, 1866-12-17
TIRE s.BEAuTsfsuL sNow,n
The First OF tho Seasonal Sabbath
Renlaou.

ate en- Saturday, a. The crcrtnE wss margin.
,.,to Light. The blutte.IDG wind which haa made
aroFt Of us all during the day. bore On IT. wings
few faiut. Getcy tiksueH, thc aront t9uF1ets at
coming suo~ storo. By teE o'clock The viutzy
visitation l.ad fairly Get n and ere midnight The
fonr 1ncles Nth The necc5 rob, taking on = cor
c,inE Of xrotIetz while tps tic Sabb1:h day. The
ea1th was a5sAsed. as for the bridegroom. iu ssc
The sobe Of innocencc wa... however, far from
fetnc at*nmrd peaeeipliJ. Not a. he who in bis
monatsje seclnsion seeks calmly for the blessing
E,ect nccosdant with The character Of tho benson
-Eeaceful. serene; It WAS rAther as the church
militant i Inrihcd-.tbtoaeh Euaer'ng. ~ ths
puttaed through termination, IS made better only
In spite of The hnnettngs Of the sreh enemy, 50
he sst1s ssS X. X nsf eas foss and
The garty w.nd-eearee. a'lowea 10 md
:n Ieins spresa esoS .e i s1e;
sheen over street and honsetops, carnish,ns alike
tht 1,ossome alley and the j1unsJ rornco, while
into windows, forming II In banks aeain:t doors
aad fencee. and diving Il through the chinks Of
The dwelling, on the floor Of witch The cloud
whose water thed laT In The pla!u below. Ahd
though. as the morning broke gloomtly+ 1t re-
,ealed ine results Of the snowy baptism, yet was
near nj" nh,fs. iii i, snopntra 10 p1ase.i &C M ia M
mts.io9 Of The faec Of natnre-a literal b1ria an
der the hapttfMa wave.
And 40 tho Holy sabbath was obserred yr-tcr-
tay in ttis city. With mose Of human peacc1lness
then l: inc utual wont Of our people Few cared
| 70 wade through the srnw, which. In consequence
If Ihe ua1apess Of the weather In & thcrnon,ettc
-cuse melted er the e1othtrE The-cyr. Il touched,
,-ctlinc hoote and fuf. ana peuetr ling through
the tsickcet t1ndcr-e11aA{ns 10 the ekin, The
wntty character Of The 6at laid an s9ec:ual en-
@ WE TIN e. ""fss ise IL ahiea ahss @ q
tbst day, not necessary, psons Or charitable. The
.nnw drilled or the Iron tracks In ouE strceis,
completely allied mp the Crnvce aaoro which the
sims Of the horse car wheels ordinarily run,
ard The attempk to clear them would have been
tands of The sca ehore. Only one Or two carr
ycntnrcd out aud they retired qaickly A. possible
and LEFT thce woudoe patrons to foot Il e:4f Al
home rs they might elect Hrnee the number ol
church goers WAS limited Vcry few cared to foot
| . innE distance, and We may, perhaps, bs just
snowy instead Of frJ trial. distiucul.hins the
| wheat from the tx1es. The CHURCHES u'ere fAE
from being Gro ~dtd; in most Of them The Audi
I tuces wcFr decidedly etn4ll.
/ The n1ts snow etotEs OF tns reason was not Tux
heC7nning Of winter. 1t had betn hcrstded IN ths
| >tens OF the sky for rome Days before, and The
chill breath OF the Frost Etne had sheeted o>er
ponus Auh riycr with that cnat Of mall which en
| aslee nafure to cs,uahat without hsru the dread
powers Of death Bnt 70 many It WAS thr be
sorrowfuly a. The individual ~as prepaEcd for III
| coming. 10 ecsne It told Of merry aieiehinE par
.itt. to others Of shiveflng struggles with rho vol
at the door How many os tho sAttof there src II
! Chicago, 10 uct known, but their u1ne II Legion
and eren tbouch fn many cases theis want maJ b:
:crcs b. forgotten that II II our duty 10 1e1sevt
| human enfctinr wherever fnucA.