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statue in marble of our Saviour, placed in a niche at the back of the altar, by which, however, the effect is considerably diminished. On the pedestal is a quotation from St. Mat. XI. 28. In the centre of the chancel, before the altar, is the Font of polished marble — a con ch a held by a kneeling angel — a chaste, poetic, beautiful design. The first child baptized at this font was one of Professor Bissen's, himself a pupil of Thorvaldsen who stood sponsor; the King and Queen honoring the ceremony with their presence. The magnificent marble statues of the twelve Apostles adorn both sides of the church. The large b a s r e lic f in. the semicircular recess behind the altar represents our Saviour on his way to Golgatha; and in the confessionals on each side of the chancel are two more b a sre lic fs descriptive of the Saviour’s Baptism and the Last Supper. On either side of the entrance of the church is a beautiful b a s r e l i c f the one on the right repre­ senting Childhood’s Guardian Angel, the one on the left Christian Charity. Thus by Thorvaldsens grand productions the mind receives a reverential impression which the building itself fails to effect. It is said that the architect of the church, who, it would appear, looked with no friendly eye on the great sculptor, had prepared niches in the