The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-01-13

fha toys. Mass;s. C. & II. had Lec,e.e
very tire,i, as it vas now nearly dark ano
our lunch was all eaten before noon
They bore up nanfuiiv, however. and
wbeo on reaching the bed OF the glaciers
and being refreshed with clear ice water
they took in new courage and in another
Inn. How pleasant the great FIRE seeu-
ed to glow. and while the outlets were
frying, eggs boiling, tea sleeping etc
etc. we talked over our adventures OF
the day and wished our iriends ut home
were here To take peep at the will
ragged Mer de Glaze that lay at our feet
Yea was iinaiiy announced and lesul.-
ed, the hrsI time in nay life. TO eat a
hearty supper. The walk to town occu-
pied two hours mere aud We were snugly
settled IN our rooms at the excelleus
hotel Mont Blanc by eleven clock The
weeks work was done. How pleasant
after such ia week 20 have day of rest,
sweet Sabbath day of rest There has
been English service in the little church
which was crowded with attentive liz
teners. These mission churches are run
only during the season. which usually
lasts from June to September. While
the boys were wiring letters LONE
thought | would take stroll, and so
have walked up here to the Fiegere, a
hotel about one mile high on the noun
tain side, and directly opposite the great
chain among which we have for the past
week been so thoroughly rusticating.
My little seat commands u magnificent
view, exts nding from the Cal de Balm TO
Glacier des Blossoms. Mont Blanc. with
its vast snow fields is visible from sum
nit to base. The jagged pinnacles and
rugged SUBMITS of Aiguille Vcrte and
Aiguille Rouge never looked more ma
iestic. AS gaze upon those wild sum-
mlts. then down into the lovely valley
below, stretching away as a carpet strewn
with an innumerable number Of wild
flowers, with the glories of the forests,
the cataracts, the glaciers, the dark
crags and the beautiful hilsides, clothed
with rich vegetation and waving grain.
my soul looks up to God as the giver of
all these. [ open the little book in my
lap and read: 90 Lord how manifold
are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made
them all the earth is full of thy riches -
Wonderful psalm There is nothing on
earth worth mentioning that is omitted
in this l04th psalm. In seeing what
the earth is like we see what God who
made it ia like, and in this great green
book before me seethe image of its Crea
tor. The clouds that cap yonder peak are
his chariots and his footsteps are heard
upon the wings of the wind, yet his mer-
cy is over all his works. It is growing
dark in the valley below and I can now
see they have commenced lighting uI
the hotels, in Chamouny and away of
yonder among the peaks is the bright
blaze of a mountaineers fire, a fellow
mortal is living there perhaps far away
from the haunts of men, that he may
hunt the wild CLanois and offer shelter
to the belated adventurer ais he decends
from the higher peaks.
We leave tomorrow for three weeks
tramp among the niger Alps or Berness
Overland. How love to be among the
mountains; I anticipate adelightful three
| weeks to come; as we start early I mus
bid your patient readers good night.
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