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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: 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 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. in all things. Song of the Boy
 * Every man that striveth in the games exerciseth self control
 * The glory of young men is their strength.
 * My strength is as the strength of ten because my heart is pure,
 * 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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