A Baptist Abroad: Travels and Adventures of Europe and all Bible LandsWhittle, Walter Andrew
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A Baptist Abroad: Travels and Adventures of Europe and all Bible Lands
Whittle, Walter Andrew
Europe -- Description and travel; Middle East -- Description and travel
Highlands and Lowlands—Locked up for Fifteen Days—The Need of
a Good Sole—A Soft Side of a Rock—The Charm of Reading on the
Spot—A Fearful Experience—Bit and Bridle—Thunder-Riven—Volcanic
Eruption—Dangerous Pits—An Hundred-Eyed Devil—Gloomy
Dens—Meeting an Enemy—Eyes Like Balls of Fire—Voice Like Rolling
Thunder—A Speedy Departure—Leaping from Rock to Rock—Silver
Thread among the Mountains—Imperishable Tablets—The Cave of
Rob Roy and the land of the MacGregors—Lady of the Lake and
Ellen’s Isle—Lodging with Peasants and with Gentlemen—Rising
in Mutiny—Strange Fuel—Character of Scotch People—Scotch
Baptists—Sunrise at Two O’Clock in the Morning. Page, 67
CHAPTER VII.
FROM DUNDEE TO MANCHESTER.
Scotch Presbyterians in Convention—Their Character and
Bearing—On the Footpath to Abbotsford—The Home of Scott—Five
Miles through the Fields—Melrose Abbey and the Heart of
Bruce—Hospitality of a Baptist Preacher—Adieu to Scotland—Merry
England—Manchester—Exposition and Prince of Wales—Manchester
and Cotton Manufacturers—A $25,000,000 Scheme—Dr. Alexander
Maclaren—His Appearance—The Force of his Thought—The Witchery of
his Eloquence—His Hospitality Enjoyed—A Promise Made. Page, 75
CHAPTER VIII.
BAPTIST CENTENNIAL.
Three Baptist Associations—Centennial Year and Jubilee
Year—Baptists Seen at their Best—Doctor Alexander
Maclaren—Matchless Eloquence—Hon. John Bright Delivers an
Address—Boundless Enthusiasm—English Hospitality—A Home with the
Mayor. Page, 84
CHAPTER IX.
A SOJOURN IN ENGLAND AND ON TO WALES.
Arrested and Imprisoned—Released without a
Trial—Nottingham—Dwellers in Caves—Seven Hundred Years
Old—Forests of Ivanhoe and Robin Hood—Birthplace of Henry Kirk
White—Home of the Pilgrim Fathers—Home of Thomas Cranmer—A
Guide’s Information—Home of Lord Byron—Wild Beasts from the Dark
Continent—A Sad Epitaph—Byron’s Grave—A Wedding Scene—Marriage
Customs—Wales and Sea-Bathing—Among the Mountains—Welsh
Baptists—A Tottering Establishment. Page, 90
CHAPTER X.
LONDON.
Entering London—The Great City Crowded—Six Million Five Hundred
Thousand People Together—Lost in London—A Human Niagara—A
Policeman and a Lockup—The Jubilee and the Golden Wedding—“God
Save the Queen.” and God Save the People—Amid England’s Shouts
and Ireland’s Groans Heard. Page, 98
CHAPTER XI.
SIGHTS OF LONDON.
Traveling in London—London a Studio—The Hum of Folly and the
Sleep of Traffic—Five Million Heads in Nightcaps—Too Many People
Together—Survival of the Fittest—Place and Pride—Poverty and
Penury—Beneficence in London—East End—Assembly Hall—A Converted
Brewer—His Great Work—Meeting an Old Schoolmate. Page, 107
CHAPTER XII.
A TRIO OF ILLUSTRIOUS MEN.
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