The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-01-24

ularlv his theory of the evolution OF
the species A modern PRAYING stone
now marks the place Of Ben Johnsons
grave. 1t is said that 20 Hare bln
Johnson was buried standing ana
recent graves dug near the place OF
his interment support the saying. ne
explanation is that johnson III Il con-
versation with the Dean Of the Abbey
some wears before his death remarked
that he was too poor to have such a
funeral as should attend one buried in
Westminster, but that he would like
a space 6 feet by which would he
ample for him whtreupon the Dean
replied ''you shall have 1t, and so the
conversation ended. DR.. John Wood
ward, the founder of English geology
is the last of the celebrities | shall
mention in this corner of the Abbey.
In the centre nave is stone under
which the remalns of George Peabody,
the American phl:anthropist who died
IN England, rested for a few DAYS be-
fore they We're brought to the United
States aad inferred in his native Mass
achusetts. A large black marble slab
marks the resting place Of David Liv-
ingstone, "Missionary, Traveller, Phil
anthropist," who twice travelled the
continent of Africa and whose remains
were guarded by loving and faithful
friends for eleven months after his
death and until his interment in the
Abbey. A brass figure of life size
commentaries Robert Stephenson the
great engineer: then there come mon
uments to several great architects
Sir Charles Barry, who designed the
Palace of Westminster; Street, the Law
Courts: Sir Gilbert Scott, Whitehall,
in which Charles |. was tried and con-
demned. Close together lie three he
roes of the Sepoy mutiny-Lord Law
renee, Sir James Outram and Lord
Clyde, the last named having large
granite tomb stone. To the left stands
grand and expressive monument in
every way worthy Of the great man to
whose memory it was erected-Slr
Isaac Newton. The great scholar is
represented as recumbent leaning his
rig hit arm on four folios entitled-Di-
vinity, Chronology, Optics and Phil
osophia Principal Mathematician. Over
HIM is large globe projecting from
pyramid wherein is delineated the
course of the comet of 1850. On the
globe sits Astronomy while beneath
the principal figure is a curlonsly de-
signed bas-relief representing the va
rious labors in which Sir Isaac employ
ed his time.
Mature and natures law lay hid i'll night;
God said Let Ne wton be! and all was light
These lines wsre written by Pope to be
placed on the Philosophers tomb but
they are not inscribed there. Close
bv is the monument erected to DIR.
Isaac Watts, the great Non conformist
whose religious poetry supplanted all
other of its kind until the publication
of keble's "Christian year A mon
ument to the memory of Charles and
John Wesley is next to the last named.
The remains of John, the first leader
Of the Methodists, who may be called
the founder of that sect, are inferred
in the City Road Chapel some distance
from the Abbey while those Of Charles
are buried in Marylebone. The mon
ument was erected by private subscrlp-
ton in 1876, more than three-quarters
of century after the death of the H.
lustrious brothers. A fine old monu-
ment of marble aud alabaster with a
figure in armor recumbent upon a
quiet and the inscription Went to
sleep in the Lord refers to William
Thyme whose life extended through
the reign of the whole Tudor dynasty
or from Henry VII. to Elizabeth in
all five sovereigns. And now we have
gone through quite a portion Of the
sacred old pile but as yet we have not
reached the most interesting sections,
Poets Corner and the Royal Tombs.
CONTINUED in next issue.)