The herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1835-1837, 1836-03-08
THE KlsSERS..A NEW SECT IN RELI-
GION.
" All made of passion, and all made Of wishes;
AL alteration, duty and Observance,
Al humbleness, all Patience and inpatience,
All purity, all trial, all gooi kissing"

time. ike going to Church when have time. Ii is
peasant-an agreeable-a healthy exercise. Every
person looks neat aud clean-every face decent and
expressve-and there natural frag in the Sun
day air. which probably springs the country from the
and shrubsn the city from the smelling bottles
and oil of oses used in the fair ladies' oilees. was
educated Catholic For fifteen years in my youth,
went to Church two three times regularly every
Sunday. No matter what the errors Of the sect belts
mistakes-ts mysteriesthe Institution Of the Sabbath
il wanted the sanction of the Almighty would have 10
be established by human authority. Even the greasy,
dirty, bad smelling Infdels of Tammany Hall, who can
spell words of three sylables to their souls
have conform TO this great necessity, and keep
Sabbath day. for the benefit of the fresh air. and pro-
cure clean faces week at least
went TO Church therefore last Sunday-noi the
richy-cushioned Trnity-nor the gorgeous Duane-not
the ST Thomas-not the fastidous Grace-not the
incense burning St. Patricks went to private fam
lily church, which assemblies in private house at Ne.
Sullivan street, the independent principle on
which MIR. Latourette has created his congregation in
the Bowery. At halfpast ten entered gateway
mounted stair-opened dsor, and found myself in
small neat rectangular room, divided into two parts,
with about dozen of ladies', neatly dressed, sitting
around large table with green cloth, the upper end
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ciety when find myself in the presence Of coored bon
nets, with feathers on side, on the
other
Around the tables were arranged about a dozen BIZ
bles and Hymn Books. At the upper end stood sill
YER cup with two handes-and slice ofeommon bread
ON salyer-also small box with an aperture. Out
side the enclosure number of pews created each
having also Bible and Hymn book. Beyond this, was
stove to keep the apartment The heather, the
uncovered, and the pretty young girls about to
ten years of age, sat outside sat among the latter
cherubs-as eager as curious simple the children
/ themselves. - .asy..i
At the proper hour the Chief Of the Congregation en-
tered-a tall. good locking parsonage. He TUNED to
the left and after bestowing kiss Of the pref
test girls piey has always natural attraction
to pretty faces took his seat at the upper end Of the
table. He Immediately stood up-read chapter Of
the New Testament-and afterwards said, Men and
brethren Yet us pray" very good prayer was the
consequence. After this was closed he began a SER
mon which was short and sweet. This done, he read
a passage from the New Testament, auihorising the
breaking of bread"-,hen taking up the slice of bread
from before him. he broke off small piece-put it into
his mout-and handed the remainder to his left hs nd
neighbour The slice then went round the table in this
way each breaking off small BIT, if il had been
wedding cake, ill il reached the Administrator, at the
head Of the table, Another prayer-and another
hymn. -tlnr fflH gf rt
The Chief then took up the cup, which filed
with wine-repeated text of Scripture-put the
cup to his Iips-tased it-and then handed it to his
right hand man who did the same, going round the
BILE precisely as the bread had done. Phe bread and
wine it viii be observed, goes against the sun.
Another prayer-another hymn-nnother small dis
course-and then the GROWING glory Of The whole
ceremonies-the kiss of Charity" The leader got
up and sad brethren and sisters let according
the Lords appointment greet each other with the holy
Kiss of Charity" This said, every person. male and
female, arranged around the table, kissed each other
right and left, men and wonen-women and men. II
was not either mere dry buss Of the cheek-bu re-
gula steam power smack that struck home to the eal
most oharmngly-a real meeting of lip to lip. | al
most said involuntary CAD wish were commu-
meant for day, by particular desreI should take
my stand right between these pretty girls in white
feathers and braided hair''-but being emily heather
sat and mourned among the children, beyond the oute
railing the of Major Noah did by the river:
of Babylon.
After the kissing operation closed the whole
church fell work and sung pretty psalm Of praise
for the mercy vouchsafsd in that delightful ceremony
II is remarkable that of the principal ceremonies
in every religion eating, drinking, kissing embra
cling &c. The natural functions of nature are invested
with divinity which dc hedge them in for religiou
uses.
know not the name of this new sect--but they pro
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