The pulpit and altar are so entirely without decoration, that, on first entering, they wholly escape notice.
In the "Christianensburg" is also the "Northern Museum," peculiarly rich in specimens of the ornaments, weapons, musical instruments, and other mementoes of northern nations.
The Winter Riding-school, in which concerts are frequently given, is large and symmetrical.

I admired the stalls, and yet more the grey horses which occupied them--descendants of the pure Arabian and wild Norwegian breeds--creatures with long manes and tails of fine silky hair.
Every one who sees these horses, whether he be a connoisseur or one of the uninitiated, must admire them.
Adjoining the "Christianensburg" is Thorwaldsen's Museum, a square building with fine saloons, lighted from above.

When I saw it, it was not completed; the walls were being painted in fresco by some of the first native artists.

The sculptured treasures were there, but unfortunately yet unpacked.
In the midst of the courtyard Thorwaldsen's mausoleum is being erected.
There his ashes will rest, with his exquisitely finished lion as a gravestone above them.

{15} The largest among the churches is the "Woman's Church." The building has no architectural beauty; the pillars, galleries, and cupola are all of wood, covered with a mixture of sand and plaster.