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[Silence] [Pastor] And full of constant love. [All] He is good to everyone and has compassion in all he makes. [Pastor] All your creatures, Lord, will praise you and your people will give you thanks.

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[All] They will speak of the glory of your kingdom and tell of your might, so that all men will know your mighty acts and the glorious majesty of your kingdom. Your kingdom is eternal and you are king forever. forever.

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Let's turn to hymn 141. 141 in the Hamlet. Let's turn to hymn 141. 141 of the hymn list. [Music]

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I was making ages in, on the people's shore There is ages, ages in, seeking to rise no more But the master of the sea, my life is verified God, no one has lifted me, not made am I

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[music] [music] [music] ♪ Love almighty and so true ♪ ♪ Never time goes with love ♪

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♪ Faithful loving, very good to give ♪ ♪ We love ♪ ♪ Love is the key, love is the key ♪ ♪ When does he come for us? ♪ [Chorus singing]

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[choral singing] ♪ When God the Alpha God ♪ ♪ Was in Jerusalem ♪ ♪ All the angels of God ♪

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♪ Heard the trumpet and sang ♪ ♪ He was lifted high above ♪ ♪ Out of the angry rain ♪ ♪ He was as the Father was ♪

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♪ He was in real ordain ♪ [Music] [Chorus singing] You may be seated.

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Let us pray. I Heavenly Father, this morning we come giving thanks to you and praises unto thy name. We thank Thee, O Lord, for having watched over us last night while we slumbered and slept.

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We thank Thee for having closed us in our right minds this morning, and especially giving us a mind to work our way towards our temple so that we might study and learn more about Thee. We thank Thee, O Lord, for the love that Thou hast shown and that You have caused us to

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show, and especially that love that runs from breast to breast and from cheek to cheek. Our Father, we thank thee most of all for thy Son, Jesus Christ, who gave his life that we might be saved. Our Father, we come this morning also asking thy continued blessings.

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We ask, O Lord, that you would continue to go with us and guide us as we attempt to do thy work. Our Father, we pray for the churches throughout this universe. Father we pray that as they gather together on today and their specified

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days that they were really preached the gospel as I would have them do it an uncompromised gospel oh Lord we pray for our ministers we pray our Father that you would teach them and give them the spirit that to impart to us that you the way that you would have it our Father we also pray for this special day where the

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men are coming forward to show that they too can take over the leadership as you will them. Our Father we pray for the sick, the afflicted, and those that are suffering hard because of death. Father we pray that you will teach them that thou art the giver and thou art the taker. Our Father and that love and peace comes

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from within and not with guns and might. Our Father please again bless this service and guide us on to their victory. These blessings we ask in Jesus name. Amen. [Music] [Music]

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[Singing] ♪ I've got the water ♪ ♪ Everywhere I go ♪ ♪ Like a dangerous hell ♪

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♪ God, I won't be feeding ♪ ♪ Now I've got you under ♪ ♪ The power of hope ♪ ♪ The power of hope ♪

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♪ Oh Lord ♪ Help me, I pray, help me, O Lord, to find the way, find the way. In the sun and in the night, under the leaking shadows, anywhere I walk, anywhere I go, ♪ Like a list of angels ♪

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♪ Come upon me ♪ ♪ And I must confess ♪ ♪ That for a walk ♪ ♪ Oh Lord ♪

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♪ Help me I pray ♪ ♪ Help me oh Lord ♪ ♪ To find the way ♪ Oh, Lord, help me, I pray.

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Help me, oh, Lord, to find the way. Oh, Lord. Amen. Amen.

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Amen. - This is our period of responsive reading. Would you please join in reading responsive reading number 585.

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New hymnals, please. [Music] ♪ Sing thy words, ye children ♪ ♪ I am thy God ♪

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♪ Let your name go forth ♪ ♪ In the word of the Lord ♪ ♪ With their hearts ♪ (Music)

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Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. [INAUDIBLE] And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water

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that bringeth forth his fruit in his season. His leaf also shall not wither, and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. [INAUDIBLE]

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[MUSIC PLAYING] I will keep thy word in my heart, Yea, thee shall it my heart. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,

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Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. [MUSIC] ♪ I will come to my feet ♪ ♪ I will come to my feet ♪

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♪ I will come to my feet ♪ ♪ And I ♪ ♪ I will rise ♪ ♪ With the Lord ♪

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This is the children hour. All children in the fifth grade, if you can go out of level through the fifth grade, will come forward at this time, please. (gentle music) [Music] [Music]

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Pastor Griffin, I had one story, but after looking at the size of my group, I'm like the preacher that preached at his church for the first time.

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He had to leave the John Jason County for a reason unnamed at this time. But on in getting up to preach his sermon, he said, "I was about to preach Christ and Him crucified,

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"but looking over at the audience, "I see some familiar faces. "The sheriff, John and Connie, "had walked in and took a seat.

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I changed my detective vest, let he that seeeth me, and thinketh he knoweth me, sayeth nothing, I'll see him at the church. I was gonna tell you one story,

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but your little small understanding, but I will go with it anyhow. What y'all do these hot days? Hot enough for you?

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Not too hot? Okay, we'll talk, huh? I'm going to tell you a little story about two insects. Once upon a time, there was an ant

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that had built him a house near a farmer's field. And when the farmer was gathering his wheat, the ant would begin to put away his wheat for the winter. He'd cast some grains so heavy he couldn't hardly carry them.

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There was his friend, Brother Grasshopper, sitting on a limb of a tree laughing at him. Look at you just falling with that. He said well, it's gonna be cold after a while. I have to have something to eat So I remember what you're talking about

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So look here the tree just full of good green leaves He just bite off of one leaf and bite off another leaf didn't try to save anything and so finally fall and winter became

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And then it disappeared from the great top of walking looking for food Three days he hadn't had anything to eat. He saw a tree with one leaf And just as he went to reach that leaf the wind blew that leaf away He said well, I'll be I go to brother and houses. Maybe he could give me some food

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He went there. He put his head down to the ground. He could hear the music. They was having a party He's not he's so weak. They couldn't hear him. So finally he just died Finally the spring came in the age to come out to see for the spring they found by the grasshopper laying up there dead And they he told his son so you see here

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I told him ladies gonna kill him and so they'd went out a little ways and burrows bed by the grass I put up there here lies the lazy grasshopper Now when I was your side, I was a little lazy, too I had to wash the dishes take me all the morning to watch my baptized and I would fork

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And then sometime have to do it But mother let me go all over again that go everything again now if you practice being lazy and don't want to save a little a part of your Allowance they'll give you back one of these you gonna be like the grasshopper when women come on you really need something in life

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You're not gonna have it. Thank you. See you again someday. I hope [BLANK_AUDIO] (eerie music) (eerie music)

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[Music] [Music] [inaudible] this is our offer to repeal.

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[ Music ] ♪ Come glad morning, present time and lore ♪ ♪ I'll fly away ♪ ♪ To a home on God's celestial shore ♪

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♪ I'll fly away ♪ ♪ I'll fly away, fly away, oh glory ♪ ♪ I'll fly away ♪ ♪ When I die, hallelujah, my, my, oh ♪

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[Chorus singing] Fly away, fly away, fly away. When sharp shadows of the light are drawn, I'll fly away. Like a bird from a prison's waterfall, I'll fly away.

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I'll fly away, fly away, oh glory, I'll fly away. ♪ When I die, hallelujah, I die ♪ ♪ Oh, I'll fly away, fly away ♪ ♪ Just a few more weary days and then I'll fly away ♪

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♪ To a land that I will never hate ♪ ♪ Oh, I'll fly away, fly away ♪ ♪ I'll fly away, fly away, oh glory ♪ ♪ Fly away, fly away in the morning ♪

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♪ When I die, hallelujah, flyin' by ♪ ♪ Oh, I'll fly away, fly away, fly away ♪ ♪ When I die, hallelujah, flyin' by ♪ ♪ Oh, I'll fly away ♪

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(audience applauding) - Let's all say amen again. This Mountains Chorus has done a marvelous job, judges. marvelous job today all day they have been doing starting in the early service this morning a

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tremendous job and we have as you notice here on the organ one of our own brother Fairweather and he was here early this morning when I got here he was here on the organ and it's been beautiful with them doing a marvelous job I want all the men of our church to stand and we want the ushers to count you while you're standing all the men every man we want you to stand for

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just a moment ashes we want you to count these men while they are standing and we got two in the sound booth just stand just a moment we have a hundred men at Ebenezer I think a hundred I'm sorry we have 300 men and we had a goal of trying to get at least a hundred of them out we have 300 men and 600 women so you're

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understand that's the way it works that's the way it works 300 men and all right we have two women for every man as far as numbers go all right we all finished counting sir 72 now we want you to be seated 72 men of Ebenezer

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that's good now we want all the men who are worshiping with us who are not members of Ebenezer to stand all the men stand again who are not members of this church yeah well just a moment we want to count these here two three six nine I think we have nine here thank you that makes a total of 82 and two more out 84

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did you all count the two upstairs in the sound booth all right that makes a total of 84 men that are here in the services today I understand that brother Curley is here and I've been trying to locate him oh here he is I've been used to seeing him over here brother Curley has been on the sick and shut in list

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and he has been strengthened enough to get back he is here today and he's looking good we glad to see him back he's been out now for a number of weeks the God has blessed him he's answered our prayers and we're so happy to see him back brother Hawkins was here this morning and those two of our deacons

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who've been on the sick and shut in list we praise God and continue to pray for others. For our scripture lesson this morning would be Matthew 25 31 through 46. When the Son of Man shall come in his glory and all the holy angels with him then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory and before him shall be gathered

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nations and he shall separate them one from another as a shepherd divided his sheep from the goats and he shall ship set the sheep on his right hand but the goats on the left then shall the King say unto them on his right hand come ye blessed my father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of

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the world for I was hungry and you gave me meat I was thirsty and you gave me drink I was a stranger and you took me in naked and you closed me I was sick and you visit me I was in prison and you came unto me then shall the righteousness answer him saying Lord when saw we thee and hungered and fed thee are thirsty

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and gave thee drink when saw we thee a stranger and took the end are naked and and close thee, or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee. For the king shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

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Then shall he say unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels for I was hungered and you gave me no meat I was thirsty and you gave me no drink I was a stranger and you took me not in naked and you closed me not sick and in prison and you visit me not

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Then shall they also answer him saying Lord when so ye we the and hunger are a thirst or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and did not minister unto thee then shall he answer them saying very I say unto you and as much as he did it not to one of the least of thee ye did it not to me and these shall go away

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way unto everlasting punishment but the righteousness into life internal. These readings deal with the parable of talent. [BLANK_AUDIO]