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The Cathedral, or the Catholic and Apostolic Church in England

Second edition [by Isaac Williams]
Williams, Isaac (1802-1865)

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THE DEDICATION.
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PART I. The Exterior of the Cathedral.
  
THE APPROACH.
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The Western Front.
  
The Left-hand Door.
  
The Middle Door.
  
The Right-hand Door.
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The Cloisters.
 I. 
I. The Liturgy.
 II. 
II. Forms.
 III. 
III. The Collect for the Day.
 IV. 
IV. Prayer.
 V. 
V. The Complaint.
 VI. 
VI. Sunday.
 VII. 
VII. Village Psalmody.
 VIII. 
VIII. The Ancient Village.
 IX. 
IX. The modern Cathedral.
 X. 
X. The Daily Service.
 XI. 
XI. Foreign Breviaries.
 XII. 
XII. The Church in Scotland.
 XIII. 
XIII. The Church in Wales.
 XIV. 
XIV. The Church in Wales.
 XV. 
XV. The Church in Wales.
 XVI. 
XVI. Political changes.
 XVII. 
XVII. The sure Covenant.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. Prayer for the Parliament.
 XIX. 
XIX. Prayer for the King.
 XX. 
XX. Consolations of Baptism.
 XXI. 
XXI. The City of God.
 XXII. 
XXII. New Ways.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. The Crucifix.
 XXIV. 
XXIV. The Holy Altar.
 XXV. 
XXV. The Ancient Church.
 XXVI. 
XXVI. The Holy Land.
 XXVII. 
XXVII. Lost Eden.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII. The Coming of Christ.
  
The Way to the Chapter House.
  
The Chapter House.
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PART II. The Nave.
  
The North Porch.
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The Sepulchral Recesses.
  
LAUD.
  
KEN.
  
KING CHARLES I.
  
KETTLEWELL.
  
TAYLOR.
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The Oratories.
  
DISTANT CHURCH MUSIC.
  
THE DOXOLOGY.
  
THE ATHANASIAN CREED.
  
FAST DAYS.
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The North Transept.
  
THE PSALMS.
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The North Aisle.
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THE LORD'S PRAYER.
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III. In the Baptismal Service.
 IV. 
IV. In the Daily Service.
 V. 
V. In the Litany.
 VI. 
VI. In the Ante-Communion.
 VII. 
VII. In the Post-Communion.
 VIII. 
VIII. In the Marriage Service.
 IX. 
IX. In the Burial Service.
 X. 
X.
 XI. 
XI.
 XII. 
XII.
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The Middle Aisle.
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HOLY SCRIPTURE.
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
V.
 VI. 
VI.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII.
 IX. 
IX.
 X. 
X.
 XI. 
XI.
 XII. 
XII.
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The South Aisle.
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THE CREED.
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
V.
 VI. 
VI.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII.
 IX. 
IX.
 X. 
X.
 XI. 
XI.
 XII. 
XII.
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The South Transept.
  
THE EPISTLE AND GOSPEL.
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The Oratories.
  
FESTIVALS.
  
THE NICENE CREED.
  
THE BLESSING.
  
DISTANT CHURCH BELLS.
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The Sepulchral Recesses.
  
HERBERT.
  
BUTLER.
  
KING GEORGE III.
  
WILSON.
  
HOOKER.
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The South Porch.
  
THE CHURCH IN FEAR.
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PART III. The Choir.
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The Steps to the Choir.
  
THE LITANY.
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The Approach to the Choir.
  
DESPONDENCY.
  
INVITATION.
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The Skreen.
  
DISCIPLINA ARCANI.
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The Choir.
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THE SACRAMENTAL HYMN.
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
V.
 VI. 
VI.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII.
 IX. 
IX.
 X. 
X.
 XI. 
XI.
 XII. 
XII.
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The Lady Chapel.
  
THE SONG OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN,
  
The Parting Voluntary.
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PART IV. The Pillars AND The Windows.
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The Pillars of the Nave.
  
NOAH.
  
ABRAHAM.
  
JOSEPH.
  
MOSES.
  
JOSHUA.
  
DAVID.
  
ELIJAH.
  
ELISHA.
  
ISAIAH.
  
JEREMIAH.
  
EZEKIEL.
  
DANIEL.
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The Pillars of the Choir.
  
ST. PETER.
  
ST. ANDREW.
  
ST. JAMES THE GREAT.
  
ST. JOHN.
  
ST. PHILIP.
  
ST. BARTHOLOMEW.
  
ST. MATTHEW.
  
ST. THOMAS.
  
ST. JAMES THE LESS.
  
ST. JUDE.
  
ST. SIMON.
  
ST. MATTHIAS.
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The Western Window.
  
THE NATIVITY.
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The Side Windows.
  
CLEMENT OF ROME.
  
IGNATIUS.
  
POLYCARP.
  
JUSTIN.
  
IRENÆUS.
  
TERTULLIAN.
  
CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA
  
ORIGEN.
  
CYPRIAN.
  
DIONYSIUS OF ALEXANDRIA.
  
HIPPOLYTUS.
  
GREGORY THAUMATURGUS.
  
ATHANASIUS.
  
AMBROSE.
  
BASIL.
  
GREGORY NAZIANZEN.
  
HILARY.
  
CYRIL OF JERUSALEM.
  
EPIPHANIUS.
  
GREGORY NYSSEN.
  
CHRYSOSTOM.
  
AUGUSTINE.
  
CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA.
  
JEROME.
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The Eastern Window.
  
THE CRUCIFIXION.

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VIII.

Thy guiding hand a little further on!
What visionary shapes now fill the gloom,
Of more than earthly wisdom, tho' in grief
O'er earthly things they hang their drooping form?
And who art thou with robes all rudely rent,
Sitting beneath the lofty Lebanon,
Thy realm a waste, and Solitude thy throne?
Daughter of Salem, from what tower of strength
Descending, sitt'st thou at the gate of Death?
And can our God cast off his own elect?
Desolate Judah, lesson sad to us!
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Desolate Judah, sitting on the ground!
O thou, but little mid the nations known
In arts or arms, (emblem of Hope divine
By man despis'd,) O thou, but little known
In arts or arms, but better known of God,
And could not this content thee, little one?
Euphrates' bank, and Chebar's distant flood,
Have echoed to thy Jordan's deep lament.
Now all is vocal with prophetic strains,
And Lebanon and Carmel find a voice,
Kingdoms their mighty shadows cast before
Going to ruin—Tyre, and Nineveh,
And Babylon. Behind the fleeting scene
Stern Retribution sits, and holds the scale,
Where empires all are weigh'd, while rebel Pride
With meteor lamp leads on to dusky Death.
Meanwhile, as flows the stream of mortal things,
There riseth up the mist of human woes,
And, lo, that mist is skirted with the gleam
Which harbingers the slowly-rising morn,
And brightens more and more, as darker grows
The gather'd cloud, until effulgent made
With rays prophetic purpling all the dawn,
It doth disclose the Sun of Righteousness,
Streaming in light o'er the dim vale of life,
And hills of immortality afar.
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