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I ' 1 tEHPBB4NCE ADDRESS. Intemperance never, fails to produce..
a. y*J> - : tl,* Clearfield Washing- Greece became .intemperate, and with it
Wivtred before the Clearjum wa* g began to decline, till finally she
lonian Saciety-on- Monday Iho 2 ndtnst. a pray to the,Romans.
George Sackclt. Roman history presents nearly the
1,. R RTl srDt!rtT -.-‘Ladies and Gentle*■ Bame facts. It is useless to go into detail.
-I appear before you to night, in a We might cite instances enough to fill a
ityin' which I have never appeared vo i um o, Fronvtho greatest empire, down
r. You are all well aware, that lam m<i smallest Indian village of America—
iblic speaker. I have been called up- every page of their history is filled with
address this society; and in endeav- f ncts o fthis kind:
to discharge my duty in obeying that In nnot h er point or view the prosperity
I will offer a few disconnected ro- 0 f the nation is seriously affected by the
s 1 hastily thrown together, for your tra fp ic in liquors. Mr. Everett lute Secre
deration. The evils which surround tat . y 0 f State, generally known as a man
«ily, caused by the traffic in ardent of ext e n sivo information—from n compu
sr the scenes of misery and crime, j a( ; on of his, it appears that the use of nl
h are continually being enacted co bplic beverages costs the United States
Ihtoughout the country, caused by intern- directly in ten years 120,000,000 dollars ;
fehmco; have aroused the friends of tern- baB burnt of otherwise destroyed 5,000,-
SeVance, and all lover of good order, and QUO dollars worth of property; has destroy.
&OOd morals in society, to a sense of their ed 300,000 lives; sent 250,000 to prison,
lirty, in endeavoring to deviso some means und 10 0,000 children to the poor-house—
|9 check its progress. Now the question caused 1,500 murders and 5,000 suicides
•irises how will it bo done 1 an d has bequeathed to the country 1,000,-
f- Some people tell us, that the only truo 0 00 orphan children.
Jlinciple to reform man, is moral suasion. Ag am , many of our public men are
They tell us that wo may persuade men moro or | O9S) un der the influence of liquor
C-but wo cannot force them into ariy meas- many have been soen drunk in the
U te . halls oflegislitfion. If our law-givers are
if-It 13 true that some can be reformed by drunkards what kind of laws can we ex-
Imbral suasion; but there arc others who tnl t heir hands. Thomas Jefferson,
EfclVo bocomo so habituated to strong drink ~a s 9aid . «me habit of using ardentspirits
Ibat they will turn a deaf ear to all thej by mcn in office has occasioned more in
ifarnings and entreaties of their friends. !j ur y to the public servico, and more trou-
Übral suasion has been tried for many| blo - (0 mQ t h an any other circumstance
Years* and our country is still filled with w hich has occured to me during my ad
drunkards; we see Ihem daily in our streets; m j n istration.”
yVO hear them carousing nightly. If these j t must no t bo forgotton that in this
then, can be reformed by some other mode country every drunkard has equal power
jyrby not adopt it? . ; n iho elective franchise with the most vir-
I We believe that there are, in the com- luou3 ci(izen Nor must it be forgotton
/monwealth, a largo majority who are in sbould tho reform now cen se, and in
‘fcVor of a prohibitory liquor law, it the , erauco ngam increase for the fifty
question could bo divested of every oiner yeara to come, in only the eume ratio that
party consideration. There are hundreds . f or i wont y yeurs previous to the
of men, who drink, and who will drink, commpnccment 0 f general reform—about
til long us they can get it,nnd who would ont>lblfd of our voters would be drunk
‘not sign a temperance pledge; who would jj ut should intemperanco increase
’b* in favor of, and vole for a prohibitory - |n tbat ral i o f or eighty years, a large mn
-1 Idw* They would do it in order to put out of our volers would ho drunkards,
I of theif.-reach a temptation that meets them gnd our p o p U | tt m>n amount to sevorul
|at every turn and corner, wherever they bundl < ed millions. VVho thon could turn
• go—which they have not the nerve to with- bnck ,he burning ;or who could gov
•tand. , ern the maddning multitudes. Even now
;We are told again, that we are not ready brandy bottle is a strong instrument
! yat, that we cannot get suah a law passed; j nlbe hands of politicians. Men,ovcnnow,
and that it is useless to mako an effort.— b(j induced , 0 80 n thoir votes for a few
But we are just as near ready now as ev- ofliquort
«ir We will be, and it is just oseasy to make to]d in that the passage of
aft effort now as will be in ten years hence. 1q inrringing orl the
and there is at this time considerabl .. h : f the people. In-answer to this,
akeitement on the subject, hence we believe tba/u would put down a mon
ahoflld while the ir ° n,9bo ‘j, , m at holds its victims in the most ob-
Every man who has the good of his fello j :—they are sldves to a deprav-
V man at heart-overy man who hasa fed. jeet the y crnv in g s of which they
5s Jng of benevolence ip his b,eas, *”" cannotconquen Is a man free, when in
i map vko lovqa hvs country, ftitooreveryefi&rfhe cannot walk straight?
sme it prosper-should make an effod.- spite ev y ho doe s not know
I Who can tell. the. fearful effect that J Kome ls _l a nd if ho does he has
| drunkenness may yet havo on our nation , ' power t 0 go there 1 Is he free when
git may yet be the means of destroying tis j n P a-swine, mistaking it for a
I great republic. It has been in a grea e " w ‘ hc nho is powerless in
iSteaaure.the means of overthrowing other j [*‘ end to rise? if this be free
S nations, and it may have the same effee 1 dom B what is slavery ? But it is interfer
■oifthis. , J , „,nnf ini? With the fights of mcn who have madp
t , History furnishes us abundant pr f, to man ufacturo, and sell
I that intemP° ranCo has bcen . °“r„„i am ; hiquor: men who havo invested their capi-
I principal causes of every national calami | 'ft nnd )h shot|ld be pro .
g fy. Go back, if you please, ft, th,, A « B y' i \ aw . Now if one man has a
I rian Empire, and, trace 118 h, ®‘“J 1 right liquors, all havo a right to do
I ' Will find that in. its.ns? and P ro^ C 8S ’ th ° same . But the licence system grants
I was strictly temperate, and so lon„ 1 this privilege to some, and denies it to
remained so, it grew I SiZT therefore it is wrong. The gov
exercised -its sovereignty over n ll l° h , i ornm ent has no right to licence an evil, or
! 1 IMWWO.^ lh 5. > vho «- lh,? me? tad ! to take under its a business, thej
1 «d the Assyrians thought that lhe y “ ! tain e ff ect of which is misery, murder. 1
; kw.. T»e. e ».«rn.!
; themselves, like the nqb man men! has no right to protect men in a bus
( goods laid up in store for the certain remit of which is, the 1
i SMrink J rda l,cv lost degredation and ruin of both body and
; .tfcie. people . d „ ’ d wc'ro too l of thousands. It has no right to send
tir accustomed vigilance. “Pd . d | flh a host ofljcensed butcherors; to rob
iply engaged w the w,ne lo degrado them in
-to tbe effair* oftbe not.on, when Xe J's of the .world, to destroy the,r-
of « dWPkep fees .‘ke finger pl|.th py . b th eir families or susten
:..upOn their king, ards untimely grave. .....
entered; Babjlon.W'VP ; This legalized sale of intoxicating oripks
fepnd took the Enmuc. s . bnEm - . avonuo- to vice, misery,
' Th iShemme facto. The luwa n nd crime. ; R stirs op every evil passion
nnt oreat restrictions on the use of tliat abided vyithin ;the hreast of noao.
irsia ? U ; f ? aBO wa s entirely prohibited, prompts him to lie; to steal, to tab, and to
B P utthecon- Murder his neighbor,and to
TX\t *rSSv a perrticipuslSpSpheme: the name of the God who
of . ®S y h °Ki, s Jf this brave -people; J cr eafed him;. Pass by. the rum shop, you
ige.ipthenabUsot .F? r Bee him carousing there; hr? coat in
£ t8 eQ hi9 hai withoufa croWn; his hajr
were thePipsffJ.rutjken, P . —liJ..h^l^bis,face’blbiited-~bea-ringtheru
lUtjon on ‘he J- me mark Of tho beiist,.written }h char-
stirred-PP jntemaVd^t^P. l c< ?Pf ’ o vMj • j ta«ib(6 that it is impossible to
Red the peoplo.fpr:»P)diP.tdk- 'Sng? His bloodshot eyes,
Kara :to undortako.unwise i ’ i b -J blunted preceptlond,
an easy .p|®y.b>J,to»a«»d« r .Rfy 1 I ;th and' bachhannlian song—
b^rd s on.tho
she Had Strict prohibitory TheP h Q WiM stog*
K useof wige. did >)l .even aud-brSt'
W hjm he hois pworp to
* '^■Thov Udcd • to* inalco thci,r hplois P---* Anri his child*' 1
rSeHo'bihibif to thoif dhild- .jow^he.rish fl aM,PWte^-«S5;.i
•* m^comL.poe.i»o,«l D r B p flmo«.or,
: which j responsibility this rest ibpon the lity
nlJtSty ' /-
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A WEEKLY PAPER: DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE. MORALITY, AND FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE^
Volume
Clearfield, Pa., Oct. 27, 1853.
uor vender? Is ho,not to blame for “hold
ng the bowl to his neighbors lips.” With
on insinuating grace they will set out theif
bottle, and invito men to drink, and by lit
tel and little, they twine the corroding
cords of the rum fiends, fast. round tho
hearts of their unsuspecting victims ; and
they nre fast in the letters thnt bind them
in the iron bonds of intemperance.
Where nil who have in the compass of
a year, been found dfunk in tholond; as
scmblediin one plnce, they would make a
greater army than ever Bonaparte com
manded. And yet unless patriot hearts
and hand? interpose, myriads more from
j gene ration j to generation coming on, in |
the samo track, will go down like tboso to
tho drunkards grave. Where the thous
nnds of distilleries and breweries still at
work dav and night in tho land, placed in
one city or county, they would blncken all
the surrounding heavens with theirsmoke.
And could all the oaths, obscenities, and
blasphemies they occasion every hour, bo
i uttered in one voice, it would bo more ter
rific than “seven thunders.”
In conclusion. Let every man who sets
his faco nnd influence, against tho passage
of a prohibitory liquor law, consider that
ho is fighting against every thing that is
good; that he is fighting against every
reeling of sympathy and benevolence—
cverv feeling of love nnd afiection ; that
he is' fighting against tho best interests of
tho nation ; that he is fighting against the
sigltß and tears of widows and orphans; —
that he is fighting against tho prayers of
distressed and impoverished families ; that
he is fighting aguinst tho Christian religion,
nnd certuiuly against the dictates of his
| own conscience.
And what is he fighting for 1
lie is fighting for the continuance
of a system that mny yet bo the ruin of
himself or friends: nnd ho is fighting to
entnil a withering curse on posterity. Let
him rally then if ho can, in the ranks of
tho staggering crowd—let him list if ho
dare under the blood stained banner of
king Alcohol; let him fight in tho drunk
en host ngninst justice and humanity,
and posterity will brand him with
eternal disgrace, nnd cubl out his name as
infamous.
lIICnWAY BOBBERY.
The Cattaraugus Whig publishes a
stntcment or a during highway robbery,
committed Sunday night, 25th ult., four
miles from Springville, on the main travel
ed road from that place to Ashford. The
subject Mr. George Bostwick, of Ashford,
a drover, started in the evening to walk
from Springville to Ashford, and after
proceeding übout four miles on his way,
was overtaken by two'men with ahorse
and buggy. One of them, after some little
conversation, got out of the buggy, re
marking that ha was chilly, and would
walk with him. He almost immediately
seized Bostwick, and threw him upon the
ground, and by the help of his companion,
who came to his assistance, gagged him
by stuffiing his mouth full of puper, bound
him hand and foot, tied him to a tree by
tho roadside, and robbed him of all the
money ho had about him, 'amount
ing to something over 8380, in Bank bills
and silver. This done, the robbers do
camped, leaving.himbound hand and foot,
and unable to make any noise whatever.
By wetting and compressing the paper in
his mouth, he succeeded in making noise
sufficient to arrest the attention of one of
his neighbors, who was passing about two
hours afterwards, by whom he was releas
ed from his unpleasant situation. Suspic
ion fell upon two men named Shullze and
Barnett, of Springville, as the probuble
perpetrators, who, singularly enough, hear
ing that they were suspected caused Bost
wick to be arrested, and made oath that
he hired them to rob him- So improb
able a statement confirms suspicion against
them. The matter was to be brought be
fore tho Grand Jury at Elicottville.
The Effect of Railhoads in Ken
tuckv.—This State begins to feel the viv.
ifvinti effect:of Railroads upon its growth,
and business. Of Louisville the Journal
snvs, in 1848 she had not a single rail
road running into her. Since then she. has
raised 8900,000 for the building of. the
Louisville and Frankfort railroad, has
subscribed 8200,060 to tho Jefferson and
Columbus’ company, $lOO,OOO to the
Louisville .and Nashville company, and
has proposed to subscribe^!, 000,000 to
the Louisville and Frankfort company o
pnnble them to build a branch road tp
of tfid property lb
Louisville in 1848, when she entered upon
the grand scheme of railroad building, yas
a liii oyer now after five
Years only, ilia a htfj?le?s ihpn?3o,ooo,-
000, and the city was never increasing
more rapidly In population and never eX
hibited more' evidences of general prosper
: ity.
' .03"Judgo : , in reprimanding a]
criminal among other names, colled him
a,scoundrel., .The ; prison?r,r«?p>i ? d- T
I ini nut flo jjigp^cound.rflwx®^®
here the culprit stopped, but finally addoo
_.*mke' mb to b J’ “Put your words
closer said the redden;
, .»»a t.fiu- v 1: » Vn ‘
o-i;■’."J ~' t r. tovititnS pc! L'
ELEVENTH COMMANDMENT.
T. S. Annum tells a good story about
a loving couple in New Jersey, who be
longed to the Methodist Church. A new
presiding elder, Mr. N„ was expected in
the district; and the ministers all stoppod
with brother W., and his wifc ; every pre
paration was made to give him a cordial
reception. The honest couple thought that
religion, in pnrt, consisted in making some
parodc, and therefore the parlor was put
in order, and a nice fire was made and
the kitchen replenished with cakes, chick
ens, and every delicacy, preparatory to
cooking.
\Vhile Mr. VV. was out at the woodpilo,
a plain looking, coarsely dressed, but
quiet-liko pedostrnin camo along and on
quired the distance to the next town. He
I was told it was three miles. Being very
! cold he asked permission to enter and
I warm himself. Assent was given very
i grudgingly, and both went into the Hitch
; e n. The wife looked daggers at his un
-1 limely intrusion, for the stranger hud on
cowhide boots, an old hat, and a thread
bare but ne'ntly patched coat. At jfng"'
sho gave him a chair bosido the Dutch
oven, in which was baking nice cakes lor
the presiding elder, who was momentarily
expected, ns he was to preach the next
day at the church a mile or two beyond.
Tho stranger, after warming himseir
prepared to leave, but the weather became
more inclement and, ns his oppente was
roused by tho viands about tho f>ro, ho
asked for somo little refreshments before
he sat out on a cold walk to tho town be
vond. Mrs. W. was displeased, but on
consultation with her husband some cold
bacon and bread were sot upon the table,
and he was then somewhat gruffly told to
cat. It was growing dark, and hints were
I thrown out that tho stronger had better de
pnrt, as it was three long miles to town.-
The wife grew petulcnl.asthe new preach
er did not arrive, and her husband sat
whistling the air of “Auld Lang Syne,
whilo he thought of tho words of tho hymn
“When I can read my title clear, and
felt as if ho could order the stranger off
without any further ado.
The homoly meal was at last conclud
ed the man ihnnked them kindly for the
hospitality ho had received, and opened
the door to go. But it was quite dark,
and the clouds denoting a storm filled the
heavens. '
“You say that it is full three miles to
D ”
“I do,” said W. Coldly ; I said so when
you first stopped, and you ought to hove
pushed on like n prudent man. You could
have reached there before it was quite
dark.” , . ~
“But I was cold and hungry, and might
have fainted by tho way.
The mannor of saying this toqched the
farmer’s feelings a little.
“You have warmed me, and fed me, lor
which inm thankful. Will you now be
stow another act of kindness upon 'one in
a strange place, and, if ho goes out in the
darknoss, may loose himself and perish in
tho cold,” . , .
The peculiar form in which the request
was made, and the tone in which it was
uttered, put it out of tho power of the far
mer to say no.
“Go in there and sit down,he answer
ed, pointing to the kitchen, “and I will
see what she Bays.’ ,
And Mr. W. wont into tho parlor where
the supper table stood, covered with a
snow-while cloth, and displayed his wife s
sot of blue sprigged china, that was only
brought out on special occossions.
The tall mould candles were burning
thereon, and on the hearth biassed a cheor-
that old fellow gone yet?" ask
ed Mrs. W. She heard his voice as he
returned from tho door.
“No, and what do you suppose I Me
wants us to let him stay all night.-"
“Indeed I—We can’t have tho like of
him in the house now. Where could he
“*Not in tho best room, even if Mr. N.
should not como.”
“No, indeed !”
“But reallv, I don’t see Jane, how we
can turn him out of doors He doesn’t
look like a strong man, ondut.s dark and
cold, and full threo miles to I}——-
“It’s too much. Ho ought to have gone
while be had daylight, .and npt lingered
here as ho did till it got dark. >
“We can’t turn him ouf of doors, Jane,
and it’s no uso todhink of it. • He’ll havq
to stay somehow.” . ; ”
“But what can we do with hirn ? :
“Ho seems like a decent man, pf least,
nnd dooß not: look M; anything
bad about him. Wo might make him a
bed on theifloor somewherem the house.
“il.wisl) hafl ;be?niift HoiQre
bo came here ”, said Mm. W;- fretfully.
•Thai disappointment.arising from the
donviotlon that Mr, N- would not arrive,
occasioned her tn feel, onf,.the .intrusion
of so unwelcome a visitpr, completely un
hinged her mind, : : t .
“Oh, well,”toplied her husb.ann, in a
soothing voice, “never, mind. ■ .Wo must
make.the best of it. ~ He wme to. us.ured
landihupgryi and ,we ; »w?rn«i a qd: fedhim.
H« now Mto jnighM*^
!; L;i*!nr:;l oLi uiii !o
wo must not refuse, nor grant his request
in a complaining or reluctant spirit, xou
know what the Bible says about cntertpim
ing angels unawares.”
‘‘Angels! did you ever see an angel
look like himl”
“Having never seen an angel, saidtne
farmer smiling, “I am unable no speuk as
to their appearance.”
This had to bring an answer
ing smile to the face of Mrs. W., and a
better leeling to her heart. It was finally
agreed between them that the man ( as ho
seemed like a. decent kind of a person,
should bo permitted to occupy tho minis
ter’s room if that individula did noUrrive,
an event to which they both looked with
small expectancy. But If ho did come,
why the man would have to put up with
poorer accommodations.
When Mr. W. returned to,the kitchen,
whero tho stranger had seated himself be
fore tho fire, ho informed him that they
had decided to lot him stay all night. Iho
man expressed in a few words a gratoful
sense of their kindness, and then became
silent and thoughtful.
Soon after, tho farmer’s wife, giving
up'all hopo ofMr. N.’s arrival, lnd sup
per token upf ivliich consisted of coflec,
warm short cako and broiled chicken.
\ftcr all was on the table, a short conlor
cnee was held to whether it would do to
invite the stranger to tdko supper. It was
true they had given him as much bread
and bacon as ho could cat, but then, as ho
was going to stuy all night, it looked too
inhospitublc to sit down ut tho table and
not to ask him to join thorn. So making
a virtue of necessity, ho was kindly asked
to como to supper —an invitation he did
not decline. Graco was said over the
meal by Mr. W., the cofico poured out,
the bread helped, and the meal served.
There was a fino little h°yi s ’ x y ear ®
old, at the table, who had been brightened
up, and dressed in his best in order to
graco tho minister’s reception. Charles
was full of talk, and the parents felt a
mutual prido in showing him oflj even be
fore their humble guest, who noticed him
particularly, though he had not much to
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knsjlaib
?Os\ S.VSI-A- H’8 — .-'A M' \ .*•
Number 42.
“Conic Charley,” said Mr. W., after
the meal was over and he sat leaning back
in his chair, “can’t you repeat that pritty
hymn mamma learned you last Sunday .
Charley started off without further in
i vitation, and repeated very accurately two
or three verses of a new camp-meeting
hymn, that was just then very popular.
“Now let us hear you say the com
mandments,” spoke up the mother, well
pleased at the child’s performance.
And Charley repeated them with tho
aid of a littlo prompting.
t‘How many commandments are there!
asked the father.
The child hesitated, and then looking up
at the stranger, near whom ho sat, said in
nocently —
“How many are there r
The man thought for some moments,
and said as if in doubt—
“Eloven, are there not!”
“Eleven!” ejaculated Mrs. W,, in un
feigned surprise. ....
“Eleven!” said tho husband, with moro
rebuke than astonishment in his voice.—
“Is it possible that you do not know how
many commandments there are 1 How
many are there, Charley 1 Come, tell me
you know how mnny there are of course.
' “Ten,” replied tho child.
“Right my son,” returned Mr. W„
looking at him with a smile of approval.—
“Right. There isn’t n child of his age
within ten miles who cannot tell how many
commandments thero arc. Did you ever
read the bible, sir 1”
“When l was little, I used to read it
sometimes. But I thought thero were elev
cn commandments. Are you not mista
ken about there being only ten?
Sister W. lifted up her hands in unreign
ed astonishment, and exclaimed—
“ Could any one believe it 1 Such igno*
rupee of the Bible l”
Mr, W. did not reply, but rose, and go
ing in one pornpr of the ronm, where the
good book lay upon a small stand, he put it |
on the table before him, and opened it at
the portion in which the commandments are
recorded. . .
“There,” ho said, pluctng bis pnger up
on the proofof tbp stranger’s error, ‘‘There,
look lor yourself.” ,
The strapger came round from the side
of the tahleandlooked over Mr. W.’s shoul
der. : ’
“There, d’ye see I”
“yes, it does soy ten;’’ replied the man
“and yet it seems to rpp l.hoije are eleven*
I’m surq.l always thought so.” ; ~ .
. “Doesn’t ft say teal” inquired Mr. \y.»
with marked impatience i# |iis;ypice f
“It does certainly.” .' ,•
, what more do you. want I ,y/pn t
you,-believe .the, Biblol” a , - - 4 .
• 0, yes, l believe the Bible; nnd:ye‘. i.t
strikes mo somehow, that thorp must he elft.
vpn commandments. , Hasp t -pnq open .no,*
dqd spmewheremjso?” _ _
Now this Wps tpo much for brother an?
sister w, tn.lwtr- •.Spqh.igqarp.nwmti«« <
prod matters they felt .to.be. .unpurd.onqbJa
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with divine indignation. At its close he
modestly asked if he might not have the
Bible to read for an hour or two before re- •
tiring for the night. This request vyas
granted with more pleasure than any ot ,
tho preceding ones. >
Shortly after supper the man was conducv
tod to the little square room accompanied
by the Bible. Before leaving him alone
Mr.'W. felt it to bo his duty to exhort hit*
to spiritual things, and ho did so most ear
nestly for a considerable length of time.—-
But ho could not seo thnt hiß words made '•
much impression, and ho finally left his
guest lamenting his obduracy and igno
i ranee. ,
In tho morning he came down, and meo.- ■
ing Mr. W., asked him if ho would be so
kind os to lend him a razor, that he might- 1
romovo his beard, which did not give his
face a very attractive aspect. His request
was grantod.
| “Wo will have breakfast in about ten
minutes.” said Mr. W., as he handed hihi:
| the razor and shaving box. ,
| Heappeorod and behaved with duo pro-‘
nridty'at.family worship. After
ho thanked the farmer and his wife for their ,
hospitality, and departed, went oh his jour
"Ten o’clock came, But Mr. N. had not
arrived. So Mr. and Mrs. W. started
the meeting house not doubting that Jhey.
would find him there. But they were d»-"
appointed. A goodly number of. people
were inside, and a goodly number
but the minister had not arrived. -
“Where is Mr 1” inquired a dozen
voices, as a little crowd gathered around
the farmer.
“He hasn’t come ye'. Something hM,
detained him. But 1 will look fdr^hirtl-— ■,
indeed I expected to find him hero.' . .
Tho day was cold, and Mr. W., oft®*,
becoming thoroughly chilled, concluded to
go in and keep a lookout for the minister
from the window noar which ho usually
sat. Others from tho same cause, foUdiy
ed his example, and the little meiitijlg
house was soon filled, as one after
came dropping in. Tho farmer, who turn
ed towards the door each time it Was ope
ned, was a little surprised to see his gue«j
of tho previous night enter, and come slow
ly down the aisle, looking from side to side,
as ifsearching for a vacant seat very foUf
ofwhich we-o now left. Still advancinghs
finally got within the little enclosed alter,
and ascending to tho pulpit, took off
old gray coat and sat down. .
By this time Mr. W: was at his side ans
had his hand upon his arm. '' .
“You musn’t sit hero. Come down anq
I will show you a seqt,” said he, in a
excited tone.
“Thank you,” tho man in,*
composed voice. “It is very comfortably
hero.” And tho man. remained, impn.^yaj
Me.' : V
I Mr. W. embarrassed, went down rater#-
| ing to get a brother “official** to asaist.iU^
\ in making a forcible ejection of ,t,ho man
from the place ho was desecrating. Im;,
mediately upon his doing so, however tha
man rose, und standing up at tpo
opened the hymn book. His voice.thriU;
ed to the fingerends of brother. W, as in a
distinct and audible voice he gave out )hy
hymn.
The congregation arose after the stwu
ger hod read the entire hymn, and Jiad re
peated the first two lines for them lo sing.
Brother W. usually started the tunes. He
tried this time, but went off on a long B>b»
tre tune. Discovering his mistake at the
second word, lie balked and tried it again,
but now he stumbled on a short
A musical brother here come to his aid*
and led off with the tune that auitod dho
nheasuro in which tho hymn was Written-
After singing, the congregation kneeled
and the minister for no one doqbtad hie
real character—addressed the throne, of
Grape with much fervor and eloquence.-**
The reading of a chapter in the Bible eudr
ceeded. Then there was a deep, pause
throughout the room, in anticipation of the
text, which tho preacher preparcdfto en*
nounco. : ■ 1
Brother VV., looked polvnnd his hand*
and knees trembled. Sister W’s face was
like crimson, and her heart was beritingso
loud that she wondered whether the sound
was not hoard by her* sister who sat next
to her. There was a breathless silcdce.
The dropping of a pin might almost hae*
been heard. Then the fine emphauctottris
of the preacher filled the crowded roams'
“And n new commandment 1 give unto
you that you dove brie another,'• ■ *
Brother W. had leaned forward tri ! lii*
ten but now ho sunk back in his setth’Tlni
was the Eleventh Commandment •' ;i ' ! ’
The sermon was deep, searching*
affecting and-impressivo. Tho pfonohbr
uttered nothing that could in. th® wart
woupd the brother arid tlie sister of WhoW
hospitalities ho had partaken, but said much
that smote their, hearts and naadff> IHetft
•ophpdious that they had not shownas much
kindness to the stranger as hri had'tWMt
entitled to receive on tho broad’ priAdMh
pf humanity. But thpyou&red rttoSt’fttWi
mortification of feeling, io think that ttoV
, should have drqritod the presiding ElddrW
(he district fiftpr such a.iasMon.'wns.tlpep.