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Clothed with light inaccessible, girt with om- nipotence and love.

The Benedictus. [Luke i: 68.]

(After the New Testament lesson in the morning service.)

Blessed be the Lord God of Isra- | el:

For He hath visited | and re- | deemed His people,
And hath raised up an horn' of sal- | vation | for us,
In the house of His servant | David.

As He spake by the mouth of His | holy prophets,
Who have been since the world be- | gan:
That we should be saved from our ene- | mies,
And from the | hand of | all that | hate us.

To perform the mercy promised | to our | fathers,
And to remember His holy | cove- | nant :

The oath which He sware to our Father | Abra- | ham.
That He would | grant- unto | us.

That we being delivered from the hand of our | ene- | mies,
Might serve Him | without | fear,

In holiness and righteous- | ness,
Before Him | all our | days.

See also the Gregorian Tones, Nos. 772-735.

Amen.