After Church Service, The Crypt
HERE is a description in "England’s Hour" of a service in St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields. Perhaps no church in the Empire has such a record of servicenow in war they have added some catacombs formerly blocked up to make the crypt accommodation larger.:In war, as in peace, in this haven, bodies as well as souls are cared for. Listen to the author (Vera Brittain): "Later, in the Church of St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields where. Winifred Holtby’s
Memorial Service was held, and Dick Sheppard used to preach, I stare dazedly at the gold embossed blue ceiling while the Rev. Pat McCormick, himself already face to face with death, thanks God for ‘the essential honour, fairness and decency of the British Spirit.’ As we emerge from the church with the reiterated summons of Blake’s "Jerusalem" echoing in our ears, the
siren wails once more over London. The buses fill: taxicabs hasten to the door of St. Martin’s: a few members of the congregation, their night’s experience too vivid for the return of equanimity, hurry down to the shelter of the crypt."--(Book Review by Miss G. M. Glanville, 3YA, May 8).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 101, 30 May 1941, Page 5
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189After Church Service, The Crypt New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 101, 30 May 1941, Page 5
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