The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-06

This is one OF the stronghoIds of the
church. / am told, my son, that To-
ledo, in Spain, Is the only other city in
the Catholic world which has more
houses Of worship than, Lima. / be-
lieve the number is seventy-two. From
a high place their towers and spires
are almost as numerous as trees stand
ing in a forest. And they represent
great wealth. Time was when the
church property constituted one-sev-
enth Of the total valuation OF the
city. and it must be nearly so at this
date.
Lims's Great Cathedral.
The cathedral. as you see. is
most stately edifice. II is now quite
old and gray. for the foundation was
laid by the conqueror himself. II took
ninety years to build. 1t wac really
more than a century before the i'm
posing towers were complete upon the
great foundations the iron-hearted Pr
zarro laid down for them. The present
archbishop is the twenty-sixth in the
line. The principal portal. which YOU
can see from where you are sitting
yes, you are right. the big one in the
middie-is the Door of Pardon. The
large pedestal. which crowns the
W hole. bears the statue OF st. John the
Evangelist. the patron OF the cathe-
dral. Il IS getting dark and my eyes
are Old but you can doubtless see the
eagle at his feet. and the book and
pen in his hands. The second door of
the transept opens at the Court or
Orange Trees, which is precisely like
that Of the same name in old Seville.
IN PARKWAY Spain. on the pantheon
are the remains Of the conquerOr and
his daughter Francisco. who left for
tune TO defray the expense of celebrat-
ing daily mass at the high altar. To-
morrow YOU shall go to mass with me,
and after II is over 7 win show you
the tOmbs of the archbishops and the
very body of Pizarro, which is yet very
well preserved. You can see what
big. strong man he really was, and
that ne mad but one eye, the other
having been put out from the blow Of
a iavelin during one of the intrepid
soldiers early expeditions.
Fenced Ground at Night.
Il do not know how many priests
and nuns there are in Lima. but their
number is very great. 1t seems 20 me
I read there were 200 of them, in
Guiding all orders I know there was
once 200 monks in the house of the
Franciscans, but there are not SO
many now. The site for the founding
OF the house OF this order was selected
in an unusual manner. The friarS ap-
piled 10 the viceToy for a suitable
place, and he offered to give them
whatever. ground they could enclose IN
one night. selecting any loca ton they
might see fit. Although the time was
very short, the monks secured the nee
esssry materials, marshaled all their
forces and built fence around an en-
tire square. This piece Of ground con-
tanned an orchard and d pond and
completely stopped up two streets The
municipal authorities quite naturally
protested against this act as an en-
crOachment on their rights and de-
manded that the property be released.
But the viceroy favored the friars and
paid for the ground i'm question out Of
his own purse The order retains this
choice piece of property. located i'm the
heart Of Lima, 70 this day The church
and convent Of the Franciscans are the
most sumptuOus in Lima. both interior