Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-10-26

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example o. the Christian Shepherd.
has endeared himself to bis a0ck by
the faifhfal exercise Of fhia duty,
which some, alas ! think vel dons BY
simply performing the ceremony.
Truly Baltimore may Be called tbe
city of churches. They stand o. tie
choicest spots, and in localities where
means and often disposition are NOT
adequate TO the axpenee and necessi-
tn Of = building- tents are set np.
which have proved successful uiia-
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iica ,us In the great cause Of reforms
tion. These missionary temples gath
or in the humble and the poor, the
wandereF and the stragpler. the pro-
faner of the Sabbath ad the drnuk-
ard, aud that the Esas,l wonderful J
ws Had "a opportunity v judge on
Sunday lest. when taking advantage
Of the fne afternoon. we strolled to
the church Of The Highways, meet
ing In tent, where the Temperance
Crusaders held a meeting. A little
while ago and this locality was a
dreaded one. Liquor saloons. those
accursed carbuncles that cling so te-
naciously to society, reared their in
Aammatory fronts at every few PAGES
and an added force Of patrolmen was
necessary to preserve the peace of the
neighborhood. If we had not been
told this, we never should have made
such an inference, for the quietude
and respectability of an enduring
\ Sabbath covered the locality. rs witk
a garment, and the aob5y policeman,
who was costly leaning against a
shady corner, seemed only there as a
decoration. We spent an hour much
to our edifcation. The earnest notes
! of the singers, Rescue the perish
I ing" had more than the grandeur OF
! the costly organ peal and the tear
! that stole down the bloatsd, rough
\ cheek of the reclaimed attested the
comfort he felt. 1.-The Drunkard' s
Il Child effectively sung by the daugh-
4 ter of the officiating clergyman. and
: the reading by same of "Over the
I hills from the poor house" brought
T forth sobs from the whole Of the large
Flaudience. How much better s this
Skn the Eve that never slumbers than
Ethe careless amen from lisping form
ITO the hasty reading Of prescribed
.prayerl Wherever a church is seen,
slre vicinity wears look of protec-
tion that another cannot have, with
nbut spire in view at least. In sight
of our chamber window is a fine struc-
tnre nelrly completed. When the
click of the hammer ceases for the
Sday and the still twilight-rest settles
Sover the spot, suggestive of THE
Sweet Bye and Bye, rising from be-
hind the tall spire, with its back
ground of luxuriant oaks, comes
Loves white star" as if in tutelar
duty. and reverting to that Star that
rose long ago over the first Christian
church, we enjoy contemplation worth
many hours Of the careless day. And
look where you will, the oGtstretched
hand Of that grand figure which
crowns.the lofty shaft on Mt. Vernon
Square, seems to cover all as it should.
but for the hand that represents. per-
haps instead of the pageant, that
made resplendent the principal streets
ofour city a few nights ago, as specta-
Gle only. some one part Of it might
have been a reality, and this day we
might have had to fall beneath the
wheels Of a Juggernaut's chariot to
appease the wrath of false god or
implore the mercy of Brahma or
Vishnu and be delivered only in tri-
ais of fire and water; or be living un-
der the absolute DEGREES of an Isabel
Ia or Elizabeth and doomed to en-
counter Ravennas of terror and op-
preston as formidable as the monster
represented in the epic of India so
grandly portrayed in the magnificent
0riole pageant; or what would, to
our idea, have been the more agreea-
BILE alternative, be supporting the
state of some worthy heir of the peer
less Josephine. Who does not love a
Napoleon For q government. other
than a republic founded by Washing
ton, is subject to any startling change.
It would be an act Of supererogation
to describe the grand 0riole to you.
Messrs. Editors, even had you not
seen tive take it for granted you did
for as far as words can do it your ex-
changes from here gave faithful rep
resentation. We will only say, new
er have we seen anything so magnif
Gently grand, and we have witnessed
many other spectacular displays. There
is more poetry in the throng than we
wot Of. It was curious as we'll as in
strnctive to notice the expression Of
the vast crowd that swayed to and
fro along our streets like the high
waves Of the ocean stirred by q strong
wind. It was not all eager curiosity
that satisfied the gaze. for the eye Of
those that did not understand the
meaning of the mystic representations,
wonld kindle with q love for the
beautiful and weird, and we saw
rough forms stand with bated breath
and labor-hardened hands clasp Is if
in homage to such grand results Of
human brain, and half of Our exqui-
site pleasure was derived from the
satisfaction those around us received.
"Well. is ! lived to see dis night p
was the question that literally burst
from the bewildered colored sexton Of
the church from the steps Of which we
viewed the pageant. BE bad withopen
mouth and distended eyes watched
each scene as II dumb. until Raven