The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1822-12-09
CLOSE PREACHING.

Some time in the summer of 1906.
bishop MckeDdree, then presiding eider
OF the district, was preaching near Mays.
Vile Cor Limestone, as it Is called) the
landing place for most of the emierants
to the upper part of the state of Kentuc
ky. His subject naturally led him en-
large on ex,ortion. 1t was here that the
emigrants were frequently exposed to
lmpositions ofvarious kinds from want of
a knowledge OF the prices OF different
commodities, with his usual ingenuity he
pressed the subject very closely. ayes,
said he, it frequently happens that some
take The advantage of the poor emIgI ant
too, that has removed to your fine coun-
try to become your neighbor and fellow
citizen: you sell him your corn or other
produce at double price, and the corn,
when it is only worth fifty cents to the
bushel, you can ask dollar; alb! and
receive il too of the poor man who has
10 grapple with misiortunes to support
his family J" An aged gentleman sitting
near the door was discovered TO become
more and more uneasy. Hishoary locks,
gave him venerable cast, but the emo.
tons OF his mind were such as to operate
upon the muscular movement of his fea.
lures. AS the subject was pressed his
agitation increased he could stand il no
longer but rising from his seat, thus adj
dressed the preacher: elf | did sell INV
corn for dollar bushel, 1 gave them
six months 10 pay it in" "Sii down my
friend," calmly replied the bishop, sssit
down, sir, If you please. we are discus.
sing subject and delineating character,
we are not in the habit of making person
al reflections" Methods. Magazine
"No man was ever scoIded out Of his
sins. The heart, corrupt as it is, and be
cause 1t is so, grows angry if it be net
treated with some management and good
manners, and scolds again. A surly mas
tiff will bear, perhaps, to be stroked, tho
he will growl even under that operation !;
but if you touch him roughly, he will
bite. There is no grace that the spirit
OF self can counterfeit with more success
than religious zeal. A man thinks he Is
fighting for Christ, and he is fighting for
MS own notions. He thinks lie is skill.
fully searching the hearts of others, when
he is only gratifying the maligniiy of his
own; and charitabiy supposes his hearers
destitute OF all grace, that he may shine
the more in his own eyes by the compa-
risoD. One thing in tie mean time, is
certain the folly and feuds of tine profess
ed disciples Of the gospel, have been
more dangerous to its interests. than all
the ayowed hostilities Of its adve 7ries."
Henry VIII. is the first who assumed
the title Of highncss,aDd at length to have
taken that of maJesty. 1t was Francis
who began to give him the last title, in
their interview in 1890. Previous to the
reign of this Henry, they were addressed
by the distinction Of your grace, an APP
pellation too humble for modern mon
archs, and which is usurped by inferior
digni,aries. -
1t is not high station or low one,
great eDdowments of mind or moderate,
that nislead men. 1t is the want Of that
balance Of mind which is regulated by re-
ligous principles and good disposition.
To desire little makes poverty equal
with riches. He who wants, is not rich;
nor he who wants not, poor.--Riches are
not to be measured by their use | cam
y call large possessions rich, but so
much as is conducive 10 comfort.