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   "He, the Life of all, our Lord and Saviour, did not arrange the manner of   
   his own death lest He should seem to be afraid of some other kind. No. He   
   accepted and bore upon the cross a death inflicted by others, and those   
   other His special enemies, a death which to them was supremely terrible and   
   by no means to be faced; and He did this in order that, by destroying even   
   this death, He might Himself be believed to be the Life, and the power of   
   death be recognised as finally annulled. A marvellous and mighty paradox   
   has thus occurred, for the death which they thought to inflict on Him as   
   dishonour and disgrace has become the glorious monument to death's defeat."   
      
   St. Athanasius, On the Incarnation of the Word.   
      
   "Praise the Lord! Praise, O servants of the Lord, Praise the name of the   
   Lord! Blessed be the name of the Lord From this time forth and forevermore!   
   From the rising of the sun to its going down The Lord’s name is to be   
   praised."  Psalm 113:1-3   
      
   Draw nigh unto God and He will draw nigh unto you.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)