The New York herald., 1872-08-19
ST.. JAMES HOTEL,
FAR ROCRAWAY. August IA. 1870 I

ST.. JAMES HOTEL, |
FAR RoCKAwAY, August Is, 1872.
The morning opened beautifully with O ooel
southerly breeze, which gently swayed the tree
tops and cooled the brows of the yet sumberinE
sOjourners as 1t stole through the halfopen vene-
tian blinds. Every now and then a breakfast beu
could be heard in the distance, which cOntrasted
merrily with the dull war Of the "sad sea waves"
And even at this hour pious people were vending
their way to the house Of the Lord for spiritual
consolation, while from the third story Of tho
ST. James could be seen hundreds Of people
on the beach and in the surf
Bthing is enjoyed almost unnterruptedly
from five O'Clock in the morning till ten at night
though there Is great trouble in getting the i've
cent ferrymen to carry the people "over and back"
Very often they become eXtortiOnate. and bring
down the blasphemous wrath Of a horde OF TrOJans
on their weather-beaten heads These fcrrymen
are queer fellows in their way. Occasionally ono
will meet with gray-haired Jack, long since re-
tired from service, who can tell some interesting
tales concerning the early history of Long Island In
general and Far Rockaway in particular.
snch fogy was on the beach yesterday,
greatly under the influence Of old Tom,
ana who had q very narrow escape from
drowning. He declared that he was ninety
years OF age last April, and amused the boats
with snatches OF history relative to aboriginal
times. Long Island was the hunting ground o.
many Indian tribes. He said that in his old garret
was record OF the sale OF Rockaway by the Indian
chief Penawitz to tlA Dutch West India Company.
A dissatisfaction between them and the Lynn set
tlement resulted In the determination OF the latter.
Then Pcnawitzs own followers began killing the
Dutch, and for every Dutchman killed the coloniss
were to kill three Indians, ofnO matter whak
tribe and they did so. Penawitz was known a.
the "one-eyed" chief. The barbarity OF the whites
was as bad that OF the savages. In one instance
seven savages were arrested for killing three pigs.
sixteen soldiers took them from cellar, killed
three with knives, tied two by their necks to .
boat and dragged them through the water until
they were dead. The other two were confined In
what was known. the "fort" and subsequently
killed with knives. When Pcnawitz, the '0ne.eyed
chief" waged war secretly against the Dutch and
conspired against tie colonial government Of
Kieft l2o OF his braves were killed ain thosS
whipped and branded aud then banishsd, and,
though not much OF praying man, hope the
the reporter to cali at his house, and he would
show him documents dating g fur back as 1854
generation and were yet quite lcgible.
the Long Island Railroad trains brought about
three thousand people down In the morning,
Heidelberg kept sharp lookout for thieves
New o54s Yoe Many ds ss' people eSS Dssa sSs
by the morning trains attended a. late service: tho
S ws. q s%as Brady sna
others attended naltpast ten service.
heart. for they shall see COD" All seek alter what
the words Of the text Claimed an absolute pre-
sns IL o ng AND 1oua
roads to this goal. or. or rather lie indicates
Of the starting point, and so have missed tiielr
followed singiy and alone but are ali to be troddeS
BY those who would attain to happiness, just as aH
beam. Men say That they need not to look beyond
the Sermon on the Mount fcr the whole Gospel;
And this Is ss e., they win Include
Sn sS. Ssn ssye 'ns 1% ca. the vnSs S% eSsSe xS
relations to the whole Godhead and to tho eternal
purposes and plans OF the Godhead, and In the
dnd, even In the Sermon on the Mount, what may
outside the sphere Of direct revelation, drawinS
near Him acc9rding % 60 their ,s ,sSity caught ocSa
Happiness; they viii Ss uncertain, and oniS
on the Mount q grand leading utsersnco
Of Him. who, In order that that sermon NAV 10
rightly understood, must In Himself aud In Hh
work for men and among men be studied. rho
bcatitudes, like the commandments, are eternal
and fitted Tor our moral constitution only, lust a.
Gods law was not enacted Sinai but DrOlnui
gated anew. That law, nom the fall or man. feu
more and more ont OF hIs mind until IL needed 10
be written on tables OF stone by the finger of Cod
having been welni2h eiaccd from the neshy tsbieti
Of mans heart, where0n II was originally recorded
That law was announced amid fearful pheuoncna
and unntterable terYors, but while under the
dispens itOn OF grace, so far from being aunulled
II was reannounced With II possible, higher sano-
tlons Tue tcrrors were absent the lawplvor was
visible; the mount on which He SIT was luminous
as with presence or special bcnignlty. The peO-
PIE hcard anu trcinb!ed not, but loved Him for Ills
ths sermon AZ recorded by sc. Matthew Is the same
as that recorded by st. Luke. This shall not con-
cein ns, for II our Lord as In other cases seems
evident, delivered the same sermon on two dner-
ent occasions 1t was not in all respects the samet
being adapted to the different occasions; put II u
had been the same, what OF thatr TRUTH
worthiiy expressed, Will by srge'mlndcd auditors
be valued not the less but the moro
for It's reiterstion, for truth is the bar
Biony or Heaven. Who are the pure In
heart Tho purity spoken OF is OF high and .
wider Kind higher also than that OF those who In.
STAT tfat man may triumph over ali bis passions ana
earthly affections: such purity as David often
speaks o; In the Psalins cleanliness Of heart ana
ynicd and bashful impurtty. foul mind with =
great now OF virtue, can corrupt the very veins q