Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-09-20
SUNDAY in

The %usherIng IN of a Scottish Sunday
morning is Ear difTerent from wha; eve.
~ one must huve had occasion TO oh
serve 90 especially in or near the Inrge
towns II. England. There are no shon<
half opened until the very hour that
summon the population 10 it's Worship.
no servants W rk TO be lone Al ibL
doors and windows, though ever so ear.
~ly,-nothing that can reminJ one
OF the toll OF the " eek, and the nnx.
iety OF the heart after worldly affairs
NO artisans idhng, unwashed, and i'm
their working dress, about the streets;
nor any oil those degraded characters
who may olIen be seen with half a do
zen dogs making their way to the out.
skirts OF The town for The purpose of hay.
ing a morning sport in rat hunting n
long the bitches. They labor six DAVIS
aud Saturday night effectualIy closes the
scene. From sunrise TO broad day, the
holy time steals on as though toll and
the common anXieties oflife were never
known Every care, save the all i'm.
poriant one, seems laid aside. The
a'mness OF the atmosphere, the rerose
oil The senses from every sound, and he
low Ginning of distant bells, seem t.
be truly "A day of rest, when the parent
and the child, the rich man and the
needy, alike in the presence Of the Gre.
aior, observe his appointed time, and
remember The Sabbath day and keep II
holy.
The cottages on the mountain side.
which, during the week present the vc-
ry picture of peace industry, are usually
IN SunIngy -,.---- -. "
as though, with the cessation Of all hu-
mar labor, the nhubitants had in spirit
retired to that peaceful world Of which
quiet Sabbath is So beautiful an EN-
blem. But about the hour when the
village bell Lcgins 10 toll for the devouI
assembly, then may be seen issuing from
the humble cottages which, hitherto,
appeared from their quietness almost
unInhabited, each little family from first
In last, all clad in their best, clean, plain
und homely but TO the devout and meek
a far more acceptable sight than that
gorgeous and costly attire, which, at
tracing all attention TO the pomp Of this
life, seems 10 convert the temple of the
Most High into a house Of earthly vanI.
ty. he elderly clad in sober colors,
becoming their season Of life; the younI
in simple white, one followed another
in a long train along the mountain side
form, together with tho place to which
their steps are bending, a subject on
which the mind long dwells with inter
nal satisfaction.
In the evening, while perhaps the a.
ged-Ihey who are nigh upon the brink
OF the dark ocean Of eternity upon which
they must soon embark-are engaged
IN the p~erusal Of that volume which
points out their way 10 the distant Iund
The young, TO whom il is given to re-
Jolce while their day is before them,
"ilen walk out on the hills together or
alone, thong h always with that peaceful
dcmeanOr, that total absence Of all ten
dency TO unhHllowcd mirth, which b.
speaks a heart humble in its strength.
and conscious Of the services i owes TO
Him in whom all is glory and honor.
Thus, peacefully and silently, the
night again steals down-cloyinG upon
a day on which ten thousand hearts
have been better taught their duty to all
living.