 Tempus Fugit The Grandfather Clock ~~~ in the entry stands ~~~ each quarter hour remindeth ~~~ The Christian God, the Triune God, He created heaven and earth And all that we beholdeth. The Grandfather Clock to greet them all, With chimes and hands and psalms, Behold the face of this grand, old clock, The children gather in the hall The wee ones and the tall, The Cambridge Quarters there recite Giving Unto God All Glory... The First Quarter ~~ 'Oh, Lord, Our God' The Second Quarter ~~ 'Be Thou Our Guide' The Third Quarter ~~ 'That by Thy Help' The Fourth Quarter ~~ 'No foot may slide' We all declare them boldly! Psalm 17:5 'Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.' Psalm 37:31 'The law of his God is in his heart, none of his steps shall slide.' Psalm 121:3 'He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.' My friend, Sara, in Alabama shared the history of the Cambridge Quarters with me almost 10 years ago, Tempus Fugit! She often heard our Grandfather Clock chiming. 'Not so very long ago, all within hearing distance of the great bells of the world were reminded of the Christian God every fifteen minutes. It is believed that The Cambridge Quarters were patterned in 1793 to replicate I Know That My Redeemer Liveth from Handel's Messiah. There are some who refer to the chimes as The Westminster Chimes, as Big Ben was erected in London in 1851. I prefer The Cambridge Quarters and instruct the children that while across the English Channel the French were endeavoring to destroy every vestige of Christianity and the Christian Triune God during the French Revolution, the English were reminding all within hearing distance of the great bells of the world of the Christian God. And that reminder of the Christian God remains in our home to this very day...every quarter hour.
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