New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-29
COLLEGIATE COMMANDMENTS.
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HANOVER = II wc6aesisy. jay =. 1883
At O'Clock on Monday =. ", We ire New-Yo-k Cry
IN the NtW-York aut NeEH4g,n train. ard reached
Northampton the same e'ening = o. We were in &C.
mediation rnus, and a. course stopped 10 almost
e,tTy station. We we're IN what are called the stone
trains, yet in six hours we had passed from New
N,Ik to Northampton. distance Of - mles-a JOUR
ney which must Lave rex young Jonathan Edwards,
when be- FIRST went 10 NewYoTk 20 preach, about Up -
not less than four days il n, week 10 perform Tle
half Lad nor been told me concerning the eSqlisire
sc,ncry IN the Connecticut. Mounts liOl,OSe aud
Ton seem to me beautiful than Imagination had
ever sAcched them. Northampton. toe, is OF .be
most delightful Of towns but is venerable associations
are il greatest charms 20 am pilgrim who loves the
lame aid actions OF tie grea and good
In The morning nj OR visit TO Northampton it ranei
lLt hat I'D not D. vent our visiting two spots, the
on which furU eTy stood the old church in which the
GRE ate,t rona-uuess Daniel Webster b. exception
America has ever produced, for many years held
forth the Word oi Life with power aud success
rarely equaed, snd perhaps never surpassed The Oh
church in which Edwards preached stood about midway
fl the street IN front Of tie present edce, facing the
southwest with Mount Tom ar the south. and Mount
Hol,oke az the southeast And stood
could ascertain tight - the ground which supported
the pulpit from which Edwards with streaming eyes and
cboltd voice preached that astonishing sermon. SIN
"ners in ne Land7 Of an angry God" Plight here
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with an agitation and trIor which philosophy or
bIuLess could Withstand. About here were the doors
out 81 which sereral persOus were carried, having
faint ID Gnd, the terror produced by that sermon Yes
heIo the very place which once covered by
ChurCh hoD1red under the preaching oi Americas
aro6test divine with some of the most surprising mani.
ROTATIONS 81 the power n the Holy Spirit coming down
Ike a rushu- mighty wind, hl ing the whole. place thi'
lave lrtn witnessed since tie day of Penfecost Aud
ire. too (stIanCe thing is human n.ura) thai Of
God whose ministry had been abundant in ira results
called to pas through the most fiery trials from the
alienation # bis friends bis brethren, AMI bis spirit nal
chidTeD-8n alienation which 10 effort of his Others
could heal NorthampCn is o t0wn made venerable by
tie prayers preaching ard tears Of the greatest
thar ever lived within its precincts
Ii sill raining fast when went 10 the old burning
ground ~ look a. he graves Of DarM B5aiqarf aud
JrTpsha Edrards They side 10y side, embosomed in
beautiful eyorgr~ens. The monument e B-aiuard is a
large slab of triWn eestoue. resting On pillars In rhe
ctIttr Of this ab is inserted small tablet OF marble,
Which is the following Inscription: SACRED TO THE
"MT~oEY or THE kEv. DAVID BRAISARD. FAITHFUL
AyDLABoRIou. MISSIONARY 10 THE srOcgBRIDGE, DEL
AWARD, ID StsoUtHAASA INDArs: FHO riADIy THIS
70 So. OCTOBER az, 49,, L. .!
The Other crave which is closely associated with
tlat Of BIair1rd. has this simple Inscription on &c:
"JlrrsHl daB4hfcr Of J0ngiL0nan SqJqh ElNlrds
Borp frrri % N. 1870, dsd FLrvrry IA, ~. I
sIaH be- so.sf,d viea I lrake ia Ty f,oaes"
JUST az he cad Of these graves not four feet from
III Do r. plain lea, upright marbe-slh, which is the
70 loving inscriptions Rev. Jonathan Edwards, tine
American DIVINE born Oct 9Th. l. ordained Col
,aoue Pastor Rith Rev Solomon StOl.ad in tLi, town.
feh Eth l127 Dismissed june 22i. 100. Died Of
email loz ia New-Jcistl. March "a lj-'
On the same slab. immediately under the above in
sciIptiou il tbe folio, ing: Rev Thomas Chalmers d.
- the Scotch Dvineaud PRO- c'or Of he Free Church
ded Of apole1y. May 3J,h, l,i7, in his 9th year
God is Love
Ncdd ror alccstainvho put mp lis memorial Of
tie AmoIic.n Divine. whose tody buried in
Princeton. ~ j.. ana # d" the scotch wine" whose
cus is rtpos.rg u e. native Scotland bar W. could
resist n feeling hat The people 81 Northampton would
not 20 much honor tie name Of J0nafLeu Iigarl. as
i.u..llts ia erecting cr.ae shan which should sand
fg- 10 indicate o. t-iLf- I-rms fthtr ths here H.
An rfsu Di,in p-,a'heo i~eIy three years, aid
RI lkeT ara fhe'ogfu NOT merely gained lr himself aud
his country world aide rep ia.oD but for nth .mp'on
ef ft be- preached here Eas ne gr-,f.s event n the
history oft', town. and that h. dismissed ia
from. hi ,.- D. he most n9tggus event in ~ history.
and 10 Il Is PERHAPS = an the reason why zach m0nu-
r.trt is Lot glt p since il might remind ~ Cd
,a,ry l,pr fathers killed tue prophets and ye bald
Oryat The cnance n f. feet is ,nots er slab which
also fi- D. oTn story an memory OF tho Rev. Henry
" IsUrl ron o. Theodore and 81 81 Lymsn Ms1ntryOf
Cd he American b1Nd. ~ %, with ts associate. the k-v.
S.uuei Muu-on. stf-red violent des'h from the
20 >lHai1a June 18th l-Jf aged ~ We are more than
ceiquerors.'
Bur i't way from tin. Is a slab supported on pillars,
ali slso mIks TIE grave ct man greatly noted ia
De Cay "H-g4 les iafe red the body at Rev iOlnon
S''dtud, NJ, sors tine Fellow 81 Hazard College,
Pastor e., lie Cllr,h n Northampton ~ sky years,
O. plIttd tbs life FEB iih .-p aud the -1'h ys.r
oi be SO nsno % God - beuni.t.r Of the Neg les
fenr!t eng qua n-c fpr ne sacred nee AID fut1
'G fteTer -ta.i BY The spirit u arls converts %
. CiE., l., is sd 10, powerful aud q, searching mais
o. ist 90 he olurchss IN general Sli.r blessing
" ftr OF Ier zoe holiness 81 Bis ii'e ana remarkable
I'rl- Itarc 20 DAM
Ii- rrlVs OIL Rev. John Hoot o. who presume was
tr ns-.r n. President L-'art- Is, Northampton is
', Itt .r '- ..+. i.i.- lA1irip 90 cn % Oh