, 1877-07-14
A FAMOUS MOSQUE.
The Church OF St, sophIa...con.
stantine's Golden Temple.
Twice Destroyed and Twice Rebuilt
80" The Glory and the Shame
or Chriatendom."
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great city' hosc thana n''l'on sous arc With'n
the prophet OF Allah and prayer better than
pon1p. fnStamho,,l Tho ruosnucs nrc numcrnta.
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that seems not to lsavo been mndo with han,!s.
Indeed. tradition attributes mucl, of It's beauty
Ia t1c nprc1s un,f.r uh,.n t,,n,,,,t,,o ,,rat,o,,
- 49,. i.,, "'se 'aeua'e .,, u'1ssso
urc over tho roofs ol STEAMBOAT your eye ts b1cd
iii wonder and delight upon tho nine l0mcs
fcapctl together ono upou tic other like nr,us.
ter Ut hugo bubbles with the largest one floating
at The t9p where l. seems to swim, In tho atr and
from the fur corners Of tic butltlihg arc a.
scnlcr,y and elegantly pronortionc,I NJ way
tapcFs, and the three galleries that gEnl1c them
This miraculous ,,Iosguc-it ia as yoiuptuoua IL
furm ~ any Quecn Of tho East-ts
"AyA soP1A,t
the a. Bophia that fifteen centuries aEo snrane
Into existence Us il by magic, a1li was .ieitcntci
dom, Lie Word, tho second person In thc Holy
Trinity. Is thurs temple under the sun whose
history Is moro romatittc, whose fate ID moro
pil!ful, whose f,itura Is more unccrlan9 Listen
twentieth, year of tlle relgn OF Constantine. 4.
u. ts.1, the same In which tho Council OF Ntrn
was opened and tho foundations of Tic new civ
walls n1,tt palaces OF ConatantIroplc were lai|.
arose this temple Of Divine Wtstlotn. 4 hundred
toet were 100 iuasons. An nfirct had nDDcarcl
to the Emperor In drcatn mid given or1iurs NJ
to tic distribution Of ts,csu artisans and the nR-
- ! f.
placed OH the right aide Of the building ami 5000
upon The lett. The Emperor, dressed In coarse
In Ills hand, Iatly visited the workmen and Las
tened the proErs.s Of Of the bulltl!ng by
Tho walls aud arches were constructed OF
br!cK orerlul1 With tnartle, grnnitc aud
poarphy,ry; plrygan white fmarble, with rosc-
ccolorcd st.ipcs; green marble from l.aconlca;
blue from Libyn; black Celtic marble, with whte
vclns; Dospiurils n,arblo, white, With black
veius: Thrssaiian, htotossiat,, ProconpcsInn
marble; Egyptian starred gEantto and Sattt
porphyfy-;a1i these were laysshca upon the
wcro brought from tho ruins Of tic most H.
NOUS tc,lti!cs oi The arrjcnt faith and wro,,rht
tmto The sttueturc--columns OF Isis aud Osiris;
pillars from the Temples Of tlIu Sun at Baalhck,
ot tho Sun ald Moon at licllopolIa nnil Ephesus.
OF Cybclo at cYzlcus. The mortar was made
with barley.watcr And tbs foundations were
cc,acntcd with tuastic made of line and bur
ley-watcr. The cl,alk-white tiles from lshulcs
inscription: "tIod has founded It, and II Will
not bo oycrthrown; God will support It Ia tic
blush ot thu lawn.h These tiles were la!a l,y
twetve,, a'ld after each layer relies were built ii
for
THE DURABILITY OF Tns BptyicR
question urose whether tho light should faii
,trxEs afk
Windows, the Emperor aud the architects were
in u hot dispute. but an angel appeared und ll-
rectcd that tue light shquli fall through thfee
wtniowe, In honor Of t!lc Father, aud Of tho
costly than gold. was to bc composed of every
precious material, bcdt1etl together with gold ami
silver, thcrusted with pearls and Jewels Tho
tabernacle MAS 4 tower Of gold, ur,Iamontcd
gold adorned with precious .tones a',d weighing
Patriarch and the seven seats OF tho priests vcEo
oi silver; about tte altar were golden pillars
and W tho pulpit stood a golden cross, 100
and pearls. Tho sacred ycascls were Of purest
gold; there werc Ii, ego chaltee cloths worked III
pearls and jewels. four and twcnty colossal
weighed each tweuty hundrcdSeiEht Tho gold
in
11E vlNE-FonhKD cANpkLAnRA
for tho htgh altar, the pulpit and tho gallery for
Females amounted t0 quo lundrcdwelEht OF
tbs purcat quality. Thcru were two candelsbra
III ponuds, u1,l acvgn golden crosscs of i'd
p6hnds cactl. The doors were Of Ivory, amber,
and cedar, tho principal door Of silver. Three
doors wero veneered with plaaks raid to hive
been .akca from Noah's afk. Above the holy
font Ia tho church tlero were four trlmpets
blown by sculptufed angels, supposeI
to b :he very trumpets al whose blast
the walls OF Jericho were oycrthrovp,
Tho floor was to have been paved With gold, but
tlo wise Justfnian Rbandunca this hlea, fcariug
that hts successors might bu tempted TO dlstnan.
tls tho Temple. The loor VIVA therefore or
cloudca marble, over which falNt HaytuR lines
Initiated tho allyance Of the sea. and from tho
flowed silently toward tho four vcst|buIes, ia
the luanncrot the four rivers Of Paradise. 1t
tho fountain. OF tho priests twelve shells re-
leoparsls, aud twelve dues spat 1t forth ngain.
An angel gave tho plan aud tho nalne of tho
Temple.
TWICE TIA TAMrLa WAS DESTROYED
bY fire md tWico rebuilt; twjca the great dome
fell, aud twice 1t was restored, The arches. Lav.
Ing resounded TO the music Of Chrysostom's
voice. came at last to echo the blasplle,nlea uf
jntltlcj Rpti thc groaus OF tho woundcti and