Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1850-03-14
From the Flag of our Union.
OUR CEH0EeESTEEe:
OR,
INDIC TING THE BOY S.
TRUE SKETCH.
BY THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BARD.

early reCoIlectlons are recalled 10 my
mind by the mention of his name
The old, brown, weather beaten church.
bell less, and spire-less, with its large,
square, old-fashioned pews, and mar
row, comfortless seats; its quaint old
pul pit, so high that the preacher was
raised far above all human sympathy,
while directly over his head was sus-
pended the large sounding. board, pre-.
pared, as i, were, should he utter any,
thing derogatory to his holy avocation,
TO fall upon his head and grind him to
powder!
Well do | remember with what sol.
emn awe | used to enter that time-hal-
lowed sanctuary, and listen doing pen
ance the while upon those narrow se0ls)
to the prosy, and seemingly intermina-
bly, discourses, Of our worthy and rev.
cred pastor, while feeling of dread
almost of fear, stole into my youthful
heart as gazed around upon that SOL
umn assemboge, and listened to the
awful denunciations poured out upon
the head of the evil doer. There were
gathered side by side, the grey. haired
veteran and the rosy checked youth;
the wrinkled and decript ma,ron and
the sprightly young lass; the grave old
deacons and the attentive laymen; while
conspicuous above all was our wrinkled
faced, hard-visaged, stern old chorister.
But il is now many years since he sang
his last psalm, and was gathered to the
tomb of his fathers. ReQuiescat in
pace.
A great man was our choristcr,' and
next 10 the parson, was the first to be
consulted on any important matter TO
be brought before the church, and woe
to the man who should dare 10 attempt
any innovation upon the ancient regime
Of church psalmody. He had deep
rooted antipathy to all musical instru,
ments, and such like fiddle faddles,' and
never shall forget the holy horror de-
picted upon his countenance, as he made
his way out Of the church at one door
whilst the big .bellied devil as he term
; ed the bass. viol, was being brought ir
at the other. He was inexorable, and
not the most earnest solicitations on The
part of the choir could induce him tC
tolerate such new.fangled notions in ths
; service Of the sanctuary, and he reso
utely refused TO take his place at tht
head of the choir. or even to enter th'
church, until the big -belied devil wa
banished from his precincts.
But to my story. The galleries o
,. the church were wide and clumsy, oc
c cupying three of the walls, whilst tn,
e pulpit occupied the fourth. The sin
IS gers seals were placed along the from
:. edge of the galleries, while back O
y these against the wall, extended roy
= Of pews, or shecp'Pens, as they wer
d sometimes most irreyerently termed
> where the b'hoys and the vainer sor
l. most did congregate,' where, bein
most effectually concealed from the eye
n of the devout ones below, many yer
c. scandalous scenes were enacted, whic
s. the worthy deacons and stern old cho
C ister 'wot not Of and many Sabbat
Or while the minister was laundering fort
le the denunciations of the law, the
C. graceless urchns were very quietly c.
gagged in game of old sledge.'
Is But this state of things could not {
ii, ways last. The fact a, length came
he the ears of Uncle Ben, as our chorislC
lst was Familiarity termed. o, the indi
N, nation, the holy wrath which swell
nd his pious soul TO burstingn upon the l
is ceipt of this intelligence, who can q
pict. He was so scandalized that 81
ld scenes should have been enacted in I
in. gallery, in his domain proper, and U
m. der his very nose, as it were, tha
i,s verify believe, the horrors of the h
On test hell would scarcely have suffic,
md in his opinion, as fit punishment
md such audaci,y.
ort But something must be done TO pu
ef. stop to such awful carvings on q
i, as he did not possess the key TO the /
len. tomless pit, and consequently could
cousign them 10 tina, awful abode,