CHAPTER XXI.

THE CATHEDRALS VERSUS THE GOSPEL.

Original Significance of the Cathedrals.--Their Æsthetic Influence.--Their Romanizing Tendency.--Their Charm for the Greatest of the Puritans.--A Half-Reformed Church.--Relics of Romanism.--Effect of Cathedrals on Presbyterian Worship.--Superior Impressiveness of Protestant Simplicity, 177