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172
THYBO RØN.
Chap. XL.
to him, for he is at home upon the waters. He
thinks little of the dangers of the deep. Ä sttdden
gust—a capsize—a struggle—and all is over. But to
those who stay behind the anxiety is fearful: what
sleepless nights in stormy weather—what expectation
—what hope worn threadbare—too often wound up by
the news of death and sorrow!
On the coast of Brittany — a coast nigh as
perilous as that we are now standing on —- are oft seen,
after a stormy night, the wives and families of
those who battle with the wave, standing with anxious
gaze on the rock’s extreme point to gain one look
at the returning vessels; and again, when, after
some months’ absence, the fishing-barks arrive in
harbour, among the joyous meetings of the sailors
and their wives, among the hearty greetings of their
fellow-villagers, you are sure to mark some woman
—surrounded by her children, too young as yet to
understand the cause—weeping bitterly, supported by
some kind-hearted neighbours, willing in her sorrow to
forget their own joy and comfort the afflicted. She has
just learned how the father of her children, their sole
support, has met with a watery grave, and she is now
alone and desolate. And then, on the next succeeding
Sabbath, how the altars blaze with lighted tapers and
thank-offerings for mercies received and appreciated.
You may smile, you may sneer, call it idolatry and
Popish; but the thankoffering of a grateful heart, even
through a mist of superstition and error, will ascend to
the throne of grace, and the outpourings of the heart,
though man may, He will not despise.
There is a marked change in the pronunciation of
the villagers on this coast; the language still more
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