Hark how all the welkin* rings, ‘Glory to the King of kings…’

by Rev. Antony W. Ball . You know that Christmas carol, of course? No…? Oh – perhaps you know it as… Hark! The herald angels sing ‘Glory to the new-born King’ They’re two different versions of the same carol. Charles Wesley wrote it in 1739, and was apparently not too keen on it – he […]

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St. Mathias

By Rev. Antony W. Ball They drew lots and the lot fell on Matthias,who was then assigned a place among the twelve apostles. Acts i 26, NEB I’ve never “done the lottery” – not because of any high-principled objection to gambling (I’ve occasionally taken part in raffles) but because I’m too ‘careful’ with money (mean?) […]

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