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Unusual Gravestone Inscription - "Jehovah"?
« on: Sunday 19 October 08 08:08 UTC (UK) »
Dear Listers,

I am not sure whether this is a question for the list, however one of my ancestors who is buried in Kilmuir has a very unusual footnote on her gravestone. It states "To be raised in glory by the might of Jehovah".

I have been under the impression that only Jehovah's Witnesses would use God's name in that manner. Would this have been a common religious phrase for somebody living in Ross And Cromarty in the 1800s? It seems out of place. I would appreciate any advice or feedback.

Many thanks
Adrian Burns
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Re: Unusual Gravestone Inscription - "Jehovah"?
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 19 October 08 08:57 UTC (UK) »
This rendition of God's 'actual' name is discussed here:-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehovah
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Re: Unusual Gravestone Inscription - "Jehovah"?
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 19 October 08 10:26 UTC (UK) »
The Jehovah Witneses simply adopted this name for themselves, it is a reasonably common name for "God"  from the 17th , 18th century onwards.


The Hymn-
Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah
by William Williams (1745)

Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah,
Pilgrim through this barren land.
I am weak, but Thou art mighty;
Hold me with Thy powerful hand.
Bread of Heaven, Bread of Heaven,
Feed me till I want no more;
Feed me till I want no more.

As this was written in 1745 the term must have been in common use before that otherwise people wouldn't have known what it meant.

Jehovah's Witnesses founded in July 1879 by Charles Taze Russell.
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