Litchfield enquirer., 1850-02-28

ttte tOdu t0 CtItulftuS tS A 1NcW aESstRluuu turnpike you can see its mile stOnes--its mullen stalks--its tollsgales. Next ghe disciples rise. and you have before you all their anguish, and hesitation. and dis. may, talked out to you in the language of your own iireside. You smile--you are amused--yet you are touched, and the illusion grows every moment. You see the approaching stranger. and the mysterious conversation grows more and more interesting. Emmaus rises in the distance, in the likeness ofa New Eng land village, with a white meeting house and spire. You follow the travellers you enter the house with them; nor do you wake from your trance until. with streaming eyes, the preacher tells you that "they saw it was the Lord Jesus! and aOhat Q pity it was they could not have known it beforel' It was after a sermon on. this very chapter of Scripture history that Cow ernor Griswold. in passing out of the house, laid hold on the sleeve of his first acquaintance :--" Pray tell me. ." said he, who is that minister ?
 Why. it is old Father Morris 'Well. he is an oddity--a and genius too! l declare 7 he continued, l have been wondering all the morning how l could have read the Bible to so little purpose as not to see all these particu. lars he has presented. l once heard him narrate in this pic. turesque way the story of Lazarus. The great bustling city of Jerusalem first rises to view, and you are told, with great simplicity, how the Lord Jesus
 used to get tired of tho noise;' and how he was tired of preaching again and again to people who would not mind a word he said ; and how. when it came evening. he used to go out and see his friend in Bethany Then he told about the house of Martha and Mary: little white house among the trees he said i; you could just see it from Je- rusalem.' And there the Lord Jesus and his disciples ased to go and sit in the evenings. with Martha, and Mary, and Lazarus.
 Then the narrator went on to tell how Lazarus died, describing with tears and a choking voice. the distress they were in. and how they sent message to the Lord Jesus, and he did not come, and how they wondered and wondered and thus on he went, winding up the inter. est by the graphic minuti@ of an eye witness, till he woke you from the dream by his triumphant joy at the rcsurrec. tion scene.
 On another occasion, as he was sitting at tea table unusually supplied with cakes and sweetmeats, he found m op- portunity to make practical allusion to the same familiar story. He spoke of | Mary as quiet and humble, sitting at her aviour's feet to hear his wo.ds; but Martha thought more of what was to be got for tea. Martha could not find time to listen to Christ no she was cum bered with much serving" around the house. trying Jgiiters. Gnd Dsaking gingerbread"
 Among his own simple people. his style of Scripture painting was listened to with breathless interest. But 1t was particularly in those rustic circles called 1 in New England "conference meetings" that his whole warm soul unfolded, and the Bible in his hands became gallery of New England paintings.
 He particularly loved the evangelist. following the footsteps of Jesus Christ, dwelling upon his words. repeating over and over again the stories of what he did, with all the fond veneration of an old and favored servant.
 Sometimes, too he would give the mar ration an exceedingly practical turn. as one example will illustrate.
 He had noticed falling of in his lit- tie circle that met for social prayer, and took occasion, the first time he collected a tolerablc audience, to tell concerning ::sthe conference meeting that the disci. ples attended" after the resurrection.
 "But Thomas was pot with them" "Thonias not with them P said the old man, in a sorrowful voice. "Wby what would keep Thomas away? Per- haps," said he. glancing at some of his backward auditors, "Thomas had got cold hearted. and was afraid they would ask him to make the first prayer or per hap.," said he looking at some of the farmers, "Thomar was afraid the roads were bad: or perhaps, he added. after a pause, "Thomas had got proud. and thought he could not come in his old clothes.' Thus he went on significantly summing up the common excuses of his
 people; and then. with great simplicity and emotion. he added. < But only think what Thomas lost! for in the middle Of the meeting. the Lord Jesus came and stood among them! How sorry Thom- us must have bsen!" This representa- I tion served to fill tho vacant seats for some time to come.
 I another time Father Morris gave 1 the details of the annointing of David to