Evening star., 1945-04-15

Life, saith the Lord: He that be-
lieveth in Me, though he were dead
yet sshall he live; and whosoever
liveth and believeth in Me, shall
never die.
know that my Redeemer liveth,
and that He shall stand at the later
day upon the earth: And though
this body be destroyed, yet shall
see God: Whom I shall see for my
self, and mine eyes shall behold
and not as a stranger.
We brought nothing into this
world, and it is certain we can
carry nothing out. The Lord gave
and the Lord hath taken away;
blessed be the name of the Lord.
Reading of two Psalms by the
Rev. John G. Magee of st. Johns
Church:
Psalm 49, God is our hope and
strength, very present help in
trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though
the earth be moved and though the
hills be carried into the midst OF
the sea;
Though the waters thereof rage
and swell, and though the noun
tains shake at the tempest Of the
same.
There is river, the streams
whereof make glad the city Of God;
the holy place of the tabernacle OF
the Most Highest.
God is in the midst of her, there
fore shall she not be removed; God
shall help her, and that right early.
Be still then, and know that
am God; will be exalted among
the nations and I will be exalted in
the earth.
The Lord of hosts is with us; the
God of Jacob is our refuge.
Psalm 121:
I will lift up mine eyes unto the
hills; from whence cometh my help?
My help cometh even from the
Lord, who hath made heaven and
earth.
He will not suffer thy foot to be
moved: and He that keepeth thee
will not sleep.
Behold, He that keepeth Israel
shall neither slumber nor sleep.
The Lord Himself is thy keeper;
the Lord is thy defense upon thy
right hand;
So that the sun shall not burn
thee by day, neither the moon by
night.
The Lord shall preserve thee from
all evil; yet, it is even He that shall
keep thy soul.
The Lord shall preserve thy going
out and thy coming in, from this
time forth for evermore.
Reading of the lessons by the Rev.
Howard S. Wilkinson, rector Of st.
Thomas Church.
Romans, viii ID:
AS many as are led by the Spirit
of God, they are the sons of God.
For ye have not received the spirit
of bondage again to fear; but We
have received the spirit of adoption,
whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The
Spirit himself beareth witness with
our spirit, that we are the children
Of God; and if children. then heirs;
heirs of God and joint heirs with
Christ: if so be that we suffer with
Him, that he may be also glorified
together. For I reckon the suffer-
ings of this present time are not
worthy to be compared with the
glory which shall be revealed in us.
For the earnest expectation of the
creature waiteth for the manifesto
ton of the sons of God. We know
that all things work together for
good to them that love God, to them
who are called according to His pur-
pose. What shall we then say to
these things? If God be for us, who
can be against us? He that spared
not His own Son, but delivered Him
up for us all, how shall He not with
Him also freely give us all things?
Who shall separate us from the love
of Christ? Shall tribulation, or dis
tress, or persecution, or famine, or
nakedness, or peril, or sword? Nay,
in all these things we are more than
conuuerors through Him that loved
us. For I am persuaded that neither
death, nor life, nor angels, nor prln-
cipalities, nor powers, nor things
present, nor things to come, nor
height, nor depth, nor any other
creature, shall be able to separate
us from the love of God, which is in
Christ Jesus our Lord.
st. John, xiv.1:
Jesus said, Let not your heart be
troubled; ye believe in God, believe
also in Me. In My Fathers house
are many mansions; if it were not
so. l would have told you. I go to
prepare a place for you. And If 1
go and prepare a place for you, l
will come again and receive you unto
Myself; that where am, there we
may be also. And whittier 1 60 ye
know. and the way ye know. Thomas
said unto Him, Lord, we know not
whittier Thou goest; and how can
we know the way? Jesus said unto
him, I am the Way, the Truth and
the Life; no man cometh unto the
Father, but by Me.
Hymn: Faith Of Our Fathers"
Then shall the bishop say: The
Lord be with you.
And the people shall answer: And
with thy spirit.
And the bishop shall say: Let us
pray.
Prayers.
Let us stand in prayer.
o God of peace, who has taught
us that in returning and rest we
shall be saved, in quietness and in
confidence shall be our strength. BY
the might of Thy spirit lift us, we
pray thee, to Thy presence, where
we may be still and know that Thou
art God; through Jesus Christ our
Lord.
Remember Thy servant Franklin
Delano, o Lord, according to the
favor which Thou Dearest unto Thy
people, and grant that, increasing in
knowledge and love of Thee, he may
go from strength to strength in the
life of perfect service in Thy heaven
ly kingdom; through Jesus Christ
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