Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1845-09-25
1 Whole No. SO7.
An IaiNeI and his Family.

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the 10Th gk contains an Interesting com
nun,c a,rn from Gran, Thorbprn, ~ d's-
ing uishsd New Yorker-be'ns his re
wjulscenccs Of Aew York fry one years
ago. We make The following extract,
l're,a,iye to an lnGdeL which conveys u.
avn noJal-and an excellent one too,
for all who choose To profit by II:
T. There came man 10 work ~ our shop
by the name Of W,Illams 10 brought
with hup from England, a nice lille w"-
man for n wife, aud also tw" young ch'i-
dieiL Williams ~as genuine radical
ol the "new school"--cnuld talk long
aud loud about the perfec,abilhy OF hn.
man nalure"-lhe "power oi the mind,
-anJ lhe "sound sense OF the people,
who had The capacity 10 convert nus
world OF ours 10 paradise. lie was
soun taken up by the pure republicans oi
that day, and honored with q seat ~ the
W,gwam, by the side Of Burr, Fellows,
and other philosophers al the Errnch
school. Such an honor, heaped upon the
head Of an English Manchester Iourney-
man blacksmith, nearly TUNED his braIn.
Soon after tins event there appeared
IN our streets u hlind g,an, who vas el-
lher boin SO, or who had losl bis SIGH
by The visitation oi DIVINE lhoyldence.
lis name was Palmer. . was q
preacher of iniidel,iy. His church was
The Asscmbly-roum IN " alpul 81, which,
stood where Cedar street was opened
lew years ago.
/. When Williams ailed from Eng
he brought with him II large dnani"Y oi
anbaptisl divinity IN his head aud chest
pl books. Fl some months he seemed
10 acl in accordance with his proless'9ns
Every Sabbath he went TO hear that EN-
ineui divine, TIC Rev. DE-. Foster, in
Gold Street, but he vas soon led away
by The hoary headed philosophers To the
"I'cmple oi Reason, "lohcar the preach
ing of Palme, -- t!at blInd leader oi tNe
blind He drank deeply of the cold aud
chcorIcss waters OF that well Of despair
and shortly after proclaimed hlmse i a
ih0rcugh dcisl Now The church kr'l
chined no more Tor him apd his. HIS
" ile sat at home like The mother "l des-
pIalion on The mount OF iniscry-- his chll-
d,en wandered through Tie by.waysW
the town like sheep wuhop' shepherd,
whilst he hlmselt descended mip some
wretched tavern to deal ou', ""p"' tho
sacred name Of libeliy, death aud dri'm
TO his gaping companions
WiIlilms was an excellent workman,
and he was the first man who made
coach sprlng IN New York. Previously
To cneilng Ibe den oi death ~ W alEni
street, he had commcncrd BUSINESS on
his own account, and was ~ u thriving
way. Now every thing went wrong wi'l
lnm. In his eagernpss IL propagate his
new doctrines, he nee elected his bellows
and bushes his affairs went Ia decay,
aud he removed to the upper pant ol The
cny, penny less aud ilcndlcss.
had not acen HIN iar somc years,
" hen Que morning he came to nv si"io
about eleven o'clopk. lie asked me l"'
a quarter of dollar to purchase SONG
rhiug toeat.
civilians" said !, has it come T." IhiS
with you Have you no iuenc -"o
child :"
81 have neither friend nor child tn help
ne" was the sad reply.
THIS occurred ~ the caily part o' June.
was then dong business ~ The Friends
late meeting house ~ Liberty street.
The appearance Of the place, aud The
season made everything look like gar
len which the Lord had blessed. My
hree Saws were behind the counter wait
ug on the customers. | asked Willlans
about his children, aud called them all
by name - Some were dead some we've
zone away, he knew not where, and all,
boys and girls, had turned uu' good IoE
nothing.
Williams" said "hcre arc my
three children they have never gi,cG
ne pang in all their lives. No uc'ghr
bor has ever brought complaint against
them and ! have nothing to rcpr"arh
them with. They are the staff of NY old
age. We are old acqualntancrs, and
your childrcn and mine grew up l"gclh-
rr they were next door nrlghb"s Why
should your children Lc ~ dlllcrcu, Ii"G
nine ~ .-. .... -.
"IIow can ! tell, " replied he,
"no you irmemher, Williams, sad |,
the day you brought yopr Bible, youg
Gospel Magazines. your huge yp!unnS
# Baptist divinity into our w"Ikah"p, that
you laid them an The fire and began to
,low the bcllows.--l inierpnsrd and
bought them all from you lnr three dol
ars, to save them fran the tlamrs l"id
,ou then, that you would rum your chII=
Iren in this world, whether there was au-
,lhrr world or moi, You remember lhls ,
{" do, was the reply
"\Nas not right then ; You srni
our children forth into the sltePis where
hey were exposed to every cvl. ] led
nine 10 church, where, II the sermon did
hem no good, II kept them lIom mischief,
ou exposed your chlldren 10 evil exam
lie. kept NINE under nine owu eye
nlil they were old enough to Judge aud
cason Tor Themselves"
lie confessed that the event had shown
bat was rght, and that he was wrong
But, sald he, 1T Is now ioe late iu
clract Had adhered 10 The religious