St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-20
Canon Farrar Speaks Feel
ingly Of Millions Life as
a Christian,
And Refers to His Friends
Close Connection With
American History.
Conflicting Reports From San
Reno About the Crown
Princes Throat.

IIONDONs LOOs u hCChiJ
cold northwestern wind, coupled with
frequent intermittent snOwfalls, large
congregation fiOcked to ST. Margaret'S
church, Westminster, to-day, the occa-
sion being special sermon by Arch
deacon Farrar in connection with the
unwilling of the Milton memorial, pre-
septed to the church by George w.
Childs, of Philadelphia. The pew space
was soon fully occupied, and chairs
were placed in the aisle to accommodate
the later arrivals. The congregation
included Mr.. Phelps, the American
minister, and his wife, Baroness Bur-
dette COutts and many leading Ameri-
can residents. The British aristocracy
was also largely represented. The serv-
ice was the ordinary Lenten one, ex-
cept that the hymn before the sermon
W as Milton's:
Let us with gladstone mind
Praise the Lord, for He is kind.
Canon Farrar. who preached from
Lam. w., z, further emphasized the
occasion in his opening remarks. While
justly claiming attention to the fact that
he never neglects TO preach according
to the church'S season; that year after
year, through both
THE GLOOM AND THE GLORY
of the Christian calendar, it had been
and would be his endeavOr to dwell with
the congregation with each sacred ami
nOunced on this occasion a departure
from the usual practice, deferring for a
week the usual Lenten eXhorta-
ton. He devoted almost the
whole address to pointing out
the concrete lesson of Christianity
as expounded by the noble life of Mil
ton. A spontaneous, generous and just
expression of approval of the action of
the donor of the memorial window was
succeeded by an eloquent and keenly
appreciative resume of Millions life as
a Christian man. coupled with an I'M
stinted tribute to his genius as a poet
who derived inspiration from divine
source. AS the discourse proceeded,
and the; congregation warmed in SYM
pathy with the impassioned but we'll
weighed el0quence of the preacher. }the
gloomy weather without cleared, and
the Wintry sun cleaned through the
richly stained windows with which st.
Margaret's is generously adorned, and
glinted
YIN LIE hll%ION
relieving the Semi-obScurity of the in
terror and illumining the impressive
scene. in which the wOrShipeIS mingled
with devotion to the Almighty the full
need of admiration of Milton's inspired
genius which the preachers ferVency
demanded. The archdeacon spoke as
follows with reference to the Milton
window:
1T has been my desire for twelve
years to surround this ancient and
famous church with noble associations;
to revive the memories of those great
men with which it has been connected,
and thus to indicate the relation in
which it stands to the history of Eng
land. To commemorate events of recent
days the members of the house of COM
mons, whose church it is, have erected
the window which recalls the
TRAGIC DEATH
of Lord Frederick Cavendish, and me-
MORALS have been placed here to Lord
the good lord chancellor;
in the service of parliament; and in
token of our gratitude for fifty years of
almost unbrOken prosperity under the
reign of a beloved queen. The CaXton
window was given by the printers of
London in memory of that great man
who lies buried here, and citizens Of
America, in their large-handed gener-
OSity and care for the great traditions
which are their heritage no less than
ours, have presented us with that brill
liant West window, which commence
rates nothing less than the founding of
the new world. But this church may
also claim its special interest in the
mighty name of Milton. That name is
recorded in our marriage register, and
here lies buried, with Millions infant
daughter, that beloved wife-'my late
saint'-whose love flung one
brief
CLEAN OF HAPPINESS
over the poets troubled later wears.
Once more we are indebted to an Amer
lean citizen for the beautiful Milton
window which yesterday was unveiled.
The well-counseled munificence of Mr..
Childs, who has already enriched STRAIT
fOrd-On-AvOn with memorial of
and Westminster abbey
with the window in memory of Herbert
and COwper, has now erected this abid-
ing memorial to the great Puritan poet.
Myself the debtor to American friends
for great kindness, | cannot but rejoice
that the church of st. Margaret's
should furnish yet one more illustration
of those bonds of common blood and
and language and affec-
ton which unite England to
the great republic Of the West;
and am glad that the public spirit of
the churchwardenS has assigned from
the use of one pew in this
church to our friends and visitors from
was something specially appropriate in
the Milton window being the gift of an
for the United States repre-
sents much that Milton most deeply
loved--the commonwealth which, fail
ing in England, in America gloriOusly
the PuritaniSm which,
crushed in England, inspired vigor and
hOblenesS into our kin beyond the sea.
Paradise Lost was the one English
poem which the sons of the Pilgrim
fathers loved. and which, until Long
fellow inspired New England with a
fresh sense of the sacredness of
ART AND SONG,
alone tempered the stern Hebrew ideal
Dequeathed to their descendants bythOSe
who sailed in the Mayfower. Some of
dearest friends were closely
with American history. Sir
Henry Vane, the younger, to whom he
addressed the sonnet:
'Vane, young in years, in sage experience
old;''
Vane, who has been called tone of
the greatest and purest men who ever
walked on the earth to adorn and ele-
vate his kind" emigrated to New Eng
and in 1885 and was elected governor
in 1886. Roger Williams, 1.-THE apostle
Of soul freedom" the founder of Rhode
Island. is mentioned with enthusiastic
affection by Milton in his letter to the