Show r s. s NO n i Nearby and Yonder v 0 By er T. T T T. T MAXCY MAXEY y oxa ss c rca The Church of St. St Louis Loui of ol France 1110 old St. St Louis Louls now cathedral cathedral now T known ox nil the Church of St. St Louis of France Is France Is said to he be Tile The most mot historic church In the Mississippi vale val ley It stands on or near the site BIte where the Hie list first mass ask In Bt St Lola was celebrated on 00 March Murch 14 14 1761 L The first edifice OC to tt occupy this tills spot was WIll a primitive o log structure put up upla la In 1770 It gave ttO way woy to a second secondI I built of ot palisades and first occupied In la 1770 1776 The Tho present l church begun blUD In la 1831 was dedicated In 1814 I and tends stands today a venerable and historic monument nt to St. St Louts Louis f t. t 0 Of stone construction lm and well wel preserved preserved It Is tr fronted by n a row o of ofa a weather beaten eaber beyten ro columns curries carries lie Ile- brew trew and Latin ti Ij ons over the main portal and Is topped by a n steeple steel crowned by tilt the customary c cross luride lu lla side ride dl It Its I width usually In proportion to 10 Its Us length there thern being five aisles both the altar rail rall and the organ loft lof supports rapports extend far fur out the simple frosted hosted windows smack of time old JIeM and the throne Is decorated with the tIle fleur de lys s of France By virtue of ot the till fact tot that tho the first l j llop ot or St. St Louts was a n clasi classmate of If Pope Pop Gregory XVI Xv It happened that this church wax Was the recipient of 01 favors which are Mild t to hn e been be bestowed upon no other church chulch In till the world nc except pt the lu in Rome Home One of the most mot noteworthy nole favors favor grants grant an on Indulgence whIch Is h granted grant gront ed 11 only to pilgrims visiting the seven even Roman ll n Ny fly rr n this It U le fOil suit said may he gained by lIy visiting the Hie three thrle attars altars In Inthis inthis this though church no nu other lither church chulch or cathedral I Is so privileged O. O 1117 un W watern rn N Union |