The Opelousas courier., 1892-12-10

queen Oh Eugiunl. qua SdNS inc LiApCIOl
and Empress Of Russia,
will. whether IN rmon or lectures |
have not yet d~ectlei, show that nineteen.
twentieths Of ali thta,s written u pub
lished against Russia ara furnished by men
who have been hired by other countries to
write up or rather write down Russia, so
As to divert commerce fro II that empire or
because of international jaalousies. Russia
being larger than all the rest OF Europe put
together, you can see how natural would be
the jeaFousies.
Before passing to thu other fisll Of my
summer observation I give you one little
specimen Of the falsehoods about Russia. l
stood in London with my tick It's for st.
Petersburg, Russia, in my pocket. 1t was
2 o'clock in the afternoon, and at 3 o'clock
[ was to take the train. An American
physician came in and SAID, You GER
tainly are not going to Russia l said,
'Why not?' Then a morning paper was
shown me, saying that i'll st. PETERSBURG
there were two thousand cases or Vlrutent
cholera; the city hal been divided into nos
pital districts, and tbs doctors were at their
wits end what to DO with the number OF
patients. The population was hying IN 1er-
ror. 1t was almost as bad in Moscow.
While refectlng on these accounts two
messages arrived from other friends protest.
ing against the foolIariiness OF my rushing
into the presence OF two THOUSAND cases OF
cholera in one city. OF course l halted. |
haltel for four days. Meanwhile a telegram
from st. Petersburg u ged me to go. /
went. There was not a single case Of cholera
in ST. Petersburg CT Moscow, and there was
not a single case in either city until four
weeks after l left those cities.
| must tell you Of a picture of pathos and
moral power impressed UPON my mind, so
hot rr%L% +f-,1 -, 1r%rtk- ST.
it. The snip L3o swung to the docks a few
miles below st. Petersburg loaded with
-four from Amsrica. The sailors on hoard
huzZaed as they came to the wharf. From
a yacht on waicl Wa hal descended the
river to the sea the prominent citizens of
st. Petersburg disembarkej. The bank was
crowded by prosperous citizens, who stood
on the wharf, and back Of them by poor
laborers, who had cone dow to offer their
services free of all charge for the removal
of the breadstuffs from the ship to
the imperial freight train that took the -four
to the interior free OF charra. While we
stood there the long freight train rumbled
down to the docks, the locomotive and each
car decorated with a fag-the American
flag and the Russian flag alternating,
Though a flag to some eyes is only a
floating rag, you ought to see how the
American flag looks five thousand miles from
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heaven let down to cheer mortal vision.
Addresses of welcome and responses were
made, n then the work began, the only
contest being who should lift the
hardest and be most expeditions. From
ship to rail train. From rail train to kneed.
ing board. From kneeding board to oven.
From oven to the white and quivering lips
of the dying. Upon all who, whether by
contribution small Or large, helped make
that scene possible may there come the bene-
diction of Him who declared, 81 was hungry
and ye fed Me-"
But I must also give a word of report con-
corning my other ~errand-the preaching of
the Gospel in Great Britain last ummer. It
vas a tour | had for many years antici-
pated. With the themes of the Gospel /
confronted more people than ever before
in the saaSe length of time multi.
tudes after multitudes, and beyond any.
thing | can describe. The throngs in all
the cities were SO great that they could be
controlled only by platoons of police, so
that none should be hurt by the pressure,
each service indoors followed by a service
for the waiting throngs outdoors. and both
by handshakings to the last point Of physi-
cal endurance.
In every city and town / had messages
poured into my ears for families in America.
Oh, sons of Scotchmen, Englishmen, Welsh
men and Irishmen, there are hearts on the
other side of the sea beating in affection for
you and praying for your present and
eternal al. w vel sco.o, By y,rt the v, memories Eo,s
fireside, by which you played, and Of
the Welsh hills and valleys, among which
you roamed, and the old homes on the banks
of the Tweed and the Shannon and the
Clyde, l charge you be honorable and true
and Christian. You have good ancestral
blood in your veins. Prove yourself worthy.
1t seems to me that the Gospel IS making
strides over there.
What is the use of controversy abont any
thing except 10 we shall keep close to the
cross and do the most for helping people for
this world and the next? May there come
in England more cordiality between the
church and the dissenters. Al
| would be called a dissenter
there, almost my first step in England was
into a banqueting hall-the Lord Mayors
banquet given to the bishops and high of.
fcials of the National church, the great and
good and genial Archbishop of Canterbury
At their head, and a more magnificent group
Of folks, intellectually and spiritually,
I never got among, and I found that though
had never met before, the archbishop
myself were old friends. But all up and
Town Great Britain / found a multitude
that no man can number enlisted for God
eternity, and ! tell you the kingdom is
II the pessimists would get out of the
Tay-the people who SWIVEL and groan and
link everything has gone to the dogs or is
about to go-I say if these pessimists would
,nIy get out OF the way the world would
;oon see the salvation of God. Chris
,ianity is only another name for ele-
7ated optimism. Vas Isaiah an optimist?
See his deserts incarDaiined with red roses
--,46 --1s%1 H1fne and hIc
amb asleep between the paws OF a lion.
The greatest thing I can think Of would
% to have a triple alliance of America,
England and Russia, in complete harmoni-
and then to have upon all of them
,onie a deluge OF the Holy Ghost. Let the
defamation. of other nations cease. Peace
good will to men! For that glorious
,onsummation, which may be nearer than
ne think, let US pray, remembering that
IAN do in five centuries. If the consumma-
is not effected in our day 1 shall ask the
of coming out from heaven a little
while to look at this old world when it shalt
rave put on its r%nillenuial beauty. I think
God will let US come out to see it at least
,nca in its perfected state before it is
up.
[ should not wonder if all hsaven would
for an excursion to this world to
zee how a shipwrecxei planet was got of
he breakers and set afoab again amid the
,ternal harnronias. Meanwhile let us do
we can to make it better, AMI it will
somehow tell i'll the final result, though
It be only a cail1's sob hushed, or
/ trickling tear wiped from a pale face, or
thorn extracts fro Il q tired foot, or a sinful
soul washed wnite as ths wool. May God
help us to help otaarsi And so these lessons
IL gratitude an1 sympathy AMI hsipfuinsss
mi vindication l have brought yoa on thf
of this m9rning.
To Press Ferns.