Litchfield enquirer., 1833-08-22

huoUts ADG bssGe Vub tU JUS beebtUENe uUA tAaS music is lost in the loud upFOaP Of whole csngrtgatiOn shouting, singing, praying. and pRaising God.
 It is to be regretted that so much of the prcnehiue of all denominations in the state is addressed to the feelings, to the neglect Of that instruction which inc people need. It is so much easier 10 preach to the pasuions. than the understanding, and our ministers have SD much else to do beside the necessary prepar- aiiou for the pnlpit. that they have often liltle else to feed their sheep ,,n. but fair prospects, sweet sounds and solemn promises. Thus we often hear Of Rne meeting, witch is hot followed by any visible improvement in the morals or manners of the people.
 The ministers ofthe Methodisis are divided into travelling and stationary ministers. The travelling preachers receive from common fund 100 dollars each. Those who have wives receive S2OO, and something more for each child. This salary will cl0ths young man genieelly. and as he is at no expense in travelling, the people receiving them freely into their houses. he gets along pretty well. But the salary is entirely inadequate to the support and education ofa family. The cons sequence is that neatly all the married preaclIs, CTS become stationary , and htrake tiistnsslses to some secular employment. their valuahFw iahors are in great measure lost to ths NbusGn ssAbGy H0sO uO NOtkG4 III AttE lUQtGdtfs~ ries. nO pastoral chargsy and they iuye thsig habits of siudy and meniai discipline, sSne- ,cessary to their usefulness as preachers.
 Tc the everlasting honor Offhe Meihodists it shou!d never be forgotten, that they have preached the gospel te the poor. They have penetrated into our mountains, caves and last nesses, and wherever men could he found. they have carried to them the news of salsa- tion, and preached regularly and statedly tn them without money and without price. We have been often surprised in our travels to' fndin some lonely spot, embosomedin in woods, little log meeting house, in neighbOrh0Od so thinly settled, that the people must come 4 or miles to fll it. sx
 Much as the Methodists have done in Ten- nessee to propagate the gospel. there is Oas' grpat defect. which lies at 4he rOai of their system. and must give them a merely tempo- rary hoed on any ground they occupy. This IS the Itinerancy of their preachers. The dis cipIine of their churches is directed by their travelling clergy. These visit the chMrChrs in their circuit once in two weeks. They preach every day first tO one and then tD sn-, other congregation, SD that some never hear preaching at their own meeting house Ou the Sabbath. The preacher stays perhaps aniSht' in the neighborhood, and the next day his ap- psintments cali him forward on his circuii.-' He knows hot little about the state of feeling, in his congregation, and the neglect of disci- pline Is ihe necessary consequence of the abe. sence of the minister. great many young. people among the Methodists fall away after having made a very hold profession Of their faith, and it is not uncOmmon i0 every neigh bOrhOOd to see persons. who Wfrc once sefl-j Ons and deyOut, who are nOw abandoned 10 vice. Party divisions, personal animosItics, petty chickering's, tales, islander and oi'.'n vice sprng up in the churches left without mia ister to heal their disseniions, to rrtrrss their corruptiOOs, tO call the sheep back from their wanderings, and to promote the greMth ef charity. Risty. and humility. .4 essss The habit Of giving DUney aud of making great personal efforts tl prOnnte tie bniiiing pps pf Chrisl's Kingdom on earth, has rnt bran extensively incuIcated in this eDi,nify fy, the clergy 0fany denOgination. The Meth odists take up a quarterly collrctioo in sli their churches for the benefit Of their trase'- ling preachers. hut this amounts. to mere pit Aance, and the individual contributions are very small. Indeed the support of the gos- pei rarely forms an item in the expences of prOfessing ehrisiiasss ip Tennessee, either be- cause wc have so little money to give. or he- cause our a1i0isters 50 rarely make any. de- mands upoa our charity.
 Horrible and distressing Oatrage.-It has never fallen to our lot tO record a transaction. at once SD revolting in it's nature, so disgrace- full tO humanity and so narrowing to the feel- ings of friends. as 0ne that lately ocenFsed as Rendsborough. Vt. For several days psesi- ous to Saturday, an idle, transient man, whom nc one knew, had been loitering. about the place. Sometime during the day Mrs. Ames. the wife of- Ames, esq, and ihe mother of highly respectable family. came into the sillage stores. Having purchaseda a few Ariicles sine got on her horse aod staried for home. She had not prOceedsd far when coming to ' hollow in small piece 0f woods she was beset by this strange man, pulled from her horse and insnltsd with the mOstiH- famous proposals. In n lone and unfreqOefT- ted spot. beyond the reach of human aid, she found herself dependent upon her own feeble strength to resist this merciess. fend-like monster. Though he presented knife and threatened her with instant death. she never theless resisted, and it was not until after an hours struggle, that nature became exhausted and sine sunk insenslble tO the earth. EsSn after he had perpetrated his heIlish p,sr-' pose. and his-sietins V ase yet writhing in tFss brutal fangs. he presented his knife with the intention of 6nishing his dem0niac work by putting an end to her existence. She sum
 maned all her remaining streDgth. and ia iha
 name Of her Innocent and tender babes, she impi0Fed her execrahle destnyeF to spare her
 life. To this end she finally consented, on. cOOditiun that she would pHOynise not t,A re.