Over 1300 years ago in the portion of pagan England called Northumbria, the first Christian missionaries arrived. They came to the courts of King Edwin of Northumbria, and in his great hall ablaze with the light of many torches these Christian missionaries gave their first sermon on the Christian faith.
When they had finished, one old chieftain asked –
“Can this new religion tell us anything of what happens after death?
The soul of man is like a sparrow flying through this lighted hall.
It enters at one door from the darkness outside, flits through the
light and warmth, and passes out into the dark again.
Can your new religion solve for us the mystery?”