His Own Eulogy, Martin Luther King Jr – In His Own Words – Prophetic Final Sermon excerpt
Final SERMON excerpt from ‘The Drum Major Instinct’.
His sermon ends with the dictation of his own eulogy with directions for the tone and nature of his funeral.
Not to be confused with his last SPEECH “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” given two months later on April 3, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee.
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TEXT: http://kingencyclopedia.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/documentsentry/doc_the_drum_major_instinct/
Synopsis:
Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia on February 4, 1968.
King’s “Drum Major Instinct” sermon, given on 4 February 1968, was an adaptation of the 1952 homily ”Drum-Major Instincts” by J. Wallace Hamilton. King encouraged his congregation to seek greatness, but to do so through service and love. King concluded the sermon by imagining his own funeral, downplaying his famous achievements and emphasizing his heart to do right.
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