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Show t IV- -.. T-- f HQUPAY tfeff; PJ'ITALY Dr. MHfeM of Umraaor PaW sTimtaijia CfiHeamee Oaeervaaeee (a the limay Land. Travelers Tlaltlng Borne while. It was stm the center of a land of peace, found Christmas there a' day tt Jey-oasaees; Jey-oasaees; aad the merry' belle of maay churches,, ushering la the 'day, spoke, the familiar language of home. ,-cJast before: the -war, Dr.,GrenfeH. of Ubrader fame; Indulged la ; the anusual'Iuzury.of a brief hoUday la , tarope,after years of tlretaes service among the fishermen; BRs journey 4 brought him end Mrs, OrenfeU "to Rome just, as 'the, maayfreltgloBs aad 'civil observances "of the,Chretmns4 sessoa wereaboutto .take.plaee;A: , great contrast these sceaesx-were-to' t the Chrlstmases ot -lcebeaad iXsbra-: v dor,. . - , .''"'V"' , . The decorations, tthe.greettne,and .the crowds flocking inland' buttof churches, emphasized theiflrit'efe. season. "All the places of worship Into which we. 'peeped," 'M;aysV"wsrov abtase with lights, while precesatoas: of priests la glttterlng.robes, with so aorons cbornsas and'asceamag laoeaei; appealed to the Various sensH. V 1-, 1-, At oae ehurch they,Tlewed.thejlTe boanla believed to have formed a aartV v of theeradleof-oar'Lord.V ", 'i. The American Bptaeopat Church ot, ; St Paul, where they 'worshiped, oa.'..;" Christmas morning, was crowded .with -Jfr ' the Protestant population of the HeJy'- Ctty. A feature of the service wae'the" dedlcattag of a beautiful new "Meatefl ceverlag, one entire, wall jf the church' t,f and repreeoatlngf the-aatlvlty ot.;fH Christ c ' '4-iggl Of the Coliseum, ssjui Dr. Qreafell.: kIIH "we could think of no place better, to ,M suggest to our minds thecommnalon"jlm of the samts; aad as ws walked JM roaad the tiers ot seaU-we'eild,sejiJ agala the 'men of like passi eaa' wfiflt fM ourselTes,, giving their 'Mves for thfV same Master we data to 'aerva.H' ' When darkness had fellea the'tray'. " oilers were attraeted by 'aumins of bright.llghts over by the Porta Sea OtevanuL These proved to aaasaace "an the fun of a fair"-. there m'ltely ' Just as one finds thorn la thli, eoaah try at?a "county fair." 1 ' l vrjgrigis9aaMBaaBBcMsaBrm'v! ' u -A W- gsffi;v ' " il. &W- ' ' ' T&N'w |