“Do not fancy, as too many do, that thou canst praise God by singing hymns to Him in church once a week, and disobeying Him all the week long. He asks of thee works as well as words; and more, he asks of thee works first and words after.” FirstsWellsLongAsksChurchWeekSingingPraiseTheeFancyHymnsThanksgiving DayPraise GodDisobeyingPraises To God Author:Charles Kingsley
“In the largest sense, every work of art is protest... A lullaby is a propaganda song and any three-year-old knows it... A hymn is a controversial song - sing one in the wrong church: you'll find out...” KnowsYearsArtSongThreeChurchArt IsPropagandaProtestWorks Of ArtThree YearsControversialHymnsLullabyThree Year Olds Author:Pete Seeger
“The nation, like the church, has its visible symbols and insignia, its parchments engrossed with the revealed word, its dogmas, hymns, liturgy, holy day celebrations, its early Fathers, prophets and martyrs, its priesthood and its lay sodality, its myths of sacred genesis and apocalyptic crises, its world-saving mission and its missionaries.” WorldFatherNationsChurchHolyCrisisSacredLaysMissionsMythSymbolsSavingProphetVisibleCelebrationDogmaMartyrGenesisHymnsPriesthoodApocalypticLiturgyHoly Days Book:The Anti-communist Impulse Source: The Anti-communist Impulse
“I am atheist in a very religious mould. I'm always asking myself the big questions. Where did we come from? Is there a meaning to all of this? I read the King James Bible, as all English writers should. And when I find myself in church, I edit the hymns as I sing them.” BigsLiteratureChurchReligiousAtheismAskingAtheistEditsHymnsMouldBig Questions Author:Mark Haddon
“... it was religion that saved me. Our ugly church and parochial school provided me with my only aesthetic outlet, in the words ofthe Mass and the litanies and the old Latin hymns, in the Easter lilies around the altar, rosaries, ornamented prayer books, votive lamps, holy cards stamped in gold and decorated with flower wreaths and a saint's picture.” BookSchoolChurchPrayerChristianityFlowerHolyMassGoldSaintUglySavedCardsLatinAestheticEasterLampsOutletsAltarsLiliesHymnsRosaryWreaths Author:Mary McCarthy
“Some of the stuff I'm writing is almost like hymns, some of my first singing and choral experiences were in church, the Church of Christ in Hicksville.” WritingFirstsStuffChristChurchSingingHymnsChurch Of Christ Author:Billy Joel