Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-12-31
No. Tl1Ii,sIls 800 81 77s1

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The des endanls Of the BIims % Nav York
loslebralsd ls 52d n Decenl ~ dinner given
II he Astot Hon "a ne 18Th Anniversary
e lie IL society," 81 LAT city. Henry
i,Eafd Beecher nj ds cllaTacl efistip speech; on
rising IL aid:
I find myself in an unusual place, and under
such circumstances that md II difellt 10 speak.
/ am somewhat like the deacon who. v hen asked
to lead in prayer at q Conference Mretings de-
telined 10 DO sos de was lated with by his
lgenefabie pastor VII sufe1 him that te had
ths atility, and he Dug "a ekefciss it 10 whleBl
the deacon very lneek epliedi hat he knew lhB
could pray, but that be alwaya hated H. feel
not unlike that deacon tnssslt pH this occasion.
it'possBi sIs that there mig ilaye been.
soma on tho paIt of d genilemanl who
made these tuaslBS Of ptisaie niatteis Whlchlqre
not diyulg 20 FOR e1ampl as the blessing that
childIenin my tathet' fa6illgs ma eight Of them
being Boys only seven Of tfe liber turned out
minister pp iause II lang There Wtte
two mores the lathef "a d LAM Golsst
neeted wit the and 70 make uP fhs number
ling only four moIess q 81 & d aaxts3 tg'
~ ~ ~ III IL 81 z u e d "a III
Not any ctefg elgc1Iae 10 New England, who
VIE second ID iheif chollfs mp and iehfning els
uQuence aud influence TO those VI HON ttei LEFT
behind Them Hhe settlers OF New England had.
tbeibest Of mini lets. hey would have as soon
thops6 oE catsisg to New Ri I'D sithoat the
captains to heir is thodt their ministers;
and there wa On an vera q Is minister 10 every
forty fauilies and they would have been Is much
at a loss without one as without the other. But
the events who d itsE then we will never
see agulu. Minister'S vii never again be upon
terms Of the As they were
Them YES yer consult MI now-a-
days, and have giyen up all along the idea Of
ever being ehlled upon by Governor 70 help hun
dIRIE5up.a public d1cuinen ants did draw Qp9
lallation tor II han oace ior Gov
eruor Of lndianaS and that rs the only Instance IN
my life when4 WIS thus enplo yedslg. Bttln Older
timeSI THEY were 70 50 70 me munster
tJr the Hery chest tens0hs1 becalsb they were aware
that he knew the nostl = hey Rete not Tdetet
~ wise IN Theotrgys Tor they had the beat ots
all wisdom common sense. In eaElY times tue
ministerial junction was different from what 1t IS
nowi II is now oar susi 10 preach ON The
alhath, anu TO leetnTe dunn IN Week, and To-
ma Re ealls Of c1ntlesyt 1mt sRhatl elouludo i'll
were led back 70 the days pI the Sclpnistssl am
at q loss to know: should be as much puzzled
70 dlscharge my duties as some OF ths 81 gymen
OF thut d. would be slanalng IN my position toe
nlght'.s = :, -. = . =. >, =. - u
In those gtana gil tines oeslues ms sSan
sermons and week day lectures the business oil the
minister was to go from house to louse lecture
The inmntes. Now however that business is en-
tneIy. tIans etsed 10 woman. = x ~ VA
However, let u mol pc opposed because eleEgy-
men were earnest and deyguts religious mntslels,
that they were men devoid OF hunlor. The man
not half a man who has not streak of that III
hun, FscplleeS even SO ste as fH my DAY, that
lhe old SUIT OF ministers OF could crack
4 Joke and Slnoke tobacco in al accomplished mane
my fathers houses pipes and tobacco We're set out
and other creature comforts IN proportion, which
were never SEN there at any othet lime. Ia lhoSu
tunes il is to be supposed that Providence winked
atthose thiHis5 4fofl csttaInly tIeS did not know
any DetteI. culIect TOO. The explosions of hq.
man thunder called Laughter, which could be heard
IN the room full orsmoke. and here ipWas sup
posed The ministers and i any Of you had lis
ieneds as / did You would have said that every
u.others son of them wass a iDutchman. When
the seryices were all over for which they had met
they were accustomed not frequently, not only
to run each other with their jokes but " III their
thoIses. 1 have nentioued that that was not alto
geher their fault, for il is said that ministers sons
wee accustomed 10 ride The hoEses of other cler-
gyrnen visiting theit fathers house. Tue huEssst
we've not Of pouE Ererd, either, and The horses
getting into bad habits under the tutIage VI the
boys, would keep up their habits with their mas
] IeTs on their backs. It was the boys fault, aud
not the clergYmen, s. (4aughter). IIecolIect once
tthaI Doctor RaShus, OF Beth heinz on returning
Loni house 20 his home, vas attenptSI.
to be passed by q man. Z The doctor had no idea
Of being BEATEN and III he WAS he meant tat the
man should dolitws1l, The pian hnallysspw thar
il as IdindssbIe 10 oYeFtnke him, hallued at the
top OF his voice ttYou run as iffe devil was al.
ter you" sph. Dr., looking round over his Shouts
der at the nhf, said III reply, al believe he isl
10 not say f.lat / should relish these old IDEAS
of church going, and sitting TOT two mortal hours
lof aNNinleFs morning without ire in the room
4 for a stove ia 4 church, in those days was undsf-
stood 10 lie desecraiioii, even If such thing as
1 a stoye was then couceived,o[. But they had whit
they called Sabbathday house 4 fecOlTcet that
tthsy had one ia Salisbury, Conn, though 1t has
since BEEN nut to other uses There, aftt ch,ifclI.
the member of the flock would 4repair; aud eat
/ their gingerbread and doughnut, preparatoTy tn
taking 4 second meal of d sermon.
When II was irst proposed 10 introduce stoves
Connectic1I there was aviolent opposition mi: de
Ito Ii. "A maI SAID 10 one guod 5deaconL-TroR-
bridge. i call him: deacon TroivbT why do
yoa object To a stove2' ttDause its, desecratIon'
does not Aunt Polly THAT was the Deacon wifrS
bring a foot stove with fIIer.ss t'Mell, never
thoIghtof tfat.'s sad the Deacon: the question