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The Charities.
the congregation . The church itself could butremind the brethren present of their great and mi ghty predecessors , those Masons of the olden time , who , by their skill and industry , almost increased the " beauty of holiness , " by the beauty of the churches in which holiness was taught . The church of St . Helen is , perhaps , the oldest within the city walls , and once formed a portion of the extensive priory of St . Helen , a priory and monastery of vast extent and large endowmentsThe church now
. used is but a small portion of the original church attached to the priory , but these remains are hi ghly deserving the attention of the antiquary , and the admirer of church architecture ; it contains , too , many interesting monuments , some of them of great beauty and magnificence . The effigies in marble , large as life , of Sir John and Lady Crosby , the owners of the adjoining mansion , Crosby Hall , the kneeling figure of Sir John Pickering , of the time of Elizabeth , in his ruff and ample nether
garment . The mausoleum of Bancrop , the great philanthropist , a man who has made his name as imperishable as his charities are extensive , are to be found in this fine old church , and many others more ancient and as interesting . It is very long since the interests of this institution have been advocated in a metropolitan church , and we consider it fortuitous that this church , which is the resting-place of those who to Faith added Hope , and to Hope Charity , should have been the first recently selected for the purpose , and we sincerely hope it is a precursor to many that will
follow , for the applicants for admission to the school increase year by year ; " indeed it has become necessary either materially to enlarge the present building , or , better , to erect a new one in a more desirable and healthy locality , when more children may be received , and where their health may be better secured . The reverend and most talented preacher took his text from the 18 th chapter of St . Mathew , verse 14 th , " Even so it is not the will of
your father which is in Heaven , that one of these little ones should perish . " It would be difficult to describe which most to admire , tbe beautiful amplification of the text , or the more energetic and forcible manner of its delivery , the soul of the preacher seemed wrapt in his subject , ancl the attention , admiration , and tears of the congregation bore ample testimony to the force of the argument used . If the reverend preacher gloried in being one of a body whom he described in glowing
colours of delight , it was because that body taught principles of the sublimest moral virtue , and was therefore a landmark to that more blessed and still better institution , the religion of Christ , which it was his privilege to teach and his hope to avow—he pointed to the children present as an exemplification of tbe usefulness of " the Order , " and fervently prayed that its merits should ever be recognised , not by that which was said of themor miht be said bthemselvesbut that rather
, g y , they should be judged by those acts of beneficence which their precepts taught , and which he was happy to be enabled to say their example showed , in protecting the aged , providing for the widow , and bringing up the child in the fear and love of God , and to the benefit of its fellow creatures .
Sixty of the children were present , and assisted in the chants and responses , they also sang three hymns , one of them written by a child now in the school , thirteen years old , the others written for the occasion by friends of the institution ; their appearance , manners , and the execution of the duties they had to perform , appeared to afford unmixed
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The Charities.
the congregation . The church itself could butremind the brethren present of their great and mi ghty predecessors , those Masons of the olden time , who , by their skill and industry , almost increased the " beauty of holiness , " by the beauty of the churches in which holiness was taught . The church of St . Helen is , perhaps , the oldest within the city walls , and once formed a portion of the extensive priory of St . Helen , a priory and monastery of vast extent and large endowmentsThe church now
. used is but a small portion of the original church attached to the priory , but these remains are hi ghly deserving the attention of the antiquary , and the admirer of church architecture ; it contains , too , many interesting monuments , some of them of great beauty and magnificence . The effigies in marble , large as life , of Sir John and Lady Crosby , the owners of the adjoining mansion , Crosby Hall , the kneeling figure of Sir John Pickering , of the time of Elizabeth , in his ruff and ample nether
garment . The mausoleum of Bancrop , the great philanthropist , a man who has made his name as imperishable as his charities are extensive , are to be found in this fine old church , and many others more ancient and as interesting . It is very long since the interests of this institution have been advocated in a metropolitan church , and we consider it fortuitous that this church , which is the resting-place of those who to Faith added Hope , and to Hope Charity , should have been the first recently selected for the purpose , and we sincerely hope it is a precursor to many that will
follow , for the applicants for admission to the school increase year by year ; " indeed it has become necessary either materially to enlarge the present building , or , better , to erect a new one in a more desirable and healthy locality , when more children may be received , and where their health may be better secured . The reverend and most talented preacher took his text from the 18 th chapter of St . Mathew , verse 14 th , " Even so it is not the will of
your father which is in Heaven , that one of these little ones should perish . " It would be difficult to describe which most to admire , tbe beautiful amplification of the text , or the more energetic and forcible manner of its delivery , the soul of the preacher seemed wrapt in his subject , ancl the attention , admiration , and tears of the congregation bore ample testimony to the force of the argument used . If the reverend preacher gloried in being one of a body whom he described in glowing
colours of delight , it was because that body taught principles of the sublimest moral virtue , and was therefore a landmark to that more blessed and still better institution , the religion of Christ , which it was his privilege to teach and his hope to avow—he pointed to the children present as an exemplification of tbe usefulness of " the Order , " and fervently prayed that its merits should ever be recognised , not by that which was said of themor miht be said bthemselvesbut that rather
, g y , they should be judged by those acts of beneficence which their precepts taught , and which he was happy to be enabled to say their example showed , in protecting the aged , providing for the widow , and bringing up the child in the fear and love of God , and to the benefit of its fellow creatures .
Sixty of the children were present , and assisted in the chants and responses , they also sang three hymns , one of them written by a child now in the school , thirteen years old , the others written for the occasion by friends of the institution ; their appearance , manners , and the execution of the duties they had to perform , appeared to afford unmixed