walls is thirty two feet. that of the spire. one hundred and fifty feet. The -bricks used in building the church were made by the parishioners. who also i provided and prepared the timber required. The cost of this beautiful church was spontaneously defrayed by the parishoners and only fourteen months elapsed from the laying of the corner stone to its

completion.

It was solemnly consecrated by the late most Rev. Archbishop Connolly of Halifax. The ceremony took place on the 19th of August 1860 in the presence of a large number of Bishops and priests who had assembled to witness the conferring of the Episcopal dignity upon the zealous priest of Tignish. whose labours were thus

so fittingly crowned.

The interior of this church presents a striking contract to that of all others in the diocese. They are. as a rule. painted in bright colours. and are as light and modern looking as possible. The church of S. 5. Simon and Jude on the contrary. is dark, and the style aimed at. is that of those venerable piles. where, “Storied windows richly dight. "Cast a dim religious light“. The colours chosen in decoration resemble those of old illuminations. The altar is: it is composed of dark marble and a composition called scagliora. The frontal shows three medallions in has relief. The central one portrays the descent from the cross; that on the gOSpel side. the interior of the stable at Bethlehem. and that on the Epistle Side, the Ressurection. Over the tabernacle is a canOpy of marble and wood, and underneath it the words:

Sanctus. Sanctus. fianctus

are illuminated in blue letters on a white ground.

The colours of the altar are crimson and royal blue. gold, and several shades

of brown. The chancel window is a very beautiful one. cozqosed of three pictures