The Church Militant (The Temple Part 3) and Other Poems


Read by Alan Mapstone

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) (1 hr 12 min)

Chapters

THE CHURCH MILITANT 25:07 Read by Alan Mapstone
LILIES OF THE TEMPLE: The Holy Communion 3:26 Read by Alan Mapstone
Love 2:06 Read by Alan Mapstone
Trinity Sunday 1:11 Read by Alan Mapstone
Euen-song 2:05 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Knell 1:17 Read by Alan Mapstone
Perseverance 1:40 Read by Alan Mapstone
The Convert 1:42 Read by Alan Mapstone
PSALMS: Psalm III 1:40 Read by Alan Mapstone
Psalm IV 2:11 Read by Alan Mapstone
Psalm VI 2:24 Read by Alan Mapstone
Psalm VII 4:07 Read by Alan Mapstone
Psalm I 1:54 Read by Alan Mapstone
Psalm II 2:31 Read by Alan Mapstone
Psalm V 3:04 Read by Alan Mapstone
SECULAR POEMS: Sonnets 2:49 Read by Alan Mapstone
Inscription in the Parsonage, Bemerton 1:02 Read by Alan Mapstone
On Lord Danvers 0:58 Read by Alan Mapstone
On Sir John Danvers 1:18 Read by Alan Mapstone
A Paradox 3:07 Read by Alan Mapstone
To Ye Queene of Bohemia 7:16 Read by Alan Mapstone