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| Keywords: Bamble Church (JW Edy plate 32).jpg Artwork Creator John William Edy en Bamble Church No XXXII BAMBLE CHURCH At a short distance from Brekke is Bamble which gives name to a district The church is a small edifice whitewashed and covered on the top with brown glazed tiles It is a hoved kirker meaning in Norsk a superior having annexed to it several smaller or subordinate kirkers It is supposed to be one of the most ancient churches in Norway an opinion which its general appearance and early architecture amply confirms The old pierced iron vane on the steeple is nearly destroyed by corrosion and hangs half off its original position Adjoining the church is a neat parsonage house; the burial ground is well secured by a stone wall with entrance gates and iron traps to protect the remains there deposited from the nocturnal intrusion of bears and wolves The edifice stands on an interesting spot not far from the high road to Brevig surrounded by rocks and solemn groves which a fanciful mmd would call druidical and which seem beautifully formed by nature to produce feelings of contemplation and devotion In truth as this is a church of which it may be said that its high purpose is zealously kept in view it forms an object of no mean interest and a source of no small gratification in this part of Norway; for it cannot be disguised that what has been already advanced in reference to the baneful influence exercised by the seaport towns over the moral and physical habits of the other branches of the community is but too applicable in a religious sense also; many of the churches in the maritime districts literally deserted and what renders the circumstance peculiarly deplorable is that it may in no small degree be attributed to the clergy many of whom appear wholly unable to detach themselves from pursuits in no manner compatible with the nature of their high functions It is singularly painful to rank among those pursuits the noble art of making money and the still nobler science of expending it for the exclusive benefit of the possessor with the reservation perhaps of some portion for public purposes of at best a frivolous kind Thus the clergy of the seaport towns will be found to comprise some of the most enterprising ship owners manufacturers booksellers and managers of theatrical and musical entertainments A joyless fellow as he has been called of the name of Hans Hauge may therefore not without reason be supposed to have derived no inconsiderable aid in the propagation of methodism from the characters and pursuits of clergymen who preferred the good things and the fleeting honours of this life to more substantial and glorious considerations Fortunately however for their temporal welfare Hans Hauge having been proved beyond doubt to be an impostor was treated accordingly; and it is to be hoped that his deluded followers will return to the churches to be instructed and guided by men whose conduct shall afford no parallel to this notorious case While I indulge this hope I cannot however refrain from expressing the wish that the sentence of the law on the individual in question had been accompanied by those restraints under which their clergymen labour in regard to secular avocations Beyond the pestilential sphere of the seaport towns the Norwegian clergy will be found to possess the strongest claims to honourable notice Collapse bottom http //urn nb no/URN NBN no-nb_digibok_2011072910001 Boydell's picturesque scenery of Norway London 1820 Plate no 32 p 197 in scanned copy no-nb_digibok_2011072910001 PD-Art-100 John William Edy Boydell's picturesque scenery of Norway Bamble kirke Telemark in art | ||||
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