St John's Anglican Cathedral

St John's Anglican Cathedral
The Anglican Cathedral of St. John the Divine, St. John's, Antigua, West Indies

Thursday, January 20, 2011

A Sense of Awe

The workers were surprised today when I told them of the significance of the wooden propeller that hangs over the Memorial Chapel.  They did not realise that it was from the First World War (1914 -1918).  So I regaled them with the exploits of Capt. Ian Donald Roy McDonald the Antiguan born quadruple ace.  A young Grammer School boy who answered his Mother country's call to arms and became part of a notable generation who sacrificed much in that Great War. 

As we laboured to restore God's house, we all connected over oceans of time to a generation that came before our parents and among the younger of us our grandparents.  They never new that Antiguans played such parts in world history. 

The love that motivated Capt. McDonald's parents to place this memorial has reached out, touched us and filled us with a sense of awe.  I can't help but think that our Heavenly Father looked down on us and smiled.

Capt. MacDonald's Propeller
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2 comments:

  1. raraJanuary 20, 2011 at 5:23 PM

    This is truly living history. I can hear you telling the tale! Nice post.

    A question, who is the artist who made the drawing of the Cathedral in the upper right? Is it who I think it is? It's beautiful.

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  2. Bruce ArrindellJanuary 20, 2011 at 9:00 PM

    Yes it is. I am trying to get one done of the picture above.

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