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MLK Day: King's speeches evoke spirit and truth Martin Luther King, Jr.: Those who knew him grow old; the promise lives The people who heard Martin Luther King, Jr. speak in person, or live on the television or radio--those people have grown old. Is time that those old people ask the young: Have you heard his speech? Have you read about Martin Luther King's dream? Did you read his Mountaintop speech? Any of King's speeches evoke spirit and truth, but one speech shines out for its hopeful and, in retrospect, its chilling words. That is the Mountaintop speech, given April 3, 1968, at the Church of Christ in Memphis, Tenn. In this speech, King mused that if given any time in history, he would have chosen that moment, that very day above all others. He spoke about the great and pivotal hour for the country and the world as all confronted injustice. Then, he remembers his brush with death years before when he was stabbed and how close he came to missing that day. And then he proclaims that he has seen the Promised Land: "We've got some difficult days ahead. But it really doesn't matter with me now, because I've been to the mountaintop... Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will. And he's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land!" The next day, on April 4, 1968, King was assassinated. King's words, later recalled, send a shiver through hearts and minds. Those words are worth recalling even 53 years later, that one was led by God to the mountaintop and he saw the promised future of his people fulfilled. This story was posted on 2021-01-18 06:37:35
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