Word: zion
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Drummond was the greatest of the poets who followed Spenser's style. He had started his career as a lawyer, but on inheriting his father's estate he devoted himself to poetry. His first works appeared about 1615 and after that he wrote a good deal. "The Flowers of Zion" is his best book. In all his works there is a religious solemnity noticeable which we find in no other poet of the time...
During the service the choir sang the following anthems: "I will Sing of Thy Power." - Sullivan. "Sing of Judgment," from Mendelssohn's "Lauda Zion." "My Soul is Athirst for God." - Gaw. Soloist, Mr. J. H. Ricketson, New York...
...serve not yourself, serve the world. To this spirit the world opposes the precepts; blessed are the warmakers, for they shall inherit the kingdoms of the earth, etc., etc. The world does not want what Christ offers. The choir sang the following: "Sing of Judgment," (from Mendelssohn's "Lauda Zion"); "As now the Sun's declining rays," Barnby; "Abide with me," Shelley...