178 Fotir-in-Hand in Britain. 



" To what great uses /lave they come at last ! " 



The world moves and the church estabhshment must 



move with it, or this is a splendid place to stop — 



there is as great virtue in your " or " as in your " if," 

 sometimes. Here is the best description of service in 

 an English cathedral : 



" And love the high embower'd roof, 

 With antique pillars massy proof, 

 And storied windows richly dight, 

 Casting a dim religious light : 

 There let the pealing organ blow, 

 To the full voic'd choir below, 

 In service high and anthems clear, 

 As may with sweetness, through my ear. 

 Dissolve me into ecstasies. 

 And bring all heaven before mine eyes." 



The music at Lichfield does indeed draw you into 

 regions beyond and intimates immortality, and we ex- 

 claim with friend Izaak Walton, " Lord, what music 

 hast thou provided for the saints in heaven, when thou 

 affordest bad men such music on earth ! " 



I remember that when in China I read that Confu- 

 cius was noted for his intense passion for music. He 

 said one day to his disciples that music not only ele- 

 vates man while he is listening, but that to those 

 who love it music is able to create distinct images which 

 remain after the strains cease and keep the mind from 

 base thoughts. Think of the sage knowing this when 



