The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-21


the Grace Evangelical Lutheran
church, preached the third of his series
of sermons on European Sundays last
night, taking as his theme "a Sunday
in Paris" Rev. Mr. Warng has been
wide traveller and what he says is
from personal observation.
After referring at some length to
the peculiarities of the French charac-
ter. he commented upon its fickleness
and said that the French were very
quick to change from the secular to
the religious, and from the religious
to the secular, just as they have
changed their form of government 50
many times from republic to empire
and from empire to republic.
zone need not go to the churches"
said he, Ito study the religious life
of Paris. 1 remember walking through
the Palais de Justice and noticing in
every court room behind the judges
bench, a life size picture of the cru
cifixion, placed there with the evil
dent view of impressing the minds of
Judge, jury and all interested parties
that there was One always watching
them"
ATTENDED SERVICE.
He described visiting one church on
Sunday morning in April, the Ameri-
can Baptist church, of which Rev. Mr..
Thurber is pastor In the afternoon
of that day he attended an American
Sunday schoo! and later a Christian
Endedvor meeting. There were only
forty-two in attendance at the Sunday
school and only twenty-seven at the
Christian Endeavor meeting, but it
was inspiring to hear Throw Out the
Life Line" and other familiar hymns
sung in the very center of gay, frivo-
lous Paris.
There are in the city some five or
six English Episcopaiian churches AMI
English congregational, one American
Roman Catholic, one Scotch Presby-
t2rian and number of English and
American Lutheran churches. There
are in Paris" said the speaker, many
agnostics, and there are many more
who are Indifferent to the claims of
Christ. Many of the churches suffer.
ed heavily during the wars, sieges, in
surrections and reigns of terror which
Paris has been rhe scene, but the ma
joity of these still remain, having in
later years been restored and redec-
Grated"
The church of the Madeline. or of
Mary Magdalene,is probably the hand
soonest and most famous of all the
churches in Paris. The foundations
were commenced in 1854, but the church
was not completed until sixty years
ago. 1t is $50 feet long and is built en-
tirely of stone "A peculiar fact about
this church." said Rev Mr.. Waring,
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beautiful, church is that of st. Eustace,
which is over 800 years old
He described being in the Church of
La Trinite, which is a new structure,
while preparations were being made
for an elaborate funeral. The whole
church was being heavily draped with
black and a magnificent bier had been
erected in the center of the church on
which the body reposed, surrounded
by innumerable candles.
NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL.
The Cathedral of Notre Dame. said
he, is one of the most historic churches
in the world and was erected in 1863.
1t passed into the hands of the revo-
lutionists during the French revolution
and was made a Temple of Reason
Goddess of Reason. While in the
church of st. Sophia, Rev. Mr.. War
ing said he witnessed a most unique
sight. AS the sexton was passing the
plate there walked in front of him a
richly uniformed warder who pounded
on the floor with a staff to announce
the sections coming.
He told of the mingling of the rich
and the poor in the Paris churches,
and how the lady in her silks and sat
ins and the street waits might be seen
kneeling beside one another and wor-
shipping the same God. In conclusion
he described a visit made by him on a
Sunday afternoon to the little ceme-
terry in which lie the remains of La
fayette, "the greatest and truest friend
this country had in the days of its in
fancy"