The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-12-17
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS
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LON DON LIFE.
A LECTURE.
Delivered BY
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IL NY lasi l-ciure spoke Of London
IL -ixe, is External influence, il. sarie,iri
Of racr. ils pa,iimes and iis occupation
! nov cpme TO give few more illustra
lions Of it, Importance and lis people.
You cannoi know London by merely
staying day or two IA IL. Al first i
seems darker aud duIlsr and dingier thar
an, other town. Few like London on j
iirsi wish, and very few who have residrd
there Tor ans length If lime leave il siIh
out iegrei. Tie iaircsi daughters Of Eng
land. young men seeking adventure and
fortune, old men aud wome1, all press Il
London rs the arena of enterprise. con
quest or display London, too. seems "a
drain the whole country. rs il we're; for
il You visit the village. oi England, and
see whoe fields OF vegetables growii z and
you ASK their destination, The answer Is -
Fer the London market In the most
remote parts OF scotland, you see the hun
ter. and you ask him where these wagon.
loads OF game are goin. you are told "iC
the London market" You sail up the re-
mptest hays OF Norway, and ak the des-
tiuation Of those boai-loads OF lobrters, you
are an. .wrred !" the London market" So
in Normandy, the immense shipments oi
potatoes and eggs are for the London mar
kei. In the ships OF London you may
purchase The finest things in the world
In Covcnt Garden you may buy every
thing. bat you must pay for it. So, when
on tile seaside, the very fish you eat is
brought by railway from London.
WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
/ Twill not detain you tonight by statis-
ties of the business Of London. ! will
turn your attention TO some OF the hisiori-
cal associations connected with London,
because wherever you turn your steps in
that city il is full OF interest. London is
city Of history. Every stone you tread
carries you back to the din and mysteri-
ous vista Of The past. And if there be
sermons in s,ones--ad that there are we
have the authority not only Of Shakespeare,
but Of tho human heart---l know of no
place where we can 90 for better sermon
lhan at Westmin ter Abbey. And we
will commence at Westminster Abbey.
Sec !. standing there, grave and majestic,
rich with Tue memory {. lhe past All
that Britain has contained cr co lialns Of
bravery, of letters, Of genius or culture,
have trod its alsles. have come TO worship.
10 mourn, o., il may be, after life 10 sleep
within its walls. There majesty and
spleidor have been assumed, and there
equally has death laid them down.
When standing in tile neighborhood OF
Westminster Abbey, you are in the very
center Of Eugland's civilzation--sou are
near the ain government--tha Down
ng street from which England, Scotland,
ireland, the Caiadas--aye, aud lands tar
remote--people ofahen races, alien crecds,
and speaking alien languages, are ruled.
Royalty AID the proud peers Of England
assemble TO legislate within a stones
throw from where you stand.
Now take stIoll along the Strand,
| pass up Garlilmcnt slreet. HOW iuil oi
interest those various places! Cardinal
Wolsey lived there; on the opposite side
Cromwell died +; that building is White
hall Charles the FIRST came TO his bloody
end there there Ben johnson lived; and
! Just here, where we stand, the infamous
Titus Oates stood in III pilory.
| But let US 20 back TO On earlier date,
when Edward The First brought the body
of his beloved Elean to the old abbey I;
she OF whom TRADITION records as knowing
that low could conquer death; who,whil'-
kn,elng, one arm against the king. drew
forth the poison with her balmy breath.
Her remains are here, aud the famous
word Charing" (thc cross) is still on
tie monument.