Telegram-herald., 1889-12-01

ard sooa fo1ad Der. All lad most se-
hghtf4i vislE We tAlkse ABOUT Der
sala1sd saz1er sac u t1s course II the
conFersAuon shs SAD. Perhaps Dr.
T4la.Azs. yo1 would bs pl=zssd 4 see
scms q fathers Autograph lst1ers.
thazksd her very cordially and tod ker
tha1 Z ~oald l11se1 a1ora ne xrezE
pleasure y bs accorded sleh a privilsgs.
sac Ssnt - TIE corner cf the room and
0peHsd snail - 1ars chest. abouE the
slze q = ladys hzE trank and from Il
took a han1ful of manuscripts. which
proved 70 Be the originals q ThOn2s
Chalmers Astronomical DiscouEses. q
series 4 sermons which a. ths time a.
tracJed very great attention. and we're
read allxs b. rich and poor. Ia tie palace
and Ia the cabin. The manuscripts were
Ia Ghs shape Il sheets consid-
sraoly smaller than ordinary half
note. AID - finely and closely
penned that At 1rst tie writing
seemed Ike delicate tracings q filisree
work They were not simply notes. cat
entire sermons. for Chalmers never
preached from notes. Every paragraph
II hIs dlscourses was weA snd carefully
considered and fully written cut and
read OF verbatim TAeu We came across
letters from eminent men the world over,
and among these vas one from Thomas
Carlyle, then a youth, 90 Thomas Chal-
mers, veteran lt was written Ia or
thod0x Carly lean thunderbolt style. ex-
pressing the greatest admir4tion for the
venerable preacher and sincerely de
ploriug that, though once a firm be
lever In the Gospel, the writer
could not now claim the enjoyment
u that comforting simplicity of
faith that once was his. Miss Chalmers
told me that this letter had never been
published, and she readily and cheerfully
granted me permission 10 copy X. which
promptly did. On arriving a. the hotel
told my wife about j. and we both ar
rived az the conclusion that on further
reflection Miss Chalmers might feel un-
easy that she gave a foreigner and
stranger permission % copy the letter on
his simple promise not 20 publish il until
after the death OF Carlyle. Then was
comparatively stranger in Scotland.
SO the next morning took back the
copy % Miss Chalmers and told her that
! did not feel at ease IN the matter be-
cause / knew that az times she would
feel more or less apprehensive that the let
ter might De mislaid or lost or in some
way or other come into the hands of stran-
gers who would publish its contents 10
the world and thus violate the secrecy
she had enjoined. She received it back
with many thanks for what she termed
my delicate consideration, but up 10 date
l have never seen II in print or heard it
mentioned IN any way. Miss Chalmers,
though of the most illustrious ancestry
and III very comfortable circumstances,
spends her days in doing good to the
poorest Of the poor, continually she'd
ding forth most gracious influence.
She conducts a night school of practi-
cal missionary character, and night after
night, lantern in hand. she goes through
the dark and neglected streets of Edin-
burgh's most squalid and destitute quar-
teTs, up and down the rookeries, in and
out the grog shops, inviting the people TO
attend. She teaches the women TO
sew, and, while thus instructing
them, talks to them sweetly of
God and OF heaven. | asked her one
day whether she never met with in
suits at the hands Of grog shop frequent
ers. Never, she replied, except on one
occasion, when a man drunk with liquor
used abusive and insulting language to
me. Iopened my Bible and pointed out
the passage: NO drunkard shall enter
the kingdom of heaven" He followed
me TO the mission and that night was
soundly and savingly converted. l had
never before and have never since met
with insult. LOUIS KLOPSCH.