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(Psalm 24: 1 to 5, 7, 8 & 10) 

The World and all that is in it belong to the Lord;

The Earth and all who live on it are His.

He built it on the deep waters beneath the Earth

And laid its foundations in the ocean depths.

Who has the right to go up the Lord’s hill?

Who may enter His place of worship?

Those who are pure in act and in thought,

Who do not worship idols or make false promises.

The Lord will bless them and save them;

God will declare them innocent.

Fling wide the gates, open the ancient doors,

And the great King will come in.

Who is this great King?

He is the Lord, strong and mighty, the triumphant Lord, victorious over His enemies.

This Psalm commences with an acclamation of the power and authority of God, who is the Creator of all things.  The writer displays a feeling of amazement as they gaze with awe at the wonder of God’s Creation.  But, more than this, there is an accompanying amazement at the knowledge that this omnipotent God seeks to interact with individuals, to bless them and to offer them salvation.  The faithful believer is led to declare their unconditional allegiance and obedience to their God, and also to declare a joyful confidence in being enabled to enter into a close and personal communion with their God.

The Psalm concludes with an acclamation of the strength and might of God, who triumphs over any and all who oppose Him.  There is the joyful confidence that nothing and no-one can interfere with nor override the will and purpose of their God.  And it is on the basis of this joyful confidence that the writer yearns that the gates and doors of their place of worship are opened so as to allow God to enter in and to be worshipped by His People.

This is the God who has come into our place of worship today.  This is the God who displays His power and authority over His Creation that we too see around us.  This is the mighty and victorious God who has triumphed over the powers of sin and death.  This is the God who seeks to commune with us, to bless and to save us.  Let us, then, respond with joyful confidence in God, with praise on our lips and obedient hearts.

  (Artur Weiser in The Psalms p232 to 234) 

Prayer of Praise    

  Almighty God, Creator of the visible and the invisible, all of Heaven and Earth depends upon you and is sustained by you.  Your glory is plainly seen and made known to all.  Your wisdom and foresight are obvious in the rhythms of life, in the regularity of the tides and the seasons, and the rotation of the planets and the stars we see in the night sky.

  Redeemer God, you release us from the burden of our guilt, you save us from all that isolates us from yourself and others, you show mercy to those who are oppressed by cares and worries, and bring back to you those who have lost their way and purpose in life.

  Renewing God, you bring freshness back into lives that have become withered and lacking in spirit, you bring clarity to those who have become distracted by false desires and dreams.  We rejoice in the reassuring voice of the Holy Spirit, calling us into a loving relationship with you, inspiring our prayers and our praise, and promoting our growth as your children.

  Set before our hearts and our minds each day, O God, the example of Jesus Christ, so that we may love you unconditionally, as he loved, and so that we walk by the light of your Word, as he walked.  To your honour and glory we pray.  Amen.

You are invited to listen to, or join in singing 2 Songs:

“Thy loving kindness is better than life”  Scripture in Song volume 1 number 71

Hugh Mitchell

“Praise the name of Jesus”  Scripture in Song volume 1 number 111

Praise the name of Jesus,

Praise the name of Jesus,

He’s my rock, he’s my fortress,

He’s my deliverer, in him will I trust.

Praise the name of Jesus.

(repeat)

Roy Hicks

Prayer of Confession 

Merciful God, you continually challenge us to become the people you seek for us to be, through the life of your Spirit within us.  You continually challenge us to look at ourselves in the light of your instructions and guidelines, yet often we do not listen to you and choose to look the other way.  Merciful God, forgive our incomplete obedience to your commandments, our half-hearted love of your counsel, and our resistance to your instruction. 

Merciful God, restore and renew our willingness to follow your will with the Spirit of truth.

Merciful God, forgive those times when our conduct does not live up to your standards for us, forgive those habits of ours that are destructive of our relationship with you and of our relationships with others. 

Merciful God, bless and renew our lives with the Spirit of truth. 

Merciful God, forgive us when we worship idols of our own making; gods fashioned for our own selfish ends. 

Merciful God, inspire and renew our worship with the Spirit of truth. 

Merciful God, forgive us when we do not speak loudly enough against the gods of sport and shopping, that attract people away from gathering on one day of the week for a time of worship of you.

Merciful God, awaken and renew our desire for change through the Spirt of truth.

Merciful God, forgive us when we ignore the pain and the hopelessness of so many people, both in our community and in our World, and so deny Christ’s commandment to us to love one another in suffering, self-giving ways. 

Merciful God, inflame and renew our love with the Spirit of truth. 

Merciful God, forgive us when our desire to maintain our standard of living contributes to the poverty of life experienced by others and to the growing environmental problems throughout this World that you have bestowed to us. 

Merciful God, encourage and renew our sense of justice with the Spirit of truth. 

God of mercy and grace, we confess our sins and our shortcomings.

We confess our wanting to follow our will and not to seek for your Will to be done, in our lives and in the life of the Church.

God of mercy and grace, cleanse our lives from sin,

Restore us to a right relationship with you.  Strengthen us to be your People and to be a light for the World.  To your glory we pray, amen.

Assurance of Forgiveness 

(from Ephesian 1: 7) 

The Apostle Paul reminded the Church in Ephesus that “by the sacrificial death of Christ we are set free, our sins are forgiven”.  Having confessed our sins before God and expressing our faith in the saving grace of God achieved through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, let us be assured that God has heard our prayers, that God has forgiven our sins, and that God has reconciled us to Himself.

Thanks be to God.

Prayer of illumination 

(from Uniting in Worship Book 1 number 13 & 14 p599) 

  Prepare our hearts, O Lord, to be guided by your Word and the Holy Spirit, that in your light we may perceive your mercy and grace, that in your truth we may find freedom, and that in your will we may discover peace, through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

Bible Readings

Psalm 85:

1  LORD, you have been merciful to your land; you have made Israel prosperous again.

2  You have forgiven your People’s sins and pardoned all their wrongs.

3  You stopped being angry with them and held back your furious rage.

8  I am listening to what the LORD God is saying: He promises peace to us, His own People, if we do not go back to our foolish ways.

9  Surely He is ready to save those who honour Him, and His saving presence will remain in our Land.

Amos 7:

7  I had another vision from the LORD.  In it I saw Him beside a wall that had been built with a plumb line, and there was a plumb line in His hand.  8  He asked me,

“Amos, what do you see?’

“A plumb line.” I answered.

Then He said,

“I am using it to show that my People are like a wall that is out of line.  I will not change my mind about punishing them.

Ephesians 1 & 2:

3  Let us give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!  For in union with Christ He has blessed us by giving us every spiritual gift in the Heavenly Realm.  4  Even before the World was made, God had already chosen us to be His through our union with Christ, so that we would be holy and without fault before Him.

Because of His love  5  God had already decided that through Jesus Christ He would make us His daughters and sons – this was His pleasure and purpose.  6  Let us praise God for His glorious grace, for the free gift He gave us in His dear Son!  7  For by the sacrificial death of Christ we are set free, that is, our sins are forgiven.  How great is the grace of God,  8  which He lavished upon us.

18  I ask that your minds may be opened to see His light, so that you will know what is the hope to which He has called you, how rich are the wonderful blessings He promises His People,  19  and how very great is His power at work in us who believe.  This power working in us is the same as the mighty strength  20  which He used when He raised Christ from death and seated him at His right hand side in the Heavenly World.

1  In the past you were spiritually dead because of your disobedience and sins.  2  At that time you followed the World’s evil way; you obeyed the ruler of the spiritual powers in Space, the spirit who now controls the people who disobey God.  3  Actually, all of us were like them and lived according to our natural desires, doing whatever suited the wishes of our own bodies and minds.  In our natural condition we, like everyone else, were destined to suffer God’s anger.

4  But God’s mercy is so abundant, and His love for us is so great,  5  that while we were spiritually dead in our disobedience He brought us to life with Christ.  It is by God’s grace that you have been saved.

(Today’s English Version)

This is the Word of God.

Praise to you Almighty God.

Mark 6:

7  Jesus called the twelve Disciples together and sent them out two-by-two.  He gave them authority over the evil spirits

12  So they went out and preached the people should turn away from their sins.  13  They drove out many demons, and rubbed olive oil on many people and healed them.

(Today’s English Version)

This is the Gospel of our Lord.

Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.

You are invited to listen to, or join in singing the Hymn: “Leave God to order all thy ways”  MHB504

(This audio clip is for another hymn, but is used here for the tune)

Verse 1 of 3

Leave God to order all thy ways,

And hope in Him whate’er betide;

You’ll find Him in the evil days

Your all-sufficient strength and guide;

Who trusts in God’s unchanging love

Builds on the rock that nought can move.

Verse 2 of 3

Only thy restless heart keep still,

And wait in cheerful hope content

To take whate’er His gracious will,

His all-discerning love, has sent;

Nor doubt our inmost wants are known

To Him who chose us for His own.

Verse 3 of 3

Sing, pray, and swerve not from His ways,

But do your own part faithfully;

Trust His rich promises of grace,

So shall they be fulfilled in thee:

God never yet forsook at need

The soul that trusted Him indeed.

Georg Neumark

translated by Catherine Winkworth

Sermon

We may all be familiar with the Brisbane City Council signs in our parks which state:

“Do not feed the ducks!”

  There are similar signs in Canada, but for totally different classes of animals.  We saw one on Sulphur Mountain, near Banff in Alberta, warning people:

“Do not feed any wildlife.”

  It is specifically aimed at the squirrels and chipmunks that you may encounter.  Along with the hefty fine if you are caught feeding wildlife, there is the added warning:

“Human food kills wildlife.”

  We saw one at Whistler Ski Resort in British Columbia, which also warns people:

“Do not feed wildlife.”

  However, in this case, the danger is not so much that Human food will harm wildlife, it’s that the wildlife will harm Humans for their food.

  The number one rule if you go for a walk in the bush in Canada and Alaska is:

“Be aware of bears.”

  It is such a big issue that the U.S. National Park Service in Alaska has issued a pamphlet:

“Bear Safety in Alaska’s National Parklands”.

  Next time you go for a walk in the bush in Australia, be thankful that all that you may encounter on the track is a snake.  You can be certain of being able to outrun a snake.  You can’t outrun a bear. 

  But we digress.  Warnings!  So, we’ve seen examples of signs warning people not to feed wildlife.

 But it is so hard not to offer a cute animal a bit of your sandwich when it literally clambers onto your leg, begging for something to eat with such lovely big eyes.  This American Red Squirrel has lost all fear of people in its quest for ‘fast food’.  The bloke in the photograph, to his credit, did all that he could to avoid the squirrel getting a piece of his sandwich.

  These warnings have been put in place for a very good reason.  Wild animals can and do develop life-threatening health conditions by consuming food that we Humans consume.

  But there is another issue of equal importance.

  Our tour guide on the tour that we undertook in Canada, said that it was common knowledge that:

“A fed bear is a dead bear.”

  Why would this be so?  It has nothing to do with Human food endangering the health of a bear.  Once a bear tastes Human food and has leant to access Human food, it will lose its fear of Humans and intentionally seek out Human food, wherever the bear may find it, whether it is in rubbish bins, stored in a hiker’s tent, or placed inside a motor vehicle or house.

  In its quest for Human food, it will not just become a nuisance around a house or a town, but it will endanger the health and life of people in its search for Human food.  If such a bear cannot be discouraged from venturing near Human habitation, or if it cannot be successfully relocated away from Human habitation to a remote part of a National Park, Park authorities will have no other choice than to put it down so that it no longer presents a threat to people.

  But the question must be asked,

“What makes Human food so attractive to wild animals, such as bears?”

  There are two reasons.  Firstly, the taste; the sugar and salt and flavouring in Human food; the very same reason why take-away food is so appealing to many people.  Secondly, the ease of access.  Why spend time and effort picking berries from a bush, or trying to catch a fish in a stream, when all you need to do is look inside a rubbish bin or in a hiker’s backpack or inside a car?  And isn’t ease of access the other reason why many people opt for take-away food?

  So, what efforts are made to discourage wild animals, such as bears, from accessing your food?  The “Bear Safety” pamphlet details steps you need to take with regard to “cooking and storing food” so as to “minimise bear disturbance”.

  Also, Local Authorities have adopted “bear-proof rubbish bins”, for both general waste and recyclable containers.  These are found in all picnic and camping areas.  As you can see, they are very sturdy, which a bear cannot force open.  To open them you need to place your hand inside the cover and undo a latch, which opens the lid; something a bear cannot do. 

  There are similar “racoon-proof rubbish bins”, which we saw later in our journey in north Vancouver.

  Now, why have I gone into some detail on this matter?  Because the very same principles apply to us in our dealing with the sin in our lives.

  Through the Prophet Amos, God issued a warning to the northern Kingdom of Israel during the reign of Jeroboam II, who ruled from 786BC to 746BC.  God describes the Kingdom of Israel as a wall that is no longer straight; it is out of alignment.  God has seen the sinful nature of the people of the northern Kingdom of Israel, and their disregard for the Covenant agreement that their ancestors had made with God, and, consequently, their relationship with God is strained and their faith perverted. 

  “The people of Israel have sinned again and again.”, God declares.  (Amos 2: 6)  “They trample down the weak and helpless and push the poor out of the way.”, He says.  (Amos 2: 7)  They were also worshipping two false gods, Sakkuth and Kaiwan, Assyrian deities associated with the Planet Saturn.  (Amos 5: 26)  God pleads with them saying, “Make it your aim to do what is right, not what is evil, so that you may live.”  (Amos 5: 14) 

  The Apostle Paul warns of not be led by “your old self”  (Ephesians 4: 22)  , of not following the desires of your natural self” which will lead you to sin.  (Romans 6: 12)  This warning has no less We, today, has no less responsibility to heed such warnings from God.

God’s “anger” and “furious rage” – Psalm 85: 3

“I will not change my mind about punishing them.”  Amos 7: 8c

“God’s anger”  Ephesians 2: 3

  The Prophet Amos emphasised that we are accountable to God for whether or not we heed this warning that God gives to us.  In his writings, he recalls how, despite repeated warnings from God, the people of the northern Kingdom of Israel were unrepentant, they had not changed their ways.  Therefore, God declares, “I will not change my mind about punishing them.”  (Amos 7: 8c)  God’s judgement upon them was “necessary and certain”.  (The Lion Handbook to the Bible p494) 

  Similarly, the author of Psalm 85 writes of the sinner deserving to face God’s anger and rage.  (Psalm 85: 3)  This message is also a common theme in the Letters of the Apostle Paul, where he refers to the unrepentant sinner facing the anger of God’s judgement.  (Romans 3: 19, Ephesians 2: 3) 

  Biblical teaching is that ‘an unrepentant soul is a dead soul’.

  But the judgement and anger of God are not the central facets of the Biblical account of God’s interaction with Humanity.  Rather, what is the common theme in the Bible is God’s continual desire for people to change their ways.  God is portrayed as continually calling people to come back to a right relationship with him.  Mark records the time when Jesus sent his Disciples to visit the villages throughout Galilee, to preach the message that “people should turn away from their sins”.  (Mark 6: 12) 

  God chooses not to give up on Humanity, but to offer to people, time and again, the opportunity to listen to His call to them and to respond.

  It is the mercy of God that is central to His character.  God may be a just God.  God may be the judge of the World.  But God, firstly, is a merciful God to all who respond to His call.

  The author of Psalm 85 joyfully states of God,

“You have forgiven your people’s sins and pardoned all their wrongs.”  (Psalm 85: 2) 

  The Apostle Paul joyfully states of God,

“How great is the grace of God!  For by the sacrificial death of Christ we are set free, that is, our sins are forgiven.”  (Ephesians 1: 7) 

  Francis Foulkes, in his Commentary on Paul’s Letter to the Church in Ephesus, writes that God’s forgiveness involves a loosening of the bind that sin has over one’s mind and will, and is accomplished according to the riches of God’s grace, “grace which is rich beyond a person’s understanding and infinitely beyond any Earthly wealth.”  (Francis Foulkes in Ephesians  An Introduction and Commentary p50) 

  But, if this forgiveness graced upon us is, indeed, a freedom from bondage to sin, and if our reconciliation with God is a revelation to us of the love and mercy of God, why then do we sin?  What makes sin so attractive?

  Paul, in his Letter to the Church in Ephesus, refers to our natural condition”, “the time (when we) followed the World’s evil ways”, when we “lived according to our natural desires, doing whatever suited the wishes of our own bodies and minds”.  (Ephesians 2: 2 & 3) 

  Francis Foulkes, in his Commentary on Paul’s Letter, writes of Paul referring to “the longings and impulses of a self-centred life”, in which he argues that people, in living their lives intentionally without any consideration of God’s will and purpose in the World, are “not only dominated by self-centred passions, but (are) actually fulfilling the desires of the flesh and the mind”, indicating that “the effects of (people’s) evil and selfishness are not limited to the emotions but embrace (their) intellect and reasoning as well”.  (Francis Foulkes in Ephesians  An Introduction and Commentary p70) 

  This being so, how can we prevent ourselves being enticed to sin?  How can we avoid being led by “the longings and impulses of a self-centred life”.

  Paul asks that the minds of God’s people “may be opened to see His light”.  (Ephesians 1: 18a) 

  Francis Foulkes writes that the original Greek text of Paul’s writings refers to “the opening of the eyes of our understanding”, or more clearly, “the opening of the eyes of our hearts”.  “(The) Biblical expression of the heart is not simply the seat of emotions, nor the seat of the intellect or understanding, but the centre of the whole personality.”  (Francis Foulkes in Ephesians  An Introduction and Commentary p61) 

  Paul is asking that we may know three things.

   Firstly, “that (we) will know what is the hope to which (God) has called (us)”.  (Ephesians 1: 18b)  By this, Paul is referring to “the sure promise of life with God as His daughters and sons for ever, and (that) this hope in turn should vitally affect life for (us) in the here and now, how we act and think day by day.  (Francis Foulkes in Ephesians  An Introduction and Commentary p61)  (1 John 3: 2- 10) 

  Secondly, “how rich are the wonderful blessings God promises His people”.  (Ephesians 1: 18c)  By this, Paul is not just referring to “the inheritance from God the Father which Christians share with His Son, Jesus Christ”  (Romans 8: 17)  , but also to the fellowship of Christians within the local and the wider Church, because it is “through the Church (that we) are enlightened as to the truth of God’s purpose (in this World and in the next)”.  (Francis Foulkes in Ephesians  An Introduction and Commentary p62) 

  Thirdly, “what is the exceeding greatness of His power at work in us who believe, God’s mighty strength”.  (Ephesians 1: 19)  By this, Paul is praying that God’s mighty power may be working in the lives of those who have put their faith in His offer of forgiveness and reconciliation, that the Holy Spirit is enabled to renew and rejuvenate the emotions, the mind, the intellect, the understandings, the whole personality of each individual member of God’s Church.  And how does Paul reassure his readers that God is able through His mighty power to achieve all that He has planned and purposed in His Creation?  It was through God’s power that “He raised His Son Jesus from death and seated him at His right-hand side.  (Ephesians 1: 20)  It is through God’s power that Jesus rules “supreme” above all Heavenly and Earthly powers, as “Lord over all things”.  (Ephesians 1: 21 – 23) 

  Let us continue to read the Bible, God’s written Word, our own sin safety guide.

  God’s eternal pleasure and purpose was to create squirrels and bears to live out their lives as squirrels and bears in their natural habitat, uninfluenced and untainted by any contact with people.

  The Apostle Paul tells us that God’s eternal pleasure and purpose was to adopt us as His daughters and sons, so that we can live out our lives “in fellowship with God”, uninfluenced and untainted by the sinful World around us, “so that we would be holy and without fault before Him”.  (Ephesian 1: 4 & 5)  (Francis Foulkes in Ephesians  An Introduction and Commentary p47,  William Barclay in The Letters to the Galatians and Ephesians p93) 

  Let us rejoice in this gracious gift from God so freely and richly bestowed upon us.  But let us accept our status as children of God with the knowledge of our responsibility to let go of the hold of our “natural desires” and to embrace the Life granted to us through the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

You are invited to listen to, or join in singing the Hymn “Yours for ever!  God of love”  MHB 569

(This YouTube clip is for another hymn, but is used here for the tune)

Verse 1 of 5

Yours for ever!  God of love,

Hear us from your throne above;

Yours for ever may we be,

Here and in eternity.

Verse 2 of 5

Yours for ever!  Lord of life,

Shield us through our Earthly strife;

You’re the Life, the Truth, the Way,

Guide us to the realms of day.

Verse 3 of 5

Yours for ever!  O how blessed

They who find in you their rest!

Saviour, Guardian, Heavenly Friend,

O defend us to the end!

Verse 4 of 5

Yours for ever!  Shepherd keep

These your frail and trembling sheep;

Safe alone beneath your care,

Let us all your goodness share.

Verse 5 of 5

Yours for ever!  You’re our Guide,

All our wants by you supplied,

All our sins by you forgiven,

Lead us, Lord, from Earth to Heaven.

Mary Maude

Offering

Offering Prayer    

“For the life that you have given”  TiS774 

[This hymn is being sung to the tune Austria – there is no introduction.]

[This YouTube clip is for another hymn so disregard the words – only the one verse is needed.]

For the life that you have given,

For the love in Christ made known,

With these fruits of time and labour,

With these gifts that are your own:

Here we offer, Lord, our praises;

Heart and mind and strength we bring;

Give us grace to love and serve you,

Living what we pray and sing.

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Prayers for Others

Almighty God, Creator and Sustainer, Lord of Time and Space and of History, you taught us to pray and promised that whatever we ask for in your name will be provided.

We pray for order over unruly powers, for justice where injustice reigns, for peace where hatred and violence run rampant.

We remember those who are in need because they have no work.

Please guide them to where they will find fulfilling employment and a just payment for their labour.

We remember those who are troubled, who are sorrowful, or who are grieving.

Please heal them in body, mind and spirit, so that they can face the present and the future with confidence and enthusiasm.

Turn the hearts of those who misuse their power and authority over others.

Please bring hope and freedom to those places where people live in fear and under tyranny.

We pray for those who suffer for the purpose of revealing lies and for promoting the truth.

Please comfort those who are unjustly and falsely imprisoned.

Keep your Church single-minded and faithful in its service for you.

Encourage your people when there are discouraged; keep them humble when they are enticed into proud boasting of their successes.

O God Eternal, good beyond all that is good, fair beyond all that is fair, in whom is calmness and peace: reconcile the differences in the Church which divide us from one another and bring us back into the unity of love which may bear some likeness to your divine nature.

Grant that we may be spiritually one, both within ourselves and with one another, through the grace, mercy and tenderness of your Son, Jesus Christ.

Prayers of the Congregation

We pray for those who undertake Religious Instruction classes at Bald Hills State School in the coming weeks.  Guide them in their preparation for the words to say and the approach to take with the children in their classes. 

We pray for Kylie Conomos, the Scripture Union Chaplain at Bald Hills State School, as she addresses the concerns and needs of children, parents and teachers at the Bald Hills State School.

  We pray for the wife and family of the young father who passed away suddenly recently.  Please comfort them as they grieve on their loss and deal with the changes that his passing brings to their lives.

We pray for those who we have not seen for some time and who are unable to attend worship regularly.  Please guide and comfort them in their particular circumstances.  May they be aware of your care for them as they meet what each new day brings.

  Merciful God, you sent your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, to walk among us.  He heard the cries of the people and shared with them the Good News of the Kingdom.  Hear our prayers this day and answer them so that your greatness may be known by all.  This we ask in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.

The Lord’s Prayer

Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be your name,

your kingdom come,

your will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven.

Give us today our daily bread.

Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us.

Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil,

For the Kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours,

Now and forever.  Amen.

You are invited to listen to, or join in singing the Hymn “Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy”  TiS 613

Joyce Plazek (Jan Struther)

Benediction 

(from Invocations and Benedictions by John Drescher p85) 

  The Earth is the Lord’s, and all that is in it.  Let us then lift up our heads this day in praise and thanksgiving of our God who blesses us, chooses us, and has adopted us as His own.  Let us go out into the World with renewed minds and pure hearts, proclaiming the love of God and the revealed mystery of His Will to bring salvation to Humanity.

And may the blessing of God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, rest upon you and remain with you always.  Amen.

  Benediction Song

“Now to him who loves us saves us”  TiS771

Now to him who loved us, gave us

Every pledge that love could give,

Freely shed his blood to save us,

Gave his life that we might live,

Be the Kingdom

And dominion

And the glory evermore.

Samuel Miller Waring