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imposing, and is regarded as the iinest effort in this style of architecture in the United States. It is built of brick, roughcast, and colored brown, giving the idea of uncut stone. Exteriorly the building is impressive and solemn; the tower massive, lofty and majestic, is considered one of the most beautiful 011 the continent, and being of great height from its summit, which is accessible by a spiral stairway in the interior, commands a complete view of the city, and suburbs for miles around. In grave and quiet grandeur, the inside of the church is in perfect accord with its outward appearance; the altars and their appointments being rich and elegant, but not showy. Behind the main altar is a very large and speaking picture of the Transfiguration; at the righc side, of the same altar, there is one of St. Peter walking on the waves to meet his. indulgent Master, who is represented in life size, extending his right hand to the doubting apostle, when, his faith failing, he exclaimed, “ Lord save me.” To the left side is one representing St. Patrick baptizing the Queen of Ireland in the famed Halls of Tara. In
St. Patrick's Church.
delineating this historic scene, the inspirations of the painter were most glowing, and powerfully descriptive, seeming to have imparted the coloring and expression of life to	his touch.	Every figure is a study, every face a history of the voluntary
submission of the haughty Pagan soul to the self-denying, yet ennobling doctrine of Christianity. These pictures, as works of art, have received hundreds of complimentary criticisms from strangers of all lands and religious creeds, who have sojourned among us from time to time; but to the children of the “ old country,” this one picture of the Royal Baptisms is more than a work of art; it is a touching recital of the days when their sea-girt home was emancipated from the power of oppressing heathenism through the teaching of their patron saint, and recalls whole volumes of the history of their nation in its early glory,
“ Ere the emerald gem of the western world Was set in the crown of a stranger.”
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