The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-02-04

and consecrated TO the memory OF Steele
who here fell a martyr 70 his apostolic fer
ryor, that stately building. with its sky-ward
spire, was not the contribution Of piety Il
owed its existence 10 the magic OF eIo.
quence. L had been long planned, lonp
prayed for but Metbodism, now so power
tul, was then sneered at in New Orleans,
ANA. hgpad.bgimned hat. and straight
| Qbllared coat w. objects Of ridicule.
AZ Atlength child of genins ifiAud~ft1Gs
mission. lie came here the face Of world
n opposition and religious rivalry. The
&ne Of his eloouence drew afonnd him mul.
! .Htpdes of all classes, and creeds. Expand.
ing heyond sectafianisln Iie pfeacliea IA I
the sublime rnoralilics or the gospel. and M
humane aid herdSc duties II inculcatcs. ia
irnbued seffshness with the spirit Of charitv !.
he inspired the fanatic with the synlpathies
OF Brotherhood lnnler the spell Of his ge.
nins the worsl,j @blainmon pulled
down their III pluckea his imaoe
from their lea finty usage 81 the
usurersofiened i lsS and che dissoIute,
the pfofane and IRl caught the ill-
spiraiion Of the 1 This was John
NewIand Maffii De and paimv
days The teinf i then bepuilca
linn nor unforgiVi 81 hi INV sao'prav,,ted
his ffailties into crimes Ias, that such a.
man should be subject b the blight IL Il
whisper-tha genius 50 Splendid, 4 nature
SO benevolent, supernavural eloquence SO
often exerted for noble purposes, should
all be forgotten for SINGLE errori The
natchless orator whose appeals built the
Poydras street churclk fell but not until he
had lived tc find himself denied a hearing il
That very pulpit, which he had wrougitinto
existence by ilerce struggle with infidelity,
prejudice and blgotry MOI long since he
died, SO strangely and SO wretchedly, that it
conlured up suspicious OF suicide, and not
requiems' bnt scandals were gossiped over
his solitary grave. There Is not on record
more striking instance orllie = vicissltudes
and q the world slmpacable and vndictive
temper AS the wind htfully sighed last
night through the blackened walls Of this
ruined chapel, the mld-houI watcher might
fancy It was the glcst q Mallltt, reyisiting
the scene OF ms early triumph, and mourn
ing = iall 90 much IKE tis oWn--the archi-
tect and me temple both struck down, IN
thelr pfine ana pfe-emlnence, by single
blow.
we understand tins church was insured
ior @5V,OuO but even i this Were not SO,
|the powerful denomination TO which i be-
lionged, ls able, Immediately to replace il,
and we know TWO individuals one dstln-
| gulshed merchant on Canal street, the other
am eminent planter OF Wilkinson county,
MISSISSIPPI both Often and consplcuously,
Identified with the chaFIlles q tbs city, who
are already booked, py the general voice, for
SlO'OUO each. 70 anew chapel, there will
be Immediately built, and N The meantime
the congregation VIII worship on Sabbath
afternoons IN the Rev. Dr. scotrs church,
50 generously and cllristlan-llke rendered TO
them by The PEesbyterIan elders.
Line hev, III Clapps church may be a
temporary loss g that famous divine. There
y romance too' about Inc history q that
building Is was the iirst Protestant church
bullt ~ tins city. Inc Ifesbytenans Of the
North, invoked by the lew OF their mem
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