The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-08-12
Paris, France, July %. 1905.

Editor Sentinel:-We had d great
meeting in London-one in which the
Baptists of the world brought togeth-
er their world problems and their
world aspirations; meeting from
which we return to our respective
EsphereS of activity with a fuller knowl-
edge of what our great denomination
is and quickened sympathy and a
broadened fellowship. With a better
view of what our world problem is
and what our whole strength is, comes
new sense Of our responsibility and
our opportunity in the great work of
making the world simply and truly
Christian. Look out for us, you
Methodists, PreSbyterianS and the
rest! Quicken your steps, enlargen
your activities, and say, "We have
strong band of earnest brethren at
our elbow; the march is on; victory
must perch upon the banners of our
King.n
The BritonS are earnest, substantial
people, and they have gracious, good
cheer for guest. Indeed, they are
admirable hosts. We were well en-
tertained. | went out to preach in
Bristol, and enjoyed my entertain
ment there as much as ever | did
anywhere; and that means a lot when
you remember that GrenadianS and
Grenada county people have gracious |
ly favored me with the unsurpassed |
hospitality of their homes. The Old |
World representatives Of our English |
family give deal Of attention to po-
lite manners. If you say to clerk
in shop, Il wish to see your straw
hats, he will bow you polite Thank
you;" then when you hand him a half
crown piece and say, '.I'll have this
one. please, +" he will take the money
With another Thank you;" then, i
when he has had the hat wrapped and
gives it to you, he again bows you i
Thank YOU
In the British museum ] asked for
l guide; when a half-drunken fellow
presented himslf and asked an ,.enor-
lsous price and | dismissed him to 90 |
through alone, he bowed politely and Y
thanked me as genteelly as if | had
him and paid him double. 6
London is incomprehensibly i'm {
nense, q truly great mart of COM a
nerce; but | did not like the great. t
old town on the whole. Its {
rocked, narrow streets, jammed full 4
If jogging, humping old double-decked t
lorSe buSSeS and cabs are repelling to t
'egin with. Street travel is both t
low and difficult. They have an un-
ergronnd railway. but no street cars f
n the principal parts Of the town. O
'he air in the tube" as they call Il
he subway, is unpleasant. They are III
tnpidly old-fashioned in many ways.
0 our thinking. And yet there S the S
reat center to which we trace our h
wn civilization in its root principles, Il
nd our dear old mother is really most t
ltereSting, after all b
/ experienced feeling akin to awe
S | went the rounds of the great his 0
Oric centers. There was a visit to "
he Tower, with its tragic side of the t,
ational life since the coming over of a
William the Conqueror. I entered "
18th many memories of the past COM
lg up like spectreS from the history il
5 | had learned and taught it in n
;hool. First they hurried me along |
see the crown jewels and royal para a
hernalia. | looked on the crowns le
nd the em0lemS of Office, the gold al
late for state banquetS and all that:
ut the gold and the crowns with d,
leir wondrous gems did not long 81
Did my interest. | wanted the deep q
:, more human side of it ALL In the II
'hite Tower, filled with its armor II
I'd armory of the past centuries, I'll
oked on the swords and the ingeni-
lSly constructed armor, and said to