The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-15

bic palace. BY special permission we
visited many OF the elegant rooms of
this royal place. The furniture. gal.
leries and apartments were all stump
tuous and are well worth visit, even
by the president of the United States
We also attended the meeting in st.
Georges church. which is the royal
chapel. In this many of the royal
people have been buried and it is
here that the late King Edward VII
is buried and we saw the stone over
the tomb labeled the royal vault.
George " and Charles | are also bu.
ried here.
Windsor is a beautiful place and
many attractive parks. After seeing
world famous city of oxford, which
has 10000 people and is situated on
the Thames river, the largest in Eng
land. This is city of colleges and
the university proper l. composed of
twenty-one colleges, but there are
twelve other colleges. In all there are
5000 students here yearly. These col.
leges furnish the main business of the
town.
More Drink In England.
We were told by Mr.. Arthur Glare.
our hotel man, that drink is on the de-
crease in England and that England
bids fair to become a prohibition coun-
try in few years. Mr.. Clare is an
Irishman and says the bicycle is the
main cure for drunkenness, for a
This being true. we ought to petition
congress to buy few bicycles for
some Nebraska people. This would
have the long stay that some have in
going to Lincoln for medical treatment
at the hospital for inebriates. Who
is first to buy a bicycle to cure the
drink habit?
Oxford is extremely interesting to
an orthodox Methodist, because it was
here that John Wesley attended the
Christ's college and also formed the
Holy club, the beginning of the won
derful Methodist church. which has
brought blessings to millions of men
and women. 1t was my great delight
to attend church services of the Meth
odists at Wesley Memorial chapel,
which is a fine large church. An anus
ing incident concerning the organist
here and some Catholic bishops de-
serves repeating. He was asked some
questions by these reverend gentle
men as they CHANGED to meet him and
in turn they asked him what church
he belonged to, and he answered,
THE best in Oxford" After answer
ing them twice thus they asked him
if his church had another name, and
he said yes, that it was the Methodist,
whereupon they shook his hand gladly,
saying that is right" Every person
ought to feel that their church is the
best or hasten to join another. Life
is too short for people to remain in a
church and always feel dissatisfied
and disgruntled, and the devil finds
such people an easy prey to lead into
his Snares.
English Are Slow.
These English people are quaint and
are so extremely slow that they al
most rob Time of his power to record
the yearly milestones in their lives.
l don't know which is the less desir-
able, to live too slow, or break down
the body by living too fast
We visited the beautiful Botanic
Gardens, which charm one with beau
ty and symmetry. In the city are
twenty-five nonconformists churches,
one Roman Catholic, one Jewish and
twenty.seven Episcopal. We visited
many of these, especially st. Mich
ael's church, in which Thomas Gran
mer was chained and also where his
trial was conducted when he was SEN
fenced to be burned at the stake for
his fidelity to the gospel of Jesus, the
Savior of the world. There is an ele-
CANT memorial monument here which
deserves visit from every one, even
the pope of Rome. The inscription,
which | give below, is self eXplana-
tory:
'To the glory of God and in CRATE
full commemoration of His servants,
Thomas Cranmer, Nicholas Ridley,
Hugh Latimer, prelates of the church
of England who near this spot yielded
up their bodies to be burned, bearing
witness to the sacred truths which
they had affirmed and maintained
against the errors of the church of
Rome, and rejoicing that to them was
given not only to believe in Christ,
but also to suffer for His sake, this
monument was erected by public sub.
scription in the year of our Lord God
DMCCCXLI."
Then we went to the identical spot
where these men were burned for their
religious faith. This is the kind of
faith that is needed today, that is sure
and unwavering. A visit to such a
monument helps one to more fully
realize the cost of religious liberty as
we have it in America. Cranmer is
said to have witnessed the burning of
Ridley and Latimer on October is,
1855, but soon after Cranmer himself
was burned at the stake also, Let us