Scriptural selection:
(1) Isa 42:6,7,11,12,16
6 I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
11 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
12 Let them give glory unto the Lord, and declare his praise in the islands.
16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
(2) Isa 51:10,11,14,16 I have covered (to 4th ,),22
10 Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?
11 Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
14 The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.
16 I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth,
22 Thus saith thy Lord the Lord, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:
(3) Isa 52:9,10,12 for (to ;)
9 ¶ Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
10 The Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
12 for the Lord will go before you;
Benediction:
Jer 30:17 I will restore (to 2nd ,),22
17 I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds,
22 And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
From the Christian Science Hymnal:
Hymns 63, 415, 356
Solo:
"Feed my sheep," words from Mary Baker Eddy's poem, and music by George Frederic Handel.
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