THE SAFETY OF ST. PAUL'S

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2147, 13 May 1914, Page 3

THE SAFETY OF ST. PAUL'S

PRESERVATION FTIXD APPEAL. Tlie Lean and Chapter of St. Paul's Cathedral, Loudon, are flop-caling forthe stun of £70,000, in order to secure the permanent safety of the budding mid to guard it against ail possible risk of disaster. A comprehensive scheme of work, extending over., several years, will have to be carried out on the fabric, the question-of the foundations lieiiig deferred for future, consideration. Tho regular cathedral funds barely suffice for the ordinary upkeep of tho building; but in appealing to she country for this sum tins Chapter arc conttdent that they will not look in vain, at so critical a moment <jf its history, to those manv thousands, in these islands and beyond them, to whom tho. cathedral is hallowed bv imiiimerabk» ideas and associations, .religious, historical, and artistic. The treasurer of the cathedral. Canon Alexander, has written in the Primate of New Zealand (Bishop Xcvill), asking for his sympathy'. and assistants, iind pointiii" out that lielt> from the overseas dominiofts in this matter would tend to strengthen tho links that bind the' Church together over the world. Tltc- Primato lias horn compelled to inform Canon Alexawdw that in consequence of tho exceptionally heavy demands just now made upon the Church here on behalf of the Mnrsdftit centenary fund, tho Bible in schools, a.nd, in his own diocese, the wthodra] awl orpiuinaiio buildings funds, he feels unable- to call upon the- Church iti any special manner to support the ahueal. but tiii.tiks- -I there are many individuals in the general community who would rfiuHy" send some help toward* prosorvip'n to remote fenerations an edifice which es-eites such warm emotions ui the hearts of all visitors to the. Old Country, and which is truly of Imperial rmwsrtsvneo," ' ■ . Contributions to the St. Paul's Cathedral preservation fund may he scut to the receiver at tho Chiwror House, St. Paul's Churchvartt Louden, or may be ■ pnicl into Messrs. Rr-nk, Meet ; Street, or to Cntion Alexander, or to ; I'h'k Dominion Office. .