Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-07-01
HOLLAND.
HE HAGUE, SEPT.


Midst silent waters, gardens, temples, lowers
Touch'd by the influence OF the scene, tor hours
In peaceful contemplation have stool.
Thinking what fierce and develsh deeds have oroKeh'
Jpo,her ages. these sweet seats OF quiet
Look at the Vjuerberg-u nnsturai token
Of that foul mtrderous, horror-waking riot,
when mad mob, in frenzy, dyed the streets
with brothers blood-yon gloomy prison see;
Old lIanenelit. and Grotius, and lie Wits
Have paced its floors in their adversely
Mans crimes and tumults and their recoras aie'
But NATURES peace endures eternsiiI!
There are few prettier sights than The wood
of he Hague on Sunday, or during any les
,iyi,y In the eno,m-n,s Of the Dutch there
is little that is exci'ing. They SIT down IN
,beir sob ;e,y--listen TO the music, which
seems 10 awaken smile Of content The gem
,leman smokes lis pip~-the lady sips some
agreeable beyeragr--nd thec appear as nd ply
a. human nature is capable Of being The man
of the generation ina, Is passing avay~s SO
strongly resembles our foref,'he's, that one
can scarcely see a face bu' reminds one OF some
old man in England. The ro'undny OF ihs
| Du,ch vsaer is dragged down by year, ana
.Angkeisedbv time. fan Englsman were flung
through The roof, among twenty silent Dutch
men, above the age OF fifty, he would claim
Them all as rrierds and countrvmen. French
mann, rs and Frehch affections have made much
inroad on the present generation-so 'imss
for pvod. sometimes for evii-in some respects,
tney have improved their intriectnalllies- IN
many, they have injured their mora'''lts b"'
| am not one Of hose who see much evli III 'he
ou,pourings Of the mind OF one country upon
| mother. Take care hat men are not taugh' 10
hate each other, and they will soon learn 10 love
| The dependence Of man upon man would make
him benc VIOLENT and kindly affrciioned to others,
# his pride, and vanity, and passion were not
E by everlasting illusions frequently pue-
rifle. slwavs pernicious. Man is grega'lous-
tnat is, social He is a creature not sell sup
por,ed-not soi'ary-but looking to others
even for food and raimeni. Alone anc aoan'
doped, he can hardly exsi-while, in The pro.
portion in which his sympa'hirs are dItfnsfd
over the world, he becomes greet good, and
happy
The congregation assembled in Ouch
Church Of lhe principal towns, reminds one OF
the Church goers in an English village. win a
shrinking Of The we'll dressed aristocracy-
There is a seeming want Of respect Men en-
e, with heir hals on, which they take IF dur
ing prayer, and they cover themselves again
when the sermon begins The style fp"each-
ing is laborious and emphatic--a strong mental
aid physical effnrt from beginning to end -
Much though, seems 20 be- employed in the
c,mpo,i,ipu of srrmon, as The principal pull
pit orators preach only ten or twelve times a
year. During the sermon, the tinkling OF
small bel is ht ard, and soon little velvet bag,
at the end Of long stick, is popped into your
face, making It's arrival known BY the 'inkli's
Of the said title b II. which serves as tasse'
CON rs,;e Idat5ehje "a base coin worth 81 two 20
,ence, 20 the poor. THIS ceremony over, ano-
Their ambulatory-'ir lnshula'ory monitor arr
,iyes. with demand for the Service OF the
Church. When you leave, there is third de.
mand, for the chair or pew you have occupied
The scr,i @ lasts two hours 1t has much
more Of simplicity than he Anglican. respect
ing which the preser, King Of Holland is re-
ported to have said during the office, in an En-
pIish Cathedral, = When will ,hese Romish
ri rs be over?" The Professionalism Of The con-
,inen, is Pr -bylerianiSm, and is exceedingly
far removed from he Anglican fnrms-whose
forms hey consider, in the words f an old Pu
ri,an, an unpur. ed mass>book.' The hymns
and psalms which are sung are announced in
large printed letters on tablets suspended in Sc
,eral parts Of the church; and as every hymn
book has he tune appropriated o he hymn,
III, harmony is better pr served !han with US.
The sermons of The Ouch divinrs are seldom
! Holemi al, though nose OF inc more EVange
lical' class frequently introduce he dor'ri' es
of { alyinism. There is much hetetodoxy a.
moug ,hem-far more than hey would BE- dis
po>ed 10 Own; for here are, perhaps, no set Of
men more dependent on, and s"bservient TO,
public opinion than the clergy here. think
there is smong them too much disposition TO
Batter those in aur hori'v; and in some of their
compositions. which have just been reading,
! find Idu5 addresses to King William in very
much he "you are The -breath-of our-n"s'rils"
style use by our old bishops to James The Firs';
style Of Hattery with which King Of Eng
| land would, should think, by no means wish
to be hsnored. The Jan,enis's have. among
the Catholic clergy, considerable power, and
there have been controversies in which they
have boldly denied the jurisdiction Of he Pope
of Rome The Concordat with the said a,
! iissimus ha, caused many difficulties and much
expense Til" Ambassador has keen long at