Morning journal and courier., 1894-05-03
NEW HAVEN. CONN, TH URSDAY MORNING, MAY B. 1894.

man agency, but to have descended from heaven itself, and on account of this same ethereal beauty it may some day 1 return again to heaven. It is a lovely | temple; to describe 1t Is impossible. It ia three hundred and twenty-two feet broad and the same number of feet high, and its interior decorations surpasses that of all other celebrated churches of Germa- ny. The intricate ohisslling of the exts- rior is bswildering in its loveiinsss, and look at 1t as long as you will, you can always discover something new directly before your eyes, ths wids spread ct tts arches seems to stretch almost to the clouds; c whole population could attsnd service within it's generous walls. The architect who conceived this lovely tenn pie must have been prompted in his IA. bors by the very angels.
 It is beautiful beyond expression of words; to fully understand 1t one must see 1t, study 1t, walk about 1t and view 1t in the sunlight and in the still clear light of the moon. In this oloistsrsd temple. for here God himself has been worshipped for we'll nigh one thousand years. What Q scene
 must its dedication have presented as "priest, prelste, potentate and peer" marched down It's broad aisles. Az reviewed this church In the pale light of the full moon, the thought pos ssssed me that perhaps after all 1t was really not buiided by men who live and
 die and turn to dust, but perhaps long, long ago, on some still early Christmas
 or Easter morn, the fair angels brought
 1t shining white like snow from the
 clouds and placed it in Nuremberg, and
 rang out the chime loudly, calling all the
 inhabitants from their homes, bidding
 them worship God in a perfectly heaven
 ly temple.
 The handsome bronze chandelier weigh.
 ing about five hundred pounds (s present
 from 8 rich Nuremberg family hangs in
 the chancel, and has been suspended
 there ever since the year 14S9. or three years before Christopher Columbus sailed out from Palcs, trsversipg unknown seas
 to discover new world. An immense wood carving representing the Sanitation of the Angels has hung here since 15S0, . beautiful work of art, one of the finest wood carvings in Europe.
 The monument of the electress, Sophia of Brandenburg, stands over her grave, memorial coats of arms of pstrician fsmi- lies hang in groups on the pillars and in the chapels. The beautiful tapestries on the walls represent the life of St. Lsu- renee; they are more than four hundred years old. Many lovely pictures hang on extremely attractive. Wohlgemuths and Duerer's paintings arc to be seen here and | attract us like magnets.
 The altar of St. Decorisns built in 1406
 Is very beautiful, designed by Volkham- mer. St. Dacorians was the confessor of Chsrlemagne.
 The church Is filled with countless ob- | jects of deepest interest. It was of course
 originally Roman Catholic church; since the reformation. however, its worship has | been of the Reformed typs.
 Whether the old inhabitants who wor- | shipped God here from the year 1000 to | 159O were Romanists or Protestants, whether they were sub or encyclopedias, whether, so to speak, they were orthodox or heterodox Whatever may bs the signia- | canoe of these latter terms) no doubt they l sent their souls up to God as they rang and l prayed and worshipped in their celestial l temple. And as their songs and prayers were waited far bsyond the regione to- i wards which these glorious arches pointed | they were soul satisfied, and drew inspire I tion from their very surroundings. After all beautiful St. Lorenzo Is relic
 of past age, and to my mind came the
 words of the great poet:
 l ''van' shed is the ancient splendor, and before my dreamy eyes
 Wave those mingled shapes and figures like faded mystery.
 | Twas greatly awed with the grandeur of St. Lorepzo, and could only contrast 1t
 with the famous Saint Sophia at Constan-
 tinople. where stood with admiration and | adoration as beheld that wondrous dome,
 the marvel of the ages.
 l There came to my vision the ruins of the old church at Tyre, which was built In the fourth century, that most beautiful
 temple of Phonicia, built by PAulinus,
 bishop of Tyre; again I remembered the l Church of the Holy Sepulchrs at Jerusa-
 lem, that sacred losdstone which attracts
 so many pilgrims from all quarters of the
 globe.
 With these celebrated churches the St.
 Lorenzo compares favorsbly, and it's silent | beauty shall never cease to remember.
 The "Ltchenfrauen" kirche is the Notre Dame of Nuremberg, a Gothic church of
 rare beauty, built about 1850. The porch
 is richly adorned with architectural art,
 pointed arches, intricate tracery in stone
 are to be seen on all sides. and the effect is
 most charming to gsZs up at the spires
 stretching skyward and watch the heecy
 clouds passing over the blue vault above
 Superb paintings inside the church repre-
 cent the Aununcistion, Crucihxion and
 Resurrection. Many rich carvings are to
 be seen here, and rich old glass paintings
 adorn the walls. Across the Market Place
 and not far from the 'Notre Dame
 stands the ancient "St. Sebaldus" church,
 a purely Gothic structure of very large
 proportions, it was built about six hun
 dred years ago; 1t is one of the most beau
 tiful Gothic churches to be found in Eu
 rope.
 The interior is filled with monuments
 pictures, beautiful wood carvings and ob
 jecta of arts too numerous to find mention
 in this letter. The chief object to be seer
 hsre is the incomparable tomb of St. Sc
 baldus the most beautiful specimen o
 German art casting.
 This wonderful tomb was made by Wis
 cher, who with the assistance of his fv,
 sons completed 1t after no less than thir teen years of faithful labor-sbout fou
 hundred years ago.
 The coffin, richly embsllsshed with golt and silver work, Is surrounded by th' twelve apostles; the marvellous execution of these latter points to the fact that fl the olden times the masters had perfecsl, learned their cunning art, and their repre-
 sentstions in mstsl, wood, stone and can vas are beyond criticism. A visit 10 St Sebaldus while the air without is ssti with the hum of the busy market place while the sunlight darts slsntingly througi
 the lofty windows athwsrt the tomb, ant r | carvipge of medipval times, is a weird ex perienoe and one which will last a Hf1 1 time. ask myself why did the old Nh rsmburgers build SO many churches and c such grand dimsnsionsf In ancient time l the oity must have been smAlI compsra a lively. Why. I ask, were 30 many church es ereotedi Again I ask; this Gnthi
 architecture, whence comes its oriaenf 2 have seen in the Grotto of Bepi Hasssn , on the perpendicular cliff overhsugin 8 the bauks of that mysterious river Q - Egypt, the oldest tomb in the world, il g which the body of Joseph repossd fo r four hundred years; in this tomb I hay
 seen the lotus leaves carved in the Twin f rock; from these leaves of lotus cam : those secrets of Ionic, Doric and Corin a thian architecture which were carried long f long ago by the Egyptian oolonists when a little band they first went forth to tn
 shores of the then distant Greece, and th l. Lotus of the Nile thus gave birth to thos A delicate lines of architecture which hay n justly rendered the term Greciau art a syr d onym of perfection of architectural sr ]. Did Gothic art, like almost every oths e good thing, "come out of E9yptP Pel
 haps the silent Libysn Sphinx could te !. us, would it but speak It's knowledge ( d past history.
 Who, indeed, whispered to the rud Goths who overrau the whole of Europ ;, and in their greed for gain sacked prou ! Rome herself, who whispered into the VI | svh xx,