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The Fall of the Leaf; a Sacred Ode

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2 Chronicles 29:15, Psalm 144:4, Job 7:6-10, Job 14:1, Psalm 78:39, Psalm 103:15-16, Psalm 90:9, James 4:14, 1 Peter 1:24, Ecclesiastes 1:4, Ecclesiastes 3:18-21

See the leaves around us falling, Dry and withered to the ground; Thus to thoughtless mortals calling, In a sad and solemn sound "Youth on length of days presuming, Who the paths of pleasure tre...

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Just a stain in the soil

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William Rowley

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Genesis 3:19, Ecclesiastes 3:20, Genesis 18:27, James 4:14, Psalm 90:12, Psalm 39:4, 1 Peter 2:24-25, Psalm 90:10, Psalm 78:39, 1 Chronicles 29:15, Psalm 39:5, Psalm 144:4, Job 14:1, Psalm 103:15-16, Job 7:6-7, Genesis 2:7

I love a British TV show called Time Team. Hosted by Tony Robinson, a team of archeologists descend on a site in Britain and excavate for three days. Inevitably, the archeologists unearth the dead...

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William Stringfellow

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Luke 23:39-43, Romans 4:18-21, Luke 15:11-32, Lamentations 3:22-24, Romans 8:24-25

Hope is reliance upon grace in the face of death: the issue is that of receiving life as a gift, not as a reward and not as a punishment; hope is living constantly, patiently, expectantly, resiliently...

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The Fall of the Leaf; a Sacred Ode

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Just a stain in the soil

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