The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-11-02


Queen Of EnglandI God save the Emperor
and Empress Of Russia!
will, whether in sermons or lectures 1
have not yet decided, show that nineteen
twentieths of all things written and pub
lishsd against Russia are furnished by men
who have been hired by other countries to
"write up" or rather write down Russia, so
Is to divert commerce from that empire or
because Of international jealousies. Russia
being larger than all the rest OF Europe put
together, you can $50 how natural would be
the jealousies
Before passing to the other field of my
summer observation I givs you one little
specimen Of the falsehoods about Russia.
stood in London: with my tickets for st.
Petersburg, Russia, in my pocket. 1t was
2 o'clock In the afternoon, and at O'CLOCK
I was to take the train. An Amer1cah
physician came in aud said. You cer-
tainly are not going to Russia" I said,
'Why notf' Then a morning paper was
shown me, saying that in st. Petersburg
there were two thousand cases of virulent
cholera; the city had been divided into hos
pital districts, and the doctors were at their
patients. The population was flying IN ter
ror. 1t was almost as bad ia Moscow.
While rejecting on these accounts two
messages arrived from other friends protest.
ing against the foolhardiness Of my rushing
into the pressncs Of two thousand cases OF
cholera in one city. o. course I halted.
halted for four days. Meanwhile telegram
from St Petersburg encouraged me to go. ]
went. There was not q single case Of cholera
in 81. Petersburg r Moscow, and there was
not single case in either city until four
weeks after left those cities
must tell you Of picture OF pathos and
,,,nrot m mind
that neither time nor eternity may efface
it. The ship Leo swung to tho docks few
miles below st. Petersburg loaded with
-four from America. The sailors on board
huzzaed as they came to the wharf. From
yacht on which we had descended the
river to the sea the prominent citizens of
St. Petersburg disembarksd The bank was
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 breadstuffs from the ship to
the imperial freight train that took the flour
to the interior free Of charge While we
stood there the long freight train rumbled
down to the docks, the locomotive and each
car decorated with a flag-the American
Gag and the Russian flag alternating.
Though flag to some eyes is only
floating rag, you ought to see how the
American flag looks five thousand miles from
home. It looked that day like q 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 who should lift the
hardest and bs 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 como the Bone
and ye fed Me-"
But must also give q word Of report con-
earning my other errand-ths preaching Of
the Gospel In Great Britain last summer. It
was q tour I had for many years antici-
pated. With the themes Of the Gospel
confronted more people than ever before
IN the same length Of time - multi
eudes after multitudss, 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, 80
that none should be hurt by the pressure,
each service indoors followed by service
for tho 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 A@erica'
III,
men and Irishmen, there are hsarts on the
other side of the sea beating In affection for
eternal welfare. By the memories
Of the old Scotch Kirk, where you
were baptized. and OF the Eng.
lish fireside, by which you played, and OF
the Welsh hills and valleys among which which
of the Tweed and ths Shannon and the
Clyde, I charge you be honorable and true
and Christian. You have good ancestral
blood in your veins. Prove yourself worthy.
It seems to me that the Gospel Is making
mighty strides over there.
What is the use Of controversy abont any
thing except how We shall keep close to Che
cross and do the most for helping people lor
this world and the nextf May there come
in England more cordialtty between the
National church and the dissenterS. Al
though I would be called dissenter
there. almost nv first step In England was
into a banuueting hall-the Lord Mayors
banquet, given to the bishops and high of.
ficiais Of the National church, the great and
good and genial Archbishop OF Canterbury
at their head, and moro magnificent group
Of folks intellectually ana spiritually,
never got among, and found that though
we had never met before, the archbishop
and myself were old friends. But all up and
down Great Britain I found multitude
that no man can number enlisted fGr God
and eternity, and I tell you the kingdom is
coming.
. II tho 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 of the way the world would
soon see the salvation Of God. Chris
tianity Is only another name for ele-
waited optimism. Was Isaiah an optimist!
See his deserts incarnadined with red roses
and showed under with white lilies and his
lamb asleep between the paws OF lion:
The greatest thing can think OF would
be to have . triple alliance OF America,
England and Russia, in complete harmoni-
zstion, and then to have upon all OF them
come delugs of the Holy Ghost. Let tho
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 tna1
God can do more in five minutes than man
can do in five centuries. II the consumma-
ton is not effected in our day l shall ask the
privilege of coming out from heaven At5le
while to look at this old world when 1T shall
have put on its millennial beauty. l think
God will let us come out to see u az ieast
once in its perfected state before IL IL
burned up.
I should not wonder if all heaven would
adjourn for an excursion to this Worio 70
see how a shipwrecked planet was got on
the breakers and set ahoat again amlo tne
eternal harmonies. Meanwhile let US 90 ''
all we can to make 1t better. ana IL WIN
somehow tell in the 6nal result, though
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