Before we sailed, however, I was fleeced of seven dollars by the cook of the ship. As passengers in the second cabin, we had the privilege of furnishing ourselves with provisions. For the sum just mentioned, the cook had agreed to do all our cooking at the galley3, insisting, however, on being paid in advance, because, he averred4, several passengers, on former occasions, had obtained his services and failed to pay him; besides, he wanted to leave all the money he could with his wife. These arguments were, of course, unanswerable, and I paid him the sum demanded. Judge, then, of my surprise, when, a few minutes before we hauled off, the captain engaged another cook; the first having suddenly made himself among the missing. Should the reader ever have occasion to voyage, he may profit by the remembrance of this anecdote5.
We then hauled off into the stream; towed by a steamboat, we soon cleared the harbor of New York. Sandy Hook speedily lay behind us; the pilot wished us a pleasant voyage, and away we dashed into the wide Atlantic, buoyed6 up by the confidence of the hope that a few weeks would behold7 us safely landed on the shores of dear old England.
The details of a voyage across the Atlantic have been so often laid before the public by travellers, that they have now lost most of that interest which they would possess were they less familiar. I shall not, therefore, detain the reader with the particulars of my passage, except to quote the experience of one day from my journal.
Saturday, June 12th. Went on deck early in the morning; found it very warm. We passed two ships on the same course with ourselves. I saw a rainbow on our starboard quarter, which reminded me of the old saying among sailors, “Rainbow in the morning, sailors take warning.” It was then blowing a stiff breeze from the west. All the sails were up, studding sails out below and aloft. The wind increased during the morning, with rain. We soon had heavy thunder, with sharp lightning; the weather growing squally, we took in our studding sails. Passed another ship; wind increasing with violent rain.
One o’clock, P. M. Sailors have plenty to do to shorten sail. Furled top-gallant sails, reefed mizzen topsail, fore2 topsail, and main topsail. We are running before the wind like a race-horse, at the rate of twelve knots an hour.
Two o’clock, P. M. More thunder and lightning, which threatened vengeance8 on our poor ship. The lightning is very sharp; we have no conductor up; it plays all around us, and, as it strikes the water, it hisses9 like red-hot iron. Several of the sailors felt a shock in descending10 the rigging, especially the first and second mates. We expected it would strike us every moment, but a kind Providence11 protected us. The sea runs very high, and the ship flies about as if crazy. We have two men at the helm, who can scarcely keep her right; it seems that she will pitch under every moment.
Eight and one-half o’clock, P. M. Sea still rolling heavily; we have shipped several heavy seas.
Nine o’clock, P. M. Wind has shifted, and the weather is clearing off.
During the whole of this gale12, many of the passengers were much alarmed, and some of them spent their time in praying and crying to the Lord. How strange that men will leave their eternal interests to an hour of danger, and forget them again the moment it passes away!
The first Sabbath of our life at sea, by permission of Captain Barrows—who, by the way, was a very gentlemanly, kind commander—I held a religious meeting on the quarter or poop-deck. My audience contained all the cabin passengers, with most of those in the steerage, the captain and his mates, together with most of the crew. I told them I was not a parson, but I would talk to them as well as I could. After singing and prayer, I spoke13 from Jonah i. 6; alluding14, among other things, to the late storm, and exhorting15 them not to trust to storm religion, but to become the followers16 of God from genuine principle. My audience favored me with profound attention. Whether they were benefitted or not, the great day must determine. It was in this same ship that the eloquent17 Robert Newton returned to England. He favored her crew and passengers, every Sabbath of the voyage, with one of his excellent and powerful discourses19.
The following Sabbaths, owing to the weather and adverse20 circumstances, I contented21 myself with distributing tracts22 and with discoursing23 personally with the passengers and crew.
On the 26th of June, we saw the Irish coast on our weather-beam, and on the evening of the 27th, we came to an anchor off Liverpool, after a short passage of twenty days. Here, a steamboat came alongside, bringing several custom-house officers, who came on board, and carrying our cabin passengers ashore24. The next morning we hauled into the magnificent docks of this celebrated25 city of commerce, where our baggage was landed under the spacious26 sheds that surround the wharves27. From thence it was conveyed, in small carts, drawn28 by donkeys, to the custom-house for inspection29. This tedious process over, the passengers separated, each bound to his respective home; for, having passed the ordeal30 of the custom-house, every man is left at full liberty to go whither he pleases. I and my family proceeded to a tavern31, contrasting, as we went along, the dark, dingy32 aspect of Liverpool, everywhere discolored by the fumes33 of coal-smoke, with the light, cheerful aspect of our American cities; and giving the preference to the latter, notwithstanding my English prejudices.
The next morning we all took seats in the railroad cars for Stafford, some seventy miles distant from Liverpool. After passing through the tunnel, under the city, of more than a mile in length, we emerged into a beautiful country, adorned35 on all sides with antique buildings and rural scenery. These passed before us like the scenes in a panorama36, and, by ten o’clock, A. M., we reached the stopping-place, a short distance from Stafford. Here we were literally37 in danger of being torn asunder38 by the eagerness of two hackmen, who, as we were the only passengers left at the dépôt, were especially zealous39 for our patronage40. A police officer, one of whom is stationed at every dépôt on the road, speedily relieved us from their importunity41. Stepping up, he asked me which man I would employ. Pointing to one of them, the other dropped my baggage, and in a few minutes, we were at the door of my brother-in-law, Mr. William Tills.
Although I had not seen my sister for thirty years, yet, no sooner did she see me, than, throwing her arms around my neck, she exclaimed, “Oh, my brother!” I need not add, that our reception was cordial, and our stay with them characterized by every trait of genuine hospitality.
The town was alive with the bustle42 of an election; flags and streamers were floating over every tavern-sign and public building. Men, women and children crowded the streets, flushed with the excitement of party rivalry43, while the continual pealing45 of the bells added a vivacity46 and liveliness to the scene, of which an American, who has never heard the merry ding-dong of a full peal44 of bells, can form no adequate conception. By five o’clock that afternoon, the polls closed, and the ceremony of chairing the successful candidates took place. First came a band of music, playing lively airs; next followed the members elect, richly dressed, with ribbons on their hats, and seated on chairs wreathed with flowers and ribbons, and surrounded with banners bearing various devices. These chairs were borne on men’s shoulders, who proceeded through the streets, amid immense cheering from the crowds who followed, and from the ladies and citizens, who appeared waving their handkerchiefs from the windows; the members, meanwhile, bowing, with their hats in their hands, until they reached the spot where their chaises waited to convey them to their respective homes. The sight was one of great interest to a stranger, and I advise every American who visits England, by all means, to witness an election day if possible.
We remained with my brother-in-law about a week, visiting the various places and buildings whose antiquity47 or public character clothed them with especial interest. The town itself contains about eleven hundred inhabitants, and is the shire town of the county of Staffordshire. Its chief business is the manufacture of shoes. Among its ancient buildings, are the remains48 of a baronial castle, whose moss-covered battlements insensibly conduct the meditations49 of the beholder50 back to the days of feudal51 grandeur52 and knightly53 chivalry54. St. Mary’s Church is also a venerable Gothic structure, of solid masonry55, whose walls have withstood the storms and changes of about ten centuries. They were about to expend56 £10,000 in repairing the dilapidations of time. I heard one discourse18 from the curate, and was especially delighted with the grandeur and sublimity57 of the music from its magnificent organ, as it pealed58 along the aisles59 of the time-worn building, with an effect never witnessed in our smaller and more modern structures in America.
Here also is the county prison, modelled, in most of its arrangements, after the state-prisons of America. It contained five hundred prisoners. A lunatic asylum60 and a hospital, or infirmary, for the poor, are found among the products of its benevolence61: the former contained three hundred unfortunate occupants.
The poor-house is a large commodious62 building, constructed of brick and stone, surrounded with large airy yards and gardens. It has also yards or courts within its walls, used as play-grounds for the children. The order within was excellent; every room looked remarkably63 neat and clean; the children were comfortably clothed, and wore an air of satisfaction and contentment. The whole house was under the control of a governor and matron who were subject to the inspection of the board of overseers, chosen by the people. One excellent rule of the house struck me as being very useful: it provided for the admission of poor travellers to a supper and lodging64; requiring them, if dirty, to undergo a thorough ablution and to change their linen65. In the morning two or three hours’ work was exacted as payment, and they were suffered to depart. The house had its teacher and chaplain; and altogether I thought that a great improvement had taken place in the poor-laws of the country.
Having been so long away from England, everything peculiarly English struck me with almost as much force as it would a native American. Hence, my feelings revolted at the sight of the innumerable beggars and vagrants67, who crowded the streets. Italians, with their organs, white mice, or monkeys; poor barefooted children, with their baskets of matches; and, worse than either, houseless families imploring68 a crust for their half-naked little ones, with many a tale of sorrow and woe69, were sights which greeted my eye and pained my heart every day. A sad spectacle indeed, and one which robs the lustre70 of the British crown of many a brilliant ray. The true glory of a people is their internal prosperity, and not the extension of their territory.
The fifth of July renewed the excitement of the day I arrived. It was the time appointed for the county election. Similar scenes to those before described took place, accompanied with excessive drunkenness. Every tavern, and the number seemed endless, was crowded, mostly with the laboring72 classes, who were spending their hard-earned pence, for foaming73 tankards of English ale, the favorite beverage74 of John Bull, and one of the greatest hindrances75 to the progress of the temperance cause in that country; though it is hoped that the triumphs of tee-totalism will ultimately overcome this national love for John Barleycorn, as beer is humorously called in the old song.
After spending an extremely pleasant week in Stafford, we bade adieu to my affectionate sister and her husband, and, aided by omnipotent76 steam, we soon reached the great manufactory of Britain—Birmingham. From thence we took stage for Woodstock, subject, however, to the incessant77 exactions of the host of waiters, guards and coachmen, that constantly assail78 the traveller in England, with a request to be “remembered” for every little service rendered. The country through which we rode was delightful79; all nature wore her greenest, brightest garments; the roads were level, and as smooth as the most thorough Macadamizing could make them. Soon after seven in the evening, the stage drew up at the Marlborough Arms, the very hotel from whence I started thirty years since to go to sea. The first object that arrested my eye, was the revered80 form of my mother, waiting on the sidewalk, eager to embrace her much-loved, but long-absent son. Springing to the ground, I felt myself locked in her fond embrace. That was a moment of exquisite81 enjoyment82, both to me and to my mother. Though deeply moved, she maintained a calm dignity of manner. In a few moments, she was showing the way, with the agility83 of a young woman, leading a new-found grand-child in each hand, to her residence, which was close at hand. Very soon we were all seated round the well-loaded board, the happiest family party in the world.
Though it afforded me and my family great pleasure to visit scenes round Woodstock and Bladen, which had been familiar to me in my boyhood, yet, as the description would only prove tedious to the reader, it is omitted. A brief account of our visit to Oxford85, so celebrated for its university and colleges, may not be uninteresting.
Oxford contains nineteen colleges and five halls. Of these, we visited only Christ Church and Lincoln colleges. Christ Church is the largest college in Oxford. We were forcibly struck with the magnificence of the octagonal tower, which is over the principal gateway86. It has a dome87 top, and is ornamented88 in the Gothic style, from designs by that renowned89 architect, Sir Christopher Wren90. It is also remarkable91 as containing the celebrated bell, known by the familiar name of “Great Tom,” and weighing 17,000 pounds. It is 7 feet 1 inch in diameter, 6 feet 9 inches high, 6⅛ inches in thickness. I got under this massive piece of metal, and found abundant room to move about; by standing34 on the clapper I could reach the top over my head. This is the largest bell in England; though Russia contains several of a much larger size. I also gratified myself by a survey of the splendid picture galleries and the spacious library, the former containing some of the finest specimens92 of painting in the country, and the latter a large and valuable collection of books, manuscripts, prints, coins, &c.
I made inquiries93 of our attendant for the room in which Charles Wesley studied while a member of this college; but, although quite communicative on other subjects, he manifested a peculiar66 sensitiveness on this; and I declined pressing the question. After quitting the college, happening to pass the residence of the Wesleyan minister, Mr. Rodgers, I called upon him, and related to him how the porter avoided my questions. He smiled, and said that they regarded the Wesleys as dissenters94, and would therefore do them no honor. Mr. Rodgers was extremely obliging; he conducted us over his beautiful chapel95, and then bore us company to Lincoln college, where he pointed71 out the room in which John Wesley studied when a member of this institution. He also showed us the other localities of Oxford, made sacred to me by their association with the person of Wesley’s grandfather, the preaching of the Wesleys themselves, and the studies of Dr. Coke, the great missionary96 hero of the Methodist church.
He then led us into Broad street, to the consecrated97 spot where Latimer, Ridley and Cranmer sealed their faith by enduring a martyr’s death. Three stones mark the spot where their ashes fell; and never did I feel a holier feeling than that which thrilled my heart, while I and my family stood on those time-worn stones: the spirits of the martyrs98 seemed to hover99 around us, breathing the same high, religious determination into our minds that filled their own bold and daring spirits. That moment amply repaid us for all the toil100 of our journey home.
The following Sabbath I attended the chapels101 of the Wesleyans at Woodstock and Bladen, and in the evening had the pleasure of saying a word to my old Bladen associates, in the prayer-meeting.
After receiving the utmost kindness, hospitality and evidences of friendship from my family and friends, I took leave of them forever. Many of the neighbors, with my mother, accompanied me to Woodstock. There I wished her adieu, and when the coach whirled away, she stood following us with her eyes, the last of the company, until a projection102 of the park wall hid us from each other. Who could forbear a tear in such a moment? I could not, and therefore suffered the big drops to roll down my cheeks at will. There is a luxury in such grief.
That evening beheld103 us rolling through Hyde Park into the city of London, where I tarried a few days with my brother, by whom I was very cordially entertained. Here also I found several cousins, in prosperous circumstances whose kindness contributed not a little to my enjoyment. Having visited St. Paul’s, the Museum, Madame Tussaud’s magnificent collection of wax figures, and other curious and remarkable places, I took a trip to Walthamstow, the former residence of my aunt Turner. This good lady was dead, and almost forgotten by the people; her twenty-two children were all either dead or wandering, the neighbors knew not whither. Alas104 for the mutations of time!
A walk of two miles farther on, brought us to Wanstead, my birth-place. Here everything seemed natural, though great changes had passed over the people since I lived there, a thoughtless child. My common school teacher and my Sunday school teacher had gone to their spiritual destiny. My aunt was yet alive. My brother asked her if she knew me. Peering through her spectacles, and summoning up the imagery of the past, she at length called to mind her former protégé, and clasped me to her arms, with evident gratification. It occasions melancholy105 feeling to see the ravages106 of time on the persons and places one has not visited for years!
After a hasty visit to that noble home for the worn-out sailor at Greenwich, and a glance at the arsenal107 at Woolwich, I returned to London.
We next visited the City Road Chapel, built by the exertions108 of the great Wesley himself. The sexton told us that when that wonderful man held the collection plate, one Sabbath, it was thrice filled with gold by the enthusiastic generosity109 of the congregation: a striking example of his personal influence over his hearers. After examining the chapel, I walked over the parsonage adjoining, and while standing in the room where, with his dying lips, the immortal110 founder111 of Methodism exclaimed, “The best of all is, God is with us,” I felt inspired with his great spirit, and mentally resolved, like him to laboriously112 live, that like him I might triumphantly113 die. From this sacred chamber114 I visited the tombs of Wesley, Clarke, Benson, Watson, Cooper, and other illustrious men of the departed army of faithful warriors115 in the cause of Christ; and, as I stood over their ashes, my heart said with Peter on the mount of transfiguration, “Master, it is good for me to be here!”
Crossing the road into Bunhill fields, I stood before the tombstones of the celebrated Dr. Isaac Watts116, and the less learned but equally renowned John Bunyan. Here the wicket gate, the wanderings of the pilgrim, the land of Beulah, and the river of death passed vividly117 before my mind’s eye, until, overcome with a rush of powerful feeling, I wept and walked away, a better man than when I entered those solemn resting-places of the glorious dead.
The time allotted118 for my visit having nearly expired, my mind began to look towards the country of my adoption119, filled with a strong desire once more to tread its free soil. Strong as is the love of home, it was not strong enough to induce a preference in my mind for England. America had become the dearer of the two. Indeed, I saw so many unpleasant things amidst the grandeur and pageantry of the rich, that I often felt disgusted. Such hosts of street beggars, such troops of poverty-stricken children, such a mass of degraded laborers121, such enormous taxation122, made me shrink from bearing any part of so great a burden, and desire to link my future destiny with the rising fortunes of America. How the laborer120 of England lives, with such low wages, and such high prices for the staple123 commodities of life, is above my comprehension. Meat was from twelve to twenty-four cents per pound; tea from one to two dollars; coffee from twenty-five to forty cents, and other things in proportion. To this add the intemperate124 habits of the poor, and how they live becomes a problem I know not how to solve. Yet, with all this poverty and woe, taxation is laid upon the public with merciless severity, to furnish means to maintain the splendor125 and fatten126 the minions127 of royalty128. First, they have to pay the annual interest of eight hundred million pounds, then come the enormous salaries of the monarch129 and the satellites of the throne. The queen, for her private purse, has £150,000; the queen dowager, £100,000; Prince Albert, £30,000; the Lord High Chancellor130, £20,000; the Bishops131, an average of £20,000 each. Besides these, follow sinecures132 and pensions innumerable, until the resources of the nation are preyed133 on by the throne, with the unsatisfied appetite of the grave—taking all, and still crying, “give, give!” I felt happy, when beholding134 these things, that Providence had, after many trials in early life, cast my lot in America.
On the 25th of August, we all sailed from London, in the cabin of a fine ship, commanded by Captain Eldridge, bound for Boston. The particulars of our stormy and tedious voyage would neither gratify nor amuse the reader, and they are therefore omitted. Suffice it to say, that the Atlantic passage could scarcely be more unpleasant than it was to us; but, by the care of divine Providence, after being seventy-five days at sea, exposed to every variety of wind and weather, deprived of religious advantages, and surrounded only by the ungodly, we safely landed, and found comfortable quarters at the United States Hotel, in Boston. From thence we proceeded to Worcester, and then to Wilbraham, where we were hailed with joyful135 congratulations by our neighbors, who had begun to mourn us as among the lost at sea. Most gratefully did we all unite with the minister, the following Sabbath, in a thank-offering to Almighty136 God, for his goodness in preserving us from the dangers of the stormy sea.
Thus, courteous137 reader, I have conducted thee through the mazes138 of my changeful life. Should the facts detailed139 in these pages lead thee to feel more interest hereafter in the elevation140 of the sailor, my labors141 will not have been in vain; and should the recital142 of my Christian143 experience induce thee to embrace the same Saviour144, who has become my redemption and sacrifice, I shall joyfully145 hail thee, when we meet together in the port of eternity146.
To my brothers of the sea, let me add one word. Yours is a life of danger, of toil, of suffering. Few men care for your souls; but Jesus regards you. He watches you in all your wanderings; he woos you to be his! Will you not be persuaded, by a fellow-sailor, to heed147 his voice. O sailor, “Turn, turn, for why will ye die!” Go! rest in His bosom148, who says to you, “Come unto me all ye that are weary and heavy laden84, and I will give you rest.”
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