Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-08-06

tose . tar;or aud interior of the churches.
Whenever could spy steeple for suine ~"
80 ,nost &c them found access, as the stA'u"
,v,s either busting inside or sweeping ou's,u.'
,b,maht this was hardly consistent with P"'Hy'
for ,hev NIGHT give the man dollar Wees
=, .s and he would do this work on saturday a.,
tarna.n was struck with the grandeur OF a,'
of them. fthey beat our New York churcnes NV
lnw,y wa. pleased they did not let inc
house Of God lay in ruins while they tnensIsse,
were living in palaces OF walnscot' D"'
was such wonderful profusion oiscariet Gurla'ns
and scarlet cushions behind the pews anu peio'0
the news. behind the pulpit and before o'ie pui,
nil. / thought it had an dufm sq'liht','s a. -.
mother of harIots riding on TIE scarlet 49,
,,6.re,f Won NAV see more particular account
- do TN rhauter of the Revelations, from me
.f,st yer.e 70 the end. In another church whefe
tho I,,ck of the puiI;it was rear as broad as lie
sas, enJ of the City Ho.e,. Ill broadway. was an
shnr huno nm. large enough for the Nasnins,
ron "A: and in place Of tarred ropes 1t was pou'M'
ronnd the stock with .ine scarlet cords; the wan
,yos covered with scarlet cloth. should 'linN
here was a hundred yards Of it which hnng IL
hpa,,tiful festoons over the fgkes OF TIE ahcHo'
Tba sevton fold ne the cloth and anchor was
m,de q nresent to the church By st'gte Sehtie-
man n afterwards thought he lseant 6GchefD'J
and ihat il cost thousand dollars: tho'Si't Me
ni-ia,,.baye na,ntcd the back Of the pulpit
rood skv blue color, and given the balance 10 u,e
So ,,,;.;,n,r;as or eye,, 10 one Of the Female
! Aryil;arv Temperance Societies, whereby these
! It'll hearted creatures wuald have been enabied
to feed and clothe few scaia of these poor star
v;ng hrats. whose fathers drink up all their mo-
nov in r,m. because the bread Is s0dear out
7 don't mean to enter iptn the merits ot '''is
case. Iouly tell Won thatI ihaigit this was a
rational church. and dare say the world thought
h.. was acting on rational principles. and that Is
enough for me- especially as found me puritan
cha ches decked out pretty much IN the same
manner. --nothi but the eternal RED scarlet
every where like the hats OF the lat cardinals at
pon,o At ten the bell rang as it does in New
YORK: the minister told the folk to join mih h"l
in sinoinc to the praise and glory ol God. Had
vo,r seen me at this moment with mouth open and
ewes staring with surprisc,-Whcn, instead OF
Joining with him in singing to the praise and s'o-
nv Of God: up starts a long string OF lads ana
Ilasses who sung out most Justify to the praise
and glory of thPr1Selres: and behind them was
an organ. roaring "a loud as the arms OF the man
and the wind of the bellows could make 1t;
thought if this he worship, par OF Scotch bag
mines ,oiuht do as WELL turned to see now tlt
minister brooked the alront, as no one joined
with him: when 10. there he stood as mute AS
mummy, his psalm book shut, hand on each sid'
of the pulpit. supporting his nobn frame ms lace
instead of displaying anger, (as eXpected) was
almost mantIing with cOmplacent smile as h'
look ed under the broad brlms Of the iasses mats,
seemed absorbed in contemp lating the sweetness
of their warblng threats: his ruddy cheeks giist
nino brow told me in accents louder than the on
oon's roar. that. however, he might be disposed tt
Worship God BIZ prory. that he did Tot carry th'
principies into Inc ordinary walks OF lie; at icas
IN as far as eating and drinking was concerned
BY the time they had sung verse. | found /
was good old Scotch tune. by the name OF ffeacI
, thew were at.-and as | had joined with thous
, and voices in the old Gray Friar's Kirk,.ih Ed
inburgh, forty years ago, in singing David,
+ Psalms to this same tune. up with my boot
turned nv back to the minister like the rest, ant
sung away as loud as could, Keeping time WIN
1.-THE lads upstairs The folks stared; one said h,
is Yorker.-others that was daft--some laugh
ed: but thinks !, they may laugh that wins, | an
dong nv duty in joining with the lasses Ut thu
minister WON'T in singing praise, and at any rate
am leaving testimony against this anu-PutltaT
mode of worship: 80 sung on TO the end Of ihS
HYMN. Thinks to myself. these folks religion
NAV be rational enough, for auSht that know
but they appear to me TO have a: queer way Z"
showing it. Thought how much better this thing
IS done in Scotland. Professor Slliman. In HI.
Journey through that country, takes notice o. be
ino in the Trone Kirk of Edinburgh, where gen
eraily about thousand people assemble for wor-
ship on Sabbath DAYS. He says that all joined.
men, women, and children, in singing the Scotch
version of the Psalms-it made him feel as II
standing on the outside of Heavens walls,
and hearing the sound as the sound OF ma
nv waters. &c. and it thrilled his very soul.
This is not the exact words. las have not ms
book by me. but its the substance. In the after.
noon went to another church to see it | could
find any thing more pure.-'The minister, attei
inviting the people to join with him, &C. having
read HYMN, and the organ played solo, wo.
man, dressed pretty enough, and. her cheeks
thought rather more ruddy than nature common.
ly paints them in the month of---. got up and
sang, most sweetly all alone by herself, praise
and glory IN the name OF the whole congregation,
as could neither see man or minister who join
ed her-nothng was heard but her sweet pipes
and the tin pipes of the organ. After 1 got out.