Pray for Our Troops around the World.
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[The following is an excerpt from June 1974 edition of the Mountain View Messenger.... Written by Elder Khomer Beaty]
I hesitate to quote the following for fear of being too repetitious, here goes anyway: "These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country: but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." The words, the opening gong of Thomas Paines' call for support of the American cause during the Revolutionary War, "A Call to Patriots, from his "Crisis" papers. |
Psalm 27
A Psalm of David
Authorized King James Version
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The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
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When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
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| Though an
host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should
rise against me, in this will I be confident.
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| One thing
have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in
the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the
Lord, and to enquire in his temple.
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| For in the
time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his
tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
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| And now
shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore
will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will
sing praises unto the Lord.
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| Hear, O
Lord, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
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| When thou
saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I
seek.
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| Hide not
thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my
help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
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| When my
father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.
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| Teach me
thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.
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| Deliver me
not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up
against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
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| I had
fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land
of the living.
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| Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord. |
God Bless America!
