
 
 T T was on the fifteenth day of the month of Kislev, 
 * when King Antiochus of Syria had set up an 
 idol upon the altar of God, and had incense burnt in 
 its honor. And he gave order that the people of 
 Judea should forsake their Law and the covenant 
 and profane the Sabbath and pollute the sanctuary. 
 And many chose rather to die than to forsake the 
 holy covenant. And the king's officers came to 
 the city of Modin, and they said to Mattathias, the 
 son of John, the son of Simon the Hasmonean, a 
 priest of the sons of Joarib who dwelt in Modin : 
 "Thou art a ruler in the city. Go, then, and fulfill 
 the king's command and sacrifice as all the heathens 
 have done, and as also the men of Judea and Jerus- 
 alem did. So shalt thou be of the number of the 
 king's friends." But Mattathias answered and 
 spake with a loud voice : "Though all the nations 
 that are under the king's command obey him and 
 fall away every one from the religion of their fath- 
 ers, yet will I and my sons and my brethren walk 
 in the covenant of our fathers. God forbid that 
 we should forsake the Law to depart from our faith, 
 either to the right or to the left." And when one 
 of the Jews came in the sight of all to sacrifice to 
 the idol, Mattathias was inflamed with zeal, neither 
 could he forbear to show his anger, and he slew 
 him, and also the king's commissioner, and the al- 
 
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 tar he pulled down. And Mattathias cried through- 
 out the city with a loud voice saying : "Whosoever 
 is zealous of the Law and maintaineth the covenant 
 let him follow me." So he and his sons fled into 
 the mountains, and they went about pulling down 
 the heathen altars, and they recovered the Law out 
 of the hand of the Gentiles. 
 
 Now Mattathias was greatly advanced in age ; he 
 had passed his hundredth year, and his dying hour 
 drew near. He said to his sons : "Be ye zealous 
 for the Law and give your lives for the covenant of 
 your fathers. Remember what our fathers did in 
 times gone by. Was not Abraham found faithful 
 in temptation, and it was accounted to him for 
 righteousness ? Phineas, our father, obtained for 
 his zeal the covenant of an everlasting priesthood. 
 Ananias, Azarias and Mishael were by their faith 
 saved out of the flame, and Daniel from the mouth 
 of lions. Throughout all the ages none that put 
 their trust in God were overcome. Therefore be 
 strong, my sons, and show yourself men in behalf 
 of the Law ; for by it shall ye obtain glory." So 
 he blessed them and was gathered to his fathers. 
 
 Then Judas, called Maccabee, rose up in his 
 stead, and all his brethren aided him, and they 
 fought courageously the battle of Israel. He put 
 on a breast-plate as a giant, and girt his warlike 
 armor about him. He battled like a lion, and the 
 wicked shrunk for fear of him. He cheered Jacob 
 by his mighty acts, and his memorial is blessed 
 
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 orever. And wh en all the people feared and 
 trembled at the sight of the great multitude of the 
 enemy's hosts, and said : " How shall we be able, 
 being so few, to fight against so many people and 
 so strong?" Judas answered: "With the God of 
 heaven it is all one to deliver us with a large num- 
 ber, or with a small one. Let all the nations know 
 that there is One who will forever save and protect 
 Israel." And Judas led them into battle, and be- 
 hold, the hosts of the enemy were vanquished and 
 they fled. And Israel had a great deliverance. 
 And they sang songs of thanksgiving, and praised 
 the Lord of heaven for His goodness, because His 
 mercy endureth forever. 
 
 And on the five and twentieth day of Kislev, the 
 same day when three years before the altar of God 
 had been profaned by the heathen, the sanctuary 
 of God was dedicated anew with songs and music, 
 and the people praised the God of heaven who had 
 given them great victory, and they celebrated the 
 Dedication of the Altar for eight days, and there 
 was great rejoicing among the people. Moreover, 
 Judas and his brethren with the whole congrega- 
 tion of Israel ordained that the days of the Dedica- 
 tion of the Altar should be celebrated from year to 
 year for eight days in gladness and thanksgiving. 
 
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 Choir: 
 
 Kindle the taper, like the steadfast star 
 
 Ablaze on evening's forehead o'er the earth, 
 Send through the night its luster till afar 
 
 An eightfold splendor shine above thy hearth. 
 Clash, Israel, the cymbals, touch the lyre, 
 
 Blow the loud trumpet and the clear-tongued horn i 
 Chant psalms of victory till the heart takes fire ; 
 
 The Maccabaean spirit leaps newborn. 
 
 Minister : 
 
 Al TE praise Thee this day, O Lord our God, for 
 * ^ the great mercy Thou didst exercise on be- 
 half of our persecuted forefathers. When they had 
 been brought to the very brink of destruction, and 
 no hope seemed to remain, Thou didst contend for 
 them, judge their cause and avenge their wrongs ; 
 Thou didst make the wickedness of the tyrant re- 
 coil upon his own head whilst the oppressed were 
 restored to their rightful liberty. The voice of 
 triumph and salvation was heard in the tents of the 
 righteous, saying : The right hand of the Lord hath 
 done valiantly ; the right hand of the Lord is ex- 
 alted ; the Lord hath indeed chastened me, but 
 He hath not given me over unto death. Thy tem- 
 ple was purified from idols, and dedicated anew to 
 Thy holy service. Therefore we extol Thee for 
 this great deliverance. Truly, we are Thy servants ; 
 unto Thee we offer the sacrifice of thanksgiving 
 and we invoke Thy name. Thou, O God, hast not 
 changed, neither is the house of Israel consumed. 
 
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 The Blessing over the Lights. 
 LESSED be Thou, O God, Ruler of the world, 
 who didst wondrous things for our fathers at 
 this season in days of yore. 
 
 Blessed be Thou, O our God, who hast granted 
 us life, sustained us and permitted us to celebrate 
 this joyous festival. 
 
 CJwir : Am en . 
 
 The people that walked in darkness saw a great 
 light ; they that dwelt in the shadow of death, 
 upon them Thy light shone. 
 
 Minister : 
 
 V\ WHILST we render unto God the glory due to 
 Him, we also honor the memory of those 
 who gave their lives that their nation might live 
 and Israel's faith endure. Before these lights, fit 
 symbols of the rays which their daring shed into 
 the gloom of their misery, we would be filled with 
 a like spirit of devotion to the weaJ of this our 
 country. How often since that time have Israel's 
 sons and daughters borne the scorn and fury of the 
 world and sealed their love of God with their 
 heart's blood ! Innumerable are these martyrs for 
 soul liberty. Their graves, unknown and unhon- 
 ored, cover the face of the earth. Neither want, 
 nor pain, nor scourge, nor dungeon, nor exile, nor 
 flames could make them forsake the covenant of 
 their fathers. Their remembrance shall never fade 
 from the heart of Israel. 
 
 Choir: Amen. 
 
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 'HANUKKAH-HYMN. 
 
 (Ancient Melody.) 
 
 O OCK of Ages, let our song 
 *" Praise Thy saving power ; 
 Thou, amidst the ranging foes, 
 
 Wast our sheltering tower. 
 Furious they assailed us, 
 But Thine arm availed us. 
 
 And Thy word 
 
 Broke their sword 
 When our own strength failed us. 
 
 Kindling new the holy lamps, 
 
 Priests approved in suffering, 
 Purified the nation's shrine, 
 
 Brought to God their offering. 
 And his courts surrounding 
 Hear, in joy abounding, 
 Happy throngs 
 Singing songs 
 With a mighty sounding. 
 
 Children of the Martyr-race, 
 Whether free or fettered, 
 Wake the echoes of the songs 
 Where ye may be scattered. 
 Yours the message cheering, 
 That the time is nearing 
 Which shall see 
 All men free, 
 Tyrants disappearing. 
 
ADORATION. 
 (Congregation standing.) 
 
 Minister : 
 
 T ET us adore the ever-living God, and render 
 *^* praise unto Him who spread out the heavens 
 and established the earth, whose glory is revealed 
 in the heavens above and whose greatness is man- 
 ifest throughout the world: He is our God, and 
 there is none else. 
 
 Choir. 
 
 We bow our head and bend our knee and mag- 
 nify the King of kings, the Holy One, the Ever- 
 blest. 
 
 (Congregation sitting.) 
 
 Minister. 
 
 TV/TAY the time not be distant, O God, when 
 * Thy name shall be worshiped in all the 
 earth, when unbelief shall disappear and error be 
 no more. We fervently pray that the day may 
 come upon which all men shall invoke Thy name ; 
 when corruption and evil shall give way to purity 
 and goodness ; when superstition shall no longer 
 enslave the minds, nor idolatry blind the eyes ; 
 when all inhabitants of the earth shall perceive 
 that to Thee alone every knee must bend and 
 every tongue give homage. O may all, created in 
 Thine image, recognize that they are brethren, so 
 that they, one in spirit and one in fellowship, may 
 be forever united before Thee. Then shall Thy 
 Kingdom be established on earth, and the word of 
 
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 Thine ancient seer be fulfilled : The Eternal shall 
 rule forever and aye. 
 
 Congregation : 
 
 On that day the Eternal shall be One, and His 
 name shall be One. 
 
 Minister: 
 
 A LL you who mourn the loss of loved ones, and, 
 ^** at this hour remember the goodness, the 
 hope and the sweet companionship that has passed 
 away with them, give ear to the word of comfort 
 spoken to you in the name of your God. Only the 
 body has died and has been laid in the dust. The 
 spirit lives and will live on forever in the land of 
 undisturbed peace and perfect happiness. But in 
 this life, also, the loved ones continue in the 
 remembrance of those to whom they were pre- 
 cious. Every act of goodness they performed, 
 every true and beautiful word they spoke, is treas- 
 ured up and becomes an incentive to actions by 
 which the living honor the dead. 
 
 And when you ask in your grief : Whence shall 
 come my help and my comfort ? then, in the 
 strength of faith, answer with the Psalmist : " My 
 help cometh from God," who will not forsake me, 
 nor leave me in my grief. Upon Him I cast my 
 burden, and He will grant me strength according 
 to the days He has apportioned to me. All souls 
 are His, and no power can take them out of His 
 hands. Come, then, and in the midst of sympa- 
 thizing fellow-worshipers, rise, and hallow the 
 name of God. 
 
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 (The mourners standing and speaking with the Minister.) 
 
 PXTOLLED and hallowed be the name of God 
 throughout the world which He has created, 
 and which He governs according to His righteous 
 will. Just is He in all His ways, and wise are all 
 His decrees. May His kingdom come, and His 
 will be done in all the earth. 
 
 Congregation : 
 
 Blessed be the Lord of life and righteous Judge 
 for evermore. 
 
 Minister : 
 
 To the departed whom we now remember, may 
 peace and bliss be granted in the world of eternal 
 life. There may they find grace and mercy before 
 the Lord of heaven and earth. May their souls 
 rejoice in that ineffable good which God has laid 
 up for those that fear Him, and may their memory 
 be a blessing unto those that cherish it. 
 
 Congregation : 
 Amen. 
 
 Minister : 
 
 May the Father of peace send peace to all trou- 
 bled souls, and comfort all the bereaved among us. 
 
 Congregation : 
 Amen. 
 
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 Elfetnate Services* 
 
 I. INTRODUCTORY. 
 ORGAN VOLUNTARY AND INTRODUCTORY HYMN. 
 
 READER : How beautiful are Thy tents, O 
 Jacob ! Thy tabernacles, O Israel ! We enter 
 Thine house, O God, with faith in Thy loving 
 kindness. The Lord is in His holy temple ; let all 
 the earth keep silent before Him. O Lord, we 
 love Thy dwelling-place and the abode sanctified 
 by Thy holiness. O Lord, there is none like Thee 
 in the heavens above and on the earth beneath, 
 who keepest the covenant and the kindness for 
 Thy servants that walk before Thee with all their 
 heart. We bow down before Thee, we offer our 
 supplications and bless the Eternal God our Cre- 
 ator. Accept our prayers, O Father, at this time, 
 in the fulness of Thy grace ; give ear unto us and 
 help us. And may the words of our mouths and 
 the meditations of our hearts be acceptable before 
 Thee, O Eternal, our Rock and Redeemer forever. 
 Amen. 
 
 CHOIR : Amen. 
 
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 II. PRAISE. 
 
 Psalms : xcii, xcvi-xcviii. 
 
 READER : It is a good thing to give thanks unto 
 God, and to sing praises unto Thy name, O most 
 High! 
 
 Cong : To proclaim Thy loving kindness in the 
 morning and Thy faithfulness every night. 
 
 READER : O come let us sing unto the Lord ; 
 let us joyfully praise the Rock of our salvation. 
 
 Cong : Let us come in His presence ivith thanks- 
 giving and sing joyfully to Him with psalms. 
 
 READER : For the Lord is a great God ; yea, a 
 great King over all the earth. 
 
 Cong : In His hands are the depths of the earth ; 
 His also are the depths of the mountains. 
 
 READER : The sea is His and He made it ; the 
 dry land also, His hands have formed. 
 
 Cong : O come let us worship and bow down, let 
 us bow down before the Lord our Maker. 
 
 READER : For He is our God ; and we are the 
 people of His pasture, and the flock of His hand ; 
 O that you would now hear his voice. 
 
 Cong: O sing unto the Lord a new song ; sing 
 unto the Lord all the earth. 
 
 READER : Proclaim His glory amongst the na- 
 tions, His wonders among all people ! 
 
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 Cong : For the Lord is great and highly exalted ; 
 and beside Him there is no God. 
 
 READER : Give unto the Lord, ye families of 
 the people, give unto the Lord glory and praise ! 
 
 Cong : Give unto the Lord the glory due His 
 name ; bring an offering and come into His courts. 
 
 READER : O worship the Lord in the beauty of 
 holiness, stand in awe before him, all ye earth. 
 
 Cong: Say among the nations the Lord is King. 
 He will judge the nations in righteousness. 
 
 READER : The heavens declare his righteous- 
 ness, and all nations behold His glory. 
 
 Cong: Zion hath heard and is glad, and the 
 daughters of Judah exult on account of Thy judg- 
 ments^ O Lord. 
 
 READER : For Thou, O Lord, are most high 
 above the earth, Thou art far exalted above all 
 powers. 
 
 Cong: Ye that love the Lord hate evil! He 
 preserveth the lives of His servants and delivereth 
 them from the hands of the wicked. 
 
 READER: Light is sown for the righteous, and 
 joy for the upright in heart. 
 
 Cong: Rejoice, O ye righteous in the Lord, and 
 praise His holy name ! 
 
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 HYMN THE SABBATH. 
 
 I. 
 
 Holy Sabbath rest ! 
 Pious lips hail thy advent. 
 Thee in love our God has sent, 
 Mind and heart of man to guard, 
 And to lead him heavenward. 
 
 II. 
 
 Holy Sabbath joy ! 
 O our yearning souls inspire ; 
 Warm us with Thy heavenly fire, 
 That in sacred hymns of praise 
 We to God our hearts upraise. 
 
 III. 
 
 Father everlasting ! 
 From Thy holy throne of grace 
 To Thy children turn Thy face, 
 Bless this day that it may be 
 Emblem of eternity. 
 
III. BENEDICTIONS. 
 
 READER : Bless ye the Lord the ever-blessed ! 
 
 Cong, and Choir : Blessed be God the ever-blessed^ 
 forever and aye. 
 
 READER : O, Eternal our God, the Creator of all 
 things, Thou hast called forth the earth out of 
 chaos and peopled it with living beings who wor- 
 ship Thee and glorify Thy name. The wondrous 
 light that in the morning floods through the gates 
 of the east heralds the approach of day, when all 
 nature wakes, and each creature gives praise unto 
 the Creator ; and the eventide brings rest from 
 care and labor, and the unfolding of the majesty of 
 the illimitable expanse. with its myriads of stars. 
 Even thus, at morning and at eventide do we Thy 
 children recognize the strength of Thy eternal 
 word grafted upon creation ; forbidding it to pass 
 the bonds which Thou hast set. Thy wisdom, O 
 Eternal and Infinite One, is known to us in the 
 changes of tides and seasons, in the setting of the 
 stars within their spheres, in the rising of the sun 
 and the setting thereof, in the majestic truth we 
 read in the page of nature, that while the earth re- 
 maineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, 
 
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 and summer and winter, and day and night, shall 
 not cease. And should we, created in Thy image, 
 not recognize the paternal love that guideth with 
 supreme and infallible intelligence? We profess a 
 knowledge of this love which Thou hast expressed 
 in the statutes and commandments which are our 
 guides through life. Therefore, O God our Father, 
 we will ponder Thy law at our lying down and our 
 rising up ; we will rejoice in the knowledge that 
 obedience to Thy statutes gives life and length of 
 days, and daily shall we proclaim the glory and 
 majesty of Thy name. 
 
 READER : Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God the 
 Lord is one. 
 
 Cong, and Choir : Hear, O Israel, the Lord our 
 God the Lord is one. 
 
 READER : And thou shalt love the Lord Thy God 
 with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all 
 thy might. And these words, which I command 
 thee this day, shall be in thy heart. And thou 
 shall teach them diligently unto thy children, and 
 shalt speak of them when thou sittest in thy house, 
 and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou 
 liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou 
 shalt write them as a sign upon thine hand, and 
 they shall be as fiontlets between thine eyes, and 
 thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine 
 house and upon thy gates. 
 
IV. SABBATH REFLECTIONS AND 
 PRAYER. 
 
 THE RABBI : Holy Sabbath rest ! Has the All- 
 father given a greater gift to His children ? A 
 crown-decked queen is she, an angel sent from the 
 realms of divine purity. When the day is done, 
 and turmoil has ceased, and the wheels of industry 
 have stopped their noisy revolutions, the weary 
 frame seeks the refreshing couch to gain strength 
 for the coming morning. Then deep sleep falls 
 upon all nature ; and the silence of the night as 
 eloquently as the many tongues of day proclaims 
 the mercy of God. Sacred is the rest of man and 
 beast ; it is the healing balm sent by love divine to 
 exhausted nature. How much more, then, should 
 we recognize the divine character of the Sabbath, 
 when on it we are to cease from all labor ! How 
 beautiful this privilege that we may assemble to 
 hail this Sabbath queen. She teaches us that our 
 Father has not destined us for toil alone. Labor is 
 honorable and dignified, and the son of toil fulfills 
 his mission. Yet we do not live by bread alone, 
 but gain higher and purer life by obeying the be- 
 hests of the Omnipotent, by spreading light and 
 
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 truth amongst the children of men. And to ac- 
 complish this holy task we must purify ourselves. 
 The Sabbath brings rest to the body, purity to the 
 spirit. From week to week the opportunity comes 
 to us to be more than laborers for bread. Our- 
 selves seekers after truth, humbly following the 
 light that proceeds from the eternal fountain, the 
 Sabbath brings us the requisite vigor to scatter 
 the seeds of salvation and righteousness amongst 
 our fellow men. Then let us adore God for His 
 goodness. He alone gives rest to the weary. He 
 puts love-freighted sleep upon the eyelids, and re- 
 calls us day by day to noble labor and honorable 
 endeavor. He guides our footsteps with wise coun- 
 sel. He saves us for the sake of His name, and 
 shields us from all unhappiness ; from the enemy 
 who oppresses, from the pestilence that brings 
 death, from the sword that smites, from famine 
 and from sorrow ; and He shelters us forever be- 
 neath His never-failing mercy. 
 
 CHOIR: He is our God, and there is none beside 
 Him. 
 
 RABBI : " And the children of Israel shall keep 
 the Sabbath, and observe it, throughout their 
 generation, as an everlasting covenant." May the 
 Holy Sabbath bring us a pure heart, and renew 
 
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 a proper spirit within us. May the children of 
 God, the flock of His pasture passing beneath His 
 hand, give thanks from Sabbath to Sabbath unto 
 the ever active, ever beneficent Father who shall 
 lead His children unto the last generation, and 
 whose providence shall endure unto eternity. 
 
 And we pray that we may in our day behold the 
 glorious witness of His power which shall banish 
 all impurity from the earth and shall cause all idol- 
 atry to be destroyed. Then, O Heavenly Father, 
 shall all the children of men turn unto Thee, and 
 the world shall be full of Thy knowledge as the 
 waters cover the sea. Then shall all men know 
 the good tidings that Thy kingdom is established 
 upon earth and Thou alone shalt be King and 
 Thy children shall proclaim with one consent : The 
 Lord shall reign forever and ever. And it is also 
 written : And the Lord shall be King over all the 
 earth ; on that day the Lord alone shall be ac- 
 knowledged and His name shall be one. 
 
 CHOIR : 
 
 Let all creation gladsome tidings ring, 
 The Lord alone forever shall be King. 
 
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 V. THE MOURNERS' SERVICE. 
 
 All ye who mourn a recent loss, and ye who com- 
 memorate the departure of your dear ones, be com- 
 forted and consoled. Man born of woman is short 
 of days and full of trouble. He cometh forth as a 
 flower and is cut down. He fleeth also as a shadow 
 and remaineth not. God alone determines our days 
 and fixes the number of our months. God has given 
 and God has taken away, let His name be blessed. 
 Recall your beloved dead with affection. Let their 
 memory be an inspiration to you. Remember their 
 good deeds, and seek to emulate them. Even 
 though they have passed through the valley of the 
 shadow of death, yet are they not dead but abiding 
 forever with God the eternal. Let not your spirits 
 droop nor your heart be anxious, for God is good 
 and merciful. After the midnight of your sorrow 
 will come the morning of your consolation. God 
 alone can change your tears to rejoicing. Whilst 
 you tread the path of life know ye not that it leads 
 unto death ? God has wisely ordained that the 
 eternal spirit of man shall rejoin its Maker and 
 when life's journey is over He giveth His beloved 
 rest. Be comforted then and let your hearts not 
 murmur against God but in pious submission to 
 His holy will and in loving hope of life everlasting 
 
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 rise ye and with me glorify the name of the most 
 high God. 
 
 KADDISH. 
 
 ANTHEM. 
 
 LECTURE. 
 
 ANTHEM. 
 
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