The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-11
FILTERS ON ROME AND POMPEU
rhs Nagnificence OF Italy's Capital and the Buried
City, With its Entombed Dead.
(By Rev. w. II. Townsend

$1,000 persons could use these baths at
the same time. They were supplied with
bot, cold and tepid water. The places for
the furnaces and pipes are still visible.
The fine mosaic in the floor Of the large
dining hall is still here. This itself j.
proof of the greatness Of the Romans
A visit to the Pantheon founded by
Marcus Agrepta y b. c., shows the
finest portico in the world-1l0 feet long
and "A feet wide with 16 columns OF
granite ORIGINALLY In one block. but some
have been broken. Here rests the rust of
Raffel, King Victor Emauel H.. with 9th
CT sainted and distinguished dead. This IS |
the largest dome in the world, 143 feet in
diameter and 142 feet high. The Trajan
column ON the site OF Trajan Forum is rs
teet high and IS composed OF 81 huge
blocks OF marble. From base to summit
Is covered IN bias relief figures represent
ing his trlumphs over the DacianS. There
are thousands Of these figures. ON the
top was originally Il statue OF the En-
peror, but st. Peters Is now in It's place.
Napoleon modelled the Nendome after this.
Time would fail me to speak at length OF
the catacombs we visited with lighted
tapers and saw where thousands Of Chris
tlans lived, Worshipped, died and were
buried. The little sockets in the rocks
tell where their candles were placed. Their
chapels are still visible with their grooves
or inches Ill the wall where rest their
salnted dust. Many inscriptions are on
the walls; one being that of John the
Baptist, baptizing Christ by pouring wa
ter on his head.
We visited the Mamertine Prison. Here
I olI1th1 md at owe 1y-,,.n -, 70, GOD
died. y legend says ST. Peter and st. Paul
Were imprisoned here. Bronze figures be-
hind iron bars of these apostles are here.
There were two cells, one over the other,
a small opening in the floor from the up
per to the lower. Here eternal night
relGns. No one it seems could long sur
Vlve IN such a dark, gloomy, damp place
as this.
: The arches of Septimius Severus. Con
stantine and Titus with their numerous
inscriptions and colossal proportions tell
OF the history and triumphs of their
time.
t We enjoyed having related to us by DIR.
Forbes, one OF the foremost psychologists
< of the time, the history of noted places.
: We saw where Caesar was assassinated,
where his body was laid, where Mark
f Antony delivered his Grafton, and where
i the crow was OIIefcu 10 caesar, Wnere
5 Cicero delivered his o%rations against
Catalina, where CaIigula was murdered
a and where Domitian was slain in his own
> palace. A ride over the Appian way and
O the Via Sacra, and a view of the ancient
@ walls, suggested vividly the splendor of
ancient Rome when the city Of the world.
, The Scala Sancta or Holy Staircase
q was visited. 1t is supposed to have been
O descended by Christ on His way from the
Judgment Hall OF PLATE to Calvary. The
stairs are 2S in number of Veined white
marble and the legend relates were brought
from Jerusalem by Empress Helena" 1t
was whilst making the ascent of Scala
Sancta that Luther remembered the text,
"The Just shall live by faith" where
upon he arose from his knees and abrupt
ly left the place.
In 'sThe Via Appia" the 'sTemple of
Mars is passed, and the visitor soon
comes to the small church,, 'Domine Quo
Vadis.' Here a legend says st. Peter
y flying from Rome to escape martyrdom
met the Saviour and asked Him. WHITTIER
goest thou, O Lord?" The reply was, 81
X go to be crucified again" The apostle
thus reproved returns to the city and was
Crucified head downward. These objects
l. of immortal interest and dramatic splen-
dor cannot be described by pen; but 4
view from the Vatican balcony Of the
blue Sabine Hills and the Apenines IN
lofty grandeur and of Latlum with fields
Of living green with ancient and modern
Rome at our feet with gilded towers. tai
obeliSks, massive columns, magnificent and
'e Wondering walls, by their side splendid
shining spires, palatial mansions, smoking
4. furnaces, crowded shops, with people OF
+ changed costumes from the 100 monu
# - .1 ~. -oII,-- rF.l,,, ,,,++I,cr Al,
IS city in twain, reveals the Rome that was
@ and the Rome this is-a vision that vii
1t remain while life endures.
IS The Goth. the Christian, time, war, flood
and fire.
II Have dealt upon the seven-hilled city's
D. pride"
re Venice, July %. 1903.