Thomas A. Langford - "From Time to Time" (December 2, 1973)

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	(solemn organ music)	0:03
	(solemn organ music)	0:10
-	Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.	1:48
	Speak tenderly to Jerusalem and cry to her	1:53
	that her warfare is ended,	1:56
	that her iniquity is pardoned,	1:59
	that she has received from the Lord's hand	2:01
	double for all her sins.	2:04
	A voice cries,	2:08
	"In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord.	2:10
	Make straight in the desert a highway for our God."	2:14
	("Prepare Ye")	2:21
	♪ Prepare ye ♪	2:27
	♪ The way of the Lord ♪	2:31
	♪ Prepare ye ♪	2:36
	♪ The way of the Lord ♪	2:40
	♪ Prepare ye ♪	2:46
	♪ The way of the Lord ♪	2:50
	♪ Prepare ye ♪	2:55
	♪ The way of the Lord ♪	2:59
	(upbeat music)	3:02
	♪ Prepare ye, the way of the Lord ♪	3:09
	♪ Prepare ye, the way of the Lord ♪	3:15
	♪ Prepare ye, the way of the Lord ♪	3:21
	♪ Prepare ye, the way of the Lord ♪	3:28
	♪ Prepare ye, the way of the Lord ♪	3:34
	♪ Prepare ye, the way of the Lord ♪	3:41
	♪ Prepare ye, the way of the Lord ♪	3:47
	♪ Prepare ye, the way of the Lord ♪	3:54
	(solemn organ music)	4:13
	♪ O come, O come, Emmanuel ♪	4:59
	♪ And ransom captive Israel ♪	5:05
	♪ That mourns in lonely exile here ♪	5:13
	♪ Until the Son of God appear ♪	5:20
	♪ Rejoice, rejoice ♪	5:28
	♪ Emmanuel ♪	5:34
	♪ Shall come to thee, O Israel ♪	5:37
	(solemn choral music)	5:48
	♪ Rejoice, rejoice ♪	6:16
	♪ Emmanuel ♪	6:22
	♪ Shall come to thee, O Israel ♪	6:26
	(solemn choral music)	6:36
	♪ Rejoice, rejoice ♪	7:06
	♪ Emmanuel ♪	7:11
	♪ shall come to thee, O Israel ♪	7:16
	(solemn choral music)	7:26
	♪ Rejoice, rejoice ♪	7:55
	♪ Emmanuel ♪	8:01
	♪ Shall come to thee, O Israel ♪	8:06
	♪ Amen ♪	8:15
-	Be seated, please.	8:24
	(upbeat choral music)	8:46
-	Let us pray.	10:00
	Oh God, we acknowledge and accept our unworthiness	10:03
	to come before You.	10:07
	We have sinned against You through ingratitude,	10:10
	hardness of heart and disobedience.	10:14
	We have not followed the warnings of your prophets	10:18
	no responded to the appearing of your son.	10:21
	We have loved the world and the things of the world	10:25
	and have not sought first Your kingdom and righteousness.	10:29
	Recognizing our sin, we ask for Your mercy.	10:33
	Therefore day-by-day, oh dear Lord,	10:39
	three things I pray,	10:43
	to see Thee more clearly, love Thee more dearly,	10:46
	follow Thee more nearly.	10:51
	Day-by-day are three things I pray.	10:53
	(solemn music)	10:59
	♪ Day-by-day ♪	11:08
	♪ Day-by-day ♪	11:13
	♪ Oh dear Lord ♪	11:16
	♪ Three things I pray ♪	11:20
	♪ To see Thee more clearly ♪	11:26
	♪ Love Thee more dearly ♪	11:30
	♪ Follow Thee more nearly ♪	11:34
	♪ Day-by-day ♪	11:39
	♪ Day-by-day ♪	11:44
	♪ Day-by-day ♪	11:49
	♪ Oh dear Lord ♪	11:53
	♪ Three things I pray ♪	11:56
	♪ To see Thee more clearly ♪	12:02
	♪ Love Thee more dearly ♪	12:05
	♪ Follow Thee more nearly ♪	12:10
	♪ Day-by-day ♪	12:14
	♪ Day-by-day ♪	12:19
	♪ Day-by-day ♪	12:23
	♪ Oh dear Lord ♪	12:26
	♪ Three things I pray ♪	12:29
	♪ To see Thee more clearly ♪	12:33
	♪ Love Thee more dearly ♪	12:37
	♪ Follow Thee more nearly ♪	12:41
	♪ Day-by-day ♪	12:44
	♪ Day-by-day ♪	12:50
	♪ Day-by-day ♪	12:54
	♪ Three things I pray ♪	12:58
	♪ Day-by-day ♪	13:05
	♪ Day-by-day ♪	13:08
	♪ Day-by-day ♪	13:12
	♪ Day-by-day ♪	13:15
	♪ Day-by-day ♪	13:19
	♪ Oh ♪	13:23
	♪ Day-by-day ♪	13:26
	♪ Follow Thee more nearly ♪	13:32
	♪ Day-by-day ♪	13:37
	♪ Day-by-day ♪	13:39
	♪ Day-by-day-by-day-by-day-by-day ♪	13:42
-	For God so loved the world	14:11
	that He gave His only Son	14:17
	that whoever believes in Him should not perish,	14:21
	but have eternal life.	14:25
	For God, sent the son into the world,	14:28
	not to condemn the world,	14:30
	but that the world might be saved through Him.	14:34
	And now let us pray as our Lord has taught us.	14:43
	Our Father who art in heaven,	14:46
	hallowed be Thy name.	14:50
	Thy kingdom come.	14:52
	Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.	14:54
	Give us this day our daily bread	14:58
	and forgive us our trespasses	15:02
	as we forgive those who trespass against us	15:04
	and lead us not into temptation	15:09
	but deliver us from evil.	15:11
	For Thine is the kingdom and the power	15:14
	and the glory forever and ever.	15:17
	Amen.	15:21
	(upbeat choral music)	15:24
-	The second scripture lesson is from Luke chapter four	16:56
	verses 16 through 21.	17:02
	And he came to Nazareth where he had been brought up	17:06
	and he went to the synagogue as his custom was	17:10
	on the Sabbath day.	17:13
	And he stood up to read, and there was given to him	17:15
	the book of the Prophet Isaiah.	17:20
	He opened the book and found the place where it was written.	17:23
	"The spirit of the Lord is upon me	17:27
	because He has anointed me to preach good news to the poor.	17:30
	He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives	17:36
	and recovering of sight to the blind,	17:40
	to set at liberty those who are oppressed,	17:43
	to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord."	17:47
	And he closed the book and gave it back	17:51
	to the attendant and sat down	17:54
	and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him.	17:57
	And he began to say to them,	18:02
	"Today, this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing."	18:04
	May God add his blessing to the reading of His holy word.	18:09
	(upbeat choral music)	18:14
	♪ O bless the Lord, my soul ♪	18:22
	♪ His grace to thee proclaim ♪	18:26
	♪ And all that is within me join ♪	18:30
	♪ To bless His holy name ♪	18:35
	♪ O bless the Lord, my soul ♪	18:46
	♪ His mercies bear in mind ♪	18:49
	♪ Forget not all his benefits ♪	18:53
	♪ The Lord to thee is kind ♪	18:58
	(upbeat choral music)	19:03
	♪ Bless the Lord ♪	19:36
	(solemn choral music)	19:47
-	And now in unison, let us affirm our faith.	20:27
	We are not alone.	20:33
	We believe in God who has created and is creating,	20:36
	who has come into true man, Jesus,	20:41
	to reconcile and make new,	20:44
	who works in us and others by His spirit.	20:47
	We trust Him.	20:52
	He calls us to be in His church to celebrate His presence,	20:53
	to love and serve others, to seek justice and resist evil,	20:59
	to proclaim Jesus crucified and risen,	21:05
	our judge and our hope.	21:09
	In life, in death, in life beyond death, God is with us.	21:12
	We are not alone.	21:19
	Thanks be to God.	21:21
	The Lord be with you.	21:25
Congregation	And with your spirit.	21:27
-	Let us pray.	21:28
	Oh God, we give You thanks for this holy season of advent.	21:42
	On this day, we praise You for the gift of Your Son,	21:51
	our Lord, and savior Jesus Christ,	21:55
	for his life, his ministry, his sacrificial death,	22:01
	his triumphant resurrection,	22:06
	his ever near presence with us,	22:09
	we give You, oh God, thanks and praise.	22:13
	We thank You for the promise of deliverance	22:18
	given to all those who remain faithful	22:22
	to Your covenant of love and grace.	22:24
	But, oh God, for some of us,	22:31
	it is hard to be thankful.	22:34
	For some, the blessings of life	22:38
	are often overshadowed by the burdens of life.	22:40
	We hold on to life	22:44
	but don't really rejoice in life as we should.	22:46
	Yet when we stop to think about life as we know it,	22:51
	which isn't very often,	22:57
	we do become thankful for good health,	23:01
	which we enjoy most of the time,	23:05
	for peace, which most of us know most of the time,	23:09
	for plenty of food, which most of us have most of the time.	23:14
	For rest, which renews most of us most of the time.	23:21
	For meaningful work called for, from most of us,	23:29
	most of the time.	23:34
	For swimming and tennis and other sports,	23:37
	for shows and concerts, for good neighbors,	23:43
	for trusting friends.	23:47
	And yes, so God, in spite of its sorrow and its hypocrisy,	23:52
	we acknowledge that we do live in a beautiful world.	23:57
	And so in this moment, we say,	24:02
	thank You with the fullness of our hearts,	24:03
	happy and joyful as they are.	24:06
	Oh God, as Your Son cared for others,	24:12
	so we pray now for our neighbors,	24:18
	for those who do not have the power	24:23
	to protect their own lives,	24:25
	for those who will both live and die hungry,	24:29
	for those, oh God, who must learn how to use power	24:36
	with love and justice.	24:40
	For those who remain in darkness	24:43
	and those who cannot earn their own living.	24:47
	Oh God, sharing in this prayer are folk who are weary,	24:52
	who are weeping, who are alone,	25:00
	who are recovering their health,	25:04
	who are looking for a new way.	25:07
	We remember them now.	25:12
	Oh God, will You supply our needs continually?	25:17
	Help us to see Your love and Your will	25:25
	as a light unto our path and a lamp unto our feet.	25:27
	Give us the strength to run and not grow weary,	25:34
	to walk and not be faint.	25:38
	Give us in these demanding times	25:42
	the strength to mount up with wings as Eagles,	25:45
	to stand straight and tall for justice,	25:50
	for peace, for truth, for right.	25:54
	And in all that we do may we fulfill our Lord's command	26:01
	to love, to love, to love.	26:07
	For hearing these and all our prayers, thanks be unto You.	26:14
	In the name of our Lord and our brother,	26:23
	Jesus the Christ.	26:27
	Amen.	26:31
	For this holy day,	26:37
	this first Sunday in the glorious season of advent,	26:41
	we welcome Dean Thomas A Langford,	26:47
	Dean of the Divinity School	26:51
	as our preacher for this occasion.	26:54
	Tom?	26:58
-	In the name of the Father and of the Son	27:06
	or the Holy Ghost.	27:10
	Amen.	27:13
	Today is the first Sunday in advent	27:17
	and the first Sunday in December.	27:21
	Church year and calendar year interface in such a way	27:25
	that the beginning of one	27:30
	occurs at the exodus of the other.	27:33
	The inauguration of a new time	27:39
	intermixes with a time now passing.	27:43
	And God's spell crushes upon our somnolent mood	27:51
	almost too much for Sunday morning before 12 o'clock.	27:58
	It seems in Congress perhaps,	28:06
	but December isn't in Congress month.	28:08
	Baby Jesus and Father Time meet in confrontation	28:13
	as Christmas challenges culmination.	28:20
	What are the signs as one time passes into another?	28:27
	What are the signs of December?	28:33
	Taut, steel-tinted sky,	28:38
	the starkness of earth and cloud,	28:42
	the quiet, slow pulsating of life.	28:48
	A drum head atmosphere picks up the lease movement	28:54
	and magnifies it.	28:58
	Nature lives with a protective surface	29:02
	as the vitalities of life rest at deeper levels.	29:06
	In this December, there is starkness,	29:12
	starkness of personal and official relationships.	29:18
	Human life is drawn taut.	29:25
	There is governmental strain,	29:29
	desert encounter and continuing jungle warfare	29:32
	and an energy crisis.	29:38
	Indeed brownouts maybe come a symbol of life.	29:41
	There is a landscape of striven trust	29:47
	and tenacious unhopeful hope.	29:49
	These are bad times.	29:54
	Walker Percy writes in his latest novel "Love In The Ruins",	29:57
	principalities and powers are everywhere victorious.	30:03
	Wickedness flourishes in high places.	30:08
	December is a time of holding on and enduring.	30:15
	Examinations, term papers,	30:22
	and final exams make the horizon	30:28
	one of a pressured vision.	30:34
	The long, too long grind from early September	30:37
	is now inertially moving toward its conclusion.	30:41
	We catch our breath for the last push,	30:47
	for the final effort, and we wonder about it all.	30:50
	Can we make it?	30:55
	Will the time endure?	30:59
	Can we endure the time?	31:02
	December is for nature and for human nature,	31:07
	a struggle with the grasp of death	31:12
	and a persistent holding on.	31:16
	But it is also a time of advent,	31:23
	something new in the midst of much that is old.	31:27
	In death grip life comes.	31:32
	Against the metallic sky,	31:36
	stars slice through and cast ripples of light	31:39
	in concentric circles.	31:43
	Across the stretched surface of cloud,	31:45
	a comet races through.	31:50
	And there are rumors that angels sing.	31:54
	Over white sand Magi travel	32:00
	and a couple plods towards Jerusalem.	32:04
	This is a time within a time.	32:09
	This challenge of one moment by another is not new	32:12
	for the cycle of nature seems to bring its occurrence,	32:17
	and the movement of human experience	32:21
	seems to bring its recurrence.	32:24
	It is Advent.	32:27
	And in this place, Handel's Messiah is sung.	32:30
	Comfort ye, comfort ye, my people, saith your God,	32:38
	for the kingdoms of this world	32:44
	shall become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ.	32:47
	And He shall reign forever.	32:52
	So December comes, an end and a beginning,	32:58
	a finale and an advent,	33:04
	into the chilled darkness,	33:08
	which is marked on the calendar and in human hope.	33:10
	There comes an advent which begins the church year	33:13
	and announces God's reign.	33:16
	It has been so before.	33:21
	For a century or more,	33:25
	violent convulsions had shaken	33:27
	the Greco Roman world.	33:29
	Nevertheless, with resilience that refuses	33:33
	to accept meaninglessness,	33:36
	there was a persistent expectation of something better.	33:39
	As the Christian era approached,	33:44
	there were oracles and prophecies of a new beginning	33:47
	and a sheer unwillingness to give up the dimension of hope.	33:53
	Horace and Virgil looked to Octavian	33:59
	as the present deity, the August One,	34:03
	and he came to be known as Augustus Caesar.	34:06
	Mithraic temples, there were sacrifices	34:12
	and hope for conquering strength.	34:16
	Mystery religions and Gnostic sex	34:20
	look for knowledge and immortality.	34:22
	And in Jewish synagogues, they offered a prayer.	34:26
	May He establish His kingdom in your lifetime	34:32
	and in your days,	34:36
	and in the lifetime of the whole house of Israel.	34:39
	In this era, with its sense of exhaustion and hope,	34:47
	there was another appearance.	34:50
	Jesus came.	34:53
	Perhaps he was not unexpected if one stresses	34:56
	the theme of hope, but certainly he was unrecognized	34:59
	if one takes his effort as evidence the response to him.	35:04
	If only he had been a political revolutionary,	35:11
	the Galileans would have understood and rallied.	35:14
	If only he had done a rabbi of more prestige	35:20
	and more in line with dominant Torah interpretation,	35:24
	the Pharisees would have been supportive.	35:28
	If only, but one can play that game endlessly.	35:32
	Jesus came.	35:39
	Born in an inconspicuous place,	35:42
	living in an ordinary way.	35:46
	He finally in manhood started preaching	35:49
	that the kingdom of God was at hand.	35:52
	The reign of God or better the reigning God was his theme.	35:56
	God was sovereign.	36:03
	He could change the old into something so new	36:06
	the old could not contain it.	36:09
	God, Jesus claimed, could take both the faded trust	36:12
	and the hopeful expectation and transform them.	36:19
	The sovereign reigning of God was the reality	36:26
	of which Jesus spoke,	36:29
	the reality which Jesus represented,	36:30
	the reality which he was, in a decisive way, bringing.	36:33
	And to this, he called people to respond.	36:39
	But people were not very responsive.	36:47
	With the intermingling of cries, hope and despair,	36:51
	and the over loud proclamation of new beginnings,	36:55
	and the blinding activity attempting to force change,	36:58
	God's presence was neither heard nor seen.	37:02
	Jesus came but in a quiet way,	37:08
	and with the humility of a servant.	37:13
	No king this.	37:17
	No leader who all would be forced to recognize.	37:20
	With the cry of a mother, the hunger of a child,	37:24
	the growth of an apprentice son,	37:29
	the awareness of a mission,	37:32
	consorting with outcast, crying at death,	37:35
	laughing at a wedding.	37:40
	In the company of believing,	37:43
	unbelieving disciples, Jesus came.	37:45
	He died a common death and he arose	37:49
	even to the astonishment of those closest to him.	37:53
	He came.	37:57
	Not many wise and not many powerful	38:00
	recognized his coming.	38:06
	Indeed they scoffed.	38:09
	Can sovereignty and such weakness be combined?	38:12
	Can hope be attached to a servant?	38:19
	It's always difficult to recognize the coming of God.	38:26
	It is open only to the eyes of faith	38:31
	into the sensitive spirit.	38:33
	God ruling through a shared cup,	38:36
	through suffering for justice,	38:40
	through identification with those in need,	38:43
	worldly wisdom and human power say no.	38:48
	Yet, there it is.	38:52
	Bethlehem and Calvary and a garden.	38:54
	What small tokens of world-changing events.	38:58
	In our scripture this morning,	39:06
	Jesus describes the reason for his coming.	39:08
	It was to preach the gospel to the poor,	39:12
	to heal the broken hearted,	39:15
	to preach deliverance to the captives,	39:18
	and recovery of sight to the blind,	39:20
	and to set at liberty those who were in bondage.	39:22
	James Montgomery attempted to capture	39:29
	this same meaning in his well-known advent hymn.	39:31
	Hail to the Lord's anointed.	39:37
	Great David's greater Son.	39:39
	Hail in the time appointed.	39:42
	His reign on earth begun.	39:45
	He comes to break oppression to set the captives free,	39:48
	to take away transgression and rule in equity.	39:53
	He comes with sucker speedy to those who suffer wrong,	39:59
	to help the poor and needy and bid the weak be strong.	40:05
	Small tokens, perhaps,	40:12
	but tokens of immense power.	40:15
	So now we come once again to the season of advent.	40:19
	In this December season with its dormant life	40:23
	shrouded with tinsel and parades,	40:27
	we are in a time which in the guise of remembering	40:31
	often forgets or simply fails to see the presence of God.	40:34
	It requires a sensitive eye to see God,	40:43
	a spirit attuned	40:49
	to recognize that sovereign power	40:54
	can come in unexpected form.	40:56
	The tokens are small.	41:00
	caring, healing,	41:02
	bonding the bruised,	41:07
	strongly serving the cause of equity.	41:09
	Is this the way of sovereign power?	41:14
	It was in Christ God's way.	41:18
	He came bearing this gospel.	41:23
	And the gospel is wonderful.	41:28
	Its hope includes all persons.	41:31
	It carries a contagious joy.	41:34
	It meets the world forthrightly challenging	41:36
	its evil and embracing its love.	41:39
	Every person without exception is brother and sister.	41:43
	The gospel witnesses to the fact	41:50
	that with God, every hunger pain is felt.	41:52
	Every tear is collected.	41:56
	Every demeaning is known.	42:01
	Every loneliness is met	42:05
	and every spiritual emptiness evokes grace.	42:09
	God affirms our present human life	42:16
	and our ultimate meaning.	42:19
	The gospel expresses this affirmation	42:21
	and sends us forth to serve its cause.	42:24
	It is an awesome thing to see with the gospel,	42:30
	God loves you.	42:34
	For to say this can only be done with the awareness	42:37
	that we are often speaking to those	42:40
	who have been discriminated against	42:43
	by those who speak of God.	42:46
	We carry the knowledge that those whom God loves	42:50
	we have not always loved.	42:55
	In acknowledging God's reign,	42:59
	we often act on personal and societal self-interest.	43:02
	So we cannot speak of God's love carelessly	43:08
	or offhandedly, or casually.	43:12
	Good words misused only imprint pain more deeply.	43:18
	Pious words spoken impiously reveal disrespect for God	43:24
	and insensitivity to our neighbor.	43:29
	We must be carefully and comprehending	43:32
	and with intentionality.	43:35
	To love God is costly.	43:39
	To carry the gospel is costly.	43:42
	To speak of advent of the reigning God is demanding.	43:47
	To say God loves you is a speech act.	43:52
	It is to go to the hungry, to the outsiders,	43:58
	to the poor, and to the spiritually sick.	44:03
	And it has to go to our social order	44:08
	and to struggle in the behalf of those in need.	44:12
	In all of this, the Lord and the neighbor	44:19
	become interconnected.	44:21
	They're not identical.	44:24
	The neighbor is not the Lord.	44:26
	But to follow the Lord leads us directly to the neighbor.	44:29
	A loving care for the neighbor requires it returned	44:33
	to the Lord for strength.	44:36
	For those who have eyes to see and ears to hear,	44:41
	there is a recognition of the reigning God,	44:46
	God reigning, and a servant,	44:48
	and a man who lived and suffered and was renewed.	44:50
	With such a one the kingdom comes.	44:55
	God's kingdom and our history.	44:58
	It does not come with completeness.	45:02
	But his karat is revealed.	45:05
	Its form displayed, its requirements set.	45:07
	And the hope, which is realized	45:12
	in this strangely simple way, among those who serve,	45:14
	reaches beyond itself to more eternal dimensions	45:20
	when the kingdom shall be present in its fullness.	45:24
	And in the midst of it all,	45:30
	we hear the heartbeat of God's spell.	45:33
	Prepare ye the way of the Lord.	45:36
	It is moving, driving music,	45:42
	yet the command is simple in its direction.	45:46
	For as much as you do it to one of the least of these,	45:50
	my brethren, you have done it under me.	45:53
	The way is prepared.	45:59
	And into the paradox of an old time,	46:02
	which is giving way to a new time, we offer a prayer.	46:04
	Day-by-day	46:10
	oh dear Lord three things I pray.	46:13
	To see thee more clearly.	46:18
	to love thee more dearly,	46:21
	to follow thee more nearly day-by-day.	46:24
	In such living the tautness of life is released,	46:30
	and the beginning of a new time takes place.	46:36
	(calm music)	46:45
	♪ Day-by-day ♪	46:54
	♪ Day-by-day ♪	46:59
	♪ Oh dear Lord ♪	47:03
	♪ Three things I pray ♪	47:06
	♪ To see Thee more clearly ♪	47:13
	♪ Love Thee more dearly ♪	47:17
	♪ Follow Thee more nearly ♪	47:22
	♪ Day-by-day ♪	47:27
	♪ Day-by-day ♪	47:29
	♪ Day-by-day-by-day-by-Day-by-day ♪	47:32
	(solemn organ music)	47:55
	(upbeat orchestral music)	51:55
	(solemn organ music)	54:52
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	55:48
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	55:51
	(solemn organ music)	55:55
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	56:08
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	56:10
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	56:13
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	56:17
	♪ Hallelujah ♪	56:20
	♪ Amen ♪	56:29
-	Deliver us oh God from any feelings	56:39
	of noble generosity as we give our small gifts	56:43
	for your Big works.	56:46
	All things are yours.	56:49
	We are yours.	56:52
	May we humble ourselves with that awareness	56:55
	and not pride ourselves on parting with some	56:59
	of our precious money.	57:03
	May we be Yours in what we give	57:06
	and in what we do.	57:10
	Through Jesus Christ, our Redeemer.	57:13
	Amen.	57:18
	(solemn choral music)	57:21
	♪ Prepare ye ♪	58:12
	♪ The way of the Lord ♪	58:17
	♪ Prepare ye ♪	58:23
	♪ The way of the Lord ♪	58:28
	♪ Prepare ye ♪	58:38
	♪ The way of the Lord ♪	58:41
	♪ Prepare ye ♪	58:45
	♪ The way of the Lord ♪	58:48
	♪ Prepare ye ♪	58:51
	♪ The way of the Lord ♪	58:54
	♪ Prepare ye ♪	58:58
	♪ The way of the Lord ♪	59:01
	♪ Prepare ye ♪	59:05
	♪ The way of the Lord ♪	59:08
	♪ Prepare ye ♪	59:11
	♪ The way of the Lord ♪	59:14
-	And now may the blessing of God almighty,	59:26
	Father, Son, and Holy Spirit	59:30
	be among you and abide with you	59:34
	this advent season and forever.	59:37
	Amen.	59:44
	♪ Prepare ye the way of the Lord ♪	59:47
	(bell chiming)	1:00:07
	(solemn organ music)	1:00:21

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Title:

Thomas A. Langford - "From Time to Time" (December 2, 1973)

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https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4vh5hk2p

Date:

December 2, 1973

Speaker:

Langford, Thomas A.

Contributor:

Duke University. Chapel

Identifier:

UA.17.01.0003 RR-0680
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ark:/87924/r4vh5hk2p
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Duke Chapel Recordings

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Duke University Chapel recordings, 1954-2005

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Language:

English

Location:

United States
North Carolina
Durham (N.C.)

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The Duke University Chapel Recordings were transferred to the Duke University Archives beginning in 1970.

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