Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1844-05-24

exercise In the ancient era of doubly and even
trebIy long discourses, there was wisdom inI
slammng the seats up against the pew SIDE IN RS
ing, though we never thought of it before. The
sounding Jar, stirred the stagnent, supplying at
mosphere, and shivered and shook the little vta-
ty remaining into the reach of gasping respiration
In the hundred and fifty, or half thousand thun-
ders too there was noisy grandeur that lifted the
soul up with the body, and drove the drowsness
away.
The noon has come, and the church is cleared of
the assembloge; but are means now taken to clear
it of the bad and still worse alr!-Worse we say,
for the bzeahngs of the morning cannot but have
made it so, or would have made it, had not few
windows been opened by those sitting near them.
Then, the afternoon exercises are labonously hard,
hOpelessly anguished through, or hopeesSly slept
through, like those of the forenoon; Al ehgthlne
congregation are dismissed, and the dead air is
quickly boxed up and kept in good deadening Or
der, for the next time that good Christian folks go
through and out of the pure breath ofnature, to be
edited, or rather edstced.
There is another ife-killing circumstance which
should not be forgotten Every adult in ordinary
health exhaes through the skin in tWenty-tour
hours at least pound and quarter OF worn out,
disorganized and elecayng matter. Now take the
three hours that a numerous congregation continue
in church, and how must they mpregnate the at
mosphere with this? 1t is invisible to be sure, yet
none the less existing. 1t is absolute putretacton.
This is boxed up with the rest, and is polsnouS IN
proportion to its seven days continuance.
As for ourselves, we will not complain OF our
neighbors for drowsness, until we stir them up to
cali parish meeting, and therein "Resolve that the
atmosphere was made to breathe, and forty miles
above every pair of lungs that they might have
enough of it; and that it is absolute folly, If moi
wickedness, to try to live in so much nitrogen and
carbon, when there is such munfcence of oxy-
zen all around the gIobe.' Let them put these
philosophical fresoIutions'' into practice, and ther
; we shall see what preaching can do. Can we won
der at the power and success of WeSleyanism, a
field preaching, with the great eXuberant angel o
health there to help it?
Saturday is not TOO soon to begin to vehtllate
church in the warm season of the year, especial.
if the few preceding days have been very damp
and thereby keep the elastic air from stealing mt
f the building, or the uneastic from oozng out OF ii
At any rate Jet the earliest morning of the day pee
/; in at the lifted windows and the earliest breeze
G sweep out the temple. Then all the sweet nfu
Y ences of the Sabbath will have entrance to bel
. the sacred service. We wish now that every re
o Iigious newspaper in the country would set u
the shout of air! air and that every other pape
II would give at least one strong echo to the cry
V air air! Help us, gracious editors. II we mus
some day die for the lack of breath, do not let
d 90 to sleep and lose fair Sunday reputation an
our sermoness souls besides, for the want of it.
o CASPER.