Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-03
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Seville, Spain. Jan. 2l.-such clamor
Of bells as broke in upon my slumbers
In the twilight Of the morning would
have awakened old Morpheus himself
The shadowy courtyard beneath my
window was still In darkness-though
doubtless the sun was at that moment
rising behind the green hills OF the
Guadalquiyir. Was the city on flre2 Had
foreign foe arrived at the gates? Did
an earthquake threaten? had prom
ised myself a long Sundays rest, to
make up for yesterdays wearisome
tramps through the winding streets Of
Seville; but amid such tumult. sleep
was out OF the question, So hurriedly
dressed and sailed forth 10 see what
was the matter. No; 1t was not Chi
cago connagration. as one might sup
pose, nor an Andean earthquake nor a
Hawaiian volcanic eruption. but just
the regular, gentle way In which seyil-
llans usher In their holy day. The
worst Of the racket. apparently bursting
from the skies directly overhead, came
from the iron threats OF the twenty two
bells In the lofty Giralda, assisted by
the bells Of a hundred churches and OF
innumerable converts and chapels-all
swung and hammered and ratified and
pounded together, In one ear-torturing
Naturalization.
In the days Of the Moor, when this
Ciralda tower was topped with a great
round globe, plated with FURNISHED gold,
the morning call 10 prayer was less
noisy, but probably more effective. As
the first rays Of the rising sun Hum
ined the golden ball, from the gallery
Immediately below II sounded the muez-
zen cry SO familiar throughout the
Moslem world. Great Is Allah. There
Is no God but Allah. and Mohammed IS
His prophet. Come 20 prayer. Prayer
Is better than sleep. Come to prayer.
The cry was caught up and re-echoed
frem the towers OF countless mosques
throughout the city. The awakened
people looked up and saw the beauti-
full Giralda In the pure
LIGHT OF DAWN
the figure OF the turbaned muezzen
standing aloft clear and sharp against
the sky, and high above all the gilded
domes, shining like a new sun In the
heavens, and men, women and children
fastened 10 their devotions.
But II appears that Jehovah is not
40 exacting as Mohammed. In spite OF
the modern clamor, the faithful OF to-
day. II aroused at all, 10 10 sleep again
and the matin-service is comparatively
unattended. found few black
robed women hurrying along the
streets, each followed by her servant
carrying the indispensable prayer-rug
and beggars sleeplly bestlrring them
selves to ply their vocation around tht
sanctuary doors; but not a man OF the
better class was TO be seen, except here
and there prlestly form under cowl oil
shovel hat. Evidently the gentlemen Of
Seville, like the sterner and more sinful
sex elsewhere, expect 20 gain heavens
clemency through the prayers OF theil
female relatives.
Inside the great cathedral, the effec'
Of dimly-lighted affairs, magnificent
distances" and endless perspective o
clustered columns. Is Ike the awe AM
gloom Of q mighty forest In moonlesi
nlknl ilNtu at cullllltrl illb~bhl ~ u
pervaded by mysterious twilight, not
withstandlng its ninety-three enor
nous windows OF stained glass
wrought by the most famous Flemisl
artists OF the 10th century We knoH
that this Seville cathedral Is one Of tn
largest In Christendom, second only {
st. Peters in Rome; that its inner par
allelogram Is i3l feet long, 3l5 feet wild
q. ,lsrn no. 10 haIra
dome TO the checkered pavement O
black and white marble: that II Ia
seven aisles, each large enough for
church. innumerable pillars supportin
the sixty-flve arches Of
THE vAULTED ROOF,
thirty chapels, each a museum OF ar
and eighty-two affairs, attended by a
army Of priests; but mere figures fail
convey the idea Of its vastness an
massive grandeur. The colossal col
umns alone. so huge and high. max
one marvel, as do the pyramids {
Egypt, how human strength could plac
such monstrous stones In an uprigf
position and in symmetrical row
Everything is on gigantic scale froi
the paschal candle.which contains NOR
than ton 81 wax, set In bronze car
delabrum twenty-feet high, TO n
great organ OF 5,i00 pipes. No wondt
the edlhce was hundred years
building, and after Ave centuries II M
yet pronounced complete. The chapt'
which began IL. In l4Ol. predicted 'thl
future ages would call them mad" Il
undertaking so vast a structure.
was the special work OF four geners
L. -. -.
have already wofshipped In X an
passed TO their reward. Compared wit
such lapses Of time, how little appeal
the life OF one man. or even OF OF
generation. While the service was q
ms on, knelt In dim corner and tri,
10 realize the surroundings and my ow
relative lnsignificance. Today the wal
derer from the far-off western wor
sits here. full OF health and hope; Z
morrow she has gone her way, and In
little time has disappeared from u
face OF the earth. She has vanished Il
20 the ocean Of eternity and left n
the smallest ripple upon the surfac
Suddenly the great organ began
make the air tremble. There are "
OF them 10 this cathedral, both Of
size proportioned to the place, and
httif~AA!t1 ~ hAet ~ fiiiNN'
only
FAINT wHIsPERINGs
OF its mighty voice. gradually swellir
In compass until II filed the lofty TO
with melody and the church militia
seemed to join with the church Il
umphant-"Oh Lamb ~ God. vi
tsketh away the sins OF the world, era
us Thy peace"
Later In the day 1 returned TO Z
cathedral with others OF our party.
make more careful study Of II. "
might visit II n hundred times. al
ramble for days through its aisles Al
chapels. continually finding new objeC
Of wonder and admiration. Throu
600 years this sanctuary has be
steadily accommodating treasures. fre
donations and the sale OF lndulgenci
To many Of the pillars. great iron &C
fers are attached. each large as
ordinary trunk. Time was. when {
trea surce ~ the world were poiirfnR