...though it was but for a moment, for I soon returned to my allegiance. A good Hint to Protestant Churches I love the Italian churches with their broad aisles,...eyes all are equal. No dread of vulgar contact, no dread of the tattered penitent. I shall never forget the impression made upon me on my first visit...

...CHURCHES. — I love the Italian churches with their broad aisles, vast and unfrittered — no pews or divisions — no aristocratical screenings — all...and the lowly on the same pavement— all sending their thanksgiving or prayer to the same great Being, in eyes all are equal. No dread of -vulgar contact...

...Italian church introduces remarles which, if not original, are at least just and well expressed: — " I love the. Italian churches, with their broad aisles,...vulgar contact, no elbowing of the tattered penitent. 1 shall never forget the impression made upon me, on my first visit to St. Peter's at Rome, by a young...

...divisions, no aristocrática! screenings, but all kneeling together, the hi^'h and the mighty, ana the lowly on the same pavement, all sending up their...the same great BEING, in whose eyes all are equal. By the time we entered, vespert had commenced, a couple of wax-lights flickered on the altar, and the...