National Republican., 1883-01-12
ROME AND s1. pErER,s.
Ahe second Lecture OF Mr.. spnuIding's
Course ut Lincoln Hall


Course nt Lincoln Hall.
a large audience was present at Lincoln
nan last evening at the lecture on "Romc
and st, Peters" by Rov. Henry G. Spaulding.
Ihis was the second in the course, and was
III many respects even of moro interest than
| inaJ of Tuesday night. IL was abundantly
| Illustrated with illuminated views, very many
/ OF which were of wonderful excellence Mr..
! Npaulding said that the study of The rise and
development OF Christian architecture carried
us pack to the fourth century, and that the
models OF the now church buildings was found
/ IN the basiliCas or meeting places" of old
Rome, and views were given of the old ba;.
! inca Iris, connected with palace of the Fav-
/ IAN CmperOis He referred to the yastnesg
| Of st. Peters, and said that on the site of the
/ present st. Peters stood the church which
Constantine caused TO be erected in the year
! 5Vu. ana was in size only exceeded by tho
! cnthedrals at Milan and Seville. The facade
! OF the structure crowned with the campanilc
towers was given. Tho old church was in tho
/ perfect lorm Of the Roman BasiliCa, with its
| TOW Ol double columns on each side, and its
| nave OF unusual lutincss. The ntcrColumni-
/ ated aislcs gave the impression of vast dis
tahcc' In IRON, was the atrium or porch
| which appears to have been of considerable
depth. 1t stood until the fifteenth century,
When IL was destroyed and the modern St
/ ietcrs begun. One of the most interesting
events in the history of the old church wis
the coronation of Charlemugnc there in the
year 500 by Leo III.
1t was in 1850 that the now basilica was
| Deglm. Bramanto was the architect whose
| llrst conception was accepted by Pope julius
ii. ut the beginning Of the next century,
| his plan including the great dome, the
ground plan being Latin cross. Another
griat architect, who followed later, changed
Ine ground plan to Greek cross, aud If his
Nicws~ had been carried out would have
erected u MOhammCdan mosuue rather than
Christian church. But in 1916 The work
fell to Michael Angelo, who adopted the dome
OF Bramantc and the Greek cross of Pcruy2i,
adding Greek pUrCh.
Inc lecturer gave an animated desCription
ofa walk over the building. aud was cnthu.
slastic i'll admiration OF Michael Angeles
genius OF the memorials in the church he
gave pictures of the tomb of Pope Paul III.
also of CGnova's tomb to the cXled Stuarts,
and the tomb OF Pope Clement Kill, which
he considered Cauova's greatest work. He
also gave the celebrated statuette by Michael
Angelo of the dead Christ in Mary's Ian. In
summing up the lessons to be drawn from Il
visit to the worlds greatest temple, he adopted
HawthornC's words that it is "the graudest
ediiico ever built by man, painted against
Gods lOvclicst sky"
Mr.. Spauldings next lecture in the course
VIII he given tomorrow evening. The sub
ject IL The Roman CutaCombs and Churches
with q sketch OF Christian art from the paint-
lngs found in the CatacOmbs and later works
of Christian painters. It should be particu-
larly understood that thcro is nothing sccta-
rian or controversial in this lecture, which is
In many respects one OF the most valuable and
interesting of Mr. Spuuldings course, touch
ing upon region unknown to the casual
reader and discussing the relations OF Pagan
Rome to the development Of Christianity.
The course tickets, at reduced prices, are for
sale at MctzerOtts music store.