The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-07-28
a Voyage to Europe.


July 9, 1892.
On the second of July at go am,
stepped on board the City of Rome at New
York. The boat did not leave for two
hours. yet hundreds Of people We're on the
steamer when | arrived. | spent the first
hour looking over the magnificent ship
about to carry me to the Old World. She
is one of the largest passenger ships atloat.
having register OF s. 415 tons. Her length
is 800 feet She has four masts and three
room is ON the promenade deck and is 100
feet long. and elegantly furnished in white
and gold. On the main deck below is the
dining room, - feet long and - feet
wide. There are several other rooms on
this palace ahoat The sofas and chairs.
and carpets are very rich. The carved
eled walls of figured brocaded silk. the
tapestry curtains. the furniture uplolster-
ed in costly amber colored plush velvet, -
these met my eye at every turn. There
are statelooms for $50 first class passen-
gers The steamer is lighted by electricity
and fitted with electric call bells. SO
much for my survey of the ship.
Just 80 minutes before sailing time, the
bells rang. as signal for those not going
to Europe to get on shore. And such Il
stampede. The stampede was accompani-
ed with hand shaking and goodbyes. Some
We're parted never to meet again. While
the tugs We're Juggling hard to bring our
ships bow around three other large
ships, alive with passengers for Liverpool.
steamed down the river ahead of us.
among them huge Cunarder of S, 600 tons.
We soon passed all except the latter and |
noticed that in four or five hours she was
taking more southerly route, The day
was warm and the sky was clear. the great
twin cities were soon passed, and when
the hugle called us to the dining room to
lunch at one o clock, the two modern
wonders of the world-the Bartholdi
Statue and the Brooklyn Brdge-had
'iNlllulttt W Hltit l'plutS.
In the printed list of first cabin passen
gers counted III names. among them Il
clergymen- BaptiSts. Congregationalists.
EpSropalians. MethodistS. and Presby-
telians. My room mate, Rev. d. A. New
ton, class mate of President Hyde's at
Andclcr. recently declined to- be candidate
T
The second class and Storage passen-
gers, should Judge, outnumber those OF
the first cabin. There are a great many
young people on board and the women
out-numbel the men. | WAS surprised to
see how social the passengers were. Be
fore | had been on board a single day
score of cultured people whom il was a
great pleasure to meet. The party with
whom | travel through Belgium. Germany,
switzerland and Italy numbers nearly
twenty. and we spent some little time
when We first came on board, talking over
our plans. The steward placed us to-
~ i'iN''''''
eral young college professors and minis
tiers, and among the ladies are several teach
ers in high schools in New Haven and
elsewhere. Some of these are graduates
of Wellesley and other colleges fer wom-
en-. BY the time the dinner houl-from
six to ei9ht-had arrived. quite number
OF the passengers We're sick, and failed to
appear, even at this second meal on ship
board. The wind was now blowing brisk
ly from the south.
On Sunday morning July 3, | Went up
on the promenade deck ut Is clock to oct
a view OF the broad Atlantic. But one ship
was i'll sight, a large steamer from Europe
nearing the American coast Posters We're
displayed all around: ''Divine service
this morning at 10. II. AT 9 o'clock.
while seated at the breakfast table man
came TO me and introduced himself. saying:
1.-The committee having charge of the
worship this morning. request you to as
sst in the service You may give short
sermon Of fifteen minutes or 50, and other
clergymen will take part as you may ar
range among yourselves Well, | had
no idea of stepping into such prominence
either on sea OF land, SO l said ''Y on had
better get Prof. Wilkinson, of Rochester
University, that is if you want Baptist.
He is a D. D., and L. L. D., and all the
rest of it, and writes books and review ar
ticles. The man replied: eff you will
come with me and find your friend and
get him to do this. | will let YOU off.
otherwise ! can't | saw my time had
come, SO off we started among the crowd
of passengers, and on finding Prof Wiki
inson, | said to him: MY friend here,
Mr.. Brookings, a prominent member of a
Congregational church in Springfield,
Mass. wishes you to conduct the services
this morning. the Professor replied:
Just let me take you both to my friend,
Rev Dr.. Landrum, a prominent Baptist
clergyman of Virginia, who is always ready
in any emergency. SO we went for him.
When the Prof. made known his errand.
Dr. I.andrum replied: ''You had better
get my friend here Rev. Mr. Nelson, an
Episcopal clergyman and rector of Grace