, 1869-10-28

vigorously, aud sleo to make car party. exceptthe
Vice P1essdenF thoroughly sack Our ladies vowed
nest stefply fh1ftheJ would Wink oAck to califor-
MA before thfy would consent again to trust
.netptelvt 10 The tentcf me1caes Of Old Neptune.
Even when nearly worn qut BY the fourth nights
ride In the at2ge coach. they never couid be IT,
tnced TO charge that opinion
Tee sun u as peshap% an nonf high when We sp-
p1osched the bar Of the Columbia River. Calmly,
Iet clad In robea OF The Dodt gorgeous nasnlf-
cence, did the sun 90 down on that Sabbath sxeo-
ipR or the 9th Of September. beneath
tee xHyes of the Pacific 0cean,
With northwest wind, I'll tho horrors 80 often
depttted n nkely to be Nitaessed II the entrance
Of the CotumtAa heem Ike fables; but with gale
ftcn the southwest sweeping on unchllleased
from The touth pp1e hy rounta,n or Island, there
II seAs1eIy any Navigator bold 10 dare It's de-
vooriDz sargcs and its Awtnl waves, The channel
Il II al tines crook ed, but perfectly DISTINCT and
about dark our excellent friend, Captain AetEel,
tied up bis nobt= steamer Tor the hight At the little
town of
ASTORIA,
soue twelve mites above the mouth Of tue Co!nm.
t.A. Soou the bell Of the Congregational Church
Rev. Mr. Gray .-inFited us Ill to tue evening set.
VICE. on1s few needed xhe cat, hat among ,ne
Lumber WAS the SECOND officer In the na-ion. The
tine, the place. III history, aud its surrnunt-
ItRf, were all well calculated to
aaapsr the deepest AID the most lasting emotions.
| Our toly religion. planted By the Reieamer hin.
| 1e1, neatly nineteen centuries ago, among tho
| mountains Of Judea, In Western .aala; surviving
The ba1basnm and Ill the reEointsons Of Europe
toe germ q IL power on ibis continent nun4
uFcu the Mcky ahores Of New England suaid the
cold s.oruy tlaata Of December; following, PEI.
haps ahould ray guid!nr the star Of epptrt
~estwafd and nllluR the VAlt valleJ Of the Alssls
, fVA 4Hfx trnp ~
the casesde Mountains and the desert Wastes b
tween them,-itRt holy religion right hero NJ th'
neuIh Of one OF the three great riEers Of Ameftc,
looking out upon the Pacific Ocean, has twin
Cburrh Of that Redeemer, and here His sery1ut |
canicg u Hi 1a1oe 10 ,hose around h.Ea 1nd 4
the heatnen millions Of A4t2: "a Look unto me
and b yc aaEed al the ends Of the Garth; for IN
God and there is none else"
The pastor, Nj. Cray, Fcared and educated t.
Oregon, Is m earness. cody utn, aud right c1ea1
y and trost mpressively did he unfold the plan c
salvation, act point cut the way to hspplneAs
thlA lie and II that which Ia 10 c0ue-e When th
setuau via concluded, al who loved tue Sastc
weft invited 10 remain n the communion service
[ and those who know the exemplary character
the man ueed stsrcely be told that Vice fFesidel
colfAx regarded 1t "A q most delightful pttvL1ea
to surround tue table Of hts Dtrt1
Matter. The sceue tn that little chnrc
upon the yefy vestsEn verge Of that great rep1
, tic whose people had touosed him with the seco.
once IN she!s Rstt, xRA peculiarly solemn AID It
| ptesa,ye- Whatever hla eucn.es NAY sAy i1 I
gard 10 the Vice President, eycu they will 4earce
claim that tho otlce was ever nllel by nooleE,
. | uuSf, 4 Hter, or 4 better mAn- Would that mo
Of our public men had their principles 10 nru
n1ed upon the foundations OF everlasting trut
"Jetus Christ himself being the chief corht
stope." The lrcttrr We have detailed viii
. likely 10 I've long IN lhs annals Of that lit
: church before the second officer in the nation y
again COMMUNE With It's people. VI. T.