Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-08-04
MATHEWS WRITES HOME
Cheyenne, Wyo., July %, 1905

Cheyenne, Wyo., July %, 1905
DEAR JOURNAL:
The International Epworth League
convention is over and the crowds
haye dispersed. The convention was
q grand success in every way. Not
quite as largely attended as some
others of It's kind, but as to its pro-
gramme, it's enthusiasm and its deep
spirituality, considered by many the
best of all.
Denver has won the admiration of
the attending multitudes by her mag
nilicent hospitality, never were
strangers more royalty entertained.
She is indeed a queen among cities
and no words of mine can adequately
set forth the beauty and the grandeur
of the city itself, and the respectable
ity, the kindness and the courtesy of
its citizens. For me Denver has an
almost irresistible attraction was
reluctant to leave 1T.
After the convention we visited
some of the many places and objects
of interest in and around Denver, and
then sped away by rail some seventy
five miles to Colorado Springs the
Saratoga" of the west. This Getty
of Sunshine" as it is also called, is
beautiful and important place and
here again the League excursionlsts
were treated with characteristic west
ern hospitality. From Colorado
Springs to sweet little Manitou nest
ling in the shadow of the mountains,
and then by cog-rail to see the sun set,
from the summit of Pixies Peak. On
reaching the summit nothing seemed
more appropriate than that we should
sing Coronation" which many of us
did with all the wind we could COM
mand in an altitude of over $4,000 feet.
1t has not been my privilege to "climb
where Moses stood and view the land
scape o'er," but it has been my priyi-
lege to reach a summit and view a
scene, greater than Moses ever
dreamed of.
Since wandering among the immen-
slties of Colorado, seeing something of
it's mines, and also something of its
enormous output of precious metal, I
have joined my wife (who could not
risk the mountain trips in this fair
little city of Cheyenne, Wyo.
And here again surprises meet me.
had thought of Cheyenne as kind
of rendezvous for the toughest of the
rough and such perhaps it was some
thirty years ago; but to-day it is clean
respectable, orderly, bright as gem
dropped down on the immense prairies
of Wyoming. These western cities
seem now to be settled with the very
best type of Americans. Press, pulpit,
public schools and public necessities
and utilities Of every kind seem to be
of the most advanced type. This city
of some 1000 is to me something of
model of quietude and cleanliness in
spite of its forty saloons. Possibly l
have not as yet seen the worst side of
it. Cheyenne is 5000 ft. above sea-
level. In the pure dry air of this altl-
tude the sun is bright but not pain
fully so; the summer days are warm
but the heat is meyer oppressive; and
the nights are most delightfully."- cool.
But now after indulging myself with
the romantic scenery of this great
western country / must soon turn my
thought in another direction; soon,
providence permitting, / shall gaze
upon the graceful curves, the lovely
islets, the ripping dancing, glistenlng
waters of a river suggestive betimes of
the river of paradise; L shall gaze up
on beauty of another type, type of
beauty that we love to look upon the
longest, for 1 hope soon to stand once
more upon the banks of the beautiful
Maumee.
o, how great country God has
given usl After this my second trip
to the far west think that l appre-
ciate the honour of American citizen
ship as never before.
God bless our country God saye our
country; and perish the influences
that would tend to distract, to disrupt,
to destroy it. GEO. MATTHEW'S