YoungButesaidthat，speakingasanarchitect，heofcourseadmiredtheancientmasterpiecesofhisart。HeadmiredtheErechtheumatAthens；butSpurgeon’sTabernacleintheOldKentRoadbuiltuponthesamemodelwouldhaveirritatedhim。ForaGreciantempleyouwantedGrecianskiesandGreciangirls。Hesaidthat，evenasitwas，WestminsterAbbeyintheseasonwasaneyesoretohim。TheDeanandChoirintheirwhitesurplicespassedmuster，butthecongregationinitsblackfrock—coatsandParishatsgavehimthesamesenseofincongruityaswouldabanquetofbarefootedfriarsinthedining—
halloftheCannonStreetHotel。
Itstruckmetherewassenseinwhathesaid。Idecidednottomentionmyideaofcarving1553abovethefront—door。
Hesaidhecouldnotunderstandthispassionofthemodernhouse—
builderforplayingatbeingaCrusaderoraCanterburyPilgrim。A