Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-11-30

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Scotland foree,s not to honor Knox and
Scott and Burns At every turn, Monumenis
Of al these are common. The English
children Of even tender age acquire q
correctness Of speech and pronunciation
that is surprising TO ne who are bred in
rather more free and easy school, u no,
90 strictly correct an one. We can not
soon forget Tut Burnam's amarsd look as
one Of our very young children friends ex-
claimed in purea accumulation and gram
mar 90, pspal looki the bouehs Of the tree
are laden with fruin" Tut stared At the
young one With puzzled Look and then
turning 10 Marie with an appealing laugh
saying, aid you hesr that childY" This
careful training Of children impressee u.
more and more. / wish IL could be i'm
ported, free Of duty "by my brethren Of
Manasseh." Young Americs is the least
Attractive feature Of our grand country.
Here IL is very funny to hear the "wes
bodies" on the street speaking in the
broadcast Scotch. One expects u Of grown
folks. but when mere babies chatter easily
what We foreigners strive in vain to utter
correctly, II takes by surpri'e. No one can
speak Scotch but a Scotchman ito the
manor born" Once, attempted Scotch
sentence while preaching at james Morris-
on street, and II 90 grated upon the ears Of
one Of my auditors that he 'spoke right In
meeun'," and checked my sudacious at.
tempt al pronouncing the unpronounesbls
BY exolsiming, 'Hoot, mon that's ma mu-
steal to M" greatly to nv discom6turs and
the satisfaction OF his outraged country
men. II isa sore ofiense to scolehman
to have his beautiful brogue bu,chered by
unskilliul tongues and ! don't blame him.
Unless acquired 10 childhood il never rises
in foreigner beyond the dignity Of
Dutchman's English. a4I
Bible readings in private houses are an
Institution in the British Isles. They 20
by the technical title Of drawing rooms"
and are a merciful provision to supply the
dearth of wholesome and sppetizing in
tructions from the modern pulpit. But
for these allowable gatherings when the
blessed Spirit hss liberty Of action in TAX
ing Of the things Of Christ" and showing
them to hungry souls, the siasnaiiOn would
be much worse than il is. Thee meetings
for study of the Word are an ouigrowth Of
zeal and love that find no room to stretch
the mselves" in the orthodox Sunday servi-
ces and the weekly prayer meeting Like
the Y. NJ. G. A, that furnishes gathering
place for workers who find no place to serve
in the regularly appointed channels and
where to-day the beat talent Of the church
is doing its work, unhindered BY ecclesiss-
teal letters. Praise the LORD for all
these irregular" ministries. II no one else
will do il. let "Mirisn" take "timbreP
and lead of the prsising hos'; IL men are
not found in "Jeshurum," let deborah"
Judge I.rael-even though such sthing be
counted a scandal in Israel, in time, when
trespsss had not introduced disorder. There
is "iamine in the land" now, and the
LORD raises up a Moody, white, a
Varley, n Morehouse, on whose heads new
er mans ordSining hand was laid, but into
whose con.ecrsted hearts and lives Gods
ordaihing power has flowed, that il may
flow out to listening and receptive myriads.
Praise the LORD for III And, in minor
measure, for "drawing-rooms," where the
hongry flock may get a nibbIe, at least, Of
the green pastures" and sip, at least, Of
he sweet, "still waters"
There is characteristic physical feature
in the Scotch drawing-room, in that il lie
nearly always on the "a floor; the spacious
dining and sitiing-roOm being on the Let.
The drawing room is usually l. shsPed-
taking in the square at the head Of the
stairway thsi is commonly, at home, turn
ed to advantage (?) as a siufiy little bed
room, suggesting partial sufiocaiion from
foul air. This ell-shape gives an elegant
appearance, in its very irregularity, to
Scotch drawing room and admits Of orna'
mentstion and uphols,ering unknown TO
dead square. Sometimes slegsnt pillars
supply the place where partition wall
would run were there two apartments. In
thee spacious rooms 80 to rs people can
comfortably be seated. Into eight Of these
in turn we have been introduced and had a
hearing, earnes, and attentive enough to
safety any teacher. / can not describe
these delightful gatherings, except to say
that have never, anywhere, met more APP
preciahye and receptive audiences. Thor
ough bible students, nearly every one in
the crowded rooms; who could have at once
detected unscriptural error. But, Praise
the LORD, they could ask me no question
could not easily and satisfactorily answer
And then from the drawing-room we ad'
ourn to the hall. where goodly number
Of these noble men and women cit every
night on the stage, endorsing by their pres
ence. the precious truth. The drawing
rooms are held at Or M.-ior the sake Of
business men, All who choose are invited
to come to tea-between 5 and 0. This ID
handed around; no plates. The bread and
butter, folded into as small compass as pos
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