Word: hymning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...corner of the armory, he even found a long-forgotten coffin containing the body of the daughter of President Alexandre Petion (1808-18). But he also found old blue ceremonial uniforms in the army warehouses and soon fielded a band that gives rousing renditions of the Marines' Hymn, plus a passable version of the Haitian anthem. More important, Heinl's 40-man team taught the troops how to get from bunks to battle stations all over town in 30 minutes flat...
...seconds they grunted on even terms. Then Lehner, his face contorted like a gargoyle's, inexorably forced Glatz's fist over the line, rose to declare: "I'm blessedly glad that I've won today." With that the big brass band oompahed into the Fingerhackln Hymn...
...Commandments. Love one another. Love all mankind. Strive for peace, and all will be well. Truth will endure. Time is on the side of truth." Many in the congregation wept, and when Benson finished speaking, his listeners broke out a fluttering sea of white handkerchiefs, sang a farewell hymn to Benson and his entourage: God Be With You Till We Meet Again...
...Gospel Hymn...
Bellwether of the opposition to gospel hymns is the Rev. Bliss Wiant, 64, for 28 years a missionary in China (where he was on the faculty of Yenching University in Peking), and now director of music for the Methodist Church. In his Nashville (Tenn.) office last week, he stated his case. "We have to combat Communism with Christianity, and we just can't do it with gospel hymns. They dope us and they dupe us. The gospel hymn is a Victorian development-sentimental and good for nothing. Its message is that everything is blessed and peaceful. That...