The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-03-26
Written for the Cincinnati Daily Timss
InklIngs Of the Queen City.
NUMBER XVII
THE CHURCHES
sY IUNTUs.

Cincinnati deserves the name Of the City of .
Churches. No other oVergr0pR village Of the /
Union has, We believe, according to It's popl'a.
ton as large q number. Oar Churches are as .
varied in their style Of architecture as in their |
sects. The plain, the elegant, and the orDs-
mental have each their place and proportion -
Many Of the temples Of divine worship being
splendidly built, add greatly to the appearance
and beauty Of ths City, and impresa strangers
with the very erroneous idea that We sre 8 NOR.
sl-lOvlng aud virtue.pracliciDg people. IA
sume virtue, if you have it not, says Ger
trude's son; and in this injunction, we have
sometimes thought lay the cause Of the multi.
tude Of our sacred ediiiCes. These edifices, too,
are rapidly on the increase, aud new steeplss
ever and anon peering up sgainst the skyey con.
cave, hurl sunbeam and On.fsy in lengthen.
sd shadows down to earth, warm contest
bas there been for several years among the spires
each striving to push its head above the other
aud receive the first roseate kiss Of the new
born day. Their desire to exceed in altitude
and consequence evidences some female stiri.
butes in their composition. Indeed, "Jpire, "
il be Greek, Latin, Freuch, and other laHgns.
yes-disceFnlng enough TO recognize the softer
sex even without tongue is--feminlne. Moth.
ing extraordinary, then, particularly in these
pett'coat-discarding times, that the steepIea
should strive to lose 10 distance their mother
earth,
Steeple after steepe has crept up latlerly
above its neighbOr, and what was few years
since the talest, has now forfeited is right ito
point moral or adorn' - locs! column
So great has been the emulation in this respect,
our citizens can now boast Of the highest Bpirs
ia the republic. But probably a0other will
steal upward ere long, to snatch the laures
from the present victor aud place them upon .s
OEu more lofty brow. Who knows where viii
end this tendency to the stsrs Will not in
time some mighty and iuvinc!bls Steepls ressm
bling the ladder which the patriarch saw -
dreams extend its summit to the skies z TiSa
would be literally pointing out the path to bes
ven, and presenting a material meaUs Of srri
wing there. No Que eau conjecture whist this
aye OF advancement may produce. II it be
possible To converse with dtfunct friends, visit
Patagonia aud Siberia without travelling a foot,
and compel the 0sughty Cai0s Martius out Of
bis nty-tOurth century's Snooge, to express
20 some vile plebisu tbs state Of his feeling:
then the erection Of steeple whose top shall
pierce the sun, is entirely feasible. As soou As
HNINAio NCh'luNpA VI huS lpoas uCpdI luFb
chimera Of these inventions, we purpose invest
ing all our personal effects in earth and moon
railroad stock, and undertaking an aerial voyage
around the globs Ia a ventilated wheelbarrow.
But let the steeplgs go on and up Sea tc
what they will come. Before many years, wC
shall unquestiOnaOly rejoice 10 a spire surpass.
ing that Of the famous Cathedral at Antwerp
The next great object shsuld be to get prayer
As high as the verteI Of the pyramid NAM
ere offered up We imagine, that disperse them
selves into the air after leaving tas mouths 0
the Supplianls-they lack the heart. buoyanCl
that gives them wings.
A great pity il is. the morals Of Ciucinnst
are not commensurate to its 2retensionS rxhib
tied in these stately piles; whittier people repai
enc day, and which they forget the remainder
Of the week. Our deficiency in this respect
certainly is not owing 10 "a, want Of places Of
public alteration, for we have enough to con.
vert thousands Of Psgans though an immenst
majority Of our own community remain untiuc.
tured with religious balm. Virtueless as are
numbers Of our population, would they not b
more 50 without this multiplicity Of churches
They certainly injurs no one, and should bene.
Fit many.
A glorious land this, where ell can worsbir
God after their own fashion-their Conscisuct
Sakttersd and their souls free to choose wha