Take for instance the very uninspiring eulogies of a serving member of the National Assembly, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, who flew to London in company with other perverts to
sing hymns of praises for a Nigerian ex-convict and fugitive.
This bitterly suppressed people, this company of the lost, this weak, diffuse body suddenly given unity and entity by Yahweh himself, all break forth into a
spontaneous hymn of praise, more shout than song, more chant than anthem, more cry of ecstasy than artistic creation (15:21, cf. 15:1):
There is no
better hymn of praise, after all, to the achievements of capitalism than the Communist Manifesto.
The descriptions of God's mighty acts of creation in the Oracle are retrieved
from hymns of praise, the ones you're remembering now.
But here, instead of relying on pen, ink, and watercolor, he uses cutouts to illustrate Francis»
joyful hymn of praise.
I'm honoured to be part of the choir that will sing that
glorious hymn of praise to God's steadfastness «Abide With Me» before the FA Cup Final on Saturday.
He damns the religious structure in which the
fervent hymns of praise and the devout symbols of dedication were matched by a fervent immorality and a devout pursuit of vanity; in which Yahwism was enthusiastically endorsed at the sanctuaries but — as Amos saw the Yahweh faith — blatantly violated in business, domestic, and personal relationships.
It's is simply a beautiful, flawless books,
a hymn of praise to ordinary things and ordinary passions, it's a psalm and a poem.
His song, known as the «Benedictus,» is
a hymn of praise to God for the birth of his son, the forerunner of the Messiah and the new age of forgiveness and peace.
Now with a new song they lift up their voices, To their great God
a hymn of praise is due.
Chanting
this hymn of praise before the battered and broken body of Christ has always, for me, been the most powerful moment in the entire liturgical calendar.
(De Lubac agrees with Alyosha, and remarks (in direct contrast to Guardini) that the poem is really
a hymn of praise to Jesus: Is this the deliberate effect of consummate art?
«He put a new song in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God.
It is pointed out that the wife of T'ai Tsu, Empress Ma, was a Muslim, that many of his responsible officials were Muslims, that he never worshiped in a temple after his accession, that he forbade the drinking of wine, that he composed
the hymn of praise of one hundred words to Muhammad which may still be found inscribed in the main mosque in Nanking, and that historians mention his strange facial features, which may have been due to foreign blood as a descendant of a Persian or Arab.
6:3)
this hymn of praise to God's glory reflected the prevalent idea about God's relation to his world.
Chapter XV, for example, is a group of hymns to various gods,
a hymn of praise to Ra8 at rising; a hymn and litany to Osiris; a second hymn to Ra at rising, followed by
Many hymns in worship are
hymns of praise.
Power is the prevailing theme in
this hymn of praise; solidarity with Israel is mentioned only at the end (10:16).
In a few moments the local chapter of the Shahiri malai devotees (a popular Hindu movement) joined in with their Bhajans (
hymns of praise and devotion).
I'm not singing
a hymn of praise to trouble.
Can we join Zarathustra in
his hymn of praise to joy?
It was not long before savage yells, instead of
hymns of praise, echoed through the forest, polished wooden spears slashed through the air and five young men lay dead on the Rio Curaray.
Too easily, I neglect to be thankful and reverent for the awesome power explicitly granted by God to His people by allowing us to share the greatest of the angels» unending
hymns of praise.
As a community of faith gathers to read, hear and study sacred texts, as it sings
hymns of praise and confesses its sins, and as it practices acts of hospitality, compassion and justice, it learns and relearns how to receive and embody God's truth.
David Atkinson's devotional interests come to the fore in the first sentence of, The Message of Genesis 1 - 11: The Dawn of Creation (The Bible Speaks Today Series, Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1990, 190 pp., $ 12.99): «The poem of beauty and grandeur which forms the opening chapter of our Bibles is
a hymn of praise ot the majesty of God the Creator.»
Last Tuesday, the Pope took to the podium to lead us in
a hymn of praise to the Eucharist through his Apostolic Exhortation, Sacramentum Caritatis.
Johnson himself bemoaned the fact that he had to devote «this rare and sacred column space» to the issue, highlighting a range of issues he would have rather put thought to, including «singing
a hymn of praise for my old chum Gove» over the education secretary's plans to scrap GCSE exams in England in favour of a traditional model styled on the old O - level.
After
a hymn of praise to the NHS from 91 - year - old Harry Smith that drew the first tears of anything other than despair all week, Andy Burnham, the shadow health minister, followed up with one his tub - thumping, kick - the - Tories specials.
However, enough of
the hymn of praises.
My loves, today I really have to share
a hymn of praise because of my dear boyfriend Alex. Alex started to work with me...
My loves, today I really have to share
a hymn of praise because of my dear boyfriend Alex. Alex started to work with me on the blog about a year ago.
Gilead is the long - hoped - for second novel by one of our finest writers,
a hymn of praise and lamentation to the God - haunted existence that Reverend Ames loves passionately, and from which he will soon part.
He has given me a new song to sing,
a hymn of praise to our God.
Psalm 40:3 says «He has given me a new song to sing,
a hymn of praise to our God.