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Peace, Perfect Peace is a hymn whose lyrics were written in August 1875 by Edward H. Bickersteth at the bedside of a dying relative. [1] [2] He read it to his relative immediately after writing it, to his children at tea time that day, [2] and soon published it along with four other hymns he had written in a tract called Songs in the House of Pilgrimage. [1]
In 1933, he distributed the poem in the form of a Christmas card, [1] now officially titled "Desiderata." [2] Psychiatrist Merrill Moore distributed more than 1,000 unattributed copies to his patients and soldiers during World War II. [1] After Ehrmann died in 1945, his widow published the work in 1948 in The Poems of Max Ehrmann. The 1948 ...
The original, English-language piece that the central lines of Rutter's piece are directly excerpted from is a poem in the book The Dominion of Dreams: Under the Dark Star, [3] by Celtic Revival writer William Sharp / Fiona Macleod; while not containing the words "Jesus," or "Amen," [4] the poem does mention both "the Son of Peace" and "the ...
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The Thunder, Perfect Mind" (Coptic: ⲧⲉⲃⲣⲟⲛⲧⲏ: ⲛⲟⲩⲥ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉⲗⲉⲓⲟⲥ tebrontē: nous n̄teleios) is a Coptic text originally discovered in the Nag Hammadi library in 1945. It follows a poetic structure, and has received scholarly attention for its gnomic style and unclear subject.
Evans, who had been awarded several chairs for his poetry, was inspired to take the bardic name Hedd Wyn ([heːð wɨ̞n], "blessed peace") from the way sunlight penetrated the mist in the Meirionnydd valleys. [1] Born in the village of Trawsfynydd, Wales, Evans wrote much of his poetry while working as a shepherd on his family
The origin of the hymn's text is a poem by diplomat Sir Cecil Spring Rice, written in 1908 or 1912, entitled "Urbs Dei " ("The City of God") or "The Two Fatherlands". The poem describes how a Christian owes his loyalties to his homeland and the heavenly kingdom. In 1908, Spring Rice was posted to the British Embassy in Stockholm.
A final photo has emerged of North Carolina grandparents on the roof of their home, surrounded by floodwaters, minutes before they drowned due to Hurricane Helene. Jessica Drye Turner’s family ...