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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.

Nor only in the holy shrine
The Faith holds forth this shield divine;—
As with the traveller on his way,
Social or lonely, grave or gay,
The sky extends its circling bound,
The cloud-hung blue expanding round,—
Thus, wheresoe'er on earth we rove,
Its omnipresent form doth move,
Wherein the image of the skies,
And the eternal Gospel lies,
Infinity of strength and light,
And love e'en more than infinite.
It is the breath of our new birth,
It is the light of our new morn,
Whence hues upon the soul are born,
More durable than aught on earth.
When dawning life first let us in,
Into this house of grief and sin,
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And Death stood by to mark his prey,—
Protectingly, our sheltering stay,
That Creed stood o'er the dangerous way—
An arch that open'd to the dome,
The ancient Church's sacred home;
An arch which, at Death's twilight bourne,
Lets out into the heavenly morn,
And over-stretching the dread road
Props on each side th'incumbent load,
Until the ransom'd have pass'd by,
In soberness most meet to bear the Judge's eye.
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