New-York tribune., 1875-03-09
we're issued for the erection OF an additional house for the
animals In the Central PARK near tho present mnaeam

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animals In the Central Park tho present
At meeting OF the Commissioners OF Charities and
Correction yesterday, resolutions were passed directing
Warden Quinn TO place additional beds In each OF the
district detention psons under his supervision, 70
article OF cot hing bedding and medicine necessary to
provide for or sudden Illness OF any Of the in
The following Is the Chamberain statement for the
past week: Balance Feb a. sT9i3l 81; receipts. s23,
s5I 20; payments sS'f'4 ~; 'aiance' aarche si5o'
Among the callers on the Mayor yesterday wero
Major-Gen. HANCOCK and the Hon. Fernando Wood
ARCHITECTURAL EXPRESSION IN CHCRCHES.
CHRISTIANITY BEST INDICATED BY THE GOTHIC
ogDnR-ADDREss BY THE REV. c. c. TIFFANY.
The Episcopal Church Conference held It's
regular session yesterday afternoon at the Church OF
the Incarnation" az Madisonave. and Thrtyh huhst'
An address "Church Architecture" was delivered ny
the Rev. G. c. Tiffany.
Architecture. said the speaker, differs from building
In that IL adds thought to structure. IL seeks TO cA'
press, ia its building. the purpose for which 1t builds
II would embOdy IN It's material constructions tbs char
acter OF their occupancy aud reveal by FORM ornament
aud proportion the which rules the TO which
they will minister Mr. Ruskin says "architecture
impreses in building certain Character venerable or
beautiful, otherwise unnecessary" While the yener-
able character beauty may be unnecessary for the
convenience OF a building, they may not therefore DO
superluOus, unnecessary for the expression
OF it's appropriate character, and are not TO
be viewed, therefore, useless ornamens,
or the mere qualification Of taste but rather the first
demands OF that which seeks adequate expression
Architecture addressed TO the mind well as to the
eye It's beauty TO be beautiful when 1t Is ont of
place. That which was beautiful as a markethouse was
hideous as a church. Tho expression admraoie ih "
poem, becomes udicrous IN prose. good Illustration
OF this incongruity in the Smithsonian laSute'
at Washington, where turreted and battemehted pie
suggestive OF the baronia spenior OF the middle ages.
is In To do dury "a ho
history collection and the laboratory OF chemical science.
The church building Is meant to serve the necessies OF
the living church. body OF believers. It's appoint
mens must therefore be convenient for the exercise OF
all the functions Of worship and the impression OF the
building upon the eye the mind must be such as to
harmonize with the spirit OF the worship whlch 10 Do
offered within It, Otherwise 1t can lay no claim to true
church architecture The spirit and elements Of wor-
ship which the appearance OF the church should tend u
awaken and impress seem to DO aspiration ana COM
munon. There must be the blended impression mauo
by tho edifce which the spiritual home OK
those who are bound in communion and fellowship
by the common aspiration for the unseen. ,.
II am right In my indication OF the ground e!enenVs
Christian worship, we see at once thaL many sys o
arcsitecture are OF necessity excluded as wholly In
appropriate to church buildings because they are
which Christianity noucaes. The Egyptian could not
employed, because Its expression Is tnat OF welght
chiefly. II Is the direct contradiction or asplratlOD
There ia aspiration in pyramid or an oDcIlsk, Inc
whole expression of pyramid Is to keep down. not TO
ppiate to a reservoir or jail the obelisk
is not spre, but rather pillar SET up IN the course ~
expresses communion, or intercourse, but not cOmmun
ion founded on aRaiSo Ins ns Gge'n VS. = hs tIs re- @
adaptation OF Greek architecture peryaded Oy mo
same idea IL the decoration and spendor or earhy
success and SO must exclude the Renaissance from
ecclesiastical architecture bee iuse u Is the adaptation
of classic models to modern life. We must pass over
Moorish architecture attractive as are some OF lts
forms and beautiful as Is much OF us Ornamentaton'
YET 1t s no emanation of Christian idea II repre-
Ieen
izes rather feat OF the gymnast tnan the steady
sarorise rather than instructive its iorli
ness. The Basica also obiectionaOe, being an aisp
taton of heather court OF law 70 Christian services
We must turn to the style that grew up out OF tho
form OF Chstian life 10 ind the Christian building be-
here alone the form impresses the sentiment mo
Gothic STYLE was naisance, not renaissance IL ex-
presses an aspiration toward the unseen ltlsa yerta
BILE ipger pointing heayenwari lt expresses weI-hs
overcome and sets the soaring LIT ts eyes up
TO hills from whence cometh its strength In great
oathedras like those OF Cologne, strasburg Knelm and
Westminster Abbey this impression u too predominant
10 be the perfect expression OF ~ o
Protestant Christianity WIN lts Doulncations %
val Christianity, demands mcdncatlOh OF uleultHa,
architecture 10 adapt 1t TO its wants ana 10 maTo %
think the best way determine what that modification
must is to look at tnos- features or ts lie ana wor
ship which have been changed, IN order 10 nhd whas
relative change in the construction OF tho churGhs
| must he, properly 10 accommodate and 70 Indicate
| them There should be diminution In the sze or
churches and the removal OF columns or the placing 9i
| should retain q weil-dehned ohsace. The pulpit. the
| symbol OF prophecy should stand forth conspicuous
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furniture. should be left 10 the taste OF the people
DECORATION has place. church needs color as wei
as FORM Paint ought 20 be seen TO be paint me deco
ration should not be the decoration OF Dll room
should not express tho hDeness OF society nor tho
rivalry OF ambitious con gregaons. The dim religious
light Is apt TO issue from dim religious NE. Let the
windows OF churches glow with tho faces ana forms
OF the Apostles, not merely for esthec effect Dut ~
memorials Of your faith. The Gothic style Is chuchy
10 all IL ministers to solemn ana reVerens
| communion. .-,,- !.
At the conclusion OF the address the principles OF
| church architecture discussed &C length by tho
chairman, the Rev. Dr. OgOOd. the Rev Mr. Cr0mwels
| the Rev. Nj. Smith, and the Rev. Mr.. Johnson.