The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1847-06-23
The NliScrcrC at Rome.


owed forth. The ceremonies commence
with the chanting Of the Lamentations.
Thirteen candles, in the form of an erect
triangle, were lighted up in the beginning,
representing the different moral lights of
the ancient church of Israel. One after an
other was cxtinguishcd as the cha,lnt pro-
cecdcd, until the last and brightest one at
the top, representing Christ, was put out
AS they one by one slowly disappeared in
the deepening gloom; a blackcr II ght seem
and the lamcntation grew wilder and deeper
But as the Prophet Of Prophets; the Light,
the hope Of the world, disappeared: the la
ment suddenly ceased. Not sound was
heard amid the deepening gloom The
catastrophe was too awful, and the shock
was too great to admit of speech. Hc who
had been pouring his sorrowl,,l notes over
the departure Of the good and great seemed
struck suddenly dumb at this greatest woe
Stunned and stupifcd, he could not contcm-
plate the mighty disaster. | never felt a
heavier pressure on my heart than at this
moment. The chapel was packed in every
inch of it, even out Of the door far back in
the ample hall, and yet not Il sound was
heard. I could hear the breathing OF the
mighty multitude, and amid it the suppressed
halfdrawn sigh. Like the chaunter, each
man seemed to say, "Christ is gone, we arc
orphans-al! crphans!" The silence at
length became too painful. | thought |
should shrek out in agony, when suddenly
low wall so desola.c and yet so sweet, so
despairing and yet SO tender, like the last
strain of broken heart, stole slowly out
from the distant darkness and swelled over
the throng, that the tears rushed unbiddcn
to my eyes, and [ could have wept like a
child child in sympathy. 1t then died
away as if the grief were too great Tor the
strlan. Fainter and fainter, like the dying
tone Of & lutte, it sink away as if the last
sigh Of sorrow was ended, when suddenly
there burst through the arches Il cry so pier
cling and shrill that it seemed not the voice
Of song, but the language OF u wounded and
dying heart IN its last agoniZing throb.
The multitude swaycd to il like the forest to
the blast. Again it ceased, and broken sobs
Of exhausted grief alone were heard In a
moment the whole choir joucd their lament
and seemed to weep with the wccpcr. AT
ter few notes they paused again, and that
sweet, melancholy voice mourned on alone.
Its note is still in my car | wanted to sec
could come from nothing but broken
heart. OH how unlike the joyful, the
triumphant anthem that swept through the
same chapel on the morning that synboliZcd
the resurrection. J. Il. HEAnLEY
THE TWO ANGELS OF MAN-We clip
the following from the Polynccian, publish
ed at Honolulu. So elegant thing is at
least wothy of republication upon every re-
turn from passage round the world. We
therefore give it another start:
Mr.. Chandler, in his recent response of
vote Of thanks Of the common council of
Boston. of which he is the presiding officer,
cites the following parable told by Turk
lsh dervls, TO traveller. 1t is even more
beautiful than Sernes celebrated figure OF
the accusing spirit and the recording angel.
"Every man," says he, "has two angels
one upon his right shoulder and one on his
left When he does anything good the an
gel on the right shoulder writes it down and
seals it /; because what is once well done is
done forever. When he does evil, the an
gel on the left shoulder writes it down, but
does not seal it. He waits till midnight.
If before that time the the man bows down
his head and excIaims, sGracious Allah -
/ have sinned forgive mel,-the angel
rubs it out; but if not, at midnight he seals
it, and the angel upon the right shoulder
weeps"
SINGULAR ANEoDoTE.-Several years ago
charity sermon was preached in a dissent
ing chapel in the west ofEngland. When
the preacher ascended the pulpit he thus
addressed the hearers-"My bretfern, be-
fore proceeding to the duties Of this evening,
allow ne to relate short anecdote.. MANY
years have elapsed since was last within
the walls of this house. Upon that evening.
among the hearers came three men with the
intention Of not only scoffing at the minis.
ter, but'with their pockets filled with stones
for the purpose Of assaulthlg him. After