The daily union., 1854-07-30
For the Union
sEA-sHoRE sKETCHEs.--No. 8.
BY MARY }. wIspLn.
AnrmcAN Housr, Cape Island, Judy 2s, /!

A Sabbath at Cape Island One OF those bright calm
Sabbaths with its hallowed atmosphere when heaven
duse itself the earths surface in solemn
smile The little church attended had modest seques-
tered pastoral air about it, which made think of the
beautiful worship of our forefahers.
The low bell had done ringing time and the con-
gregaton had all assembled, when arrived As
tered music gushing forth and filing the church with
melody They were singing anthem OF praise from the
Psalms of David Hosanna the burden of the strain
hosanna ascended clear and high from the lips of the
gregaon-hosanna resounded the whole choir in one
strong burst of harmony while the keys of the meodian
quvered and sparked under the performers fingers Deep
sweet and solemn il sweed the air and rolling round
the walls filed every corner of the building with its vol
une the soul seeming to float upward those pillows Of
sound like bark on the rising tide
Apropos to the Psalms of David They alone contain
poetry that meets the spiritual nature in all its moods
and in all its They alone strengthen virtue with
glorious exhoratons give angelic eoquence prayer and
almost rise to seraps JOY in praise For assemblies
for solitude for all that gaddens all that grieves for
heavness and despair for aud redem
ton, find in these divine hamonie the loud tbs low
expression They have rcsounded amidst the courts of the
tabernace they have oaed through the lofty spaces of
the temple; they sung with glory in the halls of Zion
they sung with sorrow by the streams OF Babel In
all the and ages of the church. the inspiration of the
royal poet has enrapred its devotion and ennobed its
ritual.
Not alone in the splendid cathedral the rustic chapel
chornsed by the winds of heaven, they have sweled
through Gods temple OF the sky and stars they have roll
ed the broad desert of Asia in the mathis and yespers
of ten thousand bermits they have rung through the deep
valleys of the Alps in the sobbing voices Of the forlorn
Wadensesthrough the sleeps and of Scottish high
andsin the rude chauntngs of the
the woods and wids Of primitive Amercan the heroic
hallelujahs of our forefathers
Nothing could be peaceful than the effect produced
by the congregation assembled in that rural place Of
ship off alone by the deep and expressive of the
minister Whether it was the peaceful quiet of the
whether it their frame of mindor whether it the
pathos Of the speakerwe know not but all paid the most
devout attention His text was Why will ye labor for
that which is not bread wish could do justice to his
sermon but it is past my power. 1t began calm; and
indeed, far delivery and pitch of voice went it
calm to the end earnestly felt yet strictly restraining
zeal breahed in the distinct accents and prompted the
nervous language The heart was thrilled, the mind
sofened by the power of the speaker There
thing seriously in earnest in his that the words
seemed to go to the hearts Of his hearers. Commencing
with the uncertainty of life the speaker proceeded to
slider preparation for death in two aspccsts possibility
and its desrableness He spoke of the emptiness the in
efficacy of pleasures which terminated here to satisfy
spirit created for hereafter and he represented the
powcressness of those aids to support and tranquze the
heart in its suffering and its danger
What living picture he drew of the human mind Its
secret restlesness and dsappointmentts of the
emptiness and holIowness of all things how the interest
in external events gradually subsided how fancy
paed the repetition of the vain pleasures tending
permanent end and how in the hour of disappont-
and SORROW which must come the best grounds for
fortude the best motives for calm aud patient submission
wanting. -.
He then told us Of world where the Lazarus of the earth
will have the of his spirit hcaedwhere the great
of this life will find their purple and fine linen sent
away and their hearts with all their petty passions laid
bare He told lis of mountains whence flowed living
tersof our high destnyof relations with the infinite
God Finally he summoned his breathess audience with
in Gethsemanc and badc them gaze the Of Naza-
rehs hands about to be pierced his heart to be broken
but in the place Of any plea for his exemption pray
ing for the friends of his household the children of his
love- Mr. -'s sermon must have struck attention
whether viewed beautiful piece of composition,
solemn call to permanent feeling, that few proper
Iy express all share and for eter-
nifty
There is something peculiarly impressive and touching
in this union OF strangers from various parts of the
try, met but for few weeks to part perhaps to
again in the hoie of all unionsthat of Christian
worship How close, how strong that wondrous tie of
faith that thus gathers strangers unknown and un-
connected by any worldly interest bond to utter
the words Of praise and supplcaon; think per
haps the thoughts of humble and rstfu dependence
on Gods great goodness The bright cloudess sky and
umbing surf seemed respond in their magnfcence TO
our worship
The churches here in number aud are all neatly
built two with spre and bell which they ring for
morning and evening service There is something their
vibrations which is more expressive than the ordinary
tones of bell blending in, they do meodously with
the roar of the surf
Arrivals rapidly increasing We to-day about
twenty additional persons at table The dining room is
large and airy, and each meal may a favorable
specimen Of good eating practsed in this houseeyery
thing in prouson the tables neat and the servants civil
and obi gng We must not omit here to make favorable
mention of kitchen caJinet.n From the dignifel
head waiter who stands at the head of the immense table
The smiling subordinate who elopes with untouched
plate there is not among them whom we have not
on some occasion been indebted for rude but ready
tesies They merry and light-hearted among them
selves yet hari-worng and gifted with sobrety and
temperance that would put 10 the blush the famous
temperance society of the Piekwitk PdpersF
Raiu Is much needed here indeed dus is present the
greatest annoyance. From drive, returns il the
sentence of Dust tHoa crit and unto dast sha Hon return
were literally accomplished in us indeed one might pre-
sent oneself en- costume dc Louis WI far powder is
concerned at any masquerade To those of readers
who may desire home and refined companionhip
first private house the island kept by Mrs Reynolds,
widow lady of high character The established reputation
Of this house renders notice from pen superluous
The Alta California says that as heavily cart
was recently passing down Jackson street. in San Fran
CISCO the planking gave way, and the cart disap