William H. Willimon - "When Through Fiery Trials" (September 5, 1993)
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| (upbeat organ music) | 0:00 | |
| - | Good morning, and welcome to this service of worship | 0:57 |
| on this the first Sunday of a new school year. | 1:00 | |
| We're delighted to have our new president | 1:04 | |
| serving as lector in this service. | 1:06 | |
| After service, you're invited for lemonade | 1:09 | |
| on the chapel quad weather permitting | 1:12 | |
| and for music by the JC Power and Light Company. | 1:15 | |
| I call to your attention the tear-out sheet | 1:20 | |
| in your bulletin where you can tell us | 1:22 | |
| something about yourself and ways that you wish | 1:25 | |
| to be involved in the chapel's ministry. | 1:27 | |
| We invite you to tear out that sheet | 1:30 | |
| and place it in the offering plate today. | 1:32 | |
| This Thursday we will resume with choral vespers | 1:35 | |
| in Memorial Chapel at 5:15, and you're invited | 1:39 | |
| for this unique experience of worship. | 1:43 | |
| And now, let us stand for the greeting. | 1:46 | |
| The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. | 1:53 | |
| Congregation | And also with you. | 1:57 |
| Leader | The risen Christ is with us. | 1:58 |
| Congregation | Praise the Lord. | 2:00 |
| (upbeat instrumental music) | 2:05 | |
| ♪ Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, ♪ | 4:06 | |
| ♪ The King of creation ♪ | 4:11 | |
| ♪ O my soul, praise him ♪ | 4:18 | |
| ♪ For he is thy health and salvation ♪ | 4:22 | |
| ♪ All ye who hear ♪ | 4:31 | |
| ♪ Now to his temple draw near ♪ | 4:36 | |
| ♪ Join me in glad adoration. ♪ | 4:42 | |
| ♪ Praise to the Lord, ♪ | 4:53 | |
| ♪ Who o'er all things so wondrously reigneth ♪ | 4:57 | |
| ♪ Sheltering you as on eagle's wings ♪ | 5:07 | |
| ♪ And so gently sustaining ♪ | 5:11 | |
| ♪ Have you not seen ♪ | 5:21 | |
| ♪ All that is needful has been ♪ | 5:25 | |
| ♪ Sent by his gracious ordaining ♪ | 5:32 | |
| ♪ Praise to the Lord, who doth ♪ | 5:43 | |
| ♪ Prosper thy work and defend thee ♪ | 5:47 | |
| ♪ Surely His goodness and mercy ♪ | 5:56 | |
| ♪ May daily attend thee ♪ | 6:02 | |
| ♪ Ponder anew what the Almighty can do ♪ | 6:10 | |
| ♪ Who with his love doth befriend thee ♪ | 6:21 | |
| ♪ Praise to the Lord ♪ | 6:33 | |
| ♪ Who with marvelous wisdom hath made thee ♪ | 6:35 | |
| ♪ Decked the with health ♪ | 6:45 | |
| ♪ And with loving hand guided and stayed thee ♪ | 6:46 | |
| ♪ How oft in grief ♪ | 6:59 | |
| ♪ Hath not he brought thee relief ♪ | 7:03 | |
| ♪ Spreading his wings to o'er-shade thee ♪ | 7:10 | |
| ♪ Praise to the Lord ♪ | 7:21 | |
| ♪ O let all that is in me adore him ♪ | 7:24 | |
| ♪ All that hath life and breath ♪ | 7:34 | |
| ♪ Come now with praises before him ♪ | 7:38 | |
| ♪ Let the amen ♪ | 7:47 | |
| ♪ Sound from his people again ♪ | 7:52 | |
| ♪ Gladly forever adore him ♪ | 8:00 | |
| - | Let us pray. | 8:27 |
| Your trumpets summon us, O God, | 8:33 | |
| to this time of remembering and renewal. | 8:35 | |
| We have sensed your presence through fire and storm | 8:39 | |
| when we have felt threatened and afraid, | 8:43 | |
| and yet, no matter how difficult the circumstances, | 8:47 | |
| you have never abandoned us to face them alone. | 8:51 | |
| In this time of new beginnings, | 8:55 | |
| fraught with opportunity and challenges, | 8:57 | |
| we remember your goodness to us | 9:01 | |
| throughout the days of our lives. | 9:04 | |
| Help us to walk close beside you | 9:07 | |
| as we seek to bring the wholeness | 9:10 | |
| of our being into deeper relationship with you, | 9:12 | |
| and touch our spirits. | 9:16 | |
| Fill us with your love as you equip us | 9:19 | |
| for the life to which you have called us. | 9:23 | |
| In the name of Jesus Christ, amen. | 9:26 | |
| Congregation | Amen. | 9:29 |
| - | You may be seated. | 9:30 |
| - | Let us pray together. | 9:39 |
| Open our hearts and minds, O God | 9:41 | |
| by the power of your Holy Spirit | 9:44 | |
| so that as the Word is read and proclaimed | 9:47 | |
| we may hear your message with joy this day, amen. | 9:50 | |
| The first reading is taken from the third chapter | 9:56 | |
| of the book of Daniel starting with verse one. | 9:58 | |
| "King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue | 10:01 | |
| "whose height was 60 cubits and whose width was 6 cubits. | 10:04 | |
| "He set it up on the plain of Dura, | 10:08 | |
| "in the province of Babylon. | 10:10 | |
| "Then, King Nebuchadnezzar sent for the satraps, | 10:12 | |
| "the prefects, and the governors, | 10:15 | |
| "the counselors, the treasurers, the justices, | 10:16 | |
| "the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces | 10:20 | |
| "to assemble and come to the dedication | 10:23 | |
| "of the statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. | 10:25 | |
| "So, the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, | 10:28 | |
| "the counselors, the treasurers, the justices, | 10:31 | |
| "the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces | 10:34 | |
| "assembled for the dedication of the statue | 10:36 | |
| "that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. | 10:39 | |
| "When they were standing before the statue, | 10:42 | |
| "the herald proclaimed aloud, | 10:44 | |
| "'You are commanded, O people, nations, and languages, | 10:47 | |
| "'that when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, | 10:51 | |
| "'lyre, trigon, harp, drum, and entire musical ensemble, | 10:54 | |
| "'you are to fall down and worship the golden statue | 10:58 | |
| "'that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up. | 11:02 | |
| "'Whoever does not fall down and worship shall | 11:04 | |
| "'immediately be thrown into a furnace of blazing fire.' | 11:06 | |
| "Therefore, as soon as all the peoples | 11:10 | |
| "heard the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, | 11:12 | |
| "trigon, harp, drum, and the entire musical ensemble, | 11:14 | |
| "all the peoples, nations, and languages | 11:18 | |
| "fell down and worshiped the golden statue | 11:20 | |
| "that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. | 11:23 | |
| "Accordingly, at this time, certain Chaldeans | 11:26 | |
| "came forward and denounced the Jews. | 11:28 | |
| "They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, | 11:31 | |
| "'O King, live forever. | 11:33 | |
| "'You, O King, have made a decree | 11:34 | |
| "'that everyone who hears the sound of the horn, pipe, | 11:37 | |
| "'lyre, trigon, harp, drum, and entire musical ensemble | 11:39 | |
| "'shall fall down before the golden statue. | 11:43 | |
| "'And whoever does not fall down and worship | 11:45 | |
| "'shall be thrown into a furnace of blazing fire. | 11:47 | |
| "'There are certain Jews whom you have appointed | 11:50 | |
| "'over the affairs of the province of Babylon, | 11:53 | |
| "'Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. | 11:55 | |
| "'These pay no heed to you, O King. | 11:58 | |
| "'They do not serve your gods, and they do not | 12:00 | |
| "'worship the golden statue that you have set up.' | 12:02 | |
| "Then, Nebuchadnezzar in furious rage commanded | 12:05 | |
| "that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought in. | 12:08 | |
| "So, they brought those men before the king. | 12:11 | |
| "Nebuchadnezzar said to them, | 12:14 | |
| "'Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, | 12:15 | |
| "'that you do not serve my gods, and you do not worship | 12:18 | |
| "'the golden statue that I have set up? | 12:20 | |
| "'Now, if you are ready, when you hear the sound | 12:23 | |
| "'of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, drum, | 12:25 | |
| "'and entire musical ensemble to fall down | 12:28 | |
| "'and worship the statue that I have made, well and good. | 12:31 | |
| "'But if you do not worship, you will immediately | 12:35 | |
| "'be thrown into a furnace of blazing fire. | 12:37 | |
| "'And who is the god that will deliver you out of my hands?' | 12:39 | |
| "Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, | 12:43 | |
| "'O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need | 12:45 | |
| "'to present a defense to you in this matter. | 12:47 | |
| "'If our God whom we serve is able to deliver us | 12:50 | |
| "'from the furnace of blazing fire | 12:52 | |
| "'and out of your hand, O king, let him deliver us. | 12:54 | |
| "'But if not, be known to you, O king, | 12:56 | |
| "'that we will not serve your gods, and we will not | 13:00 | |
| "'worship the golden statue that you have set up.' | 13:02 | |
| "Then, Nebuchadnezzar was so filled with rage | 13:05 | |
| "against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego | 13:07 | |
| "that his face was distorted. | 13:09 | |
| "He ordered the furnace heated up | 13:11 | |
| "seven times more than was customary. | 13:13 | |
| "And he ordered some of his strongest guards | 13:15 | |
| "to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, | 13:17 | |
| "and throw them into the furnace of blazing fire. | 13:20 | |
| "So, the men were bound still wearing their tunics, | 13:23 | |
| "their trousers, their hats, and their other garments, | 13:26 | |
| "and they were thrown into the furnace of blazing fire. | 13:28 | |
| "Because the king's command was urgent, | 13:31 | |
| "and the furnace was so overheated, | 13:34 | |
| "the raging flames killed the men | 13:35 | |
| "who lifted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. | 13:38 | |
| "But the three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, | 13:40 | |
| "fell down bound into the furnace of blazing fire. | 13:43 | |
| "Then, King Nebuchadnezzar was | 13:48 | |
| "astonished and rose up quickly. | 13:49 | |
| "He said to his counselors, 'Was it not three men | 13:50 | |
| "'that we threw bound into the fire?' | 13:53 | |
| "They answered, 'True, O king.' | 13:55 | |
| "He replied, 'But I see four men unbound, | 13:57 | |
| "'walking in the middle of the fire, and they are not hurt. | 14:00 | |
| "'And the fourth has the appearance of a god.' | 14:02 | |
| "Nebuchadnezzar then approached the door | 14:06 | |
| "of the furnace of blazing fire and said, | 14:07 | |
| "'Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, | 14:09 | |
| "'servants of the Most High God, come out, come here.' | 14:10 | |
| "So, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out from the fire. | 14:14 | |
| "And the satraps, the prefects, the governors, | 14:17 | |
| "and the king's counselors gathered together | 14:19 | |
| "and saw that the fire had not any power | 14:22 | |
| "over the bodies of those men. | 14:24 | |
| "The hair of their heads was not singed. | 14:26 | |
| "Their tunics were not harmed. | 14:28 | |
| "Not even the smell of fire came from them. | 14:30 | |
| "Nebuchadnezzar said, 'Blessed be the God | 14:34 | |
| "'of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego | 14:36 | |
| "'who has sent his angel and delivered | 14:38 | |
| "'his servants who trusted in him. | 14:40 | |
| "'They disobeyed the king's command | 14:41 | |
| "'and yielded up their bodies rather than serve | 14:43 | |
| "'and worship any god except their own God.'" | 14:46 | |
| This is the Word of the Lord. | 14:49 | |
| Congregation | Thanks be to God. | 14:51 |
| - | Today's Psalm is number 148 | 15:00 |
| found on pages 861 and 862 in your hymnal. | 15:02 | |
| Please stand and sing the psalm and Gloria responsively. | 15:06 | |
| (organ music) | 15:12 | |
| ♪ Praise the Lord ♪ | 15:18 | |
| ♪ Praise the Lord from the heavens ♪ | 15:20 | |
| ♪ Praise the Lord in the heights ♪ | 15:23 | |
| ♪ Praise the Lord, all his angels ♪ | 15:28 | |
| ♪ Praise the Lord, all his heavenly hosts ♪ | 15:33 | |
| ♪ Praise the Lord, sun and moon ♪ | 15:38 | |
| ♪ Praise the Lord, all shining stars ♪ | 15:43 | |
| ♪ Praise the Lord, highest heavens ♪ | 15:48 | |
| ♪ Praise the Lord, you waters above the heavens ♪ | 15:52 | |
| ♪ Let them praise the name of the Lord ♪ | 15:58 | |
| ♪ Who commanded, and they were created ♪ | 16:03 | |
| ♪ He established them forever and ever ♪ | 16:09 | |
| ♪ Let not this law, it shall not be passed. ♪ | 16:14 | |
| ♪ Praise the Lord from the earth ♪ | 16:21 | |
| ♪ Sea monsters and all deeps ♪ | 16:25 | |
| ♪ Lightning, hail, frost, and snow ♪ | 16:30 | |
| ♪ Stormy wind that fulfills his command ♪ | 16:35 | |
| ♪ Mountains and all hills ♪ | 16:41 | |
| ♪ Fruit trees and all cedars ♪ | 16:45 | |
| ♪ Creatures and cattle ♪ | 16:50 | |
| ♪ Small creatures and flying birds ♪ | 16:54 | |
| ♪ Kings of the earth and all people ♪ | 16:59 | |
| ♪ Princes and all rulers of the earth ♪ | 17:04 | |
| ♪ Young men and women together ♪ | 17:10 | |
| ♪ Old men and children ♪ | 17:15 | |
| ♪ Let them the praise the name of the Lord ♪ | 17:19 | |
| ♪ Whose name alone is exalted ♪ | 17:24 | |
| ♪ Whose glory is above earth and heaven ♪ | 17:27 | |
| ♪ God has raised up a horn for his people ♪ | 17:31 | |
| ♪ The praise of all his faithful servants ♪ | 17:36 | |
| ♪ The people of Israel who are close to him ♪ | 17:41 | |
| ♪ Praise the Lord ♪ | 17:47 | |
| (organ music) | 17:53 | |
| ♪ All the beings throughout creation ♪ | 18:03 | |
| ♪ Praise you, our Redeemer Lord ♪ | 18:09 | |
| ♪ Glory be to our Sustainer ♪ | 18:17 | |
| ♪ Let your people praise their God ♪ | 18:25 | |
| ♪ As it was in the beginning ♪ | 18:32 | |
| ♪ Now and evermore shall be ♪ | 18:40 | |
| Psalm Singer | Please be seated. | 18:52 |
| - | The reading from the gospel | 19:00 |
| is from the gospel according to Saint Matthew chapter 18 | 19:02 | |
| beginning with the 15th verse. | 19:05 | |
| "If another member of the church sins against you, | 19:08 | |
| "go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. | 19:11 | |
| "If the member listens to you, you have regained that one. | 19:15 | |
| "But if you are not listened to, | 19:19 | |
| "take one or two others along with you | 19:21 | |
| "so that every word may be confirmed | 19:23 | |
| "by the evidence of two or three witnesses. | 19:25 | |
| "If the member refuses to listen | 19:28 | |
| "to them, tell it to the church. | 19:30 | |
| "And if the offender refuses to listen even to the church, | 19:33 | |
| "let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. | 19:36 | |
| "Truly, I tell you, whatever you bind on earth | 19:41 | |
| "will be bound in heaven, and whatever | 19:44 | |
| "you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. | 19:46 | |
| "Again, truly I tell you, if two of you | 19:50 | |
| "agree on earth about anything you ask, | 19:53 | |
| "it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. | 19:55 | |
| "For where two or three are gathered | 19:58 | |
| "in my name, I am there among them." | 20:00 | |
| This is the Word of the Lord. | 20:05 | |
| Congregation | Thanks be to God. | 20:07 |
| ♪ Didn't ♪ | 20:31 | |
| ♪ Didn't ♪ | ||
| ♪ Didn't ♪ | 20:32 | |
| ♪ Didn't ♪ | ||
| ♪ Didn't ♪ | 20:34 | |
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| ♪ Didn't ♪ | 20:35 | |
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| ♪ Didn't ♪ | 20:36 | |
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| ♪ Didn't ♪ | 20:38 | |
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| ♪ Didn't ♪ | 20:39 | |
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| ♪ Didn't ♪ | 20:41 | |
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| ♪ Didn't ♪ | 20:42 | |
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| ♪ Didn't ♪ | 20:44 | |
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| ♪ Didn't ♪ | 20:47 | |
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| ♪ Didn't ♪ | 20:48 | |
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| ♪ Didn't ♪ | 20:49 | |
| ♪ Didn't ♪ | ||
| ♪ Didn't ♪ | 20:51 | |
| ♪ Didn't ♪ | ||
| ♪ Didn't my Lord ♪ | 20:52 | |
| ♪ Didn't my Lord ♪ | 20:53 | |
| ♪ Didn't my Lord ♪ | 20:55 | |
| ♪ Didn't my Lord ♪ | 20:56 | |
| ♪ Didn't my Lord ♪ | 20:57 | |
| ♪ Didn't my Lord ♪ | 20:59 | |
| ♪ Didn't my Lord, didn't my Lord, didn't my Lord ♪ | 21:00 | |
| ♪ Didn't my Lord ♪ | 21:03 | |
| ♪ Didn't my Lord ♪ | 21:11 | |
| ♪ Didn't my Lord ♪ | 21:15 | |
| ♪ Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel ♪ | 21:23 | |
| ♪ Deliver Daniel, deliver Daniel ♪ | 21:26 | |
| ♪ Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel ♪ | 21:30 | |
| ♪ And why not every man ♪ | 21:34 | |
| ♪ Why not every man ♪ | 21:37 | |
| ♪ And why not every man ♪ | 21:39 | |
| ♪ Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ♪ | 21:42 | |
| ♪ And why not every man ♪ | 21:46 | |
| ♪ Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel ♪ | 21:54 | |
| ♪ Deliver Daniel, deliver Daniel ♪ | 21:58 | |
| ♪ Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel ♪ | 22:01 | |
| ♪ And why not every man ♪ | 22:05 | |
| ♪ And why not every man ♪ | 22:08 | |
| ♪ And why not every man ♪ | 22:11 | |
| ♪ And why not every man ♪ | 22:14 | |
| ♪ Every man, every man, every man ♪ | 22:17 | |
| ♪ He delivered Daniel from the lion's den ♪ | 22:22 | |
| ♪ Jonah from the belly of the whale ♪ | 22:26 | |
| ♪ And the Hebrew children from the fiery furnace ♪ | 22:30 | |
| ♪ And why ♪ | 22:33 | |
| ♪ And why ♪ | ||
| ♪ And why ♪ | 22:34 | |
| ♪ And why ♪ | ||
| ♪ And why ♪ | 22:35 | |
| ♪ And why ♪ | ||
| ♪ And why ♪ | 22:36 | |
| ♪ And why ♪ | ||
| ♪ And why not every man ♪ | 22:38 | |
| ♪ Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel ♪ | 22:39 | |
| ♪ Deliver Daniel, deliver Daniel ♪ | 22:42 | |
| ♪ Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel ♪ | 22:46 | |
| ♪ And why not every man ♪ | 22:50 | |
| ♪ And why not every man ♪ | 22:52 | |
| ♪ And why not every man ♪ | 22:55 | |
| ♪ And why not every man ♪ | 22:59 | |
| ♪ Every man, every man, every man ♪ | 23:02 | |
| ♪ The wind blows east, and the wind blows west ♪ | 23:07 | |
| ♪ It blows like the judgment day ♪ | 23:11 | |
| ♪ It blows, it blows, it blows like the judgment day ♪ | 23:13 | |
| ♪ And every soul that never did pray ♪ | 23:18 | |
| ♪ Will be glad to pray that day ♪ | 23:22 | |
| ♪ That day ♪ | 23:24 | |
| ♪ That day ♪ | ||
| ♪ That day ♪ | 23:26 | |
| ♪ That day ♪ | ||
| ♪ That day ♪ | 23:28 | |
| ♪ That day ♪ | ||
| ♪ That day ♪ | 23:29 | |
| ♪ That day ♪ | ||
| ♪ Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel ♪ | 23:32 | |
| ♪ Deliver Daniel, deliver Daniel ♪ | 23:34 | |
| ♪ Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel ♪ | 23:38 | |
| ♪ Daniel, Daniel, Daniel, Daniel ♪ | 23:42 | |
| ♪ And why not every man ♪ | 23:49 | |
| ♪ The moon runs down in a purple stream ♪ | 24:05 | |
| ♪ The sun forbear to shine ♪ | 24:09 | |
| ♪ Forbear to shine ♪ | 24:12 | |
| ♪ And every star will disappear ♪ | 24:13 | |
| ♪ And freedom, and freedom ♪ | 24:16 | |
| ♪ Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom ♪ | 24:18 | |
| ♪ And freedom will be mine ♪ | 24:21 | |
| ♪ Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel ♪ | 24:25 | |
| ♪ Deliver Daniel, deliver Daniel ♪ | 24:30 | |
| ♪ Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel ♪ | 24:38 | |
| ♪ Why not ♪ | 24:41 | |
| ♪ Why not ♪ | 24:43 | |
| ♪ Why not ♪ | 24:45 | |
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| ♪ Why not ♪ | 24:46 | |
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| ♪ Why not ♪ | 24:48 | |
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| ♪ Why not ♪ | 24:49 | |
| ♪ Why not ♪ | ||
| ♪ And why not every man ♪ | 24:50 | |
| - | I hardly slept a wink last night. | 25:17 |
| I was nervous. | 25:20 | |
| Not because of the results of the football game, | 25:21 | |
| but knowing that I had to face you | 25:23 | |
| with this story from the book of Daniel. | 25:26 | |
| This story of the three young men | 25:31 | |
| dancing through the furnace of fire | 25:34 | |
| It's naive. | 25:38 | |
| It's childlike. | 25:39 | |
| It's fairytale-like, | 25:40 | |
| whereas you are mature and sophisticated, | 25:42 | |
| and analytical. | 25:45 | |
| And it sounds like a childlike tale. | 25:49 | |
| Even if you can't remember any stories | 25:51 | |
| from your childhood and the bible, | 25:53 | |
| I bet you remember this one. | 25:56 | |
| Three young men going through | 26:00 | |
| the furnace of fire without a hair singed. | 26:02 | |
| But maybe sometimes we return to these | 26:08 | |
| childhood bible stories | 26:13 | |
| when we're all grown up and mature, | 26:17 | |
| And they speak, | 26:20 | |
| And they beckon us toward a reality | 26:23 | |
| larger than that for which we have settled. | 26:26 | |
| Well, anyway, it's a good story. | 26:32 | |
| King Nebuchadnezzar has a great idea | 26:35 | |
| for unifying his empire. | 26:38 | |
| He places a large golden statue on the plain of Dura, | 26:41 | |
| and then he sends for all his satraps, | 26:45 | |
| prefects, governors, counselors, | 26:48 | |
| treasurers, justices, and magistrates. | 26:49 | |
| And, good bureaucrats that they are, | 26:51 | |
| these little toadies come slithering in | 26:54 | |
| eager as they can be to do whatever the king asks. | 26:56 | |
| And he tells all these satraps, prefects, | 27:01 | |
| governors, counselors, treasurers, | 27:03 | |
| and justices, and magistrates | 27:05 | |
| that he wants them to worship his golden statue. | 27:07 | |
| Whenever they hear the sound of the horn, | 27:12 | |
| the pipe, the lyre, the trigon, | 27:14 | |
| the harp, the drum, and the entire musical ensemble. | 27:16 | |
| Whenever they hear this musical ruckus, | 27:20 | |
| they are to fall to their little bureaucratic knees | 27:21 | |
| or immediately be thrown into a furnace | 27:25 | |
| of blazing fire. | 27:28 | |
| And all these satraps, prefects, governors, | 27:32 | |
| counselors, clerks, treasurers, | 27:35 | |
| people who work at the North Carolina | 27:40 | |
| Department of Motor Vehicles. | 27:41 | |
| (congregation laughing) | 27:43 | |
| Pentagon generals, the staff of the Registrar's office. | 27:45 | |
| You supply your own list. | 27:49 | |
| They're only too happy just to obey the king's command. | 27:51 | |
| And whenever they hear the sound of the | 27:56 | |
| horn, the pipe, the lyre, the trigon, | 27:59 | |
| the harp, the drum, | 28:01 | |
| played so well by the Department of the Faculty of Music, | 28:03 | |
| the sound of them falling to their knees | 28:06 | |
| is like thunder in Babylon. | 28:09 | |
| See, you thought that maybe we lived in a secular age, | 28:14 | |
| that maybe this was a secular campus | 28:17 | |
| where worship had fallen out of fashion, | 28:20 | |
| that only a minority on this secular place go to worship. | 28:23 | |
| Well, think again. | 28:27 | |
| The story suggests that people | 28:28 | |
| with government research grants, | 28:31 | |
| people with titles, and in positions just love to worship. | 28:33 | |
| We just love to bow the knee. | 28:37 | |
| It's like we're just born to worship something | 28:39 | |
| if given half a chance to worship anything. | 28:44 | |
| And I'm going to resist the urge to note | 28:48 | |
| the role musicians play in this story of pagan idolatry. | 28:51 | |
| And yet, I must say, there does seem to be | 28:57 | |
| some kind of connection being made | 28:59 | |
| here in this story from Daniel between idolatry, | 29:01 | |
| particularly idolatry to nations, and kings, | 29:05 | |
| and the musical arts. | 29:09 | |
| Any totalitarian government must | 29:11 | |
| always get its artists in tow | 29:13 | |
| before it can maintain true worship from its citizens. | 29:15 | |
| Nevertheless, I must work daily with musicians, | 29:20 | |
| and so we shall move on. | 29:22 | |
| (congregation laughing) | ||
| The horns, pipes, trigons, and drums are making such a fuss. | 29:25 | |
| And all these satraps, prefects, | 29:29 | |
| governors, counselors having such a wonderful time | 29:31 | |
| bowing and scraping before the golden statue. | 29:34 | |
| And everyone is getting into the act, | 29:38 | |
| everyone except | 29:42 | |
| for these three young adult Jews. | 29:43 | |
| A delegation of toadies and sycophants | 29:50 | |
| comes in bowing and scraping their knees, | 29:53 | |
| just rubbed raw with their obeisance. | 29:56 | |
| "O king, live forever. | 29:58 | |
| "You have made a decree, have you not? | 30:01 | |
| "O king, live forever. | 30:03 | |
| "That whenever we hear the horn, the pipe, | 30:05 | |
| "the lyre, the trigon, the harp. | 30:08 | |
| He said, yes, I know, get on with it. | 30:09 | |
| I made the decree. | 30:10 | |
| "That whenever we hear this over the school PA system, | 30:12 | |
| "O king, live forever, we are to fall down and worship | 30:15 | |
| "and be thrown into a, or be thrown into furnace of fire. | 30:18 | |
| "Did you not say that? | 30:21 | |
| "O king, live forever. | 30:22 | |
| Yes, I did, and everyone seems to be | 30:25 | |
| having wonderful time at the service | 30:27 | |
| or the rally in support of my administration. | 30:30 | |
| And they're all having such a great time | 30:33 | |
| singing gospel songs and beating drums | 30:35 | |
| and waving little flags and praying | 30:37 | |
| that you will notice that nobody | 30:39 | |
| has enough time to foment any sedition | 30:40 | |
| or stir up any rebellion in the empire. | 30:44 | |
| It's all worked out quite wonderfully, | 30:47 | |
| and it's made everybody proud to be a Babylonian again. | 30:49 | |
| "Well, not everybody. | 30:55 | |
| "O king, live forever. | 30:57 | |
| What? | 30:59 | |
| "Well, there are these Jews who refuse | 31:01 | |
| "to get with the program, | 31:05 | |
| "Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. | 31:07 | |
| "You, O king, live forever, promoted them, | 31:12 | |
| "gave them good Babylonian names, | 31:16 | |
| "made them officials in your court, | 31:18 | |
| "even though they're Jewish. | 31:19 | |
| "And one might think they might have been grateful, but no. | 31:21 | |
| "When there is the sound of the horn, the pipe, | 31:26 | |
| "the lyre, the trigon, | 31:29 | |
| - | Oh, shut up. Bring these Jews to me | 31:30 |
| (congregation laughing) | 31:33 | |
| And Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, | 31:34 | |
| what great names and read so well by our president, | 31:37 | |
| are brought before the king. | 31:41 | |
| Didn't I make it perfectly clear | 31:43 | |
| that whenever you people hear | 31:45 | |
| the horn, the pipe, the lyre, the trigon, harp, et cetera, | 31:46 | |
| you are supposed to hit the dirt and worship my nice statue. | 31:49 | |
| Can't you Jews understand plain Babylonian? | 31:55 | |
| Shadrach was about 19. | 32:01 | |
| Meshach was nearly 20. | 32:03 | |
| Abednego was 18. | 32:05 | |
| In other words, | 32:08 | |
| they were about the age of Duke sophomores, | 32:09 | |
| which means that they had absolutely | 32:13 | |
| no respect for authority. | 32:15 | |
| (congregation laughing) | 32:17 | |
| Quake in their little freshmen Jewish boots | 32:19 | |
| before the Judicial Board and the Dean of Students. | 32:22 | |
| Forget it. | 32:24 | |
| O Nebuchadnezzar, they say. | 32:26 | |
| And I want you to note the contrast | 32:28 | |
| between the way that they address the king, | 32:30 | |
| and the way the king has been previously addressed. | 32:33 | |
| "O king, | 32:36 | |
| we have no need to defend ourselves to you. | 32:39 | |
| "If the God whom we serve is able to deliver us | 32:43 | |
| "from the furnace of blazing fire and out of your hand, | 32:47 | |
| "then let God deliver us. | 32:51 | |
| "But if not, | 32:55 | |
| "be it known to you, O king, | 32:58 | |
| "we will not | 33:02 | |
| "serve your gods. | 33:05 | |
| And Nebuchadnezzar went berserk. | 33:10 | |
| He not only ordered that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego | 33:13 | |
| be thrown into the furnace, he ordered | 33:15 | |
| that the furnace be made seven times hotter than usual. | 33:18 | |
| It was so hot that the Judicial Board members | 33:20 | |
| who lifted the three young men into the furnace | 33:23 | |
| were incinerated instantly by the fire. | 33:25 | |
| And Nebuchadnezzar peered into that fiery furnace, | 33:28 | |
| and behold, he saw the three young men | 33:32 | |
| strolling around in the furnace. | 33:35 | |
| No, there were four. | 33:38 | |
| The young men had been joined in the furnace | 33:40 | |
| by a fourth figure, shadowy, unknown, | 33:43 | |
| leading them about through the fire. | 33:46 | |
| Everybody was amazed in Babylon. | 33:51 | |
| All the satraps, prefects, governors, | 33:53 | |
| counselors, clerks, deans, generals, | 33:55 | |
| they saw that not a hair was singed. | 33:58 | |
| They didn't even smell like smoke when they came out. | 34:00 | |
| Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel? | 34:04 | |
| Nebuchadnezzar was amazed. | 34:09 | |
| It had been so long since anybody had disobeyed | 34:12 | |
| or even questioned one of his royal decrees, | 34:15 | |
| particularly in the name of religion. | 34:19 | |
| But Nebuchadnezzar said, (sighing) | 34:23 | |
| your God must be some God. | 34:25 | |
| And in a marvelous show of royal generosity, | 34:30 | |
| he changed his first decree to read, | 34:34 | |
| "If anybody says anything against the God | 34:37 | |
| "of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, | 34:39 | |
| "they shall be torn limb from limb | 34:40 | |
| "and their house be pulled down." | 34:42 | |
| Which is about as close to generosity | 34:44 | |
| as Babylonian kings got. | 34:48 | |
| (congregation laughing) | 34:50 | |
| And the young Jews lived happily ever after | 34:51 | |
| until their next confrontation | 34:55 | |
| with the administration. | 34:58 | |
| Now, | 35:02 | |
| I know that part of you thinks that you are above a story, | 35:03 | |
| a playful, childlike story like this one. | 35:09 | |
| We are conditioned to believe that such bible stories | 35:15 | |
| are just a little too good to be true, | 35:17 | |
| products of overwrought primitive imagination. | 35:21 | |
| And I think we believe this in part | 35:26 | |
| because we are more familiar with stories | 35:27 | |
| of threatened, | 35:30 | |
| oppressed, young women and men, | 35:32 | |
| stories which end quite differently. | 35:36 | |
| Most of our stories of political oppression | 35:40 | |
| don't end with the condemned dancing | 35:43 | |
| through the flames untouched, | 35:45 | |
| with a king dramatically converted to our point of view, | 35:48 | |
| and those who were once condemned | 35:53 | |
| being delivered and given a royal promotion. | 35:57 | |
| Now, we know other stories, | 36:02 | |
| stories about those Haitian school girls | 36:04 | |
| who | 36:08 | |
| when they chanted the name of the ousted Aristide | 36:10 | |
| were mowed down by the bullets | 36:14 | |
| of the Haitian military. | 36:16 | |
| No God entered the fiery furnace | 36:20 | |
| with those little girls. | 36:24 | |
| We don't swallow stories of courageous young adults | 36:27 | |
| who buck the establishment and are vindicated | 36:30 | |
| because we know stories about other young adults | 36:35 | |
| like Hans and Sophie Scholl at the University of Munich. | 36:37 | |
| They were asked to sign a pledge. | 36:43 | |
| All the faculty signed a pledge to national socialism. | 36:44 | |
| And when they were told not to do any organizing | 36:49 | |
| or handing out of leaflets, Hans and Sophie Scholl | 36:51 | |
| appeared before the university administration | 36:54 | |
| and said, no, we will not bow down to that altar. | 36:57 | |
| And they were chastised, and they were released. | 37:03 | |
| And that afternoon, Sophie Scholl was on the streets | 37:05 | |
| at the University of Munich handing out her flyers, | 37:09 | |
| and four days later she was hung by the Nazis. | 37:11 | |
| So, what if the story of these | 37:19 | |
| three young men ended differently? | 37:21 | |
| Three young Jews dared to question the royal edict, | 37:26 | |
| and for their resistance, | 37:31 | |
| they were incinerated. | 37:34 | |
| But you already know that story. | 37:38 | |
| A crowd of Jews were huddled into the | 37:42 | |
| so-call camp shower at Auschwitz. | 37:44 | |
| And the guard, just following orders, | 37:47 | |
| took some cyanide pellets | 37:50 | |
| and dropped them down a little hole in the ceiling. | 37:52 | |
| And a few screaming, horrible moments later, | 37:57 | |
| it was over. | 38:01 | |
| The chapel choir | 38:04 | |
| walked the streets of Auschwitz last January, | 38:05 | |
| and we heard no story of a fourth figure | 38:10 | |
| walking in the gas chambers. | 38:13 | |
| You know that story. | 38:18 | |
| And the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego | 38:21 | |
| could have ended that way. | 38:24 | |
| Stories like that usually end that way. | 38:27 | |
| And what then? | 38:31 | |
| The power of the empire went head to head | 38:36 | |
| with the God of Israel, and Nebuchadnezzar, | 38:38 | |
| or Hitler, or Paul Potter, or Stalin, won. | 38:40 | |
| What then? | 38:44 | |
| What then? | 38:47 | |
| I think the three young men give answer. | 38:50 | |
| "If our God whom we serve is able to deliver us | 38:55 | |
| "from the furnace of blazing fire | 38:57 | |
| "and out of your hand, let him deliver us. | 39:00 | |
| "But if not, be it known, O king, | 39:04 | |
| "we shall not serve your gods." | 39:08 | |
| I want you to think about what they said. | 39:14 | |
| "If our God whom we serve delivers us, | 39:18 | |
| "But if not, | 39:23 | |
| we will not serve your gods." | 39:25 | |
| I'm amazed by the candor. | 39:31 | |
| Are you? | 39:34 | |
| The candor of the honesty of their "if." | 39:34 | |
| "If our God whom we serve delivers us." | 39:39 | |
| You will note that the courage of these three young men | 39:44 | |
| is not based on some facile theological assertion | 39:46 | |
| that our God always delivers. | 39:50 | |
| Or that this God is always in the deliverance business, | 39:53 | |
| particularly for nice, Hebrew boys who obey the rules. | 39:57 | |
| It doesn't say that our God always will deliver, no sweat. | 40:02 | |
| Good things always happen to good people. | 40:08 | |
| That's what you expect it to say. | 40:12 | |
| But that's not what they say. | 40:14 | |
| They say, "If our God whom we serve delivers us." | 40:15 | |
| They leave deliverance in God's hands, | 40:20 | |
| where, I suppose, it always is | 40:24 | |
| in such circumstances, if we're honest. | 40:26 | |
| They have prayed to God to deliver them. | 40:30 | |
| They hope God will deliver. | 40:33 | |
| But they don't know that yet. | 40:36 | |
| Not yet. | 40:39 | |
| And most surprising of all, | 40:43 | |
| they still serve God. | 40:46 | |
| They still do what's right. | 40:49 | |
| They still say no, | 40:52 | |
| still stand up to the king and take the consequences. | 40:54 | |
| If our God delivers us, | 40:57 | |
| but if not, we will not bow. | 41:00 | |
| We will not bend the knee. | 41:04 | |
| We will not contort the back. | 41:05 | |
| We will not dance to your tune, O king. | 41:08 | |
| And this little fairytale of a story turns on me | 41:15 | |
| and asks the question, | 41:19 | |
| "where do I stand | 41:23 | |
| "in my obedience to God? | 41:26 | |
| Why are you here this morning? | 41:31 | |
| What do you expect for the noble action | 41:34 | |
| of getting out of bed during the first week | 41:36 | |
| of classes without your mothers standing | 41:38 | |
| over you and coming to chapel? | 41:40 | |
| Who among us can truly say that we serve God for nothing? | 41:45 | |
| What's the payoff for all of this? | 41:51 | |
| Oh, we may not be up against a fiery furnace, | 41:54 | |
| but when and if we are, we call in our markers. | 41:59 | |
| We cash in our chips. | 42:02 | |
| We remind God, remember me? | 42:03 | |
| Third pew from the right, Sunday September 5th, I was there. | 42:06 | |
| Are we able to pray with those young men, "If God delivers." | 42:12 | |
| If God delivers me from this cancer | 42:18 | |
| and out of the hand of evil, let God do so. | 42:23 | |
| But if not, be it known to you, O sickness, evil, death, | 42:26 | |
| I will not worship your golden idols. | 42:30 | |
| If | 42:36 | |
| God answers my prayers | 42:38 | |
| and fixes my family, | 42:41 | |
| but if not, be it known, | 42:44 | |
| I shall still worship this God. | 42:46 | |
| It was in Gethsemane that Jesus prayed, | 42:51 | |
| I don't want to die. | 42:54 | |
| Take this cup from me. | 42:55 | |
| But he ended the prayer with, nevertheless, | 42:59 | |
| not my will but thine be done. | 43:01 | |
| Do you serve God? | 43:08 | |
| Do you worship and sing and put your money in the plate | 43:11 | |
| and pray and do right for nothing? | 43:14 | |
| I ask that to you because I'm not sure that I do. | 43:20 | |
| For whenever I am not delivered from my modest furnaces, | 43:25 | |
| I'm apt to feel terribly betrayed, | 43:30 | |
| and I clench my fist in rage. | 43:34 | |
| And I want to know why. | 43:36 | |
| I kept my part of the bargain, God, what about you? | 43:39 | |
| The story ends with great, powerful | 43:46 | |
| Nebuchadnezzar overwhelmed at the courage | 43:48 | |
| of these three young people in the fiery furnace. | 43:51 | |
| The great king who would have these three sophomores | 43:56 | |
| bow to him and his golden image | 43:59 | |
| bows in awe before a God who is able | 44:01 | |
| to command such tribute from the young. | 44:05 | |
| And I think Nebuchadnezzar would have been | 44:11 | |
| filled with awe even if the three | 44:13 | |
| young men had not been delivered. | 44:16 | |
| So amazed was he to find such impudent youthful courage | 44:20 | |
| running loose in his slave empire. | 44:24 | |
| What kind of God is able to evoke such | 44:29 | |
| courageous obedience even from sophomores? | 44:32 | |
| What kind of youth is able to worship | 44:37 | |
| without condition this God? | 44:40 | |
| And so, this playful story of Shadrach, | 44:46 | |
| Meshach, and Abednego has given light to the oppressed | 44:48 | |
| and the persecuted all down through the ages. | 44:51 | |
| It promises that when through fiery trials, | 44:55 | |
| I call thee to go, | 44:58 | |
| the waters of death shall not thee overflow. | 45:00 | |
| But the story leaves me with a question. | 45:07 | |
| Am I able to serve God? | 45:12 | |
| to bow only before God's altar, | 45:15 | |
| and expect nothing in return? | 45:19 | |
| Would I be able to say before the | 45:24 | |
| conforming powers of this world, | 45:26 | |
| if the God whom I serve delivers me, | 45:32 | |
| let him deliver me, but if not, | 45:37 | |
| be it known, | 45:40 | |
| I will not serve other gods? | 45:42 | |
| (upbeat instrumental music) | 45:58 | |
| ♪ How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord ♪ | 46:30 | |
| ♪ Is laid for your faith in His excellent word ♪ | 46:38 | |
| ♪ What more can He say than to you He hath said ♪ | 46:47 | |
| ♪ To you who for refuge to Jesus have fled ♪ | 46:55 | |
| ♪ Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismayed ♪ | 47:05 | |
| ♪ For I am thy God, and will still give thee aid ♪ | 47:13 | |
| ♪ I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand ♪ | 47:21 | |
| ♪ Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent hand ♪ | 47:29 | |
| ♪ When through the deep waters I call thee to go ♪ | 47:39 | |
| ♪ The rivers of sorrow shall not thee overflow ♪ | 47:47 | |
| ♪ For I will be with thee, they troubles to bless ♪ | 47:56 | |
| ♪ And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress ♪ | 48:04 | |
| ♪ When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie ♪ | 48:28 | |
| ♪ My grace, all sufficient, shall by thy supply ♪ | 48:37 | |
| ♪ The flame shall not hurt me, I only design ♪ | 48:45 | |
| ♪ Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine ♪ | 48:53 | |
| ♪ The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose ♪ | 49:04 | |
| ♪ I will not, I will not desert to his foes ♪ | 49:12 | |
| ♪ That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake ♪ | 49:21 | |
| ♪ I'll never, no, never, no, never forsake ♪ | 49:28 | |
| Nannerl | Be seated. | 49:43 |
| The Lord be with you. | 49:52 | |
| Congregation | And also with you. | 49:53 |
| - | Let us pray in the litany for the year in the university. | 49:55 |
| God of Abraham and Isaac, of apostles and prophets, | 49:59 | |
| in every age you call people to work for you, | 50:03 | |
| showing justice, doing mercy, | 50:06 | |
| giving purpose to an aimless humanity. | 50:09 | |
| By your truth, darkness is dispelled | 50:12 | |
| and all people set free to mature in wisdom. | 50:15 | |
| In pursuit of that truth, we now take | 50:19 | |
| our place at Duke University. | 50:22 | |
| Receive us unto yourself. | 50:25 | |
| O God, use us to accomplish your sacred intention. | 50:28 | |
| Congregation | Amen. | 50:33 |
| - | That in this place we will remember | 50:35 |
| those parents, teachers, and friends | 50:37 | |
| who love us and whose hopes follow us here. | 50:39 | |
| Congregation | Lord, hear our prayer. | 50:44 |
| - | That we may accept the responsibility of our freedom | 50:46 |
| and the burden of our privilege. | 50:50 | |
| Congregation | Lord, hear our prayer. | 50:53 |
| - | That with courage we may doubt, | 50:56 |
| but we will also place our doubts | 50:58 | |
| in the larger faith of Jesus Christ. | 51:01 | |
| Congregation | O God, have mercy. | 51:04 |
| - | From insulating ourselves with books and words. | 51:07 |
| Congregation | Hear us, O Lord. | 51:11 |
| - | From ignorance that feeds injustice, | 51:13 |
| from indifference that yields to cruelty, | 51:16 | |
| and from blind loyalty to false values. | 51:20 | |
| Congregation | Deliver us, O Lord. | 51:23 |
| - | From hopelessness that cripples us, | 51:26 |
| self-consciousness that paralyzes us, | 51:29 | |
| and from temptations that destroy us. | 51:32 | |
| Congregation | Deliver us, O Lord. | 51:35 |
| - | Gracious God, in a world where justice | 51:38 |
| does not yet roll down as waters | 51:40 | |
| nor righteousness as a mighty stream, | 51:43 | |
| where there is much knowledge but little wisdom, | 51:46 | |
| we pray for this school, its students | 51:49 | |
| and faculty, staff and administrators, | 51:52 | |
| and for the task in which we now unite. | 51:55 | |
| Turn our efforts to good, that as our understanding | 51:58 | |
| increases, our responsibility will deepen | 52:01 | |
| for the sake of the future that you give us to create. | 52:05 | |
| Congregation | Hear us, O God. | 52:10 |
| - | Amen. | 52:12 |
| Debra | We serve a God whose grace | 52:18 |
| is sufficient to every need. | 52:20 | |
| As a blessed people, God has called us | 52:22 | |
| to be a community that blesses | 52:25 | |
| others through the sharing of our love, | 52:27 | |
| our talents, and our material possessions. | 52:29 | |
| Let us rejoice now in what we have been given and in what | 52:32 | |
| is ours to give as we receive the morning offering. | 52:36 | |
| (upbeat instrumental music) | 53:03 | |
| ♪ Upon this rock ♪ | 53:18 | |
| ♪ I will build my church ♪ | 53:20 | |
| ♪ And the gates of hell ♪ | 53:23 | |
| ♪ Shall not prevail against it ♪ | 53:26 | |
| ♪ Upon this rock ♪ | 53:38 | |
| ♪ I will build my church ♪ | 53:41 | |
| ♪ And the gates of hell ♪ | 53:43 | |
| ♪ Shall not prevail against it ♪ | 53:47 | |
| ♪ I will give thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven ♪ | 53:53 | |
| ♪ And whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth ♪ | 54:03 | |
| ♪ Shall be bound in heaven ♪ | 54:09 | |
| ♪ And whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth ♪ | 54:15 | |
| ♪ Shall be loosed in heaven ♪ | 54:21 | |
| ♪ Upon this rock ♪ | 54:28 | |
| ♪ I will build my church ♪ | 54:30 | |
| (gentle instrumental music) | 54:40 | |
| ♪ Lo the winter is past ♪ | 54:44 | |
| ♪ The rain is over ♪ | 54:50 | |
| ♪ The rain is over ♪ | 54:54 | |
| ♪ The flowers appear on the earth ♪ | 54:58 | |
| ♪ The time for the spring of earth has come ♪ | 55:06 | |
| ♪ Arise and come away ♪ | 55:18 | |
| ♪ Arise and come away ♪ | 55:23 | |
| ♪ Arise, arise, arise ♪ | 55:27 | |
| ♪ Upon this rock ♪ | 55:33 | |
| ♪ I will build my church ♪ | 55:35 | |
| ♪ And the gates of hell ♪ | 55:38 | |
| ♪ Shall not prevail against it ♪ | 55:41 | |
| ♪ Amen ♪ | 55:47 | |
| (upbeat instrumental music) | 55:51 | |
| ♪ The church's one foundation ♪ | 56:02 | |
| ♪ is Jesus Christ our Lord ♪ | 56:08 | |
| ♪ She is his new creation ♪ | 56:14 | |
| ♪ By water and the Word ♪ | 56:20 | |
| ♪ From heav'n he came and sought her ♪ | 56:26 | |
| ♪ To be His holy Bride ♪ | 56:32 | |
| ♪ With his own blood He bought her ♪ | 56:38 | |
| ♪ And for her life He died ♪ | 56:44 | |
| ♪ Amen ♪ | 56:50 | |
| ♪ Amen ♪ | 56:53 | |
| ♪ Amen ♪ | 56:56 | |
| (organ music) | 57:12 | |
| ♪ Praise God from whom all blessings flow ♪ | 58:26 | |
| ♪ Praise God, all creatures here below ♪ | 58:32 | |
| ♪ Alleluia, alleluia ♪ | 58:38 | |
| ♪ Praise God above, ye heavenly host ♪ | 58:46 | |
| ♪ Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost ♪ | 58:53 | |
| ♪ Alleluia, alleluia ♪ | 58:59 | |
| ♪ Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia ♪ | 59:05 | |
| - | Let us pray. | 59:25 |
| For every grace, we praise you, O God. | 59:28 | |
| For every gift received and for each | 59:32 | |
| gift we are blessed in giving, | 59:35 | |
| for all your goodness, we give thanks to you. | 59:38 | |
| The providence which made and nourishes life, | 59:42 | |
| even in the midst of fiery trials, | 59:45 | |
| the presence which brings meaning | 59:48 | |
| in divine and human love, | 59:50 | |
| and the promise that gives hope for each new moment. | 59:53 | |
| For these graces and for the mercies we have received | 59:58 | |
| through Christ our Lord, we give you thanks, amen. | 1:00:01 | |
| Congregation | Amen. | 1:00:05 |
| - | And now let us pray together with confidence | 1:00:07 |
| as those who are inheritors with Christ. | 1:00:10 | |
| Our Father, who art in heaven, | 1:00:13 | |
| hallowed by thy name. | 1:00:16 | |
| Thy kingdom come, thy will be done | 1:00:18 | |
| on earth as it is in heaven. | 1:00:22 | |
| Give us this day our daily bread | 1:00:24 | |
| and forgive us our trespasses | 1:00:27 | |
| as we forgive those who trespass against us. | 1:00:29 | |
| And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. | 1:00:33 | |
| For thine is the kingdom, and the power, | 1:00:38 | |
| and the glory forever, amen. | 1:00:41 | |
| (upbeat instrumental music) | 1:00:48 | |
| ♪ Love divine, all love excelling ♪ | 1:01:44 | |
| ♪ Joy of heav'n to earth come down ♪ | 1:01:51 | |
| ♪ Fix in us thy humble dwelling ♪ | 1:01:58 | |
| ♪ All thy faithful mercies crown ♪ | 1:02:05 | |
| ♪ Jesus, thou art all compassion ♪ | 1:02:12 | |
| ♪ Pure, unbounded love thou art ♪ | 1:02:19 | |
| ♪ Visit us with thy salvation ♪ | 1:02:26 | |
| ♪ Enter ev'ry trembling heart ♪ | 1:02:33 | |
| ♪ Breathe, O breathe thy loving Spirit ♪ | 1:02:42 | |
| ♪ Into ev'ry troubled breast ♪ | 1:02:50 | |
| ♪ Let us all in thee inherit ♪ | 1:02:57 | |
| ♪ Let us find the promised rest ♪ | 1:03:04 | |
| ♪ Take away the love of sinning ♪ | 1:03:11 | |
| ♪ Alpha and Omega be ♪ | 1:03:18 | |
| ♪ End of faith, as its Beginning ♪ | 1:03:25 | |
| ♪ Set our hearts at liberty ♪ | 1:03:32 | |
| ♪ Come, Almighty to deliver ♪ | 1:03:42 | |
| ♪ Let us all thy life receive ♪ | 1:03:49 | |
| ♪ Suddenly return and never ♪ | 1:03:57 | |
| ♪ Nevermore they temples leave ♪ | 1:04:04 | |
| ♪ Thee we would be always blessing ♪ | 1:04:12 | |
| ♪ Serve thee as thy hosts above ♪ | 1:04:19 | |
| ♪ Pray and praise thee without ceasing ♪ | 1:04:27 | |
| ♪ Glory in thy perfect love ♪ | 1:04:35 | |
| ♪ Finish, then, thy new creation ♪ | 1:04:44 | |
| ♪ Pure and spotless let us be ♪ | 1:04:52 | |
| ♪ Let us see thy great salvation ♪ | 1:04:59 | |
| ♪ Perfectly restored in thee ♪ | 1:05:07 | |
| ♪ Changed from glory into glory ♪ | 1:05:14 | |
| ♪ 'Til in heav'n we take our place ♪ | 1:05:22 | |
| ♪ 'Til we cast our crowns before thee ♪ | 1:05:29 | |
| ♪ Lost in wonder, love, and praise ♪ | 1:05:37 | |
| ♪ Love divine, all loves excelling ♪ | 1:05:47 | |
| ♪ Joy of heav'n to earth come down ♪ | 1:05:54 | |
| ♪ Fix in us thy humble dwelling ♪ | 1:06:01 | |
| ♪ All they faithful mercies crown ♪ | 1:06:08 | |
| ♪ Jesus, thou art all compassion ♪ | 1:06:16 | |
| ♪ Pure, unbounded love thou art ♪ | 1:06:23 | |
| ♪ Visit us with they salvation ♪ | 1:06:30 | |
| ♪ Enter ev'ry trembling heart ♪ | 1:06:37 | |
| - | May the grace of our Lord and Savior | 1:06:50 |
| Jesus Christ be with you now and always. | 1:06:52 | |
| ♪ Lord, be where I am ♪ | 1:06:59 | |
| ♪ And lead my understanding ♪ | 1:07:06 | |
| ♪ Lord, lead my eyes ♪ | 1:07:18 | |
| ♪ And in my heart be ♪ | 1:07:23 | |
| ♪ Glory is in thy mountain ♪ | 1:07:35 | |
| ♪ And in thy sea ♪ | 1:07:42 | |
| ♪ I need thee in my heart ♪ | 1:07:55 | |
| ♪ And in my spirit ♪ | 1:08:02 | |
| ♪ Lord, lead as I can ♪ | 1:08:13 | |
| ♪ And in my deep heart be ♪ | 1:08:25 | |
| (upbeat organ music) | 1:08:52 |
