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to<00:11:18.720><c> be</c><00:11:18.860><c> put</c><00:11:19.000><c> into</c><00:11:19.220><c> practice.</c><00:11:20.179><c> Verse</c><00:11:20.360><c> 17,</c>

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If<00:11:22.559><c> ye</c><00:11:22.799><c> know</c><00:11:23.000><c> these</c><00:11:23.320><c> things,</c><00:11:24.299><c> happy</c><00:11:24.700><c> are</c><00:11:25.039><c> ye</c><00:11:25.519><c> if</c><00:11:26.179><c> ye</c><00:11:26.639><c> do</c><00:11:27.039><c> them.</c>

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of<00:11:32.419><c> the</c><00:11:32.559><c> principle</c><00:11:33.139><c> and</c><00:11:33.700><c> give</c><00:11:33.840><c> it</c><00:11:34.080><c> our</c><00:11:34.279><c> wholehearted</c><00:11:34.860><c> allegiance</c><00:11:35.500><c> and</c><00:11:35.779><c> assent</c><00:11:36.379><c> but</c>

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fail<00:11:37.240><c> to</c><00:11:37.419><c> put</c><00:11:37.559><c> it</c><00:11:37.740><c> into</c>

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practice.<00:11:39.320><c> We</c><00:11:39.500><c> will</c><00:11:39.700><c> only</c><00:11:40.279><c> find</c><00:11:40.679><c> that</c><00:11:41.000><c> happiness</c><00:11:41.440><c> and</c><00:11:41.940><c> contentment</c><00:11:42.460><c> and</c><00:11:42.720><c> joy</c><00:11:43.179><c> of</c>

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which<00:11:43.779><c> Jesus</c><00:11:44.120><c> speaks</c><00:11:44.700><c> if</c><00:11:45.299><c> we</c>

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faithfully<00:11:46.519><c> carry</c><00:11:46.960><c> the</c><00:11:47.220><c> principle</c><00:11:47.899><c> into</c><00:11:48.639><c> practice.</c><00:11:50.360><c> I</c><00:11:50.379><c> think</c>

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that's<00:11:50.740><c> the</c><00:11:50.879><c> other</c><00:11:51.100><c> point</c><00:11:51.600><c> from</c><00:11:52.240><c> this</c><00:11:52.580><c> ministering</c>

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of<00:11:53.539><c> the</c><00:11:53.679><c> Lord</c><00:11:53.899><c> Jesus</c><00:11:54.480><c> to</c><00:11:54.820><c> his</c><00:11:55.059><c> disciples.</c><00:11:56.419><c> Not</c><00:11:56.580><c> just</c><00:11:56.759><c> a</c><00:11:56.879><c> beautiful</c><00:11:57.200><c> incident,</c><00:11:58.340><c> a</c>

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graphical<00:11:58.820><c> illustration,</c>

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but<00:12:00.539><c> it</c><00:12:00.679><c> should</c><00:12:00.820><c> always</c><00:12:01.139><c> be</c><00:12:01.500><c> burned</c><00:12:01.840><c> into</c><00:12:02.120><c> our</c><00:12:02.399><c> consciousness</c>

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that<00:12:03.779><c> these</c><00:12:04.500><c> were</c><00:12:04.960><c> principles</c><00:12:05.460><c> of</c><00:12:05.700><c> Jesus</c><00:12:06.120><c> put</c><00:12:06.500><c> into</c>

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practice.<00:12:09.600><c> He</c><00:12:09.960><c> laid</c><00:12:10.320><c> aside</c><00:12:10.799><c> his</c><00:12:11.059><c> garments,</c><00:12:12.100><c> he</c><00:12:12.279><c> took</c><00:12:12.480><c> a</c><00:12:12.720><c> towel</c>

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and<00:12:14.840><c> ministered</c><00:12:16.419><c> to</c><00:12:16.620><c> his</c><00:12:16.799><c> disciples.</c><00:12:19.659><c> So</c><00:12:19.879><c> it</c><00:12:19.960><c> is</c>

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an<00:12:21.059><c> act</c><00:12:21.240><c> of</c><00:12:21.399><c> the</c><00:12:21.519><c> will,</c><00:12:21.779><c> isn't</c><00:12:21.860><c> it,</c><00:12:22.039><c> my</c><00:12:22.240><c> dear</c><00:12:22.379><c> brothers</c><00:12:22.679><c> and</c><00:12:22.879><c> sisters?</c><00:12:23.559><c> It</c>

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needs<00:12:23.919><c> a</c><00:12:24.220><c> conscious,</c><00:12:25.399><c> deliberate</c><00:12:26.019><c> effort</c>

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on<00:12:27.539><c> our</c><00:12:27.860><c> part.</c><00:12:30.659><c> I</c><00:12:30.720><c> think</c><00:12:30.840><c> it's</c><00:12:30.980><c> interesting</c><00:12:31.320><c> to</c><00:12:31.539><c> notice</c><00:12:32.379><c> how</c>

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this<00:12:33.460><c> principle</c><00:12:33.960><c> is</c><00:12:34.179><c> set</c><00:12:34.360><c> in</c><00:12:34.480><c> the</c><00:12:34.659><c> context</c><00:12:35.639><c> of</c>

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betrayal.<00:12:38.659><c> Verse</c><00:12:39.139><c> 18,</c><00:12:41.200><c> I</c><00:12:41.259><c> speak</c><00:12:41.600><c> not</c><00:12:41.820><c> of</c><00:12:41.919><c> you</c><00:12:42.220><c> all,</c><00:12:43.240><c> I</c><00:12:43.460><c> know</c><00:12:43.899><c> whom</c><00:12:44.179><c> I</c>

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have<00:12:44.580><c> chosen,</c><00:12:45.919><c> but</c><00:12:46.000><c> that</c><00:12:46.100><c> the</c><00:12:46.279><c> scripture</c><00:12:46.539><c> may</c><00:12:46.799><c> be</c>

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fulfilled.<00:12:48.360><c> He</c><00:12:48.500><c> that</c><00:12:49.080><c> eateth</c><00:12:49.500><c> bread</c><00:12:49.759><c> with</c><00:12:50.000><c> me</c><00:12:51.100><c> hath</c><00:12:51.440><c> lifted</c>

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up<00:12:51.919><c> his</c><00:12:52.179><c> heel</c><00:12:52.759><c> against</c><00:12:53.720><c> me.</c><00:12:55.899><c> Verse</c><00:12:56.120><c> 25,</c><00:12:56.860><c> He</c><00:12:57.059><c> then</c><00:12:57.360><c> lying</c>

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on<00:12:57.779><c> Jesus'</c><00:12:58.299><c> breast</c><00:12:58.480><c> saith</c><00:12:58.679><c> unto</c><00:12:58.860><c> him,</c><00:12:59.100><c> Lord,</c><00:12:59.539><c> who</c><00:12:59.679><c> is</c><00:12:59.840><c> it?</c><00:13:01.480><c> Jesus</c><00:13:01.820><c> answered,</c><00:13:02.220><c> He</c>

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it<00:13:02.639><c> is</c><00:13:02.820><c> to</c><00:13:02.980><c> whom</c><00:13:03.139><c> I</c><00:13:03.299><c> shall</c><00:13:03.419><c> give</c><00:13:03.620><c> a</c>

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sop<00:13:04.000><c> when</c><00:13:04.159><c> I</c><00:13:04.340><c> have</c><00:13:04.519><c> dipped</c><00:13:04.700><c> it.</c><00:13:05.659><c> And</c><00:13:05.919><c> when</c><00:13:06.019><c> he</c><00:13:06.159><c> had</c><00:13:06.299><c> dipped</c><00:13:06.440><c> the</c>

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sop,<00:13:07.379><c> he</c><00:13:07.460><c> gave</c><00:13:07.639><c> it</c><00:13:07.799><c> to</c><00:13:07.940><c> Judas'</c><00:13:08.399><c> carry</c><00:13:08.600><c> at</c><00:13:08.740><c> the</c><00:13:08.899><c> son</c><00:13:09.039><c> of</c>

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Simon.<00:13:10.299><c> And</c><00:13:10.519><c> after</c><00:13:10.779><c> the</c><00:13:11.000><c> sop,</c><00:13:11.840><c> Satan</c><00:13:11.980><c> entered</c><00:13:12.240><c> into</c><00:13:12.480><c> him,</c><00:13:13.559><c> then</c><00:13:13.740><c> said,</c><00:13:14.000><c> Jesus,</c><00:13:16.059><c> unto</c><00:13:16.220><c> him</c>

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that<00:13:16.700><c> thou</c><00:13:16.980><c> doest,</c><00:13:18.139><c> do</c>

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quickly.<00:13:20.240><c> Verse</c><00:13:20.519><c> 30,</c><00:13:20.860><c> He</c><00:13:21.100><c> then</c><00:13:21.320><c> having</c><00:13:21.539><c> received</c><00:13:21.940><c> the</c><00:13:22.220><c> sop</c><00:13:22.480><c> went</c><00:13:22.639><c> immediately</c><00:13:23.100><c> out,</c><00:13:23.820><c> and</c><00:13:24.840><c> it</c>

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was<00:13:25.259><c> night.</c><00:13:27.779><c> Judas</c><00:13:28.179><c> was</c>

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with<00:13:28.500><c> that</c><00:13:28.700><c> company</c><00:13:29.039><c> of</c><00:13:29.259><c> disciples.</c><00:13:30.860><c> The</c><00:13:31.000><c> Lord</c><00:13:31.220><c> had</c><00:13:31.460><c> ministered</c><00:13:31.820><c> to</c><00:13:31.960><c> his</c>

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needs,<00:13:34.179><c> and</c><00:13:34.259><c> yet</c><00:13:34.419><c> he</c><00:13:34.639><c> betrayed</c><00:13:34.960><c> him.</c>

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So<00:13:36.279><c> near,</c><00:13:37.620><c> yet</c><00:13:37.700><c> so</c><00:13:38.039><c> far</c><00:13:38.259><c> away,</c><00:13:39.340><c> that</c><00:13:39.519><c> tragic</c><00:13:39.940><c> duplicity</c><00:13:40.899><c> of</c>

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mind<00:13:41.779><c> and</c><00:13:42.059><c> heart,</c><00:13:44.919><c> accompanying</c><00:13:45.159><c> with</c><00:13:45.460><c> the</c><00:13:45.559><c> Lord</c><00:13:45.740><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ<00:13:46.539><c> throughout</c><00:13:46.840><c> his</c><00:13:47.120><c> ministry,</c><00:13:49.200><c> perhaps</c><00:13:49.399><c> even</c><00:13:49.740><c> recognizing</c><00:13:50.340><c> his</c><00:13:50.740><c> leadership</c><00:13:51.360><c> and</c>

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his<00:13:52.659><c> mastership.</c>

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A<00:13:55.340><c> reminder</c><00:13:55.659><c> there,</c><00:13:56.059><c> my</c><00:13:56.120><c> dear</c><00:13:56.320><c> brothers</c><00:13:56.539><c> and</c><00:13:56.779><c> sisters,</c><00:13:57.100><c> that</c>

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to<00:13:57.340><c> accompany</c><00:13:57.639><c> with</c><00:13:57.879><c> the</c><00:13:58.039><c> Lord</c><00:13:58.500><c> is</c><00:13:59.279><c> no</c><00:13:59.519><c> guarantee</c>

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that<00:14:01.419><c> his</c><00:14:01.700><c> influence</c><00:14:02.139><c> will</c><00:14:02.340><c> have</c><00:14:02.519><c> the</c><00:14:02.740><c> desired</c><00:14:03.059><c> effect</c><00:14:03.399><c> on</c><00:14:03.580><c> us.</c><00:14:04.720><c> We</c>

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have<00:14:05.059><c> to</c><00:14:05.279><c> make</c><00:14:05.559><c> that</c><00:14:05.860><c> decision</c><00:14:06.220><c> of</c><00:14:06.460><c> the</c><00:14:06.639><c> will,</c>

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that<00:14:08.139><c> we</c><00:14:08.440><c> will</c><00:14:08.960><c> accept</c><00:14:09.639><c> what</c><00:14:09.860><c> he</c><00:14:10.139><c> says</c><00:14:10.799><c> and</c><00:14:11.539><c> put</c><00:14:11.720><c> into</c><00:14:11.960><c> practice</c><00:14:12.580><c> what</c><00:14:13.179><c> he</c>

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teaches.<00:14:15.200><c> If</c><00:14:15.440><c> there</c><00:14:15.620><c> be</c><00:14:15.779><c> any</c><00:14:16.519><c> tragic</c>

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coexistence<00:14:18.120><c> in</c><00:14:18.440><c> our</c><00:14:18.740><c> minds</c><00:14:18.980><c> and</c><00:14:19.259><c> hearts</c><00:14:19.460><c> of</c><00:14:19.700><c> these</c><00:14:19.940><c> two</c><00:14:20.220><c> things,</c><00:14:21.320><c> allegiance</c><00:14:21.659><c> for</c>

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the<00:14:22.080><c> Lord</c><00:14:22.620><c> and</c><00:14:23.759><c> a</c><00:14:23.940><c> preoccupation</c>

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with<00:14:25.559><c> our</c><00:14:25.820><c> own</c><00:14:26.059><c> inclinations</c><00:14:26.639><c> and</c><00:14:26.940><c> desires,</c><00:14:28.600><c> Judas,</c><00:14:29.000><c> I</c><00:14:29.000><c> think,</c><00:14:29.419><c> stands</c><00:14:29.620><c> as</c><00:14:29.820><c> the</c><00:14:29.980><c> testimony</c><00:14:30.620><c> as</c>

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to<00:14:31.600><c> what</c><00:14:31.740><c> the</c>

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outcome<00:14:32.240><c> will</c><00:14:32.500><c> be.</c><00:14:33.500><c> He</c><00:14:33.679><c> went</c><00:14:33.919><c> out,</c><00:14:35.639><c> and</c><00:14:35.960><c> it</c><00:14:36.120><c> was</c><00:14:36.320><c> night.</c><00:14:37.659><c> I'm</c>

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sure<00:14:37.960><c> we</c><00:14:38.159><c> are</c><00:14:38.419><c> right</c><00:14:38.740><c> in</c><00:14:38.980><c> seeing</c><00:14:39.220><c> the</c><00:14:39.500><c> undertones</c><00:14:39.980><c> to</c>

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those<00:14:40.480><c> words.</c><00:14:41.320><c> The</c><00:14:41.440><c> light</c><00:14:41.679><c> of</c><00:14:41.860><c> the</c><00:14:42.059><c> world</c><00:14:42.620><c> burned</c><00:14:43.240><c> in</c><00:14:43.419><c> the</c><00:14:43.539><c> upper</c><00:14:43.779><c> room,</c><00:14:44.580><c> and</c>

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outside<00:14:45.240><c> there</c><00:14:45.500><c> was</c><00:14:45.659><c> darkness</c><00:14:46.100><c> and</c>

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chaos,<00:14:47.580><c> and</c><00:14:47.720><c> Judas</c><00:14:47.940><c> went</c><00:14:48.179><c> out</c><00:14:48.440><c> into</c><00:14:48.639><c> the</c><00:14:48.860><c> darkness.</c><00:14:53.039><c> And</c><00:14:53.259><c> that</c>

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was<00:14:53.539><c> the</c><00:14:53.679><c> end,</c><00:14:54.000><c> wasn't</c><00:14:54.120><c> it?</c><00:14:54.940><c> No</c><00:14:55.159><c> life,</c><00:14:56.639><c> no</c><00:14:56.820><c> hope,</c>

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no<00:14:58.379><c> joy,</c><00:15:00.139><c> no</c><00:15:00.279><c> salvation.</c><00:15:05.220><c> And</c><00:15:05.379><c> then</c><00:15:05.480><c> Jesus</c><00:15:05.679><c> gives</c><00:15:05.940><c> them</c><00:15:06.120><c> this</c>

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new<00:15:06.539><c> commandment,</c><00:15:09.960><c> verse</c><00:15:10.220><c> 33.</c><00:15:11.179><c> Little</c><00:15:11.399><c> children,</c>

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yet<00:15:12.000><c> a</c><00:15:12.100><c> little</c><00:15:12.320><c> while</c><00:15:12.600><c> I</c><00:15:12.779><c> am</c><00:15:12.820><c> with</c><00:15:13.059><c> you,</c><00:15:13.259><c> ye</c><00:15:13.399><c> shall</c><00:15:13.580><c> seek</c><00:15:13.879><c> me.</c><00:15:14.080><c> And</c><00:15:14.179><c> as</c><00:15:14.320><c> I</c>

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said<00:15:14.620><c> unto</c><00:15:14.840><c> you,</c><00:15:15.279><c> unto</c><00:15:15.460><c> the</c><00:15:15.700><c> Jews,</c>

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whither<00:15:16.159><c> I</c><00:15:16.399><c> go</c><00:15:16.580><c> ye</c><00:15:16.759><c> cannot</c><00:15:17.039><c> come.</c><00:15:18.059><c> So</c><00:15:18.139><c> now</c><00:15:18.360><c> I</c><00:15:18.519><c> say</c><00:15:18.639><c> to</c><00:15:18.840><c> you,</c><00:15:19.559><c> a</c><00:15:19.720><c> new</c><00:15:19.899><c> commandment</c><00:15:20.419><c> I</c>

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says,<00:15:59.059><c> love</c><00:15:59.259><c> thy</c><00:15:59.519><c> neighbour</c><00:15:59.820><c> to</c><00:16:00.039><c> the</c><00:16:00.220><c> death</c><00:16:00.379><c> of</c><00:16:00.600><c> thyself.</c><00:16:03.379><c> That</c><00:16:03.519><c> ye</c>

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the<00:16:16.919><c> demand</c><00:16:17.399><c> of</c><00:16:17.980><c> the</c><00:16:18.179><c> old</c><00:16:18.419><c> law.</c><00:16:19.440><c> He</c><00:16:19.659><c> reinforces</c><00:16:20.440><c> it</c><00:16:21.080><c> and</c><00:16:21.580><c> he</c><00:16:21.960><c> increases</c><00:16:22.299><c> it</c>

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how<00:17:46.960><c> this</c><00:17:47.180><c> love</c><00:17:47.319><c> of</c><00:17:47.480><c> the</c><00:17:47.619><c> brethren</c><00:17:48.059><c> is</c><00:17:48.940><c> to</c><00:17:49.019><c> be</c>

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that<00:18:16.359><c> the</c><00:18:16.599><c> world</c><00:18:16.859><c> may</c><00:18:17.119><c> believe</c><00:18:17.799><c> that</c><00:18:18.839><c> thou</c><00:18:19.220><c> hast</c><00:18:19.619><c> sent</c><00:18:19.940><c> me.</c><00:18:20.980><c> So</c>

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once<00:18:21.480><c> again,</c><00:18:22.339><c> our</c><00:18:22.539><c> conclusion</c><00:18:22.920><c> must</c><00:18:23.240><c> be</c><00:18:23.900><c> that</c><00:18:24.359><c> this</c>

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manifestation<00:18:25.460><c> and</c><00:18:26.440><c> revelation</c><00:18:26.880><c> of</c><00:18:27.079><c> love</c><00:18:27.640><c> is</c><00:18:28.359><c> an</c><00:18:28.480><c> act</c><00:18:28.680><c> of</c><00:18:28.859><c> the</c>

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sentiment,<00:18:33.079><c> disposition,</c><00:18:34.279><c> appearance</c><00:18:34.819><c> or</c><00:18:35.460><c> temperament,</c>

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definitions<00:18:53.920><c> are</c><00:18:54.640><c> defined</c><00:18:54.980><c> by</c><00:18:55.279><c> the</c><00:18:55.440><c> Lord</c>

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and<00:18:56.900><c> by</c><00:18:57.200><c> his</c><00:18:57.359><c> actions.</c><00:18:58.680><c> So</c><00:18:58.880><c> we</c><00:18:59.019><c> must</c><00:18:59.240><c> follow</c><00:18:59.980><c> the</c><00:19:00.319><c> Lord.</c><00:19:01.599><c> He</c><00:19:01.740><c> is</c>

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the<00:19:02.119><c> way,</c><00:19:03.099><c> the</c><00:19:03.380><c> truth</c><00:19:03.920><c> and</c><00:19:05.039><c> the</c><00:19:05.259><c> life.</c><00:19:07.059><c> His</c><00:19:07.299><c> must</c>

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be<00:19:07.740><c> our</c><00:19:07.980><c> example</c><00:19:08.619><c> to</c><00:19:09.660><c> follow</c><00:19:10.099><c> and</c><00:19:11.480><c> in</c><00:19:11.700><c> following</c><00:19:11.940><c> that</c><00:19:12.220><c> example</c><00:19:12.779><c> we</c><00:19:13.880><c> will</c><00:19:14.160><c> manifest</c><00:19:14.599><c> the</c>

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my<00:21:41.779><c> dear</c><00:21:42.000><c> brethren</c><00:21:42.299><c> and</c><00:21:42.519><c> sisters,</c><00:21:43.559><c> will</c><00:21:43.700><c> lead</c><00:21:43.839><c> us</c><00:21:44.519><c> to</c><00:21:44.740><c> that</c><00:21:44.980><c> unity</c><00:21:45.519><c> with</c><00:21:46.559><c> our</c><00:21:46.799><c> Lord.</c><00:21:49.160><c> So</c>

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upon<00:23:35.180><c> the</c><00:23:35.380><c> laws</c><00:23:35.619><c> and</c><00:23:35.900><c> ordinances</c><00:23:36.299><c> and</c><00:23:36.579><c> commandments</c>

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of<00:23:38.079><c> God.</c><00:23:39.980><c> And</c><00:23:40.619><c> so</c><00:23:40.720><c> the</c><00:23:40.880><c> Lord</c><00:23:41.099><c> reveals</c><00:23:41.480><c> to</c><00:23:41.680><c> us</c><00:23:42.480><c> the</c><00:23:42.859><c> love</c><00:23:43.039><c> of</c><00:23:43.220><c> God</c>

00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:47.339
and<00:23:44.680><c> in</c><00:23:44.859><c> himself</c><00:23:45.359><c> that</c><00:23:45.759><c> self</c><00:23:46.119><c>-sacrificial</c><00:23:46.759><c> love</c>

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that<00:23:48.079><c> led</c><00:23:48.220><c> him</c><00:23:48.440><c> to</c><00:23:48.559><c> the</c><00:23:48.779><c> cross</c><00:23:49.460><c> for</c><00:23:50.220><c> us.</c><00:23:51.579><c> This</c><00:23:51.799><c> is</c><00:23:51.980><c> the</c><00:23:52.119><c> love</c><00:23:52.339><c> that</c><00:23:52.539><c> never</c><00:23:52.819><c> fails.</c><00:23:54.039><c> It</c>

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is<00:23:54.420><c> always</c><00:23:54.740><c> consistent,</c>

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dependable.<00:23:57.819><c> Let</c><00:23:58.460><c> us</c><00:23:58.599><c> put</c><00:23:58.759><c> it</c><00:23:58.880><c> into</c><00:23:59.119><c> practice</c><00:23:59.880><c> in</c><00:24:01.119><c> our</c><00:24:01.319><c> daily</c><00:24:01.599><c> lives.</c>

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The<00:24:07.359><c> Apostle</c><00:24:07.680><c> Paul</c><00:24:07.960><c> and</c><00:24:08.119><c> the</c><00:24:08.220><c> Apostle</c><00:24:08.559><c> Peter</c><00:24:09.039><c> and</c><00:24:10.000><c> many</c><00:24:10.259><c> others</c><00:24:10.559><c> of</c><00:24:10.700><c> the</c><00:24:10.880><c> Apostle</c><00:24:11.259><c> reveal</c><00:24:11.619><c> to</c><00:24:11.819><c> us</c>

00:24:12.579 --> 00:24:19.220
the<00:24:13.019><c> extent</c><00:24:13.480><c> of</c><00:24:13.759><c> their</c><00:24:14.319><c> love</c><00:24:15.000><c> for</c><00:24:15.759><c> the</c><00:24:15.920><c> Lord</c><00:24:16.240><c> who</c><00:24:16.440><c> gave</c><00:24:16.700><c> his</c><00:24:16.920><c> life</c><00:24:17.519><c> for</c><00:24:17.940><c> them.</c><00:24:18.740><c> Think</c><00:24:19.019><c> of</c>

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all<00:24:19.559><c> the</c><00:24:19.859><c> inconvenience</c>

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and<00:24:21.359><c> the</c><00:24:21.440><c> deprivation</c><00:24:22.420><c> and</c><00:24:23.099><c> the</c><00:24:23.359><c> suffering</c><00:24:23.779><c> and</c><00:24:24.559><c> the</c><00:24:24.759><c> tribulation</c><00:24:25.319><c> that</c>

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they<00:24:25.720><c> endured</c><00:24:26.440><c> that</c><00:24:27.180><c> they</c><00:24:27.420><c> might</c>

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manifest<00:24:28.220><c> that</c><00:24:28.480><c> love</c><00:24:29.099><c> to</c><00:24:29.920><c> the</c><00:24:30.160><c> world.</c><00:24:31.000><c> And</c><00:24:31.220><c> it</c><00:24:31.279><c> was</c><00:24:31.539><c> a</c><00:24:31.779><c> conscious</c><00:24:32.500><c> act</c><00:24:33.240><c> of</c>

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the<00:24:33.900><c> will</c><00:24:34.440><c> because</c><00:24:35.740><c> of</c><00:24:36.380><c> their</c><00:24:36.559><c> loyalty</c>

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to<00:24:38.420><c> their</c><00:24:38.660><c> Lord.</c><00:24:41.440><c> What</c><00:24:41.640><c> about</c><00:24:41.880><c> ourselves,</c><00:24:43.259><c> my</c><00:24:43.400><c> dear</c><00:24:43.599><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:24:44.059><c> sisters?</c><00:24:45.660><c> Are</c><00:24:45.900><c> we</c><00:24:46.000><c> going</c><00:24:46.119><c> to</c><00:24:46.319><c> rise</c><00:24:46.619><c> to</c>

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challenge<00:24:47.720><c> presented</c><00:24:48.940><c> to</c><00:24:49.220><c> us</c><00:24:49.440><c> by</c><00:24:49.700><c> those</c><00:24:50.019><c> who</c><00:24:50.160><c> have</c><00:24:50.319><c> gone</c><00:24:50.420><c> before?</c><00:24:53.099><c> Of</c>

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the<00:24:53.400><c> selfless</c><00:24:53.740><c> sacrifices</c><00:24:54.400><c> that</c><00:24:54.680><c> they</c><00:24:54.920><c> made,</c>

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that<00:24:56.660><c> this</c><00:24:56.799><c> word</c><00:24:56.980><c> of</c><00:24:57.119><c> God</c><00:24:57.299><c> might</c><00:24:57.559><c> come</c><00:24:57.759><c> to</c><00:24:57.940><c> us.</c><00:24:59.220><c> Of</c><00:24:59.740><c> the</c><00:24:59.920><c> selfless</c><00:25:00.279><c> sacrifice</c><00:25:01.099><c> that</c>

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the<00:25:02.519><c> Lord</c><00:25:02.720><c> God</c><00:25:02.920><c> made,</c>

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that<00:25:03.680><c> the</c><00:25:03.819><c> Lord</c><00:25:03.960><c> Jesus</c><00:25:04.359><c> Christ</c><00:25:04.720><c> made,</c><00:25:06.779><c> that</c><00:25:06.940><c> we</c><00:25:07.099><c> might</c><00:25:07.319><c> have</c>

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reconciliation<00:25:08.440><c> with</c><00:25:10.099><c> God.</c>

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The<00:25:14.819><c> ultimate</c><00:25:15.200><c> sacrifice,</c><00:25:17.839><c> would</c><00:25:17.920><c> we</c><00:25:18.160><c> make</c><00:25:18.319><c> it</c><00:25:19.400><c> as</c><00:25:20.039><c> the</c><00:25:20.220><c> Lord</c>

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made<00:25:20.680><c> it,</c><00:25:22.900><c> the</c><00:25:23.039><c> Apostle</c><00:25:23.420><c> Peter</c><00:25:23.680><c> made</c><00:25:23.920><c> it,</c>

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the<00:25:26.539><c> Apostle</c><00:25:26.940><c> Paul</c><00:25:27.180><c> made</c><00:25:27.420><c> it?</c><00:25:29.200><c> Greater</c><00:25:29.420><c> love</c><00:25:30.640><c> hath</c><00:25:31.099><c> no</c><00:25:31.279><c> man</c><00:25:31.400><c> than</c><00:25:31.680><c> this</c><00:25:32.579><c> that</c><00:25:33.799><c> a</c>

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man<00:25:34.059><c> lay</c><00:25:34.240><c> down</c><00:25:34.500><c> his</c><00:25:34.720><c> life</c><00:25:35.039><c> for</c><00:25:35.240><c> his</c>

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friends.<00:25:35.700><c> That's</c><00:25:36.039><c> a</c><00:25:36.180><c> supreme</c><00:25:36.519><c> test,</c><00:25:37.019><c> isn't</c><00:25:37.119><c> it,</c><00:25:38.000><c> as</c><00:25:38.220><c> to</c><00:25:38.339><c> whether</c><00:25:38.500><c> our</c>

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love<00:25:39.440><c> is</c><00:25:40.180><c> an</c><00:25:40.339><c> act</c><00:25:40.339><c> of</c><00:25:40.339><c> love</c><00:25:40.339><c> for</c><00:25:40.339><c> the</c><00:25:40.339><c> Lord.</c>

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It's<00:25:40.339><c> an</c><00:25:40.339><c> act</c><00:25:40.440><c> of</c><00:25:40.640><c> the</c><00:25:40.819><c> will.</c><00:25:45.660><c> I'd</c><00:25:45.839><c> like</c><00:25:45.839><c> to</c><00:25:45.960><c> tell</c><00:25:46.099><c> you</c><00:25:46.240><c> the</c><00:25:46.359><c> very</c><00:25:46.619><c> brief</c><00:25:46.839><c> story</c><00:25:47.559><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:48.559><c> brother</c><00:25:48.779><c> Albert</c><00:25:49.160><c> Metz.</c>

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He<00:25:51.720><c> lived</c><00:25:51.880><c> in</c><00:25:52.079><c> Germany</c><00:25:52.640><c> around</c><00:25:53.099><c> the</c><00:25:53.279><c> time</c><00:25:53.440><c> of</c><00:25:53.599><c> the</c><00:25:53.660><c> last</c><00:25:54.000><c> war.</c>

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And<00:25:56.500><c> I</c><00:25:56.579><c> visited</c><00:25:56.819><c> Germany</c><00:25:57.259><c> just</c><00:25:57.440><c> before</c><00:25:57.940><c> coming</c><00:25:58.279><c> out</c><00:25:58.500><c> to</c><00:25:58.640><c> Bible</c><00:25:58.940><c> school.</c>

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It's<00:26:01.000><c> a</c><00:26:01.059><c> very</c><00:26:01.279><c> pleasant</c><00:26:01.539><c> country</c><00:26:02.059><c> with</c><00:26:03.079><c> picturesque</c><00:26:03.720><c> villages</c><00:26:04.119><c> along</c>

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the<00:26:04.660><c> Rhine,</c><00:26:06.119><c> with</c><00:26:06.220><c> the</c><00:26:06.380><c> beauty</c><00:26:06.640><c> of</c><00:26:06.819><c> the</c><00:26:06.940><c> hills</c><00:26:07.180><c> and</c><00:26:07.359><c> the</c><00:26:07.519><c> valleys</c><00:26:07.680><c> and</c>

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the<00:26:08.079><c> trees.</c>

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It<00:26:09.880><c> seems</c><00:26:10.259><c> strange</c><00:26:10.859><c> to</c><00:26:11.140><c> think</c><00:26:11.440><c> that</c><00:26:11.779><c> that</c><00:26:12.000><c> country</c><00:26:12.660><c> could</c><00:26:14.559><c> have</c><00:26:14.759><c> contained</c><00:26:15.160><c> within</c><00:26:15.400><c> it,</c>

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in<00:26:15.740><c> its</c><00:26:16.000><c> past,</c>

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such<00:26:16.980><c> horrors</c><00:26:18.299><c> and</c><00:26:18.779><c> such</c><00:26:19.019><c> desolation</c><00:26:20.480><c> and</c><00:26:21.640><c> such</c><00:26:21.900><c> crimes</c><00:26:22.299><c> as</c>

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the<00:26:22.660><c> concentration</c><00:26:23.240><c> camp</c>

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and<00:26:26.019><c> all</c><00:26:26.200><c> those</c><00:26:26.400><c> who</c><00:26:26.680><c> died</c><00:26:27.380><c> within</c><00:26:28.279><c> those</c><00:26:28.599><c> camps.</c><00:26:29.480><c> Six</c><00:26:29.660><c> million,</c><00:26:31.119><c> they</c><00:26:31.460><c> say.</c>

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Not<00:26:35.140><c> often</c><00:26:35.440><c> known</c><00:26:35.740><c> that</c><00:26:35.920><c> there</c><00:26:36.039><c> were</c><00:26:36.380><c> also</c><00:26:37.079><c> about</c><00:26:37.619><c> one</c><00:26:37.759><c> and</c><00:26:37.940><c> a</c>

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half<00:26:38.160><c> million</c><00:26:38.480><c> children</c><00:26:39.700><c> who</c><00:26:40.460><c> perished</c><00:26:40.700><c> in</c><00:26:40.880><c> those</c><00:26:41.119><c> camps.</c>

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If<00:26:43.859><c> you</c><00:26:43.940><c> go</c><00:26:44.079><c> to</c><00:26:44.259><c> Jerusalem</c><00:26:44.740><c> and</c><00:26:44.940><c> go</c><00:26:45.059><c> to</c><00:26:45.220><c> the</c><00:26:45.359><c> Yad</c><00:26:45.599><c> Vashin</c><00:26:46.019><c> monument,</c><00:26:46.819><c> the</c>

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monument<00:26:47.339><c> to</c><00:26:47.519><c> the</c><00:26:47.660><c> Holocaust,</c>

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in<00:26:49.480><c> there,</c><00:26:49.680><c> there</c><00:26:49.839><c> are</c><00:26:50.039><c> scenes</c><00:26:50.380><c> that</c><00:26:50.519><c> are</c><00:26:50.779><c> absolutely</c><00:26:51.160><c> unbelievable.</c>

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It's<00:26:53.240><c> difficult</c><00:26:53.619><c> to</c><00:26:53.920><c> walk</c><00:26:54.099><c> through</c><00:26:54.400><c> that</c><00:26:54.680><c> museum</c><00:26:55.359><c> without</c><00:26:55.900><c> being</c><00:26:56.279><c> moved</c><00:26:56.539><c> to</c>

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tears<00:26:57.460><c> at</c><00:26:57.980><c> what</c><00:26:58.140><c> you</c><00:26:58.440><c> see.</c>

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Just<00:27:00.019><c> a</c><00:27:00.099><c> little</c><00:27:00.279><c> pair</c><00:27:00.500><c> of</c><00:27:00.759><c> shoes,</c><00:27:02.420><c> all</c><00:27:02.740><c> that</c><00:27:02.859><c> is</c><00:27:03.039><c> left</c><00:27:03.680><c> of</c><00:27:04.740><c> a</c><00:27:04.859><c> little</c><00:27:04.980><c> boy</c><00:27:05.140><c> or</c>

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girl<00:27:05.779><c> who</c><00:27:06.019><c> are</c><00:27:06.200><c> gone.</c>

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Gone<00:27:08.359><c> forever.</c>

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It<00:27:11.059><c> was</c><00:27:11.140><c> in</c><00:27:11.259><c> this</c><00:27:11.519><c> world</c><00:27:12.460><c> that</c><00:27:13.339><c> our</c><00:27:13.420><c> brother</c><00:27:13.680><c> Albert</c><00:27:14.000><c> Metz</c><00:27:14.460><c> lived.</c>

00:27:16.160 --> 00:27:22.500
He<00:27:16.160><c> was</c><00:27:16.279><c> baptised</c><00:27:16.859><c> in</c><00:27:17.640><c> 1935,</c><00:27:19.740><c> formerly</c><00:27:19.980><c> a</c><00:27:20.220><c> Catholic,</c><00:27:21.619><c> and</c><00:27:21.779><c> became</c><00:27:22.039><c> part</c><00:27:22.339><c> of</c>

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that<00:27:22.720><c> small</c><00:27:23.059><c> group</c><00:27:23.319><c> of</c><00:27:23.519><c> brethren</c><00:27:23.700><c> and</c><00:27:23.920><c> sisters</c>

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:28.319
that<00:27:25.599><c> lived</c><00:27:25.720><c> over</c><00:27:26.039><c> there</c><00:27:26.240><c> in</c><00:27:26.359><c> that</c><00:27:26.619><c> small</c><00:27:26.960><c> land.</c>

00:27:29.619 --> 00:27:32.880
But<00:27:29.799><c> then</c><00:27:29.960><c> came</c><00:27:30.200><c> the</c><00:27:30.400><c> war</c><00:27:30.940><c> in</c><00:27:31.359><c> 1939.</c>

00:27:35.099 --> 00:27:38.539
Brother<00:27:35.259><c> Albert</c><00:27:35.500><c> Metz,</c><00:27:35.839><c> of</c><00:27:36.039><c> course,</c><00:27:36.380><c> was</c><00:27:36.539><c> asked</c><00:27:36.779><c> to</c><00:27:37.059><c> serve</c><00:27:37.720><c> in</c>

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:39.720
the<00:27:38.759><c> army,</c>

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but<00:27:41.140><c> he</c><00:27:41.380><c> refused</c><00:27:41.700><c> to</c><00:27:41.920><c> be</c><00:27:42.119><c> conscripted</c><00:27:43.079><c> by</c><00:27:43.740><c> the</c><00:27:43.900><c> Nazi</c><00:27:44.220><c> war</c><00:27:44.519><c> machine.</c>

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His<00:27:45.380><c> loyalty</c><00:27:45.680><c> to</c><00:27:45.880><c> Christ</c><00:27:46.440><c> was</c><00:27:47.700><c> greater</c><00:27:48.039><c> than</c><00:27:48.359><c> his</c><00:27:48.660><c> loyalty</c><00:27:48.940><c> to</c>

00:27:49.140 --> 00:27:50.319
the<00:27:49.339><c> state.</c>

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For<00:27:51.000><c> two</c><00:27:51.319><c> years,</c><00:27:52.859><c> he</c><00:27:52.940><c> was</c><00:27:53.079><c> in</c><00:27:53.220><c> a</c><00:27:53.359><c> concentration</c><00:27:53.920><c> camp.</c>

00:27:54.960 --> 00:28:00.259
He<00:27:55.099><c> was</c><00:27:55.279><c> punished,</c><00:27:56.440><c> he</c><00:27:56.539><c> was</c><00:27:56.779><c> tortured,</c><00:27:58.519><c> he</c><00:27:58.599><c> was</c><00:27:58.839><c> maltreated.</c>

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Sometimes,<00:28:02.039><c> my</c><00:28:02.119><c> dear</c><00:28:02.259><c> brethren</c><00:28:02.400><c> and</c><00:28:02.559><c> sisters,</c><00:28:02.700><c> we</c><00:28:02.859><c> do</c><00:28:03.099><c> not</c><00:28:03.339><c> know</c><00:28:04.420><c> what</c><00:28:04.880><c> our</c><00:28:05.140><c> fellow</c><00:28:05.400><c> brethren</c><00:28:05.700><c> and</c><00:28:05.880><c> sisters</c><00:28:06.059><c> have</c><00:28:06.299><c> to</c>

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endure<00:28:06.799><c> for</c><00:28:07.039><c> their</c><00:28:07.319><c> faith.</c>

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The<00:28:09.420><c> selflessness</c><00:28:10.019><c> and</c><00:28:11.039><c> the</c><00:28:11.259><c> sacrificial</c><00:28:11.680><c> love</c><00:28:11.960><c> that</c><00:28:12.140><c> they</c>

00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:16.299
show<00:28:12.980><c> in</c><00:28:14.039><c> the</c><00:28:14.180><c> most</c><00:28:14.359><c> horrendous</c><00:28:14.799><c> of</c><00:28:15.119><c> circumstances.</c>

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And<00:28:17.559><c> perhaps</c><00:28:17.799><c> it</c><00:28:17.960><c> should</c><00:28:18.119><c> make</c><00:28:18.319><c> our</c><00:28:18.619><c> problems</c><00:28:19.019><c> and</c><00:28:19.259><c> our</c><00:28:19.440><c> tribulations</c><00:28:20.259><c> and</c>

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our<00:28:21.059><c> difficulties</c><00:28:21.559><c> great</c>

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and<00:28:22.619><c> perhaps</c><00:28:22.960><c> sorrowful</c><00:28:23.339><c> and</c><00:28:23.559><c> tragic</c><00:28:23.799><c> though</c><00:28:24.019><c> they</c><00:28:24.220><c> may</c><00:28:24.519><c> be,</c>

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assume<00:28:26.200><c> a</c><00:28:26.400><c> true</c><00:28:26.539><c> and</c><00:28:26.759><c> proper</c><00:28:26.980><c> proportion.</c>

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Well,<00:28:30.519><c> after</c><00:28:30.680><c> two</c><00:28:30.880><c> years</c><00:28:31.079><c> in</c><00:28:31.220><c> the</c><00:28:31.420><c> concentration</c><00:28:31.980><c> camp,</c>

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Brother<00:28:34.319><c> Albert</c><00:28:34.539><c> Metz</c><00:28:34.980><c> was</c><00:28:35.240><c> faced</c><00:28:35.460><c> with</c><00:28:35.660><c> a</c><00:28:35.819><c> choice</c><00:28:36.420><c> from</c><00:28:36.920><c> the</c>

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German<00:28:37.319><c> high</c><00:28:37.599><c> command.</c>

00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:43.460
He<00:28:39.259><c> was</c><00:28:39.460><c> either</c><00:28:39.559><c> to</c><00:28:39.759><c> serve</c><00:28:40.079><c> in</c><00:28:40.240><c> the</c><00:28:40.359><c> German</c><00:28:40.619><c> army</c><00:28:41.319><c> or</c><00:28:43.220><c> he</c><00:28:43.299><c> was</c>

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to<00:28:43.559><c> be</c><00:28:43.740><c> executed.</c>

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And<00:28:44.720><c> he</c><00:28:46.900><c> wrote</c><00:28:47.099><c> two</c><00:28:47.299><c> letters</c><00:28:47.960><c> to</c><00:28:49.660><c> that</c><00:28:49.880><c> small</c><00:28:50.180><c> group</c><00:28:50.440><c> of</c><00:28:50.660><c> brethren</c><00:28:50.799><c> and</c>

00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:53.099
sisters<00:28:51.420><c> in</c><00:28:52.079><c> the</c><00:28:52.160><c> land</c><00:28:52.339><c> of</c><00:28:52.519><c> Germany.</c>

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And<00:28:53.599><c> it's</c><00:28:53.839><c> those</c><00:28:54.000><c> two</c><00:28:54.180><c> letters</c><00:28:54.759><c> that</c><00:28:55.400><c> I</c><00:28:55.480><c> would</c><00:28:55.619><c> like</c><00:28:55.759><c> to</c><00:28:55.920><c> read</c>

00:28:56.099 --> 00:28:58.900
to<00:28:56.259><c> you</c><00:28:56.940><c> by</c><00:28:57.279><c> way</c><00:28:57.480><c> of</c><00:28:57.819><c> conclusion.</c>

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Military<00:29:02.579><c> prison,</c><00:29:03.339><c> Berlin,</c><00:29:04.759><c> 23rd</c><00:29:05.259><c> of</c><00:29:05.380><c> February</c><00:29:05.660><c> 1941.</c>

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To<00:29:08.740><c> all</c><00:29:08.940><c> my</c><00:29:09.160><c> dear</c><00:29:09.400><c> brethren</c><00:29:09.700><c> and</c><00:29:10.019><c> sisters,</c>

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It<00:29:11.980><c> is</c><00:29:12.220><c> hard</c><00:29:12.460><c> for</c><00:29:12.619><c> me</c><00:29:12.720><c> to</c><00:29:12.900><c> write</c><00:29:13.099><c> to</c><00:29:13.240><c> you</c><00:29:13.400><c> today.</c>

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Not<00:29:15.559><c> on</c><00:29:15.779><c> my</c><00:29:15.900><c> own</c><00:29:16.099><c> account,</c><00:29:17.339><c> but</c><00:29:17.460><c> because</c><00:29:17.759><c> I</c><00:29:17.960><c> know</c><00:29:18.119><c> this</c><00:29:18.359><c> letter</c>

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will<00:29:18.880><c> cause</c><00:29:19.079><c> you</c><00:29:19.359><c> grief.</c>

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So<00:29:21.579><c> I</c><00:29:21.720><c> beg</c><00:29:21.839><c> you</c><00:29:22.039><c> not</c><00:29:22.220><c> to</c><00:29:22.420><c> take</c><00:29:22.519><c> it</c><00:29:22.700><c> too</c><00:29:23.039><c> hard.</c>

00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:27.220
You<00:29:24.779><c> all</c><00:29:25.000><c> know</c><00:29:25.180><c> my</c><00:29:25.420><c> beliefs</c><00:29:25.799><c> and</c><00:29:26.059><c> my</c><00:29:26.299><c> hope.</c>

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For<00:29:28.299><c> me</c><00:29:28.519><c> to</c><00:29:28.740><c> live</c><00:29:28.880><c> is</c><00:29:29.119><c> Christ</c><00:29:29.599><c> and</c><00:29:29.839><c> to</c><00:29:30.059><c> die</c><00:29:30.359><c> is</c><00:29:30.720><c> gain.</c>

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So<00:29:32.440><c> do</c><00:29:32.660><c> not</c><00:29:32.799><c> weep</c><00:29:33.099><c> over</c><00:29:33.299><c> me,</c><00:29:34.700><c> even</c><00:29:34.819><c> if</c><00:29:35.539><c> the</c><00:29:35.720><c> supreme</c><00:29:36.160><c> punishment</c><00:29:36.700><c> comes</c><00:29:37.019><c> upon</c><00:29:37.339><c> me.</c>

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But<00:29:38.640><c> rather</c><00:29:38.880><c> be</c><00:29:39.160><c> strong</c><00:29:39.480><c> and</c><00:29:39.680><c> of</c><00:29:39.839><c> good</c><00:29:40.079><c> courage.</c>

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As<00:29:42.440><c> I</c><00:29:42.599><c> have</c><00:29:42.740><c> been</c><00:29:43.039><c> condemned</c><00:29:43.400><c> to</c><00:29:43.619><c> death</c><00:29:44.220><c> and</c><00:29:44.819><c> am</c><00:29:44.940><c> to</c><00:29:45.079><c> be</c><00:29:45.279><c> executed,</c>

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the<00:29:47.460><c> life</c><00:29:47.720><c> which</c><00:29:47.960><c> within</c><00:29:48.200><c> me</c><00:29:48.480><c> took</c><00:29:48.640><c> a</c><00:29:48.839><c> visible</c><00:29:49.099><c> form</c><00:29:49.680><c> will</c><00:29:50.599><c> return</c><00:29:50.920><c> to</c>

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its<00:29:51.380><c> source</c>

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and<00:29:51.839><c> then</c><00:29:52.000><c> at</c><00:29:52.160><c> the</c><00:29:52.319><c> appointed</c><00:29:52.660><c> time</c><00:29:53.539><c> will</c><00:29:54.200><c> again</c><00:29:54.539><c> take</c><00:29:54.799><c> on</c>

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this<00:29:55.240><c> form.</c>

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If<00:29:57.599><c> my</c><00:29:57.940><c> time</c><00:29:58.160><c> is</c><00:29:58.380><c> now</c><00:29:58.539><c> at</c><00:29:58.680><c> an</c><00:29:58.799><c> end</c><00:29:58.940><c> and</c><00:29:59.059><c> I</c><00:29:59.220><c> must</c><00:29:59.420><c> die,</c>

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then<00:30:00.720><c> remember</c><00:30:01.720><c> it</c><00:30:02.579><c> is</c><00:30:02.779><c> appointed</c><00:30:03.119><c> unto</c><00:30:03.359><c> men</c><00:30:03.640><c> once</c><00:30:03.960><c> to</c><00:30:04.180><c> die</c>

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and<00:30:05.279><c> after</c><00:30:05.579><c> this</c><00:30:05.799><c> the</c><00:30:06.000><c> judgment.</c>

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Tomorrow<00:30:08.759><c> I</c><00:30:08.960><c> will</c><00:30:09.200><c> submit</c><00:30:09.480><c> a</c><00:30:09.640><c> petition</c><00:30:10.019><c> for</c><00:30:10.319><c> mercy.</c>

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Perhaps<00:30:12.279><c> the</c><00:30:12.579><c> court</c><00:30:12.819><c> will</c><00:30:13.079><c> yet</c><00:30:13.259><c> show</c><00:30:13.480><c> mercy</c><00:30:13.859><c> towards</c><00:30:14.279><c> me.</c>

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And<00:30:15.779><c> even</c><00:30:15.900><c> if</c><00:30:16.140><c> not,</c><00:30:17.400><c> I</c><00:30:17.599><c> still</c><00:30:17.859><c> hope</c><00:30:18.059><c> to</c><00:30:18.240><c> be</c><00:30:18.400><c> allowed</c><00:30:18.640><c> to</c><00:30:18.839><c> write</c>

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to<00:30:19.180><c> you</c><00:30:19.279><c> once</c><00:30:19.680><c> more.</c>

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Think<00:30:21.819><c> of</c><00:30:21.940><c> me</c><00:30:22.099><c> in</c><00:30:22.279><c> your</c><00:30:22.519><c> prayers.</c>

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And<00:30:24.519><c> now</c><00:30:24.720><c> I</c><00:30:24.839><c> will</c><00:30:25.119><c> close</c><00:30:25.400><c> in</c><00:30:25.680><c> confidence</c><00:30:26.079><c> in</c><00:30:26.400><c> God</c><00:30:27.039><c> and</c><00:30:27.720><c> His</c><00:30:27.920><c> Kingdom</c>

00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:35.000
and<00:30:29.700><c> greet</c><00:30:29.880><c> you</c><00:30:30.039><c> with</c><00:30:30.240><c> all</c><00:30:30.420><c> my</c><00:30:30.700><c> heart,</c><00:30:32.160><c> yours,</c><00:30:34.000><c> Albert.</c>

00:30:36.460 --> 00:30:40.480
His<00:30:36.779><c> plea</c><00:30:36.940><c> for</c><00:30:37.160><c> mercy</c><00:30:37.740><c> was</c><00:30:38.940><c> turned</c><00:30:39.299><c> down</c><00:30:39.579><c> by</c><00:30:39.819><c> the</c><00:30:40.059><c> court</c>

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and<00:30:41.319><c> he</c><00:30:41.559><c> wrote</c><00:30:42.279><c> the</c><00:30:43.259><c> following</c><00:30:43.599><c> letter</c><00:30:44.319><c> the</c><00:30:44.880><c> night</c><00:30:45.039><c> before</c>

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his<00:30:45.619><c> execution.</c>

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3rd<00:30:48.579><c> April</c><00:30:49.000><c> 1941.</c>

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To<00:30:51.940><c> all</c><00:30:52.160><c> my</c><00:30:52.359><c> dear</c><00:30:52.539><c> brethren</c><00:30:52.859><c> and</c><00:30:53.160><c> sisters,</c>

00:30:54.660 --> 00:30:57.559
I<00:30:55.180><c> should</c><00:30:55.359><c> like</c><00:30:55.599><c> to</c><00:30:55.819><c> employ</c><00:30:56.059><c> my</c><00:30:56.339><c> last</c><00:30:56.660><c> hours</c><00:30:56.920><c> in</c><00:30:57.160><c> writing</c><00:30:57.339><c> to</c>

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you<00:30:57.660><c> once</c><00:30:58.019><c> more</c>

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and<00:30:59.740><c> at</c><00:30:59.819><c> the</c><00:31:00.000><c> same</c><00:31:00.259><c> time</c><00:31:00.519><c> asking</c><00:31:00.819><c> you</c><00:31:01.079><c> not</c><00:31:01.240><c> to</c><00:31:01.440><c> take</c><00:31:01.539><c> it</c><00:31:01.720><c> too</c><00:31:02.079><c> hard,</c>

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for<00:31:03.240><c> it</c><00:31:03.420><c> is</c><00:31:03.579><c> God's</c><00:31:03.960><c> will.</c>

00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:11.900
John<00:31:05.400><c> 19</c><00:31:05.859><c> verse</c><00:31:06.140><c> 7,</c><00:31:07.339><c> Romans</c><00:31:07.460><c> 14</c><00:31:08.000><c> verse</c><00:31:08.279><c> 7,</c><00:31:08.859><c> Romans</c><00:31:09.039><c> 8,</c><00:31:10.220><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:10.559><c> 59.</c>

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At<00:31:13.119><c> 5</c><00:31:13.359><c>.30am</c><00:31:14.000><c> on</c><00:31:14.279><c> Friday</c><00:31:14.579><c> morning,</c><00:31:15.019><c> 4th</c><00:31:15.259><c> April,</c>

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my<00:31:16.940><c> course</c><00:31:17.180><c> is</c><00:31:17.440><c> finished</c><00:31:17.779><c> and</c><00:31:18.019><c> so</c><00:31:18.240><c> my</c><00:31:18.480><c> struggle</c><00:31:18.779><c> is</c><00:31:18.980><c> at</c><00:31:19.140><c> an</c><00:31:19.279><c> end.</c>

00:31:20.359 --> 00:31:24.859
My<00:31:20.839><c> last</c><00:31:21.220><c> wish</c><00:31:21.660><c> is</c><00:31:22.640><c> that</c><00:31:22.759><c> you</c><00:31:22.960><c> may</c><00:31:23.160><c> live</c><00:31:23.299><c> in</c><00:31:23.619><c> peace</c>

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:29.299
and<00:31:25.460><c> take</c><00:31:25.680><c> care</c><00:31:26.019><c> that</c><00:31:26.259><c> none</c><00:31:26.420><c> may</c><00:31:26.660><c> be</c><00:31:26.859><c> lost</c><00:31:27.660><c> to</c><00:31:28.160><c> Timothy.</c>

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Oh<00:31:30.799><c> my</c><00:31:30.980><c> dear</c><00:31:31.200><c> ones,</c><00:31:31.559><c> if</c><00:31:31.720><c> only</c><00:31:31.920><c> I</c><00:31:32.099><c> could</c><00:31:32.299><c> write</c><00:31:32.680><c> down</c>

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all<00:31:33.799><c> the</c><00:31:34.000><c> thousands</c><00:31:34.339><c> of</c><00:31:34.640><c> things</c><00:31:34.859><c> I</c><00:31:35.079><c> have</c><00:31:35.240><c> said</c><00:31:35.420><c> to</c><00:31:35.640><c> you</c><00:31:35.759><c> in</c>

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silent<00:31:36.359><c> conversation</c>

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and<00:31:38.200><c> that</c><00:31:38.319><c> I</c><00:31:38.480><c> am</c><00:31:38.660><c> still</c><00:31:38.980><c> saying.</c>

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But<00:31:41.160><c> you</c><00:31:41.279><c> can</c><00:31:41.500><c> learn</c><00:31:41.700><c> much</c><00:31:41.980><c> from</c><00:31:42.259><c> Holy</c><00:31:42.519><c> Scripture,</c>

00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:45.980
especially<00:31:44.460><c> from</c><00:31:44.700><c> the</c><00:31:44.819><c> letters</c><00:31:45.019><c> of</c><00:31:45.240><c> the</c><00:31:45.400><c> apostles,</c>

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from<00:31:46.819><c> the</c><00:31:46.980><c> words</c><00:31:47.220><c> of</c><00:31:47.420><c> Jesus</c><00:31:47.779><c> before</c><00:31:48.160><c> his</c><00:31:48.400><c> death,</c><00:31:48.779><c> recorded</c><00:31:49.119><c> in</c><00:31:49.460><c> John.</c>

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And<00:31:51.339><c> I</c><00:31:51.539><c> hope</c><00:31:51.740><c> that</c><00:31:51.920><c> I</c><00:31:52.039><c> shall</c><00:31:52.200><c> see</c><00:31:52.400><c> you</c><00:31:52.619><c> all</c><00:31:52.759><c> again</c><00:31:53.140><c> after</c><00:31:53.440><c> my</c><00:31:53.759><c> awakening.</c>

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So<00:31:56.700><c> I</c><00:31:56.859><c> will</c><00:31:57.140><c> close</c><00:31:57.420><c> now</c><00:31:57.740><c> and</c><00:31:57.880><c> you</c><00:31:58.000><c> will</c><00:31:58.220><c> understand</c><00:31:58.640><c> why.</c>

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I<00:32:00.599><c> have</c><00:32:00.799><c> not</c><00:32:00.980><c> written</c><00:32:01.220><c> more,</c><00:32:01.599><c> it</c><00:32:01.740><c> would</c><00:32:01.920><c> be</c><00:32:02.079><c> too</c><00:32:02.359><c> much.</c>

00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:09.420
I<00:32:04.180><c> send</c><00:32:04.460><c> you</c><00:32:05.299><c> my</c><00:32:05.599><c> sincere</c><00:32:06.079><c> greetings,</c><00:32:08.400><c> Albert.</c>

00:32:10.579 --> 00:32:13.019
Greetings<00:32:10.920><c> also</c><00:32:11.420><c> to</c><00:32:11.660><c> all</c><00:32:11.900><c> the</c><00:32:12.019><c> brethren</c><00:32:12.279><c> and</c><00:32:12.440><c> sisters</c>

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and<00:32:13.619><c> to</c><00:32:13.779><c> all</c><00:32:13.980><c> my</c><00:32:14.200><c> friends.</c>

00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:19.259
The<00:32:15.960><c> grace</c><00:32:16.200><c> of</c><00:32:16.400><c> the</c><00:32:16.500><c> Lord</c><00:32:16.680><c> Jesus</c><00:32:17.039><c> Christ</c><00:32:17.460><c> be</c><00:32:17.640><c> with</c><00:32:17.799><c> you</c><00:32:18.059><c> all.</c>

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:23.460
Whatever<00:32:20.099><c> you</c><00:32:20.299><c> may</c><00:32:20.579><c> be,</c><00:32:21.799><c> be</c><00:32:21.940><c> that</c><00:32:22.259><c> completely.</c>

00:32:24.619 --> 00:32:26.660
Not<00:32:24.839><c> only</c><00:32:25.099><c> the</c><00:32:25.359><c> bright</c><00:32:25.559><c> blossom,</c>

00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:32.680
but<00:32:27.500><c> also</c><00:32:27.859><c> the</c><00:32:28.079><c> simple</c><00:32:28.440><c> leaf</c><00:32:29.079><c> is</c><00:32:30.400><c> important</c><00:32:31.019><c> in</c><00:32:31.240><c> the</c><00:32:31.420><c> wreath.</c>

00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:34.619
Amen.

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Precious<00:32:36.680><c> in</c><00:32:36.839><c> the</c><00:32:36.980><c> sight</c><00:32:37.140><c> of</c><00:32:37.319><c> the</c><00:32:37.480><c> Lord</c>

00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:42.160
is<00:32:39.900><c> the</c><00:32:40.059><c> death</c><00:32:40.240><c> of</c><00:32:40.440><c> his</c><00:32:40.599><c> saints.</c>

00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:47.559
Blessed<00:32:43.480><c> are</c><00:32:43.700><c> the</c><00:32:43.859><c> dead</c><00:32:44.599><c> that</c><00:32:45.680><c> die</c><00:32:45.900><c> in</c><00:32:46.079><c> the</c><00:32:46.259><c> Lord.</c>

00:32:48.359 --> 00:32:49.880
Our<00:32:48.519><c> brother</c><00:32:48.740><c> Albert,</c>

00:32:51.259 --> 00:32:55.059
the<00:32:51.420><c> brethren</c><00:32:51.619><c> and</c><00:32:51.819><c> sisters</c><00:32:51.960><c> that</c><00:32:52.180><c> we</c><00:32:53.000><c> have</c><00:32:53.240><c> known</c><00:32:53.480><c> amongst</c><00:32:53.880><c> us,</c>

00:32:56.380 --> 00:32:58.180
the<00:32:56.539><c> brethren</c><00:32:56.759><c> and</c><00:32:56.920><c> sisters</c><00:32:57.019><c> that</c><00:32:57.200><c> were</c><00:32:57.380><c> here</c><00:32:57.579><c> last</c><00:32:57.839><c> year</c><00:32:58.059><c> at</c>

00:32:58.180 --> 00:32:59.619
Bible<00:32:58.519><c> school</c>

00:32:59.839 --> 00:33:02.660
but<00:33:00.279><c> have</c><00:33:00.440><c> now</c><00:33:00.640><c> fallen</c><00:33:00.859><c> asleep</c><00:33:01.240><c> in</c><00:33:01.500><c> Christ.</c>

00:33:03.839 --> 00:33:06.900
True<00:33:04.279><c> then,</c><00:33:05.420><c> still</c><00:33:05.599><c> true</c><00:33:05.799><c> today,</c>

00:33:07.380 --> 00:33:09.599
and<00:33:07.819><c> true</c><00:33:08.079><c> forevermore.</c>

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Until<00:33:10.339><c> the</c><00:33:11.359><c> trump</c><00:33:11.579><c> of</c><00:33:11.839><c> God</c><00:33:12.099><c> be</c><00:33:12.400><c> heard,</c>

00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:16.599
until<00:33:14.240><c> the</c><00:33:14.460><c> ancient</c><00:33:14.819><c> graves</c><00:33:15.259><c> be</c><00:33:15.599><c> stirred,</c>

00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:19.819
and<00:33:17.539><c> with</c><00:33:17.740><c> the</c><00:33:17.900><c> great</c><00:33:18.160><c> commanding</c><00:33:18.759><c> word,</c>

00:33:20.380 --> 00:33:22.480
the<00:33:20.660><c> Lord</c><00:33:21.019><c> shall</c><00:33:21.279><c> come.</c>

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:30.819
Let<00:33:25.839><c> us</c><00:33:25.960><c> conclude</c><00:33:26.339><c> with</c><00:33:26.599><c> prayer</c><00:33:27.140><c> after</c><00:33:27.700><c> singing</c><00:33:28.599><c> hymn</c><00:33:29.140><c> 184.</c>

00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:41.819
We<00:33:39.680><c> praise</c><00:33:40.059><c> thee,</c><00:33:40.339><c> heavenly</c><00:33:40.680><c> Father.</c>

00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:45.420
We<00:33:42.319><c> thank</c><00:33:42.500><c> thee,</c><00:33:42.720><c> Lord,</c><00:33:43.079><c> that</c><00:33:43.380><c> still</c><00:33:43.640><c> the</c><00:33:43.819><c> word</c><00:33:44.000><c> of</c><00:33:44.160><c> thy</c><00:33:44.359><c> salvation</c>

00:33:45.420 --> 00:33:48.019
works<00:33:46.099><c> out</c><00:33:46.420><c> thy</c><00:33:46.660><c> sovereign</c><00:33:47.079><c> will.</c>

00:33:48.599 --> 00:33:51.259
What<00:33:48.720><c> though</c><00:33:48.960><c> we</c><00:33:49.220><c> walk</c><00:33:49.420><c> in</c><00:33:49.660><c> weakness,</c>

00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:53.900
thy<00:33:51.900><c> strength</c><00:33:52.279><c> shall</c><00:33:52.480><c> be</c><00:33:52.700><c> our</c><00:33:53.000><c> stay.</c>

00:33:54.579 --> 00:33:58.220
Undaunted<00:33:54.940><c> by</c><00:33:55.240><c> the</c><00:33:55.460><c> darkness,</c><00:33:56.880><c> we</c><00:33:57.039><c> wait</c><00:33:57.299><c> the</c><00:33:57.500><c> coming</c><00:33:57.779><c> day.</c>

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Hymn<00:33:58.779><c> 184.</c>

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Hymn<00:34:19.159><c> 184.</c>

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Hymn<00:34:20.039><c> 184.</c>

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Hymn<00:34:20.139><c> 184.</c>

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We<00:34:21.239><c> praise</c><00:34:22.739><c> thee,</c><00:34:23.880><c> heavenly</c><00:34:25.179><c> Father.</c>

00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:35.059
We<00:34:29.820><c> thank</c><00:34:30.599><c> thee,</c><00:34:32.159><c> Lord,</c><00:34:32.860><c> that</c><00:34:33.539><c> still</c>

00:34:35.059 --> 00:34:42.219
the<00:34:37.019><c> word</c><00:34:38.039><c> of</c><00:34:38.739><c> thy</c><00:34:39.699><c> salvation</c>

00:34:42.219 --> 00:34:50.760
works<00:34:44.360><c> out</c><00:34:45.559><c> thy</c><00:34:46.360><c> sovereign</c><00:34:48.260><c> will.</c>

00:34:51.300 --> 00:34:58.440
What<00:34:52.079><c> though</c><00:34:52.960><c> we</c><00:34:53.800><c> walk</c><00:34:54.679><c> in</c><00:34:56.199><c> weakness,</c>

00:34:58.440 --> 00:35:06.059
thy<00:35:00.039><c> strength</c><00:35:01.059><c> shall</c><00:35:01.920><c> be</c><00:35:03.239><c> our</c><00:35:03.840><c> stay.</c>

00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:13.940
Undaunted<00:35:08.900><c> by</c><00:35:10.159><c> the</c><00:35:11.300><c> darkness,</c>

00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:22.579
we<00:35:16.079><c> wait</c><00:35:16.880><c> the</c><00:35:17.960><c> coming</c><00:35:20.139><c> day.</c>

00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:30.579
We<00:35:24.920><c> thank</c><00:35:26.239><c> thee,</c><00:35:27.260><c> Lord,</c><00:35:27.780><c> that</c><00:35:29.360><c> still</c>

00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:35.820
the<00:35:31.500><c> word</c><00:35:31.500><c> of</c><00:35:33.280><c> thy</c><00:35:33.280><c> salvation</c>

00:35:35.820 --> 00:35:37.599
works<00:35:35.820><c> out</c><00:35:35.820><c> thy</c><00:35:37.099><c> sovereign</c><00:35:37.099><c> will.</c>

00:35:53.320 --> 00:35:54.039
We<00:35:54.039><c> thank</c><00:35:54.039><c> thee,</c><00:35:54.039><c> Lord,</c><00:35:54.039><c> that</c><00:35:54.039><c> still</c>

00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:55.460
works<00:35:54.039><c> out</c><00:35:54.039><c> thy</c><00:35:54.219><c> sovereign</c><00:35:54.219><c> will.</c>

00:35:57.219 --> 00:36:00.599
What<00:35:57.940><c> though</c><00:35:58.659><c> we</c><00:35:59.199><c> walk</c><00:35:59.219><c> in</c><00:35:59.239><c> weakness,</c>

00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:03.559
thy<00:36:01.920><c> strength</c><00:36:01.920><c> shall</c><00:36:01.920><c> be</c><00:36:01.960><c> our</c><00:36:03.440><c> stay.</c>

00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:12.099
Guide<00:36:05.599><c> to</c><00:36:06.739><c> the</c><00:36:08.019><c> endless</c><00:36:09.280><c> days,</c>

00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:20.639
let<00:36:13.480><c> the</c><00:36:14.519><c> dismayed</c><00:36:16.840><c> forever,</c>

00:36:21.639 --> 00:36:29.539
like<00:36:22.480><c> the</c><00:36:23.900><c> risen</c><00:36:25.980><c> word</c><00:36:27.239><c> raise.</c>

00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:37.440
For<00:36:31.260><c> thy</c><00:36:32.320><c> justness</c><00:36:34.300><c> for</c><00:36:35.639><c> ever,</c>

00:36:38.039 --> 00:36:44.739
our<00:36:38.900><c> Lord's</c><00:36:40.179><c> salvation</c><00:36:42.139><c> won.</c>

00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:52.000
We,<00:36:46.340><c> too,</c><00:36:47.559><c> would</c><00:36:48.179><c> share</c><00:36:49.119><c> the</c><00:36:50.199><c> mercy</c>

00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:59.980
with<00:36:53.840><c> thy</c><00:36:54.840><c> beloved</c><00:36:57.260><c> Son.</c>

00:37:00.199 --> 00:37:07.500
We,<00:37:01.039><c> too,</c><00:37:03.039><c> would</c><00:37:03.179><c> bring</c><00:37:03.800><c> our</c><00:37:05.480><c> offering</c>

00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:15.119
for<00:37:09.340><c> he</c><00:37:10.519><c> who's</c><00:37:11.639><c> full</c><00:37:12.119><c> and</c><00:37:13.340><c> free</c>

00:37:15.119 --> 00:37:23.780
would<00:37:16.900><c> share</c><00:37:18.019><c> the</c><00:37:18.800><c> same</c><00:37:19.780><c> as</c><00:37:21.000><c> all,</c>

00:37:24.179 --> 00:37:30.619
would<00:37:25.179><c> share</c><00:37:26.519><c> the</c><00:37:27.519><c> victory.</c>

00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:41.980
Father<00:37:39.199><c> of</c><00:37:39.380><c> mercies</c><00:37:39.960><c> and</c><00:37:40.280><c> God</c><00:37:40.460><c> of</c><00:37:40.579><c> all</c><00:37:40.800><c> comfort,</c>

00:37:42.099 --> 00:37:45.400
the<00:37:42.539><c> God</c><00:37:42.780><c> and</c><00:37:42.980><c> Father</c><00:37:43.219><c> of</c><00:37:43.420><c> our</c><00:37:43.579><c> Lord</c><00:37:43.760><c> Jesus</c><00:37:44.119><c> Christ,</c>

00:37:46.179 --> 00:37:48.360
we<00:37:46.340><c> praise</c><00:37:46.599><c> and</c><00:37:46.760><c> thank</c><00:37:47.059><c> thee</c><00:37:47.260><c> for</c><00:37:47.400><c> all</c><00:37:47.599><c> thy</c><00:37:47.780><c> gifts</c>

00:37:48.360 --> 00:37:50.500
and<00:37:48.980><c> all</c><00:37:49.119><c> thy</c><00:37:49.300><c> blessings.</c>

00:37:51.800 --> 00:37:54.039
We<00:37:51.960><c> praise</c><00:37:52.119><c> thee</c><00:37:52.320><c> for</c><00:37:52.460><c> thy</c><00:37:52.699><c> greatness</c>

00:37:54.420 --> 00:37:57.559
revealed<00:37:54.860><c> in</c><00:37:55.079><c> thy</c><00:37:55.199><c> majesty</c><00:37:55.739><c> and</c><00:37:55.960><c> in</c><00:37:56.099><c> thy</c><00:37:56.239><c> purpose.</c>

00:37:58.739 --> 00:38:00.579
We<00:37:58.940><c> praise</c><00:37:59.079><c> thee</c><00:37:59.300><c> for</c><00:37:59.380><c> thy</c><00:37:59.579><c> power</c>

00:38:00.579 --> 00:38:03.139
shown<00:38:01.019><c> in</c><00:38:01.179><c> all</c><00:38:01.340><c> the</c><00:38:01.519><c> works</c><00:38:01.760><c> of</c><00:38:02.059><c> creation.</c>

00:38:04.219 --> 00:38:06.420
We<00:38:04.440><c> praise</c><00:38:04.599><c> thee</c><00:38:04.820><c> for</c><00:38:04.920><c> thy</c><00:38:05.119><c> holiness</c>

00:38:06.960 --> 00:38:10.940
testified<00:38:07.440><c> to</c><00:38:07.739><c> by</c><00:38:07.980><c> all</c><00:38:08.239><c> those</c><00:38:08.519><c> who</c><00:38:08.780><c> seek</c><00:38:08.940><c> to</c><00:38:09.099><c> do</c><00:38:09.219><c> thy</c><00:38:09.440><c> will.</c>

00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:13.579
We<00:38:11.699><c> praise</c><00:38:11.860><c> thee</c><00:38:12.019><c> for</c><00:38:12.159><c> thy</c><00:38:12.320><c> mercy</c>

00:38:13.679 --> 00:38:17.119
in<00:38:14.159><c> providing</c><00:38:14.420><c> thy</c><00:38:14.760><c> Son</c><00:38:15.039><c> to</c><00:38:15.179><c> be</c><00:38:15.300><c> the</c><00:38:15.500><c> saviour</c><00:38:15.739><c> of</c><00:38:15.880><c> the</c><00:38:16.059><c> world.</c>

00:38:18.179 --> 00:38:20.840
We<00:38:18.360><c> praise</c><00:38:18.500><c> thee</c><00:38:18.739><c> for</c><00:38:18.780><c> thy</c><00:38:19.059><c> graciousness</c>

00:38:20.739 --> 00:38:23.320
in<00:38:20.980><c> forgiving</c><00:38:21.219><c> our</c><00:38:21.539><c> sins</c><00:38:21.900><c> through</c><00:38:22.179><c> him.</c>

00:38:24.539 --> 00:38:26.940
We<00:38:24.739><c> praise</c><00:38:24.960><c> thee</c><00:38:25.199><c> for</c><00:38:25.260><c> thy</c><00:38:25.460><c> loving</c><00:38:25.800><c> kindness</c>

00:38:27.239 --> 00:38:30.300
to<00:38:27.719><c> us</c><00:38:27.940><c> who</c><00:38:28.099><c> are</c><00:38:28.320><c> undeserving</c><00:38:28.860><c> of</c><00:38:29.059><c> thy</c><00:38:29.239><c> love.</c>

00:38:32.099 --> 00:38:34.239
We<00:38:32.519><c> praise</c><00:38:32.739><c> thee</c><00:38:32.940><c> for</c><00:38:33.019><c> thy</c><00:38:33.199><c> friendship</c>

00:38:34.239 --> 00:38:38.719
above<00:38:34.699><c> all</c><00:38:34.960><c> others</c><00:38:35.340><c> and</c><00:38:36.179><c> beyond</c><00:38:36.440><c> all</c><00:38:36.659><c> that</c><00:38:36.800><c> we</c><00:38:36.900><c> can</c><00:38:37.079><c> ask</c><00:38:37.300><c> or</c><00:38:37.599><c> think.</c>

00:38:40.260 --> 00:38:42.860
We<00:38:40.380><c> remember</c><00:38:40.679><c> now</c><00:38:40.960><c> those</c><00:38:41.179><c> that</c><00:38:41.320><c> have</c><00:38:41.500><c> gone</c><00:38:41.619><c> before</c>

00:38:43.050 --> 00:38:44.940
of<00:38:43.320><c> our</c><00:38:43.440><c> beloved</c><00:38:43.659><c> brethren</c><00:38:44.039><c> and</c><00:38:44.300><c> sisters,</c>

00:38:45.280 --> 00:38:47.000
examples<00:38:45.559><c> of</c><00:38:45.820><c> faith</c><00:38:46.099><c> and</c><00:38:46.340><c> love</c>

00:38:47.000 --> 00:38:50.320
and<00:38:47.699><c> selfless</c><00:38:48.059><c> devotion</c><00:38:48.559><c> before</c><00:38:48.960><c> thee.</c>

00:38:50.920 --> 00:38:52.480
Help<00:38:51.079><c> us</c><00:38:51.260><c> to</c><00:38:51.460><c> follow</c><00:38:51.579><c> in</c><00:38:51.739><c> their</c><00:38:51.940><c> footsteps</c>

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as<00:38:52.739><c> they,</c><00:38:53.219><c> too,</c><00:38:54.159><c> followed</c><00:38:54.300><c> our</c><00:38:54.559><c> Lord.</c>

00:38:57.079 --> 00:38:58.940
We<00:38:57.420><c> remember</c><00:38:57.599><c> those</c><00:38:57.860><c> of</c><00:38:58.039><c> our</c><00:38:58.199><c> brethren</c><00:38:58.440><c> and</c><00:38:58.739><c> sisters</c>

00:38:58.940 --> 00:39:01.900
who<00:38:59.219><c> have</c><00:38:59.300><c> fallen</c><00:38:59.480><c> asleep</c><00:38:59.880><c> in</c><00:39:00.159><c> Christ,</c>

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beloved<00:39:02.679><c> amongst</c><00:39:03.079><c> us</c><00:39:03.260><c> for</c><00:39:03.440><c> their</c><00:39:03.679><c> faith</c><00:39:03.960><c> and</c><00:39:04.179><c> courage.</c>

00:39:06.719 --> 00:39:09.039
We<00:39:06.820><c> pray</c><00:39:07.000><c> for</c><00:39:07.219><c> comfort</c><00:39:07.599><c> and</c><00:39:08.059><c> consolation</c>

00:39:09.039 --> 00:39:11.280
in<00:39:09.659><c> the</c><00:39:09.739><c> hope</c><00:39:09.860><c> of</c><00:39:10.039><c> the</c><00:39:10.199><c> resurrection,</c>

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when<00:39:12.219><c> the</c><00:39:12.320><c> Son</c><00:39:12.460><c> of</c><00:39:12.619><c> Righteousness</c><00:39:13.260><c> shall</c><00:39:13.460><c> arise</c>

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with<00:39:15.000><c> healing</c><00:39:15.239><c> in</c><00:39:15.460><c> his</c><00:39:15.679><c> wings,</c>

00:39:17.800 --> 00:39:20.320
when<00:39:18.059><c> all</c><00:39:18.340><c> tears</c><00:39:18.619><c> will</c><00:39:18.860><c> be</c><00:39:18.980><c> wiped</c><00:39:19.159><c> away,</c>

00:39:20.920 --> 00:39:22.760
when<00:39:21.079><c> there</c><00:39:21.139><c> will</c><00:39:21.260><c> be</c><00:39:21.380><c> no</c><00:39:21.539><c> more</c><00:39:21.699><c> pain,</c>

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no<00:39:23.500><c> more</c><00:39:23.780><c> sorrow,</c>

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and<00:39:25.440><c> no</c><00:39:25.559><c> more</c><00:39:25.739><c> death.</c>

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We<00:39:28.679><c> pray</c><00:39:28.940><c> especially</c><00:39:29.340><c> for</c><00:39:29.500><c> those</c><00:39:29.739><c> amongst</c><00:39:30.019><c> us</c><00:39:30.219><c> at</c><00:39:30.340><c> this</c><00:39:30.539><c> time</c>

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whose<00:39:32.159><c> sorrow</c><00:39:32.739><c> or</c><00:39:34.420><c> who</c><00:39:34.659><c> suffer</c><00:39:34.860><c> tribulation</c><00:39:36.320><c> or</c><00:39:36.880><c> affliction,</c>

00:39:39.179 --> 00:39:43.800
for<00:39:39.440><c> whom</c><00:39:39.579><c> there</c><00:39:39.780><c> seems</c><00:39:40.019><c> to</c><00:39:40.139><c> be</c><00:39:40.280><c> no</c><00:39:40.460><c> way</c><00:39:40.719><c> forward</c><00:39:41.500><c> and</c><00:39:42.460><c> no</c><00:39:42.619><c> escape.</c>

00:39:44.800 --> 00:39:48.380
Help<00:39:44.960><c> us</c><00:39:45.179><c> all</c><00:39:45.420><c> to</c><00:39:45.659><c> find</c><00:39:45.860><c> in</c><00:39:46.019><c> thee</c><00:39:46.619><c> and</c><00:39:47.019><c> in</c><00:39:47.239><c> thy</c><00:39:47.440><c> Son</c>

00:39:48.380 --> 00:39:51.739
true<00:39:49.099><c> consolation</c><00:39:49.940><c> of</c><00:39:50.280><c> heart</c><00:39:50.480><c> and</c><00:39:50.699><c> mind.</c>

00:39:53.139 --> 00:39:56.260
We<00:39:53.579><c> are</c><00:39:53.860><c> conscious,</c><00:39:54.159><c> Heavenly</c><00:39:54.480><c> Father,</c><00:39:54.840><c> of</c><00:39:55.000><c> our</c><00:39:55.219><c> weakness</c>

00:39:56.519 --> 00:39:59.239
and<00:39:56.960><c> of</c><00:39:57.059><c> our</c><00:39:57.280><c> failings</c><00:39:57.619><c> before</c><00:39:58.019><c> thee.</c>

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Help<00:40:01.219><c> us</c><00:40:01.420><c> in</c><00:40:01.619><c> thee</c><00:40:01.800><c> difficulties</c><00:40:02.340><c> and</c><00:40:02.619><c> uncertainties</c><00:40:03.179><c> of</c><00:40:03.380><c> life.</c>

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Be<00:40:05.219><c> with</c><00:40:05.380><c> us</c><00:40:05.519><c> in</c><00:40:05.639><c> the</c><00:40:05.820><c> days</c><00:40:05.960><c> of</c><00:40:06.139><c> sorrow</c>

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as<00:40:07.599><c> well</c><00:40:07.780><c> as</c><00:40:07.880><c> in</c><00:40:07.960><c> the</c><00:40:08.079><c> days</c><00:40:08.239><c> of</c><00:40:08.440><c> joy.</c>

00:40:10.360 --> 00:40:12.739
We<00:40:10.559><c> pray</c><00:40:10.880><c> that</c><00:40:11.099><c> as</c><00:40:11.239><c> thou</c><00:40:11.360><c> hast</c><00:40:11.500><c> been</c><00:40:11.719><c> with</c><00:40:11.880><c> us</c>

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unto<00:40:13.139><c> this</c><00:40:13.380><c> present</c><00:40:13.619><c> moment</c><00:40:14.000><c> in</c><00:40:14.300><c> time,</c>

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so<00:40:16.420><c> thou</c><00:40:16.559><c> wilt</c><00:40:16.760><c> indeed</c><00:40:17.039><c> be</c><00:40:17.239><c> with</c><00:40:17.340><c> us</c><00:40:17.519><c> even</c><00:40:17.780><c> unto</c><00:40:18.000><c> the</c><00:40:18.239><c> end,</c>

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through<00:40:20.139><c> the</c><00:40:20.280><c> name</c><00:40:20.460><c> of</c><00:40:20.619><c> the</c><00:40:20.719><c> Lord</c><00:40:20.900><c> Jesus</c><00:40:21.239><c> we</c><00:40:21.420><c> ask</c><00:40:21.679><c> this.</c>

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Amen.