Our Authorized Bible Vindicated - Benjamin G. Wilkinson

drawings, went wild over them, and infected not a
few of his friends with medieval architecture.”[8]
The following year Newman became curate of
a nearby church. It was while in the exercise of his
duties there, he tells us, that he became convinced
that the Evangelical principles would not work. By
far the greatest influence of the moment, however,
in his life was the acquaintanceship which he
formed in 1826 with Herrell Froude. Froude was
the son of a High Churchman, “who loathed
Protestantism, denounced the Evangelicals, and
brought up his sons to do the same.”[9] His
attachment to Froude was so great that following
the early death of this friend, he wrote endearing
verses to his memory.
Another friendship formed in these Oxford
days which equaled Froude’s in its influence on
Newman, was that of the gifted Keble, the author
of the “Christian Year.” In this book of beautiful
poetry, according to Mr. Lock, will be found all the
truths and tone, which came to the front in the
movement.[10]
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