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an entablature a vaulted ceiling in the middle. The 

 piers were ornamented with fluted Corinthian pilasters 

 rising to the top of the arches, the keystones of which 

 were sculptured with cherubim in relief. Over the 

 center arch, on the south side, were some figures in 

 heraldic form, representing the infant colony implor- 

 ing the protection of the king. Beneath the figures 

 was the inscription, Proprius res a spice nostras, which 

 was adopted as the motto of the seal of the Church. 

 Over the middle arch, on the north side, was the in- 

 scription, Deus mihi Sol, with armorial bearings. The 

 pillars were ornamented on their face with beautiful 

 pieces of monumental sculpture, some of them in 

 bass-relief, and some with full figures finely executed 

 by the first artists in England and America. At the 

 end of the nave, and within the body of the church, 

 was the chancel, and at the west end the organ, which 

 was an ancient piece of furniture imported from En- 

 gland, and which had been used at the coronation of 

 George II. Galleries were added some time subse- 

 quent to the building of the church. The effect pro- 

 duced upon the mind in viewing this edifice was that 

 of solemnity and awe, from its massy character. When 

 you entered under its roof, the lofty arches, porticoes, 

 arcades, and pillars which supported it, cast a somber 

 shade over the whole interior, and induced the mind 

 to serious contemplation and religious reverence. In 

 every direction the monuments of departed worth and 

 excellence gleamed upon the sight, every object tended 

 to point to the final state of all worldly grandeur, and 

 impelled the mind to look beyond the tomb for that 

 permanency of being and happiness which in the 

 natural constitution of things- cannot here exist. 

 On Monday, the 2d of August, Mr. Wesley set out 



