The Dickinson press., 1910-11-26
McGINLEY'S
TRIP ABROAD.

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VINO has not witnessed it more than
once can really realize what Il means.
I may add, however. that I have seen
many who fell as though they were at.
the foot of the Cross on Calvary. I may
have envied them their faith. but I must
confess l could not feel the same my
self, for a reason I do not write of be-
cause the subject is too sacred and
solemn for me, /.
When at Oberameergau we went to see
the Linderkof but its %extravaeant beauty
had no charms for me; such wasteful
grandeur only made me sick at heart.
We were then IN our way to our third
and final destination, Rome. At
Lucerne we made a stop to visit Mount
Pilatus. 1000 feet above the sea. Then
we passed through the great St. Gothard's,
tunnel. through Luciano and Milan. The
landscape 81 Switzerland we found most
beautiful and the lake and mountain
scenery grand, though the sameness
grows, at times. rather tiresome.
We arrived! in Rome on the Gath of
August and, ,spent the next day in doing
q little shopping and taking a much
needed rest.
On the 18th we visited st. Peters.
There is so much to be seen here that
one may easily get confused and not
know where-to commence. St. Peters
is both sublime and beautiful. II first
fills you with awe and wonder and then
its wonderous beauty begins to grow
and expand itself more and more be-
fore your %enraptured gaze, but to be
fully appreciated. it must be seen under
various and varying shades of light and
shadow. 1t is absolutely impossible to
take il in at one or two visits. so. we
went to it every morning spending
or two hours there daily.
On Saturday we visited the Sextine
Chapel and Vatican galleries, spending
the whole forenoon there. To conceive
orsimaeine whatsthe Sextine Chapel, the
museum. the library. the gardens and
the buildings of the Vatican are. they
must be seen and studied. No descrip-
tion of them could convey any adequate
idea. The monuments and statues and
stone work of every kind, and description.
the pictures, the paintings, the mural
decorations and.the ceilings are simply
.enrapturing. You lose yourself in won
der and amazement. There are works
of every age and cline, but above and
beyond all competition stand the works
Of Michael Angelo and Raphael. No
one who has a mind at all can-visit, the
Vatican galleries without being over
'come at the thought OF the painstaking
and brilliant aenius of Michael ANGELO
and the equally brilliant but less care
full genius of Raphael. On Sunday we
visited the Sacristy and saw. admired
and wondered at the almost boundless
treasures ofs.eems and jewels and sacred
vessels and vestments Of every kind and
! cline and age down from the 6rst
centuries of Christianity.
On Monday we had the unutterable de-
light Of seeing and exploring the Crypt
or old Basilica of St Peters, founded
by the Emperor Constantine, 314 A. D.,
over the grave Of ST. Peter. His body
rests there still over the high altar of
the Crypt where Gharlemange was
crowned 800. A. D. The new Basilica
Of st. Peter is built over the old so that
the body of ST. Peter being over the
altar in the old. communicates also
with the new. Besides that of 81. Peter.
nearly all the tQmbs Of the early popes
are here. The heartof Plus TX is here loo
!, although his body is elsewhere Urban
the fourth, the only EnRlis h pope. ia
buried here. so also are three of four Of
the royal line Of the Stuarts. II, too, is
full Of the richest carvings and paint
ings and mosaics. 1t looks as fresh as
IF it were but of yesterday. It was
built on the site Of one Of Nero's palaces
and the pavement is there still. / have
brought a fragment Of it with me to
America. t-have had the GREAT privilege
of wandering through this old Basilica
and Of hearing its wonders explained
and expounded. What a marvel it ia
and how few even know Of its existence
Even very5few Of the Romans have ever
seen it.
will not attempt to describe st.
Peters as it is now seen. One thing
in particular l must not pass over. Al
the tomb Of Innocent VIII is seen the
Z stars and stripes Of glorious. America
with an inscription that in his reign
was the glory of the discovery of the
New World. It is the only national flag
represented in the walls Of St. Peters.
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