The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1862-05-03
The p,,lnd,iph,n Cn,l,edr,,.

w. lu'l -lrt IN ldsi wool, Sun An account
g .h' unr..ir: c,remouirs which took place on
d. .t.r Sunday l,.t, in Philadelphia, IN occa-
'..n % ,he opcoms Of o., new ant magnificent
r..h'ird 10 tia, city, We gov give moro
detailed .ouut OF :hc ar.l itrrturtl design aud
,Iuc.utr oi th., 5uiiln;, which is beyond all
O.. 81. ti.n thc dn,,t on the American continent,
aul viii even cor. Irc iiyord'ly with tho most
renowned rci., .ious eel lice, in The Old world.
Do ,l.. age % ma'ori4,i-m anl doub. 1t was
scarcely to he expected that W. should behold
100 erection Of place Of worship which would
rivd IN grandeur If thought aid execution tho
<. mixer memorials Of Il past age Of faith and
r.",y. Bot 30 it is. And now, in tho midst o
Nar anl civil strife, We are invited to conten,.
plate with wonder and admiration building
NAirh reflects all OF human skill and science
'IAt ,hc age can produce, dedicated TO the SER
vice ui tfo.--,utcT forms VI worship different.
perhaps, from that which d,tiusui hci the men.
NuD Tor con-. fence sake, laid tie foundation u
20 ..us,rumcit and laws rs broad as the nature
m 900 ard 49, high a. Coils foo .fuol--hut cal
,u.Ait' to- STIMULATE and prOduco the same lp.iy
,iiu and Implicit dependence on the Divine
Will
DESCRIPTION OF TIE BuIID.NG.
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brown stone. IL is one hAuar.I and tlutt-tiS
1 ct tiuut, two hauilcd and sixteen t,ct long,
tui .ue luulrc ami one feet SIX inches high 10
%" Hl,N Of il' iclment. The front il divided
1iu ,nir paris or divisions the centre one en-
braces 'Ho whole wi.l,h and height Of the nave,
Ill Ie Hcnrut. hy engaged Cuuutaiau columns,
....i ,iN "i .l ulamtiti sun uflils an eutdb-
.. .uj ..D'It. Iao t.ru" sin entrances
] lr a D'l between these columns. Ga either
.I!.D. bis ccu,rcafe the win, walls whic. screen
| 20. t.si +, ornaucnted 10y plli-tcr-, cpl.Em, aui
/ ltn,.. The fluk and rear wuils IRE finished in
/ ti' W.. simple and unadutuel manner.
IAe Interior i cruciurm IN as arrangement,
! and dos cned in the most elaborate aud pure E0-
| I..u & .uthian style. The nave and tgdiscp's,
/ rich niy feet wife, and rc.pc. lively Uue !..r-
7 i..I and nine'N-two feet rnl one hundred aud
twcnty -nght feet long, are divided from thcH,lus
and chapel, b, aided piers supporting the cieT
| tory. bach per q faced 10y tor,ntuiau plas-
| Ter four feet wide and forty feet high, sUrpoiurg
| a full enriched cuiJh,afurc nine ct t!% 10 hes
| ligu, bruh'u over each plaster AMI cNlrh'i
| completely around tine hUliuinE. Inc ,cmi-'r-
| ,uinr VIGltci cr.liu.-. which spring above tho
,niahlatusc are eighty feet high, and ornament
! I'd with richly decorated uuu'le->Du.t panels,
each series ~ thrve Panels ~ length hcin- IL
| ydcd into arrhiNot hands aprnIuE oscg 80,
| pilAster-. Tho clear story NiuIoWs ulc siuMHl
| though the Wanting, AMI relieved by mou.'liuts.
| Corresponding with the piers and archie. ot no,
nave q second row Of piers = placed on the outer
| side Of each Of The al-"- forming Hrchcd re-
| c ssos nine feet ak inches deep 81 side affairs.
| The aislus are twenty -two feet wide and iuUy-.
seven feet hi ia to the top u the lannelled lo.
| dcntive domo-, each OF which epllnR over TIE
! squares formed hy the ui-les and tide l."rs.
| There are ten ui these dom"-, an. liSht J. al
mitted throush the iunctes pierced IN EACH Vc.
| The ''choir" on sanctuary, which Is formed b. 1
| the continuation Of the nave beyond ut tIdi. Z
| SCENTS will be tty feet wide, and iurtN--iN Tee
| dcen within the railing lts floor Will hr erv,t 4
ed three steps above the trausep-, and the p
| tolm for the high altar will he elevated isdl
steps more. The bishops throne will lie place!
~ inst the northwest pier OF the sanctuary, aa
! elevated three steps. y
On each side OF the sanctuary there will he D
domed chapel, each one twenty-five feet wi,
thirty-eight feet six inches long, and lurtN-soy
fr,t high. The altar pieces in each will DO ai' ;
ltectural-the one On the south side TO be- in an
Ionic order, and the north one IN the C"rm,AN 5
order. Light will be admitted into these chap
through stained glass in the domes.
| The principal organ " III ba placed in the lo y
| erected Al the west end over tho entrance dnYI
and will be supported upon four Il man Doi
| columns and piers, with q bold proJeotnS
| nice upon brackets serving to tyrm the cholr' .
| The great dome is suspended over Tie sia >
formed by the intersection Of the nave ana tr" l
| s,uts and Is supported by arches ana relllehVN v
OF masonry sprlngng from the massiv" r,'rs
| the angles The wei sht OF tins suspeh'.u IL
OF matc,ialsts computed to be over thiro INNS 4
tons. The base Of this dome commence" NJ
| hundred and five feet live ni1hes ABOVE
| nnvoment its greatest exterior diameter IL
feet the foot Of the pedestal above u ID one ID
droi and sxty-one get eight inches IRON
pavement total heiEh, to the tor % 'hI 81.
over two hundred AMI ten t.et' Inc th' ~ !
under the cross is sin feet eisht '"en's AZ "'''
The interior OF the dono Is hity,ono ieet
diameter, and It's heleul I'm ,t h.,ni.,j u, ;