ORDER OF SERVICE

White Ribbon, Volume 19, Issue 1, 1 February 1947, Page 3

ORDER OF SERVICE

OPENING OF CONVENTION Convocation. Battle Hymn: Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming o*" the Lord; He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He 1 ath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword; His Truth C marching on. He has sounded tortli the trumpet that shall never call retreat; He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment seat; Oh, be swift my soul to ans.ver Him; be jubilant, my feet; Our (iod is marching on. In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the "ea. With a glory in Hi> bosom that transfigures you and me; As lb* died to make men holy, let u>» live to make men free, While (iod is marching on. He is coming like the glory of the iporning on the wave; He is wisdom to the mighty. He is succour to the grave; So the world shall be His footstool, and the soul of time His slave; Our God is marching on. Responsive Reading God’s View of License: Lender: Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometli forth from the L<rr<l. Response: < iatlier the people together, men. and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear and observe to do all the words of the law. Be not among wine-bibbers; among riotous eaters of the flesh; for the drunkard and the glutton shall come to |ioverty. I\ : 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. /..: And be not drunk with wine wherein is excess, but Ik- filled with the Spirit. /<* : Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which arc these—envvings. murders, Drtmkness, revel lings, and such like; of the which I tell you be-

fore, as 1 have told you in time past, that they which do these tiling shall not inherit the kingdom of ( »<kl. /..: Hut the fruit of the Spirit i> love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance, against such there is no law. R.: But they wJio have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way;—they err in vision; they stumble in judgment. L.: Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing. A' : It is good neither to eat flesh nor to drink wine, nor anything whereby thy brother stnmbleth, or is offended, or it has made weak. L.: Look not thou u|>on the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it movetli itself arignt. R : At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. L.: My son, if sinners entice thee consent thou not. R : Lor whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. /..: Woe to him tiiat buildeth a town with blood, and estahlisheth a city by iniquity. R : Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees —to take away the right from the jxxir of r people, that widows may be their ~rev, and that they may rob the fath. L \ Woe unto him that civetl. his neighiKiur drink, that puttesi he lxittle to him, ami maketli him drunken also. /?.: Woe unto the world because of offences —woe to that man by whom the offence corneth. For among my ix*ople arc found wicked men; they lay wait as he that setteth snares; they set a trap; they Catch men. R.: Shall 1 not visit for these things? saith the Lord. Shall not my soul he avenged on such a nation as this!" /..: Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter; fear God and keep ilis commandments, for this is the while duty of man. R : The Lord our (iod lx* with 11s as He was with our fathers; let Him not leave us nor forsake us; that He may incline our hearts unto Him to waik in all His ways, and to keep His commandments. Prayer. Address: Mrs. Hiett The Lord's Prayer. %