King Alfred on Translation

Here King Alfred wrote on translating Scripture and other books into English.

"I remembered how the law was first known in Hebrew, and again, when the Greeks had learnt it, they translated the whole of it into their own language, and all other books besides. And again the Romans..."

Full Quote

Where is the Aurora Borealis visible today

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Majestic Sweetness Sits Enthroned by SamuelStennett(1727-1795)

Ma-jes-tic sweet-ness sits en-throned up-on the Sav-ior's brow;

   His head with rad-iant glo-ries crowned, His lips with grace o'er-flow.

No mor-tal can with Him com-pare, a-mong the sons of men;

   Fair-er is He than all the fair that fill the heaven-ly train.

He saw me plunged in deep dis-tress, He flew to my re-lief;

   For me He bore the shame-ful cross, and car-ried all my grief.

To Him I owe my life and breath, and all the joys I have;

   He makes me tri-umph o-ver death, and saves me from the grave.

To heaven, the place of His a-bode, He brings my wea-ry feet;

   Shows me the glo-ries of my God, and makes my joys com-plete.

Since from His boun-ty I re-ceive such proofs of love di-vine,

   Had I a thou-sand hearts to give, Lord, they should all be Thine.

.......

Proposed Change to revel (by repetition) in His humanity:

Fair-er is He than all the fair that fill the heaven-ly train;

No mor-tal can with Him com-pare, a-mong the sons of men, a-mong the sons of men.

King Alfred's Book

...Pastoral Care, King Alfred’s late ninth-century translation of a sixth-century work by Pope Gregory:

“Se se ðe unwærlice ðone wuda hiewð, & sua his freond ofsliehð” (“He who carelessly hews the wood, and so slays his friend”).

Sounds like he's dealing with the judicial law.

Jesus Washing Feet

"A bowl of water and a towel

became a sign of grace

when Christ, the Lord, the Teacher, took

the lowest servant's place.... 

Beautifully Sung.

https://www.jubilate.co.uk/music_lyrics/lyric/a_bowl_of_water_and_a_towel

This is in copyright, so I won't post it directly.

Old Testament Gospel

Title and Poem by William Cowper. (Hebrews iv.2)

Israel in ancient days

Not only had a view

Of Sinai in a blaze,

But learn'd the Gospel too;

The types and figures were a glass,

In which they saw a Saviour's face.

The paschal sacrifice

And blood-besprinkled door,

Seen with enlighten'd eyes,

And once applied with power,

Would teach the need of other blood,

To reconcile an angry God.

The Lamb, the Dove, set forth

His perfect innocence,

Whose blood of matchless worth

Would be the soul's defence;

For he who can for sin atone,

Must have no failings of His own.

The scape-goat on his head

The people's trespass bore,

And to the desert led,

Was to be seen no more:

In him our surety seem'd to say,

"Behold, I bear your sins away."

Dipt in his fellow's blood,

The living bird went free;

The type, well understood,

Express'd the sinner's plea;

Described a guilty soul enlarged,

And by a Saviour's death discharged.

Jesus, I love to trace,

Throughout the sacred page,

The footsteps of Thy grace,

The same in every age!

Oh, grant that I may faithful be

To clearer light vouchsafed to me!

Male and Female made HE them

As I look at Arabic it occurs to me that it is a language like French and Spanish. Embedded in it is Male and Female. Gender is in every adjective, every name,  every noun.