Contents.
THE RAVENS AND THE ANGELS, [7]
ECCE HOMO, [33]
THE COTTAGE BY THE CATHEDRAL, [59]
THE UNKNOWN ARCHITECT OF THE MINSTER, [69]
ONLY THE CRYPT, [74]
THE SEPULCHRE AND THE SHRINE, [80]
THE CATHEDRAL CHIMES, [91]
THE RUINED TEMPLE, [98]
THE CLOCK-BELL AND THE ALARM-BELL, [106]
THE BLACK SHIP, [109]
THE ISLAND AND THE MAIN LAND, [125]
THE JEWEL OF THE ORDER OF THE KING'S OWN, [137]
THE ACORN, [148]
PASSAGES FROM THE LIFE OF A FERN, [153]
THORNS AND SPINES, [158]
PARABLES IN HOUSEHOLD THINGS, [161]
"THINGS USING US," [166]
SUNSHINE, DAYLIGHT, AND THE ROCK, [170]
WANDERERS AND PILGRIMS, [172]
THE ARK AND THE FORTRESS, [175]
THE THREE DREAMS, [178]
THOU AND I, [183]
WHAT MAKES THINGS MUSICAL, [187]
THE SONG WITHOUT WORDS, [192]
The Ravens and the Angels.
A STORY OF THE MIDDLE AGES.
I.
In those old days, in that old city, they called the Cathedral—and they thought it—the house of God. The Cathedral was the Father's house for all, and therefore it was loved and honoured, and enriched with lavish treasures of wealth and work, beyond any other father's house.