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

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s

12

Sudo

ku -

easy

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lutio

n Su

doku

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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

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vol

e 12

Roe

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Com

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Sh

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14

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15 B

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cro

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top.

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l upo

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, 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

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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,

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.

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10

Pict

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Qui

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(All

the

righ

t na

mes

- b

ut n

ot

nece

ssar

ily in

the

rig

ht o

rder

) (A

ctua

l ans

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s P1

2)

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wn

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in

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daw

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1 ‘T

here

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let

us —

pas

sing

jud

gmen

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one

ano

ther

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ans

14:1

3) (

4)

3 ‘I —

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per

sons

her

e pr

esen

t’ (M

arriag

e se

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4,4)

9

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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 —

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lor,

pio

neer

mis

sion

ary

to C

hina

(6)

14

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erw

ise

know

n as

the

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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’

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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.

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zles

(1)

Med

ium

Solu

tion

on p

age

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ok C

arto

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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

.