Land Of The Book (1967)

[Music] God found him in the waist and Howling [Music] Wilderness now the Lord said unto Abraham get thee out of thy country and from thy Kindred and from thy Father's House unto a land that I will show thee and I will make of thee a great nation and they went forth from ER of the Cales to go into the land of [Music] Canaan lift up thine eyes and look northward and Southward and Westward and Eastward for all the land which thou seest to thee will I give it and to thy seed forever look now toward heaven and tell the Stars if thou be able to number them so shall thy seed be the Canaanite was then in the land n [Music] and it came to pass that God did tempt Abraham and said unto him take now thine only son Isaac whom thou lovest and offer him and Abraham bound Isaac and laid him on the altar Abraham stretched forth his hand and took the knife to slay his son the Lord called unto him out of heaven and said lay not thine hand upon the lad for now I know thou fearest God Jacob said to all that were with him put away the strange gods that are among you and they gave unto him all the strange gods and Jacob hid them under the oak the Lord spake unto Moses saying if you will keep my Covenant then ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation and thou shalt remember all the ways which the Lord thy God LED thee these 40 years in the wilderness to Humble thee that he might make thee know that man does not live by bread [Music] [Music] alone for the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land a land of Brooks of fountains and depths that spring out of the valleys and Hills go over this River Jordan thou and all thy [Music] people the land with ye go to possess it is a land of Hills and Valleys and drinketh water of the rain of Heaven and the Sea of canit which is the Sea of [Music] Galilee like valleys that stretch AAR [Music] like Gardens beside a river Thou shalt be like a watered Garden then sang the children of Israel the Lord is my strength and song and he has become my salvation who is like unto thee Oh Lord among the gods who is like thee glorious in Holiness the Lord shall reign forever and ever and the Canaanites went out they and all their hosts with them with horses and chariots to fight against Israel and the Lord discomforted them before Israel and slew them with a great Slaughter and chased them along the way as they fled before Israel the Lord cast down great stones from Heaven upon [Music] them and they died more died from hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword so Joshua smot all the country of the hills and of the veil and of the springs and all their kings because the Lord God of Israel fought for [Music] Israel and Joshua took hatau and smote the king thereof with the sword for hatau was the head of all those kingdoms [Music] and they built there an altar to the [Music] Lord the land rested from war [Music] then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord and they brought up the Ark of the Covenant but will God indeed dwell on the earth behold the heaven and Heaven of Heavens cannot contain thee how much less this house that I have builded this is the Song of Songs which is Solomon's who is this that cometh out of the Wilderness like a scented Cloud behold he cometh leaping upon the mountains skipping upon the hills my beloved is unto me as a perfumed cluster in The Vineyards of engedi behold Thou Art Fair my beloved yay Pleasant also our bed is green [Music] for L the winter is passed the rain is over and gone the time of the Nightingale is come and the voice of the turtle dove is heard in our land [Music] a garden enclosed is my beloved my bride a fountain of gardens a well of Living Waters set me as a seal upon thine heart all the waters cannot quench love for love is strong as death [Music] then sayth the Lord thou Hast not kept my Commandments but Hast done evil above all that were before thee cursed is the man whose heart turns away from the Lord he is like a shrub in the desert and shall not see any good come he shall dwell in the parched places of the Wilderness in an uninhabited salt [Music] land Zion has become a desert Jerusalem A wilderness what shall I cry all flesh is grass and all its beauty like the flowers of the field the grass withers the flower Fades but the word of our God will stand [Music] forever how shall we sing the Lord's song in a foreign [Music] Land If I forget thee Oh Jerusalem let my right hand lose its cunning let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest Joy on the shores of the Dead Sea dwelt the essenes together they shall eat and together they shall pray together they shall counsel I thank the oh Lord that thou Hast tied my soul in the bundle of life and fenced me about from all the snares of the pit for an everlasting God art thou and all thy ways are established for eternity and there is none beside thee tell me are now a Roman the emperor Tiberius the procurator [Music] pilot the Romans shall come and take away both our place and Nation and the cities shall go into captivity [Music] n a [Music] oh [Music] I am desolate and captive there was a rock great in circumference and very high it was encompassed by valleys of vast depth upon this height Jonathan the high priest first built a fortress and called it Mada King Herod built a wall around about the entire top of the hill seven furlows [Music] long the Israelites under elazer seized this [Music] Fortress the Roman Commander s then built a wall round about the whole place and besieged it he found but one single part on which he could build a ramp to the top of the hill accordingly he ordered the Army to bring Earth and the ramp was raised Sila commanded a great battering ram to be brought and set against the wall and to make frequent batteries against it [Music] [Music] it sundered the wall and quite over through it then Sila commanded a great number of burning torches to be thrown upon the inner wall and as it was mostly made of wood it soon took fire and the wind blew strongly against the wall that night the Romans returned to their camp with joy and resolved to attack the Israelites on the very next day when eleasa saw the wall burned down by the fire knowing what the Romans would visit upon them their wives and their children he gathered all together and said we were the first that revolted against the Romans and we are the last to resist them I cannot but esteem it as a favor that God hath granted us that it is still in our power to die bravely and in a state of Freedom we who have been raised up in our own sacred discipline must serve example to our brethren in our Readiness to die with the rising of the Sun the Romans moved up the ramp and entered the Fortress [Music] unopposed the Jews had escaped in death by their own hand they were 93 score in number but the lamp of God have not yet gone out oh Lord our Lord How Majestic is thy name in all the [Music] Earth judge everyone with the scale weighted in in his favor that which is hurtful to thee do not to Thy [Music] Neighbor seek good and not evil that ye may [Music] live who is a wise man he that learns from all men who is a rich man he that is content with his portion who is an honorable man he that honors [Music] mankind you [Music] our k [Music] oh [Music] on that day that day I will raise up the [Music] T has fallen which [Music] fall I I [Music] will I will reild I will re re I will I will re in the in the h [Music] oh