The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-06-14
SUNDAYS ABROAD.


WV NNhi NlNNi aNliNNANt'' ''fN'''' ''f'
have the plcaanmblo privilege Of at
tending church aud SUNDAY school
cycry sabbath, aud the rest of the day
can remain IN the comfortable quiet of
their own homes, reading good books
and papers, who, Ut meal time can
gather with dear ones around table !
spread with wholesome and delicious |
food upon which the blessing of God
has been asked, aud vino, ut night, can
bow before the family altar, may think
that we poor wanderers oughtt0 do the
same, and not join the worldly pleasure
seekers Of this country, which IL vir-
tually without n Sabbath. How hap
by we would bc 10 llnd here the advan-
tages which we would have Mt home.
In few cities we have found Protest.
ant service, either the church Of Eng
land or the Scotch Presbyterian, and
In Berlin IN American church but IN
smaller towns, even where the service
IL Protestant, II Is conducted In for
eign tongue, and so Of little avail to us.
Were we to shut ourselves
up In our room all day, we should
know nothing of how the Sabbath is
employed in the different countries
that we visit,and thus lose much inter-
estlng and valuable information, and
you, dear readers, would not have the
pleasure of hearing about our "Sundays
Abroad
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travelling on the Sabbath, we do as far
as seems to us proper, take the oppor-
tunity Of observing the different Gus
! toms and manners Of the people about
us and thus far the effect has been to
Increase our respect for the Sabbath
aud our appreciation of the impOr-
lance Of It's religious observance, ma
| tionnlly rs well as individually. Sorry
| indeed would we be tOsee the European
| sabbath become an institution of our
our own land, II day without sGnctity.
For those who desire pleasure merely II
| time for recreation, while to those
whom love of gain prompts to labor,
merely day of toll.
A FUNERAL.
A few days since the daughter of our
landlady died, and thus we had the OPP
portunity of witnessing some Of the
| Catholic customs on such occasions.
AS soon rs the breath had left the
body, the family knelt and united in
repeating prayer for the deceased. A
notice was Immediately published and
circulated among the friends of the
family, giving of the death.
1t was printed on II paper ten by
twelve inches square, bordered with
black, and may be thus translated:
"Dorothea Iwierzina gives, in her
name and in the names of her chill
drcn, Carl, Franz and Caroline, intOr-
nation of the sad departure of their
dearly beloved daughter aud sister,
WlLlIELMINE ZWIERXINA,
who, Friday April 18th, at one T., NJ,
after n long and very painful illness,
and after receiving the sacrament Of
the dying, in the seventeenth year of
her life, fell asleep in Jesus.
The earthly tenement of the departed
will, on Sunday, April 9th, ut live =.
NJ, be carried from the house of mourn
ing, No. ~, London Gasse, TO the
church Of the holy Trinity, there
blessed and afterward conveyed to the
cemetery ut Wahring, for ils final re =
pose.
Three masses will be said Monday,
April Ith, ut nine a, NJ, in the above
named church, for the repose of the
soul of the departed to which all
friends and acquaintances in the Lord
are invited.
The deceased was dressed in white,
and held rosary in her clasped hands.
n wreath OF white roses encircled the
inside of the collin, and u crown of
white ilowers was placed upon her
head. Around and about her were laid
many little pictures of religious sig
MITIGATION, which had belonged to her
in life. Over the whole was spread u
piece of white TARTAN. On a table, by
She side Of the coffin, stood n burning
lamp and II cup Of holy water, into
which each one, as they came to take
their final leave, dipped n sprig ofever-
green and sprinkled three times the
dead maiden. No ceremony was per.
formed ut the house. The six poll
bearers, in Il uniform of black, decorat-
ell with silver came and carried the
collin to the hcarse, and from the
hearse into the church, where il was
placed before the high altar. Two
priests then appeared, carrying lighted
candles, and chanted u Latin service,
sWunga censor three times, and poured
three tiny shovels of earth upon the
coffin, saying: 'Dust thou art, to dust
shalt thou return"
y song of mourning was then sung,
after which the coffin was conveyed to
the cemetery, followed by the carriages
containing the mourners. At the
grave the pail bearears said few
words of II form, each friend threw
handful of earth into the grave upon
the collin, and the ceremony was over.
On the way home the drivers of the
two carriages containing the family
and immediate friends, had a friendly
rivalry as to speed, not exactly race,
but perhaps rs near to il rs the law
would allow, and after arriving at
nome, u few guests remained, and, us
Is usual, coffee and cigars helped make
the evening social.
AS we passed through the busy
streets, the gay shop windows all open,
! could but think that one would only
know y was Sunday because the |
streets were more crowded than on
week days, and nearly every man in
The throng took of his hat lii recogni-
ton of the passing of funeral train.
Even the rough stable boy, engaged in
washing a carriage, took time to fasten
the sponge with the three fingers of
his right hand, and with the thumb
and fore finger, gave lift to his cap,
while his face bore broad grin, us he
Joked with friend.
| had noticed the custom before, but
had scarcely given it u thought; but
now, as this was, to y certain extent,
our tuneral,n kept a jealous watch
over all passers-by, to see that we were
duly honored, and could partially APP
preciate the feelings of those whom l
llau often seen pass by In mournful
garD without ever thinking that they