The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1903-11-14
THE GLORY OF ST. pAII1,o
Famous Old Cathedral ofJo,
Architectural Beauties. Fl,
Choir and Services

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Choir and Services
Although so much OF old Lon5,.
being torn away, St. Paups c.,t'
still stands immovable, ipcomna..1't
in its style of architecture, the gra.'
work of Sir Christopher Wren veg
was paid a salary of 81 900 a wear 1o' we
signing it and superintending it, Ut
struction. 1t is a common ststo w.
that the whole building was comrl-'
| by one architect and one master w
CThomas StrOng) under one bisbor1
| Compton,; but that is incorroo, W.
though it is true that Sir Cbristo,'
designed it in 1915 and was able ,a
tend divine service within its vol.
Sunday, December 5, 1857, writes w W
liam E. Curtis, in special corresno,s
ence to the Chicago Record-Herald nv
dome was not completed until II v..
after, nor the decorations until 81
years ago. st. Paul's was naia
chiefly by a tax on coal, although Nv
were some large contributions bv NY
people toward its construction sna,S
cathedral has received many Legal
during the last 200 years. The old MI
DRY, which originally stood upon ~.
ground, and is believed to have hosS
built by Ethelbert, king of Kent ahon.
the year 610, held considerable r..,
estate including a large farm in ESQ,
which has been owned by and WORT
for the benefit of the church since ~
seventeenth century, and doubtless 70,
resents the most venerable land t,ppr.
in Great Britain.
For the first time in many veare ~.
cathedral has been without scafold,r.
since the coronation, and the decorate,
is practically completed. Ninety No,
cent, Of the population Of London WIN
have never seen it without scafToldin.
before, can now realize its full beau,v
and splendid proportions. Although {,
Paul's is not nearly so large as :,
Peters, it is simpler, more Symmetrical
and satisfying to the soul. There is los,
color and more carving; the schemem
adOrnment Is limited TO marbles and
mosaics, but you cannot compare tho
two any more than you can compar
Pixies Peak with Mount Shasta. 81
Paul's is not the second church in chris.
tendon, as is generally supposed but
the fifth, being surpassed in size byS
Peters and the cathedrals of Milan
Florence and Seville. The trunk Of the
cross is 500 feet long and rs feet broad
and the arms are $50 feet long The dome
is 3G4 feet high and ll2 feet In diametg,
81 feet less than that Of St Peters.
Nowhere on this earth can you hear
such heavenly music as at the vesper
+ services at s.. Pauls, where 60 boys
chosen for their voices and trained with
greater care, perhaps, than any other
choir In tbs world, sing as you imagine
p the angels may sing In paradise Its
safe to contend that nowhere are sweet.
er and nobler sounds produced by hu.
man voices The monks at the monas.
terry Of St Alexander Naysky Just out.
e side of St Petersburg have what Is con.
! sidered the finest choir In the world and
the floods Of harmony that pour from
- their thrOats can scarcely be surpassed
but the music at St Paul's Is very dii.
! ferent. The childish tones Of the boys
are lighter, sweeter and more angelic,
] II we can use that term, than the ma.
e turer tones Of the monks The great
D choir at St Peters, in Rome, does not
e compare with the boy choir Of St Paus
c and the florid Italian music was never
. intended for purposes Of worship
{ The service at St, Paul's Is intoned Ike
q those of the Roman Catholic CHURCHES,
On recent Sunday a sweet-yoced priest
e ofRciated and chanted in the same key
r as the choir, which harmoni2ed beauti'
t fully, but you couldn't understand a
d word he uttered You can seldom un'
: derstand an English parson, Elocution
d Is not taught IN the divinity schools over
o here, and the clergy Of the estab'
T. llshed church are the poorest readtrsl
30 have ever heard In a pulpit. During the
pan-E Episcopal Conclaye that was held
In London several years ago when Dish
ops from all the English-speakirg coun'
o tries assembled here, the Americas
made a distinct impression by the clio
, cutionary effect Of their reading th'
p services, and the delivery Of their ser
mons, The Eugishmen thought It wa
:, wonderful, and quite reform move
ment was started at that time Tn
young and ambitious curatCs throuehou
the country undertook 10 improve theI
y reading They dropped the dearly be
y loved brethren monotone to which the,
are accustomed, and undertook to real
the service with acccntuation and inNec
tIons, so as to bring out It's meaning
d but the reform did rot 30 very far, an
v does not appear 10 have been success
Il ful There Is dean four canons, ]
= minor canOns, three prtbendarlts an
six choral Wears connected with 81
10 Paul's, but not one Of them can rea
the service decCntly There have bee
a lot Of deans of 81, pauls since It wa
established, and upon the walls are bras
, tablets giving their names In order irot
4, Wulfstan, who was In charge from lVo
to 1890, down TO Arthur Foley Winning
ton Ingram who died In 1891
Il Revised Shakespeare,
70 I'VE have large representation 81 N
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