. Historic towns of the Southern States. or woe untilthe war between the States, when they weresent to Columbia for safe keeping. WhenGeneral Sherman burned that city in 1865, twoof the bells were stolen and the rest were soinjured as to be useless. Once again the bellswere shipped to England, where they were re-cast by the successors of the firm which hadmade them in 1764, from the same patterns,and again returned to Charleston and replacedin the belfry on March 21, 1867. The church has been commemorated in thepopular lyric of Mrs. Stansberry, Hoiu heSaved St. Michacrs, though as a matter of
. Historic towns of the Southern States. or woe untilthe war between the States, when they weresent to Columbia for safe keeping. WhenGeneral Sherman burned that city in 1865, twoof the bells were stolen and the rest were soinjured as to be useless. Once again the bellswere shipped to England, where they were re-cast by the successors of the firm which hadmade them in 1764, from the same patterns,and again returned to Charleston and replacedin the belfry on March 21, 1867. The church has been commemorated in thepopular lyric of Mrs. Stansberry, Hoiu heSaved St. Michacrs, though as a matter of factit was the spire of St. Philips that was savedfrom fire by an heroic negro. , duringthe war between the States, refers to the churchin one of his tenderest poems entitled, Christ-mas, and Simms, when the steeple was madea target for Federal guns, published his pas-sionate lines beginning : Aye, strike with sacrificial aim,The temple of the living God,Hurl iron bolt and seething flameThrough aisles which holiest feet have trod. ST. MICHAELS CHURCH, CHARLESTON. 289 290 Charleston From the pigeon holes, the highest pointin the tower, patriots of the Revohition watchedthe coming and progress of the British Heetsof Parker and Arbuthnot, and almost a centurylater the war-ships of Dupont and Dahlgrenwere sighted from the same aerie long beforethey crossed the bar. Its congregation is so largely composed ofthe elite of Charleston society that a localwit had irreverently called the venerablestructure the Chapel of Ease of the St. CeciliaSociety. It is claimed that the French Protestant(Huguenot) Church in Charleston is nearlyif not quite coeval in date with the presentcity. There is some evidence that the churchowes its origin to the colony of French Pro-testants sent out to the Province in 1680 byCharles 11, of England. The Revocation of theEdict of Nantes and the consequent Huguenotemigration to America in 1685 put the churchon a solid foundation, though many of theHueuenot
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