The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1852-07-22

NOV the ecot4ey Of tnety-u Was the
frsnsy Of supesss6oa. The spirit
which bed sent and torn che poor
Bxlgarian was The same that plunges
crowds bensath the car Of jufxsr<
naas, and beats drums while children
born in Tie asms Of Moloch.
We turn away. The night advats.
ess, and he chsrch rapidly f,ls.
The brain b dissy With ne incsssant
gsnuAsxioa, crossings and kissiae on
every haad. wsarssd and mUrsiosd,
ysa loog for oae sight, oas sessa
ikas niSht ssfesse 3 ~ ~ grave
sesssley Il Jssss, -wAsa sn11saly
he Soer eeumsaisst;ns MID ~ 80
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y IL 4(ssssF -. Z
tired, riehly drpsd, md leeeAs q
candle, b follD~sd b su ~ nouks
Tie pioas pilerims rushing toward
tho priests, seize lighted tapsrs and
swell the train. II winds, . motley
and strange multitude. through The
dim passage BY the Greek ehspA.
The scufhing Of hurrying feet ceases
as they gain the procession. The
monotonous nurmur Of low voices
dies away. Tho low responses OF the
triars end, and q sublime chant r,a's
through the silence.
The vast building IS overHowed
with music.-The solemn chords
swell along the church, their majesty
and sincerity protesting against the
tawdry idolstry Of the place. Long
unused to music, which is rarely
heard in the East, the grandeur Of
this old italian chant, which 6rst l
heard in St. Peter SIS ioubb grand.
Proudly 1t asserts the greatness Of
God and the dignity Of man. It's
superb harmonies scorn the snpersti~
ton they are envohed to sid-for
what thoughtful man can call the
spec ctaclc which We now behold, wor
shin. This music Of AAeSri ef.ansed
by these monks, is as a spirit Of hs1v.
en- subject to Gnomesr--as Ariel to
Cliban. 1t comes a: their bidding,
vet in coming it does not serve them,
but tho ends Of its own beauty and
nature. Swept up, upon its soaring
strains, We float away into the clear
csc vision, Of that life Of love aud du-
ty, and renew to it there, ths oath Of
loyalty, which. wus ~all nigh lost in
the church Of the Holy Sepulchrr.
Il meltS-- it falls, il diss into softer
and more exquisite modula,ions. 1t
walls around Calvary and the Ssral.
ehre as once tho winds Of heaven may
have walled there, softly, more softly
-shaming its use by its sweetness,
and wooing to the worship in spirit
and in truth.
The procession stopped at eacll Of
:he stations, and the music, pausing,
died in long, sweet reverberations
through the dark church. At each
station a sermon was preached, and
at each in different language, that
every pilgrim in the crowd might
have CHARGE Of understanding.
Then the chorus swelled again, aud
with censers swinging intense, the
crowd passed to she next station, ira.
king altogether seven pauses.
When the procession went up to
the Calvary Chapel wo awaited its re
turn, and stroiief about the church.
Meanwhile, q Turkish guard had
entered to keep order during the e.
nal cerernnies. They pushed the
pilgrims backward with their guns,
treating them with utter contempt,
Hvss . commentary upon the csrc,
monies that the hxhts Of tire Lstiu
and Greek Christians in .lr Church
were until recently, 90 ssnguinary
that Muslin were Obliged 20 en4e,
che tomb Of Christ To- preserve the
pcace among his followers.
They we're now holding q spac,
clear sbout a marb!e slab, upon which
the body Of Jesus is said 10 hav,
been washed, before his burial. Up
on this, when the room was made, ,
\ frnf hid a lace edged shIoud and 4
smail velvet pillow
4 ~ areavd nrassed forward. bu'