Show FAMOUS OLD ENGLISH PULPIT ancient ornament of westminster abbey restored to position among its trea treasured suret westminster abbey posses beh one of tho tile oldest and most rani famous of pulpits until recently it stood in a bom out of the way nay corner in the chapel of pf king flenty VII but now it t baa tins been removed to the luve whir it Is bed nt at sunday evening services sei vices it has boon been called the tile wino willo glass pulpit on account of its ve peculiar cullar bhame it evidently dates from tudor times for it Is coveted with the beau thul paneling h tc technically lini cally known as linen because it Is carved cared ho i is to represent the folds of a linen cloth at A to an abbey tradition chien there seema no reason to dis believe thib pulpit occupied a prominent position at the coronation of edward VI i and archbishop craa cran mer rho happened to ho be the god vol parent of the oung monarch Is said to have lime dell delivered ered lilb his sermon on this oce occasion flom tho the wine glass pulpit six eais cais later it N was as hie his lot to uso it for a ety diffrient occasion this vas the of the king on chith occasion the archbishop must have felt that his own oun doom was sealed in a picture of the choir of tho the ab bey dating from the beginning of the rel reign n of diaries charles 11 II the pulpit Is seen to be there thero or at any rate a pulpit cl clohesy resembling it shortly after it was replaced by another of a more modern design the stone pulpit which for more than a generation past was ans a familiar object to sightseers in the nave hand some ome and costly though it was was altogether out of harmony with its surroundings roun dings it has now and has been presented ed to the new cathedral of belfast |