Essays on Life 



larch, the stem of which is girt by a rude 

 stone seat. The portico itself contains seats 

 for worshippers, and a pulpit from which the 

 preacher's voice can reach the many who 

 must stand outside. The walls of the inner 

 chapel are hung with votive pictures, some 

 of them very quaint and pleasing, and not 

 overweighted by those qualities that are 

 usually dubbed by the name of artistic merit. 

 Innumerable wooden and waxen representa- 

 tions of arms, legs, eyes, ears and babies tell 

 of the cures that have been effected during 

 two centuries of devotion, and can hardly fail 

 to awaken a kindly sympathy with the long 

 dead and forgotten folks who placed them 

 where they are. 



The main interest, however, despite the 

 extreme loveliness of the St. Mary's Chapel, 

 centres rather in the small and outwardly 

 unimportant oratories (if they should be so 

 called) that lead up to it. These begin 

 immediately with the ascent from the level 

 ground on which the village of Saas-im-Grund 

 is placed, and contain scenes in the history of 



the Redemption, represented by rude but 



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