The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-09-16
REV. WILLIAMS
TELLS OF TRIP
Three Months Vacation Happily and
Most ProftabIy Spent in the
East and in England.
TELLS AN INTERESTING STORY
Says If Any Country Has Finer
Buildings Than National Capitol
RE Would Like to See Them

NC SVOuIu Like OSC ! mem
suppose some Of y0u have com
mere expecting TO hear Il great lecture
if SO you will be disappointed for an
not %oin% to lecture, in the first place
and III the next place | don't know
how. | would much rather stand her,
tonight and preach sermon from
text than tell of my trip.
First ! would say that my trip wa
very much interrupted instead OF hav
ln& little over two months hat
only five weeks. suppose il il Wcr,
not Tor the eruption in Europe.
should not be called upon to give m,
experience, but rs there is more o
less excitement about crossing tn,
water ut this time, there is a call lo
this kind OF Il talk.
However, before | 80 farther, wan
again and publicly to thank my owl
dear people, who 50 %raciouSly ant
kindly gave me the vacation The,
not only gave me the vacation fol
nearly three months, but gave it Will
inIl salary just rs if were here
There are few churches that woult
do that and think it most commend
abb" and thank them from the bottom
OF my heart for their Kindness.
Perhaps few beside my own people
are Interested in the trip made to RoS
ton TO the great Northern BAPTIST Con
Vcnilon in Boston our people We're glat
ton in the history Of the denomina
ton. There were thousands of dele
gates and great things will come from
the business transacted there in Ire
mont Temple.
had planned to sail from New
York july list, but with this great Con
vcn;iOn Boston our people were GLAD
to let me go earlier so that might
attend it, and am thankful! that | die
so.
1t is Il great honor to be in such g
gathering, but | was honorcd above
measure, and our Dcnison church was
nonorcd; for | was given a small part
III the program one day.
Boston is Il wonderful city. 1t is
full of history. Right across from Tire
mont Temple is the old Park Street
Cllurcl-Yard We 80 into some OF
Cu; cemeteries and we look for the
grand tombstOnes. but this grave yard
Is conspicuous for the rlainncss OF the
tonbstoneS. | don't suppose there is
Il sl0ac there worth over $50. cues
ton whether they cost tina: much.
stood by the graves of some of our
great men, men who made our coul-
try'S history Paul Revcre's Was
right by the church and many times
! stood by his grave, as frequently
rcsOrtcd to the old church yard to
catch the inspiration that comes from
the lives Of men who helped lay the
foundation Of this nation.
Another place | visited was Bun
ker Hill. AS | stood at the base OF
to form some idea Of what took place
there, the agony and all that pertains
to the ruvagcS OF war. tried to
catch the inspiration that comes from
that sacred spot, for it is sacred, more
so to you than to me, perhaps. From
there | went to the Navy Yard. had
heard people talk and have read con
siderable about "Old lrOn-SidcS" and
OF course. | thought to see a very
large ship built Of steel, something
fine. but laying peacefully at the docks
was the old wooden vessel which took
so large a part in the war. felt that
| had grown several inches taller when
put my name upon the logb0ok in
that old ship. am only an adopted
child of America, but lad no idea
that there WAS such an American
spirit in me until visited those
places. | forgot absolutely, that was
foreign born. There is a wonderful
inspiration about such places.
Although am Il Baptist | don't like
water, and hearing of so many acct
dents made me timid about crossing,
and | doubt if | shall 90 again.
have crossed the Atlantic seven
times, so | have the perfect number
to my credit If could fly across |
would so real often. The papers
were full of news Of the steamers that
were coming and going right along
and they told so much about the fogs
on the ocean and then that awful aC-
ctdent that took place on the st.
Lawrence river Just prior to my gong
made me dread the trip. However,
after Il week in Boston | summoned
COURAGE and started on the Laconia.
The voyage was peaceful. the weather
beautiful. and the trip without Incl
dent practically, only ! think 1t was
(now | am going TO tell
fish story about | o'clock i'll the al
tcrnoon. we struck Il whale. | don't
know whether we cut it i'll two or
not but it made the ship creak and
sent culver from bow to stern. The
CAPTAIN said it was monster, one OF
the largest he had ever seen. Apart
from that the trip across the ocean
was incident.
1T rains a great deal in England and
the first thing felt when landed in
Liverpool was rain. 1t came rather