New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-31

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New-York Many others aso were there, scarcely
inf nor either in alents success such men we're
Aaron Hunt and William Thatcher and Mitchell, and
Bostwick and Brodhead and Moriarty and Chiohes-
ter-men known and honored in the Church OF God.
Snch were the meu among whom Mr.. Hedding was
now introduced and with whom he was 10 become
co-worker in spreading the kDowledle OF CHRIST. 10
be with them and not be inspired by the "a ne spirrt
that animated them. would have been evidence
of want of appreciation of the nature of the work,
and an urftnes. for it. But TO stand up equal
among them required intellect aud attainrients OF
no ordinary grade.
A THEoLoGIAN OF THE SAME DAY.
Some of tie personal characteristics of Mr.. He'd
ding at this period may not be uninteresting to our
readers. Raised amid the exposures OF labsrs, aud
trained 10 all tie hardy habits OF new country, he
pessessed unusual physical vigor aad hardihood In
Thysca srens ia ana in power of endurance he was
exceIed by few if any, of the young OF hi time.
/ Having enjoyed uniform health from his childhood,
his coustitu ion, naturally sound, was unimpared.
He was Ia hight aoou sx feet of large frame, erect
] arl commanding in person. His voice. though Oy no
| mans unmusicHl, unusually sonorousi indeed,
such was its volume and power that, when speaking
in the open air he has Of EN- been heard at the distance
/ Of q mile He spOke, however, with great ease and
with hut little phy steal exhaustion He was also an
excellent singer aud generally led the singing IN his
congregations His countenauce bore striking evil
/ dence OF decision and energy benled with meeknes
and beneyOlence; and at the same hme ms mgh, eN-
ususye forehead penetrating eye and intelligent eN-
nresion gave evidence Of higher order OF intellect.
Even AZ that early dav he looked upon as man
| of no ordi any character Ills preaching wac plsn
/ ard pfgct-a II exhibited 10 Oratoricdl dsplay-no
transccndeut flights of fsncyn0 succession OF beau
tiful or startling IDEAS; but his sermons were we'll
! studied and exhibited a rare and symmetrical COM
/ biraiion of we-digesod ideas. They were delivered
with JUNCTION, which Is, after all, the soul OF e9-
| ouence and with power Upon controversial SUD-
iects his fine logical powers were often exercised 10
/ good purpose: the prevailing errors OF the day
| Calyinsm Unversalism aud Infdelty-vere often
mode the writhe under the myinclbe results OF his
res soning. 80
though abundant in labors, he dill not forget or
neglect his studies, hut most diligent student.
| Durin. this year u Even on the Types OF scripture
was studied By him; and at ir-t he was inclined to
follow the example of some Of the pc ular preachers
of the day in adopting his methois Of llust alton;
but in after wears he relnquished the practice. tbs
! grr at study. however during the year, beside the
Bible VIII ch always fret, was stackhouse's HIS
tory of the Bible, comprising several octave volumes.
He found the work H. The house of friend, borrowed
IT, and carried il, volume after volume, IN his saddle
/ bags around the circuit. Every favorable moment
for study was seized upon WITH aviiiiy that evil
denced bis thirst Of knowledge. This work proved %
be- of g1eat service TO him. and added largely 70 his
siock OF Biblical knowledge SO thoroughly was 1t
studied thai he ever after retained a critical and ready
knowledge of not only the positions taken upon the
prominent pois discussed hut also the data aud the
arr uments by which those positions were fought To be
sustained. The young theoogian was, by The bless.
ing of God, training himself maniuiy Tor MS great
work.
| A sTALWART PEACE-MAkER.
singular instance in the way of discipline occur
red during the year IN one OF the societies IN the err
cult II had relation TO two brothersinaw who we're
aso connected in family relation with nearly all the
members of the society. a dispute concerning some
prol erty had existed between them for long time
and not only continued to increase in violence, but
also involved. at length, most of the members OF
the society. M. heddng collec. ed the society to-
! gether-some thirty or forty in number-to have the
dispute between them settled. Both of them were
| fiery, impulsive, gOvtrnable men. The object OF
the meeting to procure amicabe aud brotherly
adiusm, of the lons-pendDg dispute, or at least
! 10 devise some method of settlement. Mr.. Hedding
sat between the two men, ami the wife of each sat
beside her husband. They began to talk over he
! subject of dispute, when of them suddenly
| warmed up and called the other liar Instantly
both started 10 their feet aud rshed n each other
the females screamed, and a general alarm ensued.
| Mr.. Heidmg rovtd himself equal TO the awkward
emergency He rushed between them, seized each
| by the collar OF his coat, and with his herculean
frame and strength held them at arms length, face
! 10 face, but unable 10 strike each other. They
struggled for moment, but found themselves
| though clutched in the jaws of vice Holding them
arms length, lie commenced 10 lecture them in
round terms; he shamed them about The meanness
and wckednoss of the act heir unbridled passions
bad prompted them TO commit in the presence of tselr
wives, their family relations, the religious society of
| which they were members, their pastor, and es
pecialy III the presence of God whose servants they
professed 10 be. He told them of the scandal they
upon the cause of God by the course they had pur-
sued toward each other. From the hearing OF this
entire lecture there escape, aud they writhed
under its whitening power. After the. had got some
what GAINED, Mr. HEDGING suddenly exclaimed:
Let US pray !" and kneeed down, bringing the two
men with lin TO their knees upon the floor. Still re-
tsning his grasp, he prayed for them ia most fer
! vent and powerful manner. When rs mad closed he
shook the one lie Tad held by his right hand saying:
| "Pray brother pray Soon be commenced pray
ing aud weeping confessing his SINS and beseechng
! God and bis brother to forgive him. When the first
had closed Mr. Hedding shook the other, and called
upon him to pray. lie the more pugnacous Of
! tie two and il was hard work for him to clear his
throat to give utterance 10 words "A thousand
frogs seened clogging his speech but he at length
broke through bis difficulty aud earnestly prayed
! God and bis brother 10 forgive him. When he said
"Amen" Mr. Hedding relinsuished his grasp and
they all rose TO their feet. " Now shake hands,
brethren" sold he land live as brethren and love
each other ss long as you live They Immediately
! embraced each other and almost quickly settled
their dispute the only difficulty seemed to be in their
effort TO see which shOvld concede mot to his brother
Tie difficulty was eiieciually settled. The two men
ever after lived on the best terms of fIAiernal and
Christian fellowship.
The character of Bishop Hedding, as por-
trayed in THE volume, lie one which may be
studied with great interest and instruction. He
presented a remarkable instance of self made
man, overcoming the defects Of early education
by a wise and thorough course of reading and
study, and always placing himself on level
with the arduous duties which he was called to
perform.
y. HEISE BY CHAELEs q. LELAND. Philadelphia; John
Wen.
No modern German writer, for either wit or wick
edDess, can be compared with Henry Heine. Jew