Project Gutenberg 2012-08-19 Public domain in the USA. 47 Thorne, Guy 1875 1923 Gull, Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger A Lost Cause Reading ease score: 80.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Mark C. Orton, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "A Lost Cause" by Guy Thorne is a novel written in the early 20th century. The book appears to address the tensions within the Church of England, particularly focusing on the conflict between traditional Catholic practices and rising Protestant sentiments. The opening revolves around Father Blantyre, the vicar of St. Elwyn's, and the dramatic circumstances surrounding a Catholic Mass that becomes interrupted by a protest led by the antagonistic Hamlyn family. At the start of the narrative, the atmosphere is tense as preparations for the High Celebration at St. Elwyn's unfold. The church is filled with worshippers who are poised for a sacred experience, but the solemnity is shattered when Samuel Hamlyn publicly protests against the rituals of the Mass, igniting chaos among the congregation. This confrontation not only reveals the divisions within the church community but sets the stage for a deeper exploration of the characters' motivations and beliefs. The implications of this conflict extend beyond the church walls, hinting at broader societal debates about faith and tradition during the period. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en England -- Fiction Church of England -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 394655 394661 2024-10-17T07:01:48.592864 2023-09-17T14:55:34.967723 text/html text/html 394812 2012-08-19T13:48:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 165682 2012-08-19T13:48:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 238441 2024-10-17T07:01:56.009830 application/epub+zip 243858 2024-10-17T07:01:50.690868 application/epub+zip 227925 2024-10-17T07:01:49.406841 application/epub+zip 393871 2024-10-17T07:02:00.184783 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 372501 2024-10-17T07:01:55.192826 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 328461 2022-09-18T14:36:46.858350 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 376165 375962 2024-10-17T07:01:47.777868 2023-09-17T14:55:34.312553 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 375919 2012-08-19T13:48:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 149488 2012-08-19T13:48:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 375911 2012-08-19T13:48:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 149430 2012-08-19T13:48:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21694 2024-10-17T07:02:00.314833 application/rdf+xml 10233 2024-10-17T07:01:49.951838 image/jpeg 2868 2024-10-17T07:01:49.677841 image/jpeg 231311 2024-10-17T07:01:48.631866 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog More titles under Ingleby, Leonard Cresswell