The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-05-26

perienced by the owner, and our friends
have the proceeds of the sale at inter
est, and are already looking for favor
able lot on which to build. We are
confident that ere long a new church
will be added to the number now con-
sisting of Baptist, Methodist, Presby-
terian, Christian Disciple and CathO-
lie. 1t is the only feature lacking to the
perfect symmetry of picturesque Vevay.
We held ten successive services in the
court house, two ON each Sunday, May
6 and 10, and one on each weekday
evening between. The audiences were
usually excellent, sometimes extremely
so, and the interest good and increas
ing. People of all churches attended
and showed kindly interest. The mem
beTs of the different choirs aided in the
service of song. Rev. Mr.. Perrymann,
Baptist, and Rev. Mr.. PinkeIton, Dis
ciple, participated in worship, both as
attendants and in conducting service,
and though our discourses were very
pronounced in doctrine, such was the
feeling in all hearts that it could not
be perceived that any other than the
best spirit prevailed. Add to the rest
perfect weather smiled on every meet
ing.
We were delightfully."- dOmiciled.
Fancy a spacious mansion from the
portico of which one looks across YER
dant lawn to the flowing river, and
thence over to the wide vale, steep
hills and handsome farms and homes
on the Kentucky shore. And the
beauty of the home was only faint in
dication of the hospitality and comfort
that prevailed within its walls. The
name of our host was suggestive of the
atmosphere Of the home that bears his
name. Buchtel College knows it well.
Already six members of the family
have sat beneath its roof, four of whom
have been graduated, and the names
of J. K. Peasants and family are hon
ored among those that are inscribed on
its archives, and the name is also iden-
titled with our cause in Vevay and vi
cinity.
Removals and deaths have lessened
the numbers Of those who in former
years upheld the banner Of our faith
here, but there yet remains those blest
with worldly means, and possessing the
right spirit, so that ou1 caEse can, and
we believe soon will be, lifted into new
activity. Indeed, from what we saw
we are not afraid to predict that the
day is not far distant when pretty
Vevay, will again enjoy the proclama-
ton of the unsearchable riches in a
temple dedicated to God as the Saviour
of all, and when those now compelled
to go hungry, or eat unpalatable food,
will have the 'sinceTe milk of the
word and the genuine bread of life,
and eat at their own table that which
is good, to ne satisfying Of the soGl.
We shall never forget the many
pleasant experiences enjoyed, nor the
agreeable acquaintance made dTcing
our nine days sojourn.
The journey to Yevay was by the
kankakee route, to Indianapolis,
thence to Madison, Ind, thence twenty
mi les in buggy, an awful jolt mOst of
the way. W e reached indianapolis at
three in the morning, and nodded and
doEed, and were miserable generally
for FIVE long hours, and thence to Mad
ison and Vevay. A curious experience
in Indianapolis: Among the passengers
in the stat ion, waiting foc the
wagon was a quakerish looking old
lady, who, on inquiry proved to be
eighIy-two years old and to weigh
exactly eighty-two pounds, and 80 cap
the climax, she was on the way to the
funeral of her mother, who had Just
died at the great age of 1O4! We did
not ask, but presume the grandmother
was not present at the ceremonies, ex-
eept in spirit.
Bat what home journey we had,
leaving Yevay at two in the afternoon,
and till next morning on the beautiful
Ohio in 3 steamer that pointed her
nose to every point of the compass, as
she followed the serPentine windings
of the crooked stream, from Vevay 60
Cincinnati. The green shores Of
Indiana, Kentucky and OHIO, alter
mating with bluff or yale, forest OF
farm, cottage or city, gave a charming
interest to the voyage, and long after
the sun had SCI, and even after the
young moon had sailed like a silver
canoe down the wes., and the reflected
lights showed double in the placid
water, we sat on deck and observed
the lovely panorama. 1t was the
"furthest way round" to go via Gin
einnati, but it gave a day to that city,
and was certainly the pleasantest as
well as shortest way home" from
Vevay to Chicago.
DIR G. F. PENTEcosT observes: "It
any person makes a proposition to holda
fair, festival, bszsr, broom-drill or anH
other worldly device for getting money