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Aspiring mountain, or descending clouu'
st. Paul's Cathedral, London, England,
is the largest edi6ce devoted to Protest
ant worship in the world. It's vast di~
mensions, sreat height and commanding
position makes it the most conspicuous
building in London. 1t Is built in the
form of Greek cross, and covers over
two acres of ground. 1t will hold $4,000
persons at once It's length is 500 feet,
! its general width $50 feet, width at the
transept 2s9 feet. and height to the sum-
nit ef the dome 400 feet. 1t is said
| there has been church on this site since
! the sixth century. The ancient Gothic
/ Cathedral which stood on the
same Aspot was destroyed in the
/ greac IRE Of ICES. The present
I building was commenced in 1875,
during the reign Of William and Mary,
and completed ia l70l, under the reign
/ of good Queen Anne, " at cost of nearly
/ 81 900, 900. The vast amount was raised
/ by a tax on the coal brought into London.
During the whole thiTty-five years of its
construction 1t 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 monu-
ment9 Look around"
The walls of this church are covered
with memorials of illustrious men in
the history OF England. Prominent
among these monuments is one 10 the
memory OF Wellington, the Iron Duke,
England's greatest chieftain, and an
other TO Lord Melrose, the great naval
hero. Lord CORVALLIS has statue hero
reminding US of Yorktown. Another
monument bears the name of DR.. John
son, the great photographer. The mOnu-
ment to the pnilanthropist, Howard,
whose whole life and immense fortune
was devoted to the cause of suffering
bears the following noble inscription
This extraordinary man had the for
tune to be hOnoTed, while living, Ia the
manner which his virtues deserved. He
received the thanks of both houses of the
British and Irish parliaments for his
eminent services rendered 10 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 nsecrated to his
memory. He was born at Hackney, in the
county OF Middlesex, Sept. ,, 1926. He
expired at Cherson, in Russian Tartary,
on the 20th OF January, 1890, victim
to the perilous and benevolent attempt to
ascertain the cause of, and find an effica-
cious remedy for, the plague. He trod
an open but unirequented path to i'm
mortality, in the ardent and unremittcd
exercise of Christian charity.
In st PauPs is a monument to Sir
John Moore, of whom Charles Wolfe has
sung:
Not drum was beard, not funeral note,
4 bis core TO tine rsmparts we hurried
Not a soldier discharged mis- farewell shot
Ger the grave where our hero WAS buried"
Here is also a monument TO the mem
ory of the youthful Bishop Heber,
whose life on earth suddenly ended on
-India's coral strand"
but grander monument is his great
missionary hymn
"From Greenlsnd's icy mountains"
IN the crypt beneath the body of the
church lie the remains Of the men whose
monuments are above. The chief obi cts
of interest are the toombs of Nelson and
Wellington. The first is OF black marble,
the latter Of polished porphyry.
4 magnificent dome 100 feet in diam
eter rises from the intersection Of the
IA q anu Niali1NfNs I<INtlIllEE AtlC iO0ti
part Of the dome is the Whispering
Gallery" so called from the fact that he
softest whisper is heard at the distance
of $50 feet. From this point there is a
splendid view of the inside of the church
and dome. As you look down, the men
and women appear like mere pig
mics on the floor below. From
the I" Golden Gallery at the
apex of the dome, you have a grand
bird 's-eye view of London, F" from which
we climb by ladder 70 the "ball," the
highest accessible point in the building.
1t is six feet in diameter and capable of
holding eight persons. This ball is sur
mounted by cross thirty feet high. In
the southwest tower is the great bell,
measuring ten feet in diameter and
weighing over 10000 pounds. This bell
is tolled only on the death of some mem
Der of the royal family, or the lord
mayor or the bishop of London or the
dean of the Cathedral Rev. S. Brown.