The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-09-10

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PIoclaimed the gospel, as pilgrims of tn
cross, from the remotest north of our vas
country TO the shores of the Mexican qul
anu ready to utter the words the feelings
ana experience, which they have treasure,
up IN travelling ministry of fifty wears
ana whose accents tremble with ace. still
more lmpressvely than their words, an
hounce, that they will soon travel. an(
Preach no more on the earth, are there
such are the preachers:
;. The line of tents is pitched: and the 70.
nlglous city grows up in few hours unde,
the trees, beside the stream. LamnS ara
hung In line among the branches and tbe
So Vi thelr glare upon the surrounding
r roaes' rs, i as OF magic. The scenery of the
MS. Drliliant theatre in the world is a
palhtlng only for children, comnared with
w SAeRetiroat tho ToultttI.4la4 "a i. IL. LII
the general enthusiasm of expectation, pass
from tent to tent, and interchange apostolic
greetings and embraces, and talk of the
coming solemnities. Their coffee and tea
are prepared, and their supper is finished.
BY this time the moon, for they take thought
to appoint the meeting at the proper time
! OF the moon, begins to show it's disk above
| the dark SUBMITS of the mountains; and a
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intervals of the branches. The whole con-
stltutes temple worthy the grandeur of
God. An old man, in dress of the great
est simplicity, ascends platform, wipes the
dust from his spectacles, and in a voice of
suppressed emotion, gives out the hymn, of
which the whole assembled multitude can
reclte the words,-and an air which every
voice can join. We should deem poorly of
the heart, that would not thrill, as the song
Is heard like the 'sound of so many wa
ters," echoing among the hills and noun
talns. Such are the scenes, the associa-
ton, and such the influence of external
things upon nature so " fearfully and won
derfully" constituted, as ours, that little eff
fort is necessary on such theme as relig-
ION, urged at such place under such cir
cumstances, to fill the heart and the ewes.
The hoary orator talks of God, of eternity.
a Judgment to come, and all that is impress
slve beyond. He speaks of his experien-
ces," his tolls and travels, his prosecutions
and welcomes, and how many he has seen
III hope, In peace and triumph, gathered to
their fathers; and when he speaks of the
| short space that remains to him, his only re-
greet is, that he can no more proclaim in the
silence OF death, the mercies of his cruciied
Redeemer.
There is no need of the studied trick of
oratory to produce in such place the deep
est movements of the heart. No wonder
as the speaker pauses to dash the gather
ing moisture, from his own eve, that his
audience are dissolved in tears, or utterinr
the explanations of penitence. Nor is it
ed Ineh1seIves On TN tstfnarfurI uIhn1p4ic.
( Ipfo nj oLl Al
! crowd, catch the infectious feeling, and be-
come women and children in their turn :;
and though they came to mock, remain 20
pray"
Notwithstanding all that has been said in
derision of these spectacles, so common in
! this region, it cannot be denied, that the in
! f1uence, on the whole, is salutary, and the
general bearing upon the great interests of
the community, good. 1t will be long be-
| fore regular ministry can be generally
supported, if ever. In place of that, moth
! ing tends so strongly 20 supply the want of
the influence, resulting from the constant
duties of a stated ministry, as the recur-
renee of these explosions of feeling, which
shake the moral world, and purify its at
mosphere, until the accumulated seed of
moral disease require a similar illustration
again.
/ The SHARK. The usual method which
sailors have contrived for taking this fero-
cious creature, is by batting a large hook
with piece of beefor pork, which is thrown
into the sea, attached to a strong cable
furnished near the hook with an iron chain.
Without this precaution, the shark would
quickly liberate himself by biting asunder
the rope. 1t is curious to observe the vora-
cious animal coming up to survey the bait
4 especially when he is not solely pressed
with hunger. He approaches, swims a.
round it, and for time seems to neglect it
apprehensive perhaps of the cord and the
chain; he quits it for some moments, bu
his appetite being aroused at the sight, he
soon returns, and appears ready to devou
it, but often quits it second time. Whel
) the mariners have sufficiently amused them
} selves with observing his various evolutions
they make pretence, by drawing the rope
to take away the bait. II is then that hi
natural voraclty overpowers him; he dart
|, with violence at the bait, and swallows ii
together with the hook. Sometimes, how
ever, he does not so entirely gorge tn
: whole, but that he again gets free; We
even then, his Unsuitable appetite is so If
Z resistible, that although wounded and bleed
: ing with the hook, he will again pursue tn
; bait until he is taken. When he finds tn
: hook lodged in his stomach, his utmost Ell
forts are exerted to get free, but in vain
, he tries with his teeth to cut the chain; h
pulls with all his force to break the rope
= in this manner continuing his tremendou
!; but fruitless efforts until his strength
r quite exhausted, he suffers his head to b
, drawn above water, and his tail being fir
3 confined with moose, he is drawn on boar
: and despatched The usual manner of Kill
Q ing him, is to beat him on the head till
!. dies; that, however, is not effected withol
h difficulty and danger. This enormous fisl
t terrible in the agonies of death, struggle
!, with his destrovers and there 10 scarcel