Word: ryles
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...London, permission for the erection of a memorial tablet to George Gordon Lord Byron, English poet, was refused by Bishop Ryle, Dean of Westminster. Wrote the Bishop to the London Times: "Byron, partly by his own openly dissolute life and partly by the influence of licentious verse, earned a world-wide reputation for immorality. Among English-speaking people, Westminster Abbey primarily stands to witness for Jesus Christ...
...venerable English Psalter will be revised. The findings of a committee appointed by the National Assembly in 1920, headed by Bishop Ryle, dean of Westminster, propose that some of the imprecatory Psalms be omitted entirely, and that 346 verses be deleted from other Psalms, either because of the unsatisfactory condition of the text from which translations must be made, or because of the "Hatefulness " of the spirit of the passage. The word "Hell " will be generally supplanted by "Death" or "Grave," "Peoples" will be changed to " People," and "Heathen " to "Nations...
Although the changing or deletion of 346 verses is far more drastic than any scheme that has ever been put forward before, members of Bishop Ryle's committee report that they have removed only a few of the conspicuous blemishes...
...following officers of the Yale navy have been elected: F. Jones '92, president; A. B. Graves '92, vice-president; J. T. Robinson '93, secretary; Professor A. M. Wheeler, treasurer; Professor W. H. Brewer, Professor E. L. Richards, and Ryle '92, executive committee...
...Hagerman, L. S., who rowed for two years on the Cornell Crew, C. R. Ely, '91, D. Rogers, '93, A. W. Treadwell, '93, S., and J. Howland, '94, all of whom have had some experience. Others who have begun training are Klimpke, '92, Belliet, '92, Morison, '92, Crosby, '92, Ryle, '92, and Wallis, '93. The men will do two hours of hard work every afternoon until February when they will go to the training table and have their work increased...