. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. Christianity in France, and which even before that period was a Pagaij temple. Here Te Deums for all of the nations victories have beeilsung; funeral orations of kings have been pronounced, confessions for a thousand years have been made, and masses innumerable ceklbrated. Here Napoleon the < ir< at was crowned, and Napoleon III-;. Here tl. I I if R< ason, after being borne througl the streets in state, was enthroned during the Revolution of 1793. Ihas thirty-seven chapels. In entering the cathedral the Class seem
. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. Christianity in France, and which even before that period was a Pagaij temple. Here Te Deums for all of the nations victories have beeilsung; funeral orations of kings have been pronounced, confessions for a thousand years have been made, and masses innumerable ceklbrated. Here Napoleon the < ir< at was crowned, and Napoleon III-;. Here tl. I I if R< ason, after being borne througl the streets in state, was enthroned during the Revolution of 1793. Ihas thirty-seven chapels. In entering the cathedral the Class seemed to be in a new workwindows flooded the edifice with a soft light; anbeyond it was a blaze of candles amid clouds ot incense, lor the prieslin their £ IS vestments were administering at the altar. The b< through the waves of light reverently, and stoo near the altar. .\ < hoir of altar boys suddenly rose amid the -1110kand lights and glitter of priestly robes, and sang most melodiously. IIicd very solemn and grand, but the thought of the associations (. PA/US. 253 the place was even more awe-inspiring. The scene was one that hadbeen enacted for more than a thousand years, under the groined roof ofthe same stately edifice, and the past seemed to hang, a weight of gloom,in the very air. On each ones paying half a franc, the Class was admitted into thesacristy, where the sacred relics, purchased in the East by St. Louishimself, are kept. Among them is a supposed piece of the true crossand a pretended part of the Crown of Thorns which was put upon theSaviours head before the Crucifixion. The second day that the Class spent in Paris was the most delightfulof the whole tour. I shall go with you to-day, said Master Lewis, to the most beau-tiful place in Europe, the most beautiful garden in Europe, and one ofthe most beautiful picture-galleries in the world. The Tuileries ? asked Frank. The Louvre ? asked Both, said Master Lewis. The Tuileries and the Louvre are now o
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