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Article ST. SAVIOUR'S AND ITS MONUMENTS. ← Page 8 of 9 →
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St. Saviour's And Its Monuments.
tered many of the sorrows and struggles Avhich beset us in the hard battle of life : — " Not twice ten yeores of age , A weary breath Have I exchanged For a happy death ;
My course so short , The longer is my rest : God takes them soonest Whom he loveth best ; For he that ' s borne to day , And dies to morrow , Loseth some clays of rest , But more of sorrow . "
It is a pleasant idea to rob death of some of those grim associations ivhich seem so frequently to haunt the precincts where he holds his undisputed SAvay ; and to adorn the gravestones which mark his fearful footsteps Avith thoughts that shall elevate rather than depress the living ancl aid them to fight the of terrors
good fight which shall take the sting from the king . Of Avhat base uses men can make of holy places , an example is given us in the purpose to which the exquisitely-wrought Lady Chapel was once put . For three-score and some odd years it was leased and let out by the churchwardens to a baker , ancl used by him as a bake and starch-house ; but in 1624 at
, whose instigation there is no record , it was restored to the church , ancl very properly repaired and renewed . A worse fate than even this had very nearly befallen it ; for when the new London bridge was being erected , and the approaches to it on either side under consideration , it was seriously proposed to destroy the chapel altogether . But the hand of the spoiler was h
arrested , the public voice made itself heard , and the borougwas saved from the imputation of having perpetrated a gross act of Vandalism . Such instances of the piety of our forefathers as this building demonstrates are not so thickly scattered over the country as to place us in a condition to lose one of them . Even as models for future ages to copy , or as aids in the study of history , they are of great value , leaving out of the question their adaptation for any loftier purpose .
The church tower is a conspicuous feature , and may be seen from many points along the Thames ; where , as it rises from amidst the forest of masts on all sides , it forms a great object of interest . The view from the top of it is also very grand , showing , as it does , the magnificent Cathedral , the ancient Tower , ancl other public edifices ; but , above all , the wonderful busy hii'e London , this greatest city in the world .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
St. Saviour's And Its Monuments.
tered many of the sorrows and struggles Avhich beset us in the hard battle of life : — " Not twice ten yeores of age , A weary breath Have I exchanged For a happy death ;
My course so short , The longer is my rest : God takes them soonest Whom he loveth best ; For he that ' s borne to day , And dies to morrow , Loseth some clays of rest , But more of sorrow . "
It is a pleasant idea to rob death of some of those grim associations ivhich seem so frequently to haunt the precincts where he holds his undisputed SAvay ; and to adorn the gravestones which mark his fearful footsteps Avith thoughts that shall elevate rather than depress the living ancl aid them to fight the of terrors
good fight which shall take the sting from the king . Of Avhat base uses men can make of holy places , an example is given us in the purpose to which the exquisitely-wrought Lady Chapel was once put . For three-score and some odd years it was leased and let out by the churchwardens to a baker , ancl used by him as a bake and starch-house ; but in 1624 at
, whose instigation there is no record , it was restored to the church , ancl very properly repaired and renewed . A worse fate than even this had very nearly befallen it ; for when the new London bridge was being erected , and the approaches to it on either side under consideration , it was seriously proposed to destroy the chapel altogether . But the hand of the spoiler was h
arrested , the public voice made itself heard , and the borougwas saved from the imputation of having perpetrated a gross act of Vandalism . Such instances of the piety of our forefathers as this building demonstrates are not so thickly scattered over the country as to place us in a condition to lose one of them . Even as models for future ages to copy , or as aids in the study of history , they are of great value , leaving out of the question their adaptation for any loftier purpose .
The church tower is a conspicuous feature , and may be seen from many points along the Thames ; where , as it rises from amidst the forest of masts on all sides , it forms a great object of interest . The view from the top of it is also very grand , showing , as it does , the magnificent Cathedral , the ancient Tower , ancl other public edifices ; but , above all , the wonderful busy hii'e London , this greatest city in the world .