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l:or sumt tin:e nor,v. I havc listc:ned to expressions lrom mcrlLrers ol-the communit-i.t:oncerning their desire to see tlie "'BoLrnty" Bitrle rrturned to its original displar, locationirtside thc Sevenlh Dav Adverrtist ( lrLrrch. Comments have ransecl liorri thc sentimentai"lt rva.q in tlrc ehurcti rvhern I rvas grorving up". to the spiritual "lt's the tlolv Scripturcs: ithclongs it: [ht: churr:lr" 1o Lhe rnarkcting "l']cirrg iitrlc to vicu,tlrer Llitrle at an_v time u'illirrspirc visitors to \\,irn( 1o visit thc Museum" anglc: and sorne voiccd allol'thcse.

Acct-'ssibilit.r, is a mattcr of'conccrn.'l'hc Museum lras no postcd hor-rrs lbr public accress:rvhcreas. the cliirrch is always opcn and nceds ncl spcr:iaI arra.n{remr:nt tor vier,r,ing of'thcIlihle in i1s cutslom nrade set:urc case. Apart fionr [his rc]ason. horvever. tlie iliblc slroLrldnot bc trcated me rclv as an otr-icct to hrc li:ckcd iii.r,ay ancl hicldcr:. Llnseen. f or tlrc ma"jrintrt:l-the vcar. It is the IIol.v Scriptures. Its righttiri pluce. comparativelr. is in a housc c1worship. As an arti{act and ob.iect olvalue. it was lrousecl salbly within thc r:lrurcr[r. r.r,itirntl ribviotts signs ol'deterioration. for more than halla centr-rrv Lrelirre beine rernoved andiockcd au,a-,v in [hc Muscurr. II'security is the concern. lcannot irnaginc a hettcr slrardialrthan the Lurd. Ilirrrsclll

It tnust hc considercd that. il'returncd to the churcli. lhe tliLrle would not be lhc onlr[]ountl'ar1ilact on islanrl to be houscd outside ol-the Muscum. I:or cxample. lhcBouttty's anchor rcsl"s in'l'he Scluare. while a cannon is displal,ecl in er pril,ate varc1.

Scvcrtrl nt<lre knor,vn artilhcts re'sidc irr private collcctions or are sctrttcrccl around tovr,n"and nol neccssaril-v protectcd lionr thc el*mcnts. lrurthcrnrore. thcrr has lreen no obviouspLrtrlic scntimcnt that tliese should all bc sccr:red arrd placed in tht lr,lLrseum.

lt also bcars nutins tirat many pirbl!cations exist statiflg that thrr tlibie is ciisplaved in thechurch. and tltat. even lodar:. sonre visitors crnter I-he church cxpccting it to still bc houscdthe re.

I. thcrefirrc. subntit tlrc itltachcd list ol'sisnalories w'ho approvc this pelition u,ilh rhe rvishthiit (louncil givc carclul considclation to rcturninq t["re []riuntv Bitrle to its originalclisplav locatiitri insidc: tlrt Severrrtlr I)iiv Adventist C'hurclr, rvherc it r,i,ill hc on tlisplav toitnv i,lrtl all u,ho cnte r the church.

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