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OR. NEVILLE SPENDS A WEEK VERY PLEASANTLY IN LIVERPOOL. THE PAN PRESBYTERlflN COUNCIL A Harbor Full of Shipping Sessions of th? Council-Visit to Ancient Town ot Chester-Other Matters. J Correspondence "Keowee Courier. 1 London, July 18.-Since leaviDg Yorkville, I have ?pent over a week in Liverpool. In fact, this was, in one sense, ray objeotive point, for 1 came to this city as a delegate to the Pac-Presbyterian Council, whioh met here on June 28, and continued in session till July 7th. Liverpool is one of the important citieB of the world. It is said there is a larger volume of shipping busi ness done in Liverpool and New York than in any other two cities in the world. Liverpool is situated on the Mersey river, which affords an outlet for all kinds of ves els to the sea, which is fifteen or twenty railes away. They claim over 700,000 in habitants in the city proper, and tak ing in the suburban towns there are about a million people. Birkenhead, wnich is juBt across the river, has about 200,000 people. The city has 63 docks, including somo on thc Birkenhead side, the river-fronts on the Liverpool side being seven and one-fourth miles long. The city has a floating (juay on the river, 2,500 feet long, approached by seven bridges, the longest in the world. There are hundreds of ships here all the time from all parts of the world, coming and going all the time. I went down to the river one afternoon to see the "Baltic," the largest ship in the world. She was just on t?e eve of making her maiden voyage to New York. This ship is 72(1 feet long and has a capacity of 28,000 tons. She can carry 3,000 passengers with a crew of 350. It takes about 226 tons of coal a day to Quarry her over the sea. There seems to be a great deal of business going on in Liverpool all the time, Much of our cotton is shipped to this place, though very little seems to be manufactured here. I visited the cotton exchange with a friend who lived in the city, and while there I thought of what a curse such institutions have been to the people. But Liverpool has other things besides business enterprises. She has institutions of learning and charitable institutions. She also has splendid churches anti beautiful parks and flower gardens. I was in seve ral of the churches and visited one of the parka in the city, Sefton park, which has in it 720 acres of land. This park was (or rather the land) was bought from the Karl of Sefton for about a million and a quarter of dollars and was laid out at an addi tional eost of about 1700,000. It. has many attractive features, lakes, groves of trees, flowers and birds, etc. There are many fine halls and public buildings in the city ; also many large and well equipped hotels. The city has a substantial look an?! seems to be rapidly growing. But what about the Pan-Presby terian Council? This is a body which is composed of representatives of all the Reformed churches in the world holding thc Presbyterian sys tem, or at least all who will come into it, for it is strictly a voluntary organization and exercises no au thority over the church s as to doc trine or life. But it-, ts been a power for good along many lines. It has e>erted a mighty influence in bringing the Presbyterian families of the world closer together. In this way, we have been able to look each other in the face and appreciate the things which belong lo us all, and these are the important things. This council embraces branches of the Presbyterian church in the fol lowing countries : Austria, Hungary, Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, Russia, Switzerland, England, Scot land, Ireland, Foremosa, Africa, Canada, fnitod States, .Mexico, Australia, Jamaica ami other coun tries, and represents a constituency of about twenty million people. This council meets every five years. The first one was held in Edinburgh in 1877, and councils have been held since that time in Philadelphia, Bel fast, London, Toronto, Glasgow, Washington and Liverpool. The next council is to be held in New York in 1909. The opening sermon at the council in Liverpool waa preached by Dr. John Watson (Ian Macharen). .Ml of us who Tiad never heard him were very anxious to hear bim, as we bad road much from bis facile and versatile pen. I think ho is a better writer than preacher, though he is a good preacher. He had a magnificent audience to preach to. The council met iii the Philharmonic Hall, one of the largest, if not the largest in the oity, and this .vast hall was just about full. Principal Caven, of Canada, the president of the council, de livered a very Une address at the opening service just after Ur. Wat son's sermon. There were many fine addresses, and some tbat were not so good, delivered during the sittings of the council. The city treated the council in a royal manner. In addition to the hospitality dis played in tho bornes of the people to the delegates, several public enter tainments were given to us. On one evening the Lord Mayor of Liver pool and the Lady Mayoress gave us a superb reception at the town hall, where delicious and elaborate re freshments were served and where delightful music was dispensed. There seemed to be a thousand peo ple at ibis reception, and it was the best of its kind I think I ever at tended. I believe it was ahead of the ono given in Washington'to the council by President McKinley five years ago, and which I had the pleasure of attending. W. W. Rutherford, M. P., and Mrs. Huthen ford also gave the council a garden party a% their beautiful home on the suburbs of the city. This was a great success. Beautiful and inter esting exercises were held on the lawn and refreshments were served under a large tent. The council was given a luncheon every day at the Adelphi Hotel, one of the finest in the city. This plan was adopted to save time, as many of tho delegates were being entertained by people who lived some distance from the place of meeting. The majority of the speakers at the council I think wero from America and Scotland. These two countries furnish the Strongest branches of the Presby terian tree. v T ' d the opportunity while in L ..rpool to see a little into the home life of tho people. I was en tertained by Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Shepherd, P20 Salisbury Road. They call a great many of their streets roads over this way. I don't know that I was ever treated more hos pitably ami kindly than by Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd, and it all seemed to come right from the heart. There is a simplicity in the people's living that our people would do well to imi tate-what they have is nicely pre pared, but they do not have the variety that our Southern people have, and consequently they do not have the waste. There is also a freedom in the home here which is very refreshing. The people want you to make y< urself at home and there is a minimum of formality and stiffness in the home life which linds a congenial response in this scribe's heart. Our people in the South have too much on oheir tables, i. e., when they have company. It would display better taste and would be mors conducive to health, no doubt, if they had fewer things and would not have them so rich. Though 1 must say that 1 have never in my limited travels had better things tc eat than the dear old South affords One seldom comes across hot bread over here, and many in our part) (they are all from the South) hav< frequently longed for a hot biscuit I was in Liverpool one Sunda] and in the morning I preached ir one of the Presbyterian churches ii Birkenhead. I had some misgiving! in regard to the service before entered upon it, but I don't kiiov where I have preached witli mon satisfaction to myself ; but the peo pie helped me very materially in th? splendid attention which they gave I enjoyed the service very much, am I also enjoyed being in the home o the pastor for awhile. I dined witl him and his ploasant family. He i from Wales. Thc council had no sessions oi Saturday, July 2. This was rn; birthday, but this was not the reasor the council took holiday. Tho; thought the delegates would like t< have a day off. Several of us tool advantage of this day and made i trip to Chester, which is a very in Hardwj We are rec? Building Materie the trade for our line will convine pose to ^ive this Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings, Mantels, Locks, Hinges, Nails, Paints and Oils. HAY PRESSES, MAT! teresting and ancient city. The old Kornau wall which was built around tho city hundreds of years ago is still there and in good condition. We walked on top of this wall for about a quarter of a mile. There is a fine Cathedral here which we vis ited. We also visited the spot where Matthew Henry, the great commen tator, is buried, and the church in which he preached. This house is now owned by the Unitarians. Just think of it. It is almost sacrilegious. From Chester we went in a coach to Eaton Hall, the home of the Duke of Westminster. This is a stately and magnificent place, one of the finest I have ever seen, with huudreds of acres. This duke is one of the richest men in England. From this place we drove to Hawarden, the home of Mr. Gladstone. I was espe cially, glad to visit this place, just because it was the home of such a groat man. It is a fine estate. We walked through it on the beautiful road that goes from one end to the other. This whole drive was de lightful, through the beautiful coun try, which is all like a garden or a park. We left Liverpool on the day the j council adjourned, so I did not at tend the closing exercises. I was sorry to leave the place, because they made us feel so much at home there. Liverpool has had a reputa tion for hospitality a long time. Here is an extract from John Wes ley's Journal: "July 15, 1764. Preached at Liverpool. Have al ways observed more courtesy and humanity in this town than at most seaports in England." On July 7th we came to London where we have been since. My next lotter will be on London. W. G. ?Neville. I -I The City of London. Lomlou, July 13.-London ! The largest city in the world, covering about GOO square miles and contain- j ing about six million people, four j times as many as South Carolina. The city simply overwhelms you. People, people coming and going, going and coming. You wonder what they do and how they all make j a living. Header, if you want to know how little you are just come to London. I am in the old part of the city on Woburn Place, where the aristocracy lived a hundred years ago, and I can travel miles and miles in any direction and still bo appa rently in tho heart of the city. I believe a person could spend years , here and still see new things. Many of the people who live here don't seem to know ns much about the city as the visitors do. I have been here nearly a week and I feel like I have, seen very little when I think of j the big city ; but when I think of the places I have visited I have seen i I a great deal, much more than I can retain. There are no street cars in this \ art of the city. The street are too narrow and crowded for this. There are hundreds and hundreds of omni buses which act as public convey are and B diving daily tjig lots il Line for our fall 1 1 two stores. Our j e you that we do bi advantage to our ci Wagon and BTJ Gkins, Bioyoles, Bicycle Snpplii Buggies, Table and Pool Barb Wire, Smooth Wire, Wire Netting, MOWERS, RAKES -IESON H, WESTMINSTER, ? anees. These can't go very fast, as they are impeded frequently hy the many vehicles of every description from the donkey eart to the tine two horse carriage. There are hundreds of hansoms everywhere on the streets, hut of coard* it costs more to travel in these than in the omnibus. Each omnibus has seats on top as well as below, and can accommodate about 30 people. Then they have the underground railways-tubes, as they call them-which furnish a moro rapid transit from one place to another. I don't believe I have seen the regular street cars but once since I came here. You -have to go out some distance before you so?> these. I have been on, or rather in, the "tubes" two or three times. The people here, as a rule, are very kind and attentive to strangers. The policemen and other officials are polite and seem to be glad to give you any desired information. TII?B city is not laid out in squares and this makes it hard for a stranger to go around with much ease. I went through a point the other day where seven streets converged. I suppose this city has just been a gradual growth and at first it was not thought necessary to pay any attention as to how it was laid off. You find all kinds of looking people here-fine looking, very inferior and indifferent; but the people, as a rule, are well dressed and pretty good looking. Hy the way, I have seen some very pretty ladles, and a great many of them, since I wrote tho letter in which 1 referred to the looks of the ladies. I have visited Westminster Abbey, the British Musoum, St. Paul's, the London Tower, the Zoological Gar den, Windsor Castle, the Crystal Palace and many otLer places of interest. Days could be spent at any one of these places with interest and profit. The uninitiated have no idea how extensive these places are, and it would simply be impossible to give any adequate description of them in a letter like this. I have been to Westminster Abbey three or four times, and would like to spend a week there. So many great and good men have been buried here and some not so good, but all illustrious. This Abbey covers a large space of ground and has many, I many departments. I was, of course, very much interested in the Jerusalem Chamber where the As sembly met in L648 and continued in session five years, giving tho world the Confession of Faith and Shorter and Larger Catechisms. This is a very small room, comparatively speaking. I was strut k with the tab lets to many of our -roly great and good men, some of whom were buried in the Abbey and f,ome buried else where. Especially Tj .is I struck with the inscription or. the slab over the grave of David Livingstone. Here it is : "Brought by faithful hands over land and sea, here rests David Liv ingstone, missionary, traveler, phil anthrophist, born March 19, 1818, at Blantyre, Lamarkshire, died May 1, 1873, at Chetambos Village, I Hala. For thirty years his life was spent in u i ld i ny M of everything in tl "rade. We buy in 1 prices on anything ly in large quantit: iistomers. - ggy itmbrellas, BS, cet Cutlery, Cross-? Shingle Bolting Belting Saw an Sheet C Stoves Wagon Buggy S.^CASE ENGINE A.RDWARI JOUTH CAROLIN; an unwearied effort to evangelize the j native races, to explore the midis- J cccred secrets, to abolish the deso- i lating slave trade of Central Africa, i where with his last wordB he wrote 1 -'All I can add in my solitude is, I may heaven's rich blessing come j down on every one, American, Kn glish, or Turk, who will help to heal this open sore of the world.'" I could but contrast the life of this noble man in Africa and the last resting place of his body in this mag nificent Abbey. I was also touched with the inscriptions on the slab of marble placed on one of the walis to tho memory of John and Charles Wesley. Here they aro : "The best of all is, God is with us." "I look upon all the world as my parish." "God buries his workmen, but carries on his work." These noble senti ments havo been fulfilled in a re markable way in the great work commenced by these two men. Time will fail me to speak of other men who have been honored by West minster Abbey and who have honored the Abbey. I enjoyed my visit to Windsor very .midi. This is one of the homes of the king or queen, and was Vic toria's favorite palace. It is about twenty miles from London and in a beautiful place, where nature and man have done much to make tho place attractive. There are two very interesting chapels here, St. George's and the Albert Memorial. We were shown through the State apartments of the castle. They are beautiful, gorgeous and magnificent. Tho large carpet in the Waterloo chamber is in one piece an/1 weighs seven tons. The jewels, pictures, statues, etc., in these apartments are very interesting. From the Tower I saw whore Queen Victoria was buried at Frogmore and saw the beautiful lands belonging to the castle. With these beautiful grounds and the Thames river flowing by, thc whole premises makes a deep and pleasant impression on thc mind. The present King, Edward VII, lives most of the time at Hacking ham Palace, in this city. This is an imposing looking place; but visitors arc not allowed to go on tbe inside. I saw thc soMDrs drilling in thc yard. The London Tower is a place of thrilling interest, but time will not permit me to expatiate. I was for tunate in being able to get into thc House of Commons this afternoon. Very few are permitted to go in -in fact, it will not hold very many. Our American Ambassador can admit only two persons a day. I called at the office of our ambassy Irv t, week and Mr. Choate's clerks told me that I could go in to-day. So I called this morning and got a card which admitted me. Tho House was considering the groat educational bill which is a living question in Great Britain to-day. I did not get into the House of Lords, as all the permits which our umbassy waa entitled to for the time I am here had been given out. These permits are given weeks ahead some times. lat erial. he Hardware and big lots to supply in the Hardware ies and we pro -.. i . ni i lin jut Savvs, 5 Saws, ; Saws,, ?> d Shingle Mill Stipplies, topper and Pipe, and Hanges, i and Buggy Material, and Wagon Harness. IS and BOILERS. : co,. ?1 There are signs of poverty among many of the people here and beggars are frequently seen, though this side of the city is not as bad as I expeoted to see. It is likely, however, that I have not touched the poverty stricken district? of thc city. There arc many agencies and institutions established for the uplifting of the people and I think the race is being bettered in many ways, especially from a worldly point of view. I attended churoh last Sunday morning at the City Temple and heard the minister in charge, R. J. Campbell, preach. He gave us a 6ne sermon and there was a very large congregation present. I met Mr. Campbell after tho service in one of the rooms connected with the church, and when I told him that Mrs. Byers, (nee Miss McCarley,) of York county, South Carolina, had written to me and asked mo to hear him and meet him, as she was a relative of his, he told me that his mother was in the churoh. So I met his mother and his father, too. The latter is a minister in one of the branches of the Methodist church. Mr. Camp bel! has attracted much attention in the world of late on his own account as a remarkable preacher and ns the successor of Dr. Joseph Parker. I went to church at night to the Re gent Square Presbyterian ohuroh and heard a splendid sermon from the pastor, Dr. Connell. The singing in the churches over here is very fine. As a rule, the choirs aro large, and the congregation sings. Everybody has a hymn book and a great many of them use them. The choir at the City Temple in the morning had about fifty people in it. The choir that led much of the music of the Council in Liverpool was composed of about 200 people, and such sing ing ! It was grand and uplifting. I do wish we could have such singing in our churches at home. The people over here are very much interested in our Presidential election. They think the Democrats have made a wise selection in Judge Parker as their standard-bearer. _.*-<<? I leave to-morrow for the ('.onti nent. I did not expect to write this letter to-night when I mailed the^ one on Liverpool just after supper. 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