School Bells


Isn't it always a joy whenever we hear the school bell ring? It either meant that is was the end of a lesson or it was recess time! *YEAH!* Even though in my contract teaching days, on one hand it meant that my lesson had to end even though i may not have covered whatever i was intending to teach, i sure enjoyed the sound as it meant that i could be leaving a bunch of monstrous students who simply refuse to listen during class.

Whatever the case, this post was inspired when i was reading something about the Westminster Chime which a bell tune. Out of my curiosity i went online to find out how did the tune go. To my amazement, it was the SAJC school bell's tune! When i was searching more about it's background and history, one thing that struck me was that according to the tradition, the tune has the following words:

O Lord our God
Be thou our guide
That by thy help
No foot may slide.

Hence, I was reminded of a portion of scripture in Ephesians 5:1-21.

I believe that as we approach the days ahead of us, we are vulnerable to the evil one who is out to kill, steal and destroy us in order to see us lose our salvation and our eternity in heaven. Therefore it is necessary that we depend on God even more. From the book that i read, the author mentioned that this tune is being sounded on many American campuses and each time these bells ring, it is like the bell ringing out a prayer. I hope that the prayer that is being sounded daily all over America and even in SAJC be the prayer that is in our hearts daily.

May God be our guide so that we will know and do His will and not fall into temptation or fall into the ways of the world.

To find out more, please refer to the following links:
http://www.clocksnmore.com/midi/westminster.mp3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_chime