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16/03/2016
A short reflection and prayer with Richard Hill.
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Wed 16 Mar 2016
05:43
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
Prayer for the Day, Richard Hill
Good morning.
On this day 110 years ago Govanhill Carnegie Library, Glasgow opened,. Thus began a whole realm of possibility for generations to come. Free access to learning for people who previously might have had few opportunities.
Even in this world of borrowing eBooks and e-learning, I think thereβs something wonderful and almost sacred about the old Carnegie buildings. I found the reading room in Bangorβs Carnegie Library intimidating as a child. It had all the daily papers laid out on huge wooden benches, a and the entire collection of telephone directories for the UK. The memorable smell of polish and old books along with the rule of silence amplified the imposing air.
It was also a useful place. As a small child my mother took me every few weeks to collect new reading material. As a teenager I used it to help me with extra reading for my o-levels and a-levels and to learn more about the facts of life.
Iβm grateful to the late Andrew Carnegie for his philanthropy. My town library was one of the 2500 across the world which he paid for. The wealthy Scots-American industrialist wrote, βThe man who dies rich dies disgraced.β
One hundred years ago he spent $56m building the library legacy quite apart from all his other trusts, endowments and public buildings.Β
The book of Proverbs Β says, βInstruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.β
Lord,Thanks you for all those who have provided us with the means to add to our learning.Help us to add to their generosity and pass it on.Amen
On this day 110 years ago Govanhill Carnegie Library, Glasgow opened,. Thus began a whole realm of possibility for generations to come. Free access to learning for people who previously might have had few opportunities.
Even in this world of borrowing eBooks and e-learning, I think thereβs something wonderful and almost sacred about the old Carnegie buildings. I found the reading room in Bangorβs Carnegie Library intimidating as a child. It had all the daily papers laid out on huge wooden benches, a and the entire collection of telephone directories for the UK. The memorable smell of polish and old books along with the rule of silence amplified the imposing air.
It was also a useful place. As a small child my mother took me every few weeks to collect new reading material. As a teenager I used it to help me with extra reading for my o-levels and a-levels and to learn more about the facts of life.
Iβm grateful to the late Andrew Carnegie for his philanthropy. My town library was one of the 2500 across the world which he paid for. The wealthy Scots-American industrialist wrote, βThe man who dies rich dies disgraced.β
One hundred years ago he spent $56m building the library legacy quite apart from all his other trusts, endowments and public buildings.Β
The book of Proverbs Β says, βInstruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.β
Lord,Thanks you for all those who have provided us with the means to add to our learning.Help us to add to their generosity and pass it on.Amen
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