Frontier religious worship was conducted with grim dolefulness.

Evidence

Each morning, soon after seven, when I have swept the cabin, the family come in for “worship.” Chalmers ”wales” a psalm, in every sense of the word wail, to the most doleful of dismal tunes; they read a chapter round, and he prays. If his prayer has something of the tone of the imprecatory psalms, he has high authority in his favor’ and if there be a tinge of the Pharisaic thanksgiving, it is hardly surprising that he is grateful that he is not as other men are when he contemplates the general godlessness of the region. — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 67

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Rough frontier living coexists with refined manners and concealed hatred. — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 260; Awe at vast landscape produces a religious attitude rather than mere pleasure — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 187

Broader Connections

• Rough frontier living coexists with refined manners and concealed hatred. #expands (0.78) — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 260
• Awe at vast landscape produces a religious attitude rather than mere pleasure #complicates (0.75) — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 187