OUR SPECIAL EUROPEAN, COBEESPON- -
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HOW THEY GIVE THE GOSPEL TO THE POOR IN
Dear Editor: Let me give you some idea
how they give the gospel to the poor in Rome.
Everybody has been crowding to St. Peter’s for
two or three days, to see the preparations, for the
grand feast of the 29th, the fefist of St. Peter.
In the building the immense arches which sepa
rate the grand nave from the side corridors and
chapels, have. been hung with curtains of rich
crimson brocade silk, with a fringe of gold lace a
foot wide.’ Countless glass chandeliers, holding
wax candles four to six feet long, have been hung
in festoons, high up along the.arches, and an
other' series- lower down. Along the cornice'
which runs above the arches, and round the in
side of the dome, thousands of. candles
haVe been placed, each five or six feet long. The
columns themselves have been draped with crimson
and gold, for fifty or sixty feet from ; the floor.
Wreaths ' and festo,ons of artificial flowers, roses
frotn six to twelve inches in diameter, but which.
look of natural size in their,. lofty places, have
been hung about the capitals of the columns; to
telftfie truth, the grand effect of the marble
colmrins, arches and walls is much impaired,by
this finery. An English bishop told us that all
this cost $160,000 in gold/ The silk is all new
andt after these feasts, we have been told it is dis
tributed,amongthe'Priests, for their own. In each of
the'.firphes hung a,handsome banner, about twen
ty by. fifty feet, with a finely painted picture in
colossal ’size, representing some .phase: fit the be
nevolent activity, of the church; giving- to- the
poor;, visiting the sick, blessing the. dying, and the,
lik«s,f The . size of the banners can be-inferred
from the fact that the tassels on the corners are
eachqs large iSs the head and .body of a mam ' This
grapd. display,-rand, the .effect-was .grand, when
the twenty,,or ..thirty: thousand candles- were <lit;-
andi fifteen,; or, - twenty thousand : people! filled! the’
lraUdiqgjtoris ; #ll iotithe peoptymanj of whom
ordinary; looking,’and poorly ;dressed,--peasants;:
from a,distance and the masses, of t-Rome, werfe'in ;
the crowd,besides thousandsi,ofistranger<priests,‘
and<maoy of the better classes-too:iGot:
This- grand show*, i 3 one. of-Rome's ways of
placing thn-gospelibefore the masses., -'The grand 1 -
proqetjsig.n of the-pope and bishops from allovor
the world, we did- not, see, on .the-29thfias-'the-'
crowd .was,• too much forms, in such a hot day.;
j ■ ILLUMINATING THE DOME. ' •
The evening before,- however,!.we J did see the
illuminating-of the dome, a; sight never to be-fori J
gotten.; ..The, circle in.front ofVSt. Peter’s,"over 1
two .hundred yards.; in. diameter, around’ which
run «the two. semi-eircular colonnades, the 1 -street?
leading to .thpicastle,of St. Anglo; and the
did bridge:of;St. Anglo over the .Tiber; with its:
twelve colossal angels, in marble—were-filled with
people<and;.carriages. Every space from which
St. Peter’s; could ,be seen was crowded with hu
manity. .One hnndred thousand persons at least, 1
.waiting .for the sight. ; The - pope’s
splendidly dressed dragoons, andhisfiuc Zouaves
and infantry were. every where, : keeping carriages l
in lines.aadlpreventing a-. jam. . Paper lanterns
were hung, along -the top of the semi-circular
colonnades, along all the pilasters,:-win dowsj-en
tablatures, and roof, of the church add; upon the
dome. They were all lighted and -presented a
splendid appearance; but a high wind blew many
•of thorn against the flame inside,,and. they burnt,
up and blew out. This was but the. prelude *0
the real display. At quarter before nine o’clock
the immense bell, of St. Peter’s' boomed-out a.
single, peal. Then,a second stroke, and.instantly;
ten thousand, brilliant flames blazed up, each one
brighter, than a. hundred of. the little paper lamps
combined. The dome, the cross—4so feet.above;
the ground—the roof all burst into living radi
ance. .The great front, the Jong colonnades all
flashed with brilliant fire from hanging basins of
iron each-showing a flame larger-than your hand
Thousands of men stand in readiness, and at the
signal, each one lights three lamps.- Tihe place
was, in an, instant, as light as day. The bells of
bt. Peter’s and (those ,of all the surrounding
churches, rang out a . glad, peal. The grand
band .of the Pope’s grenadiers, probably fifty in
struments, pealed out; glorious harmonies ; but
there was no wild huzza, as there‘would have
been in America. The immense crowd looked
silently on, and. soon began to move homeward.
The illumination, lasted till midnight, and all
Rome was out to.see it, rich and poor, great and
small. This is another way they have in .Rome
of giving the gospel to the masses. ‘ ,
' THE POPE’S FIREWORKS.
Again: On the evening of . the 29th, closing
the grand feast of St. Peter’s, a display of fire
works such as we in America never dreamed of,
was made in the fine open space of the Plaza del
Popolo—a circular area two hundred yards in
diameter and sat- the -north end of the ettf. On
the west side of the Plaza, rises abruptly the
Pincian fijll, on which the present Pope has laid
out a beautiful garden. On the slope of this hill
the fireworks were displayed. All Rome came
out to gee them. .The sight was m'ore ' grand
than I-can possibly describe to you.'. The thun
dering discharge of packs of immense fire-qrack
Rome, July Ist, 1867
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1867.
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ers each one afflotfd as culminated in
the firifig of a‘pirkof:'''th'o Pope’s 8-poa'hderS Sta
tioned ofi theififieiari -andfthiis djfefied tfie 'fete.
Instantly huhdrto’of fill the ail, shooting
Up in arßhower, long continued, 'hissing up’all the
time and opotfing-their stars high up in the sky.
In an instant all is dark; then a single rocket
darts up, and spreads to an. immense width its dis
charge of not less than 1,000 white stars; dazzling
ly brilliant. -■ After a second discharge of boom
ing torpedoes and the artillery, suddenly appears
in one blaze of fire, an immense temple, 300 feb't r
high, covering the side of the great';, plaza,,
and rising far above the side of the.hill. The
Pope’s tiara, surrounded with rays of dazzling
white light, covers the summit!' Below it in green
letters a motto : “ Rome, the home of Christarid
St.-Deter." '• At different heights oh the’‘front 61
the / te'mple blazed the ’wrirds,’' ’^Europe—Asia—
Africa.” ’ Further fioWriWri the side structures
welts’;' ““ Ameriria-^Ofe’e&riife'fi'”—and "twenty feet’
from' the gi-ourid; ‘in 'lettdrs two feei’hig'h,"*? Ro
‘martum ’ spatiu'm ’esib uvbi's 'ef brbis idem.” The
imriiiense frame'-wofk’wriA’lighted'ih less than a"
second, frotn the 'extrbihc ‘toip'w) the' ground, and
bla'zed in white; red!' violet,"blue'and'green for*
fifteen tainrites. 1 This sublime display was fob'
lowed hy'imm'bn'se wheels','tWenty-ieef iff diame
ter; ten revolving at a time j ‘colossal baSkdts of
botrid ’ together 1 with wreaths’of eyery
huC/fiftyife'et lririg, blazing id every'color ; rock
ets'iri tifouds;' l,ooo at a'time, filling ! the air with'
stars' of glorious hrillianfcyi Then serpents by ‘the
thousand whirled and' whizzed through the ' air.
Between each ch'a‘nge‘o'f''sceue,' i the torpedoes and
cannon deafened our ears. At the close, 4 a bird
of fire shot from the hiiralong’an unseen wire to
the obelisk fin the - centres off* the *sq ua’ie’ -)
twenty birds started along - other wires, radiating
to posts stationed round-; the -ripen- plaza; and ih'-
stantjy brilliant red dights; blazed-fill-around;-re--
vealing such a. sea of -upturned'faces-asl never/
saw .before;: A star of white- light’ -thirty feet l in’-
diameter, at the top-of the,obelisk, closed’the ’dis:
play, and-the tens of thousands began to disperse!.'!
At the first -changes of -scene ’.they hadclapiped'
their hands-r but-noft once - had they cheered Or
shriuted-a -huzza.- Twice a-year., ithis display iB
.given to, the, people of Rome,: though! on thishc-"
,casion,jthey itellus; it was - grander 'than usual.':: “
Duriugrthese feast days!large cUrtains>of‘satin
damask are hung Outsidecf the,windows-of the
lyealt-liy houses. and the streets are illuminated at:
nights,- partieularl-y , the fronts of- the churches''
.and|.public;buildingSi'. ’ The'stores aremostly shut
thed day; 1 Priests rby 'the: thousand J and'
people too;crowdthe'Streetearid ? wear's-;
a;holiday ; aspect*’-"-ii-c’i'!' .:>vi:! T
The (PopeobeepS 12,000 soldiers; in Rome;
nearly all* o£ them! are ■ foreigners—Swiss, 'Bel
gians, French, &c. There rare!’about. 3,000. of
them- dressed as (Zouaves;-in ■ grey, trimmed ‘
with' red. They are all.yoking meu and present
( a,very fine appearances i-Fhei’cavalry’ares-fioMy
dressed, lidierer areuthree -or: fbur; hundred of
them , and they: are made’ .up ilargelypf the' betfok
classes : of Home, many of them of noble'blood, ’
whose interest it-.is’to-isustain; the power of the’
P,ope. .:Tbe Gens d’artnes are dressed much like*
, those, of Paris, in 1 majoris ■ chapeau',- blue ■ ■ chat,
broad white trimmings, andjsword- at’side. ■ They
are the poliee of -Rome and are not'foreigners.-
The Zouaves, are seen; in all‘parts ofißomei'in
every street, every gallery! and. church: • They
like to see the: sights when inot on- duty, o At St:’
Peter’s, torday, -there were priests officiating at '
every chapel—and there are thirty or forty of them.
At some a Zouave or two were kneeling-r-sometimes
no one else—-at others, three: or four: men ' or wo
men. In one ,of-the chapels, lisaw- a p'riest teach
ing twenty or thirty,.little boys. It was iall'in
Italian, and I could not. make ut out;- but it look
ed nearer like, a-.-little 'Sunday-school, :in that
enormous building, than I have seen; anywhere in,
Italy. . •: i-
Many of the country-people have been flocking:
to Rome to these great, -feasts- -. The women from
the country wear white handkerchiefs, folded-and
pinned fast to the top of the head, falling..to-the
shoulders behind. A r.ed or blue peasantwaist,-
laced behind, and dark blue skirts of heavy cloth,
with heavy shoes and stockings. I saw two of
them come in to St. Peter’s on their knees,-and
begin to walk up from from the door to the altar,
on the marble floor and still on their knees; a
long time I -watched them- as they ploded on.
The country men wear pointed hats, roundabout
coats, red vests.and short pants to the knees, with
heavy woolen stockings-and heavy shoes with
pointed toes and big nails in the soles,. All go
up to the bronze statue of St. Peter, on the right,
near the altar, and kiss its toe. The toes are all,
kissed off—thousands in: a davi kiss it. " Priests,
poor women, nobles, dirty ‘looking'then—women
hold up their babies ' and'the men'lift their boys 1
and all kiss tlie toe. During the feast, it has
been dressed in splendid satin‘and gold .robes,
and has on its head a large bonnet or bishop’s
hat, set with blazing jewels of immense-’value.
But as the head, hands and feet are all that is
visible, it looks just as if they were all kissing tlie
toe of a negro. : ■ ,
If time and space permitted, I could tell you
as much more. Yours, G. W. M.
' Bow dreadful was the situation of Pius Quin
tius, who died crying out despairingly, “ When I
.was in a low condition I ,had some hopes ofsatva
tion: when I was advanced to be a cardinal I
greatly doubted; but sinc.e I came to the pope
dom, I have no-hope at all.” - •'
' • • ‘ MEMORIAE.;-'. Q .
[The Session of the Second'tmurch, Chicago, haves
prepared thssfoUowing memori&i ! «jptlieffifl«itb associ-|
ate; W >; H. Brifitfn, Esq., lfifeheljgladW'. upon:
their miputoSSj-stlj was also vAjhfr that
nished thefAmerican Presbyterian; fbr%uWp& , tiotf§[ i ;
William H. Brown was born at Grlastenbury,
HartforcPtSotfifty Connecticut, on the 9th day of
November, 1796. Having resided, during his
eariy'yeTrs, at*TsTastenhury7 ahd at Colchester, "in
Connecticut, and at Catskill, in New York, he
' came to settle" with bis'-parents about the year
the ‘ T r ;
. "Ifis father being* a man pf.sterij._ug worth.
Christian'character, an attorney and counsellor
'hy' i [)r6fessio > n,'''th6 ; subject'rif .'this memoir enjoyed,
the high privilege of early‘i\hriitian culture.
Catskill, it wis ohe rif' h'is greatest, privileges to
sit'uhaer the ministry of the‘Rev.’David Porter,'
D;D7 fin emiu’efit'servant or Sod of that day,',
genififi', arid were admirably,
adapted to Wrest arid fasten the attention of all
'cla&ses'of hearers;'and at' Auburn,*for successive
years tef 6peuirig”marih66d, under the noless emi
'neri‘f'’miriistrati6h of‘the Rev. jßirck C. Lansingj
D.'Dlj fh’e 'fragrance of whole aiicf fervent
zeal',’ still 'fresh’ iri 'the fecollection or the ch urches'
of'Wesfrirh }iew York,’
the instrument of burning’many Wrighteousness.
‘ ' 'k£ Auburn r ’‘also;’ oif ’brother and 'friencL in
‘ these eveptful ‘years of formation of .character,* 1
.. i;>.V 1 ,11 t IJfIJ - vgl' '• V/GUOI Bill tu iIJUOVW
enjoyed, occasionally, tne privilege of sitting under
• t-'sev baij aw Aiiif fdrtG.oadlo m&n h-iim
tne ministrations or such, other eminent servants
rp~ i_ -i i- 11 11 i• ‘ ! J 3 ‘ ill 'f j" Liy (J •i .1 i.ii JL v
bi the Most High the neigh coring of
Cayuga frcsbytery could furnish, among whom
, i ;. 4 ; j® . ( [ i» ; i v ' lib Hi iPd ;JO
were ihe Rev. R’r. Wisoer. of Ithaca; Rev, Seth
xa w* vit >*, ui.-ja I ijb mrunn!
Sinitn. of Genoa: Rev. Levi Persons, of ,Marcel 7,
lus, and many others, some ,of whom have, long
•1 a\.i '-V •* ’ •-'"Vn
since fallen asleep m God, and others yet linger
in the flesh to this day. t . , , ~
■lt was"at Aub'urn that Mr. Brown, iust before
and about the age of majority, prosecuted^
study of law with diligence for years, UridqCjthe,
-sriptermtorideh ce and. direction of ; his honored
j* , ( i;l "•ii jjj /•} -IJ-/-iOkLiiff ■■‘■it by ->4 '.■JAj.li I-'i
'father, and in the month of August, 1818. filled
1 (.-LI., -j.il li-v-.-ll.,; ;-VfU-Ul.:
With youtnrnl enterprise an'd ambition, made his
l-ol , '.-tJv.-L'.il HK .U J
-way, as a Western emigrant, m company with .t.he
■H'oniSamued ifi Locfewdrid, afterwards a Jddge
!«f tile' Supreme Corirt' 1 of illiriois, to this then re
-.cerifiy admitted 'State, the youngest born of fhe
;AiriericaiTtfniori!
j ’With'ihe jflurac.ter planted and nur
itjired'throiighoui eariief years under such auspi-
VkUiiiL f/ .jjii/iiv rv'Ui yiij
ices,-it was natural to/expect, and the factis
•'kriowri to many contemporaries, some of ,who.m
-still survive, that Mr.'Brown came to this the,
_ i ,--i •.L j i 7 >l l . oj.ilj WUi.'MJ
- State of nis adoption, not with views merely
lar '’and* yitb a to
-lead al'ife of'usefulness, to be a good citizen,°to
/ii‘iv< ji*i j.Lfi ii y >< • ;
sustain artu enjoy good . society, and thereby to
i t Vi/-.'"- . j it J i./ /i\ li • r i ,j
discharge the duties of an upright and honest
.manhorid‘in tbe conflict of life.
‘When Iriri :6rdwh cSthk to the State of
,h ! e settled" at u firsf in’the southern part ofthe
.and“nof 'iohg after, at ELastaskla, then tie seat.of
•governme'nt;, J where he* held* tlie’ office* of fjWic of
•the District 1 Couri" J of tiie United States "for tlie*
on tfee’iemovar o¥the llmt“place. v
■: i. It was’ residence he "first Became
openly a disciple of Christ',' professing before me'A
the faith that was in~ him and" had" also dwelt in
his ancestors for many Kenerations. and his (sub
sequent life, ever, down to the period of his late re
•moyal to”a better sphere, has evinced the genu
:ineness" of the' profession‘which he'then made be
.. i. . -.1 :u. j.. .it ~ l. .J,: i..I.iU ,j lv ;j. J i... (. I ,
tore many witnesses.
j; It should also be remembered that this his pro
-1 fe,ssion ! of waS
early, trs-iumg in the way of parental fidelity and
watchfulhesS,<-‘With' abundant inculohti'On from 1 the"
preached’ word’upon, whieji.he’’ was an.'inyamtde.
attendant in all his previous life, blessed: and
sarictiflh'd ' Ijy the atthudaht 1 ministration' of the
Holy Spirit. -'" .;C
■ At Vandalia, Mr. BroWn was'soon after elected
a,ruling elder in the.church where he-first made
his profession of faith, anduin .that; sphere, dis
charged his duties .with, uniform.aD l d:coqstant de
yqtion and propriety. His character always bb're
the distinguishing impress of. decision. , He-was
ever the last man to turn from any good purpose;,
and though we thus write of him, we do hot mean
in the least to detraet'fromf but 'thereia ,! also to
magnify and extol the abundant covenant faithful
ness and' grace of ‘ God in sustaining Christian
eharacfer r ,‘hy seizing upon and sanctifying the
strongest and most’conservative of natural pow
ers. ■ - ' <;
At that early day, the foundations of society
in Illinois, botlf civil and ebclesiasticii, were yet
unstable—all was' comparatively a moral chaos-
African Slavery, even though expressly forbidden
in the'ordinaoce of 1787'in all the N. W. Terri
tory,from which'lllinois was’ take'n, and, forbid
den eqdally in the'fuiiaamentaT law of the State,
yet to some smiill extent existed 'practically, and
was'tolerated in the then infant settlements in
Egypt) (as the southern part of the State was
.then appropriately‘called,) and but a few years
subsequently, a powerful effo'i't was madeby wicked
and designing change tbe constitution of
the State itself, and'thereby to legalize its intro
duction forever
Incipient measures were adopted by the Legis
lature to'call a convention to amend and alter the
fundamental law, witii that view. ’ A contest en
sued in which the friends of religion, and good
order Were arranged on one side, and the friends
of leading on spirits kindred to those
which" caused thelate rebellion and drenched the
- and in blood, were on the otter. It deserves to
ill m ;*i< V 9 - iW*. : -.. '
|!pe .recorded, that oujojai|u|ntej| ftie.nd in, j;|iat con -
•test' was a cfiampion of law arid reugion and good
s ;‘.m | .*», v*;. jn* 1 ..Ts. fSt, , m?n
doing valiant seryicp for the. right; for
which hishfe and memory deserve will re
ceive from posterity, to the end of time, a-.tablefe'
inscribing his name among the builders who have
-laid the foundations upon which is raised the
superstructure of American liberty, order
in Church and State forever. God grant it may
never again be shaken !
' ■ Hayu/gfin alllAipgs acted his part with honor
: ,at VandaliairMr. Brown, in the year 1835;,' came'
to the thenmew, unformed, and. shppelj»» village
. hamje.t called. IJpr.t dearborn, or, Qljieago, where,
again the providence, of God calledj him, tp bear,
bis paytiin laying fquqdationsj and; I}W well ( he
pas acted ( that part, this with .its,present,ad-:
vancement.frpm that period, ip its ohijrehipiiivA
.leges, its schools and,higher seminaries ofr-learp-;
irig, both, sacred and, secular, its, streams,of-Cbr is
tian b ( eneficence and fast developing r pl%ns,o£,
Christian civilization and. culture, in all,which, it
is well known that our friend; bore a
, > conspicuous, part, and, to which ; he has heen ever
, ..mpre.dp voted,, than to, any seculprocalling,—hp.W;
welL.he has: acted,, his part, let alb above:
referred Sufljpiqutjtp.say, t0,n0.,
jOthpj
[organhsyig aiid J pstah!h|h4 l lS. .its
rpubjjc jn,
tbm CJj jirch. imChicago .its, 9%, .
jfOjjnpone is thp;Ghurph ;
,or < the ithg World, nt.jlayge,
;; mqrp for; .pecuniary;, contyibutipnand,
; .personal seryice in every, jroodjjWprdij ando WP.rht,
In short,, Mij. Ilro.wn has
ed .usefulness j.jujd; honor, seiiying, v at u ti.mes,; thg ;
State as a, member;
, the, State anti jJLtß : departments .always,- with honpr,
and’ fidelity ,as r a trustee .qf ; its cherished;
jßoar,ds ; and,lnstitutipns;. but, mpgt, of Alljsand.-
,with^,,zeal l and (
,}ts_Hpad;and u the.,race ; of jjaipn;, whose,;inteAes.to.i
>lay:.neair4iisjh,eart„and;to which ihft-PQnsefirated};
,iu ,a K hig j hiapd i cpm.mandipg i seos.e) alli he wfts,.andi
ali jhp; bad,,,, Hq jhqs, truly, .verified- Jfche, words; of.
Holy writ proclaimed- to, the bclpyed, .disciple ■ in;
..Patmos,: dUes.spdr-arehhe .dead- .who > die; ii^the.
Lord from; , ¥;ea> saith. theuSpirit,\
that they may .rest, from -thfliri labors vand itheirr
works do follow them.” And, again, those other
j words which ithejPsalmist .of ilsraeLdedicafed^to,
. the. memory ofjjthe irigbteops.map;.;V‘ Hej shall, be
likq, a tree: .planted by the: rivers, ;of, water. that
:br;ingeth r fqrth. his fruit; in his .season.;: his leaf,.
also, shall;pot. wither:, and; whatsoever.-he doeth
shalLprosper.”;. And ih;; making-.this j memorial;
.record his bereaved) friends;.desirejto.veri/y. again;
ithose .other,memorable, words from heaven“ The
;righteous;,shall b.e.dn. everlasting remembrance/,' a
LETTEBS FBOM THE HOLY LABD. 80. XII.
I Br BET. EDWARD' P. HAMMOND
~| GARD,EN OJF GETJISEMANE..i , '
„i What heart, is. not moved at the mention.of.
that name'! i
Neyer : shall I : forget. Bow deeply I was imr.'
pressed whe.ngny eyes.just,rested,npon it... How
i could I but be .moved, at,, the .thought.that there
my sins helped tp crush life-blood „from ; my.
(Precious Saviour’s,,brow, )£o that was
it werejgreat drpps of ; bloody falling down to
J>h® .The.word,H©etbsejnane..means^.in
the Hel)reiy- an pliypj press. •<_ It Iwasfe'.there, .no
.dpubt, that .the pliy.es. from .the mountain nearby
{ were pressed. There, blessed Jesj%it. was that
the awful thought ; of; a world’s.sins/pressed upon
■ Thee;-till JChou in agony wast foceedto' cry “.my
soufis. exceeding isorro.wful even unto death. ; 0,.
.my it' it. be .possible, let/this cup pass:
from.nte." ;i , ,■ ,
'Twas the ,12th of December, mywife and 1<
first entered, the G arden,, which'the Latins regard
as the spot .where our Lord was betrayed by Ju
das. It is, according to some, half an acre in
'extent. A-.kindly-looking monk admitted us
through a low door on the/east side.of• the wall.
The ..conviction .t-hat,. if-.not-within / the .walls .now.
enclosed/at least, near where we then were, our
Lord endured those inconceivable “ soul " sor
rows, deeply affected us. .
,In ,the, garden counted eight olive trees.
.None ,of the other trees on the sides of the
.mountain-had anything like the same appearance
of age. Stones fill .up their trunks. Thus they are
made firmer agaio'stl the severe winds to/ .which
they are exposed.: .We, should so muck have
liked to have believed that these 1 were the > same
trees, underneath which .:our Lord so often
prayed..... ... ,y : ..... ; .
.But Josephus. says, • that “ all the trees*that
were about the. city, t within the distance of a hun
dred furlongs were cut down.” All we can say is,
that it is very possible, that the roots, of .one of
these trees were bedewed;with the: tears of Christ
durigg that: night of “agony and bloody sweat:”.
The rgots of. the, olive it is'said very seldom
die. If the parent is cut down, others springup
and grow for centuries.;, , . . •
The monk, who,.admitted .us,, to the . garden, of
G.ethsemape, allowe.d:us to.gather branches from
olive trees,,which, he affirms are/the
very same beneath which Jesus prayed. He also
presented ns. witb .
.cujitiyated in.,the gar-,
~£bese. .leaves .and flowers,.,we. garefully,
pressed, and hope to take with us to America
some of Jjhem. If Jewels” ia |et|jjs|f have al
ready crossed feftving the
garden, nyr gqpght ft ; *pet nook,
! yvbere we inigjjj; seq£ to, recall the ggfipes of that
memorable night. The path to' the west of us,
winding down from St. Stephen’s gate, Jesus
followed with his disciples, after having broken
bread with them in the" “ upper room” on Mount
Zion. ;
We could easily imagine the scene of our
Lord’s-betrayal—the. hushed voices disci
ples as J.udaa emerged from the dark olives,
“and'with him a great' multitude with swords
and staves.”
hpon Jjh& Bayiouc/as', t?ie of
many torches flashed upon Him. We could al
most hear the. wosft 9£ Judas,
“whomsoever I shall kiss that same is he—hold
of the divine power, ,which, lor a moment, para
lysediraidi&& hSnd/ wheii‘Jesus 1 made
know.n Jbiinself to. thegui soonniAen as He
hadi said to .them, L am He, they owent backward
and felhta the. ground-”’; ;Einalty.we. couldfollow
our,- Lord-,o forsaken by. His-disciples, acrbssi the
brpok Hedrpny up. through, the gase<. on.H'is ;way
too the house Annas ;‘tandv Beter; folio wed
Him; afar; of£”'i
r It did iudeediseem.to xis-the niost sacred l spot ■
,on,earthi! . Quciburdened hearts 1 buly-found-re*-
liefinitears. How could-it ,hkvejbeeu otherwise? <
I pitythei man iwho! dan visit '
,a tear. W.& tbehv prayed for-many* fridnds, and*'
especially for.thedear young converts 1 and * chil
dreni in America, iwho. we have‘been permitted to--
see led by. thei Spirit Jto -'finishe dl 4
rworjtj "If li'should; grow.euldvjn. theMas-'
(ter’s.servioe) may>lirempmber Oe(hseinanc, where- '
all thetidisciplesjfoisooki Him and-ifled." If
jever Ijamiinelipeds taitbint (lightly ofjsihy may ii
call,, to.imind..thei6acr.ed < deeluigs*grauted'to : uapJ
dunng f hat, hourdn Qeiliseinane. ■ : •
. >ly ; .Jekus‘l'^ould : nd’er forget,'
, . When there I Ba w/rby bloody sweat.
2V,'V
,[ lii> ’iiilW
'Twaß in that olive presa T ,felti s .
• '••mt ,; TK<>d<ird4 ! W^p , S4 v''
j • Alas' t how :
/ , ,\^h,i]B^n^hs,epian as . J v ,' : ; ;
I thought of-shfcw Thy heart-did throb, :: ’ u ’
* : i.Whm«.aU”. thine did flee., • .
' And feii'Tbee wilß cruel moo
‘j lasadGethaemane. ■ f :l .■ ’
’Twaß there 1 ! felt mv guilt and shame.
In oft forsaking; Tnefej '
How
In’ dear jfiethsemane.
How,earnpstlj L .with;tears;w:e. plead,,!
■i- 'For, friends apross the sea. r
1 That they to Thee who bled
In lone,Greiiisernafie. . .
1 ■■ Sfrould'Ver our lore to Tfte'e grow cold, ‘
4«dwe I'otgeU'ulJbe,
'We’ll call tp mind Thv loy&untold,
WHiie'ih Gretksernane. ' ''
'1 l!i : ,T '
- :; , COLLEGE,, CO^jpKGEMEHra
the'University 9f.Olllc.hgo occurred on .Thursday,.
June' 25th. <• Ten graduates of the department 1 #
of - iiiw.received
their diplomas. *
' The degtee-or 'Sh. D. Wis conferred upon dev
B. iFelsenthali of Ch ipajg*and that ofiDm 1 upon
«WSi.#e* Jqsseß.=
Thomas, 01 Brooklyn.,,
William' B: Ogdeiiytße “ railroad kibgp has sub
scribed t s)o..<h.W,;;on-eM thatOOtP/more l
are raised, and .wjthip s2o,l»G(Wore,.haye
been received, Ihe prospect is that about $l(fO 000
wilbbe.subseribed in Chicago, ere tiiW is fin tVpel
■ DitikinsojjjjjJqllgg^.Y-T'^eiCoflipii.ohioeipentltoolß
place, Jupe ai i; 10 o’clock, A. il. -President
Johnson conferred diplomas upon ‘the senior class
of thirteen.,, ' . ' ' . . •
•D lh i h ?P?fiS r J , Jegf i ee of D. D.i.wa 9 ,,.cpnferred,,on...
Key. Robert A. Patuson, of the Philadelphia Con-'
ferpnce.vßevj JS ! .-M'Caulev, : of AHd Baltihiore
Conference, :and,^rofe^9jyLock,-,of Indiana Asburv ,
Umverfity • tliat of >l, A". §rac£ v ,
missionary to Ihdia; and Professor J; H. Worm an
-librarian! elect of the Drew Theological,‘Seminar/ <
• in, th ft history, ol this ,old insti-/,
tution, the income ol 'the college has (net its ex-*
peiises,’ aiid a balance is -in ? liand' thward’ the reWairb
of the. buildings;, etc.j i;The L endowment has Jnow- >0
‘ ‘ Commehciement; 4ftbthfe : University of ifendont
and .state- .gollege'M jßuriihgtobv oc
curs August Ist.;. Rev M. R.. Vincent, of Teov N
Towmaddr^-aii
and -Rev- Dr, Andrew .Harvard Col
lege, will also bg an. pratoy of.the.oecasipn. !- -
are at present
490 students at thel University, of whom i>6 are
professors pt religion;,; XheiYoung.MenlsiChristiaß ...
Association aslollows-. f>res- „
bytenans, 40, Episcopalians, 38, Methodists, 27;.
Baptists, 26, Disciples, ! 5, Unknownf'l4. This As-'
sociation hasja, -Sunday Schools, in the-,.
Uagg'ed Mouutains,atMiltpn, &s.' ‘ ,
Hampden Sidiejr College, Virginit.—Com
mwieejjieht June ,13. 4 graduates. ' :■
i,' - of Doctor of, Divinity , was .conferred, 0n.,.
Henry -Wood, of Philadelphia; KeV. T. & Peck
01 the.Umop Theological Seminary; HeV.R.T. Sunt--
theebirst Presbyterian, church;.Fash-
A 1 .Key.' James ,W., Dale, (author: of .
Classic Baptism") of Media, Pa.-' The degree of AC
M. was .conterred on Dr. J. W. Ayler, a practising
■ phy,si9iap,in the neighborhood..,.,
circular of Major Whittlesey, of the United
States Army, by order of General'Grant; proposing
a plan .foj instruction in ; military tactics to all the
colleges in. the .land, was .referred to the Faculty. to
report at the next meeting of the Trustees. The
Board took action looking to’ extensive and hand
sonie imprpveip9nh; of the. College buildings ,and
grounds. The Pacuity was authorized to organize a
departmwfcfor instruction- in applied mathematics.
Michigan -Universityw-This University has in
lm-sevCTa . departments, of *aencs, and. art, .medicine
andlaw, 1,255 students, and a vacuity of thirty-three
rS??? and thtors. Rev; K, OpHaveh; D;D., of
the Methodjot . Episcopal Church, is president,
Dixon. Wbito, .president,,elect, of, Cornell
eL/Sr*? 1 ’ ***“(*•_£• ?•,. received the Honorary de
gree 01 jj1,.,.!). at.the comnifehcement held-week‘he-
ONFX a v!TP^?^iT'- ev u.^d] i hm, Adams. D.D., of'
rf? f P rk ' a graduate ofthe “blassofltYT, cleliv
eren the annual oration before the alumni of Yale
t , ': ,