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Well, we are out of the soup now and thus the atmospheric shots are done. The stark Wyoming sky will be ours for the rest of the day. I finished my hike out from the canyon, met Eddie at the SUV and ended my lala shots. We made another dash back to Medicine Bow by way of the wind farm. I guess that makes it "Medicine Blow." I am not going to entertain other interpretations, grin. We snagged some shots next to the road. I kind of liked this one as it shows way more towers in the distance and is an interesting dynamic.
Off like a shot again as we searched venues in Medicine Bow and other surveillance. Are you in our spotlight, grin? At Medicine Bow we toured the museum because we saw a crowd there and the famous hotel and even the bar could wait!
At the museum, I found that the wind farm generates 40 megawatts with these now-small blades. Their old monster test tower with dual blades that I remember, cracked a blade on the first day and went out of balance and control according to Eddie. I wonder how much power the new large blades could generate? I asked an engineer from the wind test facility south of Boulder, "What might be the difference between coal and wind generation." He replied that both generator constructions would be the same in cost but that would be the end of the comparisons. The coal plant would require continuous feedings and labor. We all know of the extensive damages to the atmosphere from the coal plant. There seems to have been a transition to three blades. I noticed that each tower had a green box at the base. I assume that was a controller that helped keep them all in sync and maintained a constant 60 hertz. Did I mention they have wind here? I wonder if these dang things would slow the wind down over Nebraska?
On the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway BR Class31 A1A-A1A No.31206 works the loop at Duffield Station before she returns with the Duffield to Wirksworth service. I took this photograph with my Panasonic G7 on the 8th August 2017.
The final church this day, was one of my favourites, Nackington.
Nackington is a tiny village, more a a farm and a couple of cottages. And the church.
It is easy to miss Nackington, it is at the north end of Stone Street, and only a small white sign points down the lane, and you see it as you go speeding past. I know I do this every time, and I know that the church is there.
Only a few shots of the church here, as I have visited it on two previous occasions, but this time, Simon armed with Pevsner, pointed out the glass in two of the windows, amongst the oldest that can be found anywhere in the kingdom.
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The earliest visible remains are of a c.12th century rectangular nave, and also probably the chancel north wall. There are three surviving original plain round-headed windows (two on the north side, and one on the SW side of the nave), with external jambs and voussoirs of Caen stone. There also appears to be a blocked 12th century window in the west gable of the nave. Only the north-east quoin of the nave (also of Caenstone) is original. The main masonry is of coursed whole flints which was originally covered by a plaster face, externally as well as internally. The church was perhaps rebuilt (or erected for the first time) by St Gregory's Priory in Canterbury after they had acquired it early in the 12th century.
In the middle of the 13th century two lancets were inserted into the north wall of the chancel and a small tower was added to the west end of the nave (on the north side). A slightly larger lancet was also put into the west wall of the nave (the round-headed window in the gable wall above had been blocked by the S wall of the tower). New opposing doorways were also put into the north and south sides of the nave. The tower also has 13th century lancets in its N, S and W faces.
At perhaps a slightly later date in the 13th century, a large chapel was added to the south side of the chancel. It is connected with the nave by a wide 2-centred arch, and has a wide doorway from the churchyard on its north west side (this required the cutting away of much of the south east quoin of the nave). This chapel appears originally to have had two lancets on its south side (see Petries 1808 view from SW) and a further pair of lancets in its east wall. Hasted tells us that 'in the two east windows of this chancel (ie. the Milles family's 'South Chancel') are good remains of painted glass' (Hasted IX (1800), 297). This fine glass is now in the two north windows of the chancel, and despite restoration in 1935 is mainly of a 13th century date. There is apparently a double piscina in the south wall of the chapel, perhaps suggesting that the chapel originally contained two altars.
St Gregory's Priory acquired much land in Nackington in the 13th century (see Woodcock (ed) p.178, etc), but there is no mention of the new chapel.
The church seems to have suffered a lot from settlement problems (there are still various open cracks in the walls), and when the nave was given a new crown-post (2 bay) roof in the 15th century, large buttresses were added to the north and south sides of the west wall, as well as to the middle of the S nave wall (a new N porch may have acted also as a buttress). At some later stage the top of the west tower seems to have been take down (perhaps after becoming unstable). Two stone corbels in the north-east and south-east corners of the nave were perhaps inserted in the 15th century to support the rood beam.
In Archbishop Parker's Visitation of 1573, we hear that 'the parsonage house and chancel is like to fall downe'. (Also 'the parson is not Residente' - see Arch. Cant. 29 (1911), 275. This is also perhaps partly due to settlement. This was finally dealt with in a major mid 19th century restoration when the east walls of the chancel and south chapel (and the south wall of the south chapel) were completely rebuilt. A new two-light east window was created in the chancel, but no windows were put in the S chapel east wall. It was, however given a new 2-light S window (in 'Decorated' style). The north wall of the chancel was heightened in brick. The outer jambs and arch to the lancets were restored in Bathstone and a new roof was put on the chancel.
The south chapel contains burial vaults of the Milles family, and there are smaller vaults for the Faussetts in the chancel and Foxes (N side of nave).
At about the same time the west tower was given a new brick upper stage with a small spire on top. The tower contains one bell which was perhaps moved from a bell-cote in the nave roof above the N door (see rubbing marks on rere-arch of N door). Hasted says that the church had 'at the north-west corner a low wooden pointed turret, in which hangs one bell'. The tower contains an internal N->S tie-bar (on the west) and also a west altar and a 19th cent. font in the SE corner. The boiler room (with steps down) is immediately south of the tower. There is also an oil tank south of the nave.
The north porch was also completely rebuilt in the later 19th century. There is an iron tie from the porch west to the NW buttress, and a new vestry with lobby was built west of the south chapel. It has flint facing and a 'perp' 3-light W window. The SE nave window was also restored in Bathstone (bricks above) with a round-headed top at this time.
The chancel screen and panelling around the chancel walls was added in 1909 by W D Caroe and a pulpit was made in 1924. The earlier organ, recently restored is now at the NE corner of the nave. The panelling in the tower was also added by W D Caroe in 1909.
BUILDING MATERIALS (Incl. old plaster, paintings, glass, tiles etc.):
Flint rubble (with occasional Roman bricks) with Caen stone quoins, jambs etc, are used for the 12th and 13th century walls. The 15th century buttresses have large Ragstone quoins and chamfered plinth blocks, with later brick (? 18th century) repairs.
The rebuilt east and south (chapel) walls have coursed brick bands and heavy knapped flintwork, with Bathstone window jambs (also the new vestry).
There is some fine 13th century glass in the two N lancets of the chancel (restored by Caldewell in 1935), and traces of wall paintings on the N side of the nave (by the door).
EXCEPTIONAL MONUMENTS IN CHURCH
Good wall monuments in S E chapel to Christopher Milles (1742), Mary Milles (1781), Mary, Lady Sondes (1818) and Mary Milles (1822). Also fine leger slabs in the chancel and S chapel (to Rev. Bryan Fausset of 1776, etc). Three fragments of a medieval grave slab (with cross on top) in SW corner of S chapel (from churchyard)
CHURCHYARD AND ENVIRONS:
Apparent extent of burial: First mentioned for burial in will of 1488 (Test. Cant. (E Kent 1907), 228)
Exceptional monuments: A ? Medieval graveslab lies to the north of the chancel. Three frags of another medieval graveslab have now been moved into the S chapel.
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NACKINGTON,
CALLED in antient writings Natindon, and Natynton, lies the next parish south westward from Bridge. The greatest part of it is in the upper half hundred of Bridge, and a small district of the northern part of it in the hundered of Whitstaple. It has but one borough, viz. that of Nackington.
NACKINGTON lies about a mile north-east from Canterbury; the high road from which to Hythe and Romney Marsh leads through it; it is a pleasant healthy situation. The east and west sides of the parish are open uninclosed arable and hop-grounds, the eastern part behind Staplegate being mostly planted with them; and the western arable, in which is a large district of land, called from its size the Hundred-acres, formerly Haven field, the property of several different owners. The soil, through much inclined to chalk, is in general very fertile, and worth upon an average twenty shillings an acre, though there is much in it let for more. There is no village, but there are about eighteen houses interspersed throughout it; the church stands on a gentle rise, at a small distance eastward from the road, with the parsonage and the court-lodge of Sextries near it. Beyond Heppington the prospect changes to a barren dreary country, covered with slints, and enveloped among woods. Behind that seat ran the old Stonestreet way of the Romans, from their station Durovernum, or Canterbury, to that of Portus Lemanis, or Limne, only to be traced now over the arable lands, and through the woods, and a little higher up lies Iffins wood, formerly the scite of the manor of Ytching, as it was antiently spelt in king Henry the VIth.'s reign, a small part of which only is within this parish, close to the bounds of which are the vestigia of an antient camp, the outward trenches of which contain about eight acres, of which only two acres are level and connected, the rest being cut and intersected by roads, &c. There are numbers of different intrenchments throughout this large wood, and one vallum especially, which runs on to the Stone-street road. At the north corner of this camp are the remains of an oblong square building of stone, the length of it standing east and west. At the east end is a square rise against the wall, seemingly for an altar, and a hollow in the wall on one side. The foot or pedestal, of a seemingly gothic pillar, such as were made for churches, was some years ago found among the rubbish in it; so that if this ever was a prætorium of a Roman general, a chapel seems to have been erected on the scite of it, as was frequently the case, probably by the owners of the manor, and to have been deserted when this part of the country was depopulated by the contests between the houses of York and Lancaster.
Herba Paris, or One Berry, grows plentifully in Iffen wood, and Lamium Caunabino folio flore amplo luteo, labio purpureo; hemp-leaved dead nettle, with a party coloured flower, grows in this parish.
There are no parochial charities, but there are eight shillings per annum paid towards the repair of the church, out of lands called Willys's lands. The number of poor constantly relieved are about twenty-five, casually as many.
THERE ARE THREE MANORS in this parish, each of which is stiled in antient records, The MANOR OF NACKINGTON. Of these
The MANOR OF SEXTRIES, alias NACKINGTON, was part of the antient possessions of the monastery of St.Augustine, and was allotted to the use of their sacristie, whence it acquired the former of those names. This manor, in the year 1046, was demised to one Turstin, belonging to the abbot's houshold, and was afterwards sold and alienated from the monastery, which accounts for its not being mentioned in the survey of Domesday; but in king Edward I.'s reign, it appears by the roll of knights fees to have been again in the possession of the abbot and convent, for Natyndon is mentioned in it as the abbot's lordship. After which this manor of Natyndon, alias Sextries, continued in the possession of the abbot and convent till the dissolution of the abbey in the 30th year of Henry VIII. when it came into the king's hands, (fn. 1) who in his 32d year granted it in exchange to Thomas Colepeper, esq. senior, whose son Sir Alexander Colepeper, of Bedgbury, alienated it in the 21st year of Elizabeth to Sir James Hales, of the Dungeon, in Canterbury, whose grandson, of the same name, by deed inrolled anno 22 James I.sold it to John Smith, esq. of London, and he devised it by will to John Vaughan, esq. from which name it passed to Stephen Jermyn, esq. who conveyed it to Thomas Page, citizen and stationer of London, and he passed it away by sale to William Fox, of Nackington, whose son, of the same name, reconveyed it to Thomas Page, esq. of London, son of Thomas beforementioned, and he in 1763 sold it to Edward Jacob, esq. of Faversham, who died in 1788, and his widow now possesses it for her life, the inheritance being vested in their two younger sons, the Rev.Stephen Long Jacob, and Mr.John Jacob, who resides at it. There is no court held for it.
The MANOR OF STAPLEGATE, alias NACKINGTON, is situated in the northern part of this parish, in the hundred of Whitstaple, just without the bounds of the county of the city of Canterbury. It was formerly the seat of an eminent family of the same surname, who were owners not only of this place, but of lands in Bilsington, Romney Marsh, and in Thanet. (fn. 2) Edmund Staplegate died possessed of this manor anno 13 king Edward II. whose descendant Edmund Staplegate had that noted contest, as lord of Bilsington manor, with Richard, earl of Arundel, for the performance of the office of chief butler at king Richard II.'s coronation. (fn. 3) He died s.p. and was succeeded by his brother John Staplegate, in whole descendants this manor did not continue long; for in the reigns of Henry V. and VI. as appears by the antient court-rolls, it was in the name of Litchfield, one of whom, Roger Litchfield, in the 22d year of Edward IV. alienated it to William Haut, whose son Sir William Haut leaving two daughters his coheirs, Elizabeth, the eldest, entitled her husband Thomas Colepeper, esq. of Bedgbury, to it, and he in the Ist year of king Edward VI. alienated it to Philip Chowte, esq. who sold it in the 6th year of queen Elizabeth to Walter Waller, and he immediately afterwards passed it away to Sir Anthony Aucher, of Bishopsborne, who sold it to Sir James Hales, of the Dungeon, and he in the 22d year of king James I. conveyed it, with the manor of Sextries, alias Nackington, to John Smith, esq. of London. After which they both continued in the same line of ownership, down to Thomas Page, esq. who alienated this manor of Staplegate, alias Nackington, to Mr.Hopkins Fox, whose son Mr. William Fox died possessed of it in 1794, and left it to his eldest son William, who now possesses it. There is no court held for it.
HEPPINGTON is a manor and seat, at the south-west boundary of this parish, which in the reign of king Henry II. was possessed by a family of the name of Delce; for in the 29th year of it William de Delce accounted at the exchequer for the tenure of this land of Hevington; but this name was extinct here before the reign of Edward III in which it was come into the possession of William Talbot, whose heirs possessed it in the 20th year of that reign. The next owners of this manor were the Chich's, of the Dungeon, as appeared by a record of that time, at the beginning of king Henry IV.'s reign, it was become the property of Fogge, and Sir John Fogge, of Repton, by will anno 6 Henry VII. devised it to his son by his second wife, Sir Thomas Fogge, sergeant-porter of Calais, whose two daughters and coheirs, married to Oxenbridge and Scott, conveyed their moieties of it in 1558 and 1561, to Thomas Hales, esq. of Thanington, and he settled it on his eldest son William, by his second wife Alice, and their son William Hales, esq. together with his son William Hales, in 1640, conveyed the manor of Heppington, with the mansion and lands belonging to it, to Thomas Godfrey, esq. the younger, of Lid, who was knighted the year afterwards, and resided here, being the eldest son of Peter Godfrey, esq. of Lid. (fn. 4) He died in 1684, without surviving issue, leaving his wife lady Hester Godfrey surviving, who died in 1699, when this manor came by her settlement of it to her great nephew Henry Godfrey, esq. who was of Heppington, who leaving and only daughter and heir Mary, she carried it in marriage to Bryan Faussett, esq. of Rochester, who rebuilt this seat, bearing for his arms,Or, a lion rampant, sable, over all a bend, gobonated, argent and gules. He died in 1750, and was succeeded by his eldest son the Rev. Brian Faussett, rector of Horton Monks, and perpetual curate of Nackington, who died in 1776, having married Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. Mr. Curtois, by whom he had two sons, Henry-Godfrey, of whom below, and Bryan, now of Sittingborne, gent. who married Dorothy, daughter of the Rev.John Smith, vicar of Borden, and a daughter Elizabeth, married to Mr. Wm. Bland, of Sittingborne. Henry Godfrey Faussett, esq. the eldest son, succeeded on his mother's death in 1787, to this manor; he married first Susan, daughter of Ri chard Sandys, esq. of Canterbury, by whom he had three sons and five daughters, she died in 1789; and he married secondly Sarah, daughter and heir of Fettiplace Nott, esq. of Marston-hall, in Warwickshire, late high steward of the city of Litchfield. He is the present possessor of this manor, and resides at Heppington.
NACKINGTON-HOUSE is a seat in this parish, which in the reign of king Charles I. was the residence of Capt. John Nutt, whose descendant Edward Nutt, esq. died possessed of it in 1708, without issue male, upon which it came by entail to his brother William Nutt, who sold it to Thomas Willys, esq. who in 1726 succeeded to the title of baronet on the death of Sir Thomas Willys, bart. of Fen-Ditton, in Cambridgeshire, s. p. their arms being, Parted per fess, gules and argent, three lions rampant, counterchanged, a bordure, ermine. He died next year, s. p. likewise, having devised this estate to trustees, who soon afterwards sold it to Christopher Milles, esq. of Canterbury, descended from ancestors who had resided at the parsonage at Herne, from the reign of James I. and bore for their arms, Ermine, a millrind, sable, on a chief, two marlions wings, or; one of whom was clerk of the robes to queen Anne, and king James and of king Charles's privy chamber. (fn. 5) Christopher Milles, esq. after his purchase of Nackington house, resided at it, and died in 1742, having married Mary, eldest daughter of Rich. Warner, esq. of Norfolk, by whom he had three sons and two daughters, Richard, of whom hereafter; Christopher, chief justice of Senegambia; John, late captain of an East-Indiaman; Mary, now unmarried; and Anne, married to Sir Edward Aftley, bart. of Norfolk. Richard Milles, esq. the eldest son, is of North Elmham, in Norfolk, he served as member for Canterbury in three successive parliaments, having married Mary, daughter of T. Tanner, D. D. prebendary of Canterbury, by whom he has an only daughter and heir Mary, married to the right hon. Lewis-Thomas, lord Sondes. He is the present owner of this seat, and at times resides at it.
THIS PARISH is within the ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION of the diocese of Canterbury, and deanry of the same.
The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary, is but small, and consists of one isle and two chancels, having at the north-west corner a low wooden pointed turret, in which hangs one bell. This church is very small. It is kept very neat and in good repair. By the several narrow small circular windows it seems antient, built perhaps not long after the time of Lansranc. In the high chancel are several memorials for the Godfreys; a memorial for Bryan Faussett, esq. obt. 1750, and for his son the Rev. Bryan Faussett, obt. 1776; arms, Faussett, quartering Toke, Godfrey, and Brian, impaling azure, three pales, ermine, over all, a fess, chequy. In the south chancel, which belongs to the Milles family, are several memorials for the Wyllis's and the Nutt's; and memorials for the Pudners, who lie buried in a vault underneath; arms, Bendy, or, and gules, over all, a cross, argent, a label of three points for difference. Against the west wall are three elegant small monuments, of different coloured marbles; one for the RevBernard Astley, A. B. second son of Sir Edward Astley, bart. of Melton, in Norfolk, by Anne, daughter of Christopher Milles, esq. another for Christopher Milles, esq. of Nackington, obt. 1742, who married Mary, eldest daughter and coheir of Richard Warner, esq. of North Elmham, in Norfolk; and another for Mary, relict of Christopher Milles, esq. obt. 1781. In the two east windows of this chancel, are good remains of painted glass.
The CHURCH of Nackington belonged to the priory of St. Gregory, perhaps part of its original endowment by archbishop Lanfranc. It was very early appropriated to it, and was confirmed to it by archbishop Hubert about king Richard I.'s reign. After which this appropriation appears by the register of the priory, to have been esteemed as a manor, stiled
The MANOR OF NACKINGTON, alias The PARSONAGE, which continued part of the possessions of it till its suppression by king Henry VIII. when it came, with the advowson of the vicarage, into the king's hands, where they did not stay long, before they were granted, with the scite and other possessions of the priory, in exchange, to the archbishop, part of the revenues of whose see they continue at this time, George Gipps, esq. of Harbledown, being the present lessee of this parsonage. But the advowson of the vicarage, now esteemed as a perpetual curacy, his grace the archbishop reserves in his own hands.
The vicarage, or perpetual curacy, is not valued in the king's books. (fn. 6) Archbishop Juxon, in 1661, augmented the stipend of this curacy to twenty pounds per annum; and archbishop Sheldon, anno 28 Charles II. angmented it further to forty pounds per annum, which sum is paid yearly to the curate by the lessee of the parsonage. It is now of the yearly certified value of 62l. 18s. 10d. (fn. 7)
¶THERE IS A PORTION OF TITHES arising from a district of land in this parish, which was part of the antient possessions of the hospital of Eastbridge, and at the endowment of the vicarage of Cosmus Blean, was given to it, being then of the value of five marcs. This portion now belongs to that vicarage, and consists of the tithes of about one hundred and sixteen acres of land, let at the yearly rent of forty-two pounds. (fn. 8)
There were several contests between the priory of St. Gregory and St. Laurence hospital, concerning the tithes of Moland beside Heppington, viz. of eighty acres of land; besides which, the hospital possessed the tithes of fifty acres of land in Havefield. (fn. 9)
The driver of SNCV / NMVB 6013 has to change the points by hand in order to take the route via the lesser used route over the ship canal on 23 April 1984.
Craigmillar Castle is a ruined medieval castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is three miles south-east of the city centre, on a low hill to the south of the modern suburb of Craigmillar.
Fashionable feasts
Meals in the 1400's were very formal affairs, carried out to a strict etiquette. People were seated according to rank, with the laird and his guests at the high table. Diet was also dictated by status. Chicken, lamb and fresh pork were for upper classes; lowly ranks made do with beef and salt meat.
Here in this hall the laird dined and entertained about 70 people twice a day. Plain wooden trestle tables were covered with finely woven linen table-cloths. There was colour all around, with tapestries on the walls and across the doorways and a painted timber ceiling overhead. Music and other entertainments were provided between courses.
By the time Mary Queen of Scots stayed here, in the 16th century, fashion had changed. Day-to-day she would have eaten in her private chambers. Public dining was reserved for church feast days, marriage banquets or other celebrations-
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Guessed by LookaroundAnne
Western Railway Class B2 4-6-0 No. 31029 (Bagnall 1948) at Kadi heading the 08.50 Ahmadabad - Ranuj Junction on 14 January, just before grinding to halt after a big bang caused by a broken spring.
PA_291 [20 points)
A orange and blue duo space invader is back in Paris where it was already between roughly 2000 and 2008 after it had been deleted.
FlashInvader on screen message: "YOU DID IT!"
All my photos of PA_291:
PA_291 (Original, Close-up, August 2006)
PA_291 (Original, Wide Shot, August 2006)
PA_291 (Re-Activated, Close-up, August 2017)
PA_291 (Re-Activated, Wide Shot, August 2017)
Date of invasion: 27/06/2000
DELETED around 2008
RE-ACTIVATED August 2017
These charging points for electric cars are beside the railway station in Crawley. A lot of building work is going on, reducing the size of the station car park.
Lachlan Valley Railway owned 3237 is working hard to ascend the grade up to Bottom Points from Lithgow. 4701 (out of sight) is on the rear of the train assisting.
Over the weekend of the 16th and 17th of October, LVR ran two shuttles a day between Lithgow and Katoomba to celebrate the opening of the "ten tunnels" deviation, which meant that trains to/from Lithgow no longer had to use the Lithgow Zig Zag to descend/ascend the mountains. Zig Zag Railway also ran an extra train to celebrate, and at times during the day, it would have been possible to see three trains on the three roads of the Zig Zag (3237 is currently on the bottom road of the zig zag, which was retained as the mainline)
This past week a group of us watched the message “The Holiness of God” by Francis Chan. It was good and I just thought I’d share some random thoughts from it. The first is this; when you face God, and every one of us will face God, you will be terrified. You won’t be able to do anything else except fall flat on your face, I’m not kidding about this. It will be the most intense moment of your life. Some people go around with a chip on their shoulder, they think that when they face God that He’s going to have to answer some pretty tough questions. You couldn’t be more wrong.
Every single person who has faced God has done so terrified for his or her lives. Prophets and even he whom Jesus was closest to (John), those who had lives probably far holier than any of ours, cowered when they saw God. Isaiah says, “It’s all over! I am doomed, for I am a sinful man. I have filthy lips, and I live among a people with filthy lips. Yet I have seen the King, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.” Here was one of God’s own prophets and the moment he faced God he saw how unworthy he was.
You see we like to compare ourselves to each other, we say “My life is far better than theirs” or “Look at what they're doing, I’d never do that! I’m glad I don’t struggle with that.” These may not be your exact words but lets face it, as humans we measure ourselves in human standards. That’s a problem because God is not going to judge us according to human standards, He judges us according to His standards. And when it comes to God we all fall very short. I don’t know what kind of picture you have in your mind of God I promise that it’s too small. If you don’t believe it then read Revelation 4. John can’t even find the words to describe what he sees; it’s far beyond anything we can imagine.
This is a big problem in our society, we like to think the world revolves around us. We like to think that God owes us something because we believe in Him, because we spend a couple hours with Him a week. God doesn’t need you. God doesn’t need me. He doesn’t need our worship, He has millions of angels worshipping Him 24 hours a day shouting “Holy, holy, holy, LORD God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.” He has four creatures; one like a lion, one like a calf, one like a man, and one like an eagle, each with six wings and each covered completely with eyes that shout His praises. These creatures are terrifying and all they do is worship God day and night. He has lightning and thunder coming from His throne and a sea of glass like crystal before Him. One day you will stand in that room, before that King, and He will judge you. What else matters? I wish you could see the burden on my heart; it pains me that so many people don’t live life for that moment. You should want nothing more than to hear the words, “Well done, good and faithful servant.” So many of you don’t get it, you’re still concerned with things of this world and I don’t know how to make you see…
I don’t say this to judge you, I say this because I honestly care about you. I don’t want you to end life consumed with this world, you NEED to be an overcomer! The point is this, God is far more serious about Himself than most of us are and He’s far holier than we could ever imagine. He created you and everything around you and He has every right to judge you however He pleases. We are nothing. Some think that Hell is too harsh of a punishment but maybe, just maybe, we as humans we don’t fully understand justice. We don’t understand just how far we fall from God because we compare ourselves with each other, not Him. We sometimes like to put the attribute of love above everything else, but He is equally love and equally just. Would you expect a just judge to let a guilty person go free? Then why do we expect God to do it for us?
Yet, He loves you enough that He sent His own Son to save you. God doesn’t send you to Hell, you’re already on your way. He offers you a way out. It’s not an easy life but I promise you that it’s worth it.
"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.”
-Matthew 7:13
First test of the new Climbing Points for accessing the trial workshop track. There would be considerable difficulty in placing a conventional turnout into the driveway crossing at this location.
Until I can build said turnout, this will be the solution to the lack of workshop access. These could also be used anywhere else on the line to a temporary track as well.
Court chart showing minimal number of matching points (the rest can be brought up later under cross-examination). Fingerprint photographed with a 4x5 Speed Graphic.
gresley k4 2-6-0 61994 the great marquess clatters over the points at helsby junction with the welsh mountaineer special returning from blaenau ffestiniog to preston
A view to the south-southwest of Reykjavik with rain approaching. The building with the round roof in the distance is part of Reykjavik University, and the domestic airport is on the right. Taken from the observation deck of Perlan.