The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-01-08 00:00:00

BYSIONDSBURY.

Tits DECORATIONS OS 1111 CRORcilin.—Although
meat improvement bee been shown dnring the last ten
year. in matter. connected with the Church; in no one
thing has there be. n • change for the better than that
shown in church decorations. This. we beli•ve, hm
ari.en from the work being tranderre I from the pariah
clerk or the pew opener to the eduested members of the
Chutch. We are not going on the present occasion to
mak, comparisons between thin parish and others, it
were invidious to do eo, but we 1.1140 visited the thrall
sherches of this parish, and miaow have we seen greeter
teste, we need not say greater labour. From the . g rut
and the elehonate nay to which the decorations h.ve
been c,rrled out the preparation most have
kited for week,. Anntb-r feature moat not be lost
sight of, the suitabteneas of the denorations to each
myle of architemore. Beginning at the (animal, St.
Paul's, Broadoak, there was • simplicity with • complete
Shish that suited the ohm-stater of the building. steer
the reredos there arose a noes of 4101.11 and hall inter-
mitted, along the top of the reredos an illuminated
teat, "Glory to God in the Highest, ard on earth,
peace, goodwill towards men." T a alop-s of the
windows were decorated 'nth holly, over the eltanoel
melt were Wont* wreaths of evergreens, and on either
silo the I. Vets Aloha and Omega, while drug the dd..
of die nave wee. wreaths of holly end variegated leaves.
Over the arch of western dom. lasing the reredos, there
was pieced another tee% "Unto us a ihild
is horn, unto us s son is given." COMiO/ A. 04 40 the
parinh church, we could not help being struck with tl •
improved appears/ore el the structure, decked out, sail.
hideous gallerhs were with holly and evergreen denotes.
At the wet entrance stood the font •ith its Whip. aro •
of ,m.owtell.• relieved be a green bedding of mom imd
eyprem. The reachng deak awl pulpit were fringed
with • narrow beading of variegered holly, Mudd. d
profu-ely with berries. A light tracery of evergreen.
w.• artistically trained up the arch,,, which had • good
elect. The nest point to be observed. and posihly .0
ought to have comment. d from the eastern porti.m of
the church, is the reredos. From the *entre there
ernes out nf a nix an evergreen cruse, underne•th
there was plaited a beautifully executed illutuination
"Glory to God in the Highest, and on earth, peace,
good will towards men." On either side these were
lied interlaced triangles done In holly and evergreens.
Along the gallery we saw onr nro's distinctive tides,
"Wonderful Counsellor, the Blithe, God, the everl aline
Father, the Priam of Peace," illuminated along the
whole extent of the gallery. The etontnandurents were
fringed with • neatly emmeted beading of variegated holly
in terapet mid with berries. Bat how are/tally etecuted
were ttmse two elturches, it appeared to us that the
chef d'oeuvre was Bt. Peter,', !gyp,. This deganth comb,
from its architectural proportions not only demanded all
the ear, expended on it, but returned in *tenfold degree
the taste and the pains baetowed upon it. On entering
o serve I that it was decorated i a some. bat dif•
feinted style from last year by the introduction of mental
illuminated tests. At the west end, the lint old-ot
that met our eyes wee the foot, the top of which wan
coovetel with mom, and studded with Bear de lie ..1
white inimortalles, (tom which Dross • cross formed of
the smne material., with a wrenth of cypress with
clusters of cypress berries round the howl, and • wreath
of ivy air the base. Underneath the west window wee
a beautifully illuminated text, "Glory to God in Lim
lushest. and on earth pease, goodwill toward, men.'
the slopes of all the windows were covered with
moan, end were imp ctively decorated with
the following emblems :—The crone keys, an anchor,
a Constentine's cross, an interlaced triangle and
trefoil, • star, a crown and three peidoral
staffs crooned, all worked out In coloured imurirtelles.
Beneath each corbel in the nave were formed in evergreen.
ht. Andrew's ClO4O, Constantine's cross, Manage eve.,
Patriarchal cross, and Latin erns with "I. U.S." in the
centre, and various other emblem*. The pulpit was
wreathed with junirer and the berries of the pyrus
&medals which formed an excellent contrast to
the Ceen stone of which the fine specimen of Bolton's
carving is made. The chancel was very elaborately
decorated; the slope of the east window amend with
mom, had the word "Emmanuel' worked innellow
and red imotortelle, having at the bselt an illomi-
natal teat, "The Prince of Peace," the whole
being surmounted with a cross of mom arid clusters of
yellow immorte.les. The slot mi of the memtinio And
ehaneel windows were similarly embellished with the
tent... " Wooderfal," "Councillor." " Mighty God,"
" Everlasting Father." On either side of the met
window were the Greek letters Alpha—Omega,
and suspended on the *banal walls were interlaced
triangle* and a star. We ean only conclude by saying
, that the effect of the whole was moat beautiful. area
seperior to that of last year, and would well repay an
Inspection.