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The New Year

12/29/08

Permalink 05:01:01 am, by dissidens Email , 63 words, 1455 views   English (US)
Categories: Old Main

The New Year

 

Be welcome, year! with corn and sickle come;
  Make poor the body, but make rich the heart:
What man that bears his sheaves, gold-nodding, home,
  Will heed the paint rubbed from his groaning cart!


Nor leave behind thy fears and holy shames,
  Thy sorrows on the horizon hanging low-
Gray gathered fuel for the sunset-flames
  When joyous in death's harvest-home we go.

 --- George MacDonald

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1 Comment from: MAS [Member] Email
When I lose some vital item (as I frequently do) such as my pen, keys, or ipod, the first question my wife asks me is, "Where did you last see it?" Turns out that's very fruitful question to ask, and posts such as these are very fruitful answers.

Did you ever think to try and throw us off, you know, with a verse or two of Fanny Crosby or something like that, just to see what people would say? It might make a good April Fool's post.
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2 Comment from: dissidens [Member] Email
Well, that brings us back to the nature of the beast.
God is here, God is there,
God, in fact, is everywhere:
Up your nose, between your toes,
He dwells within your garden hose.
Now, I myself actually invoked the Muse to produce that work of literary perfection, and a man serving as minister of music in a Baptist church—and I do hesitate to call it “in real life”—insisted that that could be offered in good conscience as worship.

He is either lying to us or he simply refuses to concede the obvious. So what is left for us to say to this philistine? (Interestingly enough, there is no archeological evidence to indicate that Philistines ever celebrated April Fools' Day.)

For most fundagelicals, the difference between King David and Fanny Crosby is just as imperceptible as the difference between my doggerel and the words of Jesus.
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Ah, I love that ditty. I think I shall press our youth pastor to use it during the singing time at this year's summer camp. The second couplet especially lends itself to some memorable hand motions (and perhaps a "splish splash" shouted out at the very end). No doubt it will help the youngins feel closer to God.

I do doubt your claim as to its origin though. I think our music pastor once referenced this hymn in a little bio sketch he was doing of Fanny Crosby. I think I remember she wrote it under one of her many pen names - something like Wohrman Nice...yes, I think that was it.

Such a crafty lady.
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4 Comment from: dissidens [Member] Email

Hmmmm; that name rings a faint bell but I can’t quite place it.

But yes, I have seen hand motions used quite effectively. I think hand motions serve a useful liturgical purpose: when the mind becomes so disengaged (as we see each Sunday) the body leaps to fill the vacuum.
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