Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1900-09-06

ians- Subject, "The Fullness OF God. T"
1. Fullness OF Inauguration. 2. Full
mesa Of Indwelling. 8. Fullness OF In
sight. 4. FuIlness Of Inspiration.
The gospel of Christ is the same in all
lands, and Oh, how sweet to bear IL
under circumstances such as II came to
us to-day. The rich Scotch brogue OF
the preacher only added beauty and
emphasis to bis message to ne Ameri-
cans. The grRndest sermon ] ever
heard In my life was from the same
text by Bishop Kavanaugh. After be.
ing for six weeks In Catholic countries
and visiting great Catholic cathedrals
and Witnessing 80 much Of pomp and
ceremony and virtual service In an IN
known tongue, how refreshing ID was
to- day to hear the plain, saving, goHy
pei truth as 1t came warm from the
heart Of this good Scotch Free Church
man. / have enjoyed and wondered
at these grand old Catholic cathedrals
at Amsterdam and Cologne and Milan
and Rome and Naples and Florence
aud Venice, but Oh, my heart has
been made sick as have Witnessed
amidst all this grand ritualism and
mechanical ceremonialIsm the God-
lessness and worldlIness Of these peo-
pie. Business houses Of every kind
stand wide open on the Sabbath day
and you can scarcely tell the differ
ence between Sunday and any other
day. 1t is a gala-day for ali kinds Of
sports and amusements and wicked
ness OF ever kind. am glad have
visited these old countries and been
permitted to see 30 much Of the great
works Of architecture and art OF the
past ages, but do thank my God that
live in free protestant America,
where the blind ritualIsm Of the past
has been cast of and our people can
come directly, with penitent hearts,
to Jesus Christ, the savior Of sinners,
without Intervention OF priest or rit-
ualism. "Let the dead past bury its
dead, !" but let America, freed from the
political and religious bondage Of the
ages, "act In the living present" and
90 forward in the great mlsnion Of re-
deeming mankind to which God has
appointed her.
ayes, my native land, love thee,'
and the farther l get away from thee
the more appreciate and love thee
But do not forget that I am nov
writing in the little Repulic ofSwitzer'
land, and it is this thought that gives
me inspiration to express myself 90 ]
have done. Not until came into the
atmosphere of the splendid little re-
public Of heroic history have beer
able to shake of the nightmare oi
Roman Catholic ritualism and breatht
the pure, free air Of our Protestant re.
lIgion. feel as II / we're coming oul
of the tombs of dead past and com
ing once more into the light and lib
erty which the gospel brings to OIL
people who will accept 1t.
Aug. 20.-To- day a party Of six, ,borr
| In six different States, hired q carriage
and put in the whole day; starting 81
seven and returning to our hotel at
O'Clock. And what q day II has been
The quiet rest OF the Sabbath (yes'
terday) prepared Us for this day
enjoyment. 1t has been the happies
day OF my whole trip. II was q de-
lfuI party of religious young peo'
pie and we made the old Alps RIM
with beautiful songs CT praise ans
Thanksgiving. God seemed very nesi
amid such sublime scenery as sur
rounded us.
The carriage ride was a pleaaan
change for us after so much railroad
ling. / wish you Auarain farmer
could see these magnificent rool
roads all over this mountain countr,
Of Switzerland. could drive my oil
Sam and surry all over Switzerland
This drive brought Us in close con
tact with swiss peasant life, aHd moth
ing has interested me more than th'
mountain homes of these children o
nature. We not only saw th'
glaciers, but we were on them ans
lover them. We entered long wind
ing grotto cut out Of the solid Ice o
the glaciers, and now feel fully com
pensated for my disappointment 3
Naples; for this gIacIer-ice grotto We
as blue as the sky and as clear y
crystal. don't see how anything
could be more beautiful. Returning
from the grotto our guide carefnll.
roped ne together, and fastening thl
end Of the same rope around his owl
body, with ice pick in hand cuttini
his way step by step, be piloted q
safely over the glaciers TO the noun
tain side beyond. And now We fee
that we are heroes and heroines goini
back In triumph to America. One o
our party took q kodak picture OF tn
heroic six as we stood on the glacie
mountain side. In this trip to-da.
we also saw the noted waterfall 3
LanterbruneB, In which the water hR
perpendicular fall of 1000 feet, an'
drove for miles along the banks Of
mountain torrent as large .
our Salt river at high water tide
These mountain torrents are an In
creasing source Of wonder to me
They are a means of profit 10 thes
mountaineers who utilizs the raplI
flowing water as motor In running
then saw mills, q number Of which v
passed to-day. And now we mus
take leave of 1nterlaksn with all 0
its romantic environments. In mem
ory's art gallery fov all time to com
will hang q beautiful picture Of thi
little city, environed BY lakes sn
mountains, In the far away switxer
land. We 90 from here TO Geneva b
way Of Berne. q. K. HnsDE.
i Editors Awful Plight.