Emphasis Preaching Journal

Dying, Stephen heaped shame upon his executioners, in effect calling them to repentance by forgiving them in advance. All of us have something for which we need to repent. One such individual was Lady Diana Cooper. An annual prize was awarded in the name of her late husband, Duff Cooper. One year the prize went to Robert Lowell, the twentieth-century poet. Before the date of the presentation, Lowell suffered a serious nervous breakdown and was taken to a mental institution. A substitute was arranged, but at the last moment Lowell checked himself out and showed up at the gala.