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SAILORS IN rORT.

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RY I'nMMAN'DEU DAWSON, It.N.

IT WHS after a seventy-twodays' voyage aoroos
the Potifio, from snuth to nortli, tliat H..M.S.
Triitfomiilei:, a Nuiliii^' fri^^ate of t\vi'iity-fi\u
flima, with 240 men, aiK'hored for the first time in
KKijiiimault Harbour, Vaiieouver'a ishmds, havin^r
Hailed 'J0,000 mileit Kiiice leaving England. That
W!i8 more than forty years ago, in the sjiring of
lt<r)3, the year before the Huiiiiiaa war, as the
survivors of her crew nuiy well remcfiiilx-r.

IJritish C'olumbia with its Euroj>ean |Ki]iulation
luul as yet hardly an existence. The several
islands named after Captain Vancouver, K.N.,
who had circumnavigated them 110 years ago,
were beautiful perk-like lands, well wiKnled, with
a fertile bracken soil, little disturbe<l by the liand
of men. Victoria, the capital, was a st«); k tded
fort ('lo callinl), contaiiii'ig free-trading sti r.-s of
the Hudson's Bay Comjjany, n,-ar whiiJi a few
othcials reaidetl, separated by a narrow harlMuir
fmm an Indian settlement. There was some ditK-
lulty in finding in the woikIs the few farms with
Bome 300 or 400 settlors scattered over the Islands.

A colony of seventeen men, most of them with
wives and families, had recently V)eeu brc)Ught out
_ from Haddi ngto n in ^Scotland by an enter i iiising
farmer. Mr. MUckenzi'-, a mi were set'liiiK in tlie
vTiHKls about a mile or two from Esnuiniault
Harbour. They had brought out a steam engine

with sawing and other machines, etc., and were
cutting down trees, sawing jilanks, and building
themselves houses. They were living on ship'.i
provisions, whilst the seeds they luul planted w ,re
gniwing up for their sustenance.

It was a delightful clhuate, virgin soil, plenty
of ellx)W i-oom, no inhabitants near the harb.)ur, a
novel experience which charmed .the sailors, who
had themselves to improvise a kiml of dix'kyard
and pier. Several of the younger officers invested
in Indian canoes ; whilst there were not wanting
exciting adventures of being lost iii the trackless
w<kk1s, walking in recurrent circles which could
not Ij*; broken away innn, and interesting studies
of the primitive ways of North American Indians,
whilst learning the Chinook jargim (a mixture of
English, French and Indian languages), which
formed the medium of conversation with them.

It was on the Sunday afternoon following the
arrival of the Triiu-omalev . ihat some v( the jieoi'le
frimi .Mrtckfiizic's farm turnc.l uji uuToirnl tli^ ^
" lrn;!ttcr^T TurrT)r?rir^]at s|ic>ial intcn;oU''.s<- witit
llio liirm which has now to be mentioned. If the
new colonists were curious to see a man-of-war,
the sailors were no less curious to witness the
foundations of a British colony. Each had some-
thing to loam from the other.

Showing them over the ship, the gunner, Mr.
George Cook, ascertained that these gcKxl Scotch
folk wen- .a some danger of forgetting the worshij)
of the Iiord'ii Day and the religious customs of

Scotland. They had Ijeen well brougttt up in the
old land, Init a six months' voyage in a ]>rayi'ilt'ss
merchant ship, with the novelties and discomforts
of such a life, without woi-ship or | rivacy, on the
seas, h:i'l brokiMi up old religious habits. The
difficulties of the beginnings of life in the WihkIs,
with its ever-preient struggle to jirovide shelter
and daily fcMnl, were s<imething so (liferent from
their Haddington homes, that the Lord's I lay,
though a (lay uf rest, so far as Mr. .Mack<^ti/.ie's
ser\ice was conci-rned, was not devote<l to the
higher service ipf the Diviae lieing.

■• Would yiiii not lik' your little ones to grow
up with some of the reli.^'ious jirivileges which you
luul in your youth V

There could be but oi.e reply to Mr. Cook's
entpiiry.

•• But we ha\e no minister, no church, no
schools."

" Neither luul you a house to shelter you the
other d;iy, and no architect and no builder ; yet
you say you have some wo<Klen houses now ! If
sonu' of us sailors pay you a return visit ntjxt
Sunday afternojn, may we hold a service for
worship with your jieople?" This offer was
rea<lily acwpted.

The ancient custon; of the sea for united daily
prayer on board ship had not, at that periinl, been
generally revived in shii)8 of war, as it ha])pily has
«iiu-e been, at leivst in the morningr, for some years.
But Mr. George Cook had so denuded hi.i sleeping
cabin of ordinary furniture, and arranged its scant
uccommotlation with a sacrifice of his personal
comfort, that an man}' as ten or twelve sailors
had tieen squeezed into it for daily evening jirayer
in the second dog watch. Ordinarily, however,
the attendance was more nearly in numbers to the
fulfilment of the gracious pledge and promise that,
" Wheresoever two or three are gathered together
in My Name, there am I in the midst tif them."
This united prayer was conducted every evening,
with rare exceptions, during the five years of the
frigate's commissi(m. The little nu.-eti.ig began
ere the ship tripped anchor fnmi Plymouth Sound,
and continued round the Horn, \i\) to Behring
Straits, whilst crossing and recrossing the two
Atlantics and the Pacific, at sea as well iw in jiort,
in storm as in calm, amidst icebergs and in tropics,
till the Trinaimalet returned to Plymouth Sound
a year after the conclusion of the Hu.-'sian War.
But once had the little company the jionour and
the <ulvantage of the presence of a clergyman. In
the absence of priviwy for kneeling in iiulividual
prayer on buird ship, to many miilors a sore
deprivati(m and misery, such a daily private
gathering had its personal uses to a few ; but it
w<is also a staiuling witness to their shijiiiiates for
the Christ, an Epiphany, felt throughout the ship.

Ou Sunday afternoons, the second i^lixm boys

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fioiii (iftf-cii to spventwn years of aj{P, aiM)Ut n
(lo/t^ii in nuiiiIxT, fornitHl a lill)le cliuut held by rmt;
of thn officers <<n iljie miiiti deck, l)etwe»'ii two
p[uiirt. This was followwl imk)h afterwnrdH by the
H.Tvico of thn National Church conductwl in
Mr. Uook'H caliin aofor'linj< to tlio order of the
Dook of ('oniinon Pra^ , for the nieiubers of tlie
daily prayer i.ieeting.

Tho cajitain liiniHelf, of course, in accordance
with tlio ancient first Article of the Navttl Dis-
ciplinn Act of Parliament every Sunday forenixin,
wlinthnr at sea or in port, assembled the whole
crew t<»gethor, and " <;aused the public /orship
of Almighty (S(m1 to lie solemnly, orderly, and
revf^rontly |M^rfornied according to the Liturgy of
the Church of England " ; the fact being duly
entered in the ship's log for the admiral's infor-
it ation. Most thoughtful men-of-war's men
highly value this official recognition that they are
something more than animals ; and gratefully feel,
when far distant from home, that thus, on
Sundays at least,

"Tis wimcthing tlmt we kneel ami pray
Willi lovoil oiiex, near or far away ;
One I.dril, one faith, one ]u>\^, one care,
One form of wonlx, one coninion prayer."

The sailors attending the daily prayer-meeting
in Mr. Cook's cabin liecame deeply interested in
the proposed Sunday servitw for the Scotch people
ashore. One seaman collected a few tracts, etc.,
done up carefully in a red handkerchief, to take
ashore as his contribution. A midshipman lent
his canoe for the landing party, a somewhat
perilous loan it was found to be at first. A few
Prayer l^iks were lent for the occcasion. Hymn
fHKiks wo had none, except a single copy of Wesley's
Hymns. There were, however, Tate and Brady's
psalms bound up with the Prayer Books in those
days. And we ho,!, of course, the church's Iwst
B(x>k, for is not "the church a witness and a
keeper of Holy Writ?"

It was with no little trepidation, but with much
prayer, that some of us landed that Sunday after-
noon. In the depths of the great woods, the
little Scotch settlement was found. Several of the
men were absent with guns, trying to add to their
rations some savoury game. Some of the women
were washing or mending clothes. Still the scene
was peaceful, and otherwise in harmony with the
Bablxith day. The Sunday clothing of the sailors
wfi.; itself a message from above, and their books
hel{)ed to explain their devout errand.

So soon as the object was under8t<xxl, a kindly
welcome was accorded. W>rk was laid aside ; one
family offered their house in which a few planks
supported on tubs supplied seats. The congre-
gation had not far to come, and they did come
very readily. Each w:w willing to condone the
inexperience of the sailors, to occept their good
intentions for better deeds, and to lend his or her
own share of assistance to make the little service
a time of real blessing from alK)ve.

The anticipated difficulty about the singing was
easily surmounted, for most of the people had
brought their Bibles with the Scotch paraphrost^s

at the end ; aad right lustily they sang the
song for the first time in a strange land. ItJ
a bit of old Scotland transferre<l to the <«nds on
earth, and set all hearts aglow and in tune for
further worship of the sanctuary. None of
siiilors were preachers, but they could read and
ex|)ound a chapter ; and the little service, begun
in fear and trembling on their part, ended in
praise and thanksgiving to U(xi.

Then came the question wliat was to be done
for the children? Anot.ier house was otf'eretl as
a Sunday school. The children were accordingly
assembled, There was, of course, a lack of lM)«>ks
and other appurtenances ; but there was no lack
of l>oth attention and order, as the sailors en-
deavoured, however lamely, yet fervently, " to
tell them t le old, old story of Jesus and His love."

The ice had l)een broken. The sailors had
found out their own powers. They were amazed
at the gratitude which their little effort evoked.
They were asked to come again the following
ounday ; the sportsmen would surely be present ;
the little difficulties of ♦'•e first attempt would be
provided against ; and the Sabbath service and
school would be valued by all. God had indeed
been with them and blessed them, so that the sailors
returned to their ship in somewhat of the joyful
spirit of the seventy whom our Lord hiul sent forth
by twos " whither He Himself would come."

In tlie intervening week some sailors visited the
farm, and made friends with the men at their
work, becoming deeply interested in the variety
of operations going on. A young brick-maker (for
the time), at work shaping bricks for building
>chimneys to the plank houses, well educated, as
Scotchmen of that social rank often are, became a
fast friend and fellow-helper in the subsequent
arrangements. There was, of course, no saying
when the Trincmnalcc might trip her anchor and
be off ; so that, if permanence was to Ije given to
the Divine ser'.icc and Sunday school, these must
not be made wholly dependent on the presence of
sailors.

The " fort," too, at Victoria had to Ije ransacked
to find out what school-books, maps, slates, and
copy-books, as well as Biblfs and hymn books,
could be discovered amongst its ample stores of
more sitleable articles, chiefly intende<l for traffic
with the Indians.

The Ixwk shelves of sailors are not ordinarily
very extensive, and a copy of " Village Sermons "
thereon was a grand gift to the little congrega-
tion ; and " Barnes's Commentary on the Four
Gospels " was rather reluctantly given up ; whilst
a few other Ixwks which could not be replaced, in
> those days, at that end of the world, were surren-
<dered for the common good.

It was a great interest to the sailors organising
an evening day school for the children under the
young brickmaker, who also became superintendent
of the Sunday school ; and eventually, when, in a
few months, the ship sailed away from Esquimault,
he, by general consent, succeeded the sailors in
the conduct of the Sunday serv'ice, having been
gradually led to take an active part, so as to gain
er jerience under their guidance.

As week by week the sailors landed to their

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delightful task, the tone of the little community
underwent an observable change. The ordinary
grumbling and complaintM usual against an
emi)loyer ceased. Cheerfulness and contentment
under dirticulties and privations regaine<l sway.
Family jiraycr was started in some houses. J^^yL
it nilL'lit have been almost said of Mackenzie'a
Farm, as it is recorded wl ieii i'liilip wen t down
to Samaria^ and preactu'd Clirtst unto the (n, " And '
~|_ tliere was thr eat joy in that cii^^■" ""

Presently a gotnl Scotch mother wantwl her
infant baptized. This 8»emed beyond the com-
mission of those sailors who had originated
public worship at the farm. But Captain
Wallace Houstojn, R.N., himself a Haddington
man and no indifferent spectator of these things,
who commanded the Trincomnhe, hearing of the
difficulty, kindly invited the family t) come on
lx)ard to the usual Sunday forenooa service,
thoughtfully sending a boat round the Lay to the
point nearest to the farm for them t< embark.
After I^ivine service on the main, or gun di'H;k,
an a<ljournment took place to the captain's fore-
cabin or dining-room, where, in the pre8*.nce of
a smaller, but deeply interested assembly, that
good officer publicly admitte*! the child into the
congregation of Christ's flwk, " in the l^ame o.t
the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
(•host," in accordance with the order to be used
in the National Church, much to the comfort of
all concerned ; entering the baptism in due fcrm
in the ship's log.

All this was half-a-dozen years bcftire the
consecration of the first Bishop of C<>lumbia, the

H'^ w\ Dr. George Hills, who brought out from
iiUgland duly (jualitied clergymen to minister to
the increased and increasing island population.
Therefore the Holy Communion was not adminis-
tered either ashore or afloat. The 240 seamen
in the Trincomiilec during their five years' com-
mission, had not a single opportunity on l)oard their
ship to " shew the I.if)rd'8 death till He come."

After tt delightful stay of several months ut
£s(iuimault, during which the Sunday services
anhore were further built up, the Trinromalce
sailed northward for the then Russian settlement
of Sitka, one of the cluster of (teorge the Third
Islands which hide the coastline of North West
America, a territory now belonging to the United
States and better known as Alaska. We had a
most pleasant visit of a few weeks, \-ery interest-
itig in many ways, experiencing much kindness
from the Russians, which was not forgotten when,
a year afterwards, the frigatj again dropped anchor
off Sitka, but, alas, as an enemy, the two countries
being then at war, and did her hostile duty with
special gentleness towards our quondam hosts.
Turning south to the Queen Charlotte Islands, the
Indian inhabitants of which interested ' exceed-
ingly, we reached Esquimault onte m<. after a
six weeks' absence.

Naturally^ the sailors' first visit was to Mac-
kenzie ' s Farm, where tticir r i^tiirn w as warmly"
welcomed, a nd iney were allowM to resume the
lead m the Sunday services which they had been
privileged to originate. It was very gratifying to
find that, during the absence of the ship, the

little congregation had held stedfastly together,
that the Sunday sch(Ki| was well maintniued, the
day school prosiM-ring, and the young brickmaker
ade(|uately sui)iMirted by the heails of families.
S<Min afterwanls, orders uime for Callao in Peru,
and the rn'ncowa/ce'ii officers and crew sailed i.ivay
fnim Vancovour's full of pleasant nu^uiorii's, and
grateful thoughts, which have still an abiding
pitue with at least one of those who had the gre^it
honour of lieing thus in a small way "a witness
unto Christ unto " what, in those pn; railway and
pn> steamship days, might well l»e called " the
uttermost part of the earth."

"HOW VERY TRYING!"

" How very trying t " That phrase is widely
current. I know one or two j)eople with whom it
is the accepted and normal commentary uixin
every thing thivt does not happen exactly as they
would have it. A sudden shower — " How very
trying ! " A broken f)late — " How very trying ! "
That parcel not sent up as promistnl " How very
trying ! " The phrase is used as j)retty nearly an
ei)uivalent for "How very irritating" or " llow
very provoking." The persons who (unploy it —
and, dear me ! in what busy and ubiquitous
employment the poor interjection is kept ! — intend
to assert that these incidents are altogether
crfK)ke<l, contrary, and cross-grained : are <|uite
too much for one's tempi'r and one's nerves, and
in R properly-ordered world would not for a
moment be t<)lerate(l.

Is it not pleasant to hear p«H!vish infidelity —
ye.s, I will call it by no other name rebuked out
of its own mouth ? The favourite ejaculation of
crossness condemns the spirit that invokes it..
The goo<l old word bears its brave witness whether
that pass unheeded or haply touch some thought-
less heart. Yes, a sudden shower is very trying ;
and so is a broken plate. I remember that
K.ingsley, writing to his affianced wife, elected to
make that common domestic f)ccurrence the prose,
as it were, of their mutual practical faith. It
wnii to be accepted, not os an liccident, but a.s.
something ordered by God. Now the pettish
f ernon's pet [)hra8e iKildly claims for every detail
of ilaily life the same significance. " Mark ! " it
says, " everything is divine : everything is provi-
dential : everything tests and sifts the soul :
everything is a trial." And, truly, little trouble*
are very trying : they give us room for a little
victory over temper, a little but a very genuine
— proclamation that we acknowledge the hand of
G(k1 in daily life : for these, or for their contraries..

" Very tiying," indeed : but how are we who-
stiite the fact coming out of the trial 1

Ah, next time that something goes against our
wishes - surely does not go ' wronj{" — let us show
that we really know and htd that quality of
assaying, that mission to .-Lssay, that is given
to little things, by kt>eping back the waspish
Words and by striving hard for cheerfulness and
sweetness. K. L,

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