The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-19

but su bdued in tone with dou BILE coat
Of laquer.
The most notable features of the en-
| tire scheme of decoration are four
heroic sized ideal PORTRAITS of Matthew,
Mark. Luke and John, by French ar
fists, strong in prose. drawing and
color, and showing against circular
backgrounds of color nine feet in dla-
meter, which are surrounded by frames
of lozengy design, so treated in color
that each frame is typical of the bow
| of promise These portraits which
will cost $4,000, occupy respectively
the four chief compartments OF the
main ceiling. Other panels or lower
portions of the ceiling are occupied by
artistic life-sized figures OF angels,
IMPLYING the eight cardinal virtues OF
Faith, Hope, Charity, Mercy, Con-
! stancy, Fortitudc, Justice and HUI
mility. Finally the several triangular
compartments Of the ceiling are at the
angles accentuated by the presence OF
finely painted cherubs Thus the en-
tire ceiling is brought together as
whole consistently as to design and
color in perfect harmony with the
walls, windows and church furniture
There will be very large chapel
equal in equipment with the church
and with seating capacity OF 500 The
seats of the chapel will be of the
antique oak style and richly carved.
The seating capacity of the main
church will be l 800. The grand organ
will be of the finest make and will cost
S25, 600. There will be splendid in
strument in the chapel also. There
will be reading rooms, library, dining
hall, Sunday-school room, pastors
study and the general work room. The
organs will be furnished with power by
electricity. The heating and ventilat-
ing furnaces and appliances keep the air
pure by changing it every ten minutes
The pastors study is to be upholstered
in rich silk plush and the chair ros-
trum furnished with elegant drapery.
One of the features of the plan of the
church is that all the rooms including
the chapel can be thrown into the one
and the pulpit in the main church is
plainly visi bic from every room, even
from the parlors bove when the doors
are all open.
One of the memorial windows, said
to be the largest in the country and the
costliest, represents St Paul at Athe MS
preaching to the multitude on Mars
Hill. The figure of st. Paul occupies
the central figure, with the Acropolis
behind him. He stands with appraised
arms in glorious raiment and with an
inspired expression on his face, while
those about him are listening in atti-
tudes of rapt attention. This window
cost S12, 900. The faces We're painted
in Paris. The central panel is feet
wide and 25 feet high, and the side
lights are of the same width and Is feet
high. From a gentleman who has
viewed the as yet uncompleted window,
and assisted the Goulds in their plan
oferecting a memorial church, Isecured
this description of a $50, 900 window.
Each face, said ne, is laid on the glass
and then burned in. The drapery is
made by com binations Of richly colored
glass, and almost everywhere at least
two thicknesses are used to bring out
the richness and brilliancy for which
the window will be remarka bic. In
England the preponderance of gray
light from cloudy skies makes the or
binary window effective. but many
Americans have been deeply 6isap-
pointed upon ordering window and
exposing the English glass to the bright
sunshine of this country. In the
Gould window this difficulty has been
overcome and greatdepth of tone and
hrsi J, 80 ~
b!ning the glass of both continents and
making free use Of the opalescent
glass which is scarcely known in cath
edral art abroad. The result is q won
derful presentation of garnet and
blue velvet robes, with all the play of
light and shade. which silk velvet
alone gives and which the painter can
but feeble portray. Metal armour is
most truthfully counterfeited with
opalescent glass, and deep green fol-
iage will appear in this window with
n faithfulness to nature never before
attained in glass work. The whole
effect is rich beyond comparisons and
viii be famous far and wide without
doubt
The pulpit has been in all ages an
important feature of church furnishing,
and was in use in the earliest times
Ezra stood upon pulpit OF wood to
read the law to the people; AMI at the
dedication of the Temple. Solomon
offered the dedicatory prayer standing
upon 4 brazen scaffold. In the early
Christian churches the pulpit or ambo
was the usual station OF the preacher
and was used also for the reading OF
the Gospels. Epistles, edicts Of Bishops
ard communications to the congreca-
tons by Presbyters Deacons and
Suo-aeacons; though in the earlier CEN
turies the Bishop was accustomed 10
deliver his addresses from The cathe-
dra, IN the centre of the apse, or from
q chair in front OF the altar 1t has
threshold Importance, intrinsic, SYM
bolic and memorial The Gould mem
oriaI pulpit viii be very handsome
one.
OF late years the style OF seating for
the pulpit platform has been modified
The sofa is a thing CT the past The
set OF three chairs the central oae
larger and more important has super
seeded It The upholstered chair has
given way in mani cases To hard zre>4.i