But at the feast of Pentecost he remembered them, And sent them the Holy Ghost, which is the Comforter, And taught the disciples by divine doctrine, And they understood the language and the Holy Scripture, And then they remembered what he had said. They spoke without fear of the doctrine of Christ, They preached both … Continue reading La Nobla Leyçon – VIII
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La Nobla Leyçon – VII
And he called the apostles and commanded them To go through the world, and teach all nations, To preach to Jews and Greeks, and all mankind, To drive away devils, and heal the sick, To raise the dead and cleanse the lepers, And to do to others as he had done to them; To possess … Continue reading La Nobla Leyçon – VII
La Nobla Leyçon – VI
And he called the apostles and commanded them To go through the world, and teach all nations, To preach to Jews and Greeks, and all mankind, To drive away devils, and heal the sick, To raise the dead and cleanse the lepers, And to do to others as he had done to them; To possess … Continue reading La Nobla Leyçon – VI
La Nobla Leyçon – V
Then sent God the angel to the noble virgin of royal descent, Who sweetly saluted her according to the command of him that sent him, And after said unto her, Fear not Mary, For the Holy Ghost shall overshadow thee; Thous shalt bear a son whom thou shalt call Jesus, He shall save his people … Continue reading La Nobla Leyçon – V
La Nobla Leyçon – III
We may be instructed hereby To keep ourselves from evil, and that all ought to repent. For Jesus Christ hath said it, and in Saint Luke it is written, That all those shall perish that shall not so do. Now to those that escaped, God made a promise, That the world should never more perish … Continue reading La Nobla Leyçon – III
La Nobla Leyçon – II
How came this evil to enter into mankind? Because Adam sinned at the first beginning, By eating of the forbidden apple, And thus the grain of the evil seed taking root in others, He brought death to himself and all his posterity; Well may we say, this was an evil morsel, However Christ has redeemed … Continue reading La Nobla Leyçon – II
La Nobla Leyçon – I
[La Nobla Leyçon (The Noble Lesson) is an ancient poem of the Vaudois or Waldenses, actually a lengthy statement of their faith. The original is in an old French dialect and is rhymed. I searched the web for a copy, but found pnly a photocopy of it in the English translation of Jean Paul Perrin's … Continue reading La Nobla Leyçon – I
Thanksgiving
The book of Leviticus describes three major festivals for which every adult male was to be present in Jerusalem. The first was the Passover, observed the fourteenth day of the first month, roughly equivalent to April in the Julian calendar. This was a celebration of their deliverance from bondage in Egypt. Grain was seeded in … Continue reading Thanksgiving
Lost, Forgotten and Suppressed History – The Huguenot origins of Québec
The first explorers and settlers of New France were Protestants. This is not something I learned in school; I don’t think it’s being taught even today, the Catholic church having almost succeeded in expunging all mention of Protestants from the collective memory of the Québecois people. The Reformed Church in France seems to have begun … Continue reading Lost, Forgotten and Suppressed History – The Huguenot origins of Québec
Book review: BRINGING UP BÉBÉ
This is my review of the book, Bringing up bébé, by Pamela Druckerman, an American living in Paris with her English husband, one daughter and twin boys. Ms. Druckerman was shocked to discover that all that she thought she knew about child training, learned in the USA, was considered bizarre and impractical by mothers in … Continue reading Book review: BRINGING UP BÉBÉ
Flatlander Faith 