Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-06-16

why, sir, said he don't their parents teach
them not 10 steal q And grew all oycT in a
cold sweat, and | told him I was aleared they
did at why how you talk = said the man
do tell me where you live = Then, said Faith
or Morris, the tears running over, Il was oblg-
cd to tell him lived in the town of c." Aiicr
this Father Morris kept his peaches.
Our old friend was not less original in the
logical than in the illustrative portions of his
discourses. His logic was of that familiar,
enloaual kind that shakes hands with the com
mon sense like an old friend. Sometimes, too,
his great mind and great heart would be pour
ed out on the vast themes Of religion, in Ian
guagc which, though homoly, produced all the
effects Of the sublime. lIc once preached a
discourse on the text, ''ihe High and Holy One
that inhabieih eternity" aud from the begin
ming to end II was a train Of lofty and solemn
/. thought. Then, in his usual simple earnest
ness, and his great, rolling voice he told about
/ ''ihe Great God-the great Jehovah" and how
'the people in this world are clustering and
worrying, and afraid they shan't get time to do
I this, and that, aud t'other But" he added,
with full.hearied satisfaction, 'the Lord is new
or in hurry he has it all to do, but he has
time enoogh, for he inhabiteth eternity" And
the grand idea of Infinite leisure and Almighty
resources was carried through the sermon with
equal strength and simplicity.
! Although the old man never seemed to be
sensible Of anything tending to the ludcrous in
his own mode Of expressing HIMSELF yet he
had considerable relish for hurnor, and some
shrewdness of repartee. One time, as he was
profanity, he was stopped by whole flock o
the youthful roprobates Of the place -
"Fa,her Morris, Father Morris, the devils
deadr
"ls he" said the old man, benignly laying
his hand on the head Of the nearest urchin
"you poor fatherless children !"
But the sayings and doings Of the old man
as reported in the legends Of the neighborhood
are more than can be gathered OF reported. liz
lived far beyond the common age Of man, ant
continued, when he had impaired his powers
10 tell over and over again the same bible sio
| ries that he had told SO often before
! rccolleet hearing of the joy that almos
broke the old mans heart when, after mani
: years diligent watching and nurture of tn,
, good seed in the parish, il began TO spriug int
{ vegetation, sudden and beautiful as that whcl
answers the patient watching Of the husband
4 man. Many hard, worldly hearted man
many sleepy, inaitentive ener,-many
d lstless, idle young person, began TO give ear t.
e words that had long fallen unheeded. A neigh
1 boring minister, who had been sent for to Sc
: and rejoice in these results, describes the scene
!. when, on entering the little church, he foun
: an anxious crowded auditory assembled aroun
their venerable teacher waiiingfor direction an
9 instruction. The old man was sitting in hi
pulpit almost choking with fulness of emoiio
# as he gazed around. Father" said the youth
= fnl minister, 81 suppose you are ready to sa
e with old Simeon, Now Lord lettest thou lh
y sal a. s.fs., e-s--,'' --sa
: man while the tears streamed down his checks
: and his shole frame shook with emotion.
II was not many years after that this simpl
= and loving servant Of Christ was gathered i
, peace unto him whom he loved. His name
c fast passing from remembrance, and in fe'
+ years, his memory, like his humble grave, wi
be entirely grown over and forgotten anon
n men, though it will be had in everlasting rC
c membrance by Him who 'forgetteth not hi
servants" and in whose sight the death Of hi
: saints is precious.