The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-08-11

latlouS and nervous Jerky laughter CT
approval Of the thoughts offered up in
prayer. The excitement continued 10
grow until several others were pray
ing at the top OF their voices and wav-
ing their arms about most wildly when,
all Of a sudden, some one on the res
rum began to sing an evidently popn-
lar revival song for the audience
promptly took ii Up and one By on
those h had been praying changed
their prayers To song and fully six
thousand voices made that green field
in Wales ring with heartfelt religious
melody After about an hours delay
Evan Roberts marched 10 the front CT
the platform and took his seat. |
knew him at onee because of the pic
ures or him |. had seen in religious pa
pers. For fully an hour he sat either
looking at the crowd with deep inter-
est, or with bowed head and lips quiv-
ering in silent prayer. or with up-lift-
ed a C lit with smiles that ever ana
ano broke into laughing approval OF
song or prayer-and then all of a sud
den he was on his feet, his eyes were
darling here and there at every man,
woman, and child in the congregation,
his right arm beating nervously by Ills
side, and in a moment his clear, strong
voice went TO the ear of each n ca
rying every word and thought of a flf-
teen minute sermon which held his
hearers motionle>s during its entire de-
livery. Then ne stopped as suddenly
as he began, a man out in the crowd
began to pray and in a few minutes |
counted eight men and women praying
with the same loud voice and gesture.
AS | could see OFT a small part Of The
audience there must have been many
more praying at the same time.
The meeting closed at about nine
o'clock which IS not late in a lam
where the twilight lasts so long. o.
returning to my hotel [ found a group
of loafers in the sitting room discuss
ing REVEALS and revivaliStS and finding
fault with both, just as we find to be
the case whenever some one comes and
stirs up a community. | must gay,
however, hat SO far as | am concerned,
l was absolutely untouched by h sen
timent of the sermon, or the songs,
or the prayers owing to the fact that
everything was in the Welsh language
which to me is an unknown tongue.
The other day [ went to the bOtani-
cal gardens here in London and feeling
like | would be glad to see something
from old North Carolina, l enqui-ed
for the venus fy-trap. Following di-
rections | Don came to a group of neo-
Pile standing around n little specimen
of our rare little plant. A yound lady
was lecturing abodt the little wonder
and one of her auditors stuck a pen
Gil between the two clam shaped sides
to see it "bite down" but it was not
hungry and wouldn't "bite down" [
butted in with the question. Where
does the plant come FROM" She ans
wered. There il is on the little Tag
North America, Pennsylvania
promptly caught the attention of the
crowd by telling her that it was not a
native Of Pennsylvania, but that it did
grows wild in North Carolina especially
in New Hanover county, and under the
shadow of the dOlneS and spires OF the
city of Wilmington. Her only reply
was ''Well, if that is not light, go see
the curator about it" But | shall not
go 70 see him about it. I did go, how
ever, the next afternoon into the Bit
ish museum, where | found in john
sons Cyclopedia, l believe it was, that
I was right. Maybe though, the plant,
like many other North Carolina natives,
has moved to another state and grown
I'D with it's people to greater prouil-
nence. | should not wonder II the LABEL
ing of the liant was not brought about
by the fact that some Pennsylvania stu
lent of botany sent it to London &c
However, | know nothing about botany
and all of this may show the fact I'M
m~istakably.
Well, | must close. l am enjoying
London ever so much, will go to Paris
next week and thence to Germany
One more word before l close. The
English and Scotch are, I am glad to
say, the friends of the United States
and feel more like fighting for Great
Britain today than l have ever felt be-
fore-but then | do not want to ngnt
much for myself CT anybody else.
NC. S. N.