Comments on: Worship bulletin: silence before service

By: LinguistFriend

LinguistFriend — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 00:37:15 +0000

According to the “Cambridge Companion to Ralph Waldo Emerson” of Joel Porte and Saundra Morris (1999), Emerson’s 1837 critique of Barzillai Frost is published in the 16-volume “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks” ed. William Gillman, HUP (1960-1982), in volume 5, pp.323-325. Parts of it were later used in the Divinity School Address of 1838. I expect that what PB has in mind can be found in one of these sources, but only she may know which.
LinguistFriend

By: StevenR

StevenR — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 01:18:48 +0000

in Methodist churches, ive seen the quote (and heard the refrain): “the Lord is in His Holy temple, let all the earth keep silence, before Him”

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 21:13:42 +0000

You might want to go with the old Quaker saying, “Worship begins when the first person enters the Meeting Room.” Or you could just say, “shut the heck up!” :-)

By: Scott Wells

Scott Wells — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:01:06 +0000

That’s terrible, but thanks for the context. Was it our friend Hank — perhaps someone else — who noted that Frost was a dull preacher but an excellent pastor? All which makes me want to slap (figuratively) Ralph the more. The chutzpah!

By: PeaceBang

PeaceBang — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 03:54:26 +0000

That quote isn’t exact, by the way.

Fausto will know this.

By: PeaceBang

PeaceBang — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 03:53:58 +0000

Emerson said,”I like the quiet church best, before any preaching starts.”
It was NOT meant as a thumbs-up for reverent quiet. He wrote the remark within the context of a scathing diatribe against Barzillai Frost’s Dullsville preaching. So it had a bit of the ole sarcasm to it.

I’ll find the exact citation later.