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The Lord has made. Let us rejoice in this last minute. Bless the Lord, O my soul, all that is within me. Bless his holy name.

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Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forgive my fault and his benefits. I invite you to turn to hymn number 256. Come, we that love the Lord. [Music]

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[Music] ♪ And all we give to thee, forever to adore ♪ ♪ The vivid Alma Mater, which makes us joy of love ♪ [Music]

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♪ The world from heaven to earth ♪ ♪ In holy peace our God and King ♪ ♪ All the world now hold and see ♪ ♪ In heaven all the world ♪

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♪ Shall ever be to be proud ♪ [choir singing] Our Heavenly Father, who art the life-giving presence that makes the trees grow and produce, be also present in our lives, calling us to be open to the Son of Man and to grow deep

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in our faith, steadfast, unafraid in our serving. Help us to know that we are not alone. We pray that within ourselves we will let love overcome the bad. We yield ourselves to you as a channel of thy love, so that thy will be done in us.

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Let us do the Lord's Prayer in unison, please. Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven.

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us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever amen [Music]

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[Music] [ Music ] [Singing] I've been viewed and I've been told. Yes, I've been viewed and I've been told. ♪ Children ♪

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♪ I've been beautiful ♪ ♪ And I've been small ♪ ♪ I've been talked about ♪ ♪ Shows you's wrong ♪

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♪ There is trouble ♪ ♪ All over this world ♪ ♪ Yes, there is trouble ♪ ♪ All over this world ♪

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♪ Still a-breathing ♪ ♪ There is trouble ♪ ♪ All over this world ♪ ♪ There is trouble ♪

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♪ All over this world ♪ ♪ Ain't gonna take my vision ♪ ♪ Down ♪ ♪ No ♪

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♪ Ain't gonna take my vision ♪ ♪ Down ♪ ♪ To me ♪ [Singing]

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[Music] [singing] [Singing] I've been mute and I've been sworn Yes, I've been mute and I've been sworn

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Tell me, I've been mute and I've been silent. I've been talked about, Joe, you. I've been talked about. A response to reading in the back of the hymnal number 600,

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entitled God's House. Let us all stand. [ Music ] ♪ Hear ye my word, ye children ♪

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♪ I am thy God ♪ ♪ And as it are they who walk this road ♪ ♪ Are all alone in their God ♪ [choir singing]

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Except the Lord build a house, they labor in vain that build it. Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. [unclear] There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb,

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when the Lord made a covenant with the children of Israel when they came out of the land of Egypt. [church choir singing] So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord.

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[church choir singing] [MUSIC] I have surely built thee a house to dwell in, a subtle place for thee to abide in forever.

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[unclear dialogue] And he said, "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying, [inaudible]

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And it was in the heart of David, my father, to build a house for the name of the Lord God of Israel. [unclear] Nevertheless, thou shalt not build a house, but my Son that shalt come forth out of thy loins, he shalt build a house unto my name. [unclear]

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And I have set there a place for the ark wherein is the covenant of the Lord, which he made with our fathers when he brought them out of the land of Egypt. [chanting] [Music]

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My word is a lamp unto my feet. My word is a lamp unto my feet. My word is a lamp unto my feet. And O life, unto my love,

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This is the Children's Hour. All of the children in the congregation from the kindergarten level through the fifth grade I ask to come forward right now. Jesus said, "Suffer the little children to come unto me.

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Do not hinder them, for such is the kingdom of heaven. Breath. [Silence] Good morning. How are you this morning?

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Well here we are gathered in what we call the house of The Lord we've just read a passage Dealing with God's house, and I want to talk today with you about a misunderstanding Regarding the church

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Many people say that this is the church where we are now. They say this is the church Well, this is really the church house This is the church house. This is not really the church the church is

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the family of God The church is the household of God. The church is people people Make the church not the building so many many years ago when they met

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in the upper room they Had the spirit to come into their lives and there the church was born They didn't have a building like we have today. They didn't have stained-glass windows

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they just met in a house and They did that for some time and many times today churches In houses because the church is made up of people

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So wherever people gather wherever the family of God comes together, that is the church So God wants us To remember that because the church is in you The church is in you. It's the Spirit of God in you and in me in all of us that really makes the church

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So that's the way the church was born That's the way the church grows The church is not a house That's just a meeting place

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The church is people the church is you the church is the family of God Let us pray. We thank you, O God, that you have given us a place where we may meet. But we thank you most of all that we are your people, we are your family,

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we are the church. Help us to grow in this understanding. We ask in Jesus' name. Amen. (ominous music)

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(ominous music) (ominous music) (dramatic music) (dramatic music)

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(dramatic music) (dramatic music) (dramatic music) [Music]

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[Music] [Music] [MUSIC] We've got to let our light shine.

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Let it shine, shine, shine. We are the light of the world. A city that sits on our hillside. We've got to let our light shine.

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Let it shine, shine, shine. ♪ We are the light of the world ♪ ♪ A city that sits on a hillside ♪ ♪ We've got to let our light shine ♪

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♪ Let it shine, shine, shine ♪ ♪ We are the light of the world ♪ ♪ Oh, the city that's this one and you and I ♪ ♪ We've got to let our light shine ♪

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♪ Let it shine, shine, shine ♪ ♪ We are the light of the world ♪ ♪ A light shining in darkness ♪ ♪ We've got to let our light so shine ♪

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♪ Jesus commanded us to do so ♪ ♪ He said let your light so shine before men ♪ ♪ That they may see your good works ♪ ♪ And glorify, glorify your Father in heaven ♪

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♪ We are the light of the world ♪ ♪ In a city that's this small ♪ ♪ I hear you tell me ♪ ♪ You've got to letCool, cool colors shine ♪

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♪ Let it shine, shine, shine ♪ ♪ Shine, shine, shine, let it shine ♪ ♪ Shine, shine, shine, let it shine ♪ ♪ Shine, let it shine ♪

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♪ Shine, shine ♪ ♪ Shine, let it shine ♪ ♪ Shine, shine ♪ ♪ Shine, let it shine ♪

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- Amen. - Amen. Amen. This is our time to pray together. Every heart needs to pray.

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So let us now, as we share together in our prayers, bow our heads, close our eyes, Commune with the eternal God, our Heavenly Father. Gracious God, our Father, we thank you for the gift of this day.

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We thank you that you have blessed us with your grace. You send sunshine and rain, harvest and grain. All of the blessings that we receive come from above. We are the recipients of your bounty.

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We bless your name as we bow reverently in your presence, saying thank you for the gift of life, for the privileges that we enjoy, the freedoms that are ours. But most of all, we thank you for your presence. And as we bow, we would ask that you would forgive us for our sins.

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We confess that we have not done things that you have told us to do. We have walked in paths that are contrary to your will. And we have entertained thoughts that are not in keeping with your spirit. Oh Lord, forgive us.

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You know the secret of every heart. Nothing is hidden from you. So as we confess our faults and our failures, we ask that you would cleanse us and make us fit to worship you in spirit and in truth this day.

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Lord, we thank you for the church, your family that you have planted in the world to witness concerning your redeeming love and forgiving grace. We pray that you will help us to be the kind of people that we ought to be, so that those who do not really know you will be constrained to follow you because of our witness. We

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pray for those who are sick, we pray for those who are afflicted in body, mind, and spirit. We lift them up to you. You know where they are. Some of them in hospitals, some of them in homes, some of them within the sound of my voice, but you know everyone and you are a doctor that is able to heal all manner of sickness

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and disease. Have mercy upon us, O God. We pray for the spirit of evangelism to be among us. Help us not to be so satisfied with ourselves, but to reach out to others and to be instruments that are used of your spirit to win others to Jesus Christ. Help us to understand this as our mission.

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Grant that we may not be characterized as the comfortable pew, but that we might have that restlessness, that divine restlessness that

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moves us into the highways and hedges, the byways, to tell dying men and women, boys and girls, of your redeeming work for us through Jesus Christ. We pray not only for this church

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and for all of the families represented, but we would pray for this city of ours. We pray not only for our city, but we would pray for this state.

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We pray not only for the state, but we would pray for this nation. You know the kind of experience that we face as we prepare to select our national leadership. And you, oh God, have the ability to guide us.

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us and we put it in your hands but we pray that you would use each one of us and help us to be workers together with you that we might fulfill the word that a righteous nation exalts the Lord. We pray O God for our world and we look forward to that day when nation shall not lift up sword against nation, the

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time when the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. Oh Lord have mercy upon us and bless us we pray in the strong and perfect name of Jesus Christ amen. [The sound of the radio is turned off.]

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[Music] [ Music ] ♪ At the name of Jesus ♪ ♪ Every knee should bow ♪

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♪ At things in heaven ♪ ♪ At things on earth ♪ ♪ Every knee should bow ♪ ♪ Every tongue confess at the name of Him ♪

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♪ Every tongue shall confess that Jesus is Lord ♪ ♪ Let the name of Jesus ♪ ♪ Let the saints proclaim ♪ ♪ His grace and goodness ♪

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♪ The power of His name ♪ ♪ Let the saints proclaim ♪ ♪ And our voices we raise ♪ ♪ At the name of him ♪

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♪ Every tongue shall confess ♪ ♪ That Jesus is Lord ♪ ♪ The Godhead ♪ ♪ Is all dead ♪

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♪ All these laws and laws ♪ ♪ Every tongue shall confess ♪ ♪ That Christ ♪ ♪ Christ is Lord ♪

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♪ At the name of Jesus ♪ ♪ All our trust is laid ♪ ♪ His grace and goodness to the world is made ♪ ♪ Spread the word around wherever men are ♪

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♪ At the name of him ♪ ♪ Every tongue shall confess ♪ ♪ That Jesus is Lord ♪ ♪ All of the earth ♪

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♪ Be exalted ♪ ♪ Lord ♪ ♪ Be exalted ♪ ♪ Lord ♪

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♪ Every tongue shall confess ♪ ♪ That Christ ♪ ♪ Christ is born ♪ ♪ All have the name ♪

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♪ Be exalted ♪ ♪ Christ is born ♪ ♪ Be exalted ♪ ♪ Christ is born ♪

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♪ Every tongue shall confess ♪ ♪ That Christ ♪ ♪ Christ is born ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪

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♪ Be it all day ♪ ♪ Be it all day ♪ ♪ Every tongue shall confess ♪ ♪ That Christ ♪

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♪ Christ ♪ ♪ Is Lord ♪ Amen, amen. Let's all say amen again. Amen. I am glad to see you here this morning. I had a little problem. I woke up around six o'clock and it was hailing and the like and I wondered how many people

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would be here. Then on my way I ran through a puddle a little quicker than I should have and My car was stalled and I called for Brother Dotson to come and then by that time my wife had gotten it started. And then coming on up to the church,

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just as I almost arrived here, there was a big tree across the road. Looked like everything was happening this morning. But many of you had similar problems.

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Sister wrote a call, she couldn't get away from IH 35 and 183, but she got here and all of you are here. And I'm so glad you're not fair weather Christians.

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You know you came out in this weather and that's just the way it should be and we are tremendously blessed today We have one of the servants of this state one who has served us in a very Acceptable manner. I call him our fighting attorney general. I'm glad I voted for him I think you're doing a tremendous job for this state. I want him to come now

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He has a word to say to us Attorney General Jim Maddox Pastor, thank you much. I got in just as you were praying for us. You prayed for everything and I was glad about it.

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I don't know, I think we need to talk to the Lord. I don't know whether this, you know for a while there I thought he was trying to dry us out without giving us any rain for six months and now we may get rain for six months. I don't know whether this is an experiment or a real thing.

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We're just going to have to wait and see. But let me start off by saying that I really want to thank you for the support that you gave me in 1982. Not just me, but the other state officials that were running on the Democratic ticket.

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Your faithfulness to your community and to your state through voting is something that we all very much appreciate. When I look at these children up here on the front, right up here at the front, they're the ones we're voting for.

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We're not doing it for ourselves, we're doing it for our children. And Pastor, I want to thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to come visit too. You know, I'm a Baptist myself. And I went to Baylor, and matter of fact, there was a church about two blocks from the

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campus down there that was named Ebenezer Baptist Church. They called it Greater Ebenezer Baptist Church. And I used to go down there and listen to the preaching and the singing and the choir. Y'all are great.

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I tell you what, it's the greatest thing in the world to come up here and be with Christians on Sunday morning and enjoy this Christian fellowship. I recall that back when I was running for Congress, I was a United States Congressman before I got into the Attorney General's office.

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And I had one of my pastor friends up there in Dallas. I came to a church meeting. He was always hesitant to talk a little bit about politics and everything, but he always did.

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He started off being hesitant, but then he really got into the swing of things and he prayed a good, preached a good sermon. That time I was running for Congress and I was a, had a woman that was running against me.

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Oh Lord, she was a Republican woman and she was so mean. She would just ask to be up one side and down the other. It was just before the election and I recall that this fellow's name was Zan Holmes and he started praying.

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And he says, "Father, send us a man with great wisdom." Of course, I had that woman opponent and I knew he was trying to preach a good sermon and pray it. He says, "Father, send us a man that will lead us through the trials and tribulations

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of government in Washington." He says, "Father, send us a man with great wisdom." And after doing that three or four times, he says, "Father, let's just quit beating around the bush.

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Let's elect Jim Maddox to be the United States Congressman." And I always appreciated that directness. I like that. And I want to give you a little of that directness if I can this morning.

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You know I want to read to you just a couple of verses from the book of Ecclesiastes Chapter 3. "To everything there is a season and a time to ever purpose under the heaven, a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to harvest, a time to weep, a time

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to life, a time to mourn, and a time to dance, a time to keep silent, and a time to speak out. And brothers and sisters, I think now is the time to speak out. I really believe that.

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I believe that with all my heart, and that's the reason I'm here. I want to speak out about what I think is happening out here. Some people have talked about mixing a little religion and politics. Well, I've always believed in mixing religion and politics, but I've always didn't.

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I never wanted to do it in a hypocritical manner. You know, Jesus over in the sixth chapter of Matthew said, "You ought not be like the hypocrites standing out on the street corners praying so that you could be heard and seen of men."

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That when you pray you ought to go into your closet and pray to your God in secret. And He would reward you. And those other guys that were just out there praying on the street corners to be seen and heard of men would get their reward by being heard and seen of men.

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And I'll tell you this, I don't think if He was telling us we shouldn't pray in public nor should we preach the gospel in public, What he was telling us is don't be a hypocrite about it. Don't say one thing in public and then as soon as you turn your back, go do something else in private.

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Don't act like you're a good Christian out there in public and then go do something else in private. Pastor, you were talking about being a fair weather Christian. There are a lot of what we call submarine Christians too. They're the Christians you know that emerge from underneath the surface of the water on Sunday morning

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and get their batteries recharged here at the church. As soon as they walk back out of the door, they submerge again, and you don't see them again until the next Sunday morning. You wouldn't even know they're Christians.

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Well, I think we've got to apply everything that we do and apply the Bible to it and apply God's teachings. And I'm concerned about what's going on in our nation today. I believe so strongly in the message of Matthew 25,

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when it's talking about when the Lord comes again. He was going to sit there and he was going to separate the sheep from the goats. And he was going to say, and he was going to talk to the faithful, and he was going to say, For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me water.

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I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home. Naked, and you clothed me. Sick and in prison, and you visited me." And they were going to ask him, "Master, when did we do this unto you? When did we see you in these circumstances?"

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And he was going to say, "When you cared for the least of these, my brethren, it's when you cared for me." And I believe so strongly in democratic politics and the Democratic Party, because I believe that we embody the principles of Matthew 25. And I think that we've got to go out and make sure those principles are protected.

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All the progressive things that have taken place since Franklin Roosevelt's era, I think are in jeopardy. All the civil rights accomplishments that we've made, Lord, we've come a long ways in the last 10 or 15 years, could be washed away.

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You know, there are over five people in the United States Supreme Court. There are five people in the United States Supreme Court that are over 75 years of age. The next president will probably appoint one, two, three, four, perhaps five. And if they're the same kind of appointments we've had in the recent past, we can wipe

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away many of those accomplishments that we've made. Now when I talk to you, I know it's like preaching to the choir. I have no doubt that there's any of you that are in this room that are not going to go out and vote if you're eligible to vote.

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But we need you to go out and do some missionary work, we really do. You got to go out and you are your brother's keeper, I will tell you in this election. You got to go out and do the missionary work because if you don't, we might not win. Not just in this presidential race, we have a United States Senate race here too.

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Lloyd Doggett, our hometown man is running, a good fine Christian man is running. And I would hope that you get out and do the work because they've been calling Lloyd Doggett landslide Lloyd because he's been winning by such a close margin. Just the members of this church very well may make the difference in this election. It could be

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that close. I hope that you'll go out and if you think that you're not going to be here on election day, for goodness sakes go out and vote absentee. And anybody over 65 years of age can vote absentee right now. You don't have to be sick or infirmed or anything else. You just have to go vote. And I hope that you'll

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encourage your neighbors and friends and family to go vote right now. We can't ever tell as you know when the Lord might take us and I'm gonna tell you this for me. I'm voting absentee and if the Lord takes me I'm gonna get the good pleasure of knowing that I am going to reach out right up out of the grave and

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thump one more Republican as a result of being able to having voted absentee pastor I mean that. I think y'all do your work get out and do it and I guarantee you will receive a blessing on election day and we'll be able to reach out and accomplish that dream that Martin Luther King spoke about. The dream when all God's

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children could reach out and join hands and sing "my country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty" and really mean it. Thank you so much for allowing me to be here with you. I love you and appreciate you. In the Attorney General's office I'll be Glad to help you anytime I can thank you very much pastor pray for us. Thank you

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Let's all say man. Amen Now we're going to continue our worship and our giving Let all of us give according to how the Lord has prospered you the attorney general is trying to make as many churches as he Can this morning and we worked him into our schedule and he'll be going to others

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We're glad that he could be here for this particular time Our church is supported to through ties and offerings and we trust that you will give liberally We have been a little behind with our budget. We've come up some and then we've dropped back a little bit we are asking that everybody will remember to tithe during the month of

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November if you do not ordinarily tithe and if you do tithe we're asking that you will make a special Contribution in addition to that that we may catch up the slack that's in our budget That is fire heads Lord We thank you for the privilege of sharing of self and substance bless us now as we worship you in our giving in Jesus

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name amen As we think about the Opportunities that are before us I want us to Be sure and come out this evening at six o'clock this evening at six o'clock

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The mission program is to be presented at six o'clock this evening All of the missionary auxiliaries and the brotherhood you are urged to be here. I Asked you on last Sunday to give a special offering for world hunger I asked you to give a sacrificial offering and I'm delighted to report that you gave

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479 dollars and we made that $500 and that has already been sent every penny of it to the state office For hunger and will be used to help alleviate hunger in the world. We're so grateful to you for that I received a call from Brother Carl McCullough that he has

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25 turkeys that he is making available to us a gift of 25 turkeys For Thanksgiving our Christmas to give to hungry people here in our city So we're not only concerned about alleviating hunger in the world, but we want to do something about Alleviating some of it here in Austin. So we're going to have our missionary sisters and brothers

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at work in carrying out that. We're grateful to him for that. The Baptist Young Women are sponsoring a Halloween carnival for the children of Ebenezer on Saturday, October 28th at the church from 6 p.m. To 8 p.m. We're asking your support

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through participation and contributions of your time and items needed for the carnival. Please contact Sisters Lorraine Archer, our Polly Street, 928-1390. If you can work a booth or donate items needed for the carnival, let's make it possible for Ebenezer's children to have a safe and

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enjoyable Halloween. We want to support the Baptist young women in this effort in every way possible as we seek to make this a happy event for the children of Ebenezer. I have also a notice here that Inez and Shirley Grigg are in the Medical Memorial Nursing home on Cyprus and Lewis in San Antonio Texas room 178 Northeast zip is 78 205

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and as and Shirley Greg in the medical memorial nursing home Cyprus and Lewis Streets in San Antonio Texas room 178 northeast. Let's remember brother and sister Greg in our prayers and with our visits. Proposition 2 is one of the eight amendments on the ballot that you will be asked to vote on next month. I

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I want to say a word about it because many times we go to the polls. We don't know what's on that ballot And we see all these amendments and we say I don't know anything about these amendments and many people just let it go but proposition two has to do with the

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Creation of a special fund I think of some 100 million dollars a year That will be set aside for the colleges the state colleges That are not included in the permanent University Fund permanent University Fund is a fund that's set aside for

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the University of Texas system and Texas A&M this new

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provision in an amendment to will make it possible for purview to receive more support from the and for Texas Southern as well as other institutions that are not included which is not fair and it will be a plus for higher education So it's very important that you will remember

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In your voting to do that on next Sunday and the churches we are calling this Absentee vote to Sunday. We're trying to get everybody to vote absentee who may not be in the county, who are ill,

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elderly and the like, and churches all over the state will be carrying people to the polls on that Sunday because the polls will be open and you're urged to help in carrying that out. So if you know persons and who are ill, who are handicapped in any way, we would ask that you will support this effort because

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We had a news conference of all the preachers at the Capitol the other day and we had representation from Dallas, Houston. It was a statewide meeting that we had in pushing this effort because whatever happens in Texas we can be the turning point and it's very important that we make the most of this particular challenge that we face.

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I have a number of announcements here from Houston Tillerson. I'll deal with some of them at this particular time. On Friday the 26th at 3 p.m. there will be the 32nd Charter Day observance and rededication of Evans Industrial Building. And you're asked to be there.

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The speaker will be Joseph T. McMillan, Jr., who's secretary for college relations of the United Church Board for Homeland Ministries of New York City, New York.

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There will be honorary degrees conferred. One will go to Frank L. Dyes, and another will go to Myra A. McDaniel who's our Secretary of State and

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another will go to Joseph T. Macmillan who is the speaker and there's a jazz concert and seminar also that will be held that day at

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10 a.m. And There'll be a trio that will appear and then another appearance of jazz per presentation at

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1230 and so these are some of the things that you are asked to keep in mind I think I've covered most of the things that we have here. There would also be a degree given to Melvin R. Dillard and Honorary degree and This affair will be attended by the grandson son of Ira Hobart Evans who

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Will be visiting the college for the rededication of this building. So we trust that you will take advantage of this opportunity Which is next Friday beginning at 10 o'clock with the jazz concert and of course the other service which will occur at Three o'clock

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Now I believe I have some visitors cards Dwayne Williams From Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church who is visiting here with sister Hattie Hart. Would you stand that we may recognize your presence, please? All right, would you remain standing please? There are others worshipping with us not members of this church. Would you stand? We're delighted to have you and we extend to you a warm welcome

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We earnestly hope that the service will be a source of inspiration and strength some member near This brother who's standing with you arise and give him a warm handshake as an expression of Ebenezer's welcome. Thank you God bless you. We're glad you're here All right I think Mr. Washington wants to say a word.

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Mary C. To Reverend Griffin and members and friends, my mission to president wants Miss Washington to say a word, so I think I'd better I would like to, the pastor already mentioned and I would like to emphasize the program

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this afternoon given by Mission 2. We would like for you to all try and come out, put on your rubber shoes and your raincoats and umbrellas and be prepared, but don't be one of these weather members as the pastor mentioned before. This is the regular fifth Sunday, the regular fifth Sunday mission program

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that we will be having, being held on third Sunday. Because of the busy September schedule that we had, it was put off. That's the reason it's going to be held on this day. Sarah Circle Will be in charge of the program And we would like for you all to come out. Thank you

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All right. Thank you very much. What is this program y'all having tonight? All right women in evangelism, all right, that's what we want to know All right women in evangelism now women you all come out and men you come out, too We don't want these women to get ahead of us in evangelism. We want to be right there at their side

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So let's get here tonight for this program in Goodly numbers and I'd suggest that you go and call someone and urge them to be here remind them what this Sunday is And what would we have what we'll have tonight?

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Now take your hymnal please and turn to him number 21. I want everyone to sing this hymn. It's a hymn that has a very meaningful message and I want you to listen to it as the musicians shall play it through and then I want us to sing it.

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Let us all stand. Just listen to it as they play it through. ♪ Offer the foundation ♪ ♪ These saints of the Lord ♪

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♪ These people ♪ ♪ These saints of the Lord ♪ ♪ Come now, hear us say ♪ ♪ That to you, we have sinned ♪

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♪ To give to our neighbor ♪ ♪ And to lead us again ♪ ♪ Hear how God and Queen ♪ ♪ We all sing of His name ♪

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♪ Lord, I am not alone ♪ ♪ I will still give to Him ♪ [Music] [BLANK_AUDIO]