The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-04-15
BEL AIR, MD. FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL Is, !
Sunday in New York.

1t is worth visit to New York to SCI
the lower part of the city on Sabbath
morning, and contrast it with the hustle
and confusion of all the week. The South
Ferry, that great receptacle for omnibus
ses and cars, where ones life is in danger
in crossing the street, is as quiet as ca
thedral. Broadway is nicely swept on
Saturday night, and is silent as the will
derness. Old Trinity in the lower part
Of the city and the aristocratic Grace in
the upper, both in sight, seem to stand as
sentiuels oyer the holy time.
Tue jewellers and sons aud daughters
of pleasure sleep late on Sunday morning,
and the portions of the city occupied by
them are silent as the tomb. Passing up
the west side of the city, by the docks
and steamboat wharves, one is impressed
with the sanitary blessednoss of the Sab
bath, and the hold it bas indirectly on all
classes. The laboring men, lettering
about or smoking their pipes, have on
clean shirts and are shaved.
Little children from the lowest dens
and darkest allies of the city, come on to
the sidewalk with an attempt at cleanli-
ness, and some little ribbon or ornament
on their persons. The newsboys offer
their papers in subdued tones, and the
boot. blacks ask in quiet voice, "black
your boots? p and exhibit their own shoes
polished out of respect of the day. All
along the docks the utmost quiet prevails,
while the piers and wharves are swept
clean, and silence of pestilence per-
vades these marts of trade. The sailors
quietly do their work in a holiday rig,
ard every craft has its bunting fying.-
All along the wharves are stationed Bethel
churches for all nations, and floating chap.
els where divine service is held. These
are mostly attended by the "Old Country
men, as they call tbemselyes-the natives
of Holland, or the Lutherans. The dram
shops make compromise with the day
by sanding their floors, putting their en-
ployees in clean linen, and shutting up
one-half of the shutter.
The churches are generally we'll atten-
ded in the morning. Even the down town
churches have good congregation
Trinity church is always crowded at the
morning service. Seats in the aisles are
all filed. The aris;ocratic church-men
can well afford the ride from their up
town home to this Cathedral. Their
dashing teams and splendid outfits appear
to great advantage op beautiful Sabbath
morning The full choral service is also
attractive, l.. +.
No church in New York holds so large,
fashionable and wealthy congregation as
Old Trinity in the morning; the rest of
the day it might as well be shut. In.
deed, the same may be said of nearly all
the fashionable churches in the city. DIR.
Springs, DR.. Adams, the Collegiate, all
present a striking contrast in the crowd in
the morning and the leanness Of the at.
ternoon. We have here about dozen
sensation preachers who can grasp the
crowd and get an evening audience. But
for "Gospel preaching" as it is called, one
sermon day is as much as our people
care inwardly to digest.
The sermon and the dinner of the
morning being over, the lovers of pleasure
appear in their strength. The quiet of
the morning gives place to revelry. Flu
nerals that require military procession
and bands of music are kept for Sunday
afternoons. Central Park is crowded, and
fashionable people, who do not care to
ride in the country, drive here in style.
1t is the harvest Of livery men.
Everything that can go on four legs is
engaged in advance. From ten dollars to
fly dollars is the price of team for an
afternoons drive. Those who do not own
teams and cannot afford to hire them, take
the public conveyances. The same cars
and boats that bear the worshipers to
their churches in the morning, carry the
sons of pleasure to theil scenes of rerea'
ton. Theatres are open of the lower or,
der, concert saloons, gardens, lager beef
enclosures, all are crowded.
As the day wanes the police force is
doubled, and some parts of New York are
more dangerous to visit on Sunday nights
than any other night iu the week, A,
II at night all is again still. With the
early hours of Monday, Mammon awake'
as giant refreshed with wine, seizes the
reins, and drives with unslackened speed
till the dawn of the next Sabbath compel.
him to temporary repose.-Cor. Of til.
Boston Journal. .....
BD" Rev. G. D., of Fayette couu
ty, Arkansas, one of the genuine ''forest'
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