Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-01-13
VOLUME E..--NO. 50, Al.
WHOLE NuNBER, 5O7. o.


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chized boys may have painful reninisoe aess
connected with the subject. ! have had,
myself, some painful remembrsnces upon
that point. and yet, after sti, IL w<se
asked what Of all things had made the
deepest Impression on my memory, ! should
say New England Sabbath morning.
do not say that l should re!i.h these old
ideas Of ehurch-going. and sitting for tive
mortal hours Of a winters morning without
a fire iu the rapm-far stove in . church,
in those days, w.. understood to bs de,s.
Grafton, even if such thing ss stove was
then conceived Of. But they had vhss
they called Ssbbs'-dsy house / rscoi.-
lect that they had one in Salisbury, Copa.,
though it has SINCE been put to other usss,
There, after church, the members of the
acek would repair, and eat their ginger,
bread aud doughuuts preparatory to taking
a second meal Of sermon.
When it was first propased to introduce
stoves in the church Of my native place,
Litchdeld, in Conneesicut, there was .
violent opposition made to it. A man said
to one good old deacon ou-TrowbridGo, I call
hin.:
Deacon Trowbridge, Why do you sLs
ject to stovef 7"
Cause i''s dcsocrstiop," said the dss-
con.
Well,' said the man, " but does not
Aunt Polly" Chat was the deacop's vifsl
- bring foot stove with her ?"
We'll, l never thought Of that" said
the deacon.
The question was settled, and IL uss
agreed that if it was right to have foot
stove, it wus right to have stove all over.
can give it as my helif that the dsscsud-
ants of the New England clerU-she CON-
p,ny excepted-are worthy Of their ancss.
tors. Lest it may be thought that I have
taken little this evening, / call upon al
to besr witness that have drank nothing
stronger, this evening, than cald vaser spd
hot coffee, though it is my own fault
1t has been q maxim that ministers aud
deacons' children are worse than apy oshsrs,
The Greeks express simiias opinion. !
was informed by my Greek teacher, (wLs,
! may say, earned his money for the ssr.
vices reudered,) that it is said in Greece,
that ministers, children afs the DEVILS
grandchildren. don't believe word Of
it. l know who my grandfather was, and
| am bound to say that ministers children
are the best sort of children-that Is, il
they Are the children Of good ministers
have in my hand letter that vas sent to
me some time sincc, and which cantaina
some facts bearing upon this matter In
Connecticut, Of 931 children over IL years
OF age, of 2O7 ministers and deacons, only
20 turned out badly suppose because
they were not much in the habit of attend
ing public dinners. In Massachusetts,, out
Of 43S families Of ministers and descons,
there we're 1888 children over u yssrs,
and only 20 ever became dissipsted. Here
We have 40 out of , 535 children, and so,ue
If my frieDds, who are used to figures, saw
hat this is just u per cent in the whole
number. Now, gentlemen, | will ask ycu
+ any grazier ~ho was breeding oas.is
would not be glsd to lose only p yer cent.
# hi, stock: will ask any business man
{ he would not be glad, OfteDtimes, if bis
osses were not greater than p Per cent.
undertake to say that no business ha
yer been 50 safe uus as that Of raising
leacons aud ministers children in New
England. There is bu, one thing mora
hat wish to mention before I close, and
is that whiis ministers arc generally
xceedingly talkAtive, ministers children
re both modest and iaciiurn. It is on
hat account that | 81, unable to extend
ny remarks any further at this time,
Mr. Grinnell called for three cheers for
lr. Beecher, and the call was responded
o by loud and continued cheering