Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-04-04

ments. Be that it may, il is very delightful in
these dark days Of dissenson and discord to find the
brethren of pous church gliding down the stream
of life, "calm and unruffled as a summer sea-" The
Methodists the only people we know Of that are
not kicking up row with another, and endea-
voring unwisely to God and mammon at one
and the same time. The Presbyterians have quarrel
led and fought about the possession of their church
property; the Episcopalians of Trinity Church are
brushing up their arms for fight, as to who shall
have the largest share Of the spoils; the Dutch
church is in similar situation; highly respecta-
BILE Roman Catholic friends fighting and quarrel
ling Eve sorry to say about church government;
the Mormons are immersed in bros and battles; the
Quakers have almost got through their bloodess bat
ties; even the respectable and sober-sded Shakers
robbng each other and running off, and indulging
in the carnal usts of the flesh, but the poor and
peaceable Methodists practising and singing the
precepts:-
"Let love thro' all our actions rum
And all our words be mild
Live like Gods only blessed son,
That sweet and lovely child"
1t is truly refreshing to mingle with the quiet,
amable pious and pretty Methodists for a season
il is opiate to the troubled mind dose of lauda
mum to the disturbed heart. But particularly pleas
ant is il to visit the house OF pIous pastor OF flock
OF handsome young unmarried Methodists, and min
gle with the meek lowly and lovely girls in prayer
and praise to the Gver of all good of this
sort we will describe, which visited on receiy.
ing the following pious invitation -
The married members Of this family respectfully invited
to visit the Pastor of the - street Church, Rev.
April ID 1889 The unmarried, on the following evening
We know that these meetings and commingling of
mind with beautiful matter III pastors private par
Tor is ridiculed by sects, but still It is not the
less delightful pous or proper, and of sense
can think otherwise. Every careful shepherd looks
after every individual ram and particularly the
young ones !; every good schoomastsr looks after
every individual scholar every physician private
ly visits all his lovely patients every editor looks
after the public and private veal of every subscriber
and why should not every pious pastor commune
and mngle constantly in private with the pious and
lovely OF his flock
Belle wing these private comminglngs to be cor
rect, according to true scrptural Piety, we made
one Of the pious party last evening, being of
the unmarried ones The house, like those of all
the pastors Of the Methodist church, plain and
unpretending two small rooms the first, and the
best bedroom the second floor, the only ones
allotted to receive company Under any other cir
cumstances, perhaps, Except at splendid wedding
party it would be deemed improper for young la
dies to visit gentleman bedroom, but pious young
Methodist ladies feel no repugnance in visiting the
bedroom Of pious parson for the room is sanctifed
to good works il is here where the preacher can
commune with his own heart and be still il is here
where has most Pous inspirations poured forth
il is here where In the still watches Of the night he
has glmpses Of future glory ; it is here where
matter-it is the sanctum of the pastorit is his
hottest of hoies and therefore object of
to all his flock, both young and old. Indeed in the
early days Of Methodism, the pastor ate, drank,
slept, prayed, preached, and mended shoes, whilst
his wife washed, all in one little
Last evening we had u drig htfui tmo NJ qu.r
rellng, pickering, backbiting, envy, hatred or ma
lice all was peace, piety and love-for the Metho-
dsts have riches to fight about, and their poverty
keeps them peaccable The small rooms Of this
small house of piety furnished with few plain
chairs plain table, Bible and few hymn books
hint fba ost col al ca teri lace
never held more meek, lovely and innocent counte-
nanccs than assembled there to mingle in pray
er and praise. All were dressed with great plain
ness and neatness, but looked like beauty unadorn-
ed, adorned the most"
About seven O'clock this pioss young party Tin
GLIDING ourselves for on this occasion VIC felt both
Young aud psoas) had assembled, and after few
minutes spent holy chit chat the following lines
were sung -
HYMN l66-4 lines los and IFS
Tuae-a Walker the f~o-pcnny postman.n
aAij thanks unto him who give. US 10 meet
His love to proclaim, and praises repeat;
We own him Master, continually near,
To pardon and bless and perfect US here's
AT the close Of this, Brother -, rose, and
IN prayer9" A very sweet young girl then dropped
piously on her knees, and spoke:-
Oh thou. who washst the young lambs Of thy flock OF
both sexes look down with eye of pity and compass
sion tong preserve ougoings, and protect neon
ings shed abroad thy love In heart till filled full
up with love, and continually running overj make
ne To love another and morcmake
and multiply all good works-nererbeles not will
thou wpeserve us from the evil one-ssr us TO
and each other and all the good thing. Of this
lie with moderation and temperancecad not into empa
do with thou wilt aud 10 thee shall be
all the glory. Amen!
The number of innocent "Amcns" at the close Of
this was very great; after which we sang
HYMN e3-c.n
Tune There, mac luck about the houses
q Oh. that heretofore,
When In my frat love;
only lyd him TO adore,
And seek the things above
Upon my head his candle shone,
And, lavish Of his grace,
With cords Of love he drew
saw him face to face.
Batter and honey did eat
And, hned up high,
saw the clouds beneath ny feet,
And rode upon the sky.
CHORUS
And rode upon the sky"
This was very navely given, particularly the cho-
rus, which, with pous disregard Ion all the world
ly rules of harmony, gave TO the AR OF riding