Show TO STAND FOR AGES i although americas greatest cathedral that of st john the I 1 divine in new york will not be the largest in the world it will rank third in ground surface but it will be the most durable of any ever built by the hand of man in structural strength due to better materials and finer workmanship st johns will greatly surpass any of the european cathedrals of the middle ages it is estimated that the granite used will not wear down as much as an inch in years an eminent engineer J bernard walker recently declared that he has never seen a finer job a masonry or one in which the cutting and setting of the stone showed greater exactitude and care barring some great cataclysm of nature st johns cathedral should stand for thousands of years as a monument to american genius of the twentieth century |