The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-06-07
FROM onr SPECIAL Correspondents
SUNDAYS ABROAD.
nREAnEN.

BREhDEN'
Dresden, with it, quaint old build
lnga and narrow streets, presents u de-
cided hut not unpleasant contrast tot
the uniform architecture and broad,
suaght avenues Of Berlin, aud the
social saXous suffer nothing
In comparison with the cold, distant
aud cyocling prussInns In childhood
wc tool. great pleusurelli playing "pIl@'
alcn In finding how we could 80 rom
"hcro 10 therc,n without crossing "
line, and we experienced asimilnr de-
light In wandering about Dresden,
How TO get from i'hero 10 there with
through solid block Of build
mgs, was often n delightful source OF
mysiIlcntion that led ~ through all
sorts of lAbNrlnths, among the quetrcsll
dearest old houses, thnlstlnR them
solves out into the streets at all imAp-
inablc angles, aud with such an air OF
innocence IN II they had not the re-
mOtcat lden of Oncr0aching on Nuy
onc's rights, though they left only
eighteen iuchcs space for sidnWAlltr.
liut that makes no difference. The
middle Of the street Is perfectly clean,
aud the inhabitants Of Dresden ma no
fault with the pGcullaritles OF the oll
houses, but like good children Yield
honor TO age, give up their sldewalIisi
aud 90 IN tho middle of the street.
Leaving our hotel carly on sabbath
morning, we found tho streets filled
with people in holiday attire, many Of
them indicating their destination by
the prayer book IN their hands. The
shops were closed and near some of
the churches chains were stretched
across the street TO prevent teams pas
sing. But few cabs were seen, aud
during the whole day aud evening II
was evident that here business takes II
holiday on the Sabbath.
Crossing the new market, we enter
cd the "truuen l{irch0p---lady church
which we understood TO he protestant
We saw no one near the door, and were
at II loss where to so; but seeing II sign
that directed Us TO go nloit, we began
to ascend, Upward we climbed, up II
winding stone stairway, through dark
passages lighted with gas, for the
small windows in the thick walls nd.
milled but few beams of daylight still
up and up, til we began To wonder
where we should linda stopping pIacei
but Mt last found ourselves IN n wide
passage way extending around the
church, which is nearly circular form.
Opening the only door that we saw,
we entered II small balcony that would
hold about four people standing, and
from this little perch looked down into
the church. Ear below us we saw the
minister preaching 20 an attentive con-
gregation, who were seated In the body
OF the church.
Around the sidpa were three gal
leries, one directly over the other, the
lower one partitioncd oil into boxes
like II theatre, aud away Mt the top Il
few such little balconies ms that h
which we were standing. The minis
ter being 30 far away and The sermon
being in Il strange language, we sooi
concluded that our devotion Woul,
have TO consist in visiting number o
churches, and not in patient listening
to words that we did not understand
In some of the other churches we saw
the same style of private boxes, whicl
we imagined must be for the accom-
mediation of the aristocracy. In Tho
court church we heard some goot
music The cupelo of this church /,
elliptic in form.
The great Dresden ART gallery, sccouC
to none save the collections in the
Ullizl and pitti palace in Florence, re.
ceived our attention in the afternoon,
Ii was certainly with feelings of rcver.
enco that we walked among these pro-
auctions of master spirits, these evi.
deuces of the creative skill of the hut
man mind. No one looking upon one
of these exquisite paintings would ever
say that IL was n thing of chance, on
only n growth, Il DEVELOPMENT; and vet
how many there are In this land, who
giving TO human skill all praise, viii
| look upon the wondro,s human fran,
aud withhold from its Creator the
honor due, or who will say that tn,
whole glorious universe IL only de
velopment and that no superior intel
ligence govern it and makes universal
| laws. ha
Many beautiful and world renowned
treasures are found in this gallery, an(
MS usual among the "old masters, /
landscapes are few In number an,
Madonnas prominent Madonnas by
Corregio, by Murillo, by Raphael, and
one originally venus and cupid, wifi
comical effect. transformed into 4
Madonna and infant saviour. Here
also, is Holbein's Never sche Madon.
ma, so.called, because painted hv order
OF n Buryomeister Never and In whicl
he aud his family are represented n.
being presented TO the Virgin, who is
attired in the gorgeous maguiiicenct
of u queen, and has the bearing of ,
sovereign receiving the homage of he