hymnal 43 1 O day of rest and gladness, O day of joy and light, O balm of care and sadness, most beautiful, most bright; On Thee the high and lowly, through ages joined in tune, Sing Holy, holy, holy, to the great God Triune. 2 Today on weary nations the heavenly manna falls; To holy convocations the silver trumpet calls Where gospel light is glowing with pure and radiant beams, and living water flowing with soul refreshing streams. 3 New graces ever gaining from this our day of rest we reach the rest remaining to spirits of the blest To Holy Ghost be praises, to Father and to Son The Church her voice up raises to Thee, blest Three in One. response reading 68. Isaiah 40 (1) PRES: A voice of one calling: "In the desert prepare the way for the LORD CONG: make straight in the wilderness a highway for our God. PRES: Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; CONG: the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain. PRES: And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all mankind together will see it. CONG: For the mouth of the LORD has spoken." PRES: A voice says, "Cry out." And I said, "What shall I cry?" CONG: "All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. PRES: The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the LORD blows on them. Surely the people are grass. CONG: The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever. Apostle's Creed I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, His Only Son our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell; The third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in The Holy Ghost, The Holy Catholic Church, The Communion of Saints, The forgiveness of sin, The resurrection of the body, And the life everlasting. Amen. Hymnal 1 Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. amen. hymnal 151 1 Alas! and did my Savior bleed, and did my Sovereign die? Would He devote that sacred head for such a worm as I? At the cross, where I first sawt he light, and burden ofmy heart rolled away, it was there by faith I received my sight, and now I am happy all the day! 2 Was it for crimes that I have done, he groaned upon the tree? Amazing pity, grace unknown, and love beyond degree! At the cross, where I first sawt he light, and burden ofmy heart rolled away, it was there by faith I received my sight, and now I am happy all the day! 3 No tears of grief can ever repay the debt of love I owe. Here, Lord< i give myself away; 'tis all that I can do!' At the cross, where I first sawt he light, and burden ofmy heart rolled away, it was there by faith I received my sight, and now I am happy all the day! Mark 9:41-50 hymnal 586 1 Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, in the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side; Some great cause, some new decision, offering each the bloom or blight, and the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light. 2 Then to side with truth isnoble, when we share her wretched crust, Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and 'tis prosperous to be just; then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside, till the multitude make virtue of the faith they had denied. 3 By the light of burning martyrs, Jesus' bleeding feet we track, toiling up new Calvaries ever with the cross that turns not back; Ne occasions teach new duties, time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still and onward, who would keep abreast of truth. 4 Though the cause of evil prosper, yet 'tis truth alone is strong; Though her portion be the scaffold, and upon the throne be wrong, yet that scaffold sways the future, and behind the dim unknown, standeth God within the shadow Keeping watch above His own. amen.