Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-10-15

Circular for the following report oi the f'ho'Ns
If the blind chaplain of the United States senate
which prodnccd n profound sensation when they
were deiycr,d,und lose iitilc il nny oftheir pow
Or IN print All who heard ii We know will he
delighted To road Il ugain;
Mr. President. In their nnmc | sincerely thank
you for your honorable recognition of the tler-
~ aud perchunce that branch oi II to whch
belong mny not he the lenst worthy tn respond 10
yonr sentiment faf they were probably the hrst
Il, penetrate the Wills of the new oountiies, car
rying those precious commodities
We're the church compared to an army, should
sny the othcr cleritvnen present belonged To- the
artillery and good service nrc they DOING III their
nermanent positions at the batteries and III the
trenches, against our common ioes, Ignorance
and Sin.
happened 10 b. drafted into the Light i'ri
gade whose scrsee wns upon the outskirts of
the camp In ministry, the twelfth year "i
which completed tsplf yesterday, II has iailen 10
ny lot to trnvrl oyer twohnndred thousand miles
in the performance ofparoohiol duties
Our training began in the spaalr and in lieu of
hol.tcrs we carried saddle hass crnnmed with
hooks for study ind for sne,Ior our church econ
amv held il II duty Of the minister to circulate
good hoots. ns WILL rs Prenoh the Word,
Let me change the figure. Although we were
Graduates Of Brush College md the Swamp Uni
eersitv. we were alwav- the friends "f whole
snmr literature. Picture, thcn,h young hluer-
ant, clnd in hluc ieans OF oopperas homespun;
hi- neither eXtrrmilirs adorned with lcgElhgH' his
head surmountcd with straw hat IN summer,
kin mp in winter d-maunting from the finest
horse in the settement, nj the door II log cab
in which may serve ns sehnolhnnre or Squnt-
ters home. carefully adjusting On hi. nrm the
we'll worn leather hookcnse. See hlm hs he en-
ters the house of ono ronm, whore IL assembled
the little congregation Of hnli dozen or dozen
henfers-hael woods farmers md hunters, brng-
ing with them their wives and little ones, their
hound and rifles ! he religious service Is gone
through regularly as in cathedral. At lis
close, our young friend opens the eapncohS p"ck-
rs of his saddle bngs. DISPLAY ing ON the spht
bottom chair. which has served him MS II pulpit,
Ais litto stock Of boohs 10 tho enger gaz of the
lorestcrs'
Thus day nfter day does the circuit rider per
form his double dutirs, as Pr'neher ana honNse'-
ler Not few men Of my acquaintance have
llven ler.ge trnde in this line turning thereby
inanv nn lnnost penny. The plan was designed
q, work ~ n two edged sword cutting both ways
tom n z,und religious literature IN the home
Of thr peoPle, aud IN. wa honGht Mt discount oi
thfty- three per eent.) to enohle men whose sal
nrc- were hundred dollars II year tand WI" re-
nieed grently # they received hall That am""ntl
q provide themselves with libraries Bnt most
# my .nles wor, on credit. and the accounts are
till. after eleven vsnrS, oai standing, there
fore quilted the busiuoss nj the end OF the hrst
yrar.
From thi. picture Won will see bnt the reo-
tom of the clcrey Ia the hook trnde are moro IN
tmnlo thnn mny be gouefaily kn""n.
But whel,f,rc am -peuknE nta festival CIV.
on 10 literary men-n man who cnnn"t read Ne
,ne would east -hadr, however slight, upon
'a,ons scene Ike This. Bat If "A testimony 10
he worth of knowledge may be wrung from in
trinity. surely further personal alloson may be
pardonrd.
Timc WIS. whoa after fashion could read'
In, never with thutA -hng glance. which lnsihut-
+, IRAN fer- IA word. Il liue, sentence, from the
pnee to The mind II was tie rcrpeiun'ion ct the
child'- process, II letter ut time, always spelIihg.
never reading truly. Thus for more thnn twen=
" yonrs, with the shade upon the brow, the hand
upon the check, The finger beneath the eye, IN
,aake an artificial pupil, with hended swehf' J'n-
ng with the bot tears trietling from the weak
md paining organ to blister upon the pnge wha
learning sought. Noycrtbelrs-.a> have strven
To study my nutiye tongue in Shnkesprare's due.
iinnarv and eloqnfncc, in the well-nigh inspired
pape of Milton, OF endeavored 10 look through
The sigh,less sockets.vei light giving mind OF
Homer upon the plain of lloy: or have sat met
the wayside. with solitary Bnrmeua, to hear II
W. could not see the son OF Man. have founa
that knowledge is Is Own reward-en exceeding
greRt reward.
HE wnters-U tn fountain OF learning are not
The less perhap- more sweet, because mixed with
the hitter drop. # suifcring.
Gentlemen book sellcr- the lcares yoa scat
ter nrp from the tree whose fruit i. for the heel
inc of the notions. Gentlemen Publishers, the
WaIl-hcad- opened in yourpress.ranins may send
forth streams To refresh aud gla1den the homes
If "A continent, 81 that "the palehed land sha
become II pool, aud the thirsty land sptingS oi
water. aud in the halt0iion of dragons, where
ench lay. shall be grass with weeds and rnshrs.
But If magnify the Office of II maker aud sci
! Ter nl n book, how much more the authors. As
Wolf sadly aud swcety recited Gray : Ehgy,
upon the -. Lawreuce, the night before his
/ glorious fall on the plains ut Abraham hr Hhla'
Il wonld rather have the h nor of whiting that
poem than of nkng Quebec Tomorrow.
/ Were to parnphrase his thought to my wish
! Sketch Book turning to Mr.. lrying,) almost
every word Of which lad by heart, before |
was eight years old; or haze sung that ode com
mencing. The Groves were Gods first temples =
turning TO MIR. Bryant) which committed to
| memory in "A sa Idle on a western prairie, cheer
fully would go through life binding this badge
! # infrmity upon my bro~.t1 wear It rs n crown
| or cropping in the unbroken darkness, so we're u
| the Fathers Will for threescore years and ten oi
man. appointed tlm'. ,n,
Bat what though the sage's pen and Poet
! song be not ours tn utter or to wleld l. no'
tho man greator than the author! Nor is theirs
my ippoble lot who are called to lea,n and show
that They also serve, who only stand and
wait
! FryERANp AGua.-Tiis d sease is said to be
! unn Sually prevalent in Indiana this fall. Some
| persons out there, ucco, ding to the Louisville
| Journal, now consider shaking fashionable. .and
/ 4 L.. L.,