The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-08-11

| I'll hNIUeS HIS IHALNlfA. - ~ lfdI "
sonntcnanoe !" | heard man cx
claim who had come earelessly n
way FROM hearing him preach. - He
looks just like lamb"
Il is said of him. than being asked
Of a)bishop where he was born, he
replied. - was born in England.
and bNn again in Ireland" - What
you do mean :" inquired the bishop.
:. Art thou a master IN Israel. and
knowcst.not these thingsl' was his
reply.
He to'l me that his first serious
Impressions began when on going
no ne Of 4 night from the card table,
he was Suddenly struck with the mi
quity Of his conduct. Ills heart la
bored wiCh the most punSent COMIC
tim, bat he was absolutely aaha-
med to discllse his feelings.--
1t was critical moment ! A turn
either way would be Of great impor-
lance to the Charch Of God, lie,
him resist the Holy Ghost. alud pro
yoke him to depart, aud one of the
most distinguished ministers that e.
yer adorned a section Of the Chdrch
would be LOST r. her. But while the
hidden fire was smothcred within, a
Methodist class leader, happened to
suspect, from liz unwonted appear
ance, that something serious was
working in his mind, and with cha
racteristic vigilance and attention..
sought tue cause Of it, and found the
young man in distress for hi' soul
lie advised him to attend their class
meeting. and perhaps he might OBJ
tain Comfort--enc0urasing him to
seek the saviour OF sinners. lie did
attend, and God met him in mercy,
and made hiIa chosen vessel 70
bear salvation 10 thousands !
Mr.. Summe riieId stated one fact to
me, which, while it is very surprising.
IL very encouraging Ia those whomay
be tempted TO despond under the in-
hnence Of ply disabilities. He
said, that when he was boy, his
speech was So much DISTRACTED by y
dlsagreeabie lisp which grey with
him. that he could scarcely deliver
an errand lronhis matherto a neigh
bol', 50 as to make himself intelligi-
he And yet Wiz that haaHi tnas}r.d
the sweet How OF cluqucncc from hiS
lips, would ever have suspected
tins Iie moreover said that the
first time he sentured To offer a
prayer IN public, was the time when
he found lac could speak without he
STATION Now Summcfiield WAS 10
fanatic, nor did he cycr believe that
the age OF miracles was not past =
but such was the fact, for which lac
praised Cos and though like the
meek aud humble Moses, i,U might
when the Lord called f0r lis services,
say " Oh, my Lord, aln not eloquent,
neither heretofore nor since thou
has spoken unto thy servant. but |
am of s.o" speech and OF allow
tongue" yet his spirit woald have
been silenced by that voice from hca-
ven in reply, " Who hath made
mans mouth, or who makelh the
dumb or deaf, or the seeing or the
blind Have not the Lord ? Now
therefore go. and Nil be with thy
mouth, aud teach thee what thou
shalt say he was with his
mouth His doctrine distilled like
/ the dew.
/ lie never used notes in the desk,
and even smiled sometimes at the
practice. He was, however, systo
taatic. and was continually inter-
weaving scripture in the most ma
taral and graceful manner with the
thread of his discourse ; his mind
seemed to be stored, his very spirit
inibucd with the word OF God. 1t
! dwelt richly In him in all wisdom
and spiritual understanding. lie
preached from fifty inmates to an
hour too long to-. his tecbie and
wasting frame.
lie always enjoined silence in the
House Of God when preaching, ana
was careful To reprcss an irregular
anlItumultaous burst OF feeling. 1t
il said that on one occasion, when
the people were disposed 10 shWt
aloud, lie paused, and with deep So
lemnity repeated, " The Lord is /"
his holy temple let ali tie earth keep
silence before him."
In relating on one public occasion
List winter, an anecdote of FLETCHER,
he introduced the subject OF Fetch
er's visit 10 MarscilIes for MS Le.,l.n
and in his Interesting nt2iIhsr aliu,
det To bis own writ - the same place