III. PRAYER (all seated with heads bowed). Help us, O Lord, to find our only success in giving our lives in service to thee and our fellow men. May we be co-laborers with thee in the great uplift work of the world. We thank thee for bodies strong for service, for minds that are able to think out our work, to understand our duty. May our service not be half-hearted, but whole-hearted. Make us determined to do our best. Grant that we may hold our purpose strong to serve thee, yielding not to the temptation that would draw us away from thee. In Jesus' name we ask it. Amen. Leader: When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was a hungered, and ye gave me meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee a hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? VI. HYMN (all standing). TUNE: TRUE HEARTED. No. 63. True-hearted, whole-hearted, King of our lives, by thy grace we will be; Under the standard, exalted and royal, Strong in thy strength Page Thirty-six REFRAIN: Peal out the watchword! Song of our spirit rejoicing and free; Peal out the watchword! loyal forever, King of our lives, by thy grace we will be. True-hearted, whole-hearted, fullest allegiance Yielding henceforth to our glorious King; Valiant endeavor and loving obedience, Freely and joyously now Iwould we bring. True-hearted, whole-hearted, Take thy great power and reign thou alone, Over our wills and affections Freely surrendered and VII. OFFERING (to be given to some worthy charity). Special music. VIII. ADDRESS: "ICH DIEN-I SERVE." IX. CLOSING HYMN (all standing). TUNE: ARMAGEDDON. No. 43. Not for weight of glory, Raise the warrior psalm; We are on the Lord's side, Jesus, thou hast bought us, But with thine own life-blood, With thy blessing filling Each who comes to thee, X. Leader: The Lord bless thee and keep thee: The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee. The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. Amen. TEMPERANCE I. HYMN (all standing). TUNE: ST. GERTRUDE. No. 85. Subtle foes are lurking Deep your hearts within, There first wage the battle With the power of sin; O'er the sight and hearing, Touch, and taste, and smell, Set a watch, good Christians, Guard those portals well. II. RESPONSIVE READING (all seated). By the signs upon you, By Christ's life within, Keep your solemn vow; Leader: I beseech you by the mercies of God to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. All: Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. Leader: Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the spirit of God dwelleth in you? All: Follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with those that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. Leader: Be not deceived; God is not mocked. Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. He that soweth to his flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption; and he that soweth to the spirit, shall of the spirit reap life everlasting. All: For the Kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. Leader: Watch you, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. All: No man liveth unto himself, and no man dieth unto himself. III. HYMN (all standing). TUNE: LABAN. No. 33. My soul, be on thy guard; The hosts of sin are pressing hard O watch, and fight, and pray; IV. SCRIPTURE READING (all seated). Ne'er think the victory won, Nor lay thine armor down; Fight on, my soul, till death Shall bring thee to thy God; He'll take thee, at thy parting breath, My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. If they say, Come with us, walk not thou in the way with them, refrain thy foot from their path, for their feet run to evil. Therefore remember those that are in bonds as bound with them. 'Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls. Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink; which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him. Woe to him that giveth his neighbor strong drink, and maketh him drunken. Page Thirty-eight But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance; against such there is no law. Create in me a clean heart, O God, Renew a right spir - it with in me. -8 V. PRAYER (all seated with heads bowed). Our Father, thou knowest how often we are tempted and led astray, so that we do what we would scorn to do in our better moments. Help us to resist the power of the tempter, and to trust thee as our true helper. Search us, O God, and know our hearts. Remove our transgressions from us as far as the east is from the west. Keep our hearts steadfastly in the righteous way. Be close to us in the hour of temptation and in the time of weakness. Speedily bring the day when true temperance will reign in the land. May thy kingdom come in all the earth: and may thy will be done in word, in thought, and in deed, forever, through Jesus Christ our Lord and lover of our souls. Amen. Leader: There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. All: But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and keep you from evil. Leader: For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succor them that are tempted. All: For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Leader: Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. III. PRAYER (all seated with heads bowed). Our Father, we thank thee for the power to overcome in time of temptation. We thank thee that thy presence with us means purity for us: that through prayer is the power to overcome the testings of evil. We thank thee for the armour ready for our using. Grant unto us strong hearts to meet the onset of temptation, a clear vision of thee, and that no one may be led into temptation by any deed or word of ours. May we be messengers of strength to all who are touching our lives in any way. In Jesus' name, we ask it. Amen. IV. HYMN (all standing). TUNE: ST. ANDREW. No. 46. (Have a chorus sing the minor part of the music, beginning "Christian, dost thou see them," and the audience sing the major part of the music, beginning, "Christian, up and smite them.") Christian, dost thou see them On the holy ground, How the hosts of darkness Christian, up and smite them, Smite them, Christ is with thee, Page Forty Christian, dost thou feel them, Peace shall follow battle, |