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Uncertain seems, and may be thought a proud
Aspiring mountain, or descending cloud.
st. Paul's Cathedral London, England,
is the largest editice devoted to Protest
ant worship in the world. Its vast d.
mensions, great height and commando
position makes it the most conspicuous
building in London. 1t is built in the
form of a Greek cross, and covers over
two acres of ground. 1t will hold 25,00O
persons at once. Its length is 500 feet,
its general width $50 feet, width at the
transept 2S2 feet, and height to the sum.
nit ef the dome 400 feet. 1t is said
there has been a church on this site since
the sixth century. The ancient Gothic
Cathedral which stood on the
same spot was destroyed in the
great fire OF 1866. The present
building was commenced in 1915,
during the reign of William and Mary,
and completed in 1901, under the reign
of "good Queen Anne" at a cost of nearly
81, 900, 600. The vast amount wasraised
by a tax on the coal brought into London.
During the whole thirty-fve years of it.,
construction it was under the direction OF
that celebrated architect, Sir Christopher
Wren. This fact explains the following
inscription placed over the entrance to
the choir " Beneath lies Sir Christopher
Wren, the architect OF this church and
city. Reader, do you ask for his moDu-
ment? Look around"
The walls of this church are covered
i'll. -on,ox;r1, ~ sluufrionu -.a, a.,
tho history Of England. Irmineut
among these monuments is one to the
memory of Wellington, the Iron Duke,
England's greatest chieftain, and an
other to Lord Melrose, the great naval
hero. Lord Cornwallis has a statue hero
reminding us of Yorktown. Another
monument bears the name of DR.. John
son, the great photographer. The mOnu-
ment to the philanthropist, Howard,
whose whole life and immense fortune
vas devoted to the cause of suffering,
bears the following noble inscription:
"This extraordinary man had the for
tune to be honored, while living, in the
manner which his virtues deserved. He
received the thanks Of both houses of the
British and Irish parliaments for hi
eminent services rendered to his country
and to mankind. His modesty alone
defeated various efforts which were made
during his life to erect this statue, which
the public has now consecrated to III;
memory. He was born at Hackney, in the
county of Middlesex, Sept. 2, 1925. HI
expired at Cherson, in Russian Tartary
on the 10Th OF January, 1870, a victim
to the p%erilous and benevolent attempt t.
ascertain the cause OF, and find an etfica
cious remedy for, the plague. He troc
an open but unfrequented path to i'm
mortality, in the ardent aud unremitte'
exercise of Christian charity.
In st. Paul's is a monument to ST
John Moore, of whom Charles Wolfe ha
sung:
mo a drum was heard, not a funeral note,
As his corse to the ramparts we hurried;
Not 4 soldier discharged his farewell shot
Der the grave where our hero was buried
Here is also a monument to the mem
DRY of the youthful Bishop Hebei
whose life on earth suddenly ended 0
"India's coral strand"
but a grander monument is his grea
missionary hymn
"From Greenland'A icy mountains"
IN the crypt beneath the body of tn
church lie the remains Of the men who's
monuments are above, The chief object
of interest are the toombs of Nelson an
Wellington. The first is of black marble
the latter of polished pOrphyry..
A magnificent dome 100 feet in dian
eter rises from the intersection of tn
nave and transept. Encircling the lowe
part of the dome is the Whisperin
Gallery" 80 called from the fact that II
softest whisper is heard at the distanC
Of $50 feet. Frem this point there is
splendid view of the inside of the churC
and dome. As you look down, the me
and appear like mere PHI
mics on the floor below. FTol
the "Golden Gallery" at tn
apex of the dome, you have a gran
"biTd'seye view Of London" from whio
we climb by ladder to the "ball," til
highest accessible point in the building
Il y six feet in diameter and capable {
holding eight persons. This ball is sur
mounted by a cross thirty feet high. /
the southwest tower Is the great bel
measuring ten feet in diameter an