Herbert O. Edwards - Baccalaureate Service for Divinity School Candidates (May 8, 1976)
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| (upbeat organ music) | 0:18 | |
| - | Grace and peace to you from God our Father | 2:21 |
| and the Lord Jesus Christ. | 2:24 | |
| - | Amen. | 2:26 |
| - | The risen Christ is with us. | 2:28 |
| - | Praise the Lord. | 2:30 |
| - | When we gather to praise God, we remember that | 2:33 |
| we are his people who have preferred our wills to his, | 2:36 | |
| accepting his power to become new persons in Christ. | 2:40 | |
| Let us confess our sin before God and one another. | 2:44 | |
| Eternal Father, we confess that often | 2:48 | |
| we have failed to be an obedient church. | 2:52 | |
| We have not done your will. | 2:55 | |
| We have broken your law, we have rebelled against your love. | 2:57 | |
| We have not loved our neighbors. | 3:02 | |
| We have not heard the cry of the needy. | 3:05 | |
| Forgive us we pray, free us for joyful obedience | 3:08 | |
| through Jesus Christ our Lord. | 3:13 | |
| Amen. | 3:16 | |
| Hear the good news, Christ died for us | 3:28 | |
| while we were yet sinners. | 3:31 | |
| That is God's own proof of his love toward us. | 3:33 | |
| In the name of Jesus Christ you are forgiven. | 3:37 | |
| - | In the name of Jesus Christ, glory to God, amen. | 3:41 |
| - | Let us remain standing through the reading of the gospel. | 3:50 |
| (muffled hymnal singing) | 3:56 | |
| Let us pray. | 4:43 | |
| Lord, open our hearts and our minds through | 4:49 | |
| your Holy Spirit so that this scripture | 4:56 | |
| that we were about to hear and this word | 5:04 | |
| which is about to be proclaimed will be met | 5:09 | |
| with joy receptance of your word to us on this day. | 5:15 | |
| Amen. | 5:24 | |
| Reading from the Gospel of Matthew 20:29-34. | 5:29 | |
| And as they went out of Jericho, a great crowd followed him | 5:42 | |
| and behold two blind men sitting by the roadside, | 5:50 | |
| when they heard that Jesus was passing by | 5:55 | |
| cried out, "Have mercy on us, oh, son of David." | 6:00 | |
| The crowd rebuked them telling them to be silent, | 6:07 | |
| but they cried out the more, | 6:13 | |
| "Lord, have mercy on us son of David." | 6:16 | |
| And Jesus stopped and call them saying, | 6:22 | |
| "What do you want me to do for you?" | 6:26 | |
| They said to him, "Lord, let our eyes be opened." | 6:33 | |
| And Jesus in pity touched their eyes and immediately | 6:40 | |
| they received their sight and followed him. | 6:46 | |
| Here ends the reading you may be seated. | 6:51 | |
| - | The gospel that you have heard is the story of two men | 7:08 |
| who found their way to a miracle and the people | 7:14 | |
| who tried to stand in their way to prevent them | 7:18 | |
| from being encountered by the Lord of life. | 7:27 | |
| You are standing now on the threshold of a moment | 7:32 | |
| in your personal history, which is pregnant | 7:35 | |
| with possibilities, a miracle is waiting for you | 7:39 | |
| and they're all those many of whom are well-intentioned | 7:46 | |
| who will stand in your way. | 7:50 | |
| You may be waiting as those two men were, | 7:54 | |
| but miss the chance when it comes | 7:57 | |
| or you may be waiting and become discouraged and give up. | 8:00 | |
| Or you may think that you do not have enough faith | 8:06 | |
| to offer to God or you may be afraid | 8:08 | |
| to go to God with a great request, | 8:12 | |
| but the miracle is waiting. | 8:16 | |
| These two men were waiting, | 8:20 | |
| they had heard of the power of Jesus | 8:22 | |
| and they wondered if that power might | 8:26 | |
| not be exercised for them. | 8:28 | |
| Jesus was passing by, if they let him pass | 8:31 | |
| their chance might be gone forever. | 8:36 | |
| To let Jesus pass when he promises light | 8:41 | |
| is to accept the life of blindness. | 8:45 | |
| There are some things which have to be done | 8:48 | |
| at the moment or they will not get done at all. | 8:50 | |
| When the men heard Jesus approaching, | 8:55 | |
| they cried out, have mercy on us, O Lord thou, son of David, | 8:57 | |
| the people in the crowd nearest to them, | 9:04 | |
| angrily admonished them, "Keep quiet, he does not | 9:07 | |
| have time for the likes of you." | 9:13 | |
| But they cried out all the more, | 9:16 | |
| "Have mercy on us, oh Lord, thou son of David." | 9:19 | |
| There were once two men who lived on the King's highway. | 9:26 | |
| One was poor and the other was rich. | 9:31 | |
| The poor man lived by the work on his own hands, | 9:34 | |
| while the rich man lived by the work of other men's hands. | 9:38 | |
| One day a messenger came bidding each man | 9:43 | |
| to prepare to receive the king who was coming that way. | 9:46 | |
| And on his journey he wanted a chapel or a temple | 9:53 | |
| in which to worship. | 9:57 | |
| The rich man looked out the window of his house, | 9:59 | |
| he could see the great road winding away on the distance | 10:03 | |
| for he lived at the top of the hill overlooking the valley | 10:07 | |
| above the polluted air. | 10:11 | |
| He saw the poor man at the foot of the hill | 10:14 | |
| in his wretched cottage. | 10:20 | |
| I wonder, he said to himself, what a poor creature | 10:23 | |
| such as he can do to receive a king. | 10:27 | |
| With all my wealth and slaves I can build a temple | 10:31 | |
| such as men have never seen, what can that fellow do? | 10:35 | |
| Whatever he does will be worse than useless. | 10:41 | |
| So the rich man began to build, his slaves toiled | 10:46 | |
| all day long and far into the nights | 10:50 | |
| til the vast temple arose on the top of the hill. | 10:53 | |
| The gates were of gold and a great dome was starred | 10:57 | |
| with costly gems while the massive pillars | 11:00 | |
| were cased in silver. | 11:03 | |
| Floor and walls were white marble | 11:05 | |
| In the center of the temple stood a throne | 11:08 | |
| cushioned with soft pricey velvet | 11:10 | |
| and studded with diamond. | 11:14 | |
| Beneath the arched roof and between the pillows, | 11:16 | |
| golden censors were hanging in which costly incense burned. | 11:20 | |
| When it was finished | 11:25 | |
| the rich man rubbed his hands with glee. | 11:26 | |
| He said to himself nothing can compare with this | 11:29 | |
| in the whole wide world. | 11:33 | |
| Meanwhile, the poor man had purchased bricks and timber | 11:35 | |
| with his hard earned savings. | 11:38 | |
| He went without food in order to have money | 11:41 | |
| to spend on his simple chapel. | 11:43 | |
| All day he was out toiling for his living, | 11:46 | |
| then half the night sometimes the whole night | 11:50 | |
| he worked at his little chapel. | 11:53 | |
| At last it was finished, it was quite unadorned | 11:56 | |
| and lowly within the walls were whitewash | 11:59 | |
| and the wooden floor simple, but spotlessly clean. | 12:03 | |
| There was a small table covered with a plain | 12:07 | |
| crimson cloth for an altar, a chair the best one he had | 12:09 | |
| out of his house, a wood though careful curved cross | 12:15 | |
| up on the table, two metal candle sticks | 12:20 | |
| holding wax candles. | 12:22 | |
| It was simple, but it was all he had. | 12:24 | |
| When the rich man saw the small chapel | 12:28 | |
| with a poor man he laughed aloud. | 12:30 | |
| Poor fool, he cried, does he think a king | 12:32 | |
| would enter there? | 12:35 | |
| When the poor man saw the marble temple on the hilltop | 12:37 | |
| his heart sank and he said to himself, | 12:40 | |
| the king will never enter here. | 12:43 | |
| At last the day came, the rich man richly dressed | 12:46 | |
| stood on the steps of the temple waiting. | 12:52 | |
| With him a choir of singers waited | 12:55 | |
| to chant the welcome to the king. | 12:58 | |
| As the rich man stood waiting impatiently, | 13:01 | |
| he uttered uneasily to himself, he would never pass me by | 13:06 | |
| it would be an insult to my generosity to go elsewhere. | 13:10 | |
| But then he comforted himself by saying, | 13:14 | |
| there is nowhere else and he laughed again | 13:17 | |
| as he thought of the poor man's chapel. | 13:20 | |
| All day he waited, but the king did not come. | 13:23 | |
| As the day was ending a great storm | 13:26 | |
| burst upon the hillside lightning flashed | 13:28 | |
| and thunder rolled, suddenly the temper was struck. | 13:31 | |
| The walls tottered on the earth shook | 13:35 | |
| and the temple fell in ruins. | 13:38 | |
| But the poor man's chapel was unharmed. | 13:41 | |
| Early that morning he had entered that chapel | 13:44 | |
| and knelt before the altar, | 13:46 | |
| I dare not hope for thy coming, he prayed. | 13:48 | |
| This house is too simple and lowly, | 13:52 | |
| it is unfit for thy glory, | 13:55 | |
| the heart that planned it is sinful. | 13:56 | |
| The hands that made it are stained and soiled | 13:59 | |
| yet it is all that I have. | 14:02 | |
| Take it, enter it or leave it, it is thine. | 14:05 | |
| Then as the storm broke up on the hill on the side | 14:11 | |
| a sudden light filled the shrine, | 14:13 | |
| the poor man dared not look up, | 14:15 | |
| but he felt the royal presence there, | 14:17 | |
| a voice then spoke to him. | 14:19 | |
| I have seen all thy love and sacrifice. | 14:22 | |
| I have seen all thy tears and heard thy prayer, | 14:25 | |
| lo, I am with you always, the voice ceased, | 14:29 | |
| the light faded, but the poor man's heart was glad | 14:33 | |
| with the presence of the king. | 14:37 | |
| A miracle is waiting for you. | 14:40 | |
| He shows strength with his arms, | 14:44 | |
| he scatters the proud in the imagination of their hearts | 14:47 | |
| and exalts those of low degree. | 14:50 | |
| He feels the hungry with good things | 14:53 | |
| and the rich he sends empty away. | 14:55 | |
| My soul magnifies the Lord for he who is mighty | 14:58 | |
| hath done great things. | 15:01 | |
| Holy is his name. | 15:06 | |
| Have mercy on us. | 15:10 | |
| Oh Lord thou son of David. | 15:12 | |
| The people told the two man that they were making | 15:15 | |
| a nuisance of themselves, then perhaps some began | 15:17 | |
| to threaten them. | 15:21 | |
| "If you don't keep quiet, we will give you no more alms | 15:23 | |
| if you don't stop interrupting things, | 15:28 | |
| we will not lead you by their hand anymore | 15:30 | |
| to where you want to go if you don't shut up, | 15:33 | |
| we will not help you anymore." | 15:36 | |
| Listen well to those voices for you will | 15:38 | |
| hear them again. | 15:40 | |
| Maybe this year, next year or the following year. | 15:42 | |
| Some well intentioned district superintendent, | 15:46 | |
| some well-intentioned Bishop, | 15:48 | |
| some well intentioned chairman of a committee | 15:50 | |
| will tell you to be quiet. | 15:54 | |
| Maybe from a moments when these threats struck home, | 15:56 | |
| the two men turned to each other to debate among themselves | 16:00 | |
| trying to decide upon the best course of action to take. | 16:04 | |
| One might've said to the other if we don't keep quiet, | 16:09 | |
| maybe they won't help us anymore, | 16:11 | |
| maybe we just do what they suggest. | 16:14 | |
| The other might've answered, but if we're quiet | 16:18 | |
| Jesus might not see us. | 16:20 | |
| If he doesn't hear us, he might pass us by. | 16:23 | |
| But the first one said, "Yes, but what if we risk | 16:27 | |
| what we have now?" | 16:29 | |
| The favor of the people, the pity of those who give us alms | 16:31 | |
| and who lead us by the hand and then Jesus doesn't help us. | 16:35 | |
| Can we afford to risk everything we have now | 16:40 | |
| in the hope that Jesus can and will help us?" | 16:44 | |
| You will hear those voices. | 16:49 | |
| They will say, don't rock the boat. | 16:54 | |
| Hold on to what you have in order that you may progress | 16:57 | |
| that you might go along in order to get along. | 17:02 | |
| But his friend answered, "Yes, we must risk everything | 17:06 | |
| we have now for if Jesus hears us, if Jesus helps us, | 17:10 | |
| if Jesus opens our eyes and gives us our sight, | 17:16 | |
| we will no longer be dependent on anyone | 17:21 | |
| to give us any alms. | 17:24 | |
| We will no longer need anyone to lead us by their hand, | 17:26 | |
| we will no longer need to be beggars. | 17:30 | |
| This is a moment of sight or blindness, | 17:36 | |
| we can't let anything stop us. | 17:39 | |
| Have mercy on us Lord, thou son of David." | 17:42 | |
| A miracle is waiting for you. | 17:46 | |
| You are going out into churches and into a society | 17:50 | |
| which no longer believes that miracles can happen. | 17:53 | |
| We are like men and women lost, left to perish | 17:57 | |
| in the middle of the desert. | 18:00 | |
| Rays of the sun burn with pitiless | 18:03 | |
| into our throbbing brains. | 18:05 | |
| The hot air seems like a blast from the mouth of furnace, | 18:07 | |
| the immeasurable waste of sand blows | 18:11 | |
| and quivers around us. | 18:13 | |
| Is it that the rest and upon an ocean of flame, | 18:15 | |
| there is no living thing in sight, no way of escape | 18:18 | |
| from that fallacy of desolation. | 18:21 | |
| Hope is swallowed up in anguish and despair. | 18:23 | |
| Hardened with thirst and pain | 18:27 | |
| we are ready to choose death rather than life. | 18:28 | |
| We are impatient that death is so slow coming. | 18:32 | |
| Suddenly, suddenly a miracle is waiting. | 18:36 | |
| Suddenly there appears before us a being of radiant | 18:40 | |
| and celestial beauty. | 18:43 | |
| He looks upon us with such tenderness and compassion | 18:45 | |
| as a mother feels for her dying children. | 18:48 | |
| Something about him tells us that a miracle is waiting. | 18:51 | |
| He touches the desert of our lives with his finger | 18:56 | |
| and the living fountain breaks forth at his feet. | 18:58 | |
| With a voice that seems to shake the very foundations | 19:04 | |
| of our souls, with unbearable ecstasy | 19:07 | |
| he says, come and drink and live. | 19:09 | |
| But it seems so like a dream. | 19:14 | |
| If it is real, why doesn't he press the cooling cups | 19:17 | |
| to our lips without any effort on our parts. | 19:19 | |
| But the miracle is waiting. | 19:23 | |
| If you want to drink and live, | 19:25 | |
| you have to go on the little strength and the little faith | 19:28 | |
| that you have for the miracle to happen to you. | 19:30 | |
| For a miracle is waiting. | 19:34 | |
| Finally, doubting and half believing, | 19:37 | |
| we stumble in our blindness, groping in the dark | 19:39 | |
| towards the sound of his voice. | 19:42 | |
| Crying out with those two men have mercy on us, | 19:44 | |
| oh Lord, thou son of David. | 19:47 | |
| Doubting and half believing we bow to drink | 19:50 | |
| of the fountain, our strength is revived, | 19:52 | |
| our win and reason is restored. | 19:55 | |
| Our lost hope returns. | 19:57 | |
| Again, we hear his voice, now that your sight is restored, | 20:00 | |
| follow me to a land that is fairer than day. | 20:05 | |
| Again, we hear his voice rise up and follow me | 20:09 | |
| and I will give you to drink of the river | 20:13 | |
| of the water of life. | 20:15 | |
| I will lead you forth from this burning | 20:17 | |
| and cheerless waste. | 20:20 | |
| I will bring you to a home where you | 20:22 | |
| shall neither hunger nor thirsty anymore. | 20:24 | |
| Where all pain and sorrow and death shall cease, | 20:27 | |
| God shall wipe all tears from your eyes. | 20:31 | |
| We look the way the deliverer points | 20:35 | |
| through the quivering haze and the elusive mirage | 20:37 | |
| of the desert we see faint outlines of a glorious city afar. | 20:40 | |
| Have mercy on us oh Lord thou son of David. | 20:45 | |
| These two men had an imperfect faith. | 20:50 | |
| They saw through a glass darkly. | 20:54 | |
| But they were willing to act on the faith they had. | 20:57 | |
| They were not afraid to bring a great request. | 21:00 | |
| We do not want alms. | 21:04 | |
| We do not want to be led by the hand. | 21:06 | |
| We do not want to be comfortable. | 21:09 | |
| We want to be able to see so that the reality | 21:12 | |
| that we perceive we'll bear some resemblance | 21:16 | |
| to what actually exists. | 21:19 | |
| They would beg us, but not for silver or gold, | 21:22 | |
| they wanted their sight and there was | 21:24 | |
| a miracle waiting for them. | 21:26 | |
| If you can believe that a miracle is waiting for you, | 21:29 | |
| no one will be able to threaten you | 21:33 | |
| into a silent acceptance of the status quo. | 21:35 | |
| If you can believe that a miracle is waiting for you, | 21:38 | |
| then your imaginations will not remain dolled | 21:43 | |
| by the inertia of the status quo. | 21:46 | |
| Miracles still happen. | 21:49 | |
| Some of you today by your very presence in this place, | 21:53 | |
| are living Testament to the fact that miracles still happen. | 21:57 | |
| Have have mercy on us oh Lord thou son of David. | 22:02 | |
| My very presence here is a miracle you see. | 22:07 | |
| Cause I know that I would not be here | 22:11 | |
| were it not for the grace and the mercy of God. | 22:15 | |
| This place today would not be what it is, | 22:18 | |
| the variety of graduates that we have today | 22:21 | |
| would not be what they are had a miracle | 22:24 | |
| not been waiting for some of us. | 22:27 | |
| And I think about 20, 25 years ago | 22:30 | |
| that I was working in the coal mines and in the steel mills. | 22:36 | |
| And to think that God in spite of everything, | 22:39 | |
| which suggested the contrary could bring me | 22:43 | |
| to this place this day, I know that | 22:46 | |
| a miracle is waiting for you. | 22:49 | |
| Don't be afraid, don't be discouraged | 22:52 | |
| because your faith does not seem to the large, | 22:56 | |
| but if you have the faith of a mustard seed | 22:59 | |
| and believe that God is sovereign and almighty | 23:03 | |
| God can take that faith and transform it | 23:07 | |
| so that it would not only make your life meaningful | 23:13 | |
| and powerful but it will touch the lives of those around you | 23:16 | |
| and the river that flows through the banks of time | 23:21 | |
| picking up this, that, and the other depositing it into | 23:25 | |
| the sea of eternity so your life can touch | 23:28 | |
| the lives of others and leave rich deposits of soil | 23:31 | |
| that will bear fruit in the Father's name. | 23:36 | |
| A miracle is waiting for you. | 23:39 | |
| So you're weak, so you are inadequate. | 23:44 | |
| So you have misused these three years. | 23:46 | |
| You have not done the best that you could | 23:49 | |
| in spite of that God has brought you to this place | 23:52 | |
| and has somebody out there waiting for a message | 23:56 | |
| from him through you so that you can tell | 24:01 | |
| the world the good news that God still lives, | 24:05 | |
| that God has been satisfied with every form of oppression. | 24:10 | |
| That God is opposed to every status quo, | 24:14 | |
| do not bend down in the world, do not settle down, | 24:17 | |
| because a miracle is waiting. | 24:21 | |
| Waiting to take you home to that land that John saw, | 24:23 | |
| he looked out and saw that greatness | 24:29 | |
| that no man could not. | 24:31 | |
| Coming out of every nation, every race, every tribe | 24:33 | |
| crying out hallelujah, hallelujah. | 24:38 | |
| I want to be there to crown him, Lord of all, | 24:42 | |
| A miracle is waiting. | 24:49 | |
| - | Let us stand and join in the historic confession | 25:01 |
| of the Christian faith. | 25:04 | |
| - | I believe in God, the Father almighty, | 25:10 |
| maker of heaven and earth | 25:14 | |
| and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. | 25:16 | |
| Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, | 25:19 | |
| born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate | 25:22 | |
| was crucified, died and buried. | 25:26 | |
| The third day he rose from the dead. | 25:29 | |
| He ascended into heaven and sitteth at the right hand | 25:31 | |
| of God, the Father almighty. | 25:34 | |
| From hence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. | 25:37 | |
| I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic church, | 25:41 | |
| the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, | 25:45 | |
| the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting. | 25:49 | |
| Amen. | 25:53 | |
| (muffled hymnal singing) | 25:55 | |
| Would you please be seated. | 26:39 | |
| And will you turn in your hymn books to number 746 | 26:43 | |
| in the back of the hymnal, number 746. | 26:48 | |
| The prayer for the church, land, and world, 746 | 26:52 | |
| Remember, oh, Lord thy church on earth. | 27:04 | |
| Deepen her influence and extend her power for good. | 27:08 | |
| Till the kingdoms of this world | 27:12 | |
| become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ. | 27:14 | |
| We pray for our beloved land, for our leaders and governors | 27:19 | |
| and for all who have part in public service. | 27:24 | |
| Make them pure in motive, wise in counsel | 27:27 | |
| and strong in action, doing right in the fear | 27:32 | |
| of thy holy name. | 27:36 | |
| Father in heaven, look down in mercy | 27:38 | |
| upon our distraught and fevered world. | 27:41 | |
| Forgive the mistake and ambitions, | 27:44 | |
| the selfish passions and presumptuous claims of men. | 27:46 | |
| Remove all suspicion and bitterness | 27:52 | |
| from among the nations and bring them to peace and comfort | 27:55 | |
| by the redeeming love of Christ. | 27:59 | |
| Have mercy Lord, upon those who are passing through | 28:03 | |
| soar trial, the poor, the sick, the anxious, the oppressed, | 28:07 | |
| those who are in danger from the fury of the elements | 28:13 | |
| or from the violence of men. | 28:17 | |
| Inspire in us and in our fellow men, | 28:20 | |
| the will to help our suffering brethren. | 28:24 | |
| Heal, protect and strengthen them according to their needs. | 28:27 | |
| Comfort those in sorrow with the comfort | 28:32 | |
| which is in Christ Jesus, our Lord. | 28:35 | |
| We pray for our own dear ones where soever they are. | 28:39 | |
| That's surrounded by thy love, | 28:44 | |
| they may be kept in health and joy | 28:46 | |
| and abide in safety and peace | 28:49 | |
| through Jesus Christ our Lord. | 28:52 | |
| Amen. | 28:55 | |
| Especially in this moment of fellowship and sacrament | 28:58 | |
| Oh God, we would pray for those who leave | 29:01 | |
| this community for wider fields of ministry and service. | 29:04 | |
| As they go with our blessing, may they go with thy grace. | 29:10 | |
| As they proclaim the good news of what Jesus Christ | 29:16 | |
| has done for them and for all thy children, | 29:19 | |
| may they witness indeed and in decision | 29:23 | |
| as well as in word to his love. | 29:27 | |
| As they seek to establish justice in the land, | 29:31 | |
| may they do it with reconciliation and the generous spirit. | 29:35 | |
| As they look forward to new homes and new tasks | 29:41 | |
| and new experiences, may they not forget the parents | 29:46 | |
| and pastors and friends and teachers | 29:51 | |
| whose pride and confidence have led and followed | 29:55 | |
| them to this hour. | 30:00 | |
| As we pledge our continued support in their ministry, | 30:03 | |
| may they be ever conscious of the supreme necessity | 30:07 | |
| and the Supreme power, the presence of thy son | 30:11 | |
| our Lord and savior in whose name we pray. | 30:15 | |
| Amen. | 30:20 | |
| - | As God's forgiven and reconciled people, | 30:31 |
| let us now present him our gifts of bread and the cup | 30:34 | |
| as we sing the communion hymn let us stand | 30:38 | |
| and remain standing for the prayer of thanksgiving. | 30:41 | |
| (muffled hymnal singing) | 30:46 | |
| The Lord is with you. | 33:09 | |
| - | And with you also. | 33:10 |
| - | Lift up your hearts. | 33:13 |
| - | We lift them up to the Lord. | 33:14 |
| - | Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. | 33:16 |
| - | It is right to give him thanks and praise. | 33:19 |
| - | Father, it is right that we should always and everywhere | 33:22 |
| give you thanks and praise. | 33:25 | |
| Only you are God, you created all things | 33:27 | |
| and called them good. | 33:30 | |
| You made us in your own image, even when we rebelled | 33:32 | |
| against your love you did not desert us. | 33:35 | |
| You delivered us from captivity, made covenant to be | 33:38 | |
| our God and king and spoke to us through your prophets. | 33:42 | |
| Therefore, we join the entire company of heaven | 33:46 | |
| and all of your people now on earth | 33:49 | |
| in worshiping and glorifying you. | 33:52 | |
| Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and mighty. | 33:55 | |
| Heaven and earth are full of your glory. | 34:00 | |
| Hosanna in the highest. | 34:02 | |
| Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. | 34:05 | |
| Hosanna in the highest. | 34:09 | |
| We thank you Father, that you loved the world so much | 34:11 | |
| you sent your only son to be our Savior. | 34:15 | |
| The Lord of all life came to live among us. | 34:18 | |
| He healed and taught men, ate with sinners, | 34:22 | |
| and won for you a new people by water and the Spirit. | 34:25 | |
| We saw his glory. | 34:30 | |
| Yet, he humbled himself in obedience to your will | 34:32 | |
| freely accepting death on a cross. | 34:36 | |
| By dying he freed us from unending death. | 34:39 | |
| By rising from the dead he gave us everlasting life. | 34:43 | |
| We remember that on the night in which | 34:47 | |
| he gave himself up for us, the Lord Jesus took bread | 34:48 | |
| after giving you thanks he broke the bread, | 34:53 | |
| gave it to his disciples and said, take eat, | 34:56 | |
| this is my body which Was given for you. | 35:00 | |
| When the supper was over he took the cup again, | 35:03 | |
| he returned thanks to you, gave the cup to his disciples | 35:06 | |
| and said, drink from this all of you, | 35:10 | |
| this is the cup of the new covenant in my blood. | 35:13 | |
| Poured out for you and many for the forgiveness of sin. | 35:17 | |
| When we eat this bread and drink this cup, | 35:21 | |
| we experience the anew the presence | 35:24 | |
| of the Lord Jesus Christ | 35:26 | |
| and look forward to his coming in final victory. | 35:28 | |
| Christ has died. | 35:32 | |
| Christ is risen. | 35:34 | |
| Christ will come again. | 35:35 | |
| We remember and proclaim heavenly Father, | 35:38 | |
| what your son has done for us in his life and death, | 35:41 | |
| in his resurrection and ascension, | 35:46 | |
| accept our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving | 35:48 | |
| in union with Christ offering for us | 35:52 | |
| as a reasonable and holy surrender of ourselves. | 35:55 | |
| Send the power of your Holy Spirit on us. | 35:59 | |
| Gathered here out of love for you and on these gifts, | 36:02 | |
| help us to know in the breaking of this bread | 36:06 | |
| and the drinking of this wine, | 36:09 | |
| the presence of Christ who gave his body and blood | 36:11 | |
| for mankind. | 36:15 | |
| Make us one with Christ, one with each other, | 36:16 | |
| and one in service to all mankind. | 36:20 | |
| Through your son Jesus Christ with the Holy Spirit, | 36:23 | |
| and the Holy church, all glory and honor is yours Father. | 36:27 | |
| Amen. | 36:32 | |
| Our father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. | 36:34 | |
| Thy kingdom come, they will be done on earth | 36:39 | |
| as it is in heaven. | 36:43 | |
| Give us this day our daily bread | 36:44 | |
| and forgive us our trespasses, | 36:47 | |
| as we forgive those who trespass against us. | 36:50 | |
| And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. | 36:53 | |
| For thine is the kingdom, the power, the glory forever. | 36:58 | |
| Amen. | 37:03 | |
| Be seated. | 37:04 | |
| - | Because there is one true love, | 37:14 |
| we many as we are are one body. | 37:17 | |
| For it is of the one true love that we all partake. | 37:25 | |
| When we break this bread do we not share | 37:33 | |
| in the body of our savior Jesus Christ? | 37:42 | |
| When we give thanks over this cup, are we not sharing | 37:51 | |
| in the blood of our Savior Jesus Christ? | 37:56 | |
| (silence) | 38:02 | |
| - | The Lord's table is now ready | 40:36 |
| and we ask you to come and be his guests. | 40:38 | |
| Will you follow the ushers and form a large circle | 40:40 | |
| around the table, you may either hold the bread | 40:44 | |
| and dip it in the cup or you may eat the bread | 40:48 | |
| and then drink from the cup. | 40:50 | |
| And we're going to recover a good custom of the ancient | 40:52 | |
| church and of the Methodist church as you come | 40:55 | |
| and as you sit and wait will you sing with Mr. Simpson | 40:58 | |
| as he leads us in some of the familiar hymns of the church. | 41:02 | |
| Will you come. | 41:05 | |
| ♪ Let us break bread together on our knees ♪ | 41:14 | |
| ♪ Let us break bread together on our knees ♪ | 41:24 | |
| ♪ When I fall on my knees ♪ | 41:34 | |
| ♪ With my face to the rising sun ♪ | 41:39 | |
| ♪ Oh, Lord, have mercy on me ♪ | 41:44 | |
| ♪ Let us drink wine together on our knees ♪ | 41:55 | |
| ♪ Let us drink wine together on our knees ♪ | 42:05 | |
| ♪ When I fall on my knees with my face ♪ | 42:15 | |
| ♪ To the rising sun, oh Lord, have mercy on me ♪ | 42:22 | |
| (silence) | 42:35 | |
| Now having communed with our Lord | 43:37 | |
| let us give each other here in this circle | 43:39 | |
| the right hand of fellowship and of peace. | 43:41 | |
| (silence) | 43:45 | |
| ♪ Amazing Grace how sweet the sound ♪ | 44:54 | |
| ♪ That saved a wretch like me ♪ | 45:04 | |
| ♪ I once was lost, but now am found ♪ | 45:13 | |
| ♪ Was blind, but now I see ♪ | 45:23 | |
| ♪ 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear ♪ | 45:32 | |
| ♪ And grace my fears relieved ♪ | 45:41 | |
| ♪ How precious did that grace appear ♪ | 45:50 | |
| ♪ The hour I first believed ♪ | 46:00 | |
| ♪ Through many dangers, toils and snares ♪ | 46:12 | |
| ♪ I have already come ♪ | 46:19 | |
| ♪ 'Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far ♪ | 46:28 | |
| ♪ And grace will lead me home ♪ | 46:39 | |
| ♪ The Lord has promised good to me ♪ | 46:49 | |
| ♪ His Word my hope secures ♪ | 46:49 | |
| ♪ He will my shield and portion be ♪ | 47:08 | |
| ♪ As long as life endures ♪ | 47:19 | |
| ♪ Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail ♪ | 47:29 | |
| ♪ And mortal life shall cease ♪ | 47:46 | |
| ♪ I shall possess, within the veil, ♪ | 47:58 | |
| ♪ What a Friend we have in Jesus ♪ | 48:10 | |
| ♪ All our sins and griefs to bear ♪ | 48:19 | |
| ♪ What a privilege to carry ♪ | 48:24 | |
| ♪ Everything to God in prayer ♪ | 48:32 | |
| ♪ O what peace we often forfeit ♪ | 48:38 | |
| ♪ O what needless pain we bear ♪ | 48:47 | |
| ♪ All because we do not carry ♪ | 48:53 | |
| ♪ Everything to God in prayer ♪ | 49:01 | |
| ♪ Have we trials and temptations? ♪ | 49:10 | |
| ♪ Is there trouble anywhere? ♪ | 49:16 | |
| ♪ We should never be discouraged ♪ | 49:23 | |
| ♪ Take it to the Lord in prayer ♪ | 49:30 | |
| ♪ Can we find a friend so faithful ♪ | 49:37 | |
| ♪ Who will all our sorrows share? ♪ | 49:44 | |
| ♪ Jesus knows our every weakness ♪ | 49:50 | |
| ♪ Take it to the Lord in prayer ♪ | 49:59 | |
| ♪ Are we weak and heavy-laden ♪ | 50:06 | |
| ♪ Cumbered with a load of care? ♪ | 50:14 | |
| ♪ Precious Savior, still our refuge ♪ | 50:20 | |
| ♪ Take it to the Lord in prayer ♪ | 50:29 | |
| Now let us give each other the right hand of fellowship. | 50:34 | |
| ♪ Do thy friends despise, forsake thee? ♪ | 50:38 | |
| ♪ Take it to the Lord in prayer ♪ | 50:43 | |
| ♪ In His arms He'll take and shield thee ♪ | 50:50 | |
| ♪ Thou wilt find a solace there ♪ | 50:59 | |
| ♪ Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty ♪ | 51:22 | |
| ♪ Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee ♪ | 51:32 | |
| ♪ Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty ♪ | 51:43 | |
| ♪ God in three persons, blessed Trinity ♪ | 51:54 | |
| ♪ Holy, holy, holy! all the saints adore thee ♪ | 52:08 | |
| ♪ Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea ♪ | 52:17 | |
| ♪ Cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee ♪ | 52:28 | |
| ♪ Which wert and art and evermore shalt be ♪ | 52:39 | |
| ♪ Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide thee ♪ | 52:51 | |
| ♪ Though the eye of sinful man thy glory may not see ♪ | 53:03 | |
| ♪ Only thou art holy; there is none beside thee ♪ | 53:14 | |
| ♪ Perfect in power, in love, and purity ♪ | 53:25 | |
| ♪ Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty ♪ | 53:38 | |
| ♪ All thy works shall praise thy name in earth ♪ | 53:50 | |
| ♪ And sky and sea ♪ | 54:00 | |
| ♪ Holy, holy, holy! merciful and mighty ♪ | 54:02 | |
| ♪ God in three persons, blessed Trinity ♪ | 54:14 | |
| ♪ Rock of Ages, cleft for me ♪ | 54:47 | |
| ♪ Let me hide myself in Thee ♪ | 54:53 | |
| ♪ Let the water and the blood ♪ | 54:57 | |
| ♪ From Thy riven side which flowed ♪ | 55:04 | |
| ♪ Be of sin the double cure ♪ | 55:10 | |
| ♪ Save me from its guilt and power ♪ | 55:16 | |
| ♪ Not the labor of my hands ♪ | 55:24 | |
| ♪ Can fulfill Thy law's demands ♪ | 55:31 | |
| ♪ Could my zeal no respite know ♪ | 55:37 | |
| ♪ Could my tears forever flow ♪ | 55:43 | |
| ♪ All could never sin erase, ♪ | 55:49 | |
| ♪ Thou must save, and save by grace. ♪ | 55:55 | |
| ♪ While I draw this fleeting breath ♪ | 56:03 | |
| ♪ When mine eyes shall close in death ♪ | 56:09 | |
| ♪ When I soar to worlds unknown ♪ | 56:15 | |
| ♪ See Thee on thy judgment throne ♪ | 56:21 | |
| ♪ Rock of Ages, cleft for me ♪ | 56:28 | |
| ♪ Let me hide myself in Thee ♪ | 56:34 | |
| ♪ Rock of Ages, cleft for me ♪ | 56:42 | |
| ♪ Let me hide myself in thee ♪ | 56:49 | |
| ♪ Let the water and the blood ♪ | 56:55 | |
| ♪ From Thy riven side which flowed ♪ | 57:02 | |
| ♪ Be of sin the double cure ♪ | 57:08 | |
| ♪ Save me from its guilt and power ♪ | 57:15 | |
| ♪ Precious Lord, take my hand ♪ | 57:26 | |
| ♪ Lead me on, let me stand ♪ | 57:31 | |
| ♪ I'm tired, I'm weak, I'm lone ♪ | 57:36 | |
| ♪ Through the storm, through the night ♪ | 57:45 | |
| ♪ Lead me on to the light ♪ | 57:51 | |
| ♪ Take my hand precious Lord, lead me home ♪ | 57:56 | |
| - | I can't resist telling you because I think | 58:16 |
| you'll be glad to know that Mr. Simpson, | 58:18 | |
| the president of the senior class is a Baptist, | 58:20 | |
| he was leading our singing. | 58:23 | |
| - | Amen. | 58:25 |
| - | Let us pray the prayer after receiving. | 58:30 |
| You have given yourself to us Lord. | 58:34 | |
| - | Now we give ourselves to you. | 58:37 |
| - | Your love has made us a new people. | 58:39 |
| - | As the people of God we will serve you with joy. | 58:41 |
| - | Your glory has filled our hearts. | 58:45 |
| - | Help us Lord to find you in all things. | 58:48 |
| - | Amen. | 58:51 |
| (muffled hymnal singing) | 58:55 | |
| (indistinct) | 1:01:32 | |
| (upbeat organ music) | 1:01:45 |