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Letter from a parishioner about the good work he does with the youth in Sea Scouts.
3424 Euclid Ave.
Berwyn, Ill
June 12, 1932
Dear Father Rubel:- The words “restless” which you used this morning in describing the approaching school vacation struck in me a responsive chord. It so accurately describes the situation. For a few days there is the lawlessness of the newly liberated, then for about a month comparative quiet, and after that ever-increasing restlessness that too often finds outlet in mischief.
I write this, believing that I am about as good an authority as you can find, to tell you what a difference your work in the Naval Unit has made in our neighborhood boys and their associates who come to “gang up” with them. I know that boys in their most trying years are no different from the rest of us — want to do what is right — but for fear of being thought “sissified” go to the other extreme and get themselves misunderstood. I have notices a difference ever since you began with our boys in respect for the rights and the property of others, in manly bearing and courtesy. Actually courtesy! These little would be toughs carry themselves for the most part with dignity and have contracted manners. Of course there are lapses, but even the most heedless of all has shown surprising improvement. You have done a big thing when you get a boy to regard himself as a man of responsibility — a good citizen.
This improvement has been gradual and steady and is still going on. I have always liked boys because they somehow seemed to me to be a little unjustly blamed for their actions, and so I am very grateful to you for what you have done.
These over-long vacations without a duty or occupation prescribed are to me tragedies. However discouraging life may seem at times — and whose doesn’t — you have reason to feel considerable satisfaction over the results of this training.
Very Sincerely Yours,
Elizabeth Nichols
I know, for I have seen
Testimonies of a free mind
This photo was taken in Pashupati Nath Temple - Nepal
Copyright © Mihai Sebastian Manole. All rights reserved.
We've all been there, haven't we? I know I have... I’ve been fighting some sort of bug since last week, and there’s been a few times that I thought it was winning. I’ve bested guys in terms of strength who are quite a bit bigger than me, so it always amazes me how often the smallest of critters can knock you so flat. As in this image of a rare Carolina rhododendron growing out from rock, however, it makes you realize that out from so ponderous a place can emerge beauty... even if that “beauty” is an understanding of how good it feels after twelve rounds against some microorganism with a pug nose and a cauliflower ear. My mom would have loved this place at the top of Hawksbill Mountain... and, right or wrong, she would have managed some cuttings of this rare beauty... and made it grow wherever she planted it... with ease, no less... thereby multiplying its beauty. I have to threaten things at shovel-point just to get them to sprout. Mom just knew how to do it.
It reminds me of something else... today is my mom’s birthday. She would have been 80-years old. She died in 2001 at age 67 from the effects of squamous-cell carcinoma, a particularly virulent form of cancer that doesn’t respond well to treatment of any sort. The end of life for her was scary and painful, though through it I saw a resolve that I’ve rarely seen in anyone... it really brought home such verses as 2 Corinthians 12:9, “But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.” The result of all treatment was no better than before treatment... the cancer had gone into metastasis and had spread throughout her spine, leaving a prognosis of “terminal” with perhaps two months to live.
She also had suffered from manic depression, also known as bi-polar disease... I spent many years of frustration, even as a child, with an inability to reason with her, as that is one effect of the disease. The result of chemo-therapy, however, lifted the depression, and for the first time in decades, I was able to communicate clearly with my mom, albeit mostly with the written word, as she had lost most of her hearing. “Dear Mom” was an amalgam of two letters that I’d written to my mother before she died.
As I stated, mom was nearly deaf, mostly as a result of tinnitus, hence the need to write letters. After she was pronounced terminal, my plan was to leave here in Durham and head some 8-hours away to Perry, Georgia to stay with her to the end, though after praying for her relief, the end came sooner than I was prepared for. I had called some close friends from church and prayed with them that if she could not be saved, then please not let her suffer any more. My older brother called a couple of days later the evening before she died to inform me that she had lapsed into a coma due to a kidney infection and that she was slipping away. That was on a Sunday, and I was working my heart out on a rather complex installation (I was an HVAC contractor) I had started earlier in the week… it was the only thing standing in my way. I finished and made it home around midnight. I had to wash clothes after that long week, but I was determined to get some rest for the long drive ahead as the clothes dried… I set the clock for 8am. Shutting down to sleep didn’t come easy, but I did… and then I had a dream about mom just appearing there in my bedroom.
As I stated, she had bi-polar disease since about the time she was 28-years old, due to a neck injury, which eventually made life with her tough. That condition lifted with her chemo treatment… for the first time in decades, I was able to communicate with her reasonably without the manic condition, but she could no longer hear. In my dream, though, she was whole, young, vital, and in control of herself… and she could hear. We talked for a while, and she said that there was so much to tell me, but that the only thing that mattered was that she knew I had forgiven her and that I loved her… I never understood the turmoil we had to go through, but I had never once not loved her. She then said that she was proud of the man that I was and that she loved me… and then she was gone.
I woke up in that moment distraught. I took note of the time, 2:37, and told myself that I didn’t need such aggravation for the long day ahead. The next thing I knew, the phone was ringing at 5 minutes before the alarm went off… it was my dad, calling to tell that mom had breathed her last at around 2:30. I couldn’t hardly speak. I handwrote the letter later the next evening while sitting close to her at the funeral home… I was trying my best to convey this incident, which could only have come from God, without uttering a word of it. Though it was probably the hardest thing I’ve ever done, I read it the next day at the funeral. I was cordial at the funeral home, though I made it somewhat evident that I didn’t want participate in conversation so that I could finish… after I read it, just about everyone there stepped up to speak to me, and nearly everyone wanted a copy… I think mom would have liked that. I scanned it there at the church and made copies for everyone but me. When my dad visited a couple of weekends back, he brought the original for Joyce to read. She typed it up and sent it to me. I hadn’t read it since 2001, but it still affects me… out from this hard place emerged an unexplainable beauty... that’s a good thing. What do you think?
Dear Mom,
I’m writing this to you with the full realization that you will never read it in this life. Yet, I feel a compulsion to write it nonetheless, for I also realize that you now see clearly what we here still see darkly. I know that you know my heart even before I pour it out on this page.
There tend to be many things in this life of which we have little regard until we’re faced with them. As a Christian, though, I’ve often wondered why some people sail peacefully through to the end of life, while others suffer greatly. I understand that we serve a God who passes all understanding, but I still try to understand.
God showed that I knew the answer all along. Whenever anyone sets their will to follow Christ, that person becomes a powerful instrument against evil – and thus an active threat against Satan. For the Christian’s example, even in suffering, may well lead others into the same commitment. So that person – or group of people or church – comes under the harassment of the evil one, who will do all in his power to thwart and divert, tempt and seduce, discourage and destroy this determination to walk in the Light.
And God allows it. He permits the Devil to try the determination of the Pilgrim, for without this testing, the Christian’s faith cannot be refined and matured. As much as he knows in his head that Jesus is Victor, as much as he reads it in the Bible and hears of it in the testimony of others, until he walks through the fire himself, he will not own it in his heart.
Mom, you showed us all how to walk through fire. You must have been an incredible threat to Satan as he made you suffer greatly by means of fear and the destruction of your body. God’s love, though, was greater than your suffering, and you never lost sight of that prize.
I’ve learned a lot from the experiences of my life. My experience of skydiving taught me to face fear. I had to perform ten static line jumps before I progressed to actual freefalls. On my first jump, I eased myself from the aircraft with both hands gripping the wing strut, my left foot on the pad above the wheel and my right foot dangling 3000 feet over Jackson County Airport in Pascagoula, Mississippi. I awaited my instructor’s signal. All I had to do was push off and let go, but I had two obstacles to overcome: pushing off and letting go.
The day of surgery, I witnessed you push off and let go, not in defeat but in defiance. I saw you push off and let go in the face of certain mutilation and pain as a result of the cancer. You pushed off and let go of bitterness and resentment. Despite your struggle with pain, an uncommon sweetness settled over you. Once, while returning to your room, I heard your nurse exclaim to others at her station, “Mrs. Kight said I’m beautiful!” Everyone was beautiful to you that day. I was most astounded, though, when you pushed off and let go to allow the enabling grace of God to take control during your pre-op. You told Dad and me to trust in Jesus, no matter what my come. Then you asked the surgeons to place their hands in His hands. This tribulation would not stand against your strength of resolve and character. I will use this as the blueprint for my own strength.
The next day, as I came into your room, I found you crying, not sad tears, but tears of joy. I helped you blow your nose. Only afterwards did I realize that you were the one who used to clean my nose, and a flood of memories poured out on me. I looked at you and understood, in a tangible way, how strength is perfected in weakness. I had come to be a blessing to you, but you were a greater blessing to me. I believe in that very moment life for us had come full circle. In that moment of my own weakness, all I could do was hold your hand, cry softly to myself, and love you while you slept.
I looked forward to your recovery. I had dreamed for years of being able to show you some of the beautiful places I’d go to photograph. But early Sunday morning of February 4th, you pushed off and let go for the last time. You’ve gone as far as you can go.
I just wanted you to know that your family loves you and your life was significant to us. Even in death you have made us stronger. My prayer is that we continue to grow closer and stronger, but never so strong that our hearts cannot be moved.
Though we’ll miss you always as we continue our lives here, I’m reminded of a truth that gives me great comfort . . . as we forge ahead to follow Christ through the wide places of joy and the narrow places of our own tribulation, we know you’ll be with us always, as you are now with Jesus while He yet abides in our hearts.
And in that day that I am called beyond nature, I look forward to you showing me the beautiful things in that wonderful place.
‘Til then,
Your son,
Mike
For all who read this, if you've had similar incidents, I'd love to hear from you. God bless you all!
Governor O'Malley Testifies on the Maryland Transportation Financing and Infrastructure Act of 2012. by Jay Baker at Annapolis, Maryland
Governor O'Malley Testifies on the Maryland Transportation Financing and Infrastructure Act of 2012. by Jay Baker at Annapolis, Maryland
Governor O'Malley Testifies on the Maryland Transportation Financing and Infrastructure Act of 2012. by Jay Baker at Annapolis, Maryland
These where taken back in October.. inside the church at Torbryan
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Governor O'Malley Testifies on the Maryland Transportation Financing and Infrastructure Act of 2012. by Jay Baker at Annapolis, Maryland
Governor O'Malley Testifies on the Maryland Transportation Financing and Infrastructure Act of 2012. by Jay Baker at Annapolis, Maryland
Founded in 379 as Basilica Martyrum on the burial spot of the martyrs Gervase e Protase, in 397 the basilica also became a mausoleum for the city's bishop and future patron saint. Because of this - a testimony to Milanese ecclesiastical independence, and its ancient traditions - the church is one of the most symbolic sites in the city. By the 11 th century the edifice was extensively rebuilt in the Romanesque style. A vast arcaded atrium, built between 1088 and 1099, gives entrance to the Basilica. The atrium has a rectangular plant, three sides of which are arcades while the forth is the narthex of the basilica. There are composite columns with decorated capitals, engraved with figures representing different kinds of monsters and vegetables, dating for the most part from the 17 th century.In the inside high pillars hold arcades, the central of the three of apsidal naves is divided in four square spans; the aisles on the sides are identical and topped by the women's galleries. Many frescoes and mosaics of high value are present, like the seventh chapel that gives access to the small chapel of Saint Vittore in Ciel d'Oro.
The gabled form of the façade on two superimposed loggias, a narthex, and an upper loggia of five diminishing arches, seems to be framed at the base by the arcades of the atrium itself; while the higher part is flanked by the double profile of the bell towers, the southern and shorter one is called the Torre dei Monaci, and dates from the 9th century, while the second one, incorporating delicate pilasters and small arches, is known as the Torre dei Canonici and was built between 1128 and 1144. On the left portal a pre-Romanesque relief depicting St. Ambrose is found; the central portal has lintels, door posts, and lunette formed by intaglio fragments dating from 8th - 10th century.
"...I told them, my clothes, you know, to come back. That my Mom would be all spazzin' out, right? But, noooo. And then BOOM! My diaper came off. Is it too late to plead the Fifth?"
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Still from Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson's testimony entitled "Past, Present, and Future of NASA" at the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hearing (Wednesday, March 7, 2012, "Priorities, Plans, and Progress of the Nation's Space Program").
All documents and video from the hearing are in the public domain. More information at zepfanman.com/tyson
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Governor O'Malley Testifies on the Maryland Transportation Financing and Infrastructure Act of 2012. by Jay Baker at Annapolis, Maryland
This is an article about the building that appeared in the Los Angeles Times:
(April 22, 1928)
BEVERLY HILLS CONSTRUCTING PLANT
Ornate Water Project Located on Landscaped Site
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Beauty of architecture and landscaping make the new Beverly Hills water treatment plant, being completed at La Cienega Boulevard and Country Club Drive (Olympic Blvd. was called Country Club Drive originally), a public improvement project of unusual distinction. The structure calls for a cost of $147,882.73 and with site, machinery and verdurous adornment, the project represents an investment of about $350,000. The building faces on La Cienega Boulevard, the grounds extending to Country Club Drive on the south, Le Doux Road on the west and Gregory Way at the north. The structure was designed and planned by Salisbury, Bradshaw & Taylor. With its surrounding of trees, lawns, flowers and shrubs placed according to carefully devised landscaping plan, the place has the appearance of a beautiful park and, especially on the south side, lends itself to such purpose for visitors. Seymour Thoma, landscape architect, prepared the landscaping plans and the work is under inspection of George V. Chapman, Superintendent of Parks and Parkways at Beverly Hills, it was stated. A $400,000 bond issue, sanctioned at the election in Beverly Hills last Monday, will provide for installing two recreation parks, Mr. Chapman said. One will be located across the street to the east of the water plant and will occupy a site about ten acres, having La Cienega Boulevard, Country Club Drive and Gregory Way as its boundaries, it was announced. It will be equipped with tennis courts, baseball diamond, playgrounds, wading pools and other recreational facilities, Mr. Chapman said. The other contemplated park is to be located on a sixteen-acre site facing Country Club Drive on the south and Linden Drive on the east, it was stated. Mr. Chapman will supervise their installation.
These are some excerpts from another LA Times article about the fight to save the building:
(Nov. 16, 1986)
-Admirers of an abandoned waterworks in La Cienega Park in Beverly Hills hope to save the Spanish-style building despite plans to wreck it to make way for new athletic fields. "It's part of our heritage in the city," said Pauline Stein, chairwoman of the city's Architectural Commission. "I think it could be rehabilitated and there could be some adaptive re-use of the building."
-The concrete building, completed in 1928 at a cost of $147,882.73, was the first municipal water treatment plant on the West Coast, according to a study conducted for the American Society of Civil Engineers.
-Designed to resemble a Spanish Colonial hacienda, its cathedral-like rosette window, flying buttresses and 130-foot-high, Moorish-style tower have led generations of passers-by to believe that the structure is a church. In fact, the gray concrete walls and red tile roofs hide a warren of laboratories, treatment rooms and settling tanks that have fallen into disrepair since 1976, when the city began taking all its water from the Metropolitan Water District, a regional agency.
-"I think we need the open space {soccer fields} more," Salter said. "This is not to say that stuff with historical meaning shouldn't be saved, but I don't believe this is of that nature." (I'm really glad you were wrong, Mr. Salter)
-Although the building's southern end, where water was once sprayed into the air as part of a process to remove hydrogen sulfide from it, shows severe damage, the rest of the waterworks appears to be in good shape, said John Kariotis, a consulting structural engineer. He said the hydrogen sulfide weakened the concrete and exposed the steel reinforcing bars to rust.
-Built at a time before water was available from outside the city, the water treatment plant was designed to reduce the high concentration of dissolved solids in Beverly Hills ground water and to counter the characteristic "rotten eggs" odor caused by hydrogen sulfide. Once the chemical was recovered through the aeration process that damaged the southern end of the building, it was heated over a small oil stove at the base of the tower so that it would rise and dissipate into the atmosphere instead of wafting into neighboring homes.
-A recent visit to the abandoned structure found graffiti on virtually every inch of wall space, testimony to the visits of intruders who are periodically rousted by police.
-Despite that, and despite the plans that call for new tennis facilities and a field for baseball and soccer on the site, the unique qualities of the building should be taken into account, said Albert Hoxie, a retired architectural historian at UCLA. "It's good architecture and it's a good example of the period in which Beverly Hills flourished, that early great era of growth when they still had money to spend on things that were well done, and we're not going to get a lot more of that," he said. "Things are being torn down with such speed in Beverly Hills that if we don't start saving some things we're going to be in trouble."
Governor O'Malley Testifies on the Maryland Transportation Financing and Infrastructure Act of 2012. by Jay Baker at Annapolis, Maryland
Governor O'Malley Testifies on the Maryland Transportation Financing and Infrastructure Act of 2012. by Jay Baker at Annapolis, Maryland
Governor O'Malley Testifies on the Maryland Transportation Financing and Infrastructure Act of 2012. by Jay Baker at Annapolis, Maryland
Governor O'Malley Testifies on the Maryland Transportation Financing and Infrastructure Act of 2012. by Jay Baker at Annapolis, Maryland
The Testimony House, established by the association of Bnei Akiva veterans at the early 1990s, aims to amplify and deepen educational activity related to Holocaust remembrance.
Through its museum, archive, educational center and diverse activities, The Testimony House offers a unique, enlightening and even uplifting way to learn about the Holocaust and the post-Holocaust revival.
The museum is located in a pastoral village Nir Galim, near Ashdod, Israel.
The village Nir Galim was founded by Holocaust survivors.
The Testimony House collects, documents and preserves important material about the Holocaust.
Governor O'Malley Testifies on the Maryland Transportation Financing and Infrastructure Act of 2012. by Jay Baker at Annapolis, Maryland
Governor O'Malley Testifies on the Maryland Transportation Financing and Infrastructure Act of 2012. by Jay Baker at Annapolis, Maryland
WASHINGTON – International Security Assistance Force commander Gen. John R. Allen testifies on the current Afghanistan campaign in front of members of the Senate Armed Services Committee here March 22. (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Kap Kim)
Governor O'Malley Testifies on the Maryland Transportation Financing and Infrastructure Act of 2012. by Jay Baker at Annapolis, Maryland
Members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission listen to testimony in the second mandatory hearing under a new licensing process for two new reactors to be built on the V.C. Summer site in Jenkinsville, S.C. For more information on new reactors go to: www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors.html
Visit the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's website at www.nrc.gov/.
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This testimony card was used by my grandmother who came into the truth in 1916. The 1975 Yearbook, p. 160, says this about testimony cards: "Among witnessing devices employed in past years was the testimony card, introduced late in 1933 and used well into the 1940’s. John and Helen Groh explain: “Publishers of the good news were not so numerous as they are today and not so well trained. To assist us in our work and for better coverage of the territory, we used what was known as a testimony card. These were short printed sermons, which people were asked to read. Where people refused to read it, or became annoyed because of not having their glasses handy, we would relate to them the equivalent of what was on the card.”
I'm not sure of the year when this card was used but it was perhaps as early as 1939. According to the Proclaimers book, p. 725, "In 1939, when the cover of the magazine began to highlight the Kingdom, subscriptions for The Watchtower were offered to the public during a four-month international subscription campaign." The January-through-April subscription campaign for The Watchtower continued for many years afterward.
Note that the card says that The Watchtower was 16 pages and was printed in only 22 languages. For at least 60 years it has been printed with 32 pages, and the February 1, 2010 issue was printed in 180 languages.
Governor O'Malley Testifies on the Maryland Transportation Financing and Infrastructure Act of 2012. by Jay Baker at Annapolis, Maryland
Le journal La Gazette a publié un article à propos de cet endroit et on pouvait y lire:
"The suspension is another blow to ..... tarnished reputation, described in police testimony as a gathering spot for street-gang members and the scene of fights, arson and attempted murder."
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Governor O'Malley Testifies on the Maryland Transportation Financing and Infrastructure Act of 2012. by Jay Baker at Annapolis, Maryland
Governor O'Malley Testifies on the Maryland Transportation Financing and Infrastructure Act of 2012. by Jay Baker at Annapolis, Maryland
Gen. Darren W. McDew, commander, U.S. Transportation Command, testifies before the U.S. House Armed Services Committee at the U.S. Capitol about mobility and command posture, March 8, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (CSPAN photo)
Although it was raining most of the day, the United for Peace and Justice Anti-war rally at Lake Eola in Orlando, Florida, had a really good turnout. There were many speakers at the event, maybe too many, but the testimony given by Iraqi war veteran Clifton Hicks made it all worth it, as his accounts of what happened during his deployment in Iraq moved many to tears.
As the march started, the skies opened up and a deluge of rain came down. The marchers moved through the streets undeterred, and at about a mile into the march, came upon a small group of pro-war protesters that call themselves the Gathering of Eagles. These self proclaimed “real Americans” yelled hateful phrases and gave the old middle finger salute to everyone as they walked by. This conflict was pretty much over before it started, because the ratio of anti-war protesters to pro-war protesters was so great.
What: United for Peace and Justice Anti-war National Mobilization
When: October 27th 2007
Where: Orlando, Florida at Lake Eola
Photo also viewable at deviantART
Speakers Include:
Michael Albert - activist, author of "Remembering Tomorrow: From SDS to Life After Capitalism" & founder of Z-Magazine
Lucas Benitez - Coalition of Immokalee Workers
Debra Booth - AFL-CIO & Central Florida Labor Council
Congresswoman Corrine Brown
Scott Camil - Veteran for Peace
Michael Canney - Green Party of Florida, Co-Chair
Matt De Vlieger - SDS @ UCF (M.C. of the day)
Denise Diaz - Central Florida Jobs with Justice
Senator Mike Gravel - Anti-war Candidate for President '08
Clifton Hicks - Iraq veteran against the war (IVAW)
Jesse Kern - Veterans for Peace (Korean War Veteran)
Omar Masri - Speaker from UFPJ Steering Committee
Peg McIntire (97yo) - Grandparents for Peace, St. Augustine
David Rucker - Metropolitan Democratic Black Caucus & former President of the Orange County NAACP
Bruce Wright - St. Pete for Peace
Lydia Vickers - CodePink
Photo by Ruth-Margaret Durkin.
Thousands came to hear the testimony of popular radio host Kevin Matthews and to participate in a candlelight procession accompanied by Our Lady of the Broken.
Kevin Mathews delivered a moving testimony in St. John Cantius Church about his discovery of a shattered statue abandoned near a dumpster. This discovery would mark a turning point in his life, which itself was broken and in need of repair.
Following the testimony, the faithful gathered for a mile and a half procession from the Church to the Water Tower. Publicly praying the rosary, the faithful arrived at the Tower and concluded the night with prayers, the crowing of the Broken Mary statue, and a prayer of consecration to Our Lady composed by Pope Pius XII.
May Our Lady of the Broken intercede for us who are broken and in need of God's love and mercy to restore us and may there be peace in our lives, our families, and our homeland!
The Testimony House, established by the association of Bnei Akiva veterans at the early 1990s, aims to amplify and deepen educational activity related to Holocaust remembrance.
Through its museum, archive, educational center and diverse activities, The Testimony House offers a unique, enlightening and even uplifting way to learn about the Holocaust and the post-Holocaust revival.
The museum is located in a pastoral village Nir Galim, near Ashdod, Israel.
The village Nir Galim was founded by Holocaust survivors.
The Testimony House collects, documents and preserves important material about the Holocaust.
en.godfootsteps.org/testimonies/god-didnt-have-the-heart....
Christian Testimonies | God Didn’t Have the Heart to Let Me Fall Into the Underworld
Almighty God says: “Look back to the time of Noah’s ark: Mankind was deeply corrupt, had strayed from the blessing of God, was no longer cared for by God, and had lost the promises of God. They lived in darkness, without the light of God. Thus they became licentious by nature, abandoned themselves to hideous depravity. Such men could no longer receive the promise of God; they were unfit to witness the face of God, nor to hear the voice of God, for they had abandoned God, had cast aside all that He had bestowed upon them, and had forgotten the teachings of God. Their heart strayed farther and farther from God, and as it did, they became depraved beyond all reason and humanity, and became increasingly evil. Thus they came ever closer to death, and fell under the wrath and punishment of God. Only Noah worshiped God and shunned evil, and so he was able to hear the voice of God, and hear the instructions of God. He built the ark according to the instructions of God’s word, and assembled all manner of living creatures. And in this way, once everything had been prepared, God unleashed His destruction upon the world. Only Noah and the seven members of his family survived the destruction, for Noah worshiped Jehovah and shunned evil” (“God Presides Over the Fate of All Mankind” in The Word Appears in the Flesh). After reading this passage of God’s words I fell into a state of deep contemplation …
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God’s words say, “Look back to the time of Noah’s ark: Mankind was deeply corrupt, had strayed from the blessing of God, was no longer cared for by God, and had lost the promises of God. They lived in darkness, without the light of God. Thus they became licentious by nature, abandoned themselves to hideous depravity. Such men could no longer receive the promise of God; they were unfit to witness the face of God, nor to hear the voice of God, for they had abandoned God, had cast aside all that He had bestowed upon them, and had forgotten the teachings of God. Their heart strayed farther and farther from God, and as it did, they became depraved beyond all reason and humanity, and became increasingly evil. Thus they came ever closer to death, and fell under the wrath and punishment of God” (“God Presides Over the Fate of All Mankind” in The Word Appears in the Flesh). I was very moved by God’s words. I recalled how becoming an officer in the CCP administration was like falling into a great vat of sin, sinking deeper with every step. I remembered all my fraudulent ways of making money, how I used my position to enrich myself, the high life and the fine meals, and how debased and debauched I became. I was living a subhuman existence, and it was all because I had moved far away from God and was associating with evil demons. My predicament had totally been a result of associating with Satan and demons, and if God hadn’t saved me my fate would have been the same as those people who betrayed God in the time of Noah—God’s wrath and punishment would have befallen me and I would have died like my colleague! Nowadays, God has been incarnated in human form to express truths in order to cleanse and save people. He has come to awaken our hearts and spirits, to help us to leave sin behind and gain His care and protection. God’s work is extremely practical and His love is extremely real. When I turned back to God and began to live my life according to His words God not only saved me from sin and blessed me, He also saved my life! This is what made me understand what God meant when He said: “Only Noah worshiped God and shunned evil, and so he was able to hear the voice of God, and hear the instructions of God. He built the ark according to the instructions of God’s word, and assembled all manner of living creatures. And in this way, once everything had been prepared, God unleashed His destruction upon the world. Only Noah and the seven members of his family survived the destruction, for Noah worshiped Jehovah and shunned evil.” God is telling us that Noah gained God’s blessings and survived because he listened to God, he did everything according to God’s words, he worshiped God, and he stayed far away from evil. We, in these modern times, must also conduct our lives according to God’s words. No matter how bad or corrupt we were before, as long as we can accept truths, truly repent, and implement God’s words, then we too shall gain God’s salvation and grace. I’m sure that anyone who hears how God worked on me will be able to understand that God pulls out all the stops when it comes to saving people and that He won’t let a single innocent soul fall into the underworld!
For my brothers-in-arms in the all-reaching PSB police force I want you all to know that the words above all come directly from my heart. I know that you have all had many bitter experiences that you find hard to talk about, and that you have to do many things that you don’t want to, but whatever you do don’t be fooled by the CCP and fight against Almighty God any longer. I urge you all to give yourselves some space to back off otherwise you will find yourselves on the road to damnation. As soon as someone does anything that offends God then they are beyond redemption forever because blaspheming or resisting God is a sin that cannot be forgiven in this life or in the afterlife! Just like Ren Changxia, a police chief in the province of Henan who used her position to violently clamp down on The Church of Almighty God and arrest its members: She died a terrible death in a traffic accident. This completely confirms what Almighty God has said: “The Wicked Must Be Punished.” “He who defies the work of God shall be sent to hell.” How can ordinary mortals fight against God?! Also, my own experience should be enough to tell you that God doesn’t keep score of our transgressions, so as long as you give up your evil ways and start doing good, repent before God and return to Him, then you too can enjoy peace and happiness!
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Governor O'Malley Testifies on the Maryland Transportation Financing and Infrastructure Act of 2012. by Jay Baker at Annapolis, Maryland
New York City Mayor Eric Adams testifies before the New York State Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means Committees in Albany on Wednesday, February 15, 2023. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office
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Thousands came to hear the testimony of popular radio host Kevin Matthews and to participate in a candlelight procession accompanied by Our Lady of the Broken.
Kevin Mathews delivered a moving testimony in St. John Cantius Church about his discovery of a shattered statue abandoned near a dumpster. This discovery would mark a turning point in his life, which itself was broken and in need of repair.
Following the testimony, the faithful gathered for a mile and a half procession from the Church to the Water Tower. Publicly praying the rosary, the faithful arrived at the Tower and concluded the night with prayers, the crowing of the Broken Mary statue, and a prayer of consecration to Our Lady composed by Pope Pius XII.
May Our Lady of the Broken intercede for us who are broken and in need of God's love and mercy to restore us and may there be peace in our lives, our families, and our homeland!
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*Mankurri-api Kuu – Reconciliation Room in the Town Hall.
Officially launched on 4 November 2015: this the first Reconciliation Room in Australia. Available for use by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community groups.
*Adelaide Town Hall Timeline
1840 Town Hall Acre No. 203 acquired for 12 shillings
1850 Council Office Building erected on part of Acre No. 203
1863 Town Hall foundation stone laid
1866 Town Hall opened
1869 Prince Alfred Chambers and Queen’s Chambers completed
1875 Eagle Chambers completed
1877 First performance on original pipe organ
1880 Gladstone Chambers completed
1882 Addition of Council Chamber and Banqueting Room
1899 Dress circle erected by auditorium
1914–1915 Town Hall additions erected and administration offices refurbished
1953–1958 Extensive changes to main entrance area, ground and first floor foyers, with access established between the town hall and its adjoining buildings
1979 Colonel Light Centre office building completed
1981 Renovation of old Methodist Meeting Hall completed
1982–1990 Restoration in four stages of the Town Hall complex and the establishment of the North and South Galleries. The installation of a new pipe organ.
*Foundation Stone
The foundation stone of the new Town Hall was laid by His Excellency the Governor on Monday afternoon in the presence of a large concourse of people. A silver trowel with suitable inscription was presented to the Governor, and a dinner was afterwards held in the Council Chamber, presided over by His Worship the Mayor. Ref: South Australian Weekly Chronicle 9-5-1863]
His Excellency, who was attired in a Windsor costume, was escorted to the platform and introduced to His Worship the Mayor (Mr T English) by Mr E W Wright, the architect.
The building thus commenced will be erected from the designs of Mr Edmund W Wright, under his superintendence and that of Mr Edward Woods, architect: and we trust that in about eighteen months the citizens will have the pleasure of seeing the great undertaking completed. £16,000 is the total estimated cost. Of this £3,200 has already been borrowed. Tenders are now being called for £6,800, making £10,000 in all and a subsequent loan of £6,000 will be effected when required.
After the proceedings outside, His Excellency the Governor and some invited guests, to the number of fifty, repaired to the Council Chamber, where a most recherche collation was provided by Mr G Aldridge of the Shades. [Ref: South Australian Advertiser 26-5-1863]
*OPENING THE ADELAIDE TOWN HALL
The great event of the past week in Adelaide has been the opening of the Town Hall.
The Town Hall was commenced about two years ago from the designs of Messrs Wright and Woods, and has been carried out in its entirety at a cost of about £20,000. We can add our testimony to that of all who have seen it that it is a building of which any community might well be proud.
At the opening dinner, provided at the expense of the Mayor of Adelaide (Mr Townsend) over 800 invited guests sat down. It was a most brilliant affair, and the good feeling and harmony which prevailed at it is evidenced by the excellent speeches made on the occasion.
But the Ball on the following Friday, at which about 900 took part, came pretty near to eclipsing the dinner, for it was if anything more brilliant. Like the Hall itself, the Dinner and Ball puts every other event of the kind ever held in the colonies, completely in the shade. [Ref: Border Watch (Mount Gambier) 30-6-1866]
By David McCasland, Photo by Marc Vida
Over the past 15 years, Dan Smith’s name and face have appeared on fliers in coffee shops, laundromats, and small businesses across New York City. The six-word slogan on each flier says: Dan Smith Will Teach You Guitar. The result is that Mr. Smith stays as busy as he wants to be, teaching his students how to play the guitar. Many enthusiastic students hang his fliers in new places. It’s their way of saying, “Dan Smith taught me guitar. He can teach you too.”
The pages of the Bible are filled with accounts of people telling what God has done for them. One of the most vivid appears in John 9 where Jesus encountered a man blind from birth and miraculously enabled him to see (vv.1-7). After repeated questioning by skeptical local religious leaders, the man could only say, “One thing I know: that though I was blind, now I see” (v.25).
If you had six words to express what Christ has done for you and can do for others, what would you say? Perhaps, “Jesus Christ will forgive your sin,” or “. . . give you hope” or “. . . save your soul.” When Jesus has changed our lives, we affirm His power to do for others what He has done for us.
“I was blind, now I see.”