HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1892-2-18, Page 7FEB. 1 9, 1802. THE BRUSS.ELS POST,
TOMBS OF ROYALTY,
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, his life. Ile hail been no Habit, ituil of Ste Edward is the rinly pert, et the Abbey j lies the body of Charles L., without even
) s „ • . fj opoo am Vonom Cathaloo, Ou St, Ed, 1 memoriel slab, while 1 :181103 ifeary
Thu ?nommen(); the( mirk tee Iasi ?testing ti .11 Khoo)! osjoi in Lim in,ot ours', trethelie elevgy ef the metropolis go there j :steles, Keiwsril IV., the founder of the
0x13,0.10000i1 No1110 anxiety it» to the waril's Day the tei,e1j11,1 iupl! t,ho ! Ho Limier a plain stone iu rem of the
Noel's or England s eines, 1 Determined to 1010 11111111e1 the Relent of all in pi fs•f,fsi on, and, by Booms! irei in 1, tot.
The dont h id Prince Albert S'ietor 1,10 111 ilk oW11 111 ho 01,101'0.1 that 1111.01.0.1 0 0141 el' 1110 e1,111.011 0.1..,0,40
his fibi liory 10,00 ',ought bOdy 141111.1111 be transported 1.10roltH Eng- 11$.2.1.100 hi101(1 prayer around the tenth
prominently into 11(11 10(4 the grand eletrolies leuil to \ Voreestes, Ille favorite vesidonee, of 1110 BMW. SAM),
„„d; 1,441„ whe,„ of 110 1311.1 1/111.1e11 ill the choir of the groat Cathie In the Chapel st, Edward aud Mose
hito„ deal hot eeen eh sines id SS. Oswald tool Poona the shrine are the tends( of live hinge
Englieh kings and of the (stye family
been lon,i0)1, Tho oon,orvo., lye 1.01,01,„ Wolf:meet sommatel was ober:demi five queiget t WO prilieva;e4, 1411.1 several
141101241). insjuntions 11))„ pry(sursn„.1 to 11,11 1 in the (metro ot the cher, unites au altat noldee and bishop)), The tomb of Ileury
upheld ing a recumbent statue of blue 1 I 1. is similar, both in deidgn mid workman.
prom] t day malty moo omen IN of the 1141.100.8 101111,
self in inutile, d oho still deype, Hie mono- ship, to that of the confe.or ; was. indeed,
royal dead, monument it the like of whiiiii
most, untenelied by time, 1H ono of eretted, by the same architent, but
several other vomit rice have been destroyed meat, 0'1
the finest examples of Nertflitil work tO 110 11 114 ill inuell better preservation, eince it iir
in popular nprednge, end we therefore have
ni tombs so oomph:so 0061) 111 England, A, few steps 010wited so high RIMINI the floor that pilfer.
a hno of English roe and in the same churrih, tile 0111111. ing fitigere ean not remelt the mosaic:1 whiell
that the history of tile island :eight latticed, awaY)
„„),.„„„„(1 by 1,,,slog from so, I try or chapel of Prince Atelier, moironnent, cover Be sides. The K. iug's effigy 111 of gild.
The 10)111,0 of th„ F4)141141 low, „„„ cote of love ereoled to the memory of a young oil bronze, simple and. extremely elegent,
and prominent. :nembor of the royal fen -lily. the royal soiree disposed In greed rdly
frotn uniform, for since tho eentniost teeny
different stylee of architecture have previtil•
od, and when a monument WAN Greet 0(1
'WW1 usually in 1110 WSW of the times, so
that all vametiee may bo nbserverl, from the
plain altar tomb to the olivine, and from
tett to the memorial chapel or chusch erect-
ed either by the K.ing himself or by othlre
as his monument. But not, all the deed ma.
jestles are honored with monuments, for
several, from one or another amuse, were
buried In the royal vaults, with only a, plain
Bleb marking the spot
Nor aro all buried. in England. William
the Conquerer, known in his lifetime 140
Williem the ilitstatid, Merl in France dunng
the progress of the siege of Nantes. The
town was burning, and na 110 W0.14 inspecting
the hostile wells his horse became feighten-
ed, started violently, threw him on the pom-
mel of the saddle and hurt him so badly that
he Warr carried into the upper seem of a
small 1110 none by. As soon as it, became
apparent that lei could not live hie attend-
ants ran 11,Wily With all his pessonal proper-
ty, carryieg off the royal plitte, line», jewels,
apparel, relies, mins earl elided firmer. '17lio
King died alone, and the servants of the
place completed the lune wovls by 01 ri
pirg the body, tatting even the bed•clothing
fsom the bed and leaving the corpse on the
floor. 'rims it ley for two ditys, when the
1110111(13 frnm the Abbey of St. Etienne at
Caen, a church which William had built,
canto and took away tho body to bury it in
their church. The interment w110 etopped
by 0, 'nobleman, who claimed that Witham
hail robbed him of the ground Oil which is
band the church, The claim W11,0 partly
satisfied, but as the burial proceeded en
alarm was given of a fire in the town, reel
the attendants ran limy. A settles pushed
the uneollined 1.01011,1110 11110 the grave with
his foul, but, the body being greatly swollen
with the heat of the weather, the King's last
home was too narrow. The troeposs, impa-
tient et the delay, jumped cm the corpse to
crowd it down. Tho body burst, the few
remaining persons in horror teemed minty,
and thus AvaH buried like a dog the greatest
king ot his time, for many years the geave
being unmarked even by it stone.
Henry I„ who died at the Castle of
Lions, neer Rotten ; Henry svho breath-
Iast at the royal palace et Chime' ;
Ilk:heel I. , 1011. d i eil before 111e Castle
Chalus-all appropriately finuel graves in
F000011 soil, 04 they were 1110E8 of Prance
rather than of Englieul, Richited 1., the
Lion Trawled, imviug been in England but
twice during his and rei„en then only
for a fele Months. Unlucky James
IL died in exile te tho palace) of St. Gonne-
Me and was buried among French kings,
and it is a curious feet that the StleileSsors of
his claim to the English throne were buried
in St, Peter's, at I tinne, under the tit lee of
dames 11 1., Charles IL and Henry IX,
George I. abet died far !rent England, and
was buried iu Hanover, and the English
never insisted on bringing his remains beck
to the eountry he hated.
• Of those buried in English gentled 001110
10111111 ono resting place, some another, &o-
cculting to the preference either of the indi-
vidual himself or of hie friends 'rho greet.
Harold, 1 he last Saxon K ing of England, Wm
brought from the tleld of Hastings and barb
ed ill the Abbey of Holy Cross, tit 'Waltham,
twelve miles from London. During his life
he liberally ondosved the moimstery. Lrhe
monks erected to his memory a tonin with
the pathetic inscription. " Hic jacet Infelix
Harold lle," and their partisewhip with the
Saxon muse being thus clearly proven geve
'William an excuse to despoil the abbey,
which he did thoroughly, over fifty wagons
beteg loaded with plate, pennants, gold mud
silvev ornaments, apparel and other maims
bles. Some portions of Harold's tomb still
remain, but the inscription h is long been
obliterated.
The story of the death and burial of Will-
iani Rufus, the Red King, is scarcely less
tragical than that of his tether's last hours.
He was shot by an arrow accidentely or
otherwise, from the bow of,Sii) 'Walter Tyr•
roll, and a stone in New Forest merits the
spot where he fell. Tyrrell fled to France,
entitle ettondents of the King left the body
whore itlay void berried off to plunder the
palace. On the morning after the fatal day
a party of peasants found the body, stripped
it, and carried. off its rich spparel,
Hi the afternoon poor Rurkiss, a char-
coal burner, oamo with his cart lotal of
charcoal, on his Way to the oily. Recogniz-
ing the talked body as thee of the King, whom
he hailseen in Winchester, the hntnble toiler
threw off his load, placed the body on the
cart and started for the city, hoping to re-
OetVe 11 reward for his trouble. On the way
tho (tart WaS upset, The body of the Rod
King fell in the mire, hut WaS toplessetl, anti
e thus, blank with mud mid coal dust, the
corpse of the King entered the royal city.
Reese was buried with appropriate honors
in the Caebodral, where already reposed
the metes of eeverel Saxon kluge, and uncles
the north tower an altar tomb was erected
over bis grave. Purities wae rewarded with
an Rove or two of loud, which his deseenclants
of the same name end calling still hold. The
tong) erected by the monks 111 honor of the
Red King wits not, however, to be a perma-
nout memorial, for not menjoyears after the
tower fell and crashed it to pieces, 0, eiromm
stance 'regarded by tee pious as evidence of
the divine tinges at the wiokedness of Rufus
anti his relatives, Ages pessed, the I?eritan
Can Leslie ry C ti It edral, .1110 of the oldest,
and in mime respecto the mildest churoli in
Great Britain, (entitle)) the monuments of
several kings and prinees, but among them
is 110110 11 lier than the tomb of Henry IV.,
just opposite the shrine of Thomas a Becket
In 1S32, during the course of some repairs,
this tomb was opened and the embelined
body of the king was found in a. stale of
folds and the halide cressed on the
Each once held a scepter, be these gilded
symbois of sovereignty havo long since Ireell
taken away, A comorey which once over-
shadowed. the head of the effigy is now gone
so also ace the lions W111011 Supportoit the
foot, and the whole is covered with thick
coating of oxide, which, removed in spots,
afforils a glimpse of the (mid beneath. To
perfect preservation. But the glory of 0110 side of the gorgeous monument of the
Henry's tomb is overshodowed by that of third Henry is the simple tomb of a much
another close to it, the tomb of the femous greater king, Edward I. Tf is.gra.ve is cover.
BM( Prime. The effigy of this celebrated ed by a perfectly plain monument. composed
man lies on a black altar tomb, above %Odell of five fiat nutria° slabs, bearing 00 ornament
are suspended his teed of mei, his shield, nor any inscription te hulk:ate the identity
helmet, lance and gloves, with other parts of hint who sleeps beneneli. In 1 774 Ude
of hie runlet. and the scabbard of his sword. tomb was opetied, aryl the beily fonnd in a
sword itself, the one worn at Cheesy and remarkably good stet() of preservation, even
Poitiers, WU also hero, but was taken away
by Cromwell, who entertained so high a
respect for blici prince that. he tplaced
the clothing being in appearance as perfect
as when it was placed about the form of the
;pant king.
guard in the Cathedral to peeve -tit dowers,. Simple in his own tastes, Edward Wadi 1av-
thin, Ida Ives not entirely erteeessful in his ish decorating the until) of his beloved
°MA, for the greet stained glass windows Eleanor. Fifteen memorial crosses, soiree
still hem. marks of Puritan wrath, 001110 of which still stand, W010 erected to mark the
Cso saints there represented having their halting plaues in the progress of her body
eyes shot out turd the features ot Itemise from North England to its home S 1. Peter'S
mutilatml, for the Ironside sharpshooter Abbey. Her tomb is ono of the finest 111 the
needed no better target, than the counts,. church, a inarble altar upholding the bronze
nonce of a papist saint. In comparison with effigy. The meepter, the jewels o f the crown
other coOludral churches, however, (halter- and dress have been taken away, but other -
bury eufferecl little. isms) the tomb is Man exuellentstate of pros -
chapel, left dirmitions in his will fin. a ning•
The Light That IlectlF.
NV 11 11 11.1 (elegem nomiger.
Aricording to the gospel, .1,.stis (livid', watt ,
supremely aweke end im 130W smoke. And .
es children .11111, grown men and Woloiali 114,1,0
" 1N ho bath believed oar report.? end to
whom 1,1 jjo j ..01)1 of 1.1)„ 1,,,,,.,1 1.,,w,s,hni .., i, .) to lie; 'wakened nut of palsying eightmares '
111101 awakeue us with itie words
if we we•te tile beiet bit under the even of 1 ',P4 ..0011' .
111/111011 1 tonib, the cagy lo bo of side) siii• i.".""411'',," „j1',"j1.";17,1"1„)":,i,1:411,1".:), i'voT,th,1„,1,1.11, ,i,„")",,!"1. sttralige about it, that we must apeak Iris '
1(1,01,,,r.igii:1:111%,,,11:,,f01„1:111‘itzewt,i(0.1111iimeyi 11,g80,1111„1,nri0.1.,,, '111,1:::11"-11-1-'iss'ages"1.)-1:-1.1,",•) tc,iwi,kim-g,-Iii.111.,-.3.„, , „„,,,,,,,I.,,,,,,,,h,,,.. I, 1, Jus, 10 ow mothor
041 00 1 1.01.1 the 011i1,1',1 e)..... 01)00, hut it
part to Ire removed, and now truly 11 bit of
" " Crist as Isaiah Wait itt Me age he atitioipat, i
i Mind open its own ore, tied .1 mem Christi
iron seresti work remains, where once stood " ' , . (Obi ur, " li:01111 111y words." NN'Iiiiever real -
lint a 0 will not is) Weigel by Isaiah', be• . 1 . , • , , ,, 1 Lora
this noble nwinoeial.
Thu olispol new known 110 1 110 Albert Mt,-
mta,.. lii:diti,ii evil it,of11. tile,intwer of evil. Wil will ' 1-7'" 1 n". t" "1"1 ' t'd" """ "1 1' 1e
take his 0 14.11 WOVIIH 1 hat the hi g11031 poseible , """"!`!"!1';'
mortal is it eurietie eritenue of the in 1f it 11, the law of health 1 hat 1 he sick wies
1 11 c it I me 10 1 e 'isms to judge after the sight 1
honor of the Con is -MOO it W1/1.1 111telIdell ELS a, m ell,'' before he iwes brinselt 30,11, yon 01141
11411 meet says positively, " I am
ity of fortnee. Begun by floury 111„ '31 Of the ey..11 111141 l 110 1.0arine of the ears 'We 1 ma" "1'
„ , lett look straight into the- 11101111i11j.' 'kJ o'r the 1
81,01" 1"v 111° nali"a cd lhal' 8111311. "118 Ivordsof tbe Mesgialt if Mood when lie says 1 000 why it. is t liat we Janet doe1are ourselvea
wee w,13, Imwevor. givim! up mid tho cohapol „ i aii Truih,t, „ode Aejjonlinn. i.„ thy kilo') ., wide awake and not deepening in 01111.3. 00'
word thou Muth give account. " Thorelore, 1 ti,1.1.1,y;,t,h,%1:::,t,!iii':::,8`mil.,.truth will " ha" h°
. ,
'1 J edge not 0,,,00tql lag to appeariclice, bet I *"
1 ,. ' rl i ' il , i • t ' 1 $"'"10 110''ple do not like eattsOi : /tome
itself was rebuilt) by I Retry V11., who pro- 1 • ' 1 " 1 " 1' ' . j 1. ,1 , ' see °Hi. geed that lies hem. Isaiah insists
posed that Ins own tomb shouhl here be
built, In his old itge he changed his mini;
and selected 1Yeentineter. Henry VIII,
gave the eitapel to Wolsey, and the great i •,;„ r, j, re f ii , people ilo not like paintings 1 some people
prelate oreeted in its nave hie own tomb, T11.1';',11.0-11%11:10.11js:.1:111t.PIrrtustencolltr'iumen71.131ulivng ' !li,) not like sculpt tire 1 some people fl o not
sending to Italy foe the architect and mar- wait i lige /0 1/e t01.11 tile truth ahem the power of
power of their own wordit, 0.11.1 so they
their own thought)) lo get them into scrapes
ble. A stupendous monument was roared, Liu thee. premonitions eenie to peso mid tel 1 1,1))1 to es, (nos, out of dion). They do not
for ‘Volsoy had etrong hopes of being can- in to„ p„).),,,„; „„,1 on,g„oi„„ „hal it ioy. I se,, wimgt, int. pew mu
indeed after his death, and designed his sterions faculty they have for prophecy. il dignity t hat confers
monies.° illStinet10141011 they have 1 1,1P)))."11").")ft 111.1x110,11.11.0w kindly we reign over our
Blirine to rived those of the Confessor and oihnt,pre
Th0111118 a Becket. Wolsey (Bodin disgrace
at Leicester, his body Wan buried there in a than, 10 no, „, „„„0„ th„y t.„11y do pow,
is the eiguel that it is that inoment Ulna for 1
'0/ 1. is the law of mind that if We refuse to s
common stone collie ; at the Revolution this which is that, of preventieg contnitie,. if I think cem ain tlioughts we shall ((ever see
1111,8 Laken out of the Abbef , erten kiwis of people. It is the law of
trough, while about the saute time his tomb epeak the right 01109 promptly and heartily.
i Knowing the power of words you can 1.1,•ie41,11,7,,toretrIlinvelin ,e.,,,,errtatti,u) thoughts we shell
t t youdit ;one of body.
stvocit, and the coffin was used au s horse -I
in the Windsor Chapel was torn down for ji, Thou shalt deeree a thnig end i ft lies in the power of mind ite related to
the bronze it °finished, Wh.1011 waa anki al established unto thee• when men are enst "'"
it' "hall 1.*" ' '''' --perienee that if we elemee We 00,11 81111
anaLinn1 and lalinghL °Yet" 1:1100/ 1°' theee down thou shalt say, there is lifting up,"
days an exceedIngly large sum I A elergynian of the recognized end dond•
Like many of the Icings, Wolsoy commit.
ed the error of making hie monument too ,imii„tiom from Clod) was 11 very beloved.
nant. faith (that is in sherd and Satan and
enbsequent age. Later eovereigns have DM' end fatherly manner that comforted all kind
the euPidaY of a pastor In sickness. lie had a cheerful face
vich, and thus exciting
patently learned the lesson taught by the and classes of people. He had been many
fate of his end of other royal monuments,
for at Windsor, Bare the goegeour) and some- „gni tine learned to he quite wise in th•tecting
years accustomed to visiting his parish sick
the greet nainiater were t lumen into the, thnt
(ha b°n" Qt YQ1u " f"eigang f°""ng' it' th"ign r„leted t„ life tl„tt if w„ positively,.
you ought to 'meek certain words.
down equarely on thinkiegismili dimwit ts as
are simply shiftless mid frivolous and only
the rehearsal in nunnery of some poet exper-
ience far front ennobling. It le si gootl plan.
to suet down on Orem for they bring
around us their own kinds of people aud
conditions.
Ycej will be surprised how speedily a cer-
tain east) of peeple and couilitioes will drop
w int unneeeesai . y s iowy tem) ap i te t 1c. /Alt of pier life whett you stv thin long cer-
symptoins mid ad rising preiran t ions. I here
late Prince Albert, the royal monuments lain theughts whieli they personify. 'The
was always ono sign that he knew Elli the
are plain and even inconspicuous. foreshadowing of what j„ „„jhni a„nal. f t fatly intoning is said to be the time whea
the mind is norm. efficient to cut off useless
never failed to herald thitt strange belief of .
1 brauehee and deed etieks by speeking ellen 1. -
maul; ind. When he realized an impels
Grippe in England. ' ceptilde ;to 1. he eyes) purplish haze he know I V " I hereby cast out, of my mind all
I melt thoughts its have kept lee from healthy
,til 1 te different WaSit With thereat Abbey ,ervittinn end remains 11 lasting memerial of 1
cr"quenti declamations nettle hy eminent After while Ito heavd of this law of the judgment and prosperity, Then give the
as Westminster Abbey. Situated the way worthy of him. physicians that the cause and preventive of right word as able to deetroy sio„)„s„. „in 101101 the good Valle of a strong statement •
of St. Peter in Westminster, 1101101' 1011011,11 1110 10o0 EclWaLli for a minute in every
grippe are thines beyond the ken of Heidi- and death and mice when 11051110 that hither. lir"' " I am sound in beelth, able judo -
heart. of the metropolis, and regarded by all A few feet from. the monument of the
Englishmen with Leveret= akin to idolatry,
it might bo supposed that this Walhalla, of
English !nighty dead would. be safe from the
heel of the spoiler, that menet military
despot would hesitate so permit Rs desecra•
tion. '17110 expectation, however, was domn.
ed to disappointment, for as cooly as 1 641
the abbey was converted into a barrack,
horses wore stabled in the nave, troopers
made their beds round the tombs of kings,
an 1 irreparable damage was done to menu -
monis eurioas from their workmanship and
{lathered by their aasoehttiou with the most
interesting periods of English history.
There was amp,. materlat in the abbey to
excite Puritan wrath, for on evevy sido rose
monuments the sight of which, no douln,
made the blood of the Rounilhetels boil with
lege, and when the character of the n1011 is
tionsidered and tho nature of monuments in
the aid church, the wonder is not Butt so
much destruction \yea wrought, but that so
little damage was done.
The royal tombs are imposing from Omit!
number alone, to say uothiog of the frame of
those who repose in the collies beneath, for
in this church lie the rue -mins of Seibert, the
Saxon, who founded the Church more than
1000 yeers ago of Atholgede his Queen ;
the Confessor and Eilitha, of Henry
III.. of Edward I. and the famous Eleanor of
Ciistile, of Edward mid Queen
of Henault, of Ric:heed IT. and Anne of
Bohemia of Henry V., Henry VII., of
" good l'jiteen Bess " of Nlary Stuart of
Scotland, of James aml Charles II, of
William of Orange runl Mary, of Anne and
Prime fleorge, of Cloorge, IL and Queen
Caroline, Nor are theeb all, for it host of
prinees and princesses aro buried hero, mern•
hers and mile ti eel oi the royid Welles, with
so many of England's great that volume
iB 11 11011 With 011151 theix names and titles.
Tito oldest. 003011 tomb in the abbey, so
fee as known, is that of King &hest, the
founder of tho monastery in the seventh
century. The hoilies of Sete it anti Athol -
gotta wove, buried ender the high altar clese
to which, to the present day. stands the
statue of the old &mon King, while there is
preserved in the church an exceeOingly cut,
ions shrine of mosaic end marble believed to
have covered the remains of this monarch.
The tomb of Siebert, as well as all others
in the famous edifice, is eclipsed in import-
ance by that of the King end saint, Edward
the Confessor. The last Simon kiug who
really ruled in England was bested in a per -
tion of the edifice slightly elevated. from the
grontel floo and known as the chapel of St.
Edward. Here aro the tombs of himself
and wife, end here, miter his cenonisetion by
Popo Alexander III., Wela erected the most
magnificent &wine 111 lieglancl, not oven ex.
cepting that of Thomas A. Becket at Can-
terbury. Screens, gorgeous even in their
reins, sopmate the °Impel front the rest of
the ehuroh, and in the 111.140118 Rivisions of
Glob. panels Were oneo roproseeted in bronze
all the prominent events in the life ot the
monarch, However, few of the =thy hund-
reds of figures; now remen in their original
position, eo that little of 1110 subjeots
sonted can be recalled. But the exteneive
character of the work and the magnificonee
with which. it swts carried out eve still sour-
oes of wonder.
In the center ot the chapel stood the shrine.
tomb, the holiest in England, for the lotted
bull of ennonizetion commanded that the
body of Edward should be honored here as
hie soul 311110 glorified in heaven, mul in
splendor of decoration the tomb of St. nd.
ward Was surpassed by few iu christeudom.
The week eves exeouted by tin Italian named
Pietro 0avellitii during tho reign of Henry
and ab the tune woe deemed a miracle
of art. The entire structure was of white
heroic Queen steeds the pretentious memori-
al of Edward Ibis a marble altar, in
the sides of which appeer niches which once
contained the stittne tt es of hie children. ll'he
altar was made seeeding to his order and
daring his lifetime, and. it, is said that Ile
hesitated long abent including his rebellious
son, the Bleck 1Srinee, egging the number to
be represented on the monument, and only
after the death of the Prince WaS the tem -
1 I b 11 tatue web
al science do itot satisfy the public on this;
mportaait point. ILliere hi 13 growing ite-'
nand for the appointment of a, mote vont- ,1
nissiee to inquire into the possibility of re -1
laving mankind from the scourge The'
pelemic is somewhat less virulent thie 31000
hall formerly, lnit to offset, this it is 1110re
videsproad in its ravages, so that on the
vhole the visitation 10 more burdensome'
han before. There are thoustinds of victims!
mone the employees of the undergeound
to unfailing signal he determined to speak
it away if there was such a thing, So he
said to the purplish haze, " Once I knew
you'as the 841 of death, but how I do not
believe in death, nor in the signs of death ;
1 believe only in life and the Meng of life.
Life is God Omnipotent. I pronounce you
the sign of renewing, vigorous life for
this man, in the nanut of the gather and of
the Son end of the Holy Ghost." The
Purple haze lifted and tho red blood tinged
mend gtven w uo 1 num ore( Its s .
railwttys, eel thonsitnds more 0,111Ong the the cheeks and lingers of the sick man.
1 11 o rest. All the six metes have disapp.ear.
Postotliee clerks, These selvices aro so 1 Isaiah sae) the rejection of the Redeemer
ed, hot the reounthent tiger° of the King
badly crippled as -to cause public ineonven. as a coming state of effete ander the law
still lies on the elate though the scepter has
ionce • but where nearly every business is of thr fruitage of error. Bet why did ho
been broken end the bronze cushion under
affeate'd 11) is barely worth while not blast the fruits of error while they were
the head and the gilded lions which upheld
to specify pesticides cases. The num. In the lea -eine of their spring green -nese,
the feet have been thken away. her of members of Parliament prostrated 712 years B. U., just, as Jesus bloated the
By the side of the tomb of. Edward 11 1.
by the disease is so large, and the sanitary fig tree before the figs ripened, to illustrate
." II,. condition of the houses of Parliament is so tbe power of truth to stop error before tt
stands that or his Queen Philippa. . I 1
same style of arehitee ere, it. waserigenaliy
bad that ministers are likely to postpone comes to fruitage ?
of black marble overlaid With Whlte ulabas-
the 'session uutil the wave of illness shell
ter charmingly (Imitated . with gold. and
have subsided. Funeral directors are, of
color. On eves)) side were etches containing
course, reaping a golden harvest. It might
statnettos,and nearlyfitty doninutivefigures
seem that at such a time there would bo
of angels were placed on various parts of the
less occasion than usual to advertise their
monument. As with most of the royal.
leueiness, but in fact the inerease in the de.
tombs, nearly every sign of osnament has
marid for their services has had the effect
venished, but the effigy of the Queen repre•
of stimulating competition among 1110111. A
sents her as ii, woman of exceedingly noble
„.., novel method of attreeting custom has been
Tho effigies of Richard 1 1.1.neg1111111aJis iltaleteuiri'lie,
countenance, and firm, 1 adopted by one undertaker in the East End.
sido by sido on a. common torn!), The„o I ,.11,0_01,118)0817,11-tigessise to be drawn throme, the
it large sign Wi 111 Ills narne
bronze castings are said to. hostile flret eXibin. I 741S)S.1.171,1"),"o'ssi',
end the announcement that his
pies of stieli wed: done in Ituglapd, apd if "
1 cherges for conducting a Neese aro only 24
the statement bo true, tho statuesiernish a i
shillings and sixpence upward. 't he hearse
masonic compliment to the sktil of the I .
accompanied by throe gloomy-loot:Mg in -
founder, for the work is line, oven to the
, lividuals dressed completely in black, and
minutest d tails of decoration on the relies,
the device succeeds in attraetnig 11,11011 at -
Turn from the monein 7 lit of 1 bollard, anti
before you is net emitted recess In which t'ati0n,
steeds idle tomb nr Henry V., wiles° early
denth bereft England of the most entable
military hero of that century. The tomb is SOPERSTITIONS-
-
Tea.
of marble, the effigy of wood pitted with Shire are Seine of tae Signs That Luirk In
Silver, but the bead is lacking, for this, bell If you put cream into your cup before the
of solid 'diver, WaS taken away and meter sugar it will " cross youe love, ' so be very
to enrich the troesury of Henry VIII.. Above careful. 11, while the tea is being made,
the melt and between the supporting cob the lid, removed to pour! iu the water, is
limns, is a mall chantey, w1101.0 1H proSer, cid losgottee, it is the sign of a new arrival.
the armor of Henry, the helmet lie wore at Li the tea stalk floats in tho cup it is tall -
Agincourt, and from the pillars depend. his ed a " beau," and when this is seen minter -
seed, lance and spurs. ried women should stir their tea very
The other repository of the royal dead ia quickly round and round and then holcl the
die chapel of Henry VII., really a great spoon upvight in the center of the cep. 11
church, over 100 feet long, It. is one of the the " bean ' is attracted to the spoon and
most splendid examples of Gothio architect- elings to it ho will be sure to oell very short -
Miro in the world, and was added to tile ly, if not that very ovenirg ; but if the stalk
abbey (Otos 'Henry had given rip his design goes to the sido of the cup he will not come.
of oompleting it chapel at Windsor. The If you. want to know 11ONV many years
glories ef Henry's addition to the abbey„the will elttpse before you may expect to be
boot114' of the embod roof, of the flO'Ing married balance your spoon on the edge of
buttresses witiell support the arches, the your imp, first noting that it is perfectly
miirvelous screens, the groups of statues, the (ley ; fill another. spoon partly with tea and
stalls, the banners, the trophies displayed holding it above the balanced spoon, let the
on every side, dory desoription, leaving on drops of the tea gather to the tip of the
the mind only. an indefinite bnpression of spoon and gently fall into the bowl bolo w.
splendor and inspiring wonder et 1110 skill Count the drops -each ono stands for a
and daring of the architect. As the chapel yom
wasbuilt asp. (merge memorialto Henry.V.IL D., is n 81g„ of fair w„thor 1 1 the °hist,
and his Queen, its priecipal feetures Is the of smell air bubbles formed by the sugar
monument of the royal per. It oonsiste of collect and somata in the centre of the cup,
a lofty altar of Meek marble, on which lie If they rush to the sides it will surely rain
the effigies of the King end Queen. At the before night.
corners little browse angels aro seated, end
on all the sides are floral Nesmith (110108111g
small plaques, in whiell (tepees, dimientive ..-........s/r/Q1-•••15141118....-1111./.....-...........
figures of the King's pewit saints, lle- Me Head Balloon
InarkithIe Ha is the tomb itself, the semen
inelesine it is quite as 1110011 a Work of ars, ,01 the,Lurbon.,4Metlioal Compauy is now at
In the Gothic style and of gilded brass and eorome saneoe, and may DO 00110111t0d
00ppar id 011.011 141410 ie 11 tower, at each side
a Gothic archer -I cloorwrty. Hundreds of
bronze statuettes once ornamented this won-
derful Inittiee Work ; most of them are now
gone, but the inseviption is still legible.
In the vaults beneath the pavement of
'Henry's clutpol lies tho dust of Edward VII.,
1i/inhabit James L , Cheeks IL , William of
therble, and the sidee and ends wore divided Grange, end 1St wry, Anne and Prince George,
into three courses or stories, the center ono George IL and Queen Caroline, who wore
being of penes, each containing a plethee in the 11181 tetra personages to find interment
gilts)) mosaic, the subject being furnished hy in the abbey, Save by inscriptions in the
tionte incident in the li fe of the mint. Above Povoment, most of those gewes aro unmark•
bl Ur in the
rebellion 00,010 011, t110 so diers of the Com anti beneath the rows of panels were niches, , , , , , .
inonweeth used the cattle:Simi as a barreak, 01101) containing it silver statuette, At, the 01111P01, name nem that of L1104011iider, bring
invaded the royal veldts, pelted ono 'mother ereinees of the shrine wore illdrai enirenns those of Omen Elizithoth eel her great
rival, Mary Quomi of 1 -100tH. '1'110 i WO 1 oinlai
with the hones of kings and queens, of envere 1 with mosaic ; at the head stand the
nobles end ilislinpe, played No11,111311 With 4111111. t110 Jewett half incrusted with inosa100 bear a la rOntt 1.0110111biallee ill eliarauter, hem -
the skulls and kicked the onlilits and vest- of glees and W001011E1 atones, W11110 the Upper Ina been erected nt the 0:4111(1 1,11110 by the
mints into the etreet, After Om artily p01.1 ioll WaS4 01WOrtal With gold Plateil lavish. order of jallielil T., who, niter aseemling the
marched aWay pious bands gabbor011 IAD the ly legleeked with jewels, So largo Wes 00 throne, end the tinily of his mother brought.
relies of soyalty, but the bones of a king. outlay that Henry found hintscdf iill toveriele from the 0011011 sal of Poterboro and plaited
I 1 ' i li i I, I 'I'l i ifi i• of
aro in no way different from those of n, hog.
ger, so its they ocrild not bo distinguished,
all wore placied 111 two large 0110018 aud the
mortal remains of 1101118 are 110W miuglail
*with those of Kinogils, Ethelwolf,
ramie, Rebind, Hebert, (Seem Emma mid it
score mere of thorim who, in their tinatrank
ed louring the world'e great.
John, the only English King of the name,
died in Newark Ceartle of mortilleation at,
the toss of his briggage and treasure durieg
tbe passage of the Werth, Ilie ilelith was
most opportune for England, as tho heroes
hall extorted from him the Groat Charter,
regarded the foundation of English noel
American liberty, and John was preparing
ea by it, and 11,14S forced at, a, sti mognont , „ ,
that of Mary, just
period le lake awey and paum the gold and V4110,11411 1 14 01 olsorife,
mercies the chapel, of white marble, and it is
gems to serene funds to carry on Ids were.
Tho jewels wore subsequennly teetered, but a 41.141d1Dt 001110111ellen that I he tombs or the
„„ly 1,31 ,,,,tittrsy the oroeg of the eighth Henry two women 1V110 Were bitterest eiletries dtir-
Who ile.110110,1 1110 Hkr1110 of everything he 3„11L1 H11011141 here be placed in almost of.
eould Mary restored it, but the work 1•""eive Proxill'i I Yi
WILA dono cheaply and 10 haat 0, and later it Sines the tittle of t-er.e. II., the Entslidi
suffered. se trine the upoilidions of visitors Kite., levee preferred Win,lHor INH 111000 of
modelle to obtain that, at the time or buri tl, anil t hi re al ca. -,11., aro (WO
1111V01111 11/11 there NV11.5 141 10 of rattle left. finimis tetanal., hallowed by the aides of
So it, pe lirollgh the (1.0111.11.0 Of 110 cot 1'1,0.1 1. 0i ;741, (400r,V,0 11'1'
0/11)1/1111'1111/1'1101Y 11111111,1' 1W11, /1 011.00 '111 Initial of' livery VI 1 1, end Jane
Wile again r,stored by 1 IharleH It. The pose Soy Monli, 1 1 011ry ordered a mpleniliil met
lesions ef visitors, however, continued, and or 1111111141 void marble to Hroeted over li 10
thtfailrine ig limo bate oi tol ornament, Not Queue, hut it wos Paver completed, aud of
Did not Rairth know enough of the 1neae-
ing of the passage, " end the Lord repent- 1 nightmare, that He dui not test.
Lrhat it hi tOld that 1041 hath given Him,
ecl," to know that the law of the good (se
That 0141110 is
the Lord) ean always be spoken in time to a "alne, "hove every mime.
Now, Isaiah herein prmieeds to mll us
?hot the Lent laid mom Jesus Christ the
os al1, That was true in this
40110, VW. : that he took the cup of our ex-
perience, which we have forced upon our- •
selves by imagmatione, and tasted it to see
what it is bust for us to do eerier such air-
cumstetees. He has left the word that it is
to Ite refused as the cup of nothingness.
It le no nce for you to bear poverty. You
ean say posttively ; " I refuse to be poor. 1
tiefuse the cm) of poverty. Jesus Christ told
me that Orem "e enough and tit spare and
God is my bouirtiful supply from this time
00."
Jesus Christ felt, silIed, epee to test every -
dung Lula tut us see for ourselves that the
whole material world is under us, not over
us nor in our arms. Yon will see by this
fifty-third of Isaiah that there was -nothing
of suffering whieli we dream of in ti.is silly
the quickening printiiple- the awakening
power. You are privileged to do with the
name as you please, but it is very evident
that it means all that you wish to have and
to know- concentrated.
Now, beeause the science of satisfactory
Heim) is so simple de not turn away from
it. The more eimple the mechinory the
greater its Oxeetitive power. It i4 written
thet at the Itaine of .1reers everything shell
bow. If this word 1 e in our mind this
power will be in our life. We shall be see -
prised when we Wake up to lied 'how sim-
ple the law of meetertul sueeess is. And
there is Be doubt ebent evert hing depend -
ago that we .01.141 see the reasonitbleeess of
the ideal and would not rejeet it. when it ing ((Pon '4111. of lnind• -And 11ore 14 110
4100 bl 441100 1 14 state ot mind beivg induced.
should come announced as plain judgment of
by words or thoughts.
goodness. We often %vendee why a email cleforined-
It seems verily as if 10e hail no mind go
manifestly powerful as Isaiall's 1101V, be- appeariug man has 00011 great poWeite,
is because he suddenly betook himself to
cause nobody hes seemed to rouse out of
scene new way of thinking. Agesilans
the belief in future as strongly as Isaiah
rose out of his age whon destruction lay ICin g of Sparta, wits deformed, short of
upon it and announced coining prosperity. stature noel lame, yet he was a brillitettgert-
ral. In his 1 SO yeer het went to assist
To whom is the arm of tfie Lord re-
vealed ? That is, who sees this law ileW that the Egyptiaus age' s the Persians. He made
80011 a poor apiw.i. anee that the King of
loses Christ hes taught it, eo plenty that
Egypt refused his alliance. Of course the
he eat) demonstrate the power theveof ?
Arms aro symbols of power in the scriptures. King of Egypt was defeated.
\Vito sees pleinly tho power of the gnod over There is 0. story of a man who had been
tnld the the philosopher's stone was in a,
all evil, even to the onnihilation thereof,
presents as Isaiah eil.W the future dezeonstra- pile of stones and he began to extunine them,
don of the good ? throwing them away one by one after ex-
amining them. He got so into the habit of
So this lesson totiehos us ovett again the
throwino them awey that lie got careless in
necessity of declaring that the trail about
his exannutions and timelessly threw away
things ts 1101V jilet, 118 much as it ever was
the philosopher's stone with the rest. As
or ever will be. Heaven is neW end here.
lie threw them into the see he neves could.
It never will be eny more here than it is
reclaim them and lost his (Mance.
now. 1301 who says this strongly ? So
Here is doctrine that is the true pinl-
'seal' mourns bemuse he WV spoakin g
osopher's stone, It is the only doctrine on
in our dreton of error very feebly like peo-
the face of the ettrth that lute any practical
ple asleep and muttering.
But it has nobody and nothing
Them esed to bo a theory that this world offloteneY•
of riches an fame or name to gather its ad.
is all asleep. While we aro lyieg still on
heroes with. This is exectly acrenrclieg to
our beds in dreamless sleep NVO ore in the
This is therefore snmething to
normal and natural condition. As notice ProPhecY•
commend it, as tho regning religions have
flint the sickest, most pained or troubled
all those things on them side, Yet can 31011
creature is well enough if ho is asleep in
not aee bow the Bilent foroes of its great
dreamless peace. That) all whet we call
truths are perrneatiug, overturning, chang-
waking isnot true waking, but nightinttre-
ing dynasties, religious, politiosl, ethical ?
pure nightmare, That all this time we tire
It is ono of the denials which every mind
et home in our " Father's house whore the
many mensions be," and only need to speak should make for its own advancement into
118 greatest power Butt it bolds no prejudice
theright word in this otir 'nightmare (winch
we have foolish] celled our wake state), to of tiny kind. 'Prejudice for or prejudice
against anybody or anything in all theworld.
The greed jury disposed of the ease of
Charles Wesley in the time of an Irish mob
by the following verdict " We find
Charles Wesley to be &person of ill fame, a
vagabond, and a annnuon disturber of his
elajosty's Nem mid A110 pray that he may
be transported."
How meet do you think Hotner got for
his lliacl or Dante for his Peradise?
According to this prophecy of Isaiah this
28 exactly the verdict petiole will make while
the greatest dorthine ever enuncinted is be -
ng. taught by those who see its tritth itts
majesty mid are willing to stand by tin it
denionstratem Beef,
They shell see of their travail and be setts -
fled. they shall see that it is greatly worth
while to say, "I am mu prejudiced for or
against aeyboily or 011y01111g in ell the
We will not split en the took that fent- world -T ant siitisfieil It it 11 110 truth of God,"
For they shall see that state of mmil is like
oily looking skin, etc., are all 8ymplottis of )
tern back (or repent) anything not good !
It is perfectly astonishing 11010
power of vision Isaiah hail to see both evil
and good fruits like a helpless speutatme If
Imbed spoken vehemently that according to
the law of errov the world would reject
Jesus Christ first and his teachings after-
witml, but he pronounced error null and
void and its results nothingness, his stupen-
doter In cl would have drawn the curtahis of
darkness to the right, and the left from the
age when Jesus mune. emil they would have
seeu him in his true light.
Then meth Isaiah ought to haVe told our
either in person or by letter on all eatome look mound len sen 0„1, home)
diseases peculiar to meat n, young„
or middle-aged, who find themselves nerv-
ous weak and exhausted, who note broken
Suddenly by the speaking of the right
words yon will find that you are not thaoh-
ing school, not running engines, not ar ti -
down froin exoess or overwork, resulteng ing law points, not translating Inerog
op rf oprui. ref olsdy tangpot,o os oryvelotat
thom-no, you are awake et home,
not fightieg monopolies or making
Onaticyal)",ry1°Logif°oul'flinemory, bad dreams, dmiposs of sut Such a homel "Tis there that thmelt
sight, pelpitation of the heart, megatons,
lack of allergy, pain in the kindoys, head-
ache iimples on the face or body, itching
wasting of the organsf dizeinese, specks stud he shonld be satisfied when he should
or peculiar sonsetion shout the scrotum,
before the eyes, twitching ef the muscles, ambito, Pee wished the people of the pest
oyo lids and eisewhermbaelituleess, deposite bed been 011011 fel of the metutry from
in the mine, loss of willpower, toudernese of „1.,„„„„ to„y „„moont..
the scalp and spine, weak aml liebby muscles, Hosea said, " Take with your words naul
desire to fai1111 e 1,o be resLed by li•ep, rethra unto your God." Noth yottr
tiOntaillati011, 11 1111110H0.1 Inlaying, lessor voices
desire for solitude, use ty of temper, beitig mindful of the country front Whittler
Paul did tiot feel the necessity of himself
sunken eyes surrounded w ith teethes! emote, h„ ,01,1„ „nt
nervous debility Oust load to imatuty and tiered Paid. Lot us remember the country a "lea' transPo1 otloY through whiell the
110VOT 1 01110111 er
1,1,11011 from earth thy proud aonl is sot Creel
That. cold 011111ing winds of Deeember
Stole all thy C01110allions fr0111 th00.
No. Paul told people to wake. David
death unless cured. the spring 01 V1 ta
"With the hot fervor of joy at
11010110e NVO eanto one We will speak see,
kfvoximshisilv1 icuogusi(0,sotwiroot. ensli)ohioi s:vlovritiya fir:11;11i f„,n)„))tiy
beieg told that words will welten Ile to see
(these oommit.ted 111 1g114ra1,0" 11"'Y 11"" Whitt this kingdom is to which we are so
Innocuity cured. Scud your • address foe lash,01).
Itoet on all diseiDical 1)0131111er to 1111.110 phtto,,,phy We Ulla OW, Wheilover
books seut free sealed. Ilieuelisietee, the on), ))),,.am that 4eep or
Redeemer s heel mg light shall stream.
" This le the dawn of nolde faith,
The day &nil follow soon.
W110-, 11Ope eau brea the with Nor bres.01
Por night 1,4 lost in anent.'
A Mean Piot,
Pro DO yen think ft'nwittlil. be
111110, 1111111b110101, 310101a. 1011. S'eS0";', are en the poiii of aWakeliilig., So 11 '11 hat
.1101, 11 114110S, rush of blood to the unit 31„ 111.,.„01 hat 01 dream, oe leld theti Ohf (ftwv001,1y),,,,,1' Ne„„iijolote
! (1011,111,1n ii1.11,11,,i1g0011...in,4,1.1. 1,1.01.1g, t.0111,1, mum- bo. noav
sy111111011111 of w 1 al at j • • tj, 1. dreem I lutt We no, dreaming, that thon we imm„,1,,i tor o, „omit, 1,,,,Tio.p.dolving
111`01111 beat tide is all a nightmare renthelis. of one no, iurleed, I think it Avoilli1.1seseoleogiely'
esst
hone,. etc., earl PoslidvidO N" "um,' netroptintors and geologi.te are Beebe to Mrs, resurface, who admires yon 80
'1.12/1t(11. /hall the flUNt, (1/3111 11,1/0111 1,11”
Alla that is what, all the relieirmiete and 'Pretty (lirI ••"I'llat's just. what 1' tell old
p5BoN, idaodonall Teeonto, Ont. th, „onling ona of the woad.
1111 .0"11, 80101 fol. book. Ai1,411.1.8a, V. J
Mg about but she said you'd beshooked. VII run Atut
wit h.,"
t,t1„.tt Own they are tell