A Yankee bachelor abroad; a "wee bit" of wit and fun and some sober facts gathered during my fourteen months' sojourn in the British isles and some parts of the continent . al about manythings said of this old stone. Nevertheless, it has awonderful history, even though there is considerabledoubt about Jacob, the patriarch, resting his wearyhead on it at Bethel that eventful night that he wasfleeing from his old home after deceiving his old fatherand robbing Esau of his blessing. Westminster Abbey is 513x75 feet in area, and 102feet high. The towers are 225 feet high. As onesteps into this old
A Yankee bachelor abroad; a "wee bit" of wit and fun and some sober facts gathered during my fourteen months' sojourn in the British isles and some parts of the continent . al about manythings said of this old stone. Nevertheless, it has awonderful history, even though there is considerabledoubt about Jacob, the patriarch, resting his wearyhead on it at Bethel that eventful night that he wasfleeing from his old home after deceiving his old fatherand robbing Esau of his blessing. Westminster Abbey is 513x75 feet in area, and 102feet high. The towers are 225 feet high. As onesteps into this old edifice he finds it crowded withmonuments of kings, heroes and scholars. Thechapel of Henry VII, built in 1502, has nave, aisles andfive chapels and 1,000 statues. Here are seen thetombs of Henry VII, James I, Mary Queen of Scots,Charles II, William and Mary, George of Denmark,Queen Ann, Dean Stanley and Queen chapel of St. Edward the Confessor has tombs ofHenry V, Henry III, Queen Eleanor, Richard II, Ed-ward the Confessor and Edward I. The latter diedJuly 7, 1307. This account of him was on the tomb:500 years after his burial, the tomb was opened and. CORONATION CHAIR. 298 A YANKEE BACHELOR ABROAD. his body found in a good state of preservation, havingbeen embalmed. He was 6 feet, 2 inches. They,styled him Long Shanks. I thought as I looked at those old tombs containingthe dust of royalty, that old death could chill royalblood as quickly as the so-called common I believe in honoring those in authority, yet Iam inclined to think that the same blood that coursedthrough old Father Adam and Mother Eve is circulat-ing through the veins of the whole human family, andthat we are all made from the same piece of cloth, eventhough some may be cut more on the bias than others. We attended service in this old edifice one Sundayevening. It was a very simple and impressive sermon was interesting and packed with gospeltruths. The large congregation joined he
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