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	(peaceful organ music)	0:04
	♪ Glorious is God our lord almighty ♪	6:46
	♪ Glorious is our God almighty ♪	6:50
	♪ Glorious is the lord almighty ♪	6:54
	♪ Praise Him all His people ♪	6:58
	♪ Glorious is God our lord almighty ♪	7:03
	♪ Glorious is the lord almighty ♪	7:07
	♪ Praise Him all His true His name ♪	7:11
	(peaceful choral music)	7:17
	(peaceful organ music)	7:51
	(harmonious organ and choral music)	8:14
-	The grace of the lord Jesus Christ be with you.	10:51
-	And also with you.	10:54
-	The risen Christ is with us.	10:56
-	Praise to the lord.	10:59
-	The lord be with you.	11:00
-	And with your spirit.	11:02
-	Let us pray.	11:04
	Lord Jesus Christ,	11:13
	your church was born in the power of the Holy Spirit.	11:16
	Send your Spirit into our lives,	11:20
	to break down all barriers of nation and race,	11:23
	and to unite all humanity in your praise.	11:27
	For you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit,	11:31
	one God, forever and ever, amen.	11:35
	Let us confess our sin before God and one another.	11:41
	Merciful God, we confess that often we have failed	11:47
	to be an obedient church.	11:51
	We have broken your law.	11:53
	We have rebelled,	11:56
	we have rebelled against your love.	11:58
	We have not loved our neighbors.	12:01
	And we have not heard the cry of the needy.	12:04
	Forgive us, we pray.	12:07
	Free us for joyful obedience,	12:09
	through Jesus Christ, our lord, amen.	12:12
	Will you stand as we read responsibly together,	12:17
	The Act of Praise.	12:21
	Praise the lord!	12:30
	I will give thanks to the lord with my whole heart.	12:33
-	In the company of my brother I will will praise you.	12:36
-	Great are the works of the lord.	12:40
-	Studied by all who delight in them.	12:43
-	Full of honor and majesty is thy work.	12:46
-	And this righteousness is your forever.	12:49
-	For he has caused his wonderful works to be remembered.	12:52
-	The lord is gracious in our supper.	12:56
-	He provides food for those that fear him.	12:59
-	He is ever mindful of this struggle.	13:02
-	He has shown His people the power of His works.	13:05
-	Giving them the inheritance of the nations.	13:08
-	The works of His hands are faithful and just.	13:12
-	All his precepts are just and good.	13:15
-	They are established forever and ever.	13:18
-	To be performed with faithfulness and uprightness.	13:21
-	He sent redemption to His people.	13:25
-	He has commanded this element forever.	13:27
	(peaceful organ music)	13:32
	(harmonious organ and choral music)	13:41
-	You may be seated.	14:22
	Will you join with me in our Prayer For Illumination.	14:32
	Let us pray.	14:36
	Lord, open our hearts and mind by the power	14:39
	of your Holy Spirit, that as the Scriptures are read	14:42
	and your Word proclaimed, we may hear with joy	14:46
	what you say to us today.	14:50
	Amen.	14:53
-	Amen.
-	Reading from the Third Chapter,	14:56
	of the First Epistle of James: John.	14:58
	See what love the Father has given us	15:07
	that we should be called Children of God, and so we are.	15:09
	The reason why the world does not know us	15:16
	is that it did not know Him.	15:18
	Beloved, we are God's children now.	15:22
	It does not yet appear what we shall be,	15:26
	but we know that when He appears,	15:29
	we shall be like Him.	15:32
	For we shall see Him as He is.	15:34
	And everyone who thus hopes in Him,	15:38
	purifies himself,	15:41
	as He is pure.	15:43
	(triumphant orchestral and choral music)	19:43
-	Here is the Gospel according to Matthew:	21:46
	Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain.	21:50
	And when he sat down, his disciples came to him.	21:53
	And he opened his mouth and taught them to say:	21:57
	Blessed are the poor in spirit,	22:01
	for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.	22:04
	Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.	22:08
	Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the Earth.	22:13
	Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,	22:18
	for they shall be satisfied.	22:22
	Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.	22:25
	Blessed are the pure in heart,	22:31
	for they shall see God.	22:34
	Blessed are the peacemakers,	22:38
	for they shall be called Children of God.	22:40
	Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake,	22:44
	for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.	22:48
	Blessed are you when men revile you, and persecute you,	22:52
	and utter all kinds of evil against you,	22:57
	falsely on my account.	23:00
	Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in Heaven.	23:03
	For so persecuted, they the men,	23:08
	the prophets who were before you.	23:12
	Here ends the reading of God's holy Word.	23:15
	(peaceful organ music)	23:24
	(harmonious organ and choral music)	24:07
-	Let us unite our hearts and bow are heads together	26:51
	in a moment of prayerful meditation.	26:55
	And come, Holy Spirit, heavenly dove,	27:00
	with all thy quickened powers.	27:01
	Kindle the flame of sacred love in these cold hearts of ours	27:05
	so that the words of our mouths	27:10
	and the meditations of our hearts	27:11
	may be acceptable in thy sight, oh lord,	27:14
	our strength and our redeemer, amen.	27:18
	Doctor Wilkinson, Reverend Harper,	27:25
	my illustrious colleague in the episcopacy, Bishop	27:29
	William Cannon, the resident Bishop of the Raleigh area.	27:33
	I am profoundly appreciative this evening	27:38
	for the privilege	27:41
	to be a part of this	27:43
	experience of renewal	27:47
	on the part of this citadel of theological education.	27:50
	For the revitalization of the ministry	27:57
	of these two annual conferences.	28:02
	I suppose that there is no condition	28:07
	that can become more tragic and devastating	28:10
	in the lives of those who preach the Word,	28:15
	than that which occurs in a state	28:19
	of intellectual and spiritual depletion.	28:22
	And the fact is, that all of us, both old and young	28:27
	are likely to encounter such experiences.	28:33
	Along the course of our lives, the well does become deep	28:38
	on certain occasions, and we find ourselves	28:41
	with nothing to draw with.	28:45
	And that tends to become obvious on Sunday morning	28:48
	in many of our pulpits.	28:53
	Continuing educational events like this one here,	28:56
	during this convocation,	29:01
	are designed to provide new, energizing strength.	29:05
	As a prohibitive for our deficiencies	29:12
	and the loss of equipment, or the work of the ministry.	29:14
	And so it is in that vein of thought this evening	29:20
	that I want us to think with some brevity.	29:22
	And so I'm in the Third Chapter of John's Gospel,	29:26
	in the eighth verse.	29:28
	The words are these:	29:31
	The wind bloweth where it list is.	29:33
	And thou heareth the sound there on.	29:36
	But canst not tell whence it cometh and wither it goeth.	29:39
	So is everyone that is born of the Spirit.	29:44
	I wanna suggest a theme	29:50
	out of this striking and dramatic Gospel context.	29:52
	Some such as this.	29:57
	The mystery of the Holy Spirit.	30:00
	The beginning of the manifestation	30:05
	of the supernatural power in history,	30:07
	appeared in the first act of divine creation.	30:13
	The Genesis account of that providential event	30:17
	out of which the universe was formed.	30:21
	Says the Spirit moved upon the face of the waters.	30:25
	And God said, "Let there be light!"	30:29
	And there was light.	30:32
	Doctor George A. Butrick stated this great truth	30:35
	rather insight fully on this wise.	30:38
	He said, the Spirit brooded over the chaos	30:42
	to bring forth the cosmos.	30:45
	From that moment of God's thrust out of transcendence	30:49
	through the works of Creation,	30:53
	His presence has never ceased to exist	30:56
	in all that was made by Him.	30:58
	The New Testament affirms that active presence of God,	31:03
	as a final and most complete Revelation	31:08
	of his character and Will in Jesus Christ.	31:10
	And it's continued in the Holy Spirit.	31:15
	Almost a quarter of a century ago when a revival	31:18
	in theological discussion was in ferment,	31:21
	Stanley Harper of Drew University viewed	31:25
	the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit as a most central	31:28
	and yet most neglected doctrine of the Christian faith.	31:31
	And he defended his contention by an assertion,	31:37
	that one of the early fathers of the Church, who said,	31:40
	"Know thou, that every man is either empty or full.	31:44
	"For if he has not the Holy Spirit,	31:49
	"he has no knowledge of the Creator.	31:51
	"He has not received Jesus Christ, the life.	31:54
	"He knows not the Father who's in Heaven."	31:58
	Thus Harper concludes that the Holy Spirit	32:03
	is something to be experienced.	32:06
	And is not therefore subject to,	32:09
	totally to the criteria of formal thinking.	32:11
	It is upon the basis of this conviction	32:17
	that the consequences of neglecting the doctrine	32:22
	of the Spirit and the life of the Christian community	32:25
	of faith are devastating,	32:27
	that I'm persuaded that we as pastors,	32:31
	prophets, and teachers,	32:34
	should seek a deeper and clearer knowledge	32:36
	and understanding of the work of the Spirit,	32:39
	as preparation and power	32:42
	for more effective ministries and witness to the world.	32:45
	We at the main line Protestant Churches	32:51
	are not fully cured of the shocking mallady	32:53
	that surfaced in the '60s among a significant segment	32:55
	of the clergy who experienced a crisis	33:00
	in their faith and personal certainty	33:03
	of their call to the ministry.	33:07
	Many who agonized in their search	33:10
	for direction and assurance fail to achieve fulfillment	33:13
	in their role to such extents	33:18
	that they considered, and some did leave the ministry.	33:21
	While these individuals expressed a desire	33:27
	of reasons for their frustrations and disillusionment,	33:31
	it seems that in most instances there were evidences	33:36
	of a deeply seeded theological problem,	33:40
	which stemmed from an improper understanding	33:44
	of the work of the Holy Spirit in their lives.	33:46
	They, like many of us, wanted to direct	33:51
	and circumscribe the course and latitude	33:53
	of the Spirit's leadership.	33:57
	While the most comprehensive and profound	33:59
	theological discussions of the doctrine of the Holy Spirit	34:01
	that I've seen expressed in contemporary style and thought.	34:04
	It's set forth by James H. Stewart, a Scottish minister,	34:10
	in his book entitled, The Wind of the Spirit.	34:13
	In his treatment of the experience of Nicodemus,	34:19
	with Jesus out of which arose the concept of the new birth.	34:23
	Through the power of the Holy Spirit,	34:27
	Stewart unfolds several mysteries of the Spirit,	34:29
	which Jesus sought to explain not only to Nicodemus,	34:33
	but to the whole of his fellowship,	34:38
	including the continuing Body of Christ	34:41
	after his ascension to the Father's Kingdom.	34:45
	Among those insights is the unpredictable province	34:49
	and destiny of the Spirit that is implied	34:53
	by the words thou canst not tell when it cometh,	34:57
	and wither it goeth.	35:01
	He goes on to affirm that because of this character	35:04
	of the third person in the Trinity,	35:07
	no one can tell exactly where he may be carried	35:10
	by the Spirit, when allowed to have His way.	35:13
	Nicodemus, he says, did no know that night	35:17
	that the Wind of the Spirit was going to carry him	35:21
	one day to Pontius Pilate's council chamber	35:23
	to claim the body of Jesus.	35:27
	One of the boldest actions in the Gospel story,	35:30
	and beyond that, to the world-shattering event	35:33
	of the Resurrection.	35:35
	That little shatter of that little group of men	35:38
	in the upper room at Pentecost	35:40
	did not know the Wind of the Spirit	35:43
	that was shaking them was going to carry them	35:46
	and their descendants,	35:49
	to the presence of Caesar and the conquest of the world.	35:51
	And this can be extended and elaborated upon	35:56
	almost to a point of infinity.	35:59
	This role of spiritual captives may be expanded	36:02
	to include outstanding persons	36:06
	in Christian history.	36:09
	Martin Luther was carried by the Wind of the Spirit	36:13
	from a monastery to the Protestant Reformation.	36:15
	John Wesley from Aldous Gate, to the beginning	36:20
	of a movement of spiritual holiness,	36:23
	and Evangelical witness that destined to circle the globe,	36:26
	and turn the world upside down.	36:30
	The United Methodist Church	36:34
	is approaching a significant crossroads.	36:36
	Where two centuries of history will bisect the future,	36:40
	and only the Spirit knows the direction of that future.	36:43
	For those who are committed to the ministry	36:48
	to which we are called.	36:50
	My friends, tonight we are not able to tell	36:53
	where the members of the community of faith	36:55
	may be guided by the Spirit in service.	36:59
	There are many vivid examples of men and women	37:04
	who started out in life	37:06
	with definite goals for a career in business,	37:09
	law, politics, amusements,	37:11
	and other pursuits, but somewhere along the way	37:15
	they allowed the Spirit to take control of their lives,	37:18
	and He has led them along strange pathways.	37:22
	They find their fulfillment not in dollars and cents,	37:27
	but in service rendered in the name of Christ.	37:32
	Some of the clearest and most concrete examples	37:36
	of this unselfish attitude that I have observed	37:39
	are in the mission fields of the world.	37:43
	Those that are sponsored by the Church.	37:46
	And they're exemplified by individuals	37:50
	who are caught and committed by the romance of service.	37:52
	And they have forsaken lives of comfort and affluence	37:57
	in order to be identified with the poor	38:02
	and the less fortunate.	38:05
	As I retrospect the annals of my life	38:08
	and my association with comrades in the Church,	38:10
	especially of the ministry,	38:14
	I have one of my old preachers that stands out preeminently	38:17
	in my thinking, he was a man of very ordinary ability	38:20
	and training, but he was outstanding	38:24
	in his love for people and the church.	38:27
	He once told me the dramatic story of one day	38:30
	when he went to visit with his Bishop,	38:33
	concerning an appointment.	38:36
	He had been moved from a little church	38:39
	down in South Georgia.	38:41
	He had heard the news that the church building	38:44
	had been destroyed by fire,	38:46
	and the people were discouraged and scattered.	38:48
	The congregation had become spiritually anemic	38:52
	and discouraged.	38:56
	He was then serving a church with a membership	38:58
	of probably three times the size of that little church.	39:00
	He went in and spoke to the Bishop and said,	39:05
	"Bishop, I wanna go back to that church and revitalize it."	39:06
	And the Bishop looked at the worksheet	39:11
	and said, "My brother, do you realize that the salary there	39:12
	"is much less than the one you're serving now?"	39:15
	He said, "Yes, Bishop, I know that."	39:19
	"Did you know the membership is not half as large?"	39:21
	He said, "Yes, Bishop, I know that.	39:23
	"But I wanna go."	39:26
	And then, the Bishop, in an attempt to be somewhat sarcastic	39:28
	as sometimes we can be,	39:32
	he said, "My brother, are you drinking?"	39:35
	And this was his reply:	39:38
	He said, "Yes, Bishop, I am drinking.	39:40
	"But I am drinking from a fountain that never runs dry."	39:43
	My friends, tonight I wanna tell you	39:47
	that the fountain is still springing up!	39:49
	Under everlasting life,	39:52
	which you and I are sometimes are like the woman of Sumeria.	39:54
	We find ourselves	39:59
	not able to differentiate between the fountain and the well.	40:01
	And there are times where we cannot get water from the well	40:07
	but the fountain keeps flowing,	40:09
	if we'll let the Spirit be our guide.	40:12
	Then we are not able always to determine	40:17
	where the Spirit will carry us in suffering.	40:19
	One of the most crucial weaknesses of the Church today	40:23
	in my judgment is its diminishing awareness	40:28
	of in the emphasis upon cross bearing,	40:30
	as a mark of Christian discipleship.	40:34
	We, as ministers, let us never forget	40:37
	that we are called to a role of suffering service.	40:39
	We are called to follow our lord	40:45
	all the way to Calvary.	40:48
	In times when we are called	40:51
	to cut across the ways of the world	40:52
	and when the horizontal meets the vertical,	40:54
	crosses are formed.	40:57
	And somebody has to be crucified on those crosses.	40:59
	But thank God tonight there is the assurance	41:04
	that following every Good Friday,	41:06
	there's always a morning of Resurrection on Sunday.	41:09
	Jesus lived a life of suffering	41:14
	that was extended across the whole span of his days	41:17
	in the flesh from Bethlehem to Calvary.	41:19
	My own ministry has become somewhat deficient	41:24
	in the joy and fulfillment which came to me	41:29
	during the days of less affluence	41:31
	when most strenuous sacrifices were demanded.	41:33
	The Hebrew prophets made their most meaningful contributions	41:38
	when they were forced to suffer	41:43
	because of the sins of Israel.	41:44
	The Spirit has been known to lead the people of God	41:47
	into the deepest and darkest valleys and recesses	41:50
	of hardships and trials, and disappointments,	41:54
	ingratitude, and rejection.	41:58
	But in all such conditions,	42:01
	God has revealed His support and His assurance,	42:04
	through voices like Paul who said,	42:08
	"I am persuaded that the sufferings of this present life	42:11
	"are not worthy to be compared with the glory	42:16
	"that shall be revealed in us."	42:19
	My brothers and sisters, whenever life becomes so easy,	42:22
	when the ministry becomes a bed of roses,	42:28
	and there isn't much controversy around,	42:31
	and when people accept you fully,	42:35
	remember you are not likely to be traversing the path,	42:38
	that which the Spirit wants you to go.	42:42
	Then it is not always clear where the Spirit	42:45
	will lead us in achievement.	42:48
	Of all the problems which ministers face in life,	42:51
	none are more perplexing and frustrating,	42:54
	then those which occur in their efforts to define success.	42:58
	This peculiar characteristic of the ministry	43:03
	can only be explained by the assumption	43:05
	that success in God's economy	43:09
	cannot be correctly determined	43:12
	by the human standards of the world.	43:14
	Success is not within the power of human creatures.	43:17
	Some may plant, others may water,	43:22
	but the increase must come from God.	43:25
	The Spirit may guide men along strange pathways,	43:29
	in order to fulfill God's Will in us and for us.	43:33
	The supreme evidence of that achievement	43:37
	in spiritual maturity, those evidences are made manifest	43:40
	in believers as they become faithful,	43:44
	compassionate, loving disciples of Jesus Christ.	43:47
	Stated in another manner,	43:53
	the highest achievement to which the Spirit may lead persons	43:55
	is that state of Christian unity	44:00
	for which Jesus prayed when he said,	44:03
	that they may be one in us,	44:05
	as you and I are one.	44:09
	When the circumstances of Pentecost are viewed,	44:11
	it becomes quite obvious that the disciples of Jesus	44:14
	did not receive the gift of the Spirit	44:19
	until they came to know and accept each other,	44:22
	and each others' thinking.	44:27
	And when the day of Pentecost was fully come,	44:29
	they were all with one accord (chuckles),	44:34
	and in one place.	44:37
	It is at this level of unity that God in other persons,	44:39
	that the Spirit takes charge of our lives	44:45
	and makes us to become what God has designed	44:49
	in His divine purpose.	44:51
	Each child of creation.	44:54
	We cannot determine where the Spirit will take us	44:58
	in the realm of Christian perfection.	45:03
	We heard the message read, beloved, we are the sons of God	45:07
	and it does not appear what we shall be.	45:12
	But we know that we shall be like He.	45:15
	God, who is able to take	45:19
	these broken lives of ours,	45:22
	for whom Jesus died,	45:26
	not because of who we are, nor what we're worth,	45:29
	but because of what we can be.	45:34
	And keep on molding and keep on redeeming	45:38
	and keep on loving,	45:41
	and keep on providing us strength.	45:45
	Until someday we shall be fully committed to Him.	45:48
	In the spirit of sanctification.	45:52
	Christian perfection.	45:55
	We're totally committed to the Will of God.	45:58
	Instead of him, I'll be what you want me to be.	46:02
	I'll say what you want me to say.	46:05
	But you have to have the Spirit	46:08
	to lead you to that point of total surrender.	46:10
	My life is no longer my own.	46:15
	But thank God I'm bought with a price.	46:19
	I'm He.	46:22
	And He is mine.	46:24

-	Virtue. These latter days	0:03
	of the 20th century let the spirit	0:06
	have its way in its life and mission to the world.	0:10
	Those virtues of love, joy, peace,	0:15
	long suffering, gentleness and goodness	0:17
	which Paul call the fruits of the spirit	0:21
	will pervade throughout the earth	0:25
	to the end that the kingdom of God shall reign	0:27
	from shore to shore,	0:31
	as the waters that cover the sea.	0:34
	My brothers and sisters, in our search for truth	0:39
	in our yearnings for understanding of life,	0:45
	there are times when we cannot	0:49
	bring ourselves to the point	0:52
	of being thankful for all things.	0:53
	Well we can be thankful in all things.	0:58
	In the midst of our frustrations,	1:01
	in the midst of our confusion,	1:05
	our partial understanding of truth.	1:08
	Remember that he has promised	1:11
	that the spirit will lead us and guide us	1:14
	in all perfect truth.	1:18
	The wind bloweth where it listeth.	1:22
	Thou hearest the sound thereof,	1:26
	cannot tell from whence it cometh	1:27
	whither it goeth.	1:30
	So is everyone that is born of the spirit.	1:33
	Edwin Lewis,	1:37
	a prominent theologian of several centuries ago	1:40
	said something like this.	1:45
	That which is born of the flesh is flesh	1:48
	And that is creature-hood.	1:51
	That is which is born of the spirit is spirit	1:54
	And that is sonship.	1:58
	I expect you to change it now in this day	2:01
	of different politics.	2:04
	You said that which is born of the spirit is spirit	2:06
	And that is personhood.	2:11
	God help us tonight.	2:13
	As we become totally committed	2:16
	to be led by the winds of the spirit	2:18
	that will carry us in unknown paths,	2:23
	but paths where God has promised to be with us.	2:28
	For He said, I'll be with you always	2:33
	even unto the end of the world.	2:36
	And young men and young women especially tonight,	2:38
	I've come to learn after 50 years of trying this business,	2:42
	that that is an all-sufficient promise.	2:47
	If he is there, that's enough.	2:49
-	It is appropriate that we respond to this proclaimed word	3:02
	by affirming our faith in the timeless words	3:06
	of the Apostles' Creed.	3:08
	Will you stand?	3:10
	I believe in God the father almighty	3:18
	maker of heaven and earth	3:21
	and in Jesus Christ, his only son, our Lord.	3:23
	Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,	3:26
	born of the Virgin Mary,	3:30
	suffered under Pontius Pilate,	3:31
	was crucified, dead and buried.	3:34
	The third day he rose from the dead.	3:37
	He ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand	3:40
	of God the father almighty.	3:43
	From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.	3:45
	I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church,	3:49
	the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins,	3:54
	the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting	3:58
	Amen.	4:02
	Let us join as we pray together our prayer of thanksgiving.	4:04
	God of wind, word and fire, we bless your name this day	4:09
	for sending the light and the strength of your Holy Spirit.	4:15
	We give you thanks for all the gifts, great and small	4:19
	which have been poured out upon your children.	4:23
	Accept us with our gifts, the living praise and witness	4:27
	to your love, throughout all the earth.	4:30
	In the name of Jesus Christ, who lives with you	4:34
	in the unity of the Holy Spirit.	4:38
	One God, forever and ever, Amen.	4:40
	Remember that Jesus taught his disciples when they prayed	4:45
	to say: Our Father, who art in heaven,	4:48
	hallowed be thy name.	4:53
	Thy kingdom come, thy will be done	4:55
	on earth as it is in heaven.	4:58
	Give us this day our daily bread	5:01
	and forgive us our trespasses,	5:04
	as we forgive those who trespass against us.	5:06
	And lead us not into temptation,	5:10
	but deliver us from evil,	5:13
	for thine is the kingdom, and the power	5:15
	and the glory forever, Amen.	5:18
	(organ music)	5:25
	(choir singing indistinctly)	5:47
	♪ Christ the son of God ♪	6:15
	♪ Amen ♪	9:10
	Go in peace to serve God and your neighbor	9:21
	in all that you do.	9:22
	(crowd murmurs)	9:49
	The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ	9:52
	and the love of God	9:55
	and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.	9:57
Congregation	Amen.	10:01
	♪ Alleluia Amen Amen Alleluia Amen ♪	10:05
	♪ Alleluia Amen Amen Alleluia Amen ♪	10:11
	♪ Alleluia Amen Amen Alleluia Amen ♪	10:17
	♪ Alleluia... ♪	10:22
	♪ Amen... ♪
	♪ Alleluia ♪	10:27
	♪ Alleluia ♪	10:29
	♪ Amen Amen ♪	10:32
	♪ Alleluia Amen ♪	10:33
	♪ Alleluia Amen Amen Alleluia Amen ♪	10:36
	♪ O Judah, rejoice ♪	10:41
	♪ Rejoice, O Judah and in songs divine ♪	10:46
	♪ With cherubim and seraphim harmonious join ♪	10:52
	♪ With cherubim and seraphim harmonious join ♪	10:58
	♪ Alleluia Amen Amen Alleluia Amen ♪	11:03
	♪ Rejoice... ♪	11:08
	♪ Harmonious join... ♪
	♪ Harmonious join ♪	11:14
	♪ Alleluia Amen Amen Alleluia Amen ♪	11:18
	♪ Amen ♪	11:25
	♪ Amen ♪	11:28
	♪ Alleluia ♪	11:31
	♪ Amen ♪	11:35
	(organ music)	11:47
	(triumphant music swells)	14:42
	(crowd murmurs indistinctly)	14:54

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Title:

[unknown] - Divinity School Convocation Night Meeting (November 9, 1982)

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If the Church neglects the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, it will face dire consequences. In order to faithfully walk in ministry, we must follow the leading of the Spirit into unknown and often uncertain places. For the Spirit, like the wind, cannot be controlled but blows where it wills. (Abstract created by Duke Divinity School staff.)
Sermon start time: (Part 1) 26:51. Sermon end time: (Part 2) 02:54.
Key quotation: “The Spirit may guide men [sic] along strange pathways, in order to fulfill God’s will in us and for us.”

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November 9, 1982

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Duke University. Chapel

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