Thor Hall - "Another Year" (December 31, 1967)

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-	Forgive,	0:04
	correct	0:06
	and heal us.	0:07
	Oh God who son, our Lord Jesus Christ	0:12
	didst come as at this time to renew the hopes of sinful men	0:14
	and did humble himself to be made like us	0:21
	in our weakness and need	0:25
	that we might be exalted into true sonship.	0:28
	Let the same mind be in us,	0:32
	which was also in him.	0:36
	Help us to follow the example of his humility	0:39
	that we may forgive others as thou has forgiven us.	0:45
	Help us to cast away every doubt and fear	0:53
	and to face the uncertain future	0:57
	in the peace which comes from trust in thee,	1:00
	and unto thee oh God,	1:06
	be glory forever	1:10
	and ever,	1:14
	amen.	1:16
	And hear these words of assurance.	1:19
	Our sins are forgiven for his sake	1:25
	therefore, we're of good courage.	1:33
	(choral music)	2:10
	Let us hear the word of God	5:17
	as is contained in the scriptures of the New Testament	5:19
	in the gospel, according to St. Luke,	5:23
	the 13th chapter,	5:27
	verses one to nine.	5:30
	"There were some present at that very time	5:37
	who told Jesus of the Galileans	5:41
	whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.	5:45
	And he answered them,	5:53
	"Do you think that these Galileans	5:56
	were worse sinners than all the other Galileans	5:58
	because they suffered thus?	6:04
	I tell you, no!	6:08
	But unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.	6:12
	Or those 18	6:19
	upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them,	6:21
	do you think that they were worse offenders	6:27
	than all the others who dwelt in Jerusalem?	6:30
	I tell you, no!	6:35
	But unless you repent,	6:40
	you will all likewise perish."	6:43
	And he told this parable,	6:48
	"A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard,	6:51
	and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.	6:56
	And he said to the vinedresser,	7:02
	behold, these three years I have come seeking fruit	7:05
	on this fig tree,	7:09
	and I find none, cut it down.	7:11
	Why should it use up the ground?	7:18
	And the vinedresser answered him,	7:23
	let it alone sir,	7:26
	this year also	7:29
	till I dig about it	7:32
	and put on manure.	7:34
	And if it bears fruit next year,	7:37
	well and good,	7:41
	but if not,	7:45
	you can cut it down."	7:48
	Amen.	7:55
	And may God bless unto us	7:57
	the reading of his holy word.	7:59
	(choral music)	8:06
	The Lord be with you.	8:43
	Let us pray.	8:46
	Let us offer unto God, our unison prayer of thanksgiving.	8:55
	Oh God, our help in ages past,	9:01
	we give thee thanks that thou art our hope	9:04
	for years to come.	9:07
	We bless thee for thy presence	9:09
	as we enter this new year.	9:12
	We are grateful to thee for shielding us,	9:14
	rescuing us,	9:18
	leading and loving us	9:19
	through all the days of the past.	9:21
	We thank thee for bringing us to this good hour.	9:24
	We express to thee our gratitude for new opportunities	9:28
	and another chance,	9:33
	for the challenge of a fresh inspiration,	9:35
	for friends,	9:38
	for food,	9:40
	for truth,	9:41
	for books,	9:43
	for teachers	9:44
	and for thy grace to make us whole	9:45
	through Jesus Christ, our Lord,	9:49
	amen.	9:52
	And now let us offer unto God our petitions for others	9:54
	and for ourselves.	9:59
	Hear us oh God, we beseech thee	10:03
	as we bring the whole world of men	10:05
	into the fellowship of our prayers.	10:07
	Build up thy church in strength	10:12
	that the good tidings of great joy,	10:15
	which shall lead to all peoples	10:17
	may be spread far and wide.	10:20
	We pray for all nations	10:24
	that in the coming year	10:27
	they may be drawn into closer bonds	10:28
	of mutual honor and service.	10:31
	Let men everywhere hear thy voice and know thy will,	10:36
	that they may turn from all selfish aims and warlike deeds	10:41
	and lay the government upon his shoulder	10:47
	who is the prince of peace.	10:50
	We pray for our beloved land	10:55
	that thy favor may rest and abide upon it	10:59
	and for the president	11:04
	and all in authority over us we beseech thee	11:06
	that thou will direct their councils	11:10
	and endeavors to the good government of the people	11:12
	and the advancement of the peace and unity of the world.	11:17
	Bless we pray thee this university,	11:22
	this congregation,	11:26
	its homes and families and all its work.	11:29
	Fill our homes with thy presence	11:34
	and our hearts with thy love.	11:36
	Watch over our loved ones who are absent from us,	11:41
	make their memories of this chapel,	11:46
	a joy and a safeguard to them	11:49
	and keep them steadfast in their fidelity to thee.	11:53
	Remember in thy mercy those who end the year	12:00
	under any shadow of affliction,	12:03
	the lonely,	12:07
	the disappointed,	12:09
	the sick,	12:12
	the mourners,	12:14
	and those who strength faileth,	12:16
	give them comfort and peace	12:22
	in Jesus Christ, their savior.	12:25
	Lord of all worlds	12:30
	before whom stand the living and the departed,	12:32
	we remember before thee with thanksgiving	12:36
	those who have passed within the veil	12:38
	especially those dear to us,	12:42
	whom in the year now ending	12:46
	thou hast called home to their rest.	12:47
	Grant that even here	12:52
	we may have true communion of spirit with them	12:53
	and help us so to live by faith in thy blessed son	12:58
	that we at the last may be gathered with them	13:03
	beyond the changes and chances of this splitting world	13:07
	into the kingdom of thy glory.	13:12
	Oh God, who amidst life changes abideth ever the same	13:19
	eternal love,	13:24
	eternal truth,	13:26
	eternal life.	13:28
	Enable us to know the greatness	13:31
	of the trust committed to our keeping in this life	13:33
	and grant that learning are right the lessons of the past,	13:38
	we may now walk in wisdom,	13:43
	love thee unto death	13:46
	and finally awaken to serve thee with a perfect heart	13:49
	in the joy of life eternal	13:53
	through Jesus Christ, our Lord	13:57
	who liveth and reigneth	14:00
	and is worshiped and glorified with thee	14:02
	and the Holy Spirit.	14:05
	World without end.	14:09
	Amen.	14:12
	And now as our savior Christ has taught us,	14:14
	we humbly pray together saying,	14:17
	"Our father who art in heaven,	14:21
	hallowed be thy name,	14:24
	thy kingdom come,	14:27
	thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.	14:29
	Give us this day our daily bread	14:33
	and forgive us our trespasses	14:36
	as we forgive those who trespass against us	14:39
	and lead us not into temptation	14:43
	but deliver us from evil.	14:45
	For thine is the kingdom	14:48
	and the power	14:50
	and the glory forever.	14:51
	Amen.	14:55
-	The little window on my watch says 31,	15:22
	calendar on my desk says December,	15:30
	and the income tax return will say 1967.	15:36
	Tomorrow, the window will say one.	15:41
	And the calendar will say January.	15:46
	And the business people in Allen Building	15:50
	will start drawing on my 1968 taxes.	15:52
	So what's so special about the transition	15:57
	from today to tomorrow?	15:59
	The sun will set tonight at 5:11	16:02
	and rise again in the morning at 7:25.	16:08
	It'll find me at the same address	16:13
	as the same person	16:17
	with the same characteristics,	16:19
	the same responsibilities	16:21
	and the same relationships	16:22
	that I leave as I go to sleep tonight.	16:25
	The zero hour of tomorrow	16:29
	will not by itself change any of that.	16:31
	Of course not.	16:35
	And yet most of us feel that New Year's Eve	16:39
	marks a special kind of time.	16:42
	Takes us by the hand, as it wear and guides us	16:46
	to some high spot where we can stand double-faced	16:50
	like Jonah's and look in two directions at once,	16:56
	backwards and forwards,	17:03
	with memory and resolution,	17:07
	ending one period of time and beginning another.	17:10
	From this point we can look back at least one year	17:15
	and before us we can project the shape	17:22
	perhaps of another year.	17:24
	Now, if we were really wise or fully aware,	17:30
	we might see this moment as a possible watershed	17:35
	between our total past and our whole future.	17:39
	That is perhaps the most appropriate way	17:45
	to mark any transition,	17:47
	any moment,	17:51
	but it is terribly demanding,	17:54
	too demanding for most of us	17:57
	when it brings up questions of ultimate importance	18:01
	concerning our beginnings and our end,	18:04
	our origin and our destiny,	18:08
	religious questions.	18:10
	Questions about meaning and purpose and aim.	18:13
	Most of us aren't ready to face those questions too often.	18:18
	A year	18:23
	is just about all we are ready to take.	18:26
	I suppose we could take this Jonah's look of ours	18:34
	in a great many different ways.	18:37
	We could simply be reporters of course,	18:40
	calling to memory the 10 biggest news stories of the year,	18:43
	personal items,	18:48
	events on campus	18:51
	or statewide national and international events.	18:54
	In fact this is always a favorite game at this time of year	18:57
	in newspapers and on the radio and on television.	19:01
	And as reporters,	19:06
	we don't really stay with the year past, of course,	19:07
	we even suggest what we can expect in the year ahead	19:11
	on the basis of trends we have observed in the past.	19:16
	It's a straightforward	19:20
	although rather superficial way to look at things.	19:22
	But most of us do go beyond the perspective of the reporter.	19:27
	There is a poetic look we may take actually	19:34
	coloring the events of the past year	19:38
	in whatever area of our involvements,	19:40
	whether personal or family,	19:44
	university or society,	19:45
	according to how they affect us.	19:47
	We sort of weigh everything after having sorted them out	19:49
	and we come up smiling or frowning or both	19:53
	according to how the year was.	19:57
	And in direction of the future the poet in us	20:01
	expresses all of our hopes and dreams,	20:04
	all the anticipations of our fears and anxieties.	20:08
	We all want this respect,	20:13
	there is a poet in every one of us,	20:15
	but we look at things still another way.	20:21
	We are not only responsive persons,	20:24
	we are responsible people.	20:28
	Things haven't just happened to us this past year,	20:32
	we have participated in happenings,	20:35
	we have contributed to the year.	20:39
	We have ourselves made the year	20:43
	to a very large extent what it was.	20:46
	And we are ethically involved in the shape of it.	20:49
	We know that.	20:54
	And so we look back with a certain guilt	20:56
	or at least an apology,	21:00
	and we look forward with good intentions	21:02
	and New Year's Resolutions.	21:07
	Well, now is this all that new year is about?	21:11
	Or is there a look backwards	21:18
	and forwards of a different sort?	21:21
	The religious perspective,	21:25
	the Christian point of view,	21:27
	of course there is.	21:29
	And there's a good example of it	21:32
	in the passage from the Gospel of Luke	21:34
	that we heard read a minute ago.	21:36
	It's a tricky story,	21:39
	but it can be very meaningful.	21:42
	It was a time of retrospection as well as preview.	21:45
	Jesus had just finished the speech	21:49
	on the understanding of time.	21:52
	According to Luke's report it said something like this.	21:54
	When you see a cloud coming up in the west,	21:57
	at once you say it's going to rain and it does	22:00
	except of course when the weatherman (indistinct).	22:03
	And when you feel the south wind blowing,	22:06
	you say it's going to get hot and it does.	22:09
	Impostors, you can look at the earth	22:13
	and the sky and tell what it means,	22:15
	why then don't you know	22:19
	the meaning of this present time?	22:21
	Immediately after that speech,	22:25
	there were some people around Jesus	22:26
	who wanted to prove their own depth.	22:28
	Had he not heard the story	22:30
	they said while everybody was buzzing about it	22:32
	how a group of Galileans	22:35
	had presented themselves in the temple	22:37
	to offer their sacrifices to God?	22:39
	And even during worship, Pilate had them all killed.	22:43
	Well, also Jesus,	22:48
	how about those 18 people at Siloam	22:49
	who were killed on the spot	22:52
	when the tower collapsed and fell on them?	22:55
	Oh, it's very clear they said,	22:58
	there can be absolutely no doubt about it.	23:01
	They must have been sinners beyond comparison.	23:05
	Things like that just don't happen to righteous folk.	23:09
	Jesus' answer was crisp and clear,	23:15
	"What terrible nonsense," he said.	23:20
	"Things like that can happen to anybody.	23:23
	If you are hail and hearty now,	23:27
	don't take that to be a sign of clean living	23:30
	and congratulate yourselves on a just reward."	23:32
	"What do you mean?" they said.	23:36
	One simple lesson,	23:38
	you are the ones who are on trial.	23:41
	You'd better wake up and show some signs of righteousness	23:45
	because you are liable to die yourselves.	23:48
	Well, that was his message or at least part of it.	23:56
	He did expand it somewhat	23:59
	by telling a parable to go with it.	24:01
	And to me, that parable is really the key	24:03
	to the whole conversation.	24:07
	Listen to it again.	24:10
	"Man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard.	24:11
	He went looking for figs on it, but found not.	24:15
	So he said to his gardener,	24:19
	"Look for three years,	24:21
	I have been coming here looking for figs on this tree	24:22
	and I haven't found any, cut it down.	24:25
	Why should it go on using up the soil?"	24:28
	But the gardener answered,	24:33
	"Leave it alone, sir, just this one year.	24:35
	I'll dig a trench around it	24:39
	and fill it up with fertilizer.	24:40
	And then if the tree bears figs next year,	24:43
	so much the better,	24:46
	if not, then you'll have it cut down."	24:48
	As this gardener that intrigues me.	24:53
	And it's because I think I see the gospel in him.	24:58
	Without that figure, the parable would've been sheer law.	25:03
	This tree is supposed to have figs on it.	25:08
	I see none	25:09
	and I've seen none for several seasons, cut it down.	25:11
	But the gospel says fair enough,	25:15
	but give me another chance with it.	25:19
	Perhaps some careful digging and some rich fertilizer	25:22
	will give it conditions to thrive.	25:25
	If not,	25:28
	it's dead	25:30
	and you can take it away next year.	25:33
	If you recognize I'm sure that I have cut out the	25:39
	tricky subject here.	25:42
	Martin Luther once said something to the effect	25:45
	that he who understands how to distinguish properly	25:47
	between law and gospel is indeed a theologian.	25:50
	In the light of that, I should perhaps stay away from it.	25:55
	But then again, how can you go wrong	25:59
	when you take your lead from the message of Jesus?	26:03
	So let's try.	26:08
	The first thing that becomes clear	26:11
	it seems to me in the message of Jesus	26:13
	is that the relationship between God and us,	26:14
	isn't a puny little bargain	26:19
	in which God, on his side sets forth 10 rules	26:21
	and says, "If you do these ten things	26:25
	or at least try to do them to the best of your ability,	26:27
	then I will look with favor on you	26:30
	and send good things your way,	26:32
	if not, watch out."	26:34
	No, no that's much too cheap of you,	26:38
	of our standing with God.	26:43
	According to that	26:46
	we could actually read the meaning of events	26:47
	the way the buzzing bystanders in the story did.	26:50
	Success equals clean living,	26:53
	suffering equals sin.	26:58
	Jesus obviously takes one look at this proposition	27:04
	and proceeds quickly to tear it apart.	27:08
	God to him	27:12
	is not that kind of an arbitrary entity,	27:16
	an impersonal force, which changes its character	27:20
	according to who we are and what we do	27:25
	and who determines the events of our life and history	27:28
	in response to our qualities, good or bad.	27:33
	In fact in Jesus' view of it, it's sheer paganism	27:37
	because it reduces God	27:41
	to a reflection of man and history	27:44
	to a set of moral equations.	27:48
	No, God has a character all of his own,	27:52
	a personality which expresses itself freely,	27:58
	graciously,	28:03
	absolutely to all men, regardless.	28:06
	Men may run away from him.	28:11
	He goes after them.	28:13
	We may hate him,	28:16
	that doesn't alter his love.	28:19
	We may love him,	28:22
	that doesn't change his commands.	28:25
	He is God Sovereign,	28:28
	constant.	28:32
	The great I am who I am.	28:34
	And history, is the realm of his free action.	28:38
	That's against the background	28:45
	of that lofty theology that Jesus develops.	28:46
	Secondly, his concept of law.	28:50
	For history, isn't only the realm of God's free action,	28:52
	it's also the realm of man's free action.	28:56
	God is not determined by us,	29:01
	but neither does he determine us.	29:05
	Instead, he confronts us in our freedom	29:08
	with various expressions of his will and purpose	29:13
	for us and for the whole world	29:16
	in order that we might live within it	29:18
	and contribute to it	29:21
	and find our peace in obedience.	29:23
	The law then, in Jesus explication of it,	29:27
	it's not just a set of rules and prescription	29:32
	for what we are to do or not to do,	29:34
	it's an all inclusive principle,	29:37
	a center of orientation,	29:41
	a demand which touches our life	29:44
	from its core to its father's reach.	29:47
	A core for complete response	29:52
	and ultimate commitment	29:56
	of the whole man to full obedience to God.	29:58
	That's why Jesus made those radical statements	30:03
	in the Sermon on the Mount.	30:06
	You've heard that men were told in the past,	30:08
	do not murder, anyone who commits murder	30:10
	will be brought before the judge.	30:13
	But now I tell you,	30:14
	whoever is angry with his brother	30:17
	will be brought before the judge,	30:19
	whoever calls his brother, "You good for nothing,"	30:21
	will be brought before the council	30:24
	and whoever calls his brother a worthless fool	30:26
	will be in danger of going to the fire of hell.	30:30
	Or this one,	30:33
	you've heard that it was said love your friends,	30:35
	hate your enemies.	30:37
	But now I tell you, love your enemies	30:39
	and pray for those who mistreat you	30:42
	so that you will become the sons of our Father in heaven.	30:44
	For he makes his son to shine	30:48
	on bad and good people alike,	30:50
	gives reign to those who do right and those who do wrong.	30:53
	If you speak only to your friends,	30:57
	have you done anything out of the ordinary?	30:59
	Even pagans do the that.	31:01
	You must be perfect	31:04
	just as your father in heaven is perfect.	31:07
	That's the law in Jesus' understanding of it.	31:14
	And it's more radical than ever before.	31:19
	If these are the kinds of things, God expects of us,	31:24
	there certainly isn't much ground for thinking	31:29
	that earthly success is a sign of clean living, is they?	31:31
	There's much more relevance	31:37
	to the image of the fruitless fig tree.	31:37
	God must surely wonder	31:42
	why we should continue to take our up space	31:45
	when there is no more to show for it than we have.	31:49
	But it's here that the third feature in Jesus theology	31:53
	comes into the picture,	31:57
	the gospel,	32:01
	and it says, "Not that the will of God is changed	32:03
	or that the law of God is dissolved."	32:08
	It says rather that, "As God's will is affirmed,	32:12
	we are also given what we need to fulfill it."	32:18
	Not automatically, of course,	32:23
	the grace of God doesn't just impose itself on us	32:25
	and change our nature and character just like that.	32:28
	But we are given another chance	32:33
	and we are offered the proper conditions to grow	32:36
	and to mature and to bear fruit.	32:40
	I must say that I'm really inclined	32:45
	to allegorize at this point you see,	32:47
	the gardener is such a beautiful picture of Christ	32:49
	and the ditch, if you think of it	32:56
	with fertilizer is a good description of the church	32:59
	and the gospel and the sacraments	33:03
	and the power of the Holy Spirit and all that.	33:05
	But I shall resist the temptation to allegory.	33:09
	The piece of solid Pauline theology	33:12
	is perhaps a more respectable way to say it.	33:15
	Listen, there is now no condemnation	33:19
	for those who live in union with Christ Jesus	33:24
	for the new principle of the spirit,	33:28
	which brings us life in union with Christ Jesus	33:32
	has set me free	33:36
	from the old vicious circle of sin and death.	33:38
	What the law could not do because human nature was weak,	33:43
	God did in order that we who live according to the spirit	33:49
	and not according to human nature	33:57
	might fully obey the righteous demands of the law.	34:00
	For those who live as their human nature tells them to live	34:05
	have their minds controlled by what human nature wants.	34:07
	Those who live as the spirit tells them to live,	34:11
	have their minds controlled by what the spirit wants.	34:14
	Now that is the gospel,	34:21
	the good news for a day like this.	34:23
	It meets us in full view of the law	34:27
	of the radical demands of God	34:31
	and says to us,	34:35
	you shall have what it takes,	34:37
	it is there provided.	34:41
	Well then, how can we apply this double message,	34:48
	this Christian point of view to ourselves	34:52
	as we look back on one year and prepare to enter another?	34:56
	For one thing,	35:02
	we ought to understand	35:05
	that there is no direct correspondence	35:06
	between the happenstances of the year	35:08
	and the divine evaluation of our life.	35:12
	God doesn't tie himself into our history that way	35:17
	as a reflex reaction	35:22
	conditioned by what we do	35:25
	or what we are.	35:28
	For those of us who had a good year then,	35:31
	there is no ground for pride or self-congratulation.	35:35
	Our satisfaction or our self-righteousness	35:42
	doesn't have the slightest justification.	35:48
	If the year was good,	35:51
	it's because God is good.	35:55
	And he spreads his goodness freely,	35:59
	abundantly,	36:03
	according to his own boundless mercy.	36:05
	Correspondingly for those of us who had a bad year,	36:11
	there is no reason for despair.	36:17
	Not all misfortune is punishment for sin.	36:21
	Not all suffering is divine judgment.	36:27
	If the year was bad,	36:32
	God is still good	36:36
	and he's on our side when we suffer.	36:41
	There is no direct correspondence	36:45
	between the happenstances of the year	36:47
	and the divine evaluation of our life.	36:51
	But then further, we ought also to recognize that	36:57
	there is no correspondence	37:02
	between the quality of our life	37:04
	and the purpose and will of God for us.	37:07
	That's the full weights of the law of God over us today.	37:12
	There are ultimate demands on us	37:21
	in our individual life,	37:25
	in our personal relationships,	37:28
	in the family circle,	37:32
	in the structures of society,	37:35
	in the relations of nations.	37:39
	And in all the increasing complexities	37:43
	of our life together,	37:46
	God is involved.	37:48
	His will is over us.	37:56
	From this perspective, we ought to look back	38:04
	and confess our disobedience	38:08
	and our rebelliousness,	38:10
	corporate and individual.	38:12
	God, what a mess we have made of things.	38:16
	How terribly far we have gone	38:22
	from the order of life structured	38:26
	after the creator's design?	38:28
	For a long road we have to travel	38:32
	to bring all things back together	38:36
	in obedience to the will of God,	38:38
	but that is God's purpose for us.	38:42
	And that is our task for every new tomorrow.	38:47
	That's the law of God.	38:50
	Finally, there is also a gospel for us.	38:56
	We ought to realize that there is a correspondence	39:01
	between what God demands of us	39:05
	and what he provides for us in the gospel.	39:09
	We are not simply left with a task	39:14
	and with the horrible awareness of its impossible bigness	39:19
	nor are we simply given another year,	39:24
	a blank check on the future,	39:26
	another chance and a challenge to go and make a difference.	39:29
	We are given something more	39:34
	in the Christ who came to share our manhood.	39:37
	We have been given	39:44
	the new way,	39:47
	the new truth,	39:51
	the new life	39:54
	which will take hold within us	39:58
	and will work its transformance on us	40:04
	and will bring its fruits through us.	40:08
	God gives what his law commands.	40:13
	They're there the proper conditions for our growth.	40:22
	That is the gospel for today.	40:26
	That is something to face the new year with.	40:33
	And as we respond to it,	40:38
	the new year will come to show a new pattern,	40:41
	a pattern of obedience,	40:46
	God's own Design.	40:49
	Be it so.	40:55
	And now let us pray.	41:00
	Oh God,	41:10
	who comes	41:14
	to see,	41:17
	to evaluate,	41:20
	to demand.	41:23
	Come also to give	41:27
	that we may grow,	41:33
	mature,	41:39
	and bear fruit.	41:43
	Through Christ our Lord, we pray,	41:46
	amen.	41:50
-	Brethren if this were a Scottish service,	42:02
	this would now be the time for the intimations.	42:06
	And there are two intimations.	42:10
	First is Dr. Hall leaves us this Saturday	42:13
	for a month service with the Air Force chaplains	42:17
	in England, Germany and Turkey.	42:21
	And I know that you would wish me to wish him on our behalf,	42:26
	God's speed.	42:31
	The second intimation is that we have no ushers	42:34
	and therefore we can take up no offering.	42:38
	But you realize that I would not preside over a service	42:42
	where there is no offering.	42:45
	And therefore the offering will be taken	42:48
	as you leave the church.	42:51
	The chapel monitor has two plates	42:52
	at the rear of the church.	42:56
	(instrumental choral music)	43:13
	Let us offer unto God, our prayer of dedication.	46:48
	Let us pray.	46:52
	Well, God, in whom we live and move and have our being,	46:56
	here at the close of another year,	47:01
	we offer and present unto thee ourselves,	47:05
	our souls and bodies,	47:10
	our thoughts and our desires,	47:14
	our works and our deeds	47:17
	to be a reasonable,	47:20
	holy and living sacrifice unto thee	47:23
	through Jesus Christ, our Lord.	47:28
	Amen.	47:33
	(instrumental music)	47:42
	(choral music)	48:15
	Now unto God's gracious mercy and protection	50:32
	do we commit you.	50:37
	The Lord bless you	50:40
	and keep you.	50:43
	The Lord make his face to shine upon you	50:45
	and be gracious unto you.	50:50
	The Lord lift up his countenance upon you	50:53
	and give you peace	50:57
	this day and forever more.	51:00
	Amen.	51:06
	(instrumental music)	51:26

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Thor Hall - "Another Year" (December 31, 1967)

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December 31, 1967

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Hall, Thor

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