Litchfield enquirer., 1852-03-25

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 - ,...-.r e can seaTerly bs rquallsd S.-.I olhss man of the age. Hls bfs'' {. ls,... measuring twenly-lhree Inehr' <. c;reumfsuence, and in quality Is ct .n;.rr witl, his general phy slOlOgy' com l.., 6,e. uersiston, and powerful. Am.,.l.er peeulsar quality prrvades nus ,.s,,rs. n {. tl,n, active eympaihy with ~. - of b.nusv which IIlay be called H" ..,. -, ,EssL This is bis genius ...,.:..s, ;,,a,rI,sIy eTnbOdies all his ideas aud ,..:.- ;p,ai,n into present, living. Teal'Ies. -,, ,.;. Il,.nsh,s are prese"sed Co his mi'd ;,, ,snpil,Is forms, in winch beauty strength fitness UT diseord, are spread out Orf. -re nus, like lIiclare->embraciiig the benutAu' ,ata,ue. noble edifice, an.ounsain' pIn'h "l mead. Anlivyned by the TOarInR c"'"t's.' 's,e nourulmr1.sR ssEeainlet, or snaue Voc" " '" tl,., stuth,ne hnm Oi insect tit'' the i.enV" uoa .,f h;,da. or tue eInbnttl,d artillery of he.ven. Even his lngcal propnsMs""s ,nasume sc4nic shape aud p0sitmN. aud h'' n,errlv describes iu argumrnt Ur i'iustra ai,n ,I,ut which is tlM0 pTrsehied as n ,vrre ,o I,is eve. This accounts fer Gnnrii of that sineul ,rity and originality ct siJie. md that self E,rgetfulness aud neglect "i pulDit etiquette, for which lis IS ." "fte" nr.;a.d or blamed. Neither the Pursua
 sious. pEaises. or censures ct ft'e1'iS or ',rs' Gan modify his inanner. This b 'ceph"i"> If his nature, refuses all csR'r"t except from ,l,e genius Uf this aesthe''c imagery
 In personal appnaFanc~ hN Ss vrEy plain, d,..s.;,o always like 1 cOiR,IfNn cnixen
 ,r;,h nfS w,,no cravat as clerlral badge
 aad Greouenily PretchiNg iS s'x d"''", a.c& e,s,t. tn his manners he is as plain and familiar us in his dress. miushng freely wit'
 all classes of sOcieiy. with that sIinpiHlt!
 of eonwersati1D tllat makes eveH Nh ut
 educated nod carrier fssl easy and self
 possessed in his presence. No 'nsn. iron hrs Rt,t,emFance in fho street. periiaf' carrying home llnlE-a dozen bundles. ~oul suspect hun for clergy man. lie siudies ueen wherever he fluids lieIR, and wearing no sreciat clerical manner or badge. iht book of the human heart les open beiOie him without reserve or cODStrNint. lie wanders among docks and shipping; goes furO nll sorts OS mechanics shops, ant Ieavus theR Modes Of hte, their amount of nav. q nd their meahs 0f hviRg cOinforfabl,
 if hs is passing cellar where he sees l sobbler at work. he drops in uDPerceivedh b. she world. and unknown t0 the humble sOl of poorly reqaiied i0il and there seated on rude stool ln benevolent familiarity witt shs disciple 0f Si, Crispin, learns his his sory and his hopes. his cares and his joys. his privatiOrS and his needs and ien tO one he will n,ake the poor eobbfsF an,i his fani figure in his nexi Sundays sermon. in ,. msanner tS cause the poor to rejoice. and the ears of tl,e rich to jingle.
 Iu his pulpit be fwgess. himself and al .I,s s,uliasi EoSsnaEties ef clerical dignir.. and eyaesiipde. appears fS b. possessed by 1 his subject, an.F ksbsss iiAe . sse" jor ns '- --so,use,iunes ie ' hass-psay fas familiar couversalnsat style. enpley tug his powrl Oe wRsT Twl,iels sparkles tke she risuset IL tlle .a ,igI,t heeaus~ t cannot help ii.) tr lash esros aaaeI through ths wOFli. aud au,a EisiDg in the majasiy and subliinl,y sG eDbar truth, Iss p'surs nut lIis soul like tue u,ixSaviag af volcano. while every heals1hf0bs wiih i0y. or palpiiates watb fear. 0r fesls like mounting to . higher plane af fife. .ahOys.
 AM sDFta Of silly slaRfoFs arc Vaportet of Mir. HseehsF. by shose who have snd'rS kaA> iidioHsHess lilan ssnsss 0P by those whO. wish to leesea his influence aud nou,ralze the effect of his .scatlsing -denuucia,i0as if sheir aarilug sins. True, he. is fpad .f jske. sud his wis May sometimes betsay lIiiR into the spGutansOtls xPressiOR Sttlsai $hich grave minds would regari us leviiy. Tne slandersGf which wWspeak are uRi> issmly of an eccentric: and wifiy character. therefore every good clerical joke that may be sia.ted by malicious waea, # slIe au hor bs unknOwn or forgotten. Is paEms6 n6 ap0a Ms. Beechep, who is thns made tlls scaps gnat uS other peopls's sii,s. Were he i0 wrFe aD ausobiogrpf,y. b wenEi ve qnire at least half of the work tO sen shs world what he did net dn and 70 exculp .,e ! himself from false and E,0lish accusa,ions.
 Henry Ward Rercher receive.i his mi. mary edncati00 oa his native hils. aud in ths city 0t BOs&nD. At seventeen he s.n. fered AmlseFst Cnllege. whera he was
 gradnstsd in the year 1881. h college
 hs maintsiRed his naturally robust health
 and vigor .sf body. by athletic exercises sud
 hng Faaahiss among the mountains. and by strict temperance. lie was never par-
 sicniAr'y distinguished as close A.u,sent in
 inc FonsiRe Of schOlassiC hre. hut he yeaS not only ho0ks but character. He studied bOthslse meptsl philosophy of ti.e schoOls, and that of Gsls and Spurxheim. which laid tic fvnDdaiion oi his power to anal, xe seiaaracseEs-a we know of no prbl ( na.i @llo has saCira masiefly know wl.dgeaf. and X power to depict in grnphic perfection. alI tho. shades of human feeling. nnA p,aks flsem siand out in . blaz6 If .iight, Gu leaving eallsee lse spent il.ves years ra Isahs Seminary, in Cincinnat q, in the ttndy . shepiogy. and wac sealed n lmshg of ii 1hsispsnd~Al Pfsehyfefisn churchA. in Law rsnEsbAxE. lndihna in June l357. Ilsn lie laboFsd fnrl InnrS than two years. vine
 10 was Eallsd n the pasiora;e of a chuIcl h gndianapaiis fhs. yeaphAFiSf ,Shs Ssiais. Ii Scsobsr. leSil. lisFS he hbored witl grssEaccrrsa aR6e i;,s eight years. and wa iI3ssFunentslsin sin. b0illling i6 large cAnrch aud sas 0n9 pF tho Trustees bf WabasE 2 Csilsge at 'CTawfordville tie college is which his present people eontribussd @lO coo 0.sooA asler his fsmoval ID the Eass,
 aeFs. also.sto his own Gongregaiion, b, SsliseEsa hik world sdmirsd -l.ecfnres q