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The Precious Cornerstone

Posted on May 12, 2018 by cwny

Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem. Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge … Continue reading →

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The Demons of Europe

Posted on May 5, 2018 by cwny

And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way. And, behold, … Continue reading →

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The Stone Which the Builders Rejected

Posted on April 28, 2018 by cwny

Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? Therefore say … Continue reading →

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In the Land of the Stranger

Posted on April 21, 2018 by cwny

And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers, Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and … Continue reading →

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The Vision of His Europe and His People

Posted on April 14, 2018 by cwny

Could great men thunder   As Jove himself does, Jove would ne’er be quiet;For every pelting, petty officerWould use his heaven for thunder,Nothing but thunder. Merciful Heaven,Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt,Splits the unwedgeable and gnarled oakThan the soft myrtle. … Continue reading →

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Be Not Afraid

Posted on April 7, 2018 by cwny

But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid. –John 6: 20 ______________ The Pope’s recent denial of the immortality of the soul and the existence of hell was not particularly shocking to anyone familiar with the present … Continue reading →

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And the Trumpet Shall Sound

Posted on March 31, 2018 by cwny

But if the whole space to the firmament were filled with sand, and we had before us Clavius number, how many thousands would be; If all that space were filled with water, and so joyned the waters above with the … Continue reading →

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Like Unto That of a Little Child

Posted on March 24, 2018 by cwny

And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. – John 1: 5 ____________________________ I believe that I’ve mentioned the travelogues of James A. Fitzpatrick before. He was a reporter who traveled around the world on behalf … Continue reading →

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Our Faith is Our Destiny

Posted on March 17, 2018 by cwny

The original purpose of poetry is either religious or historical, or, as most frequently happens, a mixture of both. – Sir Walter Scott ___________________ Prior to the 20th century, the European bards wrote about the trials and travails of a … Continue reading →

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The Tragedy of Scientized Superficiality

Posted on March 10, 2018 by cwny

A man lives his whole life to prove he is not a piano key. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky ____________________ Sigmund Freud, founder of the science of psychiatry, started with the assumption that man was an ape whose problems could be solved … Continue reading →

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