Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-24
C. C Young,

London. &nsisisS. May s, 1908
 Another iesser I wei venture to write on one of the historical places fn London, St Pauls Cathedral It's Foundation also dates far back in Eng. issh history. for In the year GOT we 6nd that Etheibert. a King from Kent built . christian church here and at different times the building was des- troyed and rebaiit. the last time ia 1875 by that renowned royal archi- tect. Sir Christopher Wren This was during that period when the kings of England. under the guidance of Wren. built about thirty other churches. in London and all them show his mast Ierful hand in their architecture. Dur ing most of his life as an architect Wren received from the government about two hundred pounds a year. or Ione thousand dollars, which was not a very princely compensation for so great mind; but of course two hun Fdred pounds in London then was as much as one thousand in the present Iage. The Cathedral. like many otn- CTS in England. is in the form of a Latin cross, that is cross with four unequal arms. Christopher Wren
 wanted to build it in the form of 8 Greek cross, that is with four equal arms, like many of the Greek churches lin Asia and Europe, put the kings committee feared 1t would not suit the private opinion of the then ruling pope in Rome and thus overruled the arcni- tect The funds for building this mas |sive cathedral were raised by the king imposing a tax on all the coal land wine entering the port of London, and the cost was about five million dollars and more than thirty years |required In it's construction.
 I noticed one thing about the chin ing bells and that is their immense size, one of them weighing six thous- and pounds and strikes the high tenor lin the key of B-flat. The chimes strike lon the quarter hour and often in that vicinity, Ludgate Hill, stopped to listen to the music, for it seems so strange to me that such large bells could make such sweet music. The whole cathedral is the expression of the architectural soul of Sir Christo- Ip0er Wren. He delighted in the church more than in all the others he built in London, and it is said that in his old age he used to come here and sit for hours under the dome in con templation of his work and at the age of ninety-one he died and was buried in the crypt below the main floor. Be fore his death the architect directed that he should have no monument cree ted for him either in the church or in any other place in London, but in- stead asked that the following Latin inscription be placed on his obscure grave: 'Iector si monumentum re- quiris, circumspice," which in Englisa ever had except the lamented Queen means Reader if you seek my monu- the church he built. In front of the cathedral is large marble statue of Queen Anne, the best queen England ment, look around" that S look at Victoria. When the statue was erect ed years ago there was a drinking sa- loon facing the church on the other side of the street; and, as the statue of the queen faced the street and back was turned 10 the church, some funny writer of the times expressed the strange coincidence in his rhine: Brandy Anne, Brandy Anne, you're
 left in the lurch,
 Your face to the drink shop and your
 back to the church"
 There arc some things in the world that seem true that are not really so, and this is one of them. This queen was ever called Good Queen Anne" and above all men and women, never in life favored the drink shop nor did she turn her back on the church.
 St Paul's Cathedral has been the scene of many noble and national Thanksgiving services and it was Queen Anne who began the practice in 1702 when she publicly gave thanks