{"id":46998,"date":"2014-11-03T07:00:02","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T14:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/?p=46998"},"modified":"2014-11-03T10:42:58","modified_gmt":"2014-11-03T17:42:58","slug":"the-thunderer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2014\/11\/03\/the-thunderer\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Monday: He wasn\u2019t a plaster sort of a saint&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"facebook\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/y5F0cs0YiVs\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>St. Jerome was the Early Church Father who produced the Latin Vulgate bible. In honour of this great Bible scholar, today&#8217;s &#8220;Music Monday&#8221; is the song &#8220;The Thunderer&#8221; by Dion:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"860\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y5F0cs0YiVs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>God\u2019s angry man,<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> His crotchety scholar<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> Was Saint Jerome,<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> The great name-caller<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> Who cared not a dime<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> For the laws of Libel<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> And in his spare time<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> Translated the Bible.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>Quick to disparage<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> All joys but learning<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> Jerome thought marriage<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> Better than burning;<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> But didn\u2019t like woman\u2019s<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> Painted cheeks;<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> Didn\u2019t like Romans,<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> Didn\u2019t like Greeks<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>Hated Pagans<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> For their Pagan ways,<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> Yet doted on Cicero all of his days.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> A born reformer, cross and gifted,<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> He scolded mankind<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> Sterner than Swift did;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>But he swelled men\u2019s minds<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> With a Christian leaven.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> It takes all kinds<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> To make a heaven.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>Worked to save<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> The world from the heathen;<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> Fled to a cave<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> For peace to breathe in,<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> Promptly wherewith<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> For miles around<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> He filled the air with<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> Fury and sound.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>In a mighty prose<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> For Almighty ends,<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> He thrust at his foes,<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> Quarreled with his friends,<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> And served his Master,<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> Though with complaint.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em> He wasn\u2019t a plaster sort of a saint.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Jerome was the Early Church Father who produced the Latin Vulgate bible. 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