THE BELL

(Redemption)

"I was founded in Edinburgh

In 1612,

By the care of William Blackwood,

Bailie of Dunblane,

And stayed so in my exercise

Till 1657,

When I was broken by

The unskilful direction and handling

Of some men;

And by the care and expense

Of Henri Blackwood, son of William,

I am found again at Brimin,

1660."

(Inscription on a bell in Dunblane Cathedral.)

And for your thoughts and prayers - I set off today for a couple of weekend in India, to visit believers on the Lord Jesus there.