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[ Silence ] >> Hymn number eight, Praise Ye the Lord, Praise to the Lord the Almighty. [MUSIC PLAYING]

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[ Music ] ♪ Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation ♪ ♪ All my soul praise Him, for He is my heaven's salvation ♪ ♪ All ye who live, now to this day love one another ♪

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♪ Praise Him in glad adoration ♪ [MUSIC] ♪ Help us be under his feet ♪ ♪ He so dearly sustains ♪

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♪ As long as he ♪ ♪ On our knees shall hear and kneel ♪ ♪ Any evil he ordaineth ♪ ♪ Praise to the Lord ♪

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♪ Whose words forever can be filled ♪ ♪ Give me His love, His tender care ♪ ♪ Until the end ♪ ♪ Hark, the herald angels ♪

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♪ What they all mighty can do ♪ ♪ If with His love He be willing ♪ ♪ Praise to the Lord, all hail ♪ ♪ Let His name be adored here ♪

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♪ All man and life and death come now ♪ ♪ With praises before him ♪ ♪ Let the young man ♪ ♪ Start from his feet all again ♪

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♪ Let me call on thee, O God, here ♪ ♪ Amen ♪ Amen. Our Father, our God, and our Savior, we come before thy mighty presence this morning with

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thanksgiving. We are so thankful that you have spared us to see another glorious Sunday morning. We come together, O God, as a mighty host, thanking thee for all the blessings that you bestowed upon us from the earliest existence of our lives until this present

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morning. Bind us together, O God. Sanctify our souls that we may serve Thee with righteousness, with sincerity. O God, commit us to high purposes to do Thy works. And as we come before Your presence, we ask that You would bind our hearts together in one band of Christian love. Prepare us to receive Thy word, to

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listen to the songs of Zion, to hear the words of prayer of God, so that we, when we leave here, we will be as new creatures, committed to follow Thy will and to do Thy commandments. These blessings we ask this morning in the name of Thy Son Jesus and for His sake. Amen. [MUSIC PLAYING]

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♪ Blest Lord, O my soul ♪ ♪ Blest is holy name ♪ ♪ And all that is within me ♪ ♪ Bless His holy name ♪

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♪ Bless the light of my soul ♪ ♪ And all that is within me ♪ ♪ That is within me ♪ ♪ Blessed Lord ♪

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♪ All my joy ♪ ♪ Blessed Lord ♪ ♪ All my joy ♪ ♪ And forget not ♪

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♪ And forget not ♪ ♪ And forget not all ♪ ♪ His many ways ♪ ♪ And forget not all ♪

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♪ And forget not all ♪ ♪ His many ways ♪ ♪ And forget not ♪ ♪ And forget not ♪

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♪ And forget not all ♪ ♪ These daily fears ♪ ♪ And forget not all ♪ ♪ And forget not all ♪

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♪ These daily fears ♪ ♪ Who will find it ♪ ♪ Who will live it ♪ ♪ A life of destruction ♪

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♪ Is a life of ♪ ♪ Indulgence ♪ ♪ Bless the Lord ♪ ♪ On my soul ♪

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♪ And all that is within me ♪ ♪ Blest the Lord, O my soul ♪ ♪ Blest the Lord, blest the Lord ♪ ♪ Blest the Lord, blest the Lord ♪

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♪ Of my soul ♪ ♪ Of my soul ♪ - Amen. Let us all stand for the responsive reading

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that is selection number 578 in the back of your hymnal. Our leader is Deacon D.P. Johnson. (somber music) [ Music ]

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He my Word, ye children, I am thy God. Blessed are they who walk with the Word of the Lord in their hearts. Be silent while the Lord speaketh to his children. Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might.

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[INAUDIBLE] For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers, against rulers of darkness of the world,

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against spiritual wickedness in high places. [INAUDIBLE] [INAUDIBLE] Stand therefore, having your loins girded about with truth,

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and having on the breastplate of righteousness. [INAUDIBLE] Above all, take him the shield of faith, wherewith he shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

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And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. ♪ Thy word in my heart ♪ ♪ May thee ♪

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♪ Love in my heart ♪ - Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the spirit and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication

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for all Saints. Let us walk honestly as in the day, not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and in being. But the kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ,

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and the God provisions on flesh, to the Lord Jesus Christ. Thy word is an apple to my ear. Thy word is an apple to my ear. Thy word is welcome to my feet, and the light unto the pathway of faith.

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Keep your lamps trembling burning, keep your lamps trembling burning, keep your lamps trembling burning, the time is drawing nigh. Children, cry and weary, children, cry and weary, children, cry and weary, 'til your work is done. Christian journey's soon be over, Christian journey's soon be over, Christian journey's soon be over, the time is drawing nigh. Keep your lamps trembling, burning.

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Keep your lamps trembling, burning. Keep your lamps trembling, burning. The time is drawing nigh. Keep your lamps trembling, burning.

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Keep your lamps trembling, burning. Keep your lamps trembling, burning. The time is drawing nigh. This is the Children's Hour. All children in the congregation from the

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kindergarten level through the fifth grade are asked to come forward at this time. Jesus said, "Suffer the little children to come unto me, forbid them not, for such is the Kingdom of Heaven."

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[music] Good morning. How are you this morning? Good. The subject of our sermon today is what do you want most? What do you want most? Now, I want all of you to close your eyes for a moment. You close your eyes. Well, there was a man that met Jesus and he was just like

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this, he could not see anything. You can't see anything when your eyes are closed, can you? So he was blind. And he asked Jesus to help him, and Jesus asked him, "What do you want me to do? What do you want most?" And he said, "That I should see." And Jesus opened his eyes so that he could see. So open your eyes. Now what do you want most? Some may

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say I want to be rich. Someone else may want to say I want to be the prettiest girl in the world. Someone else may say I want to be the handsomest boy. What do you want most? To be a king with a palace, to be a queen, what do you want most?

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Well, Jesus tells us that the thing that is most important is love. What we should want most is love, to love. He says, "Love God with all your heart

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and to love your neighbor as yourself. To love God and to love others. This is most important. So God so loved us that he sent Jesus to the world

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to live among us, to show us how to live. He loved us so much that he died for us. He gave himself for us and he wants us most of all to want that which is most important. That is love.

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To love God, to love others. God bless you and keep you. [ Music ] [MUSIC PLAYING]

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Trust in my faith, faith never goes to waste. When you have faith, faith is gone. ♪ When you have made me a part ♪ ♪ You never need to fear ♪

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♪ No matter where my pain may be ♪ It may be a sea of mountains, but that it may be your dest. Be trusting, my hope's worth is great. ♪ When you have faith in God ♪

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♪ When you have faith you never let the Lord ♪ ♪ Storms may rage and thunder may roll ♪ ♪ Waves of sin that's strong to the sea ♪ ♪ To a brighter soul ♪

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♪ Be not ♪ ♪ A misty old and cold ♪ ♪ Be not ♪ ♪ Be one in that caretaker's home ♪

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♪ Trust him and wait ♪ ♪ We cannot consolate ♪ ♪ When you have made ♪ ♪ Great in heart ♪

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♪ What is the promise of ♪ ♪ I am smooth with the cross, too ♪ ♪ Love like me ♪ ♪ Of sorrow and pain ♪

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♪ In trials we'll be with you ♪ ♪ Is all we want or say ♪ ♪ God is too wise ♪ ♪ To make a mistake ♪

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♪ When you have faith in God ♪ ♪ When you have faith ♪ ♪ You never, ever fall ♪ ♪ Shouts may rage ♪

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♪ And thunder may roar ♪ ♪ Wait no step, better ♪ ♪ Do not bury your soul ♪ ♪ Fear not, for he's still on the throne ♪

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♪ Fear not, he watches and cares for you ♪ ♪ Trust him and wait ♪ ♪ He never comes to wait ♪ [ Music ]

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[ Music ] ♪ From home to home ♪ ♪ Fly home ♪ ♪ In a song ♪

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♪ To the ground ♪ ♪ I'll be flying high ♪ ♪ How much more can I bear ♪ ♪ God is so good ♪

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♪ So loving ♪ ♪ He knows ♪ ♪ He understands ♪ ♪ He holds the future ♪

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♪ The world in his hands ♪ ♪ When you have faith ♪ [ Music ] Fear not, for he's still on the road.

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Fear not, he watches and cares for you. Trust him and wait. ♪ We never want to wait ♪ ♪ When you have faith ♪

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♪ Make me ♪ ♪ God ♪ - Amen. [Prayer]

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Persons who are worshiping with us who have not signed the visitor's card, would you raise your hand at this time. If you have not signed a visitor's card, ushers, will you see that they get visitor's cards, and we'd appreciate it if you would sign the card and return it to the ushers during this period. I think we need some more ushers to do this.

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See some hands on this side. Right here. [Silence] This is a time also during the month of January when we give attention to the March of Dimes.

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March of Dimes is concerned with helping those persons who come into this world with birth defects, and this campaign in East Austin will be both on a door-to-door basis as well as in the churches and is conducted by the Delta Sigma Theta sorority. So we want to provide opportunity for those of us who will share in this effort.

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And most of the money we raise is just sort of a drop in the bucket, but that drop is very important because every little bit helps, because the expenses are very costly in the treatment of persons who come into the world in this condition. So let us share in it as best we can.

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So as the ushers and the officers come forward now, as we worship the Lord in our sharing of our gifts, we want you to be prepared as the plates are passed the second time to give a special offering

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for the March of Dimes. [silence] [silence] [ Silence ]

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Let us pray. We bless your name, O God, for the grace of giving. You shower upon us from above every good and perfect gift. You cause the rain to fall upon the just and the unjust.

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And as you so graciously give and we receive, grant that we shall graciously offer unto you that potion that we share now, recognizing that what we give you is not really ours, it's yours, but you have provided it to us as a means of enriching our lives and strengthening our relationship with you.

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So in this spirit let us give in Jesus' name, amen. Honor the Lord with thy substance and with the first fruits of all thine increase. So shall thy bonds be filled with plenty and thy presses burst out with new wine. Our church is supported through tithes and offerings.

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The tithe, one-tenth of your income dedicated to the Lord through the church. Giving is not to be done in a sporadic, spasmodic, and grudging manner. It's to be proportionate. It's to be voluntary.

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to be sacrificial, not tipping God, giving him just something off the top, but putting him first. For the way we give is the way we live. (soft music) (soft music)

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[ Music ] Our youth choir today is sharing in the worship service at the Crestview Methodist Church at this hour. The Alpha Kappa Zeta chapter

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of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated presents a parade of black talent, Friday, January the 28th, 1983, at 8 p.m. at King Seabrook Chapel

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at Houston Tillotson College. The public is invited. The first semester of living carefully and enjoying it that was taught by

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Sister Opal Washington, that was enthusiastically received in the next class will begin February the third. She will be the instructor for that class

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and you're invited to enroll. And we hope that a large number of you will enroll. It's a very helpful program, and I think that you would enjoy it.

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You may contact the Lifetime Learning Institute at 476-6381, extension 542. That is a program which is made available through the Austin Community College.

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With us today to stand. And the first card I have here is one person that I have known for a long time, Brother Cersei Richardson. He is a member of the New Hope Baptist Church in Waco,

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and I had the privilege of pastoring him when he was in Waco, and he's sort of back on some of his old stomping ground because he went to school here when he was in college.

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So he's a member of the choir there, and he's visiting here with Brother James Richardson. Where's Brother James Richardson? All right, Brother James Richardson is his guest.

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And then Brother Grant R. Kaufman Jr., who is from the Upper Marlboro Church, he is visiting here with Sister Vivian Jamieson. Now this is Brother Grant Kaufman's son

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that I was in school with, is that right? And we sort of grew up together and played in the sand out there, East Dallas, his father and I did, and he is here sharing with us in the service.

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Now Sister Alice Morales of the First Presbyterian Church is sharing with us. We are happy she's standing there. And Sister Adel Johnson, Sister Adel Johnson, I was trying to pick her up, yes. Now she is replacing the secretary that we had last,

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who's gone to the legislature. And I've had three Johnsons in a row. Looks like there's something special about these Johnsons. Sister Betty Johnson, Sister Gail Johnson,

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Sister Adele Johnson. So you don't have to change anything about when you call, you can still say Johnson and you'll still be right. So this is her first bulletin and she did a marvelous job.

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She was, usually the first bulletin is the hardest And so this is the first one that she did, and she is deserving, she deserves all the credit for what was done

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in that connection. There's a general meeting for mission one, Thursday, January the 27th, 1983 at 4.30 p.m. A general meeting for mission number one.

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We want all of the men to remain for a few moments following the benediction. Now the brothers, the deacons, are responsible for the fellowship hour.

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Now I hope that you brothers don't have to rush out because you're the hosts, and the hosts need to be there. And we want that you'll line up there

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and greet the people and stay until the people have gone. And that takes a little extra time, And that means the dinner will be a little later, you see, when you do that. So let's do that, brothers, since you are the host today in connection with that.

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The Sanctuary Choir is in charge of the prayer meeting Wednesday night at 7 p.m. And everyone is invited to come out and to have a good time. Now you're also having rehearsal at night. You're having rehearsal at night, so you're asked to remember that.

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We have one of our members, it's receiving quite an outstanding distinction, Brother George C. Wright, Dr. Wright, who is a member of the faculty at the University of Texas, has received an offer to teach for a year at Harvard. So you've heard him speak, and some of you may remembering, but in case you know you

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need your memory refreshed, he and his family recently united with our church, and this is quite a distinction, and I started to say singular distinction, and it is almost singular Because it's a rare thing that comes to us. So dr. Wright just stand there for a moment you and your family So that they can he didn't he doesn't want me to do this and I see him blushing already

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But we are proud of him. Let's all say a man Amen. All right Now the pastor is Going to be a little less available

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especially on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the afternoon because I'm serving on the grand jury and I wanted to serve on the grand jury. I want to find out what's happening in this town That's when you really find out what's happening is when you serve on the grand jury because we have to consider all the cases

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That come before you for three months So for three months Thursdays Tuesday and Thursday afternoons I'm going to be with the grand jury and I think there are four of us for people of color All of the others I believe are from Wesley Church,

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the Wesley United Methodist Church, they're members of that church serving on the grand jury. We have been given the offer of riding in a police car, and just riding in whether it's day or night,

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and riding with one and see what happens. I think I'm going to take that too. I'm going to find out all of the things that are happening around here in Austin. All right.

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Now if you'll turn to the next selection here for us to sing together it is hymn 194 we're going to stand as we sing "Have Faith in God." [ Music ] [MUSIC]

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♪ The Lord our Maker and God ♪ ♪ Ever above ♪ ♪ Above His own exuberance ♪ ♪ Have faith in God ♪

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♪ Have faith in God ♪ ♪ Have faith in God ♪ ♪ He's on His way ♪ ♪ Have faith in God ♪

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♪ He watches over us ♪ ♪ He never will, he does remain ♪ ♪ The waiting God, the waiting God ♪ ♪ The missing God, your prayers are unanswered ♪

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♪ Your earnest need, he will never forget ♪ ♪ The way of the Lord was the word of evasion ♪ ♪ Well-faithed God will answer you ♪ ♪ Well-faithed God is on His road ♪

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♪ Well-faithed God, He works for His Lord ♪ ♪ We never fail, He must prevail ♪ Have faith in God, have faith in God. Have faith in God, in your pain and your sorrow.

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His heart is touched with your grief and despair. Cast all your cares on your burden, your burden. Have faith and pray for he may live. Have faith in God, Jesus is strong.

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Have faith in God, he poises all his law. He cannot fail, he is sure to prevail. ♪ And may he come, and may he come ♪ ♪ And may he come, for all else will obey ♪

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♪ And may he come, he provides for his son ♪ ♪ He cannot fail to obey the Germanies ♪ ♪ He rules in great, for God is God ♪ ♪ Have faith in God, he shall restore ♪

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♪ Have faith in God, he watches over us all ♪ ♪ He can and will, he must prevail ♪ ♪ Have faith in God, have faith in God ♪ [Applause]

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