Brothertoft Church

The Church of St Gilbert of Sempringham at the Lincolnshire hamlet of Brothertoft is close by one of those wonderful A-roads for which the county is famous, and therefore easily accessed. Although it was all locked up, I briefly inspected the externals and took a picture or two through the window panes, espying little of note.

The grave of 28-year-old Henry Henstock is situated close by, a few lines of verse stating:

Affliction sore long time I bore,

Physicians (sic) skill was vain;

Till Christ the chief did send relief,

And eased me of my pain.

Not a healing, methinks, but a call home, a death. This is the ultimate healing, when God removes us altogether from the pain and angst of a fallen world, into his bright presence, where there is no darkness, curse or tribulation.