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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.
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IX.
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XI.
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XII.
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The South Aisle.
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THE CREED.
 I. 
I.
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II.
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III.
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IV.
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V.
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VI.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII.
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IX.
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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.
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II.
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III.
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IV.
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V.
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VI.
 VII. 
VII.
 VIII. 
VIII.
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IX.
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XI.
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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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II.

What is the long Cathedral glade,
But Faith that in the structur'd shade
Herself embodies to the sense,
Leaning upon Omnipotence;
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And Holiness, ennobling thought,
Into a living temple wrought?
There Strength and Beauty spring to life,
In contests of harmonious strife;
With blended glories high aloof,
Embracing on the gorgeous roof,
Till standing 'neath the giant throng
The soul expands, and feels her strong
With more than doth to man belong.
Nor gazing on th'ethereal hall
Let thoughts of vastness thee appall!
Through the still arch, night's awful dome,
Love gleams from his eternal home,
With countenance unearthly bright
Lifting the curtains of dead Night,
And thro' the vast of that wild sea
Speaks peace to fall'n humanity.
E'en thus the Creed's eternal scroll
Doth awe, but not confound the soul;
Like tent of ether spread above,
All fostering, all sustaining love,
There stretches her unfailing strength,
And height, and depth, and breadth, and length
Doth to our aid itself unfold,
Exalt, ennoble, strengthen, hold,
'Neath whose encircling canopy
We may from Sin and Sorrow flee.
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God the beginning whence it rose,
And everlasting life the close.
Tho' clouds and darkness mantle round
Those towers, disclos'd on heavenly ground,
Mercy with them her light is blending,
On embassies of grace descending.
There, as within a darken'd glass,
Our God before us deigns to pass,
We 'neath His sheltering hand may hide,
And in our Rock unharm'd abide.
No sooner in His might array'd,
He hath the world's foundations laid,
Holding in hollow of His hand,
The Heav'ns—and earth—and sea—and land,
When lo, the crystal skies descend,
He comes below of man the Friend,
To walk with man till time shall end—
In him, with him, the weary steep to climb,
And lead him to calm heights beyond the sea of time.
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