Evidence: | Passages transcribed at length into E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book (1938) include 'The Rev. John Newton on the Messiah' (Forster's heading) noted underneath by Forster as 'From a Sermon preached at St Mary's Woolnoth in 1784'; passage about how mortals distract themselves, by means including setting of scriptures to music, from proper awareness of God's impending judgement of them. |
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Century: | 1800-1849, 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1938 and 31 Dec 1938 | ||||||||||
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Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Edward Morgan Forster |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1 Jan 1879 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | John Newton |
Title: | Sermon IV ('The Lord Coming to His Temple') |
Genre: | Sermon |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | In Newton's Messiah: Fifty Expository Discourses on the series of Scriptural Passages, which form the subject of the celebrated Oratorio of Handel... |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 21096 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | E. M. Forster | |
Editor: | Philip Gardner | |
Title: | Commonplace Book | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1985 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 114-115 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | E. M. Forster, Philip Gardner (ed.), Commonplace Book (London, 1985), p. 114-115, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21096, accessed: 01 December 2023 |
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