| Show abst nolue from fro a tussle ta tr at santa clira clara cat cal there Is 1 a dap list tit church which wai was built of lumber made frum from a slagle giant lint oak tree under ite its rache liches the first ser vice 1 la in that region waa was hed hold in 1110 aben it ties ai decided to build a church it waa was bought thought belt best to ue two the site ite of the original meeting place 1 ft ith appropriate ceren onlee onles the treat great tree whose hade shade covered an acre of ground waa was consecrated for its it new purpose workmen then cut off the tre r twenty feet from tre we thi this big stump wai was partially hollow had ind waa was allowed to stand for the church tower A tf 1 steeple waa was buth on top of it 11 the upper part of the he tree trunk and if its hue huge branches bran chea were sawed up into lumber tor for the main ix tady dy of the church when the church con com pleceda eda substantial thirty I 1 feet e et wide by seventy fee feel twelve hundred feet ft of lumber remained unused A more sturdy turdy building could not be imagined it la Is strong aa an the old saxon churches eb urchea of rutland england which were built centuries ago of native oak and are still in ue to |
