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...went to mass. That Christmas is still vividly remembered. Very few did not go to the Christmas mass. My father and a few others. . . . I remember I followed my mother. In the church there were many lights and on the altar, in a little flowered crib, the Child born in the night. It was all picturesque and it satisfied my fancy. The odor of the incense alone disturbed me so that sometimes it gave me unbearable discomfort. At last the notes of the organ closed the ceremony. The crowd swarmed out. Along the street was a satisfied chatter. At midday...
...Gideon was otherwise known as Jerubbaal because he cast down the altar of Baal by night...
...time went on, he felt himself to be within reach of the nomination. He felt the Democratic Party to be within reach of the Presidency. He staked his all on the great throw. He considered nothing, but the ways and means of success. He dedicated himself at the altar of his hope...
...exhibition hall devoted to the Arts are examples of weaving, needlework, lace, jewelry-"faultless taste, painstaking craftsmanship." Ecclesiastical ornament is displayed in a basilica expressly designed for that purpose- banners, books, altar carpets, stained glass, tiled floors, sanctuary lamps, "full of traditional design and symbolism but signifying little." There are interesting photographs of architectural projects as well as the architectural manifestations of the exposition itself. The art of the Theatre is more historical than contemporary in import, as Gordon Craig, Lovat Eraser and others of the modern theorists are absent. There are contemporary drawings of David Garrick, and stage designs...
...Norris would show as much love for a High-Church Bishop as for the Pope of Rome, whom he regards as anti-Christ, but his alliance with the Bishop in the Heaton case was made necessary by a demand for more liberal lambs (or goats) to cast on the altar of his Searchlight. Out came the Searchlight (100,000 circulation) with screamer headline: HEATON, MODERNIST, CORNERED AND EXPOSED. The Bishop chuckled with glee. Frank Norris had given Heaton not more than six months to live in Texas?and Two-gun Norris gets...