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[ Silence ] [MUSIC PLAYING] [Music] not another. We brought nothing into this world and it is certain we can carry

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nothing out. The Lord giveth, the Lord hath taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord. They that wait upon the Lord

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shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint. You may be seated. We come to celebrate the life of Sister Julia Bernice Hickey Clark. We come to

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To remember her deeds of love and mercy, we come to be strengthened through the resurrection hope which is ours through Christ Jesus and to be comforted through God's eternal word. [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING]

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♪ I'm gaining every day ♪ ♪ Still praying as I onward bow ♪ ♪ Nor plant my feet on high of ground ♪ ♪ Nor lift me up ♪

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♪ Unwashed this hand ♪ ♪ By pain of heaven's pain, O love ♪ ♪ Of high, O pain ♪ ♪ That I have found ♪

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♪ Warm that my feet ♪ ♪ Hold high, O ground ♪ ♪ My heart has no desire to stay ♪ ♪ Where God so writes and gives his name ♪

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♪ Most of great men wear these about ♪ ♪ And where my aim is high, I'm right ♪ [ Music ] [music]

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Amen. For scripture lesson we're reading from the 14th chapter of Job first seven verses Man that is born of a woman is of a few days and full of trouble He cometh forth like a flower and is cut down. He fleeth also as a shatter and continueth not

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and doth not thy open thine eyes upon search of one and bringeth me into judgment with thee who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean not one see in his days are determined the number of his months are with thee I have appointed his bounds that he cannot pace turn from him that he may rest till he shall accomplish as a highland his day for there is hope of a tree if it be

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cut down that it will sprout again and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. 2 Corinthians 5, beginning with the first verse. "For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a

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building of God, and house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan earnestly desiring to be closed up on with our house which is from heaven. If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

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For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened not for that we would be unclothed, clothed upon that mortality might be swallowed up of life. Now he that has wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also has given unto us the earnest of the spirit.

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Therefore we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord. For we walk by faith, not by sight. We are confident, I say, and willingly rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. Wherefore, we labor that whether present or absent, we may be acceptable of him. For we must all

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appear before the judgment seat of Christ that everyone may receive the thing done in his body according to that he has done whether it be good or bad. Let us pray. Lord God, our eternal maker, creator, and father, we come with hearts filled with joy and thanksgiving as we observe the home-going victory services

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of our sister and friend. We thank you God that you do use your own creation to be witnesses of thy love, mercy, and greatness. You do take thy humble children and let them walk a season among your other children and give witness of how you take them and use them and mold them and break them and make them to be instruments of thy great creation.

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My God, how great thou art. We thank you for Sister Julia Clark, who did walk her span of life in the presence of your other children and taught so many of them to aspire with her and saying, "I'm pressing on the upward way."

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Oh God, we thank you for her life, lived in our presence a life of beauty. Oh Lord, we thank you for the witness she gave all of us of you and how she by precept an example, did in her own quiet way testify of thy eternal grace. And now God, we pray that you will teach us also to aspire, for our hearts have no desire

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to stay, where doubts arise and fears dismay, teach us to reach even as she for higher ground. [MUSIC - "SING THE WONDROUS LOVE OF JESUS"] Sing the wondrous love of Jesus, sing his mercy and his grace. In the mansions bright and blessed,

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he'll prepare for us a place. When we all get to heaven, what a day of rejoicing ♪ Sing that we'll be ♪ ♪ When we all ♪

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♪ See Jesus ♪ ♪ We'll sing and shout the victory ♪ ♪ While we walk ♪ ♪ The pilgrim pathway ♪

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♪ Clouds will overspread the sky ♪ ♪ But when traveling days are over ♪ ♪ Not a shadow, not a sigh ♪ ♪ When we all gather 'round ♪

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♪ But a day of rejoicing that will be ♪ ♪ When we all see Jesus ♪ ♪ We'll sing and shout the hymn to Him ♪ ♪ When we all get to heaven ♪

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♪ And the day of rejection comes with the singing ♪ ♪ And we all will see Jesus ♪ ♪ We'll sing and shout the victory ♪ - Amen.

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[ Pause ] >> Be there faithful until death and I will give thee a crown of life. Fightful, loyal, dependable, dedicated, were among the key words in the life

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of Sister Julia B. Clark, who joined Ebenezer Baptist Church, September the 6th, 1936, under the pastorage of the late Reverend J.C. Lott.

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She was faithful to the church, loyal to her family and friends, dependable in her duties and dedicated to her tasks. Shakespeare stated in one of his writings, "As you like it, that the world is a stage and we are merely players. We have our interests and exits, and one in his or her lifetime

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may play many parts. This can be said of Sister Clark, for she played many roles in the life of Ebenezer Baptist Church as a baptized believer

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in the cause of Christ. Her life is a history of involvements. For most of her useful years were spent

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in the vineyard of the King. She gave freely of her time, and counsel for the betterment of humanity.

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Sister Clark served as a president of Missionary Society II, a member of Naomi's Circle, as director of the Women's Missionary Union, a teacher in the adult Sunday school department of the Sunday school, a group leader in the Baptist

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Training Union, a member of the Ebenezer Choir, now Sanctuary choir, a member and secretary of the Ebenezer Trustees, and she is the first woman trustee in Ebenezer. She was a donor of the Bell Tower Chimes, a member of St. John Foreign Mission Board, treasurer of the Children Haven Nursery, a member of the NAACP, and many other organizations.

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and many other organizations. She was affiliated with fraternal as well as educational, professional and civic organizations. The work of the church and that of the organizations

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gave her much joy and satisfaction. For her influence for good was far reaching. Her soundness of judgment, the wisdom of her counsel, was a source of encouragement and strength to her family

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and to all of whom she was associated with in the church and the community. Her work and knowledge in evangelism, bold mission, along with home, state, and foreign missions

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served as a great incentive to many and will live on and on for years to come. She fought a good fight, for she was a warrior for the Lord and Savior.

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And she will be sorely missed. Whereas the church has lost a devoted friend and member and friend, and the community a concerned citizen, resolve that we take pattern from such a life

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and strive to practice the principles she exemplified and so live that we may join her in that heavenly home where parting will be no more. Resolve further that we note the date of her demise

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in the records of our church and the resolution given to the family to whom we express our sympathy. humbly submitted Ebenezer Baptist Church,

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the Reverend Dr. Marvin C. Griffin, pastoral, Valverde C. Phillips Cook. - [Man] All right. (gentle music)

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