St. Mary's beacon., 1858-05-06


To teach man the time, the hour
Must come, when ,hIs life God gave
WIiI end az last-Jn the grave
Then comes solemn music s symphony peaIing,
Thro' dim cathedral arches stealIng,
White robed chorisiers revealing,
In lofty strains to heaven appealing,
Grand, harmonic tones 10 temples dome,
Reve. .beraring in that holy home
or kneeHs faith and heavenly grace;
Devotion sees her God face to face,
And holy relics Of the heller men --
OF martvr ages, who died 10 tell
That faith can live where heroes feN,
Whose feshess fingers will strike the apostolic
Tyre,
When the great globe itself shall dis solve in fire.
And with cherubim and seraphlm OF archange.ic
host,
VIII forever sing 20 Father, Son and Holy
Ghost"
y nlurnur ofapplause followed the fair COM
poser AMI rcaler t. Ecr seat. Her mysterious
ana romantic history acted like spell upon
the audience who surrounded the stage
Thcv ic.t tle more tv their silcuce One thing
vet rt:nainci ~ Close the ceremonies Of the
day aui tat was the bnEe,iictl"n.
Contrary tO custom. and to tie surprise of
all. The Puritan mc!Ahcrs OF the l'rivy Camel
t'N'k their seats upon the stage. and there they
Sat on The left of The Govcrncr. prim and
aU,tcrc in their black Geneva clnaks, with
thei. hands locked over the hil Is of their long
sw"c,l>-thcr bread lcaf-fclt hats drawn down
over their brn"S, and watching with 4 keen
anl eager eve every thing around them. Sir
Lvonc C"piry, like his master, William III.
standing IS the me- iiltur between TWO antago-
n:>:!c scc;aran parties. then invited tAc cilcr.
I Durand, II give the benc,llction. The invita-
ton come unexpected, and to him unprepare,l
for that special occa>ion-but nevertheless the
old man compiled Bareng Ills head leveren-
TALLY. clevating his right hand and leaning
heavily witt: his left upon his sword, the elder
bean Il pour out his thoughts il ertempore
/ prayer.
At first ne halted, hcsitatetl. stamn.rel. and
| repeated but anon his mind grew luminous
with intensity-the ideas came quick. and
words rolled clear, distinct and sparkling like a
mountain torrent. The crowd pressed closer
and closer around the stage The Elder Du.
rand WAS not learned man. but Ne laI that
fierce and tcrvcn; iana icism VI h i'm. arte 81
rnuch daring and arior tc the unie.tcred Chris.
tlans during the reigrs Of Titus and Do lctian
aud so much sub!imty u the early Christia,
writers. As he prayed for q free Bible. FIRE,
church and free government, the tears role,
down his shrunken and wasted check Pun
tans were seen to carry their hands nervou>lv
mechanically and uncOuSCiouSlv ~ the hits o
thCr swords There WAS the true secret b,
which Cromwell lrcton and Ludlow Caine,
their celebrity III the military annals of Eng
iamG-tncre was that personal sympathy anc
identification al the passions and emotions of til
heart with the cause they sustained in Tia
field Of battle and which hurried them on I.
greatness in spite Of themselves Call it "fa
naticiSm as You will it is the mighty lever b,
which the great masses of mankind are moved
By it the apostles Peter and Paul converted ;
Pagan worldly il, the star Of Islam. aroS
from the valley of the Euphrates and contend
ed Tor the empire of ChriStendom-bv it, Low
ola planted the cross upon the heights OF tn
Chim5oraZo and III the isles of the East-bv il
i'll or own day, the Latter Day Saints of th
church OF Jesus ChrSt," under the nspiratio,
of the Book Of Norman are building up th
New Jerusalem in tine West, to restore tn,
golden age of Saturn in the license OF Otaheite
The Old man concluded wiih-'.I.ct thy re-
ve;i!cd word, o Lord God, come down TO u
from Heavens adamauiine gates like thy voic
from Snas brow, with lightning to i!luminat
a benighted wOGld-wIth thunder II arous'
sleeping nations-with whirwiuds t. seattle
d>IiSS u -, tItc SscAi OI
Church over the face of the habitable globe
from farthcst India to where the sun zoe
down behind Ncvaia's snowy brow into III,
waters of the Pacific, that when thou contest il
that dread day OF wrath when the sea staI
give up its dead, when the earth shall diseolv,
and the Heavens shall withcr in the light %
thine cycs-ali mcn now living and moving
upon the face Of the earth shall pin the rank
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thy kingdom with angels and aIchangelS T.
SIG praises unto thy holy name forevc
and ever Amen"
Sir iyoncl Cnplcy now arosc to dismiss tn
audience. 4 polite man was that court
~ procoEsul. He saw around him the desce.
d4LtS OF the younger so:s OF the his oric farn j.
oi old Eng Gland tin Howartis. the EgertoIls tn
Lcigis, the Gels. the CAROLS, the Taib9ts. III
RoUs:,y, the EaugIns, Gndsboroughs, Blacks
tones, the FenU!-kS and o:hers-ii5D the po
!Iticil outlaws and cxi,cS whose disguise un,ie
|, plain common names were connived al by tn
powers that be. The governor went on {,
thank them for their attention and 2 Od order OF
that occasion. He reminded them that thei
ancestors had st"l around the throne as iii,
champions of old England'S rightS-that the,
were the connecting link between the colon,
and the realm and he concluded bv<inf ,rrin.
them that their majeSties. William and Mary
had been pleased to proclaim general act o
amnesty and pardon for all political offence
and desired to lie remembered bv them in tleil
prayers Then from that serried and culnpa~t
mass, their ar,s.e a shout God save the King >
Tire heights which overlooked the plain, tse
hills that crowned the valley If the ST. Mary's
re-echoed back tie shaut God save the King
The aS<crnblage di. .crzcd.
A large portion Of them went To inspect the
rains Of the old Catholic chapel whose niys:cri-
vus demolition and destruction Dn the preccd-
ing night had been the theme Of 40 inJch colI-
lecture and t.iscuseiu.,. The r,asnnry and the
earth l..d fallen directly lack into the pit oi
.hc v&ait. eon ple:ely filing and ciusing it. 70
! as tn prevent any exploration IN that way
without much tai and iahar, which none were
disposed t. exert on that occasion. In the
rubbish was seen the charred Eer3ails uf IA
jed black velvet coat, bUt net so carhonizc,l rs
{" prevent it froEi being identified. Sm- ouc
had seen JuhE COsds Gn tic highway the cvx