| Show D 11 n II III I r t Q ic N r M l ff M M n I I t I It t J r rf f t f tf f 1 r G 6 J ROOFED IW CHOIR CHOIRS S CHAPEL II II TT K niNG Christmas week w rl of 1892 I 0 the cornerstone corn of till the great of St SI John the Di Divine vine In was wa It Is only ol ly lyno now no after almost t year of V labor that Ih t the vast vaRt work worl be le begins leI gins Ilus to stanel foi Jorth til usan Ils all larnest of or orl l v what li it to come come Tho ma I of or the choir uh lr has been lieen in and tho of finish PS il the tho Is being pushed no II if lively III with the prospect li os thai til it It Il will willlie I N lie ie ready r ady in 01 so 0 It is 1 E lull and the ol 01 ihn is I ai I Ii i i d It wl ili I shell 1 i i a larger number than thun ian call be II In I I any in III New Nu city j of mall of labor and m propaganda Is II represented in inthe the gray gra pile which is so 1 on heights h The vas broached morn moie th ui two d ago hut but at first enthusiasm en not nul Ii to l lake lako Hie The cl Iden hid had not ct taken laken toot root in l 11 America Out the earliest most m st a ol them it least ic shores in III t l mood mo c of or deep f 1011 from in religion and ami 11 tho were determined that lint they I hao h none of or it Jf They jl lY were I 8 and and wl u fr u they w on bail a religion which r d 11 L ceremonial anil Jill ee If establishment to 10 smack of or Among all or of them h there pio l IO distaste for the decorative In chinch and tor Cor was wall stately and especially costly In Inthe Inthe the building and adornment a of places 4 11 Vl 1 Worship o coul Ie this animosity against good e was as not lasting m i I I whet UC glowin Ameri American merl can began to think seriously erl of o form and II III I structural tural Those I who came camo to 10 the th Cal CLU ii freo this ng mixing religion and un l immediato o o rall altero r rI I this the tr as a L mat matter it ittel tel ter of LIl anything The Irreverent American Abroad Americans Am aie m reputed to 10 tobo bo ho most m sl persons in the world orld When we wo are ure accused ot of It If u l udo do 10 not as a rule lule deny the charge Wu Ye are aio so so to the accusation that hat wo wl are arc more amused an s d than Ihan h dg nant hen It is made madl It oc nt even een to jis to ask how It comes that v WJ care so 10 about which seem sP m to ho Import to others It is certainly absurd to on talking about of or traditions to descendants who t r lo remote tram fro those 6 is isto s sio to io bo unable to distinguish lIstl between i the that hated ceremonial and ami the iI d bonair that dismisses all Idea I ea of religious order orderliness liness eS According to 10 the late Bishop Potter who no lies at rest in the thc crypt ot or the Kit grat at In III as so in tho American public is not altogether alt to blame blamo for its lb Vo liu e had a y r environment in which to to be il Ill vast ma majority maI of or places of worship In tills this I countr are arc lamentably in s of any idea of worship wor Th JIHO iQ is aI sol l them to 10 suggest hushed rd ej un uncovered u covered el head lId of I knee They Ih were not K 1 with wilh that Intention tion appeal aJ ns not lot to tobe o ohI be hI made the senses So It seemed In to Bishop Potter thai thal there was Wll an nil actual necessity Il cor for an in New York bo he heU U ed that the th noblest n ideis Id as should hav e the lio noblest t expression lon and he lie regarded tho th popular Protestant no noh h tion of or a cl ur h with honor a huge auditorium with a platform and a aOl con Ol 1 dious lous fort for and si Dithering with tho Iho iK nh at hand lit II admitted that the thu ot of all this util utilitarianism In 11 get affirm J hole hold on the Iho masses was admit but he h contended that it practical left religion to take care caie of Itself What Has Been B n Done H Is now possible to form a definite Idea Idla of or the Ow structures outlines and a d to appreciate In a the Im oC 0 tho plan which h is 18 lining de ch developed eloped daj Ihl by JI daj gifts from prominent have 1110 made possible the completion of or the Iho crossing within a II little moio th in a L Hug archu to hal haV ilson lis II to jeu fa ai IK lug lugi i alsed Ui d ut ul the Ihl ci nt r of the tit and on will Ill ret rest tho wilt will be b 4 lri 5 feet fel abo aho i the ground overtopped Ill by the or of Iwo Ith i and Cologne The Hie top to ot of tin on tho donn ot of bl 1 i b will ho he even with si HI Johll the Divines highest point St Jl Pi tei h Amiens and Antwerp t It t in 1 As soon Ionn as Ul HUM arelus ire aro finished I I IIi a Ii loof will bo hc d OI l tin m above which i building lIng op 01 will In h carried on Hie j is 0 1 Tile Ilio foi 01 UK lh is I now being 1 in III Hoston and h 11 ILI be un I in Hie part ot I the it II will vill be 1 for foi use i The lle training ol of olin I in all u l lu t colt eholt Imf his been Ien I KOmg on for tor sr te uial Ill 1 vi irs in a i idral I Idral dral t school which bus foi its Il soli object t thu tl ot o bO 8 with cs S j I II I gond f voices j 1 Wilh its tall lall columns and 1111 1 root roo Un Is an ap I fight rill Ihy ault Is to lO bo be lined 1111 1 with an 1111 mosaic in colors and gold f which wl is to fat fa above th altar altu Viewed from tho Iho outside the Iho crossing and ll now IO s o 0 m If ir ar com completion I ph a II most at Tho rho colos t s of the e etolo tolo completed In tin th studio of Outon Borglum give the touch to the ecclesiastical i lor These The aio ar nine and a half hulf feet leet in height and are aro placid in ion ou oue cave e to openings Hev fiu from the th ground In their differ the conventional cony I forms Thc apostles bear the symbols 1 hlll th air put but In fa Ihl tu unlike t Ih coll Oil ol If HP 1111 rH 1 rIb II I v rN J of o It in ill n 1 lh c to r ml and andIs Is nn n of 11 Ih In the r that la 18 cB rn Eight Giant illI fin Jm Ho prill oC lC inn frk ot or n has amI l a afrum frum th mid lOud Wn pu h of lit IM ll 1 l I c t ul Horn Ill II 1 11 ant In Ihn oi LIt jid 1 and they ur ap ID III II 1111 evir v r l It Il to r t tin th l 11 h und In h licit At f it tl hl t of t I IIii th Iii ft is IH the thein in iti i hi ot or it Is II by hI b 1 puts ur Ulu i Ilio Lol l Ulti df M ti lilt Is II tWill the lit it ii Jj 1 HUli Xi V y Th hUIT 1 IT dolo ol the u stunts Iono which k I t tl i tu III tome Th Ih t mono 1 HII I I plain decorative not calved l lt II It Jasper In The rile IonIC pome of ur the th t ot tin th st le lc which 11 lo 10 tall call for fortin tin want lInt of u better henr Hio Iho meat f nut til spire v which will itc It d and u ilus Iho I 1 spin of or the 1111 l Jt church at III Oxford The imposing I ing IlIg bv by i 1110 o to tOWI eis will n York and Lin Lincoln I coln Th che l of ur chapell seven s n In hi number which will vill 1 tin II Is If a eh 11 uK ot or the th splendid ca dials 01 II 11 0 11 11 in and ind of tit titi i Iho of C 01 and andI I Toledo Hue OIW of these thI J lH chapiN bt l s built hj II August Helmont B Ii t I In of wife If Is about jl jJ t tot M 1 foi ot In III then eh tho 1 f Ii I various national am arn Ittu I r I 1 and will ill be dedicated at a l f tit The chipel OL or th Italian n i f d lLo wilt will be III to St Sl Ambrose v J tt that of or oriental 1111 to tho U antt that of the Galilean lite It to 10 bl St o that l of the thu Spanish to bt t I J t i 1 that nf III tho th Scandinavian i to 10 St AU that of till the Guman j lite to St tint lIHI of the Ih l t Ji I rito to bt Ht l f i N r Down In the Crypt 1 j jOne 3 One On pirt arl of nf the is 1 3 and amI has lias been heen In u is JIt j foi s ual l rl This his Is 1 the cr f l land and the of or this un iI 1 rg l dei place be of is I tin U ev x t Y ll 1 di 1 l I bj h Louis J fall and I l t tn p 1 h J I fit bj Mis ol o I Till Is I jm tho most ambitious work wor in III mosaic 11 done Ilono In III this and I i CI t f j t 1 t The of the 1 lat iti III hoJ 11 i P X n reSl 81 In 11 te 1 tomb cut In III thu Ihu solid oll l toik loI iI 1 I Just within tin th chancel 1 lall As thu great assumes a s u rn sh the public rest in III its com 1 1 on j The Tho j i timo his 0 when many of pf 4 iii who not in with wilh t wl oi UJ when in h laid tin th cornel corn I ti I stOll aio uro i convert to the C Jt cath 11 Tims 1111 far contributions 1 5 j i J to the th building fund ha linen Iii to the work to go on 11 j I which is an un unusual tr t 1 in cathedral The Thc Co Cologne GI H r III logne lo ne was veils tIl In build building tf I tr 1 ing hut but Anu me l re I ot Condon oil il Ji with a Il like patience It lIs I t all i d J I f k that man of h j Jt lay this cornerstone on I I i ithai thai hit chill J r dax dW III to j tt if I Iseo see seo tho comple I i St 1 l D Inc tl ij GE III 11 PIC nD W 1 tl P c I h fJ J i f l |
