The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-01-11


~ washington, Pennsylvania, after having
heard INN preach at n Camp Ieetias, Ia
August, lBei:
The bonn blew, the noise erusrd. the en-
ther'n- crowds III pers.d, and each mr.
s"ngh, scat Al aaiui slill.less regurh
every thing seemed IA give magic and
grandeur la the sccne--the niads of hca
ven WIRE loIIed, aud scarce breeze RULED
The trees--the very birds ceased their 81
cal meiody expectation sat on every face
when Ia ! this wonder from the west
rose. EVERY eye frightened, and every
ear WAS attentive. Dignity marked his de-
pertinent, and intelligence dashed from his
keeneye. lie appeared like the Genius of
The forest whose t'weiing oaks overshaded
h,n' come to hunt infdeliiy from the earth,
and extirpate dcisln for ever Never, per
haps, WAS there a more magnificent dis
/ play ni oratory. Ga the missionship aud
regal dominion Of Christ, he was suhln,ely
grand beyond descriptions. Ills style and
'ansuage are energetic and vehement he
| Is like a mighty torrent impatient Of IL
straint. and rolls with such impctuosity,
that you are compelled IN follow. IN hs
Nights liz moves with the velocity of II
'vhlrlwlnd-ln the same moment, he will
! take you To Heaven, and dive with YOU 10
He'll lie trinmphanily answered every
argument n Paine mr. II Voltairc could ad
Nance--he dctied the nfidcl IL trace time,
j aud search the chronicles of eternity, and
4 Ind il parallel TO the sacrifice Of tn. saviour
of the world-he bid the philosopher soar
ON contenplation's trembling wing, aud
rrason, with her glimmering light, assist
aud what could they do against the gospel
Though founded by a Jewish peasant
rropagatrd and handed down by n few
poor fishermen, selected from GalhlraD
shore-yet, even these men had shaken
/ Imperial Rome To her centre, aud coun
founded Greece With all her learning. This
gospel WIS now riding throughout the
world IN ttluinph-and pagan temples OF
the east were falling, and the mosque OF
the mnssleman was crumbng, and the
rose NJ Sharon should vet bloom in the
desert, and blossom on the mountains of
eternal snow. His description of what n
faithful minister ought 10 be, exceeded
even Cowper or Pan, He must have nm
rye that neve, winked, judgment that
never erred, and wing that never tired
lie was u go wherever misery WAS to h.
found, or man rrclaimed--he was 10 CON
slder this earth as his birth right, the world
rs his parish, and the universe as hi- dioress
lie WAS To treczs under the pole of the
north, 81 burn under the line of the south
---he was not To shrink from the palace Of
inidelity, or trembe ut the chair OF ma
gIstracy for he had the promise of the
saviour " and In : | am with you always"
liz preached until he was exhausted and
was complied 10 cease. The words last
uttered we're responded by many, and ii
brated on the listening multitude" Glory
TO Col in the hi hest. Newer could he
have been more gra,lftd Than on that day
hundreds and thousands of people, n
mong whom were beauty and talents, all
gazlnS in mute establishment at this star
from the west-tlis Kentucky orator-tiis
American Cicero
BUTLER, in his "reminiscences re
marking on the three great epic poems,
says, Perhaps neither the Latin nor The
T. elist epic contains any insulated pas
sage which can be- com AIRED with the de
st1pilon OF the Mouruer NJ the Sc9in gate,
or Nth, perhaps the very nohIest effort
of the epic use.-Priam's brgging the
body of Hector. TO these only, Millions
description of Satan in hi FIRST book aud
some scenes in which he introduces Adam
md Eve, afc inferior" H. Adds, in a note,
the following criticism, To which every
reader of taste and srnsib,iiy, who has
rad the works of the great uuknoWn,--&
who has moi read them will chrrIfuly
assent" One fanried scene, however, Of
common iile--the prison interview be
tween JENNIE Deans aud Efic, in the Heart
Of Md L0thina-has been described with
such exquisite pathos, that, il it were law
fnl 10 weigh heroes and ordinary muflals
IN the same scales. II might Re compared
with this wonder Of IiomcI's mise, aud
not suffer by the comparison. No Judge
ofs"od writing ever approached the pages
which contain il, without n fear Of the
authors failure, none has pcfsued them
without astonIshment al the felicity of The
execution"
GnAY. Every verse of Gray, fsays Butler
IN his "Reminiscences is imprinted in the
mrmnty of the reminiscent. II is re
o'alkable, that, natw outstanding the OBJ.
security, the stiffness the bad rhymes, and
disgusting ALTERATIONS oi this pu,f. hia
noits are more read than those ID any a
ther English poet. 'ifaIl the prin.cd comics Of
Gray were ahnihilated, there Is not n eoun
/, IN England or Il perish in Lnpdoo, in
" hieh all his English and all his Latin
Odes, and bis incolIparable clcgy, might
not be- snpplledbI the recolircli16s OF the
inhabitants.
GoLps"ITH. How very linlr, Gays Tia"
same "tder) Of Goldsmith is known by
heart--Yet his language is at once more
supple and more clegaht and his ihymes
, more perfect, thsn those of Gray. Ills i'm
ages are drawn from real life and all hr
says comes home to mems business and
manners, TheCrcaicst compliment which
can he paid to Gray, is 10 mention his NJ
kno"ledsed superiority 10 Goldsmith.
| May not something of this kind be said Of
Milton and Lord Byron Lucllrr is great
| how much greater Is Satan ?