rotestant, employed Dr. Grampier to
instruct and prepare his children for the Holy Communion, but never
goes to church himself, but has told Dr. Grampier that he prays
every day. He has been much afflicted in the loss of two wives whom
he greatly loved; and also of a son, about twenty-one, a young man
of most amiable disposition, great acquirements, talents and
virtues. Conversed also with Count Gasparin, who appears to be a
truly converted man; spoke of the inefficiency of a formal
religion, and the necessity of the religion of the heart. Mentioned
the readiness of Roman Catholics to hear Protestant missionaries.
He believes that God is about to do a great work in France. The
Count is an author; his father has been Minister of the Interior.

_March 19th._--Heard lecture on chemistry by Prof. Dumas, one of
the ablest chemists of the present day, and a most eloquent
lecturer.

_March 20th--Good Friday._--Went to hear a Protestant clergyman,
one of the most pious and able ministers in Paris; his manner
unaffected, eloquent, and impressive. No organ; singing good, all
sang. It being a holy day, crowds were everywhere; streets for
miles were filled with three, and sometimes four lines of
carriages, of all descriptions; the broad sidewalks were literally
crowded with pedestrians, forming solid masses from twenty to fifty
feet wide, and extending two miles. Order was preserved by soldiers
and cavalry, stationed at short distances. I never saw such a
moving mass of people, embracing, no doubt, every nation in Europe
and America. The attractions of the harlequins, jugglers,
hucksters, etc., of all descriptions, surpass imagination. I walked
to Napoleon's Arch of Triumph; observed the inscriptions and
remarkable figures on that elegant and extraordinary structure;
ascended to the top, and there enjoyed one of the most magnificent
views I ever beheld, embracing all Paris and its environs for many
miles, the day being cloudless; the serpentine Seine, the richly
cultivated country, its parks, its gardens, its arcades of trees,
its villas, churches, colleges, hospitals, palaces, squares, and
monuments, together with the elegant Tuileries, the noble Louvre,
the magnificent Champs Elysees, the playing fountains, the spacious
streets, and the moving masses o