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The book with a pen sitting just above, for scale.

During the report of the Presbyterian Inland Mission at the 2013 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Australia mention was made of the book Views Beyond The Furthest Fence, a pictorial history of 100 years of ministry in the outback. With an illuminating text by Stuart Bonnington, the feature of this coffee-table book are the historical and contemporary photographs collated by Stephen Dyer (who took most of the contemporary images himself).
Mention was made during debate at GAA that this book should be on display in the home of every Presbyterian pastor in the nation (by Graham Nicholson, I believe).
Well, it seems someone took his words to heart because yesterday a copy of the book arrived by parcel post here at home.
No note, no invoice, just the book.
So, thanks generous mystery giver.

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The fascinating historical images in the first half of the book are in black and white, with the remainder in colour, like this.

One thought on “A Generous Gift From An Anonymous Giver

  1. Brian Johnson's avatar Brian Johnson says:

    A very generous gift, a great book, we’ve got one.

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