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[Silence] ...reaches the heavens, your faithfulness extends to the skies. [Audience responds] Let us all turn to hymn number 66, "Go Till It On The Mountain."

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[ Music ] Go tell it on the mountain, over fields and everywhere. Go tell it on the mountain that Jesus Christ is born. Come to visit with our tears, for a sign of Christ's coming life.

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♪ He's over the heavens ♪ ♪ And shone a holy light ♪ ♪ Go tell it on the mountain ♪ ♪ Over the hills and everywhere ♪

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♪ Go tell it on the mountain ♪ ♪ That Jesus Christ is born ♪ ♪ The Son of the Spirit, the Lord ♪ ♪ And all the world may hear ♪

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♪ Ring out the angels' chorus ♪ ♪ And hail the Savior's birth ♪ ♪ Oh, tell it on the mountain ♪ ♪ Oh, while the hills run everywhere ♪

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♪ Oh, tell it on the mountain ♪ ♪ That Jesus Christ is born ♪ ♪ Down in the lowly manger ♪ ♪ The Lamb of Christ was born ♪

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♪ And God sent a salvation ♪ ♪ That blessed Christmas morn ♪ ♪ Oh, tell it on the mountain ♪ ♪ Over the hills and everywhere ♪

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♪ Oh, tell it on the mountain ♪ [Music] Speak with us. Heavenly Father, we come once more to thank Thee for another day.

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Thank Thee for our yet spared life, Heavenly Father. And we thank Thee, Heavenly Father, for taking care of us last night as we slept in the image of death and in the awakeness this morning, closing our right mind a reasonable amount of heaven. And Heavenly Father, You gave us strength to come out and praise Thy name this morning.

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As the Heavenly Father did it with us this morning, we thank Thee for the grace of the I ask the Heavenly Father to go with us this day and keep us, every one on our mind, and keep us, Heavenly Father, for Jesus' sake. Bless the sick and afflicted, Heavenly Father, and bless each and every member of this church

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and every member in the world today, Heavenly Father, and churches all over the world. And bless us, Heavenly Father, for Jesus' sake. Amen. [ Pause ] [MUSIC PLAYING]

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(SINGING) Blessed be the Lord, God the Lord, God the Lord, God of Israel. All we do is one, proud speech. Blessed be the Lord, God the Lord, God the Lord,

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♪ Blessed be the Lord God of Israel ♪ ♪ Only to the one God's will ♪ ♪ Blessed be the Lord ♪ ♪ Blessed be the Lord ♪

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♪ Blessed, blessed, blessed, blessed ♪ ♪ Blessed be the Lord God of Israel ♪ ♪ Only to the one God's will ♪ ♪

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♪ Blessed be ♪ ♪ His glorious name ♪ ♪ Blessed be ♪ ♪ His glorious name ♪

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♪ Let the whole earth be filled ♪ ♪ It is glory ♪ ♪ Forever and evermore ♪ ♪ Blessed be ♪

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♪ His glorious name ♪ ♪ Blessed be ♪ ♪ His glorious name ♪ ♪ Let the whole world ♪

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♪ Praise His name ♪ ♪ With Him glorious standing ♪ ♪ Forever, on evermore ♪ ♪ This is my prayer ♪

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♪ This is my prayer ♪ ♪ This is my prayer ♪ ♪ This is my prayer ♪ ♪ This is my prayer ♪

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This is my prayer. [starts vocalizing] Amen, amen, amen, amen. Amen.

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[ Music ] Our responsive reading is number 552, Life and Ministry of Jesus, and our leader is Deacon John Hall. Let us stand. [MUSIC] [ Music ]

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♪ Hear ye my worthy children ♪ ♪ I am thy God ♪ ♪ Blessed are they who walk ♪ ♪ With the word of the Lord ♪

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♪ In their hearts ♪ [music] And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and there went out a flame of him through all the region round about.

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And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up for to read. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor.

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He hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach the deliverance to the captives, and the recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised. [MUSIC PLAYING] And he closed the book.

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And he gave it again to the minister and sat down. And the eyes of all of them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. And Jesus went out all the elderly,

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teaching them how to pray to the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all the man of the sickness and all the man of the disease among the people. And his fame went throughout all Syria.

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And they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with diverse disease and tarments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the policy.

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And he healed them. [INAUDIBLE] [choir singing] [ Background Sounds ]

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♪ The Lord is my light ♪ ♪ And my salvation ♪ ♪ The Lord is my light ♪ ♪ And my salvation ♪

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♪ The Lord is my light ♪ ♪ And my salvation ♪ ♪ Who shall I be ♪ ♪ Who shall I be ♪

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Who shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life. Who shall I fear? In the time of trouble

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He shall hide me In the time of trouble He shall abide me in the time of trouble. He shall abide me.

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♪ Who shall I fear? ♪ ♪ Who shall I fear? ♪ ♪ Who shall I be ♪ ♪ The Lord is the strength ♪

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♪ Of my life ♪ ♪ Who shall I be ♪ [MUSIC] ♪ And be of good courage ♪

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♪ Oh, wait on the Lord ♪ ♪ And be of good courage ♪ ♪ Wait on the Lord ♪ ♪ And be of good courage ♪

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♪ He shall strengthen thy arm ♪ ♪ Who shall I fear ♪ ♪ Who shall I fear ♪ ♪ The Lord is watching ♪

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♪ And all my fear is gone ♪ ♪ And all my life ♪ ♪ Whom shall I fear ♪ ♪ Whom shall I fear ♪

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♪ Who shall I be ♪ ♪ The Lord is the strength ♪ ♪ The Lord is the strength ♪ ♪ For kids lost and ♪

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♪ All my life ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ HLI ♪ [choir singing]

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Let us all say "Amen." [audience says "Amen"] Amen. This is the Children's Hour.

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All children in the congregation from the kindergarten level through the fifth grade are asked to come forward at this time. Train up a child the way that he should go. When he is old he will not depart from it.

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Jesus said, "Suffer the little children to come unto me, forbid them not, for such is the kingdom of heaven." When I was a child, I thought as a child, I understood as a child. [ Silence ]

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>> Good morning. How are you this morning? Good, good. How many of you like cookies?

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Everybody likes cookies. Good. All of you like cookies. How many of you know what baking powder is?

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You know what baking-- how many of you know what flour is? Have you ever eaten any flour just alone? Never have? You wouldn't like to do that, would you?

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No. I see you're shaking your head. Have you eaten any baking powder just alone? No, wouldn't want to do that.

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And have you eaten any shortening that you put in there, you know, to make it? You wouldn't want to do that. But when you take and put it all together,

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the flour, the baking powder, the shortening, and sugar, and all of that you put in it, and then stir it up, and it all works out, and you have delicious cookies.

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It all works out for good. Now you are very, very young and many, many things may happen to you along the way as you grow from day to day. But there is a passage of scripture that says that you can use these things in a way that they can all work for good. just as you have baking powder and flour and shortening and all of those things with sugar

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and stir it all up and it all works for good. This is what is said. We know that to those who love God, who are called according to his plan, everything that happens fits into a pattern for good. Everything that happens works for good. So when your life is around God, when you are guided by his spirit, by his thoughts, and by his word, he can make

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whatever happens in your life, to work together for good. So don't be afraid when things don't go right, when things get hard, when we have what we call hard times, because God can make all things work together for good to them that love him. God bless you and keep you.

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(gentle piano music) [MUSIC PLAYING] [ Music ] There is a quiet place I know where only Crosden I can go.

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♪ I still look ♪ ♪ To my sacred place ♪ ♪ To rest on His ♪ ♪ Unchanging grace ♪

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♪ Sometimes I come ♪ ♪ With my head ♪ ♪ Bowed low ♪ ♪ Where is no other ♪

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♪ Place to go ♪ ♪ I steal away ♪ ♪ To my secret place ♪ ♪ To rest on His unchanging grace ♪

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♪ My soul stands bare ♪ ♪ I patiently await ♪ ♪ He's always there ♪ ♪ He's never, never, he's never late ♪

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♪ I found my secret ♪ ♪ Press through prayer ♪ ♪ The master always, always ♪ ♪ Meets me there ♪

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♪ My soul stands bare ♪ ♪ I patiently await ♪ ♪ He's always there ♪ ♪ He's never, never, he's never late ♪

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♪ I found my sacred place ♪ ♪ Through prayer, the Master always ♪ ♪ Always ♪ ♪ Meets me there ♪

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♪ The master always ♪ ♪ Always ♪ ♪ Meets me there ♪ ♪ The master always ♪

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♪ Always ♪ ♪ Meets me there ♪ - Amen. - Amen. - This is our time of sharing,

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and as we come to this time of sharing, worshiping the Lord in this time of giving, let us give according to how the Lord has prospered each one of us.

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persons who are worshipping with us who are not members of this church, if you have not signed a visitor's card, we ask that you will raise your hand and the ushers will give you one which we would like for you to sign in return during this period. If you have not signed a visitor's card, you raise your hand, the ushers will give you one.

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[Music] Also during this time, persons who are involved in [Music] education, we'd like for you to, if you have not done this in the earlier service this morning,

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[Music] to take one of these and put your name and the school where you work and the position that you occupy and the years of experience and your present status. If you're retired you can put this put retired on there the years that you worked in education. So we'd like for you to get one

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of these from the ushers. Brother Hendricks if you'll take these and see that the persons who Those who are in education, there's some more here. We want, we're making a survey of the persons in our church who have been involved in education

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and who are involved, both those who have been and who still are. If you raise your hand during this period, please. Ushers, if you'll just give them to them now.

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You need some more of those? All right. [Music] You'll fill those out and return them this morning, please.

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It will assist us in this survey that we are now making. [Music] Let's see, Brother... [Music]

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Davison, If you'll assist with some of those, I believe we need you to pass out some more here. Now let us bow our heads as the Reverend Huff leads us in our offertory prayer. Our Father and our God, the creator of heaven and of earth,

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We thank you, O gracious Master, for this opportunity to come to this holy place and to gather round your altar and to worship you in spirit and in truth. And as we come to the time to worship you and giving of our substance, we pray that that thou will instill the desire within our hearts to give, not only of our substance,

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but ourselves, for the furthering and the expansion of thy kingdom. In Jesus Christ our Lord we pray. Let us all say amen. [MUSIC PLAYING]

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This time we want to present our guest, Edria Petty, who is a member of the Greater Swenson Church. Would you stand, please, at this time? All right. And Ruth Maxson, who is here visiting with Sister Betty T. Overton.

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And she's a member of the New Lincoln Baptist Church. Sister Maxson. [inaudible] All right, Sherry Ellis, I understand she was here at the earlier service, so these are mixed up then. Sherry Ellis, is she here?

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With the Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church visiting with Karen Jones, the University of Texas. All right. Reverend and Mrs. C.C. Bale, the Reverend Bale is here in the pulpit. He is the pastor of the Arden Terrace Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, and his wife is

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there in the center section. They're friends of ours of long standing from Dallas, Texas. And as our special guest today, Mr. and Mrs.

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Terry Davis, would you stand? I'm going to say a little more about them. Now all those persons who were standing, would you stand again, please? All who are standing, remain standing. And we would like for some member of our church to give them a warm handshake as an expression of your welcome here today, for we are delighted to have you and we trust that

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the service will be a means of inspiration and strength to each one of you. Now the couple here to my right, Mr. Terry Davis and his wife, Mr. Davis announced this past week for the candidacy of the City Council, place number six. Some of you may not know him so we want you to get a good look at him.

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So turn around there brother Davis that's his lovely wife with him. He is a young man that I'm deeply interested in and many others as you no doubt read and we want you to have the opportunity of meeting him in a more personal way. We want brother Anderson and his and both of the Anderson senior and junior to be

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to bring them back to the rear. We're not having our fellowship period today, but we will have opportunity for you to remain during the close of the service and have a chance to fellowship with them in a more intimate way. But I'm intensely interested in him because I'm interested in him as a person, as a

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Christian, and as a person interested in good government. He's an engineer, he's a He's a lawyer and he's a businessman and we want you to get the opportunity to know him more because he is offering himself for public office and This is a great challenge

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Presented an opportunity to better serve us. Thank you very much You know, it's quite something to to hear the phone ♪ (music plays)

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Let her stand. [MUSIC PLAYING] [ Music ] I lay the lightning flashing, I heard the thunder roll.

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I felt sin's rage ascending, It tried to conquer my soul. I heard the voice of my Savior, He hid me still by law. We promise never to leave me, never to leave me alone. No, never alone.

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No, never alone. We promise never to leave me, never to leave me alone. No, never alone. ♪ Oh, never alone ♪

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♪ He promised never to leave me ♪ ♪ Never to leave me alone ♪ ♪ The world seems to be so gloomy ♪ ♪ Temptations sharp and deep ♪

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♪ I have no peace in knowing ♪ ♪ My Savior stands between ♪ ♪ He stands to shield me from danger ♪ ♪ When all the dreams are gone ♪

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♪ He promised never to leave me ♪ ♪ Never to leave me alone ♪ ♪ No, never alone ♪ ♪ No, never alone ♪

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♪ He promised never to leave me ♪ ♪ Never to leave me alone ♪ ♪ No, never alone ♪ ♪ No, never alone ♪

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♪ He promised never to leave me ♪ ♪ Never to leave me alone ♪ ♪ And in a flint and stone ♪ ♪ I take the role of care ♪

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♪ My Savior helps me carry ♪ ♪ The cross so heavy to bear ♪ ♪ Though all around me is dark ♪ ♪ Yet that earthly joy's unhold ♪

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♪ My Savior whispers his promise ♪ ♪ Never to leave me alone ♪ ♪ No, never alone ♪ ♪ No, never alone ♪

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♪ He promised never to leave me ♪ ♪ Never to leave me alone ♪ ♪ No, never alone ♪ ♪ No, never alone ♪

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♪ He promised never to leave me ♪ ♪ Never to leave me alone ♪ ♪ No, never alone ♪ ♪ No, never alone ♪

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♪ He promised never to leave me ♪ ♪ Never to leave me alone ♪ ♪ No, never alone ♪ ♪ No, never alone ♪

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