Show the pilgrim alie following is an accurate description of the pilgrim grim al the corner stone at tie ceremonies en collies of which took place at plymouth on tuesday I 1 the monument will be about feet high and 80 foet feet at the base tile the statue of faith i rests her foot upon her rock in her left hand she holds an opeil bible with the right uplifted she points to heaven looking forward as to those she is addressing she seems to call them to trust in a higher pot power v the fitting figures are emblematical in a tic a 1 ef of the principles uon upon which the pilgrims proposed to lound t their air commonwealth w ealta the first of these is moral morality ity i she holds the Deca ge in her I 1 left ft and the te scroll of revelation in her right hand iler her look is upward the impersonation odthe spirit of religion above in a riche niche on one side of her throne is a prophet and in the other one of the evangelists the second of these figures is law on one side of his seat is ja ticeen the other mercy the thiddis third is ed education ca in the niche on one a side id of her seat eat Is wisdom tipe ripe with years on the other youth led by experience the fourth figure is Freedom on one side peace rests under his protection on the other tyranny Y is ia overthrown by his prowess the monument will be entire entirely lyof 0 granite with the exception of the panels and alto r t these ese are to be of porphyry porphyry hyry I 1 kerpen tine and white marble the pory figure egure of faith is to be seventy feet in height the sitting figur figures e a a are r e to be about forty feet in height in addition to this structure a canopy of gran granite ite is to be erected over the rock itself near the waters edge the rock has been raised a few feet from its bed anti and has been surrounded by a setting of solid granite p on which the supports of the canopy are to rest the pilgrim society have purchased and removed several old buildings which pressed closely on the rock and an open alua squa e is to be preserved f at louis morning ms airale herald |