Life and Death When we compare the present life of man with time of which have no knowledge,it seems like the swift flight of a lone sparrow through the banqueting-hall in winter ...This sparrow flies swiftly in through one door of the hall, and out through another.While he is inside, he is safe from the winter storms; but after a few moments of comfort, he vanishes from sight into the darkness whence he came.Similarly, man appears on earth for a little while, but we know nothing of what wentbefore this life, and what follows.Therefore if (Christianity) can reveal certain knowledge, it seems only right that weshould follow it. -BEDE,A History of the English Church and PeopleGenesis 36.33
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