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A collection of classic Christian hymns spanning the centuries. Some volunteers read the hymns; others sung them. (Summary by Leon Mire)

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...ntoinette and me, I was rather surprised to find that we were in front of a church. “Erik’s composition is being performed here?” I asked. “Yes, my ... ... to preserve the skeleton for me.” I was appalled. Joseph had been a devout Christian; he often told me that his favorite reading material was the B... ...is favorite reading material was the Bible. Regardless of my own rather un-churched ways, I did not think that this was right at all and said so. “...

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...t dressed. She turned on the television but realizing it was Sunday and that church programming had usurped her exorcise regimen she felt disappointed... ...to not go that far. She drove on and on and soon she could see the roof of a church. In an hour, she thought, there would be the culmination of activi... ...ause one to be as steady and seemingly everlasting as those very walls. The church would shelter the convictions of the myth reinforcers who actively... ...f mortality could be eased. In the face of challenges from other ideologies, Christians protected their God and religion with defensive armament of an... ...arms of a loving god into a tenuous thing. It shook the marble walls of the church. Further, made insecure by the believability of alternative relig... ...imed as infallible, the Buddhist and the Moslem were threats for an American Christian no less than the witch. She wondered why she did not hate relig... ...d a child, she thought, she or he would not be allowed to be subject to this Christianity, which had the plagiarism of Ancient Egyptian Literature, th... ...ed to bully all nations and befriend Israel beyond human decency to keep the Christian constituents, brethren of Israel, happy. Its political engagem... ...ective contemplation of past mistakes. She put away her book, Why I am not a Christian, by Bertrand Russell. The book needed to be perused deeply but...

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...sight might have been perplexed by the fact that Clarence was exemplary at church and prayers, family and private,— whenever Griff would let him, that... ...nd Secker, who thought it their duty to go 12 Chantry House diligently to church twice on Sunday, communicate four times a year (their only opportuni... ...he would hardly go out of doors; she could scarcely bring herself to go to church; 20 Chantry House she would have had my father give up his situatio... ... what could be his aim? Sir John Griffith had said he was only fit for the Church, ‘But one does not wish to dispose of a tarnished article there.’ ‘C... ...t that we could not attain to the feelings in the Confirmation poem in the Christian Y ear— Mr. Castleford’s gift to me. Still, I believe that, though... ...sweet cottage bonnet’s owner was called Ellen, which just then was the pet Christian name of romance, in honour of the Lady of the Lake. In the midst ... ...made the first visit, for the rejoinder was— ‘Yes; grandpapa said it was a Christian duty to make an advance; but they need not have come so soon. Ind... ...y, and stood talking to me so delightfully that I quite forgot it was from Christian duty. My father corresponded with the old Rector about the state ... ...n,’ and turned to the two last verses of the poem for ‘Good Friday’ in the Christian Year, as well as to the one we had just read on the Holy Communio...

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...philosophy strained towards the higher Love, just glimpsed at for a while. Christians gave a higher meaning to the fable, and saw in it the Soul, or t... ...istians gave a higher meaning to the fable, and saw in it the Soul, or the Church, to whom her Bridegroom has been for a while made known, striving af... ...oards of their mother’s, and made up after the last mode imported by Madam Churchill at the Deanery. The only part of the equipment not of domestic ha... ...ridled more prettily when we paid our respects to my Lady Herries and Mrs. Churchill, and the Dean highly com- mended her dancing.” “You danced? Fine ... ...Yes, the child is not to blame,” said Betty; “I left her in charge of Mrs. Churchill while I went to wash my hands after milking the cow, which these ... ...you that, sir?” asked Betty, trying to keep her countenance. “I heard Mrs. Churchill say so to my papa,” returned the boy. “So now, there’s a good sis... ... my best endeavours to requite that trust, my child,” he said. “Is not the Christian watchword faith, not sight? It must be yours likewise.” “I hope s... ...ice, new to her, “here are your rings, Lady Belamour. I must trust to your Christian charity to pardon her who caused you to be stripped of them.” The...

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...abroad of that real question which lies below. Essenism means simply this— Christianity before Christ, and consequently without Christ. If, therefore,... ...nism could make good its pretensions, there at one blow would be an end of Christianity, which in that case is not only superseded as an idle repetiti... ...laced by a stolen system; but what replaces the mysterious agencies of the Christian faith? In Essenism we find again a saintly scheme of ethics; but ... ...intly scheme of ethics; but where is the scheme of mediation? In the Roman church, there have been some theologians who have also seen reason to suspe... ... this fact may not have operated to blunt the suspicions of the Protestant churches. I do not mean that such a fact would have absolutely deafened Pro... ... a sect elder than Christ) with the originality and heavenly revelation of Christianity. Here is my first point of difference from the Romish objector... ...isguised, it might naturally have arisen. In the real circumstances of the Christian church, when struggling with Jewish persecution at some period of... ...it might naturally have arisen. In the real circumstances of the Christian church, when struggling with Jewish persecution at some period of the gener... ... and they were dutiful and loving members of a pure, holy, and magnificent church. * * * 20 Thomas de Quincey The earliest incidents in m...

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...of the crows’ and sparrows’ nests built in the walls and arches of the old churches, destroyed by the Huguenots. Again, he was appre- hensive, seeing ... ... always to continue in the devotion which he had hitherto exhibited to the Church and the service of the Most Christian King. “After this, one sees,” ... ... which he had hitherto exhibited to the Church and the service of the Most Christian King. “After this, one sees,” says the editor of the Journal, “Mo... ...ood on horseback or on foot, in visits, in observations of every kind. The churches, the stations, the processions even, the sermons; then the palaces... ...things; adding, that they honoured my affectionate inten- tion towards the Church, and my capacity; and had so high an opinion of my candour and consc... ...matters being arranged, I must now think of the welfare of my soul. I am a Christian; I am a Catholic. I have lived one, and I shall die one. Send for... ...and I shall die one. Send for a priest; for I wish to conform to this last Christian obligation.” He now concluded his discourse, which he had conduct... ...o send up prayers for him; “for those are,” he said, “the best duties that Christians can fulfil one for another.” In the course of talking, his shoul... ... sufficient to look to what belonged to him. —[Herodotus, viii. 36.].— The Christian religion has all the marks of the utmost util- ity and justice: b...

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...,” said the Consul, interrupting himself, “to speak of my protector by his Christian name only, and to call him Comte Octave.—’By taking you this morn... ...ng of asking my pardon; but then his manners were gracious to the point of Christian humility. “When I became attached like a son to this man—to me su... ...from I have forgotten what shop, where I had just paid a bill, between the Church of Saint-Paul and the Hotel de Ville, I came across Comte Oc- tave i... ...d which he said was at the root of all the mischief. “ ‘In the eyes of the Church,’ said he, ‘adultery is a crime; in those of your tribunals it is a ... ...hrist—invented indissoluble marriage, and made it a sacrament.’ “ ‘Ah! the Church saw the difficulties,’ exclaimed M. de Grandville. “ ‘This instituti... ... at seven years of age, and more than old at five-and-twenty. The Catholic Church overlooked the needs of half the 25 Balzac globe.—So let us discuss... ...cerned. If woman is our inferior, by placing her on so high a level as the Church does, fearful punishments for adultery were needful. And formerly th... ...ne: ‘Eat a calf on a Friday by 55 Balzac all means, monseigneur. But be a Christian.’ “ ‘Nay, nay, monsieur, the convent is my last hope and my only ... ... stage. I am dying for society, for the family, for marriage, as the early Christians died for God! I know not of what I am dy- ing, and I am honestly...

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...armony like that of heart, *“The same thing”:—Thus, in the calendar of the Church Festivals, the discovery of the true cross (by Helen, the mother of ... ...men, that the bodies of the criminals will be given up to their widows for Christian burial? Now, the doubts which were raised as to our powers did mo... ...hould be most sudden.” On the other hand, the divine Litany of our English Church, when breathing forth supplications, as if in some representative 3... ... most read- ers will see little more than the essential difference between Christianity and Paganism. But this, on consideration, I doubt. The Christi... ...istianity and Paganism. But this, on consideration, I doubt. The Christian Church may be right in its estimate of sudden death; and it is a natural fe... ...human piety. It is not so much a doctrine built upon the eternities of the Christian system as a plausible opinion built upon special varieties of phy... ...s reference to the meaning of the word sudden. Very possibly Cæsar and the Christian Church do not differ in the way supposed,—that is, do not differ ... ...e to the meaning of the word sudden. Very possibly Cæsar and the Christian Church do not differ in the way supposed,—that is, do not differ by any dif... ...—that is, do not differ by any difference of doctrine as between Pagan and Christian views of the moral temper appropriate to death; but perhaps they ...

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...ore. My lady remarks to me, before I go any further, that there is no such christian-name as Gill, and that her confident opinion is, that the name gi... ...oundling child, picked up somewhere or another, and I always understood my christian-name to be Gill. It is true that I was called Gills when employed... ...us in, and remained on board after we had let go our anchor. He was called Christian George King, and was fonder of all hands than anybody else was. N... ...er Columbus, instead of private in the Royal Marines, I should have kicked Christian George King— who was no more a Christian than he was a King or a ... ...ral reading-room, and a general room for music and dancing, and a room for Church; and how there were other houses on the rising ground called the Sig... ... very kind to them, and they are very grateful to us.” “Indeed, ma’am? Now—Christian George King?—” “V ery much attached to us all. Would die for us.”...

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...uses, chapels, and transepts) one-storeyed and dwarfish projections. To add to this appearance, it was grotesquely decorated with crockets and gargoyl... ...owever—fair, mild ale. Y ou will find your- self among friends, among brothers. You will hear some very daring sentiments expressed!’ he cried, expand... ... charms for me; daring sentiments were no part of my baggage; and I tried, instead, a little cold water. 85 Stevenson ‘You seem to forget, sir, that ... ...are you not?’ he said. ‘As Mr. Powl’s Viscount?’ said I, laughing. ‘Oh, keep your mind easy, Mr. Rowley’s is every bit as good. Only, you see, as I am... ...ed to be astonished, or so susceptible of rendering the emotion of surprise; and it tempted me as an open piano tempts the musician. ‘Nothing of the s... ...’ he broke out. ‘You must teach me it, Mr. Anne—I mean, Ramornie.’ I dissuaded him: alleging that he would find me very im- perfectly informed as to t... ...find me very im- perfectly informed as to the grounds and doctrines of the Church, and that, after all, in the matter of religions, it was a very poor... ...h pictures on the wall, shells on the mantelpiece, and several books upon the table which I found afterwards to be all of a devotional character, and ... ...afterwards to be all of a devotional character, and all presentation copies, ‘to my Christian friend,’ or ‘to my devout acquaintance in the Lord, Beth...

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...rength to repent. And i haue not forgotten what the 2011 in- side of a Church is made of, I am a Pepper- Corne, a 2012 Brewers Horse, the in- ... ...made of, I am a Pepper- Corne, a 2012 Brewers Horse, the in- side of a Church. Company, villa-nous 2013 Company hath beene the spoyle of me. ... ...ndeed you haue articulated, 2710 Proclaim’d at Market Crosses, read in Churches, 2711 To face the Garment of Rebellion 2712 With some fine... ...y a creature else, 3144 Had beene aliue this houre, 3145 If like a Christian thou had’st truly borne 3146 Betwixt our Armies, true Intelli...

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...and imprint the noble history of the Saint Greal, and of the most renowned Christian king, first and chief of the three best Christian, and worthy, Ki... ...r, which ought most to be remembered among us Englishmen to-fore all other Christian kings; for it is notoyrly known through the universal world, that... ... best that ever were, that is to wit, three Paynims, three Jews, and three Christian men. As for the Paynims, they were to-fore the Incarnation of Chr... ...e histories and acts. And since the said Incarnation have been three noble Christian men, stalled and admitted through the universal world into the nu... ...gainsay but there was a king of this land named Arthur. For in all places, Christian and heathen, he is reputed and taken for one of the nine worthy, ... ...hat their prayer might be the more acceptable unto God. So in the greatest church of London, whether it were Paul’s or not the French book maketh no m... ...the French book maketh no mention, all the estates were long or day in the church for to pray. And when matins and the 16 Sir Thomas Malory first mas... ...s and the 16 Sir Thomas Malory first mass was done, there was seen in the churchyard, against the high altar, a great stone four square, like unto a ... ...e Archbishop. I command, said the Archbishop, that ye keep you within your church and pray unto God still, that no man touch the sword till the high m...

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...doors, and windows of monas- tic buildings. From the side of the town, the church com- pletely hides the solid structure of the cloisters and their ro... ...with broad slabs of stone impervious to sun or storm or gales of wind. The church itself, built by the munificence of a Spanish family, is the crownin... ...sound and silence everywhere; oftener still there is silence over all. The church is divided within into a sombre mysterious nave and narrow aisles. F... ...and went and heard mass there. The choir was shut off from the rest of the church by a grating and thick folds of brown curtain, left slightly apart i... ... the middle in such a way that nothing of the choir could be seen from the church except the high altar and the officiating priest. The grating itself... ...he sudden change that came over the music. Joy for the victory of the Most Christian King evidently stirred this nun’s heart to the depths. She was a ... ...ayed with it again for Armand’s benefit. She wanted to bring him back to a Christian frame of mind; she brought out her edition of Le Genie du Christi... ...not believe in a religion which permits us to love beyond the grave. I set Christian sentiments aside; you cannot understand them. Let me simply speak... ...t last. No, for he had faith. With- out that virtue there is no future for Christianity, and per- haps it is even more necessary to society. A concept...

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... LXVI WHEN I hoped I feared, Since I hoped I dared; Everywhere alone As a church remain; Spectre cannot harm, Serpent cannot charm; He deposes doom, ... ...him Is aristocracy. 114 LVII SOME keep the Sabbath going to church; I keep it staying at home, With a bobolink for a chorister, And an ... ...ath in surplice; I just wear my wings, And instead of tolling the bell for church, Our little sexton sings. God preaches,—a noted clergyman,— And the ... ...ng merit Is freely certified By every broom and Bridget Throughout a Christian land. Neglected son of genius, I take thee by the hand. ... ...ess, as at sacrament The wardrobe of our Lord. Each was to each the sealed church, Permitted to commune this time, Lest we too awkward show At supper ... ...eing theirs; The name they dropped upon my face With water, in the country church, Is finished using now, And they can put it with my dolls, My childh...

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...ch revolution, received it with more hostility. The Age of Reason presents common deistic arguments; for example, it highlights the corruption of the Christian Church and criticizes its efforts to acquire political power. Paine advocates reason in the place of revelation, leading him to reject miracles and to view the Bible as an ordinary piece of literature rather than as...

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...ms with almost all his acquaintances, and called almost all of them by their Christian names: old men of sixty, boys of twenty, actors, ministers, mer... ...nto her head to console me!” thought Dolly. “All consolation and counsel and Christian forgive ness, all that I have thought over a thousand times, a... ...when Nikolay had been in the devout stage, the period of fasts and monks and church services, when he was seeking in religion a support and a curb for... ...f more disagreements and intrigues against the work of the unification of the churches, and departed in haste, as she had that day to be at the meeting... ... irritated today? It’s really ludi crous; her object is doing good; she’s a Christian, yet she’s always angry; and she always has enemies, and always... ... always angry; and she always has enemies, and always enemies in the name of Christianity and doing good.” After Countess Lidia Ivanovna another frien... ...young wife, so Venden told the story— he had been married half a year—was at church with her mother, and suddenly Part II — Chapter 5 125 overcome by... ...itable—she was in amicable relations with the highest dignitaries of all the churches and sects. Varenka lived with her all the while abroad, and ever... ...family, Madame Stahl had smiled contemptuously, which was not in accord with Christian meekness. She noticed, too, that when she had found a Catholic ...

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...ors infused with a highly precise language to create musical lyrics—Herbert had a great love and knowledge of music—that were entirely devoted to his Christian beliefs. While politically ambitious as a young man, Herbert fully embraced his faith and became a priest in 1630. Herbert’s poetry was entirely unpublished during his lifetime, though his project for creating a bod...

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...Introduction THE TEMPLE Dedication THE CHURCH-PORCH Perirrhanterium Superliminare THE CHURCH The Altar The Sacrifice The Thanksgiving The Reprisall The Agonie The Sinner Good Friday Redemption Sepulchre Easter Easter-Wings (I) Easter-Wings (II) Hol...

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.......................................................................................................................................... 112 THE DYING CHRISTIAN TO HIS SOUL ........................................................................................................... 113 ELEGY TO THE MEMORY OF AN UNFORTUNATE LADY58..................................................

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............................................................... 112 THE DYING CHRISTIAN TO HIS SOUL ........................................................ .................................... 154 I. ON CHARLES EARL OF DORSET, IN THE CHURCH OF WITHYAM, IN SUSSEX. ............................. 154 II. ON SIR ... ... THE HON. SIMON HARCOURT, ONLY SON OF THE LORD CHANCELLOR HARCOURT, AT THE CHURCH OF STANTON HARCOURT, IN OXFORDSHIRE, 1720. ............................ ...more amiable and childlike person than Pope. He had much more, too, of the Christian. He was not so elaborately polished and fur- bished as the author... ...seven times hotter than before. In 1712 appeared “The Messiah,” “The Dying Christian to his Soul,” “The Temple of Fame,” and the “Elegy on the Memory ... ...l cunning and real ingenu- ity, tried, as some one has it, “to make Pope a Christian,” although, even in Warburton’s hands, like the dying Donald Bane... ...n’s hands, like the dying Donald Bane in “Waverley,” he “makes but a queer Christian after all;” and his system, essentially Pantheistic, contrives to... ...erenity. He took the sacrament according to the form of the Roman Catholic Church; but merely, he said, because it “looked right.” A little before his... ... is man?” His remains were, according to his wish, deposited in Twickenham church, near his parents, where the single 24 The Poetical Works of Alexan...

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...The King James Version is an English translation of the Christian Bible begun in 1604 and first published in 1611 by the Church of England. In common with most other translations of the period, the New Testament was translated from the Textus Receptus (Received Text) series of the...