
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 70.
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 70.
Algot Frövik (Allan Edwall) in Winter Light (1962).
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Context: When Jesus was nailed to the cross — and hung there in torment - he cried out — "God, my God! Why hast thou forsaken me?" He cried out as loud as he could. He thought that his heavenly father had abandoned him. He believed everything he'd ever preached was a lie. The moments before he died, Christ was seized by doubt. Surely that must have been his greatest hardship? God's silence.
“Christ died for our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them?”
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 592.
Source: Attributed, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 263.
Published version, in the Atlantic Monthly (February 1862)
In the whiteness of the lilies he was born across the sea,
With a glory in his bosom that shines out on you and me,
As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free,
Our God is marching on.
First manuscript version (19 November 1861).
The Battle Hymn of the Republic (1861)