Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-06-23
Western Preaching.

The Rev W. H. Millburn, to illustrate the Pc
cuIiar flithfulness Of some of the early Kentucky
clergv. saws in his lecture
:. An Incident related by EweI White himself a
NAN Of note viii illustrate this It happened that
at one time that a meeting was appointed in,
in old Simon kenton's County. A preacher named
James Axlcv, famliarlv called Jenny Axley by
his friends, and very popular, expected. But when
he came he brought another with him, who spoke
frst. This disappointed the people, and there was
, mod deal of noise, and confusion, and great III
,rteation on the part of the audience 1t is Gus
tomary when two ministers present, for both TO
address the meeting; if one drives in a nail of
tra,tb the other clenches it, When Axley arose,
al vas still; everybody was disposed to listen.
"Mv friends" said he looking around with a
,,oer obsarvant glance, 1T is perhaps a painful
h,t always necessary duty to reprove sin wherever
sound and be assured shall not shrink from it on
.hiz occasion Now, said he, that sandy headed
man standing by the door, that went out while
tho brother was speaking staid long as he
,;sbad got his boots covered with mud, came in
and made such noise cleaning them as to disturb
everybody and prevent their hearing scarcely a
word that man thinks | mean him. And well he
might think So for it was disgrace to Kentucky
n cav he was raised here and had no more man
ners Now my friend, advise you to go home and
learn how to behave when you come to the house
If nrayer. But Idom't mean HIM
That little girl about the middle of the floor, with
flowers inside of her bonnet that was giggling and
laughing and Gathering all the time the brother
sneakng. thinks mean her. And she is out. /
am sorry for her parents, who have raised girl to
fifteen without her learning to behave modestly
and properly, and they are to be pitied. Little
oirl before YOU come again learn to be quiet and
reverence the house Of God, and be respectful to
the minister he has sent But don't mean her.
And now that man on the bench, toward the
corner that's looking up az bril- hit and wide awake,
as if he had never been asleep in his life and never
expected to be, but who was nodding and bowling
all through the preaching. and snoring so as to dis
turb all around him-he thinks | mean him. And
indeed he well may. Nv friend, the house of God
is not intended for sleeping room. When you
want to take nap. 60 home and go TO bed and
take it regularly; but you come here for another
purpose But don't mean him.
And thus he went on fixing his dark piercing
eve on each offender, singing him out in such
manner that he could not be mistaken, till he had
nearly gone through with all who had made any
disturbance, ending each reproval with, don't
mean him or her. White meanwhile sitting
upon bench in front of Axley, enjoying the fun
amazingly, laughing, rubbing his hands, chewing
more Justify, and splitting more vigorously and pro-
fusey than before as each new oHen1ef was Drought,
till the aisle before him was puddle.
"Now," said Axey, drawing himself up, and
with severe look, 81 calculate you want to know
who do mean" Il mean," pointing directly to
White-"I mean that nasty, dirty, filthy tobacco
chewer. Look at the filthy brown puddle before
him toad wouldn't hop in it, and to think of the
sisters dresses having to go through it"
White was thunderstruck. He never again was
known to chew tobacco in meeting.