[Magdalen] [Mgdln] (SPAM: ?) Who is your modern 'saint'?

[Susan Hagen]

That made me think of this Tom Paxton song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLDnL6UE_wM

How beautiful upon the mountain
Are the steps of those who walk in peace
How beautiful upon the mountain
Are the steps of those who walk in peace

Across the bridge at Selma you came marching side by side
In your eyes a new world on the way
Hope was in your heart and justice would not be denied
You sang we shall overcome some day

God knows the courage you possessed
And Issiah said it best

How beautiful upon the mountain
Are the steps of those who walk in peace
How beautiful upon the mountain
Are the steps of those who walk in peace

Marching round the White House, marching round the Pentagon
Marching round the mighty missile plans
Speaking truth to power, singing peace in Babylon
Asking us why not give peace a chance

God knows the courage you possess
And Issiah said it best

How beautiful upon the mountain
Are the steps of those who walk in peace
How beautiful upon the mountain
Are the steps of those who walk in peace

Now the generations who have joined you on this road
Look to you with power in their eyes
Now you know the torch has passed as they pick up the load
Now you see their eyes are on the prize

God knows the courage they possess
And Issiah said it best

How beautiful upon the mountain
Are the steps of those who walk in peace
How beautiful upon the mountain
Are the steps of those who walk in peace

How beautiful upon the mountain
Are the steps of those who walk in peace
How beautiful upon the mountain
Are the steps of those who walk in peace
Are the steps of those who walk in peace
Read more at http://www.songlyrics.com/tom-paxton/how-beautiful-upon-the-mountain-lyrics/#uKLkrylKH7qD7OUh.99

On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 8:17 PM, Lee Lemmon <lemmon.lee9 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Jonathan Daniels belongs on the list along with Rosa Parks and MLK.
>  Jonathan was a witness indeed, a true martyr
>
> On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 7:38 AM, James Oppenheimer <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Oh, yes! You can hear the. Great Singer on Youtube singing "Joe Hill"
>>
>> Joe was an organizer for labor when it could, and DID, get people killed
>> and ruined.
>>
>> People such as he were willing to take just incredible risks to change the
>> world.
>>
>> If Nnicholas Romanov and family can be considered for sainthood, then
>> surely Joe Hill.
>>
>> On Monday, September 8, 2014, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > And that reminded me of Paul Robeson, another modern saint.
>> > He was in Sydney while their magnificent opera house was being built, and
>> > he paid a visit. He stood on the stage in the unfinished building and
>> sang
>> > "Joe Hill" to the workmen there.
>> > I've heard a recording of his singing that, and it's powerful. He was a
>> > true Renaissance man--and paid dearly for it...
>> >
>> > > On Sep 7, 2014, at 10:30 PM, James Handsfield <jhandsfield at att.net
>> > <javascript:;>> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night
>> > > Alive as he could be
>> > > Said I "But Joe, you're nine years dead."
>> > > "I never died," said he.
>> > > "I never died," said he.
>> > >
>> > > "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the
>> > world." -- Nelson Mandela
>> > >
>> > > Jim Handsfield
>> > > jhandsfield at att.net <javascript:;>
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >> On Sep 7, 2014, at 9:16 AM, James Oppenheimer <
>> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com
>> > <javascript:;>> wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >> Joe Hill.
>> > >
>> >
>>
>>
>> --
>> James W. Oppenheimer
>> *"If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
>> for people coming behind you, and you don't do it, you're wasting your time
>> on this Earth."  -- *Roberto Clemente
>>



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