GENERAL HINTS 



' ' The glory of Lebanon shall come tmto thee, the fir tree, the 

 pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of My 

 sanctuary y — ISA. Ix. 14. 



all Churches are not alike in form and style, the 

 remarks, instructions, and designs here given can for 

 the most part have but a general character. It needs, 

 however, very little exercise of thought and judgment 

 to be able to adapt the designs, apply the remarks, 

 and benefit by the instructions, so that they may be 

 used for almost any style of building. The knowledge 

 of architecture is so much more general now than it 

 has been in times past, and the principles of taste so 

 much better understood, and the desire to do things 

 according to correct principles is now so prevalent, 



