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For now, again, the old virtues of the knightly days  loyalty, obedience, redress of wrongs, reverence of womanhood, and the application of Christian ethics to the old rude rules of decency, lifted the life of the common people to a nobler plane and ushered in the modern days. FOR NOW AGAIN THE OLD VIRTUES OF THE NIGHTLY DAYS LOYALTY OBEDIENCE REDRESS OF WRONGS REVERENCE OF WOMANHOOD AND THE APPLICATION OF CHRISTIAN ETHICS TO THE OLD RUDE RULES OF DECENCY LIFT THE LIFE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE TO A NOBLER PLANE AND USHERED IN MODERN DAYS
 spell. In miracle and morality play, they reappeared in beauty. They attuned the harp and instrument of the musician and the troubadour, and these sang the gospel in all lands, north and south, while telling the stories of Adam, and of Abraham, of Bethlehem, and of the cross, of the Holy Grail, and of Arthur and his Knights. All the precious lore of the Celtic race became transfigured, to illustrate and enforce Christian truth. The symbolical bowl, the Celtic caldron of abundance, became the cup of the Eucharist and the Grail the symbol of blessings eternal. By the artists, in the stained glass, and in windows of the great churches, which were built no longer of wood but of stone, that blossomed under the chisel, the old legends were, by the new currents of truth, given a mystic glow. As wonderful as the rise of Gothic architecture and the upbuilding of cathedrals, as glorious as the light and art, that beautify the great temples of worship, was this re-birth of the Arthurian legends.  THEY HELD EVERY PEOPLE IN SPELL IN MIRACLE AND MORALITY PLAY THEY REAPPEARED IN BEAUTY THEY ATTUNED THE HARP AND THE INSTRUMENT OF THE MUSICIAN AND TO RUBADOR AND THESE SANG THE GOSPELS IN ALL LANDS NORTH AND SOUTH WHILE TELLING THE STORIES OF ADAM AND OF ABRAHAM OF BETHLEHEM AND OF THE CROSS OF THE HOLY GRAAL AND OF ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS ALL OF THE PRECIOUS LORD OF THE CELTIC RACE BECAME TRANSFIGURED TO ILLUMINATE AND ENFORCE CHRISTIAN TRUTH THE SPIRITUAL BALL THE CELTIC CULDRON OF ABUNDANCE BECAME THE CUP OF THE EUCHARIST AND THE GRAAL THE SYMBOL OF BLESSINGS ETERNAL BY THE ARTISTS IN THE STAINED GLASS AND IN THE WINDOWS OF THE GREAT CHURCHES WHICH WERE BUILT NO LONGER OF WOOD BUT OF STONE THAT BLOSSOMED UNDER THE CHISEL THE OLD LEGENDS WERE BY THE CURRENTS OF TRUTH GIVEN A MYSTIC GLOW AS WONDERFUL AS THE RISE OF GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE AND THE UPBUILDING OF CATHEDRALS AS GLORIOUS AS THE LIGHT AND ARTS THAT BEAUTIFY THE GREAT TEMPLES OF WORSHIP WAS THIS REBIRTH TO THE ARTHURIAN LEGENDS
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