The over-40s now make up 31% of all adults in treatment.

<div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"> <br /> <div id="main-content-picture" style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"> <br /> <div> <span style="background-color: transparent;">There has been a 4% drop in the total number of people in treatment for drug use with the number of young adults needing treatment for heroin down nearly two-thirds compared with 2005-06.</span></div> </div> <br />The over-40s now make up 31% of all adults in treatment. Home affairs editor, Alan Travis writes:<br /><br /><br />The over-40s are now the only age group whose numbers going into drug treatment are still going up and they now account for almost a third of the 197,000 adults in the programme in England and Wales.<br /><br />Paul Hayes, the NTA chief executive, said they were mainly people in their 40s and 50s who had been using heroin and crack since the epidemics of the 1980s and 1990s and whose health was now seriously deteriorating. This has been reflected in a sharp rise in drug-related deaths among over-40s over the past decade from 504 in 2001 to 802 last year.<br /><br />Less than 200,000 people in England were being treated for drug use in 2011-12 compared with 210,815 in 2008-09. The average time for treatment is also down with a five day waiting time now rather than the 9 week average waiting time in 2001. The latest figures published by theNational Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA) show results produced by Manchester University National Drug Evidence Centre(NDEC) from data collected by the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS).<br /><br />Collecting data on the number of adults on a structured drug treatment in and in contact with drug treatment agencies and general practitioners in England in 2011-12, the numbers shows some key trends in drug treatment.<br /> Main drug of misuse<br /><br />Opiates and crack cocaine were the most frequently reported drugs of misuse - 84% of adults in treatment cited either one of these. Cocaine powder was reported by 5% of adults and Cannabis was recorded by a further 8%.<br /> Age and gender<br /><br />The median age of clients who were at their first point of contact in their latest treatment journey in 2011-12 was 35 years old. Over 70% of clients in treatment were male whilst just over 30% of women were aged under 30 years old. There number of over-40s in treatment (61,695) has risen and the age group now makes up 31% of all those in treatment.<br /> Source of referral into treatment<br /><br />Self referral (40%) was by far the most common source of referral into treatment. Arrest referral and Drug Interventions Programme (DIP)made up 13% whilst GP referrals only accounted for 6%.<br /> Waiting times for treatment<br /><br />Of the 68,218 first interventions beginning in 2011-12, 97% began within three weeks of referral. For those referred to start another type of treatment, 97% of people began treatment within three weeks.<br /> Treatment type<br /><br />Over three quarters of people (76%) received prescribing including key working whilst 28% received psychosocial interventions. Over 1,000 people received residential rehabilitation.<br /> Treatment exit<br /><br />Of the 63,020 adults aged over 18 years old who left treatment during 2011-12, 47% were discharged as a Treatment Completed - meaning the person had completed treatment, was free of drug of dependency and not using either heroin or crack cocaine. The average length of time to complete treatment was 16 months. 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Triggers,Relapse and hidden childhood emotions.

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="zemanta-img" style="text-align: left;"> <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Emotions.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="English: Managing emotions - Identifying feelings" border="0" class="zemanta-img-inserted" height="200" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Emotions.gif/300px-Emotions.gif" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="174" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> Most people who enter recovery do not know why they have become "ALHOLIX",but there is a school of thought that identifies  addiction as compulsions and obsessions powered by hidden emotions. This in some way would describe the immediacy and suddenness of being taken over by the need to use. Compulsions  powered by the hidden emotions of childhood rage and fear can be devastating to the recipient, Identifying with the child in the supermarket who throws a temper tantrum when his favourite toy or food is denied him may sound difficult for an adult to identify. But the sudden denial of sex or a promotion at work, a slight taken against a neighbour may be easier to understand.Remember we are dealing with emotional response not logical response.Emotional responses are just feelings sometimes deeply hidden under layers of rationalizations.Childhood rage and fear can have childhood roots.<br /> <br /> Opening the box into these childhood emotions is not difficult, but needs trust, consent and support. The identification of the troubling emotion need not be difficult but a matter of opening the box identifying this emotional landmine defusing and casting it away.Addictions can be seen as being powered by these infantile emotions which can destroy the addict.Its as if a time bomb is built the trigger mechanism is the infantile emotion which has certain words,feelings emotions attached to it.Certain circumstance that somehow mirror childhood trauma.<br /> <br /> The method of defusing the dud landmine of childhood is increased autonomy and self esteem usually gained within self support groups where the child feels nurtured and can recount the trauma in a safe and loving environment.The individual become more mature and secure in there emotional responses and ability to see and recognise triggers.<br /> <br /> The fear of being late for a meeting. The fear of others responses. The fear of acting co-dependently and sacrificing the self. Slowly will disappear. Giving in to these infantile fears constantly rearms the time bomb of relapse and strengthens the childhood capacity of reward to medicate these hidden emotional fears.<br /> <br /> This post is open for discussion.<br /> <br /> DISCLAIMER:Text may be subject to copyright.This blog does not claim copyright to any such text. Copyright remains with the original copyright holder.Disclaimer. Our materials are intended for information only. We are not doctors or professionals. This inter active blog does not offer, and we do not purport to offer, any medical, psychological, therapeutic, religious, or other professional advice to users. Non Affiliation. 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Promise Yourself

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeqqnJetMW-2Sbi6VAzZX1pOL4aL5Zj3m8mvdgVOPy6fFFYZfcaFk0Hwo4MuB9QpKaHu1OytecjQDBRU9tbCzDuKuBda-RZQgaW3aNsWSA7kpeOqRUqX5_qd6tNW9OU1u_JNRnR5X6ybo/s1600/1-child+within+us.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="99" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeqqnJetMW-2Sbi6VAzZX1pOL4aL5Zj3m8mvdgVOPy6fFFYZfcaFk0Hwo4MuB9QpKaHu1OytecjQDBRU9tbCzDuKuBda-RZQgaW3aNsWSA7kpeOqRUqX5_qd6tNW9OU1u_JNRnR5X6ybo/s320/1-child+within+us.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br /><br />To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.<br /><br />To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet.<br /><br />To make all your friends feel that there is something worthwhile in them.<br /><br />To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.<br /><br />To think only of the best, to work only for the best and to expect only the best.<br /><br />To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.<br /><br />To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.<br /><br />To wear a cheerful expression at all times and give a smile to every living creature you meet.<br /><br />To give so much time to improving yourself that you have no time to criticize others.<br /><br />To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.<br /><br />To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world, not in loud word, but in great deeds.<br /><br />To live in the faith that the whole world is on your side, so long as you are true to the best that is in you. <br /></span><br /><div class="zemanta-related" style="clear: both; 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display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="http://socialpsychologists.blogspot.com/2015/07/i-want-it.html" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="//i.zemanta.com/351347157_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;" /></a><a href="http://socialpsychologists.blogspot.com/2015/07/i-want-it.html" style="background-image: none; display: block; height: 83px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">I want it.</a></li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="http://stagesevents.blogspot.com/2015/07/often-we-believe-that-we-need-certain.html" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="//i.zemanta.com/353660779_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;" /></a><a href="http://stagesevents.blogspot.com/2015/07/often-we-believe-that-we-need-certain.html" style="background-image: none; display: block; height: 83px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Often we believe that we need certain things to keep our own inner happiness stable.</a></li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="http://childwithinus.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-essence-of-loving-kindness-is-being.html" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; 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To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet.To make all your friends feel that there is something worthwhile in them…

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When we are troubled, facing difficult circumstances, instead of focusing on solutions, we let our mind wander through the debris of life, seeing the worst case scenarios, expecting doom and gloom.

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXbEyLn46kNfyc65TcdQ8SftXLtehanFDb0VU3uhKSijK96oBhI9BfN7i1HNsm2Lm3OBHmh1jZu2q10nFvaj8wxEmwG_fesyeyncqcMy_MbpY262wGTpgnxt6ZHVhVcLpg0fnc0lNaY0Bn/s1600/kindness.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXbEyLn46kNfyc65TcdQ8SftXLtehanFDb0VU3uhKSijK96oBhI9BfN7i1HNsm2Lm3OBHmh1jZu2q10nFvaj8wxEmwG_fesyeyncqcMy_MbpY262wGTpgnxt6ZHVhVcLpg0fnc0lNaY0Bn/s1600/kindness.jpeg" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Your mind spinning out of control building things up to an exaggerated state. You imagine all kinds of terrible outcomes.More often than not, we find the worst case scenario that we think about for so long don’t actually turn out as bad as we have been imagining. Most of the terrible outcomes you think about don’t come to fruition. In reality, the worst that happens is usually not that hard to handle. In fact the worst part of it is the time you have wasted fretting, troubling yourself with the fears of what may come to pass.It is a fact that our ability to handle pressure is determined by our attitude toward it. Getting our thinking right will help us to deal far better with things at difficult times. Find yourself an inspirational quote which you can use to get your thinking into perspective, that will also bring you inner calm. A great quote can instantly transform your thoughts, putting you into a better frame of mind. Use quotes as the off switch to your inner chatter. Turn off your fears and stress, and focus on the words and their meaning instead. Let them inspire you. Let them bring your mind to a peak state, full of positivity, and excitement about what you can to, be or have.</span><div class="zemanta-related" style="clear: both; margin-top: 20px; overflow: hidden;"> <h4 class="zemanta-related-title"> Related articles</h4> <ul class="zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image" style="margin: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0;"> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="http://childwithinus.blogspot.com/2015/09/if-our-parents-didnt-love-and.html" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="//i.zemanta.com/363488022_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;" /></a><a href="http://childwithinus.blogspot.com/2015/09/if-our-parents-didnt-love-and.html" style="background-image: none; display: block; height: 83px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">If our parents didn't love and understand each other</a></li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="http://stagesevents.blogspot.com/2015/07/we-all-search-for-happiness.html" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="//i.zemanta.com/353660782_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;" /></a><a href="http://stagesevents.blogspot.com/2015/07/we-all-search-for-happiness.html" style="background-image: none; display: block; height: 83px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">We all search for happiness.</a></li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="http://socialpsychologists.blogspot.com/2015/07/i-want-it.html" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="//i.zemanta.com/351347157_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;" /></a><a href="http://socialpsychologists.blogspot.com/2015/07/i-want-it.html" style="background-image: none; display: block; height: 83px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">I want it.</a></li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="http://stagesevents.blogspot.com/2015/07/often-we-believe-that-we-need-certain.html" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="//i.zemanta.com/353660779_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;" /></a><a href="http://stagesevents.blogspot.com/2015/07/often-we-believe-that-we-need-certain.html" style="background-image: none; display: block; height: 83px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Often we believe that we need certain things to keep our own inner happiness stable.</a></li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="http://childwithinus.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-essence-of-loving-kindness-is-being.html" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="//i.zemanta.com/363488018_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;" /></a><a href="http://childwithinus.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-essence-of-loving-kindness-is-being.html" style="background-image: none; display: block; height: 83px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The essence of loving kindness is being able to offer happiness.</a></li> </ul> </div>

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One of my personal methods of coping with daily stress is reading and then thinking about an inspirational quote.

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZGcU252st1ZnXfJn_bpXH6FMmoqVO1m1xpPT0dbhKFd2P7tyTh2LSdkqAjyoSm7j9Sa1FIe94t5siParpcdCCH5FwPDtK415TjElXwQkRJnvso01VsDlwmB9bTvgUKxd8eW9jNHc28kbQ/s1600/1-The+stage+enlightenment.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZGcU252st1ZnXfJn_bpXH6FMmoqVO1m1xpPT0dbhKFd2P7tyTh2LSdkqAjyoSm7j9Sa1FIe94t5siParpcdCCH5FwPDtK415TjElXwQkRJnvso01VsDlwmB9bTvgUKxd8eW9jNHc28kbQ/s320/1-The+stage+enlightenment.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />Of course just reading a quote won’t make stressful situations just disappear, but by letting their insight absorb your mind, you will feel more relaxed, more positive, and you will find your ability to handle pressure vastly improved. When you are down in the dumps, struggling with situations in your life, what do you do to lift your emotional state? At these times, what is it that you use to bring you inspiration, understanding, or solutions? By just reading an inspirational quote and then pondering it, you will create positive thoughts, encouraging you to find solutions. Inspirational quotes have massive power through their capacity to inspire and motivate you to take action.</span>

One of my personal methods of coping with daily stress is reading and then thinking about an inspirational quote.

Of course just reading a quote won’t make stressful situations just disappear, but by letting their insight absorb your mind, you will feel more relaxed, more positive, and you will find your ability…

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Early Christianity was a religion of the underdog, beloved by women, slaves, and the dispossessed.

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9a2klRW8WPeUR8Eoxf8uTuHLyCqvIbEQk2b9CXPBmhf3Dv6-SBzWlzsnpyPTE8zjQyvxm6Pc0vWxZZ7uOAg7gHeABTR_q27siQH6uqU3bCT7C6UDBfgoYG8ays4BECxHM9SaM2KQip89M/s1600/10702029_10152783722207755_4458114362206719862_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9a2klRW8WPeUR8Eoxf8uTuHLyCqvIbEQk2b9CXPBmhf3Dv6-SBzWlzsnpyPTE8zjQyvxm6Pc0vWxZZ7uOAg7gHeABTR_q27siQH6uqU3bCT7C6UDBfgoYG8ays4BECxHM9SaM2KQip89M/s200/10702029_10152783722207755_4458114362206719862_n.jpg" width="173" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">In its first centuries, half the churches were founded by women. Frescoes in the Roman catacombs depict images of women in priestly garb offering the Eucharist. Much of this changed when Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire in 381 and adapted itself to Roman hierarchy and power structures. But researchers like Ute Eisen and Dorothy Irvin have uncovered widespread evidence of women priests in both Eastern and Western Churches from the third to the ninth century, suggesting that women held on to their power for centuries after this shift.</span><div class="zemanta-related" style="clear: both; margin-top: 20px; overflow: hidden;"> <h4 class="zemanta-related-title"> Related articles</h4> <ul class="zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image" style="margin: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0;"> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="http://childwithinus.blogspot.com/2015/09/if-our-parents-didnt-love-and.html" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="//i.zemanta.com/363488022_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; 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display: block; height: 83px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">We all search for happiness.</a></li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; display: block; float: left; font-size: 11px; list-style: none; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px; padding: 0; text-align: left; vertical-align: top; width: 84px;"><a href="http://socialpsychologists.blogspot.com/2015/07/i-want-it.html" style="border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; display: block; padding: 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><img src="//i.zemanta.com/351347157_80_80.jpg" style="border: 0; display: block; margin: 0; max-width: 100%; padding: 0; width: 80px;" /></a><a href="http://socialpsychologists.blogspot.com/2015/07/i-want-it.html" style="background-image: none; display: block; height: 83px; line-height: 12pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">I want it.</a></li> <li class="zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li" style="background: none; 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Christians and Pagans

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Christians and Pagans</span><br /> <br style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">1.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Men go to God when they are sore bestead,</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Pray to him for succour, for his peace, for bread,</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">For mercy for them sick, sinning, or dead;</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">All men do so, Christian and unbelieving.</span><br /> <br style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">2.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Men go to God when he is sore bestead,</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Find him poor and scorned, without shelter or bread,</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Whelmed under weight of the wicked, the weak, the dead;</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Christians stand by God in his hour of grieving.</span><br /> <br style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">3.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">God goes to every man when sore bestead,</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Feeds body and spirit with his bread;</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">For Christians, pagan alike he hangs dead,</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">And both alike forgiving.</span></div>

Christians and Pagans

Christians and Pagans 1. Men go to God when they are sore bestead, Pray to him for succour, for his peace, for bread, For mercy for them sick, sinning, or dead; All men do so, Christian and unbelievi…

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Be human in this most inhuman of ages

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