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  2. The Preacher and the Slave - Wikipedia

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    1911. Songwriter (s) Joe Hill. "The Preacher and the Slave" is a song written by Joe Hill in 1911. [1] It was written as a parody of the Christian hymn "In the Sweet By-and-By". Copying or using the musical style of the hymn was also a way to capture the emotional resonance of that style of music and use it for a non-religious purpose. [1]

  3. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Wikipedia

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    7.7.7.7 D with refrain. Melody. "Vaterland, in deinen Gauen" from Festgesang by Felix Mendelssohn, adapted by William H. Cummings. " Hark! The Herald Angels Sing " is an English Christmas carol that first appeared in 1739 in the collection Hymns and Sacred Poems. The carol, based on Luke 2:14, tells of an angelic chorus singing praises to God.

  4. Alma Redemptoris Mater - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. " Alma Redemptoris Mater " (Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈalma redempˈtoris ˈmater]; "Loving Mother of our Redeemer") is a Marian hymn, written in Latin hexameter, and one of four seasonal liturgical Marian antiphons sung at the end of the office of Compline (the other three being Ave Regina Caelorum, Regina Caeli and Salve Regina).

  5. O Death - Wikipedia

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    Sinner, I come to you by Hebbin's decree; This very night you must go wid me. O-o death! O-o death! How kin I go wid you? "Jes' like a flower in its bloom, Why should you cut me down so soon? O-o death! O-o death! How kin I go wid you? [4] This version seems closer to the version first performed by Dock Boggs than Chandler's "original" version.

  6. Heaven in Christianity - Wikipedia

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    Heaven in Christianity. In Christianity, heaven is traditionally the location of the throne of God and the angels of God, [2][3] and in most forms of Christianity it is the abode of the righteous dead in the afterlife. In some Christian denominations it is understood as a temporary stage before the resurrection of the dead and the saints ...

  7. as-Sirāt - Wikipedia

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    Image from a Falnama from India, created around 1610-1630, depicting the Last Judgement, Israfil on the top with a trumpet, a div below with a torch, the taqalan (ins and jinn) waiting to pass the Sirat Bridge to the afterlife with sinners falling off into hell filled with snakes, and the souls of the believers above in heaven.

  8. Problem of Hell - Wikipedia

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    The problem of Hell is an ethical problem in the Abrahamic religions of Christianity and Islam, in which the existence of Hell or Jahannam for the punishment of souls in the afterlife is regarded as inconsistent with the notion of a just, moral, and omnipotent, omnibenevolent, omniscient supreme being. Also regarded as inconsistent with such a ...

  9. Naraka (Jainism) - Wikipedia

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    Naraka (Sanskrit: नरक) is the realm of existence in Jain cosmology characterized by great suffering. Naraka is usually translated into English as "hell" or "purgatory". Naraka differs from the hells of Abrahamic religions as souls are not sent to Naraka as the result of a divine judgment and punishment. Furthermore, the length of a being ...