The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1910-10-07
A Trip to Europe.

brief articles.
My wife, our daughter Lorene, Miss
Louise Boehmer (wifes sister and N.Y.
self left St. Louis on June Is. for Mon
treal, via Detroit and Toronto, arriving
there on the evening Of June Is. The
next day we visited st. James Cathedral.
which is built after the pattern Of St.
Peters Of Rome. 1t is a gorgeous build
ing, with the large figures of the twelve
apostles standing on the top OF the wall
like structure that fronts it, and the fig
ure of the Saviour in the city. Mon
treal is quite a French, also quite
Catholic city, but there are also large
church buildings of the Protestant faith.
We also took trip around Mt. Royal.
the place where the immense throng Of
Catholics lately were given the bene-
diction Of the Eucharist, as the press
informs us. The Cathedral Notre Dame
was visited on former trip to Montreal. |
Our steamer 'Pretorian" Of the Allan
line, was manned by Scots, and a sturdy /
and genial crew they were There were
about twenty-four New Church people
on board, intent upon attending the In
ternational Swedenborg Congress to be
held at London There were also par
ty Of twenty-four Oklahomans bent on
sightseeing, under the leadership Of
Prof. Meier, OF Oklahoma University,
the pastor Of the Presbyterian Church
of Oklahoma being among the number.
Besides which, there was an Episcopal
rector, Unitarian minister and Meth
odist preacher While there were many
more on board, of course, it will be evil
dent that there was quite churchly
sphere" prevalent and also very pleas
ant sphere withal.
Before dawn of Saturday, June Is,
our steamer left shore and sailed up the
St. Lawrence river, and it was several
days before we got out into the ocean
What an experience it is to see nothing [
but water and the clouded skies, with ,
but peeps of the sun now and then for
a week Nothing to DO but to eat and :
sleep and talk and walk and play. | !
found "shutileboard" quite an interest
ing and refreshing game, as it is played 7
on deck where the wind is very fresh ;
and inyigorating. The game is played !
by showing blocks OF wood a given dis 5
lance onto numbers on the floor Of the I
deck, by the use of long poles Cards,
dominoes and chess, were enjoyed by :
some of the passengers. beat the
Methodist preacher at chess, but a i
Scotchman waXed it to me. There were r.
many opportunities to converse with Z
each other on grave matters, and you r
may be sure the Swedenborgians' were
not slow in taking advantage of them
On Sunday morning, June 10, reli- Fl
gious service was held in the dining !,
room which was largely attended and at
which the Rev. 5. S. Seward, of Detroit, =
president of the general convention of u
The New Jerusalem of the U. S. A., de- Ell
iyered an appropriate and comforting II
sermon His text was The Lord on r.
High is Mightier Than the Noise OF
Many Waters Yea, Than the Mighty 9
Waves of the Sea- He said that if it W
vas best for us not to reach shore, we
would land safely in the other world
he world for which man has been Gre III
lted In explanation of the deeper in
meaning of the words, he showed that ];
hey refer to the redemption wrought by %
he Lord in overcoming the powers of :,
vii, and that no evil can overcome us if =
We look to the Lord and do His will pr
At p. m Rev c. A. Nussbaum NJ
Preached on the rear deck, explaining n,
he nature Of the Kingdom Of Heaven !,
nd how it is established in man, and in 80
he evening Rev. Dr. Baird delivered a III
DISCOURSE on Moses enduring as seeing B
lin, who is invisible. He gave a very en-
picturesque description Of the hope that !,
uoys up the human heart as it looks
eyond the confines of an earthly exist ~
nee. CT
On Monday, June 20, we had the he
reat pleasure of seeing an iceberg. 1t ali
'as beautiful sight, but it was difficult
D estimate its size. 1t seemed to be
bout the size Of an ordinary house At dc
p m the same day we passed Belle hi
sic. In the evening a concert was
iyen, consisting of the following menu
Highland fling by real Scotch laddie; ini
cotch broth; fish; entire; and finger eaI
FPS. 1t was voted decided success. III,
/ this party my wife began to feel the 90
ckness of the sea and did not get over %
until the next Sunday morning. Il
here were others, but | wasnot among tri,
he number. -
We had rather rough sea- strong
inds. and quite chilly air, until Friday, 4
me n, when the sun shone some, the m
a became smoother and the air balm M
r. On the evening Of this day another Hill
,ncert was given-this time in behalf Ill