This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 Excerpt: ...the Cathedral worship of our mother Church. That worship has been shared in for generations by men of every shade of opinion and every variety of ecclesiastical association. But all hearts yield to its spell, and all minds own its dignity, beauty, and impressiveness. The most familiar tribute to an English Cathedral ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 Excerpt: ...the Cathedral worship of our mother Church. That worship has been shared in for generations by men of every shade of opinion and every variety of ecclesiastical association. But all hearts yield to its spell, and all minds own its dignity, beauty, and impressiveness. The most familiar tribute to an English Cathedral service which has been written in our day emanated from a divine of the Puritan school of theology, and of most rigid Puritan descent. It certainly ought to have set us thinking long ago, that no worship of modern days has been so uniformly approved and prized by Christians of every name and men of every rank as has the Cathedral service. If such a service has in it elements that touch the most different natures, why should we not employ it among ourselves; and above all why should not we have it under conditions which would lift it to be the type and pattern for the whole Church? In England, the average parochial worship is in every way better than ours, having more heartiness, and, especially in the musical portion, more of unison, than among us is anywhere to be found. And the reason is that the Cathedral, with its spirited services, and broad and massive effects, presents a model toward which the parish Churches instinctively turn. From it, these get their best musical compositions, their finest hymn-singing, and above all, that noble combination of dignity and simplicity, that chaste impressiveness and beauty, which, above all else, are distinctive of worship in the English Cathedrals. An American traveller may find in All Saints', Margaret Street, in St. Andrew's, Wells Street, in St. Alban's, Holborn Hill, the most "advanced" ritual which the Anglican Church can produce. But he will, with perhaps a single exception, look in vain...
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