. Fenimore Cooper's grave and Christ churchyard . This platform didnot extend entirely across the end of the church,but was flanked on either side by two pews placed 74 The Church sidewise. On the left, as one faced the platform,the two pews were occupied by the families,respectively, of Richard Cooper and Judge Nelson,associate justice of the United States SupremeCourt, whose memorial tablet now adorns theadjacent wall. Of the two pews on the right ofthe platform the first was assigned to the Pomeroyfamily, and the second was that of James FenimoreCooper. There is one aspect of Christ church
. Fenimore Cooper's grave and Christ churchyard . This platform didnot extend entirely across the end of the church,but was flanked on either side by two pews placed 74 The Church sidewise. On the left, as one faced the platform,the two pews were occupied by the families,respectively, of Richard Cooper and Judge Nelson,associate justice of the United States SupremeCourt, whose memorial tablet now adorns theadjacent wall. Of the two pews on the right ofthe platform the first was assigned to the Pomeroyfamily, and the second was that of James FenimoreCooper. There is one aspect of Christ church andchurchyard that lies quite beyond the imaginationof those who journey thither only in reserves a splendor of its ow^n for Christchurchyard. The immaculate veil which naturedraws by stealth across the view adds a sense ofmystery in concealment. Of a winters night,when the moon rides the heavens, her beamstransfigure the homely old church, which seems tolook down upon the mantled graves in an attitudeof majestic Photo by W. H. Yates (Taken at mkhiiglit Viy moonlifrlit) The moonbeams transfigure the old church JUN 13 19H One copy del. to Cat. Div. iiiM i^ ^«u
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