Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1853-03-04

"uicA uotlccu among otHer oUJcctS o.
interest the picture of the extinct bird, the
Dodo,with some fragments of the skeleton
tie Bodleian Library, with its perhap,
100000 volumes and handsome gallery
of portraits. In this gallery 1 saw the
very old lantern which belonged to Guy
Fawkes, Of Gunpowder Plot memory-a
very rusty old affair. There is also worthy
of special notice the Martyrs Memorial, a
handsome monument about seventy feet
high erected on the spot where Ridley,
Latlmer and Cranmcr were burned, the
former two GU the 10th of October, 1865,
and the latter on the 2lst of the next
March. Truly three centuries have wrought
change. The days of the Bloody Mary
have passed by, Or it might have been dan
gerous for me to stand and muse as | did
on the spot where the blazing faggots ragged
about those men of God, and dangerous
for me to write within this realm my bitter
execration both of the deed and of the
spirit that prompted it. On the north face
OF the basement is the following inscrip-
ton: "To the glory of God, and in crate
tul commcmoration of his servants, Thomas
Cranmer, Nicholas Ridley, Hugh Latimer,
prelates Of the Church Of England, who,
near this spot, yielded their bodies to be
burned; bearing witness to the sacred
truths which they had affirmed and main
tained against the errors of the Church of
Rome; and rejoicing that to them it was
given not only to believe in Christ,
but also to suffer for his sake. This Mon
umcnt was erected by public subscription
in the year of our Lord God 1s41."
How various and powerful the influences
that have emanated from this little city.
Here just in sight, as stood by the Mar
tyrs' Monument, was Ealliol College, over
which Wicklific presided some ive hundred
years ago. There, about a quarter Of
mile south, walked through the ancient
quadrangles of Christ Church College,
which, more than century ago, were often
trodden by the feet Of the first Methodist
Charles Wesley. Between the Monu-
ment and Christ Church College, visited
Lincoln College, where, in 1929, John
Wesley was Fellow, and where, | sup
pose, it was that he, with lis brother
Charles, student, and Mr. Morgan, COM
moner Of Christ Church, and Mr.. kirkham,
of Merton College, were wont to meet in
the evenings to study their Greek Testa-
ments and unite with each other IN PRAYER.
And there, few years after 1732) might
be found Mr.. Whiteield, who had re-
Gently entered, lad of eighteen, as a
servitor at Pembroke College, jus. over the
way from Christ Church. From this little
band, what an influence has gone out
Then from the same college that nurturcd
the two Wesleys, hundred years later 20
out the Tracts for the Times, the exponents
Of Puseyism. And there, in the very vi
cinity of the spot where such glowing
thoughts-so new and Sc fresh, opened upon
the minds of the Wesleys, is the place
where DR.. Puscy has been dragging to life
the old musty, fusty fgments Of popery
and has been going into ridiculous raptures
over his precious antiquarian discoveries.
There, in Oriel College, under the very
shadow of Christ Church, is the place
where Butler trained those powers that
gave to the world his immortal Analogy,
and from that very same spot Dr.. Newman
and half score of his compecrs. more
consistent or more venturesome than DR.. |
Pusey, have turned, in rapid succession,
somersets into the Church Of
Rome.
Those who complain Of the expenses of
education in the United States would be
perfectly shocked at the expenses here 1t
is scarcely possible for any one to pass his
year here for less than Gl20-SG00. The
average expense is not less than Clio
SS75-a sum which is sufficient to meet
the whole expenses of collegiate course
in some of our colleges. What the expen-
litures of some of the young nobility are
at this place it would be hard to calculate.
There are doubtless enough of the genus
sharper about here, ready to ease the young
,ollegians of their fathers money. l no.
iced some places in Oxford that perhaps
have fair counterparts in the neighborhood
If some colleges in the United States
In walking over the place where so many
men who have graced the various walks of
life we're trained feeling of veneration
my mind. Hence have gone
'orth Sidney, Locke, William Penn,
the Wesleys, father and sons,
" Whitefeld, Bishop Butler, DR.. johnson
md host Of others. Truly, if there be
my advantage in a long and illustrious list
If graduates, Oxford is pre- eminently fitted
Tor place Of education. l inquired of
,ue of the students, what the effect was