The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-05-02

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Uncertain seems, and may be thought 3 proud
Aspiring mountain, or descending cloud. z
last. Paurs Cathedral, London, En-
Egland, is the largest ediice devoted to
Protestant worship in the world. Its
vast dimensions, great height and
commanding position make it the most
conspicuous building in London. It is
built in the form Of Greek cross, and
covers over two acres Of ground. 1t
will hold $4,000 persons at once. Its
length is 500 feet, its general width $50
feet, width at the. transept 282 feet,
and height to the summit of the dome
400 feet. 1t is said there has been q
| church on this site since the sixth CEN
fury. The ancient Gothic Cathedral
which stood on the same spot was de-
stroyed in the great fire Of 1866. The
present building was commenced in
1875, during the reign of William and
Mary, and completed in 1701, under
the, reign of good Queen Anne" at a
cost Of nearly 81. 600, 600. The vast
amount was raised by a tax on the coal
brought into London. During the
whole thirty-five years of its construc-
ton it was under the direction of that
celebrated architect, Sir Christopher
Wren. This fact explains the follow
ing inscription placed over the entrance
to the choir: !" Beneath lies Sir Christie
| pher Wren, the architect of this church
and city. Reader, do you ask for his
monument? Look around"
The walls of this church are covered
| with memorials of illustriOus men in
the history Of England. Prominent
among these monuments is n to the
memory of Wellington, the Iron Duke,
England's greatest chieftain, and anoth-
err to Lord Melrose, the great naval
hero. Lord CORVALLIS has a statue
here reminding us of Yorktown. An
other monument 5ears the name of DR..
johnson, the great photographer. The
monument to the philanthropist How
ard, whose whole life and immense
fortune was devoted to the cause of suf-
fering, bears the following noble inscrip-
ton:
This extraordinary man had the fortune to be
honored, while living. in the manner which his
virtues deserved. He received the thanks of both
Houses of the British and Irish Parllaments for
his eminent services rendered to his country and
to mankind. His modesty alone defeated various
efforts which were made during his life to erect
to bis memory. he was horn at Hackney, in the
County of Middlesex, fept. 2. 1726. He exp red
at Emerson, in Russian Tartary, on the 4th of
oient attempt to ascertain the cause Of, and find
an eihcacious remedy for, the plague. He trod
an open but unfrequented path to immortality,
in the ardent and nremitted exercise of Chris
tian charity. III urst4Tf
In-St-Paul's is a monument to Sir
John Moore, of whom Charles Wolfe
has sung:
Not a drum was heard. not a funeral notc,
ila. As his corse to the ramparts We hurrieds
Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot
Ger the grave where our hero was buried"
Here is also q monument to the men,
DRY of the youthful Bishop Heber,
whose life on earth suddenly ended on
q "India's coral strand"
bat a grander monument is his great
missionary hymn
From Greenland's icy mountains"
In the crypt beneath the body of the
church lie the remains of the men
whose monuments arc above. The
| chief objects of Interest are the tombs
of Nelson and Wellington. The first is
Of black marble, the latter Of, polished
porphyry.
Amagnificent dome 100 feet in diam
ster rises from the intersection Of the
nave and transept. Encircling the
lower part Of the dome is the "Whis-
pering Gallery" so called from the
fact that the softest whisper is heard at
the distance of $50 feet. From this
point there is a splendid view of the in
aide If the church and dome Az Won