(Applause.) (Applause.) But it is up to us now to make the most of it, to receive it with gratitude, and to prove ourselves worthy of this gift.For too long, we were blind to the pain that the Confederate flag stirred in too many of our citizens. God-fearing people," Obama added. Pinckney was one of the nine victims of the mass shooting at the church.Here, members of the clergy wait to enter the funeral service for Reverend Clementa Pinckney,where U.S. President Barack Obama will deliver the eulogy in Charleston, June 26, 2015 Ethel Lance. South Carolina will take a step forward in healing the wounds of last week's mass shooting when President Barack Obama arrives on Friday to deliver the eulogy for Pinckney, the pastor of the historic church where the attack took place. (Applause.) Pastor by 18. That, more than any particular policy or analysis, is what's called upon right now, I think -- what a friend of mine, the writer Marilyn Robinson, calls "that reservoir of goodness, beyond, and of another kind, that we are able to do each other in the ordinary cause of things." “To the families of the victims, please know that you are being prayed for and loved by so many in the community and across the nation. (Applause.) Mourners applaud for South Carolina Reverend Clementa Pinckney during the funeral service in Charleston, South Carolina, June 26, 2015.A woman wears an "Emanuel 9" ribbon to the funeral for Reverend Clementa Pinckney in Charleston, South Carolina June 26, 2015.A South Carolina Highway Patrol honor guard stands next to the casket of Reverend Clementa Pinckney before his funeral service in Charleston, South Carolina, June 26, 2015.President Barack Obama will deliver the eulogy for Reverend Clementa Pinckney's funeral at College Charleston TD Arena near the Emanuel AME Church, the scene of last week's mass shooting of nine church members during a Bible study.Mourners sing along with the choir ahead of funeral services for Reverend Clementa Pinckney in Charleston, South Carolina, June 26, 2015.Congressional leaders stand as they are introduced at the College Charleston TD Arena during the June 26, 2015 funeral of Reverend Clementa Pinckney, who also served as a South Carolina state senator.Pinckney was killed during the mass shooting at the Emanuel AME Church along with eight others on June 17, 2015 in Charleston.Krislynn Rambert, of Charleston, wears a button in memory of the victims of last week's mass shooting while waiting on line to enter Reverend Clementa Pinckney's funeral service in Charleston, June 26, 2015.Mourners pray as thousands begin to fill the College Charleston TD Arena in Charleston, South Carolina, where President Barack Obama will deliver the eulogy for Reverend Clementa Pinckney, June 26, 2015.People line up to enter the College Charleston TD Arena where President Barack Obama is scheduled to deliver the eulogy for Reverend Clementa Pinckney, June 26, 2015.Mourners line up to enter the funeral service for Reverend Clementa Pinckney at College Charleston TD Arena where President Barack Obama is scheduled to deliver the eulogy, June 26, 2015.Members of the public line up for the funeral for the Reverend Clementa Pinckney in Charleston, South Carolina, June 26, 2015. A roadway toward a better world. Susie Jackson. That reservoir of goodness. As our brothers and sisters in the AME church know, we don't make those distinctions. Maybe we now realize the way racial bias can infect us even when we don't realize it, so that we're guarding against not just racial slurs, but we're also guarding against the subtle impulse to call Johnny back for a job interview but not Jamal. (Applause.) People so full of life and so full of kindness. "The church, built by blacks seeking liberty, burned to the ground because its founder sought to end slavery, only to rise up again -- a phoenix from these ashes," Obama said.Obama also addressed the controversy over the Confederate flag during his remarks. (Applause.) They were still living by faith when they died, the Scripture tells us," Obama said of Pinckney and the other shooting victims, who the president said were "each at different stations in life but bound together by a common commitment to God. U.S. President Barack Obama leads mourners in singing "Amazing Grace" as he delivers his eulogy in honor of the Rev. ""[God has] once more given us grace, but it's up to us now to make the most of it," Obama said.Obama said it wouldn't be fair to Pinckney's legacy "to go back to business as usual" after the funerals for the nine victims of the Charleston shooting have concluded. (Applause.) (Applause.)

A sacred place, this church. He embodied the idea that our Christian faith demands deeds and not just words; that the "sweet hour of prayer" actually lasts the whole week long -- (applause) -- that to put our faith in action is more than individual salvation, it's about our collective salvation; that to feed the hungry and clothe the naked and house the homeless is not just a call for isolated charity but the imperative of a just society.What a good man. Barack Obama delivers a eulogy and leads the congregation in singing Amazing Grace at the funeral for pastor Clementa Pinckney. US President Barack Obama delivers the eulogy during the funeral of slain pastor, Rev and South Carolina State Sen. Clementa Pinckney, at the College … Cynthia Hurd. According to the Christian tradition, grace is not earned. President Barack Obama delivered a stirring eulogy at the funeral for the Rev. (Applause.)

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