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Show well equi pped College. The result ot such an enterpri e when completed! Our Hry being thrilled a. we li tenecl to the leader in these things di scl ose his plans, his h opes, his ambitions and his love for the Youth of Ita ly. Such plans ought to successf ully culminate, and they will. uch hopes sh ould be realized for they are worthy. Such an ambition must not be allovvcd to fail b cc au~ c it L for ' 'th eir sak e. " Such lo,·c will not be poured out in Yain. The :\I ethodist Episcopal Chu rch . boule! early erect ancl fully eq uip those m uch-needed buildings in Rome hecause Christ ian ~clucatio n i the mean s by vvhich the Kations shall be brought to the C\'er-glorio us heights of ci,·il and religiou s Liber ty. Therefore, let e\ cry hri stian patriot pour in to that land his largest possible g ift to th e encl that the Youth th ereof shall learn to know ancl to love and to sen·e J esu Christ. The Rome that perished was the Rome of ava rice and vice. The Rome that shall pass away is the Rome of bigotry and intolerance. The Rome that shall endure is 1 he Rome of charity ancl bro therly love. Thu s may it c\·er be unto the Nat ion s of tl1e earth. The Keapolitan tells you to ''see t\aple ancl die," and on e must confess that the environ . of ::\aple" are in..;piring. But please do not die until you han ~een Florence and :\lilan. Four days, ,\pril 21 -2-t, \\ere spent in these citi es, and the chid regret now is that those days could not have ea ch become a mon th . ll ere are gorgeous park s, glorious p i c t u r e gall eries, famous churciH:~. and the most elaborate cemete ries in the \\'orld . The old :\rno Ri\·er that flows through Florence is eros eel by se,·e ral bridge ·. hut the Ponte \ ·ecchio is the most famous. i\ho\c the main thoroughfare is another pa.s- Page One lluntlrcd Seven |
