The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-10-20
Letter from EurODe--NO. 9.

sweet and persuasive sermon, not from
DR.. Cumming, but from young man who
preached In his place The text was -
"See that ye love one another out of a
pure heart fervently." You will be able
to find the exact words in the first epistle
OF st. Peter. There was one passage in
the sermon that made me think very much
OF you. 1t was where the minister urged
us ''by all our sense of loneliness. by all
our longing for sympathy, by all our dread
OF what we have yet to pass through" to
show our love toward one another by every
act and word Of kindnessl in our power.
Now l had at the time no great sense of
loneliness, no great longing for sympathy,
no great fear of anything to come. found
myself here in England under Gods bless
ed sky, breathing his life-giving air, and in
the midst of great London, sitting quietly
in very homely church, listening to the
truth which makes all who believe ii at
home, not strangers or foreigners anywhere
to Christians, but fellow-citizens with the
saints and of the household of God. But
l knew what it is to be lonely and longing
and startled with great dread, and so
felt the minister's appeal, and began to
think what had done and what I could
do for You. 1t was only night before last
that was made very sorry by learning Of
the death of one very sick, but thought to
be recovering when left home one for
whom had great regard, such regard as
only ministers entertain-and as they en-
terrain only for the brightest and most at
tentive of their hearers-what had done
for her? Could l have done anything
more if had been at home? Would it
have cOmforted her if had told her was
very grateful for her active and strong at
tention i'm church And when she was
coming to that which we all dread to
meet, when she could no longer give any
active or strong attention, would it have
helped her to rest entirely upon Jesus, to
say, ''Holy Jesus, unto thy hands | COM
mend my spirit" if had told her as if she
were little child how much our Saviour
loves us all All. it is because He loves
so much better than we can that | feel
comtorted for was she not Hi. child
And have we not all one Father! But if
we are children Of one Father, brothers
and sisters, ought we not to be very affec-
tlonate and help each other all we can!
and how can we help feeling very sorry
when there is no more that we can do for
those We love May the Lord teach us
to do all things faithfully.
And some of you, dear children. to
whom / am writing. may he sick. You
may be unable TO hear this letter. if Mr.
Stone should read it to the Sunday School
Perhaps he may print it for You in The
CALIFORNIAN. Jesus, the great Physician,
will not forget you, When He heard that
Lazarus was sick He abode for a while in
the same place where He was: but He did
not forget Lazarus 1t is Jesus who calls
us when we die, and it is Jesus who is
able to say,-this sickness is not unto
death, but for the glory of God that the
Son of Man may be gloriied thereby. SO
you must always trust in Jesus. that
whether living or dying You may feel your
selves to be his. This was what always
told you when l was with you.
l would not like to tire the little chill
dren with a long letter and one so serious
You might think would tell YOU what
things | have seen. Just turn to your BIZ
bles then and read how the queen of She
ba felt when she beheld the glory of Solo
mon. Somebody will help you to find it. |
if you are too young to know where it is.
1t is thus that l feel There is no more
spirit in mo when think of describing in
a short letter either the sad or the glorious
things | see in this great empire
One thing l see which l will tell you.
England shows in many ways that she
does not mean to forget those who have
done her service. Everywhere there are
and statues and pictures of her
great men-especially of her great warri-
ors. Oh, how grand and proud they
stand in sculptured stone, or look down
from paintings hung upon the walls -
Their spirits are not here-except as they
live in the people whom they served. And
In this way they do live. God has man
sion for them somewhere but all through
the temples of religion, the halls of state.
and the galleries of art, are the mementoes
Of them. Everybody sees and feels that
they were great and strong and SO the
living are greater for the noblenesss of the
lead. And, children, how many of late