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From wrath to grace.(God's wrath; God's grace)(Brief Article)(Column)
The Christian Century
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November 3, 1999|
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Zephaniah 1:7, 12-18; Psalm 90:1-12; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11; Matthew 25:14-30
A YOUNG SEMINARIAN could effectively caricature the preaching of his supervising pastor. "Repent!" he would holler at the top of his lungs. "Too late," he would add sotto voce, his head turned aside, as if walking away.
His supervising pastor, the Zephaniah of the Great Plains, must have been stuck on the texts for the 25th Sunday after Pentecost. His words fit the season. The fallen leaves bear the smell of judgment. The day of the Lord in mid-November smells of death.
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Midlands Millenium The land built by old king coal; Chris Upton mines a rich vein of history to discover what made the Black Country black, while Ross Reyburn finds that mining in the region these days is a heritage experience.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England)
; ...had become accustomed to a subterranean lifestyle. As Elihu Burritt reported in 1868: "How wonderful is the industrial...England's, rural and urban, had been established, and Elihu Burritt had not been far out in his analysis of the causes...
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WHY THE KING OF CORAL ISLAND WALKED THE 400 MILES HOME..
Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland
; ...because when he got to Edinburgh he found an American, Elihu Burritt, had got there first and there was already a contemporary...would have been a great success had the American writer Elihu Burritt not beaten him to it." Robert Michael Ballantyne was...
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ANALYSIS: Keeping history alive; Ian Walden, Director of The Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, explains why he thinks Birmingham and the West Midlands needs more of a vision.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England)
; ...of 'City Regions' how many people know that in 1868 Elihu Burritt, the 'Learned Blacksmith' and United States consul...being to the west of, and excluding Birmingham, but Burritt's further comment that "Birmingham is the capital...
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Readings on peace, power and action: books explore history of nonviolence, look toward future of reconciliation.(Book review)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter
; ...gives background on the serf-educated blacksmith Elihu Burritt (1810-79), who has been called "the greatest name...class people involved in war resistance. In 1846 Burritt founded the League of Universal Brotherhood, the first...
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Rambling: A clear view of the best the city has to offer.
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England)
; ...peace and solitude. In the middle of the 19th century, Elihu Burritt took up his position as the American Vice-Consul in...around the Old Rose and Crown Inn - an inn so admired by Burritt that he wrote of his joy in spending his first night...
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The medium was the message
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...promoting the activities of the American peace-maker Elihu Burritt, who campaigned for "Ocean Penny Postage" - cheap...Rowland Hill, founder of the penny post, put a damper on Burritt's idealistic ambitions. But a Universal Postal Union...
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Maximizing Relevant Retrieval.
Magazine article from: Online
; ...Communications should be addressed to Nicholas G. Tomaiuolo and/or Joan Packer, Central Connecticut State University, Elihu Burritt Library, New Britain, CT 06050; 860/832-2068; Fax 860/832-3409; tomaiuolon@ccsu.edu; packerj@ccsu...
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Last lines of a boy's own hero
Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland
; ...inexpressible misery" of blisters. However, his hopes of having his journal published were dashed when American Elihu Burritt's tale of his walk from London to John O'Groats began appearing in bookshops.
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AUTHOR'S TALE OF EPIC TRIP ON FOOT SET TO BE AUCTIONED
Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland
; ...law about his walk for publication. But when he arrived in Edinburgh a month later, he discovered an American, Elihu Burritt, had walked from London to John O'Groats and his story of the journey was already in bookshops.
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THE MAKING OF HANDSWORTH
Newspaper article from: Evening Mail
; ...Hamstead Road, which has been in existence since the Middle Ages. In 1868 the American consul in Birmingham was Elihu Burritt. He exclaimed that St Mary's was "a kind of Westminster Abbey to Birmingham, consecrated to the memory of its...
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