tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21392205860912772452024-03-13T07:10:53.111-04:00Providence EnglishVirginia Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13851255511747838013noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2139220586091277245.post-1050221039861757682012-01-15T17:21:00.000-05:002012-01-15T17:48:03.311-05:00The Art of Albrecht Dürer<br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Albrecht Dürer</span></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;">1471 - 1528</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;">Self-Portrait in Fur Coat</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;">Oil on panel, 67 x 49 cm </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;">Alte Pinakothek, Munich </span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;">Self Portrait at 26</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;">Oil on panel, 52 x 41 cm </span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;">Christ Among the Doctors</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;">Engraving, 118 x 74 mm</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;">Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York</span></div>
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</div>Virginia Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13851255511747838013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2139220586091277245.post-79818499808530003962011-12-11T20:03:00.001-05:002011-12-11T20:22:07.307-05:00Advent Assignment #5: Luke 7 and Jesus, Friend of Sinners<br />
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This post is the 7th-8th grade English assignment for Tuesday, December 12.<br />
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<li>Read <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=49&chapter=7&version=31" style="color: #341473; text-decoration: none;">Luke 7</a>. Which verses are related to the painting below? How does this story relate to why Jesus had to come to earth in the first place?</li>
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<br />2. Read this poem, which is based on the Bible story in Luke 7:36-50. According to this poem, how is the symbolism of the broken alabaster jar related to how we should live for Jesus?<br />
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Alabaster jar, costly sweet perfume</div>
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Devotion broke it open, fragrance filled the room.</div>
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Poured over Jesus’ head, anointing for the grave,</div>
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Some saw only money lost, but Jesus blessed the love she gave.</div>
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Broken and poured out, broken and poured out</div>
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But there’s no waste of life, just fragrant sacrifice</div>
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And it’s all because of love.</div>
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Can you see his love? Messiah on the cross</div>
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Body broken, blood poured out, for our sin’s redemption cost</div>
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Can you see his power? Victory over death!</div>
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Hell could not contain him, nor quench his living breath</div>
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Broken and poured out, broken and poured out</div>
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But there’s no waste of life, just fragrant sacrifice</div>
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And it’s all because of love.</div>
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Lord, break me for your glory, pour me for your name.</div>
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Let me share his sufferings and power just the same.</div>
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Crucified with Christ is what I want to be,</div>
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For when I’ve died to my old life, I’ll rise up to be free.</div>
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Broken and poured out, broken and poured out</div>
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But there’s no waste of life, just fragrant sacrifice</div>
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And it’s all because of love.</div>
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3. Read <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%205:27-32%20;&version=31;" style="color: #341473; text-decoration: none;">Luke 5:27-32</a> and <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2018:9-14;&version=31;" style="color: #341473; text-decoration: none;">Luke 18:9-14.</a> Write a paragraph explaing how Jesus wants us to view ourselves, and how he wants us treat those who have lived sinful lifestyles.<br />
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4. With your parent's permission, visit the <a href="http://www.magdalenamovie.com/en/index.html" style="color: #341473; text-decoration: none;">Magdalena, Released from Shame </a>web site and click on "Discover Their Story" to scroll over each of the four women and see short videos about them. This movie is produced by The Jesus Film Project, a division of Campus Crusade.<br />
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</div>Virginia Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13851255511747838013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2139220586091277245.post-33983287788018645802011-12-11T19:55:00.001-05:002011-12-11T20:22:46.820-05:00Advent Assignment #6: Luke 8 and Baby Jesus at the National Gallery of Art<br />
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<li>Read <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%208&version=31" style="color: #341473; text-decoration: none;">Luke 8</a> and write down the section heading for verses 46-49.</li>
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<li>Look at each of the nine pictures very carefully. You can click on them to enlarge them. The dates listed are approximately when the art was created. The paintings are from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., which I visited in November. All of the ones in this post are related to the birth of Christ. I had to take the pictures from a slight angle because otherwise I was getting a glare from the flash.</li>
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<li>These paintings and sculptures were created during the <em><strong><a href="http://www.wordcentral.com/cgi-bin/student?book=Student&va=renaissance" style="color: #341473; text-decoration: none;">Renaissance</a></strong></em>. Some of them are <em><strong><a href="http://www.wordcentral.com/cgi-bin/student?book=Student&va=gilded" style="color: #341473; text-decoration: none;">gilded</a></strong></em>. Many of the the titles contain the words <strong><em><a href="http://www.wordcentral.com/cgi-bin/student?book=Student&va=madonna" style="color: #341473; text-decoration: none;">madonna</a></em></strong> and <em><strong><a href="http://www.wordcentral.com/cgi-bin/student?book=Student&va=adoration" style="color: #341473; text-decoration: none;">adoration</a></strong></em>. Click on each of these four bolded words and write down definitions.</li>
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<li>Which pieces were created in the 14th century? (Think carefully about this.)</li>
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In Italian, "terra" means "earth" and "cotta" means "cooked" or "baked." The American Heritage dictionary says that "terracotta" is "A hard semifired waterproof ceramic clay used in pottery and building construction." Firing is hardening or baking in an oven. There is one other terracotta piece in this blog post.<br />
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by Virginia Knowles<br />
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The story did not start with a stable and a star<br />
But in the beginning, before billygoats on boulders or bluebirds in birch trees<br />
The Trinity, the Three-In-One: Father, Spirit, Son<br />
Viewed a vast void with a venturesome vision<br />
And lo, this Lavish LORD said, “Let there be…”<br />
And there was Light and Life and Love<br />
Tigers and tiger lilies and tiger sharks<br />
Amoebas and ants, aardvarks and apple trees,<br />
Honeysuckle and honeybees and heavenly hallelujahs<br />
For it was good: this grand garden, green and growing, glorious and glowing<br />
With two to tend Eden: Adam and Eve<br />
Masterpieces made to multiply more masterpieces in the image of their Maker<br />
Working and walking with Him, worshiping Him for the wonder of His wisdom<br />
But then came a choice and a cheater and a chilling challenge<br />
They rebelled and rejected and ruined their Royal Relationship<br />
In punishment, pushed out from Paradise into pain and peril, perishing<br />
Generation after generation<br />
Mankind multiplied moral messes<br />
The Spirit sometimes seized sinners into the Sovereign Sacred Story<br />
Prodding prophets, priests, and preachers to proclaim:<br />
“Repent! Return! Revere! Renew!”<br />
And so the Father sent his Son<br />
And seers sought this Savior from afar<br />
But the story did not stop with a stable and a star<br />
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The little Lord Jesus, who lay there so lowly, lived his life<br />
This Great God-With-Us grew in grace<br />
He, the Holy One, who helped and healed<br />
Preached and prayed and praised His Father<br />
This Lord of Love looked high and low to liberate the lost<br />
This consecrated Christ carried His cross<br />
He was crucified in His courage by our cowardice<br />
Thus our Prophet-Priest paid the penalty price for our Paradise<br />
His ransom rescues rebels from ruin<br />
Freeing those who by faith will fully follow<br />
Generation after generation<br />
Multiplying more miracles among mortals<br />
For the Spirit of the Sovereign Sacred Story<br />
Still seizes sinners and sanctifies saints<br />
And our Royal Redeemer shall return:<br />
Holy is He! Hark the heavenly hallelujahs!<br />
For it is good and God is glorious!<br />
Earth shall end and eternity shall start<br />
And the story of the Savior shall always speak to the heart.</div>
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"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it… He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God. The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 1:1-5, 10-14</div>Virginia Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13851255511747838013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2139220586091277245.post-75009797204045094502011-12-11T19:50:00.001-05:002011-12-11T20:11:26.567-05:00Advent Assignment #7: Luke 9 and Hymns<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This post is the 7th-8th grade English assignment for Thursday, December
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Read <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%209;&version=31;">Luke
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Click to see the lyrics to <a href="http://songsandhymns.org/hymns/lyrics/joy-to-the-world!-the-lord-is-come">Joy
to the World</a>. Then go to the bottom of the page and listen to all five days
of radio devotionals for this song. Next, read the <a href="http://songsandhymns.org/hymns/detail/joy-to-the-world!-the-lord-is-come">Devotional
and Hymn Story</a> and be sure to click on the "See More" links when they are
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Come, Emmanuel</a>. Click on the links to listen to it. Read all of the notes,
pressing the "See More" links when they are given. What are the two Scripture
references listed? Write down the meaning of the name "Emmanuel." Then watch a
GodTube montage video of a modern version of it at: <a href="http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=b2e5851f2184569b556f">O
Come, O Come Emmanuel</a>. (It starts really slow, but picks up after about a
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major key? What is the difference in the mood of the tune? How is repetition
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</ol>Virginia Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13851255511747838013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2139220586091277245.post-65441119411558329332011-12-11T19:05:00.001-05:002011-12-11T19:06:22.683-05:00Advent Assignment #8: Luke 10 and the Jesus Film<br />
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<li>Watch at least an hour of the <a href="http://www.jesusfilm.org/film-and-media/watch-the-film?al=e" style="color: #341473; text-decoration: none;">Jesus Film</a>. (Scroll down the page until you see "English" and then click on WATCH.) See how many of the scenes you remember from the first 10 chapters of Luke. If you have a DVD or video of the movie, watch it on your TV instead! Have your parent write a note verifying that you watched it.</li>
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4. Imagine that you are part of the team that is producing and presenting The Jesus Film for people around the world. Think about how God has uniquely gifted you, and tell which two of these jobs you feel you would be interested in doing: writing the script, translating it into other languages, acting, directing, makeup & costuming, set design, sound effects, producing the soundtrack, going out to the villages and showing the film, or another related job that you can think of.</div>Virginia Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13851255511747838013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2139220586091277245.post-72608885774743560372011-12-04T08:00:00.000-05:002011-12-04T08:54:42.542-05:00Advent Assignment #1: Luke 1-2 and The Life of Christ Fresco Paintings by Giotto<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><b>Advent Assignment #1 for Tuesday, December 6</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria. And everyone went to his own town to register. So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger." Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests." When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about." So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told." Luke 2:1-20</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Virginia Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13851255511747838013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2139220586091277245.post-84092381475447424172011-12-04T07:59:00.001-05:002011-12-04T08:14:04.512-05:00Advent Assignment #2: Luke 3 and "Silent Night"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><b>Advent Assignment #2 for Wednesday, December 6</b></span><br />
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1. Read <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%203;&version=31;" style="color: #341473; text-decoration: none;">Luke 3</a>.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Silent night, holy night,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">All is calm, all is bright</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Round yon virgin mother and Child.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Holy Infant, so tender and mild,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Sleep in heavenly peace,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Sleep in heavenly peace.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Silent night, holy night,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Shepherds quake at the sight;</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Glories stream from heaven afar,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Christ the Savior is born,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Christ the Savior is born!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Silent night, holy night,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Son of God, love’s pure light;</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Radiant beams from Thy holy face</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">With the dawn of redeeming grace,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Silent night, holy night</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Wondrous star, lend thy light;</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">With the angels let us sing,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Alleluia to our King;</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Christ the Savior is born,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Christ the Savior is born!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">6. Watch the German version, </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUb8ySdERKs&feature=related" style="background-color: white; color: #341473; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Stille Nacht</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">. From a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Night_(song)" style="background-color: white; color: #341473; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Wikipedia article</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">: It is believed that the carol has been translated into over 300 languages and dialects around the world, and it is one of the most popular carols of all time. It is sometimes sung without musical accompaniment. Although written by Catholics, it is given special significance in Lutheranism. The song was sung simultaneously in English and German by troops during the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_truce" style="background-color: white; color: #341473; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;" title="Christmas truce">Christmas truce</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"> of 1914, as it was one of the few carols that soldiers on both sides of the front line knew.</span>Virginia Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13851255511747838013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2139220586091277245.post-59857904412312851212011-12-04T04:33:00.000-05:002011-12-04T08:53:23.988-05:00Advent Assignment #3: Luke 4 and Poetry<br />
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2. Watch the music video from Handel's Messiah.</div>
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3. Read the poems below. Then write your own Christmas poem of at least 8 lines. Share it with your family. You can also illustrate it if you wish.</div>
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The silver of one star<br />
plays cross-lights against pine-green<br />
And the play of this silver cross-wise against the green is an old story.<br />
Thousands of years.<br />
And sheep grazers on the hills by night<br />
watching the woolly four-footed ramblers<br />
watching a single silver star.<br />
Why does this story never wear out?<br />
And a baby, slung in a feed box back in a barn in a Bethlehem slum<br />
A baby's first cry,<br />
mixing with the crunch of a mule's teeth on Bethlehem Christmas corn<br />
Baby fists, softer than snowflakes of Norway<br />
The vagabond mother of Christ<br />
and the vagabond men of wisdom<br />
all in a barn on a winter night<br />
and a baby there in swaddling clothes on hay<br />
Why does this story never wear out?<br />
The sheen of it all--is a star, silver and a pine, green<br />
For the heart of a child asking a story<br />
The red and hungry, red and hankering heart<br />
Calling for cross-lights of silver and green</div>
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Come, see where He lays,<br />
Good Shepherd and Little Lamb<br />
King of Kings and Servant of All<br />
Prophet and Prophecy Fulfilled<br />
Physician and Wounded One<br />
High Priest and Atoning Sacrifice<br />
Counselor and Rejected One<br />
Builder and Foundation Stone<br />
Righteous Judge and Condemned Prisoner<br />
Ancient of Days and Newly-born Babe<br />
God and Man</div>
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Here are the Bible verses for each line of the poem. (You are not required to look these up. I'm just including them for those who are interested.)</div>
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Shepherd: John 10: 11 / Lamb: John 1:29</div>
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King: Revelation 19:16 / Servant: Mark 10:43-45, Philippians 2:7</div>
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Prophet: Luke 7:16 / Prophecy: Matthew 1:22, Luke 4:16-21, Isaiah 61:1-3</div>
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Physician: Matthew 15:30 / Wounded: Isaiah 53:4-6</div>
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Priest: Hebrews 7:23-28 / Sacrifice: Hebrews 9:11-14, 10:19-22</div>
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Counselor: Isaiah 9:6 / Rejected: Isaiah 53:3, John 10:22-33</div>
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Builder: Hebrews 3:3, Matthew 16:18 / Foundation: 1 Peter 2:4-9</div>
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Judge: John 8:1-11, Acts 10:42-43 & 17:30-31 / Prisoner: Mark 14:60-65</div>
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Ancient: Daniel 7:13-14 / Newborn: Luke 2:8-20</div>
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God: John 1:1-5, Hebrews 1:3, Colossians 1:19-20 / Man: 1 Timothy 2:5, Romans 1:1-4</div>
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<br />Virginia Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13851255511747838013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2139220586091277245.post-86019878086029504612011-12-04T03:46:00.000-05:002011-12-04T08:55:31.545-05:00Advent Assignment #4: Luke 5 and St. Nicholas<br />
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1. Read <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=49&chapter=5&version=31" style="color: #341473; text-decoration: none;">Luke 5</a> and copy verses 31-32.</div>
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2. The Santa Claus legend, which is known around the world in different forms, is based on a real man named Saint Nicholas. Look at a <a href="http://www.christusrex.org/www1/lviv/Gallery/Pictures/24.jpg" style="color: #341473; text-decoration: none;">painting of St. Nicholas</a>. Read the story, <a href="http://www.joyfulheart.com/christmas/st-nick.htm" style="color: #341473; text-decoration: none;">The Real St. Nick</a>. Then write one paragraph about who the real St. Nicholas was.</div>
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3. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Clement Moore was a seminary professor who wrote the poem "A Vision of St. Nicholas" as a Christmas gift for his six children in 1822. Also known as “Twas the Night Before Christmas” it has formed the basis of our modern American view of Santa Claus. </span>Read the poem aloud, and then the Mex-American version below. When you are pronouncing the Spanish words in the first poem, remember that usually the emphasis is on the second to the last syllable. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Which poem has more description of Santa Claus?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">4. What does "Feliz Navidad" mean?</span></div>
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<strong>"A Vision of St. Nicholas"</strong></div>
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by <a href="http://www.redwood1747.org/notables/moore.htm" style="color: #341473; text-decoration: none;">Clement Clarke Moore</a></div>
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'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house</div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">The children were nestled all snug in their beds,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">While visions of sugarplums danced in their heads;</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">And Mamma in her kerchief, and I in my cap,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap--</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Away to the window I flew like a flash,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Tore open the shutters, and threw up the sash.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">The moon, on the breast of the new-fallen snow,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Gave the luster of mid-day to objects below,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer,</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">With a little, old driver, so lively and quick,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">More rapid than eagles, his coursers they came,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">"Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! Now, Prancer and Vixen!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">On, Comet! on, Cupid! on, Donder and Blitzen!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">To the top of the porch, to the top of the wall!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!"</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">So, up to the housetop, the reindeer they flew,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">With a sleigh full of toys--and St. Nicholas too.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">And then in a twinkling, I heard on the roof,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">The prancing of reindeer and pawing of each little hoof.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">As I drew in my head, and was turning around,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">His eyes, how they twinkled! His dimples, how merry!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">He had a broad face and a little round belly,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">That shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">He was chubby and plump--a right jolly old elf,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">A wink of his eye, and a twist of his head,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">And laying his finger aside of his nose,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">But I heard him exclaim ere they drove out of sight,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!"</span><br />
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<strong>‘Twas the Night Before Christmas</strong></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">‘Twas the night before Christmas y por toda la casa,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Not a creature was stirring-Caramba! Que pasa?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Los niños were tucked away in their camas,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Some in long underwear, some in pijamas,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">While hanging the medias with mucho ciudado</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">In hopes that old Santa would feel obligado</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">To bring all children, both buenos y malos,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">A nice batch of dulces y otros regalos.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Outside in the yard there arose such a grito</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">That I jumped to my pies like a frightened cabrito.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">I ran to the window and looked out afuera,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">And who in the world do you think that it era?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Saint Nick in a sleigh and a big red sombrero</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Came dashing along like a crazy bombero.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">And pulling his sleigh instead of venados</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Were eight little burros approaching volados.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">I watched as they came and this quaint little hombre</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Was shouting and whistling and calling by nombre:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">"Ay Pancho, ay Pepe, ay Cuco, ay Berto,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Ay Chato, ay Chopo, Macuco, y Nieto!"</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Then standing erect with his hands on his pecho</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">He flew to the top of our very own techo.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">With his round little belly like a bowl of jalea,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">He struggled to squeeze down our old chiminea,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Then huffing and puffing at last in our sala,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">With soot smeared all over his real suit de gala,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">He filled all the medias with lovely regalos-</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">For none of the niños had been very malos.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Then chuckling aloud, seeming muy contento,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">He turned like a flash and was gone como viento.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet, 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">And I heard him exclaim, and this is verdad,</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Note: The artist Marc Chagall was a Russian born Jew who settled in France. During the 1940's, an American diplomat named Hiram Bingham IV (also known as Harry) persuaded Chagall to flee France, giving him an unauthorized visa, as he did for hundreds of others. So Chagall could certainly relate to the story of Esther rescuing the Jews. Chagall wrote: <em>"Ever since my earliest youth I have been fascinated by the Bible. I have always believed that it is the greatest source of poetry of all time...The Bible is an echo of nature, and this I have endeavoured to transmit.... In art everything is possible, so long as it is based on love." </em></span><br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rZ-AFC-agho/SroNfRXVlVI/AAAAAAAABvI/A_hNX4UERqA/s1600/Harry+Bingham+stamp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rZ-AFC-agho/SroNfRXVlVI/AAAAAAAABvI/A_hNX4UERqA/s320/Harry+Bingham+stamp.jpg" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">You can read more about the story of Hiram Bingham IV and the 2,500 European Jews he rescued in the Smithsonian Magazine here: <a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Binghams-List.html">Bingham's List: Saving the Jews of Nazi France.</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Though he was fired as a diplomat for issuing unauthorized visas, he was later honored for his courage with a U.S. postage stamp.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">In class, I also played an audio recording of a story I told about Esther Ahn Kim, a Korean lady. During the same time period that Bingham was rescuing Jews, Esther was in prison for refusing to bow to Japanese idols. If you would like to listen to it again, here it is...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">As you start working on the setting and characters for your story based on Proverbs, remember some of the details I told about settings and characters in the stories about Hiram Bingham IV and Esther Ahn Kim.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Most of all, remember that you are here "for such as time as this"! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you would like to read a poem with this theme of God using your unique experiences for his purposes, click here: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://virginiaknowles.blogspot.com/2009/05/this-is-my-song-and-i-sing.html">This Is My Song and I Sing</a>.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold;">God bless you this week and always!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span>Virginia Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13851255511747838013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2139220586091277245.post-49509076552462012602011-08-28T20:02:00.000-04:002011-08-28T20:05:48.705-04:00The Psalms<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This week, our literature selections are from the Psalms. This post contains extra information and web links needed for your homework assignments. The sections in it are:</span><br />
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<ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Tuesday: Psalm 119 and the Hebrew Alphabet</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Thursday: Isaac Watts, Psalm 90 and "O God, Our Help in Ages Past"</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><u>Tuesday: Psalm 119 and the Hebrew Alphabet</u></b></span><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">With a whopping 176 verses, this is by far the longest Psalm. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Another unusual feature of this Psalm is that it is an acrostic poem. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>There are 22 sections of 8 verses each, one section for each letter of the Hebrew alphabet. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Each of the verses in the section starts with that letter.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span> The NIV Study Bible notes:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>“The author had a theme that filled his soul, a theme as big as life, that ranged the length and breadth and height and depth of a person’s walk with God. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Nothing less than the use of the full power of language would suffice, and of that the alphabet was a most apt symbol."</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The main theme of Psalm 119 is devotion to God’s word. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Eight Hebrew synonyms for "God's word" are used throughout the Psalm, which each section including at least six of them. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">‘edot: statutes<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">piqqudim: precepts<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">miswot: commands or commandments<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">mishpatim: laws or ordinances<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">huqqim: decrees<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">dabar: word, promise, or law<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">‘imrah: word or promise<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As we discussed in class, Psalm 119 is written as an acrostic, with each section of verses starting with a letter from the Hebrew alphabet. You can see the Hebrew alphabet at this link: </span><a href="http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Grammar/Unit_One/Aleph-Bet/aleph-bet.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">www.hebrew4christians.com/Grammar/Unit_One/Aleph-Bet/aleph-bet.html</span></a><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Please note that the Hebrew language is read from right to left, so Aleph is the first letter on the top row of the chart.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span> The characters for Hebrew letters also stood for numbers, as you can see at the top of each one. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Hebrew is traditionally written without vowels, but there are small markings that can be added to these consonants to show the vowel sounds said with them. You can click the "Recite" button at the bottom left of the chart to hear the sounds. You can also click on the letters to read more about them.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Practice copying at least the first four letters of the Hebrew alphabet and label each one with the name: Aleph, Beth, etc.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Choose your favorite verse from the ones below and copy it.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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<div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">PSALM 119: ONE SELECTED VERSE FOR EACH HEBREW LETTER<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><h5 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2139220586091277245&postID=4950907655246201260" name="TOC-Aleph:-1-Blessed-are-they-whose-way"></a><u><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Aleph:</span></u><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> <sup>1</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Blessed are they whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the LORD. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h5><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><h5 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2139220586091277245&postID=4950907655246201260" name="TOC-Bet:-9-How-can-a-young-man-keep-his"></a><u><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Bet:</span></u><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> <sup>9</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h5><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><h5 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2139220586091277245&postID=4950907655246201260" name="TOC-Gimel:-18-Open-my-eyes-that-I-may-s"></a><u><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Gimel:</span></u><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> <sup>18</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h5><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><h5 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2139220586091277245&postID=4950907655246201260" name="TOC-Daleth:-27-Let-me-understand-the-te"></a><u><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Daleth:</span></u><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> <sup>27</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Let me understand the teaching of your precepts; then I will meditate on your wonders. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h5><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><h5 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2139220586091277245&postID=4950907655246201260" name="TOC-He:-37-Turn-my-eyes-away-from-worth"></a><u><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">He:</span></u><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> <sup>37</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Turn my eyes away from worthless things; <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>preserve my life according to your word.</span></span></h5><h5 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h5><h5 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2139220586091277245&postID=4950907655246201260" name="TOC-Waw:-48-I-lift-up-my-hands-to-your-"></a><u><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Waw:</span></u><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> <sup>48</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>I lift up my hands to your commands, which I love, and I meditate on your decrees.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h5><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><h5 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2139220586091277245&postID=4950907655246201260" name="TOC-Zayin:-54-Your-decrees-are-the-them"></a><u><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Zayin:</span></u><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><sup><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">54</span></sup><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Your decrees are the theme of my song wherever I lodge. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h5><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><h5 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2139220586091277245&postID=4950907655246201260" name="TOC-Heth:-61-Though-the-wicked-bind-me-"></a><u><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Heth:</span></u><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> <sup>61</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Though the wicked bind me with ropes, <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>I will not forget your law. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h5><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><h5 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2139220586091277245&postID=4950907655246201260" name="TOC-Teth:-71-It-was-good-for-me-to-be-a"></a><u><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Teth:</span></u><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> <sup>71</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h5><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><h5 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2139220586091277245&postID=4950907655246201260" name="TOC-Yodh:-73-Your-hands-made-me-and-for"></a><u><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Yodh:</span></u><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> <sup>73</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Your hands made me and formed me; give me understanding to learn your commands. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h5><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><h5 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2139220586091277245&postID=4950907655246201260" name="TOC-Kaph:-86-All-your-commands-are-trus"></a><u><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Kaph:</span></u><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> <sup>86</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>All your commands are trustworthy; help me, for men persecute me without cause. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h5><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><h5 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2139220586091277245&postID=4950907655246201260" name="TOC-Lamedh:-93-I-will-never-forget-your"></a><u><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Lamedh:</span></u><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> <sup>93</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h5><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><h5 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2139220586091277245&postID=4950907655246201260" name="TOC-Mem:-103-How-sweet-are-your-words-t"></a><u><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Mem:</span></u><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> <sup>103</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h5><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><h5 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2139220586091277245&postID=4950907655246201260" name="TOC-Nun:-105-Your-word-is-a-lamp-to-my-"></a><u><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Nun:</span></u><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><sup><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">105</span></sup><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h5><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><h5 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2139220586091277245&postID=4950907655246201260" name="TOC-Samekh:-114-You-are-my-refuge-and-m"></a><u><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Samekh:</span></u><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><sup><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">114</span></sup><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your word. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h5><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><h5 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2139220586091277245&postID=4950907655246201260" name="TOC-Ayin:-126-It-is-time-for-you-to-act"></a><u><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Ayin:</span></u><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> <sup>126</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>It is time for you to act, O LORD; your law is being broken. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h5><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><h5 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2139220586091277245&postID=4950907655246201260" name="TOC-Pe:-130-The-unfolding-of-your-words"></a><u><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Pe:</span></u><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><sup><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">130</span></sup><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The unfolding of your words gives light; <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>it gives understanding to the simple. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h5><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><h5 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2139220586091277245&postID=4950907655246201260" name="TOC-Tsadhe:-140-Your-promises-have-been"></a><u><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Tsadhe:</span></u><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> <sup>140</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h5><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><h5 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2139220586091277245&postID=4950907655246201260" name="TOC-Qoph:-148-My-eyes-stay-open-through"></a><u><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Qoph:</span></u><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><sup><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">148</span></sup><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promises. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h5><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><h5 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2139220586091277245&postID=4950907655246201260" name="TOC-Resh:-160-All-your-words-are-true-a"></a><u><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Resh:</span></u><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> <sup>160</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h5><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><h5 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2139220586091277245&postID=4950907655246201260" name="TOC-Sin-and-Shin:-165-Great-peace-have-"></a><u><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Sin and Shin:</span></u><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><sup><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">165</span></sup><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Great peace have they who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h5><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><h5 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2139220586091277245&postID=4950907655246201260" name="TOC-Taw:-172-May-my-tongue-sing-of-your"></a><u><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Taw:</span></u><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> <sup>172</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>May my tongue sing of your word, for all your commands are righteous. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h5><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><u>Thursday: Isaac Watts, Psalm 90 and "O God, Our Help in Ages Past"</u></b></span><br />
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</u></b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Isaac Watts wrote his hymn "O God, Our Help in Ages Past" based on Psalm 90.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Read Psalm 90 here: <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm%2090&version=KJV"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Psalm 90 in KJV at BibleGateway</span></b></a></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Copy down Psalm 90:2 as you see it written there. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Read the words of the hymn here: <a href="http://songsandhymns.org/hymns/lyrics/o-god-our-help-in-ages-past"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Lyrics of "O God, Our Help in Ages Past.</span></b>"</a> Copy the third stanza, which starts with the words "Before the hills..." Note the similarity with Psalm 90:2.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Listen to the hymn sung here:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> <b><a href="http://media.songsandhymns.org/mp3/OGodOurHelp.mp3">O God, Our Help in Ages Past MP3</a> </b></span>at <a href="http://www.songsandhymns.org%20/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b>www.SongsAndHymns.org</b></span></a></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Listen to a modern version sung here:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b> "<a href="http://173.203.170.61/Media/SongSamples/M4130-08-51-Sample.mp3">O God, Our Help in Ages Past" song sample from Sovereign Grace Music.</a></b></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I read this to you in class, but please read it again:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><a href="http://songsandhymns.org/graphics/people/watts_i.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Picture of Isaac Watts" border="0" src="http://songsandhymns.org/graphics/people/watts_i.jpg" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Isaac Watts was the oldest of nine children. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>His father was in prison when Isaac was born because he was a Dissenter, a nonconformist Christian who refused to agree with the official teachings of the Church of England. Isaac was a very bright child and had a habit of speaking in rhyme. When his father scolded him for this, he replied, “Oh, Father, do some pity take, and I will no more verses make.” <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Isaac learned many languages: Latin at the age of five, Greek at nine, French at eleven and Hebrew at thirteen! <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>A wealthy man offered to send Isaac to one of the top universities, but he would have had to join the Church of England. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>His conscious would not allow him to do this, so he went to a nonconformist evangelical Christian school instead. Isaac only grew to be 5 feet tall and had a really big head, but no matter what he looked like, people loved him! He also had small pox when he was 15 years old, so he was often weak and sick. He didn’t think he could keep his job as a pastor, but the people in his church loved him and his preaching so much that they wouldn’t let him quit. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>They just hired an extra pastor to help him so he could stay.</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Once when he was still a young man living at home, Isaac complained to his father that the hymns in church were boring. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>His father replied, “Then do something about it!” <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>That afternoon, he sat down and wrote a hymn which was sung at a church service that same evening. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>He wrote a new hymn every week for two years. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>All in all, he wrote over 600 different hymns. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>We still sing many of them today, such as, “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross,” “Alas, and Did My Savior Bleed?” and “Joy to the World.” Isaac Watts’s psalms and hymns came to America and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>God used them mightily during the Great Awakening, a period of revival in the 1740s. Americans also loved to sing them during the Revolutionary War. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>One time, some Patriot soldiers ran out of the paper they needed for loading powder into their guns. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>A pastor, Reverend James Caldwell, ran into his church and started tearing the pages out of the hymnals for them to use for firing their guns. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>He shouted, “Give ‘em Watts, boys!” We can give our enemy (the devil) “Watts” by singing praises to God! He can’t stand that! As Psalm 8:2 says, <i>“</i></span><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies,</span></i></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></i></span><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">to silence the foe and the avenger.</span></i></span><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">”</span></i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
Virginia Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13851255511747838013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2139220586091277245.post-88510228786539843422009-07-31T10:31:00.000-04:002011-07-25T10:46:26.249-04:00Painting of Joseph and His Brothers<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rZ-AFC-agho/SnMAxMIi_aI/AAAAAAAABl0/_E1LKLMCT04/s1600-h/Painting+Joseph+Reveals+His+Identity+by+Peter+Von+Cornelius.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="509" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364632426199055778" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rZ-AFC-agho/SnMAxMIi_aI/AAAAAAAABl0/_E1LKLMCT04/s640/Painting+Joseph+Reveals+His+Identity+by+Peter+Von+Cornelius.jpg" style="display: block; height: 346px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 435px;" width="640" /></a> <br />
<div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rZ-AFC-agho/SnMATgimpTI/AAAAAAAABls/LtsheOiMNFQ/s1600-h/Painting+Joseph+Reveals+His+Identity+by+Peter+Von+Cornelius.jpg"></a></div><div></div><div align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Joseph Reveals His Identity" </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">by Peter von Cornelius, German, 1783-1867</span><br />
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</ol><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div>Virginia Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13851255511747838013noreply@blogger.com