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But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
EXPOSITORY (ENGLISH BIBLE)
(18) But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord.
—Or, But grow in the grace and in the knowledge of our Lord
it may mean “the grace of our Lord” as well as “the knowledge of our Lord.” But the Greek is not decisive on this point; and the rendering in our version avoids the awkwardness of coupling a subjective and objective genitive together by “and.” For “the grace of our Lord” must mean the grace of which He is the giver
; while “the knowledge of our Lord” must mean the knowledge of which He is the object. Romans 15:4
and 1Peter 1:2
are not instances of such coupling.
The Apostle ends, as he began, by exhorting them to that sound knowledge which he sets forth as the sure basis of all Christian activity, whether the knowledge be full and mature, as in 2Peter 1:2-3; 2Peter 1:8; 2Peter 2:20 or to be acquired and increased, as in 2Peter 1:5 and here.
DOXOLOGY.—The Epistle comes to a most abrupt conclusion, without any personal remarks or greetings. This is so unlike the First Epistle, so unusual in Apostolic letters generally, that an imitator, and so accomplished an imitator as the writer of this Epistle must have been, would scarcely have omitted so usual and natural an addition. The addition would have been doubly natural here, for the personator (if the writer of the Epistle be such) is personating St. Peter near the end of his life, writing to congregations whom he is not likely either to see or address again. Surely the circumstances would have seemed to him to demand some words of personal greeting and tender farewell; and Acts 20:18-35; 2Timothy 4:6-18, would have supplied him with models. But nothing of the kind is inserted. Assume that St. Peter himself is the writer, and then we can understand how he came to disappoint such natural expectations. His heart is too full of the fatal dangers which threaten the whole Christian community to think of himself and his personal friends. As to his death, which cannot be far off, he knows that it will come swiftly at the last, and his chief fear is lest it should come upon him before he has left on record these words of warning and exhortation (2Peter 1:13-15). Therefore, at the opening he hurries to his subject at once, and presses on, without pause or break, until it is exhausted; and now that he has unburdened his heart he cares to say no more, but ends at once with a tribute of praise to the Master that bought him.
To him be glory.—Better, to Him be the glory—all that His creatures have to render. Whatever may be our view of 2Peter 3:15, there can be no doubt that in this doxology homage is paid to Jesus Christ as true God. It is, perhaps, the earliest example of that “hymn to Christ as God” which Pliny tells Trajan the Christians were accustomed to sing before daybreak.
And for ever.—Literally, and to the day of eternity. The phrase is used by the LXX. in Ecclesiasticus 18:10, but is found nowhere else in the New Testament. It means that day which marks the end of time and the beginning of eternity, the day which not only begins but is eternity. The expression is quite in harmony with the general drift of the chapter. “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but” “the day of God” “shall not pass away.”
Amen.—Comp. Jude 1:25. Here the word is of rather doubtful authority. Being usual in doxologies, it would be very likely to be added by a copyist.2 Peter
2 Peter 3:18.
These are the last words of an old man, written down as his legacy to us. He was himself a striking example of his own precept. It would be an interesting study to examine these two letters of the Apostle Peter, in order to construct from them a picture of what he became, and to contrast it with his own earlier self when full of self-confidence, rashness, and instability. It took a lifetime for Simon, the son of Jonas, to grow into Peter; but it was done. And the very faults of the character became strength. What he had proved possible in his own case he commands and commends to us, and from the height to which he has reached, he looks upwards to the infinite ascent which he knows he will attain when he puts off this tabernacle; and then downwards to his brethren, bidding them, too, climb and aspire. His last word is like that of the great Roman Catholic apostle to the East Indies: ‘Forward!’ He is like some trumpeter on the battlefield who spends his last breath in sounding an advance. Immortal hope animates his dying injunction: ‘Grow! grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour.’
So I think we may take these words, dear friends, as the starting-point for some very plain remarks about what I am afraid is a neglected duty, the duty of growth in Christian character.
I. I begin, first, with a word or two about the direction which Christian growth ought to take.
Now those of you who use the Revised Version will see in it a very slight, but very valuable alteration. It reads there: ‘Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour.’ The effect of that alteration being to bring out more clearly that whilst the direction of the growth is twofold, the process is one. And to bring out more clearly, also, that both the grace and the knowledge have connection with Jesus Christ.
He is the Giver and the Author of the grace. He is the Object of the knowledge. The one is more moral and spiritual; the other, if we may so say, more intellectual; but both are realised by one act of progress, and both inhere in, and refer to, and are occupied with, and are derived from, Jesus Christ Himself.
Let us look a little more closely at this double direction, this bifurcation, as it were, of Christian growth. The tree, like some of our forest trees, in its normal progress, diverges into two main branches at a short distance upwards from the root.
First, we have growth in the ‘grace’ of Christ. Grace, of course, means, first, the undeserved love and favour which God in Jesus Christ bears to us sinful and inferior creatures; and then it means the consequence of that love and favour in the manifold spiritual endowments which in us become ‘graces,’ beauties, and excellences of Christian character. So then, if you are a Christian, you ought to be continually realising a deeper and more blessed consciousness of Christ’s love and favour as yours. You ought to be, if I may so say, nestling every day nearer and nearer to His heart, and getting more and more sure, and more and more happily sure, of more and more of His mercy and love to you.
And if you are a Christian you ought not only thus to be realising daily, with increasing certitude and power, the fact of His love, but you ought to be drinking in and deriving more and more every day of the consequences of that love, of the spiritual gifts of which His hands are full. There is open for each of us in Him an inexhaustible store of abundance. And if our Christian life is real and vigorous there ought to be in us a daily increasing capacity, and therefore a daily increasing possession of the gifts of His grace. There ought to be, in other words, also a daily progressive transformation into His likeness. It is ‘the grace of our Lord Jesus,’ not only in the sense that He is the Author and the Bestower of it to each of us, but also in the sense that He Himself possesses and exemplifies it. So that there is nothing mystical and remote from the experience of daily life in this exhortation: ‘Grow in grace’; and it is not growth in some occult theological virtue, or transcendent experience, but a very plain, practical thing, a daily transformation, with growing completeness and precision of resemblance, into the likeness of Jesus Christ; the grace that was in Him being transferred to me, and my character being growingly irradiated and refined, softened and ennobled by the reflection of the lustre of His.
This it is to ‘grow into the grace of our Lord and Saviour’; a deeper consciousness of His love creeping round the roots of my heart every day, and fuller possession of His gifts placed in my opening hand every day; and a continual approximation to the beauty of His likeness, which never halts nor ceases.
‘Grow in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour.’ The knowledge of a person is not the same as the knowledge of a creed or of a thought or of a book. We are to grow in the knowledge of Christ, which includes but is more than the intellectual apprehension of the truths concerning Him. He might turn the injunction into--’Increase your acquaintance with your Saviour.’ Many Christians never get to be any more intimate with Him than they were when they were first introduced to Him. They are on a kind of bowing acquaintance with their Master, and have little more than that. We sometimes begin an acquaintance which we think promises to ripen into a friendship, but are disappointed. Circumstances or some want of congeniality which is discovered prevent its growth. So with not a few professing Christians. They have got no nearer Jesus Christ than when they first knew Him. Their friendship has not grown. It has never reached the stage where all restraints are laid aside and there is perfect confidence. ‘Grow in the knowledge of your Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.’ Get more and more intimate with Him, nearer to Him, and franker and more cordial with Him day by day.
But there is another side to the injunction besides that. We are to grow in the grasp, the intellectual grasp and realisation of the truths which lie wrapped up and enfolded in Him. The first truths that a man learns when he becomes a Christian are the most important. The lesson that the little child learns contains the Omega as well as the Alpha of all truth. There is no word in all the gospel that is an advance on that initial word, the faith of which saves the most ignorant who trusts to it. We begin with the end, if I may say so, and the highest truth is the first truth that we learn. But the aspect which that truth bears to the man when, first of all, it dawns upon him, and he sees in it the end of his fears, the cleansing of his heart, the pardoning of his sins, his acceptance with God, is a very different thing from the aspect that it ought to wear to him, after, say forty years of pondering, of growing up to it, after years of experience have taught him. Life is the best commentary upon the truths of the gospel, and the experience teaches their depths and their power, their far-reaching applications and harmonies. So our growth in the knowledge of Jesus Christ is not a growing away from the earliest lessons, or a leaving them behind, but a growing up to and into them. So as to learn more fully and clearly all their infinite contents of grace and truth. The treasure put into our hands at first is discovered in its true preciousness as life and trial test its metal and its inexhaustibleness. The child’s lesson is the man’s lesson. All our Christian progress in knowledge consists in bringing to light the deep meaning, the far-reaching consequences of the fact of Christ’s incarnation, death, and glory. ‘God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.’ The same truth which shone at first a star in a far-off sky, through a sinful man’s night of fear and agony, grows in brilliance as we draw nearer to it, until at last it blazes, the central Sun of the Universe, the hearth for all vital warmth, the fountain of all guiding light, the centre of all energy. Christ in His manhood, in His divinity, Christ in His cross, resurrection, and glory, is the object of all knowledge, and we grow in the knowledge of Him by penetrating more deeply into the truths which we have long ago learned, as well as by following them as they lead us into new fields, and disclose unsuspected issues in creed and practice.
That growth will not be one-sided; for grace and knowledge will advance side by side--the moral and spiritual keeping step with the intellectual, the practical with the theoretical. And that growth will have no term. It is growth towards an infinite object of our aspiration, imitation, and affection. So we shall ever approach and never surpass Jesus Christ. Such endless progress is the very salt of life. It keeps us young when physical strength decays. It flames, an immortal hope, to light the darkness of the grave when all other hopes are quenched in night.
II. Now, for a moment, look at another thought, viz., the obligation.
It is a command, that is to say, the will is involved. Growth is to be done by effort, and the fact that it is a command teaches us this, that we are not to take this one metaphor as if it exhausted the whole of the facts of the case in reference to Christian progress.
You would never think of telling a child to grow any more than you would think of telling a plant to grow, but Peter does tell Christian men and women to grow. Why? Because they are not plants, but men with wills, which can resist, and can either further or hinder their progress.
‘Lo! in the middle of the wood,
The folded leaf is wooed from out the bud,
... and there
Grows green and broad, and takes no care.’
But that is not how we grow. ‘In the sweat of thy brow,’ with pain and peril, with effort and toil, and not otherwise, do men grow in everything but stature. And especially is it so in the Christian character. There are other metaphors that need to be taken into consideration as well as this of growth, with all its sweet suggestions of continuous, effortless, spontaneous advance.
The Christian progress is not only growth, it is warfare. The Christian progress is not only growth, it is a race. The Christian progress is not only growth, it is mortifying the old man. The Christian progress is not only growth, it is putting off the old man with his deeds and putting on the new! ‘First the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear,’ was never meant for a complete account of how the Christian life is perfected.
We are bidden to grow, and that command points to hindrances and resistance, to the need for effort and the governing action of our own wills.
The command is one sorely needed in the present state of our average Christianity. Our churches are full of monsters, specimens of arrested growth, dwarfs, who have scarcely grown since they were babes, infants all their lives. I come to you with a very plain question: Have you any more of Christ’s beauty in your characters, any more of His grace in your hearts, any more of His truth in your minds than you had a year ago, ten years ago, or at that far-off period when some of you greyheaded men first professed to be Christians? Have you experienced so many things in vain? Have the years taught you nothing? Ah, brethren! for how many of us is it true: ‘When for the time ye ought to be teachers ye have need that one teach you which be the first principles of the oracles of God’? ‘Grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour.’
And we need the command because all about us there are hindrances. There is the hindrance of an abuse of the evangelical doctrine of conversion, and the idea that springs up in many hearts that if once a man has ‘passed from death unto life,’ and has managed to get inside the door of the banqueting-hall, that is enough. And there are numbers of people in our Nonconformist communities especially, where that doctrine of conversion is most distinctly preached, whose growth is stopped by the abuse that they make of it in fancying if they have once exercised faith in Jesus Christ they may safely and sinlessly stand still. ‘Conversion’ is turning round. What do we turn round for? Surely, in order that we may travel on in the new direction, not that we may stay where we are. There is also the hindrance of mere indolence, and there is the hindrance arising from absorption in the world and its concerns.
If all your strength is going thither, there is none left to grow with. Many professing Christians take such deep draughts of the intoxicating cup of this world’s pleasures that it stunts their growth. People sometimes give children gin in order to keep them from growing. Some of you do that for your Christian character by the deep draughts that you take of the Circean cup of this world’s pleasures and cares.
And not unfrequently, some one favourite evil, some lust or passion, or weakness, or desire, which you have not the strength to cast out, will kill all aspirations and destroy all possibilities of growth; and will be like an iron band round a little sapling, which will confine it and utterly prevent all expansion. Is that the case with any of us? We all need--and I pray you suffer--the word of exhortation.
III. Now, again, consider the method of growth.
There are two things essential to the growth of animal life. One is food, the other is exercise; and your Christian character will grow by no other means.
Now as to the first. The true means by which we shall grow in Christian grace is by holding continual intercourse and communion with Jesus Christ. It is from Him that all come. He is the Fountain of Life; He gives the life, He nourishes the life, He increases the life. And whilst I have been saying, in an earlier part of this discourse, that we are not to expect an effortless growth, I must here say that we shall very much mistake what Christian progress requires if we suppose that the effort is most profitably directed to the cultivation of specific and single acts of goodness and purity. Our efforts are best when directed to keeping ourselves in union with our Lord. The heart united to Him will certainly be advancing in all things fair and lovely and of good report. Keep yourselves in touch with Christ; and Christ will make you grow. That is to say, occupy heart and mind with Him, let your thoughts go to Him. Do you ever, from morning to night, on a week-day, think about your Master, about His truth, about the principles of His Gospel, about His great love to you? Keep your heart in union with Him, in the midst of the rush and hurry of your daily life. Are your desires turning to Him? Do they go out towards Him and feel after Him? It will take an effort to keep up the union with Him, but without the effort there will be no contact, and without the contact there will be no growth. As soon may you expect a plant, wrenched from the soil and shut out from the sunshine to grow, as expect any Christian progress in the hearts which are disjoined from Jesus Christ. But rooted in that soil, smiled upon by that sun, watered by the perpetual dew from His Heaven, we shall ‘grow like the lily, and cast forth our roots like Lebanon. The secret of real Christian progress and the direction in which the effort of Christian progress can most profitably and effectually be made, is simply in keeping close to our Lord and Master. He is the food of the Spirit. ‘I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.’
Communion with Christ includes prayer. Desire to grow will help our growth. We tend to become what we long to be. Desire which impels to effort will not be in vain if it likewise impels to prayer. We may have the answer to our petition for growth in set ways; we may be but partially conscious of the answer, nor know that our faces shine when we go among men. But certainly if we pray for what is in such accordance with His will as ‘growth in grace’ is, we shall have the petition that we desire. That longing to know Him better and to possess more of His grace, like the tendrils of some climbing plant, will always find the support round which it may twine, and by which it may ascend.
The other condition of growth is exercise. Use the grace which you have, and it increases. Practice the truth which you know, and many things will become clearer. The blacksmith’s muscles are strengthened by wielding the forge-hammer, but unused they waste. The child grows by exercise. To him that hath--truly possesses with that possession which only use secures--shall be given.
Communion with Christ, including prayer, and exercise are the means of growth.
IV. Lastly, observe the solemn alternative to growth.
It is not a question of either growing or not growing, and there an end; but if you will look at the context you will see that the exhortation of my text comes in in a very significant connection. ‘Behold! beware, lest being led away ... ye fall from your own steadfastness.’ ‘But grow in grace.’ That is to say, the only preventive of falling away from steadfastness is continual progress. The alternative of advance is retrogression. There is no standing still upon the inclined plane. If you are not going up, gravity begins to act, and down you go. There must either be continual advance or there will be certain decay and corruption. As soon as growth ceases in this physiology disintegration commences. Just as the graces exercised are strengthened, so the graces unexercised decay. The slothful servant wraps his talent in a napkin, and buries it in the ground. He may try to persuade his Master and himself with ‘There Thou hast that is Thine’; but He will not take up what you buried. Rust and verdigris will have done their work upon the coin; the inscription will be obliterated and the image will be marred. You cannot bury your Christian grace in indolence without diminishing it. It will be like a bit of ice wrapped in a cloth and left in the sun, it will all have gone into water when you come to take it out. And the truth that you do not live by, whose relations and large harmonies and controlling power are not being increasingly realised in your lives; that truth is becoming less and less real, more and more shadowy, and ghostlike to you. Truth which is not growing is becoming fossilized. ‘The things most surely believed’ are often the things which have least power. Unquestioned truth too often lies ‘bedridden in the dormitory of the soul side by side with exploded error.’ The sure way to reduce your knowledge of Jesus Christ to that inert condition is to neglect increasing it and applying it to your daily life. There are men, in all churches, and there are some whole communions whose creeds are the most orthodox, and also utterly useless, and as near as possible nonentities, simply because the creed is accepted and shelved. If your belief is to be of any use to you, or to be held by you in the face of temptations to abandon it, you must keep it fresh, and oxygenated, so to say, by continual fresh apprehension of it and closer application of it to conduct. As soon as the stream stands, it stagnates; and the very manna from God will breed worms and stink. And Christian truth unpractised by those who hold it, corrupts itself and corrupts them.
So Peter tells us that the alternative is growth or apostasy. This decay may be most real and unsuspected. There are many, many professing Christians all ignorant that, like the Jewish giant of old, their strength is gone from them, and the Spirit of God departed. My brother, I beseech you, rouse yourself from your contented slothfulness. Do not be satisfied with merely having come within the Temple. Count nothing as won whilst anything remains to be won. There is a whole ocean of boundless grace and truth rolling shoreless there before you. Do not content yourselves with picking up a few shells on the beach, but launch out into the deep, and learn to know more and more of the grace and truth and beauty of your Saviour and your God.
But remember dead things do not grow. You cannot grow unless you are alive, and you are not alive unless you have Jesus Christ.
Have you given yourselves to Him? have you taken Him as yours? given yourselves to Him as His servants, subjects, soldiers? taken Him for yours as your Saviour, Sacrifice, Pattern, Inspirer, Friend? If you have, then you have life which will grow if you keep it in union with Him. Joined to Him, men are like a ‘tree that is planted by the rivers of water,’ which spreads its foliage and bears its fruit, and year after year flings a wider shadow upon the grass, and lifts a sturdier bole to the heavens. Separated from Him they are like the chaff, which has neither root nor life, and which cannot grow.
Which, my friend, are you?3:11-18 From the doctrine of Christ's second coming, we are exhorted to purity and godliness. This is the effect of real knowledge. Very exact and universal holiness is enjoined, not resting in any low measure or degree. True Christians look for new heavens and a new earth; freed from the vanity to which things present are subject, and the sin they are polluted with. Those only who are clothed with the righteousness of Christ, and sanctified by the Holy Ghost, shall be admitted to dwell in this holy place. He is faithful, who has promised. Those, whose sins are pardoned, and their peace made with God, are the only safe and happy people; therefore follow after peace, and that with all men; follow after holiness as well as peace. Never expect to be found at that day of God in peace, if you are lazy and idle in this your day, in which we must finish the work given us to do. Only the diligent Christian will be the happy Christian in the day of the Lord. Our Lord will suddenly come to us, or shortly call us to him; and shall he find us idle? Learn to make a right use of the patience of our Lord, who as yet delays his coming. Proud, carnal, and corrupt men, seek to wrest some things into a seeming agreement with their wicked doctrines. But this is no reason why St. Paul's epistles, or any other part of the Scriptures, should be laid aside; for men, left to themselves, pervert every gift of God. Then let us seek to have our minds prepared for receiving things hard to be understood, by putting in practice things which are more easy to be understood. But there must be self-denial and suspicion of ourselves, and submission to the authority of Christ Jesus, before we can heartily receive all the truths of the gospel, therefore we are in great danger of rejecting the truth. And whatever opinions and thoughts of men are not according to the law of God, and warranted by it, the believer disclaims and abhors. Those who are led away by error, fall from their own stedfastness. And that we may avoid being led away, we must seek to grow in all grace, in faith, and virtue, and knowledge. Labour to know Christ more clearly, and more fully; to know him so as to be more like him, and to love him better. This is the knowledge of Christ, which the apostle Paul reached after, and desired to attain; and those who taste this effect of the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, will, upon receiving such grace from him, give thanks and praise him, and join in ascribing glory to him now, in the full assurance of doing the same hereafter, for ever.But grow in grace - Compare Colossians 1:10. Religion in general is often represented as "grace," since every part of it is the result of grace, or of unmerited favor; and to "grow in grace" is to increase in that which constitutes true religion. Religion is as susceptible of cultivation and of growth as any other virtue of the soul. It is feeble in its beginnings, like the grain of mustard seed, or like the germ or blade of the plant, and it increases as it is cultivated. There is no piety in the world which is not the result of cultivation, and which cannot be measured by the degree of care and attention bestowed upon it. No one becomes eminently pious, any more than one becomes eminently learned or rich, who does not intend to; and ordinarily men in religion are what they design to be. They have about as much religion as they wish, and possess about the character which they intend to possess. When men reach extraordinary elevations in religion, like Baxter, Payson, and Edwards, they have gained only what they meant to gain; and the gay and worldly professors of religion who have little comfort and peace, have in fact the characters which they designed to have. If these things are so, then we may see the propriety of the injunction "to grow in grace;" and then too we may see the reason why so feeble attainments are made in piety by the great mass of those who profess religion.
And in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ - See the notes at John 17:3. Compare the notes at Colossians 1:10. To know the Lord Jesus Christ - to possess just views of his person, character, and work - is the sum and essence of the Christian religion; and with this injunction, therefore, the apostle appropriately closes this epistle. He who has a saving knowledge of Christ, has in tact all that is essential to his welfare in the life that is, and in that which is to come; he who has not this knowledge, though he may be distinguished in the learning of the schools, and may be profoundly skilled in the sciences, has in reality no knowledge that will avail him in the great matters pertaining to his eternal welfare.
To him be glory ... - Compare the Romans 16:27 note; 2 Timothy 4:18 note. With the desire that honor and glory should be rendered to the Redeemer, all the aspirations of true Christians appropriately close. There is no wish more deeply cherished in their hearts than this; there is nothing that will enter more into their worship in heaven. Compare Revelation 1:5-6; Revelation 5:12-13. 18. grow—Not only do not "fall from" (2Pe 3:17), but grow onward: the true secret of not going backward. Eph 4:15, "Grow up into Him, the Head, Christ."
grace and … knowledge of … Christ—"the grace and knowledge of Christ" [Alford rightly]: the grace of which Christ is the author, and the knowledge of which Christ is the object.
for ever—Greek, "to the day of eternity": the day that has no end: "the day of the Lord," beginning with the Lord's coming. But grow in grace; in all those spiritual gifts ye have received from Christ, especially sanctifying.
And in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; in faith, whereby ye are sanctified, and made partakers of that grace.
To him be glory both now and for ever; which belongs only to God; and therefore this proves Christ to be God. But grow in grace,.... In the gifts of grace, which, under a divine blessing, may be increased by using them: gifts neglected decrease, but stirred up and used, are improved and increase. And though men are to be thankful for their gifts, and be contented with them, yet they may lawfully desire more, and in the use of means seek an increase of them, which may be a means of preserving themselves, and others, from the error of the wicked. Moreover, by "grace" may be meant internal grace. The work of grace is gradual; it is like a grain of mustard seed, or like seed cast into the earth, which springs up, it is not known how, first the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear; saints are first babes, and from children they grow to young men, and from young men to fathers. There is such a thing as growth in grace, in this sense; every grace, as to its act and exercise, is capable of growing and increasing; faith may grow exceedingly, hope abound, love increase, and patience have its perfect work, and saints may grow more humble, holy, and self-denying: this is indeed God's work, to cause them to grow, and it is owing to his grace; yet saint, should show a concern for this, and make use of means which God owns and blesses for this purpose, such as prayer, attending on the word, and looking over the promises of God, for an increase of faith; recollecting past experiences, and looking to the death and resurrection of Christ for the encouragement of hope, and to the love of God and Christ, for the stirring up of love to both, and to the saints; considering the sufferings of Christ, the desert of sin, and the glories of another world, to promote patience and self-denial, and the pattern of Christ, to excite to humility; though "grace" may also intend the Gospel, the knowledge of which is imperfect, and may be increased in the use of means, and which is a special preservative against error, a growth in which saints should be concerned for:
and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; of his person, office, and grace, than which nothing is more valuable, and is to be preferred to everything; it is the principal thing in grace, and is the beginning and pledge of eternal life, and will issue in it; for an increase of which, and a growth in it, the word and ordinances are designed; and nothing can be a greater security against error than an experimental growing knowledge of Christ. The Syriac version adds, "and of God the Father"; and so some copies read:
to him be glory, both now, and for ever; or "to the day of eternity"; that is, to Christ, who is truly God, or otherwise such a doxology would not belong to him, be ascribed the glory of deity, of all divine perfections; the glory of all his offices and work as Mediator; the glory of man's salvation; and the glory of all that grace, and the growth of it, together with the knowledge of himself, which saints have from him; and that both in this world, and that which is to come.
Amen; so be it. But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
EXEGETICAL (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES)2 Peter 3:18
. ἐν χάριτι καὶ γνώσει τοῦ Κυρίου
. The genitive is to be taken with both words. γνῶσις
here means “spiritual instruction,” a knowledge that has its source in Christ Himself, as distinct from ἐπίγνωσις
, which is personal communion with Christ (see note 2 Peter 1:5
is the privilege of the “friend” of Christ. Cf. John 7:17
; John 15:15
. Note that the doxology is addressed to Christ, and, therefore, κυρίου ἡμῶν
. also refers to Him. εἰς ἡμέραν αἰῶνος
: “in the day of eternity”. The meanings of εἰς
in later Greek are somewhat interchangable (cf.
234 f.). ἡμ
is a very rare phrase not found elsewhere in N.T. It is found in Sir 18:10
, where the phrase is ἐν ἡμέρᾳ αἰῶνος
. The more usual expression is εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων
. “εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας
becomes so immediately the ruling phrase that this Petrine doxology cannot have been written alter liturgical expressions had become in any degree stereotyped” (Bigg).18
. But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
] The final thought of the Epistle, like that with which it opened, is the growth of the Christian life. Here, as there (chap. 2 Peter 1:5
), stress is laid on knowledge as an element of growth, partly as essential to completeness in the Christian life, partly also, perhaps, in reference to the “knowledge falsely so called” (1 Timothy 6:20
) of which the false teachers boasted.
To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen
] The word “glory” in the Greek has the article, which makes it include all the glory which men were wont, in their doxologies, to ascribe to God. The Apostle has learnt the full meaning of the words “that all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father” (John 5:23
). The effect of his teaching may be traced in the Churches to which the letter was mainly addressed, in Pliny’s account of the worship of Christians in the Asiatic provinces, as including “a hymn sung to Christ as to God” (Ep. ad Trajan
. 96). The Greek phrase for “for ever” (literally, for the day of the æon
, or eternity
) is a peculiar one, and expresses the thought that “the day” of which the Apostle had spoken in 2 Peter 3:10
; 2 Peter 3:12
would be one which should last through the new æon that would then open, and to which no time-limits could be assigned.
The absence of any salutations, like those with which the First Epistle ended, is, perhaps, in part due to the wider and more encyclical character which marks the Second. The Apostle was content that his last words should be on the one hand an earnest entreaty that men should “grow” to completeness in their spiritual life, and, on the other, the ascription of an eternal glory to the Lord and Master whom he loved.2 Peter 3:18
) the more; the more they decrease [ἐν χάριτι καὶ γνώσει
, in grace and knowledge
) ch. 2 Peter 1:3
; 2 Peter 1:8
.—V. g.]—ἡμέραν αἰῶνος
, the day of eternity
) This title agrees with that sense, in which the apostle employed it, through the whole of this chapter. Eternity
is a day
, without night, unmixed and perpetual.
 Bengel, J. A. (1866). Vol. 5
: Gnomon of the New Testament
(M. E. Bengel & J. C. F. Steudel, Ed.) (W. Fletcher, Trans.) (84–110). Edinburgh: T&T Clark.Verse 18.
- But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Growth is necessary for steadfastness; we cannot persevere unless we continually advance in faith (comp. 1 Peter 1:5-7
; 1 Peter 2:2
). Some, as Alford, take the genitive with "grace" as well as with "knowledge;" but this connection forces us to regard it first as subjective, then as objective - the grace which Christ gives, and the knowledge of which he is the Object - and so seems somewhat forced. St. Peter insists on the knowledge of Christ as essential for growth in grace, at the beginning, as at the end, of this Epistle. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen. We notice the doxology addressed to Christ; it reminds us of the hymn which Pliny, in his famous letter to Trajan, says the Christians of Bithynia (one of the provinces mentioned in 1 Peter 1:1
) were wont to address to Christ as to God. To him be (or is) the glory - all the glory which belongs to God, which we ascribe to him. "For ever" is, literally, "for the day of the age or of eternity (εἰς ἡμερὰν αἰῶνος
)." This remarkable expression is found only here, and is variously interpreted. Bengel explains it as, "dies sine nocte, morus et perpetuus;" Huther as, "the day on which eternity begins as contrasted with time, but which day is likewise all eternity itself." Fronmuller quotes St. Augustine: "It is only one day, but an everlasting day, without yesterday to precede it, and without tomorrow to follow it; not brought forth by the natural sun, which shall exist no more, but by Christ, the Sun of Righteousness."
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- Heavy and unwieldy
- Overshadowed by iPhone X
Of all the phones Apple has released the iPhone 8 Plus has garnered the least amount of hype.
It’s not that it’s a bad phone. It’s just that Apple immediately superseded the 8 Plus with the announcement of the more advanced Apple iPhone X.
However, if you can’t afford the X, is the 8 Plus worth your money? Keep reading to find out!
If you’re looking for a stunning new design from the 8 Plus, you’ll be disappointed. Reviewers point out it looks almost exactly the same as its predecessor.
With that said, Apple added slight changes such as a durable glass rear. Though Apple touts it as the “most durable glass ever on an iPhone” experts still recommend a case.
But adding glass also added extra weight. The 8 Plus weighs around 202g without a case. For many, this was almost too heavy for comfortable use. Add in its width of 3.07 inches and it’s no wonder experts consider it bulky and unwieldy to use one-handed.
The 5.5 inch IPS display offers the same full HD experience as the iPhone 7 Plus. While not an improvement over previous models on paper, critics are quick to point out the display is crisp. They also noted excellent detail, good contrast and excellent natural color balance.
The one addition to the screen is True Tone technology, which adjusts the color temperature based on ambient light conditions. It’s a very subtle change. But when compared to a 7 Plus, reviewers found the display on the 8 Plus looked more natural.
The iPhone 8 Plus is no slouch in the performance department. It sports the same six-core A11 Bionic processor as the iPhone X.
When pitted against high-end Snapdragon chips, experts found it very comparable. In real life testing, they were blown away by its speed. They noticed no lag or delay—even when pushing the processor to the limit by multi-tasking, playing graphics intensive games or using an augmented reality app.
Battery life didn’t blow critics away, but they could get around a full day out of a single charge—even with intensive use. The 8 Plus also offers quick charging and wireless charging so you can top your phone off quickly if needed.
Cameras are one of the biggest draws for iPhones. The 8 Plus is no exception. The rear camera is a dual 12-megapixel lens setup. One has optical image stabilization and an f/1.8 lens while the other is an f/2.8 telephoto lens. Apple has also increased the size of the imaging sensor and added a new image signal processor.
All of this together means the 8 Plus should take amazing pictures. When reviewers tested it, this held true. The camera focused quickly on subjects. Reviewers also praised the camera for its detailed pictures with vibrant colors and great dynamic range regardless of lighting conditions.
The main update to the camera, however, is Portrait Mode and Portrait Lighting. Both use depth information and facial mapping to provide a creamy bokeh background and illuminate faces in difficult lighting situations.
While a decent phone, reviewers have a hard time recommending the iPhone 8 Plus. The Guardian states, “If you’re an iPhone-only buyer... don’t buy the iPhone 8 Plus at the very least until you’ve seen what the iPhone X is capable of…” Trusted Reviews adds, “I really like the iPhone 8 Plus, but I have a feeling I’m going to like the iPhone X more.”
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8 Oct 2017 4:56 PM GMT
Three applications have been filed before the Supreme Court demanding the Applicants’ impleadment as respondents in the Hadiya case and seeking an investigation by the National Investigation Agency into incidents of alleged ‘Love Jihad’.One of the applications has been filed by Ms. Bindu Sampath, whose daughter Nimisha had allegedly converted to Islam, married a Muslim and went missing...
Three applications have been filed before the Supreme Court demanding the Applicants’ impleadment as respondents in the Hadiya case and seeking an investigation by the National Investigation Agency into incidents of alleged ‘Love Jihad’.
One of the applications has been filed by Ms. Bindu Sampath, whose daughter Nimisha had allegedly converted to Islam, married a Muslim and went missing in 2016 to join the ISIS.
Claiming that this was, in fact, a part of a “well orchestrated and well oiled scheme”, the Petition submits, “It is submitted that the Applicant has also been following media reports of similar cases from India and various other countries where young and vulnerable girls are identified and trapped by coercion or fraud marriages, indoctrinated and used for the purpose of propagating terrorist and anti-national activities of Jihad. The Applicant is also praying that most of these girls and their families are not in a position to seek Redressal or approach the authorities or justice delivery system, therefore, this Hon’ble Court may also direct NIA investigation into the specific cases mentioned in the media reports also.”
Ms. Sampath alleges the involvement of “antinational organizations” behind such “brain washes and forced conversions”. She further claims that most number of people joining the ISIS from the country hail from Kerala and hence, “it is an imperative now that our national security agencies like the NIA, IB etc are tasked at the earliest to investigate these incidents, identify culprits, draw out trends and address the issue quickly before any serious damage occurs.”
Another application has been filed by one Ms. Sumati Arya from Maharashtra, who was allegedly forced to be converted to Islam by her father and her husband. She claims to have “firsthand knowledge and experience of the techniques” used for such conversions and submits, “All of these need to be properly investigated as they are all following a common pattern and modus operandi - where a heartless strategy of luring vulnerable girls to convert to Islam by feigned love and promises of marriage.”
A third application has been filed by three Advocates -- Ms. Sheela Devi, Ms. Keerthi Solomon and Mr. Vishnu Jayapalan -- intending to bring to the notice of the Court “the circumstances in which the impugned Judgement was passed and also what happened after passing of the impugned Judgment”.
They submit that after the judgment was rendered by the High Court, “a tense atmosphere of violence was created in the state by certain groups including organizations called the Social Democratic Party of India and Muslim Ekopana Samiti.”
Their application reemphasizes on the submission that Hadiya’s case is not an isolated incident and that “there are strong, organized forces behind those who are now claiming to be aggrieved by the impugned Judgement”.
The application, thereafter, submits, “There is a concerted effort to threaten and dissuade Judiciary in the State from giving justice to persons like the 1st Respondent. Lawyers who are involved in such cases feel insecure. The state police has failed to properly investigate the matter. This is a fit case for an investigation by the National Investigation Agency.”
Incidentally, the Kerala government filed a counter affidavit before the Apex Court, rejecting theories of Love Jihad and organized conversion, and calling the order directing NIA probe into the incident unwarranted.
The story so far
The case concerns Hadiya’s conversion to Islam, and her subsequent marriage to a Muslim man Shafin Jahan. In a judgment rendered on 25 May this year, a Division Bench of Kerala High Court had called her marriage a “sham”, and had annulled it, directing her return to the protective custody of her Hindu parents.
The Bench comprising Justice Surendra Mohan and Justice Abraham Mathew had made some controversial observations like: “a girl aged 24 years is weak and vulnerable, capable of being exploited in many ways” and “her marriage being the most important decision in her life, can also be taken only with the active involvement of her parents”.
Hadiya’s husband had then filed a Special Leave Petition before the Supreme Court, challenging this decision. He had contended that the marriage was annulled without any legal basis, and had submitted, “…the impugned order is an insult to the independence of women of India as it completely takes away their right to think for themselves and brands them as persons who are weak and unable to think and make decisions for themselves. That the same is against their fundamental rights and should be struck down”.
A Bench comprising Chief Justice J.S. Khehar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud had thereafter directed the NIA and the Kerala Government to submit all documents related to the case. It had also directed Hadiya’s father Asokan to submit proof of his claim that Hadiya was converted after being radicalized.
Hadiya’s husband, however, recently approached the Apex Court, seeking recall of the order directing NIA probe into the matter. He had filed an application contending that “certain facts have emerged which call for a reconsideration” of the order.
During the last hearing the Hadiya case took an altogether new twist with the Supreme making it clear that a 24 year old girl, an adult, cannot be held hostage by her father against her wishes and the CJI Dipak Misra led bench categorically stating it will examine if a High Court under Article 226 can quash a marriage.
The Supreme Court will consider the case tomorrow


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UNC downs Oregon, to meet Gonzaga in NCAA men’s basketball championship
A year after losing the national title game on a buzzer-beater, North Carolina is back in the championship contest of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.
The Tar Heels (32-7) downed the Oregon Ducks 77-76 in the second national semifinal Saturday night behind Kennedy Meeks’ career-high 25 points.
UNC will play Gonzaga (37-1) Monday night for the national championship.
Earlier the Bulldogs edged South Carolina 77-73. The Tar Heels have won five NCAA tournament titles. This is Gonzaga’s first national championship game.
By Steve Almasy

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yoyoyoyooyooy . I dont know what to say!
oops I was late again but whatever
apparently, now all of a sudden, I can only get my music to play if it is the default soundfont. If I use another soundfont library such as the SChristian Collins 1.471, it just processes indefinitely when I press play. I do not see a solution to this. If I can only use the default soundfont in uploads, it makes no sense to upload anything anymore. So, unless I can fix this, I won't be posting any more. So it goes.
Hello. I'm a new member of the group & a fairly inexperienced musescore user. I've been playing the trombone for 51 years & the euphonium & baritone for 42. @ 10 of those years professionally & 25 semi-professionally, & the rest just for fun. I've played in many groups of different styles, but my favorites have been big band, brass quintet, & symphony orchestra. I've also enjoyed tuba-euphonium ensembles & trombone ensembles. Merry TubaChristmas is one of my favorite annual events. Due to pain & wear and tear, I've recently had to put down my trombone - at least for a while. But I'm enjoying playing my new euphonium. I've been arranging for big band & brass ensembles for more than 20 years.
This may be the wrong place for this question... Is there a way to transpose & print the transposition? Thanks in advance.
Where are they for alto?👿
I’m curious about what works best for you.
Hello everyone! We were recently thinking about a collaboration we could do here, on Musescore. We were thinking we could gather a bunch of musicians who play instruments other than than piano (we'll also need one pianist) to perform a sort of group piece for a chamber ensemble. We'll also need someone who has a video editor that can combine multiple solo performances and make one group video. We are still thinking about what to do with the video.
1. We're not looking for any specific skill level, you just need to have some experience.
2. We unfortunately can only take at most three players for each instrument, so we don't too many of the same one.
I think this should be a fairly fun project, and we're accepting volunteers now! Please reply to this discussion if you want to participate or if you have any questions. :)
Does anyone want a piece of music for a certain instrument ?
Can anyone give me any kind of feedback/advice/opinion on this etude i wrote for the classical guitar?
This is my 2nd etude, i accidentally wrote the descending part of the opening scale and through a sort of inversion i did the ascending part, i found the unevenness in the structure of it every time it repeated to be interesting, so i got inspired to develop this strange idea into a cohesive melodic piece, took me all day of just being in a lunatic composing mode to complete this piece, which honestly didn't expect a full piece in one day since i am very slothful with writing music, and considering how long i have been playing guitar, my theory is kinda weak, i am not even sure what key this is in, please don't be afraid to give any harsh criticism, i accept literally anything, oh and i am especially interested in thoughts about this being a good guitar etude, because even though i wrote this for guitar, i havnt been able to play it because i am in the middle to learning other music so eventually expect to see fingerings and slur signs everywhere! https://musescore.com/user/26880706/scores/5851857
Is this group a Yiga Clan scheme?
I've convinced my director to get my saxophone section new mouthpieces for jazz. I've been researching them for a while, but have not found good mouthpieces for a good price. Any recommendations? We have 2 altos, 2 tenors, and I play bari.
I started the first section as an exercise for modulation, and then decided to expand it into a dance suite. I wrote the sections in the following sequence: prelude, gigue, sarabande, allemande, and minuet.
The minuet was written yesterday during a day-long severe headache, which is a little different from the other parts. I am not sure if it sounds alright here, or I should replace it with a "normal" one.
Any comments about this suite is welcomed!
Also, I would be grateful if cellists can help me to correct the notation (many thanks to Teodor Lontos for his previous help).
And to you, I have 2 questions:
1. Above which pitch would you prefer a treble clef?
2. For a piece with changing tones, would you prefer key signatures or just mark it with the notes (as the present version does)?
Thanks and have a nice Sunday.
Hello! I am looking for sheet music for a violin and cello duet! It's been pretty hard searching for a piece that both sounds good and is pretty challenging. If anyone can send over some great pieces (from musescore) or even websites that have free and good sheet music that'd be great! Thanks for your help in advance! :))
This group has been around for a while, but seems to be quite dead... I've recently taken it over, and would love to have it active again!
So, if you are an active or new member, please leave a comment below to let me know you're even here.
I have another new guitar arrangement in arpeggio, which is for the popular hymn "Rejoice the Lord is King" to the tune of Darwall 148th, by the composer, John Darwall.
The link is here ( https://musescore.com/user/1326956/scores/5844125 )
Enjoy! And please feel free to leave comments.


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A vote for Scottish independence would automatically be a vote to rejoin the European Union, Scotland’s constitution secretary has said.
MASSIVE airport queues on the continent after the EU brings in new visas for British citizens this year may contribute to a wider sense that "Brexit is not working" a report this week will warn.
The party's constitution secretary said the SNP would be pushing for a second independence referendum- despite a ruling from the Supreme Court that the Scottish Parliament had no power to hold a plebiscite.
Brexit damage continues to mount - GOV.SCOT 31/12/2022
The people of Scotland must be given a choice about their future given the damage inflicted by Brexit, Constitution Secretary Angus Robertson has said. / Marking two years since the end of the transition period to leave the European Union after 47 years of membership, Mr Robertson highlighted the negative impacts Brexit continues to have on Scotland’s economy.
THERE have been no advantages to leaving the European Union, the Constitution Secretary has said on the second anniversary of the end of the Brexit transition period.
The evidence that leaving the European Union was a bad idea just keeps pouring in – Angus Robertson 29/11/2022
Every now and again the full, ongoing Brexit disaster is illustrated in technicolour. New evidence has been published showing how appalling it is for the economy, exports, jobs and the health service.
ANGUS Robertson has urged the UK Government to push back their "bonfire" of Brexit laws until 2029.
HOLYROOD has been urged to withhold consent to the UK Government's so-called Brexit freedoms bill. / The plans to scrap at least 2,400 laws carried over from the UK’s 47-year membership of the EU have proved controversial.
Opposition to the retained EU law bill is mounting, as the government discovers the importance and popularity of EU law.
The powers ensure that Scottish drinking water aligns with standards set by the European Union.
Powers passed to help in dealing with the impact of Brexit are being used for the first time to ensure Scotland’s drinking water aligns with standards set by the European Union.
POWERS passed to help in dealing with the impact of Brexit are being used for the first time to ensure Scotland’s drinking water aligns with standards set by the European Union.
Constitution Secretary Angus Robertson told the event an independent Scotland could be a ‘bridge’ between the EU and the rest of the UK. /
AN SNP minister has accused the UK Government of attempting to “row back 47 years of protections” after publishing plans to amend, repeal or replace all EU legislation.
The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill to scrap European laws was introduced by the UK Government on Thursday.
Brexit is costing the economy dear, no matter what 'Brexit Opportunities Minister' Jacob Rees-Mogg says – Angus Robertson MSP 28/03/2022
“Brexit Opportunities Minister”. How about that for a contradiction in terms? Yet, this is a genuine post created for the oft-called “Member of Parliament for the 18th Century”, Jacob Rees-Mogg.
Scotland’s constitution secretary has warned the UK government’s so-called Brexit Freedoms Bill poses a renewed threat to devolution.
“If these proposals involve changing the law in devolved policy areas, then pressing ahead without the consent of the Scottish parliament would demonstrate yet again the UK government’s intent to undermine devolution," a senior Scottish minister has said.
John Swinney has claimed Boris Johnson and the Tories are "undermining" devolution as he blasted the controversial Brexit Freedoms Bill.
BORIS Johnson’s “Brexit Freedoms” Bill poses a direct threat to the powers of the Scottish Parliament, the deputy first minister has warned.
The government has set out a plan to overhaul EU laws copied over after Brexit - a move it says will cut unnecessary "red tape" for businesses.
The Scottish Government has signalled its intention for Scotland to re-join the EU as an independent nation. / Brexit has been labelled as an “ongoing, cumulative calamity” – one year on from the UK cutting ties with the EU.
A report from the Royal Bank of Scotland shows a near-record high number of vacancies with plummeting applicants.

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Threatening posters discovered in Cantor Warehouse
Threatening posters found at Warehouse
A series of posters were discovered in Syracuse University’s Nancy Cantor Warehouse on Thursday displaying threatening language and imagery.
The images contained pictures of what appears to be the Warehouse set on fire with the text “I am going to burn down the warehouse” in various fonts and text sizes surrounding the image along with the phrase, “I have hidden 38 gallons of gasoline on the 5th floor.”
The posters were found near a public elevator on the fifth floor of the building. While the posters themselves were supposedly for a class assignment, they were not meant to be publicly posted according to Christine Weber, Campus Safety and Emergency Management Systems communications manager. The Department of Public Safety, Syracuse Fire Department and FBI officials responded to the scene and searched the building located near downtown’s Armory Square.
School of Design director Emily Stokes-Rees said an email addressed to the School of Design community that the investigation turned up no continuing threat of danger and the incident does not reflect what the program encourages.
“Anyone in this community who uses their training and talent to create designs that spread fear and violence is not welcome,” Stokes-Rees said.
Environmental and interior design junior Isabella Couoh said she noticed two officers and a police canine walking around the building’s exterior Thursday morning while waiting for the bus after class.
“They told me that they were just doing training and not to be worried, so I honestly had no idea what was going on,” Couoh said.
Later in the day, Couoh said she was made aware of the situation after receiving several text messages from fellow students. Couoh said most people throughout the building seemed calm most of Thursday and unaware of the posters found in the warehouse.
“There wasn’t much panic because I don’t think people realized what was going on,” Couoh said.
According to Public Safety’s Weber, the student responsible for the posters has been referred to the Office of Community Standards and the situation is considered resolved.
With such a disturbing shock to the School of Design community, Stokes-Rees urged students to contact her and faculty members regarding the incident.
“My hope is that it will bring us closer together as a community that works collaboratively to design for positive social impact in everything we do.”

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In Ailing in Place, Michele Morrone explores the relationship between environmental conditions in Appalachia and health outcomes that are too often ascribed to individual choices only. She applies quantitative data to observations from environmental health professionals to frame the ways in which the environment, as a social determinant of health, leads to health disparities in Appalachian communities. These examples—these stories of place—trace the impacts of water quality, waste disposal, and natural resource extraction on the health and quality of life of Appalachian people.
Public health is inextricably linked to place. Environmental conditions such as contaminated water, unsafe food, and polluted air are as important as culture, community, and landscape in characterizing a place and determining the health outcomes of the people who live there. In some places, the state of the environment is a consequence of historical activities related to natural resources and cultural practices. In others, political decisions to achieve short-term economic objectives are made with little consideration of long-term public health consequences.
Angel De Cora (c. 1870–1919) was a Native Ho-Chunk artist who received relative acclaim during her lifetime. Karen Thronson (1850–1929) was a Norwegian settler housewife who created crafts and folk art in obscurity along with the other women of her small immigrant community. The immigration of Thronson and her family literally maps over the De Cora family’s forced migration across Wisconsin, Iowa, and onto the plains of Nebraska and Kansas. Tracing the parallel lives of these two women artists at the turn of the twentieth century, art historian Elizabeth Sutton reveals how their stories intersected and diverged in the American Midwest.
By examining the creations of these two artists, Sutton shows how each woman produced art or handicrafts that linked her new home to her homeland. Both women had to navigate and negotiate between asserting their authentic self and the expectations placed on them by others in their new locations. The result is a fascinating story of two women that speaks to universal themes of Native displacement, settler conquest, and the connection between art and place.
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Something I thought about:
- I haven't performed since moving to Switzerland nearly nine years ago, and it's strange – something that was a central part of my life is entirely absent. And yet it's all still there in the structures of my mind and in muscle memory. I was preparing a short dance for a demonstration, and my music is all in the US, and I couldn't find the same version of the song I knew, so I found one that was close and redid some of the choreography two days before I was supposed to present. The ability to adjust on the fly, change the steps, keep versions straight, etc. is all the result of two decades of training and practice. I was glad to realize it's still there, and I wonder what else is internalized in such a deep way – pedagogy most likely, and some elements of the craft of writing. What else?
Something I did:
- I got a small travel grant last spring that I was unable to use due to the pandemic. The funding group very kindly let me file an updated request with a revised budget to see if grant funds could be redirected. I sent my updated materials over this week, and they approved the changes right away. Hooray!
- I went to my child’s school to give the second graders a demo on classical Indian dance. I gave them a little bit of history, taught them how to count beats, showed them the storytelling aspect and had them guess the meanings of various gestures and sequences, danced for them, and then taught them a couple of steps.
Something I read:
- I always love to read about process, and Jacqueline Woodson is a brilliant writer, so why not learn from the best?
- The news is a lot right now. I really appreciate Dan Sinker’s Impeachment newsletter because he distills the main points so I don't have to wade through social media and dozens of news articles and get caught up in doomscrolling.
- Another podcast – Sara Zarr interviewed her agent Michael Bourret about the state of publishing today, and it's excellent.

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The dining room reminds me of a Spanish casa with bright yellow walls throughout the downstairs dining room. There is additional seating upstairs along with a lively bar area and live jazz most evenings.
On this particular visit we got off to a rough start. The restaurant was busy and there was a wait so we put our name on the list. Much to my surprise, another party was seated ahead of us and they had just arrived. We were none too happy as you can imagine. They need to make sure that patrons are seated in the order in which they arrive at the restaurant.
Anyway, we were seated at a small table and began with two of their gold Margaritas that go perfectly with Mexican food.
Then for our appetizer we went with one of our favorites, garlic chicken nachos. This is a specialty of Hermano’s and you will see why if you ever try them. I love garlic so think of tons of garlic married with crispy nachos and chicken along with garlic sauce and you will get an idea of what this tastes like. All I can say is delicious and probably one of if not the best nacho appetizers I have ever had.
Moving on to the main course I decided on the chicken chimichanga that was very good and my wife had the steak quesadillas.
At the end of the meal we were reluctant to try any of the deserts because we assumed they’re not homemade but were we very wrong. We decided to try the red velvet cupcake and oh my god, it was fantastic. Congratulations to the pastry chef on this outstanding dessert.
And so there you have it, I recommend Hermano’s as one of the best in New Hampshire for Mexican food. If you have never been and especially if you like Mexican food you should definitely give it a try.

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marshall Dining Room, 2018-02-09 01:24:19.While in Asian countries, traditional theme is often assumed as humble, simple and natural theme yet elegant. Japanese style is one of the examples. In traditional Japanese dining room, there would be no chairs placed there. The table is typically short and having a simple rectangular or round look and people sit cross-legged on the sitting pillow around the dining table having the meal together and the traditional dining tables are usually made out of wood. Basically, traditional theme consists generally from wooden materials. However, it doesn’t rule out the possibility that they made out of ceramic or crystal materials, depend on which traditional theme you are about to design. And last, there are many types of traditional dining room sets to choose. It’s back to you again which traditional style is well suited with your taste.
marshall Furniture, 2018-02-08 11:18:52.The difference between the rustic living room furniture and vintage style more into the style, and the main atmosphere which is dominant one and another. As if the vintage more into showing off the last-century look in appearance, rustic shows off the unfinished stuffs like the way it supposes to be. Thus, both of them actually can be suit and fit perfectly into one harmony, as long as you know how to do it well. Do not be hesitate since these vintage and rustic actually come from the same path, the way it may bring back your old memories. After all is done, you are about to get satisfy enough with the new ambiance inside your living room.
marshall Dining Room, 2018-02-12 05:49:23.In a dining room you will find a lot of stuff like tables, chairs, lamps, even kitchen sets if you share the place together. Nowadays there’s a good way to cheer your dining room and it would be the chandeliers for dining room. If you watch some movies, you could see that they’re using chandeliers in a dining room and you can feel it the classic sensation especially in a kingdom story. You could feel the sphere of being a king or a queen or may be a princess and a prince.
marshall Couch, 2018-02-03 04:18:56.Or, you can simply just make the design to the layout all by yourself. Get into a note how you want your couches to be, find some inspiration, and get a maker. Going this way, you can make your couches perfectly fit your living room, or your living room perfectly matches your couches. Do not worries deciding one final colour, since as long as the couches are fluffy enough and fit enough for many, everybody will be just happy gathering and sitting there. In sort, they are living room couches that comfort everyone despite how short or long they have been with them.
marshall Living room, 2018-02-02 23:30:35.Well, another consideration whenever you want to bring the leather living room sets upon your living room is that you need to measure and allocate the space availability first, since you know, leather sets somehow have a bigger size than the usual living room sets. Another trick, you better choose the L-shape sofas where it aims to be put on the corner side of the place. Beside it is way more useful, the L-shape also provide you more open space inside the living room. How about the color for small-size room? Well, color is not really that relate with the room size visualization, yet it would be better if you can choose the dark-color, in case you do not want to clean the sofas regularly. Well, dark color may hide the spoil on the sofa right?
marshall Dining Room, 2018-02-02 11:49:06.If you have the average dining room chairs, to avoid the boredom dining room looks and to make it more decorative, you can decorate the glass top dining room table with the nice countertop, so the plain design of the chair will be diverted by the decorative table. The interesting thing about this kind of dining table is that you will find it easy to clean it up since the top was made from the glass yet you have to clean it often because the glass table top will also easy to dirt as well.
marshall Drapes, 2018-02-03 11:18:47.Place some drapes inside your living room does not mean you are forget about the air circulation, since air circulation, along with the window availability and also ventilation, is really important. Thus, you need to open the drape and tie it up on the hanger gradually, on the morning, so that you can get enough light and air as well. In addition, you can also get eye-catching and high-end drapes in style by choose the double layer living room drapes, so that you it will cover your window perfectly from the outside. So, are you ready to build up?
marshall Dining Room, 2018-02-01 05:53:08.Even though coloring is important in order to bring up your dream formal dining room, furniture placement is important as well because the furniture you place in your dining room represents your taste. Every furniture place in a formal dining room should be high quality and even luxurious. Most furniture placed to this theme of dining room made out of high quality wood. Nowadays, numerous of different colors and styles of formal dining room ideas are available. It depends on you which one matched to your taste.
marshall Dining Room, 2018-02-01 01:24:09.There are so many French country design that you will choose and apply for your dining room. You just have to choose one of them as you want also as your need. However, before you try to apply the best French country design for your dining room, you have to make sure that your dining room design will be the same line with the other rooms in every part in your house. You have to choose the colors and furniture that have the same line with the other furniture in your house, so that your house will look like more beautiful with the best design of your French country dining room.
marshall Living room, 2018-02-03 04:19:05.It can be seen that most of living room accent chairs provide the arm-less with a puffy seat holder where you can enjoy the time by lye over the accent chair. Equipped with a big, high back-holder, these accent chairs may give you more about comfortable and convenience feeling in usage so that you are about to get enough enjoyment after all. In the other hand, the color and the model of the accent chair also provide in huge of number where you are about to get confused in which choose the best one among them all.
marshall Bedroom, 2018-02-02 14:20:51.Room decor can be in many models. You can choose one as your idea to make your won decor. Hippie can be one of many themes that can be your inspiration. Hippie will over look that is different. This is can be the most creative idea . If you dare to use this theme you need to look at this steps and ideas. Actually it will need your effort to make the hippie room. Hippie room decor is identical with dark color such as blue, black, and many more. However you still need bright color such as red, and yellow.
marshall Living room, 2018-02-01 11:40:24.You also can create corner sitting to make your living room better. This is done by putting a side table at the corner of your living room. The thing you should know is to make sure that furniture in your living room won’t complicate the access in your living room. The next formal living room ideas is by having mirror in it. It is such an obligation to put mirror in the living room because it will give decorative touch and it also will give the impression of wider space.
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Lung transplantation, the only life-saving therapy for an increasing population of patients with end-stage lung disease, is severely limited by the number of available donor organs. Currently, up to 80% of donor lungs are rejected for serious but potentially reversible injuries. Since the beginning of transplantation in 1960s, clinicians and scientists have been trying to address the critical shortage of donor organs.
Now, a multidisciplinary team from Columbia Engineering and Vanderbilt University has – for the first time – demonstrated in a clinically relevant model that severely damaged lungs can be regenerated to meet transplantation criteria. In a study, the researchers describe the cross-circulation platform that maintained the viability and function of the donor lung and the stability of the recipient for 36 to 56 hours.
As Brandon Guenthart, a lead author of the study, explains “to support lung recovery and to demonstrate cellular regeneration, we had to pursue a radically different approach and develop more minimally invasive diagnostics.” Current methodologies of lung support are limited to only 6 to 8 hours, a time that is too short for therapeutic interventions that could regenerate the injured lung and improve its function.
The team, co-led by Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, professor and The Mikati Foundation professor of biomedical engineering and medical sciences Columbia Engineering, and Matthew Bacchetta, the H William Scott professor of surgery at Vanderbilt University and adjunct professor at Columbia University’s department of biomedical engineering, also developed new diagnostic tools for the non-invasive evaluation of the regenerating lung. They expect their advance will lead to an increase in the number of lungs for transplant, through the recovery of severely damaged lungs that are currently unsuitable for clinical use.
The researchers have long been focused on developing processes to recover lungs that are being turned down for transplant because of injury to enable people with end-stage lung disease to live longer and better lives. “We have been fortunate to assemble a highly talented, interdisciplinary team of bio-engineers, surgeons, pulmonologists, and pathologists, who have designed a durable physiologic support system for a donor lung outside the body, along with new technologies to achieve and monitor lung recovery,” Bacchetta says.
A previous study from the team demonstrated a cross-circulation platform that maintained the viability and function of a donor lung for 36 hours. The researchers were able to use their advanced support system to fully recover the functionality of lungs injured by ischaemia and make them suitable for transplant.
For this study, the team decided to test the effectiveness of their platform technology combined with conventional therapies and new diagnostics on lungs afflicted by the most frequent injury leading to donor lung rejection – gastric aspiration. This injury is caused by the entry of gastric material into the respiratory tract, resulting in severe injury to the pulmonary epithelium and thus making the lung unacceptable for transplantation. Currently, severely damaged donor lungs cannot be salvaged using existing devices or methods.
This study suggests that lungs injured by gastric aspiration can be maintained outside the body for several days, are amenable to repeated therapeutic interventions, and display evidence of cellular regeneration and improved function. Lungs regenerated on this platform met all criteria for transplantation.
“For seven years, we have diligently worked to develop new technologies for the maintenance and recovery of donor organs. This paper represents a culmination of fundamental and translational studies of lung bio-engineering that have converged into a system capable to recover severely damaged lungs. We now have the team and technology to bring this research to the patients, by making more donor lungs available for transplant,” says Vunjak-Novakovic.
The team plans to conduct further studies to evaluate the functional capacity of the lungs following transplantation and the safety of the method, using a clinically relevant large animal model with immuno-suppression.
“We envision that interventional cross-circulation may be used to investigate regeneration of other damaged organs, such as hearts, kidneys, and livers, expanding donor pools by salvaging severely damaged organs and leading to more organ transplants,” Bacchetta adds.
The number of available donor organs limits lung transplantation, the only lifesaving therapy for the increasing population of patients with end-stage lung disease. A prevalent etiology of injury that renders lungs unacceptable for transplantation is gastric aspiration, a deleterious insult to the pulmonary epithelium. Currently, severely damaged donor lungs cannot be salvaged with existing devices or methods. Here we report the regeneration of severely damaged lungs repaired to meet transplantation criteria by utilizing an interventional cross-circulation platform in a clinically relevant swine model of gastric aspiration injury. Enabled by cross-circulation with a living swine, prolonged extracorporeal support of damaged lungs results in significant improvements in lung function, cellular regeneration, and the development of diagnostic tools for non-invasive organ evaluation and repair. We therefore propose that the use of an interventional cross-circulation platform could enable recovery of otherwise unsalvageable lungs and thus expand the donor organ pool.
Brandon A Guenthart, John D O’Neill, Jinho Kim, Dawn Queen, Scott Chicotka, Kenmond Fung, Michael Simpson, Rachel Donocoff, Michael Salna, Charles C. Marboe, Katherine Cunningham, Susan P Halligan, Holly M. Wobma, Ahmed E Hozain, Alexander Romanov, Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Matthew Bacchetta
The shortage of transplantable donor organs has profound consequences, especially for patients with end-stage lung disease, for which transplantation remains the only definitive treatment. Although advances in ex vivo lung perfusion have enabled the evaluation and reconditioning of marginally unacceptable donor lungs, clinical use of the technique is limited to ~6 h. Extending the duration of extracorporeal organ support from hours to days would enable longer recovery and recipient-specific manipulations of the donor lung, with the goal of expanding the donor organ pool and improving long-term outcomes. By using a clinically relevant swine model, here we report the development of a cross-circulation platform wherein recipient support enabled 36 h of normothermic perfusion that maintained healthy lungs and allowed for the recovery of injured lungs. Extended support enabled multiscale therapeutic interventions in all extracorporeal lungs. Lungs exceeded transplantation criteria, and recipients tolerated cross-circulation with no significant changes in physiologic parameters throughout 36 h of support. Our findings suggest that cross-circulation should enable extended support and interventions in extracorporeal organs.
John D O’Neill, Brandon A Guenthart, Jinho Kim, Scott Chicotka, Dawn Queen, Kenmond Fung, Charles Marboe, Alexander Romanov, Sarah XL Huang, Ya-Wen Chen, Hans-Willem Snoeck, Matthew Bacchetta, Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic
[link url="https://engineering.columbia.edu/press-releases/regeneration-severely-damaged-lungs"]Columbia University material[/link]
[link url="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-09908-1"]Nature Communications abstract[/link]
[link url="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41551-017-0037"]Nature Biomedical Engineering abstract[/link]

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The last of the “Twilight” saga pictures included an epic showdown between the Volturi, the Cullens and the clans that supported Edward’s family.
Edward summons the friendly vampire clans to protect half-human, half-vampire daughter Renesmee played by MacKenzie Foy. In the end, they hoped to convince the ruling Volturi that she was born and not bitten, avoiding a bloody confrontation.
To film the epic battle, 30 new vampires, each backed by their own coven and sporting unique powers, were added to the film.
The new behind-the-scenes video was added to the special edition DVD sold at Target stores.
Kate from the Denali Coven is one of the featured vampires in the clip. You may recall, she has the power to cause people extreme pain, sort of like an electric shock, explains Twilight author Stephenie Meyer.
Casey LaBow, who played Kate, walks through the devices she had to wear to create the effect of electricity flowing through her hands. Watch her zap Edward!
Zafrina from the Amazon Coven has the power to control what people see. “When she first comes to the Cullens she shows Edward the rain forest, which is where she’s from with all the beautiful scenery,” explains Judi Shekoni, who played Zafrina.
“It’s so real. If you weren’t holding my hand I’d believe it,” says Robert to Kristen as the stand in front of a large green screen. It’s used to add the images later in the film editing process.
The magic behind the movie is almost as interesting as the movie itself. In the battle, Zafrina blinds three people… or at least makes them think they’re blind.
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Veterans increasingly access healthcare services across multiple healthcare systems, and routinely receive care both within and outside VA. Poorly managed transitions of care between healthcare systems can have negative health outcomes for these dual-use Veterans, such as increased re-hospitalization and increased cost. To ensure continuous access to quality care, investigators with VA HSR&D’s Triple Aim QUERI program developed a Community Hospital Transitions Program that facilitates the transitions of Veterans from community hospitalizations back to VA primary care. This program works in conjunction with the VA Rural Transitions Nurse Program (TNP), which provides nurse-led transitional care coordination for rural Veterans discharged from a tertiary VA facility.
To understand the need for care coordination in the VA, QUERI investigators formally assessed the current state of transitions of care. Prior to implementing the Community Hospital Transitions Program and the Rural TNP, investigators conducted 7 site visits and 123 key informant interviews with VA and community providers, nurses, administrative staff, and Veterans across all sites. These interviews and site visits revealed internal and external barriers that hindered care coordination, as well as suggestions to guide the interventions.
Both the Community Hospital Transitions Program and the Rural TNP have two core elements:
- A Transitions Nurse who acts as a liaison between hospital providers and VA primary care providers, and
- System changes to facilitate increased communication between admitted or recently discharged Veterans, VA primary care, and non-VA community hospitals.
During program implementation, QUERI investigators provided in-services at VA primary care (urban and rural sites) and VA and community hospitals, conducted phone meetings with key stakeholders, and provided resources to community hospitals that included program manuals, newsletters, and quick reference guides. Internal and external facilitation, coupled with audit and feedback, were used to encourage appropriate adaptations of the programs to each implementation site. Finally, to ensure that program success and the sustainability of the program were measured – and to track return on investment, QUERI investigators continue to evaluate their process.
To date, these two transitions programs have reached more than 2,000 Veterans at 12 sites nationwide, covering multiple VISNs (Veterans Integrated Service Networks). The programs implement standardized interventions across sites, yet have adaptable components to allow the programs to fit into the unique contexts of VA facilities. The programs use site champions and locally hired Transitions Nurses, who work closely with the implementation teams. In addition, program interventions, implementation methods, and evaluation plans are outlined in implementation guides. The primary goal of both programs is to address gaps in the current transitions of care process for vulnerable Veterans. A secondary aim is to learn the best methods to implement, evaluate, and sustain the interventions to create seamless transitional care for all Veterans.
For more information about the transitions of care programs and/or Triple Aim QUERI, please contact Catherine Battaglia, PhD, RN, at Catherine.Battaglia@va.gov .


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Waiting for the End of the World: Eschatology and Art 1939-Present
A Symposium of the Association of Scholars of Christianity in the History of Art (ASCHA)
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Above: Detail from Nancy Spero's Search and Destroy, War Series. Courtesy The Estate of Nancy Spero and Galerie Lelong & Co., New York. © 2018 The Nancy Spero and Leon Golub Foundation for the Arts.


Toronto, July 18 (IANS) Post-menopausal women, especially those who are obese, should exercise at least five hours a week to curb obesity and breast cancer risk, shows research.
Exercising 300 minutes per week is recommended for reducing total fat in post-menopausal women than the currently recommended 150 minutes, the researchers said.
“A possible association between physical activity and post-menopausal breast cancer risk is supported by more than 100 epidemiologic studies, with strong biologic rationale supporting fat loss as an important (though not the only) mediator of this association,” the study said.
“Our findings of a dose-response effect of exercise on total fat mass and several other adiposity measures, including abdominal fat, especially in obese women, provide a basis for encouraging post-menopausal women to exercise at least 300 minutes/week, longer than the minimum recommended for cancer prevention,” researchers said.
The results of the one-year clinical trial was published online in the journal JAMA Oncology.
According to the study, physical activity is an inexpensive, non-invasive strategy for disease prevention advocated by public health agencies around the world, with recommendations to be physically active at least 150 minutes per week at moderate intensity or 60 to 75 minutes per week at vigorous intensity for overall health.
For the new study, Christine Friedenreich of Alberta Health Services, Canada, and colleagues compared 300 minutes of exercise per week with 150 minutes per week of moderate to vigorous aerobic exercise for its effect on body fat in 400 inactive post-menopausal women who were evenly split into the two exercise groups.
The women, who had body mass index (BMI) 22 to 40, were asked not to change their usual diet.
Any aerobic activity that raised the heart rate 65 percent to 75 percent of heart rate reserve was permitted, and most of the activities involved the elliptical trainer, walking, bicycling and running.
Average reductions in total body fat were larger in the 300-minute versus 150-minute group.
Abdominal fat, BMI, waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio also decreased more in the 300-minute group, the findings showed.


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Kristalina Georgieva's Nomination Is Being Vorted
The International Monetary Fund Board of Directors is expected to approve Kristalina Georgieva as managing director of the financial institution on Wednesday. The Bulgarian is the only candidate and enjoys the support of both the European Union and the United States.
On Tuesday, she was interviewed by the management of the International Monetary Fund and, according to Reuters, Georgieva convinced them she was fit for the post.
So far, the position was occupied by Christine Lagarde, who is about to become the head of the European Central Bank.
The IMF approved a change in its statutes to remove the age requirement for the position of managing director,
so that the application of Ms Georgieva, who turned 66 on 13 August, would be valid.
In a statement, the IMF recalled that, since 1951, the general provisions prohibited the appointment of a candidate aged 65 or more as managing director and did not allow the holder to perform his functions after the age of 70.
Georgieva was named EU candidate for IMF chief on 2 August.

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text: This Sunday will be the last shift I work and when I think about it I feel sad. I honestly cannot believe that my time in Purdue will be over soon. Friday will be the last classes I attend at Purdue and I cannot help but want time to stop. I cannot even pull myself to book my shuttle to the airport because I know once I do, I have to leave and my time here in the Purdue bubble will be over. When I think about my hesitation about Purdue last May I cannot help but laugh. This was the most life changing and valuable thing I could have ever done. The people I have met, the things I have experienced have all been worth it. I know I have made friends for life. Purdue will always be a special place to me.

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Labor is hoping the uncertainty surrounding the leadership of the NSW party won't impact on the federal campaign for Bill Shorten to become prime minister.
Michael Daley on Monday quit as NSW Labor leader following the party's poor showing in the state election but vowed to contest a leadership ballot to be held after the federal poll due in May.
"To do otherwise would be an unnecessary distraction from the task of electing a Shorten Labor government in a few weeks' time," Mr Daley said in a statement.
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Deputy leader Penny Sharpe will fill in as interim leader until the ballot.
NSW Labor said in an official statement the leadership ballot was being delayed because "the party is on official campaign footing and is committed to the task of electing a Shorten Labor government over the next seven weeks."
Ms Sharpe on Monday said she was looking forward to campaigning with Mr Shorten.
"I am looking so forward to standing next to Bill Shorten and making a case for Labor and getting rid of Scott Morrison and the Liberal government," she told reporters.
Mr Daley denied his decision to renominate for the leadership could hurt federal Labor.
"The fact that I'm standing aside as leader today removes the distraction," he said.
Mr Daley's final week of the campaign involved two major blunders.
A video from September emerged of Mr Daley telling a pub forum that Asian migrants were taking local jobs and he then stumbled on key numbers behind his education policies during a live television debate.