A list of fundamental rules for God’s covenant people to keep, delivered to Moses on Sinai.
The Ten Commandments were given to Israel shortly after their escape from slavery in Egypt, probably in the thirteenth-century BC. The following translation comes from the Catechism in the English Book of Common Prayer (1549), intended for young children.
The text of the famous Oratorio written to raise funds for a children’s shelter in London.
‘Messiah’ is an oratorio written by Charles Jennens and set to music by George Frideric Handel. First performed in 1742 to raise money for various charitable causes, including the Foundling Hospital in London, the libretto is a brilliant patchwork of quotations from the Authorized Version.