. A leisurely journey . l not enter into this. Iend as I began, that I have now learned thegreat, the highest function of a we shall put our largest and noblestchurches into fitting use when in the samespirit, — that of real worship, — we give themover to the service of God in song, reverentlyled by consecrated artists, begun and endedwith prayer, and all done in view of the uplift-ing of men, not in the appreciation of fine artalone, but in the culture of the whole spiritualnature. I have looked forward to this festival eversince the cholera changed my plans and de-tained me, wi
. A leisurely journey . l not enter into this. Iend as I began, that I have now learned thegreat, the highest function of a we shall put our largest and noblestchurches into fitting use when in the samespirit, — that of real worship, — we give themover to the service of God in song, reverentlyled by consecrated artists, begun and endedwith prayer, and all done in view of the uplift-ing of men, not in the appreciation of fine artalone, but in the culture of the whole spiritualnature. I have looked forward to this festival eversince the cholera changed my plans and de-tained me, with so many others, in this beau-tiful England. And this great event, loomingup in the early days of September, has morethan fulfilled all my hopes, — it has beengrander, more inspiring, more satisfying thanI ever dreamed anything on the earth couldbe. It has been a great financial, musical,and — last, but not least — spiritual success,helping a noble charity and dismissing us allin great blessedness and
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