225 feet high, the outer, from the pavement to the top of the cross, is 364
feet. The dome is 102 feet in diameter, thirty-seven feet less than St.
Peter's. St. Paul's is the third largest church in Christendom, being
surpassed only by St. Peter's at Rome." Three services are held here
daily. The religion of Notre Dame is Roman Catholic, but that of St.
Paul's and Westminster is of the Church of England. What shall we say
of Westminster Abbey, the most impressive place of all our travel! As
my friend and I entered here and took our seats for divine worship,
preparatory to visiting her halls, and chapels, and tombs, I think I was
never more deeply impressed. I said to myself, "What does God mean
to allow me to worship here?" and I seemed to realize how little my
past life had been. I felt that circumstances and not I myself had
thrust this new privilege, and thereby new responsibility, upon me.
Westminster Abbey! A church for the living, a burial-place for the
honored dead; a monument to genius, labor, and virtue; England's
"temple of fame;" the most solemn spot in Europe, if not in the world!
Here lie authors, benefactors, and poets; statesmen, heroes, and rulers,
the best of English blood since Edward the Confessor, 1049 A.D. We
must now leave this sacred spot to visit, if possible for us, a more
sacred one, the birthplace of Methodism, or more accurately speaking,
in the words of Bishop Warren, the "cradle of Methodism."

On City Road, London, near Liverpool Street Station, is located the
house, chapel, burial-grounds, and tomb of John Wesley. Across the
street, in an old Nonconformist cemetery, are the graves of James
Watt, Daniel Defoe, and John Bunyan. Across the narrow street to
the north is the tabernacle of Whitefield. We learned that Friday,
July 7th, was reopening day for Wesley's Chapel. What a distinguished
body of persons we found at this meeting! Dr. Joseph Parker was the
speaker of the day. The Rev. Hugh Price Hughes, president of the