. Missionary Visitor, The (1904). ies—their worship is barren of thereal joy of service, of the real worshipin which the earnest heart may look tothe loving Father in faith and trust andlove and hope—and no saint or virgin or 22 THE MISSIONARY VISITOR [January, 1904 priest stand between. Our Father canbest be worshiped by loving His chil-dren and by helping them to know andlove Him rather than by kneeling aboutpainted and carved altars in formal cer-emonial. May God - bless every effortthat is made to teach these people thesimple faith! After lunch we went to the RoyalPalace and were taken thr
. Missionary Visitor, The (1904). ies—their worship is barren of thereal joy of service, of the real worshipin which the earnest heart may look tothe loving Father in faith and trust andlove and hope—and no saint or virgin or 22 THE MISSIONARY VISITOR [January, 1904 priest stand between. Our Father canbest be worshiped by loving His chil-dren and by helping them to know andlove Him rather than by kneeling aboutpainted and carved altars in formal cer-emonial. May God - bless every effortthat is made to teach these people thesimple faith! After lunch we went to the RoyalPalace and were taken through its stateapartments. Here we saw elegance and ful palace—existing apparently but forone purpose—to be seen. And justwithout the walls which contained allthis wealth of beauty the streets werefilled with the poor, the lame, and theblind, begging for their daily bread. Weare thankful for the hope of a homemore beautiful than any of earths pal-aces and whose doors are open to allwho are His people—poor as well St. Peters Church, Rome. beauty in furnishing, beyond anythingwe have yet seen. The hangings on thewall, the curtains, draperies and uphol-stering were all of rich silk, each roomhaving its own design and color. Thewalls were hung with beautiful paint-ings and the ceilings were covered withfrescoes—all by master artists. Thelast rooms shown were finished in gild-ed carvings, on the side walls betweenthe large windows were beautiful mir-rors, reflecting and extending the beau-ty. Every space in the carving of thewood work from ceiling to floor wasfilled with mirrors. Here was a beauti- This evening Bro. Longs and I at-tended the Waldensian service, andthough we could not understand a wordof the service—for it was all in Ital-ian,—we enjoyed it. The pastor seemedso in earnest and we knew he was try-ing to teach his people from the sameWord we love so much. The churchwas simple and plain—quite a contrastto the Catholic churches we have seenhere.
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