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upon the general prevalence as a name throughout Germany , and its possible significancy , when used by Shakspeare as one of the instruments of which Hamlet complains , that " you would play upon me , you would seem to know my stops : " you ivould pluck out the heart of mystery . " But we forbear , and shall conclude with reminding our readers that the Rosy Cross was
the emblem of the bold Reformer Luther , with this explanatory motto , rhymed no doubt by his own pen : — " Des Christen Herz auf Rosen geht , Wenn ' s mitten unterm Creuze steht . " In an equal English metre : — " The Christian ' s heart on Roses goes ,
When ' neath the Cross it seeks repose . " WILLIAM BELL , Phil . " Dr .
St. Saviour's And Its Monuments.
ST . SAVIOUR'S AND ITS MONUMENTS .
IN the early days of Britain , before William of Normandy invaded it , and conquered by force of arms those brave Saxons who fell at Hastings , led by the bravest of them all , the valiant Harold ; in those remote times a simple ferry-boat , possibly of the rudest ancl roughest construction , was the sole means by which a communication was maintained by the inhabitants of
the city of London ancl the borough of Southwark . There was then no noble bridge of ample dimensions and costly design to span the great river Thames , that silent highway whose beauty has been so often sung , and Avhose usefulness has proved a never-tiring theme for the ready pen of ancient and modern authors . It seems scarcely within common belief that so
primitive a method of transit should have ever prevailed in a spot where so many thousands are daily passing in this age of traffic and active pursuit of business . It was so , however ; and to it , strange to relate , we are indebted for one of the most beautiful ecclesiastical edifices which London can boast of . Mary Overy , a ferryman ' s daughter , after plying from shore
to shore for many years , left the proceeds of her oivn and her parents' industry to the endoAvment of a Priory for Sisters , Avhich some time after Avas converted into a College of Priests ;
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upon the general prevalence as a name throughout Germany , and its possible significancy , when used by Shakspeare as one of the instruments of which Hamlet complains , that " you would play upon me , you would seem to know my stops : " you ivould pluck out the heart of mystery . " But we forbear , and shall conclude with reminding our readers that the Rosy Cross was
the emblem of the bold Reformer Luther , with this explanatory motto , rhymed no doubt by his own pen : — " Des Christen Herz auf Rosen geht , Wenn ' s mitten unterm Creuze steht . " In an equal English metre : — " The Christian ' s heart on Roses goes ,
When ' neath the Cross it seeks repose . " WILLIAM BELL , Phil . " Dr .
St. Saviour's And Its Monuments.
ST . SAVIOUR'S AND ITS MONUMENTS .
IN the early days of Britain , before William of Normandy invaded it , and conquered by force of arms those brave Saxons who fell at Hastings , led by the bravest of them all , the valiant Harold ; in those remote times a simple ferry-boat , possibly of the rudest ancl roughest construction , was the sole means by which a communication was maintained by the inhabitants of
the city of London ancl the borough of Southwark . There was then no noble bridge of ample dimensions and costly design to span the great river Thames , that silent highway whose beauty has been so often sung , and Avhose usefulness has proved a never-tiring theme for the ready pen of ancient and modern authors . It seems scarcely within common belief that so
primitive a method of transit should have ever prevailed in a spot where so many thousands are daily passing in this age of traffic and active pursuit of business . It was so , however ; and to it , strange to relate , we are indebted for one of the most beautiful ecclesiastical edifices which London can boast of . Mary Overy , a ferryman ' s daughter , after plying from shore
to shore for many years , left the proceeds of her oivn and her parents' industry to the endoAvment of a Priory for Sisters , Avhich some time after Avas converted into a College of Priests ;