VIII.The Four Fold Life
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Hymn O Master Workman of the Race (Tune, 'Materna,' No. 153. Standing)
O Master-workman of the race,
Thou Man of Galilee,
Who with the eyes of early youth
Eternal things did see,
We thank thee for thy boyhood faith,
That shone thy whole life through;
Did ye not know it is my work,
My Father's work to do?
JESUS' BOYHOOD AND EARLY TRAINING
Leader will read Luke 2 (41-52) closing with these lines:
All: And Jesus advanced in WISDOM and STATURE, and in favor
with GOD and MEN.
hymn (Second stanza)
O Carpenter of Nazareth,
Builder of life divine,
Who shapest man to God's own law,
Thyself the fair design,
Build us a tower of Christ-like height,
That we the land may view,
And see, like thee, our noblest work
Our Father's work to do. (Seated)
I. PHYSICAL
Leader: I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air; but I buffet my body and bring it into bondage; lest by any means,
after that I have been a herald to others, I myself should be rejected.
Assembly: Every man that striveth in the games exerciseth self control
in all things.
Leader: The glory of young men is their strength.
Assembly: My strength is as the strength of ten because my heart is pure,
Song of the Boy(Leader)
Oh! the joy of the measured strength.
To run with the fleet, and leap with the supple,
And strive with the strong!
To struggle with friendly foes, and to know at length,
By measuring strength with strength,
Where you stand as a man among men.
To reach with body and soul
For the wreath of bays, and then
To rejoice that the best man wins,
Though another be first at the goal.
Oh! Life is sweet. Justin Stern
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