The consecration on Saturday of Liverpool Cathedral was a great
event. Though we have not seen the building ourselves, it is, to judge by photographs, by far our most important example of modern Gothic architecture. The King and Queen visited Liverpool in order to be present at the consecration, and the King made an inspiring speech on the subject of the great _ . enterprise, which is now half finished, of building the Cathedral. No entirely new English cathedral, the Times informs us, has been consecrated since Salisbury in 1225. This is indeed an astonishing fact. It is partly explained by the fact that St. Paul's and Truro were both built on the sites of old churches, and therefore did not need consecration. But by the erection of this great Cathedral the citizens of Liverpool have certainly contributed both a noble work of art and a great spiritual inspiration to the whole nation, and for this the whole nation owes them gratitude.
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