[Waterworks-devel] TH, THE CHOIR.} {JOSABET.} That

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Satisfaction, sweetness overflowing, To pledge unto that God our love
and faith! _One voice alone._ He freed our fathers from a cruel yoke;
While in the desert, with delicious food He nourished them: He gives to
us His law, He gives Himself; and for such benefits He orders us to love
Him. _The Choir._ O justice, tenderness supreme! _The same voice._ For
them He closed the waters of the sea, And from an arid rock made
fountains gush; He gives to us His law, He gives Himself; And for such
benefits He orders us to love Him. _The Choir._ O law divine, delightful
law! What satisfaction, sweetness overflowing, To pledge unto that God
our love and faith! _Another voice alone._ O you, who only know a
servile fear, Ingrates, can not a God so good delight you? Is it so
difficult unto your hearts, So painful, then, to love Him? The bondsman
dreads the tyrant's violence, But love's the portion of a child: You
wish that God should load you with His blessings, Without returning Him
your love! _All the Choir._ O law divine, delightful law! O justice,
tenderness supreme! What satisfaction, sweetness overflowing, To pledge
unto that God our love and faith! _ACT SECOND,--Scene I. and II._
{JOSABET, SALOMITH, THE CHOIR.} {JOSABET.} That is enough, my daughters,
cease your chanting: Tis time to mingle in the public prayers. Our hour
is come; Let us go celebrate This glorious day, and, in our turn, appear
Before the Lord. What do I see! my son! What is the cause that hastens
your return? Where run you thus, all pale and out of breath?
{ZACHARIAH.} O, my moth