History Of The Worshipful Company Of Glaziers Of The City Of London Otherwise The Company Of Glaziers And Painters Of Glass Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from History of the Worshipful Company of Glaziers of the City of London, Otherwise the Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass The domestic feeling once introduced permeated the guild, and from the earliest times in the 13th century we find the institution of family devotion perpetuated by the appointment of a chaplain. All meetings of the com munity commenced with divine worship, while the household charity and benevolence, doubtless lacking discrimination and guiding rules, were regu lated by definite areas of almsgiving and assistance. This feeling, in spite of the vicissitudes to which the London City Companies have been subjected during the passing centuries, remains paramount to the present day, and the benevolent attitude of the Fraternities to deserving institutions has passed into a proverb. It is true that a relapse occurred shortly after the commencement of the Renaissance, when the greed of gold, fed by over whelming prosperity, choked the sources whence the fount Of almsgiving had flowed it was, however, only temporary, and one may safely assert that the general trend of the Guilds' aims and Objects from the very first inception have been essentially eleemosynarian. 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.