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of which it, in elegance and finish, is an almost equal rival, It was built in 1800. The ceiling’, beautifully arched, is considered by many without a rival in America, for simple grandeur and beauty. The altars were imported from Munich, at a cost of $10,000; and a tower in the rear contains four bells, brought from France, which are noted for their sweetness and purity of tone. The statuary of this church is conceded to be among the iinest on the Continent.
NOTRE DAME DE BON SECOURS,
French. This gem of a chapel is on Jackson street, near Constance, and is slso under the care of the Redemptorists. It w as built in 1858.
It seems to many in new Orleans, but as yesterday, since the places now occupied by the churches, schools and convents of St. Alphonsus parish was a waste of marshy, unimproved ground, uninviting and unpleasing to the eye, giving no promise of its present beauty or value.
So threat is the change effected in a quarter of a century, that the mind is almost bewildered at its proportions, and dazzled by its magnificence. To the unswerving efforts, and persevering labors of the Redemptorist priests, the Fourth District is largely indebted for many of its most beautiful and valuable improvements.
CANAL STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
This church is situated corner of Canal and Derbigny streets, and is a handsome frame building which was completed two years ago. It is very neatly finished, and will seat between four and five hundred persons. The seats are free.
COLISEUM PLACE CHURCH,
Baptist. This fine church, situated at the corner of ( amp and Terpsichore streets, facing Coliseum Square, is a beautiful edifice, well located, and lias a very large, devout and intelligent congregation.
CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH.
This church, which is one of the most elegant edifices of the kind in the city, was built, on St. Charles street near Julia, in ] 854-5, to replace the one formerly used by the congregation, which was destroyed by fire in 1851, and which was known as Dr. Clapp’s church. The congregation, for years one of the most influential and extensive in the city, is the only one of the Unitarian denomination in New Orleans.
DISPERSED OF JUDEA.
A beautiful synagogue, on Carondelet street, between Julia and St. Joseph streets. It is the immediate successor of the oldest Jewish house of worship in New Orleans. The lirst temple, formerly a church edifice,
_____corner of Canal and Bourbon streets, was
presented to the congregation by the late Judah Touro, in, we believe, 1847. A few years later, the building needing extensive Coliseum Place Baptist^Chureh.	repairs,	it	was determined to pull it down
and build further up town. In pursuance of this resolution, this edifice was built.
The mode of service is according to the Shepardic ritual somewhat modernized. Rev. Joseph H. M. Chumaceiro, Rabbi.