Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1853-10-28

tor Valley u sketch ls not needed 10 In.
lroduce him TO the people. but our
portrait gallery can not be complete with.
out him.
He IL about medium height, and In
clInes somewhat 10 corpulency, His
eountenanee il ruddy and bears the very
impress Of health. His hair. originally
Of raven hue, Is much tlnged with gray,
and there Ii an inclination to badness,
spreading over most Of "the top Of his
head" His appearance Is all In his favor,
He Is neat in his dress but never fopplsh.
His habltual costume Il a suit Of black
Except an overcoat which Is known In
this country as own cousin to Horace
Greeley's cold white.")
Mr.. Wood has noble voice. II be-
gins to shatter somewhat, but Is still
better than that OF most young men,
Deep and sonorous and yet smooth and
musical, he can preach, pray or sing with
perfect ease, or do all in succession.-
His manner Is agreeable, and his ges-
lures rather graceful, save that habitual
shrug Of his shoulders which marks and
mars the first half hour of his sermon.
Mr.. Wood is an sable preacher."--
We confess however that we are not OF
those who consider his chief excellence
to lie in his argumentative powers. He
excels in the descriptive. Ia this we
know we differ from the gentleman him
self, who evidently considers the former
his forte, and rarely permits himself to
indulge in the latter. But we have
known him for years. When he has
given rein to his descriptive powers we
have seldom known any man who pos
sessed such power over an AUDIENCE
But when he has chained those powers
and essayed another feld,we have known
him to signally fail.
He is unequalin his efforts. Some Of his
sermons, when preached under circum-
stances arousing his soul, and inspiring
his powers, have equalled any we have
ever listened to, while at other times we
have heard him when he prosed and drag
ged heavily.
Mr.. Wood is very fearless man.
He speaks out his sentiments on all sub
jects with a "certain sound" AS an
advocate of Temperance, he has know n
no compromise and has made his mark
What to others have been difficult prob,
lens he has fearlessly attempted 10 solve
such as the morality Of furnishing grain
for the distiller. This, in a sermon
preached not many miles from here, hi
demonstrated to be sin of the same
class with putting out money to usury.'
In the Conference Room he wieldi
great influence. He is ready debate
and always stands on one side or the
other of question. But yet he is no
so personally popular in the Confere nee
as some of his brethren. He is some
times unmindful of the minor courtesie
of debate, and uses expressions which
smack strongly of rudeness. His indie
, pendence, every one admires, and his in
tegrity no one doubts, but the kindne s
of striking down a young man with hi
everlasting meat-axe, or apparently a
least disregarding the claims of age, ma
be doubted-more than that, it is doubt
ed. The real difficulty in his case W
apprehend to be lack of appreciatin
, how tender are some feelings, and Al
oblivion to the fact that he was ono
> young, and, before MANY YEARS WILL B
OLD.
This exception aside. He is man {
rare worth. His integrity is like tn
pure gold we'll refined. Faithfully hi
he served the church, and his impress
made on two generations. His gre'
J. vocation is to PREACH. He seldoI
: writes.
Indeed, some months ago when yer
7 anxious to secure a sermon from him f
o the press, we were compelled, as Il
e only chance, to go into church, put oil
e venerable hat between our knees, ar
q steal his sermon as it came warm frol
y his lips. We succeeded, as we thin
: well, and so our readers will think wht
3 they see the discourse in print. 1t WI
VI however little amusing that he though
L we were sound asleep, and put on {
s. our pastor said) extra steam to wake |
. up.
u But as pulpit Orator he deserved
stands high. We have heard him
!" camp meetings when he reminded US c
u Isaiah when the Seraph had new
III "touched his lips with coal from c
Ol the altar" We trust his life may
u spared to the church for many years, al
Ut that they may be years of usefulness al
u years Of happiness. He now has II
s RESPECT and may have the warm AFFE
Or TIoN of his brethren if he does not hi
ID self cast them rudely from him.
re None but himself can prevent b
IS friends from loving him.
ve ErDR. DUrToN, has returned fro
his eastern trip and has fitted up his sha'
ow catching apparatus in Mr.. Halle
d new building. Every body knows tn
,e the DR.. is good looking, and has GOO
o, looking pictures in his RECEPTION ROO
of and that he charges nothing unless
e. does good work.
or Cool.
lie The Hillsborough Highland News,
ne accounting for the large Democratic m