...recrlling Newman before he joined the Roman Catholic Church, when he was Vicar of St. Mary's, Oxford): "Who could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition,...words and thoughts which were a religious music— subtle, sweet, mournful?" This is the Newman who is part of the Romantic Movement, who belongs with...

...Henry Newman (1801-1890) 12. The Tamworth Reading Room', Discussions and Arguments (1872), pp. 254-305 'Who could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition,...with words and thoughts which were a religious music - subtle, sweet, mournful?' (Complete Prose Works of Matthew Arnold, vol. x, p. 165). Matthew Arnold's...

...renew what for us was the most national and natural institution in the world, the Church of England. Who could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition,...with words and thoughts which were a religious music, — subtle, sweet, mournful? I seem to hear him still, saying: 'After the fever of life, after weariness...

...renew what was for us the most national and natural institution in the world, the Church of England. Who could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition,...breaking the silence with words and thoughts which were 223 a religious music - sweet, subtle, mournful? I seem to hear him still . , . 1 And so, in reflecting...

...many years later, he described the effect this had on him. 'Who could resist the charm', he writes, 'of that spiritual apparition, gliding in the dim...with words and thoughts which were a religious music, - subtle, sweet, mournful. 1 seem to hear him still.'38 Many have treated this as recounting simply...

..."aural image."40 Perhaps the bestknown is Matthew Arnold's tribute to Newman in Discourses in America: Who could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition,...with words and thoughts which were a religious music, — subtle, sweet, mournful?41 The "eloquence of saints" (Idea, 331) of which Matthew Arnold speaks...

...and great influence, famously remembered years later by Matthew Arnold: "the charm of that spritual apparition, gliding in the dim afternoon light through...Mary's, rising into the pulpit, and then, in the most enchanting of voices, breaking the silence with words and thoughts which were a religious music —...

...denominations other than Anglicans to hold services in its chapel. CHAPTER THREE Cardinal Newmans Oxford "Who could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition...afternoon light through the aisles of St Mary's?" John Henry Newman (1801-90) was the most charismatic British churchman of the nineteenth century and...

...Several descriptions of his preaching survuv, of which the most famous is Matthew Arnold's: ' llho could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition,...Mary's, rising into the pulpit, and then, in the most entranting of voices, breaking the silente with usirds and thoughts which were a religious music, -...

...Set'eral descriptions of his preaching sun-ivc, oftvhich the most famous is Matthew Amold's: 'lVho could resist the charm of that spiritual apparition, gliding in the dim aftemoon light through the aisles of St Mary's, rising into the pulpit, and then, in the most entrancing...