39 The use of ye may go back to alternative words written by Dinah Craik (1826-1887) given in Charles Lewis Hutchins, Carols Old and Carols New (Boston: Parish Choir, 1916) with the title God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen. Abstract: The numbers that arise from a fair alternative reading of the Bible’s first 8 Hebrew words are neither random nor independent – as might well be supposed. Nevertheless, the truth is, in translation there is always a trade-off between literal accuracy and ease of reading. It’s a strange song. God Only Knows”, Wilson acknowledged that he himself had “not written that kind of song” before and explained, “I think Tony had a musical influence on me somehow. It’s the only song I’ve ever written that’s not in a definite key, and I’ve written hundreds of songs. God Only Knows” is among the several songs that Brian Wilson and Tony Asher wrote for the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds album. Asher felt that it was the pair’s most effortless collaboration, remembering that Wilson “spent more time tweaking the instrumental part than we did writing the words!

Of the songs on Pet Sounds, “God Only Knows” is the most lyrically ambiguous. According to Christian doctrine, God the Son, in the form of Jesus Christ, is the incarnation of the eternal, pre-existent divine Logos (Koine Greek for “word”) through whom all things were created. In both the Last Judgment and the Coronation of the Virgin paintings by Rubens (see gallery below) he depicted God the Father in the form that by then had become widely accepted, as a bearded patriarchal figure above the fray. In the 17th century, the two Spanish artists Velázquez (whose father-in-law Francisco Pacheco was in charge of the approval of new images for the Inquisition) and Murillo both depicted God the Father as a patriarchal figure with a white beard (see gallery below) in a purple robe. Wine production on the island didn’t recover for more than half a century, and when it did, the market had changed completely, and Sicilian winemakers had to adapt. One may suppose God would use a much more efficient algorithm, one that always uses the shortest sequence of moves; this is known as God’s Algorithm. Larger libraries, such as those at universities, tend to use the Library of Congress Classification System because it offers a more specific array of subjects for categorization, adding subjects such as medicine and law for a total of 21 categories.

Adding to this, almost all of the chords are inverted. Things that were de rigueur on résumés 10 years ago are passé today. However right you might be about what you know about yourself, you are wrong to think that you have put yourself beyond the reach of God’s love. However, after the Hebrew Scriptures (“Old Testament”) were completed, some Jews adopted the superstitious belief that it was wrong to utter God’s personal name. Can you name her? No man can give due service to two masters. Dillon wrote that referring to God may have also been viewed as “a square move” due to the nascent decline of traditional religion in the United States. Wish that these meritorious energies may help to increase their lifespan, complexion, comfort, power and wisdom. Goddesses may have been worshiped together and shared the same priests. The deceptive opening line, “I may not always love you” was the subject of another argument between the songwriters.

Believers must demonstrate the love of God in their hearts toward all their co-workers, even toward them that are the cruelest. I’m the only one here, so it must be about me. It’s not really in any one key. After you’ve got a first date scheduled, the rules of etiquette change and, frankly, get a little tougher. This particular version has the incipit God rest you merry, gentlemen, but verses 2 and 3 begin God rest ye little children and God rest ye all good Christians, respectively. Why doesn’t God reveal himself. Although the precise term “God the Son” does not appear in the Bible, it serves as a theological designation expressing the understanding of Jesus as a part of the Trinity, distinct yet united in essence with God the Father and God the Holy Spirit (the first and third Persons of the Trinity respectively). In 1847, Charles Winston was still critical of such images as a “Romish trend” (a term used to refer to Roman Catholics) that he considered best avoided in England.