![]() ![]() As the posters were unrolled, five words appeared in white font against a red background: KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON. She said her father, who had been a member of the Royal Observer Corps, had given them to her years before. Andrews University a few years ago, a woman from the town of Fife approached the hosts with a bundle of rolled-up posters-fifteen of them, all alike, held together by a rubber band. When the British edition of the television program Antiques Roadshow was filming an episode at St. The Cross of Christ Gives Us the Confidence to Carry On As we await the Lord’s return, the atmospherics of your heart and mine should be calm, for Jesus said, “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace” (John 16:33). We’re living in in chaotic times but, to quote from Isaiah again, “In quietness and confidence shall be your strength” (Isaiah 30:15). We can stay calm and committed and convinced. In perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.” Promise of Isaiah 26:3: “You will keep him We can live with calmness and confidence because of the ![]() King Solomon similarly wrote in Proverbs 17:27, “A man of King David did that in Psalm 131, as he wrote: “Surely I Here’s his rendering of 1 Peter 1:13: “Be calm and collected in spirit and set your hope perfectly, wholly, and unchangeably, without doubt and despondency upon the grace that is being brought to you….” Kenneth Wuest was a renowned New Testament scholar at Moody Bible Institute who provided an expanded translation of the New Testament. Storm on the sea, the Bible says: “The wind ceased and there was a great calm.”Īccording to Webster, the word “calm” means “without rough motion not windy or stormy free from disturbance tranquil serene.” The Bible uses the word “calm” to describe how the Lord wants to settle the weather patterns of our minds. In Mark 4, when Jesus rebuked the waves and wind during a Prophet told the sailors, “Pick me up and throw me into the sea then the sea He calms the storm, so that its waves are still.ĭuring a terrible squall in the Book of Jonah, the runaway Then they cry out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brings them out of their distresses. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end. The BBC has speculated that this iconic sign-KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON-might be the greatest motivational poster in history, for its stoic message resonates with people of every age. A simple sentence, crafted but unused by one generation, seems almost prophetically intended for a new generation facing a pandemic, changing values, economic crises, and overstressed nerves. The slogan began appearing on mugs, T-shirts, towels, and many other accessories.Īs the motto spread across England, the story behind the poster came out and the words KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON became a sensation. Customers, strangely moved by the simple words, began asking for copies, so the Manleys had replicas made. They didn’t realize its significance at first, but Mary liked it so much she framed and hung it behind the cash register. As the Manleys sorted through his purchase, they pulled out a striking cardboard poster with the words: KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON. Stuart and his wife Mary own a popular bookstore in the northeast of England. But a few years ago, Stuart Manley bought a box of old materials at an auction. The destruction was so complete that the only known copies of the sign were stored in the British archives. Įngland was spared invasion, of course and the unused posters were turned to pulp after the war. Simple words beneath the crown of the King of England: KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON. Worker, it featured a stark white font against a red background and bore these Poster was to be used only in the event of invasion. Them, but these were warehoused and intended for distribution only if worseĬame to worst and German boots landed on English soil. The MOI then designed a third poster and printed millions of About half a million of these were printed and tacked up in bus stops, train stations, shop windows, bulletin boards, and power poles across the British Isles. The second sign featured a green background with offsetting white letters proclaiming: FREEDOM IS IN PERIL DEFEND IT WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT. Signs-white letters on a blue background-were posted across the land. The first sign bore this motto: YOUR COURAGE YOURĬHEERFULNESS YOUR RESOLUTION WILL BRING US VICTORY. ![]()
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