Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-05-14
Fireside de partmert.
rHE JOURNEY TO INDIA.

THE JOURNEY TO INDIA.
We several times listened to
Spargeon and Hall, and bore
from their churches the fullest
impression that they were striv-
ing, against great odds of sin
around them, to stir and move
men toward God. A later Sab.
bath found us IN the neighbor-
hood of Dr. CumminsH church
There is dignity and devout.
ness and, calm thoughtfnlness
aboutthis Scotch minister. Ifhe
has wasted hours /. in, figures
about the millennium, he has,
nevertheless, labored with earn
estness, spirituality and simplic-
ity in his pulpit, in his church,
and among the poor. In the af-
ternoon we wandered among the
wretched alleys in the neighbor-
hood of Drury Lane. Our way
led among the houses OF the low
of Brewers Court, where the doc
tor and his people have been
conducting a Sabbath-school.-
The stencil Of the streets made
us close our nostrils at times. Tn
the month of December the mis-
erable people were thin clad and
barefooted. They were lounging
in crowded deerways,. perhaps
hoping for that help or employ
ment sHlieh seldom furnish es
them With scalty food and cloth
ed atrar ana a pabhe-bedrcom.
Our hearts revolted. We could
not live in such streets. We
were expecting to dwell ameng
the heatlien,1 and we thought
that, If IN the heart Of ciyiliza-
ton these things be, what must
be where there is no law and or
der. For the moment our wills
staggered and our purposes were
weaks s us90aI "a
-Wspulledithe string Of a latch,
after we had wandered awhile,
and ascended several stair-ways
to an attic room which had been
severely scrubbed and rndely
adorned. 1t was a parler to
those who gathered there. Soon
the children came. Some were
ragged, some were shoeless, some
had ill-fitting but clean clothes,
some were we'll washed, while
others showed a hasty brush over
a dirty face. As we talked with
the superintendent, | noticed a
ragged waif, mischievous and
restless. and spoke of him. The
manager said the boys parents
were low beer,sots, and called
the little fellow toseonle. near as.
The boys face Swallowed and his
hands went into his pockets as
he walked up. In reply TO my
question. he; said his, name was
'sToby," and mentioned some
things he knew concerning our
Saviour. The superintendent
stroked the lads head kindly,
gave him some admolitions, and
the iehildlwent TO his seat to sit
thoughtful for the remaining
time. And here they were, from
their wretched abodes; some had
improved, others were on the
way, and others had just begun.
Our hearts were strong again.
Training, faith, and the gospel
clothes these wretehes, and gives
them their right minds, and the
gospel will do even as it has
done. Many similar schools in
London can tell of lives reformed
and souls renewed through their
instrumentality. North of our
boarding place was.a city road.
We took arwalk thither to visit
the chapel and grave of John
Wesley. The chapel is unpre-
tentious, in London. Differing
tromIthe other church yards I we
had seen, it has its grassy sward
and shading trees. The chapel
was said to have been filed with
a large congregation of working
men early on the morning of each
week day. We admired the zeal
and energy of him who could
thus draw men together in Lon
don or anywhere. As we ascend
ed the old, high pulpit from
which he preached, it was deep
ly impressed on our minds that
here he taught that name and
aoOrd which he meant should be
the foundation of a church in
stead OF himself and his peculiar
ideas. Would that a host of Wes-
ley-spirited men should rise
among us, whether we had any
Wesleyans or not. We felt that
we contended with any of his fol-
lowers in paying respect to Wes-
ley's shame, as we walked in his
church and stood by the plain
marble obehsk over his tomb.
We had several times read the
"Pilgrim's Progress" and it gave
new interest TO cross from the
chapelga lock oh John zI}un
vans grave amid The many an
cient enes in Bnnhill Fields. "A
large rectangular stone monu-
ment, gray and hoary with age,
covers the resting place. We
gazed en'fhe pile, and wondered,
as we often wonder, what now
are the convictions in tire minds
OF those who,as fellow Christians,
prosecuted the dead while living.
We will be thy fellow Pilgrims,
Bunyans Your little book gives
better passtime and begets far
nobler aspirations in youthful
minds, thar The "Robinson Cru.
soc" of De Foe, to whose author
children have erected a monu.
ment near your time worn
tomb y II KDJ 92IBEi ) 2'lBlRlBB
As we threaded some streets