The Penn's Grove record., 1882-01-21
Letter from England.
The English Salvation Arm. The Rowing
Waters, and Mode Of Training Amateur
oarsmen. Cromwell's Letter to the Col
lege. College curiosities. Noted Scholars
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waters, and MODE OF framing hmhVeu
oarsmen. Cromwell's Letter to the Col
lege. College curiOsities. Noted Scholars
CAMBRIDGE, Dec. 18Th, 1881.
] have Just come from the anniver
sary tea-drinking of the Salvation
Army-in many ways a very respecta
BILE body-who hold large regular meet
ipgs in a one-time theatre. I was al
once struck with the large opportunity
offered "him that runs TO read, as
soon as ] entered the long passage.
way which led to the theatre for
walked under rows of hanging mot
toes, and vari colored notices were
hung around the inner walls from
floor to ceiling.
The house was packed, and tea, but
tered bread, and plum-cake were boun-
tifully passed to the seated multitude.
Two or three of the college Fellows
were upon the platform they fire.
quently speak in the meetings), and
several young students were merrily
slipping tea in the gallery. A Wesley an
minister opened the meeting with
prayer, and some of the speakers al
luded to a brutal assault, made in
| Cambridge, a few days ago, upon one
of Their preachers. All was going
smoothly on when / came away, ex-
| pecting to meet w. at a nine o'clock
lecture, before the University, on
Japan-and behold, the lecture will
be tomorrow.
This is the third anniversary tea
drinking. 1 do not know if the Saliva
ton Army is represented in America
Their special field of labor is the
streets. We have met them all along
in our way-in Boston, Lynn, Regis,
Lincoln, etc. They o rapidly,
singing as they go, and sometimes
drop upon their knees in the streets
and offer prayer. Their numbers in
crease as they move on, and they
draw many of the low to join them, 81
they really do good. But they are
tormented and maltreated, and in
London are sorely abused.
We made, to-day, our first visit to
the rowing waters. We saw about a
dozen eight-oared boats, each accom-
panied by its trainer, running on
shore and shouting instructions: "Sit
up straight; you're too limp!" Put,
some whale bone into your backs! :"
Or, STEADY" Three, don't turn
your oar in the water!" Or, Bend
clear back, as far IS you can go!"
Sculls and two Dared boats were all
the time modestly taking what little
room they could get in the narrow,
crooked river. Now and again the
oarsmen rested, each having upon his
neck a wooden scarf, and bending
upon his oar. In a moment or two,
the coxswain, at the helm, cried out,
"Are You ready? Row !" and every
oar was again in motion. We wanted
to see a scull race, the moss important
of the year, but we were unatsc u get
away from Mr.. IS in time for that,
The day was spring-like, and, strange
to say, sunny and / fancy we could
not have chosen a better day. On our
return we visited an establishment
where "Gentlemen's dogs are offered
for sale,n and the keeper offered 10 let
loose a rat apon the commons which
run along the banks of the river, that
y. might see how o O a dog could
catch It. The students who own dogs,
keep them at boarding establishments,
and take them out as walking COM
paniens.
We launched with Mr.. at half past
one to-day, and he showed us, in the
Glare Library, a letter from oliver
Cromwell, ordering that no soldiers
should be quartered in any college
building, and that no violence or in.
jury should be perpetrated upon any
person connected with the college.
We did not see the college treasures
but we saw a Kensington-made copy
of the Poison Cup" ("'twill crack
when poison is put into tn, and also
Pope Sextus' suppressed Bible.
On Wednesday l attended Prof.
Seeley's lecture. We were invited to
take tea with Oscar Browning, of
Kings. There we met Secretary of
War Childers, and his wife and son
We breakfasted with Sedley Taylor,
Fellow of Trinity, and afterwards
heard all excellent lecture from Brown
ing, ON Democracy, in Kings gorgeous
dining hall. OF course, America was
often on his lips, So, from him and
from Sedley l often hear the word.
Cambridge colleges are more beauti-
full than those OF Oxford, though the
scenery on the whole is less grand.
MY brief stay in Oxford was delight
full. I heard the last lecture on Music,
and the last on Painting, and heard
Archdeacon Palmer preach on the
Revision. He sent q very cordial
greeting to -, and said, 1.-THE Ameri-
can committee of revision were OF
great assistance to us. We felt deeply
indebted to them for their services"
The weather has been atrocious for
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