Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-10-28
Y. B. BISHOP, Island Pond, VI


most lavishly, bus many OF thsn went down
and stid for mo Iths anil the ghastlin .S',
aud the horror an / the typhus fever, an
The smallpox tust thsy might atninist ar TO
the suffering.
rhe Emperor has ma ie larger contriOu-
tions towlr. tlls rele. fun than any
monarch ever ma 10 for aly cIu's sin;s the
world stool. a7i ths su1er1 kindness
written all over the faces ot F. upsro' an |
Empress AMI Ccown Prince il de NJ lstrated
in what they have alr.a iy dons and are
doing FOR the sufferers IN ia 'ir oEh coultry.
When saw a lew DAYS ayo in the p tpe.J
that thu r nD1ror An ! + n1r,ss ha walkei
through the war i Of ths most vi ru eat
cholera, talking wi i tn, pltelts, shasing
hands witt them an ( c leerrns 1sm up, iI
was no surpriS. to m for | slil to myself
That is just Ike them" so put all tbs
three prayers { yata r-G1 save tha Presi
dent q; ths Unite States! G)i save the
Queen Of Enylan Goa save the En- ,eror
AMI npreS, Of Russia
Will, whether II sermons or lectures |
have not yet deci le /, slow tlat ninet sea.
twentieths OF all things written and pub.
lished agIinst Russia ar1 furnishal by M IL.
who have been hired by other countries to
write up or rather write down Russia, 50
a, TO divert c1mmerce from that empire on
because of international jealousies Russia
being larger than all the rest OF Europe put
together you can see how natural would bs
the jealousies.
Before passing to tn, other field of my
summer observation | give you one little
specimen OF the falsehoods about Russia. 1
stood III London with my tickets for st.
Petersburg Russia, IN my pocket. ft was
O'Clock i'll the atternooa, and at 3 o'clock
| was to take the train. An American
physician came in and said, You csr-
tainly are not gong 10 Russia -" | said
why not' Then morning paper was
shown me saying that in st. Petersburg
there were two thouSani cases of virulent
cholera; the city hal bean divided into hos
ptal district', an ths doctors were at their
w.tS' end what to do with the number OF
patients. The population was flying in ter
ror. 1t was almost as bal in Moscow
While relieclng on these accounts two
messages arrived from other friends protest.
ing against the foolhariiness ot my rushing
into the presence OF two thousand cases OF
cholera in on3 city. o. courS, | halted.
halted for four days. Meanwhile telegram
from ST. Petersburg encouraged me to 60.
went. There was not single case OF cholera
in st. Petersburg or Moscow, and there wa,
not a single case in either city until four
weeks after left those cities.
must tell you OF picture of patho3 and
moral power impressed upon my mind, so
that neither time nor eternity may efacs
II. The saip Leo swung to the Cocks q few
miles below st. Petersburg loaded with
hour from America. The sailors on board
huzzled as they came to the wharf. From
yacht on wnlcl we hal descended the
river to the sea the prominent citizens of
st. Petersburg disembarke1 The bank was
crowded by prosperous citizens who stood
on the wharf, and back of them by poor
laborers who had come down to offer their
services free OF all charge for the removal
OF the bresdstuffs from the ship to
the imperial freight train that took the -four
to the interior free Of charge. While we
stood there the long freight train rumblsd
down to the docks, the locomotive and each
car decorat ID with h,g-the American
Dag and the Russian flag alternating.
Though flag to some eyes is only d
floating rag, you ought to see how the
American flag looks FIVE thousand miles from
home. 1t looEei that day like section Of
heaven let down to cheer mortal vision.
Addresses OF welcome aud responses we're
made, an then this work bogan, 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 aud quivering lips
OF the dying Upon all who, whether by
contribution small or large helpsd make
that scene possible may IL ere come the bene-
diction OF Him who declared, was hungry
and We fed Me"
But must also give a word of report con-
earning my other errand-the preaching of
the Gospel in Great Britain last summer. 1t
was tour / had for many years antici-
pstAd. With the themes OF the Gospel |
confronted more people than ever before
in the same 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 patoons OF police 50
that none should be hurt by the pressure,
aChr ryin fol al hy
for the waiting throngs outdoors, and both
by handshakings to the last point Of physi-
cal endurance.
In every city aud town l had messages
poured into my ears for families in America.
Oh, sons of Scotchmen, Englishmen, Welsh
men and IrishmeD, there are hearts on the
other side of the sea beating In affection for
you and praying for your present and
eternal welfare. By the memories
OF the old Scotch kirk where you
were baptiz,d, and OF tho Eng
Iish tireside, 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 aud the
Clyde | charge you be honorable and true
aud Christian. You have good ancestral
blood in your vein: Prove yourself worthy.
1t seems to me that the Gospel Is making
mighty strides over there.
/ What is the use OF controversy abont any
cross and do the most for helping people for
/ this world aud the next? My there come
in England more cordiality between the
| National church and the dissenters. Al
though | would be called a dissenter
there, almost my first step in England was
/ into banqu citing hall-the Lord Mayors
banquet, given to ths bishops aud high Of
hcas of tho National church, the great aud
! good aud genial Archbishop of Canterbury
/ at their head, and more magnificent group
of folks, intellectually ana spiritually,
| never got among, and found that though
we had never met before, the archbishop
aud myself were old friends. But all up and
down Great Britain | found a multitude
that no man can number enlisted for God
and eternity, aud tel you the kingdom is
coming.
II the pessimists would get out of the
way-the people who snivel aud groan and
think everything has gone to the dogs or Is
about to go--I say II these pessimists would
only get out ct tbs way the world would
| soon see the sa,vatOn OF God Chris.
tianity is only another nams for ele-
waited optimism. Was Isaiah an optimist?
See his deserts iucarnadinel with rel roses
and showed under with white lilies and his
lamb asleep between the paws of lion.
Tho greatest thing | can think OF would
be TO have a triple alliance OF America,
England and Russia, in complete harmoni-
zltion, and then to have uuon all OF them
come deuge OF tho Holy Ghost. Let the
defamation OF other nations cease. Peace
and good will to men! For that glorious
consummation, which may be nearer than
we think let us pray, remembering that
God can do more In Ave minutes than man
can do In five centuries. IL the consumma-
ton is not effected in our day shall ask the
privilege of CO ming out from heaven little
while TO look at this oil world when 1t shall
have put on its millenuial beauty. l think
God will let Us come out TO see 1t at leas,
once in its perfected state before 1t IL
burned up.
should not wonder if all heaven would
adjourn for an excursion to this world Il