Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-11-07

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'vEestnafnster Abbey and 81. PauI's
One OF the 6rst objects ina. aiuac,ed m,
attention was Westminster Abbey, w
have read Of lhis little island Of ihoras
sround which, in the days Of the Dlnids
ths Thames in her marcl',brew an arm
and on which the Roman colonisis erected
q temple 10 Apollo. When lhe,, Christian
fahh. advancing from The east, began 4
make he desert rejoice and the wilderness
blossom as ,he rose. Sable, King. Of ibt
Eas, Saxons. cleared away the lhorns, ant
reared on The ruins Of the temple q rud,
church, WHICH, he dedicated 10 S. Peter. ant
and which in GIG. embosomed his remains
,AneA, nonpmens siill marks ,hp place %
his fepose, Three hundred yeors. aGsr
King Edgat established here a humble pri,
ory,, consisting Of twelve monks Of The Ben.
edicliDe Order. One hundred and fly years
later, Edward the Contessor elevated The
the prio,yo into an abbey, within whose en-
Iarged walls he found an honorable ,omb, -
The Pix, which is sill standing on the south
IS one Of the additions which he made, lc
she Abbey. Ii was not, however, ill 1926
laa, The present church was commenced by
Henry III, 10 whom is ascribed the chapels
of,be Virgin and Of the Confessor, the tran.
'sepis and The choir. The building was car
ried on by the successive ubbols and kings
Lur-is not YET flushed. and, perhaps, never
will be; il is one Of those structures that mock
she pride oil men,, and whose fouEdaiions
crumble before the cope stone Of The last
lower can be put on. Il was called West
minister: that is, the Minister or monasiry
church west Of London. I, consists, 1. OF
Henry Wis Chapel. the ex,erier,of which
has been recently restored. al an expense Of
$500 900; 2. Edward The Coniessor's Chap.
yel and shrine, with The chapels Of 81. Mich.
olas, 81. Benedic., 81. Edmund, 81. John The
Bap,isi, 81. Paul. and 81. Erasmus; 3. The
1'ransep,s; 4. The Choir; 5. The Nave; &.
81. Blaze's Chapel; Z. The Jerusalem
Chamber; 8. Chnp,er House; 9, Pix; 10
.LiuIe Clois,ers; II. Dark Clois,ers; l2. Area
of Clois,ers; 13 Deans Yard Ex,eriorly
abe church measures $50 feet by 220; The
heighI of the roof being zoe feet. Ia > '..
entered one weekday accompanied by
"a friend, little before three o'clock in the
afternoon. Passing through the general
entrance on The eas, side Of The south iran.
sept, we found ourselves IN Poets Corner.
My eye was a, once riyeieG 10. the monu.
mems Of the distinguished dead-Chaucer,
Speuser, Dryden. Million, Shakespeare, Prior,
Addison. eic. Near by was the monument
of DR.. Isaac Barrow, There was one mon.
unen, conspicuous, which i did not look for
-ihalof Wilberforce; and one missing, which
/ did look tor---thar of Bacon How impor.
,ani is, moral character in The estimation Of
ahe British na,ionl While we were looking
a, ,he,monumen.s Of this end Of The church
abel rung for worship; moving 10 the cen.
serof The iransep,, which is filed with seals.
40 which The humbles. beggar has an equal
righ, 10 ,he lproudess prince, ! sat down
smobg the respectful worshipers. jus. as the
pries,s with the "Parvi Clerici," or choris-
ser boys, all nrrayed in their ecclesiastical
Yes,men,s took their seats in The richly.
carved seat Of The choir, and the grand or.
gan sounded lie admin,ory notes. A prayer
book was before me, and opened i. de-
vouly; lie service was in,oned; had! known
nothing Of the language ! should have been
charmed, for il was delicious music from
iihe. begiOning 10 the close, a As il proceed.
ed my feelings overcame me: Think ol
my situation and you, will forgive me-
Here | was in the center of the largest
Gmhic ecclesiastical d structure Of Great
Briiain; just before me, in full view, were
she choir, .hs, organ, the lofty nave aud The
the great window; behind me were the seven
chapels, and on each side The grea. windows
of lhetransep,s, with their gorgeously paint
ed glass; around and beneath were the mon
umen.s Of the mighty dead; while every.
thing TO which the eye could turn was asso
cialed with lhe history Of The past. llert
Druids have offered bloody sacrifices; here
q loug line Of priests and abbo,s have livee
and died; here The Kings aud Queens O
Grea, Britain, from Edward the Confess
or 70 Queen Victoria, have been crowned
here, 100, from the days Of Henry Iii to those
ofGeorge II they have been-enlOmbed. Tt
Shis allnr eastern princes have brought Ihei
incense as 10 ihe Saviour's cradle, and cru
saders have consecraled their victorious
swords; and from it have gone forth lht
beautiful fee. lha, have carried the ,iding,
OF peace 10 disian, mountains. The gorge.
-nps building, the solemn associations, III,
monuments Of the dead, the multitude of lhl
living. the chants Of the choir, the notes o
the organ, and the grand current of li,urgi
cal thought on which my soul was borne
were 100 much for me. ! seemed 10 81, il
tho mouth Of The world d. .sepulchsr, Will,
abe reanima,ed dead were chanting lhem
selves up 10 the resurrection morning. Tn,
tears stole down my cheeks, and but for
strong effort OF will / NIGH. have fainted,-
A(er the last Amenhad been uttered arose
thanking in my heart the British Govern
nien, iol ordaining such service for tn
stranger.
When The congregation bad dispersed,
walked through the aisles Of the nave AM
she nave itself, returnin0 TO the irpnsept a
she north end. Here lille boy informe
US iha. guide Wss ready to conduc. U
through the s,yen chapeIs, The cen,er Q
these is Edward the Confessor's. who's
2 6oor Of impaired mosaic pavement is severu
ieet above the general level Of The floor Q
.heAbbey. Here. in the center Of the plal
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