Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-03-22

gaZe from that earnest, soul-peretrating eye
"Why," said he, "whenever he was de
nouncing any mean passion or secret. un
go.ly propensity, his dark, keen eye seem
ed to look right through me, and say tC
my sclIcondemned spirit, Thou ait th,
man." He possessed that indescrbablt
power, that magnetic charm, if | may SC
term it, with which all true orators are
gifted, and which never fails to move the
souls OF men. What he described was real
and men saw it and felt 1t as a thing Of llie
A deep, earnest soul, and rcsoluie and brave
was Henry B.'Bascom.
Dr. Bascom, was, emphaically, a self
| made man, at least IN all but the rich and
| glorious cndowments with which God bad
gifted him. His father was poor, and, be-
| ing blessed with a numerous offspring, was
unable to bestow more than a very limited
education on his children. He was a mere
| youh-onlv sixteen years of are, when he
commenced bis career in the pulpit. Not
| WIthStanding the disadvantages under which
he labored, arising both from bis youthful
| ness and defective education, he at once at
| tractrd the attention of the best minds
sarar,I ,'.or r.n o., h.1 vas o ,ta '
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him one Of the most polished scholars OF
the church. But his labor did hot cease
when be bad passed through the ordinary
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'r, ',''',. - ., '''-''''' iN'!'o'"N ''u T't''
'' ''1'"'"' i,' "''T P''>"''o'!S u WHY" "'
was ,"'J, ,''N Ga ''''S' circuits N"u'" nave
i ,','" ,, w., ,"I',S VI " any oI",'a,! i.'"''' %
dav. through solitary forests. and. after the
latiLur of such Journey. delivered ser
mon at pifht. The roads, nj that time.
were scarcely broken. and there we're no
bridges over the streams, which. in the
winter. were often swollen by rains. be-
yond tac,r banks. But this was a sli,ht
obstacle to the noble pioneer of the cross.
He would force his horse darinoly forward.
and swim the iaaminr Lillows. To a sonl
/ ike lis, wet suit ard a few hours Of chill
/ ness were tg,Grs NOT In bc avoided. On
one occasion. wb,le SWIMMING small
stream in Kentucky. winch had been swol-
/ len to an unusual height bv recent rains.
the current was So rapid that he was forced
some hundred wards below the ford. The
| drirt was whjrIinc ;urously around him,
aud on either side. the banks were too steer
TO ascend. He saw his DANCER. but. with
cool self possession. be cnug firmly to hi,
faithful horse. and the noble animal. takino
a downward course. finally emerged safely
from his perils. What contrast does thi
present TO the smooth and luxurious life O
Inoyt cleraynen of the present day!
~,
ne country '''o"En "','c'' ~, '.'II"''
I''S ''r "'"I Wa, VIA ana very 'n,n'y see
t t'z". 4I rs 'o,r''' were r,i' i',''u VII" ".''
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'' 'tt'I'y "'7'' 70 oo'n" upon "i'.'' ana ]" Oh
W"!,n .'..t me 5 was rescued oy r'oc,'l'S' u'' "
H'H"""'' 'h' OHD'l o' s'",el' N' "''
o'"a' "'"' ne nau gone some oi"'dh'' Oh
'n' nous o, 'tl'u'' W"''e ne was S'oP
P'"2' '"'' Tue 'or'S'' an" was Tying 4n't"y
P''"''"S oo'N' "nu unconscious o. al Cd"
ger u""'I me prG'" Slr'au'h. oFanC"5S
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rr;snL v,;,h lis r;aa .larota5 and na;o,;r