...feel that the gain was greater than the loss. ' And so we bid farewell,' says Dr. Bright, justly, ' to that old Scotic Church of Northumbria. It could...and self-sacrifice ; it held up before them, in the 1 ' That ye may marvel' (St. John v. 20). Cf. the saying preserved by Clem. Alex., ' He that wonders...

...of the original Scotic mission can never be forgotten. The mission begun with Aidan did its work " with a rare simplicity of purpose. It brought religion...nobleness of its representatives, the moral evidence of Christianity. It made them feel what it was to be taught and cared for in the life spiritual by...

...English Church owes to them. ' The old Scotic Church of Northumbria,' to quote again Dr Bright's words, ' could not but pass away, for it could not provide...purpose. It brought religion straight home to men's heart's by sheer power of love and self sacrifice : it held up before them, in the unconscious goodness...

...Bede's book than his "Farewell to that old Scotic Church of Northumbria," of which, Canon Bright says, "It could not but pass away, for it could not provide...hearts by sheer power of love and self-sacrifice." Here is the substance of Bede's Tribute to the Scottish Saints of Northumbria : — ' ' ' The place...