The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-04-11

very interesting anecdotes anent the
tering about the little winged god TT
The Cuckoo, Peacock Owl and other
birds have in turn been worshipped by the
mans, Egyptians. .Abyssnians and other
powerful races who wrought so nightly
in days of antiquity. HI @
The author further tells us that cit is
recorded OF King Edward the First OF
England that on, a certain solemn occa-,
sion in the year 1904, his investiture as
nets, were brought in, and he thereupon
swOre an oath to the God of Heaven on
these two swans. ~
CHURCH BUILDING.
Church Building. A Study of the Prin-
ciples of Architecture in their Relation to
the Church. BY Ralph Adams Cram.
Goth git TOP $780,
Surely, If there is any power in the world
today capable Of evoking vital art, de-
handing art as her true means of outward
A church is house of God, a place of
His earthly habitation, wrought in the
fashion of heavenly things, visible type
OF nea to he p e a nay faso9 COZ
! the temple down to those wherein Euro
peans of the Middle Ages lavished their
to raise the awful fabrics OF. the mediae-
val cathedrals and abbeys, this thought
has lain as the corner stone of everyone
Of the great and, splendid churches that
Of devouts and Reverend fuiles;z They were.
buildings a house of Cod and the Treasure
and labor laYished> so abundantly/ were
any other structure. All the wonders Of
art-the handmade of religion,-all the
treasures gathered from many, lands. were
thanksgiving; and nothing was too prec-
ious; indeed, all things failed in a meas
ure to show the deep devotion Of faithful
men, and their solemn knowledge of the
ter and dwell therein. There is scant kin
ship between this spirit and that which
prompts and governs the CONSTRUCTION of
contemporary churches. Were it restored,
understand more clearly the fatal error
of the modern principle, realize that no
tricks, no limitations, no cheapnesses, no
OF any k and ha
sion of those things in the temple OF the
living God is blasphemy. Instead of the
cheap and tawdry structures of shingles
and clapboards, or .f1imsy brick and stone
veneering doomed to very desirable de-
cay, we should once more have solid and
enduring temples that, even if by reason
first compare with the noble work of the
Middle Age, would at least take a place
with it in point of honor instead of stand
ing, now, perpetual reminder OF our
meanness and our hypocrisy.
In this volume the author takes up the
question of church building from every
standpoint and he shows the application
every phase Of ecclesiastical architecture,
| from the country chapel to the cathedral
The book is beautiful, Illustrated with
| plans of cathedrals, chapels, chancels,
affairs, etc.
John JAMES INGALLS,
John. James ingalls,. The writings of
John James ingalls,. Prepared for the
press by William Elsey Connelley: 8 vo.,
PIP. 535. Price according to binding.
| Kansas City, Mo. The Hudson Kimberly
The writings. speeches. and orations Of
the late Senator ingalls,, one Of the great
est men Kansas has produced, have been
gathered and preserved to future genera
tons in book form, and the collection is
authorized by Mrs. ingalls,, who has de.
collecting material for the volume. Be
sides his literary work, there is revealed
what may, be called tho home side of this
distinguished man. which will make in
| teresting reading for his friends and ad-
mirers. Letters and fragmentary sketches
which have been included exhibit gentle
and tender quality in the nature and
not manifest to the world in his public
career The country looked upon him as
a man of phenomenal brilliancy, with a
| IGnO6nCy 10 SATIRE anu Keen GACOIldtlOIl,
which made, him greatly feared by his
enemies and his competitors in debate,
| and which drew to the Senate galleries
! thousands of auditors whenever it was
known that he was to speak. 1t is prob
able that his power for whitening invec-
| tive and his mastery Of language was
not equaled by any of his contemporaries.
But it is with Senator Ingalls, as man
of deep and responsive Affection. and as
a reflective Individual alive to all the hu-
man interests of existence, that the book
presented by his devoted wife has to deal.
The following letter affords an illustra-
ton of the phase of her husbands char
acter which Mrs ingalls, desires to en-
phaSiZe:
Dearest Wife: blue Grass" seems to
be one of those compositions that the
world will not willingly let die.
Those were happy days when it was
. written, in the little cottage on the bluff,
looking out over the great river with a
roomful Of babies; obscure and unknown,
waiting for the destiny, SO soon to come
(that was to make me one of the Con-
spicuous figures of the country for so
many years. How far away it seems!
But 1 would not recall my life and live
it over again if I could, unless with the
power to improve lost opportunities,
amend errors, and correct mistakes How
clearly we see our folieS when it is too
late. YOUR LOVING HUSBAND.