. Social England; a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . Religiousinduce faith in the doctrines which they symbolised. But i^^*^^^^among a people hide-bound ly superstitions the insistence onthe material side made what was intended to be a spiritualsymbol into a mere fetish or magical fornuda endowed with a. Tllli DliVUUT TillLF A^D lUS Ili;»Al;D.(Fmm n Fresco in the laihj Criapel, Ulnrhc^itcr Cclhnlmt.) mystical power which ueted r|nite indejiendontly of the mor
. Social England; a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . Religiousinduce faith in the doctrines which they symbolised. But i^^*^^^^among a people hide-bound ly superstitions the insistence onthe material side made what was intended to be a spiritualsymbol into a mere fetish or magical fornuda endowed with a. Tllli DliVUUT TillLF A^D lUS Ili;»Al;D.(Fmm n Fresco in the laihj Criapel, Ulnrhc^itcr Cclhnlmt.) mystical power which ueted r|nite indejiendontly of the moralor spiritual condition of tliose who made use of it. Now. asall religious ordinances are symbolical of spiritual relations,this feeling of their supernatural effect extended to every depart-ment of religious life. Penance was a fetish which cancelled theoriginal sinful act; relics were fetishes which wrought wonders 766 THE BEGINNINGS OF MODEEX ENGLAND. The Host asa Touch-stone. and conferred benefits often irrespective of the will or inten-tion of the person on wlioni the} were wrouolit. On thetranslation of the relics of St. JIartin of Tours in S<S7, twoimpotent beggars who lived comfortably on the profits of theirinrirniities determined to quit the district of Tours before theprocession carrying the relies arrived, ior fear lest they shouldbe involuntarily healed. Their fears were well groiuided; therelics reached the soi
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