Show westminster anney ABBEY I 1 went to the shrine b rine of westminster abbey with a multitude to praise goi goil and awl keep holy lime time in the very grandeur of the fane seemed to be worship on ott those tp tye e noble pillars vast heaves cheaves of stone the religious ong ous affections climbed up to heaven in the graceful 9 braceful curves of the groined ceiling the fascinated imagination slid to and fro for a while till fill it was fastened as by a spell caught in in a sacred net 0 of f the associations of all beauty the tha prayers beza bega a with the pure decorous language ofa of that form ever the he same save for its manifold little variations in one or another connection and lati tilde illde which has been made so familiar to the ears of Urist christendom endom very i pleasant was the reverent sound but is it an 0 orar ver milica tilica may ihnot it not be a truly devotional spirit that asks ask is that endless repetition of a few formulas all thatis that is mean by prayer the public ac of the being and mercies of almighty god Is this the mechanical mali maii manner iner this moncton monotony mon otono oi speech into which such stiffly prescribed supplication often almost unavoidably sinks all that is possible in these momentous addresses of briman human creatures to heaven can there be no more adap to occasions and to the he actual relations of life no more personal ardor and sincerity consistent with tile the oui outpouring pouring or attempted exciter excitement nent of general emotion and never a spontaneous burst instead of this dull recitation ohl oh believe it not believe it not you may yourself be inclined to such captivating formalism the bosoms of men mav may break out together aswell as well weli as burn in in solitude with thank thanksgiving ivin lvin and veneration to the power that made us its and to shut up all the emotions belonging to him in a prayer pr book bok isas is as great an affront though thou 9 it unintended a as it would be to read off the expressions of our affect affections ions ioni to one another only from written writ ten lines or a printed page Hilt bands and wives sons and daughters daughter brothers and sisters will it do between you neither will h it ae between us all and heaven |