The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-04-25

Finest i'm NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of
Temple OF Worship aud Account of
the Ceremonies Yesterday.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, April 19.-The Episcopal
Cathedral Of st. John. the Divine, the
largest ecclesiastical structure in the
country and the fourth largest in
cratea here today. Although only
partially constructed it has already
been twenty wears in building. at a cost
Of s3,5OO,0O0, and it may take as muc"
onaer to complete it al a total esti-
mated cost Of 100000.
Seating accommodations are now
provided for about 1900 persons. but
although consecrated for present use,
iour-fi1ths of the work remains to be
done, and the full capacity will ap-
proach 1000. At present the interior
walls stand In great part as they were
laid, in Jutting tiers of rougn granite;
the vaulted roof Of the crossing is only
a makeshift Of terra Gotta to pc torn
down later: the arches from which the
transcripts will spread are blocked
with temporary concrete battles: the
flooring itself is but 9. cement bed on
which the mOsaics will yet be super
imposed; only a hint o I the full glory
appears-and yet SO noble is the har-
mOny OF the ample dimensions, = SO
rich the promise of fulfillment. that
the fragment opened to the public to-
day is itself an invitation to worship.
How 1t Was Built.
How has this mighty undertaking
been finished . asked ano Robert
Ellis Jones. BY the same devotion
and sacrifice he (which
actuated the best of the medieval a
thedral builders. The cathedral has
no official source Of revenue. No or
ganized effort has beer made to draw
on the interest Of Episcopalians, and
yet gifts Of all sizes nave flowed in,
from all quarters. Five lila come
every year from a seamstresS up the
Hudson. The inmate, librarian of a
city refuge ave one-tenth Of his sal
airy, and a dozen old men in a church
home armed by making nets and
hammocks $3.50, which they begged
might be built into the cathedral"
A revenue thus derived cannot be
estimated in advance, but requests are
now known which, as they mature
will be- sufficient to insure continued
progress. The choir is now rooted
and partly cased with the limestone
which will later finsh the entire inte-
rior. The eight giant columns, each
65 feet high, exclusive OF the capitals
which cluster about the altar, between
the ambulatOry and the chance1. are
in place with the names carved upon
them OF those whom their donors wish
to commemorate. Two of the sever
chapels in the apse of the chancel
have been completed. and with then
their stained glass windows. These
are the gifts of August Belmont anC
Mrs. edward King. Seven tapestries
depicting sacred subjects and woven
originally for Pope Adrian VII in 1886
"a Rome, already hang in the spaces
| hot ~ on Atho uipIoy-s of tho 49,
the full complement will add three
more. h organ and carved choir
stalls. the gift of Levi P. Morton, are
in place. The great crossing at the in.
tersection of the nave and the trans.
epts, designed for the main assem-
bling place of the congregation, /:
! rooted over, and with the unfinished
transeptS, and the nave shu in from
, the weather by concrete screens, tht
remaining wing and work on the Ian.
tern and towers above can so on with.
ont annoyance to WOrshipperS, eacf
finished unit to be thrown open upor
the main body of the edifice as il be
comes ready for use.
Description OF the Cathedral.
In style the cathedral is late RO,
manesque, with strong rae Of BY.
Zantine influences. or as the architec
in chief, c; Grant L~efarse, a son Q
the late John LaFarge, describes 1T
so far as the cathedral in tne lalsel
sense Is Gothic. it is the Gothic of
very early period: the time o. tranSi
ton from the simple Ron1anesque Il
the more complex organism No
where Is the constructive schem'
based on the pointed arch. The mys
terry Of the long Tistas down dim. Pill
Jared aisies has been exchanged 70
the solemn Of q great centra
crossing. wherein the c~ongregatio
may mass within sound OF the preach
ers voice. lighted from above by