New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-21
theolorx. and answer any arguments aimed at the

theology. and answer any arguments aimed at the
My stay in Germany gave deeper conviction
than have ever had before OF the absolute neces-
sity Of the separation between Church and State.
Religious instruction in public schools. given, as 1t
be. without regard 10 the religious convictions
itself Any alliance between Church and State
must damage the Church more than 1t helps the
visited oxford on ny way back and ID. cGS s1l
a OF encyclopaedia knowledge. England produces
ford than can be- comrared with the Germans in
profundy research. but these English professors
who ar able TO man the British Empire In know-
edge the Germans Infinitely beyond the English
high moral tone found them infinitely below US
THEY HAD NOT HEARD OF DR.. BRIGGS.
The Germans have the utmost coniemp, for Erg
lsh and American scholarship. l asked several of
the prominent theological professors at Jena II they
acquainted with Dr. Prlggs. To my surprise.
found tina, OF them had ever heard OF him
knew that there any schism in the Pres
hyterian Church In America They do not condemn
American scholarship; they simpy ignore H.
riage drive leading through the picturesque valleys
OF the upper Rhine and Rhone from Cairo to Brieg.
indescribably grand, and I can recommend the trip
TO any one who wants to get away from the rail-
finest point in Switzerland for mountain climbing /
met Miss Annie $. Peck, who was on the point CT
height Of ii.7l2 feet Miss Peck was preparing a
course OF lectures Alpine climbinRs, which she
Will deliver in this country. ] learned afterward
that she descended in safety. and Is OF only
two or three ladies' who have succeeded in
scaling that mountain"
ALWAYS SOMETHING HUMAN.
THE feature OF the mountain scenery in Swtzer-
land that makes It enjoyable IL that In the
highest mountains and the deepes, wales there is
always something human. One nearly always
the smoke curling up the mountain side from
the roof OF cottage. hear the tinkling OF a
cowbell. 1t Is these manifestations OF life that
drive of that feeling OF desoaton and loneliness
often experienced by tourists in other mountain
regions"
When in London Or. Faunce became much in
teresed in the 'Peasant Sunday Afternoon Brother
F. r. Meyers for gathering the young men into the
churches and halls from the streets OF Lon
don on Sunday afternoons. There they hear
bright music and cheerful addresses, and
formed into organizations for mutual help and
sympathy in aiding them resist the tempta-
lions OF the great city. DR.. Faunce attended a
meeting OF the Brotherhood held In DR.. Meyerss
church. at which 100 young men were In at
tendance. while the galleries crowded with
women The movement has already extended
through Great Bratin. and has large a literature
as has the Christian Endeavor Society In this coun-
try
DR. Faunce said that wherever he went he was
impressed with the fact that the standard of life
and OF physical well being far below the Ameri-
standard He says that In general all the
countries he visited were poor and mean as regards
clothing food. homes and home comforts COM
pared with America.