There has been much said about drinking on the PB. I submit to you a song. A song about drinking and doctrine.

Pelagian Drinking Song, by Hillaire Belloc (1870-1953)

Pelagius lived at Kardanoel
And taught a doctrine there
How, whether you went to heaven or to hell
It was your own affair.
It had nothing to do with the Church, my boy,
But was your own affair.

No, he didn’t believe
In Adam and Eve
He put no faith therein!
His doubts began
With the Fall of Man
And he laughed at Original Sin.
With my row-ti-tow
Ti-oodly-ow
He laughed at original sin.

Then came the bishop of old Auxerre
Germanus was his name
He tore great handfuls out of his hair
And he called Pelagius shame.
And with his stout Episcopal staff
So thoroughly whacked and banged
The heretics all, both short and tall –
They rather had been hanged.

Oh he whacked them hard, and he banged them long
Upon each and all occasions
Till they bellowed in chorus, loud and strong
Their orthodox persuasions.
With my row-ti-tow
Ti-oodly-ow
Their orthodox persuasions.

Now the faith is old and the Devil bold
Exceedingly bold indeed.
And the masses of doubt that are floating about
Would smother a mortal creed.
But we that sit in a sturdy youth
And still can drink strong ale
Let us put it away to infallible truth
That always shall prevail.

And thank the Lord
For the temporal sword
And howling heretics too.
And all good things
Our Christendom brings
But especially barley brew!
With my row-ti-tow
Ti-oodly-ow
Especially barley brew!

A friend of mine has stored a recording in his boxnet page. Click the link and then go to the bottom right and you'll see the Pelagian Drinking song. Click it and enjoy.
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Gage Browning (Layman)
Grace Community Presbyterian Church
PCA Fort Worth, Texas

HAHAHAHAHA


This is GREAT... I love it....

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Michael Daniels
Reformed, RPCNA
Denton, Maryland

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Very Nice!!!

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Benjamin P. Glaser, M. Div, Licentiate, Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
Member Fairmount ARP Church
Pittsburgh, PA

Deo Vindice

I am going to have to sing this now at every drink I get....

But where did the Thanks button go?

I love it. Thank you.

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Thomas Weddle
Member, Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church
Evansville, Indiana

I wonder if there is anymore like this....

This would be great for friends getting together for an evening....

How many Thankses have you given today? You may have exceeded your Thanks bandwidth.

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Josh Hicks, Chloë's Dad
Christ Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church, RPCGA
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It is God that multiplies our sorrows.... God, as a righteous Judge, does it, which ought to silence us under all our sorrows; as many as they are, we have deserved them all, and more: nay, God, as a tender Father, does it for our necessary correction, that we may be humbled for sin, and weaned from the world by all our sorrows; and the good we get by them, with the comfort we have under them, will abundantly balance our sorrows, how greatly soever they are multiplied. - Matthew Henry

WHAT,

What is the Thanks bandwidth? Why would it be needed? What is the limit?

I'm not sure what the limit is, but I've been guilty of over doing. I think that we're trying to avoid "Thanks" inflation.

You see, right now all of our "Thankses" are backed up by actual tangible-yet-virtual gold-plated thank you letters in our Puritanboard Reserve. We're not like the FED...we can't keep electronically "printing" "Thankses" out of thin air.

If we continue in our current printings, the "Thank You"'s value will fall to the status of a "Whatever." Already, our "Thank You"'s value has fallen below the Eastern Orthodox's "Much Gratitude" and the Roman Catholic's "'preciate it."

That's very good! Thanks for sharing it.

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Sterling Harmon
Presbyterian Church of Coventry (PCA)
Coventry, CT
Deacon
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"Our Lord God must be a good man, to be fond of worthless fellows. I cannot like them, and yet I, myself, am one."
-- Martin Luther, Table Talk
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enjoying the "barley brew" right now...
Your welcome Sterling.

Mr. Browning, one of these days you get to upgrade to the Puritan Pub access status. Oh, there's a plethora of goody postings concerning Reformers, Wines, and Spirits.

wooo-hooo...let me know when I am worthy of graduation.

If I'm not mistaken, I believer after so many posts, it will just magically appear to you. (along with a few other forums)

Joshua--

With offerings like the "Pelagian Drinking Song" Mr. Browning will be a most welcome contributer to the Puritan Pub, IMHO!

Mmm hmm...

Can we make the Song Officially the Puritan Board Anthem...

I'll second that motion!

Deeply honored most honorable sirs...
Deeply honored

3rd!

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-JD

4th!!! = me!!!

5th =

6th =

Mr. Gage, welcome others, and these now-closed doors will more easily be opened unto you... (That is, a still counts as a post. You could be in the PB pub before morning if you're diligent about it! Just try to be sincere when you click the smiley. )

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Kevin, husband of a truly angelic woman, and father to ten.
Zion United Reformed Church of Sheffield
Ontario, Canada

Got it!

I posted the Pelagian Drinking Song in this thread last year:

The Free Will Song

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Andrew

Sorry Virginia...I wasn't here last year. I also posted a real-life recording of it... it is very good...check it out.