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THE GOOD OLD DAYS?

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We met and we married a long time ago, We worked for long hours, wages were low. No TV, no wireless, no bath, times were hard, Just a cold water tap, and a walk in the yard. No holiday abroad, no carpets on the floor, We had coal on the fire, no locks on the…

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EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBERS

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THESE ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN 911/999 WHEN:- You are sad, phone John 14 You have sinned, phone Psalm 51 You are facing danger, phone Psalm 91 People have failed you, phone Psalm 27 It feels as if God is far from you, phone Psalm 139 Your faith needs stimulation, phone Hebrews 11 You are alone…

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DRUIDISM AND ITS RELATION TO CHRISTIANITY

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FOR a delightful and instructive account of the times of the Britains, read Stonehenge; or, The Romans in Britain. A Romance of the Days of Nero (Bentley, London, 1844.) To it is annexed an essay on Druidism, in which the Egyptian and Phoenician mythologies are discussed in relation thereto, and the whole narrative is also…

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RESOLVE TO…

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When I received this piece (as a possible ‘filler’ for the Ensign Message) it was entitled ‘Resolve In 2003 to…’ My first reaction was of shame as (yet again) I realised how some of the negative aspects of this piece applied to me and also how often I failed to put into practice the things…

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LIA-PHAIL, THE STONE OF DESTINY

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“And, behold, the ‘Lord’ stood above it, and said, I am the ‘Lord God’ of Abraham thy Father, and the ‘God’ of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to…

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