To: Ff--150
Franklin, 17, his oldest son, volunteered to make the perilous climb up the lighthouse, which was swaying as much as 17 inches. The boy started up and was blown back four times as he tried to climb the steep winding stairway. But finally, he reached the top. And for four hours in the height of the hurricane, as glass was shattered and wind threatened to tear the mechanism away, he rotated the light’s mantle by hand.God would that we had such bravery today, and applauded it.
9 posted on
09/02/2004 11:47:04 AM PDT by
4CJ
(||) Our sins put Him on the Cross, His love for us kept Him there (||)
To: 4ConservativeJustices
"God would that we had such bravery today, and applauded it."
I know!!! WHo was going to see it anyway!?? Ships would have been history at that time?
10 posted on
09/02/2004 12:10:11 PM PDT by
Ff--150
(The masses have no habit of self reliance or original action.
-- Anon.)
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