Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-19
alone properly expoundsd in Gaelic; my Eng
lish sermons are given
Hr~Fuva

iish sermons are given
TO EMPTY eENeHEe.
Tbs Gaelic Sundays bring hearers from twenty
nil away, and every face IL o picture OF ra-
disnt devotion and joy-eren to the last one OF
Bless Them for loyaisy to their traditions and
language; il must be SO: for before and behln1
us there came roar OF song that echoes wildly
through the glens and passes. Tney had worn
out the threadbare gossip of Strsthgl2ss, and as
all, without exception, had had the cookies OF
their hearts warmed little this day by C n
der in their glasses as the Highlanders fec
tionately term drop OF peat whisky, moodiness
aud silence. after 1.-The ceiliih' or gossiping
was exhausted, were succeeded by impetuoas
song. ''Coire Cheathaich" was the name OF
the first one they sang, and the very title. from
coire. kettle, ami cheathaich, steaEiy, vepory;
or The Misty DELL" as applied to loved
e1quisitely poetic significance of words in all
Gaelic original. Here IS the first ssanzs:
'se Coire-cheathaich, nan sighean siubhlach,
An G ire rumach is urar fonn,
Gu urach miad-theuyach, min eheal, sughar,
Zach lusan fuar bu chubhrailh lean;
Gu nolach. dubh- gho rm, torrach, lui|rea zach,
Corrach pluranach, dlu- gillian. GRIM,
Caofn, bal.ach. dltheanach, can. tch. msleanachi
Gleann mhil.tich's an iicnmhor mang.
Nv own Misty Corrie BY deer ever haunted.
My beautious vail y. nv own veriant dell,
Soft, rich and grassy with sweets ever scented
From every fair how'r loved dear and well;
Tricky ali growing, brightly all blowing.
Over its shaggy and grsen-iarkened lawn;
Moss, canlGh and daises adjoining 8 ma1es,
Through which CANDLES lightly the 1.-The grace
full fawn!
SIT will be my turn sooni'' said my friend in
a whisper and with grimace of resignation.
Your turuf''
.'They will tire OF their Misty Dell' shortly,
and then every one, women and all, will begin
such doctrinal exposition and catechism as;
a. little csc than assault. or, yes every one
of my flock. and indeed all Hi2hlanders, love TO
get th-ir minister outside the kirk, and harry
him lit Is All Scotchmen are born disputants.
Add 8 Ii tie OF the right kind of fame to their
zeal and they are masters of po.emics. One
& ass makes on. OF my people doctrtnal enthu-
difficult theologic problem; and, l sometimes
thin (, with another he would stop on his way to
heaven and engage St. Peter himself -
they approached the cherished subject. They
were answered kindly and siiencei. Then a
few more bars of the misty Del - were un-
sustained notes Again two or three would de-
ploy, as IL were, and set upon the minister with
a flank movement OF
pocrRINAL PROBLEMS
that kept his best wit fl inning to meet and
parry. Then they woull subside again and an
other song. in praise of Lord Lovat, the JOYS. of
the Lovat house, clan, tine chase, hospitalities
and all, vas given with roar OF confused ma
jor and min treble. This gave them courage
to move ont and flank upon my friend. when,
as afterwards learned, al the ramifcatons
of the Broken Covenant were battled
over with wonderful vigor. and this as
sau!t in turn gave place to an lnIernde, OF
all sang with great vehemence ami feeling
s'Gearan Nan Gaidhesl." 1.-The cry of The
Gael" As if they had gathered poxer from
coach load. driver and all. set upon my friend
and hurled at him poin's in "Justi6cation."
Of areumentative frenzy? They stood up TO it
besides. To see more than a dozen vigorous
Highlanders standing as high as the lurching
of the coach would let them. pounding their
palms and each other,' broa shoulders to en-
phasize their arguments, each almost singing
his wildly earnest assertions In tongue I'M
known to English ears, and all reaching
climaxes of eloquence or hurting thundeIbolts
of doc rinal logic, with a haf-yellei ''Nis!-
nisl' ''Now!-Iowl" as some particularly eff
one unused to their innocent ways. ap-
isterai friend to whom they were
all devotedly attached, and who finally sank
helpless under he temrest Of oratorv; was 10
know, with ma icious thrill of delight, that
there is one place in the world where the
suffering parishiouers. under his own 'achings,
returned TO be heaped up and poured back upon
him like the bread upon the waters which re-
tur1eth after many days.
But far up the strath our horses were changed
at a little eiachan. Then here and there. where
tootpaths turned to the heights above or the
valley beneath. peasant doctrinar es one by one
descended AID disappeared with departing
shot of scriptural ferocity, harder and heroer
than all the granite crags above us The sadows
crept in and were marshalei in dark pha-
lanxes in the s;rath bed far down there,
thousanl is of feet below. The river, now
broad AMI CLASSY. now a fosmng torrent.
and again feathery waterfall, only dis.
e.osed its canrss in sound HINTS OF
great hunting-lo lges, like castles. were re-
veaied by ghostlv tur.ets sharply cut against
the leaden sky above the darkening trees, or by
tremendous gates before great avenues OF syca-
mores. or by liveried servitors standing at the
roa Iside to catch the mail pouches finng to
them as we ratified bv. And finally, five little
faxen heads. apparitsou-like bobbing beside
the coach, and Growing and shouting to the
"Psppy" beside me, told me we were at last in
the heart of grand Strathglass; and that the
great square pile behind the larches, from
whieh the welcoming lamp and fire light shone,
315S 3ffs sweet old Mase OF FasnakyIe, where,
!kDr If4le, a Yankee pilgrim was to find a hos
;bitable highland home. 4