Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-12-26


ong faced, sober looking citcuiliders arocud
hin frowned and hurg their hesyls ID silent, bur
solemn dsapprobotlon, while tss nd maidcnly
'8ntsagrulned with unspeakaltla anguish 1T such
an apparent dissertation nj the evangelical Office.
These, however, soon discovered that they had
| undertaken an impossible achItsment. in think.
ing to resist the torrent of Understandable humur
Of the celebrated Cartwrg ght. His very looks
melted TO mirth far more than yhe best of other
mems jokes so that the efforts 10 reain ones
equilibrium only increased IT,, disposition to
hurst into still louder expIosiuus,
The sternest features had Nv relaxed into
smiles al FIRST, and then s6gRs ssthc solemn
looking clergy around had alsp bs degrees ca 'gh
the infection, and the old inaids natrons children
and ALL at length gave vent iolilie most irre, res
siblc merrimeat. Mollere's tSnedy, or Shpr
dams most laughable farce, waa never Aulf SO
successful. ~
Thus continued the orator for moro than thirty
Minutes. while he painted. IN the most udicrus
but impressive manner. the follies and vices of
the sinner for these were now The all l-absorbl,v
theme of his discourse looked on, and laugh
ed with the lest hut finally hegan to fear fm
the result as 10 the speaker Hlw, exclamed |,
mentally. will he ever be able % extricare his
audience from that deep whirlpool Of humor p
If he ends thus. when the merry moon subsidos
and calm reflection supervenas, vii moi the re-
yulsiop o. feeling be dead'y 20 bis fame? vii
not every hearer realize that he b q been trihed?
with in matters of sacred and riernal interest
At all events, there is no prospect of II revival
TO. night, for were the orator y magician, he
could not change the subjcct n,w, and stem this
torrent of besdlong laughter
But the shaft of my inference fell WIDE of the
mark for then he connlenced't0 change not
all at once, but gradually as he wind of dis
tant thunder cloud His features / st their com
icnl tingc of pleasantly his voice first earnest
and then solemn-suon walled out in tones Of
deepest pshos, his eye was shorn of Its mid
light, and yielded streams oi tears. as the FUN
tain OF the hills yields waler. The effect wis
ind, scrbabIc; the rebound Of feeling beyond
all revelation IN the words OF porralture by i'm
aglnation. lie discanfed on The horrors of hell
, till every shnddcring face was turned down
wards, as if expecting tn behoii the solid globe
= riyen asundrr, and NE iathoMlrss, fiery gut
} yaNn from beneath. Brave men mouned hike
sick infants aud fnlr, fashionable women, cov
cred with rIIkcn drapery shfl,ked as II knife
was At work upon their h.arsiings
f Aran he changed thu theme, and skotched
the lows If righteous DE- att-its faith, rs h"f''
,rs.- -..rtuged ruptutes, an1 mt beau'i'" ahse''
attend the liberated snlrI to is starry bole--
with such force. fire, and evident lcitG thstd'
ewes were raised towards Heaven. as the en-
. tire congregation started o heir t"a, as if 'c
. hnil the vision of Angels At which the finger e
I the pre ,c!lc seemed tn be po ntad. elevated u.
. It was on high. to the ful length Of hl- .on
He then rnde call fer m1nnrrs to coUc t.
A the altar. nu tive hundred, many OF them Hnti
v that night ntlrs, 'ushrd torwnrt and prosIat
;. I'D jhems"l'"s upon thelf knees.
if The meeting was cnninucd for Two weeks
and more than "a thousand converts were adde,
h, to the church. From that time the success o
ii Peter Cartwright was unparalleled, and the fac
il is chiefly due to his uiniiahle wit and masler,
st eIoqnerce, lha: MeihodIsm is noW The provalln,
1t religion in Illinois.
n
j., Peter Cartwright became an Inherent Meth
odlst cucut rider at the early age Of eighteen
is with no learning from books save what he dcry
ID ed from the pages Of hi Bible and collector
7 of hymns. Year after year he continued ,otrav
r. el the wide circuits of the frontier. earning an
~ nuallv but hundred dollars Tor lNbors painful
st es those of Save at the var. But his vocatio
s, afforded him excellent opportunity ior mtdit
so utlon and even reading. In his long ipurney
Of fiom one appointment tn anoiher, he Was aon
# with nolhlng around hun but the woods an
10 waters, birds, trees, mountains, SUM- m1on, an
m stars. These, he might and did ponder well
Je Aye, he did more-he bought him books of ii
NJ eralure and science and poured over them as h
n rode along, with such an ardor aud pat enl por
in severance as perhaps was never witnessed will
Me in the stone walls of a college OH bcliuv
adj me-brlieve all human history-tIere is n
Il g.. teacher like the students own hard working il
he teect, urged on to action, and guided in It's e
, C,.t. hu ,h moo of hIo 4
TO But why did not this prodigy achieve for hin
h, self more extensive renown? Why did be n.
~. clmb 20 the loihesl stations Of the church?
re this narrative be true, he ought, ere TINS, to hav
We hepn bishop at rast.
IA. The statement Of few facts wlI solve tn
nd problem. Let it be remembered, that tn
,is Methodist Episcopal Church is hierarchy. i
as. which the dlspeusation Of crrlcu honors resi-
all exclusively with he Bishops and General Cor
IN. ference of ninerants, where the lazy and oct
,ct preachers are unrepresenIed, and corseQupml,
have no voice. Hence, in that secl pnpularit,
ed eioquence, and other showy qualities have neve
hi been found sutficle passports to lle pre- en-
lie. nrnt distinctions Of authority aud "hce, bul O
for ten to the reverse The Bishops goNn must b
in won by steady austere devo ion, moi by brhar
o. oratOiy or profound and varied learnng. .
ere this perons rock, Peter Cart~rigltS lofty We.
80 se vas shiverrd into the atoms ofl' hopec,
fill wreck. He made no preteusloh7 o super,
lcd sanctliy. Ror Wss il manifested by Ih' oondu,
ter and deu,eno whet,e, IN the pnll4 ur pllva,
3nt Ife. Indeed, he was distinguished g. nnr vrr
fit SUelerIcsl prcnIarity --cnnhotyenef' IN a ),
h.: HarIot;m. d.,Or,o Eor "a, toll III. krg IA f..