Carol M. Cox - "What Manner of Person?" (April 20, 1986)
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(singing in foreign language) | 1:50 | |
(chorus singing) | 6:29 | |
(chorus singing) | 9:07 | |
- | Grace and peace to you | 13:37 |
in the name of the Lord, Jesus Christ. | 13:38 | |
We welcome you to this service of worship | 13:40 | |
at Duke University Chapel | 13:42 | |
and invite you to be with us again very soon. | 13:44 | |
We welcome as our guest preacher this morning, | 13:48 | |
the Reverend Carol Matteson Cox, | 13:50 | |
minister of Fordham United Methodist Church | 13:52 | |
in the Bronx, New York. | 13:55 | |
Reverend Cox is well-known throughout Methodism | 13:57 | |
for her preaching ability | 13:59 | |
and was the first woman to preach | 14:01 | |
an entire series of sermons on The Protestant Hour. | 14:03 | |
We are indeed privileged to welcome her to our pulpit today. | 14:06 | |
We also welcome as our guest musicians, the Raleigh Consort | 14:10 | |
and their director, Mr. Rick Motylinsk. | 14:14 | |
We have been blessed by their presence | 14:17 | |
in the chapel in the past | 14:19 | |
and we look forward to their contribution | 14:21 | |
to today's worship service. | 14:22 | |
Please note the other announcements | 14:25 | |
as they are printed in your bulletins. | 14:27 | |
This is the day the Lord hath made, | 14:30 | |
let us rejoice and be glad in it. | 14:32 | |
(organ begins playing) | 14:40 | |
- | Almighty God, who through your only begotten son, | 18:41 |
Jesus Christ, overcame death | 18:44 | |
and opened to us the gate of everlasting life. | 18:47 | |
Grant that we, | 18:52 | |
who celebrate with joy, the day of the Lord's resurrection, | 18:53 | |
may be raised from the death of sin | 18:57 | |
by your life-giving spirit. | 18:59 | |
Through Jesus Christ, our Lord, | 19:01 | |
who lives and reigns with you | 19:04 | |
and the Holy Spirit, one God, | 19:05 | |
now and forever. | 19:08 | |
Amen. | 19:10 | |
- | Let us pray, | 19:21 |
Open our hearts and minds, O God, | 19:24 | |
by the power of your Holy Spirit. | 19:27 | |
So that as the word is read and proclaimed | 19:30 | |
we might hear with joy what you say to us this day. | 19:34 | |
Amen. | 19:39 | |
The first lesson is taken from the book of Acts. | 19:41 | |
And Peter opened his mouth and said, | 19:46 | |
"Truly, I perceive that God shows no partiality, | 19:48 | |
"but in every nation anyone who fears him | 19:52 | |
"and does what is right is acceptable to him. | 19:56 | |
"You know the word which he sent to Israel, | 20:00 | |
"preaching good news of peace by Jesus Christ, | 20:02 | |
"the Lord of all. | 20:06 | |
"The word which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, | 20:07 | |
"beginning from Galilee | 20:11 | |
"after the baptism which John preached. | 20:13 | |
"How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth | 20:16 | |
"with the Holy Spirit and with power. | 20:19 | |
"How he went about doing good | 20:22 | |
"and healing all that were oppressed by the devil, | 20:24 | |
"for God was with him. | 20:28 | |
"We are witnesses to all that he did, | 20:30 | |
"both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. | 20:33 | |
"They put him to death by hanging him on a tree, | 20:37 | |
"but God raised him on the third day | 20:41 | |
"and made him manifest, | 20:43 | |
"not to all the people, | 20:45 | |
"but to those of us who were chosen by God as witnesses, | 20:47 | |
"who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. | 20:52 | |
"He commanded us to preach to the people | 20:57 | |
"and to testify that he is the one ordained by God | 21:00 | |
"to be judge of the living and of the dead. | 21:04 | |
"To him, all the prophets bare witness | 21:07 | |
"that everyone who believes in him | 21:10 | |
"receives forgiveness of sins through his name." | 21:12 | |
This ends the reading of the first lesson. | 21:17 | |
The second lesson is taken from the book of Revelation. | 21:19 | |
After this I looked, and behold, | 21:24 | |
a great multitude which no man could number. | 21:27 | |
From every nation, | 21:30 | |
from all tribes and peoples and tongues, | 21:32 | |
standing before the throne and before the Lamb, | 21:35 | |
clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, | 21:39 | |
and crying out with a loud voice, | 21:43 | |
"Salvation belongs to our God who sits upon the throne, | 21:46 | |
"and to the Lamb!" | 21:51 | |
And all the angels stood 'round the throne | 21:53 | |
and 'round the elders and the four living creatures, | 21:56 | |
and they fell on their faces before the throne | 21:59 | |
and worshiped God, saying, | 22:02 | |
"Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom | 22:05 | |
"and thanksgiving and honor and power and might | 22:08 | |
"be to our God forever and ever! Amen." | 22:12 | |
Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, | 22:17 | |
"Who are these, clothed in white robes, | 22:20 | |
and whence have they come?" | 22:23 | |
I said to him, "Sir, you know." | 22:25 | |
And he said to me, | 22:27 | |
"These are they who have come out of the great tribulation. | 22:28 | |
"They have washed their robes and made them white | 22:32 | |
"in the blood of the Lamb. | 22:35 | |
"Therefore are they before the throne of God. | 22:37 | |
"And serve him day and night within his temple. | 22:41 | |
"He who sits upon the throne | 22:44 | |
"will shelter them with his presence. | 22:46 | |
"They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore. | 22:49 | |
"The sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat. | 22:53 | |
"For the Lamb in the mist of the throne | 22:57 | |
"will be their shepherd, | 22:59 | |
"and he will guide them to springs of living water, | 23:00 | |
"and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes." | 23:04 | |
This ends the reading of the second lesson. | 23:08 | |
(chorus singing) | 23:53 | |
- | Good morning. | 28:31 |
The gospel lesson is from the gospel of Luke, | 28:33 | |
chapter 15 verses one through three | 28:37 | |
and verses 11 through 32. | 28:41 | |
Now the tax-collectors and sinners | 28:48 | |
were all drawing near to hear him. | 28:51 | |
And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured saying, | 28:55 | |
"This man receives sinners and eats with them." | 28:59 | |
So he told them this parable, | 29:04 | |
There was a man who had two sons. | 29:09 | |
And the younger of them said to his father, | 29:12 | |
"Father, give me the share of the property | 29:16 | |
"that falls to me." | 29:18 | |
And he divided his living between them. | 29:21 | |
Not many days later the younger son gathered all he had | 29:25 | |
and took his journey into a far country, | 29:29 | |
and there he squandered his property in loose living. | 29:33 | |
When he had spent everything, | 29:39 | |
a great famine arose in that country, | 29:42 | |
and he began to be in want. | 29:45 | |
So he went and joined himself | 29:50 | |
to one of the citizens of that country, | 29:52 | |
who sent him into his fields to feed swine. | 29:54 | |
And he would gladly have fed on the pods that the swine ate | 30:00 | |
and no one gave him anything. | 30:04 | |
But when he came to himself he said, | 30:09 | |
"How many of my father's hired servants | 30:14 | |
"have bread enough and to spare, | 30:17 | |
"but I perish here with hunger!" | 30:20 | |
I will arise and go to my father, | 30:24 | |
and I will say to him, | 30:27 | |
"Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. | 30:30 | |
"I am no longer worthy to be called your son. | 30:36 | |
"Treat me as one of your hired servants." | 30:40 | |
And he arose and came to his father. | 30:44 | |
But while he was yet at a distance, | 30:47 | |
his father saw him and had compassion, | 30:49 | |
and ran and embraced him and kissed him. | 30:53 | |
The son said to him, | 30:58 | |
"Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, | 30:59 | |
"I am no longer worthy to be called your son." | 31:06 | |
But the father said to his servants, | 31:11 | |
"Bring quickly the best robe and put it on him | 31:13 | |
"and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet. | 31:16 | |
"And bring the fatted calf and kill it, | 31:20 | |
"and let us eat and make merry, | 31:23 | |
"for this my son | 31:26 | |
"was dead | 31:28 | |
"and is alive again. | 31:31 | |
"He was lost and is found!" | 31:33 | |
And they began to make merry. | 31:38 | |
Now his elder son was in the field | 31:42 | |
and as he came and drew near to the house, | 31:44 | |
he heard music and dancing. | 31:46 | |
He called one of the servants and asked what this meant. | 31:50 | |
And he said to him, "Your brother has come, | 31:54 | |
"and your father has killed the fatted calf | 31:56 | |
"because he has received him safe and sound." | 31:59 | |
But he was angry and refused to come in. | 32:04 | |
His father came out and entreated him. | 32:09 | |
But he answered his father, | 32:12 | |
"Lo! These many years I have served you | 32:14 | |
"and I never disobeyed your command, | 32:17 | |
"yet you have never given me a kid | 32:20 | |
"that I might make merry with my friends. | 32:23 | |
"But when this son of yours came, | 32:27 | |
"who has devoured your living with harlots, | 32:29 | |
"you killed for him the fatted calf!" | 32:32 | |
And he said to him, | 32:37 | |
"Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. | 32:40 | |
"It was fitting to make merry and be glad, | 32:47 | |
"for this, your brother was dead | 32:52 | |
and is alive. | 32:56 | |
"He was lost and is found." | 32:59 | |
May God bless us | 33:11 | |
that we may hear God's word | 33:13 | |
in our hearts this day. | 33:16 | |
The elder son refuses to go in to the celebration | 33:28 | |
to welcome his brother back home. | 33:32 | |
His father came out and entreated him. | 33:36 | |
But he answered his father, | 33:39 | |
"Lo! These many years I have served you | 33:42 | |
"and I never disobeyed your command, | 33:45 | |
"yet you never gave me a kid | 33:48 | |
"that I might make merry with my friends. | 33:50 | |
"But when this son of yours came, | 33:54 | |
"who has devoured your living with harlots, | 33:57 | |
"you killed for him the fatted calf." | 33:59 | |
Is this right? | 34:11 | |
How can this be? | 34:15 | |
The elder son seems to have a case. | 34:20 | |
We hear of an outstanding young man | 34:24 | |
who's been an extraordinary son. | 34:27 | |
Served his father many years | 34:30 | |
and never disobeyed his fathers command. | 34:33 | |
A good son | 34:38 | |
or daughter, we might add. | 34:40 | |
On the other hand, there is this prodigal. | 34:44 | |
A young adult who grabbed his inheritance and ran off | 34:48 | |
and squandered it. | 34:52 | |
When he got what he deserved, | 34:55 | |
when he got hungry, | 34:58 | |
he came running back home to daddy. | 35:00 | |
The father seems to be a pushover | 35:06 | |
who favors his younger son. | 35:09 | |
The minute he sees this apple of his eye approaching, | 35:11 | |
he runs out to meet him, | 35:14 | |
hugs him and throws a party in his honor. | 35:16 | |
The elder brother has good reason to be mad, doesn't he? | 35:22 | |
The father goes out to talk with him, | 35:30 | |
hears his anger, | 35:34 | |
in good, pastoral counseling fashion, | 35:36 | |
and tells him he should come in and join the party. | 35:40 | |
There is something more here. | 35:51 | |
There is something about this elder son | 35:56 | |
that doesn't ring true. | 36:00 | |
He's very angry, it sounds like | 36:05 | |
he has good reason to be angry. | 36:09 | |
He says, "I never disobeyed you. | 36:13 | |
"You never gave me a party." | 36:18 | |
Does that sound familiar? | 36:24 | |
In an argument, I always am right. | 36:28 | |
They never do things the way they should. | 36:34 | |
I never misbehave. | 36:38 | |
They are always bad. | 36:42 | |
In an argument, it's not my brother, | 36:46 | |
it's your son, | 36:50 | |
your daughter, | 36:53 | |
your relatives. | 36:56 | |
The elder son is angry. | 37:02 | |
He wants to know where his reward is. | 37:05 | |
He's been good. | 37:09 | |
He's played by the rules. | 37:12 | |
How come the father hasn't thrown a party for him? | 37:15 | |
You or I might say, | 37:22 | |
"Where's my reward for all I've done?" | 37:24 | |
The parent hears the child's anger, | 37:33 | |
refrains from listing all that he's done | 37:39 | |
for the elder child. | 37:42 | |
Does not enter into a debate. | 37:44 | |
The parent simply says to his child, | 37:47 | |
"You are always with me. | 37:52 | |
"All that is mine is yours. | 37:57 | |
"All that is mine is yours." | 38:03 | |
Somehow the son is not able to receive | 38:11 | |
what the father is offering. | 38:16 | |
He must have been a serious and rather dower young man. | 38:21 | |
He reminds me of a bumper sticker that reads, | 38:25 | |
"For a while I felt good, but I finally got over it." | 38:29 | |
In this parable, | 38:39 | |
Jesus describes our relationship with God. | 38:42 | |
God entreats each one of us to enter into community. | 38:49 | |
God is present for us, | 38:56 | |
listens to us, | 38:59 | |
we have only to turn around | 39:02 | |
and turn back to God. | 39:05 | |
The Greek word for repentance is metanoia. | 39:09 | |
Literally, to turn around. | 39:14 | |
Something was hindering the elder son, | 39:21 | |
restraining him from entering into life and community. | 39:25 | |
Perhaps he had been too serious. | 39:31 | |
Maybe he believed the rules too much, | 39:35 | |
became too burdened down with care. | 39:40 | |
There is a story of a young milkmaid. | 39:47 | |
Excuse me. | 39:52 | |
She brought two new milk pails | 39:54 | |
and decided to walk into town to buy some cream. | 39:56 | |
On the way, she met several neighbors | 40:00 | |
who asked her to carry some garbage | 40:03 | |
into the town dump for them. | 40:05 | |
Being a good neighbor, | 40:08 | |
she obliged. | 40:13 | |
When she got to town and tried to empty the new pails, | 40:15 | |
the garbage had stained | 40:19 | |
and stuck to the inside of the pails. | 40:21 | |
When she put the cream in the pails, | 40:24 | |
it soured before she got home. | 40:27 | |
Garbage is readily available to each of us. | 40:33 | |
The garbage of too much work, | 40:39 | |
the garbage of fear and envy, | 40:43 | |
the garbage of anger and bitterness. | 40:48 | |
Is there garbage in your life | 40:55 | |
that is hindering you | 40:59 | |
from entering into the community that God calls you to? | 41:00 | |
The father in this parable, | 41:15 | |
what manner of person is this parent? | 41:20 | |
He entreats his elder son to come in | 41:27 | |
and join in the merry making. | 41:30 | |
He receives his lost son home again. | 41:34 | |
No lectures, | 41:39 | |
no bargains, | 41:41 | |
no if you only did as I had taught you, | 41:44 | |
he simply receives him back home, | 41:49 | |
and rejoices. | 41:54 | |
He is compassionate, this parent. | 41:57 | |
Our Christian faith, | 42:03 | |
a faith guided by the Holy Spirit, | 42:06 | |
not by law, | 42:08 | |
is rooted in compassion. | 42:11 | |
How hard it is to be compassionate | 42:17 | |
towards those who have wandered and been lost | 42:23 | |
when we try so hard to be good. | 42:27 | |
Compassion is not valued in our culture. | 42:34 | |
It was not valued in Jesus' day either. | 42:38 | |
Walter Brueggemann, in a book called | 42:44 | |
The Prophetic Imagination, | 42:46 | |
which is quoted in | 42:48 | |
A Guide to Prayer for Ministers and Other Servants, | 42:49 | |
says this, | 42:53 | |
"Compassion constitutes a radical form of criticism, | 42:56 | |
"for it announces that the hurt | 43:01 | |
"is to be taken seriously, | 43:05 | |
"that the hurt is not to be accepted as normal and natural | 43:08 | |
"but is an abnormal and unacceptable condition | 43:14 | |
"for humanness. | 43:17 | |
"In the arrangement of lawfulness in Jesus' time, | 43:20 | |
"as in the ancient empire of Pharaoh, | 43:24 | |
"the one unpermitted quality of relation | 43:27 | |
"was compassion. | 43:32 | |
"Empires are never built or maintained | 43:35 | |
"on the basis of compassion. | 43:38 | |
"The norms of law, social control, | 43:40 | |
"are never accommodated to persons, | 43:43 | |
"but persons are accommodated to the norms. | 43:47 | |
"Otherwise, the norms will collapse | 43:52 | |
"and with them, the whole power arrangement. | 43:54 | |
"Thus, the compassion of Jesus is to be understood | 43:59 | |
"not simply as a personal, emotional reaction, | 44:02 | |
"but as a public criticism | 44:06 | |
"in which he dares to act upon his concern | 44:08 | |
"against the entire numbness of his social context." | 44:12 | |
If you | 44:24 | |
and I | 44:26 | |
could be compassionate toward others, | 44:28 | |
perhaps we could be more accepting of ourselves as well. | 44:35 | |
Not as we imagine ourselves to be, | 44:39 | |
but ourselves as we really are. | 44:44 | |
The younger son | 44:51 | |
provides a model for us. | 44:53 | |
Not in his sinning, of course, | 44:56 | |
but in his coming to himself, | 45:00 | |
and returning home again, acknowledging his sin. | 45:05 | |
The younger child receives his inheritance | 45:11 | |
and abuses it. | 45:15 | |
Finds himself without the resources he needs for life. | 45:19 | |
Strung out, | 45:24 | |
hungry, | 45:26 | |
and isolated, | 45:29 | |
and no one gave him anything. | 45:33 | |
But he comes to himself. | 45:40 | |
What would it mean for you | 45:46 | |
to come to yourself? | 45:50 | |
When he comes to himself, | 46:04 | |
he realizes that he's worse off than his fathers servants. | 46:05 | |
They have bread, but he is perishing. | 46:10 | |
He is aware that his sin has lead to a living death. | 46:15 | |
He knows that he cannot go back home again | 46:21 | |
and have everything as it were before he sinned. | 46:24 | |
And yet, with courage, | 46:31 | |
he arises and goes home. | 46:33 | |
Intending, merely, | 46:36 | |
to be received as a servant in his fathers house. | 46:38 | |
When his father greets him, | 46:45 | |
he confesses his sin. | 46:48 | |
"Father," he says, "I have sinned against heaven | 46:59 | |
"and before you. | 47:02 | |
"I am no longer worthy to be called your son. | 47:05 | |
"Treat me as one of your hired servants." | 47:10 | |
But while he was yet at a distance, | 47:16 | |
his father saw him and had compassion | 47:19 | |
and ran and embraced him and kissed him. | 47:23 | |
And the son confesses his sin to the father. | 47:28 | |
But the father says to the servants, | 47:35 | |
"Bring quickly the best robe and put it on him, | 47:36 | |
"and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet." | 47:40 |
- | Those of sonship. | 0:03 |
And bring the fatted calf and kill it | 0:07 | |
and let us eat and make merry. | 0:09 | |
For this my son was dead and is alive again. | 0:11 | |
He was lost and is found. | 0:18 | |
And they began to make merry. | 0:27 | |
What words of hope and joy for us. | 0:37 | |
To know that whenever you | 0:42 | |
and I wander from God's love, | 0:45 | |
God welcomes us back, | 0:49 | |
forgives us, | 0:52 | |
and rejoices that we have turned around | 0:55 | |
and come home again. | 0:59 | |
God's promise of forgiveness gives comfort to us. | 1:05 | |
A prodigal can return home, | 1:11 | |
and will be welcomed as a son, | 1:15 | |
as a daughter. | 1:19 | |
The story of the elder son is challenging. | 1:26 | |
When other prodigals return home, | 1:32 | |
will you withhold your presence in anger and envy? | 1:38 | |
Or will you come inside and join in the merry making? | 1:44 | |
Join in the celebration of resurrection and new life. | 1:51 | |
For this your brother, | 1:58 | |
your sister, | 2:02 | |
was dead and is alive. | 2:05 | |
Was lost and now is found. | 2:11 | |
Will you join me in prayer? | 2:20 | |
Most gracious and loving God | 2:30 | |
who art as a mother and father to each one of us | 2:34 | |
Send your Holy Spirit upon us this day | 2:40 | |
that we may each | 2:46 | |
and all of us together in community, | 2:51 | |
confess our waywardness and return to you. | 2:53 | |
Help us to know that you wait to be present for us | 2:59 | |
and that you are always willing to forgive. | 3:05 | |
Grant that we may be people of compassion | 3:11 | |
and that we may make merry | 3:17 | |
when a sister or brother returns home again. | 3:19 | |
In the name and in the power of Jesus Christ we pray. | 3:25 | |
Amen. | 3:30 | |
(bright organ music) | 3:37 | |
(organ music drowns out singing) | 4:05 | |
The Lord be with you. | 6:36 | |
- | And also with you. | 6:39 |
- | Let us pray. | 6:40 |
Our kind and gracious God | 6:56 | |
the hope of all who seek thee | 7:00 | |
and the joy of all who find. | 7:02 | |
As we bow in reverence before thy infinite majesty, | 7:05 | |
lead us into the blessedness | 7:10 | |
of the mystery of communion with thee. | 7:12 | |
Bestow upon us the peace which quiets every misgiving | 7:15 | |
and the trust which fills the soul with joy and gladness. | 7:20 | |
Hear now these prayers for others, O God | 7:26 | |
which we lift up onto thee. | 7:28 | |
Let us pray for peace in our world, | 7:32 | |
for the people of South Africa, | 7:36 | |
Central America, Afghanistan, | 7:39 | |
Lebanon, Northern Ireland, Libya, | 7:43 | |
and the United States. | 7:47 | |
Bestow upon the leaders of these nations | 7:49 | |
and all other nations the wisdom to rule justly | 7:52 | |
and the courage to do so with compassion. | 7:55 | |
Let us pray for the sick and the afflicted. | 8:01 | |
For those suffering from chronic or terminal disease, | 8:05 | |
from mental illness, | 8:09 | |
and the problems of aging. | 8:11 | |
Provide for them homes of dignity and peace. | 8:14 | |
Grant those who seek to care for them | 8:18 | |
the necessary skills and energy | 8:21 | |
and the patience to carry out their task | 8:25 | |
in a manner that heals the spirit, if not the body. | 8:28 | |
Let us pray for all victims of violence and their families, | 8:33 | |
both in our own communities and throughout the world. | 8:38 | |
Increase our understanding of the causes of violence | 8:42 | |
and enable us still to love those who inflict it upon others | 8:46 | |
even in its most abhorrent forms. | 8:51 | |
Let us pray for the right use of thy gifts, O God. | 8:55 | |
Thou hast given all that we possess | 9:01 | |
including precious natural resources. | 9:04 | |
Grant us grace that we may honor thee | 9:07 | |
by being faithful stewards of thy bounty. | 9:10 | |
We lift these prayers unto thee, O God, | 9:15 | |
reassured that thou has searched us | 9:18 | |
and known us and lovest us still. | 9:22 | |
In the name of Jesus Christ we pray. | 9:27 | |
Amen. | 9:30 | |
And now in the spirit of Thanksgiving | 9:34 | |
for all that God has done, | 9:36 | |
let us offer our gifts and ourselves unto God. | 9:38 | |
(congregation rustles) | 9:55 | |
♪ Oh my Jesus Christ ♪ | 10:58 | |
♪ There he goes ♪ | 11:03 | |
♪ And through his blight we move ♪ | 11:06 | |
♪ Join him working hand in hand ♪ | 11:11 | |
♪ Good to see ♪ | 11:15 | |
♪ The first name to eternity ♪ | 11:18 | |
♪ All they do is through Jesus Christ ♪ | 11:24 | |
♪ So ye on heaven's all in heart ♪ | 11:30 | |
♪ Thus walk us all ♪ | 11:36 | |
♪ And to him ♪ | 11:40 | |
♪ Decide he will be ♪ | 11:43 | |
♪ The trumpets today ♪ | 11:46 | |
♪ Hallelujah ♪ | 11:50 | |
♪ Hallelujah ♪ | 11:52 | |
(choral singing) | 12:11 | |
(chorus vocalizes) | 16:44 | |
(organ music) | 18:30 | |
♪ All creatures of our God and King ♪ | 19:00 | |
♪ Lift up your voice and let us sing ♪ | 19:05 | |
♪ Alleluia ♪ | 19:11 | |
♪ Alleluia ♪ | 19:15 | |
♪ Thou burning sun with golden beam ♪ | 19:19 | |
♪ Thou silver moon with softer gleam ♪ | 19:25 | |
♪ O Praise Him ♪ | 19:31 | |
♪ O Praise Him ♪ | 19:35 | |
♪ Alleluia ♪ | 19:38 | |
♪ Alleluia ♪ | 19:41 | |
♪ Alleluia ♪ | 19:45 | |
(organ music) | 19:53 | |
Almighty and most merciful God | 20:05 | |
from whom cometh every good and perfect gift, | 20:08 | |
we give thee thanks and praise for all thy mercies, | 20:12 | |
thy goodness hath created us, | 20:16 | |
they bounty hath sustained us, | 20:18 | |
thy love hath redeemed us. | 20:20 | |
Give us a heart to love and to serve thee, | 20:23 | |
and enable us to show our thankfulness | 20:26 | |
for all thy goodness and mercy | 20:29 | |
by giving up ourselves completely into thy service. | 20:31 | |
This we pray in the name of Jesus Christ | 20:36 | |
who taught us to pray with confidence. | 20:39 | |
Our Father who art in Heaven | 20:41 | |
Hallowed be thy name | 20:44 | |
Thy kingdom come | 20:46 | |
Thy will be done | 20:48 | |
on Earth as it is in Heaven. | 20:50 | |
Give us this day our daily bread, | 20:53 | |
and forgive us our trespasses | 20:55 | |
as we forgive those who trespass against us, | 20:58 | |
and lead us not into temptation | 21:02 | |
but deliver us from evil, | 21:04 | |
for thine is the kingdom, | 21:06 | |
the power and the glory forever. | 21:08 | |
Amen. | 21:12 | |
(organ music) | 21:15 | |
And now go forth in peace and be of good courage. | 24:06 | |
Hold fast to that which is good, | 24:10 | |
rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit. | 24:13 | |
And may the blessings of God creator | 24:16 | |
Christ and Holy Spirit be with you all now and forever. | 24:19 | |
Amen. | 24:24 | |
(organ music) | 24:27 | |
(congregation chatters) | 28:22 | |
(organ music) | 28:26 |