http://ylcf.org/2007/02/city-of-bells/ YLCF Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:52:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://ylcf.org/2007/02/city-of-bells/#comment-10339 Mary Beth Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:40:03 +0000 http://ylcf.org/wordpress/2007/02/city-of-bells/#comment-10339 I shall endeavor to snatch up a Gouge book next time I go to my used booksellers. Thanks for letting us in on the goodness! :) I shall endeavor to snatch up a Gouge book next time I go to my used booksellers. Thanks for letting us in on the goodness!

]]> http://ylcf.org/2007/02/city-of-bells/#comment-10304 Pond-Hopping, Part One | Young Ladies Christian Fellowship Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:03:07 +0000 http://ylcf.org/wordpress/2007/02/city-of-bells/#comment-10304 [...] We had arranged to meet Jessica and her husband Aaron for Sung Mattins one Sunday morning in Wells, almost directly half-way between where they were staying in Worcestershire and where we were staying in Devon. I knew Wells of old, both from a previous visit and from the lively, living pages of Elizabeth Goudge’s City of Bells, and I could hardly wait to set foot on those brown cobbles once more, worn smooth by centuries of peasants and pilgrims and ordinary folk just like ourselves en route to morning worship at the great cathedral. Darling Wells! The smallest cathedral city in England, a little jewel framed by the emerald hills of Somerset, and early on a quiet Sunday morning, as old-worldly a place as can be found. A sweet place for a meeting that, in itself, could have been plucked from the pages of one of our dear Elizabeth’s own novels… [...] [...] We had arranged to meet Jessica and her husband Aaron for Sung Mattins one Sunday morning in Wells, almost directly half-way between where they were staying in Worcestershire and where we were staying in Devon. I knew Wells of old, both from a previous visit and from the lively, living pages of Elizabeth Goudge’s City of Bells, and I could hardly wait to set foot on those brown cobbles once more, worn smooth by centuries of peasants and pilgrims and ordinary folk just like ourselves en route to morning worship at the great cathedral. Darling Wells! The smallest cathedral city in England, a little jewel framed by the emerald hills of Somerset, and early on a quiet Sunday morning, as old-worldly a place as can be found. A sweet place for a meeting that, in itself, could have been plucked from the pages of one of our dear Elizabeth’s own novels… [...]

]]> http://ylcf.org/2007/02/city-of-bells/#comment-3045 MaureenE Sun, 04 Feb 2007 21:05:00 +0000 http://ylcf.org/wordpress/2007/02/city-of-bells/#comment-3045 Elizabeth Goudge is one of my all-time favorite authors! It's a pity she's not very widely known, so I'm always glad to see your posts about her books. A City of Bells is one of my favorites. Elizabeth Goudge is one of my all-time favorite authors! It’s a pity she’s not very widely known, so I’m always glad to see your posts about her books. A City of Bells is one of my favorites.

]]> http://ylcf.org/2007/02/city-of-bells/#comment-3036 lis Fri, 02 Feb 2007 19:53:00 +0000 http://ylcf.org/wordpress/2007/02/city-of-bells/#comment-3036 An Elizabeth Goudge book is a treasure! :O) An Elizabeth Goudge book is a treasure! :O)

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