. Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . ced that his be-lief was wrong, and in 1845 he entered the RomanCatholic Church. In 1879 he was created cardinalby Pope Leo XIII, but he continued to reside inEngland, where he died in 1890. Besides his greatinfluence as a spiritual thinker, Newmans writingsand sermons were characterized by a forcible andelevated style and by remarkably melodious utter-ance. Leadj Kindly Light shows these traits. ^OME words and phrases in the hymnmay be made clearer by explanation:Kindly Ligh
. Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . ced that his be-lief was wrong, and in 1845 he entered the RomanCatholic Church. In 1879 he was created cardinalby Pope Leo XIII, but he continued to reside inEngland, where he died in 1890. Besides his greatinfluence as a spiritual thinker, Newmans writingsand sermons were characterized by a forcible andelevated style and by remarkably melodious utter-ance. Leadj Kindly Light shows these traits. ^OME words and phrases in the hymnmay be made clearer by explanation:Kindly Light.—The light shallshine upon thy ways. (Job xxii, 28.)The Lord is my light and my salva-tion. (Psahns xxvii, 1.) The Lordshall be thine everlasting light, and thedays of thy mourning shall be ended. [IsaiahIx, 20.) In the Bible there are many other instances be-sides those just given in which there is a figurativeuse of the word light. It is a natural and beautifulfigure. A person in doubt intellectually or spiritu-ally looks upon himself as in darkness, and lightto him is an intellectual or spiritual Character Building 90 The light that came to the poet was a kindl/j light;it removed his doii])ts and eoinforted him. Garish daif. The dazzling or glaring day. Moor and fen. While these words seem ne\\and unusual to us, we must remember that in Eng-land they are as common as the terms marsh andswamp are with us. Those an^el faees smile, etc. The subject ofthis clause is faces, and the verb is smile. Children will love this hymn though they can-not ap])reciate its full significance till matureryears have brought with them the deeper experi-ences of life. Still they should know and love thepoem and may be led to a partial understandingof its beauty in sentiment by means of interpreta-tion carried not too far. By comment and readingsomewhat in the following manner may the mostbe accomplished: 1. The poet had reached mature years and hadfelt the oppressing influence of q
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