. Savannah and its surroundings . he late Bishop Stephen Elliott was rector ofthe church from 1861 until his death, in 1866, and in thechancel is a beautiful window to his memory. The interiorof the church is interesting. The chancel railing, table andstalls are handsomely carved, and the memorial lectern andfont are works of art. The exterior presents a singulararchitectural appearance. Its style, partly Ionic, is ratherfinancial than ecclesiastic, and the church is a solid and,not altogether, unimposing structure. It was in Christ Churchthat the first Sunday-school was established by John We
. Savannah and its surroundings . he late Bishop Stephen Elliott was rector ofthe church from 1861 until his death, in 1866, and in thechancel is a beautiful window to his memory. The interiorof the church is interesting. The chancel railing, table andstalls are handsomely carved, and the memorial lectern andfont are works of art. The exterior presents a singulararchitectural appearance. Its style, partly Ionic, is ratherfinancial than ecclesiastic, and the church is a solid and,not altogether, unimposing structure. It was in Christ Churchthat the first Sunday-school was established by John Wesley,nearly fifty years before Eobert Baikes, who is honored asthe founder of Sunday-schools, originated the scheme ofSunday instruction in Gloucester, England, and eighty yearsbefore the first Sunday-school in Amei-ica, on the Baikesplan, was established. St. Johns Episcopal Church, on Bull street, frontingMadison Square, is, architecturally, one of the finest churchesin the city. It is on the English style of Gothic, with rich,. Savannah and Its Surroundings. 53 stained glass windows. The brass lectern, from which thedesign for the lectern in St. James Cathedral, Toronto, wastaken, is an interesting work of art. The church was builtin 1853. The parish was founded in 1841. Its first houseof worship was on South Broad street, between Barnard andJefferson. St. Matthews Episcopal Church, at Duffy andBarnard streets, is a mission of St. Johns. The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Ascension,on Bull street, fronting Court-House Square, is the third edi-fice on the same site. The congregation was organized in1750. The earlj- records of the society are lost, but it is sup-posed to have been founded by two German preachers—Rubenhorst and Wottman. The present church was builtin 1877. The Independent Presbyterian Church (rebuilding), atBull and South Broad streets, will, when completed, be thefinest church in the city, next to the Roman Catholic Cathe-dral. The first Presbyterian soc
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