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wesenschau · 3 years ago

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Sharp Arrows of the Mighty, with Coals of Juniper

Psalm 18 (17 LXX) (same prayer as found in 2 Samuel 22) is a beautiful synthesis of many biblical symbols and narratives, drawing and connecting them into the grand arc of God’s sustenance of the world through man. I am going to particularly focus on verses 7-16, but even just focusing on 9 verses there are countless concepts that go over my head, and I would love to hear what others learn from this poetic prayer. In Ps. 18:7-16 (2 Sam. 22:8-17) we find a synthesis of the 120th Psalm (119 LXX), Noah, the story of Jonah (particularly ch. 4), 1 Kg. 19, Is. 6, etc. Before we can establish the connecting point in this array of passages, we need to establish the sacramentality of the symbols present.

In the 120th Psalm we hear the cry of a mourning precant:

In my distress I cried unto the Lord, and he heard me. Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.

The calling of Isaiah in Isaiah 6 uses language very reminiscent of this Psalm -- “Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lip” (Is. 6:5). In both the Psalm and in verse 6 of the Prophet’s account we are given a solution to this false tongue / unclean lip:

Sharp arrows of the mighty with coals of Juniper / Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.

To the Orthodox Christian these passages are evidently eucharistic -- the passage in Isaiah is referenced by the priest in the liturgy in reference to the eucharist, saying “Behold, this has touched our lips! This has washed away our iniquities!”. Further evidence for a eucharistic reading here can be seen in a holistic structure of Isaiah, with the calling of the prophet being a foreshadowing of what will happen to Israel/the world as a whole. What happens to Israel/the world as a whole? We see God’s holy mountain established in Isaiah 25:6 for all people. It is on this holy Mount that the LORD establishes a feast of wines, and He destroys the veil that is spread over all people. It is this mountain that draws the nations in, causing them to beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks (Is. 2:4) (note the eucharistic aspect of ploughshares [grain/bread] and pruning-hooks [grape/wine]). We are also told in Isaiah 66:20 that gentiles will bring a offering (minchah) unto the LORD. Minchah is the name of the tribute offering in Lev. 2 and Num. 15 and involves bread/wine (Note how in the old covenant nobody drinks the wine in the offering, but in the new covenant we must partake in the bread and wine / the body and blood of Christ).

In Is. 6:4 we read of door posts moving/shaking at the voice of God and smoke filling the atmosphere. We find very similar language in Ps. 18:7-8. Sg. 5 (v. 2) describes something similar to Is. 6 (v. 4) where the bridegroom knocks on the door, and the bride reaches out to answer with her fingers dripping in myrrh (myrrh as a symbol of death/burial). The love between the Bride and the Bridegroom is what draws the bride out of her chamber to seek for her bridegroom, resulting in her unveiling by the watchmen. What is this attractive love which draws the bride out other than the flame of YAH / שַׁלְהֶ֥בֶתְיָֽה / šal·he·ḇeṯ·yāh (sg. 8:6) -- the same flame of the eucharist. This same flame burned the coal that purged Isaiah’s iniquities -- the same flame that fans the rough wind in the day of the east wind by which the iniquity of Jacob be purged in Isaiah 27:8-9.

The same phrase for east wind is used in Jonah 4, describing a fierce, hot climate and is also used in Exodus 14 describing the baptism/passage of Israel from the old world into the new through the red sea. This reveals a deeper connection between the sacrament of baptism, wind, coals, fire and the eucharist. Jonah, having served in the courts of Jeroboam II knew of the wicked state of Israel -- and given Jonah’s obvious knowledge of the song of Moses he would have known idolatry and wickedness would lead God to make Israel jealous with the gentiles (Deuteronomy 32:21). This explains the mourning of the righteous and Holy Prophet under the (gourd?) plant in Jonah 4, which is reminiscent of the mourning of Moses over Israel in Exodus 32:30-34 and Numbers 11:12-15. The plant withered and the fiery wind of God raged, revealing the foundations of the world (Ps 18:15), the same wind which the Lord flies upon, bringing coals of fire and thick clouds of dark water (Ps. 18:8-11). The hebrew name Jonah, means dove and calls us back to the waters of Noah and the wind (Gen. 8:1) that caused the waters of the flood to subside, bringing Noah and the ark out of the deulge and exalting them to the Holy Mount with the help of the dove. All of these connections go to bring these different symbols and stories together sacramentally, ultimately culminating in the life and work of Christ.

[Note that Holy baptism is the ecclesial and personal recapitulation/participation in the sign of Jonah (Mt. 12:38-41), which is, on one hand the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ; but is also the procession of the divine presence to the gentiles and the whole earth with it’s ultimate reversion to the Holy Mount Zion in Is. 66.]

The special plant under which the Prophet prayed calls us back to the Juniper tree in 1 Kg. 19.

There are few times that Juniper trees are mentioned in scripture. Only one of these times (other than Psalm 120) are coals mentioned in the same context. 1 Kings 19, where right after speaking judgement upon Israel and demonstrating the power of God over false prophets (note connection to prophecies in Is. 1-5 and the story of Jonah) Elijah, declaring himself the only one left is called by the Angel of the LORD to anoint a threefold sword (Hazael, Jehu and Elisha) to whittle Israel down -- just as Isaiah’s prophetic calling was to make their ears heavy and shut their eyes, whittling Israel down to the one truly righteous intercessor: Christ (Note connection between Isaiah 6:8-13 and 1 Kg. 22:19-23) (also note the threefold whittling of Israel in Ezekiel 5 and the sacramental language of fire/famine/eating sword/arrow and wind/fury). Before Isaiah could participate in this calling he had to partake of the divine coal given to him by the seraph. In a similar manner: before Elijah could continue in his prophetic calling he had to eat of the Holy bread (which was cooked on coals -- interesting detail to include in the passage if there is no real significance to it) and drink the Holy water which sustained him for 40 days and nights. In Matthew 4:4, after Christ’s 40 days and nights in the wilderness, He refused demonic temptation, quoting Deuteronomy 8:3, saying: “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God”. As we know from John 1, Christ is *THE* Word of God and as such it is only through Christ and through our assimilation into the divine Word that we can live, as anything outside of God’s mind is an infinite step towards non-existence (interesting to note the theme of 40 days and food throughout the scripture. See how Moses lived purely by the Word of God for 40 days [Exodus 34:28] and how after 40 days of wandering the scout of Numbers 13 returned to the camp bearing ripe fruits [vv. 21-25] as a symbol of Israel entering the promised land after 40 years of wandering). This means that, just like the manna which fed Israel for 40 years (exodus 16:35), what Elijah was given was not just bread and water but a divine foreshadowing of the true bread and the true drink, which is the body and blood of Christ (John 6).

We can see in Isaiah 27:1 the mighty sword that slays the leviathan; and we have the sharp arrows of the mighty (Ps. 120:4) which are used alongside the coals of juniper to deal with false tongues (note how the Hebrew root for “arrow”/ “archer” / “ חָצַץ” [Strong’s 2686] literally means “to divide”. It is related phonetically to the words qatsir [harvest] and qatsar [to reap, cut down]). What are arrows of the mighty other than children of the youth (Ps. 127:4) who have been born into the spirit in baptism (John 3, 1 Peter 1, Romans 6), who have become as little children (Mt. 18:3) desiring the sincere milk of the word (1 Pt. 2:3). Just as Christ, the only begotten Son of the Father is *the* chosen arrow of God (Is. 49:2), we are made sons and arrows of God by grace (1 Jn. 3:1). These arrows are scattered (Ps. 18:14) and fill everything (Eph. 1:23) for we, the Church, are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life, (2 Cor. 2:15-17).

[Side Note: Seraphim Hamilton, in his video on Michael Gorman’s Inhabiting The Cruciform God, explains that Christ was sent by the Father as the Word that shall not return void (Is. 55:11). I find Seraphim’s use of the language of arrows particularly interesting, as he explains that Christ’s work in the incarnation was to descend to and assume every aspect of creation into himself, in order that every arrow within every aspect of creation may point towards God through participation in the Logos. Contrast this to the wicked woman in Sirach 26 who will open her mouth as a thirsty traveller when he hath found a fountain, and drink of every water near her, by every hedge will she sit down, and open her quiver against every arrow. (v. 12). This calls back to the serpent in Genesis 3 who is cursed to eat dust (dust meaning dead men [think: ...to dust ye shall return... ]). Similar to Sir. 26:12 is the description of the whore of Babylon in Rev. 17 who is drunken with the blood of the saints, the blood of the martyrs of Jesus Christ. Eating/drinking something is the most basic means of assimilating something into your being -- this is why the eucharist is the heart of the divine liturgy, it is how we are assimilated into Christ’s very being. This also explains the texts about Ezekiel and John eating the scrolls, and why Christ spits the lukewarm church in Laodicea out of His mouth in Rev. 3:16.]

Sword and flame are the two sacrificial items/tools throughout all of scripture. This starts in Genesis 3:24 where, in order to regain access to Paradise, man must ascend through the fiery sword of the Cherubim. This explains the Levitical dividing and burning of the sacrifices. This is ultimately fulfilled universally in Christ’s total sacrifice on the cross and our sacramental recapitulation/participation in that, through the sword and fire of Holy Baptism + Chrismation and the Holy Eucharist. Christ came to bring a sword, (Mt. 10:34) that he may set fire on the earth (Lk. 12:49) and once and for all fulfill the passing through sword and flame for Man. In giving your enemy bread to eat and water to drink you heap coals of fire upon his head and the LORD shall reward thee (Prov. 25:21-22).

Let us recall the establishment of the marriage supper of Mount Zion in Isaiah 66. How is this eucharistic table on Mount Zion established? Isaiah 66:16 has the answer:

For by fire and by his sword will the Lord plead with all flesh: and the slain of the Lord shall be many.

The solution, therefore, to the Davidic cry of Psalm 120 is the sacramental and ecclesial participation in the victory of Christ over death, who sent from above, draws us out of many waters (Ps. 18:16).

We see in the story of Noah God rained upon the earth and this acted both as a curse to the wicked and a blessing to those in the ark. The possibility to reject the Christ is always present and is something we must always guard ourselves against -- lest we be divided and slain like the leviathan or burned like Nadab and Abihu in Lev. 10 -- lest the coals of fire hail (Ps. 18:13) upon us like Sodom and Gomorrah. There is huge significance that can be drawn between this, 1 Cor. 11:23-30; Hebrews 9 and Lev. 16, but that is for another time and is a much broader, and more important, topic.

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annelisterofhalifax · 3 years ago

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Coal, Measurements and Rawsons

1835

M[ar]ch Fri[day] 27

8.50

11 1/2

No kiss Fine b[u]t dullish morn[in]g F 47° at 9 ½ a.m, br[eak]f[a]st at 9 1/2 to 10 1/4 , t[he]n 1/4 h[ou]r w[i]th my fath[e]r, bet[ter]

+ t[ha]n yest[erday] b[u]t n[o]t look[in]g or being well. Sat w[i]th A-[Ann] in the bl[ue] room fr[om] 10 1/2 to 11 1/2 read[in]g fr[om] page

Xxii [22] to

Lv [55] end of Introduction to Phil[osophy] on the vital funct[io]n and the 2 first pages of the work its[elf], t[he]n stood read[ing]

+ in the lit[tle] dress[in]g room Munro’s Anat[om]y vol[ume] 2 on the heart and circulat[io]n till 2 exc[ept] t[ha]t h[a]d

Joseph Mann fr[om] ab[ou]t 12 1/2 to 1, ca[me] to ask me ab[ou]t shoot[in]g d[o]wn the stuff fr[om] the drift, ord[ere]d it to

be put in the road and Pickells sh[oul]d move it to the side. Speak[in]g of Mr Rawson’s engine pit

J.M [Joseph Mann] s[ai]d the pit d[o]wn to the engine is 120 y[ar]ds deep, fr[om] t[he]re to the Low bed = 44 y[ar]ds t[ha]t the engine now

lifts or pumps the wat[e]r 44 y[ar]ds. It will ha[ve] t[hi]s and 27 y[ar]ds to lift to enab[le] R- [Rawson] to get all Sam[ue]l

Hall’s coal. R-s [Rawson’s] engine is at or near the top of the rag 120 y[ar]ds deep, the same

measure i.e stratum of rag, w[hi]ch is at the surf[a]ce where I am go[in]g to sink my engine pit.

R-[Rawson] n[o]t aware wh[a]t an expens[ive] job he will ha[ve], nor how m[u]ch wat[e]r he will meet w[i]th,

he m[u]st ha[ve] a new engine, the one or rath[e]r 2 engines he has, will n[o]t pump the wat[e]r.

He hav[in]g 27 y[ar]ds of level to spend, suppos[in]g six y[ar]ds of level to be lost per hund[re]d y[ar]ds breadth

of coal,t[ha]t will be 27/6 = 4 3/6 = 450 y[ar]ds br[ea]dth of coal t[ha]t he will loose At last I th[in]k I und[er]st[a]nd wh[a]t R- [Rawson] is ab[ou]t, sure[l]y the ab[ov]e diagram ma[ke]s it plain. Out w[i]th A-[Ann] at 2, left h[e]r at the end of Sawood house Lane at 2.40, b[a]ck in 20 min[ute]s. to Mytholm, a lit[tle] whi[le] at Hannah Green’s – Aquilla’s wife, shew[e]d me the back places in Mytholm garden, t[he]n, s[ai]d I w[oul]d ma[ke] t[he[m a lit[tle] conven[ien]ce for the cows, t[he]n w[i]th the jun[io]r and his 2 men w[i]th Pickells do[in]g up wall in Mallins[on]s land n[ea]r Breakneck. P- [Pickells] and Nat[han] t[he]re. Advise me ag[ain]st buy[in]g stone of A- [Ann]. 6 or 7 y[ar]ds of bearing, the bear[in]g will cost me £20 to £30 bef[ore] get[in]g a stone. I h[a]d far bet[ter] agree w[i]th Pollard or Turner for wh[a]t I want. S[ai]d Washington h[a]d put it in[to] my head to buy stone of A-[Ann], P-[Pickells] th[in]ks he h[a]s so[me] und[e]r h[a]nd motive, wants rubble perh[aps] for the r[oa]d. S[ai]d I w[oul]d tell Holt n[o]t to put out handbills for lett[in]g A-s[Ann’s] stone to get. T[he]n took P-[Pickells] to Mytholm gard[e]n ab[ou]t walling a lit[tle] bit t[he]re, talk ab[ou]t enlarg[in]g the dam. Off at 5 1/4 to meet A-[Ann] met h[e]r in Wat[e]r Lane, soon aft[er]w[a]rds met Washington. It seems A- [Ann] hers[elf] h[a]s no r[oa]d int[o] 1835 M[ar]ch the quarry b[u]t thro[ugh] Miss Wadsworth’s leave! S.W [Samuel Washington] h[a]s h[a]d an application fr[om] h[e]r for wall stones! She h[a]s the right of road b[u]t no stone, A-[Ann] h[a]s the stone b[u]t no right of r[oa]d. S.W [Samuel Washington] to try to settle ab[ou]t t[hi]s. A-[Ann] w[oul]d be gl[a]d to buy the farm belong[in]g to Miss W[Wadsworth]. a-[Ann] and I talk[e]d the matter ov[e]r. I th[in]k of V gett[in]g stone elsewhere. Ho[me] at 6 1/4, Turner ca[me] to be p[ai]d for 40 stone posts at 1/6, ord[ere]d 40 mo[re] such and told h[i]m to s[e]nd me an est[ima]te of wh[a]t I want[e]d, cart[in]g and all – 4 f[ee]t 6 in[ches]. Rag bottoms n[o]t less t[ha]n 3 in[ches] thick and parpoints br[oa]d in the bed for arching. Din[ner] at 6 1/2, coff[ee], sat talk[in]g d[o]wn st[ai]rs and up fr[om] 8 3/4 to 9 3/4 wr[ote] the who[le] of today. Fine day b[u]t dullish, 20 min[ute]s w[ith my a[un]t tilln10.05p.m at w[hi]ch h[ou]r F 48°. V -Visit

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jasmineon · 6 years ago

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All Ego Videos

A complete and chronological list of all ego appearances:

For anyone new to the JSE Ego community and doesn’t know where to start or anyone else who likes a list to refer to (like me)

1. Welcome to the game #2 (Jackieboy Man first appearance) [July 10, 2016]

2. The Jacksepticeye Power Hour – Marvin’s Magic (Marvin the Magnificent first appearance) [August 11, 2016]

3. The Jacksepticeye Power Hour – Dr. Schneeplestein (Dr. Schneeplestein first appearance) [September 15, 2016]

Antisepticeye; October 2016 – first canonical appearances (glitches) all leading up to Say Goodbye on October 31

4. FNAF Sister Location #1: THE START OF THE NIGHTMARE (originally called SOMETHING DOESN’T FEEL RIGHT) [October 10, 2016]

5. FNAF Sister Location #2: THEY HAVE AWOKEN… [October 13, 2016]

6. FNAF Sister Location #3: SOMETHING INSIDE [October 18, 2016]

7. “Soon” (found in the description of FNAF: SL #3)

8. The Temple of No [October 18, 2016]

9. Hello Neighbour #2: PLEASE DON’T KILL ME [October 19, 2016]

10. FNAF Sister Location #4: MERGED TOGETHER [October 22, 2016]

11. Clustertruck #16: CHOOSE YOUR OWN GOAL [October 23, 2016]

12. Stuntfest #1: GRANNY DAB [October 24, 2016]

13. Pipejob: SWIMMING IN POO [October 24, 2016]

14. Manual Samuel #3: ROBOT WARS [October 25, 2016]

15. Guts and Glory #5: MEET THE YANGS [October 26, 2016]

16. Layers of Fear #1: ALONE AND AFRAID [October 28 ,2016]

17. Stuntfest #2: SORE FROM LAUGHING [October 29, 2016]

18. Mr. President #3: BULLET PROOF CHEST [October 29, 2016]

19. The Cubicle: SCARIER THAN IT LOOKS [October 30, 2016]

20. Layers of Fear #2: THE SIGNS ARE HERE [October 30, 2016]

21. “Say Goodbye” [October 31, 2016]

22. CHRISTMAS DOCTOR | Amateur Surgeon Christmas Edition (Dr. Schneeplestein, 5:09 to 10:49) [December 24, 2016]

23. Detention #2: I’M SO SORRY (Anti, glitches only) [January 25, 2017]

24. Detention #3: BROKEN INSIDE (Anti, glitches only) [February 4, 2017]

25. Detention #4: BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS (Anti, glitches only) [February 16, 2017]

26. PAX East 2017 Intro (Anti) (found in the description of the “I’m Sick” vlog) [March 10, 2017]

27. The Jacksepticeye Power Hour – Chase Brody (Chase Brody first appearance, originally called Bro Average: Tea Bag Edition) [April 11, 2017]

28. Epidemic: SPREADING THE SICKNESS (Anti, glitches only) [June 12, 2017]

29. Bio Inc. Redemption #2: DOWN WITH THE SICKNESS (Chase Brody, patient was named Chase and "killed") [June 18, 2017]

30. Bio Inc. Redemption #4: TRUST ME I’M A DOCTOR (Dr. Schneeplestein) [June 24, 2017]

31. Bio Inc. Redemption: KILL JACKSEPTICEYE (Dr. Schneeplestein and Antisepticeye) [August 3, 2017]

32. South Park the Fracture But Whole (played episodes 2-13 as Jackieboy Man, but was stated to be non-canonical) [October 23, 2017 to November 27, 2017]

33. The Jacksepticeye Power Hour – Jameson Jackson (JJ first appearance, originally called A Good Ole Fashioned Pumpkin Carve, then changed to Jacksepticeye: The Silent Movie) [October 31, 2017]

34. Heartbound: MAN’S BEST FRIEND (Originally called MEMORIES OF UNDERTALE) (Anti, no glitches but Jack uses a very Anti-like voice in certain parts of the game) {Also included this game since this was the demo and many anticipate that Jack will play the full game in 2019 and include Anti stuff} [November 22, 2017]

35. Doki Doki Literature Club #4: EXTREMELY UNCOMFORTABLE (Anti, glitches only) [December 3, 2017]

36. Doki Doki Literature Club #5: JUST MONIKA (Anti, glitches only) [December 5, 2017]

37. Overnightwatch (Anti, the stream was not archived so you can’t watch the whole thing but compilations of glitches/moments can be found on Youtube) [December 15/16, 2017]

Mayhem 2018 - A bunch of suspicious/ego related videos that occurred during the month of May, ending with First Winter

38. THE DOCTOR IS BACK – Gastric Bypass, Liposuction Surgery (Dr. Schneeplestein, end of video; originally called 100% REAL DOCTOR) [May 4, 2018]

39. Stories Untold #1: WATCH THIS WITH THE LIGHTS OFF (end of video) [May 5, 2018]

40. Barry Has A Secret (end of video) [May 6, 2018]

41. Stories Untold #2: THEY ARE LISTENING (end of video) [May 6, 2018 (2nd upload)]

42. Stories Untold #3: THEY’RE HERE! (voice of Chase Brody at end of video) [May 7, 2018]

43. Stories Untold #4: IT WAS ALL CONNECTED! (end of video) [May 8, 2018]

44. Try to Fall Asleep! (JJ and Marvin appear in TV/static glitches) [May 9, 2018]

45. TIE – A Game About Depression (Chase Brody) [May 11, 2018]

46. Dark Silence (Anti and Chase, end of video) [May 14, 2018]

47. EXPLORING AN ABANDONED HOSPITAL: Exiles (Anti) [May 16, 2018]

48. I AM SO CREEPED OUT BY THIS!: First Winter (Anti) [May 22, 2018]

*Note: while these are the only videos from Mayhem that had full ego content in them, there are a few other videos with suspicious moments/similar themes that I would recommend watching (Welcome to the Game 2, Yet Another Exhausted Day!, Check Please, Colourblind Test [Marvin mask in background])

49. HOW DID HE GUESS THAT! Akinator (JJ is the last character to be guessed; Anti w/ couple of glitches plus after outro clip, “SOON” hidden in audio) [August 3, 2017]

50. Eggs For Bart: WHAT AM I EVEN PLAYING?! (no glitches in game, but when the audio file was reversed, it said “I will return when you least expect it” and also had binary that spelled out “death” hidden in the file) [August 5, 2018]

51. Transference #1: THE DEMON LINGERS (Anti, glitches only; also, major Chase vibes because of family themes) [September 21, 2018]

52. Transference #2: WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED! (Anti, glitches only; also note several title changes w/ zalgo text) [September 24, 2018]

53. 3 Scary Games 1 Video #7 (Anti, glitches only) [October 14, 2018]

54. Watson Scott Test #1: THIS GAME SCARED THE S**T OUT OF ME (Anti, glitches only, also “Ch@s3” appearance) [October 20, 2018]

55. Umfend: TIME IS BROKEN (Anti, glitches only, also note suspicious title) [December 1, 2018]

56. Sally Face Part 4 #1: WAIT FOR THE ENDING! (Anti, glitchy outro) [December 7, 2018]

57. Quit The Game To Win (Anti, suspicious ending) [December 16, 2018]

58. Simulacra Pipe Dreams/Take Your Eyes Off the Screen (Anti, glitches only) [December 17, 2018]

59. Silent Fright: Bloodthirsty Santa (Anti, glitches only) [January 1, 2019]

60. This Person Does Not Exist (suspicious glitches) [March 13, 2019]

61. I'M not SCARED of these games... (suspicious glitches) [April 23, 2019]

62. I'll Get To The Bottom Of This... (May 7, 2019) (Anti audio, thank you for you contribution to 'this video/his death')

63. Something Is Incredibly Wrong Here... | Observation - Part 1 (suspicious themes/ending) [May 21, 2019]

64. Getting VERY Scared In Five Nights At Freddy's VR (FNAF VR) - Part 1 (glitches + suspicious writing on whiteboard) [May 22, 2019]

65. There's Someone Else Here! | Observation - Part 2 (suspicious themes/ending) [May 22, 2019]

66. No.... That's Not Possible! | Observation - Part 3 (suspicious themes/ending) [May 23, 2019]

67. They're SO Scary Up Close in Five Nights At Freddy's VR (FNAF VR) - Part 2 (Anti, after outro clip glitches) [May 24, 2019]

68. There's No Going Back Now! | Observation - Part 4 (END) (suspicious themes/ending) [May 24, 2019]

69. How High Will My Heart Rate Go Playing Five Nights At Freddy's VR (FNAF VR) (Anti, suspicious glitch from 2:53 to 3:08) [June 3, 2019]

70. My Inner Demon (Anti, glitches throughout) [July 8, 2019]

71. I Quit YouTube For This (originally called This Wasn't Supposed To Get Scary) (glitches + suspicious lines throughout) [September 16, 2019]

72. CHASE (Chase, Anti) [October 13, 2019]

73. You're Not Ready For These Scares (Dr. Schneeplestein, end of the video + appearing in glitches throughout) [October 19, 2019]

74. Can You Figure Out Who DID IT? - Jameson Jackson's Jolly Jaunts (originally called 'Jameson Jackson's Jolly Jaunts', then was changed to 'Unciver The Mystery, Who DID IT? - Jameson Jackson's Jolly Jaunts' before current title) (Jameson Jackson, Antisepticeye) [October 31, 2019]

75. You Said We Could Be Friends... | 3 Scary Games (originally called Please Don't Make Me Do This) (suspicious ending, jumpscare) [November 28, 2019]

76. These Scares Almost Killed Me | 3 Scary Games (originally called Where Did Jacksepticeye Go...) (suspicious ending/glitches) [January 16, 2020]

77. Sentient (originally called Don't Trust This Game (Anti from 'Always Watching' in the thumbnail) [February 26, 2020]

78. We Went Back (glitch + suspicious line) [April 10, 2020]

79. TERRIFYING BLAIR WITCH GAME | 3 Scary Games (Originally called WARNING: YOU WILL BE UNCOMFORTABLE WATCHING THIS | 3 Scary Games (audio of potentially egos/Anti talking, suspicious beginning and ending/glitches) [April 19, 2020]

80. WELCOME TO MY HOUSE (please stay away) | The Open house (originally called DON'T COME TO THIS HOUSE (please stay away) | The Open house) (zalgo comment made by Jack saying "OFFER ACCEPTED") [May 1, 2020]

81. Don't Make Eye Contact (originally called Argentum Inanis) (Marvin appearance, as well as flashback/vision/glitches of Antisepticeye, Chase, and Dr Schneeplestein) [October 31, 2020]

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End notes:

I included the dates that videos were published on since Jack likes to mess around with anniversaries.

Title changes were also listed (Jack sometimes changes these as well, like the firestarter that he is, and this was especially the case with the first episode of FNAF: Sister Location)

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If there’s anything I missed, please let me know so I can add it! As a note, I don't add 'suspicious videos', because there would simply be too many - this list is strictly for full ego appearances and glitches. I also try to limit my glitches since if nothing else happens, it might just be an effect by Robin and doesn't necessarily mean anything.

I hope this list helps out anyone who’s new or those who would like a complete reference list!

If you are new, don’t feel overwhelmed by the amount of stuff on the list. I know from experience that it can be a lot to take in, but don’t worry. Just take things slow, and don’t hesitate to message me or anyone else if you have any questions about the egos or past videos. There are a lot of super nice and incredibly smart theorists in this community who I’m sure would be more than happy to help you out.

Speaking of theorists, I’m gonna tag a few since they have some amazing theories of their own! I'll also put some additional info next to some of their names since their posts have been a big help to me as a theorist. :)

@fear-is-nameless (would heavily recommend their 4 timelines on ego events, as they contain links to a lot of posts/theories from the time)

@rogue-of-broken-time (lots of good theories)

@isa-ghost / @isas-theory-wall (Isa writes notes on every ego video and their theory wall blog is solely dedicated to theories)

@huffletrax (lots of good theories)

#jacksepticeye #neon theory #all ego videos #jameson jackson #dr schneeplestein #jackieboy man #marvin the magnificent #chase brody #antisepticeye #this took so long

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arco-rc · 5 years ago

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CLÁSICOS [ Classical Studies‎ | Hispanic Studies‎ | Others ]

Entendemos por clásico lo que debe tomarse como modelo debido a su calidad superior o perfección (remite a la cultura grecolatina). Clásico, dentro del ámbito más específico de la Estética y la Historia del Arte, denomina una "categoría histórico-estilística", frecuentemente asociada en el par clásico / barroco, también clásico / romántico, que sin embargo quedaría subsumido en el anterior.

1.«El Quijote». Miguel de Cervantes. La primera novela moderna, maestra de narradores. Junto a «Las Novelas ejemplares». 2 y 3. «La Ilíada». Homero. El imaginario humano al completo está tejido en esta obra, que escenifica el combate que todos nosotros sabemos que es la vida entera. Junto a «La Odisea». El poema épico por antonomasia, el origen de toda la literatura posterior, la divina pirámide de la literatura.

4. «La Divina Comedia». Dante Alighieri. Este genial poema comenzó a escribirse hacia 1306 y relata el viaje de su autor por el Infierno, el Paraíso y el Purgatorio. 5. «Hamlet». William Shakespeare. Una de las piezas más representadas. La ira, el amor, la venganza... se concitan en la desdichada historia del príncipe de Dinamarca. 6. «Frankenstein o el moderno Prometeo». Mary W. Shelley. Publicado el 11 de marzo de 1818 y enmarcado en la tradición de la novela gótica, el texto habla de temas tales como la ética, la moral científica, la creación y destrucción de vida y el atrevimiento de la humanidad en su relación con Dios. De ahí, el subtítulo de la obra: el protagonista intenta rivalizar en poder con Dios, como una suerte de Prometeo moderno que arrebata el fuego sagrado de la vida a la divinidad. Pertenece al género de ciencia ficción. 7. «En busca del tiempo perdido». Marcel Proust. Siete novelas forman esta obra imprescindible del siglo XX donde el escritor francés bucea en su memoria. 8. «La Eneida». Virgilio. Compuesta en el siglo I a. C., sobrepasa su condición de encargo del emperador Augusto para alzarse como una magistral epopeya. 9. «Ensayos».Michel de Montaigne. Recluido en la torre de su castillo, el autor renacentista se preguntó: «¿Qué sé yo?». La respuesta: crear un género clave de la Modernidad. 10. «Madame Bovary». Gustave Flaubert. Novela cumbre del realismo decimonónico, aúna un soberbio retrato psicológico con un perfecto fresco social. 11. «Cumbres borrascosas». Emily Brontë. 12. «Edipo Rey». Sófocles. 13. «Tragedias» y «Comedias». William Shakespeare. 14. «Las mil y una noches». Anónimo. 15. «Los orígenes del totalitarismo» Hannah Arendt. 16. «Casa sin amo». Heinrich Böll. 17. «De rerum natura». Lucrecio. 18. «La vida es sueño». Calderón de la Barca. 19. «Epopeya de Gilgamesh». Anónimo. 20. «Ulises». James Joyce. 21. «Antígona». Sófocles. 22. «Fedón». Platón. 23. «La Regenta». Leopoldo Alas «Clarín». 24. «Cien años de soledad». Gabriel García Márquez. 25. «Cancionero». Petrarca. 26. «Poemas». Emily Dickinson. 27. «Léxico familiar». Natalia Ginzburg. 28. «Ana Karenina». León Tolstói. 29. «Lazarillo de Tormes». Anónimo. 30. «Guerra y paz». León Tolstói. 31. «La vida del Buscón». Francisco de Quevedo. 32. «El mar, el mar». Iris Murdoch. 33. «Ficciones». Jorge Luis Borges. 34. «La montaña mágica». Thomas Mann. 35. «Poesía». Antonio Machado. 36. «Fedro». Platón. 37. «Trilogía Los mercaderes». Ana M.ª Matute. 38. «El hombre sin atributos». Robert Musil. 39. «Carta al padre», «El proceso» y «La metamorfosis». Franz Kafka. 40. «Las metamorfosis». Ovidio. 41. «Pedro Páramo». Juan Rulfo. 42. «Decamerón». Boccaccio. 43. «La Celestina». Fernando de Rojas. 44. «La tempestad». William Shakespeare. 45. «El laberinto mágico». Max Aub. 46. «Crimen y castigo». Fiódor Dostoyevski. 47. «Rojo y negro». Henri Beyle Stendhal. 48. «Emma». Jane Austen. 49. «Azul». Rubén Darío. 50. «Vida y opiniones del caballero Tristram Shandy». Laurence Sterne. 51. «Soledades». Luis de Góngora. 52. «Una habitación propia». Virginia Woolf. 53. «El amor en los tiempos del cólera». Gabriel García Márquez. 54. «Hojas de Hierba». Walt Whitman. 55. «Baladas líricas». William Wordsworth. (Junto con la obra de escritores como Coleridge y Keats). 56. «El corazón de las tinieblas». Joseph Conrad. 57. «El cantar de los cantares». Anónimo. 58. «Fausto». J. W. Goethe. 59. «Trece teorías de la naturaleza humana». Leslie Stevenson. 60. «Los papeles póstumos del Club Pickwick». Charles Dickens. 61. «Casa de muñecas». Henrik Johan Ibsen. 62. «Nada». Carmen Laforet. 63. «Traidor, inconfeso y mártir». José Zorrilla. 64. «Metafísica». Aristóteles. 65. «Fin y principio». Wislawa Szymborska. 66. «Cordero blanco, halcón gris». Rebecca West. 67. «Fuenteovejuna». Lope de Vega. 68. «Discurso de Onofre». Carlos Castilla del Pino. 69. «La señora Dalloway». Virginia Woolf. 70. «Fábulas». Esopo.

Mary W. Shelley, con «Frankenstein», ocupa uno de los puestos relevantes entre las escritoras, seguida de las hermanas Brontë, Emily Dickinson, Natalia Ginzburg, Iris Murdoch, Ana M.ª Matute y Carmen Laforet.

71. «Una temporada en el infierno». Arthur Rimbaud. 72. «Moby Dick». Herman Melville. 73. «Cuentos completos». Antón Chéjov. 74. «Coplas por la muerte de su padre». Jorge Manrique. 75. «Cuentos». Jacob y Wilhelm Grimm (y «Cuentos» Hans. Ch. andersen). A los que habría que sumar la lectura de «Romper el hechizo. Una visión política de los cuentos folclóricos y maravillosos», junto a «El irresistible cuento de hadas», ambos de Jack Zipes. 76. «Cuentos judíos». Isaac B. Singer. 77. «La siesta de M. Andesmas». Marguerite Duras. 78. «Nocturnos». E.T.A. Hoffmann. 79. «El peregrino ruso». Anónimo. 80. «El Abencerraje y la hermosa Jarifa». Anónimo. 81. «Santuario» y «¡Absalón, Absalón!». William Faulkner. 82. «MIAU». Benito Pérez Galdós. 83. «Cuentos de antaño». Charles Perrault. 84. «Hermosos y malditos». F. Scott Fitzgerald. 85. «La Cartuja de Parma». Henry Beyle Stendhal.

La mitología clásica, la hebrea, la nórdica (y hasta la sumeria, con «Gilgamesh») están presentes en la lista.

86. «Cuentos» (y «Poesía»). Edgar Allan Poe. 87. «Poesía» (y «Niebla»). Miguel de Unamuno 88. «Noches áticas». Aulo Gelio. 89. «El año de la muerte de Ricardo Reis». José Saramago. 90. «La Biblia». Varios autores. 91. «La Teogonía». Hesiodo. 92. «Cartas a Lucilio». Séneca. 93. «Medea». Eurípides. 94. «Elizabeth Costello». J. M. Coetzee. 95. «El idiota». Fiódor Dostoyevski. 96. «La fragilidad del bien: fortuna y ética en la tragedia y la filosofía griega». Martha C. Nussbaum. 97. «Orgullo y prejuicio». Jane Austen. 98. «Poesía». Cátulo. 99. «Cantar de los nibelungos». Anónimo. 100. «Esperando a Godot». Samuel Beckett.

#literature #classical studies #hispanic studies #word literature

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pamphletstoinspire · 5 years ago

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Prodigal Son Sunday: 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time

This past Sunday marks one of only two times in the main Lectionary cycle that we hear the Parable of the Prodigal Son proclaimed (the other being the 4th Sunday of Lent Cycle - [C]). The Readings are marked by the theme of repentance and forgiveness.

1. Our First Reading is Ex 32:7-11, 13-14:

The LORD said to Moses, “Go down at once to your people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt, for they have become depraved. They have soon turned aside from the way I pointed out to them, making for themselves a molten calf and worshiping it, sacrificing to it and crying out, ‘This is your God, O Israel, who brought you out of the land of Egypt!’ “I see how stiff-necked this people is, ” continued the LORD to Moses. Let me alone, then, that my wrath may blaze up against them to consume them. Then I will make of you a great nation.”

The context of this First Reading is immediately after the “Golden Calf” incident. To recap, God had sent Moses to the Israelites as they were enslaved in Egypt, and through might miracles brought them out of Egypt and into the Sinai desert, to Mount Sinai itself, where he entered into a solemn covenant with them (Exod 19-24, esp. ch. 24). A covenant is the extension of kinship by oath, so God’s covenant with Israel at Sinai (Exod 24) formed Israel into God’s children, his family. A blood ritual solemnized the covenant, as Moses splashed blood on both God’s altar and the people, symbolizing that God and the people were now one blood. But the blood ceremony also had a more ominous symbolism: “if I break the covenant, may my blood be shed, like this shed blood now being splashed on me.”

Forty days later, while Moses was on Mt. Sinai receiving instructions for the building of the Tabernacle, the people of Israel defected from the covenant and broke their whole relationship with God. They built themselves an idol of a bull calf, probably representing the Egyptian god Apis whom they had once worshiped along the banks of the Nile. By breaking the covenant, they triggered on themselves the curse-meaning of the blood of the covenant: “may my blood be shed if I break my commitment…” That is why God says, “Let me alone … that my wrath may … consume them.” It is not the loss of God’s temper. It is God enforcing the terms of the covenant, which He is bound in justice to do. God tests Moses in this situation, creating the opportunity for Moses to intercede for the people, the opportunity for Moses to be like Christ. God says, “I will make of you a great nation.” This was the promise given to Abraham (Gen 12:2) so long ago. Thus, God is offering to “rewind” salvation history and start over with Moses as a new Abraham.

But Moses implored the LORD, his God, saying, “Why, O LORD, should your wrath blaze up against your own people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt with such great power and with so strong a hand? Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and how you swore to them by your own self, saying, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky; and all this land that I promised, I will give your descendants as their perpetual heritage.’” So the LORD relented in the punishment he had threatened to inflict on his people.

Moses rises to the opportunity to be a Christ-like intercessor for the people of God. Moses’ main argument is significant: “Remember your servant(s) Abraham … how you swore to them by your own self…” There is only one place earlier in Scripture where God explicitly swears by his own self, and that is Genesis 22:15-18, the great oath which God swears to Abraham after Abraham offers to God his “only begotten son” (RSVCE2). That is the great passage of the near-sacrifice of Isaac, called “the Aqedah” (“the Binding [of Isaac]”) in the Jewish tradition. It is the most important type or foreshadowing of Calvary in the Old Testament. One might just call it “the Calvary of the Old Testament.” It is crucial to recognize that at this pivotal moment in the history of God’s people, where they face deserved destruction for apostasy from God, Moses’ succeeds in his intercession by pleading Calvary, by appealing to the covenant that was re-affirmed after the willing sacrifice of the “only begotten son.” God affirms the validity of Moses’ appeal, and “relents” from punishment. God knew in his foreknowledge that he would do this, but he chose to include Moses in his plan of mercy for Israel, allowing Moses to take an active role in the administration of God’s forgiveness. He does this for us, too.

2. The Responsorial Psalm is Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 17, 19:

R. (Lk 15:18) I will rise and go to my father.

Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness; in the greatness of your compassion wipe out my offense. Thoroughly wash me from my guilt and of my sin cleanse me. R. I will rise and go to my father.

A clean heart create for me, O God, and a steadfast spirit renew within me. Cast me not out from your presence, and your Holy Spirit take not from me. R. I will rise and go to my father.

O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall proclaim your praise. My sacrifice, O God, is a contrite spirit; a heart contrite and humbled, O God, you will not spurn. R. I will rise and go to my father.

Psalm 51 is THE great psalm of repentance in the entire psalter, used in the Lectionary and the Liturgy of the Hours at those times in the Church calendar that most call for acts of contrition. Psalm 51 is attributed to David, upon the occasion of his repentance after having been rebuked by Nathan the prophet for killing Uriah and taking Bathsheba as his wife by force.

David’s words have resounded on the lips of repentant believers down through the centuries, unrivaled for bluntness and sincerity. David prays for “a clean heart” which God alone can “create” for him—it is not possible by human power. David had acted like Israel at the Golden Calf. Both David and Israel were recipients of covenants: Israel in Exodus 24, David in 2 Samuel 7. Both had the status of “sons of God” (Exod 4:22; PS 89:20-27). Both succumbed to sexual temptation (David with Bathsheba, 2 Sam 11; Israel when they “rose up to play,” a sexual euphemism Exod 32:6). Unlike Israel, David repents when rebuked. He returns to seek the LORD, whereas Israel would have continued astray had it not been for Moses. In this way, David represents an advance in spiritual understanding over against the behavior of Israel as a whole.

3. The Second Reading is 1 Tm 1:12-17:

Beloved: I am grateful to him who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he considered me trustworthy in appointing me to the ministry. I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and arrogant, but I have been mercifully treated because I acted out of ignorance in my unbelief. Indeed, the grace of our Lord has been abundant, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. Of these I am the foremost. But for that reason I was mercifully treated, so that in me, as the foremost, Christ Jesus might display all his patience as an example for those who would come to believe in him for everlasting life. To the king of ages, incorruptible, invisible, the only God, honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

The Lectionary is marching through St. Paul’s letters to individuals right now, and last week we read from Philemon. This week we read from the beginning of his first letter to Timothy, and the selection could scarcely fit better the themes of this Sunday’s Mass. Here we are reminded that St. Paul himself—like David, like Israel—was a great offender against God, who received mercy. Paul calls himself “the foremost” of sinners. Truly the company of the saints is better thought of as the assembly of those who embraced mercy, rather than of those who never needed it.

Gospel Luke 15:1-32:

Tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus, but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” So to them he addressed this parable.

The Pharisees are offended that Jesus associates with “sinners,” not recognizing it to be a God-like trait, since God associated with sinners all through the Old Testament. In fact, Judah and his descendants included some of the worst of sinners.

“What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one until he finds it? And when he does find it, he sets it on his shoulders with great joy and, upon his arrival home, he calls together his friends and neighbors and says to them, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’ I tell you, in just the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.

“Or what woman having ten coins and losing one would not light a lamp and sweep the house, searching carefully until she finds it? And when she does find it, she calls together her friends and neighbors and says to them, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found the coin that I lost.’ In just the same way, I tell you, there will be rejoicing among the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Jesus prefaces his great parable of the “lost son” with two smaller, down-to-earth examples from everyday life about the joy of finding something that was lost. The phrase “there will be rejoicing among the angels of God” is actually a bit of a mistranslation. It is literally, “there will be rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God.” It is not the angels who are rejoicing, per se. Someone else is rejoicing in front of the angels. Who is that? God Himself. But in keeping with Jewish piety, Jesus using circumlocutions to speak of the divine rejoicing.

Then he said, “A man had two sons, and the younger son said to his father, ‘Father give me the share of your estate that should come to me.’ So the father divided the property between them. After a few days, the younger son collected all his belongings and set off to a distant country where he squandered his inheritance on a life of dissipation. When he had freely spent everything, a severe famine struck that country, and he found himself in dire need. So he hired himself out to one of the local citizens who sent him to his farm to tend the swine. And he longed to eat his fill of the pods on which the swine fed, but nobody gave him any. Coming to his senses he thought, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have more than enough food to eat, but here am I, dying from hunger. I shall get up and go to my father and I shall say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I no longer deserve to be called your son; treat me as you would treat one of your hired workers.”’ So he got up and went back to his father. While he was still a long way off, his father caught sight of him, and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him and kissed him. His son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you; I no longer deserve to be called your son.’ But his father ordered his servants, ‘Quickly bring the finest robe and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Take the fattened calf and slaughter it. Then let us celebrate with a feast, because this son of mine was dead, and has come to life again; he was lost, and has been found.’ Then the celebration began. Now the older son had been out in the field and, on his way back, as he neared the house, he heard the sound of music and dancing. He called one of the servants and asked what this might mean. The servant said to him, ‘Your brother has returned and your father has slaughtered the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.’ He became angry, and when he refused to enter the house, his father came out and pleaded with him. He said to his father in reply, ‘Look, all these years I served you and not once did I disobey your orders; yet you never gave me even a young goat to feast on with my friends. But when your son returns, who swallowed up your property with prostitutes, for him you slaughter the fattened calf.’ He said to him, ‘My son, you are here with me always; everything I have is yours. But now we must celebrate and rejoice, because your brother was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.’”

This parable may be read in two ways. On the basic level, it is a story of forgiveness and reconciliation that teaches us about the character of God and his love for sinners. On a secondary level, it is a parable about the history of Israel. Israel divided into two kingdoms: the northern kingdom of “Ephraim” (the adopted youngest son of Jacob) and the southern kingdom of “Judah” (the son of Jacob who inherited the rights of the oldest son). Ephraim went astray and was taken into exile by Assyria (a far country). Judah, however, was only exiled for 70 years and then returned to stay by God’s “side” in the land of Israel. However, in the end it is “Ephraim” who returns to embrace God, while “Judah” resents God’s mercy.

This fits a theme through Luke-Acts, in which Luke shows that Samaritans (direct descendants of the northern kingdom “Ephraim”) and Gentiles (among whom other northern Israelites had assimilated) respond to the offer of God’s forgiveness in the Gospel, whereas the “Judeans”, descendants of southern Judah, resist the Gospel out of pride, and resent the Christian offer of a the “new covenant” to Samaritan and Gentile “sinners.”

Today’s Gospel speaks to us in two practical ways, depending on which “son” we are. Some of us at Mass this Sunday are the younger son, who have been going astray rather self-consciously. We “younger sons” need to be reassured of God’s forgivness. We need to pick up and leave the pig slop we’ve been wallowing in (whether that be substance abuse, porn, financial corruption, promiscuity, manipulation, etc.) and return to God, who is waiting to embrace us.

[Let us notice that the Father does not run after the son to the far country and pull him out of the muck. There is an act of repentance and renunciation that we must undertake before we can return to the Father. We do have to leave the pig sty.]

Others of us at Mass are the older brother. We think we are good, not in need of forgiveness, and God owes us something. We resent riff-raff hanging around, and in particular don’t want them in our churches or other places where we hang out.

We older brothers have no joy in our lives, because we really aren’t motivated by love, and don’t understand the God of love and joy. We need conversion as much as the younger son. We need to recognize “younger sons” as siblings, as family members, and share God’s joy at their repentance and reconciliation. God is not a businessman rewarding service in a tit-for-tat or quid-pro-quo manner. God is a father, who wants all his sons to share his love and joy.

From: https://www.pamphletstoinspire.com/

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Examining the sources of the Plymouth Colony Pages [Part 34]

Ebenezer W. Peirce, Civil, Military and Professional Lists of Plymouth and Rhode Island Colonies (Boston: A. Williams & Co., 1881; reprinted Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1968; Baltimore: Clearfield Co., 1995).

This book is available online in some places. On HathiTrust there are the following results for Samuel Packards:

Inn keeper on March 8, 1671 (would likely be Samuel Packard), described on a later page.

Ensign in October 1689 (would be Samuel Packard's son)

Along with varying other results. Of course, in two-page preface, he does not outline his sources. Obviously, some primary sources are used, but which ones? Some other results show a "Samuel Packer" listed as a Surveyor of Highways in 1672, the position of which is described later.

Charles Edward Banks, The Planters of the Commonwealth. A Study of the Emigrants and Emigration In Colonial Times ... 1620-1640 (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1930; reprinted Baltimore, multiple editions).

This book is only available through a limited search on HathiTrust, with "Samuel Packer" noted on page 194. It can be found some other places but not many in general.

Henry Edwards Scott, Vital Records of Plympton Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1923).

This book is on Internet Archive but is also indexed online separately. Births in Plympton, MA:

Mary Holmes, ch. Perez [q. v.] and Mercy Bradford (Sherman), July 27, 1844, in P. Orlando, ch. Perez [q. v.] and Mercy Bradford (Sherman), Oct. 15, 1846, in Halifax. Orlando Hinds, s. Isaac of W. Bridgewater and Mary Jones, Sept. 6, 1817. Perez, h. Mercy Bradford (d. Lt. Joseph Sherman and Nancy of P.), s. Isaac and Mary Jones of W. Bridgewater, Dec. 4, 1821, in W. Bridgewater.

And marriages in the same place:

Cynthia (see Sintha). Elizabeth, wid., of Middleborough, d. Benjamin Pratt dec'd of Middleborough, and Alfred Churchill of P., s. Ebenezer and Lucy of P., Oct. 6, 1841, in P. Mary Jones of Abington, wid. Isaac of W. Bridgewater, d. Samuel Foster of Abington and Mary Jones, and Ezekiel Ripley of P., s. Ezekiel dec'd of P., int. Apr. 3, 1831, cert. given Apr. 18. Perez [dup. abt. 21] of P. s. Isaac of W. Bridgewater and Mary Jones, and Mercy Bradford Sherman [dup. 19 y. 4 m.] of P., d. Lt. Joseph and Nancy of P., Jan. 1, 1843 [dup. in P.]. (Reuel) and Molley Harlow, ch. Barnabas ((s. James)) and Molley ((d. Dea. Peter West of Kingston), ----). Sarah of Bridgewater and Caleb Loring of P., int. Mar. 7, 1802. Sintha [int. Cyntha] of Bridgewater and Levi Churchill of P., Sept. 19, 1799, in Bridgewater.

And deaths of Packards in the same place:

Orlando Hinds, s. Isaac dec'd of W. Bridgewater and Mary Jones, Jan. 23, 1837, a. 19 y. 4 m. 17 d., "at ..his father-in-law, Mr. Ezekiel Ripley," in P.

Note: This was originally posted on Apr. 27, 2018 on the main Packed with Packards WordPress blog (it can also be found on the Wayback Machine here). My research is still ongoing, so some conclusions in this piece may change in the future.

#packards #genealogy #lineage #family history #genealogy research #immigrants #Plympton #bridgewater #deaths #births #marriage

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tarditardi · 6 years ago

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Speciale AllaDisco Party, Beach, Cocktail & Festival: IDOL parte dalla Versilia (per poi far ballare Ibiza), i 45 anni di Mr.Charlie con Marco Rissa (from Thegiornalisti), Decibel a Firenze con la Nina di domenica da mezzogiorno (...)

Ci siamo accorti che troppo pochi siti e blog italiani curano il loro calendario di party e festival, per non parlare dei top dj - pure NINA KRAVIZ le sue date italiane sulla sua pagina NON le segnala - ma perché?... e allora ci pensiamo noi di AllaDiscoteca!

I top party & festival fino a fine giugno 2018

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23/6 Marco Rissa from Thegiornalisti feat Sandiego dj set @ Mr.Charlie - Lignano... per un party che celebra 45 anni di divertimento

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29/06 Martin Garrix @ Milano (Ippodromo) #sexyedm

29-30/6 Live’n’Love @ Vasto (CH), Abruzzo - c/o Aqualand con Afrojack, Hardwell, Tujamo, Daddy’s Groove, Promiseland #edm

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URBAN TOP PARTY: VIDA LOCA 140 date quest’estate seguile tutte qui ogni domenica Villa delle Rose (RN), mercoledì Pineta (Formentera)

HOUSE MILANO PARTY: FIDELIO, ogni martedì @ B38 ex Byblos

EASY HOUSE TOP DJ: Samuele Sartini con il suo singolo “It Will Shine” e tanti top party tra cui Pineta ed altri top club

TOP PARTY & FESTIVAL BY ALLADISCOTECA A GIUGNO, LUGLIO, AGOSTO 2018... PRENDI NOTA!

Dal 25/05 Cosmo in tour in tutta Italia per tutta l’estate! Tutte le date qui, la prima è a Milano... http://www.alladiscoteca.com/post/173092256304/cosmo-è-in-tour-e-chi-non-va-a-ballare-la-sua

Cocoricò Riccione: i top dj set di tutta la stagione

16/6 AMELIE LENS, 06/7 DIMITRI VEGAS & LIKE MIKE, 13/7 MARSHMELLO, 20/7 ARMIN VAN BUUREN, 03/8 DEADMAU5, 04/8 JOSEPH CAPRIATI, 06/8 CARL COX, 13/8 HARDWELL,14/8 LOCODICE - THE MARTINEZ BROTHERS, 15/8 MARCO CAROLA, 16/8 NINA KRAVIZ, 01/9 LUCIANO

giugno - luglio '18 Trip Music Festival - Milano c/o Triennale. Dal 12/6 Cirque Alfonse, 5/7 Kruder & Dorfmeister (...) #art #electro #pop #teatro

(fino al) 30/06 Paul Kalkbrenner in Italia: 23/6 Milano (I-Days), 24/6 Firenze (Decibel), 30/6 Napoli (Noisy Naples) #elettronica http://www.alladiscoteca.com/post/172584703470/paul-kalkbrenner-in-italia-55-roma-spazio

24/6 Decibel Open Air Firenze @ Visarno Arena (Parco delle Cascine) con Carl Cox • Paul Kalkbrenner • Nina Kraviz • Marco Faraone #elettronica

29/6 - 1/7 Terraforma nel verde di Villa Arconati (Bollate, - Mi) com Jeff Mills, Lanark Artefax, artisti, pop up hotel (…) #arte-avanguardia #elettronica http://www.alladiscoteca.com/post/172617402844/terraforma-nel-verde-di-villa-arconati-bollate

29-30/6 Live’n’Love @ Vasto (CH), Abruzzo - c/o Aqualand con Afrojack, Hardwell, Tujamo, Daddy’s Groove, Promiseland, (...) #edm #scivoli

29/06 Martin Garrix @ Milano (Ippodromo) #edm

30/06 Molo Street Parade - Rimini Dalle 11 si balla con Holi Dance Festival on the beach, poi Fedez e pure Marco Faraone e 80 dj su 10 pescherecci #tuttogratis #ilpartypiuhot

Popfest Gallipoli (LE) by Musicaeparole @ Praja - Gallipoli dall'1 luglio a fine agosto con tanti protagonisti della scena pop mondiale (Bob Sinclar, Gianluca Vacchi, Ofenbach) #pop 1/7 Opening con Silvio Carranom 5/7 Ema Stokholma, 5/7 Jessie Diamond, 12/7 Daddy's Groove, 19/7 Michael Feiner, 22/7 Merk & Kremont, 23/7 Ofenbach, 25/7 Bob Sinclar, 30/7 VINAI, 2/8 Nicky Romero, 5/8 Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano, 9/8 Gianluca Vacchi, 12/8 Bob Sinclar, Albertino @ Cave - Gallipoli 13/8 Tujamo, 15/8 Deejay Time Reunion, 16/8 Gianluca Vacchi daytime event @ Hotel Gallipoli Resort, 16/8 Benny Benassi, 19/8 Dj Antoine, 23/8 Klingande, 26/8 Mike Candys

Cocoon @ Villa delle Rose - Misano Adriatico (RN) ogni mercoledì #electro #techno @chic mercoledì 4 luglio: Ilario Alicante, James Mile mercoledì 11 luglio: Luca Agnelli, Dana Ruh mercoledì 18 luglio: Patrick Topping, Carola Pisaturo mercoledì 25 luglio: Kölsch, Markus Fix mercoledì 1 agosto: Sam Paganini, Anthea mercoledì 8 agosto: Ilario Alicante allnight long mercoledì 15 agosto: Maurizio Schmitz + guest TBC mercoledì 22 agosto: Adam Port, Carola Pisaturo

7-8/7 Kappa FuturFestival - Torino con il meglio della techno #elettronica 7/7 Adam Beyer, Amelie Lens, Andrea Oliva, Apparat, Body & Soul, DJ Tennis, Sam Paganini, Solomun, The Martinez Brothers, Timo Maas (...) 8/7 Derrick May, Fatboy Slim, Hot Since 82, Ilario Alicante, Luciano, Marco Carola, Ralf, Robert Hood, Seth Troxler (...) Il 7 c’è pure il grande, grandissimo Eric Prydz con il suo nuovo show Holo. Chi è a Treviso legga sotto che c’è una bella sorpresa.

17/7 The Chainsmokers @ Umbria Jazz - Perugia #easy #pop

Milano Summer Festival @ Ippodromo San Siro: 14/7 Holi Dance, 17/7 Justice + Mgmt + Parcels, 20/7 The Chemical Brothers + 2manydjs

Pyrex Arena Santa Cesarea Terme (LE) 14 e 15 agosto: super techno! #elettronica 14/8 Chris Liebing, The Martinez Brothers, Marco Carola 15/8 Joseph Capriati, Solomun, Paul Kalkbrenner

1/9 Eric Prydz @ Home Festival - Treviso con lo show Holo #genius NB: Prydz suona anche a Torino

27-29/9 roBOt 10 @ Bologna c/o Macro #festival #chic #sperimentale

1-4 novembre ‘18 18esimo Club to Club Torino. Tra gli altri artisti: Aphex Twin, Avalon Emerson, Beach House, Blood Orange, Courtesy, David August, Dj Nigga Fox, Equiknoxx, Fever Ray, Iceage, Josey Rebelle, Obongjayar, Serpentwithfeet, Skee Mask, The Italian New Wave (Bienoise & more) #chic #avantgard (...)

COSA TI SEI PERSO? MA NON DISPERARE!!!

10 - 13/06 Mdrnty Cruise 10 - 13 giugno da Genova. Si balla con Ricardo Villalobos, Black Coffee, Stephan Bodzin (…) http://www.alladiscoteca.com/post/173025074014/mdrnty-cruise-10-13-giugno-da-genova-si-balla

2-3/6 Nevalon - Montalcino (SI) #arte-avanguardia dettagli in arrivo, ma si beve bene...

9/6 Richie Hawtin presenta il live show multimediale Close a Villafranca (Verona) il 9 giugno con Joseph Capriati, Ben Klock (…) #elettronica http://www.alladiscoteca.com/post/172617474499/richie-hawtin-presenta-il-show-show-close-a

9/6 Liberato a Milano

1/6 Bob Sinclar @ Villa Bonin - Vicenza #pop #house

01/6 RICHIE HAWTIN @ Cocoricò Riccione

1-3 giugno Happy Birthday Samsara Beach - Riccione! Con tanti super dj tra cui Federico Scavo #beachparty

1-3/6 Nameless Barzio (LC) con Steve Angello, Don Diablo, Axwell & Ingrosso, Armin Van Bureen, Fabri Fibra Sfera Ebbasta, Guè Pequeno (...) #edm #hiphop

1/6 IDOL meets Tenax @ Beach Club - Versilia djs: Marco Faraone, Alex Neri, Diego Donati, Philipp + Cole, King Joshua

2/6 Shade Bergamo (al coperto) con Marco Carola, Marco Faraone, Ilario Alicante, Green Velvet, Chris Liebing, Apollonia (...) #elettronica Tutti i dettagli qui

24/5 Molto club & restaurant - Carate Brianza Happy Birthday!

Giovedì 24 maggio si festeggia dalle 20 e 45 alle 3 del mattino. Aperitivo, cena o pizza per chi vuole mangiare all'aperto. Alla musica live pensano Banane & lamponi, più tardi il sound anni ‘80 - '90 è quello del di Corrado Apeddu #chic&dinner

25/5 Matura Party “La Notte Prima degli Esami” @ Mr.Charlie / Cà Margherita - Lignano (UD)

E’ il tradizionale appuntamento rivolto ai maturandi. Come raccontano gli organizzatori, che da ben 12 anni curano questo evento, è un party che chiude l'esperienza della scuola e inaugura un altro capitolo della vita.

27/5 Ben Dj fa scatenare Dobermahn @ Terrazzamare / Jesolo (VE)

Domenica 27 maggio ad esempio in console all'esclusivo evento Dobermann al Terrazzamare di Jesolo (VE). Dobermahn è un party unico, in cui musica e coreografie in stile etnico si fondono per creare un show coinvolgente. #vipparty

27/5 Ralf on the Beach @ Bisceglie - Baia delle Sirene

dalle 17 alle 02 by Musicaeparole (che da quest’estate collabora anche con Guendalina, che apre il 23 giugno) #beachparty

29/5 Fidelio Milano Opening Summer Party @ B38! #fashion #house #fidelio

Al mixer ovviamente Stefano Pain ed Ale Bucci e tutta la Fidelio Family a ballare fino all’alba…

18/5 Steve Aoki @ Just Cavalli Milano #edm #torte #deluxe

19/5 Vida Loca @ #Costez - Telgate (BG) #hiphop #pop #show #reggaeton tutti i party Vida Loca qui: goo.gl/Gtx8rh

19/5 Opening! Praja Gallipoli! con Mark Lanzetta #pop #salento

20/04 Fatboy Slim @ Fabrique - Milano #pop #edm #house

21/4 Dj Antoine @ Nikita #Costez - Telgate (BG) #pop #edm #show

21/4 Vida Loca party # Big Club Torino & Peter Pan Riccione #pop #party #show

21/4 Prince - A Celebration @ Vinile - Milano “Sono passati due anni da quel nefasto 21 aprile 2016, ma la musica di Prince è e sarà sempre con noi info: https://www.facebook.com/events/626873317648023

17-22 aprile Design Week Music Festival @ Milano, P.zza Castello dalle 18 (ingresso libero) con tanti dj tra cui Riva Starr, Soulcpal, Wolf + Lamb, Peter Kruder, Flashmob, Stefano Fontana) #elettronica #arte-avanguardia

21 - 25/04 Aperyshow @ Piazzola sul Brenta TUTTO per beneficenza con tanti super dj tra cui Angeli, Cristian Marchi, Tommy Vee (...) http://www.alladiscoteca.com/post/172991544431/aperyshow-2018-21-25-piazzola-sul-brenta-tutto #edm #pop #show

24/04 Claudio Coccoluto @ Noir - Lissone (MB) #house #club

Nina Kraviz: 24/4 Il Muretto Jesolo, 30/04 Social Music City, 1/5 Arenile di Bagnoli (NA) #electro #techno #djgirl

25/04 Ralf in Bikini a Cattolica #beachparty #elettronica

25/04 Samsara Beach - Riccione #beachparty #pop

25/4 Papeete - Milano Marittima (RA) #beachparty

28/4 Bob Sinclar @ Mob Palermo, 25/7 Bob Sinclar, 9/8 Gianluca Vacchi @ PopFest c/o Praja Gallipoli (LE) #edm #pop #house

Bob Sinclar in Italia 28/4 Popfest Palermo, 30/04 Cromie Castellaneta (TA), 1/6 Villa Bonin (Vicenza), 12/8 PopFest Cave - Gallipoli con Albertino

28/4 - 1/5 Sunbreak Malta - Club MTV, lo spring break più pazzo d'Europa fa ballare con Ofenbach, Timmy Trumpet, Federico Scavo, Valentina Vignali... ok è Malta... ma è quasi Italia è l’organizzazione è anche italiana. #edm #pop #house

29 - 30/04 Music Inside Festival @ Rimini (Fiera, Castel Sismondo, Teatro degli Atti) #elettronica Sul palco tra gli altri Loco Dice, Dixon, Ilario Alicante, Len Faki, Luca Agnelli, Nicole Moudaber, Sam Paganini, Santè b2b Sindey Charles (...)

30/04 Gigi D’Agostino @ Villa Bonin - Vicenza

30/04 Social Music City a Milano riparte con Nina Kraviz, Stephan Bodzin (live) e Tale Of Us… #elettronica http://www.alladiscoteca.com/post/172514283383/social-music-city-a-milano-riparte-il-30-aprile

1/5 Cosmo, Sfera Ebbasta @ Primo Maggio Roma #pop #italia #hiphop http://www.alladiscoteca.com/post/172618933609/primo-maggio-roma-suonano-anche-cosmo-e-sfera

1/5 One Day Music Festival a Catania con Sam Paganini, Boys Noize, Stephan Bodzin #elettronica http://www.alladiscoteca.com/post/172617546739/15-one-day-music-festival-a-catania-con-sam

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John 16:8-10 | ⁸ And when HE comes, HE will convict the world in regard to sin & righteousness & judgment: ⁹ in regard to sin, because they do not believe in ME;

¹⁰ in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the FATHER & you will no longer see ME;

Geneva: Miles Coverdale & John Knox, English Baptist [1557] | John 16:10

Of [c] righteousness, because I go to my FATHER, & you see ME no more;

[c] Of CHRIST HIMSELF for when the world will see that I have poured out the HOLY SPIRIT they will be forced to confess that I was just, & was not condemned by my FATHER when I went out of this world.

Matthew Henry, Nonconformist [1662-1714] | John 16:7-15

CHRIST's departure was necessary to the Comforter's coming.

Sending the SPIRIT was to be the fruit of CHRIST's death, which was HIS going away. HIS bodily presence could be only in one place at one time, but HIS SPIRIT is every where, in all places, at all times, wherever 2 or 3 are gathered together in HIS Name.

See here the office of the SPIRIT, 1st to reprove, or to convince.

Convincing work is the SPIRIT's work; HE can do it effectually, & none but HE. It is the method the HOLY SPIRIT takes, 1st to convince, & then to comfort.

The SPIRIT shall convince the world, of sin; not merely tell them of it. The SPIRIT convinces of the fact of sin; of the fault of sin; of the folly of sin; of the filth of sin, that by it we are become hateful to GOD; of the fountain of sin, the corrupt nature; & lastly, of the fruit of sin, that the end thereof is death.

The HOLY SPIRIT proves that all the world is guilty before GOD.

HE convinces the world of righteousness; that JESUS of Nazareth was CHRIST the righteous.

Also, of CHRIST's righteousness, imparted to us for justification & salvation. HE will show them where it is to be had, & how they may be accepted as righteous in GOD's sight.

CHRIST's ascension proves the ransom was accepted, & the righteousness finished, through which believers were to be justified.

Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.

All will be well, when his power is broken, who made all the mischief. As Satan is subdued by CHRIST, this gives us confidence, for no other power can stand before HIM.

And of the day of judgment.

The coming of the SPIRIT would be of unspeakable advantage to the disciples. The HOLY SPIRIT is our Guide, not only to show us the way, but to go with us by continued aids & influences.

To be led into a truth is more than barely to know it; it is not only to have the notion of it in our heads, but the relish, & savour, & power of it in our hearts.

HE shall teach all truth, & keep back nothing profitable, for HE will show things to come.

All the gifts & graces of the SPIRIT, all the preaching, & all the writing of the apostles, under the influence of the SPIRIT, all the tongues, & miracles, were to glorify CHRIST.

It behoves every one to ask, whether the HOLY SPIRIT has begun a good work in his heart?

Without clear discovery of our guilt & danger, we never shall understand the value of CHRIST's salvation; but when brought to know ourselves aright, we begin to see the value of the Redeemer.

We should have fuller views of the Redeemer, & more lively affections to HIM, if we more prayed for, & depended on the HOLY SPIRIT.

Johann Albrecht Bengel, Lutheran [1734] | John 16:10

John 16:10. ???a??s????, of righteousness] The world had accounted JESUS as most guilty [Comp. John 16:2-3].—?t?—?p??? [‘because’], that—I go] as “the Righteous,” 1 John 2:1, “If any man sin, we have an advocate with the FATHER, JESUS CHRIST the Righteous,” thereby obtaining access for believers. The departure of CHRIST to the FATHER was confirmed by the advent of the Paraclete.—?a? ??? ?t? ?e??e?t? µe, & you see ME no more] that is to say, & I come into that state, wherein you no longer see ME. There is a change of person; i.e. I no more am seen: & yet it is not without reason that the language is framed in the 2nd person; for if it were the privilege of any one to see JESUS, it would be that of the apostles; & yet it was the part even of these themselves [not to see, but] to believe, & to invite all to believe. Acts 10:41; Luke 24:52; Romans 4:18-19, “Abraham—against hope believed in hope,” etc. Hebrews 11:1, “Faith is the evidence of things not seen;” John 16:27, “Moses endured as seeing HIM, who is invisible;” ch. John 6:19; 1 Peter 1:8, “Whom not having seen you love, in whom, though now you see HIM not, yet believing, you rejoice with joy unspeakable,” etc., John 21 : 2 Corinthians 5:16, “Though we have known CHRIST after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we HIM no more;” 21, “HE hath made HIM sin for us who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of GOD in HIM,” wherein we ought to weigh well the righteousness spoken of. On the other hand, so long as CHRIST could be beheld among men, righteousness was not yet obtained. Hebrews 9:26; Hebrews 9:28, “Now once—hath HE appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself;—to them that look for HIM shall HE appear the 2nd time without sin unto salvation.” 1 Timothy 3:16, note, “Manifest in the flash, justified in the SPIRIT.” [So long as HE was manifest in the flesh among sinners, HE was regarded as like themselves, & in fact did bear their sins; but afterwards by HIS death HE abolished sin which was laid on HIM, & claimed for HIMSELF & for HIS people eternal righteousness, with the full approbation of the FATHER]—[Righteousness & glory are things conjoined. Romans 8:30, “Whom HE justified, them HE also glorified.”—V. g.] Previously to HIS death, HE had been exposed to the eyes of mortals; not so also after HIS resurrection, except in so for as it was necessary that the witnesses of the resurrection should be confirmed; & even to these very persons HE was not visible during the whole of that period, but only appeared at occasional times, much less was HE visible to the world. And the sight of HIS glory, which accompanied HIS righteousness [“HIS justification in the SPIRIT”], would be intolerable to those living in the flesh.

Charles John Ellicott, Theologian [1749–1905] | John 16:10

[10] Of righteousness, because I go to my FATHER.—In the conviction of sin, the world is convinced of its own sin by the SPIRIT’s representation of CHRIST to it. That representation of CHRIST brings also the conviction of righteousness, but this is the righteousness of CHRIST, not that of the world. The conviction of CHRIST’s righteousness necessarily precedes that of the heart’s own sin. The light makes the darkness visible, & the revelation of the darkness shows the clearness of the light. The special reason of the conviction of righteousness is the resurrection & ascension of our LORD. Men had called HIM a sinner [John 9:24], & HIS crucifixion was the world’s assertion that HE was a malefactor [John 18:30]; but even when HE was hanging upon the cross there came to the centurion’s mind the conviction, “Truly this Man was innocent” [see Luke 23:47]; & moreover HIS return to the FATHER was Heaven’s witness to HIS righteousness. For the way in which this conviction was brought home to the hearts of the Apostles, & through them to the hearts of mankind, comp. especially Acts 2:27; Acts 2:31; Acts 2:36-37. See also Acts 3:14; Acts 7:52; 1Peter 3:18; 1John 2:1; 1John 2:29; 1John 3:7. And you see me no more.—The word means, “look upon,” “behold.” The going to the FATHER would cause that they should gaze upon HIS bodily presence no more; but the SPIRIT’s witness of HIM, which would convince the world of sin & righteousness, would be, to them a truer presence of their LORD than any which physical eye could see. The eye of the SPIRIT sees the reality; the eye of the body only looks upon the appearance.

Albert Barnes, American Theologian [1798-1870] | John 16:10

Of righteousness—This seems clearly to refer to the righteousness or innocence of JESUS himself. HE was now persecuted. HE was soon to be arraigned on heavy charges, & condemned by the highest authority of the nation as guilty. Yet, though condemned, he says that the HOLY SPIRIT would descend & convince the world that he was innocent. Because I go to my FATHER—That is, the amazing miracle of his resurrection & ascension to GOD would be a demonstration of his innocence that would satisfy the Jews & Gentiles. GOD would not raise up an impostor. If he had been truly guilty, as the Jews who condemned him pretended, GOD would not have set his seal to the imposture by raising him from the dead; but when he did raise him up & exalt him to his own right hand, he gave his attestation to his innocence; he showed that he approved his work, & gave evidence conclusive that JESUS was sent from GOD. To this proof of the innocence of JESUS the apostles often refer, Acts 2:22-24; Acts 17:31; Romans 1:4; 1 Corinthians 15:14, etc.; 1 Timothy 3:16. This same proof of the innocence or righteousness of the Savior is as satisfactory now as it was then. ONE of the deepest feelings which an awakened sinner has, is his conviction of the righteousness of JESUS CHRIST. HE sees that he is holy; that his own opposition to him has been unprovoked, unjust, & base; & it is this which so often overwhelms his soul with the conviction of his own unworthiness, & with earnest desires to obtain a better righteousness than his own.

And you see me no more—That is, he was to be taken away from them, & they would not see him until his return to judgment; yet this source of grief to them would be the means of establishing his religion & greatly blessing others.

Joseph Samuel Exell & Henry DM Spence-Jones, Anglican [1897] | John 16:10

v. 10.—In respect of righteousness, because I go to the FATHER, & you behold me no more. Not merely that the world will be led to form a new conception of righteousness, seeing that GOD has exalted him whom they have condemned as a malefactor,—that would really, with Lucke & Meyer, limit this "righteousness" to a judgment concerning the guiltlessness of CHRIST; nor can we, with Luther, etc., regard it as equivalent to the d??a??s??? of Romans 1:17, the righteous attribute & righteous process by which GOD is able to treat as righteous those who believe. This is the only place in the GOSPEL where the word occurs, & it can scarcely bear the technical significance of the great theological discussions with which it was afterwards associated. Schaff has called attention to the Vulgate translation justitia, which is represented in the Rheims English Version by "justice," & reminds us how Archdeacon Hare urges that "righteousness" & "justice" correspond to the entire theology of the Protestant & Romanist Churches. The Protestant sees in "righteousness" an ideal never reached by the human will in its own strength; the Romanist, by the term "justice," embodies itself in outward acts. The idea of righteousness involves the demand for purity; the idea of justice, one for cleanness. But seeing that CHRIST had all along called urgent attention to the fact that that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of GOD, & that the righteousness of his kingdom must exceed "the righteousness of the scribes & Pharisees," it becomes clear that his exaltation to the right hand of the FATHER would exhibit GOD's ideal of righteousness; & by the aid of the HOLY SPIRIT working through the word of the apostles, the world's view of these things would be utterly subverted, the world would be silenced, convicted of being utterly in the wrong in its idea of righteousness as well as in its judgment upon the nature of sin. The idea of righteousness will be expanded & transfigured; the idea of sin will be deepened & intensified & brought home. Stier has, with great eloquence & power, pressed the other view, which makes the ??????? of the HOLY SPIRIT nothing short of this—that there is no other righteousness for men than the righteousness of GOD in CHRIST & the righteousness of CHRIST before GOD. Notice, nevertheless, the occasions on which the world was brought to recognize the triumph of CHRIST's righteousness & confusion of its own prejudices [Acts 2:27, 31; Acts 3:14; Acts 7:52].

#John 16 #John 16:10 #v.10

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Vivre aujourd'hui

Arrête-toi !

24 NOVEMBRE 2020

Arrête-toi un instant, reprit Samuel, et je te ferai entendre la parole de Dieu.1 Samuel 9.27 Saül, le premier roi d’Israël, était certainement un homme actif, tout comme nous aujourd’hui. Il avait plein de choses à faire, à vivre. C’est dans ce contexte que le prophète lui dit : « Arrête-toi un instant, j’ai quelque chose à te dire. ».Il y a des choses que nous ne pouvons entendre qu’en nous arrêtant… pour les écouter. Sinon nous prenons le risque que ça ne rentre pas vraiment, ni dans notre entendement, et encore moins dans notre cœur !Fais une pause… dans ta vie effrénée, surmenée, stressante et viens trouver le calme et le repos dans un moment de méditation et de prière.Fais une pause… et arrête de gémir, de te plaindre, et viens te réjouir dans la présence de Dieu, dans la louange, qui te libère et honore le Seigneur en même temps.Fais une pause… et arrête de penser, de gamberger, pour écouter ce que Dieu veut te dire par sa Parole et qui va te fortifier.Fais une pause … et va retrouver des chrétiens pour un moment de culte ou pour une réunion du soir. C’est tellement bon de se retrouver, de passer un moment ensemble dans la joie du Seigneur. D’ailleurs, peut-être as-tu perdu le chemin de sa maison ?Pour aller de l’avant, il faut parfois savoir s’arrêter ! Danièle Delépine __________________Lecture proposée : 1er livre de Samuel, chapitre 9, v.15 au ch. 10, v.7.

1 Samuel 9 : 15 Et l’Éternel, un jour avant l’arrivée de Saül, avait averti Samuel, disant :16 Demain à cette heure même je t’enverrai un homme du pays de Benjamin, et tu l’oindras pour être le chef de mon peuple d’Israël, et il délivrera mon peuple de la main des Philistins ; car j’ai vu mon peuple, parce que son cri est venu jusqu’à moi.17 Et dès que Samuel eut vu Saül, l’Éternel lui dit : Voici l’homme dont je t’ai parlé ; c’est celui qui dominera sur mon peuple.18 Et Saül s’approcha de Samuel à l’intérieur de la porte et dit : Je te prie, enseigne-moi où est la maison du voyant.19 Et Samuel répondit à Saül et dit : C’est moi qui suis le voyant ; monte devant moi au haut-lieu, et vous mangerez aujourd’hui avec moi et je te laisserai partir demain et je te déclarerai tout ce que tu as dans le cœur.20 Les ânesses que tu as perdues il y a aujourd’hui trois jours, ne t’en mets point en peine, car elles sont retrouvées. Et à qui sera tout ce qu’il y a de précieux en Israël ? N’est-ce pas à toi et à toute la maison de ton père ?21 Et Saül répondit et dit : Ne suis-je pas benjamite, de la moindre tribu d’Israël, et ma famille n’est-elle pas la plus petite de toutes les familles de la tribu de Benjamin ? Et pourquoi m’as-tu dit une telle parole ?22 Et Samuel prit Saül et son serviteur, et il les fit entrer dans la salle et leur donna la première place parmi les conviés, qui étaient environ trente hommes.23 Et Samuel dit au cuisinier : Sers la portion que je t’ai remise, dont je t’ai dit : Réserve-la !24 Et le cuisinier prit l’épaule et ce qui l’entoure et la servit à Saül. Et Samuel dit : Voici ce qui a été réservé ; prends-le devant toi et mange, car cela a été gardé exprès pour ce moment, quand j’ai dit : J’ai convié le peuple. Et Saül mangea avec Samuel ce jour-là.25 Et ils descendirent du haut-lieu dans la ville et Samuel s’entretint avec Saül sur la plate-forme.26 Et le lendemain, à la pointe du jour, Samuel appela Saül sur la plate-forme et lui dit : Lève-toi et je te laisserai aller. Et Saül se leva et ils sortirent eux deux, lui et Samuel.27 Comme ils descendaient, au bout de la ville Samuel dit à Saül : Dis au serviteur qu’il passe devant nous ; et il passa ; et pour toi arrête-toi maintenant et je te ferai entendre ce que Dieu a dit. 1 Samuel 10 : 1 Et Samuel prit la fiole d’huile et en versa sur la tête de Saül ; et il l’embrassa et dit : L’Éternel ne t’a-t-il pas oint pour chef sur son héritage ?2 Et t’en allant aujourd’hui d’avec moi tu trouveras deux hommes près du tombeau de Rachel, dans le territoire de Benjamin, à Tseltsah, qui te diront : Les ânesses que tu es allé chercher sont retrouvées ; et voici, ton père ne pense plus à l’affaire des ânesses, mais il est en peine de vous, disant : Que dois-je faire au sujet de mon fils ?3 Et lorsque de là tu auras passé plus loin et que tu seras arrivé jusqu’au chêne de Thabor, là tu rencontreras trois hommes montant vers Dieu à Béthel et portant l’un trois chevreaux, l’autre trois miches de pain et l’autre une outre de vin.4 Et ils te salueront et ils te donneront deux pains et tu les prendras de leurs mains.5 Après cela tu viendras à Guibéa de Dieu, où sont les colonnes des Philistins, et là, en entrant dans la ville, tu rencontreras une troupe de prophètes descendant du haut-lieu, précédés de luths, tambourins, flûtes et harpes, et prophétisant.6 Et l’Esprit de l’Éternel te saisira et tu prophétiseras avec eux et tu seras changé en un autre homme.7 Et quand ces signes-là te seront arrivés, fais ce qui se présentera, car Dieu est avec toi.

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frederickwiddowson · 4 years ago

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The Acts of the Apostles, the history of the early church, by Luke the physician - Acts 13:14-41 comments: Paul preaches in Antioch of Pisidia

Acts 13:14 ¶ But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down. 15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on. 16 Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience. 17 The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it. 18 And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness. 19 And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot. 20 And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet. 21 And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years. 22 And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will. 23 Of this man’s seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus: 24 When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. 25 And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose. 26 Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent. 27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him. 28 And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain. 29 And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre. 30 But God raised him from the dead: 31 And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people. 32 And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, 33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. 34 And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David. 35 Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 36 For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: 37 But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption. 38 Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: 39 And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. 40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets; 41 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.

Perga was in Pamphylia. There were several places named Antioch in the Greek-speaking world. Pisidian Antioch is near Perga on the map. Both would be in what is present-day Turkey. This Antioch is not the Antioch called the “cradle of Christianity”. So, it is not the same town as where the Christians were first called as such near the modern-day city of Antakya, Turkey in extreme Southern Turkey. Pisidian Antioch is near the present-day Isparta Province in Turkey.

Here Paul gives a sermon in a synagogue. As they are Jews his sermon is filled with Old Testament references. Notice in verse 19 Chanaan, spelled with a Ch rather than just a C, gives us a clue as to the way to pronounce the Ch in words, like a K. Again, remember my remarks about variations in spelling.

In my comments on Genesis 15:12-16 I noted;

“God tells Abram that his seed will be servants in a foreign land, which we know to be Egypt. They will be afflicted for four hundred years and will serve the people of that land. This is an about, not an exact 400 years, ten months, 23 days, and two hours type of statement.

Exodus 12:40 Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.

And then, Luke recounting what Stephen said, alluding to what Moses had written from God’s words;

Acts 7:6 And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.

If I wrote you a lesson that said, ‘in the thousand years since the Norman invasion of England,’ and then, in the lesson later wrote, ‘in the nine hundred and fifty four years since 1066, when William the Conqueror defeated King Harold at Hastings,’ would that be a contradiction or would you understand what I said as meaning the same thing?

Here is Paul referring to this bondage bracketed between the covenant and the giving of the Law.

Galatians 3:17 And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.

Rabbis have written that the affliction begins when Ishmael, the offspring of Abram and Hagar, an Egyptian, begins to persecute Isaac, the son of the promise. They regarded the four hundred years to start from that point.

God also tells Abram that four generations will come into being in Egypt before returning to the land that is promised, The Promised Land of Canaan. For instance, Levi, Jacob’s son, and his son, Kohath, and his son, Amram, and his son, Moses. These were four generations that sojourned in Egypt. It is then important to see that God is talking about two different things; four hundred years of affliction and four generations in a foreign land. As the Bible clearly states in Exodus the Hebrews come out of Egypt with a great deal of wealth given to them freely by the Egyptians.”

Notice verse 20 says about the space of four hundred and fifty years. Using the typical fallacious modernist mindset of reading the Bible like an instruction manual for your lawn mower I have been amazed at how many Christian commentators argue about how this figure of four hundred and fifty can be reconciled by adding this or subtracting that trying to fit it into the timelines one derives by adding up reigns and rules. This is nonsense. You dare deny the Holy Spirit the very same figures of speech you use yourselves? The very same general statements that are approximations or even hyperbole?

In verse 21 the Hebrew name Kish from 1Samuel 9:1 is translated from a Greek derivation as Cis in English. Note also how Elijah of the Old Testament verses like Malachi 4:5 is translated from the Greek as Elias in New Testament verses like Matthew 11:14.

Notice how in verse 33 Paul links the resurrection with the verse in Psalm 2. As an eternal being Christ represents all of us who will be raised incorruptible, the children of God.

Romans 8:17 ¶ And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. 18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. 19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. 20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, 21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered

from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. 23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. 24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? 25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

In Hebrews 1:5 Paul connects it to Christ’s birth and the relationship between a Father and a Son. By the time we get to verse 8 in Hebrews 1 we are back at Christ’s rule and authority, the basis of Psalm 2.

Hebrews 1:4 ¶ Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. 5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art

my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? 6 And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. 7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. 8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

Notice in verse 8 of Hebrews 1 the reference is made to Psalm 45:6. Here is the original reference in Psalm 2 marking out Christ’s physical reign on earth to come.

Psalm 2:1 ¶ Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his

anointed, saying, 3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. 4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. 5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. 6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

7 ¶ I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. 8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and

the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. 9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.

10 ¶ Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. 11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish

from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

In verse 34 in Acts 13 here he makes mention of the sure mercies of David.

Isaiah 55:3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

Following this is a reference to David’s prophecy of Christ’s resurrection a thousand years previously.

Psalm 16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

Peter uses this verse in his sermon noted in Acts 2:27. Here is the entire passage in Psalm 16.

Psalm 16:8 ¶ I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in

hope. 10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

Note the argument that Paul makes here that David could not have been talking about himself as he did see corruption and knew that he would die eventually. Only Enoch, Elijah, and Christ saw no corruption.

See in verse 36 how if you are doing God’s work you serve in a generation and then you are gone from the world and others take your place. In modern evangelical terms we can get caught up in the broad sweep of events over history rather than placing ourselves in the context of our generation.

In 41 Paul issues a warning based on;

Habbakuk 1:5 ¶ Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.

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ILIC ~ ch 27

It’s Lost Its Charm by MsMoon

Chapter 27 ~ Between Niflheim and Muspelheim

Chapters: 27/?

Chapter Navigation: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,16, 17, 18,19,20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27,

Fandom: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age,

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Violence,

Relationships: I feel like it’s a little early for that…

Summary: As dreams went, she supposed being inside Dragon Age wasn’t too bad… At least she wasn’t the Herald (again). Or the Warden (again). Or Hawke (again).

Notes: This one is a big bang, you guys. I don’t even want to linger too much here, because it’s kind of a big deal.

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And hey…I love you :)

Everything that had transpired beforehand seemed inconsequential.

The tedious occupation of hours, or the effort to occupy hours, the fight with Cullen and their subsequent peace, tending her horse, receiving her “order” from Seggrit, returning once to sing to the mages and the soldiers, Samuel’s return. All of it was nothing.

A sharp scream cut short, like the aftermath of an echo in a canyon and her body was rocketing across the frozen lake. She lost her breath, the wind knocked out of her as she slammed into the rock on the other side of the lake.

In that moment, aside from the warning of her scream, the valley of Haven stood still.

The soldiers still weren’t sure what had happened, and everyone held their breath as they surveyed their surroundings. It all happened so quickly, everyone was standing around, gawking and wondering why they were suddenly Charmer-less.

Amy came up for breath on her hands and knees, gasping and panting as though she’d just fought for her life. Squeezing her eyes shut, it was bright, too-too bright! She could barely hold herself up, her scalp felt as though it would rip away from her skull, as searing cold and frigid fire leaked through her flesh.

She heaved, vomiting into the snow at the base of the cliff. Once. Twice. She stopped counting after the fourth dry heave.

She tried to push away, to crawl away from the smell of bile. It hurt. Hurt so much.

Her mind was on fire, stories and memories from long ago melding and echoing inside her. Her head of her heart, it didn’t matter. Everything was Muspelheim and Niflheim.

“I must not fear.” she choked out. “Fear is the mind-killer. The little black death.” the words were surprisingly easy to say, even though her mouth felt so raw. They stampeded out, stumbling into a rushed line. “I will face my fear. I will let it pass through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."

Each shift of her weight was a new agony. Her hand shot out into the clean snow, she shoved into her mouth then spat the cool water of it out. She did this with every shift, hoping to quell the fire in her throat.

Her skin was full of electric pins and needles, like experiencing an allergic reaction or feeling quickly returning to a long-dead limb… It was everywhere, the feeling was too much, and the light burnt her eyes. Everything. Everything. Everything.

Everything except the fingers of her left hand. There was no feeling there, in the offending digits that had gotten her into this atrocity.

She yelped when she felt a rope-burn on her bicep. She tried to help (or at least, she tried not to hinder), because she knew it was not a rope, only Magpie’s grip.

Magpie had sprinted for her, hauling her into the shade under the dock that was on the other side of the frozen lake. She propped Amy against one of the wooden posts.

“What was that?” Magpie asked, too scared to swear or bluster around the question.

Amy only whimpered. “The mark.” she panted. “I touched Sam’s mark.”

Amy heard rhythmic clinking, and she knew that Cullen was running towards her—knew by the sound of his armor and the smell of him… which...now that she thought about it, it was strange to know his smell when he was still so far away.

Far away.

“Sam.” Amy murmured, finally cracking her eyes open. She kept her head down, blessing the shade this rickety dock provided.

She hid herself here in the dark. She had to. She saw too much. The snow was blistering white like bone bleached in a desert. She kept her gaze down, in the ice of the lake. The dark of the deep ice was comforting. The patterns there fractured into fractals of navy, cerulean, and cobalt. Just as hypnotic as the patterns in the snow, but easier to be lost in without fear of scalding.

And she could see Sam, still sitting, dazed and delirious as he gaped into the open air.

“Siheta. Solas.” Amy said. “Get them.”

Magpie’s eyes widened and she nodded, launching herself into a full run back across the ice.

“Don’t touch her.” Amy heard her say as she passed Cullen.

Amy flung an arm around the post clinging to it in desperation. If she didn’t keep a hold of it, she would melt, melt here just outside the reach of the wretched sun only to refreeze tonight. Or within seconds. A million thoughts and a million memories coalesced and raced through her mind.

She realized, both absently and absent, that there were too many sensations to focus on. She needed to breathe properly and pull her focus. Channel herself.

Cullen was close now, and a part of her was very afraid. What had the mark done to her? Would it upset him? Would those old Templar sensitivities to magic and magic users trigger something?

She nuzzled her brow against the sturdy post, praying to gods she didn’t believe in and wondering which she could. “The evil that men do lives after them, The good is oft interred with their bones.” she murmured to herself.

There were some monologues that stuck with her. She’d had a crush on a boy named Phillip in high school. He’d been a theater geek, proving that charisma wasn’t a dump stat. She remembered his Mark Anthony...

“When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept! Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.” She wished that she were made of “sterner stuff”. As it was, it seemed that every situation sent her into a tailspin. She could barely stand herself.

Her scalp felt so tight! Her spare hand reached for the tie that held her braid taunt and snapped it in one pull. She shook her head, the fingers of her right hand forking against her scalp, reveling in both the strange tension and the loosening—it had been ages since she’d worn her hair down!

“O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts, and men have lost their reason.” she whimpered.

“Amy.” Cullen’s voice did not soothe her, though she was certain that was what he was trying for.

“Bear with me; my heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, and I must pause till it come back to me.”

It was not the response he was looking for. She heard the creak of his knees, the stretch of hide, and the brittle give of ice as he sank onto one knee next to her.

“Look at me.” He pleaded, and it hurt to hear it. Hurt to hear the fear in his voice.

“Fear is the mind-killer.” she whispered. Her eyes slowly adjusted to the shade they were in, but that wasn’t the real problem. Her focus tended to over-focus, if that was a thing.

Her eyes skittered to his, not missing his sharp intake of breath and the lean towards her as he peered into her face, but focusing intently on the irises of his eyes. She could see all the honey gold, the ochre, the tawny gilt and browns.

“I see the lion in you.” she whispered, leaning towards him as well. She was aware of his mouth slightly open and his eyebrows ticking up in surprise, but not because she was seeing it. Or was she? No. His eyes were what she was seeing.

She felt the scent of frost, heavy, burning the back of her throat, her eyes widening fractionally. “Bax.” she whispered before Bax fade stepped near the end of the dock with a wet smack and the aplomb of a raging druffalo.

“Don’t touch her.” He warned, and Amy did not so much see Cullen turning to glare at Bax as she felt it... But she did see it...or...or was aware of it? It was so difficult to process!

“Where is the stillness of wood? Of stone? Of crystal? Of metal?” Now, Amy felt as though the words were whining out of her weary throat. “All this noise. All this life. Is pain. We sense the power in this place. Power enough to destroy us. To end the pain. To be still. Again.”

Bax stared at her for a long second. “That is not as encouraging as I’d like.” he muttered under his breath.

“Sam.”

“Sam’s fine, Amy.” Bax assured, stepping closer and yet still keeping his distance. She didn’t know what he was looking for, only that he was looking at her and in a very different way than he had before. He was searching.

“No.” Amy whispered.

Sam was not fine. Sam was in shock, not medical shock but shock nonetheless. Even with Cassandra at his side, he was barely responsive, still sitting on the ice, a useless lump, like fuzz on furniture.

“Amy.” Bax’s voice was taut. “Amy, what are you doing?”

Her focus shifted, across the ice. To Sam. She needed to tell him she was alright, even if she wasn’t. That she would be fine, even if there was no certainty that it was so. They both needed to believe that.

“I have crossed the horizon to find you.” she sang. Sam, started, jerking back as he looked up at her. “I know your name.”

His eyes widened and she was suddenly very close to him, closer than she was to Cullen.

“They have stolen the heart from inside you,” she continued, aware of Cassandra springing back. “But this does not define you.” she reached forward, grasping his hand— the hand with the mark, and he didn’t snatch it away even with what had happened. Shock, most likely. “This is not who you are.” she assured him. “You know who you are.”

“...Amy?” he asked. Obviously still in shock, though Amy wasn’t sure why.

“Get away from him!” Cassandra commanded.

“Cassandra, don’t!” Sam barked back, which was probably the only thing saving Amy from a shield-bash.

“Maker’s...what in…” Varric, why and how was Varric even here? It wasn’t that the concept of him on the field was implausible, but Amy had never seen him there.

“Amy!” Bax’s voice was strained, urgent. Amy looked at him, seeing him… Seeing him under the dock across the lake.

Across the lake from where she stood beside Sam, except that she wasn’t beside Sam…

Amy’s eyes grew, suddenly surprised that she wasn’t in as much pain or having half the trouble focusing as she had been only seconds before.

“Is that you?” Cullen’s grim tone demanded to be heard. With one knee still planted on the ice, making to rise and yet still. Still deciding on which action to take, yet action was imminent in his intent.

Amy looked across the ice, because she didn’t know what he was seeing.

There, crouching near Sam on the other side of the lake, was… a figure. Even from here with her senses out of control, she could see that it was a woman, a woman made of something that was not smoke or sand or ash and yet it moved like those things, at least at its edges...it was somehow not quite solid but very present.

It was a shade of teal so dark it nearly wasn't fair to call it teal, and it appeared almost metallic in the light. The figure stood and turned, facing them... While it looked similar to Amy it wasn't quite right. The point of the nose and jaw were too sharp, the face too oval and not round enough. Cheekbones that could hurt a body.

"Mother." Amy breathed. It looked like her mother. Enough that Amy's heart ached.

"It is Amy." Bax said. "It's like... like magic, but not like our magic. It's like... a piece of Amy that's outside herself." Bax elaborated. "When I first arrived, it was like it was broiling around her incessantly clamoring, and then it began to shift when her focus shifted to Sam.

"It's ok, Sammy." the apparition soothed, though Amy was afraid that it would be anything but soothing.

Sam took in a shuddering breath, which Amy saw and heard though there was no way to explain the physics of that.

"Blessed Andraste." Amy wasn't sure who had said it, but it was one of the soldiers near Cassandra. At least she assumed he was, since Cassandra relaxed her crouch a touch and peered at the figure with more curiosity than wrath. “It’s Andraste.”

"Fear is the mind-killer." Amy murmured.

Two things occurred to her simultaneously.

Firstly, in a state of fear, she would always take comfort from her parents. Even if they could not help her, if they had no answers, if they were just as lost as she, their presence was a comfort.

Secondly, all of her efforts to distance herself from Andraste weren't going to work. It seemed to be the only way people could identify her without feeling threatened. This tied into another observation... dressing herself in their myths might be the best way to ensure her survival in a society that was taught to inherently fear magic.

“Amy, listen to me.” Baxtien ordered.

She looked at him.

“Are you in great pain?”

“It’s not as bad as before.”

He nodded. “As near as I can tell, that…” he pointed to the figure across the lake while not looking away from Amy. “that is a manifestation of your magic.”

“But how did it manifest?” Cullen asked.

“I touched Sam’s mark.” Amy said. “It exploded.”

“And it broke through the barrier that’s around your magic.” Bax breathed. “The process of the body acclimating to magic… it isn’t pleasant...at least, not always. It varies from person to person, but usually a mage’s body gradually adjusts to the magic that moves through them. The process is gradual, naturally ...well, typically. But this is...different.”

“You’re saying Amy’s magic is moving through her now.”

Bax was nodding. “When this,” he motioned to the woman on the other side of the ice. “manifested, the pain you felt wasn’t as harsh, yes?”

Amy nodded. Bax turned, looking back across the lake at the figure.

“Because you found a way to channel the magic into the physical world, outside of you.” Bax’s tone was filled with awe and a touch of speculation. It was obvious that he wasn’t sure of that, because he wasn’t sure how magic and Amy and Amy’s magic were functioning (separately or together). “But how?”

“I sang.” Amy reminded.

Bax’s eyes widened as her spun to gale at her. “Of course! Your power has always been in your voice!”

Her legs were folded awkwardly, half beneath her. Her body gave a flounce as she tried to use them, straightening one, then folding it again, before shifting her weight, utterly upright.

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.” Amy barely recognized her own voice, it was so laden with strain. She tried to focus again, this time on what Bax was saying. If the power was loose, and her body wasn’t used to it…

Her “power” was… loose? She needed to center herself, refocus, find a way to bear up under the strain.

...the usual.

Cullen stood, still partially crouched, his hands out but at a distance. “How are we supposed to help her if we can’t touch her?” He demanded, glaring at Bax.

“It could possibly hurt her just as much to be touched as it would hurt us to touch her.” Bax countered.

She needed something….

“Did you ever know that you're my hero,” The song was soft from the pain around her eyes and the constrictions of her chest. She planted one foot on the ice, cringing as she shifted her weight onto it. “And everything I would like to be?” She took a deep breath, then swiftly drew up, in a heavy squat now but at least she was on her feet. “I can fly higher than an eagle, For you are the wind beneath my wings.”

“Up.” The tone was absolute.

Bax leapt away, ending up half behind Cullen on the other side of the dock. Amy tried to obey, but still was crouching as she leaned heavily against the post.

“That is...most unsettling.” Bax determined. Cullen now stood upright with a hand carefully placed on his sword hilt.

Another figure, this one a towering male.

“Da.” Amy breathed, weirdly comfortable with her father’s visage.

“Stand up properly.” He commanded again, and Amy took jagged steps forward, keeping her hands against the post as she straightened out, using the post to push herself into an upright position.

Again, the pain had lessened, and now her body felt as though she’d pulled or strained so many muscles. The day after a marathon, the hardest day. The day you struggled to do everything, but you made yourself, because it was the only way to get better.

“When you learn how to suffer you suffer much less.” She reminded as she stared at the wood grain. “Thich Nhat Hanh.”

“Test your joints, assess the pain.” Her father’s voice has been a fading memory, but now...it was as if there had been no separation. “What do you need to do?”

“We… we need to get back.” She said leaning forward until she could prop herself against another post. This one, farther out on the ice. She made to rise again, but even using her arms to support herself against the post, it felt impossible.

She could remember things now that she’d forgotten even before crossing over to Thedas. She remembered falling off her horse for the first time, falling off a bike, falling off the monkey bars, falling and scraping her knees…. falling, falling, falling, and the pain of those falls.

She remembered her mother’s smile and her father’s gentle hands. Her eyes landed again on the figure across the ice. Not her mother, but herself. In the visage of her mother, because she needed that. “Focus on your goal, be aware of your own physicality. Move forward.” her father’s words in her father’s voice, a memory made manifest because she needed it.

She leaned away from the post, no longer propped up. The pain was manageable, but she couldn’t lock her knees. She tested them, bending into more of a boxer’s stance. She drew her elbows tightly to her sides, her wrists rolling so that her palms were up. After a deep breath, she clenched her open hands into fists.

“Go.”

Her right arm came up in a block, the gesture automatic, breath gusting out of her.

“Again.”

This time the left arm came up while the right returned to a resting position.

“Step.”

Her right foot drew back, a better fighting stance for what she specializes in.

“Forward.”

Amy realized then that her awareness was…. different. Expanded. She had her eyes trained forward, so she could still see the figure across the lake, and the soldiers not sure what was happening or what they should do. Mages were filing through the ranks as well, approaching the frozen lake to see what was going on.

She was also aware that the figure of her father was not just beside her, urging her on, but also doing this routine with her. It shouldn’t have been shocking for a multitude of reasons. It wasn’t as if her father didn’t know these drills, after all, but of course, this wasn’t her father. It was her. Their movements were seamless because there was no ‘they’, only her.

It occurred to her then, that with enough focus… she could be aware of many things at once from many perspectives and all of them were technically hers...because her “magic” was no longer bound up inside of her.

“Flowing through all, there is balance.” she recited. “There is no peace without a passion to create. There is no passion without peace to guide.” she felt another wave of blistering cold followed by heat. She breathed through it, shifting forward again. “Knowledge stagnates without the strength to act. Power blinds without the serenity to see.” she rose, standing normally, upright. “There is freedom in life. There is purpose in death.” Her elbows returned to her side, her palms up as she breathed deeply, experiencing the pain and letting it go even while more waves built inside her. “I am the fulcrum. The giver and the taker.”

And she began to walk forward. It wasn’t easy, but it wasn’t as hard as it had seemed moments ago.

Magie broke through the ranks with both Solas and Siheta behind. Solas scanned the situation from the masses before his eyes landed on Amy. Siheta sauntered forward, eyeing the apparition of Amy that took the form of Amy’s mother. She circled it, critically evaluating it even as she bent to help Sam into a standing position.

Amy spoke again, her words echoing in both of those metallic manifestations of her.

"My Mind is my power, my power is my Mind.” she murmured, another long-forgotten moment glaring to life. “When uncorrupted by other elements, my mind becomes my purest power."

“I think she has it… mostly.” Bax said, still somewhat behind Cullen. Cullen had risen to slowly follow Amy, though he was still at a distance. “This would be easier if…” Bax eyed Cullen for a moment before asking, “Commander, would you say that it’s better to ask for forgiveness or permission?”

Cullen halted and careened to glare back at him. “Why?”

Bax sighed. “No reason.”

Again, Amy felt the bitter sear of frost in the back of her throat, and then Bax snapped out of existence, appearing across the lake near Siheta.

“Did he just…” Cullen began before his expression boggled into confusion. “It’s impossible to fade-step that far.” he assured himself, though the evidence was dictating otherwise.

“Honestly, once you’ve created a compromising shield of warmth and you understand balanced propulsion…” Bax’s defense seemed to ebb before he shook his head. “It’s not that difficult.”

“Quite.” Siheta seconded, though her eyes remained on the apparition. It felt to Amy as though the voices were all around her...but she and Cullen still stood separate from the crowd.

“What has happened here?” Solas asked, forcing attention back to the matter at hand.

“Amy touched Sam’s mark, and when she did… There was this explosion?” Bax said and asked at the same time. It wasn’t that he didn’t have faith in Amy’s ability to grasp what happened, it was that he didn’t know if that was the correct term for what had happened.

“That…” Sam muttered, dazedly staring at Amy as she approached. He nodded. “That.” he finally concluded, still not able to fully engage with what had happened and was happening.

“She flew across the lake and she couldn’t stand.” Magpie was saying as Solas took measured steps forward. It was like he thought this apparition was some wild halla, and he were afraid to spook it. Or that it wasn’t a halla, but a demon, ready to lash out. “She was in a lot of pain, and she couldn’t see or do anything really, I mean, except retch up everything she’s eaten for a week.”

“All that is gold does not glitter” Now that they were this close, the three voices in tandem sounded… strange. They echoed off each other and flowed in perfect sync. “Not all those who wander are lost;” The eyes of both specters as well as Amy’s eyes bore into Solas as they said this. He froze, his eyes on the nearest—her mother.

Amy knew this could not continue. She could not divide herself this way, even if there was pain in it.

“Amy?” Cullen’s voice was soft, as though he were afraid she would spook.

“What is she doing?” Cassandra asked, stepping closer. Her eyes were on Amy now.

“The old that is strong does not wither.” She looked at the figure of her father, and he walked behind her and then into her space, and she jolted as that energy siphoned back into her body. As his form dissipated, she tried to reimagine its shape. Mostly because she wasn’t sure if she could contain this and still function. His form changed, encasing her like armor that fit like a second skin before fading entirely. “Deep roots are not reached by the frost.”

She stumbled forward, but righted herself. She panted for a second, before reminding herself of proper breathing techniques. Then, she walked. Again. She was getting close.

“These are part of her.” Bax said in a way that conveyed even he knew it was needless to explain that.

“From the ashes, a fire shall be woken,” Amy continued, her pace stilted at first before she managed to even it out into something that felt more natural. “A light from the shadows shall spring;” she was finally able to see their faces with her own eyes. “Renewed shall be blade that was broken. The crownless again shall be king.” she said, finally standing mere paces away from the image of her mother.

The face contorted in sympathy. “I wish I could be with you, my Dove.” she said.

Amy swallowed past the grief and half laughed. “You are with always me, Mother.”

With that, she extended her upturned palms. Her mother smiled, and took her hands before walking into her space. The heat that flashed through her had a frigid cold on its heels. Amy was momentarily stunned by it, until she reminded herself that she’d need to focus and determine its course.

That energy wrapped around her torso, and then branched out of her back, rooted in her shoulder blades and rib cage before arcing up into enormous wings. They gave a single flap, and Amy felt as though somehow they were holding her up, because her legs felt stiff and dead while her torso felt heavy and sluggish. She swallowed and sobbed out jagged breathes before she remembered how to breathe.

“....just like Sailor Moon.” Magpie murmured.

Amy laughed, bright and bell-like. If Sailor Moon’s transformation was this painful, that dumpling-head never would’ve done it again.

Her hands and feet felt deadened. Her knees and shoulders were on fire, but it was a pulsing warmth instead of the galvanizing sear it had been before. Her torso felt like spearmint….

“Amy?” Solas asked, hesitantly stepping forward. “Are you in control?”

Amy’s eyes popped open, startling those in front of her. The irises of her eyes were glowing, making them a vibrant teal. "My Mind is my power, my power is my Mind.” she repeated, her voice droning. “When uncorrupted by other elements, my mind becomes my purest power."

Magpie leaned up, drawing very close behind Solas. “Please fix her.” she pleaded in a stage whisper. Solas only grimace. Amy wasn’t certain if his reaction was in response to Amy’s condition or due to Magpie’s proximity to him.

“She doesn’t need to be fixed.” Siheta assured. “She just needs to adapt.” she walked forward, drawing closer to Amy’s left side. “Amy, I’m going to touch you, and you’re going to tell me how it feels.”

“Right now? In front of everyone?” This was Tunan, sarcastic as ever. In the short time that he and his sister had spent around Amy, she’d come to enjoy his biting wit.

“Ha. Ha.” Varric grumbled. “Time and place, kid.”

Siheta set her hand over the top of Amy’s head. Amy hissed a breath in.

“Tight.”

She put her hand against Amy’s cheek.

“Hot.”

Another hand on her shoulder.

“Hot again.”

She set her hand against Amy’s back, between her shoulder blades.

Amy shuddered. “Cold-cold-cold.” This continued, with Siheta proding or simply laying her hand against several spots… What was strange was that the sensations changed. A spot that had been hot on the first encounter, it was sharp or tight or cold on the next.

Siheta drew her hand back, staring at the palm of her hand.

“Anything?” Solas asked. Siheta met his eyes as she stared over Amy, then she shook her head.

“Huh.” Bax murmured. “So, it might be safe?”

“For the person who touches her? Yes.” Siheta determined. “Amy still feels the discomfort.”

Solas’s hand skimmed the air around Amy’s head and shoulders. “The magic is all around you, and yet there is little substance to it… I wonder.”

“Wonder later.” Tunan said. “Lets get her back to the chantry.”

Amy groaned. It felt like it had taken hours just to cross that lake. She took a step forward, and then another. Walking up the incline, slight as it was, was still such a chore.

Words gushed out of her mouth, to have anything to focus on except the strain on her body. “The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous."

“Easy there, Charmer.” Bull murmured, drawing back. “Any of us could carry you.”

“When I can no longer walk, you may carry me.” she replied, stopping as she reached to top of the incline. She was both shocked and reluctantly accepting of the soldiers who gawked and knelt along the way.

Past soldiers and mages alike and through Haven, she walked. Slow and stilted at first, but then smoother, gaining momentum as she began to negotiate through the pain. She stumbled after crossing the threshold, and Cullen rushed to catch her….and the pain of impact caused her to promptly blackout.

There are a lot of references in this chapter. Amy recites the Litany against Fear from Dune and the description of L-sama (by L-sama) from Slayers multiple times in this. There are also quotes from Julius Caesar, Young Justice, The Dark Tower, Thich Nhat Hanh, the Grey Jedi code, and Bilbo’s Poem to describe Aragorn. The songs Amy sang are from Moana and Bette Midler’s Wind Beneath My Wings.

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History of Lyons: La Grange (1884)

History of Cook County, Illinois, From the Earliest Times to the Present Day, Complete in One Volume

By A. T. Andreas

Chicago: A. T. Andreas, Publisher. 1884.

History of Lyons

La Grange

This beautiful suburb, attested by large boards along the line of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad to be the “garden spot” of Cook County, is situated on that railroad about fifteen miles from Chicago. It has two depots on this line, one situated at Fifth Avenue and the other at Stone Avenue, the old depot, however, which was called West Lyons, was situated a short distance west of the Stone-avenue depot. At this point the first settlement was made, although it comprised but a few persons. The land upon which Kensington Heights, and subsequently La Grange, was laid out was a part of four hundred and forty acres owned by Robert Leitch.

Robert Leitch was born in Orleans County, N. Y., in 1820, of John and Catherine Leitch, and came to Cook County May 2, 1837. He worked by the month as a farm-laborer for nearly four years, and for the same length of time for Wadsworth, Dyer & Chapin, of Chicago, in the packing business. He came to the section of country where La Grange now is, purchasing four hundred and forty acres of land. At that time there was no one resident of the immediate vicinity, except Thomas Covell, who resided in the timber, and he has stood upon the porch of his house and shot wolves and deer. Mr. Leitch followed farming for a number of years in connection with cattle-dealing and stock-raising and shipped a great many cattle to New York. He was the first man to settle on the prairie and broke the first land between Lyons and Brush Hill. In 1844, he married Miss Mary A. Wilder, daughter of Colonel Benjamin and Elizabeth Wilder. They have eight children—Maria F., Benjamin J., Robert, Belle, Edward B., Zephaniah G., Walter B., and Dollie F. Mr. Leitch was Commissioner of Highways for eight years and also served on the school board for eight years. In 1870, he moved to Chicago and engaged in the distillery business; the distillery burned down in 1872, after which he was connected with the Garden City Distillery. Mr. Leitch sold the tract of four hundred and forty acres to Mrs. Breed, and sold part thereof to Franklin D. Cossitt, who laid out the town. He now, however, resides on a portion of his original tract, having returned to La Grange in 1881.

In this connection, it is germane to remark upon the adventitious booms that elevated the prices of real estate temporarily, as some locality would seem especially favored by the suburban fever, or an imagined right of way, and under such speculative conditions a great deal of money was realized and lost in real estate. In the vicinity of La Grange some much mutations have been experienced, and also in that vicinity settlement has been retarded because of tenacious holding of real estate for speculative prices instead of being willing to accept a fair price from actual settlers. Franklin D. Cossitt and D. B. Lyman, however, have manifested a liberal and public spirit in their transactions and by their exertions La Grange is a garden spot; the natural bleakness of the prairie transformed by the liberal planting of thousands of deciduous trees, and the grassy waste made into a garden; the landscape testifying to the enterprise of the projector and the hundreds of handsome dwellings manifesting the appreciation of the property buyers.

To revert to the antiquities of the town. Mr. Leitch states that the first road that ran through there was about a mile wide, and was called the Chicago & Dixon road; the road traversing the same route, although circumscribed in its width, is now designated Ogden Avenue. The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad came through about the year 1862, being opened on June 1st. The depot at West Lyons was established about 1868, the agents being J. J. Kimmons, W. E. Smith, W. F. Billings, A. Potter, J. A. Bryden, John Unold, A. McMillan, W. E. Stanger, E. O. Smith, A. W. Ladd, and E. O. Smith. John Van Ottrick, who was president of the road at the time, predicted that it would never pay. “A prophet come to judgment!” The road then ran to Aurora, and thence to Batavia, intersecting the Chicago & North-Western at Turner Junction. Prior to this, the stages of Frink & Walker ran to Doty’s at Lyons, thence to Naperville, and from there to Aurora. The first school was established about 1852-53, and was taught by Miss Gertrude Smith.

Samuel Vial, one of the oldest living settlers of Lyons Township, lives in the vicinity of La Grange; he was born in Chester, Orange Co., N. Y., in 1819, son of Joseph and Louisa (Smith) Vial; he came to Chicago with his parents in the fall of 1833, the family locating in Lyons Township in the spring of 1834. Mr. Vial was married in 1846, to Miss Margaret McNaughton, daughter of George and Jane McNaughton; she died in 1856, leaving four children, Jane, George M., Joseph and Louisa. In the fall of 1856 he married Mrs. Gertrude North, who died in 1879. Mr. Vial was Supervisor of Lyons Township for five years.

The subdivision of La Grange was made by Franklin D. Cossitt in 1871, and since that time its progress has been steady and material. Before this subdivision there was a little coterie settled where John Unold’s store now is, but there was no extended settlement.

On May 26, 1879, a petition was filed for the incorporation of La Grange as a village, and upon June 11 of that year an election was held to ascertain whether Section 4 and the east half of the east half of Section 5, Township 38 north, Range 12 east, of the third principal meridian, should be thus incorporated; and the following vote was cast:

For village organization forty-two votes, against village organization, thirty-four votes.

On July 10, 1879, the election for town officers resulted: F. D. Cossitt, L. L. Bassford, P. G. Gardner, J. D. Myers, E. B. Clark and T. W. McMillan, Trustees, of which board Mr. Cossitt was subsequently elected President; William G. Little, Police Magistrate, and Benjamin T. Lewis, Clerk.

July 24, 1879, D. B. Lyman was appointed village attorney, and the Trustees divided themselves by lot into holders of one and two year terms of office, as follows: One year, L. L. Bassford, P. G. Gardner and T. W. McMillan; two year, F. D. Cossitt, J. D. Myers, and E. B. Clark. J. K. Philo was also made Village Treasurer. The poll-tax was declared to be $1.50, for which two days’ labor could be substituted.

August 27, 1879, the prohibitory four-gallon measure became one of the ordinances of the village, and there is not now (1884) a saloon within its limits. The same day David C. Crain was made constable.

Election of April 26, 1880 resulted: P. G. Gardner, T. W. McMillan and F. H. Vallette, Trustees for two years, B. T. Lewis, Clerk and Gustaf A. Johnson, Constable. P. G. Gardner was made President of the board, and J. K. Philo continued in office as Treasurer. William Walmsley was elected to fill the place of J. D. Myers, Trustee, on June 19, 1880, removed from the village, and Samuel Lewis was made Postmaster. The annual appropriation bill for 1879-80 was $350.00—not a very lavish expenditure. The office of village marshal was created August 20, 1880, and Charles P. Amet appointed thereto for two years.

Election April 19, 1881, resulted: William Walmsley, W. W. Weatherstone and E. B. Clark, Trustees, and J. A. Brydon, Clerk. P. G. Gardner was made President of the Board of Trustees, and J. K. Philo, re-appointed Village Treasurer. The office of pound-master was created in May, and George D. Unold appointed thereto; he declined the office, and Gustaf A. Johnson was thereupon appointed.

Election April 18, 1882, resulted: F. D. Cossitt, E. G. Squire, James Travis, Trustees, and J. O. Metcalf, Clerk. E. B. Clark was elected President of the board. The Board of Trustees is composed of six members, three being elected each year for two years. On November 1, 1882, George D. Unold resigned as village marshal, and William LeBerge was appointed.

Election April 17, 1883, whereat one hundred and forty-four votes were cast, resulted: G. M. Fox, H. B. Parker and William Walmsley (President), Trustees; B. T. Lewis,* [*To the courtesy of B. T. Lewis, the collaborator is indebted for an inspection of the village records.] Clerk; Charles Thornton, Police Magistrate—commissioned by the Governor, April 17, 1883—and W. W. Bowker, Constable. J. K. Philo was continued in office as Village Treasurer, and on June 20, 1883, Herbert Morgan was appointed village marshal and pound master.

The post-office is managed by J. K. Philo, Post-master, who thinks the office was established about 1867. To provide the inhabitants, who number about one thousand, with news, the Suburban News is published every Saturday morning by Whitney & Clevinger at 53 and 55 Michigan Avenue, Chicago. The Suburban News is also published in the interest of other suburban towns on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad.

It is contemplated to erect a high school at La Grange, very shortly, the present scholastic facilities being composed of a common school and a kindergarten. Of the former, Miss Dora Winds is principal, and Miss Lillie Winds and Mrs. Emily H. Stuart, assistants, and the kindergarten is taught by Miss Mary F. Fox. The number of pupils in both schools is about one hundred. The school directors of the district, which includes Western Springs, are W. B. Wickersham, president; D. B. Lyman, clerk, and John Unold.

Emanuel Episcopal church is an elegant edifice, constructed in the rural English style of architecture. It is built of stone, and presents one of the prettiest exteriors of any church in the county, outside Chicago. Ground was broken in the spring of 1875, and the corner-stone was laid June 5, of that year. The church cost $8,000, and is out of debt. The vestry are deliberating upon the purchase of an organ, subsequent to which the interior of the church will be embellished and architecturally re-modeled to comport with the exterior. The vestry is composed of D. B. Lyman, senior warden; A. W. Mitchell, junior warden; J. K. Philo, treasurer; Franklin D. Cossitt, W. Walmsley, R. F. Ludwig, H. B. Parker and J. Travis.

The Congregational Church is situated at the corner of Cossitt and Fifth avenues and has a congregation of thirty-six members, and an average attendance of eighty-five persons. The church cost $3,000, is a neat and pretty edifice, and was dedicated in September, 1882. The pastor is William Barnes Frazelle, and the deacons are J. E. Snyder and W. E. Little.

There is also a Baptist Society, numbering about forty members, that meets at Masonic Hall, whose pulpit is supplied by theological students.

La Grange Lodge, Under Dispensation, A. F. & A. M., was inaugurated September 1, 1883. The officers are P. G. Gardner, W. M.; E. G. Stiles, S. W.; E. I. Sackett, J. W.; J. H. Borwell, S.; T. W. McMillan, T.;—Howard, S. D.; C. E. Thornton, J. D., and Charles Thornton, tyler.

La Grange Lodge, No. 693, I. O. O. F., was instituted in May, 1881, with the following officers: L. W. Briggs, N. G.; D. M. Roberts, V. G.; Charles Thornton, secretary; George D. Unold, treasurer, and Charles E. Thornton, P. G. The present officers are G. B. Walker, N. G.; J. W. Darnley, V. G.; Richard Vorpahl, secretary; W. G. Little, treasurer, and W. W. Bowker, S. P. G. The members are thirty-eight.

There is one manufacturing establishment at La Grange, where silversmithing and manufacturing for the jobbing and wholesale trade is performed under the management of J. P. Weatherstone.

The existence of one other institution has to be noted, an unfortunate parenthesis in the history of La Grange, the home of Mrs. Anna Schoeck, particulars whereof can be studied at length in the newspapers of the present year.

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