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I forward this message, which has nothing to do with medieval religion at all, but which is perhaps relevant to the List. ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 11:14:23 -0500 (CDT) To: [log in to unmask] From: "John L. Speller" <[log in to unmask]> (snip, snip) ... I will come out of hiding to mention the person commemorated tomorrow, October 15th., in the Episcopal Calendar. This is Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky, Bishop of Shanghai, 1906. He was a Lithuanian Jew who was converted to Christianity and emigrated to the United States to study for the Presbyterian ministry. After two years he became an Episcopalian and went to General Seminary. After he was ordained he became a missionary priest in China. He translated the Bible into a number Chinese dialects and was later consecrated Bishop of Shanghai. Shortly after this, however, he had a stroke which left him palalyzed except for the middle finger of his left hand. Determined that this minor inconvenience should not interfere with his translation work, he spent the next several decades typing thousands and thousands of pages of Chinese with one finger in order to complete his life's work. In the 1890's he wrote: "I have been sitting in this chair now for twenty years. At first it seemed hard ..." Because he spent decades sitting in front of a keyboard, a number of Anglican groups have made him a kind of unofficial Patron Saint of the Internet. Perhaps he should be the patron saint of our list too. John. ---Forwarded Message Ends--- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Mark Harris * S-mail: Finance Division, University of London, Room 255, Senate * House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU * E-mail: [log in to unmask] * Tel: 0171-636 8000 x 3488 * Fax: 0171-631 1195 * * Vanum est vobis ante lucem surgere. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%