The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-12
SUNDAY AT SEA.
DIVINE WORSHIP O. BOARD oNr os
HER NhJEsTYs SHIPS.

Tho ">it Down" Church for Clear - ,
smooth Seattle stand Up" Chm
for Rough Westher-Ds.oription
Both Methods. of Worship.
We bal two separate and distinct k.L
divine worship on board. especially sll
10 the e1igencles of fhs weather n
know among us al, "SIt Down c..-..
other a. stand tp' church. Whom Old.
was fair and the sea smooth. vixen
was clear and the sun bright nl.n
face ~ tie ocean was rejecting from
ads a. dlnp.iHg wavelet, the lu. ..
and CHANGING betns Of tic lrnau..,
then sunday at "a showed u0 l...
contrast - the day VI nst a,b0r.
ice. Of the church were p~relacei iy Oh. .
ice OF tbJ state known o. "a, ts .0
when a careful and searching IuHn-
ship and crew va carried "a iu ....
decorous silence by captain. comma lrs.i
senior lieutenant
DIVISIONS over, the creH w0uli ..
for a short time white th- o.I.r t. -
church was carried ont. in . -.
this was aways dome upon tae uln
t5c principal gun carrying l..
tle ship. thoroughly protected fn..
and rain by The u.per ar.A a0.r. d. l-
accommodation was provided for phi. r.
some $50 Ia number, by placing olf.l. .as
and planks across inverted na,lI .
| a|iionIihE thus - Kind # rou-l r,..
form on which ~ SO IicY .
'atawartships. aelos the l.r- Old.
deck, While chairs ~err arranged Il. r.f
Tor the senior alt Jlnlor odl..t-
alig SAT ga opposite sllDs of f.. I.
chaplain, who cd. board shlp n... lt.
thousand lul.r ar le, uretDl...
padIe. sky Iiiut. ct.-ls SUPP ..fL
portable APPARATUS as ucif.s aA.. , OIL.
reading de,N ot tine shore a, t..ar.t,
ships CARPENTER eau de,i.,
"ris-ci n commanding lo,t..
The oflcr, AMI men.
Al being reported roaiv 30 tu. 4..
der, the order b., given to "t.il tl. I.. .nI
forthwith the ,enur! les.u- % thum.
and m~ouot0nou-iy upon tle ,htn, f.. tI.
ciapper 0i which is held DO tleAani an. .
a. "a hammer, instead of th, bell l,-f ..r
swung The men ole marched oI .I t-r
AAaA.hHr AAN IAAA"tAn ANNF NANNN "FN
tain comes out Of hi, cabin. fhe ca.
tells bis desk, aui Tine familiar .nI u.
words 81 tle service isll upon tue,aI
panied u this clao hy the mliI.I
OF tlo ship 4s She SWANS before lUe s
of tle breeze Ihe re.pua.a a.
rule, n.t loudly COO distinctly H- BUG
merely ulttereI Hltlel-.
that congregation oi mcl ll
buei wltA the spirit NJ pa
great and emphatic stream of supp
should ascend from that compact
90 tue throuco f h.m who ruir- fD.
the -a DuI when the time alr..
ilu.~. then. provided that the tlr.
known aud popular, tnc blue Ia,...,
into "a uurst ot song, often m.-- tII..r
always admirable from the po"a. anl u.
ne-s OF tho volume of sound ali u H.A
many may be noted taxing. with Ue.., rl i
accuracy, the tenor and oven tle a.t.
This is sometimes led bg o. SINAI. la.u
sometimes, should The ship l- l4i-
b. possess one. ly The ships band l...
ion-. FL, ou shore, tho sermon. .lt Hlu .
la,t the blessing has te.n given. ami er t-
more seriously mc.nei have U,.u ir.u l...
knees tAe loud imperative orIel e N.n
the lips ~ the commander. N.lf,Hlus
mate, pipe down tLe aeal tr. ID tlat
petty officers whistle is instantly n.4.i. l
Obedience o. the mandate. auI . rf .lI
men leave tle main DESK w...l . .
cleared of us Sunday ai-al-.Hill
Thl. however. n4, lle noa.l.. a..
when Soc al could maetiu Isa... N
E De-.
the conditions were far l-le.n.
win was ,lrIekiur and whist. H.- I.
isA upro.l through spars alI u- .l
the wtfes "cre roaring aul A.a t
with tle force AMI thud II ID steam
against ,he bow, 81 tie |la0oriuZ sa
l..clf added % tLc 1u DIS tle A..-I..
means and groans an4 cracks by H.
gave expression % Aer .udus ult.ou
unfair t.llleAt Sls would a.I.. .i
waliow. would plunge and r9l. W..
bls and stop. ana tleu make % sol. m.-
Gus rush forward. until 4l Thought .. lido
worship ID tie usual form aas uIt
question
These were tho d4ys q "Stald O. c
aud n0w tha elaborate allau-e.
fine weather function were
ats.nt TIL main dc.s port, vr
deep out the kissing and au-rf . arl tIa
1uly hight came from the h-t.-aa above
many Of them closed bY grating Al
stood. odlcers aud men alike aul t..e. H-l
hal experience OK such thin g se.r r.er
on a handy ringbOlt or friendly tree
q gun-anything, ia fact. ~ Wl..a l-t
mi-Lt cling should the motion gl ta. s
conc too violent even for weli ualri
legs. Then the Chaplin. no ion-a trusting
himself within the compass 0f Dds a-
dcsk. but ciinglng with al the sroltl o.
one ara % an iron sJanchl0n sIpP9grll. f-3
deck above. lifted up his feeble voice m
position o. those Of tie strldenr clements
which seemed ounlte 10 the effort t0,u.t--l
bis solemn tones with their demoniae u l
lest they should wing their way upwarl .Hi
their goal 10 sermon now, n0nsmas
10 ltauy, just the simple morning pla'
aud the men are dismissed 20 Ind H.
comfort they can On the close. musty- ds
wet decks.
Taking "A Plaster Cast.