[UA] Eternity

[Dave Turner]

What a fantastic story!  Truly UA, and moving to boot.

And I re-emphasize:  Shame on you lazy Aussies!  Or maybe you were hoarding 
this nugget for yourselves?  ;-P

Dave


>I am a little disappointed with the Aussies on this list;  particularly the 
>ones
>from Sydney.  How come I had to hear from the commentators at the Olympic
>opening ceremony about the nutter who wrote the word 'Eternity' all over 
>Sydney
>in yellow chalk?  Arthur Stace was a drunkard whose sisters ran brothels.  
>One
>day he finds religion and feels called by God to write the word 'Eternity' 
>in
>yellow chalk or crayon on the sidewalks and buildings of  Sydney, in the 
>places
>God tells him to go.  He manages to do this anonymously for twenty years or 
>so,
>until outed in a newspaper article on June 21st, 1956.  During the 
>millennium
>celebration this year, 'Eternity' is written in glowing letters on the 
>harbor
>bridge.  I quote the organisor:  "It's incredibly Sydney.  It symbolised 
>for me
>the madness, mystery and magic of the city."  It then shows up in the 
>Olympic
>opening ceremony.
>
>I found a good article here:
>http://www.jesus.com.au/library/profiles/arthur-stace/index.html, though 
>I'm
>sure there are others.
>
>Ben Brighoff
>
>
>
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