All members of St Margaret ’ s and the broader Hackett-Downer -Watson community are invited to contribute articles and photographs about things that have happened or are going to happen at the St Margaret ’ s / Holy Cross complex or in the local community . Articles about members of the community ’ s own involvements in things of interest to others in the community may also be submitted for potential publication .
The deadline for material for the next issue is 14 September 2018 , with that issue being published on 21 September . Material should be given to the editor Brian Rope or to Lynda at the church office . It may be handwritten or typed . It may be posted , emailed or personally delivered .
The Editor reserves the right to edit , or even not use , material .
Hymn Stories
O For A Thousand Tongues
This stirring and vibrant hymn has been sung by Christian groups for centuries and , indeed , some of the older members of St Margaret ’ s can recall big congregations of Christian youth , over one thousand voices , at the Lyceum theatre in Sydney and at the Great Hall in Melbourne .
It has been a great demonstration of the power of the tongue . Adolf Hitler used his tongue to mobilise millions of Germans to go to war in 1939 and , in a similar way , Winston Churchill rallied the British people to resist . Rev ’ d David Campbell , in a recent sermon , spoke of the tongue as a force for good or evil .
The hymn was written in 1749 by Charles Wesley when both he and his brother were at Oxford University , and followed on from Isaac Watts in a pro-active style . It was at Oxford that the Wesley brothers became methodical hymn writers and , thus , became Methodists .
- Allan Asquith
Contributions Wanted
All members of St Margaret ’ s and the broader Hackett-Downer -Watson community are invited to contribute articles and photographs about things that have happened or are going to happen at the St Margaret ’ s / Holy Cross complex or in the local community . Articles about members of the community ’ s own involvements in things of interest to others in the community may also be submitted for potential publication .
The deadline for material for the next issue is 14 September 2018 , with that issue being published on 21 September . Material should be given to the editor Brian Rope or to Lynda at the church office . It may be handwritten or typed . It may be posted , emailed or personally delivered .
The Editor reserves the right to edit , or even not use , material .
St Margaret ’ s News 11 August 2018