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CHUliCIIES.
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Episcopalian. This edifice, corner Jackson aud Coliseum streets, Fourth District, is one of the most graceful buildings in the country, and noted far and wide for the chaste beauty of its adornments, particularly its beautiful chancel, and chancel •window. The impressions imparted to the beholder on entering this church are those of simple grandeur and beauty of finish, which charm the senses and exalt the imagination. The antique, magnificent memorial window, “ Erected for the glory of God, and in memory of Leonidas Polk, D. 1)., first Bishop of Louisiana, by the Ladies of the Bishop Polk Society,” is the only one of the kind on the Continent. The art of producing such work as this window was known in the Middle Ages, but lost for centuries, and has but quite recently been restored. We have neither tin* information nor the space to do more than briefly refer to this surpassingly beautifully creation of art and genius.
Temple Sinai.
Two scenes from tin* passion of our Saviour, and one of 11 is triumphs arc represented. The Last Supper, The Crucifixion, and The Ascension. In the first named scene, the Lori! is represented,..as usual, in the act of breaking and distributing the bread of life to his disciples, “ John, the beloved,” leaning on his blessed Master, the other apostles sitting or reclining in reverently attentive positions, each face expressing in its own style wonder, love, devotion ; the “apostate ” only showing fear. ,.,The Crucifixion tells the wonderful tale that can only be told in one way. The cross and victim, the soldiers, the three Marys, and the “ multitude afar off.” The Ascension shows the Glorified ascending from “their midst” into heaven, surrounded by angelic forms. These scenes have all been represented, times innumerable, in paintings, painted on glass, and all other