The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-10-18

guests l should think about thirty, ana
that including our party. And so 1t was
il all the hotels in northern Russia, and
the subtraction of that amount of com
mercial profit from those cities you may
imagine. But that whole subject of
systematic fabrication | adjourn to some
other hour. Yet l must tell you of a pic
ture of pathos and moral power i'm
pressed upon my mind so that neither
time nor eternity can efTace it, The ship
Leo swung to the docks few miles be-
low St. Petersburg loaded with -four
from America. The sailors on board
huzZaed as they came to the wharf.
From yacht on which We had descend
ed the river To the sea the prominent
citizens of St. Petersburg disembarked.
The bank was crowded by prosperous
citizens who stood on the wharf, and
back of them Ivy poor labOrers who had
come down to offer their services free Of
all charge fcr the removal OF the bread
stufTs from the snip to the imperial
freight train that took the -four TO II"
interior free Of charge. While we stood
there the long freight train rumbied
down to the docks, the locomotive and
each car decorated with a hag-the
American flag and the Russian flag al
teruating. Though a flag to some eyes
is only floating rag, you ought to see
! how the American flag looks 5000 miles
/ from home. II looked that day like a
| section of heaven let down to cheer
mortal vision. Addresses of welcome
! and responses were made, and then The
work began, the only contest being wnC
! should lift the hardest and be most ex-
! peditious. From ship to rail train.
| From rail train to kneading board
| From kneading board to oven. From
oven to the white and quivering lips Of
the dying. Upon all who, whether by
contribution small or large, helped max
that scene possible, may there come tue
benediction of him who declared, II was
hungry and We fed me-"
| THE GOSPEL IN GREAT BRITAIN.
But must also give word of report
concerning my other errand-the preach
| ing of the Gospel in Great Britain last
summer. II was a tour l had for many
years anticipated. With the themes Of
/ the Gospel l confronted more people
| than ever before in the same length OF
tiIne-multitudes after multitudes, and
| beyond anything can describe. The
! throngs III al the cities were SO greet
/ that they could be controlled only by
| platoons of police, so that none should
! be hurt by the pressure, each service in
doors followed by a service for the wait
| ing throngs outdoors, and both by hand
/ shakings TO the last point of physical ell
! durance. From the day in which l ar
rived at noon in Liverpool, and that
night addressing two vast aSSembla9ee
until got through my evangelistic jour
ney it was a scene of blessing to my
own sOul and hope to others. l missed
but three engagements of all the sum
mer, and those from being too tired TO
stand up. At all the assemblages large
collections were taken, the money being
given to local charities, feeble churches.
orphan asylums or Young Mems Chris
tian associations, my services being en-
tirely gratuitous. But what a summer!
There must have been much praying
here and elsewhere for my welfare, OF
no mortal could have gone through all
went through. In every city and town
had messages poured into my ears foI
| families in America.
Oh. sons of Scotchmen. Englishmen,
Welshmen and Irishmen, there are hearts
on the other side of the sea beating IL
affection for you and praying for your
present and eternal welfare. They want-
ed me to give You their love, and here II
is by the wholesale, for cannot give il
by retail. Disappoint not the old folk
on the other side the Atlantic. You will
probably never see them again in thu
world. Their hair is whitening and
their step is rot as firm dc when you saw
them last. So hive that you may meet
them in heaven. Write home often, and
whibs yol know they ere praying fOl
vUgl DO not forget to remember in your
PRAYERS those who were yoar frs
friends. and friends than whom yOr
will never have better mean your Ole
fatIHr and nsCtIleC BY the memories u
the old ScotGh kirk where yHJu wrr,
l.ay k5a1e.l, and Of the English freside by
wLicL YOU played, and of the Welsl
hills and valleys among which 70!
roaIned. and the old homes on the bank
of the Tweed and the Shannon and th'
Clyde, | charge you be honorable an(
true and Christian. You have goOC
ancestral blood in your veins. Prov
yourself worthy. 1t seems to me tina
the Gospel is making mighty stride
over there. Only one thing l saw IN tn
chapels and churches l did not like
f That is a lack of appreciation Of eacl
other as between the national churcl
and the dissenters. Now each is doinG
a great work that the other cannot do
God speed them all, they Of the episco
pacy and they of the dissenters! Som
need the ritual of the national churcl
, and others the spontaneity Of the Yves
leyan. In tho kingdom Of God there
room for all to work and each in hi
own way. Some people are born Epis
] copaliaus and others Methodists ant
/ others Baptists and others Presbyte
rians. and do not let us force our notion
O.. on others.
A CHRISTIAN UNION INDEED.
As for myself, | was born so near tn
line that feel at home as much in on