Identifier: rhineitssceneryh00hunt (find matches)
Title: The Rhine; its scenery and historical and legendary associations
Year: 1845 (1840s)
Authors: Hunt, Frederick Knight, 1814-1854. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Legends
Publisher: London, J. How
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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done by their forefathers inzealous attention to the decoration of their religious edifices. When the buildings, the pictures, and the carvings have been admired, theTraveller should close his eyes, if he desires to retain a favourable impression ofthe religion and of the people. He should not see the frippery of the churches; thedolls, the tinsel, the flounced petticoats, and Bartlemy finery. If, however, he isa student of human nature, as well as an admirer of the arts, he can then note thenumber of kneeling penitents before a greasy collection of half-burned candles, as a::i .verp cathedral. RELIGION IN ANTWERP. they gutter away in sickly-looking waste during the broad daylight before somedecked-out wooden Virgin or wax saint. He may visit also the Calvary, withits theatrical array of flames, saints, and evangelists; and, peeping through theiron grating of the sham sepulchre, may behold the Tomb of the Crucifixion,with its collection of gold and silver offerings made by the devout.
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THE CALVARY, ANTWERP. In a gloomy cave, dimly visible in the half light, lies a figure intended to repre-sent Christ. The face and hands only are seen, the body being covered by acere-cloth. Small silver crosses, embossed hearts, crucifixes, and trinkets ofvarious shapes lie upon the figure, and hang suspended beside it, whilst an emptylamp, similarly complimented by devotees, hangs above. The stone upon whichthe worshippers kneel, when they come to pray before this waxen Saviour, isworn hollow by human knees! More than a century ago a poet said : — When Superstition (bane of manly virtues)Strikes root within the soul; it over-runsAnd kills the power of reason. D 2 20 THE RHINE BOOK. Let the Traveller draw his own conclusions; but, if they be unfavourable to thereligion which makes such displays, let him remember that Belgium is at present the most Catholic country in Europe; and that to give utterance to sentimentsinimical to the faith of the land he has come to see, is—to say th

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