— Newman's hymn, "Lead, kindly Light." tho original MS. o? which is said to have been sold for charity, has an interouting history, it- was written in ail orango boat between Palermo and Marseilles on the T isof June 16, 1833. *' We wero bocalmrd." Newman writes, recalling Ih® occasion, " a whole week in tho Strait of Ronifacio. Then it wai that I wrofo the lii.es, 'Lead, kindly Liijht.' Which have since become well known." Newman was suffering from preat perplexity of spirit, in addition to bodily illness, at t.ho time, ant} n:s mental unreet i« clearly reflected in tho stanzas of lii* famous
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17341, 14 June 1918, Page 5
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102Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 Otago Daily Times, Issue 17341, 14 June 1918, Page 5
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