New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-10-28
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, Oct. oath, 1885

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Crowds Of people continue to come
to the White House every other day,
and the President patiently shakes
their hands. Apparently he shakes
them as patiently as he did
on the day after his Inauguration. His
patience has become proverbial, and
indeed he does seem to bear the vagar.
les of his callers with good-natured
liberation. His life is at least calcu-
lated to develop all the adaptability in
his nature, for he turns alternately from
rough to courtier, from pauper to
millionaire. On Friday, before going
down to the East Room to hold his re-
ception, he received an Indian chief
and the Commissioner of Indian affairs.
After discussing the red mans inter-
ests for some time, he turned to Con-
gresham and listened to his requests.
Next he gave his attention to some
young ladies who had come to ask for
the Presidents photograph. Then he
went down to the East Room, where a
large number of people had gathered,
and shook hands for an hour. At this
rate, it is rather overwhelming to
think what Mr.. Cleveland's official du-
ties will be when the season really OPP
ems.
On Saturdays the President is invisi-
BILE to the public, but he sees persons
by appointment. In this way, he re-
ceived in his library the venerable Eng
lish prelate Canon Farrar, who called
late in the afternoon on his trip from
Mt. Vernon.
On each evening that Archdeacon
Farrar lectured he was greeted with
the most fattering audiences, perhaps.
that ever assembled in this city. The
President and several Members of his
Cabinet were present. There were gen
erals, and judges, and nearly all the
clergy of the city. The lecturer was
warmly applauded when he referred to
his trip to the tomb of Washington,
and the return voyage up the ''noble
river" whence was seen the stately
city with its heaven aspiring monu.
ment, resembling in its grandeur and
simplicity him whose name it bears.
In lecturing on Robert Browning, he
referred to him successfully as the
poet of hope, conscience, love, and
religion, and he regretted that religious
people who read understand Browning
SO little.
On Sunday Canon Farrar preached
q sermon, and an unusually distin
guished congregation came to heal
him. Secretaries Manning, Endicot
and Whitney, Postmaster General Villas
Gen. Joseph E. johnson, and many
more scarcely less prominent in public
life, occupied seats in the church
.'Have some Of you come here through
curiosity, that you may make light re
marks and clever jests and frivolou!
criticisms, SO that no chance good seel
may remain for moment upon tn,
soil of your souls? If so. you can hear
nothing of me to crafty your ear;noth
ing but the plainest truths of God, il
the simplest speech of man.' It wa
in this way that Canon Farrar began tt
address his congregation. He hae
walked ut the end of the procession o
white ROBBED ministers and singing boy
as they moved slowly from the sacrist,
to their places around the altar. H
walked with bowed head and downcas
eyes and hands clasped in prayerfu
posture. Throughout the service o
reading and song he never raised hi
eyes to meet the gaze that was directe,
to him from floor and gallery and seat
and passage and every part of tn
building where ladies or gentlemen
/ NOSAW CAV Va oVsSuU VI AuCCls no SCCx
ed so absorbed as to be oblivious of tn
presence of those who had come to Sc
and hear him. Most of the time hi
eyes were closed and his lip moved il
prayer. He announced his text fror
St. Mathew.-'.H thou will enter int
!. life, keep the commandments, Christ
answer to the young ruler.
Keep the Commandments. Is tn.
i all?" The great teacher could hard]
" mean anything SO commonplace as Il
d Ten Commandments that as litt
i childlhe had learned to lisp at his mott
4 er's knee. He was as much disal
pointed as the little boy, who havin
) heard Of the majesty of the sea, W.
led to the shore, and exclaimed, 8.
. that all?'' He said that young ma
! did not understand that eternity is b1
the antithesis Of time; that to all WI
know Christ eternal life is here, ar
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