1." Hallelujah."

2. The 1st semicho­rus exhort to join in the praise of God;

3. and to worship him,

4. for his might, ma­jesty, and goodness,

5. in the creation of all things.

MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER.

Priest.( 1) Praise ye the Lord.( L) Answer. The Lord's Name be praised. T Then shall be said or sung this Psalm( M); IN THE MORNING SERVICE; except on Easter- Day, upon which another Anthem is appointed; and on the Nine­teenth day of every Month it is not to be read here, but in the ordinary course of the Psalms.

Venite, exultemus Domino.

Psalm xcv.( N)

( 2) COME, let us sing unto the Lord: let us heartily rejoice in the strength of

our salvation.

( 3) Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving: and shew ourselves glad in

him with Psalms.

( 4) For the Lord is a great God: and a great King above all gods.

In his hand are all the corners of the earth and the strength of the hills is his also.

( 5) The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands prepared the dry land.

L. The English of Hallelujah' a word so sacred that the church of old scrupled to translate it. In the first Liturgy of K. Ed. 6, it was appointed to be sung un- translated, from Easter to Trinity Sunday. The answer of the people shews their desire to join in the praise of God. The response was introduced at the last revision in 1661.

M. The Church orders this and the other Psalms to be said or sung: the one is the Parochial, the other, the Choir Service. Anthem is from Antiphon, a Hymn, sung alternately," As the angels sing one unto another." Is. vi. 3.

AIN. In the Latin service, this is called the Invitatory Psalm. We mutually invite each other, being come into his presence, to sing unto the Lord. It has been used in all Christian Litur­gies; and the Jews confess it belongs to the times of Messiah. 6