. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. ST. AUGUSTINES APPEAL TO ETHELBERT LETTERS AND EXCURSIONS. 171 from the ruin stands the beautiful Chapel of St. Joseph of Arimathaea. I do not wonder, said Wyllys Wynn, that the old Englishpeople liked to believe that their church sprang from the mission ofso amiable a saint as St. Joseph. Christianity, said Master Lewis, was really first established inGreat Britain in 596 by St. Augustine and forty missionaries who came with St. Augustine. from Rome to preach to theAnglo-Saxons. These mis-sionaries were kindly re-ceived by King
. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. ST. AUGUSTINES APPEAL TO ETHELBERT LETTERS AND EXCURSIONS. 171 from the ruin stands the beautiful Chapel of St. Joseph of Arimathaea. I do not wonder, said Wyllys Wynn, that the old Englishpeople liked to believe that their church sprang from the mission ofso amiable a saint as St. Joseph. Christianity, said Master Lewis, was really first established inGreat Britain in 596 by St. Augustine and forty missionaries who came with St. Augustine. from Rome to preach to theAnglo-Saxons. These mis-sionaries were kindly re-ceived by King Ethelbert,whose wife was already aChristian. It is related thatone of the Saxon priests, tosee if indeed his gods wouldbe anorv, went forth onhorse-back, and smote theimages the people had beenworshipping. To the aston-ishment of the Saxons nojudgment followed. Theking was baptized, and themissionaries baptized tenthousand converts in a singleclay in the river Christian religion hadbeen preached in Britain be-fore, but not generally accepted. - I like the association of St. Josephs name with this old ruin sowell, said Wyllys, that I wish to see the staff that you say is believedto bloom at Christmas. THE SAXON PRIEST STRIKING THE IMAGES. »7- IACATIOAS /.\ HISTORIC LANDS. ith side «>t Glastonbury is Weary-all Mill. It owes itsname to a ver) poetic legend. It is said that St. Joseph ami his com-panions, all oi them weary in one i their missionary journeys, heresat down I si a
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