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[PAUSE] >> Not thy servant away in anger. Thou has been my help. Leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

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My father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up. Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path because of mine enemies. Deliver me not over into the will of mine enemies,

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for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty. I had fainted unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord and the land of the living.

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Wait on the Lord, be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart. Wait I say, on the Lord. Unto thee will I cry, O Lord, my rock. Be not silent to me, lest if thou be silent to me I become like them that go down into

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the pit. Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward the Holy Oracle. Draw me not away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is is in their hearts.

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Give them according to their deeds and according to the weakness of their endeavors. Give them after the work of their hands, render to them their dessert.

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Because they regard not the works of the Lord nor the operation of his hands. He shall destroy them and not build them up. Bless me the Lord because he has heard the voice

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of my supplication. The Lord is my strength and my shield. My heart trusted in him and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoicing

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with my song will I praise him. The Lord is their strength and he is the saving strength of his anointed. Save thy people and bless thine inheritance. Feed them also and lift them up forever.

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The Lord is my shepherd, and I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. He leadeth me beside still waters. He restoreth my soul.

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Leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his namesake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.

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Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies. Thou anointest my head with oil. My cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.

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I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. O my God, I trust in thee. Let me not be ashamed.

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Let not mine enemies triumph over me. Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed. Let them be ashamed which transgress without cause. Show me thy ways, O Lord.

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Teach me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth and teach me. For thou art the God of my salvation. From thee do I wait all the day.

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Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy loving kindness, for they have been ever of old. Remember not the sins of my youth,

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nor my transgressions. According to thy mercy, remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O Lord. Good and upright is the Lord, therefore will he teach sinners in the way.

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The meek will he guide in judgment, and the meek will he teach his way. For the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth, unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. For thy name's sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity,

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for it is great. What man is he that feareth the Lord? "To him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose." Lord help.

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Lord help. The audience may be seated. that you would ask that this congregation would pray. That where you are, that you would just lift up this family.

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Amen. Lord help. Lord help. [music]

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Lord help. [music] Lord help. [music]

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Yeah. [music] Amen. [music]

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God is our strength. (gentle music) These are help in time of need. Lord help.

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(soft music) (soft music) (soft music) (dramatic music)

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(soft music) [MUSIC PLAYING] (gentle music) Continue to pray, Church.

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(gentle music) (gentle music) [MUSIC PLAYING] Amen.

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[MUSIC PLAYING] Amen. [MUSIC PLAYING] Lord, help.

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Lord, help. Lord, help. (soft music) [MUSIC PLAYING]

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(Audience "Amens") Amen. God is God is able. God is able. Anybody believe that God is able?

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Amen. We've come to celebrate the home going of our dear sister and our mother, Sister Ethel Marie Burleson Lemuel. - And truly this is a home going celebration.

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Amen? - Amen. - Amen. I shared with the family before we came this way,

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as we had a moment of prayer together, I said we've come to have church. - Amen. - Now Mama Lemuel would have wanted us to have church.

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- Amen. - Amen. Only one man came back from the dead, and that was Jesus.

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But I believe if anybody could come back, I believe Mama Lemuel would come back if we didn't have church today. So we're gonna lift her up,

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we're gonna celebrate her life, and we're gonna worship the Lord, amen? - Amen.

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- Amen. Let's have a good time. A good time in the Lord.

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Trust that you have programs in your hand, and we're going to follow those as printed

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I will come forward and let you know. I'm gonna turn it over now to the hand of our choirs. I know that there's a favorite song that Mother Lemuel used to like to hear,

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and that was "Cooling Water." Amen. Anybody know something about that "Cooling Water"? Oh, come on now.

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You gotta know something about that "Cooling Water." Amen. Amen. So I trust that you help us lift up the name Jesus. Amen? Amen. All right. (clapping)

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The soul was and has been taken I was not the thing that plated my face Like rocks of� pain The hands was not the glass

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♪ I was sinking in a world of sin ♪ ♪ But grace and mercy it took me in ♪

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♪ Took my feet out of the miry clay ♪ ♪ And placed it on on a rock to stay ♪

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♪ Oh what a relief it was when God rescued me ♪ ♪ That had me bound ♪ ♪ And then it set me free ♪

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♪ Felt like ♪ ♪ Cooling water ♪ ♪ Cooling water ♪ ♪ Cooling water ♪

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♪ Said it felt like ♪ ♪ Cooling water ♪ ♪ Cooling water ♪ ♪ Cooling water ♪

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♪ Said cooling water from Grandma's well ♪ Come on, church. ♪ Sleepless night ♪ Yes, sir.

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♪ In so much pain ♪ ♪ Couldn't see no sunshine ♪ ♪ Nothing but rain but God said ♪ ♪ We've been made ♪

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♪ In the far night ♪ ♪ In the morning ♪ ♪ It will be all right ♪ ♪ Whoa, what a relief it was ♪

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♪ When God rescued me ♪ ♪ Oh yeah ♪ ♪ He loosed the chains that had me bound ♪ ♪ And then he set me free ♪

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♪ And it felt like ♪ ♪ Cooling water ♪ ♪ Cooling water ♪ ♪ Cooling water ♪

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♪ Said it felt like ♪ ♪ Cooling water ♪ ♪ Cooling water ♪ ♪ Cooling water ♪

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♪ Said cooling water from Grandma's well ♪ ♪ Sleepless nights and so much pain ♪ ♪ So much pain ♪ ♪ Couldn't see no sunshine, nothing but rain ♪

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♪ But God said ♪ ♪ That we've been made ♪ ♪ We've been made ♪ ♪ Didn't do it for a night ♪

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But in the morning, it will be all right. Oh, what a relief it was when God rescued me. Oh, yeah. He loosed the chains that had me bound.

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And he set me free. And it felt like-- Cooling water. --cooling water.

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Cooling water. Said it felt like-- Cooling water. --cooling water.

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♪ Cooling water ♪ Cooling water ♪ Said it felt like ♪ Cooling water

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♪ Oh, cooling water ♪ Cooling water ♪ Felt just like ♪ Cooling water

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♪ Oh, cooling water ♪ Cooling water ♪ So you have that water ♪ Cooling water

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♪ Oh, that cooling water ♪ Cooling water ♪ Do you have that water ♪ Cooling water

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♪ Oh, that cooling water ♪ Cooling water ♪ Said praise God ♪ Praise God

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♪ Oh, for that water ♪ Cooling water ♪ Praise God ♪ Praise God

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♪ For that water ♪ Cooling water ♪ Anybody been dipped ♪ Praise God ♪ ♪ Dipped in that water ♪

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♪ For that water ♪ ♪ Said anybody been dipped ♪ ♪ Praise God ♪ ♪ Dipped down in that water ♪ ♪ Down in that water ♪ ♪ Said praise God ♪ ♪ Praise God ♪ ♪ For that water ♪

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♪ For that water ♪ ♪ Praise God ♪ ♪ Praise God ♪ ♪ For that water ♪ ♪ For that water ♪ ♪ Said coolin' water ♪ ♪ Coolin' water ♪ ♪ Coolin' water ♪

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♪ Coolin' water ♪ ♪ Coolin' water ♪ ♪ Coolin' water ♪ ♪ Coolin' water ♪ ♪ Coolin' water ♪ ♪ Coolin' water ♪ ♪ Coolin' water ♪ ♪ Coolin' water ♪

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♪ Said coolin' water from Grandma's well ♪ ♪ I'll only do double duty for Mother Lymeal ♪ (congregation applauding) - I'll only do double duty for Mother Lymeo.

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Amen. Now to our Old Testament scripture. Yes. [ Pause ]

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>> We are going to read 10 verses from the 90th Psalms. It's good to have a relationship with God in times like these. See, he'll come into your life and comfort you, but you have to ask him to come in. You have to know him to ask him to come in and he'll do

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what he says. He is a comforter. It takes some time for things to heal but he is a healer. God will heal. Lord, thou have been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountain was brought forth, ever thou hast formed the earth and the world.

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Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou, God, that turneth men to destruction and sayeth, "Return, ye children of men,"

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for a thousand years in thy sight, but as of yesterday, when it is past, and as of watching the night,

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thou carry'st them away as with a flood. they are asleep. In the morning they are like grass which groweth up. In the morning it flourish and groweth up. In the evening it is cut down and withered. For we are consumed by their anger and by their wrath we are troubled. Thou have

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set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. For all our days are passed away in thy wrath. We spend our years as a tale that is told. Days of our years are three scores and ten.

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And if by reason or strength, they be four score years. Yet is thy strength labor and sorrow, for it is soon cut off and we fly away. May God's word strengthen the bereaved families at the time. Amen.

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Amen. Amen. Let not your heart be troubled. Ye believe in God, believe also in me.

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In my Father's house are many mansions. If it were not so, I would have not told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go, ye shall also go.

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And it says unto you, myself. The way I am, there ye may be also. And whether I go, you know the way ye know. Thomas say unto him, Lord, we know not where thy goes,

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and how can we know the way? Jesus say to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

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If he hath known me, ye shall have known my Father also. And from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. Fill us, say unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and suffer us.

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Jesus said unto him, "Have I been so long time with you, "and yet have not thou known me? "Philip, he has seen me,

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"has seen the Father, "and has said, 'Thou then show us the Father.' "Believe thou not that I am the Father, "and the Father in me."

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The word that I speak unto you, I speak not of myself, but the Father that dwells in me. He does the work. Believe in me that I am the Father,

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and the Father in me, or else believe me for the very work's sake. I had read St. John 14, 1 through 10 in the New Testament. I let the church say amen. Amen.

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[ Music ] [ Music ] ♪ Why should I feel discouraged ♪ ♪ And why do the shadows come ♪

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♪ And why should my heart feel lonely and long ♪ ♪ For heaven and home ♪ ♪ When Jesus is my portion ♪ ♪ My portion ♪

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♪ A constant friend is he ♪ ♪ His eye is on the sparrow ♪ ♪ And I know he watches me ♪ ♪ I sing because I'm happy ♪

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♪ I sing because I'm free ♪ ♪ 'Cause I is on the sparrow ♪ ♪ He watches me ♪ ♪ And I know ♪

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♪ He watches me ♪ ♪ I sing ♪ ♪ Because I'm happy ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm free ♪

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♪ 'Cause I is on the sparrow ♪ ♪ And I know ♪ ♪ And I know ♪ ♪ And I know ♪

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♪ And I know late at night, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ I know when mom and daddy's gone, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ And I know when my bills are due ♪ ♪ He comes through, yeah ♪

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♪ And I know, and I know ♪ ♪ He watches, he watches ♪ ♪ Late at night, late at night ♪ ♪ He watches me ♪

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(audience applauding) [ Applause ] >> Shall we bear a few minutes of prayer? Our Father in heaven, Father of our Lord and our Savior, Jesus Christ.

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again and again master that we do come and we do call on your holy and your rich name we come our father at this very hour and we asked you to please sir accept this our coming please sir turn us not away for right now in this hour We need you. We can't make this journey by ourselves. We pray our Father at this hour

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with our choice blessings upon this family. We pray our Father in the name of Jesus that you would bless them right now. You would comfort them right now. You would strengthen them right now. You would hold them up right now. Let them, my father, realize right now that you are our God and you are our refuge, a very

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present help in the time of trouble. And oh God we ask you especially, just look down upon this family. And we ask you, O God, to just bless them with a special blessing. Bless them, our Father, and just comfort them and enable them to realize that your will

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must be done. Our Father, we just thank you right now for the life of Sister Lemuel. Father, the life that she lived was a great display. Our Father, we pray that this family would just look on her

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and our Father, know and see her light. Our Father, and glorify your name and praise you for you're worthy to be praised. We praise you right now.

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We praise you early in the morning. We praise you at the noonday hour. We praise you way over in the midnight hour. We praise you early in the morning.

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We praise your holy name for you're just worthy to be praised. Father, we just thank you. I said, we just thank you

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for you've been so good. You've been so kind. You brought us many, many long ways.

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If we go any further, it's gonna be by your grace. We know today that your grace, your grace is sufficient to let us stand.

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Your grace is sufficient to hold us right now. Your grace is sufficient to comfort this family. Your grace. Oh, master, we just love to call your name.

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We just love to call your name. For your name is all we trust. Your name is all that we can depend on. We found out if we trust you, you would provide for us.

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And we said, Jesus, Mary's baby. Jesus, my rock in a weary land. Jesus, bridge over troubled water. Jesus, lily of the valley.

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Jesus, bright and morning star. Jesus, my big brother. When I close today, just remember this family. Go with them, Father.

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Mold them, make them be what you would have them to be. When it's all over, Lord. I said, when it's all over, Lord. And we've done what you told us to do.

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We've gone the very last mile of the way. Closed up our hymn books. Closed up our Bibles. Oh God, to study one or more.

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Remember us, receive us, and give our souls a resting place. We can praise you in Jesus' mighty name. Jesus' mighty name, amen, and amen.

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(congregation chattering) - I will bless the Lord continually. His praise shall always be on my lips. In the Lord will I glory.

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The humble shall hear and be glad. Oh, glorify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. I sought the Lord's help, and he answered me.

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He set me free from all my terrors. Look towards him and shine with joy. No longer hang your heads in shame. Let thy unfailing love, O Lord, rest upon us,

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as we have put our hope in thee. Be it resolved that Ethel Marie Burleson Lemuel, having confessed her hope in Christ at an early age, to receive the Holy Spirit in the name of God the Father,

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and through Jesus Christ, his beloved Son, and having been a faithful member at the Corinth Missionary Baptist Church since 1948, and having been faithful to her service

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to the body of Christ as an active participant and leader in the ushers, Sunday school, and missions one and two, we the congregation at the Corinth Missionary Baptist Church

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hereby witness that Ethel Marie Lemuel has fulfilled her duties to our ministry according to the principles of the Baptist covenant into which she has entered.

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We witness that Ethel Marie Burleson Lemuel departed this life on May 16th, 2004 as a member in good standing to our fellowship in Christ. We pray that God receives her to him

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and that we shall see her once again when we all meet in glory, amen. Delivered this 22nd day of May in the 2004th year of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on behalf of Pastor Gary M. Renfro and the congregation at the Corinth Missionary Baptist Church.

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calls for special remarks. Mr. Lemuel, Tipton, Mission 1 and 2, ushers and then Sister Sandra Lemuel. to Pastor Renfro, to the other pastors and ministers, to my family, to you my brothers and sisters in the Lord, good afternoon. I called after hearing the

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The passing of Ethel as I so fondly called her, I called Margaret and she shared with me that I am to do remarks. Her sister Lemuel was very fond of me

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and I thought about what I could say And I thought about a man in the Bible named Barnabas. In Acts chapter 4, he was introduced and was called Barnabas, but his name means the son of consolation.

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That word consolation means encouragement, means help. And when you read a few chapters over, you discover that there was a man named Paul who was called by the Lord to go and spread the gospel. And he had a little problem along the way.

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he met this man named Barnabas who took him in and let the other disciples know that this man was for real. Well preacher why are you saying that? Well, when I moved back to Austin, Texas, I met a woman named Ethel Lemuel.

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I was on the radio, she called me. And when I started in my ministry as a young man, Ethel encouraged me. She would call me and we would talk not only about the family and about other issues, but she encouraged me to not only do the right thing, but she said, "Your ministry, if you

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keep going the way you're going, God's gonna use you. We need some Barnabas in our lives. For we're living in tough times. We need some Barnabas because there's so much negativity that's going on. And family, I, like you, am saddened by this separation. And even when Barnabas and Paul had a separation.

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There still comes a time when coming together will happen. And that's my words of encouragement to you today is that there is a resurrection. I'm not going to tell you not to cry. I'm not going to tell you not to weep, but don't weep as if we have no hope.

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Because remember that joy cometh in the morning. And don't take lightly that word joy, because joy means that we're gonna be with the Lord forever and ever and ever.

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You'll get to see mama again, but know that you'll get to see the Lord, and we will rejoice forevermore. Keep your head up, walk on your journey,

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knowing that the Lord cares, that the Lord loves you, and he shall keep you forevermore. First giving honor to God to Pastor Renfro, to all of the pastors and ministers that are present,

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to all of the saints of God and to the Lemuel family. There was so much that I could say about Mrs. Lemuel as we would call her Miss Ethel.

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But I picked out three. Number one, at the last LC Anderson High School reunion banquet, Nelda Wells Spears was the keynote speaker. Her topic was, "It takes a village to raise a child."

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I was fortunate enough to grow up in that era. And Miss Ethel, as we all called her, was one of the many mothers in that village. As children, and even as young adults,

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we were accountable to every one of them. But Miss Ethel had a lasting impact on all of our lives. Her home was always a place we could go if we needed someone to talk to,

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someone to encourage us, or someone to support us. There was always something cooking, and you were made welcome to whatever the family had.

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Number two, Miss Ethel loved the Lord, and if you went around her, You were going to hear her talk about the Lord.

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Many of us grew up in Corinth Baptist Church because of her. She would get happy just about every Sunday. And if nobody else witnessed to the Word of God being spoken, she would.

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I watched her as she made her way to the house of God weekly. how she visited and cared for the sick and was a faithful witness about the saving grace of Jesus Christ.

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Number three, she left a legacy. A legacy is something received from an ancestor or predecessor or from the past. Some of her continues to live on,

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not just in her children, her grandchildren, her great-grandchildren, but in each of us whose lives she positively touched. The greatest honor of the highest respect

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we can give to her is for us to carry on that legacy. Let us work to make our neighborhoods a village where every child can feel safe and know that they are somebody important.

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Let our lives be a living representation of the resurrected Christ in our churches, in our homes, on our jobs, and in our neighborhoods. Let us carry on the legacy of a very special lady,

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Mrs. Ethel Marie Burleson Lemuel. (audience applauding) (applause) (applause)

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[INAUDIBLE] [BLANK_AUDIO] [ Background noise ] >> Hello, my name is Cynthia.

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I've been a friend of the Lemieux family since I was a little girl. I know all of them. Miss Lemieux was so precious, I tell you. She was a very precious woman.

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Anything you want to eat, you go around the corner and get it. I lived on 10th and they lived on 11th. I just want to speak on behalf of my family and the Lemieux family. y'all in my prayers.

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And she's not gone. She's just going to a better place. She's just resting. She still looks good.

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And my sisters and all, you know, we was like a large family like y'all. We all used to cuddle up together and everything. But they want to give all their wishes and blessings to y'all,

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my sisters and my brothers. Thank y'all. [applause] [applause]

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First giving out to God, to Pastor Renfro, pulpit ministers, family and friends, My girls and I wanted to write a tribute to Mometho, but when we sat down, we realized that there were not enough hours or enough paper to write everything that you wanted

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to say about Mometho. So breaking it down, this is what we came up with. And we titled it "Ode to Mometho." You are a mother, a grandmother, and a friend to all who knew you.

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The word stranger didn't exist in your vocabulary. You gave shelter to the homeless and food to the hungry. Your words of wisdom touched all who listened. Even through your illness, you took the time to listen to others.

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On August 29, 1920, God sent down an angel. And on May 16, 2004, God called that angel back to his kingdom. Mammotha, you have fought a good fight, as a true soldier would. And now it's time to receive your reward.

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So spread your wings and fly into the blue skies watching over us. We will miss you dearly, but we know you are finally with the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. In knowing your faith in God, your final words to us would be, "You need to stay in church. You need to read your Bibles.

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God will provide your every need. Keep trusting in the Lord and everything will be all right." Rest on, Marmatha. is yours until we meet again. I don't see brother Barry Franklin the audience.

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So Tyron, I'm asking you to just play us something softly as we prepare for the word. Amen. [Playing jazz] [ Music ]

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[ Music ] >> Five minutes, he's at the line. >> No, he's just waiting. [ Music ]

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Oh, yes. (orchestral music) - To God be the glory. - To God be the glory.

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- I said I was gonna make it, and have them DPS come running in here. You just keep looking like you're looking straight ahead. Don't worry about them back there.

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(audience laughing) I wanna say, I normally don't speak when I'm going to sing, but Mother Lemmy was just that type of a person. And the family, you know what she was to you,

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but she had some extended family people. I happened to be one of them there. And she was just special. I used to play at Corinth Baptist Church back into the 70s.

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And she had an encouraging spirit back then for me. And she has watched me grow up. And when I started that radio program, she was one of the very first ones to call and encourage.

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And each time I had open line, she always called and encouraged me. And when she couldn't get out, she made sure that her children told me,

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tell my other son, I said, hello. And did you see Barry there? So for people like that, you go beyond the extra mile because she went beyond the extra mile.

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So this is a day, not a tribulation, but of jubilation. - Yes, sir. - I got up and I want to do just some special music melody sing just for her, because thank you for sharing your mother

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with me and some of the other extended people because she was a special kind of lady. And the way she encouraged, she was truly the wind beneath a lot of our wings.

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- Yeah. Amen. [ Music ] If I walk in the pathway of duty, if I work till the close of the day, I shall see the

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♪ A great king in his beauty ♪ ♪ Oh yeah ♪ ♪ When I've gone the last mile of the way ♪ ♪ Oh when I've gone the last mile of the way ♪

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♪ The last mile of the way ♪ ♪ I shall rest at the close of the day ♪ ♪ Oh, and I know ♪ I know there are joys that await me when I've gone the last mile of the way.

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♪ Oh, there will be peace in the valley for me ♪ ♪ I pray there will be peace in the valley for me someday ♪ No more sorrows, no more sadness, or problems will there be. Nothing but peace in the valley for me.

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And right now she's around the throne saying, glory, glory. ♪ Hallelujah ♪ ♪ Oh, since I laid my burdens down ♪ ♪ Oh, glory, glory ♪

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♪ Hallelujah ♪ ♪ Since I laid my burdens ♪ ♪ Oh, I feel better ♪ ♪ So much better ♪

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♪ Oh, since I laid my burdens down ♪ ♪ Oh, I feel better ♪ ♪ So much better ♪ ♪ Yeah, since I laid my ♪

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♪ Well ♪ ♪ I'm going home to ♪ ♪ Live with Jesus ♪ ♪ Yeah, since I laid my ♪

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♪ My burdens down ♪ ♪ Well, I'm going home to live with Jesus ♪ ♪ Oh, since I laid my burdens ♪ ♪ Well, burdens down, Lord ♪

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♪ Burdens down, Lord ♪ ♪ Oh, since I laid my burden down ♪ ♪ Oh, burden's down ♪ ♪ Burden's down ♪

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♪ Oh, since I laid my burden down ♪ ♪ Well, glory, glory ♪ ♪ No more way of rejoicing ♪ ♪ No more sickness ♪

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♪ No more troubles ♪ ♪ Wicked shall cease from troubling ♪ ♪ The weary shall be at rest ♪ ♪ Hallelujah ♪

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♪ Since I laid my ♪ ♪ Lay my burdens down ♪ ♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah ♪ ♪ Thank you Jesus, hallelujah ♪

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♪ Such a good God ♪ ♪ Lay my heavy burdens down ♪ [MUSIC] [ Silence ]