Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-12-02
The Rev HIr. Bascom.

Extracr'ofa letter fraul a lady in Baltimore Ia
her Trend IN Wssh ton, Ps.uri,ien on hear.
ing The Rev. MI. Ha>coni preach al Camr
Meeting in August 1924. Eaa,nner.
The horn blew, noise ceased. The.
gathering crowds dispersed, and each
one Sought seat An awful stiIlness
reigned-every thing seemed to give
magic & grandeur to the scene--the
winds of heaven were lulled. aAa
scarcely a breeze rufllcd the trees--
the very birds ceased TIER vocal me-
lody, expectation sat or every face,
when Lo! this wonder iron,N,he west
arose-evcry eye Frightened and ev-
cry ear was attcniive-digni:y mark
ed his department and intelligence
flashed from his keen eye. He APP
peared like the Genius of the Forest.
whose towering oak o'ershadcd him
come to hunt infdelty from The earth.
and exterpate deism forever. Never
perhaps was there more magnificent
display OF oralory. On the mission
ship and regal dominion of Christ. he
was sublipely grand beyond discrip-
ton. His style and language are en-
ergetic and yehement-he is like a
mighty torrent, inpatient OF restraints
and rolls with such lmpetuosity YOU
are compelled.to follow in his fights
he moves with the velocity of the
whirlwind: in the same moment he
will take You to Heaven and live with
you to Helm the same breath he
will fly to the line of the north He
answered every argument Pain ora
Voltiair could advauce--hc defide the
infdal to trace time &c search the cron-
icles of eternity, & find parallel 20 the
sacrifice Of the Saviour ofthe- wolld--
he bid the philosopher soar Oh contem-
plat'on's trembling wing, and reason
with her gl'mmering light assist-and
what could they do against the gospel.
though founded by Jewish peasant
gated and handed down nv a,
few poor fishermen, selected from
Galllean shore--yet even these men
had shaken imperial Rome - her Gen..
tire, and coufounded Greece with all
her learning This Gospel was now
riding throughout the world in triumph
and pagan temples of the east were
falling, and the mosque Of the mussel.
men was crumbing. and the Rose of
Sharon should yet bloom in the desert
and blossom on the mountains of eter-
nal snow. His description of what a
minister ought TO he exceeded even
Cowper on Pan He must have an
eye that never winked, and Judgement
that never erred, and a wing that ne.
yer tired. He was to 90 wherever
misery was TO be founder man reclaim
ed; he was TO consider this earth as his
birthrght, the world as his parish, and
the universe as his diocese;-he was
to freeze under the pole of the north
and hurn under the line of the souih-
he was not to shrink from the palace
OF lnhdeliiy, or tremble at the chair
OF magIstracy for be had the promise
of the Saviour, and 10 | am with YOU
always. He preached until he was
exhausted and compelled to cease.
The words last uttered were respon.
ded by many, and vihrated on the ears
ct the listening multitude, Glory to
God in the highest" Never could he
have been more gratified than on that
day hundreds and thousan@s OF peo.
pie, among whom we're beauty. fash
ion and talents. all gazing in mute as
tonlshment al this star from the west
- this Kentucky Oraior-ihis American
Cicero" Ms***
Hydrophobia.-This opprobrium me-