Great Occasions: Readings for the Celebration of Birth, Coming-of-age, Marriage, and Death

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Carl Seaburg
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, 1998 - 462 من الصفحات
Birth, maturity, marriage and death: These are the four cornerstones of human life, the great occasions. *Over 650 memorable selections to commemorate the milestones of life. *Poetry and prose from a broad spectrum of highly regarded writers, including Aiken, Pound, Dickinson, Seneca, Blake, Buddha, Bronte, Marcuse, Stevens, Sexton, Tagore, Lippman, Sandburg, Sarton, Pasternak, Lao Tzu, Yevtushenko, Yeats and many more. This treasury of words pays tribute to the watershed events of life. Prose and poetry selections are sorted by the occasion they honor--birth, coming-of-age, marriage and death. Originally designed for ministers by a beloved New England pastor who spent years officiating at such occasions, this useful reference will be valued by anyone who is called upon to officiate, speak or contribute to ceremonies that commemorate the great passages of life. Includes index of authors, first lines and subjects, plus services for adoption, divorce and memorials.

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The lords and owners of their faces
56
Now there is time and Time is young
70
Such music in a skin
92
Loves characters come face to face
103
The breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea
109
We are those two natural and nonchalant persons
122
Love is the great Asker
132
Love has the longest history
146
FOR THE OCCASION OF DEATH
159
APPENDIXES
411
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
425
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ADDENDA
439
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نبذة عن المؤلف (1998)

A Unitarian minister who served three parishes in Northern New England, Carl Seaburg (1922-1998) was also an editor for Beacon Press and co-author of Merchant Prince of Boston and Medford on the Mystic.

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