The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-06-23

! ""N """"'S t"a' Vbtcr H. Inc ews arc
crowded and every available spo, is occupied
by n seat of some description, even standing
room is ut discount after the service com
mcnccs. And the discourse is always worth
coming to hear II is always natural. fresh
and eloquent, not combining itself TO Sab
bath day and closet piety, bu, bursting forth
TO the religion Of the lire side, the street. the
counting house, the store. the senate cham.
bers Would that there were more, who, like
BsKcnss. would sacrifice the crcis and
tenet Of synods and councils TO the inherent
dignity Of manhood, who like him, would
lHescnt their congregations with the mag.
nihcent landscape of Gods truth, and not
the miserable, worn out tapestry OF mans
fiction Tic made several striking obscrva.
tions to-day, One, that lite Is grand ex.
/ pertinent Ia which the soul with it, at,ri.
butes, Is placed in this physical world to
form combinations and bring about results,
whether for good or evil depended on itself.
Another WAS a comparison made on the
amount Of influence which each one exercises
on all around him without knowing II. A
great steamboat starts from the dock on lis
voyage; II Is deeply laden Il il u vast
machine; Il goes down the stream, its i'm.
mensc wheels revolving illustrated by the
speaker swinging his arms) but il feels not.
It thinks not It's PROV is toward the ocean,
aud II goes unswavingy on. bat behind Il
the waves. agi,a,ed by the machinery, roll
from New York to Brooklyn, making every
little boat dance on the swelling water,
while the larger vessels are 40 shaken That
their crew and captain swear until the levi.
athan Of the deep goes out OF sight, SO our
passions and actions influence for good or
evil oil who arc IN the circle Of our ac.
quaintancc
There Is much more hustle during the aI.
tcrnoon IN New York than In the morning.
The loaicrs. having slept away the effects OF
the last nights Hllngs and cobblers, display
their cheap canes, jewelry and cigars IN the
streets, while sometimes masonic or odd.
fellow association follow deceased comrade
TO his last resting place. The tidc.w
OF Broadway are almost filled with pcd,s.
TRANS, not fashionable promenaders, but
weldrcssed mechanics, accompanied Tor the
most part by their wives or wivcsclect,
Biddy and Gratchcn are also out for the
afternoon, vicing with each other Ms TO WHO
shall display the gaudiest and most tas,eless
colors and that portion OF our population
represented by Jim Grow and I.ucy Long
appear 10 great numbers on Sunday after.
noon, and u good clothes Ia mark Of pros.
perity, they are pretty well off,
But let MS diverge little from this gay
scene TO the classic regions surrounding the
Five Points Alas few would think that
they were then 10 q Christian city. amid
thrstan means Tor improvement. Every
third house In liquor store, and the ilushel
faces and oaths oi almost every third person
| prOclaims the fearful fact that thcse poor
creatures, debarrel from innocent enjoyment
have turned Gods blessing OF the Sabbath
into curse Indeed man must be On OF.
gel who could In tbc~ streets Withstand all
the debasing Influences Of his position. lie
becomes either bcso,tcd or Infatuated. dies
OF typbus fever or delerum trcmens, or l.
incarccrated In poor house, mad. house or
jail. God help IN aIi bat God help sspe-
o'oHy the poor man and woman
We wend our way again mp broadway.
On reaching DolwOrth's Rooms, recolleci.
Ing TINT Mrs. Coma HArcu, the somewba,
celebrated spriiuslist trancc.speakcr Is TO
lecture there, We enter This Il one Of the
phases Of New York Sunday life. The
room is filled with well dressed people.
many OF them having that dreamy look and
iish'like expression Of eye peculiar to
the spirituslsts. There are several
women pfcsent, wearing decidedly
strong minded cast u coun,cDance, and spec.
nlative looking men with long boards, who
might he frec-lovcrs But on the whole.
the spiritualists. who VIC have beard, nun.
Der several thousand In New York, are no,
W represented. A quarter 10 eight arrives,
and Mrs. HAron, supported by an elderly
male companion walks with distracted
gnze up the room A hymn IL sung by the
small choir 10 the gallery, and the medium
rises, She Is rather pretty woman, more
fiorId, however, than bceeins n daily com.
municant with the higher spheres. Her
bead Is well shaped, and from il flows a
profnsion OF light curls We may be mis-.
taken, knowing little about the matter, but
i sems TO US that the phyuqux has much 10
90 with spiritual communications, the blondes
carrying the day a. mediums sgaiu,t the
brupett, and among our own acquaintance
who have known maidens with yellow
hair" decidedly mystical.
Mn. HArcu may, or may not. speak un.
der the influence OF teachers from q higher
plane thno this globe affords, but she Ger.
tainly speaks pleasantly. Common mortals
would hay that she had the gin OF CAB. and
that she does not bury her talent. But a
more affected speaker We have scarcely ever
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