 | Moffatt and Paige - 1883 - 214 pages
...entered the town, bearing crucifix and banner, they sang, " Turn, 0 Lord, Thine anger and Thy wrath from this city and from Thy holy house, for we have sinned. Halleluiah ! " Before a year had gone by, ten thousand of the men of Kent, among them King Ethelbert... | |
 | Walter Farquhar Hook - Church - 1887 - 806 pages
...Gregory mentioned above: "We beseech thee, O Lord, in all thy mercy, that thy wrath and thine anger may be removed from this city, and from thy holy house, for we have sinned. Alleluia." The Litany of St. Mark was also adopted in England at the Council of Cloveshoe, AD 747. From an early... | |
 | Charles Hole - Celtic Church - 1888 - 264 pages
...actual passage, as follows : — " We beseech Thee, Lord, in all Thy mercy that Thy wrath and anger may be removed from this city, and from Thy holy house, for we have sinned. Alleluia." If it were asked what ' Thy holy house ' could mean in that heathen city, we should be inclined to... | |
 | Alexander Hugh Hore - 1891 - 578 pages
...and chanted their Litany: " We beseech Thee, O Lord, in all Thy mercy, that Thy wrath and Thine anger may be removed from this city and from Thy holy house, for we have sinned. Alleluia." Arrived at Canterbury, they celebrated their services in the little Church of St. Martin. Soon by their... | |
 | 1893 - 226 pages
...refrain, " Let Thy indignation and Thy wrath, O Lord, we beseech Thee, in all Thy mercy, be turned away from this city and from Thy holy house, for we have sinned; Alleluia." In this way they took possession of the dwelling which had been set apart for their use. At once they began,... | |
 | Thomas William Allies - Monastic and religious life - 1896 - 418 pages
...they sung in harmony the litany, " We beseech thee, Lord, in all Thy mercy, that Thy wrath and anger be removed from this city, and from Thy holy house, for we have sinned. Alleluia." When they had entered in the dwelling given to them,1 they began to imitate the apostolic life of the... | |
 | Arthur James Mason - Great Britain - 1897 - 286 pages
...beseech Thee, O Lord, according to all Thy mercy, that Thy wrath and Thine anger may be turned away from this city, and from Thy holy house : for we have sinned. Alleluia1." 1 See Bede Hist. Eccl. i. 25. The source of this anthem is no doubt to be found in the... | |
 | Charles Francis Routledge - Church architecture - 1898 - 120 pages
...Gregory's own litanies, "We beseech Thee, O Lord, in all Thy mercy, let Thy wrath and anger be turned away from this city and from Thy holy house, for we have sinned. Alleluia ! " We can well imagine that the heathen inhabitants of Canterbury must have been struck with astonishment... | |
 | H. E. Tuell - Great Britain - 1898 - 84 pages
...concert the litany : " We beseech Thee, O Lord, in all Thy mercy that Thy anger and wrath be turned away from this city and from Thy holy house, for we have sinned, hallelujah." Having first addressed themselves to the king, the monks appealed to the people. They... | |
 | English periodicals - 1899 - 640 pages
...: " We beseech Thee, O Lord, according to all Thy mercy, let Thy anger and Thy fury be turned away from this city and from Thy holy house, for we have sinned;" and they added to it a triumphant "Alleluia." On the Feast of Pentecost, June 2, 597, King Ethelbert... | |
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Lord, in all thy mercy, that thine anger and thy fury may be removed from this city, and from thy holy house, for we have sinned. Alleluia. 
