18 Years in a Poor Bent State

Hilda Brackley and

Duncan McLean Duncan McLean, ARCM
Luke 13:10-15 q = 85
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       
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down the street, her eyes looked down to - wards her feet, her back bent down to -

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ward the ground, her life no long - er joy - ous found. The

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            

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             
   
       

road she trod to the syn - a - gogue where she came each week to wor - ship God.

              
         
    
      
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              
        

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As Je - sus taught in the syn- a- gogue and

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              
on the sab - bath day He saw the wom - an and He called to her and
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then be - gan to say, you you’re free

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f Wom - an you are free from your
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your long Ah, yes, And lay- ing hands on her she was

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      
long in - firm - i - ty. And lay- ing hands, his hands, on her, on her, she was
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    
healed im - med - iate - ly im - med - iate - ly.

          
            
 
healed
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                  

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         
  
Now af - ter eight - een years in such a poor bent state here at

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             

long and at last she could stand up straight. With joy and de - light and her

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at last stand straight.With joy,withjoy and de- light,de - light,and her
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   
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        
      
glad - ness so ap - par - rent she glor - i - fied God, prais - ing God for his re -

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           
she  glor - i - fied God, prais - ing
          
glad - ness so ap - par - rent God prais - ing God for his
         
         
 

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    
         
leas - - ing com-mand - ment, His com - mand - ment.
           
        
        
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       
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      

 

           
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                   

f The syn - a - gogue rul - er was so in - dig - nant and in a
   
     
       
        
   
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           

        
         
    

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f
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            
           
 
rage, he said on sab - baths that such a work should not be done, should not be

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

         
              
    

   
                        
 

 
   
   
  

    

  



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         
                   
78

  
     

      
done. He was taught, taught by our Sav - iour and that it was a whole lot bet - ter to re -
    
      
                     
   
  
 
                            
     

         

  


 


  



  
83

    
       
      

 
move a big bur - den for some - one.

    
            
  


                           
 




    
       

   
   

   
87

         
     
For love is at the
   

           

    
             
              


  
   
                    
    

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91

     
   

   
     

     
cen - tre of God’s law, God’s great law. You do this and the

             
       
   

      
                      




      
        
  
 

 
 
           
95

    
       

    
rest you will ful - fill, ful - fill your love to God, yes to -
      
   
            


             


                         

    



 


 








    
  
99

               
     
ward God, and love, your love to man is more car - ing and more

  
            
          



                               



     
              
 
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103

           
shar - ing and do - ing His will, His

          
 

                     


      


    


 


  



 
106

            

    
 

dim
will, His will, His will, His will.
pp
     
            

dim pp

    
             
     

 



  dim      

pp

   
           

   

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