New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-06-29

s.HsATH SCENE. From The Sstooa f''
s..,cr had the solemn Sabbath ben
5000 oaiveripg ia the steepie,
,.se mad the parson 10 bis desk
Walked stately through his people
the summer shaded street
Wasted female figure,
s~.tv brow and naked feet,
!" Came rsshing wild and eager
,he white spire through the trees,
She saw "a the sweet hymn swellingi
one .. 10 Christ refuge give
on n;I pa.y noe one 10 Thy dwelling.
..,s5 f.vn before the hounds,
LINZ n'as, an The aisle she glided,
vh;ie close behind her, WniP IN nsnd'
Ispk haired hunter strided.
sh.,.;.ed keen and bitter cry,
CIT r. Ussyen and Earth appealing:
ws,e nsnhoods generous pulses dead 7
Had womans heart no feeling
A .core Of stout hands rose between
The hunter and the flying;
Ace clenched his staff, and maiden eyes
Flashed fearful, yet deiying'
sWho dares profane this house and day"
Cried out the sngry pastor.
aWby, bless your soul, the wench' slave,
And I'm her lord and master!
ave law and gospel on my side,
And who shall dare refuse me =
Down came the psrson, bowling low,
any good sir, pray excuse me!
"Of course know your right divine
To own and work and whip herr
Quick, deacon, throw that Polygion
Before the wencb, and trip her!
Plump dropped the holy tome, and DER
Its sacred pages stumbling.
Ronnd hand and foot, a slave once more
The hapless wretch lay trembling.
Isaw the parson tie the knots,
The while his flock addressing,
The Scriptural claims OF slavery
With text on text impresslng.
although, said he, son Sabbath Day,
All secular occupations
Are deadly sins, we must fulfill
Our moral obligations;
And this comments itself as one
To every conscience tender;
AsPaul sent back Onesimus,
Nv Christian friends, we send her
Shrek rose on shrek; the Sabbath air
Her wild cries tore asunder;
listened, with hushed breath, 70 hear
God answering with His thunder
All still the very affairs cloth
Had smcthered down her shrieking
And dumb. she turned from face to face,
For human pity seeking.
law her dragged along the aisle
Her shackles harshly clanking;
Iheard the parson, over all,
The Lord devoutly thanking
Nv brain took fire " Is this" cried,
mThe end of prayer and preaching
Then down with pulpit, down with priest,
And give US Natures teaching!
~ Foul shame and scorn be on you all
Who turn the good to evil,
And steal the Billie from the Lord,
To give it to the Devil
Ethan garbled text or parchment law
| own statute higher,
And God is true, though every book
And every man s liarr
Just then felt The deacon nand
In wrath my coat tail seize on
heard the priest cry, " lnidel!
The lawyer mutter, TREASON
/ started up-where now were church,
Slave, master, priest, and people!
only heard the supper bell,
Instead OF changing steepie.
Invoke and 10 the fitting cause
OF all my dreams vagarles-
Two bulky pamphlets, Webster's text
With Stuart's Commentaries
But. ON the open windows sill,
DER which the white blooms drifted,
The pages Of a good old Book
The wind OF Summer lifted.
And flower and vine, like angel wings
Around the Holy Mother,
Waved softly there, as il Gods truth
And Mercy kissed each other.
And, freely, from the cherry bOugh
Above the easement swinging,
With golden bosom to the sun
The oriole was singing.
As bird and flower made plain Of old
The lessons Of the Teacher
So now heard the written Word
Interpreted by Nature
For TO my ear methought the breeze
Bore Freedom blessed word on;
Thus sAlTHTHE LORD: BREAK EVERY YoK
UNDO THE HEAVY BURDEN! }. G. w.