The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-10-28
A VISIT TO
CANTERBURY
DESCRIBED BY REV. DIR. eIFF1N
IN ELM PARK CHURCH.

Beautiful Description of Interior of
the Great Edifice-Archbishop of
Canterbury Is the Chief Citizen Of
the Whole ngdom--Stands Next
to Royal Family.
Rev. DR.. e. NJ. Git,in spoke last night
| at Elm Park church on "a Visit to u
| Historic shrine" His text was from
| Hebrews, Heb pilgrims" lie said
| that means on and on. pushing ahead
and upward. Canterbury has been n
place of pilgrimage made vivid by
Chaucer's lines. which told of n mixed
company marching on to Canterbury.
toward the bones. where they prayed
and paid for benefits.
| Everything has changed there
now" he said. "'rhc medication by
magic are replaced by miracles
of mercy. The relics are no lon
ger reverenced. and religion af-
fords better recovery. Now we call it
| Canterbury from "tantn." the men of
Kent 1t is said by some to ante,late
| the palaces of the Caesars aud Rome
itself 1t has survived wonderful catas-
trophies. 1t has been touched and torn
by pain. In the space of five hundred
years there are eight periods when it
was almost entirely destroyed by fire.
Yet today it looks like Il magnificent
gem in rich setting. The West Gate
is shown as the relic of the six gates
| which were there in the time of Rich
ard III. Then it, was watch. keep
everything out Now it is let down
the bars and let everything in.
MORE CAREFUL INSPECTION.
| Wouldn't it be better il we had a
more careful inspection of those who
| want to enter our gates? Shall, not
America begin to exclude the bad as
we'll as admit the good? The day will
| soon be here wheh it will be too late.
We shall have the old story of Troy
| ,epeated-the horse with the enemy
will be inside
A vivid description was given of old
Canterbury House. which has been the
| residence of one family for three hun
dred years. The family seems to be
built right into the structure. He Won
dered how many Americans here are
| residing in the very place where they
We're born. Like Charles Dudley War
ner, the speaker held to the view that
the fire has gone out on the New Eng
land hearth and that nowadays men
change their houses as they change
their clothes.
The great regret that l have said
he. "is that ! belong to the tribe of
Methodist itnerants and have never
been allowed to live long in one place.
And looking at that old Canterbury
House. I murmured involuntarily. Pity
| on me! Pity me-" I don't know even
that my boys can tell where they have
lived.
"Thc old city and the old homestead
will naturally lead up to the old
church. There it is on the hillside
among the dead, sleeping so quietly. 1t
is the first place where the British wor-
shipped when they came out of Pagan
ism. 1t is very old. You can see the
Roman bricks, and they show the stone
sepulchrc where lies Queen Bertha, the
wife Of 1Ithelbert, who took his SaXons
and led them up to the cross in the
time of Constantine. Standing there. |
was touched TO see the flag on the
Guild hall at half-mast, in memory of
the dead president of American
EFFECTIVE DESCRIPTION.
great editice was exceedingly effective.
IF YOU young men," said the speaker,
lever get money enough. cross the At
lantlc and look at this marvellous
cathedral"
Archbishop of Canterbury was de-
scribed "He is the chief citizen in the
whole kingdom and stands next to the
royal family" said the speaker. HE is
he only man who can put the crown
on the head of the new king. His in
come is 200. and he has two or three
palaces in which he can live. He is
invested with the powers of II univer-
sity and can confer degrees of doctor
or lawyer upon any whom he may thus
care 10 honor. If he came to America
he might set up the business of SELL
ing degrees, and in a very short time
make a fortune equal to Pierpont Nor
san's. lie has 149 livings in his gift.
but then in a letter the other day
Bishop Joyce wrote me that he had
presided over ten conferences this year
and had appointed 1,50O ministers to
living for twelve months.
"'rhe cathedral is celebrated for it's |
monuments Here lie Henry II and |
his queen. Here, too, is the Black |
Prince, His etigy looks like the war
rior he was. | looked down the narrow |
streets, where the houses lean toward |
each other as they rise. and | thought |
that men are like them. AS they build |
ON the ground they are far apart, but |
they approach at the top as they move |
toward God,
THOUSANDS VISIT SHRINE.
at is here that the Shrine of Thomas
IA Beckett was visited by thousands. 1t |
was fashionable, Some went for that |
reason, Others because they We're in |
sympathy with the cause which he rep
resented. lie thundered against Henry |
for his contumacy toward the pope and |
infuriated that monarch until the four