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The Son of God Goes Forth to War (1812) is a hymn by Reginald Heber [1] which appears, with reworked lyrics, in the novella The Man Who Would Be King (1888), by Rudyard Kipling and, set to the Irish tune The Moreen / The Minstrel Boy, in the film The Man Who Would Be King (1975), directed by John Huston. [2]
"Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn published in 1779, written in 1772 by English Anglican clergyman and poet John Newton (1725–1807). It is possibly the most sung and most recorded hymn in the world, and especially popular in the United States, where it is used for both religious and secular purposes.
[2] [3] The song describes the Christian doctrine of grace and justification by faith articulated in Paul's Letter to the Romans in Romans 5:1-2 and 14-16. [4] The last line of the refrain, "Grace that is greater than all our sin!", and also the second line of the first verse, "Grace that exceeds our sin and our guilt!", both reflect Romans 5 ...
At about the same time that Calvinists and Arminians were debating the meaning of grace in Protestantism, in Catholicism a similar debate was taking place between the Jansenists and the Jesuits. Cornelius Jansen 's 1640 work Augustinus sought to refocus Catholic theology on the themes of original sin, human depravity, the necessity of divine ...
The lyrics, which dwell on the theme of divine grace, are based on 1 Samuel 7:12, in which the prophet Samuel raises a stone as a monument, saying, "Hitherto hath the Lord helped us" . The English transliteration of the name Samuel gives to the stone is Ebenezer, meaning Stone of Help.
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Grace S. Aspinwall, awarding the album four and a half stars at CCM Magazine, writes, "Ever the intricate storyteller, Matthew West rarely disappoints. Live Forever follows suit and is even more moving and content rich than his most recent offerings, which is saying a lot ... West up's the ante and has sonically delivered his best performances ...
Grace Gifford, subject of the song, outside Kilmainham Jail on 2 May 1916, before her marriage on 3 May and her husband's death on 4 May "Grace" is an Irish song written in 1985 by Frank O'Meara (melody) and Seán O'Meara (lyrics).