The Chapel

           InthesameNewBedfordtherestandsaWhaleman’sChapel,andfewarethemoodyfishermen,shortlyboundfortheIndianOceanorPacific,whofailtomakeaSundayvisittothespot.IamsurethatIdidnot.

           Returningfrommyfirstmorningstroll,Iagainsalliedoutuponthisspecialerrand.Theskyhadchangedfromclear,sunnycold,todrivingsleetandmist.Wrappingmyselfinmyshaggyjacketoftheclothcalledbearskin,Ifoughtmywayagainstthestubbornstorm.Entering,Ifoundasmallscatteredcongregationofsailors,andsailors’wivesandwidows.Amuffledsilencereigned,onlybrokenattimesbytheshrieksofthestorm.Eachsilentworshipperseemedpurposelysittingapartfromtheother,asifeachsilentgriefwereinsularandincommunicable.Thechaplainhadnotyetarrived;andtherethesesilentislandsofmenandwomensatsteadfastlyeyeingseveralmarbletablets,withblackborders,masonedintothewalloneithersidethepulpit.Threeofthemransomethinglikethefollowing,butIdonotpretendtoquote:

           

           SACRED

           TOTHEMEMORY

           OF

           JOHNTALBOT,

           Who,attheageofeighteen,waslostoverboard

           NeartheIsleofDesolation,offPatagonia,

           November1st,1836.

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