Church Militant (The Temple Part 3) and Other Poems
George Herbert
Play
Length 1 h 13 min
Chapters 21
First published 1874
George Herbert was an English poet, orator and cleric who was Public Orator at the University of Cambridge before becoming a rural Parish Minister.
The Church Militant is the third part of George Herbert's large collection of religious poetry The Temple, the first two parts of which (The Church Porch and The Church) are available on Librivox: https://librivox.org/the-temple-by-george-herbert/
(Summary by Alan Mapstone)
Chapters
1
THE CHURCH MILITANT Read by Alan Mapstone 25:07
2
LILIES OF THE TEMPLE: The Holy Communion Read by Alan Mapstone 3:26
3
Love Read by Alan Mapstone 2:06
4
Trinity Sunday Read by Alan Mapstone 1:11
5
Euen-song Read by Alan Mapstone 2:05
6
The Knell Read by Alan Mapstone 1:17
7
Perseverance Read by Alan Mapstone 1:40
8
The Convert Read by Alan Mapstone 1:42
9
PSALMS: Psalm III Read by Alan Mapstone 1:40
10
Psalm IV Read by Alan Mapstone 2:11
11
Psalm VI Read by Alan Mapstone 2:24
12
Psalm VII Read by Alan Mapstone 4:07
13
Psalm I Read by Alan Mapstone 1:54
14
Psalm II Read by Alan Mapstone 2:31
15
Psalm V Read by Alan Mapstone 3:04
16
SECULAR POEMS: Sonnets Read by Alan Mapstone 2:49
17
Inscription in the Parsonage, Bemerton Read by Alan Mapstone 1:02
18
On Lord Danvers Read by Alan Mapstone 0:58
19
On Sir John Danvers Read by Alan Mapstone 1:18
20
A Paradox Read by Alan Mapstone 3:07
21
To Ye Queene of Bohemia Read by Alan Mapstone 7:16
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