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Letter From England.
KEswIcK, June l6, 1889,

freshing TO spend Sunday in England after
a number in Paris and other continental
cities where there is little to remind one
that Sunday has come except the unusual
hustle of men and women and children rush
ing on excursions and amusing themselves
generally. Some go TO service in the early
morning or forenoon, but after that is done
amusement is the absorbing thing for all
who can afford to stop work. With very
many the ordinary avocatiOns of the week
are continued on Sunday.
Last Sunday l spent in Edinburg, the
previous one in Paris. The contrast was
very marked. To-day l am in this beauti-
lake district of Old England, At 1880 |
attended service at the English Church.
Though there are some minor differences in
the service here from what am accustomed
to at home, the great part is the same, and
the dear familiar words sounded like sweet
music to my ears.
This is the Sunday upon which, in the
English Church as in the Episcopal Church
in the United States, the doctrine Of the
Trinity is specially set forth. The portions
of scripture read were from Isaiah 9th and
Revelation 1st. The Te Deum was beauti
fully sung which contains mention and
praise of each person in the Trinity / was
specially struck with its appropriateness to
the occasion. And | felt also, but not for
the first time, the regret that all branches of
the Catholic Church could not agree to join
in thus calling special attention on the same
day to the great doctrines which are held in
by all, such as the Trinity, the
Resurrection, the Ascension and others.
Why also should such magnificent hymns
of praise and prayer as the Tie Deum be
baniShed from Presbyterian and Methodist
and Baptist churches There is no heresy
or popery in that grand anthem which is
the heritage of the whole church and be-
longs to no particular part of it.
The service to-day was rendered in the
simple way we have it in CharlestOwn, eX-
cept there was more music. The capacity
of the auditorium was 500 About 600 per-
sons were present, and an enlargement OF
the building is in progress. The sermon
was m the interest of the church missionary
society, in which there was q very striking
account given Of the work done and doing
by this noble agency of the grand old Church
of England She is by no means dead or
diving yet-let the croakers say what they
will. Like the sun and the moon she has
spots upon her which people plainly see and
remark upon, but essentially she is right
and is doing the work her Creator gave her
to do.
For the first time | heard to-day public
notice of che bans of two couples who are
expecting to marry. In taking the collec~
ton. bags were used instead of plates, a way
| much prefer. The handles of the bags
were about six inches long.
was Yesterday in WigtOn and while
waiting for my dinner at the Kings Arms
Inn / copied the following from q directory
of Cumberland county which was on the
table:
"Aglionby is a township three miles east of
Carlisle. The name is supposed to have been
derived from AugullOn, the ancestor of the
present family, who came TO England with
William the Norman. This township gave
name to the family of the Hon Henry Aglion-
by Aglionby, NJ. p who took a very active
part i'm general and local politics. Henry
Aglionby, Esq, is now Lord of the Manor"
have experienced many interesting emo
tons in the past few days. My business
called me to Glasgow. After attending to
il and finding had two or three days at my
disposal before it was necessary for me to
be again in London, spent one of them in
an excursion down the Clyde, in viewing
portions of LOchs LOmond and Katrine
The old castle of DunbartOn on the Clyde
was exceedingly interesting. Near Loeb
Katrine we went near the Cave of Rob Roy,
the steamer passed around the Isle of Ellen.
SCOTS Lady of the Lake. From the coach
"a, of fnla
familiar TO all readers of SCOTS beautiful
poem.
| spent the night at the ancient town of
Stirling. The next morning | was on the
battlements of the old castle by Z o'clock.
Passing through the Douglas garden, in
sight of the little room where Douglas was
killed by one of the Scotch kings, | could
see from the rampant the battlefield of Ban
nockburn, the bridge of Stirling, the mon
ument to Wallace. Later | passed in the
cars on the border of the field of Bannock-
burn. Familiarity with the deeds, real as
well as mythical, of Robert Bruce and Will
liam Wallace, made this ground thrilliDgly
interesting
Leaving Stirling at 10 a. m. by the cars |
passed through the highlands of Scotland
as far as Inverness by p. m, passing thro
the battlefield of Culloden, the famous pass
of Williecrankie, the hill of Craigellachle
hill of alarm and other noted places. In
verness isa beautiful, aOurishing, solid town.
The Ness Is a beautiful river. Inverness
means simply mouth of Ness. | drove for
an hour through the beautiful country near
the town, took dinner at the hotel near the
station, was on the train again at 10 p. m.
and was asleep in an anglicized American
Pullman car.
Travelling all night | was in Perth to
breakfast by Z q. m, and to Carlisle to din
ner b. p. m. was at Wigton by p. m.
and thence drove in q dog cart twenty miles
over a magnificent English pike to this
place where | am taking my SAB
bath. which. Is you know, means rest. |
took a walk before church along the banks of
the beautiful Derwent Water. Tomorrow
| 90 bv coach to Ambleside and will be over
Lake Wiudermere by boat, as well as max
ing an excursion to Furness Abbey, Lake
Coniston. &c. Then | must turn M face
towards London for two weeks of business,
after which ! hurry back to Liverpool in
time for the steamer of Sd of July for home.
shall be very happy to see old Jefferson
again. to sit on my own front porch in the
midst of scenery and memories which are
dearer to me than any Europe can produce,
and which grow dearer with every passing
year.
The date of this letter reminds me of the
past. Ii is forty years since | reached West
Point an unsophisticated Virginia boy, and
it is also the S6th anniversary of my gradu-