M
ottr
am P
aris
h M
agaz
ine
We
aim
to
be
~ a
gro
win
g f
ello
wsh
ip o
f b
elie
vers
~
war
m i
n w
elco
me
~ r
ever
ent
in w
orsh
ip ~
gra
ciou
s in
wit
nes
s ~
an
d j
oyfu
lly
serv
ing
God
an
d o
ur
com
mu
nit
y ~
‘St G
eorg
e an
d th
e dr
agon
’ by
Ped
ro N
isar
t. Pa
inte
d be
twee
n 14
68 a
nd 1
470
in M
allo
rca
as th
e ce
ntre
-pie
ce to
an
alta
r tri
ptyc
h.
G
eorg
e w
as sa
id to
hav
e be
en a
n of
ficer
in th
e Ro
man
Pra
etor
ian
Gua
rd w
ho w
as to
rtur
ed a
nd
exec
uted
in L
ydda
(mod
ern
Lod
in Is
rael
) in
303
AD
for r
efus
ing
to sa
crifi
ce to
the
empe
ror D
iocl
etia
n as
a g
od.
In
ear
ly v
ersi
ons o
f the
lege
nd th
e dr
agon
was
cow
ed a
nd ta
med
rath
er th
an
slai
n. N
isar
t’s d
rago
n lo
oks d
istin
ctly
croc
odile
-like
and
def
inite
ly co
wed
.
St G
eorg
e’s
Day
- A
pril
23rd
Ap
ril S
uppl
emen
t N
o. 2
Cont
ents
Page
2
Chur
ch C
onta
cts
Page
3
Past
oral
hel
p Ad
vice
Fl
ag
Page
4
Beat
itude
s for
a
Glob
al P
ande
mic
Page
5
Poet
ry C
orne
r (1)
‘C
ompo
sed
upon
W
estm
inst
er B
ridge
’ Pa
ge 6
Poet
ry C
orne
r (2)
Pa
ge 7
Life
und
er L
ockd
own
- Go
od fr
om B
ad?
Page
8
Pict
ure
Qui
z Pa
ge 9
Pu
zzle
s Pa
ge 1
0 Cr
ossw
ord
Page
11
Com
mun
ity c
onta
cts
Page
12
Answ
ers t
o pu
zzle
s
12
Sudo
ku -
easy
- so
lutio
n Su
doku
- m
ediu
m -
solu
tion
1 H
eron
2
Swal
low
3
Rob
in
4 Bl
ue t
it 5
Jack
daw
6
Song
Thr
ush
7 T
awny
Ow
l 8
Moo
rhen
9
Gre
at C
rest
ed
Gre
be
10 H
edge
hog
11 W
ater
vol
e 12
Roe
Dee
r 13
Com
mon
Sh
rew
14
Rab
bit
15 B
row
n H
are
Ans
wer
s to
pi
ctur
e qu
iz
An
swer
s to
cro
ssw
ord
A
CR
OS
S:
1, S
top.
3,
Cal
l upo
n. 9
, Reg
ular
. 10
, O
ctet
. 11
, In
ner.
12,
Hud
son.
14
, H
oly
Com
mun
ion.
17,
Mys
elf.
19,
See
to.
22,
Abo
ut.
23,
Iter
ate.
24,
M
onar
chy.
25,
Ste
t.
DO
WN
: 1,
Str
aigh
t. 2
, O
rgan
. 4,
Abr
aham
’s f
aith
. 5,
Llo
yd.
6, P
uteo
li. 7
, N
ote.
8,
Cle
ric.
13,
Inn
ocen
t. 1
5, L
ay d
own.
16,
Uss
her.
18,
Ent
er.
20,
Enac
t.
21,
Balm
.
C
OD
EBR
EAK
ER so
lutio
n
11
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ch o
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land
in M
ottra
m P
arish
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ving
the
com
mun
ities
of
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tram
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adbo
ttom
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ters
ley
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er “s
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ng to
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ake
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wn”
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tora
l Hel
p
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ing
the
Cor
onav
irus
em
erge
ncy.
W
e ha
ve a
sm
all t
eam
who
co-
ordi
nate
our
eff
orts
in t
his
area
. Con
tact
det
ails
are
insi
de t
he f
ront
cov
er o
f th
is s
uppl
emen
t. T
hey
are
our
first
por
t of
cal
l – s
o if
you
are
conc
erne
d ab
out
som
eone
, in
nee
d of
som
e he
lp y
ours
elf
or w
ould
jus
t lik
e to
cha
t to
som
ebod
y, p
leas
e do
get
in t
ouch
with
them
.
The
Flag
W
e no
rmal
ly f
ly t
he f
lag
for
spec
ial o
ccas
ions
. Fo
r th
e du
ratio
n of
the
em
erge
ncy,
we
will
kee
p th
e fla
g fly
ing
as a
vis
ible
sig
n of
hop
e an
d lo
ve
for
our
loca
l com
mun
ity.
You
can
see
who
it is
fly
ing
for
by v
isiti
ng t
he f
lag
page
on
the
parish
web
site
. If
you
wou
ld li
ke t
he f
lag
to b
e de
dica
ted
to
som
eone
you
car
e fo
r, o
n on
e of
the
unc
laim
ed d
ays,
the
n pl
ease
mak
e a
dona
tion
to
the
loca
l Foo
db
ank,
and
let
us
know
by
emai
ling
flag@
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tram
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W
e w
ill p
ut t
he
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e on
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flag
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e.
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onat
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ade
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An
ti-f
rau
d a
dvi
ce
Polic
e fo
rces
rep
ort
a hu
ge in
crea
se in
inte
rnet
and
pho
ne f
raud
in t
he la
st few
wee
ks.
Kee
p i
n m
ind
th
at r
esp
ecta
ble
bu
sin
esse
s an
d in
div
idu
als
won
’t c
all
you
ou
t of
th
e b
lue
to g
ive
you
ref
un
ds,
fre
e of
fers
, tec
hn
ical
su
pp
ort
or t
hre
ats.
If
som
eone
pho
nes
you
out
of t
he b
lue
and
solic
its a
cces
s to
you
r co
mpu
ter,
you
sho
uld
neve
r ex
pect
any
thin
g go
od t
o co
me
out
of it
. Th
eref
ore:
Don
’t be
hur
ried
- t
ell t
hem
you
will
look
into
the
mat
ter
and
then
han
g up
.
If y
ou a
re w
orri
ed a
bout
sus
pici
ous
activ
ity o
n yo
ur c
ompu
ter,
sca
n it
with
a
r
elia
ble
antiv
irus
pro
duct
to
loca
te a
nd n
eutr
aliz
e m
alw
are
— if
the
re is
any
.
Rem
embe
r th
at e
mai
l add
ress
es c
an b
e sp
oofe
d. H
over
the
poi
nter
ove
r th
e
ad
dres
s (d
on’t
clic
k on
it)
and
the
real
add
ress
sho
uld
show
. M
ake
a no
te o
f it
and
th
en s
earc
h fo
r it
in y
our
brow
ser.
The
n as
k yo
urse
lf w
hy P
ayPa
l sho
uld
be g
ettin
g
you
to c
heck
you
r ac
coun
t vi
a an
onl
ine
fash
ion
shop
in B
angk
ok.
Or
why
BT
shou
ld
be
tel
ling
you
your
mai
lbox
is ful
l via
a s
tude
nt a
t an
Aus
tral
ian
univ
ersi
ty.
Rep
utab
le c
ompa
nies
kno
w t
heir c
usto
mer
s’ n
ames
. Th
ey h
ave
them
in t
heir
sy
stem
s. T
hey
will
nev
er a
ddre
ss y
ou a
s ‘D
ear
cust
omer
’. Th
ey d
on’t
need
to.
10
Pict
ure
Qui
z Clu
es
(All
the
righ
t na
mes
- b
ut n
ot
nece
ssar
ily in
the
rig
ht o
rder
) (A
ctua
l ans
wer
s P1
2)
Bro
wn
Har
e Rob
in
Blu
e tit
Her
on
Son
g Th
rush
G
reat
Cre
sted
Gre
be
Roe
Dee
r Com
mon
Shr
ew
Sw
allo
w
Jack
daw
Ta
wny
Ow
l H
edge
hog
Wat
er v
ole
Rab
bit
Moo
rhen
Acr
oss
1 ‘T
here
fore
let
us —
pas
sing
jud
gmen
t on
one
ano
ther
’ (Rom
ans
14:1
3) (
4)
3 ‘I —
— t
hese
per
sons
her
e pr
esen
t’ (M
arriag
e se
rvic
e) (
4,4)
9
Acc
ordi
ng t
o a
prea
rran
ged
timet
able
(N
umbe
rs 2
8:3)
(7)
10
Gro
up o
f ei
ght
(5)
11
The
cel
l int
o w
hich
the
Phi
lippi
an jai
ler
put
Paul
and
Sila
s (A
cts
16:2
4) (
5)
12 —
Tay
lor,
pio
neer
mis
sion
ary
to C
hina
(6)
14
Oth
erw
ise
know
n as
the
Euc
hari
st,
Bre
akin
g of
Bre
ad,
the
Lord
’s T
able
(4,
9)
17
‘So
that
aft
er I
hav
e pr
each
ed t
o ot
hers
, I
— w
ill n
ot b
e di
squa
lifie
d fo
r th
e pr
ize’
(1
Cor
inth
ians
9:2
7) (
6)
19 A
tten
d to
(3,
2)
22 A
ppro
xim
atel
y (A
cts
4:4)
(5)
23
Tea
rite
(an
ag.)
(7)
24
Rul
e of
sov
erei
gn (
8)
25 T
est
(ana
g.)
(4)
Dow
n
1 Th
e na
me
of t
he s
tree
t w
here
Jud
as li
ved
in D
amas
cus
and
whe
re S
aul o
f Ta
rsus
2
stay
ed (
Act
s 9:
11)
(8)
2 ‘T
he p
layi
ng o
f th
e m
erry
— , s
wee
t si
ngin
g in
the
cho
ir’ (
5)
4 ‘W
e ha
ve b
een
sayi
ng t
hat
— —
was
cre
dite
d to
him
as
righ
teou
s’ (
Rom
ans
4:9)
(8,5
)
5 D
r M
arty
n —
Jon
es,
fam
ous
for
his
min
istr
y at
Wes
tmin
ster
Cha
pel (
5)
6 Po
rt a
t w
hich
Pau
l lan
ded
on h
is w
ay t
o Rom
e (A
cts
28:1
3) (
7)
7 O
bser
ve
(Rut
h 3:
4) (
4)
8 M
inis
ter
of r
elig
ion
(6)
13
‘I
am —
of
this
man
’s b
lood
. It
is y
our
resp
onsi
bilit
y’ (
Mat
thew
27:
24)
(8)
15
‘G
reat
er lo
ve h
as n
o on
e th
an t
his,
tha
t he
— —
his
life
for
his
fri
ends
’ (Jo
hn 1
5:13
)
(3,4
)
16 A
rchb
isho
p w
ho c
alcu
late
d th
at t
he w
orld
beg
an in
400
4BC (
6)
18
‘No
one
can
— t
he k
ingd
om o
f G
od u
nles
s he
is b
orn
of w
ater
and
the
Spi
rit’
(Joh
n 3:
5) (
5)
20 E
stab
lish
by la
w (
5)
21 P
rodu
ct o
f G
ilead
not
ed for
its
heal
ing
prop
ertie
s (J
erem
iah
46:1
1) (
4)
Cros
swor
d
9
Easy
Sud
oku
- ea
ch r
ow,
colu
mn
and
squa
re m
ust
cont
ain
all t
he d
igits
fro
m 1
to
9.
Puz
zles
(1)
Med
ium
Solu
tion
on p
age
12
4
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ave
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ker
cart
oon
from
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p://
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h.co
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arto
ons
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to
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and
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ard.
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ishi
ng,
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t yo
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n af
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itter
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ease
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vew
alke
r, a
nd o
n Fa
cebo
ok C
arto
onChu
rch.
5
Co
mp
ose
d u
po
n W
est
min
ste
r B
rid
ge,
S
ep
tem
be
r 3
rd 1
80
2
By
Will
iam
Wor
dsw
orth
E
art
h h
as
no
t a
nyt
hin
g t
o s
ho
w m
ore
fa
ir:
Du
ll w
ou
ld h
e b
e o
f so
ul w
ho
co
uld
pa
ss b
y A
sig
ht
so t
ou
ch
ing
in it
s m
aje
sty:
T
his
Cit
y n
ow
do
th, l
ike
a g
arm
en
t, w
ea
r T
he
be
au
ty o
f th
e m
orn
ing
; sile
nt,
ba
re,
Sh
ips,
to
we
rs, d
om
es,
th
ea
tre
s a
nd
te
mp
les
lie
Op
en
un
to t
he
fie
lds,
an
d t
o t
he
sky
; A
ll b
rig
ht
an
d g
litte
rin
g in
th
e s
mo
ke
less
air
. N
eve
r d
id s
un
mo
re b
ea
uti
fully
ste
ep
In
his
fir
st s
ple
nd
ou
r, v
alle
y, r
oc
k, o
r h
ill;
Ne
'er
saw
I, n
eve
r fe
lt, a
ca
lm s
o d
ee
p!
Th
e r
ive
r g
lide
th a
t h
is o
wn
sw
ee
t w
ill:
De
ar
Go
d!
Th
e v
ery
ho
use
s se
em
asl
ee
p;
An
d a
ll th
at
mig
hty
he
art
is ly
ing
sti
ll!
Poet
ry C
orne
r (1)
Rea
ders
’ sug
gest
ions
of
thei
r fa
vour
ite
poem
s w
ould
be
very
wel
com
e -
cont
act
deta
ils o
n pa
ge 2
. Th
e st
rang
e em
ptin
ess
of t
owns
and
citi
es a
t th
is t
ime
brou
ght
to
min
d th
e fo
llow
ing
fam
ous
lines
, w
ritt
en a
t da
wn
over
200
yea
rs a
go.
8
Pict
ure
Qui
z -
Sprin
g, a
bus
y tim
e of
yea
r for
som
e.
Nee
d a
few
clu
es?
Ans
wer
s ju
mbl
ed u
p on
p.1
0. A
nsw
ers
in o
rder
on
p.12
. All
thes
e cr
eatu
res
can
be f
ound
withi
n a
mile
or
two
of M
ottr
am
7
The
CO
VID
-19
pand
emic
has
cau
sed
indu
stri
al a
ctiv
ity
to s
hut
dow
n an
d ca
ncel
led
fligh
ts a
nd o
ther
jou
rney
s, s
lash
ing
gree
nhou
se g
as
emis
sion
s an
d ai
r po
llutio
n ar
ound
the
wor
ld.
If t
here
is s
omet
hing
po
sitive
to
take
fro
m t
his
terr
ible
cri
sis,
it c
ould
be
that
it’s
off
ered
a
tast
e of
the
air
we
mig
ht b
reat
he in
a lo
w-c
arbo
n fu
ture
. Th
e W
orld
Hea
lth
Org
anis
atio
n (W
HO
) es
tim
ates
tha
t ab
out
3 m
illio
n pe
ople
die
eac
h ye
ar f
rom
ailm
ents
cau
sed
by a
ir p
ollu
tion,
and
tha
t m
ore
than
80%
of
peop
le li
ving
in u
rban
are
as a
re e
xpos
ed t
o ai
r qu
ality
leve
ls t
hat
exce
ed s
afe
limits
. Th
e si
tuat
ion
is w
orse
in
low
-inc
ome
coun
trie
s, w
here
98%
of
cities
fai
l to
mee
t W
HO
air
qu
ality
sta
ndar
ds.
Mea
sure
men
ts f
rom
the
Eur
opea
n Spa
ce A
genc
y’s
Sen
tine
l-5P
sat
ellit
e sh
ow t
hat
duri
ng la
te J
anua
ry a
nd e
arly
Feb
ruar
y 20
20,
leve
ls o
f
nitr
ogen
dio
xide
(N
O₂)
ove
r ci
ties
and
indu
stri
al a
reas
in A
sia
and
Euro
pe w
ere
low
er t
han
in t
he s
ame
peri
od in
201
9, b
y as
muc
h as
40
%.
NO₂
pollu
tion
has
falle
n by
as
muc
h as
60%
in s
ome
UK c
itie
s.
In a
sen
se,
we
are
cond
ucting
the
larg
est
ever
glo
bal a
ir p
ollu
tion
ex
peri
men
t. O
ver
a re
lative
ly s
hort
per
iod
of t
ime,
we’
re t
urni
ng o
ff
maj
or a
ir p
ollu
tant
sou
rces
in in
dust
ry a
nd t
rans
port
. Ir
onic
ally
, by
sh
uttin
g do
wn
swat
hes
of t
he g
loba
l eco
nom
y, C
OVID
-19
has
help
ed
expo
se a
noth
er r
espi
rato
ry h
ealth
cris
is.
The
ensu
ing
lock
dow
ns h
ave
show
n th
e im
prov
emen
ts t
o ai
r qu
ality
that
are
pos
sibl
e w
hen
em
issi
ons
are
redu
ced
on a
glo
bal s
cale
.
The
pand
emic
cou
ld s
how
us
how
the
fut
ure
mig
ht lo
ok w
ith
less
air
po
llutio
n, o
r it m
ay jus
t in
dica
te t
he s
cale
of
the
chal
leng
e ah
ead.
At
the
very
leas
t, it
sho
uld
chal
leng
e go
vern
men
ts a
nd b
usin
esse
s to
co
nsid
er h
ow t
hing
s ca
n be
don
e
differ
ently
afte
r th
e pa
ndem
ic,
to h
old
on
to
impr
ovem
ents
in
air
qua
lity.
Paul
Mon
ks
Paul
Mon
ks is
a P
rofe
ssor
in
Atm
osph
eric
Che
mis
try
and
Eart
h O
bser
vatio
n Sci
ence
at
the
Uni
vers
ity
of L
eice
ster
.
Goo
d f
rom
Bad
?
Full
articl
e in
‘T
he C
onve
rsat
ion’
Apr
il 20
20
http
s://
thec
onve
rsat
ion.
com
/uk
6
Dav
id J
ohn
Mu
rray
Wri
gh
t 19
20 –
199
4 w
as b
orn
in J
ohan
nesb
urg,
Sou
th A
fric
a, o
f no
rmal
hea
ring
. W
hen
he w
as 7
ye
ars
old
he c
ontr
acte
d sc
arle
t fe
ver
and
beca
me
com
plet
ely
deaf
as
a re
sult.
H
e im
mig
rate
d to
Eng
land
at
the
age
of 1
4 bu
t re
gula
rly
visi
ted
fam
ily an
d fr
iend
s in
Sou
th A
fric
a.
Hap
pily
, hi
s w
ry f
uner
al t
ribu
te w
as n
ot n
eede
d fo
r an
othe
r fo
rty-
four
yea
rs.
A F
un
eral
Ora
tion
Com
pose
d at
thi
rty,
my
fune
ral o
ratio
n: H
ere
lies
Dav
id J
ohn
Mur
ray
Wrigh
t, 6
’ 2”,
myo
pic
blue
eye
s;
Hai
r gr
ey (
very
dis
tingu
ishe
d lo
okin
g, s
o I
am t
old)
; Sha
bbily
dre
ssed
as
a ru
le;
susc
eptib
le t
o co
ld;
Acq
uain
ted
with
wha
t ar
e kn
own
as t
he n
orm
al v
ices
; Pe
rpet
ually
sho
rt o
f ca
sh;
usel
ess
in a
crisi
s;
Pref
erring
cat
s, h
ated
dog
s; d
rank
(w
hen
he c
ould
) to
o m
uch;
W
as d
eaf
as a
tom
bsto
ne;
and
extr
emel
y ha
rd t
o to
uch.
Aca
dem
ic a
chie
vem
ents
: B.A
., O
xon
(2nd
cla
ss);
Po
etic
: th
e pu
blic
atio
n of
one
vol
ume
of v
erse
, W
hich
in h
is t
hirt
ieth
yea
r at
tain
ed h
im n
o fa
me
at a
ll Ex
cept
am
ong
intr
acta
ble
poet
s an
d a
smal
l Lu
natic
fring
e co
ngre
gatin
g in
Soh
o pu
bs.
He
coul
d ro
ll hi
mse
lf ci
gare
ttes
fro
m d
isca
rded
stu
bs,
Ass
ume
the
first
pos
ition
of
Yoga
; sa
il, r
ow,
swim
; And
tho
ugh
deaf
, in
chu
rch
appe
ar t
o be
joi
ning
a h
ymn.
O
ften
arr
este
d fo
r be
ing
with
out
a pe
rmit,
Sta
rved
on
his
tale
nts
as m
uch
as h
e di
ned
on h
is w
it,
Bor
n in
a d
omin
ion
to w
hich
he
hope
d no
t to
go
back
Sin
ce p
redi
spos
ed t
o im
agin
e w
hite
pos
sibl
y bl
ack:
H
is li
fe,
like
his
times
, w
as a
ppal
ling;
his
con
duct
odd
; H
e ho
ped
to w
rite
one
goo
d lin
e; d
ied
belie
ving
in G
od.
Poet
ry C
orne
r (2)
The
Sh
eari
ng
W
hen
my
life
was
thr
ifty,
thr
ifty,
Soo
n m
y on
e sh
eep
grew
to
fifty
; Aft
er t
hat
I liv
ed for
fun
And
fou
nd m
y flo
ck w
as b
ack
to o
ne.
Two
trad
itio
nal p
oem
s fr
om W
ales
; 16
th -
17t
h ce
ntur
y, b
oth
anon
ymou
s.
Tran
slat
ions
fro
m t
he O
xfor
d Boo
k of
Wel
sh V
erse
in E
nglis
h.
Goo
d C
oun
sel
Goo
d fo
r go
od is
onl
y fa
ir;
Bad
for
bad
soo
n br
ings
des
pair
; Bad
for
goo
d is
vile
and
bas
e;
Goo
d fo
r ba
d sh
ows
fort
h
God
’s g
race
.
