Althouse: "May the father of all mercies scatter light and not darkness in our paths..."

२५ ऑगस्ट, २०११

"May the father of all mercies scatter light and not darkness in our paths..."

"... and make us all in our several vocations useful here, and in his own due time and way everlastingly happy."

२२ टिप्पण्या:

pious agnostic म्हणाले...: Wish I didn't have to subscribe to see the rest of that article....; २५/८/११, ८:४० AM
sakredkow म्हणाले...: Compare and contrast to the Lord's Prayer.; २५/८/११, ८:५५ AM
sakredkow म्हणाले...: And what mr said; २५/८/११, ८:५६ AM
TML म्हणाले...: Great piece. Quite moving; २५/८/११, ९:१३ AM
Tim म्हणाले...: Pity we've fallen so far.; २५/८/११, ९:१९ AM
robinintn म्हणाले...: Compare with the new age blather above.; २५/८/११, ९:२३ AM
John Burgess म्हणाले...: @mr: Here you go.; २५/८/११, ९:३९ AM
edutcher म्हणाले...: Sorry, John, doesn't work.

But you can get the gist of what George wanted to say.

No Herbert Obama focus group phrases.

Just eloquent English.; २५/८/११, ९:५८ AM
jungatheart म्हणाले...: mr and phx, if you google the title of the article, or a piece of the text, you can go to the uncut article.; २५/८/११, १०:०३ AM
Kylos म्हणाले...: John, the user must actually click through from google for that to work. It won't work to simply paste the URL you clicked after googling the article.

For those who'd like to read the full article, just google the headline and click on the WSJ link.; २५/८/११, १०:०४ AM
jungatheart म्हणाले...: John Burgess, I tried to supply the same link, but I think the reader has to do their own googling.; २५/८/११, १०:०५ AM
traditionalguy म्हणाले...: That reminds us that the American experience has always included a stubborn belief in pro-Zionist principles.

The haters of Jews are the weirdos in America.

Common sense is just not easily fooled by a European cult issuing illusions to be used against Jews.

This is one more reason that Obama is probably not a natural American, no matter who arranged a birth certificate for his mother.; २५/८/११, १०:१३ AM
lemondog म्हणाले...: Letter from Moses Seixas with response from G. Washington.; २५/८/११, १०:३८ AM
William म्हणाले...: Washington's language sounds stately and worthy of divine purposes. Whatever the pros and cons of religious belief, growing up with the King James Bible doesn't hamper one's prose style.; २५/८/११, १०:४५ AM
Gabriel Hanna म्हणाले...: George Washington attended church with his wife Martha for many years but was never a formal member of the congregation and did not take communion, unlike his wife. His pastor, John Abercrombie, noticed this and said in a sermon that it sent a poor example when people of high station refused communion. And so George Washington stopped coming altogether.

Whatever his private religious convictions may have been--and it is debated whether he was a Christian or a Deist--he kept them private.

His letter to the synagogue is, I think, the epitome of what religious toleration should be.; २५/८/११, ३:१२ PM
ken in tx म्हणाले...: George Washington's church was Church of England. I read that he was opposed to taking communion in a church headed by King George III.

wv= sarron; २५/८/११, ३:३५ PM
Bob_R म्हणाले...: Our greatest president. No matter how manly our future presidents are it is unlikely they will merit a 555ft white marble penis as their monument. Big George fully deserves it.; २५/८/११, ६:४२ PM
Gabriel Hanna म्हणाले...: @ken in sc:I read that he was opposed to taking communion in a church headed by King George III.

He was President of the US at the time and the Episcopal church was not headed by George III, and hadn't been since 1786.; २५/८/११, ७:११ PM
sakredkow म्हणाले...: Nice comment Gabriel Hanna.; २५/८/११, ७:५६ PM
Carol_Herman म्हणाले...: Subscriber only. And, I'm not a joiner.

Seems George Washington's letter gets read aloud, annually.; २५/८/११, ८:२४ PM
JAL म्हणाले...: George Washington didn't have a speech or letter writer.; २५/८/११, ९:२५ PM
JAL म्हणाले...: Carol - click on lemondog's link. Or google.

Impressive.; २५/८/११, ९:२७ PM