"And one was a soldier and one was a priest and one was killed by a fierce wild beast."This has always been one of my favorite lines from any hymn in any hymnal in any tradition. It comes from "I sing a song of the the saints of God" and I always smile a bit whenever I hear that line. Maybe it's personal for me. I mean I was a soldier, I am a priest, but I surely hope to avoid that third option.The whole point of the hymn, written in 1929, is to broaden the definition of what it means [...]
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