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James wrote to the believers: "Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing. |
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John Lewis was laid to rest in Atlanta today, after succumbing to pancreatic cancer on July 17 at the age of 80. The civil rights icon was the youngest and last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists, a group led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. that had the greatest impact on the movement. |
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Now, this country is a constant work in progress. We were born with instructions: to form a more perfect union. Explicit in those words is the idea that we are imperfect; that what gives each new generation purpose is to take up the unfinished work of the last and carry it further than anyone might have thought possible. |
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Former US president President Barack Obama called on people to follow John Lewis’s example to fight injustice as he paid tribute at the late Congressman and civil rights icon’s funeral on Thursday. Three former presidents, including Obama, Bill Clinton and George W Bush, joined in the eulogies at.... |
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Former President Barack Obama speaks during the funeral service of the late Rep. John Lewis at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on Thursday. Alyssa Pointer—Pool/Getty Images. On Thursday, mourners honored civil rights icon and longtime Rep. John Lewis in Atlanta. |
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ATLANTA — John Lewis was mourned, revered and celebrated as an American hero on Thursday at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, a sacred place for many of those who helped to shape civil rights history. Three former presidents joined in the eulogies after nearly a week of mourning that took him from.... |
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In 1951, as a child of a working class family on the fringes of ‘posh’ Nether Edge, at the persuasion of a friend on our street, I became a chorister at the much-missed St Andrew’s Parish Church.
When I was persuaded to accept Confirmation - a reluctant decision since I came from a family of devout.... |
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Growing up, my family's musical tastes were the meat-and-three-veg kind. Our record collection consisted of three pieces of vinyl: The Sounds of the Tijuana Brass, Que Sera, Sera and the Collingwood theme song. Dad sang Perry Como songs in a men's choir at church and mum loved Jim Nabors singing The Impossible Dream. |
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ATLANTA -- John Lewis was celebrated as an American hero during his funeral Thursday as former President Barack Obama and others called on people to follow Lewis' example and fight injustice. Three former presidents joined in the eulogies at Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church after nearly a week of.... |
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Former President Barack Obama speaks during the funeral service of the late Rep. John Lewis at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on Thursday. Alyssa Pointer—Pool/Getty Images. On Thursday, mourners honored civil rights icon and longtime Rep. John Lewis in Atlanta. |
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By JEFF MARTIN. ATLANTA (AP) — John Lewis was celebrated as an American hero during his funeral Thursday as former President Barack Obama and others called on people to follow Lewis’ example and fight injustice. Three former presidents joined in the eulogies at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church.... |
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