Charlene P. Kammerer - "Lest We Forget" (November 23, 1980)

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	(organ music)	0:04
	(instrumental music)	2:41
	♪ Beautiful Savior ♪	8:00
	♪ Lord of the nations ♪	8:07
	♪ Son of God ♪	8:15
	♪ And Son of Man ♪	8:20
	♪ Glory and honor ♪	8:29
	♪ Praise, adoration ♪	8:36
	♪ Now and forevermore ♪	8:42
	♪ Be Thine ♪	8:49
	♪ Now and forevermore ♪	8:54
	♪ Be Thine ♪	9:07
	(organ music)	9:19
	♪ All people that on earth do dwell ♪	9:59
	♪ Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice ♪	10:07
	♪ Serve Him with joy, His praises tell ♪	10:14
	♪ Come now before Him and rejoice ♪	10:22
	♪ The Lord, ye know, is God indeed ♪	10:33
	♪ Without our aid He did us make ♪	10:41
	♪ We are His folk, He doth us feed ♪	10:49
	♪ And for His sheep He doth us take ♪	10:57
	♪ O enter then His gates with praise ♪	11:07
	♪ Approach with joy His courts unto ♪	11:15
	♪ Praise, laud, and bless His name always ♪	11:23
	♪ For it is seemly so to do ♪	11:31
	♪ For why the Lord our God is good ♪	11:42
	♪ His mercy is for ever sure ♪	11:50
	♪ His truth at all times firmly stood ♪	11:58
	♪ And shall from age to age endure ♪	12:06
	♪ To Father, Son and Holy Ghost ♪	12:16
	♪ The God whom heaven and earth adore ♪	12:24
	♪ From men and from the angel host ♪	12:32
	♪ Be praise and glory evermore ♪	12:39
	♪ Praise God from whom all blessings flow ♪	12:50
	♪ Praise God all creatures here below ♪	12:57
	♪ Praise God the Father, God the Son ♪	13:05
	♪ And God the Spirit, ever one ♪	13:13
	♪ Praise God, from whom all blessings flow ♪	13:23
	♪ Praise Him, all creatures here below ♪	13:31
	♪ Praise Him above, ye heavenly host ♪	13:38
	♪ Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost ♪	13:46
	♪ Praise God the Father who's the source ♪	13:56
	♪ Praise God the Son who is the course ♪	14:04
	♪ Praise God the Spirit who's the flow ♪	14:12
	♪ Praise God, our portion here below ♪	14:20
	♪ Amen ♪	14:31
-	Come let us worship the Lord our God.	15:00
	If we say we are sinless,	15:04
	then we deceive ourselves.	15:07
	But if we repent of our sins,	15:10
	then God is just and He will forgive our sins.	15:12
	Let us therefore confess our sins before Almighty God.	15:18
-	Most holy and merciful Lord our God,	15:26
	we acknowledge and confess in Your presence	15:30
	the sinfulness of our nature	15:34
	and our shortcomings and offenses against You.	15:37
	You alone know how often we have sinned	15:41
	in wandering from Your ways,	15:44
	in wasting Your gifts,	15:46
	in forgetting Your love.	15:49
	Have mercy, O Lord, upon us	15:51
	who are ashamed and sorry for all ways	15:54
	in which we have displeased You.	15:58
	Forgive our sins, we beseech You,	16:01
	through Jesus Christ Your Son, our Savior.	16:03
	Teach us to understand our errors.	16:08
	Cleanse from secret faults	16:11
	and O most holy and loving God,	16:14
	send Your purifying grace into our hearts	16:17
	that we may henceforth live in Your light	16:21
	and walk in Your ways.	16:25
-	Almighty God,	16:50
	You who freely pardon	16:52
	all who repent and turn to You,	16:53
	fulfill now in every contrite heart	16:56
	Your promise of redeeming grace,	16:59
	absolving us from all our sins	17:02
	and delivering us from the pain of guilt	17:04
	through the perfect sacrifice of Christ our Lord, amen.	17:08
	Let us give thanks for God is good	17:14
	and God's love is everlasting.	17:17
-	Thanks be to God	17:20
	whose love creates us.	17:22
	Thanks be to God	17:24
	whose mercy redeems us.	17:26
	Thanks be to God	17:28
	whose grace leads us into the future.	17:30
-	We welcome you to Duke Chapel this morning,	17:39
	especially those of you who are worshiping here	17:42
	for the first time.	17:44
	We hope you will return again to worship with us.	17:45
	We hope you all have a joyful Thanksgiving.	17:50
	We give thanks especially this day	17:54
	for the hardships that our forefathers and mothers	17:58
	bore in order that we might enjoy	18:01
	the freedoms to worship that we have today.	18:03
	I have one announcement.	18:07
	Messiah tickets are unfortunately sold out already	18:09
	for this year.	18:13
	Take note, they will go on sale next year November 1st.	18:15
	(audience laughs)	18:20
-	Let us pray.	18:34
	O Lord our God,	18:39
	open our eyes that we may behold wondrous things	18:40
	out of Your Word.	18:43
	And let the words of my mouth	18:45
	and the meditations of our heart	18:47
	be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord.	18:49
	These things we ask in the name of Jesus Christ,	18:52
	our Strength and our Redeemer, amen.	18:54
	The Old Testament lesson is from Deuteronomy chapter 8,	19:01
	verses 7 through 18.	19:05
	For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land,	19:10
	a land of brooks of water,	19:13
	of fountains and springs,	19:15
	flowing forth in valleys and hills,	19:17
	a land of wheat and barley,	19:20
	of vines and fig trees and pomegranates.	19:22
	A land of olive trees and honey.	19:25
	A land in which you will eat bread without scarcity,	19:28
	in which you will lack nothing.	19:31
	A land whose stones are iron	19:33
	and out of whose hills you can dig copper.	19:35
	And you shall eat and be full	19:39
	and you shall bless the Lord your God	19:41
	for the good land He has given you.	19:42
	Take heed lest you forget the Lord your God	19:46
	by not keeping His commandments	19:49
	and His ordinances and His statutes	19:50
	which I command you this day.	19:52
	Lest when you have eaten and are full	19:55
	and have built goodly houses and live in them	19:58
	and when your herds and your flocks multiply	20:01
	and your silver and gold is multiplied	20:03
	and all that you have is multiplied,	20:06
	then your heart becomes proud	20:09
	and you forget the Lord your God	20:11
	who brought you out of the land of Egypt,	20:13
	out of the house of bondage,	20:16
	who led you through the great and terrible wilderness	20:18
	with its fiery serpents and scorpions	20:21
	and thirsty ground, where there was no water.	20:24
	Who brought you water out of the flinty rock,	20:28
	who fed you in the wilderness with manna	20:31
	which your fathers did not know	20:33
	that He might humble you and test you	20:34
	to do your good in the end.	20:37
	Beware lest you say in your heart,	20:40
	my power and the might of my hand	20:42
	have gotten me this wealth.	20:45
	You shall remember the Lord your God	20:47
	for it is He who gives you the power to get wealth,	20:49
	that He may confirm His covenant	20:52
	which He swore to your fathers	20:55
	as at this day.	20:56
	Here ends the reading from the Old Testament, amen.	21:00
	The epistle lesson is from the second letter of Paul	21:06
	to the Corinthians, chapter 9,	21:09
	verses 6 through 12.	21:12
	The point is this:	21:16
	he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly,	21:18
	and he whoever sows bountifully	21:21
	will also reap bountifully.	21:23
	Each one must do as he has made up his mind,	21:25
	not reluctantly or under compulsion,	21:28
	for God loves a cheerful giver.	21:31
	And God is able to provide you	21:34
	with every blessing and abundance	21:35
	so that you may also have enough of everything	21:38
	and may provide at abundance	21:41
	for every good work.	21:43
	As it is written,	21:45
	he scatters abroad,	21:47
	he gives to the poor.	21:48
	His righteousness endures forever.	21:50
	He who supplies seed to the sower	21:53
	and bread for food will supply	21:55
	and multiply your resources	21:57
	and increase the harvest of your righteousness.	21:59
	You will be enriched in every way	22:02
	for great generosity,	22:04
	which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.	22:06
	For the rendering of this service	22:09
	not only supplies the wants of the saints	22:11
	but also overflows in many thanksgivings to God.	22:14
	Here ends the reading from the epistle lesson.	22:19
	Amen.	22:23
	(instrumental music)	22:45
	(singing in foreign language)	23:20
	(singing in foreign language)	26:29
-	Will the congregation please rise	29:06
	for the reading of the gospel?	29:08
	The New Testament lesson	29:16
	is from Luke chapter 12	29:18
	verses 16 through 21.	29:21
	And Jesus told them a parable, saying,	29:25
	The land of a rich man brought forth plentifully	29:27
	and he thought to himself,	29:31
	What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?	29:33
	And he said, I will do this.	29:38
	I will pull down my barns and build larger ones.	29:40
	And there I will store all my grain and my goods.	29:43
	And I will say to my soul,	29:47
	Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years.	29:49
	Take your ease.	29:53
	Eat, drink and be merry.	29:54
	But God said to him,	29:57
	You fool, this night your soul is required of you.	29:59
	And the things you have prepared,	30:02
	whose will they be then?	30:05
	So is he who lays up treasures for himself	30:09
	and is not rich toward God.	30:12
	Here ends the reading of the gospel lesson, amen.	30:16
	(organ music)	30:21
	♪ Glory be to our Creator ♪	30:28
	♪ Praise to our Redeemer Lord ♪	30:34
	♪ Glory be to our Sustainer ♪	30:40
	♪ Ever three and ever one ♪	30:48
	♪ As it was in the beginning ♪	30:54
	♪ Ever shall be, amen ♪	31:01
-	Let us pray.	31:24
	May the words of my mouth	31:29
	and the meditations of our hearts	31:31
	be acceptable in Your sight,	31:33
	O Lord our Strength and Redeemer, amen.	31:36
	Thanksgiving is a time of remembrance.	31:44
	This glorious season,	31:49
	this season of the harvest	31:52
	calls us first to remember the good earth	31:54
	and the fruits of this good land.	31:58
	Indeed, it is a time when we survey	32:01
	the whole of creation and we marvel	32:04
	at God's mighty acts of creation	32:07
	and God's providence toward us.	32:10
	This week, many of us will find ourselves	32:14
	around a table of abundance	32:17
	and we will be full of memories	32:20
	of all that has brought us safely thus far.	32:23
	I believe that these powerful memories will cause us	32:28
	to clasp hands with dear ones that we love	32:31
	as we offer our prayers of thanksgiving.	32:36
	I also think that Thanksgiving time	32:41
	beckons us to remember our personal histories	32:44
	as well as our collective ones.	32:49
	Beside our table and beside many plates	32:53
	on the American dinner tables this Thursday	32:58
	will be five pieces of corn.	33:01
	That corn will help us to remember	33:05
	that families were not always together at this time,	33:09
	that times were not always good,	33:14
	that warmth and comfort and shelter	33:18
	were not always taken for granted.	33:21
	Staring at grains of unripened corn	33:25
	will remind us fully of the Pilgrim Puritage heritage	33:29
	which is ours.	33:35
	We can stir from the memory of history books	33:37
	the first feast of harvest in a new land.	33:41
	I hope for us that it will be a solemn time	33:47
	as we remember that most Pilgrims died	33:51
	from the cold, disease and depravation	33:56
	of that first winter.	34:00
	There were few survivors to gather together	34:02
	the fruits of their labors.	34:06
	Sometimes it is hard for us to remember	34:10
	the very brutal struggle for survival,	34:13
	the killing weather and the meager resources	34:17
	of our ancestors.	34:21
	Lest we forget from whence we came	34:25
	and who we are now as a people of untold wealth,	34:30
	perhaps five grains of corn will be a symbol to us	34:35
	of our past.	34:40
	In both the Old and New Testaments,	34:44
	to remember has a central place.	34:47
	Abraham Heschel says,	34:52
	Much of what the Bible demands	34:54
	can be comprised in one word, remember.	34:57
	And Niels Dahl, speaking about early Christianity, says,	35:02
	The first obligation of the apostle,	35:08
	vis a vis the community,	35:11
	is to make the faithful remember what they have received	35:13
	and what they already know.	35:19
	So it is in keeping with the core of our biblical tradition	35:23
	to talk about and to rehearse for ourselves memory.	35:27
	Indeed, lest we forget,	35:33
	the biblical record captures the history	35:37
	of God's people for us.	35:40
	As I read it, the Deuteronomy passage	35:44
	was intended as a warning to the people of Israel long ago.	35:47
	For the Lord God Yahweh called the children of Israel	35:53
	to remember their slavery in Egypt.	35:58
	As the very Promised Land came into view,	36:02
	God called His people to remember the wilderness.	36:06
	For remembering 40 years of wandering	36:12
	God said will help humble you and prepare you	36:16
	for the temptations of the Promised Land.	36:21
	It was the very providence of God	36:25
	that had supplied manna and strength	36:28
	in a time of severe testing.	36:31
	And the question was, would that be forgotten	36:35
	in a prosperous land, a land of milk and honey	36:39
	for you will want for nothing?	36:44
	It is the Lord God who gave the children of Israel life,	36:48
	who brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt,	36:52
	guided them through that vast, terrible wilderness	36:57
	and brought them to the land of Canaan.	37:01
	Lest they forget, Yahweh warned,	37:05
	beware of saying in your heart,	37:10
	it is my own strength and the strength and power	37:13
	of my hand that has won this power for me.	37:17
	Remember Yahweh your God.	37:22
	It was the Lord God who kept the covenant	37:25
	and won for you this power.	37:29
	And what of our link would the children of Israel	37:34
	the wilderness experience was a testing by privation.	37:39
	The Canaan experience was a testing by abundance.	37:45
	My friends, have we not all inherited a promised land,	37:50
	a land of plenty?	37:56
	We cannot deny in the eyes of the hungry world	37:59
	that we are a people of enormous wealth	38:04
	and riches and power	38:08
	and we want for nothing.	38:11
	We too have felt the temptations of the Promised Land.	38:15
	We have suffered from greed and riches,	38:19
	from violence and injustice,	38:23
	from broken dreams and promises.	38:26
	We have forgotten to keep covenant with the Lord God	38:30
	by remembering who we are	38:35
	and who God is	38:38
	in this part of earth that we have claimed	38:41
	as our special territory,	38:44
	what we call our Manifest Destiny.	38:48
	The words of George Santayana	38:52
	come as a modern day warning to all of us	38:55
	who are willing to hear.	38:59
	He says, He who forgets the past	39:01
	is doomed to repeat it.	39:04
	At no time have I been more painfully aware	39:09
	of our corporate sin as	39:13
	when I remember the Holocaust.	39:16
	When confronted with the living memory of survivors	39:22
	of the concentration camps,	39:27
	we confess our absolute horror	39:30
	at what happened there.	39:33
	And upon hearing Japanese Americans	39:38
	within my very own family circle	39:42
	tell the story of their internment at prison camps	39:45
	during World War II in our country,	39:49
	I cringe with disbelief.	39:53
	We are sick at heart when we confront	39:57
	the long history of racism in this our United States.	40:00
	And so we confess that our country has not always been	40:07
	a land of equality for all under the law.	40:12
	We confess today that the Promised Land image	40:17
	is marred and bruised.	40:22
	I believe that the biblical mandate	40:27
	calls us to remember our sins.	40:30
	In fact, to forget our sins	40:35
	may be an even greater sin	40:39
	than to commit them.	40:42
	Why?	40:44
	Because what is forgotten cannot be healed	40:46
	and that which cannot be healed	40:50
	might well become the source of a greater evil.	40:53
	In our remembering of evil and sin,	40:58
	I believe that we are called	41:02
	not to torture our consciences	41:04
	with heightened guilt feelings.	41:07
	Rather, we must allow our memories to be healed	41:10
	and so prevent even worse disasters.	41:15
	I am convinced that an Auschwitz that is forgotten	41:20
	causes a Hiroshima	41:25
	and a forgotten Hiroshima in our day	41:28
	can cause the destruction of our world.	41:31
	Lest we forget, we must remember the past	41:36
	in order to not paralyze our future	41:42
	as a nation and a people.	41:45
	Our first and our very spontaneous response	41:50
	to our undesirable memories is to forget them.	41:54
	When something painful has happened to us,	42:00
	we quickly say to ourselves and to each other,	42:03
	let's forget it.	42:07
	Let's act as if it didn't happen.	42:09
	Let's not talk about it.	42:11
	We want to forget the pains of the past,	42:14
	our personal, communal and national traumas	42:18
	and sometimes live as if they did not really happen.	42:23
	But by not remembering them,	42:28
	we are allowing the forgotten memories	42:31
	to become independent forces	42:35
	that can have a crippling effect on our very functioning	42:37
	as human beings.	42:42
	When this happens, we become strangers to ourselves	42:45
	because we are cutting down and cutting out	42:50
	part of our own history	42:53
	to make it conform to our daydream or fantasy	42:55
	of what we would really like it to be.	42:59
	By refusing to face our personal memories,	43:03
	we miss the opportunity	43:06
	as the Bible claims	43:09
	to change our hearts.	43:10
	How are we then healed of our wounding memories?	43:16
	We are healed first of all	43:23
	by letting them be available,	43:25
	by leading them out of the corners of forgetfulness	43:29
	and by remembering them as part of our life stories.	43:33
	The parable of the rich fool is held up still	43:40
	for us today as a warning sign.	43:44
	If we note the things in that parable,	43:48
	the man was able to remember and what he forgot,	43:51
	perhaps we can discover just where he went wrong.	43:56
	Most obviously this man of unbroken prosperity	44:02
	in his own life remembered himself.	44:05
	The soliloquy of this rich fool	44:10
	is centered around the word I.	44:13
	What shall I do	44:17
	because I have no room to bestow my fruits?	44:19
	This will I do.	44:24
	I will pull down my barns and build greater.	44:25
	And there will I bestow all my fruits and goods.	44:28
	From that statement, he goes on to plan a life	44:34
	which has not the remotest thought	44:38
	for anything else except his own ease and enjoyment.	44:40
	The rich fool also remembered this world.	44:46
	As far as he was concerned,	44:52
	no other world existed.	44:53
	The idea of such a person as he is to amass things	44:56
	which he believes can ensure happiness and security.	45:01
	But there are some essential things	45:07
	which the rich fool forgot.	45:10
	He surely forgot his neighbors.	45:14
	If he had only looked around,	45:17
	he could have found many ways	45:19
	to dispose of the too much he had.	45:22
	The rich fool also forgot time.	45:26
	He forgot that he had a limited time	45:29
	to live his life.	45:33
	He forgot God,	45:36
	the source of his creation and prosperity.	45:39
	His plans were made leaving out God.	45:42
	He forgot that as a man, a person is what he is	45:46
	and not what he has.	45:51
	The rich fool was busy acquiring temporal things.	45:54
	What he left out and what he forgot	46:00
	was forming a character, a responding human person	46:03
	who would be pleasing in God's sight.	46:08
	On this day, lest we forget	46:13
	what happened to the rich fool,	46:17
	let us take the story to heart.	46:21
	Thanksgiving is a time of remembrance.	46:26
	It is a time of remembering our creation and our Creator.	46:31
	If is a time for calling forth our personal stories	46:37
	and our corporate history.	46:42
	I believe it is a time for acknowledging painful memories	46:44
	and also a time for proclaiming grace-filled memories.	46:49
	On this day, lest we forget	46:56
	the Lord our God, let us join	47:00
	in an anthem of praise together.	47:03
	O Lord, how manifold are Your works.	47:07
	In wisdom, You made them all.	47:11
	The earth is full of Your riches.	47:14
	This day, may we offer our lives to God	47:18
	in thanksgiving for all that has been	47:23
	and all that is meant to be,	47:26
	lest we forget.	47:30
	Amen.	47:34
	(organ music)	47:44
	♪ Christian, rise and act thy creed ♪	48:02
	♪ Let your prayer be in your deed ♪	48:06
	♪ Seek the right, perform the true ♪	48:11
	♪ Raise your work and life anew ♪	48:16
	♪ Hearts around thee sink with care ♪	48:23
	♪ You can help their load to bear ♪	48:27
	♪ You can bring inspiring light ♪	48:32
	♪ Strengthen them to do the right ♪	48:37
	♪ Offer others hope and joy ♪	48:44
	♪ And God's worship your employ ♪	48:49
	♪ Giving thanks in humble zeal ♪	48:54
	♪ Learning all God's will to feel ♪	48:59
	♪ Come then, law divine, and reign ♪	49:06
	♪ Faith that doubt assails in vain ♪	49:11
	♪ Perfect love bereft of fear ♪	49:16
	♪ Born in heaven and radiant here ♪	49:21
	♪ Amen ♪	49:28
-	Let us affirm what we believe.	49:37
-	We believe in God who has created and is creating.	49:40
	Who has come in the truly human Jesus	49:46
	to reconcile and make new.	49:49
	Who works in us and others by the Spirit.	49:52
	We trust God who calls us to be the church,	49:56
	to celebrate life and its fullness.	50:00
	To love and serve others.	50:03
	To seek justice and resist evil.	50:06
	To proclaim Jesus crucified and risen,	50:09
	our judge and our hope.	50:13
	In life, in death, in life beyond death,	50:16
	God is with us.	50:20
	We are not alone.	50:22
	Thanks be to God.	50:24
-	The Lord be with you.	50:27
-	And also with you.	50:29
-	Let us pray.	50:31
	Holy God, our Creator and Sustainer,	50:45
	we thank You for life itself,	50:48
	for health and strength and daily food	50:51
	and for the intricate beauty and wonder of this earth.	50:56
	We pray that as we search for truth	51:00
	at this university, our quest will make us	51:03
	ever more aware and grateful of Your wonderful works.	51:06
	We thank You most of all that in Jesus of Nazareth,	51:12
	You became like us and showed us	51:16
	the perfect way of obedience.	51:19
	And we thank You that the Spirit of that risen Christ	51:22
	is with us still.	51:26
	You have promised to be with us when we gather in worship	51:29
	and so we raise to You these pleas for Your children.	51:33
	Help us, we pray, to be determined lovers of justice.	51:38
	Help us to persevere in the tedious	51:43
	and trying tasks of citizenship,	51:47
	to keep striving to make our system of government work	51:50
	for the common good.	51:54
	Be with our newly elected leaders,	51:57
	gifting them with wisdom,	52:00
	humility and kindness.	52:03
	Enable us to be instruments of Your peace	52:07
	by forgiving and by taking the initiative	52:10
	to be reconciled with those whom we hate or disdain.	52:13
	Keep us ever mindful of the hungry,	52:20
	the sick, the lonely and despairing.	52:23
	Grant that we may be healers and comforters.	52:28
	Help us to be the body of our risen Lord,	52:33
	serving as He served	52:37
	and praying as He prayed.	52:40
-	Our Father who art in heaven,	52:43
	hallowed be Thy name.	52:46
	Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done	52:48
	on earth as it is in heaven.	52:52
	Give us this day our daily bread	52:55
	and forgive us our trespasses	52:58
	as we forgive those who trespass against us.	53:01
	And lead us not into temptation	53:05
	but deliver us from evil.	53:07
	For Thine is the kingdom	53:09
	and the power, and the glory forever, amen.	53:12
	(instrumental music)	53:26
	(singing in foreign language)	54:26
	(organ music)	59:47
	♪ Praise God from whom all blessings flow ♪	1:00:06
	♪ Praise God, all creatures here below ♪	1:00:11
	♪ Alleluia, alleluia ♪	1:00:17
	♪ Praise Him above, ye heavenly host ♪	1:00:24
	♪ Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost ♪	1:00:30
	♪ Alleluia ♪	1:00:36
	♪ Alleluia ♪	1:00:39
	♪ Alleluia ♪	1:00:42
	♪ Alleluia ♪	1:00:45
	♪ Alleluia ♪	1:00:48
	♪ Amen ♪	1:00:56
-	God, help us not to forget You	1:01:08
	as we go from an hour of worship	1:01:12
	into a week of work.	1:01:15
	Help us to remember You always	1:01:18
	in everything that we do,	1:01:21
	making You the center of our lives	1:01:25
	and giving of our entire selves to Your service.	1:01:28
	In the Lord Jesus Christ we pray, amen.	1:01:33
	(organ music)	1:01:39
	♪ Praise to the Lord, the Almighty ♪	1:02:16
	♪ The King of creation ♪	1:02:20
	♪ O my soul praise Him ♪	1:02:26
	♪ For He is thy health and salvation ♪	1:02:29
	♪ All ye who hear ♪	1:02:37
	♪ Now to His temple draw near ♪	1:02:40
	♪ Sing now in glad adoration ♪	1:02:46
	♪ Praise to the Lord ♪	1:02:55
	♪ Who o'er all things so wondrously reigneth ♪	1:02:58
	♪ Who, as on wings of an eagle ♪	1:03:06
	♪ Uplifteth, sustaineth ♪	1:03:11
	♪ Hast thou not seen ♪	1:03:17
	♪ How thy desires all have been ♪	1:03:21
	♪ Granted in what He ordaineth ♪	1:03:27
	♪ Praise to the Lord ♪	1:03:36
	♪ Who hath fearfully, wondrously, made thee ♪	1:03:39
	♪ Health hath vouchsafed and ♪	1:03:47
	♪ When heedlessly falling, hath stayed thee. ♪	1:03:51
	♪ What need or grief ♪	1:03:58
	♪ Ever hath failed of relief ♪	1:04:03
	♪ Wings of His mercy did shade thee ♪	1:04:08
	♪ Praise to the Lord ♪	1:04:18
	♪ O let all that is in me adore Him ♪	1:04:21
	♪ All that has life and breath ♪	1:04:29
	♪ Come now with praises before Him ♪	1:04:33
	♪ Let the amen sound from His people again ♪	1:04:41
	♪ Gladly forever adore Him ♪	1:04:51
	♪ Amen ♪	1:05:01
-	Go from this place, giving praise and thanks to God	1:05:10
	and remembering our Lord, the source of our salvation	1:05:14
	and our hope in years to come.	1:05:18
	And now may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,	1:05:22
	the love of God the Father	1:05:25
	and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit	1:05:27
	be and abide with you, amen.	1:05:29
	♪ Amen ♪	1:05:33
	♪ Amen ♪	1:05:38
	♪ Amen ♪	1:05:44
	♪ Amen ♪	1:05:51
	♪ Amen ♪	1:05:59
	♪ Amen ♪	1:06:11
	♪ Amen ♪	1:06:24
	(organ music)	1:06:45
	(audience applauds)	1:11:42
	(audience chatters in background)	1:11:54

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Title:

Charlene P. Kammerer - "Lest We Forget" (November 23, 1980)

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Sermon start time: 31:24. Sermon end time: 47:37.
Even if memories are painful, we must remember them in order to create better lives for ourselves - historically as well as personally. (Abstract created by Duke Divinity School staff.)
Key quotation: “Thanksgiving is a time of remembrance. It is a time for remembering our creation and the Creator. It is a time for calling forth our life stories and our corporate history. It is a time for acknowledging painful memories and proclaiming grace-filled memories.”

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Date:

November 23, 1980

Speaker:

Kammerer, Charlene P.

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Thanksgiving

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Duke University. Chapel

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Charlene P. Kammerer - "Lest We Forget" (November 23, 1980)

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