New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-16
A SHIPLOAD OF RELIGION.
RESULT OF A SAILORS VISIT TO BE
LEVERS MEETING"
HE CONVERTS CREW INTO PsALM-sINGERs AND
ORGANIZES A BiND WONDERFUL TO HEAR
SIGHTS AID SOUNDS THAT MADE

HE CONVERTS CREW INTO PSAIM-SlNGERS AMI
ORGANIZES A BiND WONDERFUL TO HEAR
SIGHTS AND SOUNDS THAT MADE
PILOTS HAIR BRIsrLE
When Sandy Hook pilot boarded the British
from bark Snowden. 1873 days out from Honolulu,
on Friday afternoon. he saw sights and heard
sounds that. 1t is safe to say, never before
greeted the eyes or met the ears Of any pilot OF
this port where so many strange tales OF the
deep sea unfoded
As the big vessel lay 10 for him. there was
seen floating from the fo'castle companion way
"a banner with a strange device" AS he
clambered up the side Of the ship he heard sing
Ing, such singing. from all parts Of the deck, as
made each particular hair of his head stand on
end Praise ye the Lord" "Hosanna in the
Highest and other hymns brought him to a
pause at the rail, not knowing whether he had
to deal with seamen gone mad in their trade, or
with floating Salvation Army. He looked at
the flag on the fo'castle and his thoughts ran
back through the years as he read Look to
Jesus"
Glancing abo 1t the decks other sights, such
as a bassdrum made from a half barrel, a cocka-
too, some dozen parrots, few red breasted game
birds and a sharks tail hanging from the bow
spirit met his eyes. and they did not tend to allay
his astonshment at the manner Of ship that was
to come to anchor in New-York Harbor
YARN OF THE CAPTAIN.
AIT he hurried to find the captain, one Robert
Roland and, in answer to quickly asked ques-
tions regarding the peculiar devoutness Of the
crew. he heard the following yarn spun while
he brought the Snowden to the anchorage off
Liberty Island:
We sailed from Hamburg nigh on a year ago
for Newcastle. ~ S. W. with merry mixed
crew aboard. There were Greek two Russian
Firms. five Germans. one Swede two West In
dians. three solid British tars. three English
mates and myself, Britisher born and Brit
isher til death. 1t Of the Germans, by
name Paul Korn. who is responsible for all this
queerness and for such actions as I never see
before on shipboard. and I've sailed the for
going on forty years
This Korn shipped from Hamburg for New
castle before he ever shipped with me. When he
got down there he ran afoul of meetin' Of Be
levers much such people as the Salvationists
are. and then and there he got religion. He
bowled back to Hamburg and Joined the Snow
den without much as giving line on
which way the wind blew with him. We hadn't
no more than got to ses when he began his work
the crew-not that the work wornt all right
enough. but at first e kind Of bothered me to
find the men listening to his harangues when
the decks were lying soppy with dirt.
We'll we made Newcastle, and the frs. thing
Korn did with shore leave to lug many
men he could off TO a Believers meetin'. Egh.
of them caught the fever Same as Korn, and
when they came back to the ship at night they
was a-roarng psalm tunes at the top OF their
lungs.
BAND THAT WAS BAND
I'VE sailed from there sor Honolulu and Ko-n
he's a red-hot enthusiast formed band.
There the first violin. the Greek Althcr;
the banjo!sr. jacobson. Russian Finn; Nielsen
chose the accordion; Jacob Thompson took UP
with the triangle; West Indian. black as the
ace OF spades. and with huge curling beard,
played the drum. which you see there forward
and which the carpenter made from barrel
sharks bladder and piece of canvas and
korn himself played the either. When the shark
had been caught and sliced down, his tail was
hung from the bowsprit for luck.
We'll that was a band YOU should have
heard. You can have chance, too. for the
men are going to hold Sunday afternoon
vices at o'clock while they are in port; and
every one is welcome They used to hold con-
certs durin' dog watch. ! begun to think the
religion leavn' out the band playing. a
mighty good thing for the men. They that had
it couldn't drink. couldn't chew couldn't
swear. They worked the better for IT,
Things went along pretty slick til, made
Honolulu. Then the fall from grace came. The
men went ashore and all but two backsded.
What they didn't do to make up for lost time
can't tell. The triangle man, Thompson, and
Korn stuck to the religion, though, and came
back to the ship plumb sober The Greek
lowed IF had to lose Heaven because | chewed.
] should have to chew Well. Korn and Thomp-
son got to work on the the trip up from
Honolulu. and twasn't long before they had
them all converted back again. and here we are,
chock full OF religion and the happiest prayinest
crew thai ever sailed into port"
As Captain Roland said. services will be held
on the Snowden this afternoon at O'Clock and
the public that Is the rowing par. OF H. Is in
vited to attend. The part OF the public that
can't row GO down 10 the Battery wall
and the strains Of the bands music may be