The similar phrase 'Worldly Christianity' is one used by Bonhoeffer. It's J Gresham Machen that I want to line up most closely with. See his Christianity and culture here. Having done commentaries on Proverbs (Heavenly Wisdom) and Song of Songs (Heavenly Love), a matching title for Ecclesiastes would be Heavenly Worldliness. For my stance on worldliness, see 3 posts here.

Optimistic lyrics

Having a sort out, I found this scrawled on the back of an envelope. It must have been some time in Autumn 2007.

Just needs a good tune.

In the summer when the day
Is longer than the night
I know I'm gonna be alright.




In the winter when the night
Is longer than the day
I know I'm gonna be okay.

5 comments:

Lewis Allen said...

Gary, It reads like a sort of bleak Scandinavian post-drinking song - 'long nights/short nights, it's OK'.
I think that this envelope was actually dated 1007, and was found amongst shards of viking pottery in an aborted attempt to march on London. Am I getting close?

Maybe, though, it's a proto high Calvinist hymn of the mid-19th Century. goodle it alongside Gadsby's name and see what comes up!!

Gary Brady said...

You got it - a sort of Gadsbyan Scandinavian drinking song! How's the music coming?

Lewis Allen said...

oh, Carpenters-style, I think. Girl's voice, guitar. That or Slipknot. Your call

Gary Brady said...

Yeah, but you'll want crediting and everything when it's clear who the genius is here.

Lewis Allen said...

Really can't get a tune for this Gary - short of your repeating a line, of course. I've been toying with a few verbal changes and then it could just work with Black Sabb's 'Paranoid.' Any ideas from you?