--- "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...> wrote:
> it boggles my mind that 30 years
> ago there were US public schools that had
> students reciting the
> Lord's Prayer! Hello? Separation of church
> and state? Anyone?
Apart from the fact that there is _no_ such
thing, I fully agree! Such obviously sectarian
prayers have no legitimate place in a public
school.
> Even in church (Presbyterian) we didn't sing
> it, though. We sang
> the Doxology ("Praise God from whom all
> blessings flow . . .")
No wonder - it has such a lovely tune!
The paternoster doesn't fit English metrics well
enough to sing properly.
Padraic.
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beuyont alch geont la ciay la cina
mangeiont alch geont y faues la lima;
pe' ne m' molestyont
que faciont
doazque y facyont in rima.
.