67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and pro- phesied, saying,
68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel ; for he hath visited and re- deemed his people,
69 And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David ;
70 As he spake bvthe mouth of his holy prophets, whicn have been since the world began :
71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us :
72 To periorm the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant ;
73 The oatii which he sware to our father Abraham,
74 That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the
hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear,
75 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
76 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest : for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways ;
77 To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,
78 Through the tender mercy of our God ; whereby the daysprmg from on high hath visited us,
79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
80 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the dAy of his shewing unto Israel.