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(pages rustling) ♪ (ominous music) ♪ (ominous music) ♪ Face to face

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♪ Be kind, my Savior ♪ Face to face ♪ What will it be ♪ Win with rapture ♪

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♪ ♪ I behold Him ♪ ♪ Jesus Christ ♪ ♪ Who died for me ♪

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♪ Faith to faith ♪ ♪ Faith to faith ♪ ♪ I shall behold Him ♪ ♪ I shall behold Him ♪

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♪ Far beyond ♪ ♪ Far beyond ♪ ♪ The starry sky ♪ ♪ The starry sky ♪

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♪ Face to face ♪ ♪ Face to face ♪ ♪ A villain and all his glory ♪ ♪ I shall see Him ♪

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♪ I shall see Him ♪ ♪ Eye and mouth ♪ ♪ Eye and mouth ♪ ♪ Holy Grail ♪

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♪ In the life within ♪ With the dark ♪ Dark veil between ♪ To earth from heaven ♪

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♪ When it is clear ♪ ♪ When the hills fall ♪ ♪ We shall be near ♪ ♪ Face to face ♪

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♪ Face to face ♪ ♪ I shall behold him ♪ ♪ Far beyond ♪ ♪ The starry sky ♪

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♪ Face to face ♪ ♪ Face to face ♪ ♪ Of the glory ♪ ♪ Glory ♪

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♪ I shall see him ♪ ♪ I shall see him ♪ ♪ By and by ♪ ♪ By and by ♪

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♪ Face to face ♪ ♪ Face to face ♪ ♪ I shall behold him ♪ ♪ I shall behold him ♪

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♪ Far beyond ♪ ♪ Far beyond ♪ ♪ The starry sky ♪ ♪ The starry sky ♪

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♪ Face to face ♪ ♪ Face to face ♪ ♪ I'll see the Lord in glory ♪ ♪ Lord in glory ♪

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♪ I shall see him ♪ ♪ I shall see him ♪ ♪ Far and high ♪ ♪ High and low ♪

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[Music] Good morning. I'd like to give the morning announcement. First, I'd like to apologize for getting started too early. Mr. Cary Sherlock is in St. David's Hospital, room 514.

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Martha Circle will meet tomorrow at 5.30 p.m. at the home of Sister Bueller Thompson. All members are urged to be present. Business of importance to be discussed.

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Staff person, Sister Bueller Nelson. All training union workers, please be present Wednesday night for our meeting after prayer meeting. Brother Shirley Gray.

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Now for the names of the visitors. As I call your names, please stand and remain standing until words of welcome have been extended. Amin Ashad, 6134 Fairway, Austin, Texas, Mohammed Temple #48, visiting with Mr. Tennyson.

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[inaudible] Marvis Dixon, 935 Nathan Drive, Southeast Atlanta, Georgia. She is with the Jimmy Carter Peanut Cretaceous. Carol H. Fullerton, 403 Meadowwood Court, Tecanta, Georgia.

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She's a member of the Methodist Church. She's with the Carnival President Campaign. Lily Orweir, 2925 Brownsville Road, southeast Atlanta, Georgia. She's also with the Peanuts Break Brigade, a college of business.

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Mary L. Zeps, a 3509 Sackowitz, Houston, Texas, member of First Saint Mark Baptist Church. She's visiting here with her daughter and family. If we have other visitors who did not sign visitors cards, will you please stand and give us your name? Will a member of Ebenezer stand and give the visitors a hearty handshake of welcome?

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We're happy to have you watching with us this morning and do come again. We have a special announcement which will end the announcement for the morning from Cassandra Washington. Good morning. The Concord Chops Choir will present a musical for funding October 24, 1976 at 3 p.m. Young People's Choirs from all over Austin will be participating.

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Among them will be St. James Baptist Church, Wesley United Methodist Church, Austin Community College Gospel Choir. Please put this calendar on your-- please put this date on your calendar and ask your support to please come out.

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Thank you. One of the major concerns expressed at the ATW Citizen Education Conference held in Kansas City a few days ago, which I attended, had to do with voting, getting out to vote. And there is considerable concern in this country over the fact that not enough people participate in the electoral process.

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Well, I hope that all of us arranging to vote November the 2nd, we have two major candidates running on their record, I reckon we have something unusual in that persons from the state where one of the candidates comes is, well, those persons are here and traveling to other places. There'll be nine days in Texas spreading the word, telling the truth about what Governor Carter has done. Now, I'd like for them to stand again, those three lovely ladies from Georgia, Georgia teachers.

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[Laughter] We are certainly happy to have them to share with us anything you want to know about how the government really carried on in Georgia during his governorship. They are going to be prepared to share it. They know a great deal about the man who comes from Plains, Georgia, and we're happy to have them to come and share with us.

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Thank you very much for your presence along with all of our guests. After the service today, immediately following the service, John Hewitt Faulkner, the movie actor, will be here to be with us in re-enacting a scene that occurred in 1919, having to do with the history of the NAACP. This is an NAACP PIM documentary. As I said last Sunday, a representative from the NAACP, an attorney, happened to have been white, came down to deal with the matter which the NAACP faced at that time, being put out of business in Texas. And this attorney was beaten unconscious on the streets of Austin.

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A meeting was held, the latter part of August I believe it was, 1919, here at Ebenezer Baptist Church, sponsored by the St. John's District Association. I asked Sunday night, "Who was here that remembered that?" And there was no one here that remembered 1919. Anybody here in the audience remember 1919, that event?

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Anybody here that was here then and remembers it? I know some of you were here. Oh, Sister, there's one, Sister Hill. Sister Ida Hill remembers that. That's wonderful. And so we're going to try to put that on film as best we can. So I told you to wear a dress that was recommended.

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Now I think I like the way the preachers looked in 1919. [inaudible] Be prepared, 1230, immediately following 1230 when we ought to do this. Now, I want to read this that you may understand. This has to do with the consent and release.

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This states that we, the members of Ebenezer Baptist Church, and people that are assembled here, do agree to this recording and filming and taping of our appearances. This is what we are concerned about, that no one will be in this film documentary who doesn't want to be in it. You know, so NAACP doesn't want another suit filed against them. They have enough of those already. So this document is that we consent to and authorize the use and reproduction of the, by the organization of, anyone authorized by the organization of any and all photographs which you have this day taken of us,

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negative or positive, are used by the organization without compensation to us. So even though we'll be movie stars, we won't get any tape, you know. So this is something that we want you all to understand that everyone here who desires to remain and be filmed as a part of this documentary film at 1230 may do so, and those who do not may depart. The missionary sisters sponsored a very lovely affair last evening, a memorial dinner.

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The doctor may be full of memorial dinner. and a contribution was requested, and many of you complied for hunger, world hunger at that time, and we're going to give opportunity for others to make a contribution to world hunger. The Metropolitan AME Church invites you to share in a musical which will be presented October the 17th at 3 p.m.

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All of you are invited. I want to call attention to the fact that some persons who have been arrived late have been parking in such a way that others who have arrived early can't get out. So we would like for you to follow the parking regulations about parking where you should park. have those places designated so it will not inconvenience the worshippers.

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(footsteps) [ Background Sounds ] [MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING]

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(sighs) (dramatic music) (dramatic music) (dramatic music)

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(plausible music) ♪ (suspenseful music) (door opens) [music]

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♪ Oh, I found the answer ♪ ♪ I learned to wait ♪ ♪ The wind made me cry ♪ ♪ I felt the pain ♪

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♪ The sky is burning ♪ ♪ Morning came ♪ ♪ I found the answer ♪ ♪ I'd like to pray ♪

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♪ Oh, I found the answer ♪ ♪ I'd like to pray ♪ ♪ When pain to God be ♪ ♪ I bow the way ♪

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♪ The sun is shining ♪ ♪ On this day ♪ ♪ I bow the answer ♪ ♪ I'd like to pray ♪

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♪ But I must think and decree ♪ ♪ I am all the same ♪ ♪ Walking in the darkness ♪ ♪ I'm going to find my way ♪

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[music] ♪ And the last moon came shining ♪ ♪ To meet this promised land ♪ ♪ All I'm standing for here ♪

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♪ I just need a prayer ♪ ♪ Oh, I found the angel ♪ ♪ I learned to pray ♪ ♪ When faith was blinding ♪

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♪ I found the way ♪ ♪ But now he's shining ♪ ♪ For me is great ♪ ♪ I found the answer ♪

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♪ I'm going to praise ♪ ♪ Oh, I found the answer ♪ ♪ I'm going to praise ♪ ♪ When praise from God is near ♪

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♪ I'm bound away ♪ ♪ The sun is shining ♪ ♪ The rain is dead ♪ ♪ I'm bound in the last word ♪

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♪ God ♪ ♪ I am ♪ ♪ Your ♪ ♪ Friend ♪

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- Amen. - Amen. - Amen. Hear ye this word recorded in the gospel, according to Saint Luke?

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21st chapter, first four verses. He looked up and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. He said, "Of a truth I say unto you that this poor widow hath cast in more than they owe.

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For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God. She of her poverty hath cast in all the living that she has." Let us stand and sing just the first stanza and repeat the refrain of hymn number 270, the first stanza, and repeat the refrain, "A child of the king, my father is rich in

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houses and land. Behold it, the wealth of the world in your hand." [ Music ] [MUSIC]

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[MUSIC] [ Music ] [MUSIC] [choir singing]

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[choir singing] ♪ The triumph of the king ♪ ♪ With the angels and the saints ♪ ♪ And the crown of the king ♪

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[MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING] ♪ (church bell rings) ♪ (church choir sings)

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♪ My great God ♪ ♪ I will die ♪ ♪ Amen ♪ - Gracious God, our Father,

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We are yours. Speak now to our hearts. Provide us with that food that will strengthen us for our journey. We ask it all in Jesus' name. Amen. I want to read again the passage of Scripture which is the basis of this message using the living Bible paraphrase. As he stood in the temple, Jesus was watching the rich tossing their gifts into the collection box.

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Then a poor widow came by and dropped in two small copper coins. "Really," he remarked, "this poor widow has given more than all the rest of them combined." Well, they have given a little of what they didn't need, but she, cool as she is, has given everything she has. from the least, when the least is the greatest. When the least is the greatest. Like a rose amid a field of thistles, this event stands out in the midst of a crisis of deep sorrow.

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of Jesus' ministry. Our Lord is within the shadows of the cross. He has just delivered a scathing attack against the scribes and Pharisees, denouncing them for their hypocrisy, their pretentious, their sham.

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Then comes the pause that refreshes. Within the colonnade of the temple and the court of the women, Jesus watches worshippers as they cast their gifts into the treasury. There were thirteen offering boxes shaped like trumpets in which their gifts were placed. Each offering was designated for a particular purpose, meeting the needs of the temple. Some gave much, others gave little, as each took his turn.

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Among the givers that Jesus watched is a poor widow who cast in two pints, Two copper coins. To use the language of Ahase, two pennies. This was the least that she could give.

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It's said that according to the teaching of the rabbis, that the smallest contribution one could make was two bytes. This was all she had. She placed everything she had in the collection box.

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What a contrast this is when compared to the others. Proud leaders of the church, community who had assembled there. That was the affluent, the prestigious, who presented their gifts. But a poor widow comes and gives two pennies, and she is singled out by our Lord. She and her gift become the topic of the Master's discussion with his disciples.

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Think about it. A widow with two kids. This woman has had removed from her the source of human support on which she had depended. Her husband is gone. She's left alone to go it for herself with no one to help. Hers is a solitary life bereft of the accustomed human means of support. She's alone, defenseless, helpless, with very limited material resources. Nevertheless, she comes to the temple to give her offering.

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Two pennies, two copper coins, such a small amount. Some may wonder why would she come at all. She has no more than that to give. It's the least. And she is looked upon as being identified with the least. She's a woman. Even today we commonly refer to women as being members of the weaker sex. But in ancient Jewish society, women didn't really count.

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Count all of the men and say these were present, not numbering or not counting the women and the children. They didn't count. But here she is with her gift, small as it is. She is a poor widow. Now it's enough to be a widow, but to be poor and a widow, that's a double problem. Double jeopardy, a double set of negatives, if you please. Two minus signs in the equation. A poor widow. Even the church recognized this early in its existence and provided a special offering for the widows and the orphans.

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James says that the test of pure religion is to care for the widows and the fatherless, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world. Widows are the least. Least. Her gift is the least in monetary value. Two-pence. She is poor. Well, to put it another way, as I often say, Dr. T.A. Kenton often says that if you have a little something that you are poor, if you hardly have anything, you're poor. Well, I suppose in that way she was really poor.

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Yet this glaring illustration of the least is used by Jesus here in his teaching as he lifts up for us one of the greatest lessons on giving. This poor widow probably engaged in a soul struggle. Oh, now she told him herself, this is all I've got. Should I go up to the temple with these two pennies, place them in the offering box?

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In my destitute condition, I need even more than that just to look after some of the needs that I have. She is undoubtedly engaged in a soul struggle. Her decision to go up and to place her two copper coins in the offering box reflects the triumph of gratitude and generosity in the face of adverse circumstances. Though she was at the depths of poverty, she reaches to the heights of generosity by giving all.

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This woman regarded as the least in the social structure, this woman with the least to give, receives the greatest commendation. Oh, there were others who had larger amounts. They gave much in terms of monetary value, yet they gave less. This is interesting that you can give much and yet give less. And on the other hand, you can give less and yet give more.

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This is a strange interpretation, so to speak, that Jesus gives to it. Those who gave much gave less because they gave out of the overflow. They gave a little of what they didn't need. But the poor widow, although she had less to give, she gave more than all the rest because she gave all.

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gave all. And this is the manifestation of the grace of giving. Giving less can mean giving more when that less is at a great sacrifice. Or no doubt the Levites, the members of the Temple Finance Committee, were concerned about what was given. The monetary value that each gift had, what was given. But Jesus looks at giving in terms of how we give, not just what, but how.

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And every gift somehow Jesus looks behind that gift and sees how one is giving. Not only the amount of the gift, but the quality. For you see, quality is more important than quantity when it comes to our religious living. living. Abel offers up a more excellent sacrifice than Cain because he exemplifies the spirit of sacrificial giving.

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Jesus is concerned about how, how we give. He said to the scribes and Pharisees, "Sure you are doing according to the law. So you have to give your tithes. If you pay your tithes, you give a tenth of your income. When it comes to giving, these scribes and Pharisees were beyond most of us.

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Jesus complimented them for that, but he said, "You have neglected the weightier matters of the law, justice and mercy." So really, for one's giving to be what it ought to be, one must somehow consider how that gift is being made. And that involves one's spirit. But Jesus said, "Now, if you are on your way to the temple, you're going to the altar.

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You're going to give your gift, and while you are there, I'll be all about to make your gift, and you remember, you must remember that your brother has something against you, and you believe he gives that. Go and get right, get reconciled with your brother, and then come and offer your gift to him. So not only what but how one gives, this is what Jesus points out. Others gave much, yet it was little, because they gave out of their abundance to this poor widow who gave the least, yet it was the greatest.

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It was the heaviest contribution because of the greatness of her love and sacrifice. Substance, yes. Spirit, yes. But there was something not only of the fact that she gave so liberally with such little, but that somehow behind it all was a spirit of love, a spirit of devotion, a spirit of sacrifice. And in the midst of that, she had a sense of insatisfaction. The least becomes the greatest. The least gift in the offering box becomes the greatest. A poor widow.

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And that's demonstrated over and over again in life. A poor widow. I remember when I was much younger in the ministry. I was just out of college and I was sitting a full bit in Carroll, Texas.

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And as the interim minister during that period, The deacons told me, said, "Now, Reverend, if no one invites you out to dinner, we have a place where you can eat at the restaurant. We'll pay for it." And I would preach each Sunday, and the deacons would get up and say, "Well, the minister, if you want to invite the minister out to dinner, you may do so." Well, I got one or two invitations. One, I was a single young man and one or two mothers invited me out to be their daughter.

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After that I didn't get any more of those invitations. And one poor, one poor widow said, you may come home with me. I don't have very much. She said, but you come and eat with me.

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I went home with that poor widow. She didn't have very much, very big circumstances, but she was so gracious with what she had. She didn't have a lot of dishes, she just had some meat and one other vegetable and that was all. No rug on the floor, she lived there long. But she wanted to share what she had. There were others who had much more.

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But they were through when the singing and the shouting was over. They went to their homes, and they left me alone. But that poor widow, I often think about that poor widow. Not very much, and yet so great was her gift because it was all she had.

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And she wanted to share that freely. She was not nearly as able as many others, but she had such a spirit that was so much greater than the others. A poor widow comes always working miracles through poor widows.

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And I think as I look back across the years in my own life, of how I've been touched by poor widows, A poor widow, the least so to speak. When we were in college, the days were very difficult.

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One year I never would have made it. I ran out of money in the middle of the year and I was unable to pay my bills. There was one dear lady, we called her Bob Grundy. She stayed across the street, just a poor widow. She took us in, you just give me whatever you had. As long as she had something to eat, we had something to eat.

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If we had something to give her, we could. And there are many ministers who got through Bishop College who never would have made it if it hadn't been for Marlbron. A poor widow. The least, and yet somehow, that gift becomes the greatest. When one looks at life, look at your resources, you may not have much.

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But the problem is, are we willing to do all we can with what we've got? As one book expresses in the title, "I ain't much, but I'm all I got." So as little and as insignificant as one may be regarded, as little as our gifts may be, to somehow say, "Lord, whatever it is may not be much,

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but I want to give it your glory." A poor widow, John, takes the least somehow, and he makes that the greatest. In the midst of a crisis, a crisis in her own life,

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a crisis in the life of the master, and yet somehow with the least resources, In the midst of this crisis there comes the greatest lesson. This is happening, not something that just happened in the long ago, but this is something that happens in the midst of life,

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in the midst of the crises of life, crises in the midst of the nation. And Elijah had funded out against Rome. He funded out against the national government. He pointed out all of the things that the people were doing wrong. The leadership was out of step, out of tune with God. Elijah thundered out against it and said, "God is going to punish this nation. There's not going to be any rain." When Elijah did that, his whole life was in danger. Somehow, God, in the midst of a famine, directed him to a full risk.

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[inaudible] Elijah and Nathanael, he was hungry. God directs him to a poor widow. Another man of God comes there, and he has a mother.

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She was just preparing something, she had just a few sticks, maybe five, just enough meals to make just one little ham break. And she sat, and then she and her son, Clarence, had died because of the M-34. It was a simple death, but it was a strong one.

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Elijah said, "You take the girl from the king's home, and she'll pay." And the girl said, "Let me out of here!" But she went back, and she found there for a meal.

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Somehow when you give the best that you have, when you make a supreme sacrifice, that the miracle breaks, and the God takes it, and He works with it, and He transforms, and He enlarges life. A small widow. This is what happened in the life of Elijah. [inaudible]

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Recognize that this was a wonderful opportunity for her to glorify God. I see the needless and intensive denial of God. [inaudible] [inaudible] Somehow there are opportunities of service, and there are means of testing our faith,

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that somehow we won't always get the kind of compliments and praise that we like to get from men. We somehow have to have that inner satisfaction of knowing that we are identified with that which is true,

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that which is right. And we go on providing this. [INAUDIBLE] [INAUDIBLE]

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[INAUDIBLE] [ Music ] I surrender all, I surrender all, All to Thee, my blessed Savior,

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I surrender all. All to Jesus I surrender. All to him I freely give. I will ever love and trust Him, in His presence, in His peace.

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♪ I shall bring them home ♪ ♪ I shall bring them home ♪ ♪ All who leave us ♪ ♪ Let them stray thus ♪

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♪ I shall bring them home ♪ ♪ All who leave us ♪ ♪ I shall bring them ♪ ♪ When we meet them ♪

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♪ Holy night ♪ ♪ Heavenly host ♪ ♪ All is calm ♪ ♪ All is bright ♪

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♪ I surrender all ♪ ♪ I surrender all ♪ ♪ All to thee, the blessed Savior ♪ ♪ Blessed Savior ♪

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♪ Christ the risen Lord ♪ ♪ Christ the risen Lord ♪ ♪ I shall be there ♪ ♪ I shall be there for you ♪

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♪ Oh, you be ♪ ♪ My precious Savior ♪ ♪ Till Savior ♪ ♪ I'm ♪

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♪ Surrendered ♪ ♪ Home ♪ [Music] Let us listen now to the report of our membership today.

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[inaudible] Sister Wade, come to unite with our church by Christian experience. Sister Wade, would you stand? All who are in favor of accepting Sister Wade into our church on the basis of a Christian experience, would you say "aye"? Aye. [inaudible] May I have Sharon Thomas as a candidate for baptism?

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Sharon Thomas comes as a candidate for baptism. Sharon, would you stand and accept Jesus as your personal Savior, the one who gave you that high expression of that faith, and give the man that you are? [inaudible] [inaudible]

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Well, Mr. Julius Moss and Mrs. Avaughan Moss, which is the daughter of Mr. Churchill, of Prince Christian Experience, the Constable New Hope Baptist Church in Waco. Great church. [laughter] This young lady, I remember when she was very small, I was her pastor then, and now her husband. She's married since that time, since I left, and they are now in Austin. Would you stand? Brother Julius Moss and Sister Yvonne "Mr." Moss. Sister Moss comes to unite with our church on the basis of her Christian experience.

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all who are in favor of receiving her say "Aye." Aye. And brother Holt comes also to the United Law Church on the basis of his Christian experience and the New Old Baptist Church, all who are in favor of receiving her say "Aye."

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Aye. I want to give you the right to be in the United Nations, because we've got a right to do it. Never leave the United Nations without a permit. We have to be in the United Nations, also, because we have a right to be in the United Nations.

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All the rights that fit with a member, a full member of this church. Now we have two more. Have you... Alright, we have two more.

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These are two young men, that's alright. We'll go ahead, just sit down. We'll do it. We have a...

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These two young men come from Nigeria. My wife has been working with them. She met them. I think somewhere at a store, and then they started, she asked them to come to church. She met them at Night Hope, and she went there to eat, and she witnessed, and they started coming, they've been coming for several Sundays now, and they come to unite with our church.

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How do they come? They come on the basis of that Christian experience. Will you give me the names? We'll just let you come.

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[INAUDIBLE] [INAUDIBLE] We'll just let you talk. All right.

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My name is Samuel [INAUDIBLE] I live in Nigeria on [INAUDIBLE] I'm a student of Central West University, majoring in computer science.

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I'm happy to be here today. I've been coming here with my brother. Just by chance, we happen to meet and he's waiting. Yeah, I know.

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Happy that he brought us here to unite people in church. Of course. We're happy. All right.

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Thank you very much. [ Inaudible ] All those who are in favor, I'm going to get my African language a little better. I've been so far away, removed from it, but I'm going to get it.

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Let's, all those who are in favor of receiving him as a member of our church on the basis of his Christian experience, would you say "aye"? Aye. We're happy to have you. God bless you as we welcome you, give you all the rights and privileges as a full member of this church. And Brother Samuel, all who are in favor of receiving him as a member of this church on the basis of his Christian experience, would you say "aye"?

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Aye. and it's scary. Now, the Akinbola's, would you all stand? Now the brother Akinbola over there is from Nigeria, but they're from different sections of Nigeria, like you come from the southern part of Texas and from the northern part. So one is pretty far removed. But what we want to do, we want to really develop

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a club and a certain ministry with all of the students, international students in a sense. I think that the particular ministry, as I spoke last night, that this church can and should be performing.

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God bless you all. Let's all say amen. All right. Now we're about ready.

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