end comfort to it ia totally the the a of the of hia aod connect him by on and interest in the he compare the of the foreign and on the cant � ie i have never j et met a stranger in italy who did not profess to love rome here he and here he returns here though he be of the mould he be to a new and after a little while will find himself getting the feeling of a lover for the desolate places of the old city i have been disappointed in the ruins not in effect but in their condition the the the temple of and a few others they are such mere ruins so changed in and strip ed of their original that only serve to the or puzzle uie with that ef at onr new no wonder that in em i till iu own m in and with oar you bs i would not gin fat � ii in thia ha laid when had kept bit r spent the in wandering broken � � of the palace of the and a tbe roman ue tbe farm of tbe ui ia and at its ii tbe fragment of the wall ef a and a fan of in which wan one of that the modern waa hen though long ago wa mt aa we walked the with broken with dangling ity hanging oat the of the great men had walked and talked here and not than we when the of in rid and all the rf b but are objects in rome that your i honestly scarcely entered into mine these are the scenery of rome end ite the and pillars and e fountains which almost re of oriental as to art in rome antique and modem as you may imagine even my very of our pleasure it for us of uie new world a new life i have as yet said nothing to you of the churches of rome amply because so much has already been said and for another not quite as reason that so much to say i have no power to communicate there is little beauty in their exterior and that little is by being in by other the effect of the of an old village church in � its harmonious is better than that of any church in rome but compared with the interior of these churches any church that i have seen even vn cathedral is like a ed house the churches hare i� � to and with lo ban ib it for � period of nod a to put within the power ef these i a name a and a home with all il vol n � t � ie s h n to tiie art and wealth of tiie old world the columns that the temples of the gods now support the of the temple the and that adorned their palaces and the in which their and heroes were arc now consecrated to tjie of the saints the for water are now the which the pious catholic crosses himself these churches have been enriched too with the spoils of the eastern world with the of and queens from st s days to ours and with the of rich who hoped at the last to drive a good bargain by ng the treasures of the other world with those they could no longer enjoy in infinite industry has been employed on them and art has given them its works � such works as s guide s michael and s how i have sometimes wished for some of y u at home who have worshipped all your lives in a meeting to walk up the of maria ore with me a church very near us double low of most magnificent pillars which once adorned a temple of and passing by and laden with vessels of these are but � an of io for which ma been the either be hot men or they were to from of ter and gold where are forever burning he a re the pictures of saints and mar down with on the steps of the chapel tiie richest in the world it has cost millions and it is but a apartment of the church a rich to a chain there is a beautiful pavement the walls are with oriental the ceiling u painted with there are columns of and rich pictures in and splendid monuments not a square inch is left and yet dear c i think your eye would turn from all this to the lean b ar on th step you the is now a church and the pan once a temple for all the gods is now consecrated to the one true god the statues of the have disappeared from the and tha they are now filled with and the pictures of saints there is a little chapel of the near ttie i with pictures that you would like to see every day in the year but of all the � if i � of writing moat we of tha t that produced tha aod that he f of sl a t worship of tha ba long and with at m the of tha � bnt ia one in he al which we all offer our homage it i a the of feel in rome more than that of you see and el m he died at the age what a he achieved in thia brief period the of the man who never heard the name of without hat not to who been to rome in and i assure you i most renowned of the three and not me among them i hesitate as i except st peter s has given me more than maria it is built a of michael on the of s the roof is supported by hi e granite columns stood in s ball it is in 