Prelude REFORMATION DAY Call to Worship and Responses (Select No. 1, or 2) 1. LEADER: O Lord, open Thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Thy law. 2. LEADER: Lord, lift Thou up the light of Thy countenance upon us. IN UNISON: With Thee is the fountain of life: Hymn How Firm a Foundation, No. 188 IN UNISON: (or "O God, Our Help In Ages Past," No. 166) God Is Our Refuge God is our refuge and strength, Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change, Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. There is a river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God, The holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early. The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved: He uttered His voice, the earth melted. The Lord of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. Psalm 46:1-7 Hymn A Mighty Fortress Is Our God, No. 262 The Ten Commandments (EXODUS 20: 1-17) LEADER: God spake all these words, saying: ALL REPEAT: I. I am the Lord thy God, who have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage; thou shalt have no other gods before Me. II. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I, the Lord thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me; and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love Me, and keep My commandments. III. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in vain. IV. Remember the Sabbath-day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath-day, and hallowed it. V. Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. Lord, have mercy, have mercy up- on us, and in-cline our hearts to keep this law. D VI. Thou shalt not kill. VII. Thou shalt not commit adultery. VIII. Thou shalt not steal. IX. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. X. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's. The Commandments As Summed up by Christ LEADER: And one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, trying Him: Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law? And He said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second like unto it is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments the whole law hangeth, and the prophets. Matthew 22: 35-40 Hymn To Thee, Eternal Soul, Be Praise (Tune, "Erfurt," No. 71) 1. To Thee, Eternal Soul, be praise, Who from of old to our own days, Through souls of saints and prophets, Lord, 2. We thank Thee for each mighty one Through whom Thy living light hath shone; 3. We thank Thee for the love divine 4. Eternal Soul, our souls keep pure That, like Thy saints, we may endure Richard Watson Gilder Talk, or other Special Contribution Prayer IN UNISON: Our Heavenly Father, without whose help labor is useless, without whose light search is vain, invigorate our studies and direct our inquiries, that by due diligence and right discernment, we may establish ourselves and others in Thy holy faith. Let us not linger in ignorance, but enlighten and support us, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Hymn JOHN CAWOOD, 1816 Samuel Johnson Almighty God, Thy Word Is Cast (BELMONT. C. M.) WILLIAM GARDINER, 1812 in - to the ground; ly seed 1. Al-might-y God, Thy word is cast Like seed Now let the dew of heav'n de-scend, And right-eous fruits a - bound. 'ry heart To bring forth fruits of love. But let it yield a hundred-fold The fruits of peace and joy. That all whose souls the truth receive Its sav ing pow'r may know. A - MEN. The Lord's Prayer Benediction (By the Leader) May the peace of God rule in your hearts; and the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom. Amen. Prelude A LIFE ENLISTMENT SERVICE Call to Worship and Responses (Select No. 1, 2, or 3) 1. LEADER: Trust ye in the Lord forever; For in the Lord, even our God, is everlasting strength. Amen. 2. LEADER: Serve the Lord with gladness: come before His presence with singing. ASSEMBLY: ENTER INTO HIS GATES WITH THANKSGIVING, and into HIS NAME. IN UNISON: For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting; and His truth endureth to all generations. 3. LEADER: Praise waiteth for Thee, O God in Zion: and unto Thee shall the vow be performed. ASSEMBLY: O THOU THAT HEAREST PRAYER, UNTO THEE SHALL ALL FLESH COME. Doxology (Tune, "Old Hundredth," Orders of Worship, p. 7.) Be Thou, O God, exalted high; And, as Thy glory fills the sky, So let it be on earth displayed, Till Thou art here, and there obeyed. The Lord's Prayer Hymn The Voice of God Is Calling (Tune, "Webb," No. 278) 1. The voice of God is calling Its summons unto men; As once He spoke in Zion, So now He speaks again. The bonds of lust and greed? 2. I hear My people crying In cot and mine and slum; In darkness and despair, The fetters which they bear? 3. We heed, O Lord, Thy summons, And answer, here are we! Our strength is dust and ashes, 4. From ease and pleasure save us, From pride of place absolve; Purge us of low desire, Lift us to high resolve. John Haynes Holmes |