Justorum Semita; Or, The Path of the Just. A History of the Saints and Holydays of the Present English KalendarR. Grant & Son, 1843 |
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... observed by a total cessation from all servile labour , as on Sundays . And on many of the lesser holydays agricultural labour alone was allowed , and sometimes not till after the vesper hour . That this is the way in which the Church ...
... observed by a total cessation from all servile labour , as on Sundays . And on many of the lesser holydays agricultural labour alone was allowed , and sometimes not till after the vesper hour . That this is the way in which the Church ...
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... observation of such a number of holydays , to the great prejudice of labouring and trading men as by reason that many of those saints they then commemorated were oftentimes men of none of the best characters . Besides , the history of ...
... observation of such a number of holydays , to the great prejudice of labouring and trading men as by reason that many of those saints they then commemorated were oftentimes men of none of the best characters . Besides , the history of ...
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... observe the eve as a vigil or not . " The question is , not what any one may do in his private devotions , but what rule is laid down by the framers of the Kalendar to regulate the practice of the English Church . Can any one doubt ...
... observe the eve as a vigil or not . " The question is , not what any one may do in his private devotions , but what rule is laid down by the framers of the Kalendar to regulate the practice of the English Church . Can any one doubt ...
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... observed . It contains the catalogue of the chief festivals : Nativity of our Saviour ( then the year began ) , S. Stephen , S. John , Innocents , S. Tho- mas of Canterbury , Circumcision , Epiphany , Purification of Blessed Virgin Mary ...
... observed . It contains the catalogue of the chief festivals : Nativity of our Saviour ( then the year began ) , S. Stephen , S. John , Innocents , S. Tho- mas of Canterbury , Circumcision , Epiphany , Purification of Blessed Virgin Mary ...
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... observed in Saxon times . The number of the great holydays was afterwards increased , as appears by the Constitutions of Archbishop Chicheley , when the festivals of S. David , S. Chad , and S. Winifred are added to the rest 1 . " . In ...
... observed in Saxon times . The number of the great holydays was afterwards increased , as appears by the Constitutions of Archbishop Chicheley , when the festivals of S. David , S. Chad , and S. Winifred are added to the rest 1 . " . In ...
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Page 314 - While he yet spake, behold a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is My beloved Son, in Whom I am well pleased; hear ye Him. And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid. And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid. And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man save Jesus only.
Page 293 - HOW doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people ! How is she become as a widow ! she that was great among the nations, And princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
Page 313 - And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, and was transfigured before them : and His face did shine as the sun, and His raiment was white as the light.
Page 401 - While He yet talked to the people, behold, His mother and His brethren stood without, desiring to speak with Him. Then one said unto Him :— "Behold, Thy mother and Thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with Thee.
Page 303 - I will rise now, and go about the city In the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth : I sought him, but I found him not.
Page 303 - Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
Page 323 - But while he thought on these things, behold the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife; for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus; for he shall save his people from their sins.
Page 535 - There are in this loud stunning tide Of human care and crime, With whom the melodies abide Of the everlasting chime ; Who carry music in their heart Through dusky lane and wrangling mart, Plying their daily task with busier feet, Because their secret souls a holy strain repeat.
Page 302 - her, Touch me not : for I am not yet ascended to my Father : but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God.
Page 370 - And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask : And she said, The head of John the Baptist.