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were divided by two schools of philosophy , the Borsippeni and Orcheni ; but although these sects by their chiefs , or fathers , like other learned men , freely discoursed under diversities of opinion , they did not extend this privilege to their laities , or to

the discipline of their sons . In connection with the foregoing , two references may not be here out of place . In 1 Samuel , chap . ii . 22 , we find this , to us , singular passage : — " Now Eli was very old , and heard

all that his sons did to Israel , and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation . " The other is the well-known ancient and pathetic story of Pyramus and Thysbe . They were both equal in fortune , rank , youth , and beauty , ancl contiguous

inhabitants of the city of Babylon . From their very childhood they had been lovers day by day they played together ; their fondness for each other increased with their years and their surpassing lovelines and sweetness of disposition developed

and corroborated the perfection of love . In few words , to describe them , they represented the Paul and Virginia of their time . When marriageable , they supplicated their parents to consent at once to their being united . To their inconsolable

anguish , these supplications , owing to a quarrel between the two families , were refused and it is to be borne in mind that the Chaldean law prohibited children attempting to oppose their ptarenis in anything ' , and therefore they were quite at a loss to know what to do .

The Interior Of A Gothic Minster.

THE INTERIOR OF A GOTHIC MINSTER .

( Continued from pane 481 . ) The Aumbries , Lockers , or Cupboards . —There are two large aumbries on the north side of the altar-platform at Chester . Three , formerly behind the reredos , are preserved at Carlisle ; two of these of the fifteenth century , and one of earlier date ,

and carved . At Salisbury there are several good specimens , one retaining its original doors . At Durham there are double aumbries on either side of the altar platform , which held the ewer , books , cruets , chalices , patens , aud altar linen . All the keys were locked up by the sacristan at night , in

a master aumbry , until early in the morning . Usually the aumbry is provided ivith a slab . At Selby there are some good specimens of wainscot aumbries . The Shrine . —The continuous prolongation of churches eastward was productive of many changes in arrangement , but none were perhaps more noteworthy than the formation of the feretory behind

the high altar in the place of the bishop ' s throne , and usually provided with an altar of its own , erected against its western side , as at Bury St . Edmund ' s and Westminster . At St . Alban ' s , iu the thirteenth century , the length hitherto assigned to the sanctuary was

subdivided , the western portion being still dedicated to divine offices , and the space beyond to the shrine , which was supported on six pillars . At Winchester , St . Swithun's shrine ( so it would seem from the dismantled feretory ) was mounted upon a platform set against the stone screenthe

, superb arcade of which adorns the eastern processional path . The shrine was approached on either side by an ascent of steps , and the altar standing in the centre beneath it . At Canterbury the shrine of St Thomas consisted of a basement

of marble and stone , with a wooden superstructure planted with gold and embossed with jewels , which contained the iron chest wherein lay the primate ' s body . The stain of the metal screen still remains on the floor , and the crescent upon the vault , near Avhich are staples , which

probably sustained bouquets of lights at grand exhibitions of the relics . As an additional security in case of fire or popular disturbance , bandogs were employed . In front of the site of its western altar is a fragment of mosaic pavement resembling that of the platform of

Westminster . Over St . Anselm ' s chapel in the south aisle is the watching-chaniber , with a grated window , and containing an oven and fireplace used by the sub-sacristan for baking altar breads . At Lichfield the pilgrims were required to cross the Minster pool by the ferry-boatand

, then proceed through the south choir aisle to the feretory , where they offered . The St . Chad ' s pennies , like St . Richard's pence at Chichester , paid at Whitsuntide , were the same as the peutecostals paid to the mother church in other dioceses . When the portable shrine was carried

through the diocese to collect alms , all the bells were rung merrily in peal to greet its return . At York , on the north side of the high altar , was tlie watching- gallery of St . William ' s shrine , which was hung with pious offerings of coral , owches , rings , girdles , slippers , and gilded models of limbs . A . small oriel on the north side

commanded a view of the aisle , and opposite to it was a loop in the wall which looked into the chamber behind the altar . At Durham the shrine of Cuthbert consisted of a basement of stone , supported on nine pillars , but afterwards of alabaster and green marbles limned

with gold , on which rested a painted cover of wood , richly crested , which was drawn up , on St , Cuthbert ' s day and on great festivals , at matins , high mass , and vespers , by means of a rope , to which sweet-sounding bells were attached . The shrine was provided with seats for sick folks , and adorned with precious metals , jewellery , rich hangings , and sumptuous offerings ¦ at the west