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statu e in m arb le o f o u r Saviour, placed in a niche a t th e back o f the a lta r, b y w h ic h , how ever, the effect is co nsiderably dim inished. On the pedestal is a q u o tation from St. M at. X I. 28. In the centre o f the c h an cel, before the a lta r, is the F o n t o f p olish ed m arb le — a concha h eld b y a kneeling angel — a chaste, poetic, b eau tiful design. T h e first child b ap tized at this font w as one o f P ro fe sso r B issen's, h im self a pupil o f T h o rv aldsen w ho stood sp o n s o r; th e K in g and Q ueen h o no ring the cerem ony w ith th eir presence. T h e m agnificent m arble statues o f the tw elve A postles ado rn b o th sides o f the church. T h e larg e basrelicf in. the sem icircular recess beh in d the a lta r rep resen ts our S av iou r on his w ay to G o lg ath a; an d in the confessionals on each side o f the chancel a re tw o m ore basrelicfs descriptive o f the S a v io u r’s B ap tism and the L ast Supper. O n either side o f the entrance o f the church is a b eau tifu l b a s r e lic f the one on the rig h t re p re ­ senting C hildhood’s G uardian A n g e l, the one on the left C h ristian C harity. T h u s by T h o rv a ld se n s g ra n d p roductions the m ind receives a rev eren tial im pression w hich the b u ild in g itself fails to effect. It is said th a t the arch itect o f the church, w ho, it w ould ap p ear, looked w ith no friendly eye on the g re at sc u lp to r, had p rep ared niches in the