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therefore, be 110 Christ in
den conversion in this wc
next." And so people will
new revelation or to any c
at least not a "sudden" o
element in it"; consequen
revelation, nor will there I
no reliance on anything b
no eood works, no 'Vnmo
heavy laden, and I will gi
to reconcile people to pres
pensation." The downtroe
sore and grief-laden will
grin and bear it, and go
them there will be no "sue
look for the human race,
the words of old Polonius
"Pol. What do you rea<
Ham. Words, words, w<
Pol. What is the matte
Ham. Slanders, sir."
MY FIRST SU1
Our good ship arri\
afternoon after a very
Sunday was an import!
the most of my Sunday
had planned to go dir
Sunday there, but we
could have stopped in
what I would have d<
Maclaren) had still bee
ed to stop for the sak<
Church of which he ws
At last I decided to ?
ancient and a very qu;
and people, about fifte<
have not yet regretted
the First Methodist CI
wife went with me.
Chester and can advi:
may mention some po
before I tell of how I s
To begin with, the v<
is derived from the Ls
camp, or more probabb
est of all the Roman
Romans occupied F.ng
relics have been found
recently some very in
made. The most in
is the old wall that !
city. This wall is ful
places it is thirty feet
wall is a moat filled wi
been well night imprej
arrows and spears,
walls. At nine o'cloc
and the gates were firrr
in and no one could g
in old Chester. We
were there. As we w
to several watch tower
tower. It has on it th
stood on this tower, S
army defeated on Ro^
was Charles I| who 1<
r
THE PRESBYTERIA
it. "It will admit neither a sud>rld
nor a sudden paradise in the
not need to be "converted" to this
ither. It will have no heaven in it,
ne. It will have* "no supernatural
tly there will be no Bible and no
IP nnv BPpd fpr nnv T*- "will ?!???
iut the laws of nature." No faith,
unto me all ye that labor and are
ve you rest." It "will not attempt
sent ills by promise of future comIden
and the oppressed, the heartjust
have to make the best of it,
to their graves assured that for
Iden heaven." A most hopeful outsurely!
The whole thing recalls
and Hamlet:
d, my lord?
ards.
rt my lord?
NDAY IN ENGLAND.
ed in Liverpool on Saturday
fine voyage. Where to spend
mt question as I want to make
,-s in England and Scotland. I
ect to Glasgow and to spend
landed too late for that. , I
Liverpool, and that is exactly
Dne if Dr. John Watscn (Ian
n alive. As it was I felt tempt;
of attending the Sefton Park
is pastor for twenty-five years.
;o to Chester, which is a very
aint city, of some forty thous:n
miles south of Liverpool. I
1 that decision. A steward of
lurch of Atlanta and his good
We are all enthusiasts over
se our friends to go there. I
ints ot interest about Chester
ipent my Sabbath there.
;ry name is interesting. Chester
itin word Castra and means a
the camp. It was the greatcamps
in the days when the
fland. Many ancient Roman
in and around Chester. Just
lportant discoveries have been
teresting thing- about Chester
surrounds the old part of the
ly two miles long and in some
high. On the outside of the
4- U TU. -V- i- 1
in wdici. i iic euy musi nave
^nable in the days of bows and
There were four gates in the
k every night the curfew rang
ily closed. No one could come
et out. The curfew still rings
heard it every night while we
alked about the walls we came
c Onp ic ro 1 l^tnrr Pliorlao'
lis inscription : "King Charles
eptember 24, 1645, and saw his
wton Moor." Of course that
>st his head a few years later.
*
N OF THE SOUTH.
The parliamentary forces mad
of Chester that dav. Other 1
mentary forces were at that m
busy making the Confession o
Catechism.
"The Rows" are the quainte
1 scarcely know how to desci
five of the principal shopping
walks on the second story,
meat markets and cheaper si
story sidewalks are the ham
saw the like before and never
again.
Sunday morning dawned b
inciuired at the office of mv h
Church. My question threw
camp. The porters and ever
ably give information were c;
curate information. The cor
that there was a Presbyterian
that was all. I sallied forth
of every policeman and newsl
thought there was a "Presb>
further on, for let it be knoi
\
England is the only church in
and all others are only chaj
coming. I will be in Glasgow
these Sundays. Well, I hur
despair. When I got back t
my hotel I stumbled upon i
which proved to be the Pr<
Chester. 1 am afraid that th<
much. I was too early for s<
still locked. A little later ]
attend a Methodist Chapel v
morning and attend the Pres
evening. Accordingly we went
leyan Methodist Chapel." Ma)
think there is no other kind
except a Weslevan Methodist.
England they will learn bel
micci irum ine one we auer
Methodist Church with this i
vinistic Methodist Church." I
Pan-Presbyterian Council sa;
have not only all the actual
sible kinds of Presbyterians,
of Methodists in England.
We were not in the little
felt that there was an air of r
we were going to get some
My Methodist friend said th
home as soon as they took u
There was no doubt that w
Church. But that was not the
distinct Methodist flavor was
about any of your new fan
talking about the old time Me
acterized the camp meetings
boys. The regular pastor w
a middle aged minister from a
the service. His text was fr
and his sermon was a good j
times he rambled and then I r
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e a breach in the walls
members of the parliar*mnn
f rlnifn ?*t T
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i Faith and Shorter
st thing about Chester.
*ibe them. On four or
streets there are sideDown
below are the
lops. On the second
Isome shops. I never
expect to see the like
right and beautiful. I
otel for a Presbyterian
consternation into the
ybody who could proballed,
but I got no aclsensus
of opinion was
church in Chester, but
to find it. I inquired
boy I saw. Each one
terian Chapel" a little
.vn that the Church of
Chester or in England,
jels. But my day is
x or Edinburgh one of
ited until I gave up in
0 within two blocks of
1 Presbyterian Church,
^sbyterian Church of
ly do not advertise very
ervice and the crate was
[ decided that I would
nth my friends in the
byterian Church in the
. to "Johns Street Wesrbe
some of our readers
of a Methodist Church
If they will come to
tter. Just across the
ided there was another
sign: "The Welsh Calheard
a minister in the
y that in America we
kinds but all the posHT
Inf ctnf nm io
x uai oiaiviutiii 13 LI UC
chapel long until we
everence there and that
good old time religion,
lat he felt perfectly at
p the second collection,
e were in a Methodist
only proof I had. The
there. I am not talking
gled Methodism, I am
thodist flavor that char
when some of us weYe
'as on his vacation and
smaller town conducted
om the Song of Songs,
gospel sermon. Someambled
some, too. He