The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1850-10-12
rI.noP BAscoM.

s,,,Sn's place IN the church SCUM
I'M u flled. He was a man o.
N. u r,eat talents, Of great fear
.'lia the matter Of the church d't-
.,,y..n Ne North and The Sonlh'
u, ,iaes with the South, he stood
,Iaittsd leader.
vssasa pulpit orator tha' bls"oP
tons. Ilis slyle as writer was too
u o,oa,e--It wanted ease and nat
Bewas always for saying keen
"a wanted repose Of atyle' It the
Nv he .sed. This same fault in
allowed him to the pulpit lie
,,oOtsnt unless he was in the upper
btstbs spitit Ot'the stor"' welding
saina aud speaking in the 'hunder'
IA sraceiolness which, like the swal~
h skins The lake and now darts into
M MI. BasCom had not. tie wanted
~ He blased and corruscated and
but seldom melted his audience
,ua admiration often impressed them,
,l4.t seldom followed But in denun-
ID ,cOln,in the terrors Of the law, he
tu. He could seize inGdelity by the
Ind aiike the life out Of IL; or he |
iui against it the wrath OF Divine
N until ii would call on the noun
anrii from nm angry Judge, but he
1t mtt It into hopeful and penitent,
thg tears. lie had great elevation
iison OC mind, aud delighted TO ex-
Fith uUleltered and uncircumscribed
10 loved ID dwell upon the beauti.'
hesaved, n the unutterahle misery Of
iadin this last category, The needless
scHess, aad the criminal, would look
SIenchel fist OF The preacher was
Gu their fsreheads their inevitable
s.r
Biscorn was man. Of remarkable
beauty and manHness. He had the
'iaI which almost all orators have;
neck supported a head Of classic
aln dark hair cut close, shaded NOT
l'nPelprehead, which projected like
iseyes were Of dazzling blackness
e'd not before power, position or
'llNe OsnSraEy they quailed before
A''S been heard to say that the only
@eVsr met v hich made him feel its
~ aal Of Aaron Burr--that on one
7leq that fallen spirit was pointed
'laNew York, he stopped and gazed
'IAacuriosltv which forgot its cour.
Y IAs offended and piercing glance
t'asl on him caused him to pass or
@aaOashed. Bishop Bascom had Q
Dl9' indicating the highest health
''aAle time temperament of a bill
s'acf i has been Oftea remarked
eA'd very much like Mr., Webster
Psas much hnndsomer man with
roA o. massive intellectually II
'sless constitutional expounder sur
,@sa bishop BasCOm was remarka
IVY y his toilet, and like Whitfield,
PeIson to advantage. Many aneC
,"lo q him, and some Of the NOR
4'Vllatch, 10 this matter, but he di
w preeePt Of st. Paul, and paid u
'aelf 'weakness.' he was fond {
WY that an old Dutch Methods
W SHOWN him, and at whose hous
J'p q his way to fulfill an appoiu
N, aln, on leaning who he wal
n. IN loaded my rife q shoot a meII
4'st should never have snapped
uohe OF that preciseness a5ol
= 60 often remarked in the bea
N @'als'ari--on the contrary, it .
90 marked was his bearin
''pewhat affected a don't ca
II - hispulpit efforts he ayoi
@Re Ike what is called cant
n salled paicis. All his life he sa
/, SasOfed tc aviod 1.-THE certain
\. ! nessemedlike o statesman or la
N. " stern reflection Of Paul--'V
!, Fs'sA / not the gospel Of Christ
~ a'ls called, into the pulpit. A
ss.''. issa end there glOriouOly fulfil
t,.. ulsm IN earnest to hear Bish
I'M and Melhodism which Chest
|, !, n''s been compelled 10 respe
" I. n'gh and IcOultly Yet christ
|, N y I. advocate. He was the son