Common Folk Collective » history http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog Common Folk Doing Uncommon Things Tue, 15 Mar 2016 17:08:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9 Light Houses Over Churches http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2013/03/light-houses-over-churches/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=light-houses-over-churches http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/2013/03/light-houses-over-churches/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:19:21 +0000 http://commonfolkcollective.com/blog/?p=3343 On a voyage to England in 1757, Ben Franklin narrowly escaped shipwreck.

Afterward, he wrote to his wife, “The bell ringing for church, we went thither immediately, and with hearts full of gratitude, returned sincere thanks to God for the mercies we had received.

Were I a Roman Catholic, perhaps I should on this occasion vow to build a chapel to some saint, but as I am not, if I were to vow at all, it should be to build a light-house.

Ben Franklin

From Futility Closet

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