Transcribed from the 1903 S.P.C.K edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
LITTLE GIDDING
and its inmates
in the time of king charles i.
with an account of
THE HARMONIES
designed and constructed by
NICHOLAS FERRAR.
by
J. E. ACLAND, M.A.
LONDON:
SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE,
NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, W.C.;
43, queen victoria street, e.c.
BRIGHTON: 129, north street.
1903.
[published under the direction of the tract committee.]
CHAPTER I. [1]
“How happy a king were I, if I had many more such workmen and workwomen in my kingdom! Their art and ability is excellent. Let them know I will not forget them. God’s blessing on their hearts, and painful hands.”
Such were the words and opinions of King Charles I., when speaking of the happy and industrious family whose life and labours at Little Gidding are described in the following pages, a family entirely devoted to good works, under the