Cherie's Place » Clarke Fitzgerald http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Wed, 29 Apr 2026 23:45:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The Plumb-Line and the City http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2025/08/02/the-plumb-line-and-the-city/ http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2025/08/02/the-plumb-line-and-the-city/#comments Sat, 02 Aug 2025 22:53:06 +0000 CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=27776 The Plumb-Line and the City

This sculpture by Clarke Fitzgerald was given to the Cathedral by Christ Church, Cincinnati, USA in 1971.

A plumb-line is used to determine whether or not a building is standing straight. This sculpture is based on a passage from the Bible, Amos 7.7-9, where God sets out his intention to assess whether or not his people are aligned with him. Amos is warned that, if necessary, God will take action to put things right…

This is what he showed me: the Lord was standing beside a wall built with a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand. And the Lord said to me, ‘Amos, what do you see?’ And I said, ‘A plumb-line.’ Then the Lord said, ‘See, I am setting a plumb-line in the midst of my people Israel; I will never again pass them by; the high places of Isaac shall be made desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste, and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.’*

*Quoted from a signboard next to the sculpture

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