Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-25
CANTERBURY
loiterIngs With the Wrathful
Company of CHANGER.
wAKEMAN's wANuERlNGS.



downright. fsl2 by Edgar l.. Waseman,l
~ vry,Btr,Ry ENG. S5pt. ~. 1892.
nesntio tbe bug- PROPORTIONS. the
,,a,st,,i ,ntertor md tho am existing
e,Jdenccs N antonaor In trtnsure and
,,s.ar,oni.i Ia A. ol8an days OF the ca
tb,dral NJ cantnrbury- 1rstesiablished
Loot ~ enisconaI no,ver In ENGLAND, the
nrasant zoe IN an nrohbishop, primnte
~ iii Engiand and metropolitan both
tbe cathsdraI ard CITY seems 20 impress
tbe yIsitor with An indeanable sense Of
sa5,ee., and nnr,,at noWhere else exper-
isneed In Inc oId cathedral towns OF
Fngiond
This d not easily analyzed and made
clear IN others IL n true. however,
tbat AZ Worcester at Exotor Of ,incoln,
M Wall. NJ IViGchnster. AZ Gloucester,
NJ sailshnrv M TItchHeid. al Chester,
nj FJv md avon Ia anne extent at the
bngo and shadowv Minster Of York.
tbere h somolhinS 40 warm aud sunny
in Tho Immediate surropndlnps. so doep
m affection az townsfolk for The yenor-
able odiHces is apnnrent. something so
bushed. renosof,il and soothing Is felt
In tha daln ~ close oioist.fr and church
Ifseif tbat ana bnn,roeutibly yields TO
tbe gcntie sprli md IL Touched by the
sweet srsr md t9nder influence
Al Canterbury the entire lnterpreta-
tion Of i0ealitv. history. association and
atrncfnrni ifu1ressiyensss Is different.
ME see and another land and tongue
ARD too closs ID rivo fhe cathedral and
town that complete and harmonious
settin, md environment peculiar to
pearIy mi other cntbedrals Oh Enplaud.
So,nehoyg there aro TOO rpanv snlntcheg
Of blood tpon Canterbury consc-
Grated stones 10 prevent chlll and o
shuddcr as you come close 10 the
place Of historic and dreadful TRACE
dies aud one Of the i9ulest murders Of
the Christian ora gave this cathedral
It's vastest treasure and greatest rec
nUwn, The shrines Of Canterbury are
Of kings and prclate5 only. Tho heart
Is not greatly stirred by these. Tho
humble shrine Of old lzaak Walton
warns the human affections moro 20
the one venerable cathedral Where the
gentle angler Hes, and the
poets Corner or the one little
slab bearing the name 'Charle.
Dickens, Ia Westminster, holds the
affection closer TO London's abbey
church than all tho tomhs Of kings.
prelatos and saints in lmmcasur1hIy
more splendid Canterbury. And the
majestic and priceless dreams Ia stone
In this gllttering and princely clthe-
dral, while they compel an Intellectual
submlsslveness akin to awe, still pos
cess repellant grandeur rather than
that mellow and tender winsomHness
which twlnes every fcndrll Of ono'a
hoart close n their NOSES and ivies,
in and around all other old clihedrals
and cathedral towns Of England
When Cfrsar with his Roman looiops
cnosssd the straits1nf Dover and u6sbod
on 10 London % submQnte tho entire
ialsnd save Scotland. {Vale and por.
lions Of Carnival bn fnnnd Vrftisb
hamlet at a ford OF thc river Stour. he
ieen miles rom Dnyer aud gftv.siv
from London. Tire Romans utiliyed thIs
strategic plnec as a base OF AuppiIes and
q military station, mud gave II the name
OF Duroyernuu After tho Rmnaui rs.
tired from England and the snNnn dom
inatiou begnn the ur,lA,,uf egnnfv 81
Ront bccainen kiupdop. ia chiefcity
and onpltol the FORMER Roman Dur6-
vcrnprn. was then enilrd Cautv,nrab,
and Che name IN Canterbnrv N to.5'1r
.g simply a slirht coiruption Of mo
eityp old Saxon titlo
Hhc innnner IN which Canterbirv no.
came the seat of the Primato OF tbt An
pliean church was Ia tbis ,yise, Pm,
Gregory The Great m 500. conceived
The iatn Of Christinnigipr Tho inhah-
lnnt- oi ENGLAND. indepsndeut Of mo
snlandid mis4iouFry labers Of the M
lnwers of sd. Patrick IA Ireland and
anon The western ooaqts al Scntland
yValos and CornwnU Augtstine
called tho apogtle al M Pnyiis6. 1rIg,
inlIv n monk In the copvont al &
Andfpg M Rome. wboro h. was edr.
caied,iuder Pope Greoorv ,,i,s eelertcd
10 undertake me- c6rvrrsi,n M tbs
BrlNsh.
Cpnditiona ,gsre fatorabla IN thts,nf-.
sion. Fthejbert WIS irsn thc tonr,h
King o. Kent. Ills wife. Bertha daneh-
tor OF Cherebort, King 4 arance, IN a
Christian prlnress s.ii.iai stinniatsd
for the fre, exerciss ofbor rsligion ms
nor unrrinrh contract How ingnerr,,
upon Fthelbert ,yna s,,cb m a., ,,s.,,,,,,
Augustine and Ms loiln,sers pf a
hospitible reeaprlon soon af,ar
Aurustine's arrival King Frholhert
NOT only embraced phrist5anit,
aa5 caiised Inv ro,,,i cc,,n,a,,d
Inc conversion and hantis,, al Nj nnl,ca
and people. hui also granted tbo city
Of Canterbury asd ~ denenloncins e.
Auguetlne. who had heen invSsted ,,Itb
Northumberland digni,v hy pone crN,.
ory d'he none sonn st,sr ssr, ad.
ditionai noiiaianaries ana ,, .s Nv
Aupnattn, "a ,onstit,ta hi,t,,',, -