(Vol. vii., pp. 128. 200. 328.)
In a little brochure entitled _Christmas, its History and Antiquity_,
published by Slater, London, 1850, the writer says that--
"In Berkshire it is confidently asserted, that if any one watches
on Christmas Eve he will hear _subterranean bells_; and in the
mining districts the workmen declare that at this sacred season
high mass is performed with the greatest solemnity on that evening
in the mine which contains the most valuable lobe of ore, which is
supernaturally lighted up with candles in the most brilliant
manner, and the service changed by unseen choristers."--P. 46.
The poet Uhland has a beautiful poem entitled _Die Verlorne Kirche_.
Lord Lindsay says:
"I subjoin, in illustration of the symbolism, and the peculiar
emotions born of Gothic architecture, _The Lost Church_ of the poet
Uhland, founded, I apprehend, on an ancient tradition of the
Sinaitic peninsula."--_Sketches of Christian Art._