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...have found only 100 usable songs from the 10,000 or so contained in seven standard English hymnals. Two years ago, the Orthodox Presbyterian Church brought out a new hymnal that left out such traditional numbers as The Old Rugged Cross and Nearer, My God, to Thee. In 1966 the Methodist Church hopes to publish its first new hymnal in 31 years; more than one-fourth of the songs will be entirely new. The Lutherans revised their hymnal in 1958, and the Southern Baptists in 1956; the Baptists' publishing house, Broadman Press, plans to issue a new hymnal...
...Shakespeare looms in "With this I thee wed, as long as men shall sing." Finally, his poem manages to rhyme without seeming pusby. One stanza...
...thee to a nunnery," bellowed Omar, pointing a long finger at her and pouring Prince Hamlet's cruel speech into her uncomprehending ears...
...adjure thee, respond from thine altars...
Thus manned (and unmanned), the pip-squeak emblem of U.S. power "shows the flag" along the muddy rivers of Hunan province. Her engine is creaky, her biggest weapon is a tiny three-pounder, but her brass is always shined to a fare-thee-well because a dirty ship means losing face with the local warlords. The zealous captain preaches to the crew on the majesty of what they and the ship represent. Without being aware of it themselves, his men are inwardly nourished by faith in their symbolic superiority. Without any particular malice either, they take for granted that...