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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