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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Feb 24, 1887

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 13, No. 8.

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PAPER CHURCH.

THERE exists near Bergen, in Norway, a church constituted of paper, which can contain nearly a thousand persons. Its interior is of a circular form, while its exterior is of octagon shape. The reliefs without, and the decorative statues within, as well as the vaulted roof, nave, and Corinthian capitals are made of papier-mache, and have been made water-proof by soaking them in a solution of quicklime, curded milk, and white of egg. It appears to us that this is, up to the present, the boldest use that has ever been made of paper.—French Paper.