Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-05-19

81 rode on the sky. freely justified I.
Aud tho it under my feet"
This oriental language overcome the
blacksmith. Such bold GgureS,or some
thing else, caused him 10 sing out, well,
/ II do it-l'll DO it,
! lou are getting on very well, said
| Mr. Stubbleworth, Il think | can make u
decent man of you yet, aud perhaps a
CT rStian
Ned g:oaned.
Tie Scond thing require OF you is
TO go 10 PumPkinville Creek meeting
house, and hear me preach TO morrow
Ned attempted to sIammer some eX-
! cuse, l-l-that is
When the divine resumed hi devo-
tlonnl hymn and kept time with the mu-
SIC, striking HIM over the face with the
tieshy part Of has hand.
/ NCd's promise Of punctua itn caused
the parsons exercise TO cease, and the
words redolent OF gorgeous imagery,
died away in echoes from the adjacent
crags.
Now the third and last demand is per
cmplory.' Ned was all attention to
know what was 10 come next. You
arc 10 promise to seek religion, day and
night, and never rest until you obtain it
at the hands of merCilu redeemcr. =
! The fallen man looked at the declining
sun, and then at the parson, and knew
not what TO say, when The latter indiyi-
dual raised his voice in the song once
more, and Ned knew what would come
next.
III 90 my BEST he said in a humble
voice.
We'll ,tha!'s a man. said Stubbleworth,
now get up and go down to the spring
aud wash your face, aud tear up Tom
Pdlue'S testament and urn YOUR thoughts
on high
Ned rose with feelings he had never
experienced before, and went TO obey
the lavaIory injunction of the prea cher,
when that gentleman mounted his horse,
took Ned by the hand and said, keep
your promise, and I'll keep your coun
ell Good evening, Mr. Forgeron-l'iI
Iook Tor you 10 morrow land of he rode,
with the same impcrturbable countun
ance, singing SO loud as to scare the ca
giles from their eyrie, in the overhang-
ing rocks.
We'll, thought Ned this is a nice bu.
slneSs What would people say if they
knew Edward Forgeron was whlp't be.
fore his own door in the gap, and that
too by Methodist Preacher!' But his
musings were more in sorrow than in
anger,
The dIsfigured countenance Of Forger.
on, was oil course the subject Of numer
Gus questions that night, amongst his
| friends; To which he replied with d stern
look they well unders God and the vague
remark that he had met with an acct
dent. OF course they never dreamed of
the cause. Forgeron looked in the O ass
and compared the changing of his black
eye from recent scuflle, to the rain.
bow shlp-wreck scene-'blending every
color into one Or perhaps ne had ne
yer read the story-and only muttered
10 himself, Ned Forgeron whipped by
Methodist Preacher'
His dreams that night were Of u con-
fused and disagreeabe nature; and wa.
king in The morning he had an indistinct
memory Of something unpleasa hav.
ing occu rred. At first he could not re
collect the cause Of his feelings; but the
bruises on his face and body soon
called them to mind,as we'll as the prom
Use; he mounted his horse in silence and
went TO redeem it.
From that time, his whole conduct
manifested change Of feeling. The
| gossiPs Of the neightorhood observed il,
and whispered that Ned was silent and
had gone t. meeting every Sunday since
the accident. They wondered greatly
at his burning the books he used 20 read
so much. Strange stories were circula-
ting as to the metamorphose Of this 10
vial dare devil blacksmith into a gloomy
and taciturn man. Some supposed very
sagcly that spirit had enticed him in
to the mountains, and after giving him
a glimpse into the future. and misIed
him TO a crag, where he had fallen and
bruised his face. Others gave the
Prince Of Darkness the credit Of the
change, but none suspected the Method
ist preacher,aud as the latter gentleman
had no vanity TO crafty, the secret re
manned with Ned.
This gloomy state Of mind continued
until FoTgeron visited camp meeting.
The Rev Mr. Stub cworth preached a
sermon that seemed TO enter his soul
aud relieve 1t Of burthen-and the
song Of
How happy arc they. who their Saviour obey"
was only half through when he felt like
a new man. Forgeron was from that
time a shouting Methodist At love
feast short time subsequent he gave In
his experience, and revealed the mvsfe.