O merciful God, who hast made all men, and hatest nothing that thou hast made, nor desirest the death of a sinner, but rather that he should be converted and live; Have mercy upon all who know thee not as thou art revealed in the Gospel of thy Son. Take from them all ignorance, hardness of heart, and contempt of thy Word; and so fetch them home, blessed Lord, to thy fold, that they may be made one flock under one shepherd, Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end.
–Robert W. Rodenmayer, ed., The Pastor’s Prayerbook: Selected and arranged for various occasions (New York: Oxford University Press, 1960)
Oh little town of Bakewell, dreaming on a quiet morning, jumbled gables and rooflines. The only movement is from the river and the slow drifts of smoke rising to meet the mist. The #peakdistrict is full of time slips, scenes that could have been yesterday or a hundred years ago. pic.twitter.com/MTnBeFddSJ
— peaklass (@peaklass1) March 18, 2023