From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn
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Field Henry Martyn. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn
CHAPTER I. THE MELANCHOLY SEA
CHAPTER II. IRELAND – ITS BEAUTY AND ITS SADNESS
CHAPTER III. SCOTLAND AND THE SCOTCH
CHAPTER IV. MOODY AND SANKEY IN LONDON
CHAPTER V. TWO SIDES OF LONDON. – IS MODERN CIVILIZATION A FAILURE?
CHAPTER VI. THE RESURRECTION OF FRANCE
CHAPTER VII. THE FRENCH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
CHAPTER VIII. THE LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF PARIS
CHAPTER IX. GOING ON A PILGRIMAGE
CHAPTER X. UNDER THE SHADOW OF MONT BLANC
CHAPTER XI. SWITZERLAND
CHAPTER XII. ON THE RHINE
CHAPTER XIII. BELGIUM AND HOLLAND
CHAPTER XIV. THE NEW GERMANY AND ITS CAPITAL
CHAPTER XV. AUSTRIA – OLD AND NEW
CHAPTER XVI. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. – OUT-DOOR LIFE OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE
CHAPTER XVII. THE PASSION PLAY AND THE SCHOOL OF THE CROSS
CHAPTER XVIII. THE TYROL AND LAKE COMO
CHAPTER XIX. THE CITY IN THE SEA
CHAPTER XX. MILAN AND GENOA. – A RIDE OVER THE CORNICHE ROAD
CHAPTER XXI. IN THE VALE OF THE ARNO
CHAPTER XXII. OLD ROME AND NEW ROME. – RUINS AND RESURRECTION
CHAPTER XXIII. THE PRISONER OF THE VATICAN
CHAPTER XXIV. PICTURES AND PALACES
CHAPTER XXV. NAPLES. – POMPEII AND PÆSTUM
CHAPTER XXVI. THE ASCENT OF VESUVIUS
CHAPTER XXVII. GREECE AND ITS YOUNG KING
CHAPTER XXVIII. CONSTANTINOPLE
CHAPTER XXIX. THE SULTAN ABDUL AZIZ
CHAPTER XXX. THE EASTERN QUESTION. – THE EXODUS OF THE TURKS
CHAPTER XXXI. THE SULTAN IS DEPOSED AND COMMITS SUICIDE. – THE WAR IN SERVIA. – MASSACRES IN BULGARIA. – HOW WILL IT ALL END?
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There is never but one first impression; all else is second in time and in degree. It is twenty-eight years since I first saw the shores of England and of Ireland, and then they were to me like some celestial country. It was then, as now, in the blessed spring-time – in the merry month of May:
and the banks of the Mersey, as I sailed up to Liverpool, were like the golden shores of Paradise.
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And now, what of it all? It would be presumption to give an opinion on a single service, and that where the principal actor in these scenes was almost silent. Certainly there are some drawbacks. For my part, I had rather worship in less of a crowd. If there is anything which I shrink from, it is getting into a crush from which there is no escape, and being obliged to struggle for life. Sometimes, indeed, it may be a duty, but it is not an agreeable one. Paul fought with beasts at Ephesus, but I don't think he liked it; and it seems to me a pretty near approach to being thrown to the lions, to be caught in a rushing, roaring London crowd.
And still I must not do it injustice. It was not a mob, but only a very eager and excited concourse of people; who, when once settled in the building, were attentive and devout. Perhaps the assembly to-day was more so than usual, as the invitation for this opening service had been "to Christians," and probably the bulk of those present were members of neighboring churches. They were, for the most part, very plain people, but none the worse for that, and they joined in the service with evident interest, singing heartily the hymns, and turning over their Bibles to follow the references to passages of Scripture. Their simple sincerity and earnestness were very touching.
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