The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-08-20

Thcro arc none here, sure, whose hearts are not
verowng with feelings Of the iiyeliest gratitude to
Him, In view OF the great work which has been
lhsd through His permission and who not willing
a. ioin In prayer Of thank sgving for Its successful ter
,nnaton will therefore ask you 10 Join me In the
following prayer, which Is the same with few neces
,y alterations, that was offered Tor the laying OF the
cable
n Fternal Lord God who alone sprcadest out the
heavens and ruest the raging Of the who hast
ned the waters with bounds till day and night come to
an nd and whom the winds and The sea obey-look
down in mercy beseech Thee upon US Thy servants
Who now approach the throne of grace, and let
nayer ascend before Thee with acceptance Thou hast
Commanded and encouraged US In all our ways To ac-
knowledge Thee aud TO commit our works to Thee and
Thou hast gaousy promised TO direct our paths and TO
nrosner our bandiwork We desire to thank Thee
believing that without Thy help and blessing nothing
can prosper or succeed and desire humby to commit
ali Who have been engaged in this undertaking to Thy
care nrotection and guidance 1t has pleased Thee to
enable us TO complete what have been led by Thy
providence to undertake. that being begun and carried
in the spirit Of prayer and in dependence upon Thee it
NAV tend Thy glory, and to the good Of all nations
by promoting the increase of unity peace and concord
MAY Thy hand of power and mercy bs acknowledged
by all that the language Of every heart may be Not
INTO u.s. o Lord, not unto u.s. but unto Thy pame give
glory that Thy name may be hallowed and magni-
ned in and by U.S. Thou hast controlled the winds
and the By Thy almighty power and granted such
favorable weather that enabled to lay the cable
safely and eeotually Finally, beseech Thee to inn
plant within spirit of humility and chidke depend
ence upon Thee and teach to feel, well to say
III the Lord will shall do this or that Hear u.s. o
Lord and hear in these petitions according to Thy
previous promise, for Jesus Christs sake"
The Amen" which followed the conclusion of this
prayer showed what sincere response it received from
the hearts OF all present and the depth Of feeling it
cited You Eecolect, " proceeded the captain, what
our Saviour told his disciples that If they had faith
as grain Of mustard seed, they could mountains
We have performed work. rather thankful to
God for having performed work for us, which has been
rdiculed by great many who regarded it imposs
bility We have been peculiarly favored in being per-
nitted to be His agents. and pleased to acknow
edge that it was through His nstrumerAaty tho work
performed.
Al the close of the foregoing remarks the audience of
.cable layers dispersed to themselves in
short excursions about the grounds adjoining the station
and others in exploring the mysteries of the building it.
self About hour after the captain, officers and
assembled the beach whore the cable had been landed
and where they embarked for their several ships.
The first announcement of the successful laying of the
cable seems to have caught the watchers at Trinity Bay
mapping When the Porcupnc met the Niagara, Mr..
Field left in for the purpose of visiting the Telegraph
station and making arrangements for the landing of the
cable Upon arriving at the station he found everything
quiet The Herald's correspondent says
Detour of the establishment, however led to the dis
covery Of door in the side and through this he finally
succeeded in eecting entrance. The noise he made
inmates but there seemed either to be inmates to
arouse or those inmates not easily disturbed He
stopped for a moment to listen, and he listened he
heard the breathing Of sleepes In apartment him
The door Immediately thrown open and in few
seconds the seepes awake wide awake and open
ing their eyes wider and wider as the wonderful news
fell upon their astonished and delighted ears. They
could hardly believe the evidence of their senses and
were bewidered at what they heard The cable laid
when but short weeks before they had received the
news disaster and defeat and they had looked only
the far distant future for the accomplishment of the great
work The cable laid and they unconscious of t-they
who had waited and watched many weary days and
weeks for the ships they had begun to believe would
never come What and they were now in tho bay
those same shps-within mile Of them Can they be
dreemngi Dreaming no-what they have heard is
true all true and there is the living witness before them
..What do you wants' the exclamation of the
first ,sho awakened, he endeavored to rub the
sleep out of his eyes,
II want you to get up" sail Mr. Field 'and help
to take the cable ashore
ITO take the cable ashore re-echoed the Others who
just awaking, and who heard the words with
dim, dreamy idea Of their meaningto take the cable
ashore"
Yes" said Mr. Field sland we want you at once I"
They now Thoroughly aroused and directing Mr..
Field to the bedrooms of the other scepers-for there
four five others in the house--they prepared
themselves with oil haste to assist in landing the cable
But the other inmates already awake and when Mr.
Field made his appearance the corridor, which di-
vdes the sleeping apartments each side of the house.
he found them awaiting him in the ghtest description
summer clothing AS they had neither pants, vests,
coats, shoes, stockings the curious will have
difficulty in discovering in what they dressed They
amazed at seeing Mr. Field IL he were an APP
partition and when they recovered themselves suffi-
GENTLY to ask the meaning of such strange visitation,
they thrown into another state of wonderment by
what be related When they learned ALL they dressed
and prepared themselves for the work before them.
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