Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-09-10
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Rev. DR.. Loveioy, Chaplain of the Epls-
copal Hospital, Philadelphia, conducted
the services at St. Peters on Sunday morn
ing last Mr.. Gilbert of Zion P. E. Church
Philadelphia, will have charge of the SER
vices during the the remainder of the rec
tors absence.
Mrs. Thomas Matlack entertained about
twenty-five of her friends.from Philadelphia
at her summer home in Mt. Royal on labor
day.
number of the summer residents of
Mt. Royal returned to their homes in Phil
delphia this week.
C. W. Browns new residence is COM
pleted and he expects to move into it this
week.
Our correspondent has word from Rey j.
Y. Burk on Saturday last, dated Aug. 10.
He was then in Paris and was we'll and
happy, and expects to leave for home ON
the 9th.
The following is letter written by Mr.
Burk to one of his Pensioners who kindly
allowea-st TO GO TO print and which we are
<sure, all of his friends will enjoy reading.
London, August 10, 1908.
A rainy night after busy day, in cosy
smoking room of delightful hotel, give
me the chance of letter. After we
passed Billingsport, / caught one sight of
st. Peters spire few miles below, and
then felt that my voyage had begun. 1t
was pleasant trip down the river, and
started straight east across the Atlantic, nor
did we alter our course for some 1900 miles
This took us far south of the usual lines of
travel so that for days we saw no sign of
human life on the ocean, and even to the
last a very few vessels Our quarters were
very comfortable, a spacious deck for sitting
or walking, and rather agreeable passengers.
On Sunday morning l held services in the
saloon, but it was an intensely hot day,
and I was obliged to cut it as short as pos
sible, to let the people get on deck By
next day, it began to get cool, and after
that cold, and so, more or less, until our
voyage ended. The sea was in flat nearly
all the way. but exquisibely beautiful in all
it's changes of color. Only one night did
we have to close our port and then only
for little spray. Gradually we got in
innate With the officers and some of the
passengers, and were given by the former
the run i the ship, whenever we pleased.
The next Sunday Ned took the service, and
by that time the little minister y was the
leader and the most popular man on board
Monday night he engineered an enter
tainment and concert for Sailors Orphans,
and by the sale Of programmes we Melted
$40. It kept up until 49, 80 with wild in
terruptions every three minutes. For we
were in an impenetrable fog, and close to
the dangerous rocks of the Irish coast. in
the main track of vessels, and wi ere our
captain year before last lost his ship in
twenty minutes, with the loss of only two
lives. All night we watched and listened
mostly in silence, without a whisper. No
light could possibly be seen, and only by
faintsignal guns could we recognize Fastnet |
At four o'clock, | saw faint shadow ahead
then tongue of dull red light, and the |
boom of the gun following. In few min |
utes more, clear but costly, the lightship |
with the words Daunt's Rock . in big |
letters, the exact spot for which, at noon
before, Isl miles away, the captain had
steered his way. By $50, in the Cove Of
Cork we gave up our Queenstown passen-
gers to rocking little steamer, handed
over the letters and cards which we had
prepared for our friends at home, and then
of again up ST. Georges channel. By
breaesfast time it became clear and beauti-
full. SooR the shores of Ireland faded
away, and after awhile the Welsh mountains
doomed up. As the day passed we came
nearer TO the coast, and on into the moon
Lit night had some Of the most beautiful
pictures / ever saw. At midnight we an
chored in the Mersey After an early
breakfast, we landed, attended to the bust
ness of securing passage home in the
Noordland September 9TH and gave the
rest of the morning to strolling about ana
admiring Liverpool. In the afternoon we
took long railroad journey to Stratford-
on-AvOn, the last part Of it through the
most beautiful parts of England 1t was
night before we settled in our hotel, but
moonlight, and we walked to the ancient
church just in time for service That over,
we strolled or sat by the river bank watch
ing the Avon by moonlight, and strongly
tempted to the row on its placid waters
which we took next day. All next dav
and evening were devoted to the wonders
and beauties of the old place in which SO
much is just the same as when Shakespeare
lived there. We drove out Of town to visit
Annie Hathaway's matched cottage, in
which are things that were old when be was
counting her and owned it,-a charming
old time garden. The next day | went to
Oxford, but here I must not stop. It's
grand old halls, some going back to 1900
wear, it is like dream to remember what
I saw and felt among them.