All members of St Margaret’ s and the broader Hackett-Downer-Watson community are invited to contribute articles and photographs about things that have happened or are going to happen at the St Margaret’ s / Holy Cross complex or in the local community. Articles about members of the community’ s own involvements in things of interest to others in the community may also be submitted for potential publication.
The deadline for material for the next issue is 14 September 2018, with that issue being published on 21 September. Material should be given to the editor Brian Rope or to Lynda at the church office. It may be handwritten or typed. It may be posted, emailed or personally delivered.
The Editor reserves the right to edit, or even not use, material.
Hymn Stories
O For A Thousand Tongues
This stirring and vibrant hymn has been sung by Christian groups for centuries and, indeed, some of the older members of St Margaret’ s can recall big congregations of Christian youth, over one thousand voices, at the Lyceum theatre in Sydney and at the Great Hall in Melbourne.
It has been a great demonstration of the power of the tongue. Adolf Hitler used his tongue to mobilise millions of Germans to go to war in 1939 and, in a similar way, Winston Churchill rallied the British people to resist. Rev’ d David Campbell, in a recent sermon, spoke of the tongue as a force for good or evil.
The hymn was written in 1749 by Charles Wesley when both he and his brother were at Oxford University, and followed on from Isaac Watts in a pro-active style. It was at Oxford that the Wesley brothers became methodical hymn writers and, thus, became Methodists.
- Allan Asquith
Contributions Wanted
All members of St Margaret’ s and the broader Hackett-Downer-Watson community are invited to contribute articles and photographs about things that have happened or are going to happen at the St Margaret’ s / Holy Cross complex or in the local community. Articles about members of the community’ s own involvements in things of interest to others in the community may also be submitted for potential publication.
The deadline for material for the next issue is 14 September 2018, with that issue being published on 21 September. Material should be given to the editor Brian Rope or to Lynda at the church office. It may be handwritten or typed. It may be posted, emailed or personally delivered.
The Editor reserves the right to edit, or even not use, material.
St Margaret’ s News 11 August 2018