The picture of Liverpool; . f the of these records informs us, that Here lyeth the Body ofTIMOTHY HOIiSFIELD, First Parijh Clark of Liverpool; departed this life ye 13th of October, 1709. This church contains some monuments of an-cient and modern sculpture, but not interestingenough to engage the strangers particular atten-tion :—a female figure inclining over an urn,is most worthy his notice. Here is a peal of sixbells, whose welcome notes announce the arri-val of our ships from foreign voyages, chieflythe West Indies. There is a good, but badlyplaced, organ here.—A spire was added
The picture of Liverpool; . f the of these records informs us, that Here lyeth the Body ofTIMOTHY HOIiSFIELD, First Parijh Clark of Liverpool; departed this life ye 13th of October, 1709. This church contains some monuments of an-cient and modern sculpture, but not interestingenough to engage the strangers particular atten-tion :—a female figure inclining over an urn,is most worthy his notice. Here is a peal of sixbells, whose welcome notes announce the arri-val of our ships from foreign voyages, chieflythe West Indies. There is a good, but badlyplaced, organ here.—A spire was added to thetower in 1750; and the walls of the church werere-built a few years as;o. It is intended to re-build the pews and galleries. The church nodoubt, originally, was sufficiently sequestered;yet from the present, perhaps unavoidable, tho-roughfares, in every direction, through thechurch-yard, but ill accords with the primi-tive intention of ——The church-yards lonely mound,Where melancholy with (till filence X P X w H PLACES OF PUBLIC WORSHIP. 99 A considerable portion of the lower part ofthis church is set apart for the public ; and, asin most country churches, the men and womenhave different allotments. As these publicseats are generally well filled with very decentand orderly persons, devotion is better assistedthan where the whole is a glare of dress and fa-shion ; it induces a due sense of humility ; andproperly reminds us of the indistinction that issoon to take place in that state which awaitsus all. ST. PETERS CHURCH. Was the next built, and finished in 3 704.—Thisiand St. Nicholasare the parish churches, overwhich two rectors preside. It is plain within ;lias a good organ; and a peal of eight bells, ofgood tone, and well tuned. There are no sculp-ture or monuments worth particular notice.—The carvings of the altar and the pedestals ofthe galleries in oak, are much esteemed; and arefree from gildings and other improper orna-ments. Regular oratorios,
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