Memories of Edmund Symes-Thompson; A Follower of St. Luke

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1908 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER III 1872-1897 O Spirit t that dost prefer, Before all things, the upright heart and pure, Instruct me. Milton. God works by means, and the chief means is Man. Bossuet. My beloved old schoolfellow! I have known hrm for over fifty years, and in our school-days we were great intimates. I have always found him the same kindly, gentle, thoughtful soul that he was when a boy, and I know what he was as an example of the true Christian and Churchman to the profession of which he was so bright an ornament. W. J. Lawrance, Dean of St. Albans. November, 1906. CHAPTER III 1872-1897 Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how; Everything is happy now! Everything is upward striving; Tis as easy now, for the heart to be true, As for grass to be green, or skies to be blue; 'Tis the natural way of living. James Russell Lowell. Love grows fresher every day, Love alone is strength. George Macdonald. UR marriage-day was one of the hottest of a very hot summer, so the cool sunshine and shade of Scotland were a pleasant and invigorating change, and the country itself a contrast to those more distant lands where we had both of late years spent our autumn holidays. Our most distant point was Struey, an exquisite, secluded little place north of Inverness, which I had a few years before marked down as an ideal spot for a honeymoon. We paid a short visit on our way home to one of the bridegroom's dearest friends, Dr. William Murray, of Swinburne Castle, Northumberland, and a few years later visited them again when the British Association met at Newcastle. But the chief event of a honeymoon is its latest day, when the home, sweet home, is entered for the first time after marriage. Maurice Maeterlinck well said: He is the happiest man who best understands his happin...