Joseph Atchison Florence, IV - "The Duke Student: In Search for Meaning" (February 24, 1974)

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	(choir singing)	0:03
-	Be seated, please.	2:11
	With what shall I come before the Lord	2:23
	and bow myself before God on high,	2:27
	shall I come before him with burnt offerings,	2:31
	with calves a year old,	2:34
	he has showed you each one what is good.	2:38
	And what does the Lord require of you	2:43
	but to do justice and to love kindness	2:46
	and to walk humbly with your God.	2:50
	Let us confess our sin as we pray together,	2:54
	the prayer of confession.	2:58
All	Our heavenly father,	3:01
	who by your love has made us	3:03
	and through your love has kept us	3:06
	and in your love would make us perfect.	3:08
	We humbly confess that we have not loved you	3:11
	with all our heart and soul and mind and strength,	3:14
	and that we have not loved one another	3:19
	as Christ has loved us.	3:21
	Your life is within our souls,	3:24
	but our selfishness has hindered you.	3:27
	We have not lived by faith.	3:30
	We have resisted your spirit.	3:32
	We have neglected your inspirations.	3:35
	Forgive what we have been,	3:38
	help us to amend what we are	3:41
	and in your spirit direct what we shall be,	3:45
	that you may come into the full glory of your creation	3:48
	in us and in all men	3:53
	through Jesus Christ, our Lord, amen.	3:55
-	Let us continue with our silent prayers of confession.	4:00
	(choir singing)	4:39
	Jesus says, come to me all who labor and are heavy Laden,	5:34
	and I will give you rest.	5:40
	Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,	5:42
	for I am gentle and lowly in heart,	5:47
	and you will find rest for your souls.	5:50
	For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.	5:54
	Dear friends in Christ,	6:00
	in the name of Christ,	6:02
	will you receive the forgiveness, the rest,	6:06
	the peace of God, which is yours.	6:10
	Now,	6:16
	let us pray.	6:19
All	Our father who art in heaven,	6:22
	hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come,	6:25
	thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.	6:30
	Give us this day our daily bread	6:33
	and forgive us our trespasses,	6:37
	as we forgive those who trespass against us	6:40
	and lead us not into temptation,	6:43
	but deliver us from evil	6:46
	for thine is the kingdom	6:49
	and the power and the glory	6:51
	forever, amen.	6:53
	(gentle music)	6:59
	(choir singing)	7:31
-	The Old Testament lesson for today	10:31
	is taken from Ecclesiastes chapter one	10:33
	versus 13 through 18	10:36
	and chapter 12, verse 13.	10:39
	And I applied my mind to seek and to search out by wisdom,	10:45
	all that is done under heaven.	10:49
	It is an unhappy business that God has given	10:51
	to the sons of men to be busy with.	10:53
	I have seen everything that is done under the sun	10:57
	and behold all is vanity and a striving after wind.	11:01
	What is crooked cannot be made straight,	11:05
	and what is lacking cannot be numbered.	11:08
	I said to myself, "I have acquired great wisdom,	11:11
	surpassing all who are over Jerusalem	11:14
	before me and my mind has had	11:16
	great experience of wisdom and knowledge.	11:19
	And I've applied my mind to know wisdom	11:22
	and to know madness and folly.	11:25
	I perceive that this also is but a striving after wind	11:27
	for in much wisdom is much vexation	11:31
	and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow."	11:34
	The end of the matter, all has been heard.	11:44
	Fear God and keep his commandments	11:47
	for this is the whole duty of man.	11:50
	Let the congregation stand for the reading of the gospel.	11:54
	The gospel lesson for today is taken from Luke chapter 10	12:13
	versus 25 through 37,	12:17
	and behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test	12:21
	saying teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?	12:25
	He said to him, what is written in the law?	12:31
	How do you read?	12:34
	And he answered.	12:36
	You shall love the Lord,	12:37
	your God with all your heart and with all your soul	12:38
	and with all your strength and with all your mind	12:42
	and your neighbor as yourself.	12:46
	And he said to him, you have answered right,	12:48
	do this and you will live.	12:52
	But he desiring to justify himself,	12:54
	said to Jesus and who is my neighbor?	12:57
	Jesus replied,	13:01
	a man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho	13:03
	and he fell among robbers who stripped him	13:06
	and beat him and departed,	13:09
	leaving him half dead.	13:10
	By a chance a priest was going down that road.	13:13
	And when he saw him,	13:16
	he passed by on the other side.	13:17
	So likewise a Levite,	13:20
	when he came to the place and saw him	13:21
	passed by on the other side,	13:23
	but a Samaritan as he journeyed came to where he was	13:25
	and when he saw him,	13:30
	he had compassion and he went to him	13:31
	and bound up his wounds pouring on oil and wine.	13:34
	Then he set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn	13:39
	and took care of him.	13:42
	And the next day he took out two denarii	13:45
	and gave them to the inn keeper saying,	13:47
	take care of him and whatever more you spend,	13:50
	I will repay you when I come back.	13:53
	Which of these three,	13:56
	do you think proved neighbor	13:58
	to the man who fell among robbers?	14:00
	He said, the one who showed mercy on him	14:02
	and Jesus said to him, go and do likewise.	14:06
	Here ends the reading of the lessons.	14:11
	May the Lord add his blessing to the reading of the word.	14:13
	(choir singing)	14:25
-	Let us affirm our faith.	14:57
All	We are not alone.	15:01
	We live in God's world.	15:03
	We believe in God who has created and is creating,	15:05
	who has come in the true man Jesus	15:11
	to reconcile and make new.	15:14
	Who works in us and others by his spirit.	15:17
	We trust him.	15:20
	He calls us to be in his church	15:22
	to celebrate his presence,	15:25
	to love and serve others,	15:28
	to seek justice and resist evil.	15:30
	To proclaim Jesus crucified and risen	15:34
	our judge and our hope	15:37
	in life, in death, in life beyond death,	15:40
	God is with us.	15:44
	We are not alone.	15:46
	Thanks be to God.	15:48
-	The Lord be with you	15:52
Congregation	And be with your spirit.	15:54
-	Let us pray.	15:55
	Oh, God,	16:05
	God of beauty and joy,	16:06
	teach us in this service to know	16:10
	the fullness of communion with thee,	16:12
	and the goodness of being with one another.	16:16
	How rich we are, oh God,	16:20
	to have this joyous experience of worship here now,	16:23
	in this place with these friends and family,	16:29
	with even these strangers who are in indeed,	16:34
	our brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ.	16:37
	Hear our words of Thanksgiving to you, oh, God,	16:42
	for life, each breath, each beat of our heart,	16:46
	each good thought.	16:52
	Each wholesome feeling for daylight as it dawns	16:54
	grows full and fades dimly away	17:01
	for darkness with its calm and quiet and rest	17:05
	for food and medicine and clothing to care	17:11
	for the needs of our physical persons.	17:13
	For teachers who truly teach,	17:18
	inspire and challenge our minds	17:21
	for classmates who support one another with words,	17:25
	with actions and with concern.	17:28
	For a university community of humanities and sciences	17:31
	of medicine and law and divinity.	17:36
	Where love of learning and love of others,	17:39
	keep us aware of our own needs	17:42
	and of the needs of the world outside.	17:45
	Oh yes, the world outside.	17:48
	God help us to remember others.	17:53
	We remember those men and women,	17:58
	girls and boys in Duke Hospital	18:01
	and in other places where health is restored,	18:04
	may your healing power be very real to each of those	18:09
	who resides there in.	18:13
	We remember those who are all alone,	18:17
	those we have not been to visit in hospital	18:20
	in prison or in their rooms.	18:23
	May your comforting presence be known to each of them.	18:27
	We remember those who are frustrated	18:32
	and angry and full of fury	18:34
	because they think no one cares	18:37
	or they think the system ignores them	18:39
	and they have no hope.	18:42
	May they find peace of mind and strength oh, God	18:45
	through your grace.	18:49
	We remember Patricia Hurst,	18:54
	her parents,	18:58
	her fiance	19:01
	and her friends.	19:04
	We pray for your gracious goodness	19:07
	and sustaining power to be with her	19:11
	and each of her loved ones.	19:17
	We remember those oh, God who have captured her,	19:20
	whoever they may be, may they be merciful to her.	19:23
	May they find humane ways	19:30
	to express their real concerns for the needs of the poor.	19:33
	We pray now, oh God for ourselves.	19:41
	Come to this place.	19:45
	Yes. Oh God, come to this place right now	19:47
	in a new and special way that our eyes may be lifted up	19:50
	and we behold your glory and our spirits feel your presence.	19:56
	Speak now, oh God through Joseph Florence,	20:03
	words we need to hear.	20:07
	Words that will reveal more of your good news	20:10
	of love and mercy and hope to us.	20:12
	Make of this whole hour oh God,	20:17
	a holy healing, happy and helpful hour.	20:21
	May Christ be yours and ours now and tomorrow	20:28
	and tomorrow and tomorrow.	20:33
	Hear these our prayers	20:37
	offered in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord,	20:40
	but also our brother. Amen.	20:46
	May I remind you that on Wednesday of this week,	20:58
	we begin the holy season of lent	21:01
	in the Christian year.	21:05
	We begin it here in Duke Chapel	21:07
	with an 8:00 AM communion service	21:11
	and 5:15 PM Ash Wednesday service.	21:15
	The lenting season will continue	21:22
	with a series of study sessions led	21:24
	by father Thomas Cowley on meditation	21:28
	and contemplation beginning this Thursday at seven	21:32
	and continuing each Thursday at seven	21:36
	during the holy season of lent.	21:38
	And next Sunday, we observe the first Sunday in lent	21:42
	with Dr. Harold Bosley, former Dean	21:46
	of the Duke Divinity School,	21:50
	and now minister at Christ Church United Methodist	21:51
	in New York City as our guest preacher.	21:54
	I urge you to participate in your own personal,	21:58
	but also in many corporate ways	22:03
	as God directs you	22:07
	and as is meaningful to your life during this	22:10
	and as many services as possible	22:15
	during this holy season.	22:18
	I welcome on your behalf	22:23
	for the worship committee and for myself personally,	22:26
	Mr. Joe Florence, to the pulpit of Duke Chapel.	22:29
	Last spring when I first met with the worship committee	22:32
	for the first time,	22:36
	even before I was officially in the office, which I hold.	22:38
	The worship committee suggested that a student	22:43
	should have the right to preach in Duke Chapel	22:46
	on at least one Sunday during the academic year.	22:49
	This is that occasion.	22:53
	Joe Florence is a senior who will graduate in May	22:55
	with a double major in chemistry and in religion.	22:58
	And so Joe, we welcome you,	23:03
	and in the name of God, we hear the word you have for us.	23:07
-	Good morning.	23:22
	I realize that you are here today	23:24
	for a number of different reasons.	23:26
	For some of you,	23:29
	you probably just came to take part in this service,	23:31
	in this beautiful chapel of ours.	23:33
	Some of you, I suppose,	23:36
	came to hear Ben Smith and his choir.	23:38
	Some I've been told,	23:43
	came to hear a friend of theirs preach in the chapel.	23:44
	A few of us too came to be comforted	23:48
	after last night's game.	23:50
	Whatever the reason that brought you here,	23:54
	thank you for coming.	23:56
	I hope that this service will enable us to live	23:57
	in the present with high expectations for the future	24:01
	as we prepare for living the rest of our lives.	24:05
	Let us now turn our medium of worship to introspection.	24:09
	Let us think about why we are here at Duke University.	24:14
	If you are not a student here,	24:18
	I would like you to imagine yourself as a Duke student.	24:20
	Now that we are all Duke students.	24:27
	What brought you here?	24:29
	Did we come here to get a degree	24:32
	that would somehow assure us wealth, fame and prosperity	24:34
	for the rest of our lives?	24:38
	Many of us use Duke as a stepping stone	24:41
	to graduate legal or medical schools.	24:44
	I would hope that most of us came to Duke	24:48
	to acquire knowledge,	24:51
	to take us through the rest of our lives with ease.	24:52
	Well, what I would like to share with you now	24:56
	is that your education is meaningless.	24:59
	Yes, your education is meaningless	25:03
	without God who has commanded us to love.	25:07
	Let me illustrate this	25:11
	with some experiences that I've had since I've been at Duke,	25:12
	I'm sure you can relate to my experiences	25:17
	to some of your own.	25:20
	As a freshman, I was placed into the Duke experience,	25:22
	somewhat unprepared.	25:26
	I had come to Duke fully intending	25:29
	to seek and search out by wisdom all of the things	25:31
	that I ever the least bit was interested in.	25:35
	I came from a high school where I was a real big shot	25:39
	and was thrown into a dorm full of people	25:43
	who were big shots too	25:45
	Immediately, the competition was started.	25:48
	We all vied for position	25:51
	in the hierarchy of the social structure.	25:53
	The first week, really wasn't so bad.	25:56
	The tent situations encountered were eased	25:59
	by the fact that I was having a good time	26:02
	and making new acquaintances.	26:04
	But I was still in memory, living at home,	26:07
	my family and friends and the things	26:11
	that I was accustomed to back home	26:14
	still presented themselves to me daily.	26:16
	In reality, though,	26:19
	I was at Duke with people who weren't my family.	26:21
	Some of my new acquaintances, I would rather not have had.	26:27
	I had experiences that were totally new to me.	26:31
	Well, after a few weeks,	26:36
	the ties finally broke	26:37
	and I was on my own seeing life for the very first time	26:39
	without the rose-colored glasses of home.	26:42
	I was soon faced with a situation	26:45
	in which I had no one close to turn to.	26:48
	I was truly lonely for the very first time.	26:52
	But I was not the only one in this situation.	26:57
	Most everybody I became acquainted with	27:00
	was experiencing or had experienced	27:03
	the same thing during their Duke career.	27:06
	I accepted it though.	27:10
	After all I'd been told,	27:12
	it was part of the Duke learning experience.	27:13
	The loneliness, I believe came from a lack of ability	27:18
	to associate with people on a real gut level.	27:23
	I soon learned to say in effect, "Oh sure, I like you,	27:28
	but don't ask me to commit myself to you,	27:33
	after all at Duke the almighty paper	27:36
	and the exam come first."	27:40
	One of the most frustrating situations	27:44
	that I encountered as a freshman	27:46
	was when I asked a girl out to a football game.	27:48
	That was back when I still had the rara spirit in me.	27:52
	It was gung ho.	27:55
	Well, as it turned out, she flatly denied me her presence,	27:57
	giving me the excuse that she had a paper to write.	28:03
	It wasn't so bad being turned down for such a date	28:08
	after all I was just a lowly freshman.	28:11
	But what crushed me was that excuse of hers,	28:14
	what made matters worse was that she really meant it,	28:19
	a paper was more important than I was.	28:24
	But after a while I found myself denying other people	28:29
	in the same manner.	28:33
	They would say, "Come on, Joe, let's go off campus and eat."	28:35
	And I would promptly reply, "Not today,	28:40
	I'll grab a bite to eat in the CI,	28:43
	I'm so far behind, I just don't know what to do.	28:45
	Maybe some other time."	28:48
	What I really meant to say was,	28:51
	"Wait until I finish Duke	28:54
	and have all the tests and papers	28:57
	and oral reports behind me	28:59
	and have all the wisdom crammed into my head.	29:02
	Then, then we can go out and eat.	29:05
	Then we can be friends"	29:09
	Conditions at Duke and point of fact,	29:14
	promote needless loneliness.	29:17
	This university is regarded	29:21
	as one of the greatest in the country.	29:23
	If this is so why is it so easy to feel	29:25
	like a nobody when you attend it?	29:29
	A cynic might say the only people	29:33
	that care about you coming back	29:36
	to Duke each semester are the bursa and the registrar.	29:37
	They greet you between the semesters	29:43
	with your computerized report card.	29:45
	Soon thereafter,	29:48
	you receive your bill for the next semester,	29:49
	Enclosed as a xeroxed semi-threatening letter,	29:53
	stating that if you don't pay up, you won't be coming back.	29:56
	Later, comes your computerized schedule,	30:02
	telling you where to go and when.	30:05
	Along with that is your vital information sheet	30:09
	to certify that you are still alive	30:12
	and the same person that you were a few months ago.	30:15
	Many of us who need a warmer welcome, do not receive it.	30:21
	Any of us who did not provide that welcome are at fault.	30:27
	By the time you start classes,	30:33
	your alpha number and yourself have been folded, spindled	30:36
	and mutilated beyond human recognition.	30:41
	You are becoming a machine of learning	30:44
	and you are treated accordingly.	30:47
	The Duke community is a unique one,	30:52
	It is probably one of the most diverse in the world being	30:54
	made up of people from almost all backgrounds.	30:58
	The unifying force that we all have in common	31:03
	is our search for meaning and purpose in life.	31:07
	I often wonder how an institution dedicated to learning	31:12
	and preparation for future life	31:15
	can produce an environment,	31:17
	which often seems so dead and stifling.	31:20
	Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, the well known psychiatrist	31:26
	concerned with the experiences of death and dying	31:30
	said just last week in a lecture here at Duke,	31:34
	that living is a process of giving and taking.	31:37
	Without both of these, a person has no will to live.	31:43
	He needs to give of himself,	31:49
	he needs someone to receive what he has to offer.	31:52
	The duke community perhaps gives too much of itself	31:58
	to the student and takes too little	32:02
	of the student in return.	32:04
	The student is forced to always be taking	32:07
	and is rarely in the position to give.	32:10
	He doesn't have the time to,	32:13
	he's too busy cramming and digesting his studies	32:15
	so that he will be fat for graduation.	32:19
	And if a person gets fed up	32:23
	with a Duke grind and decides to give of himself	32:25
	by tutoring or by working on a play	32:29
	or by singing in the choir, or by participating in sports,	32:33
	in exchange for his taking,	32:38
	he is faced by personal guilt	32:41
	and is labeled forever by his lowered GPA.	32:45
	What kind of preparation for life	32:51
	in the real world as the chronicle puts it is this,	32:53
	the university should learned to take as well as give.	32:57
	Each of us should set an example of unselfish giving	33:02
	as well as gracious receiving.	33:07
	This university was supposedly founded upon	33:11
	(speaks in foreign language)	33:15
	The identity and purpose we sought through understanding	33:19
	by way of academics and through the love of God,	33:22
	rarely makes its way from the idealistic	33:26
	to the realistic.	33:29
	Do we sit here in gothic splendor,	33:32
	surrounded by the wisdom of ages,	33:35
	but completely oblivious to the meaning of life.	33:37
	Does the Bible have anything	33:44
	to say about our present condition?	33:45
	I think it does.	33:48
	The book of Ecclesiastes is devoted entirely	33:50
	to the type of life or that which we call life	33:53
	at which we experience at Duke.	33:58
	As Merick read earlier, I couldn't help	34:01
	but to think of all of the purposeless initiative	34:05
	spent by people in search of meaning.	34:08
	Meaning only comes from that which is greater than we are.	34:12
	The greatest meaning comes from God	34:17
	who has given us his love.	34:20
	And by his love, meaning it is ours for the taking,	34:23
	entering into a giving and taking relationship	34:30
	by living and keeping God's commandments.	34:33
	This is the whole duty of man.	34:37
	Perhaps the best known expression	34:42
	of God's commandment was given by Jesus,	34:44
	an answer to a lawyer's question.	34:47
	"Which is the great commandment of the law."	34:51
	Jesus said to him, you shall love the Lord,	34:56
	your God with all your heart and with all your soul	34:59
	and with all your mind	35:03
	and you should love your neighbor as yourself.	35:06
	By love, I simply mean active goodwill	35:11
	toward the neighbor and a deep respect for God.	35:17
	A profound respect, which makes us want	35:22
	to do his will.	35:26
	Love God and because you love him,	35:29
	love your neighbor as you do yourself.	35:32
	If you hate yourself,	35:36
	you cannot love your neighbor or God.	35:38
	When for some reason you have found fault in yourself	35:42
	and are denying yourself your own love	35:45
	you should be able to go to your neighbor	35:49
	who has love and compassion and ask him for help.	35:52
	If he is truly your neighbor,	35:57
	he will help you restore your spirit.	36:00
	There is a parable that Jesus used	36:05
	in explaining the meaning of neighbor to the lawyer.	36:07
	Permit me to take the liberty,	36:10
	to put this parable into the contemporary Duke situation.	36:12
	I think it illustrates the situation in which wisdom	36:17
	and knowledge are surpassed	36:21
	and meaning and identity through love are found.	36:24
	A Duke freshman went to a dorm party	36:32
	for his first time as a newcomer	36:34
	to the social life on college campuses.	36:37
	And in his striving to be accepted by his peers,	36:40
	he drank beer and he smoked dope	36:44
	until he had lost all control of his senses.	36:47
	In trying to find his way back to his room,	36:52
	he tripped and he fell,	36:54
	scraping his legs and his pants.	36:57
	Sick from the smoke and the beer	37:01
	and dazed by his fall,	37:03
	he lay at the foot of the steps.	37:05
	Morning came and by chance a dean was going down the walk,	37:09
	and when he saw the freshman,	37:15
	he passed by on the other side.	37:18
	(congregation laughs)	37:20
	He had an administrative meeting to attend.	37:24
	Likewise, when one of the professors walked by	37:27
	and saw him, he passed by on the other side	37:32
	for he had a book to write and a class to teach.	37:36
	And when the freshman's roommate walked by	37:41
	and saw him, he looked down and in disgust he laughed,	37:45
	But a maid as she came to work that morning	37:54
	passed by where he was.	37:59
	And when she saw him,	38:02
	she had compassion and went to him	38:04
	and washed his face and his scratches.	38:08
	Then she brought him to his room	38:11
	and took care of him.	38:13
	Now, which of these do you think proved	38:17
	to be neighbor to the freshman?	38:19
	Obviously it was the one who showed mercy on him	38:24
	and cared about his wellbeing.	38:29
	Let us go and do likewise,	38:33
	may we pray.	38:36
	God, grant us the ability to love our neighbor	38:41
	as you love us.	38:46
	Help us to use our wisdom and knowledge in our love	38:48
	so that all our efforts will not be in vain.	38:53
	In your love we pray that we might have understanding, amen.	38:58
	(choir singing)	39:46
	(gentle music)	42:52
	(choir singing)	43:47
-	Jesus says not everyone who says to me, Lord,	49:49
	Lord will enter into the kingdom of heaven.	49:53
	But those who do the will of my father,	49:59
	who is in heaven.	50:02
	Help us owe God not only to say,	50:05
	but to do your will.	50:07
	Not only to receive, but to give.	50:11
	May what we give be pleasing to you o, God	50:14
	and helpful to those in need.	50:19
	In the name of Jesus Christ we give our gifts	50:23
	and we give ourselves, amen.	50:27
	(choir singing)	51:06
	Before I pronounce the benediction,	54:21
	may I make one announcement of good news.	54:24
	And that is that hopefully beginning next Sunday	54:32
	at the 11:00 AM service of worship,	54:37
	the new sound system will have been installed	54:39
	and will be in operation.	54:43
	And we hope will be operating in an excellent manner.	54:46
	I would like to thank all of you who have continued to	54:52
	worship in this place during the past several months,	54:58
	even though it has been extremely difficult.	55:03
	And at times impossible for you to hear,	55:06
	not all of you though have been silently patient,	55:11
	but perhaps the proddings of those of you who have expressed	55:16
	your concern have helped us move forward	55:20
	as quickly as possible.	55:23
	We hope as I say that the sound system will be completely	55:26
	operative next Sunday.	55:30
	So if you have friends who have not been able to hear well	55:33
	and have been staying from this place for worship,	55:36
	please spread the word and ask them to come	55:41
	and share in this moment of celebration with us.	55:45
	I also want to say a word of thanks to Larry Zing.	55:49
	Beginning back last summer,	55:54
	the sound system became intolerable.	55:56
	He began working with us and made it possible for us	56:00
	to continue to have the services in the chapel.	56:05
	At one point, we were seriously contemplating	56:08
	moving to the page auditorium until the sound system was in.	56:11
	Larry is up in the triforium and has been there	56:16
	Sunday after Sunday	56:19
	and has made it possible for us to worship in this place.	56:21
	So for all of you, to him, I say a word of thanks.	56:25
	I was in a service the other day where someone said,	56:31
	Benediction is not necessarily a prayer	56:33
	that should be prayed with heads bowed and eyes closed.	56:37
	And it was a very rich and meaningful experience for me,	56:41
	for the presiding minister to say, "do not bow your head,	56:44
	do not close your eyes."	56:48
	But as one Christian to other Christians,	56:49
	will you receive this blessing?	56:54
	And so I offer the same to you,	56:57
	the grace of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ,	57:00
	the love of God, the father,	57:04
	the communion and fellowship of the Holy Spirit	57:08
	be with you	57:13
	now and forever.	57:15
	(choir singing)	57:20
	(bells chiming)	58:22
	(upbeat music)	58:33

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Title:

Joseph Atchison Florence, IV - "The Duke Student: In Search for Meaning" (February 24, 1974)

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Date:

February 24, 1974

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Florence, Joseph Atchison, IV

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Duke University. Chapel

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