When dusk finally set in, I retreated to a bench at the Temple of Flora to watch night fill the little valley.
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What remains true is that Watch Night has become an institution every bit as important as Memorial Day or Labor Day in the black community.
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Payne said most of his Baby Boomer friends still make it to church for Watch Night, though he sees few members of the younger generation.
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On January 1, 1901, after a watch night service, the students prayed for and received the baptism with the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues.
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In his Watch Night service, he made use of a pietist prayer now generally known as the Wesley Covenant Prayer, perhaps his most famous contribution to Christian liturgy.
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Black churches were packed Sunday night _ as they are every New Year's Eve _ to celebrate " Watch Night, " a distinctly African-American tradition largely unknown outside the black community.
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The Hindu community organize Pujas for a fruitful year ahead and the Christian community often go to church for a watch night service till midnight praying for blessing in the coming new year.
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In the South, for instance, many Watch Night services are followed by a New Year's Day observation called the Emancipation Service when Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation is read by the pastor from the pulpit.
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That every man shall keep his watch night and day; and at the hour of eight in the evening every one shall retire from gaming and drinking, in order to attend his respective station.
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The Rev . David Cooper of the 8, 000-member Mount Paran Church of God in Atlanta expects full pews for New Year's Eve's " Watch Night " service, one of many being held in the area.
