But what is less knownp, and is of a pature to interest our readers, is a huge clock which its maker has made a present of to the bishoprie of Beanvais, and which tempeorarily occupies all theroom in a chapel near the porthern trausept of the Cathedral.
The cloek is,in all the force of the expression, a masterpiece of mechanism and patient toil. It was constructed by Brauvais M. Verite, engineer of the Northern Railway Company, who died in , It is prov. It i 3 composed of 92, pleces, which all receive their motive power from a little weight of fifty grains, The mounting, which is 1n oak wood, exquisitely carved and in Roman style, is from seven to eight metres high, by from four to five broad.
When the hour strikes, an extraordinary movement is produced, and the whole structure seems alive. The artist has wished to give an idea of the Last Judgment. A cock crows, angels sound the trumpet at the four cardinal points, and flames issue from theopenings in the turrets placed to the right and left. The Eternal Father looks round him and makes as if he were going to judge the world.
DBehold a soul advances and takes its stand before the Sovereign Arbiter. It is the soul of the impenitent sinner. Its works are found wanting and it is condemned to hell. Next comes the taurn of the just soul. It appears before God, and receives a favorable judgzment, and is to be admitted to the joysof heaven.
Immediately, angels make a guard of honor around it and escort it in trinmph to the mansions above, while the air resounds with sweet musie. Privacy policy.
