Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1847-07-08

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fabric, as at Newtown, for temporary but
important purposes; fabric costing the
parish about two hundred dollars, the other
portion of the expense falling on the Rec
tor and persons residing out of the parish,-
it would be poor encouragement for min
lister of the gospel TO attempt to build such
fabrics if, in after years, it should be rpquir-
ed to be a permanent place of worship for
the Lords Day. With equal propre,y
might it be expected that there would be
permanent selections in several given dis
,ances of five miles from the parish church:
the practical result would be, it is thought,
visible diminution of the parish church
congregation, splitting up portion of the
parish in SO many sectional interests. Still
this little chapel at Newtown has its advan-
tages: A house for occasional appointments,
permanent Sunday school, and the yard
quiet, retired spot for the interment of the
dead.
1t would be poor encouragement for a
minister of the gospel to double his engage
ments to Vestry, by an increase Of his
church appointments, if such appointments
produced dissatisfaction because they were
not always in the morning instead of the af-
ternoon, and because they are not so, mo-
ton made for division of the parish
Whilst other parishes are satisfied with SER.
vices on alternate Sundays, this parish has
had services in two of the churches every
Lords Day, from spring to fall, for more
than twenty years-fully one half of such
services beyond the stipulated agreement of
the Rector with the Ves,ry and the Rector
himself absent from his place and station
not more than a dozen weeks in twenty
five years.
In presenting this review, the Rector's
devoted and undying regard for the parishi-
oners of Port Tobacco parish, as we'll as
pausing here. The perpetual streams Of
benevolence flowing from certain families
the united exertions of a whole parish upon
several occasions, to relieve the Rector from
painful pressures-the united kindness and
respect of whole parish, throughout his
ministry, lives in his heart, and will live
there forever. Had the Rector's regular
stipend been sufficient in amount, and
promptly paid, this review would no, have
been made. Had not the private means of
the Rector-means to a considerable amount
means acquired independently Of all par
ish aid-means for many, very many years
applied to make up, in part, the deficiency
of yearly parish support, and of later years
the same means derived from his own re-
sources) appropriated to the securing of
shelter for his family when he was in his
grave, whilst his whole support from the
parish for four years was gwen up. to the
payment Of his just debts, aLundantly suffi-
cent with the ordinary exerton of all prior
years, to the accomplishment of that object.
Had MOTT is again repeated-had no, the
private means of the Rector been exhausted
by such expenditures, he would be totally
unconcerned whether he obtained support
out OF his own private means, or the means
justly due from the Pensioners. Still. the
Rector loves to say, that he believes Port
Tobacco parish is one Of the best country
parishes in the Diocese. A parish where
Rector has the prospect of much comfort,
much usefulness, as much respect as an I'M
ambitious heart could desire; and labor with
out inermission.
And now it may be asked, What is the
: matter with the people of Port Tobacco pa
IRISH? Are they like the Israeli,es, weary
of mamma, and want some other food And
). weary of Moses, and want some other lea
der? There are few who have borne the
burden and heat of the day, that would not
be thankful to God to be relieved from be-
ing the leader of any people. And when
that time does arrive, the work done, the
labor finished, the responsibility ended, it
will indeed be hailed as a jubilee.
The Richmond Christian Advocate states
that subscription of twenty thousand dol
lars towards the endowment of Randolph
Macon College has been completed. At
the recent annual commencement of this
Institution peculiar incident occurred
which is thus described by the Advocate:
The Rev. J. E. Edwards, who had been
} selected to deliver an address before one of
: the Literary Societies, had delivered one
which highly delighted the Society, and Of
which there had been such favorable report,
} that as soon as Dr. Smith concluded, Rev.
Mr.. E. was voclleriouslv called out, and
made to repeat it. sin casting about for a
subject" says the Advocate, ga, once in
; struclive and important to the Society, Mr..
Edwards seems very nationally to have con-
cluded that next after College duties and
College honors, come 'Courtship, Love and
Narrage;' (as DR.. Gregory parcels it out,
} though for the life of US we never could see
the fitness Of putting love after courtship in
the category,) and knowing this to be the
end of all young men, or what we've all
got to come to- as the boy said Of Lord
MAYORS nrocession he determined 10 give