Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-11-29
OUR ST. LOUIS LETTER.
Sr.LoUIs. Nov, 1S. 1Ss

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time resident of st. Louis. The
changes which have taken place in the
interval are most marvellous. At that
time there was but one first class
wholesale and retail dry goods house
on Fifth street-that Of White j. Worth
ington. But now in the same locality,
find block after block of magnificent
buildings from four TO six stories in
height. All over the city see mani
festations Of growth and prosperity
almost miraculous. Since my arrival
have met Ed. Bowman, Dan Carroll
aud G. A. Dunkel, jr. Both the latter
gentlemen are in business on Franklin
Avenue. Mr.. Carroll informs me that
his brother-in-law, Mr.. Ennis, has
bought property on Market street, and
that his father and mother will remove
to St. Louis and reside with MIR. En-
mis- family. Captain Dick Collins and
Sim Price both have offices on Fourth
and Market streets. Tilton Davis
Office is in old z"Sassafras" McLean's
| building on Fourth street. Two of
my old schoolmates are living here
whom 1 have not yet met: Colonel
Hunter Benjamin Henry Jenkins and
VIM. Bell, jr. The former, as every
body knows, is steamboat agent, and
the latter, believe, is q salesman at
Samuel c. Davis. met Edgar Flem-
ing shortly after my arrival, but have
as yet seen nothing of DR.. Stephen
Neili or Ed Kerdolf.
I attended service at fashionable
church on Sunday evening after my
arrival. The opera singers in the Or
gan loft seemed to attract more atten-
ton than the preacher on the pulpit
platform below, especially the soprano
with the diamond ear rings.
Last Sunday morning l went up to
DIR. Brooks church on Washington
and Campton Avenues. DIR. Brooks
returned home last week from visit to
England and Scotland, and he gave
the Sabbath school children talk
which was substantially as follows:
"While was in Edinburgh one Sun
day morning, l attended a breakfast
given by some of the christian people
to the destitute poor, in order that they
might bring them under the influence
of christianity by first ministering TO
their temporal necessities, and spoke
to them about the principles of the re-
ligion of Christ. In the afternoon of
the same day visited the mansion of
Russian prince, who had been con-
verted to christianity through the
teachings OF Lord Radstock, all Eng
lish nobleman, who visited Russia some
years ago, and gave bible readings
throughout the empire. Here l met
and was presented to two Russian
princesses, who were earnest and zeal
GUS christian women. Scarcely had
been presented to them in the drawing
rooiD when they said to me: tell us
something about the bible. They too
had been led to Christ through the
teachings Of Lord RadstOck. This
Russian count had at one time written
a book against the bible, aud after
taking the manuscript to publisher,
he stopped and asked himself, "Can
it be that | am wrong in what am
doing" He became conscience strick.
en-, and taking the manuscript from the
publisher, he returned home and prayed
to the Lord to enIighten him and show
him the truth, and he did He show
ell him the truth and he became con
verted man. The prince asked mv il
could tell him anything about the
conversion Of the Gar, Alexander the
first, and told him that could, He
was converted through the teaching Of
Philip Grelet, an American Quaker
who visited Russia when Alexander
the first was on the point of leaving
Moscow during the invasion OF the
French under Napoleon the first. He
i. met Prince Galitzin on the street, anc
the prince seemed so calm and undis.
turbed that the king was greatly sur
prised, and inquired why he seemed sc
calm when everybody clsc was filled
with conster ration. TO this The prince
replied, "Iie that dwelleth in the
secret place of the Most High, shal
abide under the shadow of the Almigh
ty," and hurried Oh. The king wa.
surprised, and sent for his chaplain,
and he too was calm and tranquil, ant
he asked him the reason of his tran.
I, guilty, and he made the same repl,
that the prince had done, using th,
sumo quotation from the bible. Agar
the king sent for another ecclesiastic
and he seemed resigned also, and h,
/ put the same question to him which h,
had propounded to the others, and h
. received the same answer that he ha,
s received from the prince aud his chap