Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-19
TELLS OF HOLY
s, w. SIMMONS DELIVERS EXCEL
LENT PAPER BEFORE BROTH
ERHooD OF ST. PAUL.
Mems Organization of the First Meth
odist Episcopal Church Met Last
Night at the Home of A. E. Mccue,
The Program.

Interesting to an extent ten called
forth many inquiries into its minor de-
tails, those not covered as complete
as more important ones, was the pa
per delivered by Frank w. Simmons,
last night before the Brotherhood of
st. Paul of the First Methodist Epis-
copal church, which met at the home
of A. E. McCue, corner of Marion and
Fourth streets. Mr.. Simmons paper
dealt with his travels in the far east
recently, especially through Jerusalem
and Egypt.
The meeting was presided over by
S. l.. Vest in the absence of President
George F. Heindel Rev. w. H. Har~
gett offered prayer. The Schumann
Ladies' quartet contributed an excel
lent selection and was compelled to
respond to an encore. Mr. Simmons
followed, after which refreshments
were served.
Mr.. Simmons Paper.
The following is in part that por-
ton OF Mr.. Simmons paper which
dealt with Jerusalem, a resume of his
travels through Egypt having been
used previously:
10 an American who is leaving his
own country for far distant lands and
separated by great distance and vast
expanse of oceans, for the first time
there are strange and indescribable
sensations. l had often heard of it be-
tore my recenttrip to the far east and
since having the experience of going
l can realize the indetinable feeling
which others have mentioned to me.
Mingled with the pleasure of antici-
Pated and imaginary excitement which
one feels that he will enjoy there is
also in the center of ones emotions a
deep aud soulful sorrow that cannot
be we'll expressed. The fading shores
of our native land. and that which
contains what is dear to you, do not
suggest even the happiness which is
marked with seltishness, and it was
several days in my experience before
u settled down to real interest in the
great pleasure and excitement which
was to feel for number of weeks.
realized that | was leaving home and
those OF you who have never had this
experience especially if you are leav-
ing home alone will never realize the
full sweetness of that word home
until you look back upon it from the
deck of a ship which is bound for for
eign shores
Il will not undertake to give you
a general or detailed sketch of the
itinerary of my trip, for time would
not permit Of that, but there are one
or two countries which l visited and
in which I spent more time than in
others, that | shall try briefly to de-
scribe to you and give the impressions
which they have left with me.
Visit ConstantinopIe.
"Our first sight of land was nine
days after leaving New York, when we
arrived at the city of Funchal on the
island of Madeira. beautiful island,
covered with vines and beautiful flow
ers. Continued summer prevails. Our
next stop after sailing along the west
coast of Africa was the city of Cadiz,
a spot which has old and historical in
terests indeed, having been founded
about LOO years before Christ. Here
We disembarked for a trip through
Spain to Seville, thence to Granada to
visit the Alhambra, and around by rail