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He shall choose our inheritance for us, The excellency of Jacob whom he loved.

G.o.d is gone up with a shout, The Lord with the sound of a trumpet.

Sing praises to G.o.d, sing praises.

Sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

For G.o.d is the King of all the earth: Sing ye praises with understanding.

G.o.d reigneth over the nations: G.o.d sitteth upon his holy throne.

The princes of the peoples are gathered together To be the people of the G.o.d of Abraham: For the s.h.i.+elds of the earth belong unto G.o.d; He is greatly exalted.

--_Psalm 47_.

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A SONG OF MOUNT ZION

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, In the city of our G.o.d, in his holy mountain.

Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, Is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, The city of the great King.

We have thought on thy lovingkindness, O G.o.d, In the midst of thy temple.

As is thy name, O G.o.d, So is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: Thy right hand is full of righteousness.

Let mount Zion be glad, Let the daughters of Judah rejoice, Because of thy judgments.

Walk about Zion, and go round about her: Tell the towers thereof.

Mark ye well her bulwarks, Consider her palaces; That ye may tell it to the generation following.

For this G.o.d is our G.o.d for ever and ever: He will be our guide even unto death.

--_Psalm 48:1, 2, 9-14_.

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SHEPHERD WITH HIS FLOCK.

Copyright by Underwood & Underwood and used by special permission.

This beautiful picture is typical of the Oriental country. The view is the Scamander made famous by Homer, and the country is in the vicinity of old Troy, mentioned in the New Testament and again brought to notice by the conflicts of the great European war (1916).

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THE CATTLE UPON A THOUSAND HILLS ARE HIS

G.o.d, even G.o.d, the Lord, hath spoken, And called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, G.o.d hath s.h.i.+ned forth.

Our G.o.d shall come, and shall not keep silence: A fire shall devour before him, And it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

He shall call to the heavens above, And to the earth, that he may judge his people: Gather my saints together unto me; Those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; For G.o.d is judge himself.

Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify unto thee: I am G.o.d, even thy G.o.d.

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; And thy burnt offerings are continually before me.

I will take no bullock out of thy house, Nor he-goats out of thy folds.

For every beast of the forest is mine, And the cattle upon a thousand hills. {74} I know all the fowls of the mountains: And the wild beasts of the field are mine.

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: For the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

Will I eat the flesh of bulls, Or drink the blood of goats?