The Christian Year

by John Keble

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

Genres: Poetry, Religion, Christianity, Christian, Nonfiction, Theology

222 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1828

About the author

John Keble was an English churchman and poet, one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement. Keble College, Oxford, was named after him.

Reviews

[Elizabeth Kerns]

time to fix the wiki page

[Stephen Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is unsurprising that Keble is at his best when exhorting his fellow Christians to perseverance amidst all the life that happens in the course of the Christian year. Indeed, that seems to be his entire project, and what a project it is. Thank God for this man and his faithful witness.

And yet of Thee from year to year
The Church's solemn chant we hear,
As from Thy cradle to Thy throne
She swells her high heart-cheering tone.

Listen, ye pure white-robed souls,
Whom in her list she now enrolls,
And gird ye for your high emprize
By these her thrilling minstrelsies.

And wheresoe'er in earth's wide field,
Ye lift, for Him, the red-cross shield,
Be this your song, your joy and pride -
"Our Champion went before and died."

[Jenny · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love books of poetry that are based around the liturgical year. But given that I don't exactly *need* another one, I checked out The Christian Year from the library to see if it was worth buying a copy. But unfortunately, a couple weeks aren't long enough to sit with a book like this--all I could manage was a quick fly-by, and I liked what I saw. This is one that will be added to my "try to find" list.

[Horner Cammons]

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

[Lucy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Well this took some struggling through. Never use a simple phrase if you can dress it up to fill three lines. And for heaven's sake, don't say what you actually mean. I read that this collection of pious poetry "was the most popular volume of verse in the nineteenth century". The Victorians must have had a lot of time on their hands and a great deal more perseverance than I have.

[Matt Carpenter · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a beautiful set of poems that follows each Sunday of the Church year. If you appreciate good poetry and are a follower of Christ, you will be blessed by this book.