The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1843-09-11

SUNDAY IN SCoTLAND.-'Ihe ushering of Scottish
Sunday morning is far different from what every one
must have had occasion to observe-especaly in and
near the large towns in England There are no shops
half opened till the very hour that summons the pop
ulaton to It's worsbp-no servants work to be done
at the doors aud windows, though ever so carly
nothing That can remind one of the toll OF the week
and the anxiety of the heart after worldly affairs
No artisans, idng, unwashed and in their working
dress, about the streets, any of those degraded
characters who may often he seen with half dozen
dogs making their way to the outskirts of the town
for the purpose Of having n mornings sport in rat
hunting along the bitches. They labor SIX days and
Saturday night eliectualy closes the scene. From
sunrise to broadday the holy time steals on as quiet
as though toil and the common anxeties of life were
never known. Every care, save the a-mportant
one, seems laid aside. The camness Of the atmos-
pherc, the repose of the senses from every sound,
and the slow Ginning of the distant bells seem TO
speak 1t to be day of rest, when the parent and the
child, the rich and the needy, alike in the pre-
sence of the Creator, observe his appointed time,
and remember the Sabbath to keep IL holy.
The cottages on the m, untan sides, which during
the week present the very picture Of peaceful indus
try, are usually Sunday morning shut up and ST.
lent though 18th the cessation Of all human labor
the inhabitants had in spirit retired to that peaceful
world Of VIII CHI a quiet Sabbath is so beautiful an
emblem. But about the hour when the village bell
begins to toll for the devout assembly, then may be
issuing from the humble cottages which hither-
10 appeared from their quietness almost uninh ,bted
each ltle family from first to last all clad in their
best clean, PLAIN and homey but to the devout and
meek far more acceptable sight than that gorgeous
and costly attire which, attracting all attention to the
pomp of this life, to convert the temple Of the
Most High into house Of earthly vanity. The ell
derby, clad in sober coors, becoming their season of
life; the young in simple white, one following apo-
Their in long train along the mountain side form,
together with the place to which their steps are bend
ing, a subject which the mind long dwells with
internal satisfaction.
In the evening" while perhaps the aged-they who
nigh upon the brink of that dark ocean of eter-
nifty upon which they must so soon embark--are en-
gagged in the perusal of that volume which points
their way to the distant land the young, to whom it
is given TO rejoice while yet their day is before them
often walk out the bills together alone, though
always with that peaceful demeanor, that total alb
sence Of all tendency 20 unhallowed mrth, which
bespeaks heart humble in its strength and conscious
of the service 1t owes TO Him in whom all is glory
and honor.
Thus, peacefully and silently, the night again steals
down-closing upon day on which ten thousand
hearts have been better taught their duty to all living
English paper.