The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-31
TO THE PROMISED LAND.
BY THE REV. ARTHUR J. SMITH,
 PASTOR OF GRACE CHURCH,
New Haven, Conn.-Chapter f.-Across
 tho Atlantic.


 farewell to those whose love and sac rifice made the dream of our life am
 this journey possible, but at length tn last goodbye was said and the time O our departure was at hand.
 At ten o'clock Wednesday morning August ', we stood on the upper decl of the St. Paul, of the American Line and watched the sailors as they loos ened the ropes and hauled in the gans plank, when amid the shouts of thu passengers on board, and the friends on the shore, the waving of handker chiefs and flags, the steamer moved ou from the pier and turned her prov to- ward the foreign lands. The Statue O. Liberty, with her torch outstretched t( speed the parting pilgrim, was passed and the great metropolis of the new world faded from our sight. At Sandy Hook our pilot decended the perilou: ladder, the last messages for the friends left behind were lowered into the small boat, and the real journey o1 three thousand miles across the Allan tic began
 We now began to adjust and adapt ourselves to the new order of things
  Breakfast at 8, bouilon at 10, lunch al 12, tea and cake at 3, dinner at ', anc a light lunch at 10, before retiring The misfortune of sea-sicKness was un- known to me, neither did I suffer any i'll effects from over-eating or over drinking. I soon learned that an American, a Christian and a Mason need not long be a stranger anywhere in the world.
 Among the first of my acquaintances was a young Englishman, who sat be- side me at the table. He had travelled he said, all over the world. While we were lunching together one day, he asked what part of the country l came from. I answered promptly, New Ha- ven. "Ah," he said You will have to excuse me, you know, but my knowl- edge of geography is somewhat con- fused may I ask where is New Ha- yen?" To relieve his confusion l said with emphasis, New Haven, Connect icut." He still seemed embarrassed, but continued, "Is it near New York?' assured him that it was and he seemed relieved After this when asked the place of residence. the reply was, New Haven, Conn.,; it is near New York" This also reminds me of a little item which was published in one of the Oriental papers, stating that "During the month of July hundreds died on account of the intense heat in New York. and also in Mancatten which is a suburb, of New York"
 I found another friend and compan- ion in the Rev. John Pickering, pastor of the M E. church in Branford, Can ada. He was expecting to visit the Holy Land and invited me to go with him, which invitation l afterward gladly accepted. After week of com paratively calm seas and smooth sail ing. the fair haven of Southampton was sighted In passing by the Nee dies I saw a large sign upon which was printed Quaker Oats," and it remind ed me of home. The harbor was full or battle ships, one of which saluted the St. Paul with the American flag. It was our battle ship Chicago l thought that it's stars never looked quite so bright and its stripes quite so beautltul before. We were landed quickly, and, as the old lady once said we were glad to place our feet once more on Vlsa versa" or terra cotta'
 At eleven o'clock we reached London and were taken direct to the Manches- ter Hotel which is situated on the his toric Aldergate street
 O,,r first visit was to the central of- foo of Thomas Cook & Son at Ludgate c,rcrs. where our plans were completed for our trip throughout Europe and the Orient.
 ,.,+ n cnnnH ,0n don before we began our journey to Palestine, so we started at once to see a few of the sights of not the largest hut the greatest city in the world. ST. Paups cathedral was to us a scene or growing interest. The present chufch huilding occupies the site Of a church built during the late Roman period. The earliest cathedral was erected here bv King Ethelbert in A. D. 6l0. The present magnificent structure was De- eun in 1875, but was not completed uh- til ITO. In this church lie the podles of Nelson and the Duke of Wellington. Nelson rests in a sarcophagus of black -,,orhIe while five collins, the outer one of solid marble and weighing seventeen ions incose the body of the hero or yuo+ar1oo. His funeral car, that is here saen was made from cannon captured in his victorious battles. It cost one hundred thousand dollars.
 We next visited Westminster Aopey, +ho finest and most famous of the rror1ds churches It is indeed build irg rich in art and architecture, and richer still in it's wealth Of historic ,oan,ories Here we come in touch with the place where has transpired tho coronation of some of England's famous rulers, and see the spot where sIeen her heroes of history. Under +bie roof lie her most noted poets, phi ,osonhers. statesmen, soldiers and un- crowned citizens.
 Next in point of interest came the British Museum. This building covers seven acres of land and contains the ,,iobast collection of treasures i'll the world. Here may be seen old manu- scrints. with the original signatures of Milton. Shakespeare, Wesley, Dickens, Nracaulev. Luther and many others. The Codex Alexandrimus is shown in one of the earliest manuscripts of the Rible. It is written on vellum in Greek and is a product of the fifth century. Tn the departments of Assyrian, Bab- y1onian and Egyptian antiquities is to be seen the Rosetta stone, discovered | ,,,, +he French soldiers of Bonaparte | a,,oavotinp at Rosetta EgyDt |