| 00:00:03 | SEATED. |
| 00:00:04 | >> MR. |
| 00:00:05 | PRESIDENT, MADAME FIRST LADY, VICE PRESIDENT AND DR. |
| 00:00:08 | BIDEN, HONORED GUESTS, LEADERS IN GOVERNMENT AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND THE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY, IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE WITH YOU TODAY AND TO BE SHARING, ESPECIALLY ON THIS THE OCCASION OF THE SECOND INAUGURATION. |
| 00:00:24 | GOD, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE ME SAY TO THESE REMARKABLE PEOPLE? |
| 00:00:27 | AND THE FIRST THING I FELT GOD WANTED ME TO SAY TO YOU WAS SIMPLY THANK YOU. |
| 00:00:32 | THANK YOU. |
| 00:00:33 | A FRIEND OF MINE ONCE TOLD ME THERE ARE THREE REASONS WHY PEOPLE SEEK PUBLIC OFFICE. |
| 00:00:37 | THE FIRST IS THERE ARE SOME WHO WANT TO FEEL IMPORTANT AND THEY WANT ALL THE POWER AFFORDS THEM. |
| 00:00:44 | HE SAID THERE'S A SECOND GROUP AND THOSE FOLKS ARE JUST A LITTLE OFF IN THE HEAD. |
| 00:00:49 | BUT HE SAID THERE'S A THIRD GROUP WHO REALLY WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. |
| 00:00:54 | THEY REALLY WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD FOR THE BETTER. |
| 00:00:57 | AND I BELIEVE THAT REPRESENTS YOU AND ALL OF YOU IN THIS ADMINISTRATION AND THE LEADERSHIP IN OUR COUNTRY. |
| 00:01:04 | AND WE AMERICANS SAY IT SELDOM BUT WE SHOULD SAY IT FAR MORE OFTEN, THANK YOU FOR GIVING YOURSELVES FOR SACRIFICING, FOR LIVING IN GLASS HOUSES FOR ACCEPTING THE CONSTANT BARRAGE OF CRITICISM WITH VERY LITTLE PRAISE, FOR BEING WILLING TO RISK EVERYTHING IN ORDER TO SERVE THIS COUNTRY. |
| 00:01:25 | THANK YOU. |
| 00:01:41 | [ APPLAUSE ] THIS MONTH MARKS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE 150th ANNIVERSARY OF THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION. |
| 00:01:50 | LINCOLN IS KNOWN AS THE GREAT EMANCIPATE TORE. |
| 00:01:52 | I THOUGHT OF THE BIBLICAL EMANCIPATION STORY AND THE GREAT EMANCIPATEOR WAS A MAN NAMED MOSES. |
| 00:02:02 | I'D LIKE TO LIFT UP THREE IDEAS FROM HIS LIFE THAT MIGHT SPEAK TO ALL OF US TODAY AS LEADERS IN OUR COUNTRY AND I HOPE IN SOME WAY SPEAK IN PARTICULAR TO THOSE OF YOU IN THE HIGHEST AUTHORITY IN OUR LAND. |
| 00:02:13 | AND I BEGIN FIRST WITH THE HEART AND THE CHARACTER OF MOSES. |
| 00:02:17 | NOW, THERE ARE TWO THINGS WE LEARN ABOUT HIS HEART AND CHARACTER IF THE SCRIPTURES. |
| 00:02:22 | NUMBERS TELLS US THAT THE MAN MOSES WAS A HUMBLE MAN, MORE HUMBLE THAN ANYONE ELSE ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. |
| 00:02:29 | GOD CHOOSES AND USES THOSE WHO HUMBLE THEMSELVES BEFORE HIM AND BEFORE OTHERS. |
| 00:02:36 | YOUNG MARY, THE MOTHER OF JESUS SAYS THAT GOD SCATTERS THE PROUD AND THE THOUGHTS OF THEIR HEARTS BUT LIFTS UP THE LOWLY. |
| 00:02:44 | JESUS TEACHES THE SAME THING WHEN HE TURNS TO HIS DISCIPLES WHO WERE ARGUING ON THE NIGHT BEFORE HE WOULD BE CRUCIFYIED WHICH OF THEM IS THE GREATEST. |
| 00:02:56 | HE SAID THAT'S HOW THE KINGS OF THE WORLD OPERATE, BUT THAT'S NOT HOW YOU OPERATE. |
| 00:03:00 | HE SAID THE ONE WHO WOULD BE GREAT WILL BE YOUR SERVANT. |
| 00:03:05 | AND THEN HE WASHED HIS DISCIPLES FEET. |
| 00:03:11 | MOSES' HUMILITY WAS IS COUPLED WITH CONCERN FOR THE MARGINALIZE THE AND OPPRESSES. |
| 00:03:18 | HE HAD EVERYTHING A MAN 0 COULD POSSIBLY WANT BUT WHEN HE SAW THE PLIGHT OF THE HEBREW SLAVES HE COULD NOT REMAIN IN SILENCE AND COULD NOT REMAIN IN THE PALACE. |
| 00:03:29 | HE RISKED HIS LIFE TO STAND BEFORE PHARAOH AND TO DEMAND THAT PHARAOH RELEASE THE SLAVES AND HE LED THEM INTO THE WILDERNESS TOWARDS THE PROMISED LAND. |
| 00:03:40 | THIS IS WHAT GOD LOOKS FOR IN THE SCRIPTURES FROM EVERY KING, EVERY RABBI, EVERY LEADER. |
| 00:03:46 | HE LOOKS FOR THOSE WHO TAKE SERIOUSLY THE CALL TO JUSTICE TO DO KINDNESS, TO SPEAK UP FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT SPEAK UP FOR THEMSELVES. |
| 00:03:56 | JAMES SAYS IT THIS WAY. |
| 00:03:58 | TRUE RELIGION AND UNDEFILED BEFORE GOD IS TO AIR FOR THE WIDOWS AND THE ORPHANS. |
| 00:04:03 | AND JESUS SAYS THAT THE LAST JUDGMENT IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS. |
| 00:04:07 | HOW DID YOU RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF THE LEAST OF THESE? |
| 00:04:11 | NOW, THIS IS AMERICA AT HER BEST. |
| 00:04:13 | AT OUR BEST, WE'RE A HUMBLE PEOPLE AND WE REMEMBER THE CALL TO HAVE COMPASSION FOR THE LEAST OF THESE. |
| 00:04:23 | WHICH IS WHY EMMA LAZARUS'S POEM IS ETCHED WITH THESE WORDS, GIVE ME YOUR TIRED, YOUR POOR, YOUR HUDDLED MASSES YEARNING TO BE FREE. |
| 00:04:36 | SEND THESE, TO ME. |
| 00:04:41 | HUMILITY AND COURAGEOUS COMPASSION FOR THE MARGINALIZED AND OPPRESSED ARE CENTRAL TO THE HEART AND CHARACTER OF MOSES AND ARE MEANT TO BE CENTRAL TO THE HEART AND CHARACTER OF THIS NATION. |
| 00:04:51 | THE SECOND THING WE LEARN FROM MOSES IS THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A VISION. |
| 00:04:56 | PROFESSOR JOHN COTTER NOW RETIRED FROM HAFRD BUSINESS SCHOOL NOTED THAT TWO OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TASKS OF ANY LEADER ARE TO CAST A COMPELLING VISION FOR THE FUTURE AND THEN TO INSPIRE AND MOTIVATE PEOPLE TO PURSUE IT. |
| 00:05:10 | THAT VISION HAS TO BE A CLEAR AND COMPELLING PICTURE OF WHERE WE WANT TO GO, OUR PREFERRED PICTURE OF THE FUTURE. |
| 00:05:18 | MOSES LED THE SLAVES OUT OF EGYPT BUT THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH. |
| 00:05:21 | VERY QUICKLY THEY GRUMBLED AND BEGAN TO DESIRE TO GO BACK WHERE THERE WERE LEEKS AND CUCUMBERS TO EAT. |
| 00:05:29 | THE WILDERNESS WAS HARD. |
| 00:05:32 | MOSES HAD TO CONSTANTLY REMIND THEM OF THE VISION. |
| 00:05:36 | HE SAID WE'RE MARCHING TO THE PROMISED LAND, A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY WHERE WE CAN WORSHIP FREELY, WHERE WE CAN LOVE AND PRACTICE JUSTICE, WHERE WE CAN LIVE IN HARMONY. |
| 00:05:47 | A COMPELLING VISION UNIFIES US. |
| 00:05:49 | IT EXCITES US, IT LEADS PEOPLE TO A WILLINGNESS TO SACRIFICE AND ABUSE THEM WITH A SENSE OF PURPOSE. |
| 00:05:57 | COTTER SUGGESTED THAT THE AVERAGE AMERICAN COMPANY STRUGGLED WITH A LACK OF A COMPELLING VISION AT LEAST. |
| 00:06:04 | AS A PASTOR I CAN TELL YOU THE SAME IS TRUE OF LOCAL CHURCHES WHO DON'T REMEMBER THEIR PURPOSE AND THEY NO LONGER SEE A COMPELLING VISION FOR THE FUTURE. |
| 00:06:15 | AND SADLY, THIS FEELS TRUE OF AMERICA TODAY. |
| 00:06:19 | WITH OUR TWO-PARTY SYSTEM, VISION CASTING OFTEN FEELS LIKE MERE POLITICAL RHETORIC AND WE TYPICALLY ARE OFFERED TWO DIFFERENT VISIONS COMPETING WITH ONE ANOTHER, NOT ONE UNIFYING VISION. |
| 00:06:30 | TO MANY AMERICANS WE FEEL LIKE A HOUSE DIVIDED THAT CANNOT STAND. |
| 00:06:34 | WE FIND OURSELVES DESPERATELY LONGING TO FIND COMMON GROUND TO FIND A COMMON VISION, TO BE ONE NATION INDIVISIBLE WITH ISHT AND JUSTICE FOR EVERYONE. |
| 00:06:48 | IN THIS CITY AND IN THIS ROOM ARE THE PEOPLE WHO CAN HELP. |
| 00:06:54 | THIS MAY BE, THIS BRINGING TOGETHER OUR COUNTRY, A MORE IMPORTANT ISSUE THAN ANYTHING ELSE YOU FACE. |
| 00:06:59 | BECAUSE UNTIL WE RESOLVE OUR DIFFERENCES HERE, WE'RE GOING TO FIND IT VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO SOLVE ANY PROBLEMS WE'RE FACING, DEBT CEILINGS, ISSUES OF HEALTH CARE, PROVERBS NOTES THIS. |
| 00:07:17 | WITHOUT A VISION, THE PEOPLE PERISH. |
| 00:07:20 | THEY DON'T LITERALLY PERISH. |
| 00:07:22 | THEY JUST BICKER AND FIGHT AND BECOME SO POLARIZED THEY CAN'T GET ANYTHING DONE. |
| 00:07:28 | WE'RE IN NEED OF A NEW COMMON NATIONAL VISION, NOT ONE THAT IS SOLELY DEMOCRATIC OR SOLELY REPUBLICAN. |
| 00:07:34 | WE NEED AT LEAST ONE OR TWO GOALS OR DREAMS THAT AMERICANS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLES CAN COME TOGETHER AND SAY YES, THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AMERICAN. |
| 00:07:42 | THAT'S WHERE WE THEY'D TO GO. |
| 00:07:47 | GOD HAS GIVEN YOU A UNIQUE GIFT, MR. |
| 00:07:48 | PRESIDENT, UNLIKE ANY OTHER PRESIDENT. |
| 00:07:50 | YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO CAST VISION AND INSPIRE PEOPLE. |
| 00:07:53 | YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PREACHER. |
| 00:08:03 | [ APPLAUSE ] GOD ACTUALLY HAS YOU EXACTLY WHERE GOD WANTS YOU. |
| 00:08:07 | AND YESTERDAY, YOU BEGAN TO LAY OUT A VISION FOR US IN YOUR INAUGURAL ADDRESS THAT WAS VERY POWERFUL AND COMPELLING. |
| 00:08:14 | SOMEWHERE WE'VE GOT TO FIND AND FORGE ONE OR TWO DREAMS OR VISIONS THAT PEOPLE ON THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT, THE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS HAVE COME TOGETHER TO SAY YES, WE CAN STACK HAND ON THIS. |
| 00:08:25 | EVEN JUST ONE OR TWO. YOU POINTED TO THAT, YOU HINNED TOWARDS THAT YESTERDAY. |
| 00:08:29 | WE HAVE TO REMEMBER OUR PICTURE OF THE PROMISED LAND. |
| 00:08:32 | AND WHEN WE DO THAT, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE IN AMERICA. |
| 00:08:37 | OFFER ONE SMALL EXAMPLE OF THE POWER OF VISION FROM THE CHURCH THAT I SERVE IN KANSAS CITY. |
| 00:08:42 | ONE OF OUR VISIONS AT THE CHURCH IS TO ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF POVERTY IN KANSAS CITY SO THAT OUR CITY MIGHT LOOK MORE LIKE THE KINGDOM OF GOD THAT JESUS PREACHED ABOUT. |
| 00:08:53 | WHEN WE ASK HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF POVERTY, THE ONE THING EVERYONE AGREES UPON IS EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. |
| 00:09:01 | SO WE HAD A VISION THAT WE WOULD WORK TOGETHER WITH THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN KANSAS CITY TO FIND A WAY 0 GIVE THE 2,284 CHILDREN IN SIX ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WHERE 90% OF THOSE CHILDREN ARE ON THE FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH PROGRAM A CHANCE FOR A BETTER PUJ. |
| 00:09:16 | WE PARTNERED WITH THESE SCHOOLS AND WE SAID WE DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS. |
| 00:09:21 | WE JUST OFFER OURSELVES AS SERVANTS. |
| 00:09:24 | WHAT DO YOU FEED? |
| 00:09:25 | THIS LAST YEAR, 2,500 OF OUR MEMBERS VOLUNTEERED IN THE SCHOOLS. |
| 00:09:29 | WE BUILT PLAYGROUNDS AT ALL SIX SCHOOLS WHERE THEY DIDN'T HAVE PLAYGROUNDS BEFORE. |
| 00:09:33 | WE REPAINED THE INSIDE OF THE SCHOOLS WHERE THEY DIDN'T HAVE MONEY TO FIX THE SCHOOLS. |
| 00:09:37 | OUR MEMBERS VOLUNTEERED ASTUTE TORS TO READ TO THE CHILDREN. |
| 00:09:40 | WE PURCHASED 20,000 BOOKS AND GAVE THEM TO THE CHILDREN SO THEY MIGHT READ AT HOME. |
| 00:09:45 | WHEN WE FOUND OUT THAT 1400 CHILDREN WERE COMING TO SCHOOL ON MONDAY HUNGRY OVER THE WEEKEND BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE REDUCED LUNCH PROGRAM AT HOME, WE STARTED PROVIDING BACKPACKS FOR CHILDREN WITH SNACKS EVERY FRIDAY. |
| 00:09:57 | 1400 OF THEM THAT OUR MEMBERS PACK AND DELIVER SO THESE CHILDREN COME BACK TO SCHOOL MONDAY FED. |
| 00:10:02 | WHEN WE LEARNED THAT 300 CHILDREN SLEEP ON THE FLOOR OR ON THE COUCH IN THEIR HOMES, WE PROVIDED 300 BEDS. |
| 00:10:09 | WE DELIVERED THEM. WE PROVIDED SHEETS AND BLANKETS AND PAJAMAS FOR THESE CHILDREN. |
| 00:10:17 | [ APPLAUSE ] |
| 00:10:20 | ON CHRISTMAS EVE, OUR BIGGEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR AT OUR CHURCH, WE VOTED A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO TO GIVEAWAY THE ENTIRE CHRISTMAS EVE OFFERING TO PROJECTS BENEFITING CHILDREN IN POVERTY AND CHALLENGES OUR MEMBERS, WOULD YOU CONSIDER GIVING AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO WHAT YOU SPENT ON YOUR OWN CHILDREN AT CHRISTMAS IN THIS OFFERING. |
| 00:10:40 | WE GIVE HALF OF IT BENEFITTING ORPHANS AND HALF OF IT BENEFITING DID THE CHILDREN IN KANSAS CITY. |
| 00:10:47 | AND ON CHRISTMAS EVE, OUR FOLKS IN ONE EVENING GAVE $1,000235,000 TO THESE PROJECTS. |
| 00:11:00 | I MENTION THAT -- I MENTION THAT NOT TO BRAG THOUGH I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR CONGREGATION. |
| 00:11:06 | THAT'S ONE CONGREGATION WITH ONE VISION AND THAT UN NIES US AS A CHURCH. |
| 00:11:10 | WE'RE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS IN OUR CONGREGATION, LIBERAL AND CONSERVATIVE, BUT SOMEHOW THESE KINDS OF VISIONS PULL US INTO THE FUTURE. |
| 00:11:18 | THEY EXCITE AND THEY HELP CHANGE THE WORLD. |
| 00:11:23 | THE LAST WORD I'D MENTION REGARDING MOSES IS THAT DESPITE GREAT OPPOSITION TO LIES HEADER SLIP AND FEELING DISCOURAGED MANY TIMES, HE NEVER GAVE UP. |
| 00:11:32 | TO BE A LEADER IS TO INVITE CRITICISM. |
| 00:11:35 | IF YOU'RE A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER, THEY'LL CRITICIZE YOU. |
| 00:11:38 | IF YOU'RE A SUPERVISOR AT McDONALD'S, THEY'LL CRITICIZE YOU. |
| 00:11:41 | IF YOU'RE A PREACHER, THEY'LL CRITICIZE YOU. |
| 00:11:44 | I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE STILL STANDING. |
| 00:11:48 | IT WAS NOT LONG AFTER MOSES BEGAN TO LEAD THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL OUT OF EGYPT THAT THEY BEGAN TO GRUMBLE AGAINST HIS LEADERSHIP. |
| 00:11:56 | FOUR YEARS IN, THEY DISLIKED HIS POLICIES SO MUCH A NUMBER OF THEM TRIED TO VOTE HIM OUT OF OFFICE. |
| 00:12:02 | IT WAS A CLOSE VOTE, BUT SOMEHOW HE MANAGED TO KEEP HIS JOB. |
| 00:12:07 | IN NUMBERS CHAPTER 11, WE READ TEA WENT INTO THE WILDERNESS. |
| 00:12:11 | IT'S A WONDERFUL AND ENDEARING STORY OF MOSES. |
| 00:12:14 | HE LIFTS UP HIS HANDS AND PRAYS, GOD, JUST KILL ME NOW. |
| 00:12:19 | I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS ANYMORE. |
| 00:12:21 | IT IS TOO HARD. |
| 00:12:24 | BUT THIS WAS ONE TIME GOD DID NOT ANSWER MOSES' PRAYER. |
| 00:12:28 | AND INSTEAD HE SAID IN ESSENCE, GET BACK TO WORK. |
| 00:12:32 | I NEED YOU. |
| 00:12:33 | I'M REMINDED OF THE NIGHT IN LATE JANUARY, 1957 WHEN DR. |
| 00:12:37 | KING RECEIVED A THREATENING PHONE CALL. |
| 00:12:40 | HIS CHILDREN WERE ASLEEP. |
| 00:12:42 | HIS WIFE WAS ASLEEP. |
| 00:12:44 | THIS WASN'T HIS FIRST THREATENING PHONE CALL. |
| 00:12:46 | SINCE THE MONTGOMERY BOYCOTT, THERE HAD BEEN MANY. |
| 00:12:49 | BUT ON THIS NIGHT AS HIS CHILDREN AND WIFE LIE SLEEPING HE FELT HE COULDN'T GO ON. |
| 00:12:55 | HE BEGAN TO THINK OF A WAY TO GRACEFULLY BOW OUT OF LEADERSHIP OF THE MOVEMENT. |
| 00:13:01 | AT MIDNIGHT, HE BOWED OVER THE KITCHEN TABLE AND HE BEGAN TO PRAY. |
| 00:13:06 | I'M AFRAID, LORD. |
| 00:13:09 | THE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO ME FOR LEADERSHIP. |
| 00:13:11 | AND IF I STAND BEFORE THEM WITHOUT STRENGTH AND COURAGE, THEY TOO WILL FALTER. |
| 00:13:17 | I'M AT THE END OF MY POWERS, GOD. |
| 00:13:20 | I HAVE NOTHING LEFT. |
| 00:13:22 | I'VE COME TO THE POINT WHERE I CAN'T FACE IT ALONE. |
| 00:13:27 | AND THEN HE DESCRIBED SOMETHING INTERESTING THAT HAPPENED NEXT. |
| 00:13:31 | HE SAID, I EXPERIENCED THE PRESENCE OF THE DIVINE AS I HAD NEVER EXPERIENCED GOD BEFORE. |
| 00:13:37 | IT SEEMED AS THOUGH I COULD HEAR THE QUIET ASSURANCE OF AN INNER VOICE SAYING, STAND UP FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS. |
| 00:13:44 | STAND UP FOR TRUTH. |
| 00:13:46 | AND GOD WILL BE AT YOUR SIDE FOREVER. |
| 00:13:50 | IMAGINE HOW THE WORLD WOULD BE DIFFERENT TODAY IF DR. |
| 00:13:53 | KING HAD BOWED OUT OF LEADERSHIP BECAUSE IT GOT JUST TOO HARD. |
| 00:13:59 | HAD HE NOT STOPPED TO PRAY THAT NIGHT AND SEEK GOD AND FEEL GOD'S REASSURANCE. |
| 00:14:07 | THE THEME THIS YEAR WAS FAITH IN THE FUTURE OF AMERICA. |
| 00:14:09 | IN THIS SERVICE WE COME TOGETHER TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IN ORDER FOR AMERICA TO HAVE A FUTURE, WE'LL NEEDED TO FIND A DEEP AND ABIDING FAITH IN GOD. |
| 00:14:19 | IT IS THIS FAITH THAT COMPELS US TO COMPASSION AND CONCERN FOR THE NOBODIES. |
| 00:14:23 | IT IS THIS FAITH THAT HELPS US DISCOVER THE KINDS OF VISIONS THAT ARE WORTHY OF OUR GREAT NATION AND WORTHY OF THE SACRIFICES WE CAN MAKE. |
| 00:14:31 | IT'S THIS FAITH THAT SUSTAINS US WHEN WE FEEL LIKE GIVING UP, A FAITH THAT COMES FROM TRUSTING IN THE WORDS OF JESUS WHO SAY, LO, I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS. |
| 00:14:40 | EVEN TO THE END OF THE AGE. |
| 00:14:44 | I'D END WITH THIS STORY. |
| 00:14:47 | DURING DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING WEEKEND SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I WAS LISTENING TO NPR AND THEY WERE CONDUCTING AN INTERVIEW WITH REVEREND BILLY KYLES WHO WAS WAS DR. |
| 00:14:56 | KING WHEN HE DIED ON THE BALCONY OF THE LORRAINE MOTEL. |
| 00:15:00 | THE INTERVIEWER ASKED KYLES WHAT HE WOULD BE PREACHING ON THAT WEEKEND. |
| 00:15:04 | REVEREND KILS TOLD A STORY YOU'VE OF UNDOUBTEDLY HEARD BEFORE BUT BEARS REPEATING TODAY. |
| 00:15:10 | HE SAID I'LL BE TELLING THE OLD STORY ABOUT ROBERT LEWIS STEVENSON. |
| 00:15:14 | STEVENSON THE 19th CENTURY AUTHOR ONCE TOLD HOW AS A BOY HE HAD BEEN SITTING AT NIGHTFALL WATCHING THE LAMP LIGHTER LIGHT THE GAS STREET LAMPS. |
| 00:15:23 | HE WOULD ERECT A LADDER AT ONE POST AND CLIMB UP AND LIGHT THE LAMP AND TAKE IT DOWN AND GO TO THE NEXT ONE AND THE NEXT ONE AND THE NEXT ONE AND HIS FATHER WALKED IN THE ROOM AND HE SAID SON, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE WINDOW, WHAT DO YOU SEE THAT'S SO FASCINATING? |
| 00:15:39 | AND THE YOUNG STEVENSON SAID DADDY, I'M WATCHING THAT MAN OUT THERE KNOCK HOLES IN THE DARKNESS. |
| 00:15:47 | THERE'S A LOT OF DARKNESS IN OUR WORLD. |
| 00:15:51 | LEAD US TO BE A COMPASSIONATE PEOPLE. |
| 00:15:54 | TO BE CONCERNED FOR THE MARGINALIZED. |
| 00:15:58 | HELP US REDISCOVER A VISION FOR AMERICA THAT IS SO COMPELLING THAT IT UNITES US. |
| 00:16:03 | AND CALLS US TO REALIZE THE FULL POTENTIAL OF THIS COUNTRY TO BE A SHINING CITY UPON A HILL. |
| 00:16:09 | AND WHEN YOU FEEL YOUR LOWEST, DON'T GIVE UP. |
| 00:16:14 | WAIT UPON THE LORD. |
| 00:16:17 | HE WILL RENEW YOUR STRENGTH THAT YOU MIGHT LEAD US AS A NATION TO KNOCK HOLES IN THE DARKNESS. |
| 00:16:21 | AMEN. |
| 00:17:20 | [ APPLAUSE ] (music)(music) >>> I |
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