The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-08-22

Chapel here was built by the wife of the NAL
colin of Shakespeare's play. Kenilworth Castle.
of which only picturesque ruins now remain. of
course calls TO mind the alleged murder OF his
wife by Earl Leicester as told In SCOTS famous
novel. And the Bloody Tower OF London. of
course. Is famous for the horrible crimes which
II has witnessed. At It's very portals you pass
the spot where the young princes were smo,hercd
by Richard III. four hundred years ago: and
among those who languishcd In prison here be-
fore anding death from the headsman's axe were
Anne Doleyn. wife OF Henry VIII. and mother OF
Elizabeth: Lady Jane Grey and her husband tbc-
headed because OF their claims upon the throne,.
and Sir Walter Raleigh.
With the memory of these terrible eri,ncs fresh
upon mc-commi,tcd In most cases by Kings and
Queens claiming 10 rule by tho grace OF God
tt Ia easy 10 sec how far we have come from the
time when men and women with human blood
upon their hands could ss und!s,urbed upon the
worlds creates, thrones. Aud having ssood but
a f"~ days ago upon tho spot In Oxford where
cranmcr. iatimcr and Ridley were burned at
III" stake for conscience sake. while God has put
us of this generation upon a time when tho whole
aorld enjoys religious liberty. should | no, be n
blind pcaaimia, indeed did I not believe that
through the ages one Increasing purpose
And III. thoughts OF men are wtdcncd with tho
rroc~wa OF The suns"
This 10 tho hrs, ago ,ha, tho world has ever
known. and tomorrow will be- better than to-day.
I, ia a good ,hing To come TO Europ. and &c, tina,
historical perspective which makca for faith like
:hss, Not only haa public morals improved. bu,
life iss"ls IL infinitely richer and nohlcr no~ than
ever before, Tho plain Southern farmer toda,
may iirc in greater enmtor, than III. lords and
ladies Of tho castle In tho socailcd brave days
of old" There ar" eid,ca and cross currents In
tho stream OF human history. aud sometimes the
back wa,crs' OF reaction from The furious cur
rent. but always tho main movement In toward
good OF this ~o may be- sure. Hero In the Hrit.
ish Museum a day or two ago I looked with in.
,rrcst and ~ith reverence upon tho original copies
Of the Magma Char,a. that great cornerstone Of
our English liberties. and reflected upon tho long
hard fought and yet unrctrca,ing struggle through
which the idea OF liberty. equality. and frasern-
,ty" has since Tough, II" way toward
THAT far-on divine even,
To which tho whole creation moves"
waH glad tn come tn England M much aH any
thing else for tho privilege of making pilgrimage
Ia the shrinca of some of the men whose work In
history or literature has provoked my admiration.
NO Single thciucut OF IN. Trip thua Tar. Therefore.
has pleased mo more than III. special privilege.
given me Mt Warwick Castle Of putting on my
head the helmet of Oliver cromwcil: and In West
minister Hall II was ngurc that was
most In my mind: Cromwell with patience OK.
haus'cd coming upon Engiand'a Improbable ser.
wants. who had diiiy- daliied no long about wcighty
matters. and driving tho miscallcd Parliament
from in halls. l can hear him now. the stern
sisaged and purposeful Puritan and man of iron.
speaking In the language OF tho Bibl. aa he did
at Dunbar and as he doca In the letter from him
which / saw here In London tho other day. De.
body rudeiy torn from the grave and ha head
nantly he recounts the foliies OF the Parliament:
rcnolutely at last he driven them before him