Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-06-21
slaves, and the throng prepared to

COIliileflc9 Gne SuUlpbuouS meai, ,Wnen
)" voice pealed from the pulpit, and lou
II as the blast Of a trumpet In battle
Is Stay, gentlemen and ladies; let tt
/ giver Of the barbecue ask Gods bles
i, Fing'
'e Every heart started, every ey
k was directed TO the speaker and
a. Whispehess silence ensued, for all alik
I were struek with his remarkable az
e pearance. He was almost giant i
e Stature, though scarcely twenty year
s of age; his hair dark as the raven
: wing, flowed down his immense shoul
d tders in 9masses of natural ringlets
: more natural than any wreathed. a
round the jeWelied brow of a. queer
: by the labored achievements OF hu
man arts; his eyes black as midnight
beamad iikesstarS over a face pale. as
Parisn marble, calm, passionless, spil-
f1tual, and wearing atsinguiar indefina-
+ble expression, such as ,n1ight have
been shed by the light of a dream
from paradise, or the luminous shad-
ow-ef an angels wing. The heterO-
geneous crowd, hunters, gamblers, and
homicides, gazed- In mute astonish-
ment. - - ..aE T~-.ft
! The missionary prayed; but it
sounded like no,other prayer ever ad-
dressed to thethrone of the Almighty.
1t contained ne eucomiums on the
splendor Of the divine attributes, no
petitions IN the tone of command, no
torisons for different places, times, or
objects, nor no implied instructions
as to the administration of the gov
ernment of the universe. 1t related
exclusively to the presentpeopls and
the present hour; it was the cry Of a.
make j soul,and that soul for the bread
and water of heavenly lifa.-
He ceased, d,and not till then did / be-
come conscious of weeping. / looked
around through my tears, and saw
hundred faces wet with rain.
'Now, my friends said the mis-
sionary, "partake Of Godsgift at the
table, and then come and sit down
and listen to His gospel" !
It would be impossible to describe |
the sweet tone Of kindness in which |
these simple words were uttered, that
made him on the instant five hun
dred'iriends. One heart in the as.
sembly was maddeued by the evi-.
dence of the preachers power. Col.
Watt Foemaa exclaimed in sneer-
ing voice: i.
"NIr. Paul Denton, your reverence
has lied-you promised US not only
a good barbecue, but better liquor.
Where's the liquor?'
."There!n answered the missionary,
ip tone Of thunder, and pointing !
bis motionless finger at the match
ess Double Spring gushing up into az
strong column, ,withsa sound like a
shout of JOY from fhe bosom of the
earth. "There," "herepeated with look !
terrible as lightning, while his enemy
actually trembled on his feet; "there.
S the liquor which God, the Eternal, !
crews for all his children.
"Not in the simmcring stiIl, over J,
smoky fires, choked with poisonous
,asses, and surrounded with thestenchl :
If sickening odors and rank corrupt I
ion. doth your Father in Heaven i !
prepare the. precious essence of life
= the.pure. cold water. But in the .
,reen glade and grassy, dell, where q
he red deer, wanders and the child +
owes to play, there God himself t
,reWs it; and down, low down in the t
deepest valleys, where the fountains +
nurInur. and the rills sing, and high +
lp on the tall mountains where the o
laked. granite glitters lilSegold in the t
un, where the storm clouds brood, 6
nd the thunder tones crash away, 81
ar out on the wide water in the wild b
ca, where hurricanes howl music, and t.
Tayes roar the chorus sweeping the al
larch of .God-there be brews it,
hat beverage Of life, .health giving
ater. Aud wherever it is thing .bi
f beauty, cleaning in tiledew drop; tl
inging in ihe summer rain; shining a;
i the ice gemytill the trees all soon !.
urn to living jewels spreading a :
oideh veil over the setting sun, or q
hite gauze around The midnight te
loon! sporting in the eataract;' sleep of
lg in the glazier, dancing in the hail T.
mower, folding itsbrightsnowea tains to
oftly-about the wintry world; aud wa Sc
ing the many colored iris. that SER sli
ph's zone Of the sky whose warp is'w'