274
OUB
Breigg, Switzerland, July 14, ’67
SABBATHS IN EUROPE. —SWITZERLAND.
I [have been wanting to teft you hqw we
fare on the Sabbath in Europe.
<H ,• . tf. SA&A.’.'i y’nniK,
Id 'Paris I have to Iff : found the
(SftWe Iff the AWe?m : ff 'cha|)gl ra
EpiscopaKtth, when * there was aii ElplscOpklian
chapel' long 1 a’go ‘for the iccbmiiioda!
tien of, jLpenca,ns, beside several Englishjchurcli
eft :ofse, same stamp.,
||f A We
fsryicsfy (ay daj syrmpn f by, a Clergyman of
that persuasion, Rev. Mr. Gounell, of T.ep ness.ee.
Sffv:i Mr. iVan Nest, the regoflar pastor,' was-away
ywaly s,^ls^s'theFpiscdpalia^l ,ser-■
1 IfheVjKjir&fis Jndehj!
of Foreign .T^nion, 1
depending up(>n Ameripaii resident^and strangers
iwFloVence forjits'dufporfe.i'Vi, s<x ,i- ,
us,* aid ini We' evemn^yre' jiuntek l
up, tydi wbicH n we
f{)un,d to be fitted! up room, .on the.
Arno, —with handsomely frescoed walls and gilded*
cei&ngu uTEftbeerd &rgrand)eermpn;by i ßev4)3'po.
RiOßd,rtbe feubstiti).tp,(>f'Dr.;MaO[l!oug@,l, who was,
awftyrtb.Scotland.3j..3t hereiwere tjbii'ty~three ! pre-<
sent, slJjbutl,o«rselws and f tjyo >
ligEior’Eeotchiperspiis.iiix. jj :Uu i, j« w ..,
il ROMEit) lilh/ .Vv'f..; KU <
-fThfenSandiy* l ! spent in : Koaie',! Sfche ndify 'of -the 1
feastef'St: Pauli, nest day&ftef fhe; grind 1800th;
anniversary death ,I an ‘itfrportonts
U&kg drawing <odmd offii A 'stage .was erect'ed in
one of the publio squares. •■ I It> wasitrimme'dvwith:
festoons all- over the
eityhad announced the. drawing, and a lively
.as/rtfl; .tnll *.7la moiu.)-^. xoiwVj• i., i :y i-J’
business,,was done, on Sunday, .clear down to the
,-t>n .03 il'tJjjr .L-yfc’jnr . uuao rM yniitH
drawing, at do; clock. Stolls and shops were open
li'jnoTH'us I f«* JiiWoyfiiTiTw y«3 ieTi/i ir.nqgr«T>
everywhere, selling the tickets, mostly to the
io OBnoqA on fu aaijin vi bm ..loinj
IMfflr.J# -?!W i sells ,
thus to anjiuse the .people on Sunday.
T.*djJ; •IFyjsmiir ati srßiVf iv --ti .
Wntmp.
summer. On his. return, it will be opened; bnt T
ol m mi- ■ „ .o-idSLnTt.-’-uj'i I
outeidg the walls., The service,
wij| f , the' large number
oij
baptists, ifcc„ mtist .go ani, be wearied out with*
yerejnony, or Gospel
among their Scotch or English brethren, away
.e-rtl'fiito ■ it,; iue-M-.*? ‘.'’luinn
from Americans altogether.,
iv "il >■ r ( ■/s;a P.'S* .4/1 ;;k -i
t j FAIRjPI.Anr AVANI.iII). „ '. , ,
iiJPßffrt >*Qomplaipifc of many. Americans,
when I write this). The Episcopalians generally
have as much sympathy with the Papists, and
mbr^’thah’wdth us, - and 1 Mere' is no
rdtaftMrfy l fe'iitildld J 4idt • have- 1 union '’services'
outyMe l bFthem : ih"£tir'th'e ! citiesAf Eurdiie', i whe I re )
We ll <t , av i eh , ' ! -They ‘are quitfe willing'for union ■ ser- !
vi'C® 'vdillC 1 theyl 1 conduct *them entirely ih-their
o WWtff/ that ie'all."’‘ , lfsw, a , s'ldng ! ah l Epis‘- ;
rfetiS ( pa,y the'fex^risee, li #e 'object‘ tA
'th'e' , it' we’do object’
t<jttfel.&?merican and/ < FokeSgrk GhristiSn'TMon,
edhduc’ted mainly by'iSf/Campb'ell in New York,
and sustained by'G6h'gregational ! and Presbyteri
anJfilndSj compelling us to undergo the. ’Episco
palian service in every city in Europe whereJAihe- ’
ricans.spehd.their Sabbath. In'travellings we
press for these cities, towards the -close 6f the
week, wherewe expecttofind an American cha
pel, .arid,our. toil, thus far, has received rbutibar
rCn reward; :jn Rothe,. especially,! a good uniots
church is badly needed by both permanent and
trftyeUiog.Qbw&tians, .outside oftthb'jEp&copalian.
faith. The matter becomes moraannoying, when
we remember that their. Epis
copalian churches in nearly every European eiity,
and inat, should content those who cannot* endure'
ItsfiUOVMi- .k, ■ -< :■ *ri»>v •••■-.!
a union service unless it be Episcopalian.
IS 0 ‘ -1.0 1 7 -- - -T [. .« •_ ,11V. * ”! . . -*it
, t Hpiscopaman. quixotism.
A,distmct effort on .the, part of our E vangeli
y’,l . < . :.t d.f vniinj •>y
cal ( aenpmiqatipns is needed, and ingge
esppdjtlly, this moment, as./he popish tenden
cies in the Episcopal Church are begetting, the
(and thpy openly expres| it,) that " the
Romisti Church needs not to be extinguished or
ii u ':/:•! . .. - • : ' •' -Pi'-. -•••
eradicated: but merely to be trained into a pror
i : !i ■; '.'iim.'ii • , <•« j/r. !'fif If!
per channel, and that by conforming
thpir forms,-—the jEpiscppaliap.' Church will prc/
•babiy of drawing ,the Papacy jback,
w|uj all 'its ite influence, its.'grand ( his
toric associations, and without,disturbing its iden
tity, to a reformed and fully Evangelical faith/’.
They forget that Rome never alters;, that it ip!,
the same to-day that it was in the days of .Luther
and ofTetzel. To convince them of this fact, let,
them travel Europe ,and see the signs stjuck up
ovi|r| tbe doors of one or more churches. : in each,
of the large cities: ‘‘lndulgences, to jbe hp.d here,
just the same as though you went to Rome to
obtain them.” *
Ul boPkhV IN : SOUTHERN SWITZEELAND,
1 'Jfeht to' ohh* of the Papal churches
iritis 1 little 'Swiss ifttra d/Bfeigg. 1 bhe&ousahd
mostly hardy ihoiintain women,'
crowded the church at : tlie 8 h’clocM
The, women wear a wobllen frdek. generally brae/
DENT.
THE AMERICAN PRESYRTE,RIAN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1867>
quite Short, with tight bodyand sleeves, hut no
shawl or sack, the&.bqhnetds a little hat, with
rim turned up kaunsngj and. around. the crown
is festooned a pfebe df blue or black, or Sometimes
red, silk or as hroad as the length of
your handf edg'eu generally with lace or tinsel
an inch wide. It is gathered at the side, but
plain in front and behind, and as it spreads a
little it makes a very strange looking box
on top of the head. As they came into the
church, they dipped their fingers r in
water, and then held out theii* hahd*toanyfrienu
to ; th«*:ifoht.' ‘ The .new: conier itpuched it and
crossad himselfiwithout-going ito th'e-font. . Thus
one dicing passed the damp -' fingers around tct
half a idozerf others; and as theylmotffiendsjthey
irifdrchanged isihilea ■ Very - pleasantly. I Mn a mol
ment/however,; they had' their 'heads .and were
on their knees their: iprayers,(while th'e
organ and" choir Sent fine harmonies thrqugh the!
old'«ichur(jh, ;aiid‘ the: priest-j and >his; satellited
walked in, in processionjnwith' iKjghtecC tapers,
dressed all in whit%-u»th*»searlet caps. The
whom had to
be there. . “What ah audience to nave preached
Christ to!” 1 ’aioVghl'Vhd'hbV yearned
for thm in l ‘hllM% ,f da#KiMs ; .' h •“ ” iT
;!T .1. ‘iii; -i.;'t <i .uo> : i v!o
MOuNtA^HFE— .
live on of Ai-,
pine Mountains, in little stone houses, with roofs
jiSC.j'.U",”) lily pi T-in jW-fTW'* if-oji-r lot
of flat stones overlapping each,other.- The house
, ! i ! Ida 10 UIW '-Si-J •’O : Mill 7!> ,11-U. '1 ;«) m/r
'is generally set in the,s,lope ; ,the
that it will,bs oply cpjreredjjjjj,
by the descending snow. As we crossed
we noticed their little cottageS'set up sometimes
- on the yery top of the mountains, often stuck in
’ the side of the hill 1200 or 1500 feet above the
*Vn » ..... -m>’S -
‘ road, and on so rugged-a mountain side that we
! could not see how. they, could possibly ever get to
them.. • Around them were little cultivated patch
i es jjf ground, on.which they, raise hay, wheat; or
rye, and potatoes;' buthbw they mate‘enough to
live on, or how they can possibly exist in the •
, winter, it is difficult tb*’conceive? f ‘ wonder * if
, they luare 'any'conception of the sublime scenery?
that*surrdundk' J tKem. 05 As I ipok :, put*bf
dow I see of the ttiiine, yet a little river, ’
which! have, followed , all, the way down from?
where it leaped a laughing torrent of snow-water
from the gla.cijer' j ust by the ’bald old rooky head,
of Mt. Simplbn. I ! look from, my other window
, and there is,Siinpl&h'itsblf,'its'summit jwrap'ped
iii tHb cl&tid: th|t ievfir rises from, the'glahier on
its northern slope. The summit is a pyramid of
black, slaty f o,ck, twelve,,to ,fifteen. ~.hundred feet.
higher than. thejPpMyand. tatalJy,bare,of?, I y.egeta-.
tion. The pass is above any growth df trees,
though green’ meadows hlTd ’ little "'haiiiilets were
met with, close up- to the Hbspicp at the top. The
Hospice is a building 125 feet long atleast, four
stories high, with- gable roof in-the middle of the
long white*: front. - It- fotmed w pretty
with the : black-peak for a background,’ a mea- -
dow in front; covered withbright yellow butter- ■
eups/and-fb 1 thebleft*'a’ 1 saw-mill?/ turhedii'by ;thd i
stream direct from the glacier, half -'a'mile--back
of the'Hos'picfe. /-Haifa dpzenugly/blacki-gowned
priests were looking out of the-windoWsi ; T guess;
they live an easy life on ~the endowment which
Napoleon legate' 1 the • Hospice,'while - life “power.
AiPr>leaving ; th-is the !; road: passes l -rimed'”
the head of a valley not less than 3000 feet'deep; /
jthe' beinj; alffibst ’ perpehlicular. The
(torrent from the' glacier ’above tumbles clekr over
jtb , e'vbad,'an I d''as ( ‘tve jjiss’Tirii'der it by' ah arch of 5
masonry; we hear’ its' 1 thHnilering rhar? To "de- 1
scribe the "scenery oh'' the ' would
reqhire more time' And’'talkst than’ I' ’am 1 possessed
of. To say'that'it was’grand, sublinib'
equalling iny highest conception,' Were' merely to
multiply wdrds "without eonvejung 'any -distinct
impreSsidn; - The rb i ad i ’ , fbilbw'B ! a"s£rehiii 1: which 1
empties into Lake Maggiore, close 1 up 'to’ its'
souVbe in the'sfeattePd’glifciers nearthe-Si&plon
On ehch‘hide,' aW'we' l ascbyii;''the'mou l ntaihs rise 1
from 1 t)ob ; ''to* 20db feet.Aftimes, 1 the iJ eiitf is
quite; p'erpehdi'btilar on one side or itlie* other,‘and?
sometimes it the 'strfeam. &
btre surface' of rpeh/ 261)1!) feet. 1 high, without a
bush’or a tfee, by a’ ’place upbn 'which a goat
could climb • ‘oh the 'tbp 1 ; 1 pihe trees looking over
at us; at the foot, the roaring torrent. ?At ohV
pta’ce, tli’e ndfroweStpafss onthe rbute, the?stream
is'j dihfed' By another, whibhi 1 obmes dowAfirom the
iritiulitkid J) side‘ ! tb 'the 1 right? rokring, pluhgi'hh,
dashing with the sound of young thunder. ‘ '
can trace it up ambhg the crags for half a mile,
part cascade over perpkntli'cular rocks, part rush
ing down the- declivity fUOO, feet together/; white
as milk all; the w'ay,iand broken .into,cascades in-;i
numerable. .1 Fair Mown 'helow <the-road/ three ,or
four hundred;feet, ;as,weiean aver arid -look down;
the sun,shining .throughvtheygorge-shows us .the
most'delightful rainbow, against- the -wet,- black
rocks. . ■7 ; , 1■ . ■ ;
Ac we get to'the highestpCft of -this roadj j ’we
find'''the’rich mCadbws irrigaFe’d'by* I numerous
lif)tle*'gullies,by which' the’farmers lead the snoiw
water’ all* bve'r the ’fields. »*Wb >m plenty of ’ ctfW
some sheep, 1 andltttle hamletb within a' quarter
of’ a-mile of'the beds of-bverlksting' snow. We
thought, ! as’ wC lookfei at> kbem/thM -therd was' no'
aecountingifor tasfe iufthSef a
dwelling. : * ?ij .i eiu im.-n ii.«|i/r
The people appear 'to-be’S’h'ardy riice'. ■ Men kn'd
atiwoik* in Jthe’iatfef 'dk'rrv
oqv< wqysa SUvrUmj A 10 OCLti
ing loads m great baskets which are made to fit
tbh hack, knd arb strapped tb the shhtilders ilike
.a knapsack. The throats Swollen fiS%n goitre, so
fp|evalent ihAhese high aif
where, paittioularly among 'pe Jfonijfittf
them are swolleri as large as my ttvo fists, and
one or two smaller swellings
which move up and down as they swallow.
VENICE —MILAN.
If time and space would permit, I should like
to describe my rapid tour from Florence to Ven
ice;—a ;ride of arwhole; dajvthrough'# country;
of vibes and graft-fields. Tlie ride 1 is varied By
crossing the'AppeninS roacTEaving'lhiily?''
seven tunnelsHnl eight or^Hinb/Milth—four- fifths
of thp way tunMel;' then;-between'l them/ such
sights, such spread out plains .of beauty, dotted
with towhs, hamlets andiiohnrohes; all 'the build!
hogs of -stone; plastered) wihitep andi with >-ied .talfi
r00fe...; -ritf v~ u i> 1 .u.
* 'Venicetwe found an oldicity ;no bright marks
o£ -progress tin- i its* i long; vrailroall; .bridge
over,'the Laigbon,'jo|ii|ng >thei'City,toi the main
landjbhree. miles'long and;allsolid TndsoHryi iWe
went to ouiohotel in|4 ! igbndola^had‘pel gondb-i
Betti*rdw-;ub all; andiarbund theibityj tvent
.OB'the-Bridgb'pf *Sigbis;;ahd:down in'rthe
geons un the' Doge’s palace'; walked! lover the Rt- 1
alto,-'Saw - the -(store*-W-herb ->Shylock ; traded,vsaw
the thousands assemble in .the;great square of St/
Mark- to hear! the-hand play in thewvening, land
left the city withi it sigh; bs- We saw . theo last iof
the / gondoliers -ro wing /their; * black •hdahe-19ad
l->
"Milan; we- fourid to be
streets, -many ofthemifeti
ing- hnties; la*isplendida
builditig-We-havei yet-se<
at Rome inot; exbepted.’''
Will last one a- life-time.
- Rat-these glimpses m
; 1 > Youre; - •■y.-.Un l
, There jte a, great,need pt, the present day, and,
that ip CHRisjriApj pr^aa^^e’may
otherwise exj»ress;it, there not Sufficient in|gr>,
est taken by, Christians literature, Irreligious
men are at work; attribute dail^ - theii* w.ork
among the people. , VfJ want Christians to.couu-.
teract,the mischief they are doing, tp meet jthem
on their own ground ann put an end to the evil.
. "'.*l*; ii / Viii/i .Tji .nil ■ '-‘iti'f* *■/
Some years 'ago mp,nyr ,TOor t souls, sent to hel)
by the writing ,of Ho,w
mariy more ,would ‘ hayJ been| had
not, qualified servants af God, employed their
talents to exhibit the fslaciesin the arguments
of those, writings, convhce, the .misbelieving and
lead back the erring tc Jesus ?. Now Satan is
1 trying, a
mentI,—literature. 1 ,—literature. ■ /•
As far as .reading isl concerned, the mass' is.
pleased only, with light literature. It does not
care for. woi cs,.is not generally iriier
ested in sermons, or in heses on morality. Satan,.
aware of this!‘has,beet working hard! *Wlnle'
great and gobd men nave been loading our shelves
with volumes .rich in lo e but. poor iu interest for‘
. >;i.j n - r : nt,';riv" ■- 5
the public mind, he ha; been filling our book
• !:> *l!'- T ’(![ 1 ii. V•; i! _ ',W }i
stores , and libraries, macing'with the .reach of,
;eypry one, wupther rich,6r poor, young or old,j
'bpok written by men who kno.w how to gain, the
ear of the world. ( Mjlny of books are works'
of literary merit, but how few l of. them may be
read without danger j. Yet how many are re'acf.
Go jnto our JVlercani ile Library, notice how*,
tfee uoyels are. wor i by constant use, and how'
many personb frequt nt the'.place where novels
are to be, foun.d;, then notice the untouched
tomes of Calvin, and ither religious books; be
hold, too, the most me ’itorious works of even pro
fane writers. They a e seldom read. Why? be
cause the minds of p ost readers are becoming
corrupted, depraved, jaot strong enough, to digest
such wholesome food.; ,
Not long siope, onpj oif our religious papers re
lated the mournful fact,of a clergymanbeing par-,
riod away from liis ditties and his “ first love”
by reading the “ blood and thunder” stories con
tained, in a weekly, newspaper. We see the avidi
ty with, which peoplejseize the works of Dickens.
.'•"j 'V**, ( , S
an "original author on great talent, but one who
never introduces a tt ity religions character into
bis stories, or drops a line of religious tendency
beyond mere sentimentalism. ' At the present
dajj several . publishing houses are. reproducing
his works, and (realizing profits , from the sale of
them. Noyr the wok. for Christians is to—yes,
let 1 them write even Novels. The. “ Pearl of
Island, ’’the Wide .World,’’ and “The
Schoenberg-Cotta- Ipmily,’’ may do more good
4,.- _
than all the sermons of a life-time. With the
exception,-perhapg, ofHhe'-laet one, which may
by they have an entrance
almost every hpine, and there they are ad
mired; there, they f|nd a place in the heart, are
remembered, treasured; the seed they sow springs
Up, by God’s blessing, ’and brings' s forth good
fruit-in due sehson. i Where can we place a limit
to, the effects of, “ Banyan’s, Pilgrim’s Progress,
which may justly be. ranked among the novels ;
but it carries with it.good seed; the salt in 1 It is
with savor; its mission is to “ bring to Jesus.”
Now, let the Christian write for the people. , Let
him writri short essays which axe' adapted to touch,
every heart, or let hiin write tales which will in
terest andi gain admiration: but ’ let there' run
.oil, ■•UfDu ste:t S, •>!
through all the pure religion of Jesus Christ.
Let him see to it that his efforts are in effect so >
-til, |ft>? -OMjd *)itt .10 rid jafifl-'.-iio-nC
tar beyond those or the irreligious author; that
B city all> new; with wide!
Might;; ! fide;> Kiight? look:-?
gtandesf
n St. Petete’s
T’he-ivrew fromita doibe
.1 -l-.'.l
list safficefopthe present.
. -n\i ■(.. !G. W. ,M. /
-nil
/. ' ~*« *‘, t . •'
the demand fiifr the -works of the latter shall give
why for those of the Christian.
I'Many, fclas, very fii&y, of the'books put into
the' hands Of cMKlreu are objectionably, injurious.
We musthave milk for babes, but not poisoned
milk. Perhaps the Fairy Tales of
be because they convey a good moral;
but all such works create false ideas in children’s
minds, and lead them from their stud(es{and from
religious thought. What Christian does not
hiS|.<tr,hpr|routh, religion had been
imad# a preisanter, a'closer, a dearer subject; that
thing,
which divert'the mind, from it: had never' been
brought .forward ?, Who-does nob ■ wish- that! in!
his early tyears the name of Jesushadbeen madei
most precious, ; the. dove of Jesus most precious,:
the; work.tdf ■ Jesus; most?.precious ?h; Ah,'this
might' have been. It i may be for those! who are :
nowimtheir .childhood)by.reading' to them and
allowing 'them; toyread nothing ob'iit .what deads'
theirigninidsVJto'/healthy thought)nated developed
Ghf istian' sympathy. :■■ Let' not our'great ihen 1
thinks it!beneath'"them : ton write'"for children'.;
What was; it/but the loveof Christ which led Drr
Alexander; add / others likehim to; “ feed!’!
Christ’s to write little Ibooks? '’/God he l
prarised;-there have been; and .are now in the
field/isbme; workers h-Biit yet it?.may;:be> said/
‘.‘Jthei harvest) tfrulyris'great; but;' th'e l&boreta are
few/fc Oh/ let ms pray thfe liorde of' > the’! ‘harvest
,totseud fortlsdaiborerslinto'ithe harvest!'"!«i •/' 1 ■
. /We havAanothter jnecd in thisdine;;and that is 1
a'idOily newspaper Under the control' of religious
ihfltienee. We! surely have men' ini-our- Church,
or/if'not- in l th'e' Presbyterian ialone, ib; the Bap-’
tistj Episcopal l ,-and other Evangelical denominay
tinny united,'then' who l 'are- 1 /able’to support one 1
Hietrithecome, asiour Public Ledger;
is, h' M,eOhssity;in'./every;offi'cevandi home/dh; our;
cityj'nay,! ifoydtri drill; detfit go4ll/over our couni<
1 try. • (Let 1 its l hews he nfews ”an dwel 1 arrange <3;
itff editorials' lie W>f the Ifirst’. order;; Itefc care tbe
given' to* advertfeethetSts. J 'ltineed not be Whatisj
co'mm'only fctiowh as: a religious paper, b'utit'must?;
be> a ! pfpe'r 1 which! shall ' eOcoufa'ge every moral'
movement;'give.a 'helping'hand? to the temped
ahc'eseffw're'bt to'iGhhrch utiion/ or to lawsfor ob‘-
servanee'Of the Sabbath, or tothe welfare of!the;
, country . 1 . Let 'it by. bold in upholding; the right.--
;Let itftlead Okristians 1 totAkeian'/interestlnithat):
which; for years has,
may 'be/most influential/ thei motive 1 power i of; ‘ so-!
■ciety) literature. • Atlrt BfliANDOtr. -.-u
"g m.‘ j.uil/!» 'i! S './! ■ / u
"imi; i; -I i.;ii i;> -! o’ioju
iLETiTEES rEOM.-THE HQEE LAND. HQ. XIEL
" " ! ' : i' ■■ *
s n /... ,£.EV.: EpWT^RI?,,P._ jHAMMOtfI). ,
e-t‘ : ivjo
Djeepmbes 11th, Bish}p, ( fipbaLof
thei,Cl)pi:eli, pf England, collectedjajbojit ope h.un- (
drpd,. children. in .Jerusalem whoucould speakf
English, .that J might tell them .of the, work .of,
the ll,ply Spirit, ainong the, little opes in, Sept,.-,
lagd and. America,. I .was surprised,to find so,
many children, had-learned to §peak ,t|he Eoglisji,
■ language,in the schools, in, Jerusalem.,,. RpY., Mr..
ißarclay,. the ,incumbent, of .the .qhu,reh, on,-Mt.
! Zion. and missionary of the Society fpr, the propa
gation of, the .Gospel .among, the; Jews, was,,pre-.
sent, and opened the meeting with an earnest,
prayer,; Aaron; Coe ,from Newark,,.lipd
sppn.t, a ,wpek- or,two in .Jjerusaleoi,previous ,fo pur,:
arrival,-an.d had .left only,a, day .or two before,
and;he had,, told much,about ithe, conversion of,
children in America, and some of the mostjearn
est Christians had been stirred up to seek the
salvation of,the young in ,the city where, Jpsus,,
was,crucified,, . , i, ,
It seemed strange that thpre could, be puy go,
near, that .spot where ‘‘He was wounded for our
transgressions,” who, had .no, love for the , dear,
Ife.deemer., J; found, my o,w;n. heart vpry tender,,
haying,that .days been r in thp Garden pf Gethse*
mane, where ii being in an agony,,He prayed,merp;
ear ; npstly, .and His sweat was as it were great
drops of blood falling down to the. grouped.”
jAftpr niy address: to the children and
sent, Bishop, (robat .arose, an.d, in, a,, most earnest,
mannerj tfolloweid up , ail that had been said. I
was pleased toseehim.so anxious,.that the dear
children, and youth should; at once pome tp .Christ
and-bp.isaved. I regretted, not being .able to
meet being, obliged .to,;leave
the pity the, day following..• But I felt thankful
that they, .were under, the care of so gppd a per-,
son, as Bishpp Gj-pbat,, .. • , :i
,-I- shallr npyer Jorget, thp dpipression, piade, upon,
me by thpsolemji yrprds .he uttered, when, aft the,
Lord s .Supper,,-a .few. days before, I had, received
the h,read‘;frpm his hands. “ The .body of,, our
Lord JesuSj;Christ, which was, given foj- .thee
preserve thy body and; soul, unto everlasting; life.
Take, eat: this in remembrance that Christ died,
for thee, and feed on Him in: thy heart by faith
with (thanksgiving.” ; The,fact that we, that day,
were: af .tlie-table of/,the ; Royd op Mt. .ZjonpnQ*’
far from r the ; sppt;where- many ;supppse the, (Lord’s
Supper was instituted no doubt ; ad ( ded to.the im,M
pressiop, ; : ; , n .'J,, n " r ,
: In, , the eyening, ; with fewsfqtep ds who yrefe,
invited ito meetuusj at the house |of. : the ( Bishop;, :
we;/were niuehjenteriaiQedin- listeningito many-,,
very interesting circumstances connected with*
the histwy of had not found
in'ow'jtwokk; KA: ' <a ' - r,< >
a crown,'o/ i thorns, which' mW be 1 similWl) 1 , tfe
crown which our blessed Saviour wortf to] J ifl*
about Jerusalem the same kind of thorns grow
as in the days iof our Lord. She had had “ plat
ted a cEtpwx of thorns,” u|Sch she gave me
that I might show the children In distant coun
tries, what kind of a crown it Was that made the
blood trickle down over the marred face of our
dear Saviour. Each of the thorns upon the
crown was, when it was given me, as sharp as a
cambric needle. , |akipg,ye*y good cate of
it, and hope to show it to many little children in
America, that theythiay' thfis fib Ml to think of
Him, who Wbfe'fi crOWn .of thbrns that we might
wear x erdwn of glory.
; I trust many £ cashless pfie brought
■to w&rd tllissf’insult! 5 and sufferings
! which Christ hm^pdu^ed.tlu^'j^^.mig^tj' 1 bring
|us to God.” The sight of it deeply affected my
'own heart, and bfongWwmyraind 1 most vividly
the isceriey that 'table plabe in 'Pilate’s ball. God
grant that many others;'who .shall -lookupon it,
'may he led to .think . the] sufferings of Christ
in .a way that- tfe/have never 'done before, and to
itrustfully in'JHimfforisaiwatiDti. ilr<
! 1 ‘■The’ 'next morbihg • °r2th’ ’of -TJecemhcr,)
wh left 1 Jerusalem and our faces towards
'tb' AKxdhdria.' ! Tt fairiefl VeP/*hard', bixt with
Cld£hitig, i did ti'ofTnWd it. A
wdfd'with th c'Knia'le' bf Palestin'e may
'irftbreSt’ sbine redder; who ts-thlnking of visitih'g
I the'Holy Tkhd. 1 had tali'
juS r that , ’‘"fchb'hfit'duififl l f4ihs 0 8fimtliehdi ahbiit She
.latter end bf Giteb’eY,* and c'ofitinhe fbr "the' two
succeeding -ihonthy'falling'hfekVy at'ihtefvals. Ht Is
no 'pleasaht’ task 1 til pitch jrohr'thnt hnfl spread
iyohrbed : is 'fettle fbmkhce in' can
vaS wheh'the'itiiii flitbu^filtj—T would,
s therefore) Biy that wiUlbr' iff’ not' thie 1 time’ for a
:Syrian tour.” . t!i. «; ■
. ’ words'liad giveif ( ms many anxious fears,
as' wehad read thein/when shui'up for eight days
in (j^rahtlh"e, ! at i^ey'f6ulJ- a,ii3" 'oilier writer
bad'giveri muofe the same siSry : 'we,' therefore.
; »'»dJ ld«<ab JaifwAiff; \ ’At ’
imade up our minds tor cold ram 3 at least half
the time/ "iSnf in this disap
;p6inied,‘’for in our six stay in'Syria and
Palestine w 4 hacl ’pnly th^e l, feays < rain, and
’Uien l We’ eonifinhei.' as usual. As
!we were enbaied; iff
•not suffer I 'much 1 ! b'ut 'some hf the
most tfebtitughiy^drenched.'' Our cook became so
ihetiuthßbd, between du
, ging the 'long 'day’s rain, that J he.ieli from the
;hiuTe winch h'e’was'riding'and sprained his ankle
very badly. " ’sb'tbe' I "pei , son's, !I! wiib have
visiied Palestine id'ttie winter, regret
ted; itj bht if I could lie Sure*of 'as much fine (sum
mer) We’ather 1 aS fc we‘ fi£d in and De
cpibfrer/T'shjJurd 1 tb/Sfarch and
April,' w&eri sd.many tiierA 1 The greater part
of ' the ’time, T Wore 1 'tfein sumiher clothing, and
found a sun'-umbirellsi quite nefeesSsiry.' /In Shu
nem and Jaffa we found the orange groves full of
ripe 'fruit. ' f ' ♦ '' :U; ' ' l! ' !
'—l ij * >■ h >-1 * • "'i,
many who have six months to spend
abroad, start from the .Ignited States with the de
sire to visit) if .the iand of the but
fiqdifig mucH to absorb their ? attention in Great
Britain and the continent, they are easily ner
suaded, that, " it . is too , lafo to t visit Palestine”
I should rather go there at oily mouth in the
ye ar than ( not go at all. . Our'gqod missionaries
not put
up with', some jineonyenienees Tjather than not
have th'e Bible 'made a new hook, by a visit to
places, where the scenes it deserfhes were en
acted. March and April or September and Oc
tqber are certainly, the safest jwontAs for a visit to
but, what I to say is, if it is
impossible to be there at that time, persons of or
dinary strength may go at other months in the
year, rather howeyer chqosing the winter than
t(ie spmmer montiiV ' an English gen
tleman who had made three visits to the Holy
Band at different and he laughed at the
iijea of going .there only four months in the year.
Whatever season that land is visited, not a few
hardships must be endured, they are just
what is i most beneficial for restoring an over
wrought brain. Eigjit""or ten hours in the saddle,
Bring, the, blood from the cerebral organs and
enable o,ne, to sleep with .much refreshment. I
he too thankful for myviffit,-;—in many
' fc . t>e«o invaluable to' me. I see a fresh
B® a HSy 1® the Bible I never saw before.
my heffrt has he^n/fifeed 1 with deeper
ht®,.'t j es ,48 pur , blessed and I hope
pt°nths ( qf change and rest, after six or
seven years of almost daily preaching,.have added
akpgerje^eVomylife.
.• A «• i 'i
God s Presence.—-0, happy retirement where
God is present. Hapjiy prison whpre God is my
companion } , where God is
my Happy poverty, yfhere God is
I .malady where
my,, j .pbysi c ian'! .Hppgy,, anything and
f v ß^^’i n S : ,whpte, Gjod is jpj, all,in ajl! God is
W to attend to
\ help anduaress.mey all ««-
dom to know when and how to deliver me; all
iove fo ,pijy yiej ali enage and forgive
, v mysins ; all holiness
j£b Iceep. me night and
cheer
pnd instruct me $ all glory to reward and crows
me forever. . E. H. N.