“Church of the lighted lamps.” There was a village church known by this name. I read about it in a column from the archives of the Journal’s sister publication, the Christian Science Sentinel (Signs of the Times, February 22, 1941).
This village church was built in 1550. It was decided that each worshiper could be loaned a lamp to bring to church with him, which would be lighted by a torch when he entered the church.
When a stranger asked if this kept people from attending, a villager answered, “Not at all.” He then said that each person attending knows that he makes the church brighter, and that “if he stays at home, the church will be the darker for it.”
