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· building is much more m u·lern, although i The st~anget WIH recognized an:i pre~ee:i less pretentious and co11 ilpicuous than t o om Ill It . that of the National Churol1. The minThere was a large andience in the ---speakin~ peo ple go, they find a little iste r wore neither gown nor white tie. eple?-did Cath(ldral of St. Pierre, rich imd worship in theil' o wn tongue. At the evt niu" service the attendance music and un elaborate sermon. , The For the balance of the season, you sanctuary The Church of Eagland haa taken the was small. On bEaster Su11day the church precise feat ures of the minister a nd h is can get WALL PAPER from me lead, as the maj ority of the travellers a: e was crowded. This holds good all over high-collfLred G eneva gown made on e BEING DE SIROUS OF very low. want to clean out from England. The Scotch c'rnrcheR, Switzerland. The churches are filled think of J ohn C>\lvin, and try to imag ine especially the Free church, have d one only on spe cial days such ns Christmas the stirring ecenca of t hose tnmultuous Clearing Out our prepresent stock. their full share. In so me few places and E aster. '£he pastor spands much time days in which h e was the chief figure in American churches are found, in " prepariug" the youn~ people for con- Geuevan life. sent Stock of On Sabbath afternoon Prof. Simpson, firmation, which is followed by their ,. it I had seen large placards in the streets, of the Medici\! Facult.y of Edinburgh communion. After this many but seldom through the week, announcing that a.n University, look the minister's place,- make their appearance in church again, elect ion of a minister would take place on 0 0 0 0 n 0 0 a medium-sized, dark man, with high Pastor Herz0g's Eaeter 1:1 ermon was warm S unday, in the 1'emple N euf on t he Fus. fore-head and broad , bene volent face. and glowing, from the iex t ll Becau~e I I terie. :::lo I d ir ecte<l my steps th ither ~ft el' th'3 ee t- vice at S t . P, c .:.::~. It ia neces· Those who buy from me, are al- His voice was eoft a ild plca3ant, especially live, ye shall live also. " in prayel", with a sleight tun e. In his 1 was a nxious to attend church in some sary t o ex plain t h a.t ,as in m<>u y parts of t ho ways well satisfied. I make a 11ddresa, a little harder, 11.nd with more of country place, bnt could not a rran go to d o continent, the whole city is one parish, 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 hobby of Wall Paper, study general a professional tone. The address wag on . so. The country churches which I visited with several minis te1·s ; in Ganeva aixeffect, and buy and recommend, the religious work which has been going in this locality were h omely stone build- teen. They officiate in turn in the variWe are prepared to offer on for the past five years among the stu- inga without chimneys, a stove pipe out ous churches. Ther e are twen t y-n ine or knowing what I am doing. tlents of Edinburgh. These number4,000, of the window ta.king thei r place. The thirty thousand Protestant inhabitants, Good Bargains. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN ofwhom2,000 are medicals. Th6movement interiors were unpainted and wore a\look and those of them whose names are on began with the visit to Edinburgh of of neglect. Some of the churc hes are the voters' list have the pr ivi lege of filling ._ TO CEILING DECORATION. Stanley Smith, stroke of the Cambridge very a ncient. I visited on e whosti tower any vacancies which may occur in t.htl Anyone in need of Paper eight, and "Charlie" Studd, captain of seemed to date back 811. yous, a queer ministerial staff. A m inister had become the Cambridge eleven, "the formal" an looking old rookery it wa·, with a very t~o old for active service, and the election Beautiful goods in FANCY GJ.,Ass- admirable will do well to inspect om speaker, tho latter a splendid an~ient clock and two great b elle. T he thi.t day was of one to supply hie place. W.lRE, just opened, tbG very thing specimen of a muscular Ohristian, who weight on the pendulum o f the cl uck wa3 The flaming placards had enumerat.ed the for wedding and other pTesents. had never been beaten on lhe cricket a large stone. B11t one may n ot forget good qualities of one of the candidates for stock. field." Prof. Drummond, the foremost th1>t th~ people are poor, 111~d their lives the position, and now t he Temple Neuf figure in the work ever eince, came about hard. As on~ see~ them to1lmg up the was turned into a polling booth, with all the same time. Hts first address wae on· s~ep mountam atdes, men 11;nd women, the apparatus,-poll clerks , scrutineers, the ~ext, "Seek first the kingdom of with ~eavy b~rd.ens up<?n ~heir ~acks, or voter.a' lists,etc. , of an ordinary municipal Aye, lots of goods. God and bis righteousness, and all these labor10ualy d1ggrng their httle v10flyards or parliamentary electi<m. The re was ~hinge shall be added untofyou." with ponderous mattock, or leading their perfect decorum anr;l no excitement. But Tliis hae been the burden of the meetings single cow out to p asture on their tiny the only thin!? that; would remind one of all along, to set young men on right lines field, o_n~ wonders rather that they hiwa the 11acredness of the place was th e empty to make the best of themselves." They any s~mt left for the Sabbath and its pulpit, which looked st rangely desola te, ~RtUUliRU "tat.t~UlU'.U. have assumed great importance. Sir worship. The country people are poor; and 3 notice 0 11 the doors " It is reWilliam Muir, the new Principal, made those i n the towns fl.ouriR h on the host of queete d that there should b~ n o smoking, his lirat appearance at one of these meet- travellers who rush every season to what as this is the house of God." The election iugs. "If religion ie to be anything in a has been well styled "the play-ground of went on from eight in the morni ng till six SUNDAYS ABRQ AD man's life, it must be everything" was Enrope ." in the e"ening. · his word to young men. Prof. Simpson I don't wish to lea ve M~mtreux without I came npon one of onr cateemed misL h ~ave many other interestiog details, a word about the Salv~t1~m Army._ It sionaries in the French Canad:an ivork, at adies glY to t ·e West End House for :has had a hard battle of it m _fre e Sw1.tzer- a little " U nion" service in English, near The second of the three fortnightly which we cannot now follow further. I wish I could give you even a faint land . . Closc by J\fo!1tre~tX I~ the Cas.tle by, a nd i~1 the evening worah ipped with lectures by Rev, R. D. Fraser, M. A., on the ' above subject, was given last. Sabbath idea of the appearnnce of the lake that of .Ch1llon where Miss :Sterhf'.!? was in'- pleasure ana pr ofi t in the Ch1J1rch of Engall prices all sizes, plain an< J r ibbed. evening in St. Paul's Church. The J~cture Easter Sunday evening. The day had pnsone~, c~ t.he pre~e~t of ~avmg b7okea J,.nd, on t he other ~ide of t he river. The we.a upon "Sundays in Switzerland " and been warm ; a thunder storm came on In th_e law m .gtvlllg rehg10us mstru~~10n ~o Protestant Episcop··I Church of the U nitwas, in substance, as follows : the afternoon. Its forc9 was expended mmorts without the conse nt ot thenr ·ed 1:5tatee have al"" 11. bui ld illg:, hut Pres·· Ibvterianiem., exo··µt f or a. cou ple· of mon ths "The view from the terrace of the furthe1· dnwn the laku toward Lausanne paren s. National Church., at Vevey, on the and Geneva. I watched the dark clouds "Lake Leman lies by Chillon's walls; lin the summ ~· . wlHi n a ministrer of t he J('d T" cl h" A thonaane)J feet in depth 'below : m~tablished i '·1urch of Sco t.land' ho lds a -I IJ>pe somet mg new. northern shore of the lake of Geneva and long llS they threw their shadows on the near its eastern extremity, is a very water. The lake was steel grey, with Its massy wo,ters meet and ffow ; 'service in th e Oa t hedral,is tHH'<'P1'llldented . rJll.,,,, · · magnificent one, even for Switzerland. Btreaks of almost pure white. A ba.nd of '£hus mu~h t~e fathom·li_ ne was !sent 'llhis is extremely un fo~tunate. l flo r not h· I .L Fro~ Olullon & 1mow-wh1te batt.ement. mg else than to provide for t he care of . The church, as do many of the churches brilliant yellow blazed at its fnr thest in Switzerland, stands on hi!.\h ground, western extremity. The m ountains of Which rom1d about the wave enthralls ; t lte- young people who go there for s tudy, . The town, mostly in moduu style, but Savoy on the other side &11.ted in a misty A double duni;eo~, wa.H. a!1d wave ,, thel'e ehoald b e a Presbyteria n minister · · with still many quaint, steep, red-tiled veil, their ba&es glowing with a golden H 11ve m ade-:-and.hke a hvmggra~e. and Church in-Geneva. In t he neighbor. roofs intermixed, lies between it and the halo, with, by way of contrast,. a faintly The Castle ~f C~11ltm !fl a gloomy pmon in~dittle city of L ausanne, Rev. Mr. Bus· lake, .Just at your feet is the lofty golden blue sky above and the white vil'lages on still, as at tne t1mzy described by Byron ; carleiJ of tho Free Churc h of Scotland ball which surmounts tha diminutive, the water's edge; while far away to the bnt Mies l:lterling'!t impri~onm~nt, !t is has ·lll~ admirable c:ingregation and ove~ . iitJ ; hut exquisite RusF.ian chapel. The lalrn, east there were patches of Cl'ystal light on fair to say, w ua mad;o as mild ss possible. a hnndred young people from the schools the deepet.t blue of any water in the the snow-capped Dent du Midi and ~h~ was well t.re11t ea1 by h er ;wal er. The in his, Bible Class. ~rhe Presbyterian .A.Iworld, lies below- a. long oval of sapphire. golden clouds floated beyond. 8w1ss themselves fo1md they had made a lia.nce micrht !i nd a work to do in Geneva 0 0 To the north and west7 are great rolling During my month at Montreux; and blni_ider in pu ttmg hoer in confine ment. T h:e w~rk is all the more reqnired: . hills, which look as if ploughed in loog Geneva, I had opportunities of seeing While I was at M on,t:reblx, t,h~ A~my be that t ho Sabbath is ~" lit tle observed. : · iflg filaf lVIDg furrows, but in reality vine· clad; the somethin11: of the native ch·i!!rches also . gan its work afresh m that .district. Jt The serv ices are a t. an early hour; scarcevines, this hst day of March, my first Switzerland is a curiously ·c omposite was heralded by a proc:tiimall_o n, over th e ly any of the ch urnh es a re opened in the ' Sunday in Switzerland, being mere brown county. The people are of four languages names of three nerghborm g ~ayors, eve ning. Atter service, amusement is ; -' stumps, knotted and gnarled, so closeiy -German, French, Italian, and N omanun- posted rm every blan~ w..ll, warm!'~ the the order of the d:Ay,- horse races, riftll ! , are they pruned year by year. The hills, ish. It has ne,arly 3,000,000 people. Of people t o ha~·e nothmg to <lo w1 ~h the matches, beer g«rden concerts , while the \ -' . dotted with little villages, loee themselves every 1,000 there,587 are ProteBtants,411 Army, and t:s oecially t~ keep the cluldren public buil lings and museums a re opened ; · in the "misty shroud" of the Juras to Roman Catholics· and 2 Jews. Of the aY'ay from th11meetwgs. The t wo young fr ee on Swnday. The drink ing placea ~ the west. Eastward, the whole circuit 22 cantons, into which the Swiss· federa- g1rlM ~ho represented· th~ Ar my had a are cruwded. R e v. Father Daniel, the :.= = = ====== = === ================ == = --of the lake can be traced by the eye, tionis divided, 6' are Protestant, 8'Roman hard time of it. The .a1,1d1ence,mostly of o ther Sunday, in the N otre Dame Parish ::: hemmed in by lofty mountains, with one Catholic, 1 half .Protestant and half Roman meo? w~s very unc1~d. The ro~gher Church, of i Montreal, so.id to t ha peo ple: :1 little gap of perfectly level land through Catholic, and 7 mil'led. In some cantons port10n in terrupted constantly, while a .. Why is lt , that Catholic France is in :, which empties into it the mnddy Rhone. therefore, the est ablished chnl'Ch is set of. well-dressed men w?r.e equally the hands of infid els now 1 Because the \ ·~ The banks of the lake on the north side Protestant, in othel'S, Romish. In othe:1111 provok10g, althou~h mor.e poh.tzc, confin- Sabbath is n ot sanctified. What must OU . Il are lined with a succession of bright little again, there iQ no established church,. so mg themselves chiefly to how lmg out the Protestants ·.thin:t:.. of us when they see us 0· - - - winteri1Jg places , On the opposite Savoy that what is said of the churches in· the choruses of the hymas. The ' "la~ses" had attend a shortr. half-hour service on Snn· side, where t.he snow, even yet, comes places. which I shall describe, may n-00 our warmest sympathy.·and made a brave day and t hen rush out for ex:cursions on down to the water's edge, are a few hold good in othor cantons. the river or t o- other places for t he reThe Canton de Yaud, in which MX>n - fight. I t f m M ont e" ~ to -·enev · wretched villep;eswhere mountain torrents . "'.en ro w·"'.'" · u a. mainder of th ti d _ ay 1 A re ·we n ot ashamed . ,,~ make their way through rifts in the wall treux ia situated, is· Protestant. The This city, ~he 1 argest m itrerla.nd, J:tn,s before t h ese :Protestants, who s pend :., ---! Aver fifty of rock. The whole is commanded by National church is established by law a.Ad - population · of . somew'-at · . .,., · v · their Sunday; in religious exerc ises and the lofty Dent de Jamin. and further its ministers paid by the Canton. '.Dhey thousand. Th~ e1tuatton PS 811 idea1 io,us r eading '1' '.!!he entire day is to be duties arising from their con- one. It skirts the foot . of· Lake P. · h · h . . . away to the east and south, and loftier have. official f 1 G tl · 't If , t ·t t g1 v1;Jn to re11g1o us services III c urc , or b "th th St t still, tho Dent du Midi (southern tooth), neet ton \VI e a e : or ex amp e, in ene va as. llS nll.rrows I ~e . H IJ 0 l s OU p1"ous exerc1"se· ; at ho..,.e. The Sund·y i" t th R Rh h '- l k b d ~ ,.. ~ o:ce of th<' mmt magnificent and difficult connection with the State Schools. T he l e' e · iver one;·. w 101" t _ ea.. roa amuse men ts as th ey exist now are eimply of the s" ,.,, , lLOlll to.ins. It i~ our Car· - shutters of their pa.rsonages and the gaL@s arrow of blue rmhes through the city, to k f p . d . f Ch . . · · d b th dd A L ~} 0 mar s o agarnsm, an not o rist1 an adian eky tho.tis " vurhead, deep bJue a11d O f their vineyards are striped with the b e Jome y e mu y rvs""" O"ll-. n · ·t " F · hp t t t G · ht ·renc · .roe~ ~n eneva mig · oioudless, and our clear Canadian air. cant.o nal colors, green and whit!}, so that the left bank fa the old Geneva with its spm · the minister's house is easily recognized! steep narrow streets and ancient houses, wel\~eaten to-this prtes~ of R ome. tnd Just here at Vevey, the bisc, a cold north ta.nt Ontano as well, w ien wind, may chill you to the bone to- The Free Church is an off· shoot from the the eathedral of St. Pierre over-topping Eng ish rote& morrow ; but a few miles eastward, National Church. It has no official con- all. The old town is surr oundied and al- men, wh ose namea ~re as well k.nown .as Both these h"dd f . b h ct· those of Era.still! Wiman, Go!dwm Smith yonder, at the .hend of the lake, the 11teep uection with the S·tate. most I en rom VlElW y t -e m o ern d H p Dw' ht t k 0 ti s bb th t 't h . s :~ 'A a . ie J) ~ l~ to . & mountains press close to the very shore churches al."e Presbyterian, ali is a large Geneva, with its manufac turie&and hotels a~ 8 ow e 6 ? ' meri~an e ega es 0 and the bise is shut out. That accounts part of Proteatantism. throughout the and public gardens. Close at hand a.re the o for the mild climate which prevails there, continent. In Montri;ux there was also great and little So.le.ve and fu.rther away the Interi;iMio~al American _Conference, the Canadian side of t he N1a~ara Falls -P. even in the d epth of winter, and makes a R oman Catholic and a German Protest- the snow Mt Blanc ranae Genev! is the mty of "c:a.1vin. His a1:1d to ~ntertrun th em .to a .semi public .L the row of villag<is, of which Mon treux is ant church. The Protestant servines are at an early portrait in the U niv:ersity Liibrary is that dmn~r,wtth toaet s and < hscussions ?f comthe centre, so desirnbhi as a place of resort at that season. The uise d rnve me from hour, 10 o'clock, at the latest. Let m e o~ a man with pale face, stamped with a merc1al r elations. between. the different ; Vevey to Montreux, 11fter a week's stay, take you on Sabbath . morning to , the look of sharp suffering. It. is in contrast parts of the American contment. It was 'l lOthl.llg Wl.11 course~of one of the sp~akers .j lllg Oll a.nd there I spent mo·t of t.he month of National church at :Montreux. It. fa, of t o that of hie friend! Beza, wMch reminds v ery go~~;o£ 1 he~.e was m Canada a sentime!1t ; tO April, and a few days in the middle of stone, with a slender and graceful spire one of a well-ferl and prosperous merchant. to say, and a fine resonant bell. It is a favorite The old h ouse in . Rue Calv1:n where he and a most 11ghteous and proper one, 1 .11 . , '.1 June. favor of ~·a.bbath observance. Had 1t-'. · But before we leave the terrace of the subject for the artist, beiag embowered lived is still seen. One is saddan e~_to find ~-li~tle of the been. possibJ.e to have another day selec t ·, . church at Vevey, le t us look at the build- in trees and most picturesquely situated · ing itnelf. The square tower goes back on the mouatain side and overhanging true Sabbath spmt m tlns etty of the ed , it wonld have been done, but the! ; made my one Sunday Umt~d States,had absor?ed so complete!Y'· to about the ti me of the diF.covery of the lake. It ii! very plain within. The Reformation. 0., -...,_ America-14\JS i11 the inscription upon its congregation largely of women, fllls only there a busier day than usual, that 1 th? ttme of t he Delegation, that the onlyt · The chancel and short tran· mig ht. see fo t· myse lf as ruuch of ib r e· thmg Can.ida· eoul~ do was to ?,a pt urefront. lt is of grey atone, high, massive the nave. W ellin;;ton Buildi11gs. and fi nished with fl.yiu g buttresses at each sept s are seated, but empty. The local ligious life as wiv.s possible t o a stranger them !or a ahort wl.1Je on. Sunday.. Th: of the four corners. It is still solid, after municipal officials have special seats. as- a nd in 80 brief ~ time. At uine in the offen?1ve Sa bbath bre.akmg of t heir seh four centllriee. The church, contains the signed them. The high egg·cup pulpit mornina I went to ~he Chnrch of the appomted represenhttives should be de· box, by wa~ oi re~uital for t heir k ind- l a nd villages, the o-ity with the needle-· tombs of Ludlow, oue of the judges of stands a t an angle of the transept. The Madeleine, E·e.rly as it was, there was a nounced by all Can.adians who have true ness, we said " good ~ye " t o the broth- , lik e t win s pires of t he ancient cathedral rhe larger places of regard for the L ord 8 Day. era, and d escended s1:x; or seven m iles , and wit h it11 many s teep gables, contrastCharles I of En ~la u d, and Broughton, book· board is at tho minister's elbo-w, n ot good deal o f stir. After. our mou th in sunny Italy, we re- along the pa~t of tho S tmplo n the. mos t . in~ .c uriously w,~ah t h o splendid neW. who read to him his senttJnce of death. in fr ont, as with us_ H e wears !~ black bnsiness were desed, bnt smaller places, The church·yard is filled with graves, Geneva gown, reads the prayers, the peo· snch as butohe-rs', bakers', confectionera' entered Sw~tzerla.nd by way of the mag· dreaded fo.in bs a vnlanche.o, to Ber1sal, a. b ·uldmgs which mark its later growth·. moat of them enclosed, each grave by ple taking li ttle OJ) no audible part , a.nd and milliners' stores were doing a thriv- nificent Sim.pion Pass, and on foot ,on,Sa.t· mere stopping place,-a hot el and a fe w : What a tremendoas roa r of bells at e veryWe w.8re houses coonected in one way or another · s easonable a nd u.nseasonable hour ! W eitself, in a. frame of wire, or of slates, or preaches without manllscript or notes. ing trade, witlli drug shops also and some urday, the first day of J unl;l. of stone. This framework, and often the 'l 'here is only one :aervice on the-Sabbath. j e wellers' stores. Preparations were evi- out of.r ea<th of En~lish s ervice,a.ud the-re- wit.h i~n the g! ea t ~nake-hke roaru,. were far enough, a way from them to r eard them with. equanimity, but an old whole grave, is grown over with ivy, ~he Sabbath School is.he_ld in the High den tly b eing:- made to spe nd the do.y as a fore so. timed our walk a~ to reach. the which 111 now unco1lmg itself d own t he M which creeps also up the many tall and School, or Oolleg:e, as it IS called!. The holiday. 'l'he railways and trams were Hospice at the summit of the Pass on Bteep de~cen.t · to t he .Rhone V alley. & re traveller h as wisely said, "If you ar e We were t o sp end a ~ pend a q uiet and res~ful Sabba.~ h, ha..v- seeki ng summer r est in Switzerla.n.d, slender cedars. The c ~ dars are of sE\veral music is led by a n organ. 'I!'here was run ning on, their u sual time tables · extra Saturday evening, 1'1.0nk s th ere. It is mg the sweet fellow ah1p of t he ' t wo. or choose a P r otestant Canton, or make sure varieties, with lin ts var_)'ing from bright little singing, only ~wo hymns of three steamers wNe on the lake. Ma~y men quiet day with t he 1 You three met together " in t he MMt er 's that the chureh has n o bell-tower. " We greenish-yellow to brownish-green. There verses each ; but it was general and in worki~ clothes were in the streets ; indeed a still and lonely place. The sermon wa~ on thEl 1 the re 1'>a& to be no Sabbath for them. ha v.e £~ some time left even the ha1·diest name. . sought out t he Maria H ilf R oman C&tholio are also the laurel and other ever-green Tery hearty. the elevation is A fortmght lat er found us at Inte_ r- Church, which is assigned by the city e.u . shrubs in abundance. Some graves have words, "~tis fini~!rnd," a nd was flue ntly Other people's pleasure would make it a trees below you, 6,95~ feet above the sea-level. You are laken, perhaps the best known place in thorities a t certain hours to t he Scotch a few flowers. Wbai, little turf there is, and f.orc1bly delivered, an d clearly and workmg: day. 1'he C!iurch of t he Madeleine, da.tin~ in. the home of the glacier. A though it ~witzm-land. Ten~ of t housands of tou ~· P resbyterians. We found it empty. '.l.' he is ill kept. The st.ones are inferior. rhetorically .exprea$e~. ~ fter an mtroduct10n on the seven from the ninth century, ia historic. It is s the firs t of June 11.nd th e wi nters's sno w- ut11.pass through ~t every seaso-rii>. ~t 1s Scotch servi>ee was n (}t t o begin till t he There are no gri\nd muuuments. Maoy of the stones and graves are hung with sayings of our Lord on the Cross, the said that there the R eformation was first fall has been Jiahter thi\n usual th ere are a village of splendid ho tels and pensions, fo!lo>Vin g Sabbath, b ut we t r ied to imagrotesque looking w110aths or baskets, preacher, in _answer to the question, preach ed in Geneva. Without, it retains heavy drifts o;'; the roadside, ~mi almost ~n a level pl~in b et wee~ the lakes. of gine it in the nudst of aliat's a nd images made of wire an<~ glass bea.d work. Sheet "'Yhat was fimahed 1 "ma.de these four muoh of its ancient appearance. V{ithin, · &t the d')or of the H osp ice. Fine spring Thun and Bnenz, and with a. f1i:ie Vtew and crucifixes and pict ures. \Vo were in for Protest ant wor- l\nemone3 and the beauti ful little sarton- of the snowy Jungfrau. A curious ar- time for the most of the ~ervica in the iron wrellths of flowers ars also used as points, (1) '.l.' he prophecies. of the Old it has been chu.n"'ed 0 B ut the q uaint, narrow streets eHa are tlonrishing on the very edge of rani;\ement prevails as to church accom- E nglish Ohuroh. It was simple a nd orname1.1 ts. The s trangers' corne·, with T~stamen~ and His own were ful~lled; (2) ship. Th e old M onast.ery is par- lively. As in all ot her Enr-lish Churches many English, American and Russian Hts sufferings were ended ; <?)His ab~~e· around it keep the names which tell of the 1mow. 'rhere is no 11ign oi life and R O n_i~dation. names ia touchinl! ; and more touching n_ient was complete.d ; (4) His reconctha- Rome, Paradis ( Paradiee), L 'Enfer ( H ell), h abita.lion within sigh t, sa.ve the large t1ttoned out amonge~ the Enghsh Church, we att ended on t he Con tinen t, the ser . still, a section to -t he west of the chmch h~n of God and smful men w~s nccom- La Purga toire (Pqrgatory), Les Limbes Hospice in which a fe w d evotr.d monks the R oman Catho!ics, the Scotch F ree vice was after t he "Low Church " pat~ .. lL ought ern. .A r etired Bishop of J amaica. preachdevoted entirA ly to the graves of very ph~hed. The last and most important (L imbo). There is a congregat iAn of a.bout dwell the long year r,mnd, to help tra- Churi;:h a nd the na.t1_ve churcheR A mag nificen t one it young childr1m, those who have died, as pomt was the weakest part of t~e sermon. sixty present, of these only half a dozen vellers on their way. We had <1 cordial t o pro';Uote btot herhnese. \Ve had a con · ed the sermon. It '!as not strongly evangelical. The are men. No more people ate expected, welcome from the brothers, and a hoister· gregah<m, as usual! from t he ends of the was, on a pad of the third chapter of I suppose, unbaptised . I worshipped th~t i .rst Sabbath morn- National Churc~ h~s be~n supposed to be for the ends of the sea.ts are roped, from ou~ one from their troo i? of splendid St. earth, and. f~om .1t we h~d some very l J ohn. He dwelt Jong on t he necessity of ing, and the Sabbaths following, in the somewh~t wanting .m th_is respect, as com- the door almo8t to the centre of t he Bernard clogs. A cordial welcome, buf; pleasant mm1ster1al access10ns to our R egeneration, "Ye must be born ag11,in," T ho fol - and of R econcilation the Sr·n of Man Scotch free church, at Montreux. The pared with t~e. E_ghs~ Llbro(FreeCh_urch), church, where the pulpit stands. The the winter's fires were out, an d the win- party for two or thr~ d&ys. service was so exactly like our o wn in but'.' new spmt 18 said to be sho~mg it - preacher of the day delivers a vig"rous tar's cold seemed still to linger in every lo ·Tin~ S undsy , our la~t in Switzerland, lifted u p ou the Cross' for the salvation of s ome mmhiters discourse, and th en follows i ha Com- flag of the long, 11!one·paved halls, and we sp ent in Laceme. P e rhaps n owwhere, \ men. The large cungro~Btiou w.e_i:o h eld form that no d t·B cription of it iB needed. self m the former, while _ About thirt.y r em11.in. The every beam and board of the plain but even i11 t hat coun try of varied b 11auty in close a ttent ion during t he whole of the The minister then supplying for four o.f the F~ee Ch~rch '.l're said to be strongly munion. form of observan ce is interestin~. 'l'he brigh t guest chambers. It was no uee. and grandeur, is ther e a city more discourse. Is it n ot, a fter all t-hese months was R ev. A . M. Sutherland, of tmged with rahon ahsm. 1\iilnatho~t. I owe no small part of the Be that as !t may, the Free Church. at Communion t~ble is set close to the pul- W? liked t~e monk?. We w?uld have char~ingly sitnated.. The vie w from ~ur vital t r nth11, the new birth , th o Croa~ of . lw enjoyment of the month.a t ~ontreux to M~n~treux enJoys an earnest and effective p:t . ,'£he mlmsters and elders stand be- enJoyed a. Sabbath ii:i t hoae he ights, b ut IP eniston on. t he emm ence_above the c~ly vary, whichmost a rrest s ttontion, 1.Jien his Smiday and Thursday services, and to muuster unde r P astor ~erzog, who~ I hmd 1t. Then the people cowe forwn.rd, we wore too early m the 1ea.son. It was extensive ; r olling h ills, mo.untams earne3tly pr egen ted 1 W ith t he wor ds his personal friendship. The "L~rd 's h~ar~ one Sabb~th evemng on the African iir~t the men, the11 .the women, .and re- was a c iear " work of mercy" to o ur- near b y lofty a.nd S?vere, mountams fur- of t he good B ishop Jl'till ri nging i n our songs" are very sweet when "sung m a m1ss1ons of the.ir Church, and on Easter co1ve the bread and wme,standing m front selvea to :fin u warmer quar ters. And so, ther a.way loft1fl_r still and snow-c rowned , 1 ears, our Sabbaths in Switzerle.ud ca.me to strange l1 md,"and no one c11n estimate Sunday morning. The Free Church of the table. Tho service wa~ very solemn. after depositing our alma in t he m oney- l t he lovely lake aide s tudded with villa.s an end. · · JIthe value of the services maintained on Seeing is BeI1ev1ng the Continent by the Churches of England and Ssotland. Wherever English VARIETY · · · HALL. Price is away down, and patterns good. Now is your time. I Wall :Faper .ctures Fr a med. Pl p. TrebiIcock. f!i;ht ---o--- The F in · est CASH MERE H 0 aro I' sE The Fi"nest CASHMERE GLOVES, Th e N ; ewest J:ilngs In FRILL . I NG and RIBBONS Call and see our splendid stock of Dress Goods and Mantl1°ings, noth1"ng n1·cer or newe r t b h ad · EVery . th· · k ed a t } OWeS t 1· · · prices. w · es t £nd House Go where you will .-.. In Bowmanville, '"}l fl d them on th e· move. I' - .;y0uNc &c0 y r , S rnE·GRo·GERS 0 thel·r past SUppor t ' an d assure them be Want" th elr . part p'iease the pUrCh aSIIlg · pUbl· lC. Be sure.you call and see the leading grocers Y Q 'U NG & C Have-moved across the street, The1·r shop s tr1·m and ne· a t, The1·r stock i· s qui· te COID:ple·te, A Ild DOW th ey h Ope t 0 greet Th8lr · f rlell · d S, an d PO}1 "te }Y treat Them 1"n the1"r sto re across the st reet mhey th an k th e1r · many f r1en · d s .tOr for I I I ·