The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1849-07-20
specimen Of We!ch ching.

Ala meeting Of ministers at Bristol, the
Rev Mr.--ipvitpd several of his breth.
rem to sup with him, among them was the
minister officiating at the Welch meeting.
bnuse in that city. lie was an entire stran-
ger to oil The company, and silently sttent.
i've to the general conversation Of bis breth
rem. Tue subject which they were discus.
sing was the different strains of public
speaking. When several had given their
opinion, and had mentioned some individu
ais a, good preachers, and such as were
models as to style Of composition, &C., Mr..
turned TO the WEIGH stranger and
solicited his opinion. He said he felt it TO be
privilege to be silent when such men
were discoursinc, but that he felt it duty
to comply with this request. 'But,' said he.
III must give my opinion, I should say that
you have no good preachers In En2land.'--
NO" said Mr.. J.. 'No,' said he, shat is,
mean no such preac hers as We have in the
Principaliiy,' know said L., you are
famous for jumping in Wales, but that is not
owing. | suppose. so much TO the strain Of
preaching while the people hear, as to the
enthusiasm Of their characterP 'Indeed.
said the Welchman, 'you would jump too, If
yon heard and understood such preaching. ,
'Why,' said Mr. L., 'do you not think they
would jump II ] were 10 preach 10 them p
sYou make them jumpn exclaimed the
Wrlchman. 'yon make them jump! A
Welchman would Sc, FIRE othe world while
you were lighting your match The whole
company became very much interested in
this new turn Of the subject. and unanim.
ously requested the good man 10 give them
some specimen Of the style and manner q,
preaching in the Principally. Specimen
said he. Il cannot givd you; II John Ella.
were here, he would give you a speciInsn
indeed-Oh John EIiasis great preacher
'Well' said the company. sgive us some.
thing that you have heard from him. 90
mop said he. q esnnot do justice 10 it
besides. do YOU understand the Welch Ian
gnage?' They said no, sNo, not so az to
follow a DISCOURSE Them said he. ut is
impossible for You TO underestimate, il Iwere
10 give you specimen 'But, said they,
'cannot you put it in Enelishp ooh p said
he. your poor meaCrs language would spoil
it; it is not capable Of expressing those i.
IDEAS thata Welehman can cenceive-I can
not give yous specimen in English withon,
spelling it, The interest OF the company
was increased, and nothing would do but
something Of a specimen; while they pro-
missed to make every allowance for the Ian.
guage.-'Well,'s said the Welchman, If YOU
must have piece, must try; but dom,
know whatto give you. Christmas Evans
was a. geed preacher, and I heard him lit.
tie time ago at an association Of Ministers
He was preaching on the depravity of man
by sin-of his recovery by the death Of
Christ--he said
"Brethren,if were 10 represent you in
a figure the condition of man sinner, and
the means Of his recovery by the cross oil
Jesus Christ, l should represent it some.
VIVA: in this way. Suppose large grave
yard surrounded by high wall. with only
one entrance, which is fast bottled. Within
these walls are thousands and tens OF thou.
sands Of human beings, Of all classes, BY
one epidemic disease bending to the grave
the grave yawns TO swallow them--no
physicians there-they must perish. This
Is the condition Of man as a sinner--all. all
have sinned, and the soul that sinneth shall
die. While man was in this deplorable
state, Mercy, the darling attribute Of Deity.
came down and stood at the gate. look ed At
the scene and wept oyer it, eytiaimiDg. o
that might enter, I would relieve their
sorrows-I would save their SOULS While
mercy stood weeping at the ga,e,an embss-
sv OF angels, commissioned from the court
of heavrnto some other world, passing over
paused atthe sight, and heaven forgsve the
pause: and seeing Mercy standing there
they cried, Mercy. Mercy. can yon not en-
ter? Can you look upon this scene and not
pityP Can you pity and not relieve p
Mercy replied, can sse,' and in her tears
she added 81 can pity. bnt cannot relieve.
Whv will yon not let Mercy imp Justice
replied INV law is broken and il must he
honored. Die they or Justice mustp At
this there appears form, among the angel
ic band, like unto the Son Of God. who ad-
dressing himselfto Justice, said, 'What are
thy demands?' Justice replied. tN1y terms
are stern and rigid-I must have sickness
far their health--I must have ignornihy
for their honor must have death for their
sim must have death for life.' Without
shedding Of blood there is no remission
'Justice,' said the Son Of God, Il accept thy
terms On me be this wrong. and let Mer-
cy anter.' 'When,' said Justice. 'will vou
perform this PROMISE Jesus replied. -Four
thousand years hence, upon that hill Of Cal.
varv,w hout the gates Of Jerusalem, will
perform il in my own person. The deed
was prepared and signed in the presence Of
the angels of God. Justice thereafter pre-
scented the deed, saving, this is the day
when this bond Ito be executed When
he received it, did he tear il in pieces and
give II to the winds Of heaven? No. he
nailed il 10 the cross, eyclaimine. cit il fin.
ished.' Justice called on holy fire to come
down and consume the sacrifice. Holy fire
il swallowed hi. humanity, but
when il touched his Deity, it expired and
there was darkness ovrrthe whole heavens;
but, 'slory to God in the highest; on earth
pesee and good will to men,
'Thi<,' said tho Welchman. Hhs is but a
specimen Of Christmas Evans.,- London
Jewish Expositor.
Destruction Of The Solar SYieni.--P Pro.
fassor Nichol, Of Glasgow University, de-
livered lecture befors the Warrington
Club, London, and closed il with the follow.
ing extraordinary language:
The planets are retained in their orbits
because two opposite forces exactly balance
each nther. But modern astronomy ha.
proved that there is a power at work de-
stroy ing their balance. From observation,
made on the retarded return Of Encse',
comet, aud its gradual approximation TO tn,
sun, we learn the existence Of 4 fluid, Al
ether, which, however subtitle, tends I,
diminish the centrifugal force and add to the