, 1881-04-10
CHURCH BELLS.
Notuble Chimes In t1.e United Sta1es-
Ec!fH In Literature.

Ec!fk In Literature.
}}f,n.lv,l Ea:!t.
t,f c,,,,,,1s derived from h,1nuu iuyenti.n and
economy there is none which, in tho variety anu
norranencc of the nssociarionsit It awakeH.. conl-
1ares with that of bells The individual ualty
or ttter tone, tho scenes amid which we hrae
hear them, the sacred Or local memories eute'-
tanned with the vibration, appeal to tne mem
ory with distiuctness seldom cthcr",s: real
jz,d; Hence tho most aspiring of Gcr1na:' poets
uvniled himself of this fact to compose an 1'll-
marital .Sous Of the Rails The most tecklcss
and weird of our uativo bards found In tho
graduated ntona:,on of bells scul'e for tue re-
u1rkablc verbal aud rythm1c ingenuity WHICH
characterizc5 his cluslons:
- Hear tho *!sd:es s!!,t! , ssth s,IL the bells
What's world of mersiment their melody f's' sns'
Hear the mellow , rsasns ss;,e! belts
What world of happncss their h:smo6s tofs'e''s'
1ycc,r the to1lins 1T the BELLS
He'N tux IRON bells:
What xoFd OF solemn thought their n'on''s '0a"
On the the same principle Gray touched vt once
tho pe,,slvc strain Of his clegy by "lln31on to
rho curfc,s. The language Of bells Is c''*.nopol-
;tau. 1t requires no pol,g!ot to understand LEG
meaning uf those sounds which for fourteen
hundred years have announced IRON .nurcu.
tuwcrs worship, fcstiysty, nnd deatn: 1''ls' s'ao
the u{ous Lati,uer, inform Heaven OF the ne
ccss,tles of Garth; and SO also DO they announce
tho identity Of human wants. instincts, ana ues-
tiny, and thereby indissolubiy blend thelr Ca
dcnce with the sentiment Of life. Tho mottern
noycilsts have we'll availed themselves. OF THIS
fact. as in Victor Hugos" "Notre Daine, JeF-
rold's aSt. Giles and st. James" and lhckeos
Little Dorrit." And this universalley ~ feeo2~
n;zetI by tho poets. 1.-THE bell invites me, So
Nlon,zcs Macbeth on the eve Of crime: and
| Hamlet can find no more Significant image 10
betokcn ()phelia's madness than s"ee. oe'1s
,anp,cd out Of tune How Moore sahg o1
s"E1ening Bells" and Lamb felt the dying ycar's
| chime. .,4;. +,-.a iof o,,r
chimes u.,2 pcas into our American churches
III the place Of s!Dgle bells IN New LUX tnese
.nFee sets f fitn avenue a + Ff
third Street; the chimes OF Grace. on Broad-
way, above Tenth street, ana r 9t is ~ g. e.
rhotnns lei, ID humber, were cast Mt sieneelys.
| in Vest Troy, and put up in the bcautifa. to"cs
1871 Tney me noSt IL foaS catu nad '9r Ths
bells Of Grace also tea in number, navH u1'i,eu %
weebt Of 1850 pounds. The largest h::l called Cd
the se'o15 5s ee .oeai or chna i2s cost
rrea.'er wishes to enjoy Il new sensatioa let htm
70 up to tho hell-towcr Ut GRACE Ghuren c. wnca
tho curIiloneur is practicns He does Hot uanee ,g
then another as tho d-tmo beIringrrs Of En-
ga1 a a. but a be HosnS HsS Tnere Rs ey
sfrn:r1n~in0 ~ levers ranged in row, like the
Keys Of plunofovte. Those huge KEYS require a,te
| the wholc strength OF his arm and hanG 70 move
| rheu, TO each Of tho levers Is nttacas:a rope,
! passing through the ceiling to the tower aoors
where j. connects with fs ,er qar auye The
ruofs OF the tallest houses, hang the zen nHge,
wi!c-1nou shed messengers OF SOUND. ttiat ! OILY
await tho masters touch to NIL the nfr VIII
trinity chimes are, perhaps. next 20 those 81 Ct
| Christ Church, Philadelphia, the oldest IN this
nn 4Ss Ss,oy T The saS G6ureG t IS
and Hector of Trinity parish coniess to aalnosJ
i total ignorance on the subject: II y 5uppoSes' h
Wears. prior to 1876 As the scconi Trinity
church was built with handsome stcente IN
s Is more than probable thae a. os east tat
Tine, At any rate, when. in ISIS, the churcn
cdtticc was taken down to make way 1or 3 III ~
bells iu the stecple- The largest OF these WI WI
cracked. and so it was sent to Neneely: IN 1lus M
be reeast and At ne sn,ne h c;,ne tv ' Tho arc
est bell weighs 3,0sl pounds, the sinal1est ~. ~
The len bells have an aggregate weight OF about
1' The ony set of chimes to which historic inter
est attaches in tns country fs 1hat t sfcpe *
forth every Sunday mornng t66i, en aose bel
wcre brought from England. present tro1d !11
Queen Anne "of blessed memory; uur.1S ,.as e
danrer dns Of fag INTO the hands OF et.s Bslttsh
The nreciotls bells were tnkcti down nnd sunk 81 ~
the Delaware by some Patttot'cf I'm ne,uv nnI
,,.sa.a;ou ~" If them thoy would b. nulted down
1o9 !be4 sas a,ery and
! "c1G ,ou.n for shelter: and when the wa
,nie 10 ae' 70 Close they were removed rG Ihi!atle
pu and hung asa In rhe oid bei:, ,'t whencG fncf
Gu an;. T., ,c.cnn,e noe,o Of Joy ind glatu4as.
The Kussians, however, hayc surpassed 1v;, q
other nations In the size OF their Niis: >'.'; XII
then1 bclls form no inconsderabe part OF pnDii
,torsbip, as the length or brevity OF tEclr peal
denotes the srcutcr or less snnctity VI tho aas