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On the gentle slope down to the polder from the north levee that urges the Gein River onward to Driemond, stands this pretty building. A Sunday School, it was built in 1932 in the architectural style of the Amsterdam School; note especially the doors and the handsome steeple.
The cash-strapped community of the Vinkenbuurt had long used an old and derelict building a bit further down on the dike and also the premises of two farmers, Thomas Groenendaal and Jan Randeraad. So something new was in order. The new building was funded by the three well-to-do Schalij bachelor-brothers of the farmstead 'Oost-Gein' just across the river. It is said it was erected where an eighteenth-century chapel had stood before and it was used until 1975. Today it's an artist's studio.
Grateful for this gift, the villagers called the School 'Eben-Haëzer'. This is often translated from the Old-Testament Hebrew of I Samuel 7,12 as 'Hitherto the Lord has helped us'. Actually, that's not the exact meaning of 'Eben-Haëzer'. Those words mean 'Stone of Help' or even just 'commemorative stone', but this is immediately 'glossed' by Samuel to that common understanding.
Schools such as these were devised first in England at the end of the eighteenth century. Notable patron was Robert Raikes (1736-1811) who sought a semblance of (christian) education for young people, mostly boys, factory-bound for six days a week with only a free Sunday. In the late 1830s his example was taken up in The Netherlands especially by people such as Abraham Capadose (1795-1874) associated with the so-called 'Réveil', an influential religious awakening movement.
Here I raise mine Ebenezer; hither by thy help I’m come...
~ Hymn, Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing, lyrics by Robert Robinson
More info here . . . www.revneal.org/Writings/whatsan.htm and here www.anotherthink.com/contents/essays_on_faith/20050408_he...
The word "Ebenezer" comes from Hebrew and is actually two words pronounced together: Even Haazer. It is usually transliterated as a proper name by dropping the definite article (Ha) from the Hebrew word for "help" (Ezer) and putting it together with the Hebrew word for "stone" (Even) to create: "Ebenezer." The etymological roots of the word, thus defined, should demonstrate that an "Ebenezer" is, literally, a "Stone of Help."
Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Jeshanah, and named it Ebenezer; for he said, "Thus far the LORD has helped us." So the Philistines were subdued and did not again enter the territory of Israel; the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel. The towns that the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron to Gath; and Israel recovered their territory from the hand of the Philistines. There was peace also between Israel and the Amorites. (1 Samuel 7:12-14 NRSV)
The Ebenezer stone represented a fresh beginning, a reversal of course for God's people. It also said something important about God: his mercies are everlasting; his covenant is forever.
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Happiness is a treasure, Happiness is wealth, Happiness is health, And everything in between. Happiness is the cure for loneliness, The medicine for the heartbroken, A perfect relief to the sorrowful, A hope for the hopeless. Seek to be happy And then to make others happy For nothing but happiness Is the key to making the world a better place. Wear a S.M.I.L.E! Always be H.A.P.P.Y!! And share your H.A.P.P.I.N.E.S.S!!! (In commemoration of the International Day of Happiness) Photo credit: © Ebenezer Akinrinade - EAphotoMedia **** **** **** **** #IDH2017 #UnitedNations #InternationalDayOfHappiness #EbenezerAkinrinade #EAphotoMedia #StreetPhotography #Ikorodu #LagosPhotographer #Portrait #PictureOfTheDay #CaptionThis #DocumentaryPhotographer #Happiness #GirlsEducation #GlobalGoals #EducentricPhotographer #Girls #SDGs #InstaPics #InspireAStory #Photo #Inspiration via Instagram ift.tt/2nNokX2
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Nigerian Student develops cure for breast cancer . A female student of the African University of Science and Technology, Abuja, Sandra Musujusu, has developed an alternative treatment for breast cancer. The scientific breakthrough might lead to a lasting solution in the treatment of breast cancer prevalent among women world over. This was made known on Tuesday in Abuja when the World Bank Education Director, Dr Jaime Saavedra Chanduvi, with his team visited the University as part of his assessment tour of the 10 African Centres of Excellence (ACE) centres. The World Bank has committed about $10 billion for the ACE project in Nigeria, as part of efforts to encourage conduct of cutting-edge research and specialisation of the beneficiaries institutions in specific development problems faced in Nigeria and indeed the African continent. Musujusu’s research, using macromolecular science is aimed at developing bio-degradable polymer material which could be used as alternative for the treatment of breast cancer in the near future. She revealed that her research focuses on triple negative breast cancer which is the aggressive sub-type of breast cancer that is common with women from African ancestry. . Musujusu, a Sierra-Leonian national, is conducting the research under the sponsorship of the Pan African Materials Institute (PAMI). Musujusu said, “My research is actually centred on the development of bio-degradable polymers for treatment of breast cancer. . I will be focusing on triple negative breast cancer which is actually the aggressive sub-type of breast cancer that is common with women from African ancestry.” . . I believe there is a bright future for Africa, and as a woman there is much more we can do if we are empowered. This award given to me by PAMI has empowered me to face my studies with more confidence and actually contribute to the frontier of knowledge and move Africa forward.” #Repost from @estherijewere (fb post) via Instagram ift.tt/2tnZmCm
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A million miles above my head I see a thousand thing in the cloud A thousand twinkling little lights All very little but yet so beautiful I wish these lights were all mine I wish, oh, how I wish. I soon heard a whisper Saying that I am but a light A shinning little star on earth Like the glittering stars in the sky. I am but a child An innocent little lamb With a heart pure as gold And body undefiled at all. Credit: Poem & Photograph by @EbenezerAkinrinade #EAphotoMedia #EbenezerAkinrinade #StoneOfHelp #InspireAStory #LifeOfAnIntrovert #EducentricPhotographer #Poetry #StreetPhotography #portraits #instaphoto #PhotoOfTheDay #InstaPics #NigerianPhotographer #StreetChild #Hope #PhotoContest #BW #Children #UnitedNation #Ikorodu #LagosPhotographer via Instagram ift.tt/2pi4dUr
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I may not have given birth to my own child yet, but I feel like a father already knowing that I've had the privilege of educating, inspiring and bringing a little smile upon the faces of thousands of children over the years. There's sooooo much to be grateful for. #Throwback #PicsOfTheDay #Instaphoto #charity #NigerianChild #Volunteer #SocialWork #Children #PhotoOfTheDay #EbenezerAkinrinade #MemoryToCherish #TeensMentor #GirlChild #Education #Advocacy #StoneOfHelp #InspireAStory #EbenezerAkinrinade via Instagram ift.tt/2puCSL1
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Yes, education is the key. But what kind of key are we handing over to the next generation: an ordinary key or a master key? Maybe it's time to rethink the future! Theme: #NextGenScholars Photo by: Ebenezer Akinrinade - #EAphotoMedia #SDGs4 #Education #Literacy #StreetPhotography #EbenezerAkinrinade #InspireAStory #StoneOfHelp #SELPAfrica #LifeOfAnIntrovert #NigerianChild #BlackHistory #MatthewAshimolowo #NigerianAuthors #ReadABook #TeensMentor #iLEADteens #EducentricPhotographer #DocumentaryPhotographer #ARLFoundation #LHFoundation #SuccessEquation #instapics #PhotoOfTheDay #trending #socialmedia #GlobalGoals #Books #ReadingCulture via Instagram ift.tt/2onIjvt
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