James T. Cleland - "Thirty Years After; Love, Peace, and Joy" (September 14, 1975)

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	(gentle piano music)	0:03
	(choir sings)	2:12
	(gentle piano music)	3:46
	♪ All creatures of our God and King ♪	4:44
	♪ Lift up your voice and with us sing ♪	4:51
	♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah ♪	4:57
	♪ Thou burning sun with golden beam ♪	5:06
	♪ Thou silver moon with softer gleam ♪	5:13
	♪ O praise Him, O praise Him ♪	5:19
	♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah ♪	5:27
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	5:34
	♪ Thou rushing wind that art so strong ♪	5:43
	♪ Ye clouds that sail in heaven along ♪	5:50
	♪ O praise Him, hallelujah ♪	5:57
	♪ Thou rising morning, praise rejoice ♪	6:05
	♪ Ye light of evening find a voice ♪	6:12
	♪ O praise Him, O praise Him ♪	6:19
	♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah ♪	6:26
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	6:34
	♪ Thou flowing water pure and clear ♪	6:43
	♪ Make music for thy Lord to hear ♪	6:50
	♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah ♪	6:57
	♪ Thou fire so masterful and bright ♪	7:06
	♪ That gives to man both warmth and light ♪	7:13
	♪ O praise Him, O praise Him ♪	7:20
	♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah ♪	7:27
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	7:34
	♪ Dear mother earth, who day by day ♪	7:42
	♪ Unfoldest blessings on our way ♪	7:50
	♪ O praise Him, hallelujah ♪	7:57
	♪ The flowers and fruits that in thee grow ♪	8:05
	♪ Let them God's glory also show ♪	8:12
	♪ O praise Him, O praise Him ♪	8:19
	♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah ♪	8:26
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	8:33
	♪ And everyone with tender heart ♪	8:42
	♪ Forgiving others, take your part ♪	8:48
	♪ O praise Him, hallelujah ♪	8:55
	♪ Ye who long pain and sorrow bear ♪	9:02
	♪ Sing praise and cast on God your care ♪	9:09
	♪ O praise Him, O praise Him ♪	9:16
	♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah ♪	9:23
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	9:30
	♪ And thou, most kind and gentle death ♪	9:38
	♪ Waiting to hush our final breath ♪	9:44
	♪ O praise Him, hallelujah ♪	9:51
	♪ Thou leadest home the child of God ♪	9:59
	♪ As Christ before that way hath trod ♪	10:05
	♪ O praise Him, O praise Him ♪	10:12
	♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah ♪	10:19
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	10:26
	♪ Let all things their Creator bless ♪	10:34
	♪ And worship God in humbleness ♪	10:41
	♪ O praise Him, hallelujah ♪	10:47
	♪ To God all thanks and praise belong ♪	10:55
	♪ Join in the everlasting song ♪	11:02
	♪ O praise Him, O praise Him ♪	11:08
	♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah ♪	11:15
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	11:22
	♪ Amen ♪	11:32
-	Grace be unto you, and peace,	11:54
	from God who creates us and redeems us	12:00
	through Jesus Christ, our Lord.	12:03
	Render your heart and not your garments,	12:08
	and turn into the Lord, your God.	12:10
	For God is gracious and merciful,	12:14
	slow to anger and of great kindness.	12:18
	And thus my friends in Christ,	12:23
	as we approach the presence of God	12:24
	to rejoice in God's love,	12:27
	we become aware of our need for forgiveness	12:31
	and for cleansing.	12:35
	And therefore, I invite you	12:38
	to accompany me in these moments, in word and in spirit,	12:39
	unto the throne of unending love and pardon.	12:45
	Let us confess our sin.	12:51
	Oh, Lord, we so often forget that we belong to you.	12:55
	We are often trying to prove something or be somebody	13:01
	when we really do not have to.	13:05
	You have already done something for us in Jesus Christ,	13:09
	and you have already made us somebody	13:14
	because we belong to you.	13:16
	We ought to realize this Lord, but we do not.	13:20
	We ought to be free to belong to each other,	13:25
	but we are not.	13:28
	We do not serve each other	13:31
	because we forget that we belong to you.	13:33
	Be present for us in this service	13:37
	so that we may be cleansed from our forgetfulness	13:41
	and know that we belong to you, amen.	13:45
	Dearly beloved, in spite of noise and confusion,	14:20
	and the press of the world upon us,	14:26
	in spite of the difficulty to pray	14:30
	and to know that our prayers are heard,	14:33
	now in this moment, hear this word.	14:36
	God has mercy upon us.	14:43
	You are free to live for you are forgiven.	14:47
	You are loved as you are.	14:54
	Your life does have real meaning in this world.	14:58
	Your future is open.	15:03
	If we walk in the light as God is in the light,	15:08
	we have fellowship with one another	15:12
	and the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us	15:16
	from our sin, amen.	15:18
	(gentle piano music)	15:31
	(choir sings)	16:27
-	May we listen for word from God	24:00
	through the reading of this morning scripture lesson.	24:03
	The first lesson this morning comes from the book of Isaiah,	24:07
	the 32nd chapter, the first through the third verses:	24:11
	behold, a king will reign in righteousness	24:16
	and princes will rule in justice.	24:18
	Each will be like a hiding place from the wind,	24:21
	a covered from the tempest,	24:25
	like streams of water in dry place,	24:27
	like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.	24:30
	Then the eyes of those who see will not be closed	24:35
	and the ears of those who hear will hearken.	24:38
	May all stand for the reading of the gospel.	24:43
	The gospel lesson this morning comes from the gospel	24:55
	according to Matthew, the 35th through the 40th verses:	24:58
	and one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question to test Him.	25:02
	"Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?"	25:06
	And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord, your God,	25:09
	"with all your heart and with all your soul,	25:13
	"and with all your mind.	25:16
	"This is the great and first commandment.	25:18
	"And a second is like it.	25:21
	"You shall love your neighbor as yourself.	25:23
	"On these two commandments depend all the law	25:26
	"and the prophets."	25:29
	Thus in the reading this morning.	25:31
	(gentle piano music)	25:34
	(choir sings)	25:52
-	Together as with one voice,	26:29
	let us affirm our faith.	26:32
	We are not alone, we live in God's world.	26:36
	We believe in God, who has created and is creating,	26:40
	who has come in the truly human Jesus	26:45
	to reconcile and make new.	26:49
	Who works in us and others through the spirit.	26:52
	We trust God who calls us to be the church,	26:56
	to celebrate life and its fullness,	27:00
	to love and serve others,	27:04
	to seek justice and resist evil,	27:06
	to proclaim Jesus, crucified and risen.	27:09
	Our judge and our hope.	27:13
	In life, in death, in life beyond death,	27:16
	God is with us, we are not alone.	27:21
	Thanks be to God.	27:25
	The Lord be with you.	27:28
-	And with your spirit.
-	Let us pray.	27:31
	Oh, God, you who have created each of us	27:43
	and placed us in this place at this moment,	27:47
	we give you thanks for the good gift of life,	27:52
	with all its joys and responsibilities,	27:56
	its demands and its possibilities.	27:59
	We thank you for good health which we have	28:03
	and for food for each day,	28:05
	for daily shelter and daily care,	28:08
	and for the love and loyalty	28:10
	which we know from friends and family.	28:13
	We thank you for work honestly done,	28:16
	for games of sport played well,	28:20
	for the truth we have learned,	28:24
	and for the good, large or small	28:26
	which we have been able to do.	28:29
	On this holy, humbling Lord's day,	28:33
	we thank you for the teaching	28:38
	and the life of Jesus Christ, our Lord,	28:39
	for the forgiveness and the wholeness	28:43
	which we do receive through Him,	28:45
	for His caring presence with us always,	28:48
	and for the service to others,	28:52
	to which He has called each of us and all of us together.	28:54
	For all this, ye,	28:59
	and much more too, oh, God,	29:01
	we give you thanks and praise.	29:03
	But hear us now, oh, God, as we pray for the sick	29:06
	and for relief to come to a troubled world.	29:12
	Oh, God, we ask of you that the gracious work done	29:17
	by Jesus, the Christ, as he went about healing others	29:21
	may be continued among us today,	29:24
	especially in the hospitals, infirmaries,	29:27
	and nursing of our communities in our land.	29:29
	Cheer, heal, and comfort the sick.	29:35
	Grant to the doctors, surgeons, and nurses,	29:40
	wisdom and skill, sympathy and patience.	29:43
	Bless all who work to prevent	29:49
	and to relieve our suffering.	29:52
	Bring peace and tranquility, oh, God,	29:56
	peace and tranquility of mind, body, and spirit	29:59
	to those who are distressed in this troubled world.	30:03
	Where there is division, bring union.	30:08
	Where there is enmity, bring concord.	30:12
	Where there is hatred, bring charity.	30:17
	Where there is despair, give assurance	30:23
	that there is a tomorrow.	30:27
	Where there is darkness, shed your light.	30:31
	Upon every troubled breast,	30:37
	troubled for whatever reason,	30:42
	place your calming, soothing, reassuring spirit.	30:47
	But deliver us, oh, God,	30:57
	from asking for anything,	31:00
	for others or for ourselves,	31:02
	for which we are not willing to work	31:06
	and to give our time and our energy.	31:09
	But especially, now, oh, God,	31:15
	may your spirit reveal to each of us, the love	31:18
	and the truth, and the hope,	31:23
	that each of our lives need.	31:27
	May we be faithful to You	31:31
	in obedience to Jesus Christ, your son, our Lord,	31:34
	who taught us to pray as we pray together now.	31:40
	Our father, who art in heaven,	31:43
	hallowed be thy name,	31:47
	thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth	31:50
	as it is in heaven.	31:54
	Give us this day our daily bread.	31:56
	And forgive us our trespasses,	32:00
	as we forgive those who trespass against us.	32:02
	And lead us not into temptation,	32:07
	but deliver us from evil.	32:10
	For thine is the kingdom,	32:12
	the power and the glory, forever, amen.	32:14
	May I welcome you in the spirit of Christ, our Lord.	32:25
	To this service of worship on this beautiful day,	32:30
	may your spirit be touched	32:35
	and your life in some way, be reshaped	32:37
	for having worshiped God and worshiped with one another	32:41
	as we have come together in His name this day.	32:46
	I invite you to participate in two other services of worship	32:51
	in this place, this week, tonight at 6:30,	32:55
	and Thursday evening at 5:15.	32:59
	This week, I was talking with an alumnus of Duke,	33:04
	who asked about Dr. Clellan,	33:09
	and said, "You know, I'm sure that that man has more friends	33:15
	"who have had some connection with Duke University	33:23
	"than anyone else who has ever been there."	33:27
	In the 30 years of ministry, which Jim Clellan,	33:32
	Dr. Clellan, Dean Clellan,	33:36
	your friend, my friend,	33:39
	a friend probably also to more people	33:42
	than anyone else this university has ever known,	33:47
	we welcome him as he celebrates	33:52
	and as we celebrate with him today,	33:56
	the 30th anniversary of the preaching	33:59
	of his first sermon in this chapel.	34:02
	It was September 16th, 1945.	34:06
	It's been a joyous ministry which he has shared;	34:11
	a ministry of love and compassion,	34:17
	a ministry of support and caring, and understanding.	34:21
	I don't need to say that though,	34:27
	because all of you both in this congregation	34:28
	and in many, many, many other places know it.	34:32
	I've wondered how might be an appropriate way	34:35
	to express some of our appreciation to Dr. Clellan;	34:38
	what that way might be.	34:42
	And I have thought and I guess I will do just as I often do;	34:45
	namely do as the spirit moves me.	34:48
	And so as he comes to preach with us,	34:52
	will you stand with me and give him a warm welcome	34:54
	to this service as he breaks God's word,	34:57
	the bread of life to us?	35:00
	Jim.	35:02
	(congregation applauds)
-	Thank you, Bob, and thank you all.	35:36
	Saint Augustine said that when you hear a great sermon,	35:42
	you ought to applaud.	35:46
	But he never said anything about cheering before the sermon.	35:48
	(congregation chuckles)	35:51
	I'm grateful to all of you.	35:54
	They've been good years.	35:58
	I came to Duke for three years and stayed 30,	36:02
	discovering for myself that the difference	36:09
	between a groove and a grave is only a matter of death.	36:12
	(congregation chatter)	36:18
	And I mean it.	36:20
	But thank you, and the grace of the Lord, Jesus Christ,	36:24
	be with you all.	36:29
	Now, the first thing, of course,	36:33
	after Bob asked me to preach today,	36:35
	was to ask myself, "What should be my theme, my topic?"	36:38
	Then I decided, "Well, why not preach the same sermon	36:43
	"as 30 years ago?"	36:47
	So I checked the manuscript	36:51
	and found that I had already preached it again.	36:54
	(congregation laughs)	36:58
	On September 3, 1972, to the freshman class of 1976,	36:59
	some of whom may be here.	37:06
	So that was up.	37:09
	Then I thought I might analyze the sermon	37:11
	to show how my theology, my faith has changed in 30 years,	37:15
	but it hasn't, not radically.	37:22
	I'm still a Presbyterian, which in practice means	37:27
	that I'm either an Old Testament Christian	37:31
	or a New Testament Jew.	37:35
	(congregation laughs)	37:38
	Perhaps I'm a hybrid, why not?	37:40
	Judaism and Christianity have much in common,	37:45
	more than many of us are willing to grant.	37:50
	I'm grateful, Bob, and I should say it	37:57
	that you did mention Mrs. Clellan	37:58
	in that wonderful paragraph;	38:01
	untrue, but wonderful, in the bulletin.	38:05
	She's the one who with patience and encouragement	38:09
	has kept me going at Duke for 30 years	38:14
	and for 13 years before that	38:17
	at Amherst College in New England.	38:20
	She is my Alice, and I'm grateful.	38:24
	My mother's only objection to my marrying her	38:31
	was when she said it frankly,	38:34
	"The girl is too good for you."	38:37
	(congregation laughs)	38:41
	I said, "That is what a mother-in-law says.	38:43
	"There's no use of you both being against me."	38:47
	Well, let me talk with you about the Christian faith	38:52
	as I understand it,	38:55
	under three headings and with a conclusion of application.	38:56
	First, the spirit of the Christian faith is love.	39:02
	The spirit of the Christian faith is love.	39:08
	Now, what do we mean by spirit?	39:12
	The life principle, the guiding principle,	39:14
	the key element.	39:19
	And that life principle is loved	39:22
	because God is assumed and affirmed to be loved.	39:25
	Now, that is true for the Old Testament	39:32
	as well as for the New.	39:36
	Now, what kind of love is this love?	39:40
	It is benevolence rather than affection.	39:44
	Jesus commanded his followers to love their enemies.	39:50
	He never suggested that they like their enemies.	39:55
	Now, such love shows itself in our respect for God,	40:02
	in a tolerance for the views of other Christians	40:09
	and for our Jewish kin,	40:13
	and for yet others in ever widening circles.	40:15
	You see, God loves us, though we're unworthy.	40:23
	His favor is not something we deserve.	40:29
	His favor is an act of grace, a gracious act.	40:35
	That is how in gratitude to Him,	40:42
	we should behave to others, all others.	40:45
	But particularly and inevitably to those	40:51
	of the household of faith.	40:55
	It is a matter of fact that many of us	40:58
	who do worship regularly here, do behave in love.	41:01
	I know it, I've watched it,	41:07
	I'm grateful for it.	41:10
	We are grateful to God (indistinct).	41:13
	And they live as His sons and His daughters	41:16
	who seek to reveal to others that love.	41:19
	Second, the heart of the Christian faith is peace.	41:25
	The heart of the Christian faith is peace.	41:33
	What is peace?	41:37
	Harmony within ourselves,	41:39
	harmony in our relation with our fellows.	41:44
	Peace is poise, poise.	41:48
	Like the behavior of a good quarterback	41:53
	when chaos seems to surround and engulf him.	41:56
	John Buchan in his autobiography says	42:03
	that peace is that state	42:06
	in which fear of any kind is unknown.	42:10
	Peace is that state in which fear of any kind is unknown.	42:16
	Peace is not so much the absence of something,	42:21
	but the presence of something or someone,	42:24
	and that should result in inner (indistinct).	42:29
	Let me give you a for instance.	42:33
	From the First World War in the grim days of trench warfare,	42:35
	a chaplain is talking to some of his men	42:42
	whom is going to accompany across no man's land.	42:45
	He speaks quietly.	42:51
	Remember three things: if we live, it's victory.	42:54
	If we are wounded, it's blighty; the Cockney name for home.	43:03
	If we are killed, it's the resurrection.	43:12
	That's quiet, pepped up,	43:18
	with a British flare for underemphasis.	43:21
	But for some of his heroes,	43:25
	it meant peace at the heart.	43:28
	Let me give you a for instance on the New Testament	43:32
	where Paul is writing to his favorite church at Philippi:	43:34
	"I have learned in whatsoever state I am,	43:39
	"therewith to be content.	43:44
	"The God revealed in Jesus," stated Paul,	43:51
	"He was not unacquainted with peace at the heart,	43:55
	"a continuing contentment."	43:58
	The heart of our faith then is peace, poise.	44:02
	Third, the blessing of the Christian faith is joy.	44:09
	The blessing of the Christian faith is joy.	44:15
	Here are some synonyms: beatitude, bliss, delight,	44:17
	exultation, happiness, satisfaction.	44:22
	That is what Jesus promised His disciples, His pupils.	44:26
	But it is the promise of all great religion.	44:32
	Here is a Hindu swami speaking:	44:39
	"The first sign of your becoming religious	44:42
	"is that you are becoming (indistinct)."	44:47
	The noun, joy, is found 164 times in the Bible.	44:52
	The verb, rejoice, is found 191 times.	44:58
	And Billy Graham...	45:02
	No stop, and Billy Sunday,	45:04
	the evangelist who I think was a baseball player,	45:09
	back in 1914, said in a sermon,	45:13
	"The trouble with many folk is that they've got	45:16
	"just enough religion to make them miserable.	45:21
	"If there is not joy in your religion,	45:27
	"you've got a leak in your religion."	45:31
	Really Sunday.	45:34
	Here is a Scottish, for instance.	45:37
	In Trinity College, one of the two divinity halls	45:40
	at Glasgow University, there was a professor, an able one,	45:45
	who always made me think of Cassius	45:51
	in Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar."	45:54
	Cassius, who had a lean and hungry look.	45:57
	At times though, it was worse than that.	46:04
	Then the professor's face looked like the edge of a hatchet,	46:08
	dipped in vinegar.	46:12
	He was literally a sour puss.	46:17
	One day he stopped by an open air Salvation Army meeting	46:23
	in an act of ecumenicity.	46:28
	A Cockney girl, Salvationist, said to him,	46:31
	"Are you a Christian?"	46:35
	He answered, "Lassie, of course, I'm a Christian."	46:37
	And she responded, "Gorblimey,"	46:43
	which is God blind me.	46:47
	"Gorblimey, what a face for a Christian!"	46:49
	Gorblimey, Webster says, is an exclamation expressing	46:57
	surprise and perplexity.	47:01
	She couldn't understand	47:05
	how any Christian could look like that.	47:06
	Well, the professor told the story against himself	47:10
	with a twinkle.	47:13
	But it makes one appreciate the little (indistinct) prayer:	47:16
	Oh, God, make all the bad people good,	47:19
	and all the good people, nice.	47:22
	For the blessing of our faith is supposed to be joy.	47:26
	Love, peace, and joy; three keywords in the Christian faith.	47:31
	Now, one aim of a sermon based upon the Bible should be	47:38
	to keep in constant juxtaposition, two complementary facts.	47:42
	First, the word of God as it had revealed in scripture,	47:47
	in the hymns and anthems of the church,	47:53
	in the lives of the saints, on the one hand.	47:56
	And second, the contemporary world,	48:00
	the real world to quote the chronicle, on the other hand.	48:04
	Is Jesus in agreement with these three words chosen	48:10
	as basic in the faith?	48:15
	What does He say about love?	48:17
	Well, listen, he's answering a Pharisaic lawyer	48:19
	who's asked him, "Which is the greatest commandment	48:23
	"in the law?"	48:26
	Jesus said to him, "Thou shall love the Lord, thy God,	48:29
	"with all thy heart, with all thy mind,	48:31
	"with all thy soul, and with all thy strength.	48:34
	"This is the first and great commandment."	48:37
	But Jesus is a great believer in the one-two punch,	48:41
	especially the two, so He adds,	48:44
	"And the second is like unto it;	48:46
	"thou shall love thy neighbor as thy self."	48:50
	He never tells us to love ourselves.	48:54
	He assumes it, just assumes it.	48:57
	Part of being a human being; you love yourself.	49:00
	And then Jesus would tie that great statement	49:05
	with a parable like "The Good Samaritan,"	49:10
	which must have made his Jewish haters mad.	49:14
	What'd he say about peace?	49:20
	He's trying to study the inner group of disciples.	49:22
	He says, "Peace, I leave with you,	49:24
	"my peace, I give unto you;	49:29
	"not as the world giveth, give I unto you.	49:31
	"Let not your heart be troubled,	49:35
	"neither let it be afraid."	49:38
	And he acted out what He taught.	49:42
	What did he say about joy?	49:47
	"These things I've spoken unto you	49:50
	"that my joy might remain in you	49:53
	"and that your joy might be full."	49:57
	And so His enemies accused Him of being a glutton	50:03
	and a drunkard, a winebibber.	50:09
	And if ever He denied it,	50:15
	the word now ever came down through the evangelists.	50:17
	Now, there is a word from God made up of three words.	50:23
	They're central in the good news, the gospel,	50:28
	but what about the contemporary situation?	50:31
	Well, when I was at Amherst,	50:34
	there was a fraternity which elected as its president,	50:38
	the mildest, gentlest, quietest member	50:43
	of the rising senior class.	50:49
	It seemed to me a strange choice for a fraternity	50:52
	which was not known for its decorum.	50:57
	I asked a member the why of their choice.	51:03
	He admitted that this unusual selection did not smoke	51:07
	or drink or raise even the mildest hell, but...	51:11
	And it was the but which elected him unanimously.	51:18
	But he said to me, "He puts the drunks to bed."	51:22
	(congregation chatter)	51:29
	Now, that is goodwill, love in action.	51:33
	(congregation laughs)	51:37
	Which resulted in a measure of peace	51:40
	and some joy in the fraternity.	51:42
	Let me come nearer home.	51:47
	Some years ago, I entered the Duke Hospital,	51:50
	bleeding profusely from a long cherished ulcer	51:54
	which decided to let rip.	51:58
	A call went out to the Divinity School	52:02
	for seven pints of blood.	52:05
	Seven students came to the blood bank.	52:08
	I discovered their names and found to my embarrassment	52:12
	that I didn't particularly like two of them.	52:18
	Then it dawned in me	52:24
	that they probably didn't like me either.	52:25
	But liking was not involved in the transaction.	52:30
	A member of the beloved community was in need	52:35
	and seven responded in love, goodwill, and I benefited.	52:40
	The gospel is not really grasped	52:49
	until it is experienced in a contemporary situation.	52:52
	What a revolution that'd be on this campus	52:58
	if we who worship in the chapel learned	53:02
	from all the different parts of the service	53:06
	what our faith really is;	53:09
	widening and deepening from one Lord's day to another,	53:13
	and then expressing itself on the other days of the week	53:18
	in love, peace, and joy.	53:22
	For as G.K. Chesterton, the great Roman Catholic layman said	53:26
	way back in 1910:	53:30
	"The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting,	53:33
	"it has been found difficult and not tried.	53:42
	"Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting,	53:49
	"it has been found difficult and not tried."	53:55
	Amen, let us pray.	54:00
	Oh, God of love, make us the receivers	54:05
	of that love, transmitters also.	54:09
	Oh, God of peace, grant us so to know thy peace,	54:15
	that we may become peacemakers.	54:22
	Oh, God of joy, teach us to delight in that joy	54:27
	and to share it with others for thy sake,	54:33
	for our own sake, and for the sake of others	54:39
	as glad followers of thy Son, our Lord, amen.	54:44
	(gentle piano music)	54:55
	(choir sings)	55:39
	(gentle piano music)	57:55
	(gentle piano music)	59:21
	♪ Praise the Lord, ye heavens adore him ♪	59:27
	♪ Praise Him angels, in the height ♪	59:33
	♪ Sun and moon, rejoice before Him ♪	59:39
	♪ Praise Him, all ye stars of light ♪	59:45
	♪ Praise the Lord for He has spoken ♪	59:51
	♪ Worlds his mighty voice obeyed ♪	59:56
	♪ Laws which never shall be broken ♪	1:00:03
	♪ For their guidance He has made ♪	1:00:08
	(gentle piano music)	1:00:15
	♪ Praise the Lord for He is glorious ♪	1:00:24
	♪ Never shall His promise fail ♪	1:00:31
	♪ God has made His saints victorious ♪	1:00:38
	♪ Sin and death shall not prevail ♪	1:00:44
	♪ Praise the God of our salvation ♪	1:00:51
	♪ Hosts on high His power proclaim ♪	1:00:59
	♪ Heaven and earth, and all creation ♪	1:01:08
	♪ Laud and magnify His name ♪	1:01:15
	(gentle piano music)	1:01:24
	♪ Worship, honor, glory, blessing ♪	1:01:37
	♪ Lord, we offer unto thee ♪	1:01:43
	♪ Young and old, thy praise expressing ♪	1:01:49
	♪ In glad homage bend the knee ♪	1:01:55
	♪ All the saints in heaven adore thee ♪	1:02:01
	♪ We would bow before thy throne ♪	1:02:08
	♪ As thine angels serve before thee ♪	1:02:14
	♪ So on earth thy will be done ♪	1:02:20
	(gentle piano music)	1:02:38
	(choir sings)	1:03:09
	♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah ♪	1:03:21
	(indistinct)	1:03:27
	♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah ♪	1:03:38
	♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah ♪	1:03:44
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	1:03:50
	♪ Amen ♪	1:03:58
-	Not to impress others with outward show of generosity	1:04:19
	nor to bring relief from our feelings of guilt	1:04:25
	for having done too little,	1:04:28
	but in real gratitude for the life we have received.	1:04:31
	And as a symbol of our giving our all	1:04:36
	to the service of our neighbors,	1:04:38
	we offer these gifts to you, oh, God.	1:04:41
	Through Jesus Christ, our Lord, amen.	1:04:45
	(gentle piano music)	1:04:53
	(choir sings)	1:05:23
	(gentle piano music)	1:08:18
	(indistinct) please.	1:09:01
	Now, will you receive this blessing?	1:09:26
	The grace of our Lord and savior, Jesus Christ,	1:09:29
	the love of God,	1:09:33
	the communion and fellowship of the holy spirit be with you	1:09:36
	and with those whom you love, now and forever.	1:09:43
	♪ Amen ♪	1:09:50
	♪ Amen ♪	1:10:01
	♪ Amen ♪	1:10:14
	♪ Amen ♪	1:10:31
	♪ Amen ♪	1:10:43
	♪ Amen ♪	1:10:58
	(bell dongs)	1:11:20
	(gentle piano music)	1:11:36

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Title:

James T. Cleland - "Thirty Years After; Love, Peace, and Joy" (September 14, 1975)

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September 14, 1975

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Cleland, James T. (James Tough), 1903-1974

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