Reginald Heber (1783–1826) was an English clergyman, traveller, man of letters and hymn-writer, who served as the Anglican Bishop of Calcutta. After graduating from Oxford University, where he gained a reputation as a poet, he undertook an extended tour of Scandinavia, Russia and central Europe at the height of the Napoleonic Wars. After ordination in 1807 he took over his father's old parish of Hodnet in Shropshire, where he combined his pastoral duties with other church offices and literary work. He was consecrated Bishop of Calcutta in October 1823. During his short episcopate he worked hard to improve the spiritual and general living conditions of his flock, before a combination of arduous duties, hostile climate and indifferent health brought about his collapse and death at the age of 42. Monuments were erected to his memory in India and in St Paul's Cathedral, London. Several of his hymns have survived into the 21st century; one of these, "Holy, Holy, Holy", is a popular and widely known hymn for Trinity Sunday. Some recent commentators have asserted that the paternalism and imperial assumptions expressed in his hymns are outdated and generally unacceptable in the modern world.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

753 BC:

Romulus and Remus founded Rome, according to the calculations by Roman scholar Varro Reatinus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romulus_and_Remus

900:

A debt was pardoned by the Datu of Tondo on the island of Luzon, as inscribed on the Laguna Copperplate Inscription, the earliest known written document found in the Philippines. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laguna_Copperplate_Inscription

1509:

Henry VIII became King of England, following the death of his father Henry VII, eventually becoming a significant figure in the history of the English monarchy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England

1836:

Texan forces led by Sam Houston defeated General Antonio López de Santa Anna and his Mexican troops in the Battle of San Jacinto near La Porte, the decisive battle in the Texas Revolution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Jacinto

1863:

After the Ottoman Empire exiled him from Baghdad, Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, began his twelve-day stay in the Garden of Ridván where he declared his mission as "He whom God shall make manifest". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%27u%27ll%C3%A1h

1970:

In response to a long-running dispute over wheat production quotas, the Principality of Hutt River proclaimed its secession from Western Australia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Hutt_River

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

overawe: (transitive) To restrain, subdue, or control by awe; to cow. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/overawe

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

To love means to open ourselves to the negative as well as the positive — to grief, sorrow, and disappointment as well as to joy, fulfillment, and an intensity of consciousness we did not know was possible before.   --Rollo May https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rollo_May