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JEW ORLEANS ILLUSTRATED.
ways of representation, and in the mediaeval ages, as they are hero, in stained glass; glass into which the colors have been wrought. This is the art secret of the work, and when we contemplate the wonderful coloring, equaling the finest of the old masters ; the clear and correct outlines of every figure; the different expressions of love, hate, fear, agony, tenderness, compassion, sympathy, suffering, or glory delineated on the diifeient faces in the pictures, and reflect that it is wrought by combinations made by the hand in glass, a faint idea of the artistic excellence, and the beauty of this master-piece of creative art and ingenuity may be arrived at.
As the church is open many hours of each day, and any one permitted to enter, visitors will find no difficulty iu seeing this quaint and surprising production of human skill. Tne Baronne and Jackson street cars pass the church on their way up or down.
TEMPLE SINAI,
Jewish. This graceful and most imposing structure is situated 011 Carondelet between .Delord and Calliope streets, and is, without doubt, the most beautiful edifice of the kind in the United States, combining grandeur with simplicity, so appropriately that the beholder is at once charmed and edified. The temples of these ancient “ chosen people” have always given testimony of their devotion to the faith of their fathers by the liberality and richness of their decorations, and the Temple Sinai shows that they still delight in honoring God by beautifying “ 11 is holy places,” The interior appointments of the church are a blending of the same characteristics as mark the exterior, simple grandeur, accuracy of proportion and beauty of finish. The. forms of worship are those adopted by the Reformed Jews, to which body this temple belongs. Rev. J. K. Gutheim, Rabbi.
ST. JOHN’S CHURCII.
This superb church, situated on Dryades street, between Clio and Calliope streets, is built in the Renaissance style, and is of imposing grandeur and lofty proportions, measuring 172 x 75 feet. The ceiling, grained and arched, is fifty-five feet in heighth from the floor, the groins supported by massive and graceful columns. The pews. ISO in number, are built of black walnut with mahogny trimmings. The organ was made in New York, and is of powerful and rich tone.
All the decorations of the church are in the beautiful Renaissance style, but are not yet quite completed. The altars are to be of pure white Italian, and green and gold Irish marble. All of the surroundings of this magnificent church are of simple yet elegant grandeur, and call forth the most exalted and tender emotions of the beholder.
The corner stone was laid in October, 180!), and the church dedicated in January, 1872.
ST. PATRICK’S CHURCH.
This old time church, situated 011 Camp street, between Julia and Giiml streets, is .	..	a triumph worthy of the genius of Gothic
Architecture, whether the dimensions or the splendor of the structure be considered. The style, taken from the famed st. John’a	Church.	York Minster Cathedral, is lofty aud


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