Word: blessedness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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The choir sang the hymnal, "Hark, Hark My Soul" - Barnby; and the anthems, "O Blessed are Ye" - Barnby; "But the Lord is Mindful" - Mendelssohn.
During the evening the choir sang the following anthems: "O Give Thanks unto the Lord," Jackson; "Lovely Appear,'' Gounod; "Blessed is He," Redhead.
The choir sang the following: Hymnal, "O Come Emmanuel" - ancient melody; the anthems, "Ye Shall Dwell in the Land" - Stainer, and "O Blessed" - Stainer.
"Harvest Anthem," Stainer; "O Blessed are Ye," Barnby; "Lift up Your Eyes," Waring.
Their ideas, also, concerning Hades and the after life, are very different from those in later times. The existance of the dead was a neutral state, neither very blessed nor unhappy; nor do they seem to meet any punishment for "deeds done in the body." Oracles were scarce, only two...