Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-04-22
LETTER FROM REV. DIR. LORD.

DENfsON IAfr, Esq, chalIh'a" VI wv
Building committee of Dr. Lordsncw church,
kindly hands us letter just received from
Mr.. Lord from which we make the following
extracts. The letter is dated Naples March
291
| attended church in Naples this forenoon,
and was reminded of our church and of you,
.by it. The inside is like ours, though by no
means so large and fine. The columns are
no objection, for | sat in the aisle and could
both see and hear the clergyman.
Now as for myself am better than when
| left home, though ! have much headache
and much slecpessuess. cannot get used to
the change Of diet and habts--it dcranges
my functions
OF London and Paris will not say word
row. | shall return there. But Of Italy |
will say a few things have now travelled
in Italy two weeks more than six hundred
miles, and half of it and more by carriage
Have been in towns (more than iorty,) vary
ing from three hundred to five hundred thou
sand inhabitants Tho country ~ composed
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are narrow and they are cultivated to the or
ange, the lemon, The ig and The grape Not
m acre in five hut is wrested from the rocky
/ Hill by terraces Of masonry. Gardens are
about fifty feet square TO ten, and fields and
vineyards from fifty TO Thousand. Ihayeseen
fields Of wheat not as large as my barn floor.
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Inc palaces ana 'n' so'he'y "o0'u ,' p',uu-
lu'' II l eou'u 'h"' OUT OF my cars inc ''"'n-
uf7 "' peggaf'' Te'"S ~ any moment 10 l,i"
INTO robbers, or out OF my nostrls, steuches
that vie with those Of Cologne.
The cities an have narrow streets, so that
, the hot sun cannot get into them, from three
to eight feet wide for the most part In the
suburbs whole families live ia single rooms
with the donkey and goat often Keeping them
company The slualor Is intense. IVA the
, public plazos and gardens, the display Is fine
of ana afternoon Fine equipages, gay Off
GERS, elegant ladies, beautiful music, and loun-
tain- playing The paintings in the gallerie.
and palaces are beyond anything we know
= They would often, however, shock the mod.
4 csty of q pure minded woman. The churche,
land ! have visited fifty Of them are most
ly very splendid, not outwardly. but in Oh,
interior ecoratious--frescoing, moslics, stat
I uary and paintings The church of MARITIME
G in Naples has twenty columns Of marble anC
, Florcntinc mosaic. Each column must hay,
cost half the price of our church, and on eacl
column is a porphyry rosettc, whose leave
are tuned to harmony, that cost 10 000 francs
3 or two thousand dollars each One painting
a on the walls cost $4,000 The floor and IN,
4 walls and the columns are all elaborate sculp
!, ture in marble, and brilliant decorations ia
:. Florence s'asaic One end of it Is filled M
wiih the bones OF SAINTS, m glass cases, an'
labelled with name &c The church, as ou
Is guide SAID cost "mu'dds, not Millions o
r francs. And withal, 1t Is rarely ever used
/. There Is not seat IN IT, and 1t IS no more n
to preach the Nospel IN than an old temple O
Hercules.
IKE our church better and better, Mr.
Ahgeli compared u TO european cathedrals
r pat II rs not IKE them at AL These ohurche
$ make the people poor ana then give them IL
!, bread lhey are SIMPLY Tor DISPLAY Our
i VIII make our people rich 1t Is not komaI
at all thank uod' 1t Is more beautiful t
my eyes now, than 1t was before had seel
s. the Madeline or the puomo' or the MARITIME
e 1t Is more TO my taste now than It was beior
N my taste haa any prectcai experience I'VE
we are " building wider than we knew bu
the glory o. ~ Is we are building to max
10 ihe place OF CHRIST $ leet glorious, Bethan,
rs ior our llVlng saviour, ana not picture gal
p lery Tor ueaa OhrisI
n. me more see OF ltaiy' OF It's runs oil
:. former greatness OF inc poverty oil lts presen
!. Inv denial NJ God and nervers;on ~ Al
Gosnel If His Son. the more lana 10 nrea,.