Perhaps our "blokey blokeness" is why we don't sing all the verses to The Battle Hymn of the Republic (despite some of its more blokey lyrics?)
e.g. - "In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me: As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on. "
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Perhaps our "blokey blokeness" is why we don't sing all the verses to The Battle Hymn of the Republic (despite some of its more blokey lyrics?)
e.g. -
"In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me:
As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free,
While God is marching on. "
No, I'm not being quite serious.
@ Joshua,
I didn't know that anyone knew of that hymn any more.
I love the line:
"As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free."
Of course, that was written in the era of the war between the states, but it teaches us a lot about true Christian spirituality.
And also, the lesser known one:
"Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel,
Since God is marching on."
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