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By the Golden Gate

CHAPTER IV
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CHAPTER IV.
THE STORY OF GOLDEN GATE PARK AND THE CEMETERIES St.Andrew's Brotherhood--Patras--The Cross at Megara and the Golden Gate--Portsmouth Square and its Life--Other City Squares and Parks--Golden Gate Park, its Beauty, Objects and Places of Interest--Prayer Book Cross--Chance Visitors--Logan the Guide--First View of the Pacific Ocean--"Thy Way is in the Sea"-- The Cemeteries of San Francisco--World-wide Sentiment--Group Around Lone Mountain--Story of the Graves--Earth's Ministries--Lesson of the Heavens.
When my companion Ashton and I landed at the Market Street Ferry House, an imposing structure of two stories, with a wide hall on the second floor and offices and bureaus of information on either side, our newfound friend, Mr.Young, bade us a "Good-by" with a hearty handshake, hoping he might meet us again.

Before leaving us, however, he introduced us to a young man a member of the Brotherhood of St.
Andrew, who took us to the temporary office of the Society in the Ferry House, and gave us necessary directions about the street cars, hotels and churches.

We were in a strange city on the western shore of the Continent, yet, we felt at home at once through the cordial greeting of the Brotherhood.

The St.Andrew's Cross, which our young guide wore on his coat, was indeed a friendly token.

It spoke volumes to the heart; and I was carried back in memory to that early morning, when, having sailed over Ionian Seas, our good ship cast anchor in the Bay of Patras, and my feet pressed the soil which had been consecrated by the blood of the Saint, whose cross was now a token of good will and welcome at the ends of the earth.


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