The Menace of Secularism Addresses On the Nations Need of the National Church
The Menace of Secularism Addresses On the Nations Need of the National Church
Edith Mary Gell
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. 'iUl. H'M) IV XTbe Catbebrals an^ parisb Cburcbes Let us consider an aspect of Disestablishment and Dis- endowment which is of far-reaching import — that which concerns our worship. As we lift our eyes to some statelj' cathedral, we do well to ask ourselves what was in the minds of the men who reared it. Why did they spend infinite thought and pains and time, the best resources of art and loving care on rendering this edifice as perfect as human talent permits ? We know well that the very bes...t we have to oifer will come pitifully short of the Majesty of the Most High, and yet He deigns to accept this service at the hands of His creatures, and ever since the days of Solomon's temple, so graphically portrayed as " exceed- ing magnifical, "' true-hearted devotion has sought to en- shrine in stately arch and pillar and aisle something of the aspiration which always falls short of full expression. This is how our great cathedrals came to be ; and per- haps, as we dwell upon the humble beginnings of these centres of Church life in some dioceses, such as St.
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