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Grace and peace to you on this Pentecost Sunday.
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We welcome each of you to our service of worship
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here at Duke University Chapel,
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where in the spirit of Pentecost,
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we can rejoice in the diversity of this gathering.
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You come to us from near and far,
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and we extend warm welcome to each of you.
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We also welcome those of you
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in our radio and television audiences.
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Our preacher for this morning
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is the Reverend, Dr. William Holmes,
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pastor of Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church
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in Washington D.C.
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Dr. Holmes is a renowned preacher, lecturer, and author,
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who has also been the United Methodist preacher
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for the Protestant Hour.
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We welcome Dr. Holmes and his wife,
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Nancy, to our service today.
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We are indeed grateful to members
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of the Duke Chapel Summer Choir,
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their director, Dr. Rodney Wynkoop,
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and organists, Shayne Doty and Tom Clark,
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for their leadership in our service today.
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We look forward to hearing
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the Summer Choir throughout the coming months,
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and we invite all interested singers to join the choir.
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Please call the Chapel Music Office for further information.
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Please note the remaining announcements,
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as they are printed in your bulletins.
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And, now hear these words of Scripture:
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"God's love has been poured
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into our hearts through the Holy Spirit,
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which has been given to us."
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("Come Down, O Love Divine")
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♪ Come down, O Love divine ♪
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♪ Seek thou this soul of mine ♪
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♪ And visit it with thine own ardor glowing ♪
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♪ O Comforter, draw near ♪
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♪ Within my heart appear ♪
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♪ And kindle it, thy holy flame bestowing ♪
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♪ O let it freely burn ♪
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♪ Till earthly passions turn ♪
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♪ To dust and ashes in its heat consuming ♪
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♪ And let thy glorious light ♪
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♪ Shine ever on my sight ♪
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♪ And clothe me round, the while my path illuming ♪
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("Come Down, O Love Divine")
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♪ And so the yearning strong ♪
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♪ With which the soul will long ♪
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♪ Shall far surpass the power of human telling ♪
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♪ For none can guess its grace ♪
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♪ Till we become the place ♪
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♪ Wherein the Holy Spirit makes His dwelling ♪
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Grant, we beseech Thee, merciful God,
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that thy church,
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being gathered together this day
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in unity by thy Holy Spirit,
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may manifest thy power among all peoples
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to the glory of thy name.
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Through Jesus Christ, our Lord,
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who liveth and reigneth with thee and the same Spirit,
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one God, world without end.
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Amen.
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Let us pray.
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Open our hearts and minds, O God,
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by the power of your Holy Spirit,
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so that as the Word is read and proclaimed,
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we might hear with joy what you say to us this day.
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Amen.
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The first lesson is taken from Acts.
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When the day of Pentecost had come,
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they were all together in one place.
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And, suddenly a sound came from heaven,
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like the rush of a mighty wind,
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and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
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And, there appeared to them tongues, as of fire,
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distributed and resting on each one of them,
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and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit
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and began to speak in other tongues
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as the Spirit gave them utterance.
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Now, there were living in Jerusalem Jews,
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devout men from every nation under heaven,
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and at this sound,
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the multitude came together,
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and they were bewildered,
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because each one heard them speaking in his own language.
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And, they were amazed and wondered, saying,
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"Are not all these who are speaking Galileans?
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And, how is it that we hear, each of us,
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in our own native language?
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Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites,
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and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea,
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Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
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Phrygia and Pamphylia,
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Egypt and all parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene,
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and visitors from Rome,
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both Jews and proselytes,
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Cretans and Arabians,
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we hear them telling in their own tongues
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the mighty works of God.
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And, all were amazed and perplexed,
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saying to one another,
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"What does this mean?"
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But, others mocking, said,
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"They are filled with new wine."
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But, Peter, standing with the 11,
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lifted up his voice and addressed them:
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"Men of Judea,
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and all who dwell in Jerusalem,
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let this be known to you
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and give ear to my words.
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For these men are not drunk,
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as you suppose,
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since it is only the third hour of the day,
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but this was what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
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'"And in the last days it shall be," God declares,
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"that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh,
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and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
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and your men shall see visions,
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and your old men shall dream dreams.
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Ye, and on my men servants, and my maid servants,
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in those days,
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I will pour out my Spirit,
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and they shall prophesy.
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And, I will show wonders in the heaven above
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and signs on the earth beneath.
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Blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.
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The sun shall be turned into darkness,
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and the moon into blood
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before the day of the Lord comes,
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the great and manifest day.
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And, and it shall be that whoever calls
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on the name of the Lord shall be saved."'
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This ends the reading of the first lesson.
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Let's join together in reading the psalter responsively.
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Praise the Lord,
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I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart.
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In the company of the upright,
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in the congregation.
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Great are the works of the Lord,
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Studied by all who delight in them.
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Full of honor and majesty is His work,
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And His righteousness endures forever.
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He has caused His wonderful works to be remembered.
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The Lord is gracious and merciful.
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He provides food for those who fear Him;
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He is ever mindful of His covenant.
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He has shown His people the power of His works,
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In giving them the heritage of the nations.
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The works of His hands are faithful and just;
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All His precepts are trustworthy.
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They are established forever and ever,
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To be performed with
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faithfulness and uprightness.
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He sent redemption to His people;
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He has commanded His covenant forever.
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The second lesson is taken
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from Paul's letter to the Romans.
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"We know that the whole creation
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has been groaning in prevail together until now,
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and not only the creation,
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but we ourselves,
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who have the first fruits of the Spirit.
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Grown inwardly as we wait for adoption as sons,
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the redemption of our bodies.
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For in this hope, we were saved.
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Now, hope that is seen is not hope.
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For who hopes for what he sees?
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But, if we hope for what we do not see,
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we wait for it with patience.
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Likewise, the Spirit helps us in our weakness.
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For we do not know how to pray as we ought,
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but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us
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with sighs too deep for words,
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and He, who searches the hearts of men,
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knows what is in the mind of the spirit,
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because the Spirit intercedes for the saints
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according to the will of God."
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This ends the reading of the second lesson.
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I must begin this morning
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with the observation that to
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be standing in the pulpit of the Duke Chapel
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is to experience at least
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two ranges of emotion.
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On the one hand,
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a sense of awe and wonder,
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tinged with a little fear and trembling,
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and, on the other hand,
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a feeling of hospitality, and warmth,
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and being among friends.
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And, I'm grateful this morning
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for the gift of both of those experiences.
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Not long ago,
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I was talking with a young couple who had come to me
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asking if I would perform their marriage ceremony,
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but they wanted me to change one thing.
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They asked if I would change the words,
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"From death us do part,"
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"Until we fall out of love."
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And, I said I couldn't.
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I wouldn't,
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because I believe
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that how you begin something
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is an important factor
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in how it ends.
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There's all the difference in the world.
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Between a marriage ceremony,
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which begins with a half-hearted,
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tentative,
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experimental
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agreement,
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depending on immediate feelings.
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And, a marriage ceremony which begins with a radical,
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primal,
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unconditional
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covenant for life,
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where two people say to one another,
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"Regardless of how I feel at the moment,
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beyond my immediate emotions,
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in the deepest sense,
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in the long run,
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for the duration,
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regardless of what happens,
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my beloved,
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you can count on me."
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How you begin something
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makes all the difference in the world
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in terms of how it ends.
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The late Harrell Beck of Boston School of Theology
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used to love to tell the story of how,
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as a boy,
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on early mornings
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in a cold winter,
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he would--
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before he went to school,
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put on a big, thick, red sweater
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that buttoned down the middle.
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And, he loved to recall how often he heard his mother say,
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"Harrell, if you want to get"
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"that last button"
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"in the last button hole,"
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"you better get that first button in the first button hole",
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because how you end
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depends on how you begin.
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Dear friends of the Duke Chapel,
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that's why this day is so important,
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Pentecost,
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the birthday of the church.
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If we can only get it right.
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If we can only get this
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button in the right button hole,
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everything else will follow.
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Now, let me tell you what I mean.
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In our New Testament text this morning
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from the second chapter of the book of Acts,
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we're told that one of the distinctive features
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of that first Pentecost was mystery.
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The church was born in mystery.
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The mystery of tongues of fire
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that danced above their heads.
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The mystery of the rushing of a mighty wind.
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The mystery of a Spirit that moved in,
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and with, and through them.
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And, the spectators who were looking on that day,
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watching that first Christian community come into being,
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they didn't know what to make of it.
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They couldn't see the mystery.
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They didn't see the fire.
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They didn't hear the wind.
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They didn't feel the Spirit,
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and so they did what spectators of events
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are often inclined to do when they don't understand them.
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They laid a rational explanation on that event.
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They said, "Those folks are drunk.
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They're in their cups.
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They're looped with new wine."
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And, ever since then,
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spectators have been giving rational explanations
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for events they don't understand.
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Not necessarily irrational events,
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but super rational events,
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as in loving,
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and birthing,
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and dying,
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and a lot that's in between,
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including
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the unique identities of persons.
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Nancy and I have two grown sons
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who have families of their own.
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We're fortunate that both families live
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in the greater Washington area,
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and so we get to spend a lot of time with them,
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and our boys have always been close to one another
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and close to us,
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but elsewhere, (laughs)
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while they were growing up,
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they were just as different as they could be.
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And, we could never understand it.
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I mean, we loved both of them the same.
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We nurtured both of them the same.
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We surrounded both of them
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with the same environment,
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but one of them was a straight arrow. (laughs)
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And, the other was a holy terror.
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The straight arrow turned out to be
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in management with the Marriott Corporation,
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and the holy terror turned out to be
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a minister in the United Methodist Church,
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(laughs)
(congregation laughs)
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serving a congregation in Baltimore.
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And, when I say, "A holy terror," I exaggerate.
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There was never any real, big problem,
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but it's just that they were so different,
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and we never understood it.
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And, I know that there're
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all kinds of rational explanations,
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psychological, sociological,
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that the sequence of birth makes a difference,
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that parents may think, consciously,
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that they're relating to their children
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in a way that's even handed while, unconsciously,
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we relate to them in different ways,
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or maybe the difference is to be accounted for
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in terms of chromosomes or genes.
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I just don't know,
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but I'll tell you what my hunch is.
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My hunch is
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that I never came closer
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to explaining
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the individualization
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and uniqueness of our two sons
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than at that moment long ago,
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when I held, for the first time,
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my first born son in my arms.
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And, looking down on that pink-skinned,
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blue-eyed, dimpled protoplasm,
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with reverend exclamation,
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cried, "My God."
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The church, like a babe,
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was born in mystery.
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And, we've been in mystery ever since.
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The mystery of grace,
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the mystery of the sacraments,
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the mystery of song,
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the mystery of silence,
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the mystery of prayer,
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the mystery of preaching,
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and above all else,
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the mystery of covenant,
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broken and repaired.
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Community,
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and life together.
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The church was born in mystery,
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and we've been in mystery ever since,
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and friends,
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if we can ever get that right,
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if we can ever get button in that button hole,
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everything else will follow.
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Furthermore, according to our
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New Testament text this morning,
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another feature of that day
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was its apparent flaw,
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or imperfection.
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If you consider diversity,
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if you consider a hodge-podge, polyglot,
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bunch of different races,
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different cultures,
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different languages
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all grouped together,
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just an extraordinary diversity on that first day.
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In fact, listen again to the constituency
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of that first birthday party:
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"Parthians, and Medes,
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Elamites, residents of Mesopotamia,
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Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia,
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Phrygia, Pamphylia,
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Egypt, Libya, Libya, (laughs)
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Cyrene, visitors from Rome, Jews,
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and Proselytes,
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Cretans, and Arabians,"
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you talk about a united nations,
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and each speaking
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her or his own tongue.
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What a polyglot,
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hodge-podge
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configuration.
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There were probably some folks, even then,
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who wondered if anything
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could come of such a mix.
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Even as there are today,
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I have some friends in the church growth movement,
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who believe that the first principle
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of church growth is sameness,
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that like attracts like,
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that folks really wanna be, you know quote,
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"with their own kind"
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their own race, their own color, their own culture,
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their own socio-economic class,
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that people are only comfortable
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when they are with lookalike, think-a-like,
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talk-a-like people in a kind hall of mirrors
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where each mirror simply reflects
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the image of the other mirrors.
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And, I can understand that
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as the charger for a country club,
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but for the Church of Jesus Christ, come on.
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That's not only unbiblical,
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that's barren
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and infertile,
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and nonproductive, and noncreative.
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That's now how things grow in an ecclesiastical sense
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or in any other sense.
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I don't know a whole lot about the DNA molecule,
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but I'm told that from it,
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we drive everything from
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horseshoe chestnuts to the city of Paris.
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And, one scientist has said that in his judgment,
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the DNA molecule is the--
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it's one of the few phenomena in all creation
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that human intelligence could not invent,
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because, he says,
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"If we had invented it, it would be perfect."
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"It would be predictable."
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"It would be repetitious,"
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and the unique quality of the DNA molecule
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is that it appears to be programmed
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to make mistakes,
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to break out of patterns,
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to move toward diversity and growth,
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and to bring into being a wondrous
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and infinite variety of new creations.
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A think-a-like, talk-a-like, lookalike people
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I can understand as the charger
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for a country club,
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but for the great commission to go into all the world
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and baptize, and preach, and teach in my name,
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and make disciples of all nations,
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that great commission is predicated
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on the DNA.
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A wild diversity, a wondrous inclusiveness,
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that has to do with black, and brown,
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and red, and white, and yellow.
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Parthians and Medes,
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male and female,
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young and old,
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Republicans and Democrats,
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liberals and conservatives,
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all touched by fire,
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and wind,
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and grace.
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The church was born in diversity,
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and if we can ever get that right,
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if we can ever get that button
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in its button hole,
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then from our inclusiveness,
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all else will follow.
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Third, and finally,
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according to our text this morning,
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one of the unique features of that first Pentecost
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was what Frederick Niche
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referred to in another context as,
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"Amor fati,"
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"love what is."
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That spectrum of people,
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that cacophony of sounds,
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began suddenly to see each other,
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as though for the first time,
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as human beings.
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They began to hear each other, as though for the first time,
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in such a way that each continued to speak
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her or his own language while concomitantly
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understanding and being understood by all the others.
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Amor fati,
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love what is, they did,
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and a community
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came into being.
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As they began to love as
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they had been loved
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in Jesus Christ, our Lord.
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Have you noticed how often we say, "I see," when we don't?
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Or, "I hear,"
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when we don't really hear at all?
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Annie Dillard says,
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"The only time we really ever see is the first time."
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That lovers in covenant,
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live out that vision
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for the rest of their lives together,
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but the only time we ever really hear is the first time,
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and thereafter,
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everything is elaboration.
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Dear friends of the Duke Chapel,
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Pentecost is our first time experience.
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It is our alpha.
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It is the primal,
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pre-determinative event
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in the history of the strange community of possibility
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that we call the church,
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and if we can ever get it right,
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then everything else will follow.
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And, the love of which I speak this morning,
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by which we love each other,
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is also a love by which we love ourselves,
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and with this I close.
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A long time ago,
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during the first church that I served
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on my own in Dallas, Texas,
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we lived in a house that out in the front yard,
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just beyond the bedroom window,
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an old Bodark tree.
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And, I mean, it was gnarled and twisted.
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The wind and lightening had ripped away some limbs,
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and you could just tell that the termites had gotten in it.
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One of our neighbors used to say,
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"If those termites ever stopped holding hands,"
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"the tree will fall."
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You could just tell it wasn't long for this world,
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even though there was some green.
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The church that I was serving
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was a small, struggling congregation,
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and we had a lot of problems:
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financial, theological, pastoral,
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and we had a lot of late night meetings,
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and often I would come home late at night
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and bring a lot of those problems with me.
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I would just be churning on the inside.
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The bedroom was dark.
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Nancy was asleep on her side of the bed.
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When I was ready, I climbed in on my side by the window,
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near the old Bodark tree,
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and on summer evenings when the window was up,
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sometimes I'd just look out at that old tree and say,
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"Hello, tree,"
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and sometimes,
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the tree would say to me,
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"Hello, William."
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And, I'd say,
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"How are ya, tree?"
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And, the tree would say,
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"William,"
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"I am sustained in being"
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"just as I am."
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And, I'd look out there, and sure enough,
550
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that old, gnarled, twisted Bodark tree
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00:45:43.598 --> 00:45:48.598
was sustained in being just as it was.
552
00:45:48.770 --> 00:45:52.840
And then, sometimes he would turn it on me,
553
00:45:52.840 --> 00:45:54.870
and this is why I think Bodark trees
554
00:45:54.870 --> 00:45:58.578
have more sense than we usually give them credit for.
555
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Sometimes, he would say to me,
556
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"William,"
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00:46:04.010 --> 00:46:09.010
"you're sustained in being, too."
558
00:46:12.793 --> 00:46:17.476
And, I'd look down at my own gnarled,
559
00:46:17.476 --> 00:46:20.717
twisted inner being,
560
00:46:20.717 --> 00:46:24.745
churning with the problems of the night,
561
00:46:24.745 --> 00:46:26.908
and discover,
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00:46:26.908 --> 00:46:30.120
by God,
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literally,
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I'm sustained in being, too.
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00:46:39.100 --> 00:46:42.637
Now, I'm not sustained the way I'd like to be,
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you understand.
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00:46:43.470 --> 00:46:46.030
I can think of a thousand other ways
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00:46:46.030 --> 00:46:47.657
I'd like to be sustained,
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but
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00:46:49.789 --> 00:46:54.789
I'm sustained just as I am.
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00:46:55.150 --> 00:46:56.900
And, I'm not sustained the way
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00:46:56.900 --> 00:46:59.360
a lot of other people would like for me to be.
573
00:46:59.360 --> 00:47:01.910
I'm just amazed at all the people
574
00:47:01.910 --> 00:47:06.910
who think they know what I ought to be.
575
00:47:06.950 --> 00:47:09.645
I'm sustained
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just as I am.
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00:47:13.136 --> 00:47:18.136
And, dear friends,
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00:47:18.440 --> 00:47:22.845
if you and I can ever get that right,
579
00:47:22.845 --> 00:47:25.380
if we can ever get that button
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00:47:25.380 --> 00:47:29.155
in that button hole,
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then we can live
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00:47:30.530 --> 00:47:35.132
in the Pentecost of God
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for the rest of our lives with mystery,
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and diversity, and community,
585
00:47:43.246 --> 00:47:46.791
and that old Bodark word,
586
00:47:46.791 --> 00:47:50.407
"You're sustained in being,"
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00:47:50.407 --> 00:47:53.765
"too,"
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00:47:53.765 --> 00:47:58.744
"just as you are."
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("Come Holy Ghost, Our Souls Inspire")
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♪ Come Holy Ghost, our souls inspire ♪
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00:48:40.484 --> 00:48:45.484
♪ And lighten with celestial fire ♪
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00:48:47.102 --> 00:48:52.102
♪ Thou the anointing Spirit art ♪
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00:48:54.428 --> 00:48:59.428
♪ Who dost thy sevenfold gifts impart ♪
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00:49:02.742 --> 00:49:07.742
♪ Thy blessed unction from above ♪
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00:49:10.325 --> 00:49:15.325
♪ Is comfort, life, and fire of love ♪
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00:49:16.905 --> 00:49:21.905
♪ Enable with perpetual light ♪
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♪ The dullness of our mortal sight ♪
598
00:49:33.099 --> 00:49:38.099
♪ Anoint and cheer our soiled face ♪
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00:49:40.253 --> 00:49:45.253
♪ With the abundance of thy grace ♪
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00:49:46.978 --> 00:49:51.978
♪ Keep far from foes, give peace at home ♪
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♪ Where thou art guide, no ill can come ♪
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00:50:04.146 --> 00:50:09.146
♪ Teach us to know the Father, Son ♪
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00:50:11.934 --> 00:50:16.934
♪ And thee, of both, to be but One ♪
604
00:50:18.617 --> 00:50:23.617
♪ That through the ages all along ♪
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00:50:26.110 --> 00:50:31.110
♪ This may be our endless song ♪
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00:50:33.661 --> 00:50:38.661
♪ Praise to thy eternal merit ♪
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00:50:41.221 --> 00:50:46.221
♪ Father, Son, and Holy Spirit ♪
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00:50:49.629 --> 00:50:54.629
♪ Amen ♪
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The Lord be with you.
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00:51:00.207 --> 00:51:01.920
And also with you.
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00:51:01.920 --> 00:51:02.853
Let us pray.
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00:51:15.530 --> 00:51:16.783
Gracious God,
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00:51:18.400 --> 00:51:20.150
who at this time didst teach
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00:51:20.150 --> 00:51:23.040
the hearts of thy faithful people,
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00:51:23.040 --> 00:51:25.963
by sending the light of thy Holy Spirit,
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00:51:27.570 --> 00:51:31.200
we come to thy house to give thee thanks and praise
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00:51:32.300 --> 00:51:34.880
from a world whose people know thee not
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00:51:34.880 --> 00:51:36.617
and serve thee not become,
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from a nation whose people
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00:51:39.480 --> 00:51:41.340
have forgotten their purpose and destiny,
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00:51:41.340 --> 00:51:46.150
we come from homes where we profess to love thee,
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00:51:46.150 --> 00:51:49.583
but do not show it in our dealings with others become,
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00:51:50.820 --> 00:51:51.653
and here,
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00:51:51.653 --> 00:51:53.793
who would be thy church,
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00:51:54.860 --> 00:51:57.020
strength us,
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00:51:57.020 --> 00:52:00.620
show us the path that is ours to walk,
627
00:52:00.620 --> 00:52:03.053
and work that is ours to do.
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00:52:04.480 --> 00:52:05.453
Forgive us,
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that not memories of past failures
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00:52:08.900 --> 00:52:10.783
limit our vision for the future.
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00:52:12.450 --> 00:52:16.240
Give us such an awareness of thine all-encompassing love,
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00:52:16.240 --> 00:52:18.110
that in all times,
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00:52:18.110 --> 00:52:21.300
and in all seasons, and all circumstances,
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00:52:21.300 --> 00:52:24.053
we may know that thou art our God.
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00:52:26.210 --> 00:52:27.390
Hear now, O Lord,
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00:52:27.390 --> 00:52:30.943
the prayers of all thy children everywhere,
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00:52:32.100 --> 00:52:35.070
for healing, for courage,
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00:52:35.070 --> 00:52:36.890
for faith,
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00:52:36.890 --> 00:52:39.203
for hope in times of despair,
640
00:52:40.100 --> 00:52:42.583
for endurance in the midst of trial.
641
00:52:44.470 --> 00:52:47.590
Hear our prayers for the needs of others this day,
642
00:52:47.590 --> 00:52:50.800
for the homeless, the destitute,
643
00:52:50.800 --> 00:52:53.173
the sick and the dying,
644
00:52:54.790 --> 00:52:56.460
for the hungry and for those
645
00:52:56.460 --> 00:52:58.743
who seek to battle the causes of hunger,
646
00:53:00.090 --> 00:53:02.430
for victims of violence everywhere,
647
00:53:02.430 --> 00:53:04.623
and for those who seek to perpetrate it,
648
00:53:05.730 --> 00:53:09.130
for those who govern the nations of the world,
649
00:53:09.130 --> 00:53:11.733
especially those future conflict torn,
650
00:53:13.010 --> 00:53:16.473
for women and men who suffer for the sake of conscience,
651
00:53:17.990 --> 00:53:19.883
for the entire human family,
652
00:53:20.850 --> 00:53:24.273
that the walls which separate us may be broken down,
653
00:53:25.410 --> 00:53:27.470
that in thy good time,
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00:53:27.470 --> 00:53:31.030
all nations and races may serve thee in harmony
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00:53:31.030 --> 00:53:32.763
around thy heavenly throne.
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00:53:34.920 --> 00:53:38.480
Deep beneath all our asking, O God,
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00:53:38.480 --> 00:53:41.030
hear the secret song of every human heart
658
00:53:41.030 --> 00:53:43.490
of this Pentecost day,
659
00:53:43.490 --> 00:53:47.413
lauding and magnifying thy name for being what thou art.
660
00:53:48.890 --> 00:53:53.480
Make strong and clear this song of praise within each of us,
661
00:53:53.480 --> 00:53:55.730
until it bursts forth at last
662
00:53:55.730 --> 00:53:59.063
to thy glory and our salvation,
663
00:54:00.970 --> 00:54:02.893
through Jesus Christ, we pray.
664
00:54:04.030 --> 00:54:04.863
Amen.
665
00:54:08.240 --> 00:54:11.800
In thanksgiving for the mighty acts of God,
666
00:54:11.800 --> 00:54:15.553
let us offer our gifts and ourselves unto our creed.
667
00:54:32.501 --> 00:54:35.001
(organ music)
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00:58:49.642 --> 00:58:52.142
(organ music)
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00:58:59.584 --> 00:59:02.251
(choir singing)
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01:01:07.478 --> 01:01:12.478
("Praise God, From Whom All Blessings Flow")
671
01:01:28.258 --> 01:01:33.258
♪ Praise God, from whom all blessings flow ♪
672
01:01:34.372 --> 01:01:39.372
♪ Praise him, all creatures here below ♪
673
01:01:40.529 --> 01:01:45.529
♪ Alleluia, Alleluia ♪
674
01:01:48.272 --> 01:01:53.272
♪ Praise God above, ye heavenly hosts ♪
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01:01:54.859 --> 01:01:59.859
♪ Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost ♪
676
01:02:00.973 --> 01:02:05.973
♪ Alleluia, Alleluia ♪
677
01:02:07.408 --> 01:02:12.408
♪ Alleluia, Alleluia ♪
678
01:02:14.354 --> 01:02:19.354
♪ Alleluia ♪
679
01:02:23.574 --> 01:02:28.574
♪ Amen ♪
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01:02:34.457 --> 01:02:35.580
Accept, O Lord,
681
01:02:35.580 --> 01:02:39.450
our thanks and praise for all that you have done for us.
682
01:02:39.450 --> 01:02:42.670
We thank you for the splendor of the whole creation,
683
01:02:42.670 --> 01:02:44.240
for the beauty of this world,
684
01:02:44.240 --> 01:02:45.450
for the wonder of life,
685
01:02:45.450 --> 01:02:48.210
and for the mystery of love.
686
01:02:48.210 --> 01:02:50.650
We thank you for the blessing of family and friends,
687
01:02:50.650 --> 01:02:54.960
and for the loving care that surrounds us on every side.
688
01:02:54.960 --> 01:02:58.560
Above all, we thank you for your Son, Jesus Christ,
689
01:02:58.560 --> 01:03:01.030
and for the example of His life.
690
01:03:01.030 --> 01:03:03.040
Grant us the gift of your Spirit,
691
01:03:03.040 --> 01:03:05.740
that we may know Him and make Him known,
692
01:03:05.740 --> 01:03:08.530
and through Him, at all times and in all places,
693
01:03:08.530 --> 01:03:12.320
may give thanks to you in all things.
694
01:03:12.320 --> 01:03:14.340
This we pray in the name of Jesus Christ,
695
01:03:14.340 --> 01:03:16.920
who taught us to pray with confidence.
696
01:03:16.920 --> 01:03:19.470
Our Father, who art in heaven,
697
01:03:19.470 --> 01:03:21.320
hallowed be thy name.
698
01:03:21.320 --> 01:03:22.860
Thy kingdom come,
699
01:03:22.860 --> 01:03:24.340
thy will be done,
700
01:03:24.340 --> 01:03:26.570
on earth as it is in heaven.
701
01:03:26.570 --> 01:03:29.090
Give us this day our daily bread,
702
01:03:29.090 --> 01:03:31.270
and forgive us our trespasses,
703
01:03:31.270 --> 01:03:34.470
as we forgive those who trespass against us,
704
01:03:34.470 --> 01:03:36.670
and lead us not into temptation,
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01:03:36.670 --> 01:03:38.570
but deliver us from evil,
706
01:03:38.570 --> 01:03:39.730
for thine is the kingdom,
707
01:03:39.730 --> 01:03:42.600
and the power, and the glory forever.
708
01:03:42.600 --> 01:03:43.433
Amen.
709
01:03:45.793 --> 01:03:49.960
("See How Great a Flame Aspires")
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01:04:27.877 --> 01:04:32.877
♪ See how great a flame aspires ♪
711
01:04:33.001 --> 01:04:38.001
♪ Kindled by a spark of grace ♪
712
01:04:38.248 --> 01:04:43.248
♪ Jesus' love the nations fires ♪
713
01:04:43.373 --> 01:04:48.373
♪ Sets the kingdoms on a blaze ♪
714
01:04:48.984 --> 01:04:53.984
♪ To bring fire on earth He came ♪
715
01:04:54.420 --> 01:04:59.420
♪ Kindled in some hearts it is ♪
716
01:04:59.755 --> 01:05:04.755
♪ O that all might catch the flame ♪
717
01:05:04.937 --> 01:05:09.937
♪ All partake the glorious bliss ♪
718
01:05:12.116 --> 01:05:16.999
♪ When He first the work begun ♪
719
01:05:16.999 --> 01:05:21.999
♪ Small and feeble was His day ♪
720
01:05:22.799 --> 01:05:27.799
♪ Now the Word doth swiftly run ♪
721
01:05:28.132 --> 01:05:33.132
♪ Now it wins its widening way ♪
722
01:05:33.950 --> 01:05:38.950
♪ More and more it spreads and grows ♪
723
01:05:39.524 --> 01:05:44.524
♪ Ever mighty to prevail ♪
724
01:05:44.782 --> 01:05:49.782
♪ Sin's strongholds it now o'erthrows ♪
725
01:05:49.814 --> 01:05:54.814
♪ Shakes the trembling gates of hell ♪
726
01:05:57.180 --> 01:06:02.180
♪ Sons of God, your Savior praise ♪
727
01:06:02.373 --> 01:06:07.373
♪ He the door hath opened wide ♪
728
01:06:07.984 --> 01:06:12.984
♪ He hath given the word of grace ♪
729
01:06:13.435 --> 01:06:18.435
♪ Jesus' word is glorified ♪
730
01:06:19.199 --> 01:06:24.199
♪ Jesus, mighty to redeem ♪
731
01:06:24.475 --> 01:06:29.475
♪ He alone the work hath wrought ♪
732
01:06:30.685 --> 01:06:35.666
♪ Worthy is the work of Him ♪
733
01:06:35.666 --> 01:06:40.666
♪ Him who spake a world from naught ♪
734
01:06:43.842 --> 01:06:48.842
♪ Saw ye not the cloud arise ♪
735
01:06:48.949 --> 01:06:53.949
♪ Little as a human hand ♪
736
01:06:54.407 --> 01:06:59.407
♪ Now it spreads along the skies ♪
737
01:06:59.839 --> 01:07:04.839
♪ Hangs o'er all the thirsty land ♪
738
01:07:05.906 --> 01:07:10.906
♪ Lo! the promise of a shower ♪
739
01:07:11.506 --> 01:07:16.506
♪ Drops already from above ♪
740
01:07:17.035 --> 01:07:22.035
♪ But the Lord will shortly pour ♪
741
01:07:22.896 --> 01:07:27.896
♪ All the spirit of His love ♪
742
01:07:33.450 --> 01:07:35.280
Now, go forth in peace,
743
01:07:35.280 --> 01:07:37.510
and be of good courage.
744
01:07:37.510 --> 01:07:40.150
Hold fast to that which is good,
745
01:07:40.150 --> 01:07:43.560
rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit,
746
01:07:43.560 --> 01:07:45.930
and may the blessing of God,
747
01:07:45.930 --> 01:07:47.660
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
748
01:07:47.660 --> 01:07:49.270
be with you all,
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01:07:49.270 --> 01:07:50.963
now and forevermore.
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01:07:53.844 --> 01:07:56.511
(choir singing)
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01:09:07.559 --> 01:09:10.059
(organ music)