Word: fosdick
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...members. High on the agenda is eliminating any language that might be deemed sexist--not least because by the end of the century a projected 40% of Methodist clergy will be women. Thus God of Our Fathers is to become God of the Ages, and out go Harry Emerson Fosdick's rousing lines: "Grant us wisdom, Grant us courage,/ That we fail not man nor thee." In some cases, traditional texts have been retained, but footnotes suggest alternative phrases. So come Christmastime, Methodist carolers are free to sing God Rest You Merry, Christians All, if that is their preference...