Excerpt from The Secret Bequest Paulists in New York, lending a shadowy remote ness to the lofty roof and pillared aisles, while bringing out with exquisite effect the radiance Of the ever burning light within the sanctuary, which brightened in steadfast glow as the Obscurity deepened. Here and there throughout the church a few devout wor shippers were kneeling; but it is doubtful if to any one of them the spell Of the place and the hour appealed with a deeper sense Of its spiritual and poetic charm than to a girl who sat quietly in one of the seats near the door. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.