Mexico Missouri message., 1901-01-24
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writings on the international Sun
day school lessons and the Ep-
worth League topics appear every
week in the st. Louis Christian
Advocate and are read and studied
in every quarter of the great Sec
ton of country over which that
paper circulates. DR.. Hinde is
one of those ready writer's" He
made tour thru Europe last sum
mer and the trip affords him many
illustrations. Last Sunday the
League lesson in the Advocate
was, Abiding Influence. Heb.
la; Matt. 26: DR.. Hinde
wrote:
Various have been the monu-
ments by which the name and
fame of men have been perpetual
ed. All over Europe we saw
grand monuments erected to the
memory of warriors, statesmen
and philanthropists. In st. Paul $,
London, we stood by the plain
tomb of Sir Christopher Wren,
with the simple inscription: IF
you would see his monument, look
about you"
We stood by the beautiful and
princely monument of Albert, hus-
band of Victoria, the gift of de-
voted wife and n gratiiied people.
We stood by the grave of the
immortal bard in the old church
at Stratford on the Avon, and
read the inscription: "Curst he he
who moves these bones" and I'M
dcrstood why it was that the great
est of all English names was o.
mittcd from Westminster Abbey.
We stood on the spot, in Oxford,
where Cranmer, Ridley and l.ati-
mer were burned at the stake, and
looked upon the beautiful monu-
ment that commentaries their
martyrdom.
We stood by the grave of Yves
ley and by the handsome monu-
ment that stands in front of the
old church in London. We stood
on the great mound i'll the center
of the battlefield of Waterloo, and
thought of Napoleon and Yelling
ton. We saw on the streets of
Brussels the monument erected to
the memory of Horn and Egmont,
patriots who died for their coun-
try. At Rome, we stood under
the dome of st. Peters, and gazcd
upward until head grew dizzy,
and thought of Michael Angelo, as
eye and mind and heart were en-
tranced and thrilled by the glori.
Gus view. And all over the Eter-
nal City of Rome we found monu-
ments erected to commemorate the
deeds of men.
Alas, in how many instances
were these deeds of cruelty and
suffering. We thought of these
deeds of blood and cruelty as we
passed thru the Castle of st. An
CELLO, the tomb of lladrian; rs We
stood about the magnificent ruins
of the Coliseum, where so many
Christian martyrs persisted; as We
gazcd upon the column of Trajan,
and the triumphal arches of Titus,
TibcriuS and Constantine; and not
until we came upon the footsteps
of st. Paul on the Appian Way,
or the site of the hired house OF
the old "Mamertine prison." did ]
realize that here were monuments
of abiding influence for good, q
commemoration of good deeds that
should never die.
OF all the names closely idcnti.
fed with that of Rome, with me,
st. Pauls is the greatest. The
name of st. Peter dominates this
Catholic city of Rome, but we have
not the same positive assurance OF
his residence in Rome as we have
of st. Paul; and then the abiding
influence that went out from thi.
city thru the epistleS of Paul
places his name high above all
other names here. One other
name and one other place in Rom,
deserves mention in this connec,
ton: the name of Martin Luther
and st. Johns Lutheran Church.
No man can stand by the steps
of that old church and remember,
ing the scene here transacted, fai
to be deeply impressed with the