Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-07-11
July |. 1851.

EhANALAN, Oulf :, lCOts
Bro. GoRMAN:-I promised to let you
know something of my trip to this part of our
good old State, especially with reference to our
beloved Order.
Nothing married our pleasure or diminished
our qualification at the lofty mountains, beau
tiful valleys and terrible p~recipices. The pow
ers of nature seem to have combined to render
this part of the State the most beautiful, pic
turesque and grand in all the world-1 had al
most said. But l have so much to say about
the sons and the .'Anties," that l must hurry
on and leave the scenery in all its grandeur to
be visited to be appreciated.
Preached Asheyllle on the 18Th June, and
s ent a week most pleas unity. The two Di-
visions there are doing very well and not more
than eight or ten out Of the whole village
claim fellowship with the "good creatur." All
are Sons and such is the good name of the
village, that b~arkeepers will not ask an inhabi-
tant of the place to take refreshment when
travelling How I wish there were more such
villages in the State! Buncombe county has
done very we'll in the good cause. She has
FIVE Divisions hard at work and three more
applications for charters / attended the or
ganization of Big Ivy Division, No 26e" on
Saturday the 2lst inst. and all went off soberly
and cheerily. There were no seowling an
ties" lurking about the house or squatted in
the thickets, as | had expected TO find for the
formidable array of a two-horse hack, two bug.
eies and eight or nine horsemen in Big Ivy
settlement was too much for the brave heart:
of even the arm of King Alchy" But ]
must tell you something of a certain Rever
end gentleman and his hopeful church.
This celebrated Divine is sixty or seventy
years old. grey headed and reverend in hi
appearance ard full of the honors of the NJ. E
IChurch. Once highly esteemed by every one
it is hard to make the people believe that he i
wrong and hence a number of Methodists Sc
eeded from the church lately and are going
they know not where but / fear to -
uncle Andrews bottle. |Ie tells them h,
Joined the Wesleyan Methodist Church an,
these Sons have corrupted it into the Churcl
South and it still exists in your part of tn,
State and he wants them to join it. Poor oil
sinner! he also says the Bible has been latel'
translated and he can scarcely get the mean
ing of the original He and his deluded fol
. lowers are soon TO be off and the Lord grant
: speedy departure and a long travel before the
stop.
One Mr.. w. Pickens, celebrated in thes
capes as one endowed with an abundance {
D that rare quality, self esteem, and some pump
o kins' in his n~ew-fangled church, has latel
sent an article to the Lincoln Republican
S complaining of the prosecutions the church
e suffering at the hands of our fraternity, Ga
which allegations are false) which, a
i ter careful revision and great extension, b
! cause every body knows Bill Pickens nevt
= wrote that piece, at the hands Of his highne
D - -, or more properly n%uisanc
was graciously allowed to be printed. An
b now the game is. Billy Pickens scratches dow
n a few of the imaginations of his fertile MIN
1t and jimmy then CLOSES them over for pu
n LEGATION Jimmy is very willing to hear bo
, sides in his columns but a Son always ''touc
es on a tender point and his communication
" laid aside"
re But the best of all is the Sons are true al
n firm and number seventy three in uncle A
t. drew's own n~eighborhood. The opposition
these leather Leads has only tended TO increa
our strength and gain over the good and re
rs sonable men of the country to the side ofLo1
~ Purity and Fidelity.
From Asheyille ! came on here and find t
Sons doing their duty and almost una
n1ously observing the pledge. God grant Il